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VOTE FOR WILSON AND PROGRESS, PEACE AND PLENTY!
CITY COU
34th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1916
Number 33
SCHOOL GIRL KILLED
WHEN HIT BY MOTOR
LITTLE TOT RETURNING HOME
FROM SCHOOL MEETS SAD
FATE. DRIVER AIDS
MARIA DESCLOUX ,
Marie Descloux, aged 7, died here
at 4 o'clock last Thursday afternoon,
less than two hours after she was
struck by an automobile driven by
Stanley Stevenson, a former Browns
ville druggist. The little girl's right
side was crushed and almost every
rib was smashed. One of the broken
ribs pierced her right lung and stran
gulation as a result of this was the
immediate cause of death. The right
side of her face was also badly
bruised.
Marie was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Descloux of Eighteenth
and Harrison streets, and was in the
second grade at McLoughlin institute.
The family came to Oregon City a
few years ago from France and the
little girl had just mastered English
under the direction of her school
teachers. . Her father is employed in
the paper mills.
The child was on her way home
from school when she started to cross
Main street at Thirteenth, She hesi
tated, it is said, and confused the
driver. The fender of the car struck
the girl and carried her for several
feet. Stevenson stopped, picked her
up and took her to Dr. M. C. Strick
land, who attended her injuries while
the mortally wounded girl talked
about her disobedience in going home
by a different route than the one her
mother had told her to follow. Marie
did not lose consciousness until she
had been removed to her home, where
she died within a few moments.
Stevenson reported the accident to
the officers and put his car away, re
maining over night in Oregon City to
await the outcome of the inquest
which was held on Friday. He had
been on his way to Portland where
he intended to sell his car and use the
money to take a medical course. The
coroner's jury exhonerated Mr. Stev
enson, its verdict saying that the
cause of death had been an "unavoid
able accident." On the following day,
when Stevenson was about to leave
the city again, a street railway train
bumped into a wood wagon driven by
Chris Muralt of Homedale, throwing
the wagon against the automobile and
damaging it considerably. Mr. Stev
enson left the city with the impression
.that he and his car were hoodooed
here.
TAXPAYERS MEET.
West Linn Council Appoints Officials
For December Election.
Preparatory to presenting the an
nual budget for West Linn to the
council, the taxpayers will meet at
West Linn city hall tomorrow evening
to approve the proposed expenses for
the year. At a meeting last week
arrangements for the annual city elec
tion in December were made and the
following election officials appointed:
John Kelly, J. R. Hickman and Harry
Shipley, judges; J. W. Draper, M.
Hickman and B. Davenport clerks.
The city treasurer's report shows
$7965.07 paid on the second half of
the municipal tax.
W. C. T. U. Meeting
A special meeting of the W. C. T.
U. and registrational committee work
ers will be held at the public li
brary tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. Wanted: Volunteers who will
be willing to do personal temperance
campaign work on Saturday and Mon
day. Be sure to meet with the union.
"Go work in my vineyard there is
plenty to do. The harvest is great,
but the laborers are few." Right now
is harvest time and the union must
have women for its work. Everyone
interested in the cause is asked to
come out Friday. Signed: Mrs. E. B.
Andrews, president; Mrs. Ella Shan
dy; secretary.
Footbsll Sunday
The Oregon City Athletic club foot
ball team, which won the first game
of the season from the Vancouver
club last Sunday, will tackle the Over
look Arclights on Canemah field Sun
day afternoon. The Arclights, ac
cording to the appraisement which
precedes them, are "some" aggrega
tion, and have been victorious in prac
tically, if not all, their contests this
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Derthick Club Meeting
The Derthick club will meet to
morow afternoon with Mrs. S.O. Dill
man and Mrs. Gilbert L. Hedges at
the home of Mrs. S. A. Chase.
Vote for Hedges, Jack, Risley,
Johnson and Fortune.
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REPUBLICAN RALLY CALLS OUT
STRONG SUPPORT FOR
PRESIDENT WILSON
MRS. HANLEY TALKS IN CIRCLE
Facts Misrepresented by Banners and
All Good Laws are Made by
the G. 0. P.
Carrying out in detail the idea of
the entire republican campaign, na
tional . and local, an idea combining
misconstruction and common untruth
with big vocal breezes, the republi
can rally, long heralded, was held on
the streets of Oregon City on Thurs
day evening, while hundreds of spec
tators cheered themselves into hdarse
ness for Woodrow Wilson.
The republican rally, consisting
solely of a street parade and a tame
little speech by Mrs. E. B. Hanley of
Medford, was one long line of the evi
dence of misconstruction that has
been put into the minds of republican
voters by tearing the truth out of
facts and flaunting the remains and
by garbling the statements made by
and on behalf of the democratic can
didate. The parade was a strong presenta
tion of the evidence that a polluted re
publican press has played consistently
and with great profit upon the ignor
ance of the mass of voters, leading
them by the halter of printed un
truths, with the result that several
hundred of these voters paraded the
streets of our fair city Thursday
night, gay pack horses for the un
truthful banners that were prepared
to seduce others of their kith and
kin.
As far as democracy in Clackamas
county is concerned there is to be no
discussion involving the voters who
paraded on Thursday . evening, for
they were but a loyal group of par
tisans playing the old game of follow-the-leader
on a moi'e extensive scale
than it has ever been played in this
county. But from an unbiased point
of view the parade was ludicruos. It
was as good as a vaudeville show and
had all the earmarks of the real thing,
even to the posing and statuesque
Goddess of Liberty.
A gaily pointed banner, the entire
width of the street and several feet
deep, was carried up and down the
line of march by a bevy of republi
can patriots. The banner bore these
words: "Hughes and duty without
fear. Duty will keep out foreign
paper."
What stronger evidence that the
republican party is playing upon the
ignorance of its members could be
asked than that one banner? What
more certain sign could there be that
the party leaders have seduced their
followers than that brightly colored
lie?
Does not the republican party and
its guiding geniuses in Clackamas
county know that Hughes has no more
to do with "duty," than you or I?
Have they not been ' informed that
through the active influence of a great
and worthy statesman the tariff has
been taken out of politics? How,
then, can Hughes or any other presi
dent have the slightest thing to do
with putting a duty on paper or any
other article of commerce.
Of course the republican party and
its leaders in Clackamas county know
this, but if they told it on their bright
banners it would harm the cause
they are boosting with their millions
of dollars, provided by the fond pluto
crats of Wall street. They must paint
lies upon their banners in order to
continue the seduction of the voters
who have allied themselves with the
grand old party and are now standing
helplessly by while it decays in the
frightful aroma of its own question
able methods.
Do these selfsame leaders think
that this banner made an impression
upon several thousands of onlookers
Thursday evening? It is the opin
ion of most of those onlookers that,
once again, the G. 0. P. has guessed
wrong has opened its' big bazoo and
stuck its own foot into the cavity. Do
these leaders think that a duty on pa
per in one way or another would ef
fect the supply into this territory; in
fact, do they think a duty on paper
would effect the supply into any ter
ritory in the United States? Before
the war the chief foreign supply came
from Canada. The Crown-Willamette
Paper company controls this sup
ply, insofar as it effects this particu
lar territory, through its mills at
Ocean Falls, B. C. Labor is no
cheaper in Canada than it is in Ore
gon City. How then, would the
Crown-Willamette interests cut their
own throats by turning the paper they
make in Canada into this field at the
expense of their great investments in
this country? Of course, they would
not do such a thing. The Crown
Willamette people control the for
eign supply connected with this field
and they have a heavy interest in this
field. That seems to make the ban-
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PARADE
MR. WINTERS EVADES
VOTERS' QUESTIONS
WJLSONVILLE DOES NOT LIKE
IMPORTED REPUBLICAN
FOOLISHNESS
Wilsonville, Oct. 30, 1916.
Editor of the Courier:
Friday night, October 27, Wilson
ville was honored with the presence
of a few republican politicians.
While some of the speakers said
they would give anyone an opportun
ity to ask questions, they failed to
keep their word. After these long
winded gentlemen had offered a few
brief remarks on just one or two
questions and a third of the enthusi
astic crowd had been so completely
winded they had to give up the verb
al race and leave for home, the rest,
who were not froi..an, were surprised
to suddenly learn that the speeches
were ended, no time for questions had
been given and it was only eleven
o'clock.
Mr. Stone, the first speaker, who
is a candidate for district attorney,
made the statement that that office at
the present time was costing us $6000
a year but he failed to make clear
where this money was spent. He said
the salary was $2100, and a deputy
cost us $900, but he made no clear
statement where the other $3000 was
used. If he meant the $3000 that is
set aside to enforce the dry law and
the county s books show the $3000 to
be on hand with an additional sum of
something over $290 added to it from
fines for violations of this law, then
it is evident his statements, in this di
rection at least, are not as accurate
as they might be.
The final and what was supposed
to be the main speech of the evening
was delivered by the Hon. Mr. Win
ter of Portland on the presidential
campaign. I wish to suggest to the
Oregon City republicans who import
ed this speaker that the next time
they had better send us a speaker
who will not give himself away in the
first few remarks he makes.
Evidently Mr. Winter some times
makes some pretty shaky statements
or he uses extremely poor judgment.
He said that if any one could explain
the Panama tolls proposition they
could pin a Wilson button on him.
Then he proceeded to tell us of so
called mistakes, blunders and bad
laws for almost two hours. In fact
he didn't give Wilson credit for doing
anything at any time, in any place,
that was right, and said he didn't
have half enough time to show all
the president's blunders and mistakes.
Now if one would explain the tolls
proposition Mr. Winter would swal
low a list of mistakes, blunders and
rotten laws, according to his views,
that he could not cover briefly in a
four hour talk, throw his hat in the
air, dance a jig and yell for Wilson.
Does that sound reasonable even to
you Oregon City republican speech
promoters. I do not believe very
many voters could take that pill with
out at least shaking their ears while
it was going down.
You Oregon City republicans will
have to send us a different type of
speaker if you desire to bring the
bacon home for Hughes. Such a
dunce, numskull tnd jellyfish as you
would have us believe our president
is would hardly be found outside of a
state hospital for the feeble-minded.
You must admit that it is indeed very
seldom we hnd a person outside of
these institutions who is wrong in
everything he does. Kindly give us
something different if you ever give
again.
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WILSON WINS TWICE
Huntley Bros. Store Conducts Straw
Vote That Favors President
In spite of reports that republi
cans attempted to "stuff" the ballot
box by repeated voting, President Wil
son twice secured a majority over
Candidate Hughes in the "straw"
election being held at the Huntley
Bros, store in Oregon City.
The ballot box was set up in the
store for the first time on Tuesday,
When the ballots were counted that
night Wilson had 181 while Hughes,
supposedly very strong in Oregon
City, had only 166. Wednesday was
the second day of the contest and, al
though the vote was lighter than on
the first day, Wilson received 65 votes,
as compared with 44 for Hughes.
While the political pot boils you
should not forget the Courier's re
markable magazine offer. Four
standard magazines for 25c
WOODROW WILSON
President of the United States
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POLITICIANS
Birds of a feather flock together and politics makes strange bed
fellows. " Never more true or ..parent have these old adages been
than they are today on the eve of the national election. Here is the
line-up of politicians and bedfellows for the campaign of 1916. En
list with either side your conscience is the dictator; ally with the men
and womn who look best to you.
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FOR WILSON
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Henry-Lubin
Judge Ben Lindsey
Jane Addams
Bainbridge Colby
Samuel Gompers
R. S. Lovett
Amos Pinchot
Hary A. Garfield
Charles W. Eliot
John M. Parker
Luther Burbank
Mathew Hale
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young
Miss Mary McDowell
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INTEREST GROWS IN
PUBLIC LIBRARY USE
J. E. HEDGES RE-ELECTED PRES
IDENT OF ASSOCIATION
. 39,078 USE VOLUMES
That general interest in and use of
the public library in this city is in
creasing each month is made more
evident than ever with the report read
by the librarian, Mrs. Bertha. Adams,
at the meeting of the board of direc
tors of the library association on Mon
day evening. Mrs. Adams' report
shows an increase in circulation pf
1,616 books within the past 12 months,
and an increase in attendance of 9,762
in the same period, as compared with
the figures presented at the last an
nual meeting.
In the past year 15,325 books have
been circulated through the institu
tion. During the year previous only
13,812 volumes were circulated. In
the last fiscal year 39,078 persons
made use of the library, as compared
with 29,316 the previous year. The
circulation figures do not even approx
imately include the number of books
used in the library. Those included in
the report are only books taken out of
the building for use. Thousands of
books were called for - in reference
reading or for entertainment, by read
ers who did not take the volumes out
of the library. Many books are used
daily within the library, so that the
circulation figures cannot begin to
cover the books that are actually read.
J. E. Hedges was re-elected pres
ident and . the following officers
and directors will serve with him:
Mrs. D. C. Latourette, vice-president;
Percy Caufield, secretary, and the
Bank of Oregon City, treasurer; di
rectors, Mrs. H. B. Cartlidge, Charles
H. Caufield, Mrs. E. P. Rands, H. A.
Rands, C. H. Dye, Linn E. Jones and
O. D. Eby.
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AND BEDFELLOWS
Republicans and Democrats
FOR HUGHES
W. H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
J. P. Morgan
William R. Hurst
John D. Rockefeller
Mrs. Mary Harriman Rumsey
Daniel Guggenheim
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
C. H. Havemeyer
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
Boies Penrose
Murray Crane
William Barnes
"Uncle Joe" Cannon
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont
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SCHOOL COLLECTIONS
ADD 3,000 VOLUMES
SUPT. CALAVAN SENDS OUT
FIRST TEST BLANKS FOR
CLASS WORK
School Superintendent J. E. Cala
van and his aides in office here have
been burdened with work this week
and every available space in the of
fice has been occupied with books
since the arrival of nearly 3000 vol
umes to fill the orders from the school
libraries of the county.
Books have been everywhere and
as fast as the force can classify them,
they are being sent out to the schools
that ordered them. The 3000 books
range through every subject from fic
tion to philosophy and will be addi
tions to the school libraries, similar
to additions made each year. The
cost of the boks, approximately $1200,
is borne chiefly by the county, al
though a number of the school dis
tricts raised extra money to provide
extra books. The volumes will be
sent out within the next week or ten
days.
Monday Superintendent Calavan
mailed out the first of the monthly
arithmetic tests for the year to all
grades above the fourth in all the
county schools. Each month of th
school year other arithmetic tests will
be sent out until the final tests are.
made.
The superintendent has found that
these monthly tests result in greatly
increased efforts and results on the
part of the pupils, and last year's
reports show arithmetic as the strong
est subject taught in the schools,
whereas it formerly ranked lowest.
Pupils whose grades were 50 and 60
per cent increased last year under the
new system to an average of better
than 95 per cent Eight per cent is
COLLEGE HEAD FAILS
TO JIBE WITH MAYOR
"BUCK-SAW" IS BETTER THAN
RELAY SAY DEBATERS. COL
LEGE IS FOR PRESIDENT
Mayor E. C. Hackett of Oregon
City handed Reed college students a
letter to President Foster one day last
week, as the boys darted off at the
crack of a pistol upon their 12-mile
relay race between this city and the
college campus at East Moreland,
Portland. The letter contained May
or Hackett's political and athletic
opinions. He opined that boys of the
college would make a serious mistake
if they failed to vote for Hughes, and
he likewise opined that a dose of the
old-fashioned "buck-saw" is one of the
finest forms of athletics known. A
session with the buck-saw in father's
woodshed would be better for the run
ners than the exercise they might get
in racing madly down the county high
way for a mile each.
President W. T. Foster of the col
lege received the mayor's letter a
short time later, and in his reply up
holds the mayor in his argument
against the common form' of college
athletics, but he also politely inti
mates that the mayor is on the wrong
track politically. President Foster's
letter says:
My dear Mr. Hackett:
One hour and seven minutes after
you handed your letter to one of our
students at Oregon City, it was deliv
ered on the Reed college campus.
I am delighted to have your expres
sion of your agreement with the aims
of Reed college. We, too, believe that
athletics is overdone and for that rea
son we have absolutely none of inter
collegiate athletics, with which you
are evidently familiar. We, too, be
lieve that the old-fashioned "buck
saw" is more conducive to health and
respect for the man who works than
the usual type of inter-collegiate ath
letics. You do not, of course, insist
on the "buck-saw" for all our stu
dents; especially since we burn oil.
You will be interested, however, to
know that ninety per cent of our men
are earning part or all of their ex
penses by their own labor. The boy
to whom you handed your letter is a
painter by trade and is now, doing all
of that work for the pollege. The boy
who delivered your letter to me works
regularly on the college grounds with
hoe and shovel and such other substi
tutes for the "buck-saw" as the work
demands.
You would not, I am sure, want our
boys to spend all their time on the
"buck-saw", for purposes of physical
development in preparation for a life
of hard work. Exercise of the "buck
saw" type is no substitute for the out-of-door
games and the correlated
gymnasium work which is required of
all our students.
You will see that our students are
fulfilling the desires of your' own
heart m preparing to work for a liv
ing after they graduate by working
for a living now.
My only disappointment in your
letter is that along with such sound
views on labor you should want our
boys to vote for Hughes. In their
straw ballot tomorrow, they are like
ly to cast a large majority for Wil
son.
Speaking of elections, permit me to
add that for two successive years the
student body of Reed college have
elected a man from Oregon City
Chairman of their Council, which is
the highest honor they have to be
stow. WILSON LEAGUE MEETS
Milwaukle Invites Oregon City to
Hear Address by B. F. Irvin
The wide-awake Woodrow Wilson
league at Milwaukie is to hold a big
meeting at that place on Saturday
evening, when B. F. Irvin of Portland
will be the principal speaker. The or
ganization has extended an invitation
to voters in Oregon City to attend
the meeting.
The Milwaukie Woodrow Wilson
league is one of the most live organi
zations in the county and includes in
its membership considerably more
than the registration of democratic
voters in the precinct.
Party at Homedale
A surprise party was given Arthur
Lindsley of Homedale Wednesday, Oc
tober 25, in honor or his sixteenth
birthday, about twenty-four being
present. Arthur received many gifts
from his young friends. The evening
was spent in playing games and at
eleven o'clock all enjoyed a fine lun
cheon. Then all departed for their
homes, wishing Arthur many such
happy birthdays. Those present were:
Gertrude Bohlander, Anna Roberts,
Anna Bonsai, Myrtle Muralt, Ora and
Bertha Martin, Myrtis and Doris
Pryce, Irene Henrici,. Genevieve Lon
dergan, Lubell LindHley, William and
Griffith Roberts, Wilbur Bohlander,
Elmer Londergan, Arthur Lindsley,
Lloyd, Walter and Claud Henrici, Wil
liam and Arvon Parry, Theron Linds
ley and David Brown.
allowed in the tests for correct meth
od and 2 per cent for correct answer.
Knowing that these tests are to come
each month, the superintendent says,
makes the children prepare them
selves better and they take a much
greater interest in the work than
other methods could produce. ,
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SCHUEBEL WILL
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REPORT OF O. N. G. FUND READ
AT MEETING. ALL IS
ACCOUNTED FOR.
DEBATE ON NORMAL SCHOOL
Ladies Serve Delicious Luncheon at
Annual Election. Club to
Wait on Council
A delicious harvest dinner with all
the trimings to make an autumn set
ting complete, divided interest with
the semi-annual election at the Live
Wire meeting on Tuesday. As the
wholesome viands prepared by the
ladies of the Episcopal church were
consumed with rare gusto the steam
roller of the old guard about the tab
les outlined its plan of attack for the
election. The result was that the
steam roller accomplished its tasks in
a prompt and highly satisfactory
manner' to the powers behind the
roller.
Chris. Schuebel, a member of the
organization since its formation, and
an ardent worker, was unanimously
elected to relieve A. C. Howland as
main trunk; W. P. Hawley, Jr., was
elected sub-trunk; R. Caufield, trans
mission wire; O. Dt Ebv. euv wire.
and C. W. Robey, feed wire. Dr. L.
A. Morris was appointed chairman of
the program commrttee by the new
main trunk.
The matter of eliminating the dan
ger to horses from the slippery con
dition of Main street was brought up
by A. A. Price and Main Trunk Schue
bel appointed W. A. Huntley, H. E.
Cross and A. A. Price on a committee
to wait upon the city council and dis
cuss with the aldermen measures to
relieve the perilous condition.
H. E. Williams, chairman of the
Company G fund committee read the
committee s report upon the condi
tion of the fund of $957.50, which was
collected for the benefit of the Oregon
City company on the Mexican border
last summer. 'The report shows the
entire fund accounted for and a cash
balance of $105.93 on hand with $26.26
due from sale of provisions, in addi
tion to $94.90 in provisions unsold
and on hand. The committee certified-that
it had examined all receipts
presented by Captain L. E. Blanch
ard, covering expenditures from the
fund and found them true and cor
rect.
Fred Lockly, speaking in the inter
est of the bill to establish a state nor
mal school at Pendleton, was the only
formal speaker of . the day. Mr.
Lockly presented Pendleton's side of
the bill from a new angel, telling of
the way m which the matter was
brought up by Pendleton business men
and of the needs of the territory east
of the Cascades in the way of normal
facilities. Mr. Lockly presented a
straightforward case and with mem
bers of the Live Wires decried the in
sertion into the bill of the clauses
ratifying the locatipn of other state
institutions. This, the speaker said,
was a harnr to the bill. He also re
gretted that it had been presented as
a constitutional amendment, the part
that has caused it to be frowned up
on by so many Live Wire members.
PHONE SYSTEM ABSORBED
Willamette Local Line Taken Over by
Nation-Wide Corporation
The Willamette Telephone com
pany, a local system on the west side
of the river, has been absorbed by
the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company, according to announcement
made late last week by the former
Willamette company officials. The
lines of the two companies have been
connected for some time and operated
through the Pacific exchange in this
city. The new owners of the Wil
lamette lines plan some improve
ments. New Mail Boxes Here.
Postmaster J. J. Cooke has an
nounced receipt of 18 new mail boxes
to be added to the street collection
system in the city. The present
equipment is insufficient and the
boxes are scattered widely. The new
boxes are of a different type from
those in use and will be located, af
ter a survey is made, at the most
suitable points throughout the city.
Andrew Singer Committed
Andrew Singer, of Milwaukie, was
committed to the state hospital for the
insane last week bv Oountv .Tnrlcn
Anderson. Singer is a native of Rus
sia, 52 years old, and the father of 9
children, four of them dead. He has
been a resident of Oregon for 27 years
and most of thaj, tyne ' has been fi. ,
laborer. His ' examiners' toy that
Singer's delusions are fixed, although
his condition is harmless.
Estacada Marshal Named
At the meeting of the Estacada city
council last week, John Osborn was
appointed city marshal and supervisor
of the road district, succeeding A. G.
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