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THE PEOPLE'S SAY
Sandy, Oregon.
Editor Banner-Courier,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Replying to an article in the Banner
Courier, under date of Oct. 5th, headed
"Recall Charges Refuted By Judge
Cross."
In a case of this kind, it is very
difficult for any one to speak his mind
without being personal in what he con
siders to be the heart and soul of this
difficulty arising, seemily, because
of tre inability of the County Judge of
Clackamas county and the two com
missioners to work in harmony in the
expenditure of the funas of the coun-
s ty, and before I set out, let me say
also, that since 1910, I have counted
both the present judge, Mr. Cross,
and one of the present commissioners,
Mr. W. A. Proctor, my very good
friends, but in issues of this kind, it
seems to me wrong and cowardly to
sit on the fence.
As to the present indebtedness of
the county under Mr. Cross' adminis
tration and under the management of
other men who were county judges, I
am not familiar with the facts and
figures, but there is one thing in my
mind that seems impossible for me
to lay aside, and that is the fact, so
far as I know, that our retiring judge,
Mr. Anderson, who is spoken of so
very highly by taxpayers throughout
Clackamas county, seemed to work
in harmony with the two commission
ers. In this day of compromises and dif
fusing of dicerences of opinion in the
management of public affairs, where
commissions and county courts con
trol county funds and expend them
for the benefit of the taxpayers, in
their best judgment, it seems to me
that a man should not be dominated
by a spirit of his absolute wish or will,
but by what their employers need;
and so it seems to me that when a.
man is elected to fill any public office,
he then becomes a servant of the peo
ple, and in order to be the best serv-
ant of the people, he must make his
will subservient to their interest, re
gardless of any petty feeling or quar
rel that he migh have with his assist
ants or fellow workers. It is, in one
sense, you will say, the privilege of
every taxpayer to have a heart-felt
Interest in the way these public em
ployees keep in harmony. .
In answer to Mr. Cross' designation
as a second specification in the recall
call petition "that I am autocratic, dis
courteous, overbearing and disrespect
ful to pursons calling at my office on
business," he says, "The simple au-
swer is that this is not true. I defy
anyone to name time and place and
person to whom I have been discourte
ous during my term." Let me say
this: It is common talk here that
while meeting a delegation from Cott
rell, when some of them were leaning
upjOn th rail of the Judge's desk, he
asked them if they did not want him
to get them a pillow. I have no per
sonal knowledge of this incident,
whether it be u ue or not. It is also
' reported that a delegation from this
end of the county, on business con
nected with a mile of Market Road,
which already had $2,000 in special tax
and private subscriptions pledged
toward its building, while this project
was under discussion. Judge Cross got
up and left the court room and went
into his private office. I think the
names and dates of these two inci
dents can be given if Judge Cross
wishes them.
Now in closing, if the editor will be
kind enough to let me say just a
word in praise of W. A. Proctor, one
of our present commissioners. I have
known him for twelve years intimate
ly, in business transactions of every
nature. Nothing that I could say here
would properly express my feeling in
regard to his broad-minded views, his
unselfiish attitude in public affairs and
his continuous work and unselfish en
deavors as a public employee of all
the taxpayers of Clackamas county.
But this much I will say, that I think
, he has demonstrated himself to be big
enough to manage the business of all
the money to be expended in roads and
bridges and other necessary expenses
connected with the county, and that
he has proven by his two terms that
ha is unselfish in his judgment in re
gard to where this money should be
sjent; that he is big enough to listen
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BANNER THOUGHTS IN POETRY
MY AUTO, 'TIS OF THEE
My auto, 'tis of thee,
Short road to poverty, k
Of thee I chant.
I blew a pile of dough,
On thee three years ago;
Now you refuse to go, or won't, or
" can't.
Through town and countryside,
You were my joy and pride.
j A happy day.
I loved the gaudy hue,
The nice white tires new,
But you're down and out for true,
1 1n every wayv
To thee, old rattle-box,
Came' many bumps and knocks,
For thee I grieve.
Badly the top is torn,
Frayed are the seats, and worn;
The whooping-cough affects they horn,
I do believe.
Thy perfume swells the breeze,
While good folks -choke and wheeze,
As we pass by.
I paid for thee a price,
'Twould buy a mansion twice.
Now everybody's yelling "ice"
I wonder why. .
Thy .motor has the grippe,
Thy spark plug has the pip.
And woe is thine.
I, too, have suffered chills,
Fatigue and kindred ills,
Endeavoring to pay my bills,
Since thou wert mine.
Gone is my bank roll now;
No more 'twould choke the cow, ,
As once before.
Yet if I had the mon,
So help me, John amen,
I'd buy a car again.
And speed some more.
The American.
James Andrew Smith
James Andrew Smith was born near
Georgetown, Delaware, May 14, 1842,
past away Sept. 2, 1922, near Estacada,
Ore., at the home of his brother, W.
T. Smith. He was married to Susan
Mary Carothers on Feb. 28, 1867. To
this union were born twelve children,
two of them dying in infancy. Four
of them were at his bedside when he
passed away, one arriving later.
Mr. Smith came from the east to
Missouri in 1863, living there until
the fall of 1920, when he and his wife
came to make their home near Esta
cada, Oregon. Mrs. Smith died Oct.
4th, 1921.
He is survived by ten children:
Jerome of Robinette, Oregon; Roy, of
Arlington, Wash.; Edgar, of New
York; Army, at home; Mrs. Dollie
Faddis, of Centralia, Mo.; Mrs. Annie
Miller of Rockville, Iowa; Mrs. Lucy
Winn, of Harden, Mont.; Mrs. Nora
Way, of Shelbina, Mo.; Mrs. 'Maud Mr
risn, f Gresham, Oregon; Mrs. Leona
Phillips, or Oregon City, Oregon. He.
also leaves three brothers two in
Delaware and W.' T. Smith of Estst
cade, - Oregon seventeen grandchil
dren and a host of relatives and
friends.
The funrela was held at Oregon City,
where he was laid to rest beside his
wife, amongst sunshine and flowers.
Our home is broken up, dear Father,
and our loss we keenly feel.
But 'tis God that hath bereft us -j
He will all our sorrows heal.
'Mrs. P. M. Esselstyn of Lansing,
Mich., is the guest of her cousin, S. B.
Babcolk, and family, on route No. 2.
Mrs. Esselstyn has, been a visitor in
Oregon City and Berkeley, Calif., for
a number of months, and is now on
her way home. While in Oregon City
she was a caller at the Banner-Courier
office.
Regular price $6.50. Special price
during this month Portland Telegram
and Banner-Courier; only $3.75 for full
year..
to the small needs or every man in
every part of this big county; that he
is big enough to meet them on an
equal footing, and to serve them as
every public employee should serve.
It is an unfortunate truth that some
men, as they grow older in public
work and trust, forget that they are
public servants. i
Very sincerely yours,-
PERCY T. SHELLY.
A RAG RAP HS
ABOUT TOWN
Mrs. Ed. Farr, who has been very
ill at her home in Oregon City, is im
proving. ;
Rev. H. G. Edgar conducted serv
ices at the church at Bethel, on Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Harry Baxter had as her guest,
on Thursday of last week, Mrs. How
ard Eccles of Ganby. '
C. Schuebel and N. W. Bowland
went to Portland, Saturday,' on busi
ness for the Presbyterian chflrch.
Mrs. Colonel Montgomery was oper
ated on at the Oregon City hospital
for appendicitis. Mrs. Montgomery is
slowly improving.
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye left on Wed
nesday for Honolulu, where she will
combine business with a pleasure trip
for two months. -
Joe Oranan has moved his tailoring
shop into the first room back of the
Bank of Commerce, and has fixed it
up in first-class style.
Miss Kathryn Grady of Oregon City
is improving from an operation for ap
pendicitis. - She is at the Good Samari
tan hospital, in Portland.
Mrs. E. L. Carson has returned to
her home at The Dalles, after visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Loder for several days.
Mrs, - J. H. Walker and daughter,
Miss Marie, who have been enjoying a
vacation at Seaside, have returned to
their home in Oregon City.
A little son arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Kirchem, at Lo
gan, qn Saturday, Oct. 7th. The young
man is to be called Marion A., Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown, residents of
Mulino, were in Oregon City on Fri
day of last week, where they visited
Mrs. .Brown's jcousin, Miss Ona Ren
ner. '
Mrs. V. Harris, who resided in Ore
gon City for many years, but who haa
been making her home In Portland,
visited Mrs. A. L. Beattie of Oregon
City last week.
Edward Satter, formerly a linotype
operator on the Morning Enterprise,
but now editor of the Canby Herald,
visited friends m- Oregon City on Tues
day of last week. -
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Parker, who
have been residing in Oregon City
for a number of years, have purchas
ed a new home in Gladstone and have
taken possession of it.
A son arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Mead, of Lawton
Heights, on Wednesday, Oct. 4th. The
young man has been given the name
of Jack Addison Mead.
Mrs. Fred Greenman, accompanied
by her mother, went to Salem last
week, where they visited the form
er's brothr and th latter's son, Arthur
Holden, who owns a farm near Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Howell, accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Green,
motored to Portland Monday- night,
and attended Eureka Council of the
Security Benefit Association.
Mrs. John Crawford and Mrs. Will
C. Green went to Portland, Tuesday
morning, where they attended the Py
thian convention. Mrs. Green was in
stalled in the grand Lodge of Pythian!
Sisters a as past chief.
Mrs. A. Warren has - returned to
Oregon City from Eugene, where she
has been making her home for sev
eral months. She is visiting at the
home of her son, Clyde Warren, at
present.
Mrs. George Eberly, Mrs. Frank All
redge, Mrs. Roy Woodward and Miss
Alma Moore, were among those from
Oregon City attending the state Sun
day school convention, which was held
in Portland this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Woodbeck of
Jennings Lodge, accompanied by their
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Henry Wood
beck, and little grand daughter Bar
bara of Vancouver, Wash., were Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Adams,
at their country home on Milk Creek.
Merle Howell, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. J. Howell, celebrated his
15th birthday at a dinner given him by
his mother, at the Paramount restau
rant, on Wednesday evening of last
week. The places were laid for Mr.
and Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Frank All
dredge and daughter Quevene, Arthur
Andreson and Merle Howell.
Elmer Sutton of Grand Junction,
Col., arrived in Oregon City last week,
to join his wife and two children, who
came several weeks ago and who have
been visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Stella McCorkle, of 12th
and Taylor streets. , Mr. and Mrs.
Sutton will make their home in Ore
gon City. 7
A son arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Green of Gladstone, on
Thursday afternoon, Oct. 5th. The
little fellow, who has been- given the
name of Robert Clyde, is the first
grandchild of Mrs. Lena McMillan of
Gladstone, and the second grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Green of Oregon
City.
One of the most enjoyable affairs re
cently held in Oregon City was the
missionary tea, held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Pace, on Friday
aftenoon of last week, unde the aus-
picesr of the Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian church. A Ititle
playlet entitled, "How Not To. Do It,"
was given by Mesdames Bowland,
Miller, Chandler, Duane Eby, Wood
ward Paine and Clarence Allredge,
and was well rendered. There were
72 ladies present. The Pace home was
beautifully decorated with autumn
leaves. A silver offering was taken,
which amounted to $14.25. Refresh-
Jments were served and a good social
I time was enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Chapman mo
tored to Sellwood, Sunday, and visited
Mrs. Chapman's niece, Mrs. Joe Os
born. - ' - .-
Miss Edna Holman, a graduate
nurse from Vancouver, B. C, is visit
ing her father, H. L Holman, in Ore
gon City.
Mrs. Annie Tremayne, formerly a
resident of Beaver Creek, but now of
Barlow, visited friends in Oregon City,
last -week. . -
Rev. Erastus Smith, a former Ore
gon City resident, iut now of Lents,
was on Oregon City visitor on Friday
of last week.
Daniel Williams,' who has been vis
iting his daughter, Mrs. Edna Norberg,
at Everett, Wash., has returned to his
home in Oregon City. '
Elmer J. Lankins and son of Viola,
were Oregon City visitors, last week.
Mr. Jenkins and family were formerly
Oregon City residents. - A
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Mrs. T. Hatch has returned to her
home in Portland, after spending a
few days in Oregon City, visiting ,her
sister, Mrs. H. L. Kelly.
Robert Snodgrass, a well-known res
ident of Mulino, where he owns a
farm, transacted business in Oregon
City, on Saturday of last week.-
Mrs. Lloyd Meyers of Portland, who
has been spending a week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grossenbacher,
of Canemah, has returned to her home.
Charles rollinget has returned to1
Oregon City, after spending two weeks
in Idaho and Montana, where he went
on business for the Morning Enter
pr'se. '
Rev. H. G. Edgar and Dr. Edward
McLean, who have been on a fishing
trip in southern Oregon, on the Rogue
river, have returned to their homes
in Oregon City.
Charles Hofi is. gradually improv
ing and is now able to be up, after a
severe illness of several weeks, dur
ing which time he has been . at the
Oregon City hospital.
Mrs. Jack Owenby and baby, of Sell
wood, who have been visiting rela
tives in Oregon City, havo been called
to Tacoma, Wash., by the illness of
her mother, Mrs. Dupue.
Mrs. E. W. Randolph has returned
to Oregon Cit, afte spending the
summer at Albany with relatives, anr"
Is making her home foj the winter
with Mrs. W. W. Linton.
BOTH WILD, FOR SHORT TIME
Imprisoned Cat and Kansas City Man
Alike in Disposition Until Storm
Calmed Down.
In Enid, Okla., according to a Kansas
City man who goes there frequently,
there is a collector of curiosities pecu
liar to .the state. His line ranges from
Indian moccasins to live coyotes. - In
fact he handles anything that might
appeal to the romantic impulses and
purses of Easterners. ,
This dealer's store window recently
attracted the Interested attention of
a portly salesman who was strolling
about the town in' company " with the
Kansas City man. With this obese
traveling man to-pause was to sit.
The only convenient seat in this case
was a box on the sidewalk in front
of the store window. "A piece of bur
lap had been, spread over it.
The portly one Just settled himself
comfortably to enjoy the window dis
play when his companion heard a
snarling scream within the box and
almost simultaneously the fat man
was seen rising high in the air, pro
pelled by his own sturdy legs. A
howl from him mingled with the
falsetto one which emanated from
beneath the burlap.
Subsequent investigation developed
that the- box was really a crate con
taining a temperamental wildcat
about to be shipped East The animal
had been seized with an impulse to
test its lungs and claws at about the
time the salesman placed the pos
terior part of his anatomy 80 con
venient for claw testing.
- Work in Madagascar Compulsory.'
All idle persons in Madagascar must
work o pay a tax for the privilege of
living an unproductive life. As the
end of the war released thousands of
native troops, the colonial government
has decided that something must be
done to check idleness, especially as
there is plenty of work for all comers.
A decree just published Insists that
every European sound of limb must
work at least 250 days a year up to
the age of fifty, but natives are not
compelled to work more than 180 days.
Of course, anyone with a private for
tune can be exempted, but that will
cost 25 francs per diem for leisure.
All "oisif" taxes will be used to buy
agricultural machinery and tools for
the development of the island's re
sources. The aged and crippled will
receive a small salary te seek out
evaders of the new regulation. "Oisifs"
are the equivalent in French for
- This is the story told by a New Or
leans gentleman attending the for
eign trade convention: A steamship
arriving from a French port had an
enterprising officer who saw a fine op
portunity to profit through the dry
condition of the United States. . He
put in a large stock of liquor, and
when the vessel arrived In New Or
leans had no trouble in getting in
touch with purchasers. They agreed
to pay on delivery.
The price was $3,000. The liquor
was passed over the ship's side in
the middle of the night on to a small
vessel alongside and the $3,000 given
to the officer. "The next day the seller
went to the bank to buy French ex
changes. A few minutes later he was
doing, two things at one time tear
ing his hair and swearing like a troop
er. His $3,000 was Confederate
money. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
ORtGOfi -NEWS' NOTES
OF GEflERAUHTEREST
Principal Events ol thfc Wee
Briefly Sketched for 'nfev
mation of Our Readers
. Teachers from all sections of Marion
county' gathered . at Salem Friday in
annual convention.
The Oregon caves in Josephine
county were visited during the last
season by more than 10,000 tourists.
A movement is being launched at
Ashland to beautify the Pacific high
way by planting roses along the
fences.
Due- to recent legislation by con
gress the state of Oregon will receive
for the years 1923-24-25 federal road
aid to the amount of $2,995,892.
The run of Chinook salmon in the
TJmpqua river, which is now prac
tically at an end, was very light this
season and very few silversides have
been caught.
Led by the city planning commis
sion, all forces in Pendleton are work
ing toward a union depot for the
Union and Northern Pacific railroads
in that city. -
An annual prize of $25 in gold has
been offered to the student at Oregon
Agricultural college excelling- in
forensic work for the year, by Jacob
Reichart of Corvallis.
Reports received at Salem from
rural districts indicate that the re
cent rains have not injured the prunes,
and that picking has been continued
without interruption.
'Discontinuance of the dual election
board system, whereby ballots are
counted while polls still are open, was
recommended by the Multnomah coun
ty grand jury in a report:
Ruby Dollar, an 18-year-old high
school girl, was shot and almost in
stantly killed at Ashland by Earl Barn
ard, one' year her junior, while play
ing with a loaded revolver. "
An incipient cyclone in the vicinity
of Irving, north of Eugene, tore down
farm fences, blew limbs off trees and
overturned the station building at
Ross, on the Oregon Electric line. .
Girl students at ' the Klamath
county high, school must hereafter
wear the uniform dress adopted by
the student body last year or present
a satisfactory excuse for non-compliance.
. The grand jury at Klamath Falls
Indicted J. W. Siemens and John Sie
mens Jr., his son, for alleged fraud in
connection with failure of the First
State and Savings bank, which closed
last January. .
William von der Hellen, of Medford
and Eagle Point, was awarded the con
tract for construction of the Eagle
Point irrigation district . canal between
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Big Butte "creek and Eagle Point qn
a bid of $140,000.
Vaughan & Bester; who own and
operate a sawmill at Acme, on the
lower Siuslaw river, soon will build
a logging railway several miles long
up Hadsell creek, to bring fir logs
down to their plant.
Evergreen blackberries, which grow
wild in great profusion in most parts
of Clatsop county, are now in their
prime and hundreds of persons are en
gaged in packing them both for sale
and for domestic use.
The largest tax remittance to be re
ceived at the office of the Linn county
tax collector covering taxes due on
the second half of the year was turn
ed over by the Weyerhauser Timber
company. The amount was $11,215,32.
By a vote of 35 to 27, with 21 of
the delegates absent, 'the Oregon state
-federation of labor, in session at
Salem, adopted a resolution urging
amendment of the" Volstead act so as
to permit of the manufacture and sale
of light winea and beer. -
Marguerite Stark, 13-year-o!d Port
land girl, was proclaimed winner of
the silver loving cup offered by the
Oregon Farmer for the boy or girl
scoring the highest number of points
on any project at the state fair at
Salem. Miss Stark scored 100 points
in canning. - -
The secretary of state has turned
over to the state treasurer $607,931.02,
representing the net receipts of auto
mobile registrations for the six
months ending September 15. "The
money will be used in paying a part of
$784,000 in interest due on highway
bonds October 1.
The Oregon pear crop considerably
exceeded the earlier estimates, reports
F. L. Kent .at the department of agri
culture. The heavy spring drop did
uot prove to be as serious as anticipat
ed. Indications are that the total
1922 pear shipments will amount to
about 1650 carloads.
Seining for salmon is the subject of
discussion on the lower Coquille river,
where it is held the practice i3. not
approved by the sporting element, who
believe the river eventually will be
come a poor fishing district if seining
Is allowed. Fishermen and cannery
men who profit by taking salmon hold
an opposite"view and the question Is
likely to be-settled by the state leg
islature at next winter's session.
Pear-picking and shipping will con
tinue in Medford and vicinity for a
month. So far 1035 cars of pears have
been shipped from here to the eastern
markets -and the canneries. Apple
shipping has just begun, only six cars
to date having gone east.
O. L. Mclntire, for the last two
years employed as an instructor in
the Kentucky state school for the deaf
at Danville, was appointed superin
tendent of the Oregon state school
for the deaf at Salem, to succeed A.
S. Tlllinghast, who has accepted a
position in Missouri.
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With ten inches of snow on the
ground. Crater Lake -Lodge is prac
tically snowbound and was officially
closed Saturday, when the entire
force of employees returned to Med
ford. According to the lodge manage
ment, the patronage -this season has
Two truck loads of young trout were
sent from the state hatchery near Vida
on the McKehzie river, to the new
state hatchery at Oakridge, on, the
upper- Willamette river. The trout
number about 200,000 and will be left
In the ponds at Oakridge until the
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APHORISMS
The Banner-Courier begins this
week the publication ofa list of aphor
isms selected and sent in voluntarily
by one of our-readers. We offer them
upon their merit and the pleasure they
will bring to those who read and in
terpret them carefully. Editor.
"A pessimist is a man who, with
the choice of two evils,, takes both."
"Seek the path for its own sake and
not for the great reward.''
"Happiness and success are of
rough texture and vulgar material;
the most delicate fibre in all creation
is suffering."
''Liberty is not license it is self
surrender." "Wise is he who looking in the face
of a sinner perceives his own face so
clearly that he parts with his right
of. condemnation for the sinner." -
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If you wish to practice conser
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. overwork at the expense of some
-other organ of the body but
come to me for a careful exam
ination and be assured of all the
relief that Optical Science can
give you.
The experience gained in fit
ting over twelve thousand pa
tients in 19 years practice is
here for you . at reasonable
charges.
Dr. Freeze, Eye Specialist
207-8 Masonic Bldg.,
Oregon City, Ore.
Phone 380 for appointment .
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