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City Voii. no. 7. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28. 1908. ESTABLISHED 18G6 En HIS M0H0 IS GOOD COUNTY GOVERNMENT Hon. Grant B. Dimick, Republican Candidate for Nomination As County Judge Outlines His Policy in a Strong Platform Hon, Grant H, Dltnlek, of thin rlly, candidate for the Republican nomina tion for County Judge, announcim tluit If nominated and elected tu Unit ofJlcn, liln policy will bu 11 followti: On (ton City, Oregon, Jan. 24, 1906. To the Voters of Clackama County: IliivInK filed my petition with tint County Clerk of Clackamas Counjj' hmMiix for tint Republican nomination for County Judge, I foe that It U my duty to tto briefly my policy In regard tu tho future conduct of County affairs, should I bit elected. 1st, Tin? business of th County shall bo fairly and economically con ducted. 2d. Tint jiubllc highway of tint County tluit have, been Improved In the mutt shall bo K -1 t In good repair und other roudH shall bit Improved oh fast as tint finance of the County will permit. Tint I'KllltCH of (ll'CI'IIKI'il ptTHOIlM, ItlMlinO pITKOIIH and minor shall bit rnrefully guarded. Tint financial condition of Clackamas County lit now better than It ban been for several yearn lust pitHt and by careful and economical management, wo can within two yonm" tlmo bo out of debt and doing IhihIiichn on a cash basis, am! should 1 be elected I pledge, 111 y honor that tho County Khali remain out of debt dming the. balance of my administration. We have been paying largo nutim of money each year an Intercut on our warrant Indebtedue-ot, nnd If wo ronduet the business of tho County on a rash hauls, the money which o now pay for Intercut each year will greatly assist In keeping our public highways and bridge In repair and wo will thereby havn more money for the permanent Improvement of our County road. Wo have a largo County, rich moII, flue natural resources and lying close to one of tint bent market on the ront, and In order to develop thin County ail It nhould be. at leant two things niUMt be done; Int. Tho County muni be out of debt and the rato of taxation greatly re duced. 2d. Good substantial public highway must be mndo Into tint interior of the County ho (hat produce rained In the Interior can be marketed in the proper season. When those thing are accompllithed we w ill note a greater era of development In thin County than wo have ever seen. 1 In llcvc that tho County Judge of every County hi thin state should bo a lawyer for the reaiton that the County Court Im a Court of record. Important legal questions nro ruiiHtantly arising In the Hettleinent of oKtatcs, tho mile of real and pcrional property of deceased, Insane and minor perHoim and In tint proper and legal distribution of tint fund thereunder, and there are a great many oilier b Ral question constantly arising whhh the County Judge Is called upon to adjudicate. If a dorior, contractor or mechanic were ejected to thai poHlilnti, he mu! first provide a legal advisor, ainl the a adviser of the County .1 1 1 . 1 i-: . alwu ban the upper hand lu that Court ami la alwaya hi,u,:!it an. 1 ftt pi 1, plii v In 1 nui f iiUi.'nefH U) Uai.Mii t t in e ttint ti ibutiul, and In Hume Counties of tliU Slate, tin 1 h'nal advisers of tho County Judge have waxed rb'h off from estate and other legal huslnos sent them by the County Judge an remunerutliin for advise, Appeals from tint County Judge under those coiulitloiiH are most freipient, and In every cane where an appeal Is taken to the Circuit Court It Involves a heavy expense upon the taxpayer. as It re quire one day for the rehearing In the appellant Court and the cost of running the Circuit Court In about flint. on per day; no It can be easily seen that a Court of record nhould be prehlded over by a competent Judge, and es pecially when serious legal question are Involved. If nominated and elected Judge of this County, I promise to conduct tho affair of the County fairly and Impartially and not under the dictation or direction of any person, firm or corporation, Respectfully yours, CHANT H. DIMICK. WOULD LEVY TAX REMEMBER DATESjCANDlDATE FOR Grange lias Two Bills to Introduce CORPORATIONS MU8T CONTRI BUTE TO 8TATES REVENUE, 8uch la Purpose of Billa That Proposed by Initiative. 8ynopsls of Bills. Are CB. DIMICK GIVES HIS PLATFORM Tells What He Will Do if Elected as County Judge. "(iood County government economi cally administered," la the HiiliHtance of the olltelal declaration of Craut It. Dlmlek. of HiIh city, who has llled with County Clerk Creenman official notice that he will he a candidate for the Kepubllcan nomination for County Judge on the Kepubllcan ticket. Mr. Iilmmlck'H platform lu us fol lows; "(iood county government economi cally administered; that the public highways of our county nhouM be Im prover) as fast as the llnancuH of tho county will permit; that all our im proved roads should be kept lu good repair; that the taxpayers Mmll get full value for every dollar expended on bridges, highway and running ex penses of Clackamas county; that alt I'stutcH of deceased persons, Insane persomns and minors shall bo legally governed." In seeking this nomina tion Mr. Dlmlck will he opposed by Richard Scott, a auccessful farmer of Mllwaiikle and an ex-County Commis sioner. Other candidate! to file with tho County Clerk their official declara tions as required under tho Direct Primary, are; H. K. Woodward, Ke publlcan, Sheriff; (leorgo Kandall. Ke publlcan, Representative; Win. Shan non, Democrat. County Recorder; Thos. C, Judd, Republican, Justice of tho Peace, District It. r Hoine Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis cuit home-made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Information as to Direct Primary Law TIME IN WHICH VOTERS MUST REGISTER. When Petitions For Nomination and Proposed Laws Must Be Filed. Don't Forget. Two moro measures will bo present ed to tho voters of Oregon next June, and In all probability they will become laws of tint state. They are radical and sweeping in their provisions and If carried will yield an Immense reven ue. These two measures were author ized by tho Oregon Statu Grange, at Its last annual session at Forest Grove liiHt May. TIicho laws were Introduc ed In the Statu Orange In the form of resolutions urging their adoption and were iinanlmouidy adopted. It Is proposed to Initiate lawa to provide additional revenue for atato purposes; to levy a license on tho gross earnings of sleeping car compan ies, refrigerator car companies, oil companies, express companies or cor- sratlons, telephone companies and telegraph companies or corHratlons doing business 1n Oregon. The bills are very apeclllc In dellulng tho man ner of ascertaining tho amount of such gross earnings and provide severo penallleH for violating tho provisions of tho ar's. They also define tho meaiilng of tho nanu s of tho various corporations or companies and other wise hedge them about 111 Huch a man ner that tho provisions of tho two lawa cannot bo easily evaded. Tho history of these two bills la well known among tho im sibers of tho Crango. but llielr existence has been a secret to all outsiders up to the pres ent time. They are made public at this time only for the reason that .tho petitions for their Initiative have been completed by the signatures of enough legal voters of the Btato to Insure them places on the ballot. Very quietly and industriously have the Grangers been at work since last May preparing tho bills and circulat ing them among members of tho Orange. Tho work was done speedily, but with the utmost secrecy from the I; te i t tl eir inception and formulation ! until It was safe to make the measures public. Tho petitions are being gath ered In and In a few days will be hand- oil into the various county cktks tor verification. Kacb name will be scruti nized and compared with the registra tion and poll bisiks of tho last election, and it will he a safe statement that only legal voters w ill bo found to have signed them. One of the most prominent lawyers of tho state, R. I. Iloise, Is tho sponsor of the bill which proposes to tax tele phone and telegraph companies. Tho other was introduced by another prom inent lawyer. That they are both Iron-clad and legal In every phase la certain. They were given much thought and atten tion and contain no provision which will conillct In any way with existing laws. I'ho attention of the State Crango was attracted to ,1110 lorniuiaung 01 There seema to bo a gross lack of knowledge among tho voters of the county as to tho provisions of tho Direct Primary law relating to regis tration and manner of Initiating laws. It might be well for voters to preserve tho following data that Is printed for Information of readers of tho Enter prise: Registration books oi-nod by county clerka Tuesday, January 2. Registration books cloned for pri mary election April 10, 5 p. to. Registration lxioks opened after pri mary election April 25. Reglntratlon books closed for gene ral election May 15, G p. rn. Number of signers required to Initi ate laws of amendments, 7489. Last day for filing Initiative petitions February 3. Last day for filing phamplots opoa sing measures February 3. County clerka give notice, of primary election not later than March 21. Last day for filing petitions for plac ing names on ballots for state, congres alonal and district offices March 30. Iist day for filing petitions for county offices April 4. Date of primary election April 20. Canvassing votes of primary elec tion for state offices May 5. Jjist day for filing certificates of nomination for state offices by assemb ly of electors April 19. Last day for filing nominating, peti tions for state offices May 4. Last day for filing certificates of nomination for county offices by as sembly of electors May 5. Last day for filing nominating peti tions for county offices, May 19. General election June 4. STATE TREASURER County Judge Thos. F. Ryan, of This City, Aspires To This Office-Pledges An Impartial Ob servance of all Laws Governing It Clackamas County, one of the most populous, largest and wealthiest counties of Oregon has never been honored by having one of its citizens la a State Office, and It is therefore with pleasure that we note that Judge Thos. F. Ryan, our esteemed fellow citizen has entered the field aa a candidate for tho Republican nomination as State Treasurer, feeling satisfied that his wide acquaintance throughout the State, his recognized ability as a successful business man and his well known reputation as an upright and progressive citizen as well as a faithful, conscientious worker for the principles and Interests of the Republican Party will secure for him and his county tho indorsement of the Republicans of the State. Judge Ryan's platform Is a short, concise one, such as you would expect from a business man and refers briefly to that part of our state laws relating to the office of State Treasurer. He is In favor of a straightforward, business like and economical performance of every duty that the laws of the State requires tho State Treasurer to perform; believes that the State Treasurer nhould be prohibited from speculating with the funds of the state, either for SOCIALISTS TO OPPOSE LAW. Take Exception to Ctiuse Limiting Parties on Official Eallot. Clackams County Socialists, while generally pleased with the Direct Pri mary law, will seek to have this legis lation amended In two particulars. Claude S. Howard, of Mulino, chair man of the Socialist organization in this county, takes exception to the provision of the direct primary law that requires a political organization to cast at least 25 per cent of the total vote for Congressman at the last general election before that party can take advantage of tho provisions of tho law and nominate candidates In the same manner as the Republicans and Democrats will do under the pri mary nominating law. He contends that under the law as It now stands, the Socialists, as taxpayers, are oblig ed to pay their pro rata share of the CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION AS STATE TREASURER ? ' '- .., ' t - : A- ' ? " V i C- -J r ' - "' ' -I" .-A". . .... v...... ,i ; v-'! .--'-. ' ' - ' 1 ' . ' , " -V -' ' ' ' . ...... 6: . ..- - . . ? . ... . f 5- v:.- i , ---- -.l .-. -- ..;-'l-A.JtM-Jr' . . ' JUDGE THOS. F. RYAN CLACKAMAS COUNTY'S CANDIDATE FOR A STATE OFFICE exnenso of conducting those primary these bills by the statement that tho i nations, tho advantage of which is Standard Oil Company, doing business j rnjoyed solely by tho Republicans and .Democrats. Through the Socialist or- In Marlon County, was only paying a tax of $1.30 upon a business of $;UKI- 0IH) In one year, This fact was brought to the attention of tho Grange by Its agents and committees Biid at almost every gathering tho subject was dis cussed. Relieving that tho business of tho Standard Oil Company was equally as great In some other counties where it had no visible properly tho Grange had incentive to demand that it yield up a Hharo of its revenues to the state for the privilege it enjoys. Tlio other companies were brought in for the reason that to single out one company wooum mean class legisla tion, nnd such a procedure must be avoided. Tho ro.ason why there are two sepa rate bills Is because the proposed rate of taxation Is different, one being two per cent and the other three. Many Sign Petitions. "We will have a great many more than the required number of names to our petitions asking for the enact ment by tho legislature of laws levy ing taxes on the gross earnings of various corporations" said Win. Gils enthwnite this week. Mr. Grisenth- walto Is superintending tho circulating of the petitions under the direction of the State Grange. Tho laws that are being petitioned for ask that a tax of 2 per cent In one case and 'A per cent in tho other bo levied on the gross earnings on Tele graph, Telephone and Express com panies nnd sleeping cars, refrigerator cars and oil companies. These peti tions, reports Mr. Grisenthwalto, aro being circulated In sixteen counties In tho state, as follows: Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Yamhill, Linn Ltino, Ronton, Marion, Polk, Coos, Sherman, Umatilla nnd Wheeler. Mr. Grisenthwalto is now gathering In tho petitions from the several coun ties. Ho says tho petitions aro being largely signed in every section- in which they have been circulated. Pe titions representing 700 signatures se cured In this county, have been filed with County Clerk Greenmnn for veri fication and certification. As rapidly as tho signatures can be certified to by tho County Clerks, the petitions will bo collected and prepared by Mr. Qrisenthwalte for filing with the Sec retary of State, ganizatlon of the state an effort will be made to have the law so amended as to extend the privileges of the direct primary law to all parties regardless of their voting strength. Another objection urged by Mr. Howard against tho direct primary law Is that provision which requires elec tors to register their political affilia tion. This, it Is argued, tends to de stroy the secrecy of the ballot. The Socialists of Clackamas County will hold a convention in this city early in April, when it is proposed to name a full legislative and county ticket. Tho nominations made at this convention will be regularly filed with tho County Clerk in order to be given a place on tho official ballot. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. January 28, Oregon City, 10:43 A. M.; Highland, 3 P. M.; Shuebel, 7:30 P. M. February 3 quarterly conference at Oregon City. 2 P. M. February 4 Oregon City Quarterly Meeting, 10:45 A. M.; Slieubel, 3 P. M. February 4 Canity, 11 A. M. W. H. Wettlaufer, Pastor. HALF THE WORLD WONDERS. how the other half lives. Those who use Piueklen's Arnica Salve never won der If it will cure Cuts, Wounds, Burns, Sores and all Skin eruptions: they know it will. Mrs. Grant Shy. 1130, E. Reynolds St., Springfield, 111., says: "I regard it one of the absolute neces sities of housekeeping." Guaranteed by Howell & Joes, druggists. 25c. his own gain or benefit or in the Interest of the banks or other monied in stitutions, and that it Is his duty to guard well the property placed in his charge, receiving for his remuneration the salary allowed him by law; is strongly in favor of laws regulating the banking institutions of the state and providing for frequent and careful examination of all matters in connection with them; and pledges himself to give the state good and efficient service, conducting the affairs of the office satisfactorily to ail the citizens of tho state, and not in the interest of the FAVORED FEW. Born in Rhode Island, in April, 1S39, Judge Ryan is now in the prime of life, well fitted to perform the duties of State Treasurer: As Mayor, Re corder, Water Commissioner and Engineer of Fire Department of Oregon City he proved to the citizens of this city that he was faithful to every trust confided to him; equally well has he performed the duties of Director and Clerk of Oregon City School District for upwards of 11 years; as County Judge of Clackamas County for nearly eight years, he has proven to moil of all parties his ability as a progressive but careful and conservative manager of the public Interests, placing the county; In a far better financial condition than it has been for thirty years; as Republican State and Congressional Com mitteeman and Secretary of Central Committee he has done much to mak Clackamas County the Republican stronghold that it is; in public enterprises he is ever ready and willing to assist to advance anything that will benefit Oregon; he is recognized as one of the most ardent as well as one of tha best informed members of the State Good Roads Association. ; A member of the Orders of Masons, Odd Fellows, K. of P., A. O. U. W., W. 0. W.. and Fraternal Union he has ever been an active worker in fraternal ranks and has been honored by the said bodies by election as Grand High Priest of the R. A. M. of Oregon, Grand Patron of the O. E. S., Graud Patriarch of tho Grand Encampment I. O. O. F., and for the last four years has been Grand Representative of the Odd Fellows of Oregon to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the U. S. He is a 32 Mason and a Knight Templar. We confidently expect that Judge Ryan will receive this nomination at the hands of the Republican Party and feel justified in stating that the people of the State will feel satisfied that they could not have secured a better or more competent person as State Treasurer. LET US ONE AND ALL ASSIST IN SEEING THAT EVERY REPUBLI CAN VOTE IN THE COUNTY IS CAST FOR JUDGE THOS. F. RYAN FOR STATE TREASURER IN APRIL NEXT. ARE YOU A FARMER? If you are, then you need a good farm paper. The Enterprise has a splendid offer. We will furnish the Enterprise and the Oregon Agricultur ist and Rural Northwest, the best ag ricultural paper In the large section it serves, both one year for only $1.50 the price of the Enterprise alone. This farm paper is highly recommend ed by the leading exports on farming, stock raising and fruit growing. Thia offer Is a snap, Call at the office or mail us your subscription. AN INSTITUTE AT MILWAUKIE. Teachers Will Hold Interesting Ses sion Tomorrow. County Superintendent of Schools, J. C. Zinzer. Professor T. J. Gary and Fannie G. Porter, the local institute committee, have arranged the follow ing programme for a meeting of Clack amas County teachers, which will be held at Milwaukie, tomorrow, January 27, at 10 o'clock. The school officers and friends of education are invited to attend and take part In the discus sion of the programme. Tim people of Milwaukie will serve lunch for the visitors: "Ways and Means of Securing the Interest and Co-operation of Parents," Edith Karr, Barlow; "United States History the Civil War," Ada C. Mc Laughlin ; Harmony. Intel-mission. "Language in the Primary Division," Edna Armstrong, Clackamas; "How May We Raise the Professional Stand ard of Teachers" (a) "The Teacher's Part," J. W. Thornberry, Dover; (b) "The Superintendent's Part," M. M. Heaeock, Damascus; (c) "The Direc tors' Part," J. E. Calavan, Maple Lane. Report of the library committee. Greatly In Demand. Nothing is more in demaild than a medicine which meets modern require ments for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are just what you need to cure stomach and liver troubles. Try them at Howell & Jones Drug Store, 25c. guaranteed.