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OREGON CITY OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1906.
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PEOPLE WILL VOTE
Several Measures to be Submitted
at June Election.
INITIATIVE PETITIONS FOR CON
STITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Proposed Changes Generally Meet
With Favor of the People Anti-
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Pass Law Opposed.
Attorney W. S. U'Ren, of this city,
representing the People' Power League
of Oregon, went to Salem Friday . night
where on the following day he filed
with Secretary of State Dunbar pe
titions bearing approximately 8400
registered electors of the state ask
ing that the question of the adoption
of four proposed Constitutional amend
ments and an anti-pass bill be sub
mitted to a popular vote at the gen
eral election in June. The Constitu
tional amendments on which the peo
ple will pass are:
Constitutional amendment for ' the
initiative and referendum on local,
special and municipal laws and parts
of laws.
Constitutional ' amendment giving
cities and towns exclusive power to
enact and amend theic charters, sub
ject to the Constitution and criminal
laws.
Constitutional amendment to allow
the state printing, binding and print
er's compensation to be regulated by
law at any time.
Constitutional amendment giving
one Legislative Assembly power to
propose and submit to the people
amendments to the Constitution, and
making it the Governor's duty to pro
claim adoption of amendments, and re
quiring people's approval before Con
stitutional Convention can be called.
The bill for an anti-pass law pro
poses the prohibiting of the giving of
free passes and discrimination by
public service corporations.
All of the proposed amendments
C O. and D. C LATOURETTE,
ATTORNEYS AMD COUNSELOR
AT LAW,
M&ia Street. Oregon Cltr. Oregon.
Famish Abstracts at Title, Loaa Mosey.
CToretose-Mortgage, tat tr nt
- Oeaerst Law Bosiaea.
W. 8. C'Kaa 0. Isafci
U'REN fc SCHUEBEL
Attorneys at Law.
Will practice la all courts, maks coJlec
ttoaa sad settlements of estates.
Furnish abstracts of title, lend yoa mon
ey, lead roa money oa first mortgage.
Office in Enterprise Building,
Oregon City, Oregon.
,IVY STIPP
Attorjtrv at Law.
! aatice of the Peace.
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Office In. J agger Building, Oregon City.
J. U. CAMPBELL
A TTORNBT AT LAW
Oregon City, - -
-Oregon
Will practice la all the courts of the state
Office in Caufleld Building.
ROBERT A. MILLER
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Practice in all courts of the state.
Federal and United States Supreme
Courts.
Room 306 Commercial Building
- Portland, Oregon.
Q W. EASTHAM
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Collections, Mortgage Foreclosures. Ab
stracts of Title and General Law Bus
iness. Office over
Bank of Oregon City. Oregon City, Or.
L. L. PORTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Abstracts of Property Furnished.
Office with Oregon City Enterprise.'
When you require an Abstract of Title
to lands in Clackamas County, have
it. accurately and reliably prepared
by a responsible company incorpor
ated for the purpose. Our rates are
reasonable. We invite you to ex
amine our complete set of Abstract
Books. '
CLACKAMAS TITLE COMPANY,
606- 608 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Money to loan on Clackamas County
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Property. , -
and the proposeir- anti-pass law were
signed collectively, there being prac
tically no opposition to any of the
measures save that treating with the
pass question. Circulators of the pe
titions found no end of antagonism
to the law. that proposes to eliminate
the issuance of passes.
The circulating of the petitions was
carried on in 22 of the counties of
the Btate and entailed a cost of about
$1200. Multnomah county leads with
the greatest number of signatures, a
total of 2547 having been secured in
that county. The large showing made
by Union county is accounted for
from the fact of the especial interest
the people of that county are taking
in that proposed amendment which
leaves to the people through the initia
tive and referendum the consideration
of all local, special and municipal laws
and parts of laws. In the adoption of
this amendment the people of Union
county see a means of taking out of
the hands of the state legislature the
matter of county division and re-lo
cation of county seats, questions that
have seriously interfered - with the
business life of that sectien and Im
peded its growth and development. '
The signatures secured to the pe
titions aggregate 8437, approximately.
The list as compiled by Mr. U'Ren
gives the 22 counties the following
representation: Baker, 176; Benton,
274; Clackamas, 750; Clatsop, 322;
Columbia, 211; Coos, 180; Crook, 76;
Douglas, 294; Grant 111; Jackson,
532; Josephine, 123; Lane, 320; iLln
coln, 17; Linn, 400; Multnomah, 2547;
Marion. 400; Polk, 257; Union, 619;
Wallowa, 98; Wasco, 254; Washing
ton, 432; Yamhill, .94.
The last day under the law in which
initiative petitions might be filed fell
on Sunday, the 3d Inst., and in order
to make sure of filing the petitions
within the required time, the officers
of the League concluded to make the
filing Saturday.
As to the probability of the adop
tion of all four amendments the re
sult is favorably predicted by those
who circulated ,the petitions in the
different counties. Public sentiment
was found to be almost unanimously
In favor of the four proposed Consti
tutional amendments although the
feeling is strong among pass-holders
against the anti-pass bill.
Wm. Grissenthwaite, of Beaver
Creek, went to Salem last Friday with
several petitions bearing many sig
natures to the gross receipt taxation
bills proposed by the State Grange.
Mr. Grissenthwaite was of the opinion
that he did not have the required num
ber of signers to the petitions to se
cure the submitting of the two bills
to the people in June. He hoped while
in Salem to receive a sufficient num
ber of additional petitions to make
up for the shortage of names. The
additional names were forthcoming and
one of the measures was placed on
the official ballot.
Mr. Grissenthwaite was appointed
by the Grange a few weeks ago to su
perintend the circulating of the peti
tions but he did not meet with the ex
pected success in the work which was
not started in time. The two bills
fostered by the Grange proposed the
levying of a tax upon the gross earn
ings of telegraph, telephone, and ex
press companies and upon the gross
receipts of sleeping cars, refrigerator
cars and oil companies. The latter
bill is the measure to which the re
quired number of signatures was se
cured and it will be voted on in June.
The other measure proposed by the
Grange did not have a sufficient num
ber of signatures.
Other Legislative Measures.
Other measures to be voted on at
the June election are, as follows:
The $1,000,000 appropriation bill
passed by the last legislature and
held up by referendum petitions.
The local-option bill proposed by the
Liquordealers' ' Association as an
amendment
tion jaw-
to the present local-op-
,' The bill filed by the owners of the
j Barlow road, requiring the state to
buy the road for the sum of $24,000.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment filed by the Equal . Suffrage
League, extending the elective fran
chise to women.
A COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
Final Question of Its Location Rests
with the County Court.
In the matter of the proposed high
school, a subject that is now being
agitated in this county, a great many
of the voters do not appear to under
stand the situation.
In the first place there is being cir
culated, in response to the demand of
advocates of higher education, an init
iative petition asking that the question
of the establishment of a county high
school in this county be submitted to
the people for a vote. The question
of the location of the high school is a
secondary question. The high school
must first be voted for by a majority
of the people of the county before
there will be any need for determining
its location. If a majority of the peo
ple of the county vote affirmatively on
the subject, then the question of- its
location is up to the County Court
ana each section of the county will .
nave an equal chance to present its
claims.
In signing the petition asking that
this matter be submitted to the people,
electors by no means necessarily in
dorse the plan. They are merely aid
ing in having the proposition submitt
ed to the people for a vote. The ques
tion of the location of the school can
be satisfactorily adjusted once the in
stitution is voted for.
No man can cure consumption. You
can prevent it though. Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs, and
colds, bronchitis, sore throat. Never
fails.
Everybody's liable to itching piles.
Rich and poor, old and young terrible
totyn,nK n?
cure. Doan s Ointment. Absolutely
safe! can't fall.
PAY YOUR TAXES
Sheriff Shaver Began CoBecting
Monday Morning.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF COUN
TY IS MUCH IMPROVED.
Within Sixty Days Will Have Collect-
ed
nough Taxes to Discharge v
All Indebtedness.
Monday morning, Sheriff Shaver and
deputies began collecting taxes on the
1905 roll. Taxpayers should make it
a point to read carefully the law gov
erning the collecting of taxes, which
is printed below, and settle their obli
gations with the county in season to
get the advantage of the 3 per cent
rebate that is allowed.
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U. J? . vonaerane, oj. wrua, iirusays that wiain the next slxty dayg
receipt No: 1 this year. The amount
of Mr. Vonderahe's taxes, less the re
bate, was $101.10.
The law on the collecting of taxes
is as follows:
Section 14. Taxes legally levied
and charged in any year may be paid
on or before the first Monday of April
following, and if not paid they shall
become delinquent; provided, however
that if one-half of the taxes against
any particular parcel of real prop
erty, or the taxes on personal property
charged against any individual, be paid
on ob before the said first Monday of
April, then the time for the payment
of the remainder of such tax may be
extended to and' including the first
Monday of October next following, but
if the remaining one-naif of such tax
be not paid, on or before the first Mon
day of October, then such remaining
half shall be delinquent, and besides
the penalty, interest thereon shall be
charged and collected at the rate of
twelve per. centum per annum from
the first Monday of April preceding;
G. A. STEEEL FOR
STATE TREASURER
if
Nominated and Elected, Candidate Pledges a
Faithful and Efficient Administration
of the Affairs of Office.
A representative of the Enterprise called upon Mr. Geo. A. Steele for
the purpose of getting from him an authoritative statement as to his can
didacy for the office of State Treasurer, and obtained from him substan
tially the statement following:
Asked as to his platform, or what particular measure he was advo
cating, Mr. Steel replied:
"While is is eminently proper for those seeking nominations for Gov
ernor, Congress or the Legislature, to announce their preference for this
or that measure, there can be no such necessity for one seeking the office
of State Treasurer, a purely ministerial office. He is simply custodian of
the State's funds, and can have nothing to do with making the laws; but
GEO. A. STEEL, OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Candidate for Republican Nomination for- State Treasurer.
must comply with and carry out all provisions of law so far as they relate
to his office and its administration. x v s
"It elected to the office to which I aspire, I should regard it as a pub-"
lie trust, and should devote my best .energies to the , faithful and efficient
performance of tjie duties pertaining thereto." ' - -
Mr. Steel has been a resident of Clackamas County for the' past "ten
years, x living upon his farm and devoting his energies largely to agricul
tural pursuits, but has at all times kept in touch with the political situa
tion, and his' devotion to the principles of the Republican Party is so
well known by . the people ef the State that nothing need be said upon
that score. He has been a resident of Oregon for forty years; has assisted
largely in its development, and thinks that the State of his adoption Is just
upon the eve of an era of development and prosperity such as it has not
before known. J - ' 1 . '
Mr. Steel declares himself in favor of a' strict compliance with the
requirements of the new "Primary Elections" law, and of its enforcement
to the letter. He regards-it as a measure adopted by the people of the
State and believes that its provisions should be fairly and fully complied
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and upon all delinquent taxes there
shall be collected from the taxpayer
of such taxes, for the benefit of the
county, ten per centum as a penalty,
and for the benefit of the county or
other public corporation which shall
have an interest in any portion of
such taxes, interest at - the rate of
twelve per centum per annum on such
taxes, from the day on which they be
came delinquent until their payment;
provided, further, that there shall be
an allowance of three per cent rebate
upon any tax paid on any separate
parcel of real property or upon the
personal property charged to any in
dividual as aforesaid on or before the
fifteenth day of March, next prior to
the date when such tax would be
come delinquent if not paid. -
Section 15. On or immediately after
the first Monday of May in each year
the Sheriff shall proceed to collect all
taxes levied in his county upon person
al property of which one-half was not
paid as hereinbefore provided on or
before the first Monday of April, to
gether with the penalty and Interest.
See thatithis statement contains all
the property you wish to pay. taxes
on; that your property is correctly
described on statement and always
give full description of all property on
which you wish to pay taxes.
Postage stamps and checks of non
residents not received in -payment of
taxes.
The finances of Clackamas county
are in better condition today than
tbTr Vi a Vfl Vtoon in vaora TnHcra Pvon
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the county will have collected suffi
cient taxes to meet all of its outstand
ing indebtedness and place it in a po
sition to do business on a cash basis.
As- will be seen from an article in
the editorial column of this . week's
issue of the Enterprise, the current ex
penses of the county have been gradu
ally reduced each year for the last
five years. The tabulated statement
from which the Clackamas county fig
ures were taken showed this county
to be one of six in the state in which
the expenses for the year 1905 were
less than for preceding years and the
saving accomplished in this county
was greater than the aggregate saving
of the other five counties. With the
exception of six counties, the expend
of all of the other counties in-' tfc
state show an increase. -
One of the meanest features of Per
ry Belmont's National Publicity Bill
is that no honest politician has .the
least excuse for opposing it.
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EDUCATE VOTERS
Direct Primary Being Explained at
Public Meetings. 5
J. E. HEDGES ASKS DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION FOR SENATOR.
Numerous Other Candidates for Nom
ination File Declaration of Prin
ciples Estacada Interested.
In order that voters may become ac
quainted with the details of the Direct
Primary Law, a number of meetings
are being arranged to be held through
out the county. The initiative in this
important work is being-taken by Dep
uty District Attorney C. Schuebel, who
is preparing a schedule for these
meetings, and" he will be assisted by
prominent Republicans of the county.
The following dates have been ar
ranged:. Mr. Schuebel at Sandy, Saturday ev
ening, February 10; Highland, Monday
evening, February 12; Boring, Friday
evening, February 16.
Franklin T. Griffith will speak at
Oswego this (Friday) evening.
Mr. Schuebel addressed an audience
at Beaver Creek last Saturday night.
Voters should make an especial ef
fort to attend at least one of these
meetings . and. register as there will
be pjafa- r-,--i!rj: public-.- supplied
with? 11-' 3''.- ' hianks, to perform
thatc a-7't
station must be
mart uesday
- prior to April 10 in
3f.be Primary "election
Ate, shepherd
flfeek. jeting at Macksburg.
Vc" Dimick and C. E. Ramsby,
eprfdllcan candidates for nomination
" County Judge and Recorder, re
; 'actively, were at Macksburg last
toVrday night where Mr. Dimick ad
dressed 'a large meeting of voters in
explanation of the Direct Primary
Nominating Law. The attendance was
good and a splendid Interest mani
fested. During the evening many
electors took advantage of the pres
ence of a notary public and register
ed. .- '
Hedges Wants to Be Senator.
Joseph E. Hedges, of this city, has
filed notice of his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for- State Sen
ator from Clackamas county. Mr.
Hedges, In event of a nomination and
election, does not agree to vote for
the people's choice for United States
Senator. He promises the people a
faithful performance of 'every duty as
a servant of the people.
For County Commissioner.
John H. Lewellen, of this city, or
Monday filed with County Clerk GreenV
man his petition and announcement of
his candidacy for the Republican nom
ination for County Commissioner. If
nominated and elected, Mr. Lewellen
pledges "a square deal for every man
without regard to location or politics."
Mr. Lewellen is an ex-County Commis
sioner, having served the people of
the county as a member of the court
previous to the time the office of Judge
was created. .
The Mumps Can't Stop Him.
Chas. R. Noblett, ex-member of the
Oregon City police force and now a
'anil?
Made from 'Pare Grape Cream of Tartar
In baking powcter Royal is the standard, the
powder of highest reputation ; found by the
United States Government tests of greatest
strength and purity.
It renders the food more healthful and palat
able nd is most economical in practical use.
Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to
buy alum' powders because they are " cheap."
Yet some of the cheapest made powders are sold
to consumers at the highest price. . .
Housekeepers should stop and think. Is it
not better to buy the Royal and take no chances-
the powder whose goodness and honesty are never
questioned? -
Is it economy to spoil your digestion by an
alum-phosphate or other adultered powder to
save a few pennies?
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK
full-fledged agriculturist of the Needy
district, was In the city last Friday.
Mr. Noblett reports that his neighbor
hood is being visited by a sort of an
epidemic of the mumps but he declares
it will take more than a slight incon
venience of that nature to keep him
from landing the Democratic nomina
tion for Sheriff. Noblett likes noth
ing better than a scrap and he has al
ready shed his coat, is determined
and confident.
Enters Race for Sheriff.
R. L. Greaves, of this city on Satur
day filed his petition announcing that
he will be a candidate for the nomina
tion of Sheriff on the Republican tick
et to be voted at the primary election
In April. Mr. Greaves has for years
been superintendent of a department
in the Willamette Pulp& Paper Mills'
in this city.
Estacada Endorses Candidate for
Commissioner.
At - a sort of a convention, consist
ing of delegates from different locali
ties in the eastern part of the county,
held at Estacada Saturday, Mr. Hark
enrider, of Garfield, was endorsed as
the Republican candidate for County ,
Commissioner. The people of Esta
cada and the country tributary there
to think they are entitled to represen
tation in the County Court to the ex
tent of having one Commissioner from
that section of the county. They will
make an effort to secure the nomina
tion of Mr. Harkenrider as the Repub
lican candidate for that office. Other
candidates among the Republicans for
this nomination are John Lewellen,
nf thta nitv anil W TT. Mttvn- of
Viola. f
New Candidate for Justice of Pea
A. M. Sinnott, former attorney f
eral of the state of Idaho, but ru
resident of this city, last Th
filed notice of his candidacy ft:
nomination of Justice of the-
for the Oregon City district. K
of his nomination and electiS
Sinnott pledges "a bnsiness-likS.
economical administration, a stri(
forcement of the laws and a saT'J:
against the county." 'r v
It is understood ' that Justice Lirjr .
Stipp and Constable H. W. Trenlftati
will both be candidates for nomina
tion to those offices. There has not ap
peared as yet any other aspirant for
the nomination of constable.
Other nominating petitions filed re
cently were: E. P. Dedman, of Clack
amas, . Republican, County Recorder;
O. A. Cheney, of this city, Republican,
Treasurer.
A HEALING GOSPEL.
The Rev. J. C. Warren, pastor of
Sharon Baptist Church, Belair, Ga..
says of Electric Bitters: "It's a God
send to mankind. It cured me of.
lame back, stiff joints, and complete
physical . collapse. I was so weak It
took me half an hour to walk a mils.
Two bottles of Electric Bitters hare
made me so strong I have just walk
ed three miles in 5 minutes and I feel
like walking three more. It's made a
new man of. me." Greatest remedy
for weakness and all Stomach, Liver
and Kidney complaints. Sold under
guarantee at Howell & Jones' drug
store. Price 50 gents.
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
February 11 Canby, 11 a. m.; M
lalla, 3 p. m.; Cams, 7:30.
February 18 Oregon City, 10:46;i
Highland, 3. p. m.; Shubel, 7:30 p. m.
REV. W. H. WETTLAUFER,
Pastor.
o
Chairman Shonts wants the Panama
Canal construction thoroughly inves
tigated. The whole complaint so far
has been that nobody could find any
construction to investigate.'
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