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OUKGON CITY, OREGON, VHl DAY, MAY 21, 1909.
ESTABLISHED 1353.
FORTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 21
COUNCIL OUT
AT ESTACADA
ntbALL IS ALSO INVOKED ON
MAYOR HEYLMAN DY
REED FACTION.
JOHNSON IS RESTORE
City Officials Decline to Step Dow
and Out and Wholt Fight Will
Probably B Takan to
Courta.
A. N. Johnson, who wrn ousted from
Ma oltleo of Hm-orihir of tlio City of
Ksluettdil liy tha council of Hint two
two weeks ko, n on Hiiturduy ro-
Hired to Ida ortU-o by Circuit Judgi
Campbell, Iio holila Hint llm council
la not clothed with power to remove
tlm rreordnr, but that audi action c
bo done only through tlio rcal. Not
ily s restitution of tho omco
inuilu to Johiiaiiii, but tlio nmyor ami
council will not bo permitted to In
lerfore with tha dlschsrito of bla (In
lie. Judge M. U I'Iiii' and Air
Hwi'i'k appeared fur Johiiaon and
Hluto Benutor lledgu and'lly Attor
ney Hurtled, of Kntacaita. represento.
Muyor r)iuan an J Ilia coiincllnieli
Johiiaon belong to what la know
a tlio lli'iul fut-tlim, and there haa
fur anvuial ymra been hitler strife
between tint adhi'muta of Reed, who
formrly Mayor, mill llcylmuii
who now holila tho oflletj of muyor
Thouish tho nmyor and counelliiien nro
all anil Ui'cil, johiiaon la not In bur
loony with llm administration and I)
policies, and thla bus bccti'lho cuuao
of dlnuKrccnlild feeling,
Just whnt rfTm-t lliu d"('Uloit will
nuvo on mo ri'ful! t'luclloii thin wua
h Id ill ICntiicada HulurUiiv cuiiuol bo
determined, but Mayor ll'-yluiuu and
I'Ky Aliotiiny Until. -it, who were In
Oregon city Hiituiduy, staled that
Ihny wvro paying nu aticiillou to tho
recall rlocllou, aa Recorder Johnson
l ad been removed and that ho ha
no mwir or authority to call audi oloc
thin, The dcrlalon of Judge Cuuiphell
makes johiiaon a action perfectly leg
al.
"Thla recall election," mild Mayor
lleylinitu, "la all a farce. Counelliiien
llavfiia and lloawell Imvo served In
I
llm council lea than six moiitha am!
cuuiiol b rcculloil, and lliu only men
aubjuct to a recall election bio Howo
a nil Uivehiee. I was not cIccteU by
lliu )ioih' and Councilman Dulu re
signed two moiiilia aiio."
With tho exception of A. N. John
anu, t'lty Recorder, all die municipal
tiftleers of tlio town of Kudu-adit were
ri-callril In a special election which
wiih held lint Siilunliiy.
Miiliulmliilittiiitloii of municipal iif
fiilra waa the gi-iiornl charge prefer-
rei iiKiilnnt I In- drpoHcd oltlchilri by
tho petitioners for tho recall elec
thin, 'l'lie charges ngiilimt tho ex of
IIi-IiiIh wua leihici-il to Ulic following
lilli'liiilloiiii, which were prllilcd on
tho oltlclul Imllot III tho election;
Flint They hnvo conducted mid
uiiiiiiiKod the limlnens ufTiiIra of tho
t'li y In an iiiimiilnrtictoiy uiiiiiiior, ll
VortliiK the (llflereiit oil y Hindu and
applying I )k-iii uiiluwfully to tho pay
iiiimi t of t-erlalii delila not In tho cIiinh
(or which Hiild fund wua created
Second They huvo repudiated tho
cliy'a liiilehtediieHH by their refiiHiil to
provide for ami pay thu InlercHt on
Hiich bonds.
Third They have mid Ht III coiitlnuu
to spend thu cliy'a funds In a ma li
ne r nol approved of by your potllton
era.
Fourth My their acta and arbitrary
manner they hnvo Involved thu city
In audi a manner that your petition
era believe will Involvo tho city In
costly litigation.
Tim recall brings J. W. Heed, tlm
Hi hi Mayor of Katiiciulu, hack Into
power, from which hu wua overthrown
in thu election three yearn uko, anon
after hi" connection with tho Illegal
voting at HellwiKid, when It waa ul
legcil ho C0I011I.01I men ut tho Sell
wood Hotel to vote thv product wet.
Mo waa beaton by Dr. Unvllnnd, but
tho power behind tlio opnotiltlon Ht
that time waa VV. A. lleylman, who
haa been deponed from power by Mr.
Heed.
In each liiNtanco tlio man credited
with thu hlKhcat vote waa tho buc
ceHHful choice of tho Heed faction,
while tho low man waa the oltlclul
BKiiliiHt whom tho recall was Invoked:
Mayor, Hoed 63; Hoylmun 0; Coun
cilman, Klrat ward, U E. IIoIIIIh 6'J;
II. O. lloHwell 0; Scond ward, A. K.
fparka 07; C. F. Howo. 2; Third ward,
CharloH aiiulor 65. Wlllliuu Dull), 4;
Fourth ward, Al UmlHoy 58, A. Hazuns
1; Fifth wurd, W. I). Ilenthorn 67. J.
F. Iivulnco 2. In nddlllon to Mayor
lleylman, the deponed members of
FKtacada'a city govornmont aro:
Coiindlmen, II. 8. Uoswell, C. F.
Howo; William Ualo, A. HaaenH and
J. F. Lovtdaco.
Mayor Iloylman and tho monibors
of bla Council, who wore recalled at
a apodal election Saturday, Monday
refutied to abdicate their oIUcob and
turn tho city govornniont of that town
ovor to Mayor-elect J. W. Hoed and
tho newly-elected mcmberB (if the
Council. CnmplyliiK with tho provla
Ioiih of the city chuitor, the Hoylmun
Council met Monday nllit for tho
purpoHu Of receiving and canvanlng
tho vote cast In the recall election.
City Kocorder Johtmon, who la a
niembor of the Rood faction, fulled to
report und imbmlt the election returna.
After wulthiK a reasonable time for
tho tardy Ilocordor, the .Council ad
journed. Mayor-elect Heed and the Council-mon-eloct
Intended to take the oath
of ofllce and qualify early Monday
morning Din am uoi uo bu.
I nihe meniilliuo tlm altuiiilon at
K'utiu-iiilii la wllhoul a cIiiiiikc The
town haa iwo couiplelu aula of city
olllcern wllh the lleylman routine
lively IioIiIIuk the olli'i-K.
II lit not probiitiln Unit tint miKldlc
will ho nellleil hefnri) Juno 7, tho ilalo
for tho roKiilar liloniilal iiiuuldlpa
nleclloli. If I lie colli rovoray la taken
Into tlm courlN, a iIi'cIhIiiii can not lm
had beforo (tint time. In that raxo
the two factlniiH will carry their Unlit
Into tin ri'KUlnr rlty elect Ion,
Tho chin km of V. A. Ileyluian, the
doiHaiod Mayor, that III" Heed force
coloul.oil volera III thu recall election
Hnliinlay, la eiiiphatlcilly denied by
llm aupiKirtera of lh auecoaHful tick
et. K. H. Winner, wlio la Identified
wllh tho It'-iil fart Ion, offeia a re
ward of liun for nvldeiico that any
one of the Ml men who voted In tho
recall oli'cllnii had not ri'ahh'd for alx
uioiilha In ICritacadu. I'mler tho pro
vlulnna of tint Kitacailu charter an
uninterrupted realdoucu In tho cliy
of alx iiuiiitha la reiiilri'd to qualify
In a municipal elect Ion. It haa been
nrKoil by the Iloylman faction that
many partlclpulliiK wllh thu Heed
lorci-a In thu election lacked that
iiiulincalloii.
lCMiacaila haa a bonded Indouted
tieaa of llil.ooil, Incurred by thu pur
ch a o of tho municipal water plant,
which yield a monthly Income of
f 75 ahovo eii'imea of operation. There
aro oiitHtnudlnx warrant on tho road
mid Kouoral funda to tho amount of
probably l-M radii, which with other
mall oblliiallolia, ' BKKri-Kato between
Itioo and 1700. Aaldo from Ita water
) atom, thu only revomioa received
by thu city coma from a general tax
levy of 6 tn 11 Im.
MANY NEW LAWS ARE
ON STATUTE BOOK
LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS WILL
BE EFFECTIVE TOMORROW
IN THIS 8TATE.
Thu Hoaalou law a of llm Btato I K
lalatur wore dlatrlbutod thla week.
The volume cmdalna flvo count Itu
tloiial aiiieiidmenla, via., kIvIhk the
I-Klalaturo the authority lo fix the Ill
ation of ataln Inatltiitlona; chaiiKluK
tho t Into of election from Juno to No
vember; addliiK a now aectlon provld
Iiik for tho recall ; providing" for pro
IKirtloiial ropreaeulalUm; taktiiic the
tMiwor of finding Indictment away from
llKlrlcl utiorneya.
Amniii: tho laws of itenerul mort-
ance mny bo nieullouod thv now In
auranrn code, the water law and the
a x coil". ' w , (
Nearly I61I apiroprlatlon bllla wore
imaHod. n-urHi-nUim a total of ovor
$J.32S,U0U. umj inriliy tif' thi'au nioaa
urea are of Importance. All npproprla-
l 111 of K'ti.oiiO la madu for thu rovlaloii
if tho code. A compreheimlvo, gnnio
ci id e waa enacted. Several bllla at-
''CtliiK the aiilmon ludiiMtry were paaa-
d. The corrupt practice act pawned
y tho l-Kllatur, after IuivIuk been
Initialed. Homo iniHit tatit achool luwa
were piiHHed. IncludlliK u provldliiK
or alx niontha achool In every , ills
trlrt In tho atatv. Thu dairy bill pro-
Idea for tho appoint tm'lit of three
liiHpeclora of dalrlea. luiortuu
nmeiiilmeiila are tnado o tho labor
awa of tho atate, 0110 of which limit
ho hount of labor of female. There
a roiiHlderiihlo new leillttlatloii under
roaila and bliiliwnya. Secret societies
are prohibited In IiIkIi and public
school. All limlltutlon for tho treat
meiit of tiibercilloKla will bo cHtub
Untied by tho state.
All luwa pacd by the roKiilar ao
lou will bu In operation tomorrow
h enact meiits of the special senlon
0 nol becoiiie eflei-tlve until June
with tho exception of tlio iinylum
pproprlutlou hill, tho Supremo Court
pproprlatlon hill and tho bill creal
tiK tho biuiid of hlKber curricula. Tin
ther bill paHod by the special so-
lou Include an act rcqairlnn tno
diHirH of public biilldlUK to open out-
ard; to appropriate money for l-.ant
ni OroiMti Aitrlcultural Kxierlinoiil
station; for the protection uf ducks;
o prohibit nlKht huntliiK of door; to
prohibit hunting with llushllKhts; for
ho protection of t-lk.
PLANS FOR
ROSE SHOW
CLACKAMAS COUNTY ROS 80
ClETY ARRAN0IN0 FOR ITS
ANNUAL FESTIVAL.
PREMIUMS NUMBER 32
Exhibition Will Take Place About the
Middle of June Classification
List and Rules to Ba
Issued This Week.
Members of thu Clackamas County
llono Society aro mukliiK elulxirate
plans for tlio romlliK annual Hose
Show, which will bo held about the
middle of Juno. Tho classifications
and rule will bo IhsuciI In a few
days and will bu sent broadcast to
growers of rosea In thla county. The
classification la divided Into clKbt
aectlona, tea, hybrid tea, hybrid per
petual, climber, (ramblers excepted),
mixed varieties, now roaea. largo
rosea and wild flowers. Thirty pre
miums will bo offered, beside aomo
apodal prlr.es.
Tho Komi Society haa arranKed
net of K rulea for the exhibition an.)
alrlcl conformity wltb these rule will
bo Inalaled iiMn.
SECTION A.
Class Tea.
No. 1 Host collection of 4 Rod Hose
named, olio variety.
No. 2. Heat collection of 4 White
Hoaes, named.
No. 3 Host 4 Yellow Rosea, separ
ate varieties, named.
No. 4 Host 4 I'lnk Rones, separate
varieties, named.
No. 6 Ceneral collection Of 12 Roses,
separate varieties, named.
Section B.
Class Hybrid Tea.
No. 1 Host 6 White Rones 3 varie
ties of two each, named.
No. 2 Kent 0 Red Roses, separate
varieties, named.
No. 3 Bent C I'lnk Roses, separate
varieties, named.
No. 4 Host (ionoral Collection, 12
Rosea, acpuratu varieties, named. '
8KCTION C.
Class Hybrid Perpetual.
No, 1 Hi st 6 Whlto Roses, 1 variety,
named.
No. 2 Ileal 0 Red Rones, I variety,
named.
No. 3 Heat C Red Roses, separate
varieties, named.
PUBLICITY MAN CHOSEN. '
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$10,000.00 IS
SUBSCRIBED
OREGON CITY BU8INES3 MEN
A8SIST MOLALLA VALLEY
RAILROAD PROJECT.
I ; $30,000.00 IS REQUIRED
Subscription Will Not Become Due
Until Lin I In Operation 10
Mile Out, When Half
I Collectible.
(Continued on I'ngo 4.)
Boy Accldently Injured.
Faraqiiur lleely, nlno years of age,
ml a pupil of tho Hiirelny school, wiih
accldently Ht ruck with a 12-pounu
hammer last .Monday. Harry Fuller.
an older boy, was throwing the ham
mer, when vouiik Hoely got In tho
ay and the Iron hit lilin on tho Blilo
f the hend. Ills Injuries were not
rlous.
ROAD BUSINESS ON
FIRST DAY OF TERM
i
COUNTY COURT WILL DEVOTE
ONLY FIR8T WEDNESDAYS
TO ROAD MATTERS.
Tho county court Monday riivo to
2 peoplo rebates on aHsoHsnivntH, the
tot al amount being $277.15. or thla
amount 1130.37 represented taxes on
valuation raised by the asHeimor with
out notice to the owners, and 1140.78
waa rebated on account of double as
sessments una valuations reduced by
mrd of ICqualliUlon and not cor
rected on the rolls,
Tho county court lias made an or
der to tho effect that nil mat tors In
relation to roads will hereafter be
considered on the first Wednesday of
each month, this being tho first day
of term. Tho court has tiaud up
considerable time of each term in
tho consideration of rond matters, and
eposes to limit reports and petitions
about ronds to one day In the torm.
Member Faying Due.
Members of tho Clackamas County
Rose Society who pay their duos be
fore the opening of tho roso show to
the treasurer, Mrs. Frank T. Barlow,
at Harlow's grocory, will be entitled
to free admission during the show.
For that reason the monibors are los
ing no time In paying up.
8. P. DAVI8, who has been
elected publicity promoter by
the Commercial Club of Ore
gon City.
S. P. Davis, of this city, has
been elected boostrr and secre
tary of the publicity depart
ment of the Commercial Club
of Oregon, and will assume
his new dutle at once.
Tho first real booster for
Clackamas County, under an
organized movement, was for
merly a minister of the Baptist
Church. HI laat pastorate
was In Philadelphia, which he
resigned owing to fulling
health, and then Mr. Davis and
wife aelecti-d Oregon City as
their residence, preferlng this
place to any other In the world.
Mr. Davla was educated In
Chicago and Rochester, N. Y.,
graduating at the latter place
In mi. During his ministry
he traveled extensively In Eu
rope, and up to the time of his
retirement he lived In New
York, Illinois, Pennsylvalla.
Colorado, California and Ore
gon, preferlng the latter Btate
over all of the rest Mr. Davis
has had considerable experi
ence In newspaper work and
was at one time v.'ce-presldent
of ono of the leading business
colleges of Philadelphia. He
la a photographer of out door
views and hi work during the
past three or four year has at
tracted much attention.
Adams, Geo. A. Harding, J. L. Wald
ron. C. II. Dye, T. K. Ryan and sev
eral others, and all of them were
heartily In favor of the project and
ready to hack It with their good
money. Nothing will have to be puid
by the Oregon City sulmcrlbcrs un
til the rnud is In operation ten miles
from this city, when half of the
amount subscribed will be payable.
When the ,-oad is In operation 20
miles out from Orenon City, the sec
ond half will be due. This is con
sidered fair enough. The Molalla
subscriptions are due when the road
is in operation to Molalla, and this
applies to other places.. The people
In the country have come nobly to tho
front in support of the proposition
and they look to Oregon City to do
her part.
i.
Woodmen Initla'te Nine.
Willamette Falls -Jmp, No. 148,
Woodmen of the World, held an en
thusiastic meeting Friday night and
Initiated a class of nine candidates.
The floor work was put on by tho
team of the Willamette Falls Camp
and there was a large attendance at
the mooting.
Ten thousand dollar wa subscrib
ed last Friday night toward the con
struction of an electric railway
through the Molalla Valley from Ore
gon City to Sllverton. This was done
at an enthusiastic meeting of Oregon
City business men In the Commercial
Club rooms. There were about DO
i people present and Judge Ryan, pres
ident of the club, introduced F. M
Swift, who Is promoting the proposi
tion. Mr. Swift explained the matter
in detail, answering many questions
that were flung at Mm at his own re
quest.
The following subscriptions were
received:
a! George A. Harding $2000
.j, Thomas F. Ryan 2800
$ G. B. Dlmlck 1000
Huntley Bros 1000
; H. F. Linn 500
4, Frank White 600
j.iJohn W. Loder 600
. L. Adams 600
a. I Dr. A. L. Beatle 2
K. Y. KlllOll 2;
O. D. Eby 2
C. H. Dye 250
S. M. Ramsby 100
J. I Waldron 100
J. W. Moffett. J. E. Hedges, J. W.
Loder, M. D. Latourelte and John
Adams were appointed a committee
to draw a form of contract for the
pledges. This was done at the In
stance of Mr. Moffett and others, with
the Idea that an agreement will be
drawn that will be satisfactory to Mr.
Swift and the business men as well
Mr. Swift bas succeeded In raising
subscription to the amount of $90,
000 In the country between Oregon
City and Marquam. At the latter
place $10,000 was subscribed. Ho
now wants to procure $30,000 In Ore
gon City, conditioned upon the road
coming to Main street In the city
limits.
The meeting Friday night lasted
nearly three hours and every minute
was full of Interest. Talks were made
by G. B. Dlmlck, S. M. Ramsby, L.
t:
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Street Scene at Canby, where a Driving Matinee will be held Next Saturday.
A Cord of Wood is a Variable Quantity
WHEN IS A CORD NOT A CORD?
To tho farmer harvesting his small
wood lot and to the man laying In logs
for tho large fireplace of his country
or seaside home; to tho paper manu
facturer buying pulpwood aud to the
proprietor of the ordinary city wood
yard, to all of these men this ques
tion has an Important dollar and cents
meaning.
Queer to say, and contrary to tho
belief of most peoplo, there are many
limes when a cord Is less than a cord,
and many conditions when It Is more.
School arithmetics any that a cord
of wood Is 128 cubic feet, or the con
tents of a pile eight feet long, four
feet high and four feet wide. Wood
is marketed on this basis. A pile
whoso length, breadth and height h mul
tiplied together gives this number of
cubic feet tills this requirement, no
matter whether the sticks are long or
short, straight or crooked, round or
split, unless there Is an understand
ing to the contrnry. Nevertheless, a
cord, though It conies up to legal
measurements, is nn uncertalu quan
tity, even when tho Boiler Is honest
and the buyer is satisfied.
A lumberman mny have a tract of
pulp wood which he sells to a paper
mill ut $5 a cord, for as many cords
as it will mako. It Is In the contract
that he shall cut and stack It. Ho
cuts It In 12-foot lengths, and when
the job Is completed, It measures 200
cords, and he receives $1000 for Jit.
Would he have made or lost by put
ting 4-foot lengths Instead of 12?
Ho would have lost In the first
place from the addltonal labor re
quired to cut 4-foot wood, but his
principal loss would have resulted
from a greatly diminished number of
cubic feet, due to tho fact that short
sticks lie closer together than large.
Measurements and experimental
tests have been made to ascertain ex
actly how much wood Is In cords of
different lengths, sizes, shapes and
species.
Had the 200cords of 12-foot wood
been cut In 4-foot lengths, there would
have been only 176 cords, and the
owner would have received for It
$880 Instead of $1000. It was, there
for, clearly to his advantage to cut
12-foot lengths, but It would have
been to the buyer's advantage to have
It cut In 4-foot lengths. He would
have received the siime actual quan
tity of wood for $120 less.
It also makes considerable differ
ence to the seller whether wood Is
chopped or sawed. If chopped, the
chilis are lost. Where the logs are
largo this loss amounts to uo small
total. In a cord of 4-foot wood, with
sticks 6 Inches In diameter, the chop
loss Is from six to eight per cent;
and of course, the shorter the sticks
are cut tho greuter tho loss. If the
wood Is sawed, the sawdust loss is
scarcely the half of one per cent.
The difference duo to spaces "be
tween the sticks of course depends
very much on the shape and size of
tho sticks. Straight, smooth sticks
He close together, and a cord contains
more wood ond less air. For given
lengths, stocks of softwood are usual
ly Btraighter and smoother ,and when
stacked lie closer together. But what
ever the kind, cords of long sticks are
pretty certain to contain more empty
space than cords niado of short
pieces. Likewise, cords of spilt wood
contain less than cords of round
sticks. The finer tho wood Is split
the more It makes. Hence wood deal
ers are often willing to sell kindlings,
all sawed and split, for the same
price per cord as unsplit wood. They
get back the cost of labor In the in
creased bulk.
A cord (128 cubic feet) of 4-foot
hardwood usually contains about S3
cubic feet of solid wood; a cord of
3-foot wood averages cubic feet;
of 2-foot wood. 84 feet, and If 1-foot
wood 85 feet. The conifers, softwoods,
contain 90 to 96 cubic feet. Thus the
purchaser received on an average
about two-thirds ot a cord of real
wood and one-third of a cord of
spaces.
In some countries wood is bought
by weight, and the buyer comes more
nearly getting what he bargains for;
but even then he may miss It if he
receives green wood when he wants
dry. Acordlng to timber testing en
gineers of the United States Forest
Service, wood may loose half or more
of Its green weight in seasoning.
Cedar for lead pencils Is bought by
weight In this country. The pieces
are so small and of such irregular
size that they cannot conveniently be
stacked and measured as cordwood.
The bulk of nearly all woods de
creases as seasoning goes on. A
hundred cords green will make 89 to
93 cords when dry. This Is a factor
of no small importance to dealers who
handle large quantities.
Woodlot owners and farmers who
have small forest tracts from which
they expect to sell cordwood, are no
less Interested than contractors who
buy and sell large quantities. It will
stand them In hand to know how
much difference It makes whether
wood Is cut long or short, chopped or
sawed, whether the stocks are round
or split, whether large or small, and
whether the measurements are to
be made while the wood Is green or
after 'It is seasoned.
MtHe or nothing was done Monday
night at the railroad meeting that
was hold In the rooms of the Com
mercial Clu'o. The committee that
was named to draft a form of, con
tract that would be satisfactory to
F. M. Swift, who la promoting the
proposed railroad through the Mo
lalla Valley from Oregon City to Sll
verton, and the residents of this city
who may subscribe for stock, did not
make a report. The committee did
have a lengthy document written, but
there was some objection to It, and
the report was not presented. Accord
ingly the committee was given until
Thursday night to submit a form of
contract and was authorized to en
gage legal assistance In making the
draft It is the announced Intention
of the majority of the members of the
committee to submit no contract un
til they can agree upon one that will
be fully binding.
REFERENDUM
ON TAX LAWS
LIMITATION OF CONSTITUTION
SHALL NOT HOLD WHEN
PEOPLE APPROVE.
U'REN ATTENDS GRANGE
He 8ay Legislature Ha Failed to
Understand the Bill It Pasted
and Voter Must Feel
Responsibility.
HONOR GRAVES OF
THE SOLDIER DEAD
G. A. R. and W. R. C. PERFECTING
PLANS FOR DECORATION
DAY OBSERVANCE.
The Joint committee of Meade Post,
G. A. R., and the Women's , Relief
Corps, on Memorial Day services, met
at Willamette hall Monday afternoon,
Post Commander O. L. Clyde In the
chair and Mrs. Roslna Fouta acting
as secretary.
Department Commander J. T. Ap-
nerson, O. U Clyde. J. A. Tufts, U P.
Horton, J. C. Paddock, G. A. Harding.
D. K. Bill. O. A. Cheney. F. M. Kel
logg and D. M. Freeman of the post,
and all members of the W. R. C. were
appointed a school visiting committee.
The committee will visit the schools
of this city and vicinity on the follow
ing days preceding Memorial Day:
Wednesday, May 26, Eastham gram
mar and Barclay high school: Thurs
day, 27th, Canemah and Willamette;
Friday, 28th, Gladstone and Parkplaco
schools and McLoughlln institute.
The post and the corps will assem
ble at Willamette hall, Sunday, May
30, at 9:30 A. M., and march to the
Congregational church, where Rev. E.
Clarence Oakley, the pastor, will I
preach the Memorial Day sermon. As
Memorial Day falls on Sunday this
year the services will be held on Mon
day. May 31.
An invitation has been tendered to
company G, Third regiment, O. N. G.,
to act as escort to the post and corps,
Sunday and Monday. The pupils of
the schools of Oregon City and vicin
ity are invited to participate in the
parade. .
A vote of thanks was tendered to
the- mayor and city council for their
generous appropriation to help defray
the expenses of the celebration and
an Invitation was tendered to them to
participate In the parade and to oc
cupy seats on the platform during the
exercises of the day.
Lieutenant C. E. Burns, Jr., will he
grand marshal. Judge J. U. Campbell
will be president and Honorable Gor
don E. Hayes, orator of the day. The
exercises will be held at Shively's
hall In the forenoon. The following
committees will have charge of the
affair. Program, G. A. Harding, F.
M. Kellogg and Mmes. M. M. Charman
and Rosina Fouts; music and solicit
ing. J. A. Tufts, J. F. Nelson and
Mrs. Pauline Schwartz: decoration, L.
P. Horton, J. W. Paddock aud J. C.
Sawyer.
The programme committee wll com
plete the programme in a few days.
One of its main features will be a drill
by the pupils of the schools, under the
direction of City Superintendent Mc-
Kee.
HUGE KNIFE WOUNDS
JNO. REAM SERIOUSLY
WILLAMETTE MILL EMPLOYE
MEETS WITH ACCIDENT AT
SPLITTER PLANT.
John Ream, an employee of the
Willamette Pulp & Paper Company,
received Injuries Saturday afternoon
that came near costing him his life.
Ream, who is 19 years of age, was
working on the wood splitter in the
wood mill, about half a mile up the
ver from the company s main plant.
Ream was helping to haul a log over
to the splitter, when the forehead of
one of the workmen accldently hit
the lever and the heavy, steel blade,
elghlng about five hundred pounds,
struck Ream In the back between the
shoulders, inflicting a deep gash. He
as brought to this city Immediately
for surgical attendance and has good
chances for recovery, though it is a
onder he was not killed outright. It
as feared that his spine was injured,
wo ribs were broken and one lung
probably damaged. The blade of
the splitter knife Is two feet long
and Is wedge shaped, ranging In
ldth from one to one and one-half
feet. The knife runs on a six inch
shaft.
One family raising produce In
Clackamas County is worth 30 Job
hunters in Oregon City; boost the
county; come to the booster meeting.
Probably the most Important piece
of Grange Legislation enacted at the
session of the State Grange, which
ended at McMlnnville Saturday, was
the report of the committee on assess
ment and taxation. The following res
olution was adopted:
"Whereas, By reason of legislative
carelessness and Incompetence, the
tax law of the State of Oregon for
the past five years have been made
under the Emergency Clause, and no
tax laws have yet been made by any
Legislature that are just and satis
factory to the taxpayers, therefore be
it
"Resolved., by the Oregon State
Grange, That our legislative commit
tee Is authorized on the part of the
Grange to assist In organizing any
movement that meets Its approval tor
the purpose of proposing by Initiative
petition an amendment to the Oregon
Constitution, making the referendum
obligatory on all tax and exemption
laws passed by the Legislature, and
providing that any tax or exemption
law approved by the people shall be
effective, notwithstanding any limita
tions of the constitution on the pow
er of the legislative assembly."
Hon. W. S. U'Ren, of Oregon City,
talked in reference to the assessment
and taxation laws, and said:
"The referendum should be obliga
tory on all tax and exemption laws,
bec4se the Legislature has failed
to Understand the bills It passed.
Twice in the past five years it has
been necessary to make emergency
tax laws to get any revenue for the
slate. Once a special session was
necessary. Last Winter the Legisla
ture repealed the laws for taxing In
comes of telephone, telegraph and
express companies. Either there was
a joker in the bill that the Legisla
ture did not see, ore else the members
did see the joker and left it hidden
from the people.
'Taxation is one of (he most Import-
and functions of government It Is
well that the people should feel their
own responsibility for the tax and
exemption laws. The amendments to
the constitution submitted by the
Legislature last Winter, if adopted,
will permit laws to exempt any kind
of property, and also to tax different
kinds of property at different rates,
as they are said to do in some of the
Eastern states. With these great tax
ing powers added to the lawmaking
powers, I believe it will be safe and
wise to require that every tax and
exemption shall be approved by thd
people before it takes effect."
The State Grange makes the fol
lowing statement in relation to its
position on assessment and taxation:
"The state constitution should be
amended so as to permit all property
to be classified anod taxed at differ
ent rates, retaining a uniform rate In
each class. A more rigid enforcement
of tax laws Is necessary. All privi
leges should be obliged to contribute
their just share of the burden. The
last Legislature is commended for Us
creation of a State Tax Commission,
the Grange believing the system to
be the most effective means of find
ing intangible property and classify
ing same and making fair adjustments
of values. The Grange believes such
a commission should be elected on
a non-partisan ticket, and believes a
fine of from $100 to $500 should be im
posed for refusal to enlist property
with the assessor, or Imprisonment of
from six months to one year. The
Washington state plan of collecting
delinquent taxes Is recommended for
adoption."
The Grange would also make all
bonds and securities, not exempt,
worthless unless they bear the official
seal of the assessor.
The following resolutions were
adopted In opposition to a constitu
tional convention:
Whereas, House Bill No. 186, In
troduced by Mr. Buchanan, to provide
for a constitutional convention to re
vise the Constitution of the State ot
Oregon, was passed by the Legisla
tive Assembly at its recent session,
and
"Whereas, it Is the reported Inten
tion of the machine politicians and
corporate Interests responsible for the
introduction and passage ot this bill
to have the constitutional convention
promulgate and adopt the constitution
it draws without submitting it to a
vote of the people for approval or
rejection, and thereby repeal the Initi
ative and referendum, the recall and
the people's selection of United States
Senators, by the Statement No. 1
method, as well as other measures by
which the people of Oregon directly
control their public officers and gov
ernment, and
"Whereas, a new constitution Is fol
lowed always by many years of un
certainty and costly litigation to de
termine the meaning of Its various
provisions, and this bill will coBt the
taxpayers of Oregon for the two spe
cial elections and the convention it
self at least $200,000, If they are per
mitted to vote upon the constitution
at all. and because It is very clear
that no good for the people can pos
sibly be obtained through such a con
vention that cannot be much more
safely and cheaply obtained by amend
ment; therefore, be It
'Resolved, By the Oregon State
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