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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 19.
OIlEdON CITY, OREQON, Fit I DAY, MAY 10, 1912.
ESTABLISHED 1tM
ENT
PARTITION
T
IT 66 TO 59
SPIRITED MEETING IS HELD HERE
EASTERN SECTION OF COUNTY
NOT IN ACCORD REOAROINQ
DIVISION FIGHT HOW
EVER, TO CONTINUE
At what was probably the moHt
ilc(tiri'tie and exciting meeting ever
held In thla city, representatives of
various parts of Clackamas County at
llio ('omental Club Tuesday evening,
by a vols of sixty-six to fifty-nine
wont an record na 0iuh1iik county di
vision. The voto, however, being on
ly a straw one muy not have much ef
fect on tlin final outcome of tho plan
of residents of tho eastern section to
secede and form a new county to he
known aa Cascade. Omi thliiK deve
loped at the meeting, however, that
la regarded na alKtilllcunt the lack
of unanimity of opinion of tho resl
denta of the aectlon that would be
come the new counly In en ho of dl
vlalon. The entire Mooting waa character
ised by atlrrlnK and almoHt acrlmon
loua dubulea, and It waa frequently
charKed by representatives of KU
cada and aurroundlnK territory that
they had not beeii treated fairly at
meetlnna to discuss the propoaed par
tition held In Boring and Handy. Una
apeaker declared Unit they were told
In Boring that dlvlalon would never
I'f aKreed upon unless Boring would
be made the county aeat of the new
county. Representatives of KHtacadu
whllo admitting that they wanted
their city to be the county seat, anld
they were willing that the matter
ahould be aeltled the proper way. It
waa declared that If It had not been
Intended to treat llorlnu fairly that
city would never have been Included In
the map drawn of the propoaed coun
ty. After II. T. Mcllaln, prealdent of
the Oregon City Commercial Club, ex
plained that a vote would be taken
to learn the aenao of the meeting re
garding dlvlalon, many proteata were
made, and It waa charged that Lata
cada, having learned that there waa to
be a vote, had aent a large delegation
to the meeting, while othera were
noorly repreaented. Mr. Mcllaln ex
plained that the Live Wire CommlU
tee had conceived the idea or naving
a vote, but had not divulged the plan,
He aald that all aectlona had been In
vlted to be repreaented, with the Idea
of learlng how the county, aa a a whole
felt about the partition pjan.
Just before the vote waa taken P,
T. Hholly, formerly of Hood Itlver.but
now of Sandy, aald condltlona here
were not the anme aa they were In
Wasco County before the division
there. Waaco, he declared, waa di
vided by tho Cascade Mountains.
- "After the division property which
I owned In Hood River County," aald
Mr. Shelly, "wass aBaeaaed at four
times what It had been and taxes In
creasod seventy-live per cent. The
property In what became Hood River
County waa bo much more valuable
than that In other parta of Wasco
County that It waa assessed ten times
aa much, and the property owners
could not stand It."
After the ballots hnd been distrib
uted Dr. A. L. lleatlo moved that the
votes be destroyed without bolng
counted. He said there had been a
difference of opinion expressed by
persons from tho section which would
form tho proposed county.
"Thera la a big squabble on," de
clared the speaker, "and we should
not be mado a party to It. The Com
mercial Club should keep Its hands
off."
Mr. McBnln explained that the Live
Wire Committee had decided to have
the vote, and the Commercial Club
had nothing to do with It. Othera
agreed with Dr. lleatlo, but the motion
waa finally withdrawn.
After the meeting a delicious lunch
eon waa acrvod by the Oregon City
Club.
In calling the meeting to order at
8 o'clock II. T. Mcllaln, President of
the Commerclol Club, Bald, "the var
ions parta of our tountv will please
come to order." Mr. Mcllaln outlined
the object of the mooting and told
what had been accomplished. He
aald that nothing had boen agreed up
on at the two previoua meetlnga one
held In this city and one In Kstacada.
Mr. McBain Bald that the Oregon City
Commercial Club waa not In a posi
tion to give the consent of the resi
dents of the county to a division. He
announced that residents of about
twelve districts were in atendance.
J. W. Itoota of Boring, aald that he
did not know of a single person In
bis precinct who favored a division.
"We think It would be a mistake to
make two weak countlea out of one
strong one," sal the speaker. "In
fact we think it would almost be sui
cidal. We can hardly blame the peo
ple of Eatacada for wanting anoth
er county. They expect that city to
be the new county aeat. That would
boom the town.'
Noah Stlngley, of Eagle Creek, de
plored the movement for a division.
"We are bettor off," he aald. "than
we would be if the county were divid
ed. We have the courthouse ' and
Cascade would have to build a new
one In the Eastern section."
The speaker read a petition signed
by sixty prominent residents of the
Estacada aectlon. The oppose a di
vision declaring that it might result
in bankruptcy In the new eouhty.
They aald It would certainly result In
serious financial trouble.
Paul Dunn, or Sandy, aald he had
not heard a resident of the Cascade
section speak In favor of division.
(Continued on page 4)
TEST VOTE A IS
PLAN HIT
PRESERVED
FOR FAIR
EXHIBIT
BUNGALOW TO BE BUILT
COUNTY AT SALEM WILL
BE ATTRACTIVE
BY
MAMMOTH STURGEON SEEN AT FALLS
Messrs. Freytag And Eby Begin Ear
ly Collecting Exhibit Of
County For State
Fair
Tho Clackamas County Fair Coin
mlMHlon with (). K. Freytag at the head
of It and asHlsted by O. D. Eby, Is
arranging for the exhibit at the State
Fair In September. T. W. Sullivan,
one of the well known a fell I tec is of
I his city, haa kindly donated hla ser
vices for drawing up of plaus for the
exhibition bungalow which will be
mado entirely of grasses and grains
fronv Clackamaa county. This build
ing will be In the big auditorium, and
will be a novel one. The Interior aa
well as the exterior will be of the
grain and grasses, The building will
be lilted with tho products of Clack
amaa county. Including tho large aalm-
on. which wejre caught by Maxwell
I iwiuru. Jr., ui hub i iii, hiiu wuii'u
were bought by the commission from
the McDonald Fish market and placed
In a preservative by Mr. Freytag.
large sturgeon, which was caught
few days ago, and purchased by the
commission, has also been placed In
a large Jar, and haa attracted much
attention. A large aaltnon, weighing
fifty pounds, caugh by Charlea Ely,
waa to have been purchased from the
McDonald fish market for the pur
Kse of placing on exhibit, but no Jar
could be obtained in thla city or In
Portland. The anlman was too broad
and too long. It Is aald that there is
a sturgeon near the falls that has
been aeen by many of the fishermen,
that welgha about 200 pounds. The
fish that have been prepared by Mr.
Freytag will be first taken to Port
land, where they wilt be placed In the
Chamber of Commerce building, aft
er which they will be taken to the
state fair and then to Chicago. From
that place they will be sent to many
of the land ahowa, thua advertising
Clackamas county. The picture of
the falls, with description of Clack
amaa county will be placed on the ves
sel containg the large fish.
Miss Mabala Ulll, a resident of Log
an, brought to the office of Mr. Frey
tag Monday a sample of rhubarb, this
being the third cutting thla year, and
which la 18 Inches In length, and is
a fine specimen of what that part of
the counly can produce. Thla too Is
for the slate fair exhibit.
ML ANGEL EAGER,
FOR RAILROAD
CLACKAMAS SOUTHERN DIRECT
ORS ARE URGED TO CHANGE
ROUTE
PROPOSITION SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED
Offer Will Be Good News To Real
dents Of Molalla Country
Who Will Reap Great
est Benefit
A delegation of prominent citizens
of Mount Angel Wednsday made a
flattering offer to the directors of the
Clnckmas Southern Railway Company
to have the line pass through that
city. The offer wos considered at a
meeting In the evening, and while no
decision was reached, the directors
expressed themselves as highly grat
ified over the proposition. The de
tails will not be made pusllc until it
Is decided whether the route will be
through Sllverton or Mount Angel.
The delegation that made the prop
osition waa composed of Joseph J.
Keber, banker, Fred Schwab, Henry
Hernlng, who la a stockholder in the
company, and J. W. Ebner. These
men, who explained the proposition
to the directors, said that the citizens
of Mount Angel were determined to
have the railroad, and .would exert
themselves to the utmost to get it
The southern terminus of the road
will be Salem and the route will be
through either Mount Angel or Sll
verton. The citizens of Sllverton are
Just aa anxloua to obtain the railroad
aa their friends in Mount Angel, and
the rivalry for the prize la keen.
The Information that Mount Angel
is willing to aid In building the road
will be good news to the residents of
Molalla and the rich territory sur
rounding that city, which will reap
the greateat benefit from the Improve
ment The directors say the road la
assured .and it will only be a few
months until trains are running from
this city through the rich Molalla
valley.
Fllea Suit For Land
Arthur Needham and Arthur Need-
ham Tueaday sued John Huggard and
Ellen Huggard to recover possession
of lots Nos. 47 and 48 in Sellwood
Garden. It la alleged that the defend
ants wrongfully wlthold the property.
T
FOR OREGON CITY
8ALKM, Or., May 2. The largest
warrant drawn by the Secretary of
State's olllco In the history of the
stale was made out today, when the
Secretary Olcott advanced $200,000 In
a single warrant to the Flrat National
Hank of Portland to pay the first two
liiMtallmenta of the state's share In
the purchase of the canal and lock
at Oregon City.
While the law provldea for the par
ment of f .100,000 at the rate of $100,-
000 annually, it may be unnecessary
to expend the other $100,000 If it is
found that It la not needed In the
establishment of the free locks.
The First National Hank of Port
land la a United States depository and
for that reason the money waa for
warded there, authority being made
for payment In thla manner.
SENATE TO AID
8IX
FOOT DEPTH IS PLANNED
FROM OREGON CITY TO
CORVALLIS
COMMITTEE ORDERS SURVEY MADE
! $8,000,000 Additional Appropriations
Planned To Waterwaya Bill
For Northwest Im
provement WASHINGTON, May 2. Eight mil
lion dollarea for waterway Improve
ments which will materially benefit
many Pacific Coast points, waa ad
ded today by the senate committee
on rivers and harbors to the approp
riation bill, carrying $24,0u0,0O0 as it
passed the house, for waterways Im
provements.
The different northwest items are
put on the following basis:
Nehulem (Oregon) bar and harbor
$032,350; estimate for the year $100,
000: proposed increase, $100,000.
Oregon slouch, Columbia river
Local Interests to contribute an equal
amount, $100,000; propoaed increase,
$50,000.
Columbia and lower Willamette riv-
era $3,770,000 to complete project;
$120,000 for the year; increase, $25,
000.
Columbia river between Celllo Falls
and the Dallea raplda $3,600,000 to
complete; $600,000 for the year; in
crease. $200,000.
Columbia river above Celllo Falls
$30,000 for the year; Increase, $20,-
000.
Other Oregon Itema are aa follows:
Tillamook Maintenance, $5000;
Improvement, $100,000.
Improving Nehalem $100,000.
Clatskanle river Maintenance, $1,-
000.
Coos river Maintenance. $J000.
Sluslaw river Maintenance, $5000.
Maintenance and Improvement Yam
hill river and Willamette above Ore-
iron ritv 120.000.
mnrav ni wii ameue nver iruiu
Portland to Oregon City $12,000.
Continuing improvement of Colun
bla and lower Willamette beyow Port
lnml J ISO.000.
Continuing Improvement mourn ox
Columbia and maintenance si.uuv,-
nnn.
nmielnsr the waters or tne Colum
bia and measuring the tidal and river
volumes $1000.
Improving Oregon slough $50,ouu.
Improving Columbia river rapids to
Celllo falls $SOO,000.
lmiirovlnir the Columbia ana us
Mhiitarles. Celllo falls to fanane
$50,000.
Snake river to nttsnurg ijinuius
$25,000.
Columbia between Bridgeport anu
Kettle falla $25,000.
Cowlitx and Lewis rivers, w asning-
ton .maintenance $5000.
Dredge and snag boat ror tne low-
litz. Lewis and Clatskanle rivers
$55,000.
Preliminary surveys were oraerea
for the Coos Hay bar, the Coquille riv
er bar, the Sluslaw river from Acme
to Florence, and the Willamette, with
a view to providing a six foot channel
between Oregon City and Corvallis
and between Corvallis and Eugene
by means of locks and dams.
POSTAL DEPOSITORS
HAY INVEST IN BONDS
Postmaster Randall Monday gave
out the following Information for the
benefit of depositors in the postal
savings bank: '.
"By applying on or nerore June l,
1912. depositors of the Postal Savings
System may exchange the whole or
a part of their deposits for United
States registered or coupon bonds in
denomlnationa of $20, $100, and $500,
bearing Interest from July 1, 1912, at
the rate 21 per cent per annum, pay
able semiannually, and redeemable at
the pleasure of the United States art
er one year from the date of Issue,
both principal and Interest payable 20
years from that date In United States
gold coin.
"Postal savings bonds are exempt
from all taxes or duties of the United
States as well as from taxation In any
form by or under State, municipal,
or local authority.
"On application of any holder the
Board of Trustees will purchase post-al-savinga
bonds at par. Registered
bonds sent to the board for purchase
must be assigned to the Hoard of
Trusteea, Postal Savings System."
WORK ON RIVER
RAILWAY YILL
RESTORE
RATES
OFFICIALS OF P. R. U P. CO. AT
CONFERENCE AGREE TO
MAKE CONCE88IONS
PLANS, HOWEVER, ARE TENTATIVE
People Warned Wo.'To Appeal
Commission Or Courts If
They Expect Relief An
other Meeting Called
To
i If the people of Oregon City,
Canemah, Gladstone and Jen- &
nlngs IiOdge will agree, through
their several commercial organ- 4
Izations, not to appeal to the b
i, State Railroad Commission or to i
? the Courts, for further conces- t
v slons, then the Portland Railway,
fr Llgh ft Power Co. will restore 4
t the G0-ride 4i cent commutation 4
rj book to points within the Oregon 4
City 6 cent fare Hmit; grant the t
request of residents of Jennings 3
4- Iodge and several other suburb- 4
ban statlona to split the 20-ride 3
' commutation books Into 10-ride &
books, and making a limit of 60 e
daya thereon; probably repair
j the track running through the
i main street of Canemah, and In-
augurate a rate of 31 cents for
y school children from Gladstone.
$ Unless such assurance Is forth.
coming, the company will no
doubt wlthold any concession
whatever.
For more than four hours Friday
night the delegations of the commer
cial bodlea of Oregon City, Gladstone
Jennings Lodge and Canemah plead
ed with the officials of the Portland
Railway, Light ft Power Company lor
reductions in passenger fares and otn
er concessions between points as far
North aa Jennings Lodge and South
to Cantiiiab, and while some of the
requests were granted tentatively, the
meeting aa a wboie, was ramer a ais-
appointment to the delegates.
When midnight arrived with little
possibility for a satisfactory settle
ment, an adjournment was taken until
next Friday night, wnen anotner con
ference will be held in this city.
F. W. Hlld, general manager;
Franklin T. Griffith, general attorney;
r J. Frank in. iteuoUi superintend
ent; F. D. Hunt, traffic-manager; W.
T. Huchanan, publicity manager, ana
W. Hewitt assistant superintendent
represented the company and they
had enough figures at their fingers'
ends to have held the meeting until
hi-pnkf nut-
Mr. Hlld outlined the position oi
hia corporation in detail. He said
among other things, that the recent
rtoHainn of the Railroad Commission
had caused a loss of about $20,000
nr annum on the Oregon City am
slon; that he had Intended to ask the
directors of his road to double the
track of the O. W. P. aystem irom
nrocrnn ntv to Portland, with the ob
ject of maintaining express service be
tween the terminals, ionoweu u mo
Inauguration of a local street car ser
vice between Canemah and Jennings
Idee or Meldrum, but that the loss
to the road due to the reduction in
ra.h fnren had made mm reiuciani
to make this recommendation; that
the present rates are as low as It is
possible for the company to make and
still derive revenue above operating
expenses; that the enecta or me pres
ent rates had been to shove them
down to cost; that In Justice to the
nwmoi-tv nf th corporation it would
be impossible to make further reduc
tion In passenger rates, and that the
real solution was for the people along
the line to place themselves In a po
sition where the company could give
thorn Borvlre.
B T. McRain, president of the Ore
gon "City Commerlclal Club and a mem
ber of the Fare Committee of the Live
Wires, presided at the meeting, wmcu
was held In the parlors of the club.
ii ..i.i in annnort of the contention
of Jennings Lodge for a 5 cent fare
to Oregon City, tnal me raie w
drum is 1.8 cents per mile from Ore
eon City, while the rate to Jennings
I ah eta la CeniS Her luira no
the 5 cent rate prevailing from Port-
q Tnhns. which are separate
IttllU ' -- nf
municipalities dui me fj
flclals declared tne rauway '""
lng money on the rate. Mr. Mctmin
came back with the assertion that
Urillninnita Bnfl Holton have a 41 cent
commutation rate, and that other Ore
gon City suburbs on me u. w. r. u.,.
IH ha freated as well.
It was at this Juncture that Gen-
u.minr Hlld announced wai me
company would agree to restore the
BO-ride commutation uuu i
per ride to and from points within
the Ave cent tare iimn "'--
S. L. Stevens preseniea
erievances. asking for the same fare
from Portland as Is given Oregon
City, vis: 20 cents; for a 3 cent com-
;iinn rtA with Oregon City; for
an order requiring an cars ro run w
the end of the line, day ana unsuv uu
fnr thA repair of the track, running
throug Canemah's main street
Expert testimony from General Sup
erintendent Franklin and Assistant
Superintendent Hewitt relative to In
terlocking switches followed, and Mr.
Franklin pointed out the danger of
grade crossing with the Southern Pa
cific and accused the engineers of that
road of repeatedly disregarding the
present signals provided at the cross
ing. Considerable time was consumed In
a discussion principally by the railway
offlclala of the multitude of atopa on
the O. W. P. division and It was point
ed out. In reference to the request of
Gladstone for an additional atop at
Hereford street that every stop made
a delay of at least 25 seconds and if
granted to Gladstone would have to
be given to other polnta that are
(Continued on page 4)
SELLING SPENT $984;
FRIEND SPENT $9,941
SALEM, Ore., May 3. Expense
statements filed by lien Selling and
Max Michel today ahow that Michel
expended $9941.70 In the aid of Bell
ing's campaign and that the nominee
himself expended $784.16.
The money expended by Max Mich
el was from a $10,000 campaign fund
contributed by friends of Mr. Sell
ln. The contributing friends are
shown to be Albert Meyer, San Fran
Cisco, $2000; C. Jacobson, Portland,
$1000; S. Garde, Seattle, $500; K.
May, Portland, $100; S. W. Herman,
Portland, $500; Gus Simon, Portland,
$500; and Louis Uloch, San Francis
co. $500.
O. P. Coshow, candidate for Demo
cratic nomination for United Statea
Senatorfl expended $429.40 and Walt
er M. Pierce, candidate for nomina
tion for the same office $989.97.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY CAPITALIST
IS NAMED CHAIRMAN OF
COMMITTEE
PROMISES PARTY HIS BEST SUPPORT
State Senator Dlmlck Is Eected Con
greasional Committeeman
And LI. -y Stlpp Is State
Committeeman
Twenty-two of the 44 perclncts of
Clackamas County were represented
at the meeting of the Republican
County Central Committee held Sat
urday in Willamette Hall, and the net
result of the meeting insures a vig
orous campaign for the election of
the entire Republican ticket Chair
man Stipp presided until the election
or the new chairman, Frank Jaggar
being elected to that place by a vote
of 14 to 8 for Mr. Stlpp, who was then
honored In being chosen for state
committeeman by practically a unan
imous vote. Upon being escorted to
the chairman's desk, Mr. Jaggar said:
"I am honored by this election, and
I promise you to do all I can to unite
the Republican party. I would like
to see the Republican party in Clack
amas County as It haa been In the
past, when we elected every man on
the ticket, from top to bottom. I be
lieve the Republicans are the people
who always do things In this coun
try."
William Hammond was reelected
secretary, and C. W. Parrish, of
Gladstone, was chosen for treasurer
of the committee by a unanimous
vote.
E. P. Deiijian, of Clackamas, was
elected to fill the vacancy on the Re
publican ticket for Recorder of Con
veyances, due to the disappearance
of Lloyd E. Williams, who was nom
Inated at the primary election April
19. Before the date of the election
Williams left the city and it Is said
that be is in San Francisco and will
not return.
The Direct Primary law makes It
the duty of the County Central Com
mlttee to fill vacancies on the ticket
when acceptances of nomination are
not filed in the county clerks omce.
State Senator Dlmlck was elected
congressional committeeman-
The following members of tne coun
ty Central Committee were present:
Abernethy, W. W. Smltn; Hariow,
H. T. Melvin: Beaver Creek, William
Grisentowalte: Boring. J. W. Roots;
Clackamas, Frank Talbert; Canemah.
Clarence Eaton: Eagle Creek, H. S.
Gibson: George, Julius Paulsen;
Gladstone. C. W. Parrish; Harmony,
Georee Atwood: Molalla. W. W. &v-
erhart: Mllwaukie, Charles Lakln;
Maple Lane. G. W. Cone; Milk Creek,
K. J. Maole: Needy. N. Smith; New
Era, David McArthur; Oak urove, m.
D. Olds; Oregon City No. 1, Roy
Woodward: Oregon City No. 2, L-
Stlpp; Oregon City, No. 3, J. H. Dar
ling: Oregon City No. 4, r. u. tiura;
West Oregon City, George F. Horton;
Willamette, T. J. Gary.
2 Become Citizens
John William Frost, of Gresham,
and August Osterback, of Boring, ob
tained their final naturalization pap
ers Monday.
BEFORE HE SAILS
NEW YORK, May 2. It was learn
ed today that J. Bruce Ismay, presi
dent of the International Mercantile
Marine, bad taken to his bed at the
RlUC-rlton Hotel, before his depart
ure for Europe today. The strain he
had been under sine the arrival of
the Carpathia was said to have caus
ed general breakdown. Hia nervous
condition was such that no on-i is
admitted to see him.
Is-iay later sailed for his borne In
England on the Whi-e Star liner dii-
atic. He said he was worn out anJ
the:e was nothing o add to his test
imony regarding the Titanic disisler.
I have given the Senate committee
all the Information at my command."
sai.! .'smay. "TheM is certainly noth
ing more to say. I have no ill feeling
against the American public and think
the Senate investigation was tnor-
ough. I am feeling very tired and
wish to retire.
Before leaving his hotel Ismay con
ferred with J. P. Morgan, Jr, and sev
eral directors of the company.
JAGGAR HONORED
BY REPUBLICANS
WIRES DISCUSS POLITICS
F
PEACE, jAYS TAFT
PRESIDENT A8SERT8 ROOSEVELT
AND DEMOCRAT8 EMAS
CULATED TREATIES
APPEAL MADE FOR "SQUARE DEAL"
Predecessor Accused By "Fighting
Chief Executive" Of Mis
representation Bosses
Are Opposed
COLUMBUS, O.. May 8. President
Taft charged here tonight in a speech
In Memorial Hall, that Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt, bis campaign man
ager Senator Dixon, of Montana, and
Democrats In the Senate were re
sponsible for the 'emasculation' of the
arbitration treaties with Great Brit
ain and France, and that, in conse
quence of their action, the compacts
were so changed as to be of doubtful
utility.
These treaties, the President de
clares, would have made wide steps
toward universal peace; would have
signalized a movement for a univer
sal arbitral court and were as progres
sive measures as ever wre suggest
ed to the American people.
"For some reason, unknown to my
puzzle-wltted brain," Said the Presi
dent, "Mr. Roosevelt opposed these
treaties and by these men who sup
ported that opposition, his manager,
Mr. Dixon, and the Democratic votes
In the Senate, those treaties were so
emasculated that it is difficult to see
whether they contain anything of val
ue which ought to be ratified into
treaty. My idea of progress, and of
the hignest progress possible, was in
those arbitration treaties, because 1
saw in them a step toward a univer
sal arbitral court to which any nation
In the world might resort In order to
solve a controversy that It might have
with any other nation, and until we
get such a court, war will not disap
pear. 'This was a decided step toward
that end. as progressive a measure
as ever has been suggested to the
American people."
Mr. Taft continued his attack to
night on Colonel Roosevelt, taking up
more than a dozen subejets tnat col
onel Roosevelt has referred to in his
speeches against the President M.
Taft openly accused Mr. Roosevelt of
misrepresentation and misstatement,
said that In many actions for which
bis predecessor now charged him he
had been influenced by Mr. Roose
velt's advice, and asked the people of
Ohio to give him a "square deal."
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C. SCHUEBEL, NOMINATED FOR
REPRESENTATIVE, HEADS .
LIST WITH $84
J. E. JACK SPENDS FIFTEEN I CENTS
W. W. H. Samson Pays $4 In Race
For Nomination For Justice
Of Peace Dillman
Spends $65.25
Although several of the races were
close and exciting the candidates for
oflice In this county at the recent
primary spent little money. The larg
est amount was spent by C. Schuebel
Republican nominee for representa
tive. Mr. Schuebel spent $84 and
under the head of "disbursements by
supporters" is $130.
W. W. H. Samson, candidate for the
Republican nomination for Justice of
the Peace spent $4, while his oppon
ent, William Hammond, who was de
feated by a small majority, spent $14.
J. A. Tufts, candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for county treasur
er spent $2. E. D. Olds, one of the
defeated candidates for representative
soent $37.50. George Bingham, can
didate for Justice of the peace, spent
$1 in circulating his petitions.
E. T. Mass. candidate ror tne Dem
ocratic nomination for sheriff, spent
12.25. and T J. Gary, who had no op
position for the Republican nomina
tion for county school superintendent.
blew himself" by spending 49 cents.
His itemized statement follows: Post
age, 19 cents; notary s cnarge,
cents and blank five cents. However,
Mr. Gary must not think he made a
record for J. E. Jack, who won the
Democratic nomination for assessor,
only spent 15 cents. Mr. Jack spent
10 cents for postage and five cents for
an expense blank. James F. Nelson,
the successful candidate for ' he Re
publican nomination for ajsessor,
spent $8.50. F. M. Gill's expense for
making a successful race for the Re
publican nomination for representa
tive cost him $32.50. S. O. Dillman,
who was defeated for the Republican
nomination for representative, spent
f (55.25. W. H. Mattoon who was given
the Republican nomination for county
commissioner, is out only $5 as a re
sult of his race.
County Clerk Mulvey said Thurs
day that the other candidates would
probably Die statements of their ex
penditures in a few days.
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CANDIDATES IN
PRIMARY FRUGAL
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M'BAIN DEFENDS PAPER MILLS
COMMERCIAL CLUB HEAD DE
CLARES AGITATION KEPT
CROWN FROM LOCAT
ING MILLS HERE
The Live Wires were turned into a
semi-political club Tuesday night
when C. Schuebel, candidate for the
legislature, obtained the floor for the
purpose of refuting some of the state
ments that were made at the last
meeting of the sizzling adjunct of the
Commercial Club.
'1 do not think there Is any man
in this room," said Mr. Schuebel "who
believes that I am a demogogue. I
never have tried to make a catch
proposition of the labor question, for
this is something I do not believe In.
I have always stood up for the better
ment of the laboring man's condition
along certain lines. I was not play
ing politics when I fought for prohi
bition In Clackamas County, nor when
I stood almost alone among the pro
fessional men for "open fronts" in sa
loons, nor when I fought single-handed
against the establishment of a buf
fe In the Commercial Club, and I am
convinced that the statement that the
new machine of the Crown Columbia
Paper Co. is to be Installed at Camas,
Wash., because of the labor agitation
here is unqualifiedly false.
"In Washington the same
agitation prevailed as it did here and
it will be heard even more strongly
than here. In Washington there is
an 8-hour law for women and minors.
The Washington labor laws are far
ahead of those of Oregon that there
is no comparison between them, and
labor is much better protected in
Washington than in this state.'
'"I am going to the legislature if I
am alive and well and I am going to
do all In my power to pass a law to
better labor conditions. I do not think
it is right for men to work seven days
a week. I do not want to do any
thing that is not fair to capital, but
I will do all in my power to give the
workingman a square deal
"I believe Mr. McBain and . Mr.
Sheahan have done all in their power
to assist in the betterment of condi
tions, but the State of Oregon has
moss on its back so all-fired thick that
even the rain we have here don't
soak through. I never whip the dev
il around the stump and the state
ments that are made by officers of the
Crown Columbia Paper Co. are for the
sole purpose of creating prejudice. I
propose to introduce in the next leg
islature a bill that will put men on
a 60-nour a wees oasis.
In answer to a question by J. E.
Hedges, Mr. Schuebel declared he fav
ored a universal 8-hour law.
T. W. Sullivan said he knew that
the place for the new machine to go
is right here where the raw material
is manufactured. "To discriminate
against any especial industry by the
enactment of law that would handi
cap them, would be a great mistake,"
said Mr. Sullivan. "The companies
would suffer, but the communities
would be the greatest sufferers, but
if we should make our labor laws uni
versal, it would remove discrimination
and I would be perfectly satisfied."
B. T. McBain, speaking for the Will
amette Pulp & Paper Co., said there
is no man in his company who is forc
ed to work 365 days In a year.
"There is a period of about Z10
days," he said, "during high water
when the mills must run seven days
a week because it is necessary to take
advantage of physical conditions to
keep the paper machines in operation
fhe remainder of the year. Our ma
chine men, that Is the men in the ma
chine rooms, have 11 days off out of
14. All the millwright have one day
off each week, though not all of them
are off the same day.
"I insist the statement that the two
new machines now being installed at
the Powell River Company would
have come here, had, it not been for
this unceasing agitation. Conditions
here are not unfavorable to working-
men, as Mr. Schuebel would have you
believe. The average pay for our
shift men is $2.65 per day, and If you
can find any other paper mill in fhe
United States where the average Is
as high I would like to know It But
it is perfectly true that the men
would not be getting these wages
with an 8-hour day."
Mr. McBain explained In detail the
plans of the Crown-Columbia Paper
Co. to Install Its new machine here,
an empnasized the statement that agi
tation was responsible for its transfer
to Camas. That company planned to
place towers on both sides of the riv
er and pump pulp from the East side
to the West side to the paper ma
chines. "Oregon City has had to suffer from
these ill-advised and mis-directed at
tacks," said the speaker, "for two
years ago the attack waa directed
against and was made on the local
mills.'
Mr. Hedges explained the results of
the attacks, by ridiculing the state
ments made In 1910 that men who
had been working in the mills for on
ly two or three months would come
across the bridge with the appearance
of old men."
"I will take my professional reputa
tion," exclaimed Mr. Hedges, "that an
8-hour law would be declared uncon
stitutional for the reason that the con
stitution of the United States protects
the right of the laborer to contract to
sell his labor for 12 hours a day If
he wants to. There are certain lines
of work where the police power can
step in and protect us, where the lives
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