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SEX
VALUATION
PERIL
IN TIME OF
Some persons are Intimating that It
would have been well to save some of
the prominent men on the Titanic,
even at the sacrifice of a few of the
women. And such a view Is held by
some of the favored sex. This con
ception holds that many of the men
who were left on the vessel to perish
would, if permitted to live, be of far
more vnlue to the world than would
some of the women who were handed
over to the lifeboats. Men like Stead
the reformer; Straus, the philanthro
pist; Futrelle, the writer; Millet, the
writer and artist; Hays, the railway
builder, and others would, If hereto-
day, bo in a position to bring more
benefit to the race than some of those
of the other sex who were preferred
to them In the decree which the catas
trophe arrived.
Although abstractly Just, this view
runs up against serious difficulty. It
sets up a social appraisement on
which there would be wide margin of
disagreement What standard of val
uation aa between woman and man,
and man and man, should be estab
lished? Who would formulate if.
Who would enforce it? What would
be the standard wealth, achieve
ment,social Influence, political power,
personal popularity? On these
points where could harmony of opin
ion be found among any half a dozen
persons, women or men? Should
this separation of the sheep from the
goats be left in the hands of the man
on the bridge? Ough this power of
life and death In a crisis like that
which Btruck the Titinic to be passed
over to the crude and rough and ready
judgement of the petty officer who
stands at the davits and singles out
the persons who are to enter the
lifeboats, and those who are to be
excluded from them, a large majority
of whom must necessarily be shown
to him?
"Women first is a law of human na
ture," said one of the officers of the
lost vessel, In his testimony before
the senate committee. It is a "law
of human nature" so far as regards
British and American vessels, but on
ships of other lines it is oftn dis
regarded. In the catastrophe on the
French steamer La Bourgogne about
a dozen years ago the brute instinct
of self-preservation seized the crew
they appropriated the life saving ap
naratus. and a large majority of the
passengers, and all except one of the
.nmcn wpre drowned. The Amer
ican and British rule of the sea has
nmo Imnortant advantages. It sets
up a natural line of division when the
nf tha iuva is reached. The
sex line reveals itself to all alike,
it rails lor no balancing in the social
scales. Garb, contour, physical ap
pearance and not any arbitrary, viri
able, erratic, social standard deter
minoe th. oreferanee. While it is a
tribute which the strong everywhere
ought to render to the weak, it is also
a concession to the sex which the
future of the race mainly rests.
CAPITAL AND BOOSTING
Los AngeleB California, is the great
est product of the art of boosting on
4t. pnrifie. roast From a aesserc
country to one of the greatest cities
on the Coast has been the work of
nnlv a very short while, with noth
ing to fall back upon or on which
to build except climate, and a few
n.vmiA hroimht up in the right way,
educated to know that industry and
capital can do more for a district than
nv nthpr thine or things. From a
lot of sand duns and river bed gravel
tn nroanerity and one of the best ad
vertised and generally known cities
of the world is a work of wmcn any
i.- n iroll he nroud. A
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The Bank of Oregon City
THE OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
building site at 4th and Spring
changed hands recently for half a
million which only a few years ago
was transferred for a consideration
of a team of horses.
We have everything, natural re
sources, a climate the equal of South
ern California eight or nine months
of the year, water power beyond com
parison In the states, land the equal
of any. Anything will grow here that
grows out of doors under equal cli
matic conditions. We have large mar
kota being supplied largely from East
cm and other states for want of suf
ficient farmers, poultrynien and stock
raisers to supply the demand. Clack
amas County has over 700,000 acres
of tillable land with only a small per
cent In cultivation. We have people
the equal of any district, but we must
change our tactics and policies with
regard to capital; we have the mak
ing of ag reat Industrial city no
one can deny that. We have every
thing to bring that end; but we must
all look forward to the time when
capital will accept our Invitations
from the public generally as eviden
ced by the favorable laws they pass
either at General elections or through
the Legislature, for capital In our
Industrial center is inoro essential
then natural resources. Capital can
n,nw artificial conditions but natural
resources lie unknown to the world
and our city remains undeveloped
when capital refuses to aid. Boost
and results will be forthcoming.
Knock and reward in like coin will
be our lot We will grow as last as
our conditions will allow, but no
growth will result with knocking such
as came to our ears during the recent
primary campaign. Clackamas Coun
ty deserves the cream of the indust
rial world. Will our people demand
the cream or be satisfied with skim
med milk. We have some of the larg
est mills in the world of their kind;
they have grown with the coast from
one machine plants, until they are
now supplying the demands of many
states; they have added machines as
the demand warranted until 1908.
since which year the natural Increase
has gone elsewhere to states and
countries where capital and industry
are received with open arms. We
have sufficient power for mills of twice
the capacity and employing more than
double the number of men now on the
pay rolls. Do we want them?
A YEAR OF VAST DISASTERS
And now comes the cyclone In Mi
nois and Indiana to add to the list of
the catastrophes of the year. Eng
land, Germany and the United States
have had strikes of large proportions
in the usst few months, those of Lng
land being the most destructive which
anv country ever saw. And so far
as regards England and the United
states, they are not yet entirely over
A large part of the Mississippi valley
has been visited by the greatest floods
ever seen, bringing the loss of life
and property up to the highest figures
ever touched. The greatest steamer
ever built has just gone down, involv
intr the biecest catastrophe in mart
time annals. In the past few months
railroad wrecks have been especially
numerous. The tornado which has
destroyed several towns in states
east of us is among the most destruct
ive which the country has witnessed.
Wars ereet us from many quarters.
Italy and Turkey are still fighting,
and though neither is making any
headway, Italy is evidently getting
more tired of the conflict than is Tur
key. Mexico is staggering under a
rebellion which may transform itself
into revolution, for Madero is making
no headway against Orozco or Zapata,
with intervention by the United States
looming up as a possibility. There is
some reason to believe that Madero
would welcome intervention as a
means of uniting his people, trusting
the United States to leave the country
intact when it stepped out. Royal
it hover on Portugal's frontier,
creating a fear in Lisbon that the re
public's days will not be long In tne
land. China's republic is having
trouble wHh an element of the re
publican armies, and the outlook there
is not as satisfactory as was prom
ised at the beginning of the year.
Here are some of the calamities
which have struck the world in 1912.
And less than a third of the year haB
yet told Its story. What will the rec
ord be when the whole twelve months'
chapter is made up? Usually the
spring months make the worst record.
Floods on land inundate vast tracts
nf rnuntrv. destroy property and life,
and precipitate railroad wrecks, while
on the ocean it is the season wnicn
OREGON CITY ENTEUPIUSE. VIM DAY. MAY 10,
starta the big northern Ice flolda on
tholr travels. Hurricane and tornado
disport themselves with especial free
dom between the winter'! close and
the advent of summer. The French
Cassandra who.flve or six montha ago,
predicted that 1915 would bring more
physical and social convulsions thnn
any year In recent times, and would
see the deaths of a larger number of
eminent men may hove deserved
something different from the scoffs
which the world gnve her.
WELFARE OF THE FARMER
In a speech at St Paul, Col. Roose
velt declared that his plans to better
country life have not been carried
out, and that in regard to conserva
tion his policy was "completely re
versed by the appointment of Mr.
ltalllnger and the dismissal of Glf
ford rinchot." Not many farmers
have given much thought to the per
sonalities referred to, or take special
Interest in them now. They remem
ber the colonel's utterances while
president on the subject of Improving
life on the farms. The main point to be
impressive. The main point to be
made In regard to farmers Is that the
republican party has always been
mindful of their Interests and re
joiced in their prosperity. During
the administration of Mr. Lincoln
slavery was ended on the farms of
the south. A homestend law was
nassed that has benefitted millions
who have thus been enabled to make
a good living on the soil, and gain a
substantial competency.
American farmers, as a whole, were
never more prosperous than now, and
their land vnlues were never better.
A comparison of the present fruits of
their labor with the results of any
former period disproves the Idea that
they have suffered in the least from
the causes named by the strenuous
orator from Minnesota. Farmers are
a deliberate class in making up their
opinions, and skeptical as to abstract
theories on their business from tnose
who have never been practically In
gaged In it They think that essays
on their social needs from the same
class are not as good as their own
conclusions, based on bard work and
actual experience.
Fifteen years ago the republican
party resumed control of all depart
ments of the government, and re
tained it until last year. The party
is not displaced yet except in one
branch of congress. November will
restore it to full authority, or divide
the legislative and executive power,
or give the democratic party both
houses of congress and the presi
dency, an advantage it has not held
In more than fifty years, save during
two years of Cleveland's second term.
Have farmers forgotten those years
of deep depression in all business,
and most trying of all in theirs? It
is unlikely. They are raising crops
exceeding $3,000,000,000 a year In val
ue and not bothering about a change.
A SURPRISING COTTON CROP
One of the products of the field of
1911 did not disappoint expectation.
This was cetton. Along till the lat
ter part of May of that year there
was a Dretty general belief that most
of the cereals would break all the re
cords. Acreage was larger, and the
weather along to that time had been
favorable. The county believed that
the 3,123,000,000-bushel corn yield of
1910 would be surpassed, and that the
748,000,000-bushel wheat crop of 1901
would be left behind. Disappointment
came with the drought of June, July
and August, and the trade revival
which big crops would bring failed to
come to hand.
But cotton more than met the most
sanguine predictions. The returns
from the gins which have just been
made public by the Department of
Agriculture show that 16,205,097 bales
of the regulation size had been ac
counted for at last reports. These
are the actual figures of the growth
of 1911, from which estimates and
guesses have been eliminated. This
much cotton has put in an appear
ance at the gins. All of it which has
not been sold along to this time Is
ready for delivery. The largest crop
previous to 1911 was that of 1904,
which was 13.C97.000 bales, but the
recent one has left it far In the rear.
The 14,000,000 mark, which the coun
try has been looking to Bee attained in
the near future has been passed, and
the 16,000,000 will stand, for a time,
as cotton's "highest."
Is this crop too large? Obviously
not. Price is low at the present time,
but this is due more to the torpor iu
general trade than It is to the big
yield of 1911. If induBtry were as ac
tive now as it was In 1909 and 1910
the demand would quickly absorb all
the cotton which is In sight It muBt
be remembered that the population of
the world Increases at a fairly lively
pace, and nearly three-fourths of the
world's cotton is furnished by the
United States. The larger the crop
produced here the more difficult it
Is for gamblers to corner it and the
freer will be the market for It The
gamblers are responsible for the fran
tic efforts which are being made by
Ennlani. France, Germany and the
reset of the manufacturing countries
to get new sources of supply. They
have not been very sucessful thus far.
although there is a slow but steady
Increase In the quantity grown In the
rest of the manufacturing countries
a few years of the 16,000,000-bae yield
in 1911, supplemented by an occasion
al lump to 17,000,000 or 18,000,000
tales, would discourage the attempts
to raise the staple elsewhere, and pre
serve to us a little, at least of our
monopoly In production.
1 Am Well"
writes Mrs. L R. Barker,
of Bud, Ky., "and can do
all my housework. For
years I suffered with such
pains, I could scarcely
stand on my feet After
three different doctors had
failed to help me, I gave
Cardul a trial Now, I feel
like a new woman."
MefMj)
The Woman's Tonic
A woman's health de
pends so much upon her
delicate organs, that the
least trouble there affects
her whole system. It Is
the little things that count,
in a woman's life and
health. If you suffer from
any of the aches and
pains, due to womanly
weakness, take Cardul at
once, and avoid more seri
ous troubles. We urge
you to try It Begin today.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY RATES
We are thought unreasonable by
officials or the P. It. L. & P. Co.
while the people of the community
feel somewhat the same as those In
authority In the company rererred to.
If w hat the company contends Is true
then the Railway Commission of Ore
gon also comes in for some of the
credit for the rates now in effect.
Jennings Lodge certainly has a griev
ance; the school children are entit
led to some consideration and if Ca
nemah's scenic railway is In the shape
reported someone should be called
down. Oregon City is a center; It
has natural trading districts; zones
on a railway system should not
change these natural conditions. We
heard more about zones Saturday
night than had we been in geography
class, but the torrid zone was moat
in evidence. The next meeting should
bring results; so far we have gained
two points with two more points, we
can then make Borne concessions, aft
er whl.:h we trust all will ride to Ore
gon City on business or otherwise on
4 and one-half cent tickets. Interest
ing we should think to our business
men.
WIRES DISCUSS POLITICS
(Continued from page 1)
of the public are endangered by keep
ing men employed an unreasonable
length of time."
Mr. Eoy poured oil on troubled wat
ers. He said the question of labor
and capital had always been with us,
and he did not think the Live Wires
could settle It.
It la rnnaiilrpd doubtful that thO
,,! u-m ha tnirsnpfi farther by the
Live Wires at this time, as fruitless
discussion takes the time from mat
fprs that are more within the scope
of that organization.
HAWLtY AND LAFFERTY
HELP PARCELS POST
WASHINGTON", D. C, May 2, (Spe
oiiil. ) A. telegram was received from
Senator O. Gardner of Maine April
12. stating that the Goeke Hill ,a Par
eels Post measure, was coming up
for a vote in the House and asking
that the Oregon Representatives be
nriro,! tn miminrt the bill. Tho fol
lowing message was immediately tele-
..rmitiPfi tn Mr. Hawley ana Mr. l&i-
ferty.
"Tn-eiio Thousand Oreeon Grang
ers want Parcels Post, favor Goeke
Bill.
"C. E. Spence, Master State Grange
Both members are favorable to Par
cels Post as the following letters wlU
show:
"C. E. Spence, Oregon City, Or.,
"Dear Sir: In answer to your tele
gram of the -9th, it affords me pleas
ure to s;iy that I am doing everything
possible here for a general Parcels
Post.
"Your message Is very much appre
ciated by me, for which please ac
cept thanks. I am for the Goeke
Pill.
"A. W. Lafferty."
"C. E. Spence, Oregon City.Or."
"My Dear Sir: I thank you for
your wire of last evening favoring the
Parcels Post. I am giving the sev
eral bills now pending before Cong
ress careful consideration and will
support the measure appearing to be
for the best interests of our people.
I have previously voted In favor of
the Parcels Post
"W. C. Hawley."
SAYS JUDGE BEATIE
'I did not meet a man who favored
d County Judge
Ileatle who returned Wednesday from
a trip to Sandy, Pull Run, Boring and
Damascus, 'in fact an me
talked with were strongly against a
nartition of the county, and said It
would be against the Interests of all
sections I am confident that if a
vote were taken in the Eastern part
of the county It would be two to one
against division."
Judge Iieatie, who has visited var
ious parts of the county In connection
with bridge and road work, said that
the same sentiment existed at High
land and Col ton.
DIVISION
UNPOPULAR
1912.
RAILWAY WILL RESTORE HIES
(Continued from pngo 1)
elamorlng for tho same thing. Mr.
Franklin made the statement that
about 19 mlnutca are now consumed
In stops between Oregon City and
Portland and that If the number of
topi was i in' roan dd the system would
soon cease to bo an lnterurbnn lino,
but would become simply a street
rnllwnv.
Mr. Williams, of the Glndstouo Lum
ber Co., said that lilndHtono Is not
asking for nnythlng the town had not
previouNly had. lie explained that
many of the children went to Oregon
City to attend High school, and a
school rate should be maintained. Ho
declared the people of his town are
U..tlUfl...l M'ltll !.. .... L. I ! A,l Ui.ltll.l
i niimiii'u .imi iiiu . itn.i ,1,1 v nit. ,.
1 miiko no objection to Its being raised,
I'll i suggestea a lower commuumou
rate to Portland. In conclusion he
took up the mutter of a contract that
had been made with II. K. Cross,
founder of Gladstone, and the old
East Side Hallway Co., whereby tho
people of Gladstone were to have a
rate of one cent per mile, and ho said
this contract was on record and
should bo carried out by tho succes
sors of tho company with which It
was originally executed.
General Attorney Grltllth delved In
to legal phases of tho Hltuatlon. Ho
said the law provides there miiHt bo
no discrimination In rates and that
tho company cannot charge one per
! son more than another.
I "Where you have a rate that Is
i made up of multiples of 5 cents, "
said Mr. Grlllth. "apparent dlsirlnil
' nation elsta.'
I The company's attorney Invited
i questions and a perfect volley was
i tired at him by t'harles Heilmoiid, Mr.
Tlblilts, Mr. Soetie, S. L. Stevens, T.
Finnegnti. W. A. Hedges. I". 1). Newell
I and others.
! Mr I'mm infllHtMl hat the ruling of
the Railroad Commission hnd been to
imnlHh the Intermediate points at tne
expense of the terminals.
Finally Mr. McHaln exploilou a
bomb by Informing tho railway oHl
dais that unless further relief was
granted, the several commercial clubs
would appeal to tho Commission and
it was then that Mr. Illld stated crisp
ly and concisely that if sucn was me
case, the company woulu wittiuraw
Its offer to restore tho 41 cent DO-rlde
book to points within the Oregon City
fwent fare limit and to split the com
mutation books from Jennings l.odge
and other points to Portland from I'D
to 10 rides.
This precipitated a dead-lock, which
una rp evod by an auoiurnmeni oi
tho conference for a week, when there
Is still hope that the various Interests
will arrive at a reasonntuo under
standing that will be satisfactory to
th tnwns Interested and to the of-
tlcials of the corporation.
Tho him l.'Ht fluht was that made by
the peoplo of Jennings Ixdge for a
5-tent fare to Oregon City, and In
this they were seconded by the mem-
lipri of the Oregon City delegation.
who realize the benefits that would ac
crue to this city. The eterenal ques
tion nf "70110" was tho nugahoo uiai
continually presented itself to defotit
this movement, though there Is some
prospect that this request or Jennings
Lodge will ultimately bo granted.
rpvlni! to tho meeting the officials
of the Portland Railway. Light & Pow-
r Co. were entertained at dinner,
there being present besides the rep-
lesentatives or tne company, u. i.
Mcllaln, M. D. Ijitourette, h. h.
ilrodie, John F. Jennings ana a. i
Stevtns. all members of the rare
Committee.
T SATURDAY TO
BE GOOD ROADS DAY
Governor West has set aside Sat
urday, May 11, as "Good Roads Day
for all Oregon."
A proclamation will be Issued from
the offices of the chief executive to
morrow. Copies of the proclamation
will be sent with a call for a meet
ing of every commercial organiza
tion in the state on "Good Roads
Day."
The call for the meeting was is
sued by C. C. Chapman, secretary of
tho Oregon Development League. The
10.'! commercial clubs In the thirty
four counties of Oregon will hold their
meetings simultaneously, and It Is
said the demonBtratlon, will be the
greatest In behalf of better built high
ways ever made In the United States.
' Good Roads Day" will be for Ore
gon what the parade under the direc
tion of the good roads squadron laBt
Wednesday was in Portland.
To each of the commercial organ
izations will be sent sets of the pe
titions asking for signatures. The
purpose of the plan Is to Becure a
portion of the 60,000 signatures need
ed to place the bills on the Novem
ber ballot from each of the counties.
This is more for the sake of promot
ing Interest and understanding of the
measures than to get the signatures
much as the latter are needed, says
President C. T. Prall, of the Oregon
Association for Highway Improve
ment. COUNTY ROADS ARE
INSPECTED BY COURT
County Judge Iieatie and Commis
sioners W. H. Mattoon and N. Hlalr
went to Highland Saturday for the
nf inniiectlnK a proposed
road. They were entertained at din
ner by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stromgrcen.
The Judge and the Commissioners did
juBtlce to the spread. Judge Iieatie
said th-it he left home without par
taking of any breakfast and traveled
twenty miles before dinner, iie win
go tomorrow morning to Cedar Creek
with Pridge Foreman Smith to ar
range for the rebuilding of a bridge
across Cedar Creek, the present stru
ture being in a delapidated condition.
The crew having charge of the ce
ment work on the piers for the Sun
nvside (Clackamas County) bridge,
which Is under the supervision of
Foreman John V. Green, of Oregon
City, has competed the work at that
point, and will go to Eagle Creek,
where piers will be built for a .bridle
across tbe Creek at Alspaugh.
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PARTITION PLAN HIT
(Continued from page 1)
Ho believed It would bn a serious mis
take, "I am In favor of Clackamas Coun
ty as she stand first, last and all the
time." said W. P. Klrtchem, of l-owin.
"The population Is not sutllclent for
two counties. If the river Is the
cniiHo of any estrangi'iimitl between
the sections one or two bridges should
be built. If we bad a good thorough
fare It would bo much better than di
viding the county."
Mr. McCabe, of the Clierryvlllo pre
cinct, snld ho lived thirty-five mllea
from Oregon City. Ho said ho had
not heard anything about division un
til ho read about It In tho Morning
Knterprlse.
'if they are figuring on. separation
surely all the Eastern section ha not
been consulted about It," said tho
speaker. "The majority of the people
nolwiHA If "
"If this question wro put to a vote
it would bo defeated by twenty votes
to one," declared Mr. Thomas, of Hull
Run. "I have seen the people and I
know how thoy stand."
Others who opposed Ihe plan were
Messrs. Youiiker, of Sandy, and Mr.
Moran. of llorlng. Tho latter said the
cost of a new county would be too
much, and besides a change was not
desired. Mr. Telford, of tho same
place, nald tho residents of llorlng
,il,l not wnnt u division. Mr. Dono-
hugh, of llorlng. a llvprymnn, said he
Others who inado speeches, oppos
ing a division were Messrs. Straus,
of Cascade, and Hruce, of Sandy.
Clnuo W. DeVore, President of tho
Estacada Commercial Club, said there
was no dissatisfaction with tho wan
ed. He deplored the intlmntlons made
by speakers opposing division that
had traveled over a large part of tho
country tll'ftr Itorlnir nnd found senti
ment largely against it. J. C. hiliott,
of Damascus, declared the establish
ing of a new county would bo llko go
ing back to homestead conditions.
Mr Ktk'oro of Snr nKwnter. said
sentiment was evenly divided In his
Boction.
"Many of tho men who have exam
ined tho figures favor a division.
said the speaker. "If tho new county
advocates can show Hint tnxes iuii
not bo too high the people will favor
a change, we cio not. ieei mm w
are getting a square deal. The olllco
click is against us."
W. A. Proctor, of Sandy, said tho
peoplo ho had talked to opposed di
vision. Mr. Kllgoro, of Sprlngwater,
snld division would bo desirable. Mr.
Eaton, of Sandy, deplored tho plan
to divide tho county. He said that
the eastern sec tion had been treated
fairly, nnd, he believed, had received
more than Its share of tho road money.
D. C. LATOURETTB. President F. J. MEYER, Cashier
Tne First National Bank
of Oregon City, Oregon
CAPITAL, $50,000 00.
Transacts a General Banking Buines. Open from 0 A. M. to 8 P. M-
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nor In which affulr are now conduct
there I (llHHUtlltfllC'tlon.
M.ir.i and better counties Will 1)0
i,.,iir fur Oreuon." said the speaker.
"We want a division because we think
It would bo better for all. Thoro Is
no certainty that Estacada win ne
made the county seat, norm nw
tin named. If K'Blacadn had a selfish
desire and Intended to be made the
county sent the lino would not have
Inc luded llorlng. There Is no reason
why we should wait Tho new coun-
tv will have G.W liuiannani nnu i""
r.. mil.. of territory. It' ass-
slble real property will be ir.,r.00.000
and the personality tflll be more thnn
C,.Oon,ooo. It ha i n saio
cado would bet a poor county, but on
the contrary It would bo one of the
wealthiest. It would be the wer. thlest
from the Point of per capita. Tho per
cnplta wraith would bo $1,000. Our
salary list would bo in.oou a year
while In Clackamas County $0,000 Is
paid In salaries annually."
When there I a move made for
pronrccitlon tbero are always many
willing to pull back." said H. Epper
huh, of Garfield. "You peoplo have
nothing against us because wo are
progretnlve. We got tho railroad and
It niacin the country. So now figure
show comity division would be a bene
fit to us. We went to llorlng and were
told If wo did not give the county
seat to that town they would oppose
tho plan. If you turn us down as
Sandy nnd Poring did you will not
be treating n fairly."
E. K. Killing, of Ciirransvlllo, and
Messrs. Folsom. of Sprlngwater. Ran
dolph, of Viola, Hunt, of Upper Gar
field. Gibson, of linrton, favored dl
i.iui,,n Mr cHimm. one of the most
Interesting speakers of tho contingent
ndvocatlng division, said It would be
to the Interest of both sections.
"Wo would have two prosperous
counties, where wo now have one,"
he said. "Tho suggestion that the
proposed county .would be a poor ono
is not bused on facta."
(ienrtto Epperson, of Eagle Creek,
said ho knew of only ono man In his
section who opposed county divis
ion. .
"That man says we have too mucti
.,wnrmiK.iit nnvwav." he docinred.
He told ii" we needed only ono pub
lic, cilllcer tho President of tho Unit
ed States."
J. W. Reed, mayor of Estacadn, said
the plan proposed would result In a
saving to Clacknmns County.
E. I). OldH. of Oak Grove, said that
If tho county would build the resi
dents of tho Eastern section a hrldae.
they would not wnnt to divide tne
county. He opposed tho building of
nn armory.
I,. K. lielllels, cashier of tho Lstn
cada bank said many who opposed di
vision did not understand tho ques
tion, ilo pleaded for harmony. Tho
hpenker declared that the division of
Wasco county had benefited both It
and Hood River County, quoting fig
ures to rustaln his point.
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