OREGON 07TY ENTEUIMMSK, FRIDAY, AUGUST I, 1913.
. Oregon City Enterprise
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from debt and provided It with a atir
plu. and while doing this It has found
ways to also provUlo and maintain
many needed Improvements. It
nvike a showing on the credit side ot
the ledger, Instead of uKn the debit
side and If this Is etravagaure and
misrule, thera must bo something
radically wrong with the man's mind
who sees It In such a light.
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ANSWERING In this Issue of The
THE CHARGE Enterprise Is printed
a reply by County Judgj R. R neatle
and Commissioner Plslr to the
charges preferred against them by
thosa who are backing the recall
movement Judge neatle and Conv
mlssioner Rlalr completely ignore per
sonalities In the matter, as is righ'
end proper, and deal solely with the
facta at Issue. They even take the
the comparison of the years 1910 and
1912 In their reply instead of making
a more favorable showing by uttlUtng
other years and comparing them. In
doing this they are going more than
half way to meet their detractors, and
are answering their flimsy allegations
of wrong conduct by the very evi
dence which they have themselves
ubmltted as the grounds for their ac
tion. In a mild, clear and eonciss state
ment the Judga and the commissioner
take up the record the county court
baa made and preseut it to the peo
ple for their Judgment Replying to
the charge that the preseat county ad
ministration haa been an expensive
one for the tax-payers, they submit
figures that con not be disputed to
show that any Increase In taxation is
not due to the actions of the county
commissioners, but Is the result of an
Increase In mandatory stata taxes,
and In taxes voted by the people them
selves. Taking into consideration the
growth and dsvelopment of the coun
ty, tt is shown that while the Increase
of taxes regularly levied In 1913 Is
25 percent over the taxes of 1910; the
taxes specially levied by the people
show an Increase ot SO percent for
the same period.
Figures are quoted to bear quj,
these facts. The figures are a part
ot the. county records, and they are
also a part of the report made by a
special accountant who experted the
county books. The figures do not lie;
and any right-thinking man who reads
them, and who understands the mean
ing underlying them, cannot fall to
see that any charge of extravagance, 1
based upon them and levelled at the
county court. Is a gross misrepresen
tation of affairs as they actually are.
Judge Beatle and Commissioner
Blair also point out I hat under the
present administration the county
has not only been freed of debt and
placed upon its feet la a sound finan
cial condition, but that there has al
so been accumulated In the county
treasury a healthy surplus. Surely
there can have been no extravagance,
nor mismanagement, nor wrong-doing,
If such results have been achieved.
Not only does the comparison be
tween the years 1910 and 1912 show
this advance, and prove that under
the present management of affairs
the county has been financially bet
tered by many thousands of dollars;
but the present administration has
taken steps throng the county cruise,
to benefit the district over which they
have charge to a still greater extent
'Results obtained from this cruise al
ready Indicate that the increase in as
sessed valuation and the taxes on
timber land levied thereupon will
inpre than pay for the cruise, and will
add to the county funds further thous
ands of dollars annually. In some in
stances the cruise has Increased the
valuation of timber land to as much
as four times the former figures, and
In nearly every section substantial ad
vances are shown. This does not look
like extravagance, or seem to be
grounds upon which to base a recall.
In short, it must appear to the cit
izen who thinks of this matter that
the present county administration
has done well in office, has had at
heart the Interests of the county, and
has, in the last assay, given an econ
omical rule. It has lifted the county
HINDERING Seekers after the In
GOOD WORK slduoua lobbyist might
do we'.l to probe the opposition now
In evidence against th promised ex
pansion ot the parcel post service
planned by Intinasler-CrMieral Uur
leson. Mr. Burleson's betterments
will probably curtail tiie buslues of
the express companies to a still fur
ther extent, and this fact might fur
nlsh a cine as to th best place to
seek tue malign Influence.
Congress seems to be endeavoring
to assume a pose of rightou Indigna
tion at the attempt of the postmaster
general to run his own department
wltuout assistance from the solons,
and wnenever congress gets "on its
ear" over a little thing like courtesy.
It Is an almost sure sign that power
fl Interest who don't care a cooper's
damn about courtesy are at the bot
tom of things. By doing away with
the bothersome special parcel post
stamps, and by Increasing the weight
of packages that may be transported
by the new system through the malls
in the first two tones, tlx postmaster
general Is plainly aiding the people
and making the parcel post more use
ful tj the general public.
In attempting to do this, he Is
merely doing his duty aa director of
a very useful branch ot the postal
service, and congress has no legiti
mate reason to stand In his way. The
on'y people who may be Injured by
the changes are the express and trans
portation companies, and congress is
showing bad grace If not something
worse In appearing to champion
them against the people. The United
States is sufficiently behind the rest
of the civilized world now In the mat
ter of parcel post, and In trying to
bring It up-to-date Mr. Burleson Is do
ing something for which be should be
praised. Instead ot hindered.
Additional suggestion of the pe
culiar influences that are probably at
work to hamper Mr. Burleson is to
be found In an article published In a
recent number ot The Oregonian. This
dispatch, coming from one ot the pro
fessional news-mongerq of the nation
al capital, says that Ex-Senator
Bourne is behind the attack upon the
postmaster-genefal. Aa Mr. Bourne
has always been a friend of parcel
post, and as he was rue of the prime
movers In making the adoption ot the
system possible. It can hardly be be
lieved that he Is now Industriously
trying to hamper the progress ot tie
work which he helped get underway.
More likely is It that The Oregonian,
which has no present love for Bourne,
is trying to cast discredit upon him
in his own state. Associated Press
dispatches, which are quite reliable,
make no mention of the "business" of
MV. Bourne as recounted In The Ore
gonlan't special news item.
Mr. Burleson should have the sup
port of Congress and the people In
whatever attempt be may make to
advance the usefulness of the parcel
post system. He is doing a public
work for the public good; and all who
cast hindrances In his path cannot be
classed as unselfish citizens seeking
the best for tha common weal.
SEQUENCE The election of Howard
OF EVENTS Elliott to the presi
dency of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford, and the proposal to make
him absolute dictator of Its policies
and management Is a matter of inter
est to the Northwest, as well as to
New England. Mr. Elliott, who has
attained no small fame 'as an execu
tive under the Hill Interests, takes
the place of Mr. Melted, another form
er Hill man, but of a totally different
stamp. Mr. Mellen has always been
an organizer, a builder, and a can
qiierer if need be. When he was plac
ed in charge of the destinies of the
New Haven road that line was in a
somewhat chaotic state, and was
thraalened on all sides by rivals that
were fast gaining strength and power.
Mr. Mellen was put In office to
place the New Haven line on Its feet
and to crush threatening rivals. He
accomplished . bis purpose, even
though his methods were perhaps not
altogether praiseworthy. He not only
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The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY-
made over the New Haven line to a
modern railroad, but he tacked on to
It the Boston Maine and other Inde
pendent lines, and built up s railroad
systetfl In New Kugland that Is as
firmly entrenched today In Its terri
tory as are the Hill roads In the
Northwest. This being done, Mr.
Mellen and his headstrong method
becama a burden to !lu system, and
served only to embroil It with the
states throtiKh with It passed.
Therefor tho mauler hand behind It
all saw that It was time to remove
the "Napoloon" and to place In his
stead a man of more diplomatic
though no lens complete energy. The
choice of Howard Elliott Is excellent
when viewed In this light, for Mr. t.l
Holt is one of the best little peace
makers that the Hill mads have d
veloped. He can smooth down niort
trouble, say less and keep more
friends than any man who has com
out of the Empire Builder's crucible.
While the Northwest wl'.l be sorry to
lose Mr. Elliott, It will watch with In
terest his work In New England, anil
will giggle quIeUy to Itself as It reads
of his progress with the several Nov
England railroad cpmmlss'ons.
There are places In development
work for all kinds of men, and l.rne
knows this better than James J. llnl.
stamp needed, his roads have fuiplxh
ed perhaps more executives for othe?
lines than any other system. Mellen.
the fighter, will probably find work
for his peculiar talents elsewhere.
BEATIE AND BLAIR ANSWER RECALL CHARGES
(Continued from I'age 1.)
added about 17100.00 for Widows' xnsloiis: and tho cxpens of two Hpielnl
elections which will cost approximately IIMMI.OO.
Tho County Court Is not respunslnli for the Items of epent. They
are created by the Legislature or the people and the Court must, under the
law, pay these various Hems.
We !N charged again with extravagance In remodeling the Court House.
Our opponent speak ot "the addition lo the Court Home." Hi Is wn part
of tho work done. In addition the Court House wa renovated, altered and
partly refurnished. Tliosa alterations, change, furnishings, etc., were all
report on th condition of tht Oregon City Suspension brldy without Invit
ing competition.
charged to the Court House fund. IIUIs were asked for an addition to tin
Court House on plan to bo furnished by the bidders. These, w.ire submitted
and it was found that none of the plan were utlfuetory. After conferring
with Mr. W. A. White all bids and plans were rejected. Mr. White, was luld
what we wanted and he, with the assistance ot a competent architect from
Portland, drew the plan which were accepted by the Court, We thon "hired
a competent man to suKrvl the work ot construction, and under our sup
ervision the work was completed. Everything that went Into the building was
secured through competitive bid. The sand, gravel, plaster, lumber, oment
and other materials woto thu secured at the lowet possible pries. We shall
now take up the five speclnc charge of extravagance and answer them In
their order:
CHARGE NO. 1, That th sum of $350.00 was paid for an (lamination and
This amount was paid for an expert examination of the bridge. At our
first meeting In January, 1911, Mr. J.V. Moffntt, President of th Oregon
Engineering A Construction Company, appeared before us and called our at
tention to the dangerous condition of the suspension brldgs. II stated that
he had made similar report to our predecessors In office and they had prom.
Because he ha developed men of the UP bul h,r oln rwtwn had falM to do , ,u ld
ll was imperative ana aosoiuieir n -easary wim inuiiruiaie repnir u nintm.
We secured the services of an expert who made a thorough examination of the
bridge and gar, to ua a detailed report ot Its condition. This report showed
the dangerous condition of the bridge and confirmed Mr. Moffalt's statement.
We at one ordered the bridge repaired, and by using the expert's reports,
and his successor will probal.lv he " enabled to remedy the defects and make the bridge safe at a mini
able to auccessfully smooth Jown the n,u f suddent collapse of the bridge, with accompanying los. of
furrows that Mellen has plowed In the oul hav brouK"1 orr and bUm"T o many homes and entailed an
very soul ot Puritan .and. AnJ view- enormous expense on the County. The.e things have been averted. We
ed historically, the careers ot both knew that hundred of worklngnn used the bridge dully; that residents ot
will reflect credit upon Western Irnln- ,ne ww ",u" wrre Pn " repasung over me same auiiy. a no we ie.i
Ing In the great railroad school so " our dut t0 Protect the lives of these people. We bellv this money wis
ably prelded over by Jamr. J. Hill. el Pnt th County's profit
the silent wonder of the Northwest- CHARGE NO. 2,-That the bridge across Clear Cr.sk at Bton was 6-
who. though he has "retired" I still troyd and rsplactd by a new steel bridge, which wa wholly uncalled for,
a power to be reckoned wtih In rail- h r,d9 wa In good condition when destroyed. All It ndd wa new
road circles from the Atlantic to ti P1 " "lnor rspalr at (light xpne.
Pacific Thl bridge wa built many year ago. The foundation on ons side had
, , m been washed out and the bridge had fallen down, breaking. In It fall, the two
BAY STATE Oregon used to be con- top cords. The question was either a repair ot the old structure or a new
POLITICS sldered the natural horns bridge. Ths man who had put In the old bridge examined It thoroughly: so
. . i . .... . ., also, did Commissioner Hlalr. Iloth gentlemen reported that a new bridge would
of tangled politics, where party lines ' ' j
were about a. binding as the mists b more "ll rebuilding of the old bridge. We acted accord-
of the morn, and where there wa. no ,B" and Put ln new brlde'
telling what .trangi combinations Ch,r N0- 5"Tht m,nf br,dM bu,,t wl,hju du Pub"c,,J'
were going to be formed to .wing the "d ' ". competitive bids.
result one way or another-or possl- S"l,on 6368 hoTi 0re011 Uwi V"1' two hod. either of wblrh
bly both ways at once Hut Oregon mar b flIowed b tns County Court, ln building bridges. The first method
seems to be losing the leadership In as d'flned "ld Mctlon '? M folIow,:
the line of fren.ied politics, nd staid "Whenever any bridge I. to be built by any county In this State,
old Massachusetts Is shaping herself the tlmated cost of which shall exceed the sum of 1501 00. the County Court
the van of weird politics ' ba" ' once lr'rte for ealed bids, according to the plana, specifications.
ana strain oiagram, etc. -
The second method as defined by said section Is a follows:
I (Z). "Said County Court In its discretion may employ a suitable and
competent superintendent and assistants; procure the material and caasesald
bridge to be constructed without such advertisement and In which event said
lUa'.IUUS, wutlu Will ITO u.ctw a, m 1 j
eral primary two mouths hence. At
In the Bay state this fall an entire .
state ticket, both branches of the '
legislature and numerous county of
fleers are to be chosen at the polls, i
The campaign Is now on for the nom- ,
It will be seqp that the Court may either (1) advertise for sealed bids or
(2) cause the bridge to be constructed through a superintendent without such
advertisement
The Court has, at times, adopted the second method above set forth; so
also, have the County Courts of Yamhill, Marion and other surrounding coun
ties. In so doing we have actMl atrlctly within the law and have followed
present the political situation appears
to be in the worst possible muddle.
The confusion that now prevails may
be said to arise who'ly from the at
titude nf Rorprnnr Fobs, who is now
serving his third term. The governor! t! Provisions of the statute.
Is expected to be a candidate for a 1 Thli Bectlon of tne 'atute was amended by the last legislature. Hnce
fourth term. But, strange as It may frl, the County Court can proceed only by advertising for bids.
seem, even bis most Intimate political ' CHARGE NO. 4, That a contract was .nter.d Into with Portland tlm.
associates io not know whether he Der cruising company to cruls the timber of Clsckama Caunty at the rat
will seek the Democratic nomination of $51.20 per section, without giving any notice to th public that such con
or the ReDUbllcan nomination, or rct was to b let
whether he will pass up both parties This contract was let to M. O. Nease. Mr. Neaee had had much exper
and run Indeoendentlv lence In cruising timber and we felt that a cruise which would stand thj test
Though elected three time, on the of the c0,,rt cottld had mioyln: an experienced man to do the work.
nmrt.c timet Governor Fos. is Mr- M- - Neaw recommended to u. by th. Hon. Thoma. A. McBrlde,
nndonhtedlv out of .vmnatSv with ef Ju8tlce of th Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. While this dls-
the Democratic party at present. HI. tingulshed Jurist was sitting as our Circuit Court, Mr. Ncase's cruise of the
public statements say that he be- timber In Columbia County was challenged by four large timber companies
lieves the Democratic policy of tariff ln as man aulls- ,n eacD CMe' lnB cn"8 w" "'""a " '
revision is no better than the Ranub- b?r syndicates defeated. Such a cruise we felt Clackamas County was en
llcan policy as evidenced on the Aid- tltIed At tlm w n,ered ,nt0 lh8 contract with Mr. Nease1, we e
rich bill. The governor is first last cured his services for 8c per acre; since said time he Is charging more for
and all the time fighting for reclpro- h' work. Clatsop County wa. compelled to pay Mr. Noose 12c per acre for
cnl trade relations with foreign coun-; the same service.,
trlg The following table will show the value of the cruise to th County. The
There is no question but that in
the past few weeks the governor ha.
been sparring with toe Republicans,
and this hag given riee to the belief
ln some circles that hi may enter the
Republican primaries. The governor
was a strong Republican until a few
years ago, when he accepted a Demo
cratic nomination for congress, and
many Democrats accuse him of .till
being a Republican at heart. The gov
ernor has lent countenance to this
by his recognition of Republicans In
bis appointment, and by the fact that
he has s?nt for many of the Republi
can leader, to talk over the situation.
At the present time one of hi. Repub
lican friends Is circulating petitions
to have Is name placed on the Re
publican primary ballot, but whether
with or without the governor's sanc
tion is not known.
Just what figure the Progressives
will cut in the fight for the governor
ship is problematical. The parry or
ganization now has several thousand
nomination papers out throughout the
land descrllKHl are ownd by tho WeyerhniMisor Land Company. Valium ,w
fore (he Neusa Cruise and after Ills Nense Cruise are shown:
Land of Weyarhaeuinr land Company:
thlnes. Not that the jury wa crazy,
as some people might charge. The
Jury was perfectly sane, and was com
posed of good citizens of the com
munity, men of intelligence, men who
believed that they had a solemn duty
to perform, and who did It. It goes
to show that it is a bad plan to ba
too sure of the manner In which a
proposition will impress the person
whom tt Is meant to impress. In tbl
particular case the man with the gun
ln his pocket was silting ln bis own
house, doing nothing. Hence he
Jurors did not conceive that h3 was
guilty of any overt act, and the fact
that he had a revolver In his pocket
while he was sitting still in his own
home did not seem to them like a
violation of the law against carrying
conceabd weapons.
Different things impress different
people In different ways. The arrest
ing officers in this case, while they
s.;nn;'d all the circumstances of the
state, and an attempt is to be made case, appreciated most strongly t'.iat
to file for all county as well as state the man had a firearm In his pocket.
offices. The Progressive, have .'art-, """it h was dol"K w'th t was none
ed off In earnest, and despite the fact i ot their concern. To their way of
that the enrollment ot the party Is j looking at things, the mere possession
relatively Bmall, every member ' of a revolver on the part of some pcr-
throtighout the state Is being canvass- on not a duly aiithnrlzed deputy or
ed for his signature. The Progres- j officer of some sort was a crime. The
live nomination for the governorship , in did not happen to look at it that
will go without opposition to Charles : way. Yet both Jurymen and officers
Sumner Bird, who Is already busy on ' felt that they were right, and that In
the stump throughout the state. Mr. : expressing their opinion they were
Bird Is a conservative business man ; doing their full duty. Probably they
and an able politician and ha. admit-j were.
tedly developed much strength. j other people might differ upon oth
m m m eT matters. The old fable of the two
YOU NEVER A man was arrested men who fought to 'death over the
CAN TELL the other day. He bad gold and silver signboard Is too fa
a revolver ln his pocket. Two offl-, miliar to need repetition here, but
cers of the law took tne weapon away ! the principle Involved was the same
from him. The man was accused of in this Justice court trial. One's on In
carrying concealed weapons. He wa. Ion on any subject Is formed mainly
tried before a Jury of his peers. Ha ' by two things, first what one notices
admitted that he had the revolver ln 1 about any circumstance as being the
his pocket His defense did not deny most prominent fact; and secondly by
that the officers of the law took It ; one's frame of mind. Policemen have
people refuse to alt down at a table
where there are thirteen, other court
the hoodoo, but will stop In a rush to
get the last car If they see a chance
to pick up a pin.
You never can tell what another
person I going to think about any
question ; nor can the other person be
sure bow tho mutter will impress
you. All of which should be appre
ciated' by most of the people In this
world, and particularly by those who
aspire to be leaders, A willingness to
be enlightened, or to hear the other
side of the case, or even to ml in It
that there may be another side, will
save a great deal of unpleasantness
and worry. In short the philosophy
of the tiling may bo summed up In
tho remark of the colored preacher
who wa. given a chlclien by a white
neighbor, and who was told to serve
it at a church .upper.
"Thank you, niassah, fo' do chick
en," said the colored pastor, "but why
Bhould I serve It at do church when
if I do a'l de folks will say I stoln It?
No nah, I'ge gwlne to cat dls bird
maself."
away from him. And then the Jury
went out at after deliberating on the
eass, returned a verdict of not guilty
to the charge of carrying concealed
weapons.
a natural distrust of people who are
on the streets at night Sailor, pity
the poor folks on land when there Is
a storm ranging; and the people on
bore tremble for the safety of those
All of which goes to show many at sea during the same storm. Some
WILL START SOON
Construction work on the public
elevator over the face of the bluff at
Seventh street will commence within
the next ten day, acordlng to Supt.
of Construction Travis, of the Oregon
Bridge Construction company,
whose firm won the contract. Mr.
Travis was In Oregon City Tuesday,
and said that had his concern been
able to procure material from the
East at an earlier data, preliminary
work would already have been under
way.
The flrBt work done will consls.
largely In clearing ground and In ar
ranging for the assembling of ma
terial with which to bul'd the heavy
foundation for the tower. While
this work Is under way It Is expected
that mii'h of the steel will arrive, so
that when the foundations are com
pleted construction of the tower It
self can be taken up.
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4000.00 40,100 ft.
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3001.00 11.433 ft.
1600.00 10,210 ft,
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SERIOUS WRECK
(Continued from Page 1.)
12 1 Ml ft. 00
The old value above t forth are the value placed on th timber Innd
obovs described by the Weyerhaeuser Und Company from their on rrulu
Thl cruise w furulslied to the assessor and atinssnvrnt hav been mi
taxes levied and paid, for many yv-ar past on that basl. The county will
thu gain each year on th basl ot a 16 mill levy th sum of I24K6 ,64. Th
Innd abov described comprise but one-third of the holdings of thl compn
In this county, o that the county will gain per yar from this ouit company
alone three time lU amount or 74& 3. Several timber rouipmiim wn
mors timber In thl county than doe th Weyerhaeuser Company; there are
also many compaule holding sninllnr amounts. It Is safe to ay that tin
Increased taxes obtained from t1) timber rompanke. alenn In a slnds ;ow.
will pay the entire cost of '.he erultt.
W could undoubtedly have got cruls for nothing. The tluibir com
panl would have gladly Xurntshed u. a crude without cost to th count,
Such a cruls ha been assessed on fur year, and It has cost the county atm
I40.W0 a year In taxes.
CHARGE NO S, That said R. . Btl (N. Blslr), ehdrmtn of th
County Court hat not compiled with Stttlon 1271 Ltrd't Oregon Law.
Beet km (237 I as follow:
"All county road (hall b under the supervlalon of the county court ef
the county wherein th said road I located; and no county road h! t
hereafter established, nor shall any .uch road be altered or vacated In any
county In the state, except by th authority of th county court of th proper
county; and each county court within thl. .tat .hall hav the authority, and
It shall be It duty, to supervise, control, and direct th working, laying out,
opening and keeping In repair of all county road within It county, and to
prescribe th mothod and manner of working th earn; to supervise the con
struction and repair ot all bridge on th county road, and to remov aity
supervisor for Incompetency or disobedience to th orders of said court, Th
powers herein given may be isrclsod directly by th court, or through om
cne of Its members designated for that purpose."
W hav certainly supervised th repair of county bridge on our county
road, and hav never failed to remove Incompetent supervisors. Home of th
leaders among th Iter Her are ex-road supervisor, discharged by us fur In
competency. Hut our opponents rlt this section more particularly to critlcii us about
th repair of our county roads. W have S.Soo mlln of county road la this
county; In addition w hav hundreds of county bridges. W must kwp up
this great road nilieag and all county bridge on the fund available, about
1200.000 per annum. Within our funds, we have endeavored to ma perma
nent roads. Thl coat lo' of money and w ran proceed no faster than the
fund at our disposal will permit The Road Master of Mu'tnomnh County re
ported to th CommJslomr Association at their last meeting in Portland,
that they had built 166 mile ot macadam road at a coat of 6000 per mil.
Were we to rebuild our roadmlleage, the cost would p 331Ox5OO0.0J or tll.
600.000.0. Certainly we were not Justified la fastening on the county this
enormou debt
CONCLUSION.
Many charge hav been made against u by Innuendo. Statements ab
solutely false and malicious hav bora hurled forth by th steaming cham
pions of the Recall. Mure such statement will be coined and placed In cir
culation. Th county record are public document open to the Inspertloa
of every cltlien. Tb county Court' proceeding are published monthly m
-very one may know what we ars doing. W urge all cltlren to aify
themselves first hand from the ierord. Signatures may hav hern obtained
on the recall petition through fraud and mlsrppreaitntatlon; the ptltnn may
not b legally drawn; the Recall Act may not b olRexM'utlug, but we shall
throw no trw In the way of an election. We welcome th teat
All we ak Is a fair and Impartial expression of our cltlienry at th polls.
II. 11. HKATIB
N. MJilH.
they had passed over the site of the
fire. That Miss Oreen's fear proved
to be well founded was discovered a
moment later, when the train crew
camo buck and examlued the track,
and found that the fire bad so weak
cued the track supports that the rail
had bent down under weight ot the
passing train. No derailment occur
red, however.
The three girls later reported their
act to Hupt. Hiicphord, of thu railway
company, and were warmly praised
for their work. Later the matter was
again reported by tho train crew,
and a truck gang was hustled out to
the spot to repair the charred tim
bers. Tho track was in condition for
service soon after, and schedules
wero not s-rlously interrupted. How
the fire startd In the piling Is con
siderable of a mystery, but it la
thought tli lit some passenger may
have dropped a clgnr butt under the
track, and thnt this caught In the
w.?ed,s along the river bank.
At the place where the fire was dis
covered the truck Is built partly on a
rock embankment nnd partly on
trestla work Jutting out Into the river
from tlm stonework. On tho out side
of the trestle is a foot-path, and It I
a'ong this that thu young women
were walking when tiiey discovered
the blaze.
JAPAN SCHOOLBOY
E
SAYS "NOT GUILTY"
Pi-ter Erlcknon, arrested on the
clinrge of carrying concealed weapons
and who is said to have threatened to
shoot his wife In their Mt. Pleasant
home, was tried before a Jury in Jus
tice Slev.-rs' court Tuesday and found
not guilty. In splta of the fact that
Constable Frost, aldvn by Chief of
Police Kd Hhaw, took a sawed-off re
volver of smnll calibre from his pock
et when they were aummon?d to his
heme Sunday by hi. wife.
Following the d ecision, of the Jury,
Justice Hlevers ordered the gun con
fiscated and thrown into ths river,
and a few minutes later Constable
Frost carried out the ruling by taking
the gun to the suspension bridge and
throwing it Into the murky water, of
the Willamette.
Krlckson was defmded by O. D.
i'.hy and largely through hi. argu
ment the Jury wa. moved to disre
gard the revolver, which was offered
as evidence. Following the finding
of the verdict, there was considerable
Joking among the officers as to the
revolver, som of tiie maintaining
that a sawed-off revolver wss not a
weapon under -the law.
Hhlkaro Takomoto, "Japanese pass
enger," has written to the "Hon. 8.
Pacific company," earnestly asking
why, "please, do engineer 9:30 even
ing p. m., freight train necessary blow
whistle with so long lasting of loumls
for calling back end brake-man If 6
short whistle call would wake hi
baby and back-end brakeman with
same effect departure?" And Tako
moto, too, hat some suggestions re
garding Pullman car. HI. letter fol
low.: "Dear Hon. 8. Pacific:
"I residing In the Suliun City
and question, pleaso, do engineer 9:30
evening p. m. freight train necessary
blow whlsllu with so long lasting of
sounds for calling buck end britke
man If 6 short whistle call would
wake my baby and back brakeuiaa
with sumo effort tuch departure!
Many other train at crossing raise
same long night noise; caunnt all
live be safe with los. awakening ol
almost the deadT
"Also recent time of late I trovel
with hon. employ In lovely electric
lights Pullman car "Allena" and can
not find atlfy place to lose my
watch and Amorlcal eagle (10.00) for
complete safety. Could not him.
Pul'mun savo 26c from every getitl
man In lower berth rate financial con
dition by inserting !n smoke mom
wash place, one small safe depolt box
convenience (loe to porter upon ar
rival at destitution to leave key with
It), so saving temptation of robliery
under pillow. .
"Thanking your for quiet relief to
home and very grateful for travel
safely.
"Your truly,
8I1IKARO TAKOMOTO.
"Japanese Passenger."
The Hoiithern l'aciric has answered
Takomoto and assured him that It
will do all It can that "all lives I
safa with less awaking ot almost the
dead."
FAST TRAIN KILLS
I
A man. Identified by papers In bis
DncllMt mm llairiFa Qlwarliunfl 91 vnnrS
old, and a native of Norway, wss
ground to pulp under a Southern Pa
cific train early this morning near
Canby, and his body found lying on
the track by members of a section
crew. Coroner Wilson, who viewed
the remains gave the opinion that
the unfortunate had been stealing
ride on the rod., and lost his hold. It
ba not been determined what train
killed him.
Tha man .U,., l. t mvM
Inches, tall, had blue eye and brown
hair, and wa a member of the Sail
or' Union of the Pacific.