.morlM ,ht
11.
RECALL
FRANTIC PLEAS
ORIGINAL ALLEGATIONS AR AD
FITTED FUTlLEi NEW COM
PLAINTS MADE
MISREPRESENTATION IS CONFESSED
(,,lr.etlon. By Ld Cm Scurry
,,, About to Bol.t.t C.u.
Schuebel Say Btl
Truthful
4
u'uh tit recall rlocUou, St which
. " , li ll. Hcstle and ("oiiniy
rouuu -'", ... i,f,,ri,
In. rh.ni! t nirimw ........
""?" . . h.. mo. Frantic effort
hv the "rcl!r" to
ire """" "
unrrup their KlnM lh rouu-
court by brluicliiit lu L.ue hr.lu
i.,..ed in tli fight, and
v.ri uf Ihf movement m to be
of Tb. CWHr. ...
' . f it-. r,Mll. contain a fren-
ens v. .
um) coalite tni ' -
tarklnj tb oennty court. and declare
ikil hUDdrrdi of voter believe" that
U wms. rnKlifV from 17.000 to
U 000 could have l''n "v,,,, "J
Tirlaut thlnm nol b.u don. Mill tb
orUlMl chw ux which tile r
all tt uipee-,l t" be bawd r 001
swnilen.'d tt nil. v where vauue al
Mm) re mn.l" to alleg.-d "Xtrava;
inert and muunaiias'emeiil.
la ihort th "r.x allers" nitt to
br abandoned all their orltttnl com
plaints and tllrgallona. and to be s.k
i something new a basla of at
uck mma th county official. Tbl
probably li" 10 hirgo "tent lo
the rrlrtrilou that mny f h" recall
iMd-n h m.ln durlnK tha prog,
mi of thr movtmi-nt. nil to tho d
mladt.n t!tt hv lrm forced from
ihftn to tb ffH-t tht mny of thulr
charifi oiinot b uiortiHl by ny
kM ol cvhlcnc.
A imtrmciil Untied thU by
Rotwrl Bohu li.il. oo of thw "InvMtl
pitni rommltt'J." to th rffoct I hat
Jtlt livailut rffu'Mlon of the
flurKf It p.Tf.lly trii, l one of the
ktrJ.it b'oi that lli n-call movtt
mimt hi rilu'd. Aildwl to thla
Dn.r ti-..plo urc not tiiklim tha flKr.'
put fitr;b by tttu rwull lcndr at their
Itr value, but ar golitK to lh coun
ty treniurr i olllr, and to th county
cWrk. to obtain tlu-lr 00 flKiirt'a.
8uta pvple am dlacoverlnR dlacrl
inclri o( a atrlkluK nnttiro In tha al
Witloni of the ri'cttlli.ra. and are
turlly doiiMlnis otluir chargfa
nhtrh ir dtmlly mn aupportpd.
Th bold manner In which th two
county offMa'11 under flro have face!
and inwpr.tl every rhnitgn made
Htliut thrm ban nlao none far to win
pul.llc favor, ami thla ha added to tha
drstwratlon of (ho eiiemlea of tb
county poart. At aeverul rwnil miet
law Ih lie linn been imaiwd dlwt to
rcall leader by member of the
rouniy court, uml In nti cu hna any
reply that na ill all adequate liwn
mule.
Of the orliilnttl cliarKea nothlnx I
now byard, and for tho punt week utw
(harirri hav i lie.' 11 dully put forth,' to
he qulrkly annwerl. Tha orlKlnnl
fharse, all of which have either been
dlnrovmd or aatUfiictorlty anw"red.
now form no part of tho aultittlon; and
In their place hna arlaen merely a
itonn of aplenetle aliiiHn. The naturnl
conrluaion of the major part of tho
Public, ha txvn. thrtfor, that the
orlKlnal chiiruen have been utterly
abandoned. Tact Ira nf tho reonllera
m to ahow thiil tbl conclunion I
wrrect.
REPLY 10 AID
The ahort ntnl ugly word panaed nt
Wnda Tueaduy niht, when VI. II.
"wman. one nf the chM of the re
fjll movement nguinat two members
01 the Clackunin county court. Inter
JJJPted County Judge It. II. lleatle with
IJe itatenient that J. V. Moffntt and
W)or C. 8. Nolile, of Ocegon City, had
ori.T'd, to nuike an Inapectlon of the
suapeiialon brlilge acroH the Wllliin
t river wltlioiit charge. Judge
"Mile w the middle of his din
"irn, and ,,n .xp alning the clr
'twiMancH tlint led up to ;he Inapec
"on and repair of bukp inaloti brldga
'v In Hill, when llageman, who
o lre.nt hi th, meeiiig evidently
'oraiiso trotilile for the speaker, de-cinrt-d
t'ut the bridge could have been
"P'-ct d for nothing, and that accord
'""' the court ,, not JimtirM In
'ton ,,,r M" rx,t,rt eJtRm,n,,
j'nU-e llea le Iind Juat gone Into con
'nlile d'tnll to explain that as
" I on h became county JielKe, Mr.
, 1 "uj niaite an earnest appeal
or an in 1..- ... .v U......J
. 'I" ' nun 111 uiR urillge, urr
i-.niig th- dtrticture to be uhnafe for
n.. :ln;!l-r'1'' of worklngm,' that
Ta ,nvpr 11 dnlly- The Judge In
Z a ml Mr- Moffntt hnd never of-
' l to make an limpeetlon of th
nd nal-l the only man who
l tendered hi aervlcts whs Kd
2 a,1( ''i ke Itentle said that the
Won of 01 18 reading a aimpenaion
"W 'ration
ns not wo'thy of earnest con-
off J man ho ,av ,nat we wpre
ties 11 ?.?x"'rt wrvlce for the lnspec
par V bri,l,:s without charge," de
Pa 1 the ju.,,., "i, ar...
nawnuin sank back In hi seat and
Mered a few nnflllclhle words.
' Ulnn aiit.ul I j .....
'I tho v
""..-li tor wie reniuiouer
-,, --'..11.
1 'I Eatanu.l. - - t
unl...
"iceaa .ru " wa a noge
,h ,rh" hall waa well filW.
,r.. .R mor" than 200 voters
W WEAKNESS
-'. many of thm women. Hon.
OREGON oty enterpkisei
CHAMPIONS LOSING
SCHEIE TEELS
STAND ON RECALL
DECLARES JUDGE BEATIE IS
STATING REAL TRUTHS IN
HIS VARIOUS TALKS
IS NO ENEMY OF COUNTY COURT
Recent In v1.. gallon of Charge Mad
by Commllte of Thr 8how
Many Allegation Not
Born Out
Itoberl Hctmubel, who throuKhout
the recall flKhl directed aitiilmil the
county court haa been Identified with I
Ihiiae who hiv been backing lb at
tuck upon County Judxe R. n. Ilcutlu
and County Comnilaaioner IHalr Tuc
day evenln laaued the following
atatetneut :
"On Mday AuKual I, The Kntor
pi la contained an arllcld In rvuurd to
ntyeelf and lome action that Heaver
Crvek local, Farmer' Society of
Kquliy. bnd taken atcalnat my muthoda
of dolnx bualnea. Tb article waa
ptililUlicd without bavlnx fact, and
I am aorry that (be putter cera to
get away from the truth o much
tried to cet a copy of the reiulutlon
punned al tha llar Crek local moot-
Ini. but they refuaed to give It out
for publication. I'erhapa they are
aahamed to do ao. I know they ought
to have been ainumed to have paaaed
It on auch mllmiy foundation a they
had.
'1 have done nothing to be anhamed
of. and all my act loin In my dealing
with Heaver Creek local are open to
luapectlon. I will not go Into datiulB
now, but may do o later. In the
article It waa made out that I waa
one of the leader In the recall move
ment, for which ata'.cmont there la no
foundation. I ueter had anything
whatever to do with It. When called
on to act a one of the commute to
Inveatlg' 'be county court aiattor 1
took up that work and did the beat
I coiihl to get Hie trutn. 1 aim aiunu
by ihat r 'port; but I promised Judge
HeutKi that at any lime that auy truth
woo d ahow up. to explain any of the
statement, mado In the maa meeting
committee report, I would glva It out
for publication.
"And ao at the Mlillno meeting
Judg Iteatle and Mr. Blmmona made
some atntementa that I though It waa
my dutv to ItiventlKale. and having
done ao I find that In the matter of the
court houae bill. In regard to th bll
which reuda 'lime, plaater, cement and
freight 40C that Mr. Simmon ha a
book account and the original bill thtit
Rive In detail tho Item and price or
asmo. and ahow the uric a of cement
to be 2.60 at Oregon City, a Mr.
Ilealie hud claimed. Therefor it la
but right to give Hie public the facta.
"Further. I went ever tho County
Treaaurer'a atHtement of the atule tax
for 1910 and 112. aUo Ihe achool fund
tlgure a given out by Judge lleatle
at the Miillno meeting, and I find that
k t,im In the cme. I
nn is KKi.iK - .
. . ... fiti,. in vt Into the de
nave uoi. unw ....... -
...11. .vrvihinv lii some otner
atatement of Judge lleatle a. but aa
fr a 1 went he la giving out the
"Mr. Slmmona ay It waa hit, or
l, !,..,. fniilt. that the bill
In the courthouae doe not glva a do-
tnll.-d atatement.
RECK ARGUMENTS
r. n 1iw.un1.ll nnniied the me.'t
ing with an arguinenuve so......
v. 1 i.umrv nf tin. br dge In-
rlieurneu n.a - .
.pectlon and of the llmlier cru e. and
auld ths imcKers 01 mt .
. u.j .... n,..Hva i.iher than prju-
dice, and that they hnd evinced no de
sire to play fnlr. no roas.eu r.u
to a brown turn, and djclawd that
Olds I simply "peeved" over his fnu
ure to receive the bridge work. He
referred' to J. W. Smith, recall candi
date for county commissioner, aa a
man without force of character and
poHBcssIng no executive ability.
Judge lleatle told the hiBtory of tho
recall movement and read a h'tier
from Robert 8chueb.l. which is pub
llah -d elsewhere today. The Judge
clearly disproved the charges of ex
travagance with a mass of HW:
en from the reports of County I rk
Mulvey and County Treasurer Tuns,
and exhibited sn affidavit from the
later official to ahow that the county
was out of debt at the maklug of the
eml annlul report April 1. .
County Commissioner Hlalr Vxpla ln
. . .,. r tha timber cruise
eo me oeii--.n. . .
that his recently been competed, .how
Ing that the Increased tax the first
vear would more than psy for me
The meeting was concluded with 1 an
addresa by Kx.Senator J . h. W lg s.
who refut-d the charge that he Is al
lied wl h th corporation, a ha. 1 bien
ehamd. He said he waa not present
at the Owego meeting, as ha also
has b.-n charged, and
wn. proud to come forward and testify
to the personal honesty of the mem
berr of the county cour... Mr. Iledi.ee
was lonHi snolaudJj.
All of the speak-r received the
clo.it attention. Jndr. IJe. and
Commissioner Hlalr talk tonight at
Sandy and will wind up the "mpalgn
with meetlnga atClackam.se on
Thursday nlgbt and Milwaukle on
Friday.
OUEflON CITY, OREGON, FUI DAY, AUGUST 15,
WHICH PLATFORM WILL
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II WIN KICOVIB -CT.lliU " Vi'y,"'.l . ?7.5- VMH
ytj, fm fi lm W
S- mm mw w
CANEMAH ROAD
IS FREE GIFT
SUPERB HIGHWAY HAS COST THE
COUNTY NOTHING, IN SPITE
OF FUTILE CANARD
RECALLERS ATTEMPT TO HIT COURT
Allocation that Expenlve Roadway
Ha Depleted District Fund I
Merely Another Cam
pagln Roorback
According to Grant Crlteaer and
Curl V. Ilrown. both of whom live JiiBt
umiih nr I uneniun. ai:lta!or for the
Menll of County Judge It. H. lleatle
n,i rmmiv I'nintniHHioncr N. Hlalr
h.vA h..en Iiiihv in that district circu
luting the report thnt the county court
ha been spending a lnrge Bum of
mnnev iii that section to construct a
fine macadamised roadway tnrough
Cnnemah, and that tha heavy expens 'S
of this road have been taken from the
county road funds, such action being
discrimination against other districts
In tho county in favor of Canomah.
The facts in the case, data back to
the time when the Portlund Railway,
Light & Power company BHked permis
sion of the state railroad commission
to discontinue Its line south of tae
Southern Pacific crossing In C.ina
mah and to tear up Ua tracks. When
(hi application was maae propis oi
Canemnb formed an organization, en
gaged an attorney. Biid entered a
strong proteat against the abandon-m.-nt
of the line. A hearing was ihe d
and ths railroad company offered to
construct, entirely at Its own expense,
a macadum roadway through the town
of Canemah provided the people of
the community would consent to tha
removal of the railway iracss
I'pon this basts consent iur
abandonment of the lnterurbaii line
was given, and the street railroad com
pany at once set about work of kaep
Ing It aide of the agTeem'nt and
building the road. This work has now
been practically completed, and ta
n mah has one of the finest highways
of th state, at no cost to Us own road
district. Bnd at no cost whatever to
the county. Thla stretch of road ha
been Incorporated In the Pacific
Highway." and Ib well soken of by
.uioinoblllsts who have gone over It.
The report, therefor, that Is b'lng
circulated that the county court has
built the road, i but another of the
recall canard that are being put
forth as eleventh-hour attack, upon
Judge Heatle and Commissionr Hlalr.
it s a sample of methods that hava
. 1 1 th. rnrn'l tnovemptii
from the start; an.1 indicate the des
perate stralrhts to wnicn iu "'"r'
of the alKirtlve movement have been
reduced.
uiiifri. in Cirnn at Mobil
uniiiti:- Ala . Aug. 11 Hlarlncr of
buglea and the rolling of heavy milt
tsry accotirtrements through the
."reeta of Mobile today rmlnd-d o'd
residents of the ay. precelln: Ad
,ii Pnrracif d'-'metive ca.l dur
ing th Civil war. The military a-'lv-ltv
today, however, brought only a
general holiday. Th, state nllltlm ha.
gone Into camp for the annual ma-netivers.
BROWN ONLY OFF
- A HERE $9,000
County Assessor J. E. Jack, whose
duty It Is to extend the tax roll of
Clackamas county, say that the old
saying "that figure wont lie but that
liars will figure" is proved aosouueiy
true In the last Issue of The Courier,
when In an article published on the
front page of that paP"-'r. Edifor Brown J
attemota to show now muca monsy
Clackamas county has lost In the past
four year through negligence of the
county court in not collecting taxes on
sheep grazing In this county. ,
The following figures were given by
Tha Courier and noted as being offi
cial, but inquiry at the county clerk's
office, where these reports are filed,
failed to show any report ever ha-ving
been made in regard to sheep grazing
within, the county. Assuming, bow
ever, that Hrown's figures 'may be
correct as to the number of sheep and
valuation. The Courier's table reads:
Year No. Sheep Val. 18 mills 4 Mob.
1909- 10 221S9 $44378 79S8 2662
1910- 11 20S05 $41610 74S9 $2496
1911- 12 22201 $44402 $7992 $2604
1912- 13 22431 $44862 $8075 $2691
lxst in taxation. $10,509.
Commenting on this Assessor Jack
says:
"You will note that his levy was 18
miiio and thnt four months were al
lowed for grazing in C'.ackamas coun
ty. In extending the tsl at the above
levy he has undoubtedly niaoe anomer
...oi,ir-nl error.' a he calls it.
for he says that Clackamas county has
lost In taxation 10.oU. inow, jubi 10
show Editor Brown and the Courier
that he was off his base about $9,000,
I resubmit bis own flgures; with the
correct extensions thereon."
Folowlng are Uie correct figures,
based on The Co"-er'. statistics:
Year No.Sheep VeJ 18 mills 4 Mos
1909- 10 22189 $4T78 $798.80 $266.26
1910- 11 20805 $41ui0 $748.98 $249.66
1911-12 22401 $44402 X79S.Z4 -mi.1
1912-13 22431 $44S62 $807.48 $269.16
Total tax due Clackamas Co. $1,051.49
This shows but $1,051.49 due the
rnuntv which Is considerably differ
ent from $10,000 odd. '
Incidentally It Is not the fault of
the county court that thla tax nas
been "lost." The statutes governing
such taxes provide that a stock in
spector sha'l report uion such matters
and that when (as in Clackamas coun
ty) there is no stock Inspector, the
report, in regard to grazing sum, uc
made to the county clerk. Mr. Mul
vey says no reports have been given
him.
No report ha. ever oeen filed with
the county court by any official to
.hn f.t sheen have been grazed
upon land in Clackamas county.
Large Shipment of Cattle
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Aug. 8 Ar-r-nenviit
are being made to handle
the l.t'rcest shfnment of cattle ever
hrmietr to this and probably to any
ith rice n port. The first ship load of
a movement of 93.009 head will dock
Vr 'nmnrmw from Tnmplco. Mexico,
tcrred bv t!ie continuanca of the in
surrection, in the southern republic,
the owners are going to this vast ex
pense a the only meins of saving any
portion of their property.
1913.
GROUND AT
STAND?
BROWN, SMITH,
GRAND JURORS FIND TRUE BILLS
AGAINST LEADERS IN RE-
CALL SCHEME
.
Llmlu , .... . 1Trn in. nninoc
oUNUAI LA II 1 1U LAI LII, Id MAIM
Candidate for Commissioner is Alleged
to Have Sold Beer Upon Sab
bath Libet Found in
Courier
In a sheaf of Indictments handed,
down Wednesday, the grand Jury
that holds over the summer term has
returned true bills against M. J.
Rrown, editor of the Oregon City
Courier, for libel the accusation being
based upon an article published In last
a-aek's Irsua of the DaDer. reflecting
.u mon wnrk.
UUOU I HO i 11111 ami vi iw micm nw...
. ...uiut tha nresant recall move -
B. . .
msnt. Brown has already been 1B"
iiintoil nnca hefnrn hv the same grand
turv for libel,
J. V. Smith, candidate on the recall
ticket for the office of county commis-
Inno, la Inrilefpd for SPlliHE OT other-
Wise disposing of intoxicating liquor
on Sunday, it being alcged that he!
disposed of beer for 5-cent tickets. !
Other Indictments are as follows: j
V1-..1I Durrlno Inflicted for assault
and robbery and carrying a dangerous
weapon. Perrine Is the youth who
some weeks ago held up and attempt
ed to rob the state bank at Milwaukle, !
but who was caught half an hour after
wards by Sheriff E. T. Mass and depu
ties. Charles Wright, indicted for assault
with intent to kill. Wright ambushed
Mies Elsie Utiker at Oak Grove soma
weeks ago and fired two shot, at her
from a 38-calibre revolver.
William C. Mumpower. Indicted for
assault with intent to kill. Mumpow
er was formerly a deputy sheriff, and
shot and wounded a Portland motor
cyclist whom he had arrested for
shooting a dog that snapped at him.
The shoottng took place when the
Portlander attempted to ride away
from the deputy.
rv..li Uornoi-lr Tnhn Rrttsh. GUS
Rodenberg. Charles Gilbrlck, William
Helnt Carl Bcrgren and Jacob Rueck
ars Indicted with J. W. Smith for sell
ing liquor on Sunday. '
1 nnt tmia hilt was returned In the
case of Lawrence Myers, who took two
ehots with a 30-30 ririe at a neignoor
named Besselleu, the latter being a
colored man.
Reunion of Alden Kin
DUXBURY. Mass.. Aug. 9. De
scendant, of John AWen and Prlscllla
Mullins -the Pilgrim lovers Immortal
ized by Longfellow gathered here to
day for the thirteenth annual reunion
of the Alden Kindred of American,
held at the o'd homstead. There are
now 3,000 mmhers of this branch of
the Alden in this city. Contributions
were made at the reunion today to pay
for a tablet In memory of John Alden
which is to be placed on the Pilrlm
Memorial at Southampton. England.
BOTH INDICTED
OFFICIALS MEET
FOES AT
COUNTY COURT LEADERS CET
BE8T OF DEBATE AT WELL
ATTENDED GATHERING
SCHEUBEL " TARGET OF SPEAKERS
Judge Teatle Keep Audience In Good
Humor and Perauadei Precinct
Leader to Make Many
Admlxioni
"Recallers" and those at whom the
recall Is levelled met at Mulino Mon
day evening, when County Judga R.
B. Beatie, County Commissioner Nick
Blair and others addressed the voters
of that precinct upon the charges pre
ferred against the offlcla's of the
county. About a hundred were pres
ent, about half af the audience being
women.
C. T. Howard, chariman of the meet
ing, opened tha program by calling the
attention of those present to the fact
that the forthcoming recall election
was no ordinary affair, where candi
date, ran against each other for of
fice, and where the loser would take
his medicine In good part It was In
stead, be said, the effort on the part
of a few to ruin the reputation of
men whose Integrity in office bad nev
er before been questioned, and be ad
vised all present U think long and
carefully before voUng.
Judge Beatie was the first speaker
of the evening, and after reviewing
his official acts, turned bis batteries
upon Robert Scbuebel, who was
among thoss present. The Judge ae-
cused Scbubel of wrtling tna list 01
committeemen named by Anderson,
the recall candidate. Scbuebel said
be didn't wrtia it, but admitted that
ha nn1:ri It anil this hmn?ht down
th. fimiao Tha Inrfep then took un
the matter of bridge contracts, which
It has been alleged wera Improperly
let. and remarked that every time
hiita hnd been snueht Ed Olds, the
leader In tb? recall movement had
been the highest bidder. The audi
ence seemed to be with ths country
imirt nnif FratpH mnnv nf the thrusts
the speaker made at tb.9 recallers with
bursts of applause and laughter, beneu
be!, later in trying to Justify his re
port upon tha charges against the
court, said he got his Information
about many of the points from Judge
Beatie himself, and from County Clerk
Mulvey, and endeavored to explain
how It was that be had erred In de
tails. Commissioner Blair went Into the
matter of tbe county cruise of timber,
bringing out of the saving ,it would
bring the county through an Increase
In assessed valuations; and then he,
too, started baiting Schuebe'.. Mr.
Blair asked Mr. Schuebel If It was not
correct that he had come to him tha
day before the report upon the recall
chargea was made and had stated that
the charges were absolutely not borne
out by the facts, adding "but we can't
say that to that bunch."
fi,hnahoi said that no such conver-
aattiMi haH iw-piirrari the dav hefore t'e
committee reported, but admitted that
he -had held some such conversation
with Comralstoner Blair some three
weeks before the filing of the report.
Commissioner Blair kept at Schuebel
on this matter, and the latter seemed
very uncertain as to his dates. He
oifniittari hnwpver that at some time
he might have said that the charges
were not all BuDstantiatea
I Athur ananliArs told of the COUft
J v. v. - 1 - -- - -
' housa and bridge work ordered by the
ronntv court, and went into details as
1 10 figures and costs. Throughout the
! miim maatinr tha audience seemed
to enjoy lue viasu ucicc
officials and their foes, and on the
whole seemed to favor Judge Heatie
and Commissioner Hlair.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
ARE WELL RECEIYED
An enthusiastic audience of over
150 gathered at the hall at Needy Fri
day evening to hear County Judge R.
B. Beatie and County Commissioner
N. Blair give an account of their
stewardship and was hearty In Its ap
plause of the speakers. The hall was
packed to the doors and so great was
.ha intAi-Aat In tha meeting that the
major part of the audience remained
until nearly eleven o clock in me
evening to discuss informally the re
call charges with the two speakers.
Judge Beatie went Into details aa to
the expenses paid during his term of
office, and by quoting figures for the
past three years showed that his ad
ministration had heen hoth economi
cal and successful. The fact that the
increase In taxation was largely due
In tha mnnilntnrv inrraaes nf state
and school levies was clearly brought
out.
Commissioner Blair took uu the
county timber cruise, and exDlained
the benefits to be derived rrom it,
showing that toe Increase In taxes for
tha first year would more than pay
flip Ita tf-Aat ftavarnl nllAsHitna wrer
asked Mr. B'air as to details of the
cruise, and he answered them to the
apparent aatlsfaction of those present.
Saturday evening the member, of
the county court against whom the re
enll baa been directed will sneak at
a big meeting at Canby. At tlris meet
ing George C. Hrownell will also be a
speaker, and will probably show some
Interesting history regarding the re
call movement.
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CLACKAMAS COUNTY
. FAIR, CANBY, ORE,
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
ESTABLISHED 18S
FINISH
RECALL SCHEME
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SPEAKERS AT CANBY MEETING
USE FACTS AND FUN TO
EXPOSE PLOTTER8
AUDIENCE LOUD IN ITS APPLAUSE
Judge Beatie Awcoun'a Rigidly
Fund Expended, and Commie
mlaaioner Blair Explain
Cruiee Saving
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About 300 people gathered In the
band hall at Canby Saturday evenlni
to listen to members of the county
court snd t'otlr friends te'.l why the
recall levelled against them should
not prevail. Seriousness and humor
mingled in the meeting, and there
was often loud and prolonged ap
plause. A. M. Vineyard presided a.
chairman of the meeting ,and about
fifty per cent of the audience wa
women.
Judga Beatie opened the meeting.
and after a neat appeal to the "new
citizens" present to go to the poll,
and exercise their right of suffrage
a. their conscience, and minds dic
tated, he plunged at once' Into the .
innta nf hla a itmlnlsf ra t Inn. Taking
up the various charges that have been
presented, tne Judge disposed 01 mem
In much the same way that he has at
other similar meetings, and then de
voted his attention to matters which
whila not Included specifically in the
formal charges upon which the recall
Is based, have nevertheless been
utilized by his opponents.
Touching upon the courthouss addi
tion. Judga Beatie said that while the
original cost of that structure had
been $52,000, and while the addition
that made It one-third as large again
had cost $26,000, or half the original
outlay; that the latter expenditure
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. roof upon the building, for a steam
heating plant tnat snpplied tne wnoie
structure, for tne repainting ana re
wiring of the edifice, ana ior many
minor repairs a. well.
In rafarrlne- In the DlirChaSe Of
steel for county bridges and other pur
poses. Judge Beatie poined out that
Clackamas county got Its materia', at
the same time and from the same firm
as Yamhill county bought, and that
wMlo Vumhill rnuntv emended 172.-
000 for this material, Clackamas coun
ty got the same prices on tne amount
It neded and spent only $18,000, there
bv making a considerable saving. In
regard to the county printing, the
Judge saM that the Dins tor wib
amounted to about $1,209 a year, and
that one of tne recall leaaers was -"sore"
because this sum did not go
to his print shop.
Tha hwtfre nlsn went into the mat
ter of roads, contrasting what had
been done in this county for a com
paratively small ium, with what has
t.i 1 ah oH in Multnomah
county. In Multnomah, said the Judge,
tnere was a total 01 uv,uuu,uuu Vi
property value to bear the road taxes.
while In ClacKamas tne vaiuauou ui
nnnirit hut S.98 000.000. vet
Clackamas county had to provide for
three times as many mues 01 nigu-
way.
County Commissioner Blair, In his
talk, devrted hi'.iself almost entirely
to the timber cruise now being made
by the county, and said that while Its
tota' cost would be $40,678. that thla
nn-i u-niiM ha ree.elved and covered
by the Increased taxation during the
first year. On the Weyerhauser tim
ber holding alone, Mr. Blair said, the
county would gain an Increase in rev
enue of over $5,000 each year under
the new cruise.
George" C. Brownell, the next speak
er on tha program, proved a mine
of satire and humor for his auditors.
He compared the present members of
the county court with the pair that
wns trying to displace them, and pok
ed lrresistlbl9 fun at the recall move
ment. He said he knew Anderson,
tha fanilirlnta fnr emintv iniiee. would
Uniaks a good judge, beceause his back
ers laid great stress upon tne iaci
that he had sold 96,000 pound of but
ter. He knew It was 96.009 pounds
because he had read It In the Oregon
City Courier. Such qualification for
judicial position was beyond question,
he added. Mr. Browne'l then recalled
the anecdote current at the time that
Ed Olds, chief boss or the recallers,
hail rofalvAH s shnrk whan he sat
down on a live wire, and prophecled
that the shock ne ana nis teuow
workers would receive next Saturday
would b8 far greater.
natttnv Hnvn tn tha ntlastinn nf
Tha PnnHar ftcrntn Wr Rrownell said
he hoped his hearers wouldn't feel too
harshly towards Its editor, as he knew
the editor had stomach trouble, ana
any man who had stomach trouhie
was oretty apt to also have trouble
with bis head. He pitied the editor
of The Courier, he said, pitied him and
sympathized wun mm.
Aenrnn T R Hprtce. vas the last
speaker on the program, and he. too,
gave some pretty sharp thrusts to the
backers of tbe recall movement. In
cidentally he denied completely tbe
article in a recent Issue 01 ltie cour
ier, which stated that he had "taken
his bald head to Oswego" to make a
speech. He said his bald head hadn't
been In Oswego during the entire
campaign. Other "new." in The
Courier be characterized as being
just about as accurate.
In the earlier part of the day Judge
Beatie addressed a gathering of the
Garfield Country rlut?. eijht miles be
yond Estacada. and was well rectved.
The county Judge at that time sqoka
on much the same lines as at Canby,
and held the close attention of his
audience for over an bour.
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