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SEVENTH YEAR-N. .
OREGON CITY, OHEaON,-FlUI)AY, DECEMBER 5, 1913.
ESTABLISHED 1861
MAMAS ROAD
FRANCHISE FIXED
COMMONUSIR PRIVILEGES AND
FREE TRANSFERS IN CITV
AHE AMONG TERMS
jALE 10 RIVAL LINES IS BLOCKED
Council DUcumm Document Till
Ntcrly Midnight Bsfor Rch
log Sattlsmenl la Right!
tint Will I Ornld
After remalnlim In (onion until half
Mat eleven OCMM'B wemieauiij vivu
member of lh -lt council com
dried their fll consideration and
L ndniKiit of the franchise applied
i.,r i, ilia Clackamas Houthrn r.ul
war snd " urh ''"I'" Ul,t
ordinance granting the rod rlti'uH
,. Water street botween Twciiin
and Koiiriwiilb will bo Introduced tor
first reading t the n,t nieetlim. In
Id profit form the franchise . to be
granted for a term ' 1 tw. for tiin
llrat 10 of tilt h no compensation )
..kMl. save that the company keep
Mr lth the city In any Improvement
wurk ilmt nmy b none oil fi
Itffl . , .
Arfnrdlll 10 lilt term Of ItlO fnn
,Mu k now amended, work on the
i.n blurb of line south of the term
Irul yarda completed within
II month fruiu tne nay oi mo paa-
a of tlu franchise; the company
mult grunt common-user prlvlligca
trr lt iruek. must UkUd free trail
fcra to any rJ that crosses It In
Omton tt y lth tho exception of the
linn of th I'. It.. U P. company, eitid
U forbidden to charge more I linn fixr
rents for our rontlnuoiit paaeago wl n
In the rllr limits.
Mure the franrhlae la accepted by
tho rouinil the Clackamas Boulhrro's
representative lit nut present to lln
rlljr fathers an agreement with Ibe
Portland 6 Oregon t'lty railroad.
hkh l alto aceklnf. rlithti upon Wa
for street. In which the Clackamas
wunty nmd cert If Ira Ita willingness to
have (lie Carver line built ua track
between Fourteenth and Twelfth
inula, according to risckama Houth
orn pn-iflratloiia, ahoult) the Carver
tin tip rvmly to bln( conatmrtlon
urk liffiira the Clarkamaa HoiiiIiitd
llnf. Tlili provlalon waa Inalittt'd up
on o that there ahoultl bo no ponal
blllly of the conatrut'tlon of four
trarka on Watnr atreot. aa nifh line la
pplylni! for a two-trark railroad. The
urn'nit nt wna alno Inalatrd uixm to
prpirnt the Clarkamaa Southern road
fniiii huldltm no the Carver Hue.
la Ita final ahnpe the franchlae,
aide from iirovlillnir for the IhltiM al
ffttdr input lont'd. maki'i It the duty
of the Clin knmaa Southern to keep
team liH-omotlvea off Water atroot
nve when their preaence ti nooea
ary for the movement of train"
Iravea tin reflation of houra of
freight m rvlt-e to the dlarrotlon of the
council, empower the council to paaa
upon the frequency of tranamlaalon
polea, altllima, itpur. awltchea and oth
tr dftalla of conatructlon.
The franchian a I ho contain! a pro-
vllnn to tho effect that If at any time
the Cluckiimna Southern line Is told
to the Southern Pnciric. the Oregon
Califuniin or the I'ortlund Hallway
l.litlit A Power company tho tortus o?
the fmnclilHe ahull at once be revoked
nd terminated without further action
1 the council.
DIMICK DIGS WELL
Hn. Critnt It. Dlmlck has had
well bored on his ranch eaat of Hub-
hard. It la down 97 feet snd when
flnlahed they put a large pump '
work and run It for three and one-half
houra, taking out 1800 gallons every
nour, nml only lowered the water
the well seven font, so ho Is assured
n ibundnnre of good pure wator for
sis riirm. Woodburn Independent.
REACHES OUT
PRELIMINARY SURVEY IS BEING
MADE TO TAKE IN OREGON
CITY
11 TO INCLUDE OTHER TOWNS
corporation Has Started a Policy of
Extension and Expects to Sup
ply Many Places Along
New Route
, t fans are being made and a prelim
""ary survey has been started by the
onmnu Gns k Coke company for
pipe lino whlrh will connect this city
1 n inn pinnt near Linton. It Is proh
e that the new line will go through
ot'iiwood, Mllwaukle, Gladstone, and
""I ni uregon City.
number of attempt have been
niadn In thA nan in iinnii nnn
L'lty with ga and the commercial club
"a other local organisations have en
wuraned any such plan, but this Is
Jne flrat time recently that any ac-
aiep has been made In that dlrec
Hon.
The ... u . t
Hm i Phable that active work
"til be started In a short time and
'nt It win not be a long time until
"regon C,y wl be iuppIie(1 Wnh
KM,
The nne to th clty ,f part of th
Lnt expansion of tha Portland firm,
'e new plant on the Linton road has
m operation but few month
ku r?w trunk llne Mstem has been
which covers the entire city of
GAS COMPANY
Portl,
UTO BUNKS ARE
READY FOR OWNERS
The uatial forms upon which the
owners of automobiles make out their
pplPlttlous for llcenaea from the
secretary of slain have been received
at Ihe office of the county clerk.
TUoukii the state official has annl
these forma to all cur owners whoau
dtlreaans he haa on file, lui has a I no
sent Ihe county c.lcrka s full supply
In order to timet the demit ml from the
owners of new cars who have to file
their application for the flrat time.
The llcenaea eiplre with the flrat
f the year and have to be renewed.
'Incksiuaa county has not yet receiv
ed from the atule treaaurer Its shure
the llcenae money that has been
collected thoiiKh It Is el peeled that
the fund will b forthcoming by Jan
uary 1. In the stute, the llcenae
total several thousands of dullurs.
BIG LINES BUTT
CHARGES MADE AGAINST THE
ELECTRIC AND STEAM
LINES INTO CITY
THREATS TO QUIT ARE AGAIN HADE
Attorneys Say Companies Cannot be
Expected to Put In Concrete
Wsll snd Make Big Fill
on Water 8tret
Charges that the Portland Railway.
Ik tit ft Power company and the
Southern Pacific company are the
real opponents to the franchises of
Ihe Carver and Clackamas Sou! hern
lines were made at tho city council
meeting Friday night.
Threats wore alao made by both
lines to quit the fight for the fran
chises when members of the council
onimised that the applications be
granted on condition that the ralloada
in prove the street and build a retain
ing wall. C. I). Latourctte presented
suKgestlons to the council In which he
urged that the city require tne com
panies be required to fill in to me
helghth or thnt wail, complete mo
llnea In a ehorl time, provide for hour
ly paaaenger cars, a common user
cause, and automatic lorieiiuro ieai.
urea for violation.
Tho attorneys for the raiiroatis
threatened to quit when this proposi
tion wss made to the council. They
declnrcd that no road could live up to
such requlrementa and construct the
line that haa been planned.
Tho decision on tho matter wss
postponed. Present were: Morton,
llolman. Metiner, l-ong. Myers, Hall
Heard. Tooze; absent .Allirlgni.
CRIMINAL CASES ARE
J. It. Lelkvnlx and Jim McDonald,
L-hn robbed the Crown-Columbia, pa
per mills sometime ago of brass prop
.., .i eneh riven 1100 fine and J-5
.i. in th circuit court Monday and
the Judge at once remmea me
.,t ...a the bovs 30 days In which
l ' " " '
4 nntf tllA OnHtl.
of assault: Wong Ho,
assault with Intent to kill, will have
a trial later; Erlco roio, ourgiury u.
ho.i. t Ikewood. not set; Harry
Clark .murder or muian. neni
kls, not set.
Yel
W
AT
WATCHES HOUSE FOR SEVERAL
DAYS AND FINALLY TAKES
SHOT AT HIM
DETECTIVE SEES WHOLE TROUBLE
Stop Car and Arrest. Man But He
Later Surrender Him to the
Hand of Clackamss'
County Officer
Tiecaiise he believed that his broth
er had robbed him of several thous
and dollar. H. E. Holdren fired a shot
through the window at E. H. Holdren
and narrowly missed tbe latter at bl.
kn.a ( Pern RldgO.
Vf a queer concldence, Detective
Fred Mallett. of Portland, happened to
be on a passing car and aw w
fire the shot. He Immediately had the
. ..! arrested him, and turn
ed him over to Percy Cross, chief of
ni.rt.iona. The man was
ponce ' v. ,
later brought to the county Jail and
given to Sheriff Mas.
Both brother, lived In Duluth.
Minn., little more than a year ago.
Sine, that time, they hare been .ep
arated. Friend, have told E. H
Holdren that man hai been watch
ins the plac for the past few day
and he now bellere. that hi. brother
came to th. ctly at that tlm. and baa
10
OTHERS
BROTHER
IRES
BROT
HER
IS
LIVE WIRES ELECT OFFICERS AT
TUE8DAY LUNCHEON
OTHER BUSINESS
WATER REPORT WILL BE RLADY SOON
Flsx and Linen Mill Proportion Is
Postponed Coffe House Mat
ter Arouses Interest
at Meeting
Don L. Mfldrum, assistant timber
superintendent of the Willamette Puli
ft J'uper Co., will guide the destine
of llio Live Wires of the Oregon City
Commercial club for tbe next three
mouths. He was elected Main Trunk
Line of that kettledrum organisation
lueaduy. Other officers elected were:
K. K. Iirodlo, sub-trunk line; Theo
dore Osiuuud, transmission wire; .
('. I low lun J, guy wire. Judge John
N. flluvurs waa apiioiuled feed wire,
The report of II. A. Hands, engineer
In chnrgo of the preliminary survey
for tha Houth Kork Clackamas pure
water plan will make his detailed re
port not later than December 15, ac
cording to a statement made by Dr.
I.. A. Morris, chairman of the commit
tee having the project in chargo. L.
Sllpp said the tentative, place of Engi
neer Itunds Is to estimate on a 24-lncb
plpo down to Sprlugwater Kldge, and
an IS IncU pipe from that point to Ore
gon City. This would provide a capa
city of seven million galloua every 24
hours.
In the absence of T. W. Sullivan, no
delinlto report was received rclutlve
to the proposed establishment of
Dux and linen mill, but K. Kenneth
Stanton snld Mr. Sullivan is going In
to the mutter thoroughly and would
soon have a very complete report cov
ering the Industry from a local view
point
Jesse Hazel). L. Adams, John W
Loder, lo. S. Durdon, J. E. Hedges
and others Indulged In an interesting
discussion of the proposed resort for
men. Mr. Adams, Mr. Loder and C.
11. Dye. represent the Live Wires oil
a Joint committee, along with some of
the city churches, and this committee
hits been doing considerable work to
ascertain jnat what is needed In Ore
gon City. Tbe founding or a x. M. u.
A. has been suggested. Mr. nazell
pointed out that the city requires
broader recrallon place tnan a unrisv
lan association would supply, and Mr,
Adams explained that it was planned
to estab Uh an Industrial association,
where men might feel free to smoke
and enjoy privileges not usually ob
tained in Y. M. C. A. rooms. Mr. Lo
der contended that the organizations
that get behind a Christian association
would be valuable. The discussion oc
cupied a wide range, it being con
ceded that the problem of providing a
sultuble place for the recreation of
the men of the city would have to be
solved.
The menu follows:
Spare Ribs Dressing Apple Sauce
Mnshed potatoes
Drowned Sweet Potatoes
Creamed Cauliflower
Asparagus Salad
Applo Pie Cheese
Coffee
T
AlmoBt every district In the county
was represented at the general local
Institute held in the high school
building here Saturday.
The meeting was called by J. E.
Caluvan, county superintendent, and
n.nrn than 90 teachers were present.
M. Plttman, institute director of the
nn.tnnl school at Monmouth spoke on
Attitude, the Chlefest Requisite;
rw. Fred Toozo. on the Palmer sys
lem: Frank Welles, of the state su
perintendent' office on "Practicals
In Education;" Professor T. J. lary.
former county superintendent, on the
work of the Portland Trades school;
.r,A Pi-nfoaanr plttman on "Wanted, a
Country Teacher."
ah r th .nenkexa struck the key
note, nf their subjects and assisted
materially In making the meeting an
Important one for the county teachets.
Charles Jones of the normal at sa
letn and Miss Ulen of this county had
charge of the musical program,
to niSSTiL
OF
J E. Calavan. county superintend
ent may Issue order, within the next
few day. for a complete fumigation of
every school In the county districts
once every month. . . ...
Dr J A. Van Brakle. county health
officer, believe that he can reduce
the number of contaglou cases lu tbe
schools 50 per cent I the d sirtct.
will that proper fumigation
methods are carried out every month.
He believes that tne scnooo.
been the center of a large part of the
contagion that ha. spread through
aome of the district and has come to
the conclusion that most of It could
be prerented by proper fumigation
It Is possible that the county u-
nerintendent will lane tn ""
Et. J VLa ...ut the health offtccr In
carrying out nch a program to pro
Jertthe health of the children of the
irVools snd prevent further ipread
TRUNK
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of nch disease.
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THE ENTERPRISE ANNUAL 4
The 1914 anniversary edition 4
4 of tho Morning Enterprise will
bn Issued early in January. Mr.
W. 11. Dixon, who has so ably
v managed the annual editions of
4 the Enterprise for the past two
t years, will arrive In Oregon City
within a week from Vlsalla, Cal.
The forthcoming anniversary
e number will be fully up to the 0
standard of the preceding edl- t
4 tlons, and Its character and t
cope will be enlarged. We have
f secured a large number of lllus- .
4 tratloni of Clackamas county
t scenes, and the edition will be
profusely Illustrated.
Users of space in this big edl-
X tlon of tbe Morning Enterprise t
t will be called upon within tbe
next two weeks by Mr. Dixon,
who will lay before them our
plans In detail.
The annual number of The En-
terprlse Is no mere fly-by-night 1
scheme for getting money out of
the public without adequate ret-
p turn. The anniversary edition 1
baa become an Institution In
which we bare considerable fc
! pride.
1 Orders now received for copies
to be ent to any part of the
world.
SAYS THE TOWNS COULD NOT
VOTE ON ANY LIQUOR
QUESTIONS
MUST BE AT CERTAIN DEFINITE TIME
Drys Here 'Not Discouraged and Say
Fight Is But i Started Case
Will Be Carried Into Su
preme Court
SALEM. Ore., Nov. 28. Every local
option election held In the state No
vember 4, except in towns in which
that date waa the day of a regular city
election Js void, according to a de
cision rendered today by Judge Wil
liam Galloway of the Marlon county
circuit court In the suit brought by
John Stlllman, representing the saloon
Interests of Salem. to restrain the
county court from Issuing an order
declaring Salem to be dry territory as
a result of the election held here on
that date.
Judge Galloway based his decision
on an Interpretation of the law that a
local option election cannot be held
except at the time of a general state
eltction which come every two years,
or at the time of a general city elec
tion if uch election comes on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November. He said when a local
option election Is held at the time of
a general city election, then the city
authorities must appoint the election
officials.
Loral drva do not feel the slightest
discouragement over the decision of
Judge Galloway at Salem, In the liquor
cases that have been preseniea 10
him. They propose to carry the fight
to the finish and to bring the matter
to the attention of the supreme court
of the state.
"The case is really encouraging,
from our point of view," said one of
the drys Friday night, "Judge Gallo
way is reversed in a large percentage
of the cases that are carried into the
higher court. We have but started to
fight and the matter will be carnea to
the last resort before It is finally de
termined."
FOR SESIe
SALEM VOTES DRY
R A T.EM. Ore.. Dec. 1. For the sec
ond lime In one month tha anti-saloon
element has made a clean sweep In
this city, the amendment to the city
charter to prevent the licensing of sa
loons having won at the election to
day by a majority of about 700. The
majority for local option at the No
vember election was (.
Explanation of the Increased ma
Jority la that the saloonmen did not
make aa determineo a ngni at. me
election today as at the other one, and
that thev have determined to make
their final stand In the courts. Every
ward in the city gave a majority for
the amendment,
in m-ard 1. R. N. Hoover, "dry" can
rtldnfe. defeated William Gllchlrst,
wet" candidate, by a majority of 66
and James McClellan. "dry" candidate
defeated W. H. Dalrymple. "wet can
didate, by a sate majority.
LIQUOR FIGHT TO
GET TO
T
"SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 2. That the
fight between the prohibitionists and
the liquor interests of this city soon
will reach tne supreme court m
AtcA nda when Circuit Judge Gal
loway announced that he would hear
rtrnmenta tomorrow afternoon on an
application of the Salem Brewery as
sociation to enjoin me cnj uim.v
les from issuing an order declaring
the result of tne election yeaieruu,
a Aar an nnnlon at once.
The plaintiff filed a supplemental
complaint declaring the election llle
..i tux-aim aonroxlmately half of the
persons who voted had registered un
der the permanent rcs"",1'""
.t,a were not sworn In. It asked that
the ordinance of the city council, pro
riding that person registered under
that law had only to show their cer
tificate of registration 10 oe aitoweu
to rote, be declared toiq.
GALLOWAY HOLDS
VOID
DRY
1914" IS SLOCAII
PROHIBITION FORCE8 MAKING
PLAN3TO DRIVE LIQUOR
TRAFFIC OUT
TWO YEARS' DELAY IS SPURNED
Home Rule Amendment Must First be
Repealed Oregon Js!"s 11
8tates In Great Campaign
Against Saloon
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial to The Morning Enterprise)
"Oregon Dry In 1914," Is the slogan
adopted here today at an enthusiastic
meeting of the prohibition forces from
all over the state, at which It was
definitely determined to bring about
at the general election, November 3,
1914. the repeal of the home rule
amendment, which permits Incorpor
ated cities and towns to regulate the
llauor traffic within their own bound
aries. At the same time the prohibi
tionists will make strenuous efforts to
vote the entire state dry. If success
ful they must succeed on two proposi
tions, the first to repeal the home
rule amendment to the constitution,
ndnnted In 1910: and the second to
vote the saloons out of business
Oregon as a whole state.
in
When the "dry forces convened
this morning, the Anti-Saloon League
had a program that contemplated on"-
the repeal of the home ru! amend
ment in 1914, and to extend the "dry"
territory Into a number of Oregon
counties, now "wet." But thl did not
meet with favor from the more raaicai
prohibitionist, who are after quick
action, and they argued that 11 states
are planning to conduct a "dry" cam
paign In 1914, and insisted inai ure
gon should line up for the fray, and
not Walt until 1916.
This was finally agreed upon, and
the Prohibition party, the Anti-Saloon
League, the temperance organizations
and many church leaders will Join
hands to stamD the alcholic traffic
from tha state. Several ministers
from Oregon City attended the meet
ing here.
WETS HAVE FILED
The wets have filed their amended
enmnlalnt in the circuit court to the
one in which they asked the Judge to
restrain the county court from aeciar
lng the return in the last prohibition
election in the city.
The original comolaint asked the
rnnrt to restraining the county offi
cials from doing something that had
already been done and was rued just
45 minute too late. The amendment
to this complaint simply recites the
facts contained in the ottter insru
ments with the reasons alleged by the
wets and asks the coutr to set slde
tha torder.
The drv forces have filed a general
demurrer to the complaint as it has
been amended. The hearing upon the
Issues involved will be set wttmn tne
next week.
IS
BY GOVERNOR WEST
SALEM, Ore., Dec 3. Governor
Woat hnvlne announced today that
the State Game and Fish commission
has been abolished for the time be
ing because of dissensions created by
hii hndlea." and that the employes
of the departments under the commis
sion automatically lose tneir places.
tha nnentinn tnnlirht Is what will be
come of the fish hatcheries and other
property on which the state has spent
thousands of dollars.
stntn fiamA Warden Flnley and Mas
ter Fish Warden Clanton on hearing
of the action of the governor came to
Salem and were in conference witn
him several hours tonight, but none
of those present would tell what phase
of the question was discussed.
toinStdate
May 16 was the date set for the an
nual field meet of the Clackamas
School league, at Saturday' meeting
of the executive committee. At this
tlm will also be played the cham
pionship game of the baseball tourna
ment between the two leading teams
In the league.
Thi learns has been In existance
for several years. It Is composed of
all the grammar and academic schools
in the county.t Oratorical, debating
and literary contest are promoted
among the schools as well as athletic
games. It wa. decided to hold these
last named contest, during the month
of Feb.uary.
The officer of the league are de
termined to make this year the best
t nr in the life of the organization
and will spare no efforts to further
this end. Already many of the coun
ty schools hare sent in their entrance
fM and aimed their intentions to
compete for the honor.
E
Conplete control Is given to the city
council of Gladstone over the con
striction and operation of the new-
telephone line soon to be built Into
that ctiy by the franchise that haa
been granted and which wa. Tuesday
accepted by the company.
The franchise 1. granted to the Ore
gon City and Farmers' Independent
Telephone company. It provides that
the company .hall erect poles of a cer
tain description, shall furnish free
Instruments for city uses, shall allow
the city to maintain police and other
signal wires on it poles, shall give
rights of way to all other lines, and
cannot even cut down tree In the city
limit without permission from the
council.
Tbe rates will be tame a those now
In use In Oregon City. John N. Selv
er, city recorder, drew up the Instru
ment
LOSE TERRITORY
WEST LINN PLANS TO EXTEND
BOUNDARIES TO EMBRACE -PART
OF NEAR-BY TOWN
ELECTION CALLED FOR DECEMBER 31
Only People Living In the District Af
fected Permitted to Vote on
Issue That Threatens
Limit of Town
The new city of West Linn will cele
brate the death of the old year by at
tempting to increase ita area through
the annexation of a portion or tne
neighboring town of Willamette. West
Linn was Incorporated only last Aug
ust, but it 1 ambitious and it is said
that a majority of the residents of
that portion of Willamette who may
be citizens of west Linn after Decern
ber 31, when the annexation election
s to be held, are seeking entrance In
to the Hew municipality.
L. L. Porter, recorder of West Linn,
issued notices Monday, calling an
election for December 31 to vote up
on the question of annexing a part of
Willamette. While all of the voters
of West Linn will have an opportun
lty to express themselves upon the de
sirability or extending tne towns
boundaries, only those residents of
Willamette who live in the territory
whose annexation is proposed can
vote on the proposition, which must
receive a majority in both the Willam
ette territory affected and In West
Linn.
Only a short time before the in
corporation of West Linn, there was
an attempt made by Willamette to
extend its boundaries to include con
siderable of the territory now em
braced in West Linn, but the measure
failed to pass by the close vote of 26
to 31.
HAGEMANN IS CONFIRMED
FOR POSTOFFICE JOB
B. L. Haeeman was confirmed as
Dostmaster for Mllwaukle by the sen
ate Monday afternoon. President
Wilson had sent the name to the sen
ate earlier In the season but because
of some obiections that had been
made. th aDnointment was not en
dorsed bv the upper house.
After considering the name for tho
second time, the official endorsement
was finally given to the president's
recommendation.
OUT FOR ROADS
WANTS BETTER HIGHWAYS IN
ITS DISTRICT AND
VOTES LEVY
DETERMINES TO RAISE FIVE MILLS
Believe That Hard Surfaced Roads
Mean Much to City and All of
Surrounding Territory
Big Crowd
By a vote of more than two to one,
the people of the Molalla district de
termined to levy a special tax of five
mills for good roads.
In the largest meeting that ha been
held in this district in some time the
questloa of good roads was thoroughly
discussed. The people are enthusi
astic over the proposition and have
determined that the solution to the
difficulties that face the new city
Is to be found in better highways.
S. A. Douglas wa. elected road su
pervisor to handle the money that will
be raised by the special levy. The dis
trict plans to get all of the hard sur
faced roads that It can and to put tbe
one. that it now ha. In better condi
tion and to make them pajsame even
dnrinir tha ralnv season of the year.
The subject of good roads la an lra
nnrtant one In this district and the
people came out In force when the
rniMl nn of a SDCCiai levy wu ui-
cussed.
WILLAMETTE MAY
MOLALLA
COMES
COURT GRINDS
Oil ITS BUDGET
DAYS OF STRENUOUS WORK ARE
AHEAD FOR THE COUNTY
OFFICIALS
LEGISLATURE IS HELD 10 BLAME
Appropriation Mad at Last Session
Find Echo In Demand From
Stat Department, for
Mors Money
Though the county court has not yet
fixed tbe tax levy for the county, it
will probably run close to 20 mill on
a valuation of $30,521,801 or more than
$610,000 In actual revenue. .
Notice ha ben received by J. E.
Jack, county assessor, that this coun
ty will have to raise for state pur. -pose.
$170,000 as against $43,000 last
year. To meet this, the county court
will have to make the tax levy for
the state purposes about six mills.
The school mill levy will be three and
one-quarter mills, the county general
purposes two and one-halt mills, and
the road fund eight mills. The valua
tion this year is, in round numbers,
$2,000,000 more this year than last,
due to the timber cruise, and the
amount that will have to be raised
for state purposes alone Is about four
times that raised last year.
Legislature At Fault
This Is due to some of the appro
priations passed by the last legisla
ture and the money that was ordered
expended at that time, it is said. Mult
nomah county, alone, raised for state
purposes $410,000 last year and will
now have to pay $1,740,000 into the
treasury. The entire state will have
to raise $4,000,000 to meet the ex
penses incurred by the legislature. It
Is I
said, and Clackamas county will pay
large proportion of this amount
The state tax commission added for
public service corporations doing bus
iness through and holding property in
this county a total of $5,919,767 to the
$24,602,000 that the county assessor
had estimated was the value of all
other property in the county.
Mere Starter.
But this is a mere beginning. A
large proportion of the road districts
of the county have levied special
taxes for the construction of roads
through their territory and the im
provements on thetr own nignways.
The school districts have raised spe
cial taxes for the betterment of the
public schools. The cities have fixed
their own tax levies for tne carrying
cn of the municipal governments. Ore
gon City, for instance, has a tax levy
of 10 mills for all purposes. Other
towns have their own levies. This
must sll be added to tha county levy
that will be made and the levy that is
made for the purposes of the state gov
ernment The whole trouble seems to come
about through the passage at the last
session of the state legislature so
many appropriation bills that have In
creased the cost to the taxpayers
throughout the state and necessitated
the call from the state departments
for a higher levy through the several
counties for state purposes.
Every county in the state will prob
ably pay this year four times what it -
paid last year. . The levies maoe tor
state purposes show the Increase from
that source alone to make that differ
ence, it is pointed out.
EXAMINATION OPEN
The United States Civil Service
commission announce an open com
petitive examination to be held in this
city on January 10, 114 at wnicn u
is expected to flH a vacancy or rural
carrier at Mulino or other place
which may occur In this county.
The examination is open to alt male
citizens of the United States who can
comply with the requirements.
WEST LINN HAS
ITS ELECTION
NAMES OFFICERS FOR FIRST REG
ULAR TERM SINCE ITS IN
CORPORATION SON SUCCEEDS FATHER AS MAYOR
More Than 200 Vote, are Cast at Poll
and Interest in Outcome I
Keen Election to
Follow Soon
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West Linn held its first regular
municipal election Tuesday and se
lected its city officers for the term.
Two hundred and twenty vote were
cast
John B. Lewthwaite, on of the pres
ent executive, was a candidte for may
or without opposition and received 16S
votes. The city council and other
city officers that were elected for the
first term since the town decided up
on incorporation are: For mayor, J.
a Lewthwaite, 168; for recorder, L.
L. Porter, 172; for marshal, P. J.
Wlnkel; for treasurer, M. E. Clancey,
170; for alderman. Frank A. Ham
merle, 158; N. T. Humphry s, 155; U
L. Pickens, 171; Chart. Shields, 171;
O. Tonkin, 148; A. G. Volpp, 121.
The charter election will be held in
that city on December 29, while on the
last day of the month tbe question of
annexation of a certain tract of land
In the town of Willamette will b
voted upon by th people. The city
la now without a charter to guide Its
officials and is working under the
provision of the state laws. . , ,
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