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VOL. IV. NO. 72.
OKEGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1912
Pee Week, 10 Cents
ITS AT FAIR
SINGLE TAX TO BE
FOUGHT TO FINISH
REPUBLICANS TO
HAVE BIG MEETING
JONES URGED TO
OFFER FOR MAYOR
FRIENDS SAY PETITIONS HAVE
BEEN, SIGNED BY ABOUT
. N 400 VOTERS
MAZE BIG CROWD
v PERPETRATED BY WALT MFDOUGALL V
SURE, PA CAN TAKE CARE OF BABY !
ATTENDANCE FIRST DAY IS LARG
EST IN HISTORY'OF AS
SOCIATION STATE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSES
FELS' SCHEME
FIRST GUN OF CAMPAIGN TO BE
FIRED AT HARMONY
TOMORROW
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POULTRY AND LIVE STOCK ADMIRED
Races and Baseball Game Furnish
Thrills in Afternoon Germans
to Have Big Time To
day sSS3SesSSSs3
Racing Program Today
1st RACE
2:25 Trot 3 heats otit of 51
Mile Heats.
Horse Owner
1 Bois D'Arc C. H. Wheeler
2 Mark H Peter Cook
3 Allie B L. W. Wapps
4 Fargo F. Howlett
5 Katie Guy C. A. Wipp
6 St. Michael C. F. Wilson
2nd RACE
For Clackamas Courrty Horses
2 Heats in 31-2 Mile
Horse Owner
1 Billy Sunday J. W. Cole
2 Lightfoot C. Hutchins
3 Haltamount S. J. Vaughan
3rd RACE
1-2. Mile Dash Running Race
Horse Owner
1 Maud McG J. Pritchard
2 Dixie J. A. Martin
3 Anna Pheaon J. Holgreves
4 Drummer. .. .William Wilton
5 Salement Fred Merrill
sjSS-'S$SS'3S
The Sixth Annual County Fair at
Canby started Wednesday under aus
picious circumstances. There was a
large attendance the first day, prob
ably the largest that has ever assem
bled on the opening day.
The morning was devoted to a con
cert by the Redland band and which
had the honor of playing or the first
time in the new grand stand
that was erected by the Association.
Every stall in the Livestock depart
ment is filled, and the pens of the
poultry house are filled with some. of
the finest poultry in the state. The
livestock is thel best that has ever
been on exhibition at the fair, and
the exhibit is the largest. There are
many concessioners on the grounds
and all are doing a land office busi
ness. The boths and stands will reap
a harvest today and Friday, which
are to be the big days at the fair,
this being German day and Friday
Oregon City day. The Hubbard band
will furnish the music Thursday, and
on Oregon City day the Oregon City
band and Oak Grove Girls' band will
furnish the music and Saturday the
Canby band will play.
In the poultry building every pen
is filled with as fine birds as can be
found in the state. Among those hav
ing displays is Mrs. Bertha Story, of
Oregon City, who has more than
fifty birds in, her display.. She is
owner of Rosemawr Farm at Oregon
City, 910 Pierce street.
Mrs. John Robbins of Canby, one
of the well known poultry raisers of
this county has a fine exhibit of
birds. She has many varieties, in
cluding Light Brahamas, Rhode Is
land Reds, and ducks of the White Pe
kin variety and a Tatulouse drake.
John Robbins, the young son of Mrs.
Robbins, entered in the Juvenile de
partment a Tatulouse drake and
White Pekin ducks. Mrs. Carrie
Marrs, of Oregon City, has a credi
table showing of poultry, including
Silver Laced Wyandottesc, Partridge
Wyandottes, Buff Leghorns, Cornish
Indian Game. Joe Sutherland, of
Canby, has White Orpingtons that are
spotless and well kept on display.
Mrs. M A.. Armstrong, who has had
several years of experience in the
poultry business at Milwaukie, has
charge! of the poultry department,
and is a most competent woman for
this line of business, and is looking
'after the wants of the poultry.
The Livestock department is in the
care of W. W. Everhart, of Molalla,.
Mr. Everhart has his hands full look
ing after the three large buildings
on the grounds which are filled to
their capacity with cattle, horses,
who have exhibits in this department
are Pleasant Hill Farm, E. Werner,
proprietor and owner. This farm is
located near Aurora. He has several
large sta containing eight regis-
- tered cattle of three grades. One of
the Jerseys is in the milking contest,
and from the present indications she
will be one of the winners. In these
stall are registered Holstein Frie
sian cattle. The Molalla Register
are J. R. Cole & Son, of Molalla, have
three fine cows and two heifers. A.
D. Gribble, one of the best known
breeders in the county, and who owns
a ranch near Aurora, has thirteen fine
registered Jerseys on exhibition, one
cow of which is valued at $330, and
a bull from a sire valued at $9000. D.
B. Yoder hag two fine Jersey cows,
both of which are in the cow milking
contest. Mr. Everhart has several
fine cattle on exhibition. Many good
horses are represented in this barn,
among those "having horses entered
are Joseph Kraft, of New Era, Wil
liam Brush of Macksburg; A. Wald
berg, of New Era; J. J. Lippuner, who
has fine team of blacks, which were
awarded the first prize at last year's
fair. ( ' - .
C: F. Romig has the only Shetland
ponies. W. Hart, of Oregon City,
Mrs. Short, of Canby; Ernest Mass,
of Oregon City; J. Bowers, of Canby;
. Jack ' Marrs, of Oregon City; Canby
Belgian Company, of Canby; George
SPECIOUS ARGUMENTS ARE EXPOSED
Voters Will Be Shown Fallacies of
George Propaganda and Urged
To Repudiate
It
SALEM, Or., Sept. 25. Going on
record as unalterably opposed to the
graduated single tax and exemption
amendment and the single tax meas
ures proposed for Clackamas, Multno
mah and Coos Counties, the legisla
tive tax committee, which Includes
members of the state tax commission
and several members of the legisla
ture, at a meeting here today decided
on a propaganda of publicity and a
fight to the finish on the measures
mentioned.
The resolution, which was introduc
ed by George Neuner, of Douglas
County, to oppose such tax measures
was unanimously j adopted after a
short discussion. All of the members
present declared themselves as oppos
ed to single tax, but there was a
slight difference of opinion as. to
whether it would be best to openly
fight the single tax or whether the
commission should confine itself to
advocacy of the measures which have
been placed on the ballot by the com
mittee and which establish the
groundwork for rational tax reform
in Oregon.
- The single tax advocates and writ
ers of the Fels' single tax fund have
brought every gun that they have to
bear on the state tax commission and
the legislative tax committee, and
the majority of the members favored
an open war on the single tax propa
ganda. Tax, Commissioner Eaton declared
it was essential that what he termed
iniquitous features and the vicious
results of the single tax plan, should
it carry, be pointed out to the voters
of the state. He asserted that, re
gardless of assestions to the contrary
the county single tax amendment of
1910, the opening wedge for the sin
gle tax program, was passed through
the means of the poll tax "joker."
Koehler, of Canby; William Brush,
of Macksburg; Frank Rogers, of Wil
son ville; Wilson ville Shire Horse
Company, have fine horses on display.
This is the first the Wilsonville Shire
Horse Company has had an exhibit
at the fair, and their fine horses and
colt only five months old, attracted
much attention. The colt weighs 800
pounds. M. S. Hungate, of Molalla,
George Lazelle, of Oregon City; A.
Pratt, of Aurora; John Dom
inique, of Molalla; A. D. Gribble,
Aurora, R. F. D. No. 4, have entries.
H. D. Harms, of Macksburg, has
Cotswold sheep; J. W. Smith, of
Macksburg, Lincoln sheep; J. R. Cole,
Molalla, Cotswold sheep; W. W. Ev
erhart, Molalla, Cotswold sheep; J. R.
Cole, Molalla, Angora goats; Albert
Gribble, Aurora, R. F. D. No. 4, An
gora goats; J. Fenske, 1 Macksburg,
Nerino sheep; D. C. Harms, Macks
burg, Poland China pigs; W. W. Ev
erhart, Shropshire sheep; GB. Dim
ick, twenty-five head of Poland China
swine; Mr. Dimick has probably some
of the finest swine on the grounds,
and has constructed a building for his
stock. A. D. Gribble, of Molalla, has
some Berkshires; W. W. Everhart,
Chester White swine, the only ones
of this variety in the building; J. R.
Cole, of Molalla, eleven head of Po
land Chinas the largest of which
weights 800 ponnds, and is the larg
est swine on the grounds. J. W. Hyl
ton, of Oregon City, Poland Chinas;
D. C. Harmes, eleven head, one sow
with six little fellows; E. H. Lawless,
Durock pigs. There are more entries
this year than any previous year of
the fair, and all are in fine condition.
The big auditorium; with its fine
display of fruits, vegetables , fancy
articles, and horticultural exhibits is
among the features of the fair. . Nev
er before has the building been so
well filled with fine produce. The Ju
venile department, which is in charge
of MisS Mahala Gill, of Logan, and
County Superintendant T. J. Gary, of
Oregon City, is attracting much at
tention. A large space of the second
floor of the auditorium is occupied
by the Juvenile exhibit. Roy Brabdes
of Canby, John Robbins, Jr., of Canby,
carl Yaeger, of Sherwood, " Harold
Vineyard, of the White School, Royal
Peterson, Milwaukie, George Culli-
son, of the Brown Schoolhouse, New
Era, and the DeBok boys, of Willam
ette, have fine) exhibits. There, are
other exhibits in this building, nclud-
mg business houses and granges.
The races were a feature of Wed
nesday. Ed Fortune is starter and
the time-keeper is Charles N. Wait,
of Canby. The first resulted as fol
lows :
Dal Norte, Dennison, 1st, 2:25;
Lena Lou, McGray, 2nd, 2.20 i-4; Tid
al Wave, Guy Young, 3rd", 2.24 3-4;
Lightfoot, B. Hutchinson, 4th.
The following was the result pf the
last race: ;
Latrlsia, Huddleson, 1st; Ana Tha-
son, Holgreves, 2nd; Salemint, Fred
Merrill, 3rd; Maud McG, Prlchard,
4tn. .
, The baseball game Wednesday af
ternoon between the Molalla and
Shubel teams was exciting up to the
eighth inning, when Molalla fell be
hind. The result was 8 to 4 In favor
of Shubel. Canby and Shubel will
play this afternoon.
COPYRIGHT CUNEOINST WASH
Robert O. Bailey, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury.
GERMANS CELEBRATE
AT BIG FAIR TODAY
This is German day at the County
Fair at Canby and an excellent pro-!
gram has been arranged as follows: j
Reception and delivery of the key 1
to the German Societies at 11 : 00
o'clock.
Oration and response by Mr. Gus
tav Sclmoerr. -
Song selection in German and Eng
lish. Monster barbacue and potato
bake from 12 to 2:30.
Afternoon program starts at 2 : 30.
Song,; "Des Deutchen Vaterland,"
accompanied by the band.
Vocal and instrumental, "Columbia,
the Gem of the Ocean."
"Dies ist- der Tag des Nerren," by
Arion and Turner.
Oration in German by the secretary
of the German Societies of the state,
Edgar Winter of Portland, Oregon.
"Die Wacht am Rhein," vocal and
instrumental.
Selection trio by the Misses Hopp
of Oregon City.
Remarks by Rev. A. Hillebrand in
English.
Band selection "Star Spangled Ban
ner." Greetings from the Home Land, in
German, Arion and Turner.
Humorous declamation by Prof.
Gus. Ihle.
"Yankie Doodle Pot Porie."
Remarkable feats and gymnastics
by Turner Verein of Portland.
"America," by the audience accom
panied by the band.
OIL KING ARCHBOLD
HAS GUARD OF THREE
SOUTHAMTON, England, Sept. 25.
John D. Archbold is sick of being
bothered about political exposures, he
declared in a brief interview here to
day before sailing for the United
States on the Majestic.
He declined to add anything farther
and three men were placed on guard
at the door of his cabin to keep off
interviewers.
WILSON SCORED AS
-FOE OF WO
SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 25. An
attack on Theodore Roosevelt and
the policies of the Progressive par
ty in nation and state, marked the ad
dress of William D. Guthrie tempor
ary chairman, today, before the Re
publican state convention.
- "We clearly see," said Guthrie,
"that the Progressive campaign is
doomed to pitiable defeat and that on
ly a malevolent desire to work injury
to the Republican party continues
its campaigning."
Guthrie gavq three reansons why
the Republican national convention
fulfilled its duty in . refusing to nom-:
inate Colonel Roosevelt.
"In the first place," he said "the
nomination of an ex-president of the
United States for a third term would
have been a violation of an unwrit
ten rule established by Washington,
Jefferson and Monroe and followed i
ever since.",.
Colonel Roosevelt, he declared, had
fomented more than any man living
the discontent and class hatred ex-
isting among people. He was known '
to be a Socialist at heart, he said, al
though protesting that he alone
could save the country from Social
ism. He also said Wilson was a foe
of the workingman.
Guthrie defined the great Issues of J
the national campaign as follows:
"First, the constitutional right and
power of Congress to protect Amer-1
ican industries and to preserve our
present industrial system; second,
the threatened overthrow of the rep
resentative system of government in
state and nation by the introduction
of the initiative, referendum and re
call; and third, the assault upon the
administration of justice in American
courts." -
Almost the only reference Guthrie
made to the Democratic party's can-,
didat was in his discussion of the
tariff. , ;
"As pointed out by a Republican '
in congress," he said, "although we
may be willing to face free competi
tion with Europeans, we cannot be
blind to the menace and danger of
free competition with Asiatics. Just
across the( Pacific ocean, with con-.
etantly cheapening freight and pas
senger rates are populations of 50,-;
000,000 in Japan, 450,000,000 in China, !
300,000.000 in India and. they will fur
nish efficient lab.or at wages ranging
from six to thirty cents a day for 12'
hours' work on the same kind of ma
chines at which American men and
women are working."
WORLD SERIES 10
START OCTOBER 8
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. Play for the
baseball championship of the world
will be begun on the Polo grounds
in New York at 2 o'clock Tuesday af
ternoon, October 8. The second
game will be played in Boston on the
following day. Play will alternate
each fair-weather, day between the
two cities until either New York or
Boston has won the four out of seven
games necessary to give it the 1912
title. -
felt
S:
""VAV-' fl VA
Herbert Knox Smith, Who recently
resigned his position as Commis
sioner of Corporations to join Roos
evelt's Bull-Moose party. He was
a former member of the Kitchen
Cabinet.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES
TO INITIATE 1,200
About twetny-five members Of the
Knights and Ladies of Security of
this city will attend the big meeting
of the order in Portland tomorrow
night, when 1,200 applicants will be
initiated. ' A car has been chartered
and all persons who wish to attend
the exercises are invited to go to
Portland on it. It will leave this city
at 6:45 o'clock. The program will be
as follows:
Meeting called to order! by Sister
P. B. Jones; musical selection by
Lottie's Orchestra; address of wel
come by Hon. G. B. Dimick; response
by Edward Shellingberger; initiation
of candidates; first by Eureka Coun
cil degree staff; second, by Kipat
rick staff; instrumental solo, J. V.
Hines; specialty, by Northlon Bros.;
vocal sola by Miss Steadman; duet
by Isabel Hall and Mr, Roscon; vocal
solo by Robert Wallace and instru
mental solo by Edith Nordstrom."
3
AND 2 SEEK THEM
Decrees of divorce were granted
Wednesday by Circuit Judge Camp
bell in the following suits.: May Bal
com against William Balcom; Peter
Hefty against Emily JH. Hefty and
Jesse Brewster against Vernon Brew
ster. Alleging that her husband de
serted her February 11, 1910, Gertha
Horst filed suit for divorce against
Jacob Horst. They were married in
Olympia, Wash., December 16, .1909.
Marian Hannah Conrad, seeking a
divorce against Howard Marion Con
rad, asksi $50 a month alimony for
the support of herself and child. They
were married in Valdez, Alaska,
March 14, 1909.
THIRTY. MEETINGS ARE ARRANGED
George C. Brownell, G. B. Dimick
and W. A. Dimick to Stump
County Nominees Will
" Speak - '
The first gun of the Republican
campaign in, Clackamas County will
be fired tomorrow night, when ,the
candidates for legislative and county
offices will hold a public meeting in
the school house at Harmony precinct
A majority of the party nominees
have planned to attend the first rally
and give their united support to the
Fall campaign for the express pur
pose of electing the entire Republi
can ticket. -
More than thirty meetings have
been arranged by the officials of the
county central committee, but Coun
ty Chairman Frank Jaggar and Sec
retary William Hammond are keep
ing their dates secret, for in the last
campaign the local Democrats secur
ed an advantage through a premature
announcement of the Republican
meetings and. followed their oppo
nents all over the county.
Hon. George C. Brownell, State
Senator W. A. Dimick and Mayor
Grant B. Dimick are the three spell
binders wb.0 will accompany the can
didates in their meetings in the early
stages of the campaign. All three of
these men are staunch Republicans
and have no superiors as campaign
speakers in this state.
The Republicans of Clackamas
County believe . they can duplicate
the performance of eight years ago
and elect their whole ticket. The
candidates for legislative and coun
ty offices are:
Representative in the) legislature
F. M. Gill, C. Schuebel, Gustav
Schnoerr; commissioner, William H.
Mattoon; clerk, W. L. Mulvey; sher
iff, E. C. Hackett; recorder of con
veyances, E. P. Dedman; . assessor,
James F. Nelson; treasurer, J, A.
Tufts; school superintendant, T. J.
Gary; coroner, W. J. Wilson; survey
or, D. T. Meldrum; district attorney,
E. B. Tongue; joint representative,
David Lofgren.
COUNTRY BOV LOST,
FOUND BW0I.ICE
The sobbing of a child attracted the
attention of Policeman French as he
ascended the Seventh Street stairway
late Tuesday night. He made an inves
tigation and found a boy cuddled up
under the steps. The lad said his
name was Louis Shober, and that he
was eight years of age. He informed
the policeman that he had come to
the city with his father, John Shober,
a farmer, and while his parent was in
Petzold's meat market, had wander
ed away. French took the lad to a
restaurant and gave him something
to eat and provided lodging for him at
Mrs. Schwartz's. Mr. Shober came
to the city Wednesday, and took his
son home. '
WAV FILING SAWS
Pushing a cart weighing 200 pounds
J. H. Harris a placksmith, fifty-
eight years of age, of Los Angeles,
passed through this city Wednesday
on his way to British Columbia. Al
most a year ago, according to Har
ris' story, he received an offer of a
position in Canada, and Was inform
ed that the place would be open for
him for three years. He did not have
th,e money to travel by rail, and de
cided he would make the trip by
team. Soon after starting, however,
his horses died and he sold his wag
on and continued on foot. Harris
has made enough money sharpening
tools to buy food and clothing. He
made the cart he is pushing in San
Francisco. In it he carries his bag
gage, tools for sharpening saws, pro
visions and camping stove.
"I don't know when I shall reach
British Columbia," said the travel
worn man, "but I am certain to ob
tain a fine position when I arrive. I
am a firm believer in walking, and,
although I averaged 15 miles a day,
I have gained weight in my travels.
I have made almostas much money
as if I had been engaged in" regular
work."
Harris made $5 sharpening saws
here, although he was in the city only
two hours.
AGED SOLDIER GOES
TO FINAL BIVOUAC
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25. John H.
Savage, aged seventy-one, a veteran
of the civil war and a unique figure
in more than a score of Grand Army
conventions, died here today of
pneumonia. Savage marched in many
Grand Army parades at the National
reunions, carrying a stuffed goose
perched on a long pole with a banner
bearing the inscription:
"Everything is lovely and the goose
hangs high."
He came to Los Angeles from hts
home in Cerro Cordo, 111.
G. B. DIMICK ALSO TO MAKE RACE
Adherents of Mayor Say Victory
This Fall Would be Vindica
tion of His Poli
icies A petition signed by about 400 vot
ers, according to the men who circu
lated it, urging Linn E. Jones, drug
gist, and formerly a member of the
state legislature, to become candi
date for mayor at the coming election
has been presented to him. Mr.
Grant B. Dimick, who will be a candi
date for re-election for mayor of
Oregon City.
Jones, it is believed will accept the
nomination.- He will be opposed by
Grant B. Dimick, present. mayor, who"
announced several months ago that
he intended to be a candidate tor re
election. Friends of Mr. Jones have
been circulating the petitions urging
him to make the" race, for more than
two weeks, and they say the results
are gratifying.- -
It is believed) by the followers of
Mayor Dimick that the plan to have
Mr. Jones become a candidate is the
work of men who havel fought him
throughout his administration. Eight
members of the city council have op
posed his efforts to control the po
lice department and name a chief
and other members of the force. They
also opposed other appointments.
Oregon City for four months had two
men acting as chief of police, and fi
nally C. E. Burns, Mayor Dimick's ap
pointee, suea for his salary, the' de
cision being against him. The- may
or has refused to sign any of the war
rants of E. L. Shaw, chief of police
under the Brownell administration,
and who is still acting as such. Burns
relinquished the fight and is now em
ployed, at the Elk's home.
Announcement has been made that
f .
Linn E. Jones, who may be a candi
date for Mayor of Oregon City.
men who are friendly to the policies
of Mayor Dimick will he candidates
for places in the city ' council. The
members whose terms; will expire
are Charles E. Pope, ward 1; J. A.
Roake, ward 2 and F. J. Meyer, ward
3, Pope, whoj' has worked in har
mony with the Mayor," being the only
member of the council who has, it is
understood will be s candidate for
a-eiecuou, ivieyer, wuu is presiueiiL
of the board, and has opposed the
Mayor, als will become a candidate
nounced, will retire.-
Even should all vacancies be filled
by friends of the Mayor and he should
be re-elected there is reason to be
lieve friction will continue in the
council, and other departments, un
less the opposition decided the re
election of the Mayor was a vindica
tion of his policies by the people.
OREGON CITY FOOTBALL
TEAM HAS FINE PRACTICE
The Oregon City football team with
Earl Latourette coacb practiced at
the armory Wednesday evening. The
boys are rapidly rounding into form
and Mr. Latourette declares they will
make h record on the gridiron. The
first game of the season probably will
be played one week from next Sunday.
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