MORNING ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1912.
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E. C. HACKETT.
To my fellow citizens:
I was born and reared in your midst
and feel, that with my varied exper
ience in office matters, that I am fully
equipped to give the people of Clack
amas County the best service pos
sible. During the year 1910, it cost the
people of Clackamas County 4375.06
to run the Sheriff's office; during the
year 1911 it cost $6314.58.
With my practical experience along
these lines I am sure I can improve
on the above showing and save the
people money. If you desire my ser
vices, they are at your command, and
you know how to get them.
Your obedient servant,
E. C. HACKETT.
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On the 19th day of April, 1912, our
primary election was held in accord
ance with the provisions of the pri
mary nomination Law now in force in
this state, and at said primary nom
inating election the undersigned was
nominated for the important office of
County Assessor for " Clackamas
County, Oregon.
The office of County Assessor is one
of the most important offices in the
County for the reason that the entire
revenue for County and State govern
ment is raised by direct taxation upon
the property of the tax payer, and it
is necessary that the assessments be
made with due regard to the value of
the property assessed, and in doing so
no favoritism should be shown.
I served in the capacity of County
Assessor for Clackamas County prior
to this time and am familiar with the
duties pertaining to the office and the
values of property in the several parts
of the County. Owing to the rugged
conditions oh Clackamas County, it
is necessary to be familiar with the
nature of the soil and the value of
the property in order to make a fair
and equitable asement, and being fa
miliar with those requirements I feel
that I have a reasonable claim to the
election, ahd for a further reason that
I was fairly nominated by members of
my own party.
In order to show that I was fair to
the farmers of Clackamas County dur
ing the time that I formerly served
as County Assessor, I call your at
tention to the following assessments:
The Oregon, California Railroad
Company was assessed previously to
my term of office at $229,000.00, and
the assessment was raised by me dur
ing my term of office to $2,700,000.00.
The O. W. P. Railway Company,
now known as the Portland Railway,
Light and Power Company, was as
sessed at $1400.00 per mile when I
assumed said office, and the assess
ment on said property was raiseu by
me to $20,000.00 per mile, and assess
ments on other corporations were
raised in proportion.,
I mention these matters for the pur
pose of calling your attention to the
fact that I was fair and reasonable
and will pursue the same course
should I be elected to the position for
which I am now nominated.
I was always ready and willing to
assist anyone on any matter pertain
ing to their assessment or description
of their land, and if elected I will ex
ercise my best endeavors to render
honest and faithful service to the peo
ple of Clackamas County.
Trusting that I will receive your
support in the coming) general elec
tion, I am,
Yours very truly,
JAMES F. NELSON.
T. J. GARY.
To the voters of Clackamas County:
In asking for your support at the
November election, I wish to say that
the progress of the schools of this
county during the last four years
shows that someone has been active.
While I do not claim credit for all
that has been done, I do know that
in many instances I was the direct
cause of the progress that was made.
Four years ago there were many
schoolhouses and grounds in the
county that were a. discredit, and in
some instances a disgrace to the com
munity. Now almost every district
has a reasonably good building and
many have improvements that would
be a credit to any community.
Believing that the teacher is the
most important factor in any school,
I have labored to rid the County of
teachers who would not or could not
do good work. In this I have known
neither friend nor foe. As a conse
quence, I have made some enemies.
(The public official who Joes not is
usualy a weakling) but I have the
satisfaction of knowing that the
teaching force of the County is far
superior to what it was when I begun
as Superintendent. Every official act
of mine has been for what I consider
ed, the best interest of the girls and
boys.
x I taught for several years in the
one room country school and after
ward in the graded schools of the
Couty seven years at Milwaukie, five
at West Oregon City, and three at
Willamette. This experience, togeth
er with my work as Superintendent of
the schools of the County should qual
ify me for good work.
Realizing that the greatest problem
that we have is the rural schools, I
visited all of them with the exception
of two, (they were not in session at
' the time), and studied their condition.
I have since visited most of them
many times. I hope to continue to
make these schools what' they should
be.
The fact that I received the nomin
ation in the recent Primary Election
from both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties shows, I think, that I
have been Superintendent for the
. whole people. I purpose being Super
intendent of the Schools for all the
people, if elected in November.
TBanking you for past favors, I am
Cordially.
T. J. GARY.
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WIL LIAM H- MATTOON.
William H. Mattoon, candidate on
the Republican ticket for commission
er, formerly from Viola and now from
Estacada- Chosen in the primaries to
succeed himself. . Mr. Mattoon has
many qualifications for the office to
which he has been nominated and one
of these is the success he has made
of hi3 own prjvate interests. He fa
vors good roads, and an economical
administration of the affairs of the
county. The people's interests will
be as carefully guarded by Mr. Mat
toon during the coming four years as
they have been in the past should he
be returned to the office.
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JAMES F. NELSON
Mulino, Or., September 20th, 1912.
To the Legal Voters of Clackamas
County:
Gentlemen:
D. T. MELDRUM.
D. T. Meldrum, the Republican
nominee for County Surveyor, is
particularly well qualified to occupy
that position. He has been faithful
during his first term and merits
re-election. He comes from a family
of surveyors,, being a son of Judge
John W. Meldrum, one of the pioneer
surveyors of Clackamas County. The
Republican candidate is a competent
man, a graduate of Cornell University
and should receive the vote of every
Republican.
W. H. TAFT AS HIS
OPPONENTS SEE HIM
Democrats and Progres
sives Give Praise to
President.
The most severe test that the record
and character of any man can undergo
is the criticism of his opponents. The
following tributes to our great Presi
dent speak for themselves:
Democratic -
John Sharp Williams, Democratic
Senator from Mississippi and one
time floor leader for his party in the
House of Representatives, in a recent
speech declared: "I never knew a
man so bitterly attacked for so little
cause as William Howard Taft."
Harper's Weekly, a Democratic
newspaper, now supporting Woodrow
Wilson, has said: "If there is a
squarer man in these United States
than William Howard Taft, we do not
know his name or where he lives." v
Senator Stone, of Mississippi, in a
speech in the Senate, August 12, said:
"The President is a high class man,
his ideas and impulses are naturally
good. I believe him to be a patriotic
American, devoted to the interests
of his country and his people."
William Jennings Bryan, the great
Democrat, in a speech made Septem
ber 5, at his home in Lincoln, Nebras
ka, declared that "more reforms have
taken place during Taft's administra
tion than during any other in recent
years," although of course he declined
to give the President credit for these
reforms. In this same speech he
spoke of Taft as a "high minded man
of great integrity."
Woodrow Wilson in a recent speech
at Minneapolis said: "I want to pay
my tribute of respect to the President
of the United States. I do not believe
that any man in the United States
who knows his facts can question the
patriotism, or the integrity, or the
public purpose of the man who now
presides at the executive office in
Washington."
Progressive
Senator Robert LaFollette, leader
of the Progressives, recently declared
on the floor of the Senate that Presi
dent Taft had been far more active
and aggressive than President Roose
velt in the prosecution of the Sherman
anti-trust law.
Theodore Roosevelt, who is at pres
ent bitterly attacking President Taft,
said of him, June 18, 1908: "I do not
believe there can be found in the
whole country a man so well fitted to
be President. He is not only absolute
ly fearless, absolutely disinterested
and upright, but he has the widest
acquaintance with the nation's needs,
without and within, and the broadest
sympathies with all our citizens. He
would be as emphatically a President
of the plain people as Lincoln, yet
not Lincoln himself would be freer
from the least taint of demagogy, the
least tendency to arouse, to . appeal
to class hatred of any kind." Mr.
Roosevelt also, in a speech before the
New York State Republican Conven
tion on September 27, 1910, after Mr.
Taft had been President for nearly
two years, and after reviewing the
acts done by the present administra
tion, said: "These and similar laws,
backed up by executive action, reflect
high credit upon all who succeeded
In putting them in their present shape
upon the statute books; they repre
sent an - earnest of the achievement
which is yet to come; and the bene
ficence and far-reaching importance
of this work done for the whole people
measure the credit for which is rightly
due to the congress and to our able,
upright and distinguished President,
William Howard Taft."
Finance.
Mapy words ot must august sound
prove to be of quite commonplace an
cestory when traced to their origins.
"Finance" is really only "settling up."
Literally, it Is just "ending" and was
formerly used in that very simple sense
In the English language. Then it came
to signify settling up with a creditor
and acquired the special sense of ran
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Cltyite You advertised that there
was a fine stream of water on your
farm. Farmer Well, so there is. City'
ite I don't see it. Farmer You will
if you work the pump handle a few
seconds. Boston Transcript.
n corn onampion.
"I understand your boy has the mak
ings of a champion pugilist."
"I really believe he has. He posi
tively won't fight with, anybody he
Isn't sure he can whip." Louisville
'Courier-Journal.
Some Fan.
A-small bey from Chicago, who was
sent to the country by the United
Charities and who had never seen a
windmill before, exclaimed: "Gee, mis
ter! That's some electric fan you've
got out there cooling the hogs."
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open at 9:15 and the day s program
will be as follows: ,
9:00 Devotional, Rev. A. B. Waltz.
9:15 Worker's conference, "The Lo
cal Church, in the Three Million '
Dollar Campaign of the Northern
Baptist Convention," conducted by
-Rev. F. P. Haggard, D. D.
11:30 Bible reading, Dr. W. B. Hin-
son.
2:00 Devotional, Rev. W. R. Howell.
2:15 Report on the missionary un
dertakings of the Denomination,
Rev. Robert Gray. '
2:30 The missionary outlook, plans
and purposes for the new year,
a. A. B. P. S.( Rev. Geo. L. White
b A. B. H. M. S., Rev H. E. Marshall.
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ESSENTIALS OF GOOD PAVING.
The great growth of the good roadis
movement on'; tnis continent has
brought the important matter of pav
ing material strongly to the attention
of the public. The public demand bet
ter pavements than formerly, and mu
nicipalities realizing the importance
of well-paved, well kepi streets, are
more exacting in paving requirements
than they used to be.
What is demanded now in paving
which will approximate as nearly as
possible the combination of durabil
ity, non-slipperiness, noislessness, res
iliency or elasticity, jlustlessness, easy
drainage and economy. The pave
ments most in use are brick, granite
blocks, wooden blocks, and bitumi
nous compositions. All of these have
their merits and also t heir drawbacks
None of them approach the ideal pave
ment as closely as that which is
known as bitulithic.
The brick pavement for instance,
is noisy, and must be laid with spec
ial skill and care to prevent, under
the action of heat and cold, a heaving
up and settling down, leaving many
cracks. Granite blocks are also dur
able but noisy, and lack the quality
of rebound. Wooden" blocks, since the
discovery of the creosotlng process,
have good wearing qualities, but be
come slippery when covered with mud
or froat and require such large tri
bute from the forests that their use
is disapproved by those who believe in
the careful conservation of natural re
sources. Bitulithic pavement, which is com
posed of hard rock broken fine, and
a. specially prepared bituminous ce
ment, seems to solve the problem of
paving approximating the ideal com
bination of qualities mentioned above.
For ten years it has withstood the
most rigid tests of usage and has so
commended itself to municipal engin
eers that it has been adopted in over
two hundred cities in the United
States and fifteen in Canada. The
many beautiful boulevards and aven
ues upon which it has been laid prove
that it has a fine appearance, and the
factj that these thoroughfares are
practically immune from the neces
sity or repair under normal conditions
proves that bitulitic has that staunch
durability which means economy.
Vancouver, B. C. World.
The Best Light of
st Cost
Ifllie Lowe
ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes,
offices, shops and other places needing light.
Electricity can be used in any quantity, large or
small, thereby furnishing any required amount of light.
Furthermore, electric lamps can be located in any place
thus affording any desired distribution of light.
No other lamps possess these qualifications, there
fore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly
replacing all others in modern establishments.
The Portland Railway Light &
Power Co.
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If It happened It is In the Enterprise.
LaFollette No. 4.
THE ROOSEVELT WAY.
"HOW DO you stand on ME?"
is Roosevelt's sole test of qualifica
tion for a Progressive. Imagine a
Congress elected on this basis. Of
course, it would be reactionary.
Roosevelt is not concerned about a
progressive Congress. An Aldrich
Senate and a Cannon House are
satisfactory to him, if he can win
more easily with that kind of a
combination. What would become
of the progressive movement under
such leadership? And yet, it is
exactly the plan Roosevelt pursued
when President. It. is the Roose
velt way. He supported Lodge for
United States Senator two years
ago, and Penrose for United States
Senator four years ago. He has
always played this kind of a politi
cal game. Senator LaFollette in
LaFollette's Weekly Magazine,
August 10, 1912.
Gov. Johnson Not Hopeful.
When Governor Johnson left Cali
fornia to begin a stumping tour for
the third term candidate, he prac
tically acknowledged that he was en
tering upon a hopeless task.
"I am not going to resign," he said,
and after the November election it
is quite possible that I shall return
to the office I now occupy."
Like a great majority of the Bull
Moosers, Governor Johnson is discouraged.
He Laid.
"Don't waste your time in cliiipinc
off the branches." said tb woodman t
his son, "but lay your ax at the mot nt
the tree." And the yonujr man went
out and laid his ax at the foot of tin
tree, like a good and dutiful hoy. ami
then he went fishing. Truly there is
nothing tso Iwantlful as filial obedience.
Strand Magazine.
It you saw it in the Enterprise it's
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