THE WEATHER
S .OREGON CITY Probably fair;
3 variable winds, mostly northerly S
Oregon Probably fair, warmer
east portion; variable winds,
S mostly northerly. &
, Washington Fair; variable S
S winds, mostly northerly. " .
VOL. VI. No. 34.
TAX AND
CRANK LAW HIT
JUDGE DIMICK PLEADS FOR PURI
FYING OF "OREGON SYS
TEM" OF TRICKERY
GARFIELD COUNTRY CLUB LISTENS
Latest U'Ren Measure is Shown to
Have Confusing "Catch" in
Provisions Cost of
Schemes Great
Before a large atldience at an all
day gathering of members of the Gar
field Country club and their friends,
Judge Grant B. Dimick, of Oregon City
candidate for the republican nomina
tino for governor at tie next election,
marie a strong plea for the sensible
use of "the Oregon system," and un
mercifully flayed single tax schemes
and the past abuses of the initiative
and referendum. The Garfield coun
try club has been formed for discus
sions of public questions, and for the
genera! enjoyment of its members,
judge Dimick was heartily applauded,
and those present seemed to agree
with his suggestion that the ever in
creasing number of initiative meas
ures ought in some way to be cut
down if real political progress was to
be made.
The speaker, before turning his bat
teries on single tax, brought out the
fact that the over abundance of
"crank" laws proposed, and the many
apparently needless amendments to
the constitution, were actually incrsas
ing the expenses of government and
.proving a drain upon the taxpayers,
because of the extra state machinery
that they required, and owing to the
manner in which suits brough to have
them interpreted or tested , were clog
ging the courts. The 15 per cent tax
exemption bill, framed by Mr. U'Ren
and others, Judge Dimick character
ized as a trick measure,, designed to
confuse the voters, and one that was
so drawn as to be almost impossible
of repeal.
The judge's speech follows in part:
"Public gatherings and the discus
sion of public questions are usually
productive of good results, provided,
however, the information imparted in
the discussion of any given subject,
is simplified, so that it can be under
stood. "We have in the state of Oregon a
system of government which if not
abused. would be a safe-guard to the
tax payers of the state, but on ac
court of its continual abuse certain
plans must be devised whereby the
crank will not be allowed to continu
ally play his hand at the great ex
pense of the tax payers of the state.
' The initiative and referendum are
measures which were adopted for the
purpose of bringing governmental af
fairs close to the people, so that they
would be able to guard their own in
terests should the legislature fail to
do so for ;em, but on account of its
continual abuse wherein the ballot is
made top heavy with all sorts of crazy
quilt measures, it devo'ves upon the
sober-minded tax payers of the state,
regardless of political affiliation, to
adopt such means as necessary to pre
serve the initiative and referendum by
protecting it from the assaults made
uponit by the crank and the faddist.
"The constant tinkering with the
law machinery of the state, wherein
thirty or forty measures are submitted
to the legal voters for their considera
tion at each general state election, has
become burdensome and dangerous,
for the reason that the ordinary voter
is unable to carefully digest the sub
stance of the measures submitted to
him, and therefore he is compelled
to vote upon these questions without
a proper understanding of the ques
tions involved.
"The correct remedy to abate this
evil has never been prescribed, but I
venture to say that education should
be the proper means, but from past
experiences we find the initiative
measures growing more numerous un
til the ballot is becoming so large and
. cumbersome that we wonder if the
end is in sight.
"This wholesale manufacturing of
laws through the initiative and
otherwise, brings additional burdens
upon the tax payers of the state. This
(Continued on Page 4.)
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6ANN0N & CO.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS
Hours for using hose are G to 8 a. m.
and 6 to 8 p. m. for residences; 7.
to 9 a. m. and 2 to 4 p. m. for stores,
as shown by sprinkling permits,
Water will be turned off without
further notice on premises of all
consumers found using hose outside
of these hours and fee of $.50
charged for turning it on.
By order of the board.
E. H. COOPER.
Collector.
Keep Cool!
A nice shady place, where
you can get the cool breezes
from the river. lice cream and
all kinds of sofa drinks.
The Open Air Ice
Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen-
sion Bridge
SINGLE
YOUTH IS
WHILE
GUS MELVIN, OF WEST SIDE,
FALLS OVER SHOTGUN IN
MOUNTAIN WOODS
WILD AUTOMOBILE RIDE IN VAIN
Efforts to Carry Dying Boy to Hos
pital Prove Futile, and Injured
Lad Dies Before Ore
gon City Reached
While huntingin the mountains Sat
urday afternoon seven miles beyond
Colton, Gus Melvin, 15 years old,
whose home is in West Oregon City,
stumbled over the 12-guage shot-gun
he was carrying and accidentally dis
charged ' the weapon, sustaining
wounds from which he died an hour
or so afterwards.
Melvin was out with a small party,
and word of the accident was at once
sent to Molalla. Dr. Paul Powell, of
that city, at once responded, and af
ter doing what he could to aid the
boy, started at top speed for Oregon
City with the lad in his automobile.
News of the accident had in the mean
time been sent here, and Dr. H. S.
Mount started for Colton, burning up
the road in his car.
The two physicians met just this
side of Molalla. A hasty examination
showed that the boy was practically
past aid, but in spite of this the rush
to the hospital was continued, the dy
ing youth being transferred to Dr.
Mount's speedier car. Before Oregon
City was reached the boy expired from
the shock of his wounds.
The shot from the gun practically
tore the-lad's arm off at the shoulder
joint.. Other shot penetrated his
lungs, while the side of his body was
torn and burned by the discharge
from the muzz-e of the . weapon he
was carrying. The body was remov
ed to Holman's undertaking establish
ment. Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made.
1$ ROARING FARCE
Recallers who are after the scalp of
the county court had a lovely time at
their meeting Friday night at Molalla.
Candidates Anderson and Smith spoke
as did Ed Olds and the Rev. Dr. Spiess.
From time to time they addressed
their remarks to County Treasurer
Tufts and Attorney O. D. Eby, who
were present, and every time they
tried to put over a campaign false
hood, their efforts were promptly
nailed.
Tlie audience seemed to hugely en
joy the discomfiture of the campaign
ers. Much of the time of Olds and
Dr. Speiess was taken up with de
nouncing The Enterprise, which they
seemed to regard as a campaign issue.
W. W. Eberhard got considerable at
tention when he challenged the re
callers to state where they had got
their information, published in The
Courier, that if the present county
court was retained in office there
would be a nice new bridge built for
the district. He said it was a lie,
pure and simple. A Mr. Meredith,
who was present, answered, saying
that he knew where the information
came from, but that, he didn't care to
state the source. Eberhard said Mo
lalla didn't even want a bridge, and
was hot seeking bribes to vote the
way justice demanded that it should
vote.
GIRL ASKS DELAY
IN HER LIFE TRIAL
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 9. When
Miss Augusta Edwards, the striking
looking stenographer who emptied a
six-shooter into the body of Gsorge
Riehl on July 24, is arraigned in court
Monday, a vigorous attempt will be
nade by counsel to have her trial de
ferred until fall.
The slaying of Riehl, a wealthy
shirt manufacturer, was one of the
mrst spectacular murders in the well
filled history of crime in this city.
Ms-e ing the man in the heart of the
business district at 8 o'clock in the
evening; when the streets wera throng
ed wih people, the girl cooliy pushed
the man away from hr as shs opened
her shopping bag and pulled forth a
revolver. The spectators had no
cl-ance to interfere between the six
rap'diy fired shots.
M'ssfTidwards accuses the man she
killed with her ruin. The day of the
crime she laarned that he had a wife
and could not carry out his promise
to marry her. This, coupled with the
fact that she had- received a message
from him saying all was over between
them, is believed to have led to the
murder.
This, is the third killing of the kind
that has occurred in New Orleans re
cently. In each of the previous cases
the accused woman was acquitted.
WEINHARD AGENT PAYS
FINE FOR SUNDAY SCALE
Chris Hartman, local agent for the
Weinhard Brewing company, who was
arrested by Tom Kay, special deputy
for Governor West, for selling liquor
on Sunday, and who was found guilty
in Justice Sievers" court, Saturday de
cided not to appeal the verdict, and
came In and paid his fifty-dollar fine.
Hartman and the two proprietors of
a local cold storage warehouse, from
which the keg of beer in question was
taken while Governor West was in
town "stopping the circus" a week
ago, were all defendants in the case.
The proprietors pleaded guilty and got
suspended sentences, but ' Hartman
fought the case.
SLAIN
HUNTING
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1868
OREGON CITY,
flGHT MADE
BY "BLACKIE" ILES
News has been received from Dal
las, Texas, whither went Sheriff E. T.
Mass to bring back "B'.ackie" lies, al
leged ring-leader of the Oswego strike
breakers, that the fugitive from Ore
gon is making a hard fight for free
dom, but that in all probability his
battle will be in vain. Sheriff Mass
got to Dallas just in time to block
habeas corpus proceedings from suc
ceeding in getting the wanted man out
of custody.
After reaching the Tsxas city, the
sheriff ha3ten;led on to the capital,
and there had his extradition papers
endorsed. He then return 3d- to Dal
las, where a.; a hearing on Monday
last the lower courts' refused to-grant
the freedom of Vie prisoner upon
habeas corpus proceedings. Counsel
for "Blackie" took an appeal, however,
and the sheriff is waiting for th? ac
tion of the higher courts in the mat-'
ter. He believes that the prisoner
will be turned over to him.
Sheriff Mass, in private wires, nas
reported that in Texas it is exception
ally warm. In fact he says it is hot,
and that each day it is getting hotter.
He hopes to be home in time to cast
a vote in the recall election, but may
be kept by the lies appeal so late that
this will not be possible.
CATHOLICS TO WAGE
WAR ON SOCIALISM
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 9 Plans
ror a nation-wide campagin against the
spread of Socialism will be formulated
at the annual convention of the Amer
ican Federation of Catholic societies
in this city next week. The federa
tion represents a membership of 2,500,-
uuu.
The convention will be formally
opened tomorrow morning with a pon-
iiimai ins" mass in si. jonn s uatnea-
ral at which Cardinal Gbbons of Bal-
tmore will be celebrant. The sermon
will be preached by Archbishop Keane
of Dubuque. In the afternoon there
will be a street parade of the Catholic
societies of Milwaukie and vicinity
and in the evenng a concern will be
given in the auditorium.
The regular business of the conven
tion will be taken up Monday morning.
It will begin with a conference of the
social service commission, which was
formed at the Louisville convention
last year for the specfic purpose of
mapping out plans - to combat the
spread of Socialism in America. The
conference will be presided over by
Bishop Muldoon, of Rockford, I1L, wha
has taken a leading part in the anti
socialistic propaganda, -
OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1913.
ANOTHER RECORD
WASHINGTON LAND
ALTERS SHAPE
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 9. State
Forester E. W. Ferris, who has just
returned from Skamania county, after
inspecting a piece of state land that
has within the last few months evi
denced an ambition to stand upright
and cavot about the neighborhood re
ports peculiar geologic changes m the
country around Stevenson.
"In this piece of state land alter
nate risings and depressions have
made the trees all criss cross until
they look like they were trying to do
a split," stated the forester. "But in
the country in the vicinity there are
even more peculiar conditions.
In one. case a water course has
been raised suddenly so that one end
of the stream bed was left 20 feet in
the air. In another a piece of moun
tain, trees and all, apparently has
dropped flat into the ground leaving
a bare cliff where there was a grad
ual slope.
"A Mr. Bowles connected his house
with a water tank and in two years
the house and tank 'hunched' together
so that is was necessary, three times,
to remove a length of pipe."
BIG BARGAIN CONTEST
S LASTS ONE WEEK LONGER S
$ The great $75 Bargain Contest S
conducted by The Enterprise will 8
3 not lose until the end of the 3
coming week. Many candidates S
and workers obtained, the impres- 3
$ sion that the contest ended last $
$ week. There is still time for the
i results to be materially altered, 8
s so those who are interested in it $
will find it to their advantage to
keep on with their efforts, so 3
that their candidates may not
S lost any opportunity to win the 3
$ $75 prize. - 3
BEAVERS SHUT OUT
Venice 1, Portland 0.
San Francisco 5, Sacramento 1.
Oakland 8, Los Angeles 2.
Coast beague Standings
Portland .542
Los Angeles .504
Sacramento .-. 500
Venice .-. 492
Oakland .'. 492
San Francisco ,. 473
Denver Filling With Knights
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 9. Outward
and visible signs that the great con
clave of nights Templars is near at
hand were abundant today. Delega
tions of sir knights hare been Douring
into the city all day, and in almost ev
ery instance the visitors have . been
met by a local lodge contingent tad
escorted to headquarters. ' -
WON
RECORD GRAINS ON GO
VIEW AT SHOWSHOP
One of the finest displays of grain
ever collected is at present being
"cured" on the rear walls of the ex
hibition booth of the Oregon City
Commercial club, and when ready for
shipment will be made into stands by
Publicity Manager Freytag and sent
to ths Hil'.-lines at St. Paul for ex
hibition purposes by them. The grain
embraces several superb varieties of
wheat and oats, together with some
barley. Some of the heads of wheat
are five inches long, and are fully de
velooad throughout.
Mr. Freytag, who has lately been
creating a ' sort of informal competi
tion between Clackamas county farm
ers to see which can send in the fin
est speciments of the various kinds of
produce grown here, has been particu
larly successful in his quests. Satur
day he received a giant cucumber
from Gladstone, grown by his brother,
R. Freytag. The big "pickle" meas
ures about ten inches in length, and
close to a foot in circumference, and
is a record breaker for the season. .
Daily there are brought, to Mr. Frey
tag speciments that are the best kind
of demonstrators of the fertility of the
local soil, and he is gradually forming
an exhibit that will be a marvel
when it is placed on view at the sev
eral land shows which are to be held
in the Northwest this year. -
Pity the Man
"Sot" in His Ways
"Preserve us from the man who
becomes so 'sot' in his ways that
he cannot be told anything," says
a certain editor. "And yet he
serves a useful, purpose in life.
His friends can use him to laugh
at when the cheerful stories run
out."
Man and women who know the
most are those who admit they
have always something to learn.
One of the most interesting and
helping channels of information is
modern advertising. It is wrtiten
by bright men and women who
have a message to deliver.
It is intimate information. It
concerns our daily needs. It is
helpful. It is useful.
Turn to the advertising colunms
in today's ENTERPRISE. .
They reflect the world's activit
ies and nine times out of ten
they give you just the information
you want
At all events they tell a mighty
human interest story.
RECALL SCHEME
TORN TO SHREDS
SPEAKERS AT CANBY MEETING
USE FACTS AND FUN TO
EXPOSE PLOTTERS
AUDIENCE LOUD IN ITS APPLAUSE
Judge Beatie Accounts Rigidly for
Funds Expended, and Commis
raissioner Blair Explains
Cruise Savings
About 300 people gathered in the
band hall at Canby Saturday evening
to listen to members of the county
court and their friends tell why tie
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 as
chairman of the meeting ,and about
fifty per cent of the audience was
women.
Judge Beatie opened the meeting,
and after a neat appeal to the "new
citizens" present to go to the polls
and exercise their right of suffrage
as their consciences and minds dic
tated, he plunged at once into the
topic of his administration. Taking
up the various charges that have been
presented, the judge disposed of them
in much the same way that he has at
other similar meetings, and then de
voted his attention to matters which
while not Included specifically in the
formal charges upon which the recall
is based, have nevertheless been
utilized by his opponents.
Touching upon the courthouse addi
tion, Judge 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
had also provided for an entire new
roof upon the building, for a steam
heating plant that supplied the whole
structure, for the repainting and re
wiring of the edifice, and for many
minor repairs as well.
In referring to the purchase of
steel for county bridges and other pur
poses, Judge Beatie poined out that
Clackamas county got its material at
the same time and from the same firm
as Yamhill county bought, and that
while Yamhill county expended $72,
000 for this material,: Clackamas coun
ty got the same prices on the amount
it neded and spent only $18,000, there
by making a considerable saving. In
regard to the county printing, 'the
judge said that the bills for this
amounted to about $1,200 a year, and
that one of the recall leaders was
"sore" because this sum did not go
to his print shop.
The judge also went into the mat
ter of roads, contrasting what had
been done in this county for a com
paratively small sum, with what has
been accomplished in Multnomah
county. In Multnomah, said the judge,
there was a total of $400,000,000 of
property value to bear the road taxes,
while in Clackamas the valuation of
property was but $28,000,000, yet
Clackamas county had to provide for
three times as many miles of high
way. County. Commissioner Blair, in his
talk, devoted himself almost entirely
to the timber cruise now being made
by the county, and said that while its
total cost would be $40,678, that this
sum would be received 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 the program, proved a mine
of satire and humor for his auditors.
He compared the present members of
the county court with the pair that
was trying to displace them, and pok
ed irresistible fun at the recall move
ment. He said he knew Anderson,
the candidate for county judge, would
make a good judge, beceause his back
ers laid great stress upon the fact
that he had sold 96,000 pound of but
ter. He knew it was 96,000 pounds
because he had read, it in the Oregon
City Courier. Such qualification for
judicial position was beyond question,
he added. Mr. Brownell then recalled
the anecdote current at the time that
Ed Olds, chief boss of the recallers,
had received a shock when he sat
down on a live wire, and prophecied
that the shock he and his fellow
workers would receive next Saturday
would be far greater.
Getting down to the Question of
The Courier again, Mir. Brownell said
he hoped his hearers wouldn t feel too
harshly towards its editor, as he knew
the editor had stomach trouble, and
any man who had stomach trouble
was pretty aDt to also have trouble
with his head. He pitied the editor
of The Courier, he said, pitied him and
sympathized with him.
Attorney J. E. Hedges was the last
speaker on the program, and he, too,
gave some pretty sharp thrusts to the
backers of the recall movement. In
cidentally he denied completely the
article in a recent, issue of The 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 "news" in The
Courier he characterized as being
just about as accurate.
In the earlier part of the day Judge
Beatie addressed a gathering of the
Garfield Country clug, eight miles be
yond Estacada, and was well received.
The county judge at that time sqoke
on much the same lines as at Canby,
and held the close attention of his
audience for over an hour.
MOOSE TO HOLD RITES
The funernal of Carl Rothe will be
held Sunday at . three o'clock in the
lodge rooms of the Loyal Order of
Moose. The Hon. Gordon E. Hayes
will toe the orator of the occasion, and
the Rev. Kraxberger will be the min
ister in attendance. The graveside
ritual of the Moose will be used at
the cemetery.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FArR
CAN BY, OR.
8EPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
&.S8$S.3
. Per "Week, Ten Cents.
TAXES USELESS
IN WILLAMETTE
RULING OF JUDGE CAMPBELL IN
; DOWNEY CASE HITS CITY
"BELOW BELT"
NO CHARTER POWER TO LEVY HAD
Neighboring (Municipality Incorpor
ated, But Lacks Right to As
cess Property to Pay Its ?
Civic Expenses
Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell has
handed down a very important deci
sion in the case of James Downey vs.
E. T. Mass as sheriff of Clackamas
county. Mr. Downey who was the
first mayor of Willamette, and who is
the present owner of the waterworks
of that town, brought suit aeainst the
sheriff as tax collector of Clackamas
county, restraining him from collect
ing a special ten-mill tax levied by .
authority of an ordinance of Willam
ette passed in December 1912. At the
time there was a rumor, perhaps with
out foundation, that the ordinance was
enacted for the express purpose of ef
fecting Mr. Downey, who was the
largest property owner in town.
Mr. Downey in his complaint alleg
ed that Sections 3206-7 of Lords' Ore
gon laws are unconstitutional and void
for the reason that said act delegates
to the county court legislative power,
also that the . constitutional amend
ment giving the people residing in any
proposed territory power and author
ity to incorporate is not self execut
ing, and that the town of Willamette
attempted to incorporate but did not
adopt a charter and had no power to
levy any taxes upon the taxable prop
erty within its Mmits. .
This last contention was upheld by
Judge Campbell, who gave a decision
holding that there was no provision
of law authorizing the town of Willam
ette to levy a municipal tax, following
the deceision of the supreme court of
Oregon, in the case of Corbett vs. City
of Portland, 31 Oregon, page 407 (515)
It follows from this decision that Wil
lamette finds herself in odd predica
ment; she cannot levy a legal tax up
on property within her limits to pay
the current expenses. Willamette
has lately expended more than usual
owing to the fact that two special an
nexation elections have been held.
At the irst election the territory de
sired to be annexed was bounded by
the center of the Willamette river
and included about 2-5 of the paper
and pulp mills and the electric plant
on the west side of the river. At that
election those residing outside of Wil
lamette, and in the desired district to
be annexed, rejected the offer by a
majority of three. Willamette, not
at all discourager1., resolved to try
again and drew a line which would in
clude those who favored annexation
and exclude those who did not "see
things in that light. The line began
at Willamette, went to the center of
the Willamette river, fo'lowed this
for about a quarter of a mile until
near the Young and Moehnke resi
dence, then ran around them and
came out again to the center of the
Willamette river; thence to a point
h'sKllfilmaetttxadetaxednt
to include about one-half of the mills;
thence following the road to Willam
ette, inc'uding a tier of tracts and
parts of tracts in Willamette Falls
Acreage tracts. In one instance the
line was so drawn as to take nearly
all of the property but the house.
The voters in the house immediately
moved into tents and established a le
gal residance in time to vote. There
were rumors current to the effect
that at the election the crews of the
river boats, "N. R. Lang" and "Ruth"
voted. This upon investigation was
found not to be the exact fact. Six
men, who make their home, sleep and
work on the Lang, which is every
night tied up in the district desired
to be annexed, did vote. But they
acted upon the advice and counsel of
the Hon. A.- M. Crawford, attorney
general of Oregon. They had no oth
er domici'e, and for rears had consid
ered the Lang their home.
TO HEAR ABOUT US
Pearsons & Tart, a nnanclal firm of
Chicago, have written Secretary Frey
tag, of the Oregon City Commercial
club, for information as to the Wil
lamette valley. In the letter they say
that the impression prevails in their
office that the Willamette valley is
so dry in the months of June, July
and . August that farming has to be
abandoned.
They were somehat surprised, fhere
for ,to receive the other day a fore
cast of the Clackamas county crop
this year, and they want to know
whether the forecast is correct, and
if so, how much area is put under ir
rigation in this hot and stifling cli
mate to make things grow as it is
said they grow.
Mr. Freytag was stunned when he
first read the letter. Later he recov
ered, and all day Saturday he was
busy dictating a reply to Pearsons &
Taft, telling them about the wonderful '
Clackamas county climate, and assur
ing them that it was not necessary to
irrigate in the summer time to keep
the Willamette valley from drying up
and blowing- away. His letter . will
carry with it numerous government'
rain charts and other things, and
Pearsons & Taft will know quite a lit
tle 'bout this sectkn when they get
through reading it
GOSPEL MEETINGS SOON
Gospel tabernacle meetings will
commence August 21 and continue
over three Sunday at the corner of
Eighth and Jackson streets, in charge
of James and Estalla Crooks, evangel-
ists of the Oregon Holiness associa
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Crooks are good
singers, and the meeting will be inter
danominationaL .