MORNING ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913.
HAiBLAW
WER RECALL CHARGES
We are charged with extravagance. Five specific in
stances of extravagance are cited in the Recall petition. We
shall answer the general charge of extravagance first, and
then take up the five instances in their order.
Sometime ago, the citizens of the County will remember,
a mass meeting was called in Oregon City to take up charges
of extravagance against the County Court. This meeting
appointed a committee, consisting of R. Schuebel, M. J.
Brown and S. L. Casto, to make an investigation of the Coun
: ty records. Shortly afterwards another committee was ap
pointed by a body of citizens in Oregon City to act with the
above named committee: O. D.'Eby and John Loder were
named on this latter committee.
. .These committees after an examination of the records
made separate reports. The R Schuebel-M. J. Brown-S. L.
Casto Committee claimed in their report that certain acts
of the County Court showed extravagance; the O. D. Eby
John Loder Committee found the Court was not extravagant.
- These two reports have been published and their contents
are known to the voters of the County. No member of the
first named committee has had experience in examining rec
ords and the discrepancies in their report are excusable; the
members of the other committee, Mr. O. D. Eby and John
Loder, have worked on the county records for years, are thor
oughly familiar with them, and are competent and capable
to investigate, and report on the matters under consideration.
Mr. O. D. Eby, it will be remembered, was a deputy County
Clerk for years under E. H. Cooper.
The R. Schuebel-M. J. Brown-S. L. Casto report com-
? -pares the 1910 and 1912 tax rolls and intimates that the
county is "$163,000 short." We give the figures for the
: years 1910 and 1912:
TAX ROLL.
Year 1912- r: . $658,700.39
Year 1910 ..i 499,176.25
$159,584.14
Special School Tax 1912 $100,331.53
Special Road Tax 1912 64.7Q2.85
City Tax 1912 33,244.99
Total Special Tax 1912 $204,279.37
Total Tax Roll 1912 $658,760.39
Tax Special and City Tax 204,279.37
$454,481.02
Special School Tax 1910 . .$ 84,797.67
Special Road Tax 1910 v. 27,089.91
Special City ;Tax 1910 23,715.80
$135,603.38
Total Tax Roll 1919 $499,176.25
Total Special Tax 1910 ' 135,603.38
$363,572.87
Tax Roll of 1912 available outside of Special and City
Taxes 1912 .' $454,481.02
Tax Roll of 1910 available outside of Special and City
Tax 1910 363,572.87
arid it was found that none of the plans were satisfactory. After conferring
with Mr. Wk A. White all bids and plans were rejected. - Mr. White' was told
what we wanted and he, with the assistance of a competent architect from
Portland, drew the plans which were accepted by the Court. We then hired
a competent man to supervise the work of construction, and under our super
vision the work was completed. Everything that went into the building was
secured through competitive bids. The sand, gravel, plaster, lumber, cement,
and other materials were thus secured at the lowest possible price. We shall
now take up the five specific charges of extravagance and answer them in
their order: - . -
CHARGE NO L--That the sum of $350.00 was paid.for an examination and
report on the condition of the Oregon City Suspension bridge without invrij
ing competition. . v
This amount was paid for an expert examination of the bridge. At our
first meeting in January, 1911, Mr. J. W. Moffatt, President of the Oregon
Engineering & Construction Company, appeared before us and called our at
tention to the dangerous condition of the suspension bridge. He -stated" that
he had made similar report to our predecessors in office and they had prom
ised to take the matter up. but for some reason had failed to do so. He said
ill was imperative and absolutely necessary that immediate repairs be made.
We secured the services of an expert who made 'a thorough examination of
the bridge and gave to us a detailed report of its condition. This report
showed the dangerous condition of the bridge and confirmed Mr. Moffatt's
statement We at once ordered the bridge repaired, and by using the ex
pert's reports we were enabled to remedy the defects and make the bridge
safe at a minimum of cost. A sudden collapse of the bridge, with accompany
ing loss of life, would have, brought sorrow and misery to many homes and
entailed an enormous expense on the County. These things have been averted.
We knew that hundreds of workingmen used the bridge daily; that residents
of the west side were passing and repassing over the same daily, and we felt'
it our duty to protect the lives of these people. We believe this inonay was
well spent to the County's profit. ''
" ' CHARGE NO. 2. That th i bridge across Clear Creek at Stone was de
stroyed and replaced by -a new steel bridgs, which was wholly uncalled for,
that the eld bridge was in good condition when destroyed. All it needed was
naw piers and a few miner repairs at slight expense.
This bridge was built many years ago. The foundation on one side had
been washed out and the bridge had fallen down, breaking, in its fall, the two
cop cords. The questions was either a repair of the old structure or a new
bridge. The man who had put in the old bridge examined it thoroughly, so
also did Commissioner Bfair. Both gentlement reported that a new bridge
wou:d be more economical tian a rebuilding of the old bridge: We acted ac
cordingly and put in a new bridge. -
CHARGE NO. 3 That many steal bridges were built without, due pub
licity and without asking for competitive bids:
Section 6368 Lord's Oregon Laws provides two methods, either of which
may be "followed by the County Court, in building bridges. ' The first method
aa. defined by said section is as follows:
(1) "Whenever any bridge is to be, built by any county in this State
the estimated cost of which shall exceed the sum of $500.00, the County Court
shall at once advertise for sea'ed bids, according to the plans, specifications
and -strain diagram, etc." . ' -
The sscond method as defined by said section is as follows:
(2) . "Said County Court in its discretion may employ a suitable and
competent superintendent and assistants; procure the material and cause said
bridge to be constructed without such advertisement ana ra wmcn
snnprintendent shall inspect all materials, etc." -
It will be seen that the Court may either (1) advertise for sealed bids or
(2) cause the bridge to be constructed through a superintendent without such
ThP rmirt has. at times, adopted the second method above set forth; and
also, have the County Courts of Yamhill, Marion and other surrounding coun-
, . , i .r within tha law nni nave louuweu
ties In so doing we nave atieu nu.u
the provisions of the statute.
This section of the statute, was amended by the last legislature. Henc
forth, the County Court can proceed only by advertising for bids.
CHARGE NO 4. That a contract was entered into with a Portland tim
ber cruising company to cruise the timber of Clackamas County at the rati
of $51.20 per' section, without giving any notice to the public that such con
tract was to be let. i
This contract was let to M. G. Nease. Mr. Nease had had much exper
ience in cruising timber and we felt that a cruise which would stand the tesi.
of the courts could be had by employing an experienced mtin to do the work.
Mr. M. G. Nease was recommended to us by the Hon. Thomas A. McBride,
Chief justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. While this, dis
tinguished jurist was sitting as our Circuit Court, Mr. Nease's cruise of the
timber in Columbia County was challenged by four large timber companies
in as many suits. In each case, the Nease cruise was sustained and the tim
ber syndicates defeated. Such a cruise we felt Clackamas County was en
titled to. At the time we entered into the contract "with Mr: Nease, we se
cured his services for 8c per acre; since said .time he is charging more for
his work. Clatsop County was compelled to pay Mr. Nease 12c per acre for
the same services. ......
The following table will show the va'.ue of the cruisa to the County. The
lands described are owned .by the Weyerhaeuser Land Company. Values be
fore the Nease Cruise and after the Nease Cruise are shown:
Lands of the Weyerhaeuser Land Company:
culation. The county records are public documents open to the inspection
of every citizen. The county court's proceedings are published monthly so
every one may know what we are doing. We urge all citizens to satisfy
themselves first hand from the records. Signatures may have been obtained
on the recall petition through fraud and misrepresentation; the petitions may
not be legally drawn; 'the Recall Act may not be self -executing, but' we shall
throw no straw in the way of an election. We welcome the test.
" All we ask is a fair and impartial expression of our citizenry at the polls.
'- R. B. BEATIE,
'.. N. BLAIR,
FORUM OF THE PEOPLE
ESTACADA BRIDGE AGAIN
Editor, The Enterprise: I see a no
tice in The Courier stating that the
Estacada bridge across the Clack
amas river is all right, and that The
Enterprise sometime ago published an
article about it which The Courier
says is untrue. I want to say, in fa
vor of The Enterprise, that its state
ments were true. Mr. Hayden, Mr.
Hayner and I tightened up the bolts
and rods in the bridge, and found one
bolt only part way through the chord.
I took out the rod and put in a new
one instead. I also found some truss
braces short. I had to put wedges in
to tighten them.
I know what good framing on bridge
work is, and I count this framing a
poor job. . I do not blame the county
officers for the poor work done on
the bridge, as their business is to at
tend to county affairs as best they
can.
. I. N. PARK,
Springwater, Oregon.
) : r
More cn That "Promise"
$ 90,908.15
This shows an increase of about one-fourth or 25 per cent, of tax levied
by the Court and made necessary by increase of State and School taxes. And
it shows an increase of about 50 pef cent, on tax levied by the people.
The State Tax and School Tax are mandatory.
In 1912 the State Tax of Clackamas County was $105,603.75
In 1910 the State Tax of Clackamas County was 48,496.16
State Tax of Clackamas County was higher in 1912 than
in 1910 57,107.59
The "School Tax in 1912 was : $ 89,881.23
The School Tax in 1910 was 64,664.15
School Tax was higher in 1912 than in 1910...'. $ 25,217.08
The increase of State Tax in 1912 over 1910 was $ 57,107.59
The increase of School Tax in 1912 over 1910 was : 25,217.08
Total increase of State and School Tax in 1912
MOLALLA, Ore., Aug. 11th. (Edi
tor, The Enterprise) In The Courier
of last week its is stated that if the
county court wins in the recall fight,
Molalla precinct is to . come m for
favors, a new bridge across the Mo
lalla. near 'Schafer's mill, at V cost of
ten thousand dollars," insinuating that
this bridge has been promised as a
bribe to this district to support the
pr jsent court.
The people w?'o have been most ac
tive in urging the necessity of the
bridge resent this. The facts are that
a bridge at this point had been urged
long before the present court were
elected. -
. The whole community both of the
Colton and Molalla sections have
urged the building of this bridge. Cit
izens have subscribed over a thous
and dollars to gravel and open roads
to the bridge if built. The court has
made no promises on condition of sup
port or inany way has used this as a
leverage to' get support
Anyone wishing any further infor
mation in regard to this - matter, I
wou'd gladly refer them to L. W. Rob
bins, J. H. Vernoon or Albert Eagle,
each of whom have been very active
in urging the immediate need of this
bridge. There is no evidence that if
the bridge is built it will cost ten
thousand dollars. ,
Fraternally yours,
W. W. Everhart,
SCHEME TELLS
STAND ON RECALL
DECLARES JUDGE BEATIE IS
STATING REAL TRUTHS IN
HIS VARIOUS TALKS
IS NO ENEMY OF COUNTY COURT
Recent In vesication of Charges Made
by Committee of Three Shows
Many Allegations N-t .
v Borne Out
Anything which benefits mankind
Is a treasure to you and me.
What a wondrous blessing to us all
Is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tr,a
Jones Drug Co.
No. 8556.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank of Oregon City
t Oregon City, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business, August 9th,
1913.
- Resources.
Loans and Discounts ..... "'. ,Z. . .. 96,854.55
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 1,182.45
V. S. Bonds to secure circulation . . .1 . . ..." 12,500.00
Other bonds to secure Postal Savings 32,500.00
Bonds Securities, etc 63,169.37
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures .- 15,000.00
iJue irom National Banks (not reserve agents) 2,076.33
Due from State and Private Banks and Bankers, Trust Companies,
and Savings Banks 6,487.67
Due from approved Reserve Agents : 99,711.71
Checks and other Cash Items 668.19
Notes of other National Banks 2,750.00
Fractional Paper Currency, Nickels, and Cents 893.07
Specie $41,673.20
Legal-tender notes 1,049.00 42,713.20
JtedemDtion fund with U. S. Treasurer (3 Der cent, of circulation. . . 625.00
T. 6 S. R. 4 E...
T. 6 S. R. 4 E.,i
T. 6 S. R. 4 E.. .
Old Value Cruise New Value
$5000'.00 11,625 ft. . . $ 6,380.00
2000.00 . 13,845 ft. 7,170.00
5000.00 59,660 ft.' 28,030.00
1600.00 14,985 ft. 6,460.00
2000.00 4,500 ft , 2,375.00
4000.00 49,100 ft. 29,360.00
4000.00 79,100 ft 36,720.00
3000.00 66,134 ft. . 33,285.00
6000.00 72,120 ft. 36,325.00
3000.00 6,710 ft. 3,575.00
3000.00 11,423 ft 5,845.00
1500.00 10,210 ft. 5,275.00
2000.00 13,815 ft" 7,155.00
8800.00 " 26,200 ft. 13,515.00
2000.00. 1,820 ft. 1,550.00
6000.00 ' 37,850 ft. ' . 18,295.00,
$58,900.00 489,097 ft. $214,315.00
over 1910 ? 82,324.67
The County Clerk's balance sheet, taken from the report of County Clerk
Greenman made on the 31st day of March, 1910, shows that the County was
in debt $41,690.45
The County Clerk's balance sheet, taken from the report of County Clerk.
Mulvey made on the 31st day of March, 1912, shows a cash balance of
$57,846.37.
State'of Oregon, Clackamas County, ss.
I, J. A. Tufts, being first duly sworn say on oath, that I am the duly
elected, qualified and acting Treasurer for Clackamas County, Oregon, and
"that on the 4th day of April, 1913, I called in all outstanding road warrants
" against Clackamas County, and paid the same out of the money appropriated
for that purpose, and from no other fund, and that I paid cash and cancelled
all road warrants for three days, and the the County was out of debt, and
on the first day of June, 1913, there was $50,000.00 in the general fund to de
' fray the expenses of running the county for the ensuing year.
J. A. TUFTS, County Treasurer.
; Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July, 1913.
. . (SEAL) WM. Mt STONE, Notary Public for Oregon.
We paid a debt of..... -- ....'.$ 41,690.45
" and we have, a cash balance of..." 57,846.37
Total gain in 1912 over 1910 . $ 99,536.82
Additional State and School Tax 82,321.67
$181,861.49
R. Schuebel, M. J. Brown, S. L. Casto report to their
mass meeting showed amount short of . .. $163,000.00
and which amount is thus accounted for and a balance
shown of 18,861.49
In addition to the items of expense above noted, we have had to pay
about $4800.00 per annum for School Supervisors. This year there will be
added about $7000.00 for Widows pensions ; and the expenses of two Special
elections which will cost"appro'xtmately $9000.00.
The County Court is not responsible for these items o,f expense. They
are created by the Legislature or the people and the Court must, under the
law pay these various items. -
. We are charged again with extravagance in remodeling the Court House.
Qur opponents speak of "the addition to the Court House." This was part
of the work done. In addition the Court House was renovated, altered and
partly refurnished. These alterations, changes, furnishings, etc., were all
charged to tha Court "House fund. Bids were asked for an addition to the
Court House on plans to be furnished by the bidders. These were submitted
569 acres in Sec. 4, T. 6. S. R. 3 E
640 acres in Sec. 10, T. ,6 S. R. 3 E
480 acres in See. 12, T. 6 S. Jt. 3 E
160 acres in Sec. 14, T. 6 S. R. 3 E.
285 acres in Sec. 10, T. 5 S. R. 4 E
640 acres in Sec. 12 T. 5 S. R. 4 E. . . . .
640 acres in Sec. 14, T. 5 S. R. 4 E
260 acres in Sec. 20, T. 5 S. R. 4 E
640 acres in Sec. 24, T. 5 S. R. 4 E.. .
320 acres in Sec. 26, T. 5 S. R. 4 E
320 acres in Sec'. 28, T. 5 S. R. 4 E
195 acres in Sec. 30, T. 5 S. R. 4 E .
320 acres in Sec. 32, T. 5 S. R. 4 E... . .
780 acres in Sec. 6,
640 acres in Sec. 8,
500 acres in Sec. 18,
7489 acres
The old values above set forth are the values placed on the timber land
above described by the Weyerhaeuser Land Company from their own cruise.
This cruise was furnished to the assessor and assessments have been made,
taxes levied and paid, for many years past on that basis. The countywm
thus gain each year on the basis of a 16 mill levy the sum of $2486.64. The
land above described comprises but one-third of the holdings of this company
in this county, so that the county will gain per year from this one company
alone three times this amount or $7459.92. Several timber companies own
more timber in this county than does the Weyerhaeuser Company; there are
also many companies holding smaller amounts. It is safe to say that the
increased taxes obtained from the timber companies alone in a single year
will pay the entire cost of the cruise. "
We could undoubtedly have got a cruise for nothing. The timber com
panies would have gladly furnished a cruise without cost to the county.
Such a cruise has been assessed .cn for years and it has cost the county about
.840,000 a year in taxes. "'.'"'
CHARGE NO. 5. That said R. B. Beatie (N. Blair), as chairman or ma
County Court has not complied with Section 6278 Lordrs Oregon Laws.
Secjtion 6278 is as follows: ' - ' . ;. .
"All county roads shall be under the supervison of the county court of
the county wherein the said road is located; and no county road shall be
hereafter established, nor shall any such road be altered or vacated in any
county in the state, except by the authority of the county court of the proper
county; and each county court within this state shall have the authority, and
it shall be its duty, to supervise, control, and direct the working, laying out,
openingand keeping in repair of all county roads within its county, and to
prescribe the methods and manner of working the same? to supervise the con
struction and repair, of all bridges on the county roads, and to remove any
supervisors for incompetency or disobedience to the orders of said court. The
powers herein given may be exercised dirctly by the court, or through some
one of its members designated for that purpose." ;'.
We have certainly supervised the repair of county bridges op our county
roads ,and have never failed to remove incompetent supervisors. Some of the
leaders among the Recallers are ex-road supervisors, discharged by us for in
competency. -
But bur. opponents cite this section more particularly to criticize us about
the repair of our county roads. We have 3,300 miles of county roads in this
county; in addition wehave hundreds of county-bridges. We must keep up
this great road mileage and all county bridges on the funds available, about
$200,000 per annum. Within our funds, we have endeavored to make perma
nent roads. ' This costs lots of money and we can proceed, no faster than the
funds at our disposal will permit The Road Master of Multnomah County re
ported to the Commissioners Association at the last meeting in Portland,
that they had built 165 miles of macadam road at a cost of $5000 per mile.
Were we to rebuild our road mileage, the cost would be 3300x$5000 or $16,
500,000.00. Certainly we were not justified in fastening on the county this
enormous debt
CONCLUSION.
Many charges have been made against us by innuendo. . Statements ab
solutely .false and malicious have been hurled forth by the steaming cham
pions of the Recall." Mbre suctistatements will be coined arid' placed in cir-
Total .......$377,131.54
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00
Surplus Fund , 4,846.38
Undivided Profits, less Expenses and Taxes paid 3,770.53
national Bank Notes outstanding ; 380.00
Due to State and Private Banks and Bankers"...... "32.41
Individual deposits subject to check 286,054.84
Demand certificates of deposit ... ..f..T. ."..."... 12,267.84
Postal Savings deposits 19,779.54
Total $377,131.54
State of Oregon, County of Clackamas, ss.
I, F. J. Meyer, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
. . F. J. MEYER, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 1913.
(SEAL) J. F. CLARK, Notary Public.
CORRECT Attest:
D. C. LATOURETTE,
' CD.
M. D.
Robert Schuebel, who throughout
the recall fight directed against the
county court has been identified with
those who have been backing the at
tack upon County Judge R. B. Beatie
and County Commissioner Blair Tues
day evening issued the following
statement:
'On Friday August 1, The Enter
prise contained an article in regard to
myself and some action that Beaver
Creek local, Farmers' Society of
Equity, had taken against my methods
of doing business. The article was
published without having facts, and
I am sorry that the papers seem to
get away from the truth so much. I.
tried to get a copy of the resolutions
passed at the Beaver Creek local meet
ing, but they refused to give it out
for publication. Perhaps they are
ashamed to do so. I know they ought
to have been ashamed to have passed
it on such mlimsy foundation as they
had. .
I have done nothing to be ashamed
of, and all my actions in my dealings
with Beaver Creek local are open to
inspection. I will not go into details
now, but may do so later. In the"
article it was made out that I was
one of the leaders in the recall move
ment, for which statement there is no.
foundation. I never had anything
whatever to do with it. WThen called
on to act as one of the committee to
investigate, the county court matter I
took up that work and did the best
I could to get the truth. I still stand
by that report; but I promised Judge
Beatie that at any time that any truth
would show up, to explain any of the
statements made in the mass-meeting
committee report, I would give it out-
for publication.
"And so at the Mulino meeting
Judge Beatie and Mr. Simmons made
some statements that I though it was
my duty to investigate, and having
done so I find that in the matter of the
court house bill, in regard to the bill
which reads 'lime, plaster, cement and
freight $404' that Mr. Simmons has a
book account and the original bill that
gives in detail the items and price of
same, and shows the price of cement
to be $2.60 at Oregon City, as Mr.
Beatie had claimed. Therefor it is,
but right to give the public the facts.
"Further, I went " ever the County
Treasurer's statement of the state tax
for 1910 and 1912, also the school fund
figures" as given out by Judge Beatie
at the Mulino meeting, and I find that
he is giving the facts in the case. I
have not bad time to go into the de
tails of everything in some other
statement of Judge Beatie's, but as
far as I went he is giving . out the
facts.
"Mr. Simmons says it was. his, or
his stenographer's fault, that the bill
in the courthouse does not give a de
tailed statement."
LATOURETTE,
LATOURETTE,
Directors.
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BROWN ONLY OFF
A MERE $9,000
County Assessor J. E. Jack, whose
duty it is to extend the tax roll of
Clackamas county, says that the old
saying "that figures wont lie but that
liars will figure" is proved absolutely
true in the last issue of The Courier,
when in an article published on tie
front page of'that paper, Editor Brown
attempts to show how much money
Clackamas county has lost in the past
four years through negligence of the
county court in not collecting taxes on
sheep grazing in this county.
The following figures were given by
The Courier and noted as being offi
cial, but inquiry at the county clerk's,
office, where these reports are filed
failed to show any report ever having,
been made in regard to sheep grazing
within the county. Assuming, how
ever, that Brown's figures may be
correct as to the number of sheep and
valuation, The Courier's table reads:
Year No. Sheep Val. '18 mills 4 Mos..
1909- 10 22189 $44378 $7988 $2662
1910- 11 20805 $41610 $7489 $2496-
1911- 12 22201 $44402 $7992 $2664:
1912- 13 22431 $44862 $8075 $2691
" Lost in taxation, $10,509.
Commenting on this Assessor Jack;
says:
"You will note that his levy was 18
mills, and that four months were al
lowed for grazing in Clackamas coun
ty. In extending the tax at the above
levy he lias undoubtedly made another,
typographical error,' as he calls it,,
for he says that Clackamas county has.
lost in taxation $10,509. Now, just to
show Editor Brown and the Courier
that he was off his base about $9,000,
I resubmit his own figures, with the.
correct extensions thereon." . "
Folowing are the correct figures,:
based on The Coi'-'er's statistics;
Year No.Sheep Vs' 18 mills 4 Mos.
1909- lu 22189 . $4-- ?8 $798.80 $266.26
1910- 11 20805 $4i'10 $748.98 $249.66-
1911- 12 22201- $44402 $799.24 $266.41
1912- 13 22431 ; $44862 $807.48 $269.16
Total tax due Clackamas Co. $1,051.49
This shows but $1,051.49 due the
county which is considerably differ
ent from $10,000 odd.
.Incidentally it is not the fault of
the county court that this tax has.
been "lost.''' The statutes governing
such taxes provide that a stock in--spector
shall report upon such matters
and that when (as in Clackamas coun
ty) there is no stock inspector, the
reports in regard to grazing shall be
made to the county clerk. Mr. Mul
vey saxs no reports have been given
him. "
No raport has ever, been filed with
the county court by any official to
show, that any sheep have been grazed
upon land in Clackamas county.
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