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MORNING ENTERPRISE; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1913.
FORUM OF THE PEOPLE
STATEMENT FROM MR. TOOZE.
OREGON CITY, Ore., Oct. 23. (Ed
itor of the Enterprise) Having noted
several misrepresentations in your
Thursday morning's Enterprise I re
spectfully request space in tomorrow
morning's issue to reply.
N The statement, "Violently waving
clippings of the Enterprise, etc., Fred
the, construction of the pipe line to
the 'south fork of the Clackamas," is
absolute misrepresentation. What I
did say was that I had not expressed
my preference for any source of wa
ter and if the Clackamas river project
should prove the best proposition, I
would gladly take off my coat and
work lor it with all my might, fur
thermore, I spoke in complimentary
terms of the proposition.
I did speak of the unfair comparison
between Bull Run and Clackamas pro
jects appearing in the Enterprise of
the 16th inst. I hereby request you,
Mr. Editor, to re-publish "Facts and
Figures cn Water Supplies," publish
ed by you on this date and let the
people of Oregon City decide for them
selves my statement that this compar
ison was unfair, ridiculous, "rotten."
The further statement, "He denied
that he had ever said the water in
tthe wells of the Englebrecht tract
was pure," is another pure fabrica
tion. Mr. Tooze did not say any
such thing. He has said and now
says, that the tests have shown this
water pure.
John Albright's grandstand exhibi
tion came immediately after otner of
his statements had been shown ilse
and after he had produced the report
of Dr. White. It was a matter of in
terest to note that said report h:id
been addressed to Mr. L. Stipp who
promply denied any knowledge of the
. report being sent to him. Subsequent
inquiry finds no record or knowledge
of it ever having been received at
the recorder's office. Strange wasn't
it? He did not tell when he got it
and the Enterprise omitted the ad-
' dress.
Further on in the report of the coun
cil meeting is this paragraph: "Tooze
is against the Clackamas water source
first, last and all the time. He de
clared that it was neither the duty of
the Enterprise nor the pure watei
committee to hunt for a .water source
and that such a duty devolved upon
the council alone, etc., and other
wise landed with his heels on the
proposition to construct a line to the
south fork of the Clackamas river."
Not only the these statements the
barest falsehoods but are obviously
tue result of malice. We would re
spectfully ask you Mr. Editor, whether
these misstatements were not report
ed to the night editor or to some oth
er of your force after the close of
the council meeting by a councilman
himself. We feel there can be no hes
itancy on your part under the existing
circumstances of a false representa
tion being published about a citizen
to answer candidly, placing this re
sponsibility where it belongs.
Of the report on the various sup
plies cf water which have been under
investigation by the council commit
tee for some time, I will say it has
been the policy of this committee to
give out to the public at one time
these three reports: Ihe Canby fran
chise, the Englebrecht wells and the
Bull Run proposition. This proceed
ure I have repeatedly stated would
be followed. In the light of the mis
representations that have occurred in
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print and otherwise we still believe
this the wisest determination. That
there has been unfair opposition to ev
ery effort of this committee has been
obvious, and yet this committee lias
spent not one cent of the city's mone
nor investigated any project-unless
directed so to do by the council.
Just a'word concerning Dr. White's
report on the wells. This report is
misleading in that it gives the report
for the -analysis only. It does not ex
cept in two cases, July 7 and August
1, (one sample only) state the source
of the samples. Without the state
ment of the source this report is
worthless. Neither Dr. White nor the
bacteriologist ask for the source of
samples. They report the analysis of
what is submitted and those submit
ting said samples keep other records.
This has in this case been done.
Samples were taken at different
times from the river, from the hy
drants and from the well, and submit
ted to the bacteriologist also to Prof.
Beckwith of O. A. C.
Let me assure you and the people
of Oregon City that this committee all
reports and all sources investigated
by it -when it obtains the final report
from the Portland commissioners on
Butt Run supply. We have put fo- h
earnest effort to obtain this report
and believe it will be submitted to
us within a few days. To have given
out this report before would have beer,
unwise, unfair to the commision un
businesslike and inimical to the bet
interests of Oregon City whether or
not she accepts this latter proposi
tion. Let me say still 'farther that (his
committee will give out its reports
in such form Uiat they cannot be very
well further misrepresented. '
Very truly yours,
F. J. TOOZR
(If Mr. Tooze and Mr. Albright, both
members of the city council, cannnol
agree, it is a matter of no interest to
The Enterprise. This newspaper csres
nothing about their troubles with each
other, nor, we imagine, does the pub
lic. The Enterprise is just as sincere
to obtain pure water for Oregon City
as is Mr. Tooze, or any other citizen.
We believe Mr. Tooze has worked
hard on his water committee, atid tf
he has spent nearly $2000 of the city's
money in a fruitless investigation, we
have never censured him for it, for
the sole reason we believed in the
honesty of his.purpose. The man who
never made a mistake never accom
plished anything, and Mr. Tooze is no
exception. The story referred to is
denied by three members of the city
council. It came from a reliable
source and printed as news in good
faith by The Enterprise. We have no
desire to be unjust to Mr. Tooze and
we therefore, give space to his com
munication. Editor.)
NO USE SCRAPPIN3.
OREGON CITY, Ore., Oct. 23. (Ec
itor of the Enterprise) Hold on, gen
tlemen! Don't let there be any blood
shed about this jusky water business.
Don't call in the police nor tear your
shirts or any horrid thing like that.
Just do the simple easy thing you
should all have though of long ag-o
only I suppose you have been so
eternally busy thinking about those
elbertus baccilli and fixing up the
streets you just naturally didn't have
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outside of his own state, be is a man of high standing and cultured
attainments. He gained the favor of President Wilson by swinging
the vote of the Illinois delegation at the Baltimore convention for the New
Jersey governor As an editor of influence he backed Mr. .Wilson from the
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time to think of any thing else. Why,
gentlemen, this scheme is so abso
lutely simple and easy it seems almost
ridiculous to mention it, but her-j
goes:
Your fire bell has just been moved
to the top of the bluff leaving a big
tall strong tower. . All you have to do
gentlemen, is to build a span from the
bluff to the old bell tower another o
the top of the Masonic building make
a landing on top and there you are
all fixed up and troubles all over e;e
vator a running and every body happy.
I'm almost ashamed of you gentle
men for not thinking of this simplo
thing and getting it to working befoi-e
now, but I will excuse you this time,
and if you ever get into trouble again
just call on me. If I can't help you
I'll find somebody who canv mighty
quick, gentlemen.
YOUR UNCLE BILL.
OREGON CITY, Ore., Oct. 23. (Ed
itor of the Enterprise) I have read
with interest Dr. Schultze's letter, and
presume I am to feel "squelched." Pos
sibly the men my wife and I met on
the streets of Oregon City were not
intoxicated, but that seemed the most
charitable explanation to make of
their conduct.
While I do not care to arouse Dr.
Schultze's ire by "venturing iDto the
realm of medicine, about which I
know nothing, can't help stating thai
I am surprised that a man so -greatly
interested in public health should
mind the fact that I objected to the
prevalent custom of spitting on the
sidewalk or any -oher convenient
place. The custom is so prevalent,
even though Dr. Schultze seems to
have not noticed it, that we wonder
if the reason for not enforcing the or
dinance against it is lack of jail facil
ities. A drunken man is unpleasant,
but given my choice think I should
prefer sitting in a theatre in front
of a drunken man than one who chews
tobacco and neglects to swallow the
juice, for while drunkenness may be
an unfortunate weakness, spitting
promiscuously is nothing but the
filthiness of a nature lacking all re
finement. MILL WORKER.
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is how it is spent.
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By filling the Bell Theatre to its
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