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MR HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
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MORNING "ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
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CITY OFFICIAL
BOURNE SUGGESTS REAL The grave evil to the basic principle of
REMEDY FOR CORRECTION the initiative and the referendum has
been the ease with which undesirable and dangerous measures have been
placed upon the ballot through the initiative and by which commendable legis
lation has been referred to the people with no hope of unfavorable action, but
simply to hold up the enforcement of the new law.
Much has been said in the newspapers of the state regarding this evil, but
no definite attempt has been made to correct it, because of the fear that the
friends of the initiative and the referendum would proclaim that such a rem
edy was designed to defeat the real purpose of the Oregon System.
Jonathan Bourne, however, can hardly be accused of attempting to cripple
these laws, and it has remained for him to draft a measure that is calculated
-to really strengthen the initiative and the referendum by preventing, through
Iegisatton, the abuse of the ballot through paid petition circuaiors. Mr.
Bourne has issued the following relative to his proposed measure :
"Believing, as I do, that the Oregon System is the best legal medium thus
far evolved for the protection of both personal and property rights, and that
itiative and referendum are the mainspring of the whole system, and that n.i
increase in the percentage of petitioners for the initiative or referendum is
necessary, or a majority vote requirement advisable, yet I am firmly convinced
of the advisability and necessity of a legal prohibition of paid circulation of
petitions.
"The sole purpose of the Oregon System of popular government is to
secure an effective expression of the will of the people. So far as the initia
l've, referendum, direct primary and recall do to secure such expression, they
are invaluable powers in government. To the extent that they fail in this
regard, they are defective, and remedial measures should be adopted.
"The beginning of action under these reserved powers must be by-a pe
tition which is designed to represent a certain amount of public sentiment in
favor of a specific movement. Experience has shown, however, that men
favoring certain measures or candidates employ others to circulate petitions
and secure signatures thereto, paying a specified sum for each signature se
cured, with the result that the petitions do not truly represent public senti
ment. To the extent that a petition does not represent the desire of the
people, it is a means of deception. Experience has also shown that the prac
tice of employing paid circulators not only results in securing signatures out
of proportion to public sentiment but encourages unscrupulous persons to
forge signatures. This evil has been so pronounced not only in Oregon, but
in Ohio, that remedial measures are urgently needed.
"We must preserve unimpaired the right of petition. But preservation
oi the right of petition does not require continuance of the practice of employ
ing paid circulators any more than preservation of the right to vote requires
continuance of the former practice of paying men to go to the polls. All
that is necessary is free opportunity for preparing, circulating and filing pe
titions. "I believe that if real" need exists for a proposed law, or if there be gen
eral desire for the candidacy of any person, that need or desire will be recog
nized by a sufficient number of persons who vill voluntarily circulate pe
titons.If public sentiment is not strong enough to secure volunlury petitions,
Europe Wouldn't
Automobile
By MITCHELL MAY. Secretary of Slate of New York
THE EVILS WHICH HAVE COME WITH THE GROWTH OF AUTO
MOBILE TRAFFIC IN THIS COUNTRY TO A GREAT EXTENT
MIGHT BE REMEDIED. I AM AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND CHRONIC
MOTORIST, BUT STATE WITHOUT HESITATION THAT WE TOL"
- ERATE BAD CONDITIONS HERE, CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD NOT
FOR AN INSTANT BE ENDURED ABROAD.
. "" With the rapid development of the industry and the increasing use of
motor vehicles for general transportation purposes has come a multiplica
tion of PERILS WHICH SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED.
No day passes during which fatalities chargeable to the automobile
dV'not occur. In the city of New York alone motor vehicles KILL
TWO PEOPLE APPROXIMATELY EVERY THREE DAYS. New
York's record is not blacker than the average. There has been a toler
ance difficult to understand of conditions which are really intolerable.
Even if it be deemed impossible to require examination and licensing
of every person who shall be permitted to operate h private motorcar it
still remains quite possible to FORBID THE OPERATION OF ANY
MOTOR VEHICLE BY ANY ONE EXCEPT THE" OWNER, a
licensed chauffeur or such persons as possess the written authorization
of owners and through documents duly filed with the authorities are
duly designated as the owners' agents. '
CO-OPERATION BETWEEN MANUFACTURERS, MOTOR4BTS AND
THE AUTHORITIES" ALONG REASONABLE LINES WniJLD SOLVE
MANY PROBLCttfS
Editor and Publisher
January 9, 1911, at the postoffice at
1879. .
NEWSPAPER
Tolerate Bad
Conditions
M.OKN INW ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913.
no harm will be done by deferring action until such time as public sentiment
shall be crystallized. Undoubtedly it is true that some desirable laws here
tofore adopted would not have been submitted if jemployment of paid circulat
ors had been prohibted. But we have made progress since then. The Ore
gon System has been fully established, it has become thoroughly understood
and there should no longer be need for retention of methods whose evil re
sults have been demonstrated. -
"Therefore, I have prepared for submission under the initiative a com
prehensive bill prohibiting employment of paid circulators of petitions under
the initiative, referendum, direct primary -or recall. I believe there is need
for such law and shall put to the test of practice mytheory that when such
need exists there will be a sufficient number oi volunteer circulators of peti
tions. I shall be glad to have the co-operation and assistance of "all persons
who believe as I do, and if the voluntary circulation of petitions results in
the necessary number of signatures I shall file the petitions "so that the
measure may be submitted at the next generaf election. The bill I have
drafted reads as follows : ; . -
'"From and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any ptr
son to give, ffer to give, promise to give or cause to be given, directly or in
directly, any valuable consideration, employment or appointment for the pur
pose of inducing any other person to circulate or secure signatures to any p
tition for the initiative, referendum, or recall or for placing the name of aoy
person upon any ballot or for the nomination of any person for any office pro
vided for by the constitution or the laws of the state of Oregon for any muni
cipality therein. Any person convicted of the violation of ar.y cf the pro
visions of this -act shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor rn rs
than $1000, or by imprisonment in the county jait not less than one month,
nor more than one year.'" ,
BETTER LAW Little has been said, with all of the other meamres tha
ADMINISTRATION are clamoring for public attention at the comin'!;
election in November, of the county attorney measure which really aims a'
some of the crying evils in our present methods of administering the law.
Under the system now in vogue, the district attorney is assigned to sev
eral of the counties' .that a'-e placed within a given judicial district. . He ha;
the general supervision of the law admin ktration that is conducted in thss
counties. He is supposed to I-now all of the working of each of his deputie
in the several counties that he has under iiis jurisdiction. It is more tha i
probable that he does not know one-hr.lf of the complaints that are brouhi
or the actions that are taken by those deputies. N
Why then, should this county contribute its share to the maintenance ol
his office when it gets no particular benefit from it? Why should it he
placed under a district attorney who is not interested in what this county ha?
to face in the way of law enforcement.or the problems that it has to meet?
This county has grown, with the other counties of the state, to the point
where it needs a county attorney to lojk after its interests alone, to attend
to none but its affairs. To get such an attorney, he must be properly paid.
The county affairs are becoming of such importance and the numbers of
complaints and other steps in a fight through the courts so numerous that it
takes a large share of one man's time to attend to them. That man does not
now have the salary allowance that would keep a man working in a garden
or that would hire a teamster for a month.':
It is rediculous the salaries that the state sometimes pays to men for time
and labor. Some of the empjpyes in every governmental unit get about three
times what they are actually worth in service while others get less than one
third. There is no sene to such a misfit as this. The county attorney bill
is a good one. It provides for the better and more speedy administration of
the law by the elimination of a useless district attofhey and the concentration
ol power and responsibility in the hands of a man who is interested in the
outcome of every case and the results of. every action at law.
If this bill passes the people at the polls as it should, Clackamas county
will havcan attorney of its own. It will have a legal officer whose' duty-will
he to handle the cases that are- brought to his attention in this county and
the manifold duties of several other counties of the district will nor bt thrown
upon him. Neither will it be necessary for him to have a deputy district
artorney to do the work that he is expected to do. " -
The Enterprise sincerely hopes that the people of this county will rea'ize
the importance of this measure in the proper administration of the law a:i
that they will vote strongly for the passage of it when the ballots are placed
'n their hands at the forthcoming election.
IDLE MN EY .
is unprofitable money. All your dollars are' wilHrri
to work for you. start a Savings Account at this
bank. '
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK N CLACKAMAS COUNTY
LOSS OF APPETITE
' Is the fifrst signal 'of disorder and
decay. The usual loss of appetite is !
eftiii caused '-' by functional disturb- i
ances in the stomach. The s.omach i
fails, to do the "work required, the ap-1
petite-is gom, and the boJy suffirs
from lack of nourishmen;. Such a
stomach needs to be claaned anJ
sweetened. Meritol Tonic Digestive
is made espcially to assist the stun'
ach to digest food, and promote a
healthy appetite. This remedy is sold
on our positive guarantee, and we aik !
you to give it a trial. It i3 a genuine
tonic. . Jones Drug Co., sola agents.
Adv.
Now sorrow fills The poor man's cup.
And heavy Is his crown.
For now when food is going up
There'll be less going down. ,- .
Llppincott'a.
If a girl worked half as hard to
please a - man '.after marriage as she
does before marriage lots of lawyers
wonld starve to death. Cincinnati En
quirer.
Extraordinary Seed.
A farmer wbo mainly our of ruriox
Ity hnd. grown a rrop of flax hnd a
talilfM-lnth made out of it. Somp time
Inter, he remarked to a lady visitor at
dinner. "I grew this tablecloth myself.
"Did you really?" she said, apparently
milch astonished. "How did you man
age it?" It was plain from her 4oue
that she had no Idea bow tablecloth
came into existence, so the farmer low
ered his voice mysteriously as he re
plied. -:lf you'll promise not to tell any
one I'll tell you.".-The lady promised.
"Well." -proceeded the farmer still In
the same mysterious tone. "1 planted,
a napkin!"
Side Light on History.
Socrates was about to quaff the hem
lock . . . , ..
"This." he said. "Is ' the cup that
neil her cheers nor Inebriates." ..
. Making a sort of wry face. Just the
same, he hastened to bring the Incident
to a close Chicago Tribune.
NEW A BSOLUTELY NEW
Bunglalow 5-rooms plastered -will
be finished tomorrow; a
Dutch kitchen for your wife;
electric lights; bored well, I.t
us show you this f'ne Home sn t
you will' want it at $1250.00 on
easy terms. . ' '
DILLMAN & HOWLAND
eartto Head
Talks
By CHARLES If, LDRIE
UNFINISHED.
In all ages and in nil lands, when
ever and wherever men have thourht
on the things of life and death, they
have conceived the idea of n life to
succeed this one. V They have pictured
to themselves. -lives of everlasting bliss
for those who are righteous on this
earth and of eternal torment for the
wicked v i
This life has been considered a part
of a whole.. It Is only a friction, say
tile believers in a future st.-tte. It is
incomplete.' unfinished. - '
To symbolize this belief the ancient
riebrefcs. vi ho were wise in their day
and 'generation, ordained that a man's
dwelling place should be 'left ' incom
plete in some detail They made it a
law of religious observance that the
synagogue slicuid contain some rough
to-ncr. some vUv e obviously left un
Gi:is'iod. To this day orthodox He
brew synagogues contain the nnSuish
ed Ia. e.
Moreover, s-ime orthodox Hebrews,
strict in their observance of the an
cii!t lavs, leave portions of their
houses incomplete, liven wealthy men
anient them follow the law. .
In the house of Lord Rothschild of
London, one of the wealthiest men on
earth, there is an unfinished -.corner,
left thus purHisely to indicate the be
lief of the owner of the bouse th;;t it
is ov!y a temporary resting place for
his body. He believes that for his
soul there Is a higher, better, finer rest
ing pbice elsewhere.
AM of us leave our houses of life
unfinished.
There is always something to com
plete. There is always some ideal to
pti'lvo for. There Is always something
higher and better still nnattained. hut
'attainable.
Ferret tion is not' for imperfect hu-mi-n
beings. Our lives are like the
asymptote, the straight line which con
stantly approaches a curve, but. no
ni!'ft"r how indefinitely extended, nev
er ! .1 lies It.
We may approach perfection, accord
ing to the light that is within us, but
ilie fnlli'iility of our nature will pre
vent our touching it.
Make your house of life as rich as
von can. Adorn it with the treasures
of I'-.ve and understanding. ' There will
always be some unfinished corner.
But if you honestly and sincerely en
deavor to build it, well, to have within
t nothlnit that yon feel to be unworthy,
von need not be ashamed of its tmfln
Irhed state. .
No man has ever had a finished honse
of life. The final touches are put on
ifter what we call denth makes mas
ter workmen of us.
Pacific Tel. ' Home &
$ Main 420 A-145
- E. M. SOND, M. D. .
"S Physician and Surgeon .
? Specialist in Children's .Diseases
? and Obstebffrs -..
3- ' 1007 Main St. S
? Q S 8 $ S $ S
'
. GUSTAV FLECHTNER
Teacher of Violin
wishes to announce that he has
resumed teaching at his studio,
S 612 Center Street.
Solo and Orchestra Work
S Phones: Main 1101 Home M l 72
$ L. G. ICE. DENTIST
O Beaver Building $
4 Phones: Main 1221 or A-193
Wants, For Sale; Etc
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This places "o obligation of any
By Gross
Automobiles for Hire
PHONES: MAIN 77; A 193 . '
XVIiHer-Parlcer Co.
CUT FLOWERS AND POTTED PLANTS V
v Also all kinds of- Fruit Trees. Roses and Shrubbery for sale at the
new green houses at Third aii;l Center Streets. Funeral work done
at lowest possible prices. Orders rfoeiye over phone Main 2511
H. f. BIGGER
sort on you, simply wish to be
of assistance to any worthy porson.
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED Two neatly furnished
rooms for two young men. Inquire
Eugene Harvey, Home Restaurant. !
?U3LIC STENOGRAPHER Call at I
)-on 7. Barclay Bldg., or phone
Main 151. . , i
L. AUSTIN, the tailor, for men and
. vtome.n. Suits made to your meas
vre: alterations and refitting.
Prices reasonable Room 9,'Barclay
Duiidiuz.
A CHANCE Cae 3c:e suitable tor
r-hicken ranch; 6-room plastered
house;' chicken houses nd nru;
creek, well and hydrant. Pii'e $iSno
half cash. See . G. Grossenbacher,
Canem&h. - ;
HEL
nED F?viAL
II M-L
WANTED An elderly woman for
jiOuseKei-per for widower with three !
children. 1 alephone Farmers 13.3.
WANTED German girl for 1 general
ImuseW'ork. Apply, 610 Washingiou
St. -
FOR RENT. .
TO RENT A desirable 6-rocm flat
to rent to adults only. 14th and
Main St. Enquire ' at Harris'
Grocery. '
FOR RENT Front room, with bo.irT
ia private home; reasonable. 6T6
Eleventh St., Cky.
"OR REN I Light housekeeping
ivcBis. 408'iWater street.
FOR SALE.
CHOICE ROSES 100 varieties, in
cluding "Meiaine Sonpert," "Lady
Roberts," "Mrs. Robert Perry," etJ.
at 10c, 15c and 25c per bush. Also
carinas, dahlias, crysanthernums,
etc., .at low prices. Telephone,
Iloiiie phone B-214.-
FOP, SALE Four lts, six-room hoi.se
good well, wood house, two hen
houses, 40 fruit trees on improved
s -cit, Oregon Cily. Inquire owner
4!?. WiLaoieite street, phone Main
1CS1.
rOR SALE 8-room house an! let, on
Zl..a s. rect, modern improvements.
r i ii.-es'meia. Reason of sate
heirs want to settle estate. Inquire
at this office. '
FOR SALE House and lot on Mon
roe street lot 62Hxl05 feet; house
has five large rooms, bathroom,
pantry, three closets, a large wood
house and wash room; street im
provements all in and paid. Apply
811 Monroe street.
FOR SALE Progress Automoatic Ad
justable: dress form. Iquire Mr&.
Carrie Paetz, R. F. D. No. 5, Box 28,
phone Main 1891.
FOR SALE, at a bargain 2-cylinder,
7-horse, late modjel Ex'celsor motor
cycle. Equipped; has tamden seat.
Ask for E. Brown, Enterprise office
FOR SALE Gagoline wood-' saw;
good as new, and 2 sucking colts, i
months old. F. Steiner, Oregon
City, Rt. No. 3. Tele. Beaver Creek.
FOR SALE Fresh eow with calf.
Grossenbacher, Canemah.
WOODLAND COAL
OREGON CITY WOOD'S. FUEL CO
. Wood and eoal, 4 foot and 16-inch
lengths, delivered to all parts oi
city; sawing cspecialty. Phone
your orders Pacific 1371, Hoim
A 120. F. M. BLTJHM
Pabst'sOKay Specific
Doe the wor. You all
, know it by reputatlo
Price ............
FOR SALE BY
JONES DRUG COMPANY
i. v. LAiuuitnuii,.iTesiaeat, . F. J. METIER, Cashier.
THE FIRST NATTniSIAT pawit
OF OREGON CITY, OREGON
CAPITA. SOVM3 CO -
T'r.McM t General Racking Sual a . . Ooen froi M ' e
HENRY JR. SAYSl
seen
Oust xiNPBR'
NOTICES
SHERIFF'S SALE
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the county of Clack
amas. Edward F. Brackstrand and Sigrid
Backstrand, "Plaintiffs,
vs. - -
B. F. Hart and E .R. Hart, hus
band and wife, Defendants.
State of Oregon, County of Ciackamas,
ss.: - - "
By virtue of a judgment ocder, de
cree and an execution, duly issued
out of and under the seal of the
above entitled court, in the above
entitled cause, to me duly directed
and dated the 10th day of October,
1913, upon a judgment rendered and
entered in said court on the 10: a
day of October. 1913, in favor of E I
ward Backstrand and Sigrid Bacl:-
stran'i, plaintiffs, and against R F.
l!rr. a-i'I E. R. Hart, husband an-J
wife, defendants for the sura cf
$S00.00, v,-ith interest thereon &t the
rate of 7 per cent per annum' firm
the 2'ir.l day of Fehruarv, 1911, pat
the farther sum of $150.00 as attr
rey's f.es, iind the costs and dis.
bursements, and the cost of an ! u?
on this writ, commanding me to
make sale of the following described
real property, situate in the covn'y
of Clackam&s, state of Oregon.
- wit:
The west half of the southwest
quarter, of the northeast quarter of
section six, township three south cf
range five east of the Wiilamct'e
Meridian, Clackamas county, Ore
gon. Now. Therefore hv vlrtim nt aald ova
cutlon, judgment order and decree,
and in compliance with the miii.
mands of sail writ. I will, on Thrs.
day, the 13th day of November, J9M,
at the hour of 10 o'clock a. rn., si.
the front doer of" the eouaty com-;,
house in the city cf Oregon City. !n
said county and state, sell at p-ibl't.
. auction, subject to redemption, to
the highest bidder for U. S. gU
coin cash in. hand, all the rii;b
title and interest which the wiihin
' named defendants or either of ibem
' had on the date of the raortgnrj
herein or since had in or t- th
above described real property c
any part thereof, to satisfy said ex-,
ecution, judgment order, decree, in
terest, costs and all accruine costSj
E. T. MASS,
Sheriff of Clackamas County. C'?:t
By B. J. STAATS, DenntT.
"Dated, Oregon City, Ore., Oc'e'viv
11, 1913. -'
SUMMONS
In the Circuit Court of the Stafe of
Oregon, for the county of Clask
amas.
Victor O. Fly, Plaintiff,
vs.
Jessie .Fly, Defendant.
To Jessie Fly, defendant:
In the name of the state 01 Ore.-,
gon, you are hereby requirsd to a
pear and answer the complaint of
the plaintiff filed herein against
you in the above entitled suit oi
or before the 8th day of November.
1913; said date being after ths ex-
piration of six weeTts from the da.e
of the first publication of this sum
mons, and if you fail to go appear
and answer said complaint, for wan:
thereof, plaintiff will aptly to thi
court for the relisf prayed for :n,
his complaint, to wit: For a decree
dissolving the bonds, of matrimenv,
now existing between the plain iff
and defendant, and for such other
and further relief as to the court
" may seem meet and equitable.
This summons Is served unon
you by publication in the Sftrninr
- Enterprise; a - newspaper, . printed
and published and having a general;
circulation in Clackamas county ,
Oregon, pursuant to an order of th
Hon. J. U. -CampbelJ, judge of the
above entitled court, duly made sn.i
entered on the 12th day of Sepcam-.
ber, 1913. Said summons to be
published for six successive and con-.
ecutive weeks, and the dats of the.
first publication is September 24" h,
1913.
C. R. THOMPSON, CHRISTOPH-;
ERSON & MATTHEWS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
402 Northwest Bldg., or 41 S Yeon,
Bldg, Portland, Oregon.
The classified ad columns of Th
Enterpriae satisfy your wants. "