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MORNING ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1913.
MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
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MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
E. E. BRODIE Editor and Publisher
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.
THE STATE BAR association has struck the keynote of the litiga
tion troubles, not only in the federal courts but in every other court
of the state. For years, the costs of litigation have been prohibitive
ior the man with small funds and he has been placed at a disadvantage in
making the fight against his richer and, consequently, more powerful neigh
bor. This is a condition that should not be. The small pocketbook should be
eble to get even and exact justice in the courts of this country in the same
way that the heavily laden pocketbook can get it. Able counsel are employed
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drag through the labyrinth of justice when the interested parfy to the action
happens to be a man who is not able to meet ever increasing expense as the
In condemning the present system in this state and coming out for a
stringent reduction in the fees, the state bar association has taken a step that,
it is hoped, will tend toward the simplifying of legal proceedure and will
make it easier for the poorer litigant to have his troubles properly settled by
the courts.
The association believes that the courts should direct their efforts, not to
the discouragement of litigation, but to the simplification of the proceedure
and the reduction of the costs of suit. There are so many things that are
good in the recommendations of the association and the reports of the com
mittee that the whole report is worth study and commendation.
The statement of the committee upon which the association has acted
follows :
"Congress should at once' eliminate the double fee system in those states
now burdened with it, should put the clerks on a flat salary proportioned to
the duties they have to perform, and should revise the scale of fees charged
for their services as well as those in the marshal's office. All unnecessary
and exorbitant costs should be, and can quite easily be, abolished.
"Nothing makes for disrespect and contempt for law and the processes of
the courts more than the present extortionate fees exacted. Nothing would
tend to reestablish confidence in legal institutions more than a real effort to
make the accessibility of justice independent of the wealth of the litigant.
"Instead of trying to discourage litigation by making it expensive
,
Americans Waste With
LavishnessThat Is Ruinous
Untold
'Riches
Would
Have
Been
Ours
Arouse
Public
Opinion
To Stem
Loss of
Wealth
By WILLIAM C REDF1ELD, Secretary of Commerce
1913, by American
Press Association.
TOR preventing fires restrictive and regulating laws are good. The
I anrjointment of nroner officials with
things about these good and right things an true namely, that
they may all be done without getting at the root of the trouble.' . Unless
these laws and these officials are SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC OPLN-
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luix uiejr win ue useless.
THE AWAKENING OF PUBLIC OPINION IS, THEREFORE, THE
ESSENTIAL THING AND THE MOST DIFFICULT. WE HAVE BEEN
SO WASTEFUL A PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS THAT IT HAS BECOME
A HABIT. WE WASTE ON . EVERY SIDE WITH A LAVISHNESS
THAT WOULD MAKE US AS A NATION RICH BEYOND THE DREAMS
OF AVARICE IN A FEW DECADES IF WE COULD GET WASTE
WITHIN REASONABLE BOUNDS.
jaio uiougni oi gaiety measures occurs until some such great disaster
as happened when sixteen hundred lives were lost on the Titanic and
when one hundred and thirty-six perished with the Volturno. It is then
that the people begin to consider that additional safety regulations are
needed-. - - ,
Arouse public opinion THROUGH EDUCATION.-. Such education
can be imparted by a staff of demonstrators who would go through the
country addressing legislatures, labor unions, schools and civic; organizations.
the efforts "of the courts should be in the opposite direction. The
wealthy litigant has, irrespective of court costs, an enormous advantage over
his poorer opponent in being able to employ able counsel, secure witnesses, and
to await without inconvenience the outcome of the case. There is no valid
excuse for making that advantage greater than it must be. Congress and the
courts ought to put forth every effort to make justice cheap and accessible.
"In the opinion of your committee the fees and compensations paidvand
exacted in the federal courts should be overhauled at once and put on such
a basis that the amount will bear some relation to the service performed.
They bear very little now.
"Clerks' fees No adequate reason appears for exacting from the litigant
in Oregon, Nevada, California and Montana exactly double what is charged
in Washington, Idaho, Arizona and the other 41 states for identically the
s? me service by the same officials.
"Marshalls' fee Any justification for doubling them in Oregon and a
few other western states, that may have existed in past years on account of
the particularly arduous natures of the marshal's duties has now" disappeared.
No fair minded litigant will contest that the marshal's office which is main
tained very largely in the interests of the government, should be sustained by
fees paid by private litigants. The marshal has now been placed on salary
basis. The exhorbitant and in many cases unreasonable fees demanded are a
relic for former times and should no longer be endured. The situa
tion is in the hands of congress and the department of justice.
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ULTNOMAH COUNTY has appointed a roadmaster with abso-
M
lute power of administration over all of the roads of the county
and over all of the county employes in the road division. He will
serve without Ray and will have the direction and supervision of everything
that is done for the benefit of the county roads.
That county, too, has declared that it would construct no roads in its
territory unless it was able to build hard surface highways. It has reached
the point where it does not believe that cheap, temporary roads are a paying
proposition. The fact that the thousands of tourists from the east are com
ing overland to the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco has stimu
lated the people of the metropolis, to hurry their , road construction and to
prepare for the reception of the visitors. ,
In appointing John B. Yeon, the county court of Multnomah has selected
a man who has been for years an enthusiast over good roads. He has made
the matter a study and has seen the improvement that comes to every section
of the country with the coming of hard surfaced and permenant highways.
There is no foolishness or hobbyism in the make-up of the new roadmaster of
that county and the work that is done hereafter under his supervision will be
done in a way that will bring into the pockets of the taxpayers a full return
for every cent that is invested. ' .
Such a man is worth something to the community in which he lives for
he shows his public spiritedness when he undertakes to spend his time and ef
fort in the management of a public project of this character and expects no
return from the taxpayers for his service. He will now practice what' he
has preached for several years. During the time that he has been identified
with the good roads movement of that county, he has urged the county courts
to build hard surfaced roads and has taken a leading part in all of the campa
igns that have been waged for the betterment of the road conditions.
Portland estimates that at least $3,000,000' will be spent in. that city by
tourists during the pre-exposition days. It is also estimated that 10,000
parties will come overland to the west and that they will average at least five
members to the party. Figuring a profit of 20 per cent, this would give to
the people of Multnomah county $600,000 or more than enough to cover
the cost of the road construction that is now planned and still enable them to
plan for further extension work on the hard surface roads of the county..
If Portland figures that these parties will pour through the city in such
numbers during the year before the exposition, it is certain that some of them
will visit Oregon City and Clackamas county and that good roads here would
bring to this section of the state more than enough to meet whatever construc
tion cost a complete highway through the county would entail.
These tourists are not merely, sight-seers. Many of them are investigat
ing the resources of the county through which they pass. - Most of them are
interested in the development of the west. It is to be expected that a large
percentage of them will make their homes in the western states and that Ore
gon will receive its share of these visitors. It behooves, therefore, every
county in the state to make some sort of preparation for the tourists when
they come. For years we have advertised our resources. We have sent spe
cial trains whistling through the middle west and the far east with samples
of the wonderful products that we raise in this state. We have aroused the
interest of the east in our resources and have called the attention of the fac
tory worker and the man with money to the advantages that this country has
to offer. " "
Isn't it rather inconsistent, then, that we should bring them out here and
show them our mud puddles and our sink holes and have to explain to them
that it costs this county Clackamas county alone, $240,000 every year
merely as a mud tax ?
A BANK ACCOUNT
TEACHES YOU ECONOMY .
which Is the first step toward success
and prosperity. -
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
. L. G. and Ida May Davidson to E.
Henness, lots two, four, six, eight,
10 and 12, block 15, Robertson; $100.
Northwestern Trust company to H.
W. Rothwell, lots eight and nine in
Bell Heights, Finavon; $10.
Robert .Verpahl. and -wife to L. S.
Lee, five acres in K. S. W. S W.
section 36, T. 3 S., R. 1 E.; $1000.
Anna Struty to.Adolph Friedrich
and and wife, lot four, in block 30,
Oregon City; $500.
William Clark and wife to W. W.
Leete and wife, lot 16, in block 53,
Gladstone; $1200.
$750.00
Will purchase a 3-room house
and lot 55x132 in good part of
the city. You can pay some
cash and pay the rest at $7.00
per month . without interest.
Why pay rent when you can
get a snap like this.
DILLMAN & HOWLAND
BITHIAHS ARE
ENTERTAINED
FOL DE ROLS TO GIVE A DANCE
ON FRIDAY EVENING, NO
VEMBER 28.
ST. JOHN'S SEWING CLUB MEETS
Annual Bazaar to Be Held Monday
and Tuesday Mehr Licht
Club Studies Luther
Lodge Meeting
(By Meta Finley Thayer)
The Bithias were delightfully enter
tained Monday evening by Mrs. W. E.
Johnston at her home in Gladstone.
After a short business meeting, sew
ing music and refreshments occupied
the evening. Those attending were:
Misses Elva Blahchard, Sayde Ford,
Ivy Ford, Nettie Kruse, Geneva
Young ,Erma Draper, Myrtle Cross,
Anna Meyers, Wilma Meyers,
leen Harrison, Daisy Mollert,
Humphrey, Nellie Swafford,
Bailey, Adah Hulburt, Mollie
Mina McDonald,
Perkins.
Kath
Hazel Alice
Rose,
Anna White, Miss
There are better Inha fnr mnaf non-
iple, than training lions.
The Mehr Licht club met Monday
evening with Misses Alma and Flor
ence Moore at their Greenpoint home.
Interesting papers were read, as fol
lows: Land of Luther Miss Alma Moore
Reformation Miss Daisy Larson
The Lutherans in America
Miss Alice Larson
Mrs. Angus Matheson sang "Luther's
Cradle Hymn "
Refreshments were served at a
large table centered T"-'', chrysanthe
mums. Those present were: Mrs.
F. J. Tooze, Miss Alice Larsen, Miss
Gertrude Hamilton, Miss Todd, Miss
Daisy Larsen, Miss Crowley, Miss
Wood and Mrs Angus Matheson.
Mrs. J. Tooze will be hostess of
the club at its next meeting.
The ladies of St. John's ' Sewing
club will hold their annual bazaar in
McLoughlin hall on next Monday and
Tuesday, November 24 and 25. Luncn
eon will be served both days from
11:00 to 1:30 o'clock and dinner from
6:00 to 7:30 o'clock. Useful as well
as fancy articles will be on sale at
the- numerous booths and entertain
ments will be given ..in the evenings.
Mrs. Frank Champion is chairman of
the committee in charge with Mrs. J.
R. Hanny as assistant chairman, and
no pains are being spared to make the
affair a social as well as financial suc-
The Fol de Rols have decided upon
Friday evening, November 28, as the
date of their second hop, of the sea
son, for which attractive invitations
are being prepared. A large number
of college students home for the
Thanksgiving vacation will be in at
tendance, as well as a number of vis
itors from Portland and Willamette
valley towns. '
The Knights and Ladies of Security
lodge No. 813, held a social meeting
Monday evening, the feature of which
was a chicken dinner. The members
passed a merry evening with music
and informal, dancing.
Crosslocking.
August Bebel. who was one of the
greatest of anti-militarists In Europe,
was himself the son of a noncommis
sioned officer. The harsh disciplinary
methods applied to privates In the
German army sixty years ago made an
indelible impression upon his boyish
mind. "More than once." he said,
"have I witnessed how young and old
men who were to receive extra pun
ishment had to submit to the hideous
process of 'crosslocking.' The delin
quent had to lie down on the floor on
his stomach and had his left hand fet
tered to his right foot and his right
hand to his left foot, across his back,
and In- that position be was left for
two hours."
Shooting Fish.
The shooting fish, a native of the
East Indies, has a hollow cylindrical
beak. When It sees a fly on plants
that grow In shallow streams it ejects
a single drop of water, which knocks
the fly Into the Ode.
WE REPAIR ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING
MILLER-PARMER COMPANY
Next Door to Bank of Oregon City
CUT FLOWERS AND POTTED PLANTS
Also all kinds of Fruit Trees, Roses and Shrubbery for sale at the
new green houses at Third and Center Streets. Funeral work done
at lowest possible prices. Orders received over phone Main 2511.
H. J. BIGGER
eart to Heart
Talks
By CHARLES N. LUttlE
THREE THOUSAND ARTIFICIAL LEGS.
From Europe comes a bit of news
well calculated to make an American
grateful for his citizenship in this
country. It brings vividly and forcibly
to mind the atrocities of warfare sued
as that of the Balkan states. It makes
the old man here think of the time
when he or his friend and comrade
came back maimed and mutilated
from the battlefields of the civil war.
Here is the item:
A "government now engaged in war"
advertises i a German paper for 3,000
artificial legs. They are wanted to re
place those torn off by shrapnel and
shell or smashed by rifle bullet or rid
den over by artillery wheels or the
terrible hoofs of charging cavalry.
Three thousand artificial legs! Think
of the aggregate of misery they repre
sent! Once there were 3.000 natural legs
which bore their possessors proudly to
war. They marched away from home.
Just as you and I. reader, leave our
own homes to go to "our daily toil.
Now the legs lie rotting on Balkan
battlefields with the bodies of thou
sands who, perhaps more mercifully,
have been spared the pain and perils of
continued lives with limbs lopped off.
As careless boys, unheeding of in
sects' pain, twist and pull off the parts
of insects, so these limbs of men have
been twisted and torn off to gratify
the warmakers, the lusters after ter
ritory, the proud and ambitious,
Think of those 3,000 artificial limbs!
Was Sherman right in his characteriza
tion of war?
"But we do not make war." the read
ers say. "It is made by the statesmen,
who do not send men to death and
wounds unless there is no other way
open."
The other way is opening. It leads
men along tbe path of international
arbitration, of discussion of differ
ences. In this highest and most hon
orable of national and international
pursuits our own government Is a
leader. ,
Statesmen and kings and govern
ments do not nowadays make war. It
is waged by the people themselves, and
theirs is the final decision in the mo
mentous question. "War or peace?"
If the voice of a nation is unmistaka;
bly opposed -to war no president, king
or emperor will coerce it Into the ways
of slaughter of fellow men. Only the
people themselves can take that road.
In the cause of international peacp
all can help.
If throughout the world the people
of hamlet and village and town and
city join with one voice in denouncing
war there will be no more war. ,
Inquisitive.
"I asked her if her husband smoked,"
said the woman with an inquiring
mind, "and what do you think! She
said she didn't know!"
"I don't see what difference it makes
to you."
"Oh, I don't care whether he smokes.
I wanted to find out If he kisses her."
Washington Star.
Wants, For Sale, Etc
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED School boy will work for
board and room; references given
Call J. B. Welch, phone Black 735
Jennings Lodge.
LESSON given in oil painting, also a
few more orders taken for Chris
mas. Mrs. VanWeel, 709 11th St.,
Main 342.
L. AUSTIN, the tailor, for men and
women. Suits made to your meas
ure; alterations and refitting.
Prices reasonable Room 9, Barclay
Building.
LOST AND FOUND
LOST Between Jones' Drug stoVe
and the depot lady's small black
purse. Return to Enterprise office."
Reward
HELP WANTED FEMALE
WANTED Experienced housekeeper
for small family. Must be good
cook. Phone Main 36, or addres3
Box C, Oregon City.
WANTED German girl for general
housework. Apply, 610 Washington
St.
An Inexpensive Son-in-law.
The old gentleman showed a good
deal of displeasure. "It seems to me."
he exclaimed testily, "rather presump
tuous for a youth in your position to
ask for my daughter's hand. Can you
advance any good reason why I should
give my consent?"
"Certainly, sir!" promptly replied the
suitor. ' ,
"What?" pressed the old man.
"I am comparatively modest and
economical in my personal expendi
ture," replied the suitor, "and I think,
sir. that altogether you will find me
less costly to maintain than almost any
other son-in-law you could select."
Boston Globe
Not Much of a Sport.
You are losing Interest in life when
a' thermometer is able to qualify as a
pastime. Atchison Globe.
FOR RENT.
FOR, RENT Nice new furnished
housekeeping rooms. Inquire 7th
Street Hotel, on the hill.
WOOD AND COAL
OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO.
Wood and eoal, 4-foot and 16-inch
lengths, delivered to all parts of
city; sawing especially. Phono
your orders Pacific 1371, Home
A128. F. M. BLTJHM
S L. G. ICE. DENTIST S
Beaver Building S
$ Phones: Main 1221 er A-193
$53SS3.$$S$$S
S.8S$S.JS33,3kS
S Pacific Tel. Home
Main 420 A-145 3
Physician and Surgeon .$
$ Specialist in Children's Diseases
and Obstebrics
$ 1007 Main St.
E. M. BOND, M. D.
Administrator's Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been duly appointed by
the county court of Clackamas coun
ty, Oregon, and has qaulified as ad
ministrator of the estate of Jacob
.Spagla, deceased, late of said coun
ty and state. Persons having claims
against said estate are hereby no
tified to file the same, duly veri
fied according to law, with my at
torney, C. H. Dye, at the southwest
"corner of 8th and Main streets, Ore
gon City, Oregon, for adjustment
and payment, -within six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated November 12, 1913.
CHARLES F. SPAGLA,
Administrator.
C. H. DYE,
. Attorney for Estate.
Pabst's Okay Specific
:$3.oo
Does the worK. You all
know It by reputation,
Price
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