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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1913)
MORNING ENTERPRISE, MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS By Gross HENRY JR 5AY5 ULP iTl ' H 1 HWEPiT OGoT ; V ' " 7 : ' - - : - - 9' J ME e- MORNING ENTERPRISE OREGON CITY, OREGON E. E. BRODIE Editor and Publisher Entered as second-class matter January 9, 1911, at the postoffice at Oregon Gty, under the Act of March 2, 1879. . ' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One year, by mail : $3.00 Six months, by mail '. 1.50 Feur months, by mail . . ' 1.00 Per week, by carrier .10 The Morning Enterprise carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch or in the mail box. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the office. This is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 2 or B-10. - CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. TATE LIFE INSURANCE and the elimination of paid agents with all of the expenses that they entail is the plan of J. W. Ferguson, com missioner, after carefully investigating the conditions in Wisconsin- where the plan has been tried. The shortest statement of the scheme is contained in his report to Gov vern,or West and, from what the commissioner says, is admirable in every way. Insurance costs are taxed against the policy holders at an excessive rate. The commissions for the agents, the high death rate upon the com panies figure to always land on the' safe side, and other details make the cost excessive and, in many cases, prohibitive. Following is the report telling in a few words the entire plan : "After carefully investigating the system of state life insurance in Wis consin, I am satisfied that the plan is not only feasible but practical and will recommended to you in my annual report that a similar law be enacted in Oregon. "The purpose and intent of the State Life Fund, as explained by Com missioner Ekern of Wisconsin, is to give the people of the State the benefit of the best old line insurance on a mutual plan at the lowest possible cost. To benefit the policyholders is the sole consideration. "Of the total expense of old line companies, more than one-half goes to agents in commissions. Under the Wisconsin plan policyholders are saved this expense. Applications are received by clerks and treasurers of counties, of cities, or towns, by officials of banks which receive state deposits, and no . paid agents are employed. "There will also be gains from excess interest earnings and mortality savings. - The premium rates require that 3 per cent interest shall be earned. The funds should earn at least 5 per cent, leaving a margin of 2 per cent as a source of dividends to policyholders. "A greater item of saving for the dividends of policyholders comes from the facts that the actual number of deaths run about 40 per cent below the numbers calculated in the table. "The State Life Fund of Wisconsin issued its first policy October 27th this year and some of the most prominent men in that State are policyholders. Something like four hundred policies have been issued. At present seven dif ferent kinds of policies are offered : Ordinal Life, Twenty Payment Life, Twenty Year Endowment, Ten Year Endowment at age sixty-five, Ten Year Term, and Ten Year Term to age sixty-five. This affords a wide range of choice and allows the applicant to obtain the form best suited to his age, circmstances and financial resources. "The form which has been most popular so far is the Twenty Payment Life. Under this form twenty annual payments are made and the insurance is then fully paid for life. Tin's enables a man to pay for his insurance dur ing his productive years and have protection for the remainder of his lifeT "Premiums may be paid monthly if desired and monthly premium rates have been worked out in order to make it convenient for people earning small wages to take advantage of the new plan. "Many of the manufacturers of the State are putting the plan before their employees by enclosing the State's circulars in pay envelopes, by posting placards in their shops and even by advancing employees money to make the first year's payment. American Judges Have Usurped Rights of the People By THEODORE ROOSEVELT IF the supreme court of the United States has the power to annul acts of congress it is itself not merely a judicial, but a lawmaking power of the first consequence, for it is the, final, THE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY. This is a tremendous authority. The right to annul the law or to change it as by judicial decision the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution has been vitally and, as I hold lamenta bly changed is the RIGHT TO GOVERN. ; ': For sixty years the greatest presidents, Jefferson, Jackson and Abra ham Lincoln, opposed this doctrine as laid down by the supreme court. It seems to me, however, that they never any of them, not even Lincoln, formulated the right theory of opposition to the doctrine. Eaph of them fought against it on behalf of another branch of the government., either the executive or the legislative. Their proper ground of opposition should have been, not that the court usurped power belonging to the ex ecutive or the legislative, but that it USURPED POWER BELONG ING TO THE PEOPLE. ; for a third of a century it has now been exercised with what i am forced to say, speaking gravely and deliberately, has been Inexcusable and reckless wan tonness ON BEHALF OF PRIVILEGE AND AGAINST THE INTER ESTS OF THE VERY PEOPLE FOR WHOM It IS MOST NEEDFUL THAT THE POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD RS INVOKED. "I am of the opinion that there is a broad field for State life insurance in this State and that the State of Oregon should deal with this as an econom ic problem and offer to its citizens sound insurance at the actual cost of pay ing the benefits as Wisconsin is doing today." J O ' URAL LETTER CARRIERS got off on the wrong foot at the Mo lalla meeting the other day when they urged the county court to break up the large road districts into smaller ones that better atten- j tion could be given to the highways over which these carriers of the mail travel daily. .. - - ' . The vital trouble with Clackamas county today is its multiplicity of road districts. There are 59 different road supervisors in this coilnty with 59 dif ferent ideas of how a road ought to be constructed. As a result," the roads of this county look like Joseph's coat of many colors and no two of them' are built on the same lines. Clackamas county needs a road master who has complete charge of the road work through all of the districts and under whose supervision all of the other men would have to work. As conditions now are, the road super visor is a law unto himself. He builds roads as he thinks they ought to be built. The effort of the letter carriers to have the road districts cut into smaller ones so more attention can be given to each Tiighway is a bad one. Multno mah county has but two road districts and has the best highways in the state. It isn't the size of the road districts that worries this county, but the differ ence in belief as to the best methods of construction. As long as this coun ty has it army of supervisors and its present methods of work on the roads, just that long will this county continue to spend $235,000 upon the high ways in a manner that will bring in no evident returns for the taxes ex pended. , , Clackamas county is, admittedly, a hard problem. The county court here has more troubles in the matter of highway work than probably any other court in the state. We have 3300 miles of roads as against 500 in Multno mah and we have roads that require real engineering brains ' to improve, Multnomah is generally flat in comparison with the hills and valleys through which the roads of this county travel. There are no difficult feats, in con struction to overcome. But there they have adopted the policy of few dis tricts with one man in charge of them with one idea of construction and im provement. He is given authority over the supervisors and over all of the county road employes. He has charge of all of the work that is done and whatever he believes is for the best interests of the county can be put through. Here, the county court has to send out bulletins when it wants to get its su pervisors together. When they do meet, it is like a gathering of the armies, This is a useless waste of money, and, if there is any satisfaction in it, the county has shown a wonderful lot of improvement in its roads considering it's methods. The method is wasteful and it will never get this county any leally good highway improvement. One road master with a small corps of efficient supervisors would get more work, done and better work. The sys tem has been tried in Multnomah. It ought to be tried here. Money in bank is protected from fire and theft... We offer you such protec tion and more. The Bank of Oregon City 'OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY OAK GROVE VOTES OAK GROVE, Ore., Dec. 10. At a meeting of the Oak Grove Fair asso ciation held Monday at the home of B. Lee Paget, it was decided to keep the $154,10 surplus realized from last year's fair as a fund for a fair next year. Some preferred to divide the money between the Oak Grove and Concord Parent-Teacher associations. Mrs. John Risley resigned as presi dent of the fair association. ELECTRICAL FIXTURES We have just received a nice assortment of fixtures and have them on display in our store. Our fixtures are all up-to-date and made of the best material. If we don't have just the fixture you want we can make it up to suit your ideas, at the lowest cost to you. Good electrical fixtures are the best possi ble way to make the home bright and cheery Nothing could be more acceptable for' Christmas. Call in and see our, many other useful gifts. r , : ;; Parker & Co. 609 Main Street SELL OR TRADE 2 acres all improved, 6-room house, good .well, ? cemented; good family orchard; all fenced with woven wire fencing. $3000 part cash, balance on long time or will trade for equal value in Oregon City property. DILLMAN & HOWLAND FORUM OF THE PEOPLE REV. MR. SPJESS AGAIN GLADSTONE, Ore., Dec. 10. (Ed itor of the Enterprise) Dr. Schultze says he "will not chew the rag with a small caliber preacher." He was of sufficient caliber to force the admis sion from Dr. Schultze that he knew nothing at all about the matter him self. It was of sufficient caliber al so, to cause him "to retreat precipit tately" from the field disowning and abandoning all his previous produc tions, hiding behind the association, continuing the retreat until he reach ed the office of Dr. Norris, and hiding behind him; yell's "now on and (I) will have Dr. Norris tend to you." nis aumission msquaiuies him as a witness in any court, lodge or com mittee. No court would allow him to give hearsay testimony alone to be presented to any jury. Now, will the association accept his gift? Will he be able to show any minutes of the association that they requested him to publish what he did? Will the com mittee (Drs. Mount and Strickland) who both testified in the Norris case say over their signature that he was requested to publish wi.- he did .' Unless he can show either of the above we are forced to the conclusion that it is false like the rest of his statements. If Dr. Norris as he inti mates, wishes to become the chief tongue lasher" I will wait his request and come to his office if he desires it. To those who wish to know what the charges were, also the time at which made, I will give copy of the charges and two letters from Dr. White. I sbmitted the following allegations- That Dr. J. W. Norris .acting as the secretary of the board of healtn of Clackamas county, Oregon, has willfully negelected and refused to ob serve and enforce the statues of the state of Oregon, relating to the pub lic health or to enforce or observe th' rules and regulations of the Oregon State Board of Health." I also made specifications to support the charges. as to tne time, here is a letter dated- January 25, 1913. I have asked Dr. Norris to investi gate at once, and if he does not make arrangements, you can advise me so that I can investigate the matter in person. Yours very truly, CALVIN S. WHITE, State Health Officer. Dr. White did investigate in person and early in March Dr. White and Dr. Pierce conducted ax public investiga tion in the court house in Oregon City. - On March 14, 1913, Dr. White wrote as follows: We have now transcribed the testi mony and will bring it before- the board on the 27th. (Signed) CALVIN S. WHITE. As to Dr. Schultze suggestion in re gard to the functions of a minister, he neglected to give his scripture where the minister is forbidden to as sist in political house cleaning. Tha liquor interests used to - make that argument and might give the doctor a job next year. As to the doctor's scripture for my prayerful consideration, I will say first: That I never have heard of him being accused of a "shepherd of the sheep" or an "example to the flock." In the next place, an exposi tion of any scripture must be applica ble to the persons spoken to. I certainly have been very "patient" with him when I knew that he know absolutely nothing about matters he was writing about. I break this news to him very gently. It is not always best to be of good report to all" that are "without" for Paul's master in the Sermon on the Mount, said: "Woe unto you if ail men speak well of you;" also "happy are you when you are persecuted." etc. "Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute -you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my 'sake, e. t. c. I am also trying to keep out of the doctor's "snare." Paul also stirred up a "hor nets'" nest in Ephesus. Read the 19th chapter of "Acts," please, 23rd verse: "There arose no small stir--a certain man named Demetrius, a sil versmith,", who made silver, shrines, of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen," he gathered them to gether. When they were told Paul's teaching endangered their - craft, "They cried out saying: Great Is Diana of the Ephesians ,and the city was filled with confusion." When a "small caliber preacher" endangered the (graft) Dr. Schultze called them together and for the space of months he cried out "not knowing what he said' and then retreated behind forti fications still crying out, e. t. c. HENRY SPIESS. WE REPAIR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING MILLER-PARKER 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 Street!. Funeral work done at lowest possible prices. Orders received over phone Main 2511. H. J. BIGGER WEST LINN IMPROVEMENT CLUB TO MEET SATURDAY The regular monthly meeting of the- West Linn Improvement club will take place at the city hall in West Linn on Thursday evening, December 11th, at which time the regular busi ness will be transacted, after which the entertainment committee will take charge of the meeting. Hon. J. E. Hedges will talk on "Boosting." The male -quartette, A. Hickman, H. A: Swafford, J. Mulkey, Hugh Kenney, will sing. A discussion of the proposed char ter and debate over its provisions will follow. The hall is expected to be crowded as the charter is the all im portant topic in West Linn at this time and many questions will no doubt be asked of and answered by the char ter committee. The new city hall and high school will also come up for discussion, the committees being ready to report. Hons Senea. Willie Pa, when has a man horse sense? Pa When he can say "Nay," my son. Cincinnati Enauirer. It is going to be a great hardship for some men of wealth to -be compelled to have their fortunes" guaranteed un der a pure money act. Wants, For Sale, Etc MISCELLANEOUS STRAYED A brown mare, weighs between 700 and 800 pounds; owner can have same by paying for this adv. and keep of horse. Address Wm. Bruce, Oregon City. AGENTS WANTED Good -live men of standing to handle our goods. Liberal profits and good territory. Hayden, Electric Hotel. F&R SALE. FOR SALE Cheap; a six-hole Char ter Oak range in first class condi tion. Phone Main 2074. FOR SALE Four grade jersey cows, tests 4 and 5, two gallons of milk per day. Prices $50, $60 and $100. Main 2013, two miles south of Ore gon City on river, J. H. VanMeter. DIAMONDS FOR SALE I have three cluster diamond rings for sale, cheap. Nice Xmas present for lady. Phone Main 1802. . FOR SALE One 9-inch adjustable toothe harrow, $7.50; one 14-inch steering plow, $5.00; one dies, $7.50; one single buggy and harness, $25; one two-seated hack, $35; one bar rel spray, ocmplete, $10 at oppor tunity. Two miles on South End road. Inquire J. F. Spiger, Farmer 229. LOST AND FOUND LOST Set of brown furs, either in Grand Theatre or on street between Grand and Star Theatres. Return this office. Reward. LOST Between 1st and Monroe Sts. and the City Chop House, a purse containing money checks and keys. Reward for return to Miss Price at City Chop House. LOST Elk's pin, between postoffice and 13th and Main. Return to cashier Huntley Bros. Reward. LOST Brown fox fur collar with two tails between Eleventh and Center and postoffice. Return to Miss Marie E. Libkur, care Dr. Ice, 110 i Center street. L. AUSTIN, the tailor, for men and women. Suits made to your meas ure, alterations and refitting. Prices reasonable, Room 9, Barclay building.. A. L. ARMINE supplies wood at $5.00 per cord, green or dry. Addres3 1403 Seventh street, city, or tele phone Main 124. NOTICE FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals for the furnishing of all labor and material for improving Madison street, Oregon City, Oregon from the north side of Third street to Spring street, will be received by the recorder of Oregon City, un til 4 o'clock p. m. of Wednesday the 17th day of December, 1913. Plans and specifications containing fur-? ther information and the kind of im provement to be made will be fur nished upon application to the re corder of Oregon City. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check equal to five per cent of the total amount of the bid, which sum shall be subject to for feiture to Oregon City in case of the failure of the successful bidder to enter into a contract or contracts with Oregon City and to furnish the required bonds for said work, -if called upon so to do, ithin the specified time for same. Proposals must .be made upon blanks furnished by Oregon City. The right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved to Oregon City or to accept any bid considered most favorable. Each bid must state the time re quired for the completion of the entire work of said street which improvement must be done accord ing to the ordinances of Oregon P.itv and tho rt tiwan? oTirl the plans and specifications govern ing such work. This notice is published pursuant to an order of the city council of Oregon City made and entered at a special meeting thereof held on tne 28th day of November, 1913. L. STIPP, Recorder. NOTICE. FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals for the furnishing of all labor and material for improving Center street, Oregon City, Oregon, from the north side of Ninth street to the south side of Tenth street, will be received by the recorder of Oregon City, until 4 o'clock p. m. of Wednesday the 17th day of Decem ber, 1913. Plans and specifications containing further information and . the kind of improvement to be made will be furnished upon application to the recorder of Oregon City. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check equal to five per cent of the total amount of the bid, which sum shall be subject to for feiture to Oregon City in case of the failure of the succesful bidder to enter into a contract or contracts with Oregon City and to furnish the required bonds for said work,, if call ed upon so to do, within the speci-. fied time for same. Proposals must be made upon blanks furnished by Oregon City. The right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved to Oregon City or to accept any bid considered most favorable. Each bid must state the time re quired for the completion of the en tire work of said street which im provement must be done according to the ordinances of Oregon City and the charter thereof and the plans and specifications governing such work. This notice is published purbaant to an order of the city council of Oregon' City made and entered at a special meeting thereof held on the 28th day of November, 1913. L. STIPP, Recorder. WOOD AND COAL OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO. Wood and eoal, ttoot and 1-6-taci; lengths, delivered to all parts of city; sawing specialty. P.uoh3 your oEders Baeifio 1S71. Home A126. F. M. BLUHM , l G. ICE. DENTIST Beaver Bui'ding S Phones: Main 1221 or A-193 $s3S$...S.$.. Pabsts Okay Specific Does the worK. You iNAn A A know it by reputation. .UU Price WW "" FOR, SALE BY JONES DRUG COMPANY D. C. LATOURETTH, President. F. J. MB-YER, Cashier. 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