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TITC SUNDAY OREGOXTAX rORTLAXD, MAY 14, 1916. COLUMBIA GQUNTY INTHROES OFREGALL Annual Fuss Is On Over Issues of Road Building Pol- " ' . icy and Taxes. NORTH AND SOUTH OPPOSED Judge and Commissioners. Less Than Two Years in Of rice, Xow I'ace Same Proceedings That ' Removed Predecessors. ST. HELENS, Or., May 13. (Special.) Columbia County is enjoying its an nual recall election f usf. If it were not .r recalls and their attendant ex citement and diversion, some of "the boys' in this county would hardly know what to do with themselves around election time. As usual in Columbia County recall election circles, the issue of road-build ing is involved, with especial reference lo road taxation and expenditure. And following- the county's best little recall) traditions, this recall is directed against! the County Judge and Commissioners. ' In September, 1914, less than two years ago, Columbia County had a re call election. At that time there was a furious squabble through the county over the location of a part of the Co lumbia River Highway. Considerable misunderstanding arose as to the atti tude of the County Court, then com posed of County Judge W. A. Harris and Commissioners John Farr and Lou .Fleurer. A recall was instituted against the entire board, and all three members were recalled. To succeed them was elected the recall ticket, composd of A. Li. Clark, County Judge, and A. E. Harvey and Judson Weed, Commis sioners. Now another recall has bobbed lip. After having been in office scarcely a year and a half Judge Clark and Com missioners Harvey and Weed have had a recall campaign instituted against them. Road Policy Issue. Though the road taxation question is one of the big issues of the new recall campaign, underlying it, or topping it, whichever figure is more appropriate, is the issue of whether Columbia County shall build its roads along per manent lines at a higher initial cost hut subsequent lower upkeep expendi ture, with a salaried roadmaster in charge under the direct supervision of the County Court, or whether the old haphazard road supervisor system and many road districts, each building its own roads more or less independently of the County Court, shall prevail. The present county administration is frankly committed to the policy of building permanent roads under super vision of a roadmaster as in Multnomah County, the roadmaster being directly responsible to the County Court. The recall faction is just as frankly com mitted to a return to the road super visor system, with each district rela tively independent of the County Court, and low road taxes. The contest will be fought out along these two theories of county road ad ministration: One side favoring a cen tralization of road-building authority and standardization of roads; the other. or recall taction, standing lor lower road taxes and a return to the road district and supervisor system. Sectional Fight Factor There are some geographical compli cations. At the last recall election the northern end of the county instituted the recall and won over the bitter opposition of the southern end. This time the recall movement has started in the southern end of the county, but geographical jealousy apparently is, not nearly so pronounced as before. Behind what sectional feeling exists 5s an old. old fight between Rainier in the south and St. Helens in the north for the county seat, in which St. Helens won; the further fact that land in the .south end is assessed higher than in the north end, where the country is rougher, and, consequently, pays a lusher proportion of the taxes; and also that considerable of the permanent road work of the present administration has been done in the north end of the county to make the Columbia Kiver Highway passable there. The present recall agitation really dates from action of the County Court early in 1915. when, to get the State Highway Commission to appropriate $50,000 from its funds to help put the Columbia River Highway in passable . shape, the court appropriated $35,000 of county money on the same worK. To help raise this money, the County Court took 17 per cent of the general levies of the Scappoose and St. Helens road districts. Money Spent Outnlde. As all this 17 per cent was spent cutside the two districts thus levied on. wailing and gnashing of teeth resulted. In making out its road budget last 1 ecember for the present year, the County Court proposed a 9-mill road levy for the county. The proviso was made that 85 per cent of the levy from each district should he spent in that district, and it was also provided that $4000 from the general road levy should be spent on road work in the Scappoose district, which was to make np for $2511 taken out of that district as already explained for Columbia Highway work. In the taxpayers meeting held at St. Helens last December 29 to make rec ommendations as to this proposed budget, a motion was made to hold the levy to 3 mills. Somebody moved to amend it by making it G mills. The amendment was voted down and the 3-mill recommendation carried. The County Court did not follow the 'recommendation. Taking the stand that a 3-mill levy would hardly more than provide maintenance expenses of roads already built, allowing practi cally nothing for new roads and im provements, it retired to another room .and ratified its published proposed road tax levy of 9 mills. A great to do followed this action. Shortly afterward a recall committee of 12 members was formed, and peti tions circulated through the county in voking the recall against the three members of the court. Recall In Started. - I At a meeting late in April, attended Ty nine of the 12 members of this com mittee, the advisability of invoking the recall was questioned. By a vote of five to four it was decided to pro ceed with the recall. At a meeting of taxpayers in St. Helens May 2. a. recall ticket was named, and the following charges were made against the members of the County Court, but more especially against County Judge Clark. In these charges it was declared that Judge N Clark ha? ignored the express demands ant wishes of the taxpayers and leeal voters of Columbia County, and of several successive yrand Juries, in employing a highway engineer for wiid county, which cuilove or official Is of doubtful value, if any. to Columbia County, and an unneces sary burden and expense. Has ignored the express demand and wishes of the taxpayers and voters of Co lumbia County in levying an unnecessary. exorbitant and burdensome tax for the ensuing- year. Has purchased with public funds without firs having- advertised therefor, a five passenger touring automobile, which machine the said A. I Clark has put to unnecessary and excessive use at an excessive and un necessary expense to Columbia County. Has wilfully, deliberately and repeatedly over-ridden atdtignored the express wishes of the taxpayers and legal voters of Colum bia Coanty in matters affecting, the public Interests and nas practically refused and de nied taxpayers and legal voters the right to be heard in such matters, either by petition or otherwise Is incompetent to properly perform the duties of his office. This meeting put a recall ticket In the field, composed ,of R. S. Hatton. present County Treasurer, for County Judge; Normal Merrill and Henry Rud demann for Commissioners. Mr. Hatton is probably tne most popular Democrat in Columbia County. He is Just completing four years as County Treasurer, and has served pre viously as County Judge and Sheriff, and prior to that, as Deputy Sheriff, for the past 16 years. He has a large personal following. Pfmonal Feeling Denied. Mr. Hatton says there is nothing personal in the contest between him self and Judge Clark, but that the is sues involved as to county taxation and road administration are so widely apart that only an election can settle them. If he is elected, he is pledged to put back into effect the road super visor system and to hold the next road levy down to 3 mills. The present county administration followed its predecessor in employing a roadmaster to have charge of its road work, taking the view that the $153,000 road levy should be expended under expert supervision. A petition signed by 1 200 names that the road master be dispensed with, and the county revert to the road supervisor system, was refused last Summer by the County Court, which is empowered by law to employ a roadmaster if it so desires. The charge that the court bought an automobile without advertising it re fers to a car purchased for use of the roadmaster. Members of the court say they did not advertise" for the auto be cause it is the cheapest car they could have bought. HUGHES FAR AHEAD Straw Vote of Legislators Is Strongly for Justice. 30 STATES ARE INCLUDED PRESS CLUB IS REACY PK1MARV CAXDIDATRS WII,!. fiET THEIRS4 at ORF.GO.Y HOTEL. From Senator Cummins on Doits Line to Mi n field Mapdonalcf, .411 Are Due for 'Fanning.' Well, boys, have your change ready! Its going to cost you a dollar apiece, and you'll have to take your medicine. But it is almost a sure shot that you are going to like it. Even if you do hear yourself roasted .more or less, your anguish probably will bo assuaged by the "panning" that your-opponent gets. The foregoing applies only to the candidates who are running for some thing at the forthcoming primary elec tion. They know what it means, and to other folks it doesn't matter. By way of explanation : The big noise of the Portland Press Club has "framed" it up to place the candidates on the red-hot grill at noon today. The roasting will take place in the dining room of the Oregon Hotel. The candi dates will be the victims, and mem bers of the club will be the witnesses. And all candidates will be on ; equal footing. Senator Cummins, who would like to be President, will be there, but he will be treated Just as mercilessly as San field Macdonald, who Is out for the office of Constable. O. C. I-eiter is to preside, and John L. Travis will be the lieutenant ii charge as toastmaster, which two po sitions will pale into insignificance be side those of Frederick V. Holman and Frank C. Hanley, who will bo the roast masters." If the grilling sears the souls of the candidates, they may look to the fol- lowin g committee for redress: O. C. Clark) Ieiter. Charles (Baldy) Ryan, James (Jimmy) McCool, C. N. (Scoop) Bristol. Edward (Ned) Blythe, William (Bill) Strandborg and Monroe (Goldle) Goldstein. Some of the individual wits of the various papers will unleash their se cret Muses and who knows what the result will be? Hughes Gets 89 4 to 352 for Roose velt and 181 for Hoot Iavor- ite Sons Make Showing, With. Cummins Leading. 5CEW YORK. May 13. (Special.) A straw vote of 2000 Republican and Pro gressive legislators in 30 states for a Republican Presidential candidate, taken by the Literary Digest between April 29 and May 13 and given out to day, shows Hughes 894. Roosevelt 352 Root 181. The vote by states follows: States Hughes. Roosevelt. Root. -Maine New Hampshire. v ermont Massachusetts. . Rhode Island... Connecticut .n ew i ork New Jersey Pennsylvania. . . Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia.. Kentucky Tennessee, . . . Ohio Indiana, Illinois Michigan W tsconsin Minnesota North Dakota.. . South Dakota.. . owa Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico. . . . Colorado vv yoming. . .. . . Montana Idaho Utah Nevada Washington. uregtn. California 1 37 8 5 61 27 16 7 5 35 8 47 17 4 14 4 r 65 12 24 41 n ft 18 2 2 22 7 5 "J i 26 4 1 9 2 22 10 2 15 5 22 4 1 14 11 4 1 1 10 4 2 S4 12 7 10 2 2 30 3 8 28 22 S 35 16 3 10 7 7 28 2 1 313 4 2! 14 3 7 S 2 2 a S 7 4 6 12 4 11 9 2 6 S 1 8 5 7 2 1 26 16 19 42 i 13 17 5 894 352 181 It Is noted also that favorite eons are still supported in their home states and to some dgree elsewhere. There was a vote of yti for Senator Cummins, of Iowa; 52 for Senator Burton, of Ohio 3 for ex-Vfce-President Fairbanks, of Indiana: 52 for Senator Sherman, of Illi nois; 36 for Senator Weeks, of Massa chusetts: 47 for Senator LaFollette. of Wisconsin: 16 for Senator Borah, of Idaho, and seven for Governor Johnson, of California. ""1 , J l -3" -1 tt vf si J i ... .: S. i V- v s -? IA i , - J. .A . .. - -X e .: .Mt ;. . fyou realize the importance of a good appearance youll appreciate the Character of our Clothes. e !' -or.' 1 2rl 1 J-i? V "5S C It " 4 . 7 .:-,- - fy4 : .3 . Suits' 20 "to $35 ."Vain.rloov i V. k? H i f, PAPER MILL HAS STRIKE CBOWX WILLAMETTE AT CAMAS IS TIED VP OVER WAGE SCALE. $3 1 ' .:v ; 1 Brewer Hats Always C 11. enoemn Morrison at Rwrlh 2' concerned and it was to the Interest of the schools, tlie public and the comins generation that she should b.-. STUDENTS AID CLEAN-UP SECTION . FKOM PKTTYGROVE STKEET TO HIVF.H IS GONE OVER. Men Reject Offer of 10 Per Cent Raise and Demand Minimum of With Advance In to 4. CAMAS, Wash.. May 13. (Special.! Nearly all of the employes of the Crown Willamette paper mills here went out on a strike today, rejecting the company's offer of a 10 per cent advance in wages and demanding that a minimum wage of 12.25 be paid, with 10 per cent Increase up to $4 a day. Many of the men are not in svmrjathv with the strike movement but were un able to work because of the general tie-up of the plant. Only the bosses and a few engineers worked today. others gathering at a mass meeting to consider tne possibility or settlement, but no agreement was reached with the company officials. It is considered probable, however, that terms will be agreed on with the company officials, and that the men will return to work by Monday. in their communications with the company the men also have demanded that double time be given for work overtime and on Sundays. The meet ing today was orderly. City Firemen Do Good Work In Con tinuing Campnign Llnnton District Has Its Day. The clean-up campaign was contin ued yesterday, the scene of operations being' shifted to that portion of the city north of Pettygrove street and bounded on the east by the Willamette River and on the west and north by the city limits. The work was carried forward in a systematic manner by Mrs. J. I. Sullivan, captain, and her group of lieutenants and the forces under them. The work of the students of the Chapman. Davis. Linnton and Will bridge schools featured the campaign yesterday. Garbage, dirt, tin cans and refuse of all kinds was cleaned up in all sections of the district by the small army of students. The firemen of engine companies 26 and 6. under the leadership of Captains H. A. Pollcck and W. C. Slaughterback. also did good work in carrying forward the clean-up work. The work in Linnton was under the leadership of J. B. Schaefer. former Mayor of Linnton. and Mrs. O. U, Smith, principal of the Linnton School, Other liteutenants who participated were Mrs. J. W .Fowler, president of the Chapman Parent-Teacher Associa tion: Mrs. T. C. Burke, president of the MacDowell Club; A. A. Campbell principal of the Chapman School; J. W. McCormac, principal t,f the Davis School. The clean-up campaign -will close Monday with operations carried on along the waterfront on both sides of the river. PEACE DELEGATES NAMED Governor Appoints 2 3 . to Attend Sleeting at Washington, D. C. SALEM. Or., May 13. (Special.) At me request ot William I. Wheel wright. of Portland, head of the Ore gon branch of the League to Enforce t-eace. governor Withycombe todav an- pointed 25 Oregon citizens as delegates to attend tne meting of the league to be held at Washington, D. C, May 26 and 27. Those named as the state's official representatives are as follows: J H Burgard, J. A. Cranston, R. G. Dieck Mark W. Gill. Chester J. Hogue. F. A Kribs. Rev. A. A. Morrison. George B McLeod, D. C. O'Reilly. IT. F. Swigert Kev. J. 11. Boyd. Henry I. Corbett. A. E. Doyle, Franklin T. Griffith. John II Haak, James B. Kerr, R. W. Montague D. J. JilalarKey. w. F. Ogburn. R. H Strong. J. P. Jaeger, C. C Colt. WMber E. Coman, J. C English, R. L. Glisan Sherman R. Hall. S. C. Lancaster, M. Mean". A. C. Newlll, Henry E. Keed and M. II. Insley. Speaker Invents New Word. MOXMQUTH, Or., May 13. (Special.) In his talk to the Parent-Teacher As soclation here, superintendent S. S Duncan, of lamhill County, invented new word. Speaking of henpecked husbands he said he had little sym patny tor tnem as a man could get away and into other company and look out for himself. But the object that excited his deepest commiseration was the "roosterpecked" wife. He said the wife should be boss of the ranch as far as the schooling of the children was AGRICULTURIST IS CHOSEN C. It. Jamison, of Tossil High Fac ulty, to Tie Wheeler Expert. OREGOX AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, May 13 (Special.) C L. Jamison, teacher of agriculture and manual training in the Fossil High School, has been appointed agriculturist for Wheeler County to succeed Oren Beaty, who recently resigned because of ill-health. Mr. Jamison is a graduate of the Ore gon Agricultural College and is fa miliar with Wheeler County agricul tural conditions, having resided in that region for several years. He will begin work early in June. CARD OK THAXKS. We wish to thank our many friends for the sympathy shown us during the lo.-s of our dear mother, and for the beautiful flowers. GEORGE AND Adv. LOUISE LMIilCH. Cocoanut Oil Makes a Splendid Shampoo Mrs. JJccIestoii Laid to Kesl. JUNCTION CITY. Or.. May 13. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Protz Ecclestcn, a resident and pioneer of Oregon for 61 years, was buried Wednesday in the Looper cemetery. Mrs. Eccleston was born in Prock, LaFayette County. Mis souri, and when' 11 years old crossed the plains with her parents. Her for mer husband was William A Bauer. now deceased. Nine years ago she was married to M. M. Eccleston. She Is sur vived by a widower. 11 great-grandchildren, "i grandchildren and five sons. Harden Baker, of PaloUBe, Idaho: Alfred Baker, of Idaho; Fred Baker, of Eugene, and James and Drew Baker, ot this place. Kanch ot looking Glass Sold. ROSE BURG, Or.. May 13. (Special.) James Goodman, of Looking Glass, has sold his fine 240-acre ranch to R. N. Morris, of Sslem. About 180 acres of the ranch Is In cultivation, while the remainder of the tract is suitable for pasture. Kanch in Douglas Is Sold. ROSE BURG, Or.. May 13. (Special.) A deal was closed here this week whereby L. B. Moore, local agent for I the Southern Pacific Company, soldi his SO-acre ranch, located near Green. I to A. A. Emmons, until recently a. resi dent of Emporia. Kan. The ranch is comprised mostly of bottom land and I Is considered very productive. WORLD'S CHAMPION for ENDURANCE ECONOMY EFFICIENCY Again Scores jY official economy run at Spokane yesterday a regu lar Stock Maxwell traveled 29.9 MILES ON ONE GALLON OF GAS If you want to keep your hair In good condition, be careful what you wash It with. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very harmful. Just plain mulsirled cocoanut oil (which is pure and entirely grease lees), is much better than the most ex pensive soap or anything else you can use for shampooing, as this can't pos sibly injure the hair. Simply moisten your hair with water and rub It In. One or two teaspoonfuls will make an abundance of rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp thoroughly. The lather rinses out eas ily and removes every particle of dust. c.lrt. dan".rurr and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulslfled cocoanut oil at most any drug store. It is very eh a n and a few ounces is enough to last I everyone in the family for months. Adv I 1 - '1 i TODAY A NEW SHOW at The Strand THE WONDER SHOW Of Portland Class All the Way Through Starting at 1 P. M. Continuous to 11 P. M. E-A ! .Si'lfJUIV. (UlNWH"! Saiaftfcla PARKATSTABK t GttraSate Chana of Program Every Siai&y evThurady V MMVA U A Programme De Luxe AN "ALL GIRLS' SHOW P AI TVT T A MINSTREL MAIDS fyA All-girl minstrel first part. Comedy, sing ing, talking, dancing. ROSE MAIDS 5 Singing and instrumental novelty. Uar 5 CECIL JEFFERSON Singer of Southern Songs Special return engagement by insistent popular demand. ESTHER SUNDQUIST Portland's favorite violin virtuoso. FLORENCE LAWRENCE With an all-star cast in a Bluebird photoplay.' ELUSIVE ISABEL That great story of lore, intrigue and secret service. '1 ill i n a j wa7 1 1 1 i 5vyr If 1 I l .M - m vaf urn M m m tft-H hx l rplVE stock cars started in . the class C (A. A. A.) economy test, and honors were easy for Maxwell. PRICE $745 HERE EASY TERMS MARIE GEN0RA Novelty Contortionist. CLBOSS&CO. 615 Washington Street