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.
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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.
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