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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Devoted to the Interests o f Eastern V olume 10, N umber 21 STEPHENS PHOVES AN ORATOR Brownell Stands By Rural Constituency I » By an overwhelming vote of 43 to 13, House Bill No. 165, for the creation of Cascade County passed the House of Representa tives last Thursday noon. Credit for this first victory in the Cascade campaign cannot be assigned to any one man or bunch of men, although too much credit cannot be given Representative H. C. Stephens of George, the father of the bill, or Representa tive George C. Brownell of Ore gon City, being two of the three Clackamas County representa tives. At this time a full detailed ac count of this first victory cannot be presented here, but the abili ty, energy and tact of Represent ative Stephens were clearly de monstrated to the few local peo ple who were privileged to be present The greatest surprise to his friends, was his speech before the House, prior to the passage of the bill. In this speech Mr. Stephens proved himself in the orator class and so concretely and concisely did he present the cause o f Cascade County, that little need remained for further addres ses in favor of tne bill. Where Mr. Stephens showed his greatest ability lay in his modesty and tact in dealing with his brother representatives and the laurels due him were in no ways lessened by his obtaining the aid of his brother represent ative, Hon. George C. Brownell. Mr. Brownell, who is recogniz ed as one of the older leaders in the Legislature and a man expe rienced in legislative work, work ed shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Stephens for the passage of the bill. Mr. Brownell's speech proved conclusively that his heart and soul are still with the farmers and his loudly voted "yes” car ried with it the votes of a num ber of other representatives with whom he is closely allied. The successful passage of the bill through the House was no surprise to the Cascade County advocates, but came as a blow to the opposition, who confidently expected its defeat there, instead depending entirely upon t h e i r underhanded, dishonest, corrupt Senator Dimick, whom even his friends cannot trust. E stacada , O regon , T hursday , Clackamas County F ebruary 8. CORRUPT SENATE DEFEATS CASCADE COUNTY Dimick By Dishonest Kills The Hopes Political Of Methods Eastern Clackamas People That one dishonest, unprin cipled, lying, sneaking politician is able to defeat the hopes, am bitions and welfare of over four thousand honest people, was evi denced Wednesday morning in the State Senate, when Walter A. Dimick of Oregon City, repre senting Clackamas County, with the aid of other dishonest poli ticians, defeated the Cascade County bill. The merits of the measure were never considered, nor was the Cascade County cause given an opportunity on the floor of the Senate, and the fact that the House had the week previously passed the bill by a big vote, carried no weight with the cor rupt senatorial politicians. Until Monday noon, it looked as though the few honest and fair minded men of the Senate would be able to overcome the corrupt power and influence of Senator Dimick, who even before the Legislature had convened, had traded his support for other bills, for the support of brother senators to kill Lhe Cascade Coun ty bill. But when Gus C. Moser, President of the Senate, finally admitted that he had joined for ces with Dimick, despite his early promise to stand with the Cas cade cause, defeat seemed prob able. Political ambition on the part of Chairman Moser, who hopes to be the next Governor of Ore gon and his betrayal of the Cas cade cause, is largely to blame and with him followed other cor rupt politicians, who lacked back bone and honesty enough to stand up for the principles of fair and honest legislation. A feeble, uneffective, unorgan ized effort was put forth by Sen ators Hermon A. Lewis and Bert Farrell to postpone the voting until both sides of the case had been presented, but in the face of the strong machine opposition, not two minutes was allowed these champions of an honest cause, to offset the harm done in the hour-long, lying, misrepre senting speech of Senator Dimick. The thought of revenge is al ways sweet, despite its lowering principle but the good people of this community are looking ahead $1. P er Y ear 1917 to two years from now, when the Honorables? Gus C. Moser and Walter A. Dimick will come sneaking around us, asking for our support and votes, for their candidacy for the gubernatorial and senatorial offices. At this time, space will not al low of our giving a thousandth pai t of the credit to Representa tive H. C. Stephens and the hun dreds of other loyal men and wo men, who have sacrificed every thing for the Cascade County cause. A full detailed account of the dishonesty and political corrup tion that ended in the defeat of the Cascade movement, would take pages of a newspaper to chronicle and possibly little good would result from such a recital, but the Cascade County move ment is not dead by any means and the righteous, honest, con scientious fight that has been waged by every loyal, man, wo man and child in this community, will continue and eventually will result in the creation of Cascade County, with the Home people, expending the Home moneys, through the Home government, for the Home welfare. ! BIG CASCADE DINNER SATDROAT NIGHT Make Your Reservation By Phone Right Now The Cascade County movement is far from b e i n g a d e a d issue and every loyal supporter of the Cascade cause, man or woman, is invited to attend a big dinner-banquet to be held at the Estacada Pavilion, Saturday ev ening, Feb. 10th, at 7:30 sharp. This is going to be a hurrah affair and the same public spirit ed women, who have always worked for the best interests of this community, are now working overtime in the preparation of this monster feast. While it will cost 35c per plate, no one attending will go away feeling that '.hey ’ . -eceiv- ed many dollars worth of good food, good time, good speeches and enthusiasm. This will be no post-mortem, mourners’ affair, but will be the jolliest, livest and peppiest cele bration that has taken place in these here parts for many a day. There will be a bunch of sur prises sprung and woe to “ -o man attending, who rs not heart ily in accord with Cascade Coun ty. Just as soon as you have read this announcement, if you have not already done so, phone to the Estacada telephone central and make your reservation, as accom odations for not to exceed two hundred people are guaranteed, and parties not making reserva tions are liable to be left out. Ames Makes Big Killing A. G. Ames of Estacada, who came out of the mountains a few days ago, after having been gone about three weeks, has to his credit 5 cougars and 4 bob cats, which he got during eight days of hunting. The cougars measured from 6 to 8 feet in length and the bob cats were of normal size. His hunting has been carried on in the neighborhood of the Oak Grove a n d Hatchery Ranger Stations, where the animals were treed by his dogs. Ames reports quite a number of deer in the mountains and also a great many have been killed by the cougars and wolves which seem to be numerous this year. i The snow in the mountains does not seem to be as deep as in pre vious years except on the higher divides. Taxpayers Pay $2 2 0 0 To Build $340 Bridge One of the strongest arguments advanced by the Cascade County boosters and one used by Repre sentative Stevens in his speech before the legislature, was the instance of the money wasted in the building of the small bridge over Eagle Creek at the lower falls. This bridge according to the figures of ex Judge Grant B. Dim ick, as presented before the County Committee of the House two weeks ago, cost the taxpay ers $2200., while an affidavit of the builders of the bridge, Reed. Olds & Lindsey, show that the structure cost but $340. As photographs of the bridge were presented before the legis lature, together with the affidav it of the contractors, it left little room for doubt as to Mr. Stephens contention "That Oregon City, out county seat, is too far away, from the seat of operations, when it takes $22»i0of the taxpayers money at Oregon City to build a $340 bridge near Estacada.