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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 driver, or the in ad v ertan t violation of the law by an o fficer of our W. A. HEYLMAN, Editor. governm ent who has taken the re quired oath of office. Nor does it Entered at the postoffice- in EslHcadu, n u tte r w hat the grade of such offi Oregon, as second-class mail. cer, nor how prom inent a citizen may be, the su fferin g of the child Published every Thursday at and the anguish of its parents is , the same. Estaeada. Oregon, The officer who makes an a rre st by the for these in ad v ertan t violations of ESTACADA PUBLISHING COMPANY. the law (and they are all inadver ta n t when com m itted by the self (A C O R PO R A TIO N .) exem pt) should be backed up by his superiors, by the courts, and by S ubscription R ates : One Year . . . . $1.M> the public, no m atter w hat the posi Six Months . . . . , 76 tion, statu s or standing of the a r rested may be. The trea tm e n t ac- 1 corded one citizen should be th a t Disintegration o f G overnm ent 1 accorded every oth er citizen, be he | w ealthy or poor— prom inent or in- As a river rises no higher than I conspicuous. When this simple its source, so also a governm ent ; rule of ju stice and equality is ig rises no higher than its source; and nored fo r any reason (and p articu since the source o i our governm ent larly because one may be a vice- president of a bank, a wealthy phy springs from the people, our intelli sician, county officer or president of gence m ust be judged by the kind a large in d u stry ) by the arresting of gove. nrnent we individually and officer’s superior, or by a judge up collectively exercise over ourselves. on the bench, the fab ric of govern W hen we transgress the laws of m ent receives th a t vibration which God and Man, we adm it th a t we lack in tim e will render it insecure and the intelligence necessary fo r self- unable to w ithstand the test to governm ent. No trespass upon our which it will be subjected by the in fellow citizen’s rights, w hether it ju red classes be by taking the rig h t of way a t a Is one class to be exem pt from stre e t intersection, ignoring the and other classes held strictly to the w arning s.gns posted to protect observance of the law by officers school children, or violating the pro who held th eir positions by virtue hibition law— and he who thinks of the consent of all classes? Is unto himself th a t he hath shown the liberty of one class so precious superiority of intelligence by so and th a t of the other of so little doing, likens himself unto the many m om ent th a t the superior officer will poor unfo rtu n ates confined in the condemn the detention of one class state hospitals in the several states by his subordinates and commend gifted with th a t same hallucination. the detention of the other? Is the U nfortunately those who are a t wealth or statu s of the law violator large (and their name is legion) may to be the criterion upon which a cause intense suffering, loss of life, subordinate officer is to ponder, and and sorrow by th eir so-called (when try and determ ine, before detaining taken to task by the governm ent or r r tu rn in g loose such violator? If agency assigned to th a t duty) in- this be the criterion, then indeed ad v ertan t violation of the law. To may the fabric of governm ent be the school child who lies, crushed, swayed violently, and the law en maimed and bleeding, it m atters not forcing branch rapidly disintegrate w hether the violations of the law in its own rottenness O ur laws are be by an inadvertantly intoxicated passed, n ot so much to in flict pun Eastern Clackamas News THE ESTACADA MEAT CO. H. C. 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Consoli p ro tect the public from the conse aga nst th eir children; delinquincy Will thus be ruler, and “despair" dations have played a p art in tho quences of such violation, w hether is as degenerating in one class as in decrease. One daily and four week- n.s suojects. Law enforcem ent or prem editate d or inadvertant. How an o th er; and degeneracy of the 1 e>i w ire involved in the consoli- is an officer to determ ine the wealth source of power of governm ent, j anarchy. “ By th eir m aiks ye siu.il d itions. of a law violator, who, through in means degeneracy in g o v ern m e n t.1 know them. ' m u have the power One or n itre pub ica'.ions arc sit- advertency has insufficient funds This has recently been exemplified to choose, a n j there can be no suie- i at d in 140 Gregi n towns, In the upon his person w herew ith to pro-1 by a deputy sh e riff in M ultnomah slcppnig tm s issue, no procrasttna- whole .cate there are 146 weekly cure his release? Cash bail is r e - ! county, violating the prohibition cion, but you wreck the ship of new spapers and 3 l dailies, O.i.y quired to insure the appearance of laws with two companions, himself sla te in the im pending storm upon #e\eii publications changed names the accused to answ er the charge, degenerating into the beast (or the the rocks ot lawlessness. during the. year. but, does it insure the appearance , I unconfined individual g ifted with Owing to greatly increased volume of th a t class which habitually tears superior intelligence) shoots one of F E W E R P A P E R S NOW IN S T A T E the DuPont “ Duco” p lan t a t Flint, up the traffic tags received fo r law his com panions fo r th at violation of violations; or is such cash bail fo r the law to which he was particeps U NIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu Michigan, has been enlarged and the feited by non-appearance in court criminis. Could “ there be any clear- gune Feb. 6.— A »light drop in the num ber of employees in active ser and credited upon the fine assessed or proof th a t degeneracy of the peo-j to tal numbel. ot Oregon new spapeis vice will be still fu rth e r increased curly in ilie present year. gain st such law violator? I f these pie means degeneracy and disinte is shown by statistics compiled for premises be tru e, then why should gration of governm ent, any clearer the l ‘J 25 Oregon new spaper direc th a t class be tu rn ed loose without proof of the need of introspection tory under the direction of George Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Hall, Frops. depositing cash bail, while th a t rule by one governm ental agencies, any S. T urnbull, professor of Journal rem ains upon the books? It is safe clearer proof of the need of clean- ism and editor of Oiegon E x to say th a t it is this u n ju st, inequit- | cm officers who have resp ect for changes. able, enforcem ent of the law' th a t is | Lheir oath of office, and the laws Seven new newspapers w ere creating the disrespect fo r law, and they have sworn to enforce, and SUNDAY S P E C IA L X its enforcing agencies, th a t is riding who will function? U util this gov sta rted in 11)25, and 11 discontin C HICK EN D IN N E R I ram pant th ro u g h o u t the length and ernm ent becomes a nation of self- ued, the directory which will be olf Y the press shortly shows. This year X breadth of these United States to respecting citizens who look with Open from 0:30 a. m. to 8:00 p. m .1. day. As illustrations, let us ask respect upon th eir officers, and the j 246 publications were listed; last why a governm ent employee, using law, it m ust degenerate and disinte- ! the agencies of the governm ent to g rate, for th a t in stitu tio n which aid him in his nefarious bootlegging does not progress, m ust retrogress. operations should be tu rn ed loose A t the present tim e, crim e is pro and given seven m onths in which to gressing, not retrogressing. E n pay a fine of $350 assessed against forcem ent of the law is not progres him by th e court? W hy n ot give sing, hence retrogressing, and so all bootleggers the same chance to our body politic, honey combed with g et out and earn th eir fees through the vibrations of officer’s steps in Local Distributors for the a continued violation of the same rythm ic unison with law violators, law? Why assess a single lot fo r m ust crumble and decay, carrying cu ttin g weeds— and exem pt the those upon its su p er-stru ctu re into acres across the stree t from such that black pool from whence will assessm ent? Why prohibit the in rise a conflagration beyond the con- te r-sta te tran sp o rtatio n of films of Complete with ail Equipment pugilistic exhibitions and have the highest officers of the land witness th eir exhibition nearly th ree thous AT and miles from th e aren a? Why Let us give you a Demonstration of this Instrument. There is should these officers who have taken No Better Machine on the MarKet for the Money. the constitutional oath and sworn to adm inister th e laws witness the re sults of this violation and by so do ing condone such violatino? Why H BLOCK SOUTH OF P.O, l-iZEO 13313 . r.zjaaagrirun:.";:: : H:;:EEaa| should any officer of any branch of ESTACADA, OREGON our governm ent who does n ot keep his oath of office inviolate rem ain in Neat, Durable work office? I t is tim e, if we would pre serve our governm ent, and prevent Guaranteed All Kinds of its gradual disintegration, th a t those H av e th e soles sew ed on Second Hand Goods Bought and Sold whom we place in office to conduct its affairs and adm inister its laws, y o u r are ss shoes w ith a shall be held to a stric t accounta WALL PAPER, PAINTS anti bility. T hat they should enforce HOT WAX M A C H I N E WINDOW GLASS the laws w ithout fea r or favor, a- gainst rich and poor alike— th a t Phone 9x-6 Geo. Pointer Estaeada, Ore. A. R. DAHLKE, Estaeada th ey themselves shall be held to a literal conform ance to th e ir consti tu tio n al oath, by an am endm ent to the Federal Constitution, defining the violation of one’s constitutional oath to be second degree treason w ith the p enalty sufficiently severe and unpardonable by the president to d eter the stro n g est h earted of them, and in addition thereto, pass laws making the penalty fo r viola tion of any law by an officer of the law double th a t of a civilian, ex cept of course those crimes carrying a penalty of death or life im prison ment. I t is the d u ty of every citizen to conform to the laws and assist in th eir enforcem ent. If m atters are perm itted to continue in the ru t in which they now are, lynching will be as p revalent in the N orth as it is in the South, and the color line will not be drawn. The non-enforcem ent, the parole, the reprieve, the pardons, the met ing o ut of a lighter sentence by an appellate co u rt th an given in the tria l court, as was done in the case I m p r o v e d C h e v r o le t g iv e s a n o t h e r of a m illionaire lum berm an, when I t y o u a re o n e w h o h as n o t yet b een re a so n for an even w id e r m arg in o f done through favoritism , political, b e h in d th e w h e e l o f th e im p ro v e d le a d e rs h ip —p e rfo rm a n c e th e eq u al o f church, fra tern al, or any other in C h e v ro le t yo u h a v e m o re th a n a tre a t w h ic h has h e re to fo re b een u n a tta in fluence th a t will p erv ert justice, is in sto re. Y o u h a v e y et to e x p e rie n c e a b le in th e low -p rice field. an abuse of power, and rocks the a ty p e o f p e rfo rm a n c e n e v e r befo re very foundation of our government, offered in a n y lo w -p riced car. D riv e w h e re y o u w ill—a n d as long as and elim inates from our D eclaration y o u like, th ro u g h traffic, th ro u g h san d , A p e rfo rm a n c e so effortless, so sm o o th , of Independence th a t clause th a t all th ro u g h m u d , o v e r h ills — an d o v e r so p o w e rfu l, so sp irite d ‘h a t y o u w ill men are created free and equal, m o u n ta in s , if y o u p lease. E xpect so m e call it n o th in g s h o rt o f a rev elatio n ! w ith certain inalienable rights. “No th in g really n e w , really w o rth w h ile , nation can exist and be h alf slave so m e th in g really u n iq u e —a n d you w ill C h e v ro le t’s le a d e rsh ip h as b een based and half fre e .” No nation can ex n o t b e d isa p p o in te d . o n g iv in g q u a lity a t low cost. N o w th e ist whose laws are not im partially <* adm inistered— the im pending con flic t is bound to b u rst into a confla g ratio n such as the world has ne >er before witnessed, unless those who are responsible fo r the p resen t con ditions take stock of themselves and live up to th a t tru th , th a t all men are created free and equal, in the observance of the laws on th e one hand and in th e adm inistration and enforcem ent on the other. L et he who takes the constitu tional oath of office don the spec tacles of ju stice and equity tow ard all mankind, spectacles th a t show no line of dem arcation between two ( C h a i« i> O n l i ) __ citizens who may be charged with | 1 Ton Truck 5 ^ 0 the same offense, no line of dem ar (Cluiiiii Only) cation betw een the lowly home of All PriceI /. o. b. Flint, Michigan the poor and the palatial dwelling of the wealthy, when he has reason able ground to believe th a t th e law is being violated within. Then, and th en only is this a governm ent of and by the people; then and then only can we hope to save this nation from th a t anarchy which m ust re su lt frem th a t disrespect fo r law, which the present method of adm in isterin g (o r ra th e r lack o f adm in isterin g the law) is teaching the people. (H abitual law violators have no respect for, or fe a r of, th eir own cU«s who occupy official positions, Schock Bros. HOLLOWAT GUARANTEED RADIO BOOT and SHOE REPAIR SHOP F urniture Exchange for Economical Transportation A Type of Performance Never Before Obtained In Any Low Priced Car $735 Landau * - 765 Vi Ton Truck 395 Sedan - . Cascade Motor Co. Wilcox Bros. Estaeada QUALITY AT LOW COST