06 Aug 1914
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Newspaper
Oregon City Courier
Location
Oregon City, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
1
A brief urges citizens to register to vote before upcoming primaries. It notes the books are open at the courthouse and warns that without registration, one cannot vote. The column also references a past Puck caption about Mr U R en.
M. H. Lovelace resigns as school supervisor elected by the county board of education due to his wife's illness. County Superintendent Calavan will appoint another man to the post.
German church pastor Rev. Mau of Schubel faces possible military duty after visiting his parents in Germany. Unrest grows he may be unable to return due to the European war and conscription.
Regardless of voters views, the Grange hall at Loan will be filled next Sunday for George Brownell’s speech on abolishing the saloot in Oregon. He plans to persuade any listener to reconsider their stance on liquor.
George C. Brownell will address the liquor traffic issue in Logan at 2 P.M. Sunday in the Grange hall. The Alldredge quartet will perform, and all are invited, with a special invitation to ladies.
July prize winners announced in the company safety and mechanical departments. A J Wilson and A Waldron take top prizes for accident prevention. In the mechanical division M J Sheldon wins first prize with J M Marke as second.
Going Very Dry describes extreme dryness across Clackamas County with no significant rain since June 25. Crops such as potatoes suffer under the drought while highways dust remains severe and numerous forest fires break out, smoke hangs in the air, and residents long for a three day rain.
The Courier invites Clackamas County residents to write a thousand word defense of liquor and open saloons. It seeks arguments showing benefits over prohibition, promising free publication for signed contributions. It asks for explanations of improved business prosperity and happier communities.
A break in at the Ogle Mining Co. on Main Street occurred Tuesday night. Thieves pried open the rear door and stole trays and ore samples while leaving other office items untouched, suggesting a motive tied to a mining proposition advertisement.
County Treasurer J A Tufts urges taxpayers to pay early to avoid added interest and a ten percent penalty on delinquent taxes due in September. The notice stresses mutual benefit from prompt payment.
A traveler sketches Honolulu during a shore leave by Milwaukee naval militia. He describes drunken sailors roving saloons in groups, clashes with Hawaiians, and a tense police scene. He portrays weather, parks, beaches, and a vivid mix of races, noting native distrust and mission-driven prohibition battles. He ends with a poetic nod to Hawaii as paradise despite its flaws.
George Brownell delivers a forceful temperance address at Molalla's auditorium urging voters to curb liquor by law. He links alcohol to crime and social decay, argues prohibition boosts state prosperity, and calls for women to register and vote to defeat the saloon influence.
The public market is seen as a growing asset for Oregon City. It offers fresh farm products at lower costs, attracts outside buyers, and could expand to include stock and other goods. Grocers may lose some trade but overall business and shopper savings should rise as demand and supply increase. The market will boost traffic, circulation, and the city’s role as a market center.
A sizable forest fire is burning on the east side of the Southern Pacific between the city and New Era. It involves brush and dead timber and could spread if winds pick up. Railroad workers are patrolling to guard the track amid the blaze.
The Board of Jade opened bids Tuesday and awarded the contract to Lowry and Cook for 800. The site on Eleventh Street between Oregon Commission Co and Busch store covers about 100 feet square and calls for posts benches racks a fountain and an iron railing along the river. Construction to be done in thirty days. The project is praised as a long needed improvement for farmers.
A Courier editorial questions the Anti-Saloon League and its ties to the Prohibition party and liquor supporters in Oregon. It notes past League decisions, calls the recent bulletin suspicious, and asks for explanations before concluding the League’s actions are legitimate in the state wide prohibition fight.
Oregon City Judge Grant Dimick rejects rumors of an independent gubernatorial run. He confirms Republican allegiance despite speculation in Salem and Portland that he might enter the race to disrupt the field. He says the primaries decided the governor’s race for him and stresses his railroad plans.
The Courier argues for competitive bids on Main street paving, opposing a single supplier. Eugene's Board of Trade story is cited to illustrate alleged conspiracies by Clark and Henery and Warren firms to control paving, with claims of royalties and inflated costs.
The school board advertises bids to repair a failing high school wall or replace it with a new wall if repair seems unwise. Bids are due next Wednesday, August 12.
Chief Shaw releases July figures showing only three arrests for drunkenness, highlighting a dry city’s reduced crime activity during the month.
An unsigned plea favoring Jiquor in Oregon is blocked from publication. The paper notes the need to protect the editor and records the signer as Only a Wom to preserve privacy.
The piece notes widespread combat among major powers including France Germany Austria Hungary Turkey and Italy with smaller nations drawn in. It warns of a global economic and political meltdown as Japan England Australia and possibly the U S and China become involved while a birth is announced in Rav F Welve alek’s family.
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