31 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Oregon City Courier
Location
Oregon City, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
1
The Willamette and Crown paper mills plan to resume operations Monday after a ten days shutdown. Repairs completed during the stoppage are expected to restore full production on the three regular shifts.
The P Ry L P Co announces a special car to run from Portland to Oregon City at one o'clock Friday night to attend New Year festivities. A regular hourly auto service between Oregon City and Portland will start with three coaches as soon as finished, linking Portland, Vancouver and Gresham editions.
Molalla will host a large welcome for the Willamette Valley Southern Railroad with a midnight train arrival and a concert by the O A Glee Club. A reception for the glee club and visitors will follow, with most events indoors at the newly built Molalla Band Auditorium due to weather. Oregon City residents expect to travel to Molalla for the celebration and the new line promises eight daily trains and lower rates.
The Womans' Club relief committee asks residents to prioritize local need over Belgian aid, noting 65 families seek help and a $260 fund will soon exhaust. They urge residents to support Oregon City hungry wives and children before sending flour to Belgium, Mexico, or China.
The Oregon City booster movement backed county road plans but critics call any city tax exemption vote unfair to country precincts. The Courier urges reconsideration and says the move was hasty and unjust to the county, asking the council to drop the proposal.
At the Warner Grange annual election in New Era on Saturday the officers chosen include Grange master I. Chinn overseer L. Casto lecturer George Lastelle steward E. Spulak assistant steward E. E. Reed chaplain B. Dodds treasurer Mrs. A. Chinn secretary D. McArthur gatekeeper D. L. Hilton ladies assistant steward Mrs. H. B. Reed and court members Mrs. L. Wink Mrs. Curtis Dodd and Mrs. John Hoffman.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warner Miss Maude Warner and Mrs. Fred H. Warner express gratitude to Rev George Nelson Edwards his congregation at the mill Loyal Order of Moose and others for aid and presence during their great bereavement. Oregon City Oregon Dec 29 1914.
A reader criticizes a Oregon constitutional provision for a state census every ten years calling the $100,000 cost wasted. The writer argues the federal census suffices and urges voting against the state census, noting Clackamas county owes $1000.
Clarks residents attended church services last Sunday and Christmas week with many visiting family in Portland. Local figures like Mr. Otto Elmer Miss A Stout and others were seen out and about while two cars carried groups of friends through Clarks. The Courier reminds readers to obtain butter wrappers.
A rebuttal targets The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial claiming Oregon’s direct primary and recall are failing. The author asserts the piece twists facts, cites unlikely outcomes, and defends Oregon’s initiative system, recalling a 6 to 1 vote against a backslide and condemning the Enquirer as biased bunk.
C E Spence argues against Oregon City keeping all county road funds, citing fairness and law. He warns that other towns could claim similar control under the Home Rule Amendment of 1910 and urges public attention before any changes. He cites state supremacy and municipal independence in the broader controversy.
County Court to contest a $2,000 claim brought by Detective L L Levings of Portland for three months work investigating the Hill murder case. The suit, filed in circuit court via Logan Smith & Fitzgerald, cites court orders and a contract signed by two county officials. County Attorney Hedges and Sheriff Mass allegedly approved the bill, but the court disallowed payment, raising questions about who will defend the county.
The author argues land value is global, not just farm land, and that access to all land should be free for labor. He claims land worth billions per acre exists and that taxing land values while exempting labor products would reduce charity dependence and prevent widespread hunger.
A jobless machinist painted a street sign pleading for work and highlighting a motherless family. He was jailed for blocking traffic while society watched, leaving his children in worse poverty as cities debate unemployment fixes.
An advertisement from OC R Livesay at Rt. 6 Oregon City promotes powder blasting products for stump removal. It claims no headache from use and offers expert advice to save money, citing Farmers 217 as contact.
The piece notes potential war declarations against Mexico by Congress and by the Oregonian, recalls a child’s joke about an elevator, reports a deadly cross border incident in Buffalo, and highlights large contracts for European supplies as spring approaches amid war.
Anxious readers mark over a month without a Washington report that the deed to the canal locks at Oregon City will soon be approved. The note proposes sending five bottles of ginger extract with cork pullers to the Oregon delegation in congress.
City officials were retained after an informal council meeting on Wednesday night. Mayor Jones announced that City Attorney Schuebel Recorder Loder Chief of Police Show Street Commissioner Babcock and officers Cook and Woodward would stay in place. The positions of city engineer and one policeman Lee Wrench were abolished and engineers will be hired only when needed. Babcock will oversee Main Street cleaning.
Multnomah delegation links to a statewide credit plan as they push for economy measures in Salem. Senator Farrell backs a 20 percent cut in all state and county salaries but the idea dies. The $60,000 fodder bail for the immigration commission is rejected with help from the chamber of commerce. The Social Hygiene society avoids being cut. The state health board resists, while the elevator operator at the capitol is proposed for a $40 monthly raise cut. Representative Huston suggests slicing his own pay in two.
Several letters and articles crowded out this week, will be printed next issue. The new Clackamas County complete record report cards are now for sale at the Courier office at 6 cents per dozen plus postage of 6 cents.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as fast relief for rheumatism and related pains. It promises deep penetration without rubbing and urges readers to buy a 26 cent bottle from any druggist for cold sores swollen joints lumbago sciatica and similar ailments with a money back guarantee.
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