St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-10-23
CLACKAMAS AND
OREGON CITY HIT
BY EMPTY TILLS
"Dry" Regime Followed by Query
as to Receiver
CITY WARRANTS UNSALEABLE
City Council Calls Election November 9
to Raise Levy s Mills to Pay Debts

Oregon City and Clack
amas County, of which Ore
gon City is the county seat,
present as lamentable a
condition in a bushes $
sense as n defunct corpora
ton about to go into the
hands of a receiver. In
fact, a receivership for Ore.
gon City already has been
seriously discussed by Ger.
tain of its creditors, and
Judge Campbell of that city
has declared his willingness
to declare such Il receiver.
ship, if formal application
were made to him, as he
would for "any bankrupt
corporation"
A special election has
been called by the city for
November 9 "to relieve the
financial condition of the
city," the purpose being to
vote $250,000 ) per cent
bonds and to increase the
tax levy eight mills in or.
der To take care of the new
Indebtedness.
On the part of Clackamas
County the County Treasurer is
confronted with an empty treas.
ury for the first time in six years.
The Morning Enterprise, n radi
cal prohibitionist daily Of Ore.
gon City, in explaining this sit.
nation, says "the condition il con.
the result of the amount
of d clinquent taxes on the
county's tax rolls. County Treas
urer Tufts refused the first war.
rants on the general fund Mon.
day October II. 1910"
Business must be "finc" In a city |
and n county when the treasures OF |
both are empty because Of lack OF .
money coming into their strong boxes,
with special election called by the
'ity TO increase It's tax levy, with re.
'eiyership threatened aud with "dan- /
ger" signs strung along the length of /
he business portion Of Main street by .
order Of the City Council" which .
'cad,
"DGnger Main Street Declared /
persons travelling on
Main street between North side of
Moss street aud South side OF Third
treot do SO az their own risk"
Banks ARE refusing 10 cash Oregon
lily municipal warrants Since Ianu,
ny first the city has issued s9o. o.09l .05
n these warrants, according 10 the re-.
'ort of City Recorder John W. Loder,
nd these warrants are still unpaid.
The city tax levy in 1913 Ia Oregon
'ity was eight mills Two weeks af.
or the city went dry the council in,
reased this levy 20 10 mills for 1914,
nd ON November . there Is 20 be
pecial cletion held at which the voters
fill be asked 10 sanction an additional
IVY of eight mills 90 meet the munici,
al Indebtedness. Yot business Is
inc in dry towns" and Oregon City
! doing well.
Vacant buildings now stand ON Main
ireet, the chief business thoroughfar
Oregon City, as monuments 10 the
lemory 81 one garage, one clothing
tore, one restaurant aud oue livery
arm now closed up, but formerly did
ood business, Fourteen vacant stores
ne both sides OF Main street, and
lree vacant lots mark the places
here three other stores formerly
ood, but which have burned down.
b little has been the demand for bust
'ss property that the burned strue
res were never rebuilt Rut "busi
'ss Is fine in Oregon City,
Tho Enterprise printing office
hieh formerly employed large force
printers aud bookhinders. aud often
orked night and day 20 fill orders, is
Nv operating it's job department crew
II five days week, yet The Morning :
atsrprise is one Of the papers that /
IS printed the Committee OF one Z
undred matter about "businoss ia :
no in dry towns" Z