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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1917
Number 2
GRATTON HOSTS ARE
INDICTED AND HELD
WILL ANSWER CHARGE OF SEL
LING INTOXICATING LIQ
ORS. OUT ON BONDS
On a secret indictment found by
the recent Clackamas county grand
jury, Miles Coakley and Ed Harris,
formerly proprietors of the Hotel
Gratton at Milwaukie, were ' arrested
Saturday by Sheriff Wilson and are
held on two counts for violating the
prohibition laws. Coakley and Har-1
ris owned the Gratton when it was
raided recently by Marshal Sam Riley
of Milwaukie and later sold the place
to its present owner. The Gratton
was formerly famous as the Hotel
Belle, under the. management of the
exiled Fritz Boysen, who was con
victed here for the illegal sale of in
toxicants and ordered to leave the.
state.
Coakley and Harris are at liberty
under a total bail of $4000, covering
the two counts of the charges against
them. On Monday they entered a
plea of not guilty through their at
torney, Dan Powers, of Portland.
Their hearing has not been set. The
status of the case against these men
is not known, but District Attorney
Hedges intimates that the specific
charge against them is the sale of
intoxicants to a man and women in
the hotel on February 12. Evidence
said to have been gathered by Mar
shal Riley in his raid upon the place
a few weeks ago will probably be
used in the trial.
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FORECLOSE TAXES J
J .
J The annual application for Jt
J the foreclosure of delinquent J
J tax certificates was filed Mon- ?
day in the circuit court by
St Clackamas county against J.
J A. Andrews and 164 property iS
owners who have failed to pay
i their 1910 tax assessments.
The county court has tabulat-
ed the delinquencies, which !
J cover considerably more than J
164 tracts of land, although J
only that number of owners is J
J represented. The total of the '
J assessments against the prop- J
erty involved in the suit is .
more than $1503, and is all on .
J the 1910 tax roll. J
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NOT GUILTY IS PLEA
Milwaukie Resort Owners Will Fight
Charges of Selling Liquor
Miles Coakley and Ed Harris, in
dicted secretly by the recent grand
jury and held under $4000 total bail
to answer charges of unlawfully sell
ing intoxicating liquors, were ar
raigned in Judge Campbell's court
yesterday. The former owners of the
Hotel Gratton, previously the Belle,
at Milwaukie, pleaded not guilty and
their trial was set for April 6. They
were indicted secretly on two counts.
The trial of August Olson, Mulino
garage man, on a charge of violating
the liquor lays, is being tried in the
circuit court today. In the mean
time Sheriff Wilson is looking for an
other alleged bootlegger indicted se
cretly by the grand jury, and for Mar
tin Denny, one of the proprietors of
the Friars' club, wanted here to post
$1000 bond. Larry Sullivan, a part
ner with Denny in the management
of the Milwaukie road house, secured
his bondsmen yesterday and is at lib
erty. William Lacy, a Friars' club
employe, is held in jail here in default
of $1000 bond.
GIRLS TO RALLY
Flags Presented By Merchant. Hon
or Patriotic Spirit
A big patriotic rally at Busch's hall
on Friday evening is being planned by
the Girls' Honor Guard in observance
of Patriotic week as proclaimed by
Governor Withycombe. The yASing
women have outlined a fine program,
which will include speaker? from
Portland's military colony and sev
eral local orators.
Music will be furnished by special
entertainers, and the Moose band of
this city. The G. A. R. fife and drum
corps will also' take part in the pro
gram, and the members of the guard
will form a huge chorus to sing pat
riotic airs. Yesterday the guard
announced receipt of three dozen
small American flags, the gift of H.
L. Martin, local merchant.
FISHERMEN MEET
Petitions Against Gill Bill Heavily
Signed, Says Union
Tho Clackamas Countv Fisher
men's Union met Monday night to
consider further plans tor us ngnt
nn tho fiill bill, enacted at the recent
session of the legislature, and which
closes the Willamette to saimon nei
tora 99 far north as Osweeo. The
committee in charge of the referen
dum petitions reported that several
thousand names have been secured
and that the necessary 20,000 will be
obtained in ample time to invoke the
referendum nn the bill. An affiliation
with the American Federation of La
bor or with the Astoria Fishermen s
union was discussed but no action
taken.
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PUBLIC
1R
STAR CHAMBER SESSION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AROUSES
TAXPAYERS' KICKS
MYSTERIOUS MEETING HELD
Talk Sewer Assessment Rebates and
Other Open Subjects Under
Police Guard
Public, so Webster tells us, means
that pertaining to the people. . Any
thing that is public, our dictionary ad
vises us, is "not in private or se
crecy." Then we have a right, if
Webster has told us the truth, to
question the city council when it
locks the doors against the taxpayers
of Oregon City and resorts to the no
torious star chamber methods of med
iaeval politics to transact municipal
business.
If the council has reached that
stage in the affairs of government
where it has to keep its actions from
the eyes and ears of the people it is
high time the thing was looked into.
There is an occasional reason for ex
ecutive session of the aldermanic
body, but executive sessions in Ore
gon City heretofore have not implied
barred doors, police guards and mys
tery. Police guards, barred doors ;and
deep mystery are the very things that
made the council meeting on Monday
evening a very secret affair and that
kept even the most humble of more
than a score of taxpayers out of the
council chamber while the honorable
aldermen spoke in hushed tones over
their mysterious work.
In that sanctified saloon of civic
chivalry known as the council cham
ber a group of public servants held
forth on Monday night. The dear
pee-pul, whose only use in Oregon
City, it seems, is to elect aldermen,
were admitted to the chamber to bow
in righteousness before the exalted
shrine of municipal mystery while the
honorable council read several and
sundry bids on a fire truck which the
highly upright aldermen would buy
to protect the innocent lives of our
citizens and the properties of our poor
widows and hungry orphans. The
dear pee-pul, to whom the council is
secondary only just before an elect
ion, were allowed to hear Councilman
Templeton read the bids on fire trucks
of various kinds and then were thrown
out, body, ears and eyes.
"I have a private matter to discuss
with the council and want the people
to leave the chamber. Yes, the news
paper men must go, too. These no
ble words from Mayor Hackett clear
ed the room promptly. The news
paper men, through the courtesy of
Councilmen Templeton and Metzner,'
have been admitted to executive ses
sions heretofore, but Councilman
Metzner's request to have the press
remain at the mysterious star cham
ber meeting on Monday night was ig
nored absolutely.
F. C. Burke, temporarily a mem
ber of the police force, was stationed
at the outer door of the chamber to
guard it from an attack of the sup
posedly vicious and dangerous tax
payers who wanted to know what the
council intended to do about the sew
er assessment in district No. 10.
Inside, the gentlemen of the council,
speaking in low tones, transacted
PUBLIC business. Some of the dig
nified "representatives" af the useless
taxpaying element of our pretty city
puffed at nickle cigars and others
picked their teeth in grim contempla
tion of the work at hand the busi
ness of the city and of the people.
The smoky atmosphere lent a mad
dening mantle of mystery to the star
chamber proceedings, for smoke so
clouded the air that the birds singing
gaily in the night air outside the back
window could see no more than they
could hear. But the "birds" who
waited outside in the fire hall while
the work that Mayor Hackett said
would occupy "only a moment" knew
what went on in a general way.
These birds, most of them taxpayers
come to hear about the sewer assess
ments, confined their wrath because
the council had slipped one over on
them and they had nothing to do but
wait for the mayor's minute to pass.
An hour later the minute was still
ticking merrily on.
How the council can lock itself in
from citizens and taxpayers is a
question only the council can answer,
but the dear pee-pul who are so cap
ably and honorably and openly served
by this group of councilmen would
like to have it answered.
Behind locks and guards the coun
cil last night talked of the appoint
ment of a man to take the place of
Chief of Police Blanchard while that
officer is engaged at responding to
the call of his country as a national
guard captain. The intelligent coun
cilmank clams also heaped them
selves up over maps of sewer district
No. 10 and talked about a 50 per cent
rebate on all property in the district
north of Seventeenth street and other
possible plans of compromise. There
were a number of other matters tak.
en up that were, cloaked in mystery
although the necessity is not any
PUPILS DEBATE FOR
HONORS IN CONTESTS
SCHOOLS JOIN IN LEAGUE FOR
SPRING BASEBALL WORK.
ORATIONS READY
The results of the work of the sev
eral debating teams which partici
pated in a series of contests on Fri
day night, under the auspices of the
county school league, have been re
ceived by School Supervisor Brenton
Vedder. The contests between Canby
and the Eastham school of this city
were postponed and will be held next
Friday night.
At Milwaukie, the Oswego negative
team won its contest, and at Oswego
the Milwaukie negative team won,
leaving the two grammar schools to
share honors equally. The contests
between Gladstone and the Barclay
school of Oregon City resulted in the
defeat of both Barclay teams. At
home Gladstone won unanimously,
and here a two-to-one decision was
rendered. The Canamah-Clackamas
contest at Canemah was won by a
unanimous vote by Canemah, and at
Clackamas the decision was two to
one for the home team. The gram
mar schools were each represented by
two teams debating upon the subject
of county-owned and operated paving
plants.
Eleven grammar schools in the
county have signed up with Mr. Ved
der to take part in the spring base
ball schedule which is a part of the
activities of the Clackamas County
School league. Mr. Vedder has been
forced by pressure of other work to
turn the baseball matters over to
Professor N. W. Bowland of the East
ham school of Oregon City, and Mr.
Bowland is completing all arrange
ments for the contests.
The teams entered in the gram
mar school division represent Molal-'
la, Clackamas, Gladstone, Concord,
Canby, Oak Grove, Boring, Milwau
kie, Barton and Eastham and Barclay,
of Oregon City.
In the high school division of the
league Milwaukie, Molalla, Oregon
City, Canby, Willamette, Colton and
Sandy have entered teams and will
start playing early next month.
The grammar school declamatory
contest for county schools has been
planned for Milwaukie on April 7,
when 24 pupils will contest for hon
ors, and nearly that number of
schools will be represented, accord
ing to Mr. Vedder. The city hall has
been secured for the evening to pro
vide seating room for the large audi
ence expected. Mr. Vedder is at
tempting to bring the high school de
clamatory contest to Oregon City
early next month. Pupils in all the
high schools entered in this feature
of the work of the county school
league have practically completed
preparations for the meeting.
PUPILS WILL PLAY
High School Thespians to Stage Play,
"Her Friend, The Enemy"
The public library and the young
people's institute will benefit from the
proceeds of a play, "Her Friend, the
Enemy," to be presented at the Shive-
ly Opera house on April 10 by high
school pupils and alumni. It is prob
able that the farce will be offered on
the following night as well, and it will
be directed by Mrs. Theodore Clark.
The first performance will have pat
riotic features, for the' Girls' Honor
Guard and the Boy Scouts will act as
ushers for the evening, while the G.
A. R. members agree to attend in a
body. On the following night a spe
cial effort will be made to entertain
high school pupils and their families.
Special rates for pupils will be made.
more apparent to the press than it is
to the taxpayers.
"We talked about matters relative
to the war situation which the people
should not know of at this time,
Mayor Hackett advised the press on
Tuesday. "These are things that
should not become public just yet."
The secret conflab had nothing to do
with the sewer district, the mayor
said, but that is a mistake because
the council absolutely and unquestion
ably did talk at great length upon
this important municipal topic.
Recently a matter was brought up
in an executive council session which
hardly concerned the public at this
time and by which public interest
would have suffered if a knowledge of
the subject had become general. The
press attended the executive meeting
and at the request of certain city of
ficials agreed to withhold any public
statement until the proper time. The
reporters in the room that night are
willing to post with Mayor Hackett
or any alderman any sum of money
within their power as a guarantee of
their oath that not one word has es
caped them regarding the business of
that evening, either in print or by
word of mouth.
The appreciation Mayor Hackett
and certain of his tedious colleagues
show for this faith was to lock doors
and place police guards against press
and public when PUBLIC business
was being discussed on Monday night.
The council has no right to discuss
other than public business at its meet
ings and when public business is be
ing discussed the public should be
admitted either en masse of through
representatives who serve them more
faithfully and honorably than do the
majority of city aldermen.
THREE ARRESTED
AT FRIAR'S
PARTNERSHIP FIGHT INVOLVES
WAITER WHO TELLS STORY
OF LIQUOR SALE
WHISKY CACHES UNCOVERED
Penny and Sullivan Held on Bond.
Lacy Jailed. Lacy Stabs
One Proprietor
The Friars' club, notorious Mil
waukie joint, is in bad again, and all
because its owners made an agree
ment among themselves to disagree.
Three arrests and the discovery of
more than 20 quarts of intoxicating
liquors resulted on Monday from a
fight staged at the club late Sunday
evening between William Lacy and
Martin Denny, one of the proprie
tors. Lacy, obeying orders from Lar
ry Sullivan, the other partner, chal
lenged Denny's right to be upon the
premises Sunday night and, accord
ing to Denny, attacked him with an
ice pick. Denny nurses a wound be
low the shoulder blade in the back
where he says Lacy stabbed, him with
the pick. Lacy's net injuries consist
of a wound between the eyes where
he alleged Denny hit him with a wa
ter glass.
The fight came to the attention of
officers Monday afternoon when Den
ny and Lacy swore to assault charges
against one another. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Thomas A. Burke im
mediately started an investigation of
the affair that resulted in complaints
being sworn out against Martin Den
ny and Larry Sullivan charging them
with the unlawful sale of liquor. The
official has the signed testimony of
Lacy telling of liquor sales in the
club, and has sworn corroborative
testimony from John Doe Green, a
waiter, held late last night for inves
tigation. In the meantime City Marshal
Sam Riley of Milwaukie, working
from tips given by Lacy, uncovered
liquor caches at several points about
the club grounds. On the banks of
the river he found an empty cache
and another containing eight quart
bottles of liquor and one pint bottle,
and several of champagne. Behind a
garage across the tracks from the
club building he dug up a box con
taining 12 quarts of high-grade
whisky. This evidence, together with
the sworn testimony of Lacy, was
sufficient for Justice Kelso, of Mil
waukie. He heard Sullivan and Den
ny and released them under $1000
bail. Lacy is held to answer assault
charges under a $300 bond.
Denny and Sullivan, proprietors of
the club, have been at outs for more
than a week, according to Lacy, and
Sullivan ordered Lacy to keep Denny
off the place. Sunday evening Sulli
van went to Portland and Denny ap
peared at the club. Under orders
Lacy challenged Denny and the fight
started.
Marshal Riley, who uncovered the
liquor caches, believes there are oth
er secret hiding places ahout the club
grounds, but the clever methods used
by Sullivan and Denny make the hid
den liquor hard to find. The empty
cache found by Riley was a concealed
barrel placed in the sand of the river
bank just outside the premises of the
club. It was fitted up with a trap
door and a tunnel just large enough
to admit an arm led to the barrel
from inside the club fence.
The waiter brought here for inves
tigation Monday night did not tell
as much about the liquor as did Lacy,
but his testimony bears out Lacy's
story in the essential details.
On Tuesday evening Sheriff Wilson
and deputies visited the club again
and tore out the bar and fixtures and
brought a load of equipment to Ore
gon City. The place will be closed
as a public nuisance by District At
torney Hedges.
BEATS OWN RECORD
Hazelia School Attendance Shows
Marked Improvement over Past
The attendance record of the Ha
zelia school for the month ending
March 23 shows a vast improvement
over all past history. Out of 22
scholars 17 have been neither absent
nor tardy and have fully deserved
having their names placed on the hon
or roll.
The honor students are: Kenneth
Baker, Grace Duncan, Lawrence
Duncan, Irene Duncan, Arthur Fiala,
Jerry Fiala, Charley Helms, Ray
mond Helms, Lena Lehman, Wilbur
Lehman, Edith Wanker, Audrey
Wanker, Leonard Whitten, Everett
Whitten, Henry Zivney and Emil
Zivney.
Asks Foreclosure
A. R. Johnson and T. E. Dodson
last Thursday brought suit in the cir
cuit court here to recover on a prom
issory note for $1000 signed by E. R.
Langley et al. The instrument is dat
ed at Portland on April 25, 1913, and
is secured by a mortgage upon 10
acres of Clackamas county property.
The complaint asks 6 per cent inter
est and $100 attorneys' fees.
TAXPAYER THE GOAT
IN MONEY MANEUVER
WORK IN FRONT OF MAYOR'S
HOME SAID TO BE PAID
FROM GENERAL FUND
Listen! Read this. It is a bit of a
story that has all your thrilling tales
of municipal manipulation backed off
the boards. Its villain is someone or
some several in the city countil and
its trampled hero is the Lowly Tax
payer. Enter the Lowly Taxpayer: He
casts his naked eye about the beauti
ful scene. It is a city Oregon City.
Its towering rock bluff pierces the
deep blue sky under a cloak of fleecy
clouds and sundry mansions lend the
splendor of varied color to . the hori
zon. Below, the river wends its way
quietly between banks that stand
high with the structures of prosper
ity. The Lowly Taxpayer, meek as a
shorn lamb under the weight of a 40
mill assessment, journeys down Main
street. He breathes the dirty dust
from this uuclean, unsanitary, odorif
erous thoroughfare. He comes to
Seventeenth street.
"Ha! and Ho!" exclaims our bur
dened hero. "Here, verily, have we
signs of prosperity the very beacon
light of progress."
The good city is engaged in the
repair of Seventeenth street, called a
street, but to the eye of our hero no
thing more than a graceful alley.
"I shall investigate this sudden af
fluence cf the Seventeenth street
property owners," the Lowly Tax
payer says, as he hastens to yon
lunch stand to employ the telephone
in- his search for information."
"Hello, hello!" he calls merrily in
to the receiver. "Is this the residence
of Mr. Councilman? Yes? Well,
about Seventeenth street, sir. How
much is it costing the property own
ers to place crushed rock on that
street and to repair it otherwise so
that it may be a fit byway in our
pretty city?"
"Wha's that; whaduya mean,
crushed rock on Seventeenth street?"
Angrily Mr. Councilman shakes the
phone on the wall to be sure that he
hears aright. "You don't mean to
tell me, Mr, Taxpayer, that repairs
are being made on Seventeenth street.
Absurd! Why, there isn't a power
in Oregon City strong enough to de
fy the direct orders of our honorable
city council."
"But today, this very Wednesday,
in the month of March, its 28th day,
and in the year of our Lord 1917, the
city street superintendent and other
gentlemen are placing crushed rock
upon Seventeenth street and are oth
erwise repairing it. I noticed es
pecially, kind sir, that such work was
under way in front of the domicile of
our mayor, Mr. Hackett." '
"How can it be; how can it be!"
cries Mr. Councilman into his phone.
"I remember distinctly, Mr. Taxpay
er, that the council on Monday night
of this same week gave strict orders
to have that work stopped. Are we
defied? Are the orders of that au
gust body held for naught by some
villain in this city? I'll have to tell
you the story, Mr. Taxpayer. Lis
ten." "Last Monday night the council as
sembled. We got down to public bus
iness when the mayor ordered the
room cleared of all spectators and
the newspaper men. We locked the
door and stationed a policeman to
stand guard. We made sure that we
were alone and unheard. Ah, it is
a sad story!
"We know lots of things we don't
tell, Mr. Taxpayer. We knew that
last week the street department had
been repairing Seventeenth street.
We asked about the matter and were
told that the money for the work was
coming from the GENERAL FUND.
Isn't it terrible? That wouldn't do, of
course, so we told the mayor and an
objecting member of our body that
the street in front of the mayor's
home wasn't any better than any oth
er street and if repairs were to be
made the property owners would have
to foot the bill. Money for such pur
poses can't be taken out of the gen
eral fund as long I am a councilman."
"But they are doing it just the
same, it seems," the Lowly Taxpay
er said. "I have property on Mo
lalla avenue and I'd like to have it
rocked and paid for from the general
fund if the rest of them get it done
that way.
"It can't be did!" Mr. Councilman
yelled into the phone and slammed up
the receiver. Angrily he rushed for
the door, hatless, coatless, breathless.
As Mr. Councilman said to the
Lowly Taxpayer, "Its a sad story"
and too long to repeat. . But the up
shot of the matter is that Mr. Coun
cilman will endeavor to force a spe
cial meeting of the council to see what
can be done to halt the work on Sev
enteenth street since it goes on in
spite of orders from the council.
At its star chamber session behind
locked doors on Monday night the
council was told by Mayor Hackett
that he knew nothing of the improve
ment nor did he know who ordered it.
Therefore, the mayor is absolved from
blame in the matter and other coun
cilmen and the street department will
be asked to answer the question as
to who ordered the work done and who
defied the council's order and how
they plan to get money from the gen
eral fund to pay for the work. ,
SOU 5
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MOUNT PLEASANT WOMEN
PROVE ROYAL HOSTS BY
OVERFEEDING WIRES
SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT
Friendly Debate Brings Out New
Points About Bonds. McBain
Shows Figures
After doing justice to a royal ban
quet that was put before them by the
good women of Mount Pleasant on
Tuesday evening the Live Wires of
the Commercial club got down to the
debate of the proposed $6,000,000 road
bond issue and entertained their hosts
in proper style.
As was the case at the previous
meeting at Logan, the Wires paid
more attention to the meal than any
thing else. They scrambled for
chairs first and for food second, last
and all the time. Plates heaped high
with the splendid food prepared for
their banquet disappeared promptly
and amid much smacking of satisfied
lips. The Live Wires have resolved
to eat away from home as often as
they can get such meals.
Thus fortified with all the good
things that the Mount Pleasant coun
try produces and surrounded by an
interested audience of Mount Pleas
ant people, the Wires staged their
cut-and-dried debate on the road bond
proposition. The school house re
sounded with the oratory of Judge
Grant B. Dimick, who started the de
bate for the affirmative team, of
which B. T. McBain was the other
member. Judge Dimick spent his al
lotted time at picking flaws in the
present road building system and
blamed the road supervisor plan for
much of the ineffective work that has
been done at such great cost to the
people. Doing away with the super
visor plan, made possible by the last
legislature, will result in better roads
for the county, Judge Dimick said.
"The only thing we have to con
sider about thia bond bill is whether
or not the result will be worth the
cost in interest on the bonds," the
judge stated. He pointed out that no
prompt and permanent work could be
expected unless the state issued
bonds. If good roads are worth the
interest on bonds, then pass this
measure, the judge advised. He illus
trated his talk with a number of
pointed stories and called attention to
the idea of building a house by paying
cash as the structure went up. By
the time the roof is on and paid for
it will be time to repair the foun
dation, Judge Dimick said. Under
the bond plan we can build the roads
and pay for them as we use them.
The first speaker on the negative
side of the question was O. D. Eby.
Lacking figures to contradict the ar
guments of the other side he laid
down a series of propositions for the
affirmative to answer. He said that
the bond bill was dishonest on its
face because it proposed the surfac
ing of more roads, by several hun
dred miles, than the money that
would be available could pay for. He
expressed the belief that the pro
posed plan for paying off the bonds
would not produce sufficient money
for the purpose. Mr. Eby. spoke not
as an opponent of the bond bill, but
merely as a debater, without express
ing his personal convictions.
B. T. McBain, the second speaker
in favor of the bonds, presented fig
ures to show how the automobile li
censes and the quarter-mill state tax
would pay off the bonds in 25 years
and leave a very comfortable balance.
He answered the propositions laid
down by Mr. Eby and upheld his
statements in most cases with fig
ures. He said:
"If this bond issue is approved by
the voters we will get a system of
hard surfaced roads. If it is not ap
proved we will pay the increased au
tomobile license fee and the quarter
mill Btate tax just the same and we
may not get any roads. It appears
that the statement that the legisla
ture had us "over a barrel" is true.
We can vote the bonds or not the
cost to us will be the same."
C. Schuebcl closed the debate for
the negative. Ho brought out sev
eral side lights on the bond bill and
charged that it was tainted with
graft and abnormal profit. That 40
per cent of every dollar raised by the
bonding bill will go to graft and by
excessive profits into the pockets of
paving contractors, was the statement
made by Mr. Schuebel.
"This bill was concieved in cor
ruption," Mr. Schuebel said. "It
was brought up on the 35th day of
the legislative session and rushed
through so that the very men who
voted for it there had no opportunity
to know what it was all about. The
paving companies are behind the bill
and they will charge us the customary
$1.25 or $1.50 for a yard of hard sur
facing that Clackamas county could
apply under its plan for less than half
the amount Clackamas county will
have to pay to grade and put its
roads in shape and then pay again to
have the surface applied. The coun
ty could do the grading and surfacing
together for less cost than the state
WORK RESUMED UPON
GOVERNMENT LOCKS
WIL BUILD FLUMES FOR MILL.
HOPE FOR APPROPRIATION
FOR OTHER WORK
Presaging the early resumption of
work on the government locks oh the
west side of the Willamette at Ore
gon City, the U. S. Engineer steamer
Mataloma arrived at the locks late
yesterday afternoon. She pushed a
tender laden with equipment and sup
plies. The work on the locks was
stopped mysteriously in spite of the
fact that the appropriation for the
work had not been used.
The locks will be drained on Sun
day, April 8, and again on the follow
ing Sunday, to permit the government
to install footings for the temporary
dams and while this work , is being
done the P." R. L. & P. Co. will also
establish a temporary dam footing
for its power station service. Fol
lowing this work the government will
get at the task of completing the con
crete dividing wall upon which it was
working when activity paused last
Bpring. A wooden canal will be built
to permit boats to pass while the con-
crete structure is being built, accord
ing to federal workmen. Another
wooden flume will be built to provide
water for the paper mills while the
locks are drained and the work there
in is in progress.
It is estimated that the work to be
completed will cost the government
more than $100,000 and will be com
pleted by early summer. An effort
has been made and will be continued,
to secure a congressional appropria
tion of $80,000 to pay for the work
of deepening the lower chamber of
the locks.
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J THE EASTER SPIRIT J
i
J Easter wares supplied by J
the most progressive mer- J
J chants in Oregon City for J
their Clackamas county pat- !
rons are called to the special J
attention of Courier readers in J
J this issue. Advertisers in this J
paper represent the business 14
men who endeavor to please J
J their patrons and in return J
their greatest pleasure is to
have their announcements
. carefully read. . ,
! Easter shopping is in order. J
vS You will find these pages a !
veritable guide book to the
5 best trading places and such J
J places carry the best goods.
J The stores are heavily stocked v
with beautiful spring mer- J
chandise and buyers are Btock- J
ed with desire and money. Let J
them get together! J
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SEVEN GUARDS NAMED
Sheriff Wilson Aids Portland to Pro
tect Bull Run Supply
At the request of officials of the
Portland water department, Sheriff
Wilson Tuesday deputized seven men
as guards for the Portland Bull Run
water system in this county. The
men have been stationed at various
points along the pipe line and will
remain, according to Sheriff Wilson's
information, as long as war threat
ens tho nation. The deputies appoint
ed yesterday are all veterans of the
Spanish-American war. They will
have nothing to do with the South
Fork pipe line.
Patten Endorsed
At their meeting at Mount Pleas
ant on Tuesday evening the Live
Wires of the Oregon City Commercial
club went on record by unanimous
vote as favoring the reappointment
of Ben S. Patten as deputy game war
den for Clackamas county. Previous
ly the Wires had endorsed Bert Jewell
as deputy fish warden and that ap
pointment has been made. Patten has
served as game warden in the moun
tainous districts of this county for a
number of years and in endorsing
him the Live Wires officially recog
nized the esteem in which he is held
for, his capable work.
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v FRENCH APPOINTED J
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Mayor E. C. Hackett Tues- J
t day appointed Lee French, of J
J the night police force, to take J
the place of Chief of Police
J Blanchard on the day force &
i while the latter is engaged as J
! captain of Company G, O. N. J
J G. F. C. Burke, formerly a,
J policeman, will temporarily .
J take the place of French on J
the night force. J
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will do the paving alone." Mr. Schue
bel did not speak as a partisan
against the bill, he said, but merely
brought out these points to make the
debate interesting.
The Wires were entertained by the
musical numbers of Mr. McLain, Dr.
Roy A. Prudden and Harold A. Swaf
ford. Miss Florence Grace of Ore
gon City presided at the piano and
won the delighted applause of her au
dience. The Wires have accepted an invi
tation from Gladstone church women
for next' Tuesday evening, and will
hold their regular meeting at that
place.