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4 .. CITY" Ji mum ua University Eugene OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1917 Number 4 3Sth Year DIXSON WOULD HAVE RESERVE BODY HERE SPECIALISTS AND RESERVE OF FICERS CALLED TO COLORS. CLASSES ARE HELD Active work toward the organiza tion of a reserve corps in Oregon City has been started under the direction of Captain H. B. Dixson, U. S. A., re tired. Captain Dixson lives near Oregon City and is able to devote practically all his time toward preparations for the new organization as authorized by the war department. A special eirort will be made by the captain to secure the services of men in special branches of work as required by the regulation covering the enlisted re servo corps. Already the captain has interest ed a number of trained young men in the officers' reserve corps and the re sult is that a number of applications for commissions are in the hands of Captain Currier at Vancouver. Mon day night those who have applied or expect to apply for reserve corps com missions met with Captain Dixson for class work. He has undertaken to coach the applicants in the work they will be required to do in the service and the class is to meet several times each week. According to information furnished by Captain Dixson the enlisted re serve corps wants men trained in spe cial lines of work to take army as signments in such branches as the engineer reserve corps, the signal re serve corps, the quartermaster, ord nance and medical corps. He has of fered to supply anyone interested with information concerning the organiza tion and to be of what assistance he can in perfecting the corps here. The reservists will be paid according to the regular army schedule, including subsistence to and from training plac es. The officers' reserve corps asks for men qualified to become temporary of ficers in the regular army; officers of the quartermaster corps and other staff departments; officers for recruit rendezvous and depots and officers of volunteers. The officers' reserve corpis is open to American citizens who are of age and a special effort has been made to secure men to fill places as second and first lieutenants. NO GRADING DEMANDED Commission Says County Has Only to Bring Road to Grade and Drain Probably the most important de cision reached during the meeting of the state highway commission on Tuesday was one to the effect that where the law requires counties to prepare a highway before it is hard surfaced, the hard surface shall in clude the base. The effect of the de cision will be that the county will only have to bring the highway to grade and drain it. With the view of preparing the link of the Pacific highway passing through Marion and Clackamas coun ties for hard surfacing, delegations from both counties asked the com mission for specifications for the highway, and the engineer was in structed to make an examination of the work. A delegation from Douglas county asked for an appropriation for the Pacific highway in that county, giv ing assurances that the county would match it' dollar for dollar, and while the commission was favorable, it took no definite action. GETS 7 COYOTES Gus Schuebcl Digs Out Litter of Pups From Under Old Tree Gus Schuebel has taken to hunting in a new way. On Wednesday morn ing Mr. Schuebel dug from their nest under a stump near his farm at Bea ver Creek a litter of seven tiny coy ote pups, and this morning brought his young menagerie into the Courier office as proof that he catches coyotes by wholesale. The pups are only a week or so old and the problem of feeding them so far has been solved by a spoon. Mr. Schuebel has not yet decided whether he will present the animals for bounty or turn them over to someone who would raise them as pets. The coyote bounty is $3 a head and at that rate Mr. Schuebel's catch is worth $21. WIFE WAS CRUEL Owings Says She Attacked Him With Scissors and Lamp With cruelty as the general charge, Charles W. Owings Tuesday filed suit for divorce from Anna Owings, to whom he was married at Salem on May 13, 1913. Mr. Owings alleges that his wife attacked him with a pair of scissors, cutting his clothing, about the abdomen. At another time, his complaint says, she used a glass lamp in her attack. He sold a piece of property at one time during his married life, and before his wife would sign the deed to make the transfer legal, he says, he was forced to pay her $300. Good roads will make Oregon the greatest dairying center in the world Remember this when you vote on the road bond bill in June. LIVE WIRES EAT. TALK ROADS PATRIOTIC SENTIMENT EXPRES SED AT GLADSTONE MEET ING OF LIVE WIRES 1 ASKS INCREASED ARMY PAY Will Support Chautauqua. Next Week Wires are Guests of Os wego People Good roads and a good meal did not shadow the spirit of patriotism in the hearts of Oregon City business men who gathered at Gladstone on Tuesday evening for the regular meet ing of the Live Wires, lhe Wires were guests of the women of the Gladstone Christian church and the Parent-Teacher association and their patriotic fervor was only diminished by the extent of their appetites for the food put before them in tne Dase- ment dining room of the Christian church. The first patriotic outburst came when the Rev. Oliver L. Curtis, whose congregation was largely responsible for the entertainment, passed round the song books and the business men joined in singing America. The next step was a discussion of ways and means for the increase of wages to the soldiers of the United States. The matter came to a successful termination when the Wires author ized resolutions calling upon congress to devise plans of taxaton that would create a fund for the payment ac cording to an equitable and just scale of the soldiers who are called to the colors pr who are asked to lend them selves to the maintenance of a stand ing army. A committee to prepare such resolutions for the edification and direction of congress was ap pointed by Main Trunk Schuebel. The Gladstone Chautauqua came in for considerable discussion at the hands of such authorities as H. E. Cross, C. H. Dye, 0. D. Eby and Mr. Schuebel. The Wires willingly pledg ed their support to any plan for the upbuilding or the maintenance of the chautauqua. A great patriotic dem onstration is planned for the chau tauqua assembly this year if the plans in the hands of those in charge materialize, according to Mr. Dye. He urged the Wires to lend all pos sible financial and moral support to the association which is attempting to secure the balance of a fund for the construction of a new auditorium. An important matter taken up by the Wires is that looking toward a good roads session to be held in Ore gon City on May 2. It is the object of the Wires to ask the road super visors of the county and the county court into the city to discuss road problems. A committee consisting of Dr. L. A. Morris, H. E. Cross, C. W. Robey, M. D. Latourette and Livy Stipp was appointed to arrange for the meeting and to see to a maximum attendance of road supervisors. In connection with' the road discus sion at the meeting on Tuesday even ing, B. T. McBain spoke at length upon the proposed $6,000,000 bond issue, presenting to the people of Gladstone who attended the meeting his wealth of facts and figures con cerning the bond issue. He laid spe cial emphasis upon the automobile owners' part and willingness in pay ing off the bonds and upon the poli cies of the state highway commission in connection with the proposed issue, The bonds will not be used to pave scenic highways, Mr. McBain said, any more than they will be used to build roads for farmers. In explana tion he stated that all Oregon roads are scenic attractions and that un scenic roads could not be selected for improvement even if there were a necessity for such action. The roads mapped for hard surface under the bonding issue pass the doors of as many actual farmers as any other series of roads that could possibly be selected in this state, Mr. McBain said. The Wires plan to lend what as sistance they can to securing federal aid for the improvement of the main road along the' east side of the Wil lamette toward Portland. The sen timent of the club on this question be. came evident when Main Trunk Schuebel appointed John F. Risley, H. E. Cross and Thomas A. Burke as members of a committee to take the matter in charge. The district, ac- cording to Mr. Risley, has $9000 to place for such a purpose. The state would be asked to duplicate the amount and a duplication of the to' tal of $18,000 would be sought of the federal government under the terms of recent federal road legislation. For the meeting next Tuesday, the Live Wires will go to Oswego, where they have been asked to be guests of the Oswego-Portland Cement compa ny at luncheon. An inspection of the cement plant in that city will be a feature of the meeting. Swedish Ladies' Aid to Meet The Ladies' Aid society of the Swedish Methodist church will meet at the home of Olof Larson, Willam ette, next Tuesday, April 17, at 2 o'clock. A good program will be rendered and refreshments served. I BOARD'S FINANCIAL PLANS DO NOT WORK WAR THREATENS CHAUTAU QUA. NEW AUDITORIUM HANGS IN BALANCE After 23 years of success the shad ow of doom has been cast over the Gladstone Chautauqua and unless prompt and effective action is taken there will be no new building this year and there may be no assembly at the famous park. This appears to be the sentiment expressed at the meeting of the board of directors ol the Willamette Valley Chautauqua as sociation on Monday evening. Threatening war made it advisable, it is said, to bring up the matter of not holding an assembly this season and a discussion of that led again to the matter of the new auditorium. Several members of the board ex pressed their unwillingness to build unless the cost of the structure was assured, and the other members of the board have become tired of the endless discussions over building plans and may take no further pan in the affairs of the association. It was pointed out Monday that un less the auditorium is built this year regardless of whether or not it is used, the chautauqua may as well be abandoned since it would be neces sary to return the building fund to those who donated it. It is known that Mr. Cross, owner of Gladstone park, is anxious to have the association continue in charge of the park and the annual assembly, and he has repeatedly asserted that the building would pay for itself in two seasons at the rate of profit realized within the past four seasons. The proposal to have the board of di rectors sign a joint note to assure the construction is where the hitch is said to come in. Those members op posing this plan say they will bear their own share of such a note, but decline to be a party to a joint tran saction. At the next meeting of the board it will be decided whether or not there is to be another assembly at Gladstone. .The building committee of the as sociation on Tuesday visited Glad stone park and selected a site for the proposed new building, oblivious of he lack of action on the part of the directors. The site selected is about. 150 feet behind the present auditor ium. The building committee says it proposes to go forward with plans for the new building under authority granted at a previous meeting of the board of directors before the hitch came into financial plans. YOUNG ELECTRICAN IS KILLED SUDDENLY L. H. SAXBY DEAD WHEN FOUND ON FLOOR OF POWER PLANT AT HAWLEY MILL Apparently killed by contact with a live electric wire of high voltage, Leonard H. Saxby, an electrician at the Hawley Pulp & Paper Co. plant here, was found dead on the floor of the power station on last Friday. The young man had apparently been dead about two hours, according to Coro ner W. E. Hempstead, who investi gated the case at once. Saxby had been in the employ of the mill company only a few days, having been transferred from the P. R. L. & P. Co. power plant on the west side of the river. He had been mar ried in Oregon City only a few months before and leaves his wife and sev eral other relatives. Saxby was about 28 years old and had been considered by his fellows as a very careful work man. There was for a time some doubt as to the cause of death and a corO' ner's jury Saturday returned a ver dict of death by an unknown cause. This came about, it is said, because it wa3 doubted that the voltage of the wire which the young man prob ably touched was sufficient to cause his death. Medical opinion says, however, that the shock knock ed Saxby to the floor in an almost lifeless state and the bump of the fall hastened his death. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon and interment was at Riverview cemetery. I he Rev. Oliver L. Curtis of Gladstone officiated. A brother of the young man was in Oregon City for the last rites, and early in the week was anx ious that an autopsy be held to de termine the cause of death. In view of the verdict of the coro ner's jury, which said that Saxby died from causes unknown, the brother waived his right to the autopsy. Dr. J. Earl Else, an agent of the state industrial accident commission, was here Tuesday in conference with Cor oner W. E. Hempstead, and his will ingness to accept the theory of acci dental electrocution on behalf of the commission settled the matter defi nitely. . Sustains Demurrer In the case of L. O. Nightingale against C. D. Marsh, Judge J. U. Campbell Tuesday issued an order sustaining the demurrer to the com plaint of Nightingale. The latter has been allowed 10 days for further plea. CONGRESS PLANS TO ISSUE BONDS WOULD ALSO RAISE MONEY BY TREASURY CERTIFICATES TO PAY FOR WAR ALL PARTIES APPROVE PLAN $7,000,000,000 Would be Total Raised Under Administration's War Bill While the nation is busy debating the best method for financing the war that has been thrust upon America, congress is proceeding with a bill pro viding for the issuance of $5,000,000, 000 in bonds and .$2,000,000,000 in treasury certificates, acording to re ports from Washington on Wednes day. It is not doubted, either, that congress will be forced at this ses sion by the pressure of public opin ion to do something toward increas ing the pay of enlisted men in the service of the flag. The financing bill before congress and providing for the bond issue and the treasury certificates was intro duced and reported to the house by Congressman Kitchin and he stated that it would be called up again Fri day for action. The bill authorizes a bond issue ol $5,000,000,000 and provides that not to exceed $3,000,000,000 from the proceeds of the bonds may be used in extending credits to the entente allies. The remaining $2,000,000,000 is to be used at home. It also author izes an additional bond issue, not to exceed $63,945,400, to redeem the 3 per cent loan of 1908, maturing Au gust 1, 1918. It makes provision for other bonds already authorized by law and authorizes $2,000,000,000 worth of certificates of indebtedness to run one year. The report on the bill states that the committee "deems it advisable to authorize the $5,000,000,000 bond issue at this time in order to enable our government to extend liberal credits and in order to provide Im mediately ample funds to meet such expenditures as are authorized for the national security and defense." Interest is not to exceed ZVz per cent and the bill leaves the denom inations of the bonds to the discretion of the secretary of the treasury. If, at any time prior to December 31, 1918, a subsequent series of bonds is issued at a higher rate of interest, bonds issued under authority of the act may be convertible into bond3 bearing the higher rate. Democrats and republicans of the house ways and means committee united in approval of the administra tion's war financial program. Little delay is anticipated in the senate. Within two weeks the measure may be on the statute books. To prevent any possible financial handicap to the military needs of the country through delay in raising the $1,750,000,000 proposed as the amount to be obtained by taxation, the ways and means committee decided to em body in the bond issue authorization authority to the secretary of the treasury to issue as needed $2,000,- 000,000 in one-year treasury notes to anticipate the tax receipts which will result from the war revenue bill. The latter measure will be considered after the bond issue bill has been dis posed of. The total thus authorized, should the committee's program be ratified by congress, would be $7,000,000,000 for the first year of the war, not all of which, however, would necessarily be spent. All of the issues would carry an interest rate of 3 per cent. ITALIAN STABS HAYES Altercation at Mill Calls Sheriff. Sarich Takes to Woods Sam Sarich, an Italian, escaped in to the wooded hills near the Doern becher mill near New Era on Satur day after he had stabbed Ed Hayes, a foreman at the mill, according to charges made. Sheriff Wilson was called immediately and with deputies searched- the country near the mill, but found no sign of Sarich. The fight between Hayes and Sarich is said to have started when Hayes dis charged the Italian and Sarich turned on the foreman and cut him three times in the back and side. Hayes' injuries are not serious. GRANGE TO MEET Elaborate Preparations for Entertain ment are Being Made The 44th convention of Oregon state grange is to be held May 8 to 12, 1917, at Astoria. Mayor Harley reports the arrangements are practi cally completed. Whatever time the officers of the state grange can spare will be taken advantage of by the entertainment committee, of which Mayor Harley is chairman. An elaborate program in cludes a trip over the Columbia river bar and a fish dinner at the municipal docks. Prominent lecturers from all over the state will discuss farming and agricultural subjects. SCHOLARSHIP TESTS WILL START MONDAY ZONE CONTESTS ARRANGED BY SUPT. CALAVAN DRAW MOST OF SCHOOL CHILDREN Twenty-two zone arithmetic and spelling contests to be held in Clack amas county within the next month appear to be an attraction that will get every school child in the county into the work. Superintendent J. E. Calavan has just completed the fol lowing list of zone meetings and each school is called upon to participate in one of the contests. Teachers have been especially requested to prevail upon school boards for permission to have all eligible children participate. Children who have not earned ex emptions in spelling during the year are given an opportunity to take part in one of the zone contests and there by escape a final examination if they make an average of 95 per cent. The first zone contests will be held at Wilsonville and at Willamette on Monday morning. The list of con tests follows: Wilsonville, Dist. 23, Monday, Ap ril 16, 9 a. m. Dists. 67,301, 100, 305, 306, 309, 82, 60, 23. Willamette, Dist. 105, Monday, Ap ril 16, 1 p. m. Dists. 96, 41, 34, 3, 105. Oswego, Dist. 47, Monday, April 17, 9 a. m. Dists. 37, 106, 47. Canby, Dist. 86, Tuesday, April 17, 9 a. m. Dists. 97, 110,81, 38, 63, 73, 18, 86. Macksburg, Dist. 20, Tuesday, Ap ril 17, 1 p. m. Dists. 93, 74, 40, 118, 112, 6, 20. Monto Christo, Dist. 7G, Wednes day, April 18, 9 a. m. Dists. 65, 16, 5, 22, 76. Elliott Prairie, Wednesday, April 18, 1 p. m. Dists. 59, 79, 91, 92, 2. Molalla, Dist. 53, Tuesday, April 17, 9 a. m. Dists. 87, 56, 55, 10, 25, 122, 35. Colton, Dist. 53, Monday, April 16, 1 p. m. Dists. 11, 53, 72, 58, 53. Clarkes, Dist. 32, Monday, April 16, 1 p. m. Dists. 95, 101, 111, 121, 33, 32. Mulino, Tuesday, April 17, 2 p. m. Dists. 98, 90, 36, 102, 84., Mt. Pleasant, Dist. 43, Wednesday, April 18, 9 a. m. Dists. 69, 120, 109, 27, 126, 43. Beaver Creek, Dist. 15, Wednesday, April 18, 1 p. ir. Dists. 85, 29; 80, 15. Wichita, Dist. 119, Friday, April 20, 1 p. m. Dists. 123, 64, 49, 99, 1, 119. Gladstone, Dist. 115, Friday, April 20, 9 a. m. Dists. 48, 61, 114, 28, 64, 9, 103, 115. Damascus, Dist. 77, Thursday, Ap ril 19, 9 a. m. Dists. 31, 71, 26, 312, 302, 77. Lower Logan, Dist. 4, Thursday, April 19, 1 p. m. Dists. 8, 51, 30, 4. Fir Grove, Dist. 116, Monday, April 16, 1. p. m. Dists. 75, 14, 70, 21, 116. Barton, Dist. 89, Thursday, April 19, 9 a. m. Dists. 44, 94, 117, 17, 50, 89. Sandy, Dist. 46, Friday, April 20, 9 a. m. Dists. 66, 39, 83, 52, 42, 113, 13, 45,. 125, 124. Cottrell, Dist. 107, Monday, April 16, 1 p. m. Dists. 307, 19, 107. Estacada, Dist. 108, Thursday, Ap ril 19, 1 p. m. Dists. 78, 24, 68, 12, 88, 57, 7, 108. AUTO TURNS TURTLE Reboul Machine Badly Damaged in Race on Roadway A large automobile driven by Jul ian Reboul of Oregon City and occu pied by the Reboul family, turned completely over and settled upside down on the road in front of the Jen nings Lodge school, without in any way injuring the occupants on Sun day. Reboul and an unknown driver had been racing on the road, accord ing to the story told to officials called to investigate the case, and when Reboul attempted to turn out to pass the other car his own went into the ditch and turned turtle, pinning the other five members of the family be neath it. The machine was badly damaged. E. E. Gilmer, 184 Second street, Portland, was a witness to the acci dent. Gilmer, accdrding to his own story, was traveling 43 miles an hour when Reboul and the other car in the race passed the Gilmer car, indicating that they were going at least more than 43 miles an hour, Gilmer was taking no part in the race, he says. The other car disappeared before officers appeared to invest! gate. Reboul has not been detained. FLAGS PRESENTED Young Americans at Gladstone are Proud Banner Bearers With appropriate exercises each room in the Gladstone school Tuesday celebrated a local flag day and, with much ceremony, a banner was pre sented to each room. Groups of young Americans received the flags from the school board and marched into their respective rooms, where the banners were officially presented. The school board and many patrons witnessed the ceremonies. Captain Dixon, U. S. A., retired, and Captain Kerstetter, O. N. G., addressed an assembly of pupils and parents. When you want to get something for nothing look up the Courier's magazine offer on page six of this issue. It will pay you! MILL COMPANIES E FIRST PROFIT SHARING PLAN IS SAID TO BE DIRECT RESULT OF WAR PROSPERITY EMPLOYES GET 5 PER GENT $6000 Given to Mill Workers on First Monthly Bonus Day. May If the terrors of war are five per cent salary bonuses Mars is welcome in Oregon City, according to 1300 em ployes of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Co., and the Crown-Willamette Paper Co., who were granted such a bonus on Tuesday. It is said that the great increase in the prices received for the output of the two large local mills is re sponsible for the bonus policy estab lished when the two companies paid their men off on Tuesday. Each em ploye received, in addition to the sal ary due him, a bonus of five per cent on his earnings for the past month, and the little tribute of good will and profit sharing cost the mill compa nies close to. $6000, the managers es timate." Although profit sharing has been attempted on a small scale in Oregon City heretofore, nothing of the sub stantial character of the present sys tem has been known and the mill men are as delighted at the evidence of good will on the part of the compa nies as the employers are themselves for the spirit that their act is helping to create in labor circles here. Tuesday marked the first time in the history of a local mill that a bon us was made generally to cover all hands. Heretofore a bonus on out put has been granted to a limited ex tent. According to W. P. Hawley, president of the Hawley Pulp & Pa per company, and B. T. McBain, man ager of the Crown-Willamette mills, the bonus plan will be effective as long as the output and the price of paper products warrant. There is no assurance, however, as to the ex tent of the bonus each month and it may go to even more than five per cent. The Oregon City Manufacturing company has been sharing the pro fits of prosperity with its employes for some time as the result of an an nouncement made at the beginning of the year that a profit-sharing plan' would be operative in the woolen mills of the company. Officials of the paper mills say that the bonus granted Tuesday is to be attributed largely to war conditions that have advanced the cost of all kinds of papers without decreasing the demand to any appreciable ex tent. t 1$ i$ i$ RED CROSS SOCIETY TO BE FORMED HERE The organization of an aux iliary chapter of the American Red Cross society is planned by William H. Hush, field agent for the society, who was in the city Tuesday arranging for a mass meeting on Monday. The details in connection with the meeting have been left in the hands of the Girls' Honor Guard, with Miss Cis Pratt as the active head of the. force. Mr. Hush has explained the organization of Red Cross societies to the girls and left with them instructions that en able them to work diligently for the organization meeting on Monday evening. The pro posed chapter will be an aux iliary to the Portland society. & $ CARRANZA GETS AWAY Bruin is at Large in Woods Near New Era or Canby Carranza has escaped to the tall timber and the countryside about New Era is up in arms. Carranza is the remaining one of the pair of cub bears presented to the boys of com pany G, O. N. G., when the militia started upon its tour of duty on the Mexican border. The bear cubs were a bit too noisy for the soldier's camp and they were not taken to .the bor der. Soon after the bears were given in to the keeping of a New Era farmer, Villa, one of the cubs, died. Carran za continued to thrive and grow big. Just recently the full grown bear broke the chains that held him and made for the forest. Searching par ties have scoured the woods between New Era and Canby, but have seen nothing of the missing bear. Say Contract Violated After signing a contract for tho delivery of 300 sacks of potatoes at $2.55, the price advanced to $3.40 a hundred and Emil Weise refused to live up to the contract, according to charges made in a complaint filed here Saturday by Page & Sons, of Portland, who agreed to buy the Wiese crop. IS COLLEGE GETS FUND FROM APPERS0N WILL ESTATE OF LATE PIONEER VAL UED AT $60,000. NIECES AND NEPHEWS PROFIT The endowment of an Agricultural college educational fund for the use of worthy young men and women at the Oregon Agricultural college was the chief bequest in the will of Cap tain John T. Apperson, attached to a petition for the appointment of exec utors and filed here Monday. The ed ucational fund will come from the in come of $25,000 and the state land board is made the trustee. The state school superintendent and the presi dent of the Agricultural college are named as directors of the fund. Captain Apperson's estate is not to be closed during the life of Mrs. Apperson, but the $60,000 value of the estate is divided in the will filed Monday. The estate comprises real property in Clackamas county valued at $23,000 and personal property worth $12,000. Real property in Multnomah county is valued at $20, Q00 and in Polk county the estate has property worth $5000. Edwin Clyde Apperson and Roswell L. Conner, nephews, ask to be named executors in the petition filed Monday. The widow and Edwin Clyde Ap person are to receive $10,000 each; Roswell L. Conner is to get $5000, and Elvie E. Apperson, 874 Clinton street, Portland, $1000. Myrtie A. Conner, McMinnville; Lisira C. Tay lor, Portland; Hattie M. Henninger, Oswego; Susan H. Prosser, Oswego, and William Ray Apperson each re ceive $500 from the estate, and Ja cob R. Apperson, a brother, of Bend, Ore., gets $100 and a $300 annuity during his lifetime. Other provisions of the will are that Mrs. Apperson is to have the family home at Parkplace and a $600 annuity in addition to the original be quest and that each niece and nephew is to receive $100. A monument for Captain and Mrs. Apperson is pro vided for. The Oregon Agricultural college fund established by the will is to be made available' to any worthy stu dent with the provision that not more than $500 may ffiven to any one student in one year. FORM HOME GUARD Milwaukie Patriots Start Company With 25 Names on the Roster The spirit of patriotism was behind a group of Milwaukie citizens on Tuesday evening when they braved the elements and held a big patriotic meeting for the preliminary organi- zation of Company A, Milwaukie Home Guards. Twenty-five signed the rolls at the meeting and it is said that as many more have joined since that time. The first drill period will be held tomorrow night at the city hall and a competent instructor will be in charge. Only men not eligibe to enlist for active duty can become members of the home guard and single men with out dependents are absolutely barred from its ranks. The organization thus far is purely a local affair and has not state or national affiliations. At the meeting on Tuesday evening the hall was patriotically decorated and the program was in keeping with the spirit of the times. The Milwau kie Firemen's band played martial airs. SOLDIERS EXEMPT First Moratorium in Oregon From Great War Benefits Soldiers On and after May 21 of this year, for so long as they are in actual mil itary service for the United States, Oregon soldiers and sailors will fall under the terms of the moratorium extended under the provisions of the general laws of 1917. The bill was introduced in the senate at tho re cent session by Senator Wilbur. "No suit or action shall be com menced or maintained, during the per iod hereinafter provided fore, to fore close any mortgage upon real prop erty, or to collect the debt secured thereby, if the land covered by the mortgage be owned, wholly or in part, by an enlisted man in the army or navy of the United Stales who shall have enlisted therein in the volunteer forces, or who shall have been enlist ed in the national guard of the Unit ed States and the state of Oregon, and his organization called into the service of the United States," states the bill. "And the lands of any such soldier or sailor shall be exempt from judicial sale for the satisfaction of any judg ment during the period of actual ser- Richter Wanta Citizenship ; Martin Richter, a native of Rus sia and a resident of Clackamas coun ty for 24 years, Saturday applied for a final certificate of citizenship. Rich ter is 66 years old and came to Amer ica from England on June 5, 1893. Ha came direct to Clackamas county, where he has been engaged at Hrm- inrt . ...6. J Marriage License it A marriage license was issued here Friday to Eva Naomi Bowers and Roy S. Turner, of Oregon City. The young man is a minor and secured the consent of his parents to the match. w f j