MS,ir" !m - gffr ' . L Ipfj IMiJSfc -iiri 40th Year fHE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON; THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922 Number 12 CITY HALL BIDS ARE STILL TOO HIGH FOR FINAL ACTION Cross Walks To Be Repaired New Sewer District Is Created BONDS ORDERED SOLD Council Orders Improvement Molalla Avenue Will Meet State Highway Commission Of the many bids presented to the Council, at its special meeting on Sat urday night, for th construction of the new city building the lowest ex ceeded $42,000 or more than $7,000 more than is authorized for the con struction. ' ' The only suggestions thus far offer ed for the solution of the. matter is to cut down on the size or eliminate some of the features of the plans or to do' the work on the cost plan and thus try to cut down the cost to the amount' of bonds voted for this pur pose, $35,000. The matter will be brought up again at the regular meeting of the " council on August 2. Among other important matters re ceiving attention of the city Fathers were the improvements of Molalla Avenue,' John Adams Street, alley in block 4, the'establishmenf'of a sewer district number 11, and the sale of improvement bonds. Molalla Avenue will be improved with 6 inch 16 foot wide hard sur face, during this summer. Th sec tion thus improved extends from Bev erlin's store to the citylimits and will be financed by road funds credited to Oregon City -by th county. An ordinance for the Improvement of John Adams to 9th Street was pass ed first reading as was also ordinances for closing ally in block 46; for es tablishing sewer district 11; for the hard surfacing of alley adjacent to the I. O. O. F. hall in block 4. Th street superintendent was in structed to repair several cross walks now in a dangerous condition. 4 The sale of $9,322.43 in bonds to cov er improvements was ordered and the council unanimously agreed to meet with th state highway commission for further consideration of the high way route through the city. Ask New Trial In Hecker Case A motion for a new trial in the case of Russell Hecker, convicted of first degree murder and awaiting execution at the state penitentiary for th mur der of Frank Bowker, was filed by his attorneys, G-ale Hill of Albany, Gilbert L. Hedges and Thomas G. Ryan Tues day afternoor. e Four affidavits charging that the jury were separated, after the case was given to them and they had re tired for deliberation were filed with the motion. The affidavits were made by George S. O'Neal, T. E. Shea, Percy M. Johnson and B. J. Hecker, the lat ter the father of the condemned man. O'Neal and Shea represented two Port land newspapers at the trial and John son is-4he business partner of Heck er's brother. Error in the trial is claimed in the motion, in that. Judge J. U. Campbell refused to allow the motion for a dis missal after the completion of the case as presented by the state and in re fusing to give instructions to th jury requested by the defense "and In giv ing instructions to which the defense objected. Jersey Owners Hold Interesting Meet The meeting of the C. C. J. C. C. held on the farm of P. J. Anderson near Monitor on July 8, was attended by about one hundred people. After a picnic dinner on the lawn, the business meeting was held, follow ed by interesting talks by Harry West, Prof. E. B. Fitts and Horace Ad dis. Cattle judging and placing was done by Mr. West The following people had" Jerseys there to be judged, G. W. Exon, Monitor; William Farmer, Mon itor, John I Lienhart, Monitor besides Mr. P. J. Anderson and son, who4 have a -fine herd of purebred Jerseys and one of the finest farms in this part of the country ilohn Lienhart, secretary. Moonshiners Flee In a densely wooded (place near Gresham a short time ago a still was running. The sheriff of Clackamas county had visions of another moon shiner for his collection. The moon shiner evidenty had vision, also, and when the chief executive if Clackamas county arrived at the still on Thursday morning, with his deputies, he found only the pressure burner and some other equipment which indicated that . it had been operating. The location was the most secluded and difficult to enter that has yet been found. ? O U L T R YM E N WILL HOLD SERIES OF MEETING Illustrated Lectures On Housing, High Record Hens And Co-operative Marketing Scheduled George W. Wood, secretary of the Poultry Producers of .Central Cali fornia will, "under the auspices of the Clackamas county Farm Bureau, hold poultry demonstrations in this county. Mr. Wood who owns a pountry ranch where he specialize in white leghorns is now in this county and is" visiting many of the prominent'poultry men of this section. These demonstration meetings will be held l evenings at Canby, Monday, July 31 and at Damascus Tuesday, August 1. Th lectures will be on live and practical topics of information includ ing "Housing", "High record Hens" and "Cooperative Marketing." Stereoptican pictures will show, among other things and conditions, "Lady Dryden" the world-record Ply mouth rock hen bred at the O.'A. C. and whose record of 324 eggs in one year was made at the California egg laying contest at Santa Cruz ending, October 1, 1921. Pictures will also be shown of fam ous poultry ranches including Holly wood, Tancred, the Corliss at Peta luma California, the largest poultry farm in th word and where 33,000 hens are kept . ' The Producers Association consist ing of 2800 members, markets cooper atively $8,000,000 worth of eggs each year. Over $2,000,000 worth are ship ped to New York and the remainder is disposed of in the Pacific section. PLANS FOR OREGON CITY PAGEANT ARE COMPLETE The date for th Oregon City page ant to be staged under direction of Mrs. Ada Losh Rose is set for August 2. The location will be on the river between the two 'bridges, th founda tion being boats and forges. Various groups ,or organizations have been assigned to the features of the pageant. The K. of C. will have charge of the McLoughlin group, the Episcopalians will present the Lewis and Clarke group, the Methodists the Jason Lee and the Congregationalists the pioneers. Th secret orders of the city will present smaller groups. Re hearsals have begun. As one means of raising funds for the pageant a Society Vaudeville Trill be held at the Liberty Theater on Tuesday next. Th following program will be rendered: Comedy number, Oregon City Band. Vocal solo, Mrs. Wallace Caufield. Dances, Betty and May Forbes. Scenes from "Madam jButJterflyT, Mrs. Ada Losh Ros and Theresa Stop per. Dutch Skit, "At TheTheater", Don ald Confrey and Eleanor Winters. Mr. And Mrs. Linn Jones - Entertain Guests Mrs. J. Perry Burrus and daughter Katherine of Dallas, Texas, arrived in Oregon City on Monday morning this week and are guests of their cous.in Mrs. Linn E. Jones. From this city they will continue their trip via Seattle to Alaska where they will remain about a month before return ing to their Southern home. Others of their friends in the party numbering about one hundred and' fifty ar en route to the same northern destination via a pleasure trip to Yellowstone Park while. Mrs. Burrus and daugh ter are enjoying their visit here. During th Alaskan trip of the fem inine portion of the house hold, r. Bur rus and son Jack are enjoying a three months trip to Europe. Funeral of Harry H. Howland Funeral services for Harry H. How land, -who died at Oregon City hospi tal Sunday morning after an illness of. short duration, were held Tuesday morning at the Finlay funeral parlors in Portland, with final services at the Riverview cemetery. Deceased was 54 years of age and had been a res ident of Jennings Lodge for the past Iwo years. He was a member of the Elks and of Harmony Lodge No. 12, A. F. and A. M. The Elks were in charg of the exercises at the funeral parlors and the services at the ceme Masonic rites. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Grace Howland. - Will Hold Joint Debate There will be a series of joint de bates held during October between H. H. Stallard, state manager of the Non-Partisan League, and Colonel E. Hofer, editor of the Manufacturer., of Salem. The challenge was mad by Mr. Stallard and grew out of charges made against the league by Col. Hofer in California at the convention of bankers of that state. Col. Hofer has accepted the challenge. Dates and places for the holding of the debates will be announced later. n C y n n b A t e ci cot U L III U U II ft I U LLL.U I OFFICERS STATE Dr. C. J. Smith Is Unani mously Re-elected Head Miss Gavin Vice-ChVm. MEETING HARMONIOUS Democratic Candidate For Governor Paints Lurid Picture Of - State Taxe At a meeting of the Oregon Demo cratic central committee in Portland Saturday, Dr. C. J. Smith, was unan imously re-elected chairman of the organization. Miss Calia Gavin of the Dalles vice-president and Carl C. Don ough of Portland, secretary prolem, owing to the absence of Frank Strei- big.. The appointing of then men and the same number of women to form the executive committee was placed in the hands of the chairman and vice-chairman;. These appointments will jbe completed, it is annonuced by the chairman, this week. The meeting was a very tame affair eleven of the counties of the state hav ing no representation, and no contests for offices. Walter M. Pierce, candidate for gdvernor, spoke briefly on some phases of the present cmpaaign. Elton Wat kins, candidate for congress against C. N. McArthur" spoke,, emphasizing the soldiers bonus, and on other campaign material. The following resolutions were adopted: . " . "We believe that the one leading and paramount question in Oregon is taxation. No other question approach es taxation in importance In" every home. During the last ten years state taxes have increased. 521 per cent, pop ulation has increased only 16 per cent and assessment valuation only 20 per cent. Ten years ago taxes absorbed on the average 25 per cent of the rent al value of land ; today taxes in Oregon exact a tool on the average of 50 per cent of the rental value of real estate. "We deplore the fact that Oregon and its sub-divisions has issued an au thorized $188,000,000 in bonds almost 19 per cent of the assessed valuation. Considering wealth, Oregon is the most heavily bonded state in the un ion. All of these burdensome bonds have been issued in the past five years. We firmly believe that no more bonds should be issued in the future except for an emergency. . . "Agriculture and industry are break ing under the strain. Our slogan is : 'Reduction of taxes. "The public payroll must be "freed from every official not absolutely es sential. The most rigid economy must be practiced in every department of government. After every possible re duction of the burden we believe there should bea readjustment compelling ,all property to pay its Just share." . Appointments of Chairman Smith on these committees were as follows: Credentials Walter Hembre, Yam hill county, chairman; H. C. Herron, Benton Edgar Marvin, Wallowa; J. T. Summerville, Josephine; W. F. Jack son, Sherman. Resolutions San Garland, Linn, chairman; G. Y. Harry, Multnomah; W. E. Cregs, Jackson; Will M. Peter: son. Umatilla; Claude McColloch, Baker, proxy. Organization Fred Whitten, chair man, Multnomah; Will Moore, Lincoln, proxy; Dr. Flynn, Columbia; W. H. Malone, Lane; J. W. Sadler, Marion, ,The Banner-Courier is in receipt of announcement of th removal of Attor ney J. E.- Hedges' law office to new quarters in the new -Bank of Com merce Building. Th'ese offices desir ed especially jor Mr. Hedges are among the finest in the state. There Are No jiw ' iii 7 T"mr'v'"r'TiTnii ii . 1 1 1 1 "T uiii.i. in. in irmwrnirrHiwri. wJ'H'l'.'Wji?i!iMwj...,.;g?( - JIWIW1- iSSr-' wr-M few J The new bnr in the Washington city post office, quite different from the kind abolished by Mr. Volstead, Is designed to sit on or lean against in lieu of standing constantly for eight hours while sorting maiL The rail Is being tried as an experiment and if It proves successful will be installed In all large post. offices. summer conference , IS 1JN SESSIUN AT THE CHAUTAUQUA PARK Representatives Of Episcopal Church Present Splendid Program Of Religious Instruction A most interesting series of confer ences and addresses has been occupy ing the attention of members of the Episcopal Church gathered this week at Chautauqua Park. It is the first conference of the kind to be held in Oregon under the auspices of the Episcopal Church, although in many other Dioceses throughout the United States,, they have been Jan lannual feature for many years. The Willam ette Valley Chautauqua Association granted the free use of the grounds, as well as of the auditorium and other buildings, and at the opening rally last Friday evening at which Bishop Sum mer gave the inaugural address, Judge Harvey E. Cross was present, and ex tended a very hearty welcome to the church people. The confreence has brought together a goodly number of people from various parishes of the Dioceses of Oregon, the . majority are enjoying the camping privileges of the Park, while others come out from Portland and other places to take In some of the daily lectures. Regular classes are held every morning from 9 to 12:30. The greater part of the afternoons are devoted to social intercourse and recreation of various kinds, and every evening, a sally is held in" the Audi torium. The Rev. Rural Dean Cooper of Marshfield is Camp chaplain, and every morning at 7:30 service is con ducted ,in the Symposium building among the subjects which have al ready been discussed ' and Christian Social Service Parish Organization, Parish leadership, the Church, Sunday school and Christian Missions. Some leaders' in church work from outside the Dioceses of Oregon have delivered stimulatory messages. Among these are Rev. Dr. Powell of the Divinity school, San Francisco, whose lectures on the development of .the notion of God in the Bible have created intense interest; 'Archdeacon Severance of Spokane, Canon Bliss of Seattle, who addressed the Tuesday evening meet ing on" the Narcotic evil; its curse and cure; the Rev. Frank Weston; an au thority on Social' service and Profes sor Remer of St. John's College, Shanghai, an institution known as th Harvard of China. Mrs. E. J. Simp son of Corvallis, has charge of the classes of the Juveniles. Those from Portland whose names are on the pro gramme of the conference are Dean Ramsey of the Pro-Cathedral, who, himself a native-son of Oregon is earn ing h, reputation as one of the great est Bibical .'scholars in th West, and who gives daily Bible studies; Arch deacon Black, Rev. Thomas Jenkins, Mrs. Wilson Johnston and Mrs. Pow ell. . Th conference which will con clude on Friday, July 21 with a closing address by Bishop Summer, has prov ed to be of great educational and social as well as spiritual value to all who have attended, and it is hoped that it will becom an annual event. ' Interesting Booklet Issued "Oregon Out-of-Doors Crater Lake" is the title of a 124 page pocket-size booklet just issued by the Mazama Club, a -mountain climbing organiza tion of Portland, Oregon. The booklet contains many authoritative articles pertaining to Crater Lake National Park, its scenic wonders, trails, road system, and administration. The his tory discovery and formation of Chj ter Lake, the wild life and wild flow ers, fish, trees, place names, Indian legends, and th story of the "Statue of a Lady" carved on a great boulder near Government Camp. The botan ical information, with half-tone repro ductions, is decidedly interesting, as are also the geological notes. Copies of the booklet may be obtained from the Mazame Club, 332 Chamber of Commerce building, Portland. Drinks Behind This BIG FIRE DESTROYS QUARTER BLOCK IN OREGON CITY Firemen Battle Valiantly To Save Further Destruction .Of Property INSURANCE SMALL Oregon City Laundry Heaviest Loser Several Persons Barely Escape Flames The Oregon City laundry has made arrangements to continue their busi ness and have taken a temporary of fice with the Pantorium at 519 Main Street . , - A subscription paper is being circu lated for the purpose of raising a fund to reestablish H. Ketchner in business. Mr. Ketchner is a cripple from the ef fects of rheumatism and had no in- surance Fire, which city firemen intimate was of incendiary origin, early Tues day- morning did damage totaling $50,- 000, and swept away a half block in the older portion of the city. Loss of $30,000 alone was sustained by the Oregon City laundry, which had just installed new and modern machinery. Insurance of about $10,000 was car ried on the laundry, which has been operated by Knoepel & Schofield. There was practically no insurance on the other buildings destroped. Aside from the laundry, the flames swept the frame' garage of May & Waahburne with two automobiles; the Fifth street restaurant, owned by Ed. Blake; the Miller shoe repair shop, and the home and confectionery store of H. Ketchner, owned by George Gage of Portland and operated by J. Harding. The flames were discovered about 2 o'clock in a vacant store room former ly occupied by Alex Schieremann as a tailor shop and spread rapidly through the old frame buildings. A frame residence on Water street owned by W. S. Blakeslee, was also damaged, and the billiard tables in a pool hall adjoining the tailoring estab lishment, were ruined by water. The roof of this building -was also partly burned off. The ilingidb unetaoi hrdl hrdlrdrdd The building in which the fire start ed was owned by S. Wolf of Portland, and had been used until recently as a tailoring shop. Gilbert Miller, whose shoe repair shop, was destroyed, together with a stock of shoes, estimates his loss at $?r000, with $1200 insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Kosecrans and son' Everett escaped down the stairway, with the flames following closely, and left hehind practically all their posses sions except th scanty clothing they wore. Others were driven out of liv ing quarters over the business places burned. Booze Walks Plank Reviewing the past fiscal year of Commissioner Haynes' administration as federal prohibition commissioner. Director Joseph A. Linville invites public attention to the fact that only 2,"627,333 gallons of whisky were with drawn as Icomiparedl .with 9'69 6,122 gallons the previous year, and 16,491,- 303 gallons of alcohol and other dis tilled spirits withdrawn, as compared with 24,856,388 gallons withdrawn the previous year; that 1,216 cases were reported by general prohibition agents, taxes amounting to $17,102,234.24 were recommended, and fines and penalties amounting to $2,159,410.39 were im posed. - . Under the narcotic laws 2,195 viola tions were exposed, resulting in 1,109 convictions and $84,083 in fines and penalties. Post Office Bar CANDIDATE HALL ISSUES CAUSTIC STATEMENT Insists Olcott Injects Racial And ' Religious Issues Into The Election Controversy In answer tft the governor's state ment concerning the election srotest, Senator Charles Hall grows eloquently sarcastic as he pours vials of political wrath on his opponents head. After reminding Mr. Olcott that his appointment came from a democrat he accuses him of introducing religious and racial issues into the recent cam paign and continuing to stimulate re ligious passion thus endangering Re publican success at th polls this fall, and declare thai he (Hall) would not devote his time thus to emphasizing racial or religious differences for per sonal political advantage. , Hall reiteratets his endorsement of the compulsory school measure as fundamentally American and inquires where her opponent stands on this matter. He also accords to him the right to th support of th Catholic press, and organizations which he claims are supporting Olcott. He fur ther calls on his opponent to desist from denunciation of various organi zations, or, if they are illegal, to en force th law against them. Warming up to h(is subject still farther he argues that Olcott does not' want a recount as, shown by th ac tion of his attorneys in entering to the petition for the recount a series of dilatory pleas, motions to strike and other technicalities to prevent it.1 Both contestants have thus far shown a disposition to fight through the courts the matter to th bitter end. NEEDY AND UNION HALL NOT IN CANBY SCHOOL DISTRICT At a meeting held in th auditorium of Canby high school Monday evening it was decided to eliminate two of the districts in the proposed union high school district. These are Needy and Union Hall. The reason given for this is mainly the condition of the roads in winter. There will be eleven" districts in cluded in the union district, and a representative from each district will be selected and from the eleven there will be fiv chosen to act as a board of directors. The special meeting to be held in Canby this month is interesting many and from present indications the vote cast thereat will be larger At this meeting it will be definitely .decided whether a union high school will be established in Canby. Veterans' Bureau Man Here This Week Jack L. Taylor of the U. S. Veterans Bureau is. in Oregon City this week at 204 Masonic building, assisting in the settlement of compensation claims and th filing of new claims for disabilities of service origin or aggrivated by ser vice. Mr. Taylor is also working in the interests of the War Risk Insur ance department in the re-lns,tatement and conversion of War Risk policies. NINE MILE PAVEMENT AWARDED BY COUNTY COURT The county court on Monday, jawaraea to me lowesi matters roau contracts amounting to $TH,5)8U.iiU. The total distance covered is 91 miles. There were nine competitive bids. The Oregon contract company, the lowest bidders, was awarded the entire ser ies. The entire distances are to be of concretej seven, inches thick and of standard State Highway specifications and add nine feet wide except 2100 feet from city limits of Oregon City out on the Molalla road and 2700 feet from the city limits out on the Hard scrabble road which are to be 16 feet in width. These contracts are for Molalla south 1 mile $8838.55; Oregon City Molalla 2100 feet, $7603.68; Hardscrab ble 2.1 miles $31,256.52; South end, 2 miles, $26383.60; and Wrights Bridge section of Miolalla road 3 miles, $37,903.55. . Pioneer Resident Passes Martin Robbins pioneer resident of Clackamas County aged 80 years died at his home at Robbins station on the Willamette Valley Southern railway at an early hour Thursday morning. Deceased came to this county with his parents in the early fifties. He is sur vived by his widow, two sons, Herbert M. and Gilbert H., two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Wallace of Harding station and Miss Rosalind' Robbins of Portland. A brother Levi Robbins died in Decem ber, 1921. The remains are at the Hol man and "Pace undertaking parlors pending arrangements for the funeral. GOVERNOR OLCOTT URGES RECOUNT BE COMPLETE Declares Klu Klux Organi zation Is Backing Finan cially Hall's Recount WILL COST BIG -SUM Proposed Recount Designated Prepos terous Expresses Desire for Equity Only Ben W. Olcott, officially declared nominee for governor, in reply to the filing of contest proceedings by his opponent, Charles Hall, whom the re turns show he defeated by less than 600 votes, insists that th recount should be complete and not be con fined to about 500 out of the 1800 pre cincts of the state. Claim is also made in the governor's statement that letters hav been sent out by Hall to voters suggesting contributions to a $25,000 fund for the recmt; that. Ku Klux Klan officials in Portland and in Pendleton, Ore., have sent out documents urging- contributions from members and that Klansmen of the state of Washington ar urging mem bers to contribute also to the fund. Olcott ,in this connection, calls at tention to the vast resources of the or ganization and declares that he has not the means with which to wage a complete contest in protection of himself and those who voted for him. The present official nominee takes his enemies to task for requiring him to make investigations in a woek in order to determine his course after filing the recount notice, while they had had 'the services of a score of in vestigators for several1 weeks. "It is preposterous," says the state ment, "to assume that all of the ir regularities of the th precincts desig nated for recount would all be detri mental to Mr. Hall an4 that no irreg ularities could exist in the 1000 or more precincts not mentioned in his petition. However, in justice to the people of the state, to the plurality members of the party who participated in my nomination, as well as to Mr.. Hall and to myself, a recount should be taken of all the precincts if of any, and it should be determined definitely and for all tim who the nominee actually Is." And now come the governor's many friends to his aid. They, too, - are urging contributions -with which to make the recount complete. A com mittee has been formed to receive funds to defray his expenses in the recount, with Paul Wallace of Salem as treasurer. Misfortune CaIVs One of the "sad casualties of th Fifth street fire was the total loss suffered by Mr. H. Ketclmer, proprie tor of the confestionery store next to the laundry. Mr. Ketchner is an elder ly man, a cripple, and had invested his entire savings in-the business. A few months ago he was oBliged to let his insurance lapse. This means that he and his wife are entirely without income. In order to help him to help himself an effort is being made to raise sufficient funds to set him up in , businoss ' again. All of the banks of the city have consented to receive any money that may be given to this" worthy cause. Great sympathy is felt for others who also suffered loss in the fire, but in this instance the inability of Mr. Ketchner to otherwise make good his loss makes a special appeal. It is hoped that the good people of Oregon City and vicinity will cheer fully and generously respond. Business Men Appreciated Charles S. Dykstra, who has had charge of petitions for the raising of money with which - to improve the Holcomb road, ' takes this means of expressing appreciation to the busin ess men of Oregon City for funds sub scribed and to the Commercial Club and Clackamas County Business Men's Association for. encouragement re ceived in the work of soliciting. Non-Partisans at New Era There will be a Non-Partisan League county meeting at New Era Spiritual- st camp ground Saturday, July 22, at 2.00 P.M. County organization work, arranging fo the Fazier meetings, and the advisability of endorsing candi dates "for the legislature will be con sidered. School Supervisor is Elected The county board of education met Saturday and appointed Mrs. Ethel supervisor, in place of Mrs. Agnees Buckley, who is the newly elected principal of the Oswego- schools. Mrs. Lansdowne has been teacher of the seventh grade at the Eastham school. Banner-Courier clasified ads bring home th bacon. )