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1 M- I-. The Enterprise Is the only Clackamae County 4 Newapaper that prima all of tha news of Ihla growing County, 444 H-M-H t444-lt- N CDTY ENTERPRISE I Has your A plred At -0el. V .v ..ma any o .4 number. 0i it now. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR-.No. 41. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOHEU K3, 1011. ESTABLISHED 1884 OREG m T SIDE CANAL URGED BY CROSS LAWYER DECLARES CORPORA TION MUST ACCEPT PRICE FIXED BY TWELVE MEN. HEDGES TO MAKE EXTENDED REPLY Government Engineer Announced That Mllle Will Ba Given Chance To pro'eat Tax Dlacus alon Poitponod. Caution mill warning to Hid busl iiosm men (if Hogou City against bo-t-i i nt I it k I'"1 enthusiastic over the pro posed roilHlruclliili of now lot k oil I lie oust side of ho Will unotto Illvcr at Oregon City imtrkfil u speech of Harvey K. CniHH, Tuesday, ut Ills weekly luncheon of tlit IJve Wires of tlin L'lMiinn'icliil ('lull. Mr. Cross' views were lint shared by majority of III auditors, tuil I licy guvo t 1 an cIoko mill i -h i -1 1 11 1 attention, .Mr. CnihH was n resident of Oregon Clly when I liu present locks wero built In IK";! ami worked on their construe llnii, mii, liu declare tlml whllo locks nutiinilly Ijciiffll the transportation mm pun U'H mill people IIvIiik on the upper liver, tlii')' worked u hurilHlp to Oregon City, uh prior to llielr con hi ru I loll there weie many laiiilllcs wliti lived hern for tho Hole reason Hie portage w uk at Oregon Clly. . Caution la Urged. "In their place," Haiti Mr. Cross, "wo have not mure tlimi four men to op erate the locks. Wo should liMik Ht this thing calmly anil dispassionately and above nil wo miiHt conserve what natural power we havo for inuiiiifac luring plants. Iiik at two of these propoHeil routes," and the speaker held up a him) print of the survey, "ami you will note that otui of Hi" routeH ruin rlKht through tint heart of. til" iulp mill of tlin Crown-Columbia I'ulp & I'aper Couipany, and crosses tho IniHln above. The other runs through tliO I'M'Hl of tho fit 1 1 k mid put h out Ol the running u largo urea that la atl Ideal location for more muiiufaeturtiiK concerns Tho construction of new locks will destroy employment for at loam IIMy men and will kill the chnnrrn for factories that would ulti mately provide work for fou more men. "I liellevo III free lorkH. Wo oilKht to tune them, hut we don't want thorn at n sacrifice to our business Interests. Of course, thero will ho a spasm for about two yearn while the locks aro being constructed. Tim stores will Hell NOlllo goods, tilt) HIlIIHlIlH Will IIP full and thn city recorder will be a busy mini, hut ufier tho work In dune, wo ahull Hettlo down lo view tho dos t ruction of our opport million mid watch four men operato thn locks. Weat Side Locks Favored. "The" corporal Ioiih do not own hale of my head, and never will, hut let mo ti II you that wo Bhoiild net to gether with tho government engineers and proceed to condemn tho wchI aide locks mid rebuild them. It will cheaper than to pay heavy damages for destruction of valuable property and it w 111 not Jeopardize: our business InloroHtH. Wo can forco tho Portland Hallway, Light & I'ower Compuny through tho court s to nccept what twelve men say tho present locks aro worth. J. B. Hodges made a brief reply to Mr. Cross and reserved time-to tnako a more extended answer ut next Tues day's luncheon. Mr. Hedges does not nliare tho opIniotiH of Mr. Cross. En glnoer ThoiiiHen, representing tho gov ernment, was present mid mailo Hlioit talk relative to the Htatotuouta that havo boon niiido that tho construe tiou of oast Hide locks would Impair tho water power. Mr. Thomson admit ted that now locks would curtail the water power i.o n doKreo, but not to nny appreciable extent. Tho surveys woro made under Mr. Thomson's dl red Ion. Ho said Unit tho Kovernmont had not finally determined upon route, and was waiting to hoar from tho Portland Railway, LlKht & I'ower Company, Ilawley I'ulp & I'aper Coin- puny, Crown-Columbia I'ulp & Paper Company, and tho Oregon City Woolen Mills. All of those corporations will havo claims for damage and the amounts they ask for may have some effect in determining tho route to bo selected. Tax Amendments Deferred. TM Ii.ve Wires Intended to tako up tho niicsthm of the various tax amend iiients at " lesday's luncheon, hut the time was more than occupied with a discussion of the different phases of new locks and the matter went over until a later mooting. (). P. Khy's resolution urging the County Court to levy a tax of one ounrter mill for the support and main tennnee of the Clackamas County Fair and tho State Kah" exhibit will be acted upon at the weekly luncheon next Tuesday. TO T Frank HiimcIi, Monday sent to Top Ill., thu ruinous waturliig place in tier many, ten pouuda of Oregon dogwood Ht'i'd, ll'i also expects to forward several young trees In a few days. Mr. IliiHch received u letter frou, tho iiiiiniiKoincut of tho resort sometime ago itxklug hi in to furnish tho send and thu lioes. Thu writer stihl that ho had heard u great deal about thu Oregon dogUond, mid wanted to plant the trees on Uu luwn ut tho rosort Mr. HiimcIi obtained, tho seed without nun h trouble, hut ha tins hud u dlf limit time gelling tho trees. Ho Henrcheil u woods of throe srjuuro miles mid found only it few suitable for transplanting. H found tho dog wood In ubundance, but most of tho trees worn too largo. Ho will make another effort to got more trees In the near future. Topllu is oiio of Hie best known resorts In the world and Is a rival of Carlsbad. PAPER MILL TO FN a FN WILLAMETTE COMPANY OFFERS WORKERS CHANCE TO INCREASE WAGES. RAILROAD GRADING IS BEING PUSHED CLACKAMAS SOUTHERN HAS LARGEST FORCE SINCE WORK WAS STARTED. PORTLAND CAPITALISTS SEEK BONDS Management, However, Expecta Local Inveatora To Take Them Big Treatle Will Soon Be Finlahed. TAX COLLECTIONS I! Hlierlff Mass iiaVt'.led his semi-annual report of tax collections with the County Clerk. The reimrt snows that $72,1 CI. 57 has been collected since March 31. The total collectlot-s, including penalties and fees; Is J.'d,-949.4-1. This amount Is nearly 25 ptf rent larger than .nat collected last year. The remarkablo t art of the report Is that it shows a l' per cent lncreas in the total amount collected with a 3.1 per cent reduction In the sheriffs office force. (i. II. hlmlck, secretary of the Clackamas Southern Hallway Com pany, announced Thursday that the largest force of men since the grad ing was started, wus ut work now on tho road. One crew Is working from Molalla to Mullno, mid It Is believed that the grading between these points will bo Mulshed lu thirty days. Other crews are working from Mu llno and Heaver Creek toward this city und ure making remarkable pro gress, and still another crew Is work ing from this city toward Newell Creek. It Is thought that the big trestle here will ho completed In two or three weeks. The demand for the bonds, which will be sold to raise money with which to provide the rails and rolling stock, Is unusually good, and It Is believed that tho most of them will be bought by residents of this county Capitalists In Portland ure eager for tho bonds, but It Is the desire of the luunaKciucnt to sell them to local In veslors. The bonds are Issued In denomina tions of turn, ,'.m and )1,0(0, and draw six per cent Interest, payable semi-annually. Sufficient money has been subscribed for stock to do all the grading and build tho trestles, wmcn is regarded by inlanders us more than sufficient guurantoo for tho bond. .Judging by the present rate of progress tho road should he In op eratlon to Molalla within five or six mouths. MUCH LARGER OUTPUT IS EXPECTED New System, which Cues Into Effect Today, To Be Given Firat Trial in Weat Men Are Pleased. 20-YEAR CONTRACT A millionaire miller of Portland who owns several thousand acres of limber land on tho route of the Clackamas Southern railroad, has started negotiations with the officers of tho compuny for the hauling of millions of feet of lumber. The mil ler wants the logs brought to this city by rail and flouted from here to Portland. He promises twenty-tlV.a or thirty carloads dally for twenty years nt roast. Tho company has ordered tho first Installment of rails, and piles arte being driven for tho big trestle from ti'e Southern Pacific tracks to the bluff. Tho directors at a meting Mon day transacted routine business. GOVERNOR TO SEND CONVICTS HERE TO WORK ON ROADS. SAi.EM. Or., Oct. 5. Governo; West 'inroir.ii O'l today that ho wiul l give Manor county the rest of this week f iliiei:;.iie whether It wishes to use convicts for road purposes, and If It fails to acquiesce, all chance for the use of convicts on road work In tills county will be gone. "Clackamas county, I understand. Is practically ready to go ahead and convicts will i)i sent there at any time th?y are desired,' said the gov ernor. Thu Wlllametto Pulp & Puper Mill, of this city, through II. T. McHaln, manager, has established a bonus system lor Its employes, which be comes effective this morning. The plan which was made public Friday by w in I. men In the mill Is designed not only to Incteuse tho output but to materially raise tho wages of the employ on. It is tho first time the bonus system has been tried in mills In (be West, and It Is believed tut the results will bo gratifying to all concerned. A notice posted in the machine room ut the mill contains the following: "The combined efforts of our em ployes have shown that a total of 200 tons of good paper can be pro duced in twenty-four hours on our six machines. That is from 7 a. m. one day until 7 a. m. the following day. 'You havo set a high mark 200 tons run to programmed weight. We want l'.lO tons per day, L'Ou tons if possible. "Those participating machine fore men, machine tenders, back tenders and ull machine help, heater foremen, assistant foremen and helpers, en gine tenders on machines, chief und assistant engineer, holler room opera tives, il. & ). millwrights In paper mills and roll grinder men. "The plan follows: Ninety tons to 194 tons, 1999 pounds per 24 hours five per cent will bo added lo each man's time in the departments mentioned above for each day that the machines make total product an above, with provisions us herein named. "One hundred und ninety-five tons to 199 tons, 1999 pounds per 24 hours in per cent will he added to each man's time In the departments men tioned nhove for each day that the machines make total product as above, with provisions as herein named. "Two hundred tons and over 15 per cent will be added to each man's time in the departments mentioned above for each day that the machines make total product as above, with provisions us lime In named. 'This will mean a substantial In crease In wages If the proper results are obtained." This Is a wide departure from the rule In paper mills and shows how close tho men and management of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Com pany are. There nre many men, more than ltm, who have been with the plant for twenty years und some who have been with the owners for thirty or more years. Noted Church Builder Returns To Steamboating COUNTY'S DEBTS r ' - - - ' ; TOTAL $100,000 LIABILITIES ARE $199,145.29 WITH PRESENT RESOURCES $98,480.57. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS ARE FILED $69,514.88 For Payment Of General Fund Warrants And $98,460-57 Available For Road Warrant. A semi-annual statement of the financial standing of Clackamas coun ty filed Wednesday shows a net in debtedness of $im,84.72. The total liabilities are $199,145.29 and the re sources $98,400.57. The liabilities con sist of $20,0K8.78 outstanding general fund warrant, $192,ii5G.51 outstanding road warrants and $5,000 Interest. There is in the county treasury $09,- 514.88 for the payment of general fund warrants, and $98,400.57 applicable to the payment of county road wartfints The semi-annual report of Sheriff Mass Is as follows: Cash on hand April 1, 1911, $208.40; delinquent tax collections years prior to 1910, $750.77; sales, $35.59; taxes collected for current year $72,163.57; penalties, $3,385.01: fees collected $340.10; total, $76,949.44. County Clerk Mulvey's semi-annual report shows that $30,988.03 general fund warrants were issued and I1G7.- corporate. The Mlarriman Interests (,83.09 load warrants. Other Items of valued the Modoc at $10,000, but the , expense were to county commission- REV. J. W. EXON. The Itev. J. W. Exon, "the great church-builder" bas given up the ministry and refined to steamboat ing. He and the Itev. D. A. Waters, formerly presiding elder of the MetlK odlst church In this district, have pur chased tho steamer Modoc from the O.-W. It. & N. Mr. Exon has been a minister for ten years and has built seven churches, ills last charge was Wilsunvillo, where he endeared him self to his congregation. He will re tain his home at Eagle Creek. The steamer will leave Tuesday on her Initial tr(p on the hortland lewls Riv er route, probably flying the colors of the IwU River Navigation Com pany, which the new owners will in- POTATO BUSINESS HAS FINE PROSPECTS There Is Increasing business in the jsjtuto trade so fur as shipping Is con cerned, but local transactions are limited. Iluylng for California account is pro gressing around $1 per cental f. o. b, country shipping points for best qual ity. This means practically 95c In the country. There Is not a great amount of pota toes; offering at this time because a large amount of the early crop has not fully ripened. The quality Is ex cellent while the crop Is fair. Sizes are good and taken altogether the early crop is all that consumers can wish for except quantity. So far as late potatoes are concern ed, the prospects are unusually good. Tests made by digging at various points In the Willamette Valley show thet the crop has already reached ma turity and the only thing needed now Is a good frost which will ripen the tu bers. The sizes of the late potato crop are said to be the best produced In this state during the past few years. FARMERS EAGER TO purchase price was much less. The Modoc will replace the steamer Un dine, which the Lewis River Traps Krtat!on Company has operated, and Captain McNeil will leave the Undine for the vModoc. Captain Exon said that the business would be handled from the Taylor-street dock, Portland, permanently and that e would run on the steamer to look after It. Captain George Conway, superin tendent of the Harriman water lines, said th-it tho Modoc was built in 1889 and rehulled In 1898. Since 189G, when the route south of Oregon City was abandoned, the vessel was tied up and has been out of commission most of the time. Her present own ers obtained the steamer with full equipment ready for service. Aa she Is of light draft, lucy expect that she will prove more desirable than the Undine or Moseot, the Mascot having been on the route for yeurs. The Mas cot was burned early this season. 18,495 VOLUMES ARE ers, $1,225.39; Circuit Court, $1,982.30; Justice's Court, $1,172.95; Sheriff's of fice, $3,340.32; Clerk's office, $1,881. 38; Recorder's office, $2,002.65; Cosrt House expenses, $3,939.42: County poor, $3,188.04; printing and advertls ing, $1,860.19: surveyor and road sur veys, $1,841.45, and Coroner's office. $811.95. Heretofore the expense of collect ing the taxes has been made a sep arate Item In the report, but In the present one It Is Included In the ex penses of the sheriff's office, which accounts for the large Increase In that Item, the expenses of the of fice, however, nave been somewhat larger than usual due to the search that has been made for the slayer of of the Hill family at Ardenwald sta tion. ' ' 11 County Treasurer Tuft's report shows the amounts on hand from last report as follows: Special school fund, $44,149.03; special fund, $12,432; general fund, $103,258.53; county school fund, $61,042.30. and district road fund and special fund, $02,923.31. COMMISSION FUN FOR CITY IS HEAR MAYOR, WITH CONSENT OF COUN CIL, TO NAME BOARD TO REVISE CHARTER. SPECIAL ELECTION MAY BE CALLED Several Men Under Consideration For Appointment Two Members Of Council Will Be On Commission. 1 BUILD BOULEVARD SPECIAL TAX IS URGED AT EN THUSIASTIC MEETING HELD ' AT CENTRAL POINT. DIMICK TELLS COMMISSION'S PLAN Money Subscribed Will Not Be Do nated, Says Judge Hayes, But An Investment Rlaley Silences Non-Progressive. DAIRYMEN 00 NOT GET BEST RESULTS NEW YORK GETS FIRST E NEW YORK. Oct. 5. (Special ; The Nallonal Commission met tV't oday and decided that tt;9 first gam of he world's seHts will he played 'r. New ,ork October 14. The second game of the worlu'j championship Feries will be playej In 'hiladelphla October 10. The following umpires have hee.i announced to handle the indicator during the series: National Lea.auc, J. Klem and William Ilrennan. Ai.i erlcan league William Dlneen am! Thomas Connolly. The marketing of all farm products Is one of the most important parts of farm operations. Ry applying poor business methods It is easy to throw away a large share of the profits, says Iload 8 Dairyman. Palry products are perishable. They cannot be kept nny length of time as can the common grains. The dairy products must he produced under sanitary farm conditions and either manufactured on the farm or taken to the place of manufacture while they are fresh: the fresher the bet ter. Nature did not Intend the milk to see the light or day. At least it should be handled In sanitary sur roundings and disposed of as quickly as la consistent '1th practica: meth ods. The great cry made by the mass of consumers Is, "Give us a better quality of butter." and the dairy man ufacturers say In turn. "We can not produce a better quality of butter unless we can get better cream or raw product. The dairy industry Is lust now pass ing through a very critical period as to the quality of products. The dairy armers or many .sections are losing profit which they could have Just as well as not by selling a better nualitr or raw material. The dairy farmers have a moral ob ligation to perform toward the man utacturers and consumers of dairv products. They stand at the bottom of the ladder. Upon them, to a large extent, win it depend as to whether the dairy business develops In the proper direction and with normal, steady and healthy growth. Superintendent of County Schools Gary Tuesday received 18,495 books for distribution among the school li braries of the county. The books will be apportioned according' to the number of children in the districts. The Ore gon City schools will get the largest number. An extra fund was provided for the purchase of the volumes. When the libraries were established lu the schools the tendency was toward the selection of fiction, but the demand now Is for books on science. The volumes are selected by the clerks of the districts and the teach ers, who are guided largely by the de sires of the children. With this latest installment all the schools will have a large number of books. RECORD IS BEATEN THOMPSON, Mo., Oct. 10. (Spec ial.) By reaching here this afternoon. Aviator Rodgers broke tne worms record for cross-country flights. His arrival in Thompson has placed 1325 miles to his credit, beating Atwood's record of 1265 miles. BETTING ON GIANTS AND ATHLETICS EVEN T GEMS IN SEWER Drifting their way somewhere in the half mile of sewer between the Hotel Estacada and the Clackamas River, in Estacada, are $2,500 worth of diamond rings, the property of Mrs. J. W. Haw kins, which she lost Wednesday noon, In the kitchen sink. Almost the entire population of Estacada has turned out to look for the Jewelry, und are dig ging up the sewer, under the direction of Mr. Hawkins. The property consisted of six dia mond rings, which were tied up in a handkerchief. They were Inadvert ently dropped inio an open sink about noon yesterday. The sewer Is twenty five feet deep in places, and probablv It will require a day or two before it Is dug up, if the rings are not found before that time. WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE. Alleging that her husband deserted her and their two children, Maggie Downey has filed suit for divorce against Willam Downey. They were married April X 18S8. and the plain tiff alleges she was abandoned In De cember. 1S98. The defendant Is a blacksmith. Sues To Recover on Note. K. Gregerson filed suit Tuesday against R. E. Casto for $C2.1i) alleged to be due on a promissory note exe cuted October 3, 1911. STATE BANK TO BE The Molalla State Bank has filed articles of Incorporation at Salem. The capital stock is $15,000. Leroy I). Walker, L. W. Robblns and H. A. Dcdman are the Incorporators. Mo lalla has long been regarded as a fine place to establish a bank, and there Is no doubt the enterprise will be a success. The Clackamas Southern railroad which traverses the rich Mo lalla Valley will mean thousands of dollars to that city. We greater part of which will be deposited in the bank. Hand Estate Valued at $1,350. The estate of W. E. Hand was filed for probate Tuesday. It Is valued at $1,350. The heirs are Mary J. Hand, the widow, and Leo A. Hand. Mrs. F. C. Williams and Mrs. C. W. Greener. children of Mr. Hand. NEW YORK, Oct. 6. (Special.) Retting on the world's baseball series between New York and Philadelphia was nt even money in both cities to day. From the activity' manifested In the big hotels and cafes, it appears that the rival teams have unlimited backers. In the opinion of men who study such things, more money will change hands on the result of this series than on any sporting event ever held in this country before. A week ago Philadelphia money predominated, but since the New Yorkers have clinched the pennant and it la apparent that the Giant pitchers will be at their best New Yorkers have loosened their purse strings, and professional bettors pre dict that by the time the teams tane the field one week from tomorrow New York will rule favorite at about 5 to 4. Among the bets recorded by the snorting editors here today are three at even money of amounts totaling $65,000. Saturday, October 14, was the day asrreed upon for the opening contest, and New York as the place. A sched ule was then adopted. The series will he continued until one club has won four games. If a seventh game Is needed to decide the series, the com mission will then determine where it shall be played. Tied or postponed games will be played off on tne grounds where they were scheduled. The umpires will be William Bren nan and William J. Clem, from the National League, and T. H. Connelly and William Dineen from the Ameri can League. The players who are eligible to par ticipate In the games are: New York Becker, Murray. De vore, SnoUgrass, Merkle, Doyle, Fletcher, Paulette. Hartley, Drucke. Herzog, Wilson, Meyers, McGraw, Ijitham. Marnuard, Crandall. Ames, I Wiltse. Mathewson and Devlin. Philadelphia Thomas. Strunk, Lord. Plank, Oldring. Murphy, Mc Innes, Morgan, Martin, Livingston. Lapp. Krause, Hartzell. Derrick. Dan ford, Davis. Coombs, Collins, Bender, Barry and Baker. Each club will be required to de posit a certified check for $10,000 with the secretary of the commission by 11 o'clock on the day of the first contest It Is believed that the Commission form of government will be put into effect in Oregon City within eighteen months and probably earlier. Mayor Brownell, who has announced himself in favor of the change, Monday gave out the following statement: "Tha Mayor, with the consent of the city council. Is about to appoint a commission consisting of five mem bers to prepare a new charter by way of amendment to the present city charter for the establishment of what Is known as the commission form of government. "Petitions will have to be circu lated in order to take a vote upon the proposition. This would have to be done at a special election to be called by the city council for that purpose." The. council will probably act upon the suggestion at the next regular meeting, and. Inasmuch as a majority of the members have declared In favor of the commission form of govern ment, it is virtually assured the may or will be authorized to appoint the commission for revising the charter. The mayor has under consideration several prominent men for appoint ment on the commission. It is plan ned to name two members of the city council and three others. MUCH BETTER TONE The week closes with the hop mar ket rather stronger In tone than at the opening and with the trend of values apparently upwarl. In most of the Valley hop districts and In Washington as well there Is some trade under way, but business Is still limited by the bullish attitude of the growers and the reluctance of buyers. Within the past few days, however, the situation has changed to some extent. More inquiries are said to be coming In from the East and else where, Indicating an Increasing In terest In the season's crop. 'The inquiries that are now coming from the East and from Europe show clearly enough that the brewers of this country and England are awaken ing to the fact that the world's hop crop this year Is a good deal short of actual requirements," said a dealer. "That the brewers now are earn estly figuring on their wants for the year to come is evident, and the chances are that they will not be able to lay In the supplies they need at the prices they figure on paying. As a rule they are offering prices on the basis of 32 to 33 cents here, and buying In anything like a liberal way on that basis at this time Is anything but an easy matter. Gordon E. Hayes sounded the key note at one of the most enthusiastic meetings of the East Side Capita Highway Association at Central Point Wednesday night when he declared that fie money raised for building the .bouievard should not be considered as donations but Investments. "Yuu men, who will be called upon lo p.it up a part of the money for full great boulevard," said Judge Hayes, "wil! not only get back wnat the you si;hssil- but two or three times more In Increased land values. This has been true wherever good roads have been built, and it will prove so In this instance. - You have the fertile soil and the scenery and what you need now are good roads. Good roads and -good schools go hand In hand. Wo have the schools and we are going to have the roads. The county bas spent a quarter of a million dollars on Jhe schools and It Is time that money was being spent on the roads." More than 100 persons In the Cen tral Point section attended the meet ing, which was held in the school house, ana sent!rt was unanimous In favor of levying a special tax for building the great highway. There was only one discordant note and Charles W. Rlsley answered the dis gruntled citizen most effectively. This man declared that the ''outomoblle ' hogs" were ruining the roads, and sug gested that the machines not be al lowed on the proposed boulevard. Mr. Rlaley, who has been mewt generous in donating his automobile for use In taking persons to the" road meetings said: "There are about as many hogs with teams as there are with , automobiles." The meeting was presided over by President Kertchem, and the opening address was made by Grant B. Dimlck, a member of the Capital Highway Commission appointed, by Governor West. Judge Dimick declared that the commission had not decided upon a route. He said a map would be made of the proposed routes, and a report would be made to the governor re garding the subscriptions promised In various localities. He declared that an experienced supervisor should be chosen and retained. A. N. Wills, of Sell wood said that good roads trebled the land values, and the thrift of communities was judged by Its highways. He said it would take much money to build the highway and that the landowners who would be benefited should help to pay for It. S. C. Dlllman declared that he would not only pay his pro rata of the spec ial tax proposed, but he would give $50 more. This announcement was enthusiastically applauded. Dr. U A. Norrls said he was willing to sub scribe to the road fund. Elliott & Park donated several auto mobiles to take the crowd from Ore gon City to Central Point This, firm has been generous with Its machines in aiding the road movement Secretary Latourette, of the East Side Capital Highway Commission, Raid thA Central Point meeting was one of tne most Important that had heen held and that he was confident the residents of that section would do their part In building the highway. HAVE YOU $34.35? YOU SHOULD HAVE WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. (Special.) Each citizen of the United States, under an equal division, would have $34.35, the per capita circulation on October 2, according to the circula tion statement of the Treasury De partment. The total money In circu lation amounted to $3,242,182,715. an Increase over the preceding month, when it was $3,228,913,034. On Octo ber 1, 1910, the money In circulation totaled $3,164,827,081. The Athletic Association of the Ore gon City High School held its first meeting in the assembly room of the high school building, Wednesday ar ternoon and elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows: President, Gilbert Morris; vice-president. Miss Edith Alldredge; secretary and treas urer, Miss Edna Holman; board of control, which consists of two faculty members, and two student members, Henry Pfingston, Miss Kuns, Roy Graves and Kent Wilson. There are ninety-seven members of this organi zation, and many more are contemplat ing becoming members In the neat-future. REWARD IS OFFERED FOR ALLEGED SLAYER Sheriff Mass Friday received a let to from L. A. McNary, of Portland, attorney for the administrator of the estate of John Thomas, the wealthy rancher who was slain last Saturday night at his home, bear Sycamore station, offering a reward of $100 tor the capture of Charles Swain, the missing farm-hand. The sheriff will Issue circulars today announcing the reward and giving a description of the suspect The authorities have learned that Swain was an tnrererate smoker of cigarettes, a hard drinker, and, It is said, was accused several years ago of robbing a man for whom he worked.