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6 '2- PpfiOMON CITY ENXEQMISE growing County, " - H subscription e- .yH at the label. v Vv.d not miae any . VV news numbars. ficKfit to It now, OREGON CITY, OHEQON, Fit! DAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 FORTY-SIXTH YE AH No. 33. ESTABLISHED 18M 77 CLACKAMAS BABES 10 BE IN SHOW COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL PICK DOY AND GIRL FOR "EU GENICS EXPOSITION" PHYSICAL PERFECTION IS STANDARD Winning Of Prlie Would Ba Ortat Advertlaement For County Handsome Prim Ara Offered The Hoard of (lovernora, of tha Oregon (lly Commercial Club, has In dorsed tli proposition of the elate fair board for an "Kxponlllim of Ku gi'hlci" at the atnte fulr at Halem be- KltinliU HMtomlT 2, Tha board bua appropriated $S00 for cblldren'a prise. It la tha Intention of tha Com mercial Club to tmtor children from thin county, and utrtn(a ara urni'd to communicate with the Secretary of I ho Publicity Department, 0. K. Kroy tun. A "Child' Welfare Kxhlblt." un der tha auaplcca of tlio Oregon Moth tira' Congrcaa mid tlio Orcgou State Orange will ba made a art of tha ex position of eugenlca. Mr. Krcytagl conlldciit Unit tha rblldrun from tbla county will lake aevcrnl prlsca. Tha winning of several of tli priies would bo a bin advertisement for the comity. Tbv club Ima received tha following from U. M. liunimcr, sup erintendent of tha "Exposition of Eu geulca.": Tha Mate Kalr Hoard haa approp riated laou.uo tbla year to cover pram luiiia und eieiiea of a depart inoiit to be called thn "KxhhI(Ii1) of Ku Keiilca,' to be held nt the State Knlr, Hull-in, week of HepL 2nd-7lh. Tbla will b a showing of children under tour years of age, at which physical perfection rather tlmu doll Ilka beauty will be tlio atuudard. Certnln medical atandarda of weight and measurement will ba lined, and every child compnrrd with thcao atandarda and approach to perfection w ill ba II mi red on a percentngo bust A corpa of well known women phyal- clnna will muko thn teat, at tha eamo Hum pointing nut to tha mother tha airoiiK and weak poind In the chlld'a mnkeup. A "Chlld'a Welfare Exhibit" uuder tho niiHplcea of thn Oreiion Mothere' ('ongrvaa aud the Orotton State Crunge will be iiiHdo a part of tha Exposition of Eugenics, at which all the approved inethoda of handling ba blca. their food, c lot 111 n K. and other featurea will de demonstrated dully by trained tinmen. Children will be ahown In tho fol lowing clnsaea. HOV--Uver 6 montha and under 2 year, lat, $25 cup; 2nd, $10 cup; 3rd, $5 cup. Over 2 yeara and 3 yeara, 1at, $2S cup; 2nd, $10 cup, 3rd $5 cup. Over 3 yearn and under 4 yenra, Int, $L'5 cup; 2nd. $10 cup; 3rd $5 cup. Ilrand Champion !loy $50 cup. (Irnii'l Champion Olrl $r0 cup. Your Commercial Club or Uranus la renucated to Interent Itnelf In a pre liminary abow alann: theae llnea and alter aelectliiK the boat boy and beat Klrl In Ita community, the bahlea aud mothers are to bo sent to Hiileni aa representatives of your town or sec tion, with their expvnscs paid by your organization. The sending of a boy or ulrl to tho State Knlr who wna aft erwnrda determined by a corpa of not ed phyalclnna to be the beat In the Slate) of Oregon, would attract mora attention to that locality than thoua atula of dollnra apent In advertlalnK. Many towna In viirioua pnrta of Ore gon have signified their intention of enterliiK this contoat--piit yonra on the miin by hnldinR a prellmlnry aliow. Any child may be brought to Balem direct without having been en tered In a preliminary ahow. E TO HAVE Warner (Iranuo la working diligent ly making prcpnratlona for the cotiii Inn County Kulr. The committoe In chnrne haa made application for booth apuce Bnd expot'ta to occupy a much luwr apnee than In former yeara. All the members of the Qranne are work Iiir toKother to make a allowing that will aurpaH other yeara and enable It to win flrat prlxo. Warner Grunge hua taken flrat prlxe a number of tlmea. The County Fair la a great benefit to the County and all Grangers are urged to have dlaplnya. The County Knlr la one of the beat advertlalnK mediums Clackamas County has ever had. POTTERY CLAY FOUND A bank of pottery clay, which may prove to be fire clay, haa been discov ered on the farm of F. J. Hnrkenrld er, three-qunrtera of a mile nortbeaat of Estacada. Horings for a distance of 600 feet In all directions ahow a large depoalt. The depth la unknown but it has been bored four feet Teste show It can be uaed for pottery. The clay la blush-green and of line quali ty. Tests are to be made at Portland of aamples which Mr. Harkenrlder baa prepared. DREDCES ARE CUniNG Augmenting work beliiR dona by tho (lovernmeiit dredge fhnmpoeg near Hie aiouth of the Chic kHiiniH llivnr, In conformity to Mujor Mcludou'a pro Jm.t for a alx-foot (hansel from Port land to Oregon City, which wna fnv oruhly ucted on at Washington, prl vale dredge are heluK operated above the hrldKca by anud and gravel con nerna Hint will help to remove lumpa Hint bother lanni liuieii on both alilea of Hie channel. Derrick (targe No, 2 of the Diamond O Mem, workliiK off Ininiinl'oiil aen'a, while tho Tllan, of the Pacific HrldKn Couipnny, la dredging In front of tha Jonei Lumber Company's pluut, on the weal abore, opponlte Itona Inland, and the Columbia Digger Cimipmiy haa a rln enKaxed In ruin I u K amid aud urnvel on the Inland aide. Above and clone to the channel a large dlKi'.er of the Rtar Hand Com puny la anchored. ' W.P. IS PROMINENT GRANGER THROWN FROM BUGGY AS HORSE GOES THROUGH FENCE HEAD AND SHOULDER BADLY CUT Victim Uneontoloua Several Mlnutea, But Dr. Mount Saya Condi tion la Not Oangeroua la Creamery Haad V. I. Kin hem, prealdunt of tha Cluurk Creek Crea ry, and a promi nent itraiiger, waa aurloualy Injured Tueaday afternoon In a runaway at hla home near Ixigan. Mr. Klrchem waa driving 'a young horae which be came frightened at an automobile and bolted through a fence. The ahafts were torn from tho vehicle and Mr. Klrchcm waa found In an unconacloua condition at the aide of the fence. The automobile waa Immediately atopped and the paanongers placed Mr. Kir cheui lu the machine and carried him to hla home. He regnlued ronacloua neaa before reaching there, and It be came evident that hla Injuries were not fatal. Dr. Guy Mount dreaaed Mr. Kir chem'a Injurlea, which conaiated of aertoua cuta and bruises on hla head and left ahouldor. Dr. Mount aald up on hla return to Oregon City that Mr. Klrchem, while aerloualy hurt, would be able to be out In a fow days. "lie had a narrow escape," aald Dr. Mount, "and If the shafts bad not be come separated from the buggy the Injury might have been fatal." Mr. Klrchem, In addition to being a prominent granger la one of the beat known men who cornea to Oregon City and Is president of the Clear Creek Telephone Company. He Is the owner of an automobile and fre quently cornea to tbla city In hla ma chine. 10 BE TRIED SEPT. 3 The ciiae of Guntav Schnoerr, charg ed with libeling Chris Hchuehel In an udvertlaement published In the Morn ing Knterprise, baa been aet for trial September 3. Mr. Schuoerr, who Is president of the Dentscher Vereln In Clackamas County, and vice-presi dent of the German Societies .of Ore gon, had the advertisement published when he was a cnndlduto for the Re publican nomination for representa tive. Mr. Schuebel, also wna a can didate, both of them being auccesa lul. Mr. achnoerr la represented by George C. Hrownell and J. K. Hedgea and Mr. Schuebel by C. D. I.atour ette and V. 8. U'llen. KILLING OLD FRIEND ST HELENS, Or., Aug. 10. George Weber, the old flaherman, who was suspected of the killing of Jamea Cur rln, was called before the coroner this morning and made a full confes sion of the killing of Corrln. He claims that Corrln attacked him and lu the fight he waa thrown over board by Corrln. In defending him aelf he uBed a knife made of a steel file and atabhed Corrlp. Weber wna examined last night by Sheriff Thompson, Deputy Lake, Cor oner Sherwood and Deputy District Attorney M. K. Miller and after tell ing ao many unreasonable talea and aeelng hia position he requested to he allowed to make a written state ment, which he did, making a full confession of the crime. The testimony before the coroner was similar In many respects to the statement last night but differed to such an extent that the officers are following np the leads suggested by the evidence. A rdfliplalnt has been filed with the Justice ct the peace charging Weber with murder anfl he may have a bearing Monday. HURT IN RUNAWAY PRALL QUITS AS II MAN WHO HAS WORKED FOR BETTER ROADS EMPLOYED BY LAND COMPANY IS AUTHOR OE SEVERAL WORKS Samuel HIM, Preildent of Horn Tele phone Company, Is Mention ed Aa Successor Of Portland Man The Oregon Association for High way Improvement must seek another president. Carlos T. Trail has re alxued. Ha line become malinger of the KuHtrrn Oregon Land Company, a aubsldlary corporation of lialfour Guthrie company and will hereafter reside In Ontario, where he will have charge of holdlnga extending over aome HO miles. News of Mr. Troll a resignation waa received with aurprlae and regret by hla assoclutva In the highway cam paign. Ho la now serving his second term aa head of the organUatlon that haa submitted to the people for vote at the November election the six bar mony good roads blils. Much of the work incident to tho campaign for better built hlghwaya haa been done singly by Mr. Prall. During hla flrat year aa prealdent of the association he acted aa a mem ber of the state-wide, good ronda com mittee and later on the harmcny high way committee. He Is the author of Important provisions of the bills and by hla study of rond legislation and construction methods in many states aided greatly in the effort to obtain for Oregon a system based on the best experience of the most expert legislators and road builders. There Is no certainty aa yet as to Mr. Trail's successor. The asacla Hon will call a epeclal meeting to con sider the resignation. During tha next four montha the campaign to place the merits of the highway bills and their Importance before the peo ple will become exceedly strenuous. Members of the association feel that a man who la not only enthusiastic In the highway cause but who haa the qualities of generalship must be chos en. In this connection Samuel Hill, president of the Home Telephone company and national known leader of the good roads movement, baa been prominently mentioned. Association members would consider It high good fortune should Mr. Hill consent to ao- cept the place, It la aald, aa no other man In the country la credited with greater ability to handle a campaign or moro ability In aettlng forth the great need of systematically built roads to the present future of the state's development. Mr. Prall haa been In eastern Ore gon attending to matters connected wltti hla new position. IS NEWPORT PUZZLE NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Metropolitan and Newport social circles are allrred by a real mystery, Pets of society, debonair "smart aet" lions and las sies, Inquisitive aoclety writers for gossipy Journals and unruptured bach elors of marriageable estate are In a perfect fever of excitement Kor of course it's all about a beau tiful young woman. Young, daintily charming, with the, poise of a queen, tho wit of a Parial enne, the coquetry of a rainbow Bhe haa set the society folk of Newport Into ajiuzzlng Hanoi of whispered comment and speculation. Who la she? Ah, there's the rub. Likewise the mystery. Kor, guess aa they may, scheme as they will, plot aa tbey do, not a single person, save the inner few of the upper ten who have been stiuulliig sponsor for her, has been able to fathom the Identity of the ex quisite "Girl With the Pink Mask," as she haa been named. At every society function of conse quence recently she has appeared, gowned In "creations" that have caue ed feminine gasps of envy and mascu line marathons at her bewitching aide. Rich sle must be, superbly beautiful she undoubtedly is. and of high social standing without doubt else why the entree she has gained to the moat ex clusive affairs held In Newport? Yet not a hostess haa Introduced hrr to a single guest, and not a hos tess will help solve the mystery. She always appears with a dainty pink silken mask, from which peep two eyes of steady blue, brimming with mischief. Her hair of wavy brown fittingly crowns this queen of myatery, and her alender figure -would grace a goddess. She rarely lingers more than a brief half-hour, usually vanishing aa mys teriously as she cornea, long before the majority of guests have had time to know of her presence. Ask one of those prime dames who preside over the social destinies of Newport's most exclusive set about the "Girl With the Pink Mask." You will meet uplifted eyebrows, a bland elmle, and aoft-cadenced rejoinder about as fallawa: "Yea? Why, really. I do not know whnt you mean. Most certainly any person who has honored me by being my guest Is known to me personally A girl with a pink mask? Really, that Is quite beyond my comprehen sion. Yon can say for me moat em phatically that those who attend my receptions are not expected to come togged out In any such bizarre attire." j And there yon are. EAD OF HIGHWAYS PROBE OF MUTINY HAI.KM, Or., Aug. 13,WHh a view to having the hearing to be held here August 20 benefit those Involved In the mutiny within a defined scope Governor Weat today Issued a statement outlining It The questions to be considered, according to tha talement, are aa follows: "Klrsl--Wbciher during the Joint maneuvers near Grays Harbor, Wash, on July 28, 112, an order was Issued or command given to the Second Hot tullon, Third Infantry, Oregon Nation al Guard by a regimental commander to march from Gate, Wash., to Oak vllle, Wash. "Hecond If such an order was la sued or command given, whether It waa obeyed. Third If such an order was Is mied or comand given, but not obey ed, Justification for such action." Should there be any other matters or charges, having beating upon the conduct of the officers or men of the Oregon National Guard, which those interested have a desire to present, the same should be reduced to writ ing and filed In the Governor's office. Theae mattera will 'hen be set down for hearing at an early date. TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION TO BE MADE PERMANENT AT NEXT MEETING WATER WORKS SYSTEM IS PLANNED G. L. 8nldow Elected Temporary Chairman And B. T. McBain Temporary Secretary Forty Art Preaent That the residents of Weat Oregon City, Willamette and Bolton are wide awake, ambitious and enterprising waa Illustrated at a meeting of repre sentative citizens of these places at the Oregon City Commercial Club ) Wedensday evening . Felicitating themselves upon tbe building of a new railroad Into their territory by tbe Southern Pacific Company, these representatives det filed it waa time for thorn to make an organized effort to pla'e before the world their re- aourcea and In order to make the ex ploitatlon aa far-reaching as possible It w aa unanimously agreed that a club should be formed. Two names for the organization were suggested the West Side Wide-Awake Association and the West Side, Bolton to Willam ette Club. About forty men and women were present when the meeting was called to order. G. L. Snidow was elected temporary chnlrmnn and B. T. Mo- Ilaln temporary secretary. Address es were made by Mr. Moody, head of the Moody Land Company; J. W. Mot- fatt, J. W. Draper, George Hall and H. T. McBain. Mr. Moody announced thnt the company, which he represent ed, having failed to obtain water from Oregon City, would begin at once the drilling of wells In West Oregon City with the Intention of establishing a water system. The establishment of a high school on the west aide also was discussed. Mr. Moffatt praised the west side and said the land waa superior to any In the state or nation. He made a motion thnt an Improve ment club composed of the residents of Wlllnmette. West Oregon City and llolton be organized. Tbe motion was carried by a unanimous vote, Mr. Draper suggested that a committee of five be appointed to draft by-laws and perfect a permanent organization. The following committee was ap pointed: B. T. Mcllaln, chairman; T. Gary, J. W. Draper, J. W. Monatl and Gaorge Hall. The committee will meet next Monday evening at the Ore gon City Commercial Club. A com mittee to confer with Southern Pacific officials regarding the railway cross ings was named as follows: J. W. Mof fatt, chairman; George Hall and 11. T. Mcllaln. It was announced thnt wo men and children would be admitted to membership by the organization. Meetings from time to time will be held in school houses on the West Side. 140 BULGARIANS ARE MASSACRED USKUP, European Turkey, Aug. 10. Details of the massacre of Bulgar ians by Mussulmans on August 2 at Kotschana, 60 miles sonthweat of here, show the butchery lasted three hours and that more than 140 Bul-j gnrlana were killed. The trouble began with the explo sion of a bomb In the crowded mar ket square. Five Bulgarians and six other persons were killed. Five min utes later a eecond bomb exploded In the same place causing further fa talities. Soon afterward Mussulmans appear ed armed with guns, revolvers, knives and clubs and carrleds out a whole sale butchery, Turkish officials look ing on. Later, on Turkish troops arrived, but Instead of arresting the Mussul mans made a houBe-to-house search for Bulgarians, many of whom they drove to prison with their bands bound. All were Christians. One hundred and forty corpses were found, more than 100 being piled np In the courtyard of tbe Bulgarian Church. Much looting has been done. WEST SIDE FORMS BIG BOOSTER CLUB SALE OF LINE IS ELECTRIC REPORTED SOUTHERN PACIFIC SAID TO HAVE BOUGHT WEST 8IDE ROAD FROM P. R., L. A P. mmioN is pun 10 mm Purehaalng Company Haa Surveyed Routs And Competing Llns Waa Expected Reaidences May Ba Saved A report waa current Thuraday that the Southern Pacific Company had purchased the Willamette Falls divi sion of the Portland Railway, Light ft Power Company. The report was started by a contractor employed by the Southern Pacific, who said that he had obtained the Information from an official of the company. It la plan ned, according to the report, for the electric line of the Southern Pacific to be operated over the route aurvev ed and the line partially built by the the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company from Oawego to Willam ette. The Portland Railway, Light ft Power Company has constructed the line from West Oregon City to Bolton and expecta to have the lire to Os wego In operation by October 31. There It will connect with another di vision and enter PortUnd. More than 100 men are now employed on the extension of the road. Recently the officials of the South era Pacific Railroad announced thaj the company would establish a douols track line on the West Side from Sa lem to Portland. Tbe route haJ al ready been surveyed. A rumor that the company Intended routing all Us fnst trains that way crossing '.re riv vr at New Era, where a bis atoel bridge will be constructed, caused much uneasiness In Oregon City. However, at a conference with a com mittee of the Oregon City Commer cial Club, officials of the company an nounced it was not the intention to operate ateam traina on be west side route. The plan waa, they said, lo opera(o tnly electric tra'iu to re- l.eve pasaciiger traffic, and a'so rive that section the benefit of railway service. Tbe information that the Soutnern Paclft C-mipany has purchased the right o' way and line of the Portland Railway, I Ight & Power Company, if It is verified, will interest many rest dents of the west aide through whose property the route survey by that company, and which probably will be abandoned extends. In several In stances the route cuts through resi dences, and In case the road Is con structed tbe company will have to pay heavy Indemnities. $3,000,000 HEIR OF HERO ASTOR IS BORN NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Mrs. Made line Korce Astor, survivor of the Ti tanic disaster in which her husband, the late Colonel John Jacob Astor, lost hia lite last April, gave birth to a son at 8:15 o'clock this morning. The new arrival has been named John Jacob Astor after bis father. The ba by becomes a direct heir to $3,000, 000 of the ABtor fortune. The attending physician said mothT er and son are in good condition. The fact that its father proved him self a hero In the Titanic disaster and the size of the fortune provided for a posthumous child have lent unusual interest to the arrival of the youngest Astor. Colonel Astor provided that wheth er the child was a boy or a girl, it should receive the same sum, and ev en if the stork had brought more than one child. Colonel Astor's will cov ered that contlgency. Dr. Edward B. Crogln, an expert, at tended Mrs. Astor, with the family physician. Three nurses at first watched her on shift? of eight hours each, and later the battalion of nurses was Increased to seven. Mrs. Astor had entirely recovered from tha shock of her experience in the Titanic disaster. Her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Korce, have been with her almost continually. She recent ly gave up her usual nightly rides in Central Park and remained In seclu sion. The Astor baby is one of the few children ever born to have the abso lute right during Its minority to make a will disposing of 13,000,000 as it pleases. Colonel Astor left no doubt as to what he Intended to be the rights and privileges of his posthumous child or children. While the sum of $3,000,000 Is set aside for each such child to pay for its maintenance and education during its minority, the accumulation and principal to be turned over when the child or children reach the age of 21 years, the will also directs: "I absolutely give, devise and be queath the capital of the said trust estate . . . unto such persons and such estates, interests and proportions as such child shall In or by his or her last will and testament In that behalf direct" Should the psothumous heir die without Issue or without having made such a will the J3.000.000 reverts to the Astor residuary estate and would benefit not the mother, but Colonel Astor's son by his first marriage, Vin cent Astor. who Is the principal heir, and who is now In Europe with his mother, Mrs. Eva Willing Astor, Col onel Astor's divorced wife, and his sis ter, Muriel Astor. GRAIN SAVED FROM 2 FIRES TO BE EXHIBITED A Jar of mixed grain which has sur vived two fires and has been admired by agriculturists of all parts of tbe country Is attracting much attention at the promotion office of the Oregon City Commercial Club. The grain was grown In Missouri, and was first placed on exhibition at the Loulsana Purchase Exposition. When the Mis souri Ilullillng burned the last day of the exposition the grain was saved from tbe fire and was brought to the lwia and Clark Exposition In Port laud and placed In tbe Missouri Build ing there. This building burned the last day of tbe fair and F. A. Mllea, a deputy sheriff of Clackamas County, saved the grain. It will be exhibited at tbe county and state fairs. OLD PURSES FALLING TO PIECES ARE OPENED BY COUNTY TREASURER $50.62 GOES TO GENERAL FUND Corroded Gold Coin Found With Skel eton Soma Of Money May Be Redeemed If Heirs Are Found County Treasurer Tufts Tuesday ransacked a campartment of a vault in 'his office In which had been kept tbe money of dead men for ten years. Pocketbooks, grimy and falling to pieces, were opened and gold and sil ver coins were tumbled out of them. The money belonged to men who com mitted tulclde or were accidentally killed. Many were never Identified and those that were had no heirs to call for their small estate. The mon ey, which amounted to $50.62 was cre dited to the general fund. That re ceived more than six years ago can never be collected by the heirs, but tbe balance may be upon application to the county court. "County Clerk Mulvey and myself looked up the law on the subject. said Mr. Tufts, "and found that mon ey found on dead persons when heirs did not put in an appearance belonged to the county. So I decided to Inves tigate the financial standing of men dead long ago for the benefit of the county. One pocketbook found be side a skeleton eight years ago drop ped to pieces when I picked It up and a $2.50 gold piece rolled out It was corroded to such an extent that It was almost black and was encrusted with moss leaves.. I didn't like the work very much, for It seemed that I was prying Into secrets that should have been buried with the dead. Letterr and notes found in several of tha books were not legible and many of them crumbled to pieces when hand led. I was almost glad we could not read them, and consigned them to a waste basket" SCOTT FOR MARSHALL WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. The pres ident has withdrawn from the senate the nomination of Leslie M. Scott as Vnited States marshal for Oregon. The supposition here Is that the withdrawal has to do with politics or that Scott grew tired and resigned to go into business. His nomination was made originally about a year ago on tbe recommendation of Representa tives Lafferty and Hawley, and though rather unusual, both senators gave their approval to the nomination. Neither of them seems to have any Idea why Scott's name has been with drawn. Hawley and Lafferty profess to be In the dark. WIFE, ASKING DECREE, ALLEGES CRUELTY Alleging cruelty . Bridget Zlllman Tuesdav filed suit for divorce against Bernhard Zillman. They were mar ried September 15, 1911 in Oregon City. The plaintiff saya that soon thereafter her husband began treating her cruelly by calling her names. TELFORD WILL CALL BULL MOOSE MEETING Max Telford, delegate to the con vention of the Progressive party re cently held In Portland, and alternate to the convention held in Chicago, has arranged for a meeting of Roosevelt supporters in Willamette Hall next week. Mr. Telford says the object of the meeting will be the appointment of a delegate to the convention to be held in Portland to determine wheth er a state ticket will be named. The organization of Clackamas county In the Interest of the new party also will be discussed. Mr. Telford urges all Bull Moots men and women to attend the meeting to be held at Willam- ette mil. TREASUREOFDEAD GOES TO COUNTY WORK ON RAILWAY IS BEING PUSHED BRIDGE BUILDING AND GRADING OF SOUTHERN PROGRESSES RAPIDLY MORE THAN $200,000 SUBSCRIBED Clearing Of Routs To Molalla Com pleted And Grading From Mullno la About Finished Work on the Clackamas Southern Railway la being pushed vigorously, both on gradfng and building of bridges. Tbe Fifteenth street trestle has been equipped with ties and is ready for the rails. The crossing timbers to make connection with the O. W. P. are nearly all cut and this part will soon be erected, connections put In and ateel laid. The trestle No. 2, an overhead crossing, and trestle No. 3 are com plete except for the ties. Trestle N6.4, which crosses the Wendl Creek Canyon, is being built, by the Interstate Contract Company which sub-contracted the bridges from Archer Mason Company. This trestle Is more than 700 feet long and 120 feet high and many per sons thought this part of the work would be too much for local people to accomplish, but any one visiting the scene of the work and watching the busy driving of piles, the unload ing of the piling and the immense sawed timbers, will be convinced that there will be a railroad runlng from Oregon City to the Molalla country soon. This trestle will be complet ed within three weeks, and by then all the grading will be finished from Oregon City to Beaver Creek. Ties will then be laid and ateel will be on the ground as soon as It can be deliv ered. Clearing of all rights of way to Molalla has been done and nearly all the grading between Mullno and Mo lalla, together with more than- one mile of hard grading this aide of Mu llno has been finished. The piling (10,000 lineal feet)' for the Molalla bridge Is cut and piled ready for delivery and that for the Milk Creek bridge Is 'cut and ready excepting a few pieces. Kour saw mills are rushing the timbers for the bridges and twelve to twenty teams are hauling timber and piling every day. The total of subscribers numbers nearly S60 and the total amount sub scribed is around $200,000 cash val ue. Taking into consideration the many obstacles, thrown in the way of the building of the line by antagonistic interests, the success of the enter prise is little short of phenomenal With the road assured more sub scriptions are coming in and it will not be surprising to see this road en tirely built by stock subscriptions and owned and controlled by resi dents of the county. Mount Angel voluntarily and with out personal solicitation brought in a total of subscriptions for $30,100 cash value or $60,200 par value, and among the subscribers are numbered the most prominent men in and around Mount Angel. Scotts Mills came forward with an offer of $20,000 cash and Monitor with a like amount providing the road would touch their sections. Marquam Is raising $15,000 and possibly will make It $20,000. With 360 to 450 substantial ranch ers, business and profeslonal men be hind an enterprise which has the mer it the Clackamas Southern Railway has, it seems that it will be a hope les task to try to prevent It being built COLONEL'S MEETING COST JUST $17,000 CHICAGO, Aug. 9. A statement of the expenses of tbe Progressive na tional tonvention issued here today shows that it cost the new party Just $17,000 to meet here, while it cost $96,000 for the Republican national convention to re-nominate Taft The seat sale to the Progreslve convention and the Individual contri butions totaled $19,000, leaving a sur plus of $2,000 In the Progressive treasury. Tbe Progressive national commi ttee continued today its work of can vassing the various states regarding the Progressive outlook. Chairman Joseph M. Dixon has appointed Geo. W .Perkins, former members of the banking firm of J. P .Morgan & Co., chairman of tbe executive committee, and Perkins will name a treasurer and other officers for his committee. The woman suffrage movement Is assured voting strength by the ap pointment today of four women to membership on the Progressive na tional committee. The women mem bers are: Miss Jane Addams of Hull House. Chicago; Miss Frances Kellar, chief of the Immigration inspection bureau. New York: Miss Lena Gord on, of New Orleons, and Mrs. Charles D. Blaney, of San Krancisco, who was a delegate to both the Republican and Progressive national conventions. With .the exception of the members of the Prcgressive national commit tee, most of the delegates to the con vention have left for their homes. Governor Hiram Johnson of Califor nia, accompanied by several other members of the California delegation. left last night for the west