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onrcnoN city mTKiMimv., vuidxy, d'kckmhku 13, 1012, a LARSEN&C( Groceries, Produce, and Commission. A car load of drain tile Just received. Cor. 10 4 Main, Oregon City, Oregon j MILL CUT URGED I LOCAL BRIEPS In Waller Nulilllt. of Needy, wni tli ell y on biialneaa Halurday. W. II. Illrd, or V 1 1 hull, wit In Ore Rim City Hnluiility on business. Kdwunl Adniiis mill wife, of Aurora, were In tint clly Hutunluy on huHltmsa. Dr. Thomas, of Molnllu, was a bun liicHH visitor In Oregon City Tuca day. A V Davis, of Mulullii, was bus lines visitor In Oregon City Thurs tiny Frank Hluies, of Mackaburg, m In Oregon City Wednesday un bul IICS. HI 111 l.lmlaay, of Cauby, In Ore- Knii City Hiilurdiiy transacting bual- Ilea. Hum. Mi.inlu v. to the wlfo of Hurry Hltiian, Tenth hikI Itullroud Avenue, 1 Klrl. K. J. Weiiiiiger, of Aurora, win a vlHltor In Oregon City Wcdiicadiiy on tillH I llt-HH. John Kraxbergor, of Mackaburg, was In Oregon-City Wednesday uu bUnllM-HS, Frumia Hrlmlu of Willamette wm In Oregon city Huturduy transuding liualiieiia. Frederick Anderaon, of Aurora. was a biialncas vUltor In Oregon City Hit 1 111 il t y. Mrs. 1'. I,. Colciuuli. of Canity, v I m 1 1 -rd Mr. and Mra. W. J. Wllaoii of till rlty Tui'udiiy. Mr. and Mra.' Kiik1'" l.f wt-lli-u. of Hprlimwster, with vlaltura In Oregon City Friday. Jiunei K. I'lipo dribble, of Macks burg, waa lu Oregon City Wednesday mi hiiHliicIa, (iiMirko W. Hi rniiillu. a nnrliant of Murkaburg. Man an Oregon city via llnr Wednesday. K. M. Saiuaon, of Needy, brother of j urn Ice of I lio Peace Simmon, ti In til., city Friday. J. M. Hurl and Fred 1 Inner of Court ney Kiatloti, were In tlio city on bus iness Thursday. William Hhcncneld. a l'ortland at torney, waa a biinlncm vliltor lu Ore gon City Wednesday. Mra. Itciy Dotmlna. of KjikIo Creek, vlalti 'l her alaicr. Mra. Vlritll May, In Oti-Kon City Huiulay. Henry I.. Bent a, president of the Aurora State Hank. was In Oregon Clly Wednesday on business. - Hum to the wile of August Lange. K.lnliu-enlh and Main Hlreets, Decern tier in. an eleven pound Klrl. Fred Heft, a well known farmer of Highland, waa In Oregon City Bat urdny Iraimaclliig business. C. T. Howard, of Mullno, waa In Oregon City attending the Golden Spine celelratlou Tuesday. . J. W. Smith. President of the Chick aiuua ( 'ou lily Fair Aaaoclutlun, waa 1111 rKon City visitor Wednesday. Klngstey mid Alllin Cribble, aona of A. ll. (Irlbble, of Mucksbiirg, were In OreKiiu City Wedueaduy on hiialiica. William Illrd and Mr. Viirhaa, of Hodii Sprlnga, were transacting bus Ineaa before the roillily court Thurs dny J. C. N. Dood a, of Twilight, waa In Oregon Clly on business Saturday. Mr. Dooda la manager of a large fiirm lit Twilight. II. N. Kverhnrt. a well known mer chant of MoIhIIii, wna In the rlty Tuesday to watch the driving of the CiiU.cn Splku. Kred Huren, of I'ortlund, waa a bua- Iness visitor In Oregon City Weduea duy. Mr. Huren la connected the Portland Journal. I). O. Anderson, of thla rlty, left Wedueaduy for Vancouver and Cnnina, Waalilugton, In the Intercut of the Western Htwk Journal. v ' Hud Thompson, of Needy, waa one of the clty'a visitors Tueadny and drew nla check 11 ere for fiUO for itiM-k In the Cliickaniiia Southern. Professor Hamucl Adler and Miss Mliiton, former tearhera with Profes aor Jolley. of Purkplace, have been vlaltln him during the pnat week. Oluf Cass, who is bookkeeper with the (')uckamas Southern Railway, left Hnturday for Honolulu, where he will atay -during the hollduyi with hit pnrenta. Mra. Kred Burns, of Liberal, was In Oregon City Monday on her way to Portland, where she will spend several days with her slater, Mm. () burn. Mr. and Mrs. John Scott, of Bnotts Mills, who were vlaltlng friends In Oregon City Huturduy and had dinner with Mri. 0. W. (Irare. returned to their homes Haturday evening. Hurt McArthur was In the rlty Tueadny from Molnlln. Mr. McArthur recently sold his place at New Kra and purchased ItiO acres of the old llratiu homestead on Dlckey'i I'ralrle. W. 8. U'Ren has returned from a meetliu of the Kel's single tax com mlHHlon which waa held In Hoaton. According to reports Mr. ITHon is no longer connected with the commlaslon as a paid representative. Kvermann Itobblns. of the mercan tile firm of Robblns llros.. of Molalla, . wan In town Tuesday and waa an In-1 (created spiicliitor at (lie reruiiiotiles Ineldeiil to (ha driving of (ho tJllileii Hplke. He was accompaulnd by Mra, Kobblna, and their automobile waa In the parade. U-'orgr, 01 f gory of Molul.s vaa In lie city tliuraday tninac'ii.-j busl neaa. Mr. (iregory has platted u truol of land at Molalla which will be sold. He any a thai Molalla la growing sai Idy and he believes that It will contin ue to do so. Ho eipects the Clacka mas Houthern to be operating Into Molallu within a year. Among (hone who were III Oregon Clly to attend the celebration Inci dent to the driving of the (iolden Hplke of the Cliiekauma Houtburu Kiillwnv, from Molnlln, were: Job Cole, II. A. Taylor, W. A. Wood, C. I Herman, C. H Herman, W. A. Heck I). Kninaby, tioorge tin-gory, J. M Tollver, W. V. Kverhart, Carl Kama by, Arthur Stlueiiger, Chrla I lonelier, Kred Hchiifer, Thomas Itldlnga, Mr. and Mrs. I.. It. Uobblns, Kverman Kob blna, Mrs. MtHiiiman, Mr. and Mrs. J f. Adams, Mrs, I.. McKaddell, tiyliell Mcradden. Mra. K, II. Ijiirna, Mias Nuru Herman, Oliver Kobblus, Mrs. Ihomna Ilerinati, Mra. C. W. Herman and M;a. (irover Ixuiglna. IN SCHOOL LEVY BOARD Of DIRECTORS MAKCI NCCCOMINDATION TO TAX-PAVERS '' - 8 MILL LEVY WILL PROVIDE $20,444 District la Fra From lndbtdns Aslda From Bunds of 157,600 Taachars' Salaries $22,000 LEWIS ACCUSED OF ELOPING WITH GIRL A complaint has been filed In tlu county court agnlnat Frederick I.w Is, charging him wltb contributing to the ilclliniiilncy of tllndys Curtis UU. It Is mild, met Mlaa Curia, who waa accompanied by Iteia Walling to l'ortland, and there purchased tick eta for the girls lo Tacoma. The glrla traveled together, l-ewla taking a UltTereiit route, meeting the girls In Tacoma. l-ewla and Mlas Curtis slopped at the Savoy Motel In Taco ma. according to Mrs. Carl Wiilllng and registered aa Mr. and Mrs. Carl Walling. They are enld lo bo trav eling under that name at present. Miss turns having a marrlagd cert If Icate which belongs to the Walling girl. They wero bound for Victoria, II Is said. and should tliey reach llrltlsh Columbia and get out of the I lilted States, the defendant cannot be vitrndlted on the. charge which la preferred against him In the complaint. Ir he has taken the girl out of the slate for Immoral purposes, he can be prosecuted by tho I nlled States on a federal charge of white slavery. ELOPING COUPLE TO WED IN VICTORIA OF Gladys Curtis and Frederick Lewis, who uiyaterloiiHly dlaappeared several days ago are to bo married at Victor ia, It. C. according to a reppon of Mrs. Keta Walling, who Is said to have accompanied Mlas Curtis to Soiiih Tacoma. Mrs. Walling, who before her marriage to Carl Walling, was Iteta Jarrett, told her story to County Matron Mrs. Parker and Chief or Police Shaw T'rlilay. Sho suld that Lewis met them in Portland on the day of their departure and purchased with 1 ticKcis lor uotn or mo gins to soutn Tacoma. He traveled alone to Ta coma. w hile the girls traveled togeth er. Mra. Walling said that while on the train Mlas Curtis showed her marriage certificate. Mra. Wailing suld that the couplo hoarded the tlrat boat to Victoria, 1). C, where they Intended to be married and live with the parents of Lewis. Mrs. Walling arrived In Oregon City Krldny. l.eulu It Ib nnltl hull mrraaiuin.lail with Miss Curtla for several veara ' appoltted to work In the Interest of nut hud never met hur until two days before their departure, He la suld to live In Victoria. One mill will be slashed off of the special levy for the support of the public schools of Oregon City, If the reeniiihicndiitloiis of the Hoard of 1)1 rectors aro carried out at a special meeting of the taxpayers to be held Monday night at 7 o'clock In the courthouse. At a meeting; of the Hoard on Saturday night the esti mates for 1918 were carefully scruti nized and It was finally determined to recommend a aperiu! levy of eight mills, which Is one mill less than for the biMt three years. Of this levy one mill Is to provide revenue for the sinking fund to retire outstanding bond Issues, as they bectiine due. In accordance with the school law. The district will pay off a bond laaue of tii.omi, maturing June 1, 1913. On the baals of 1C44 children of school nge enumerated In Oregon City, It la estimated that the district will receive :l.'.7.H4 from the state school fund, and $ll.5!i2.Z0 from the county school fund. .The estimated receipts from tuition are 11200, and on the present valuation a special levy of eight mills will produce 120. 414.45, making a total estimated rev enue of f:i6,2i4.49. The estimated disbursements for 1913 are as fol lows: Teachers' salaries $22,000.00 Clerk's salary .. 240 00 .Inrlltors' salnrlea 1.800.00 Repairs and Improvements to building and grounds ., Ruppllea and fuel Water rent, electric light and power Apparatus and furniture ... Printing and advertising.... fntereat on bonds Intercut on loans Miscellaneous expenditures Sinking fund OF The Deutsche Vernlii i.eld Its reg ular monthly meeting Sunday afur noon at Klinpp's Hull, u.nl It wan largely upended by the iiiembura anil their families. At the lose of lii'i business session, an lui-, eating pro gram was rendered as fol.uws; Opening address, (iunlav Hchiioerr, president; souk, Verclii, declainal'ou, Mr. Pfulffiir; "Polish" ladles' March, ladles of Verlcn; Comic (icrmuii soiu, C. and Miss Helen Hartman; vocal solo, Frank Holier; piano accompani ment, Oscar Woodlln; recitation, Mr4. J. Vlgellus; vocal solo, K. Hclitnd; address, Vice-President 1). M. Klum srii; vocal solo, Mlas 1-oiiUe Rotter; piano accompaniment, Oncur Wood lln; closing song and chorus, Vvrum; closing address, (iustuv Hchiioerr. At the conclusion of tbd program, a bountiful German dinner was served after which a social hour was pasxed In music, song a and games. The Ver eln will hold Its annual Christ mus tree, Sunday, December 29, for whh-n an Interesting program Is in prepara tion. HISS HELENSHITH jSCKUfea opqmieo i CIRL CARRIED FROM COURT ROOM AND BECOMES HYSTERICAL MM ALIBI AW COMPUTE MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF WallHT Drennun, arrested In Port land on a charge of holding up a afreet car, wna held to answer to the grand Jury Thursday by Justice of the Peace Samson, on a charge of robbery. The man haa been Identified by MUs Helen Smith as the housebreaker, who entered her home about a month ago and knocked her down, rendering her unconscious. The robber stole sev eral rlnga and a necklace from Miss Smith, and all the silverware in the house. Most of the silverware wai re covered. Miss Smith was taken to ho Portland Jail by Sheriff Mass and there Identified Ilrcnnan aa her assailant. 2,400.00 2,700.00 500.00 R00.00 ....250.00 2.725.00 200.00 1.000.00 1.950.00 $36,265.00 Aside from the bonded Indebtedness of $57. 500,, the Oregon City school dis trict Is free from debt, having wiped out Ita floating Indebtedness of $4.- COO.oo, w hich waa reported at the tax payers meeting one year ago. The builKet provides for the graduated In crease In the salaries of teachers un der the present schedule of salaries. E.T.AVIS0N OUITS PLACE IN BIG HILL E. T. Avlson, who has been connect ed with the Oregon City Manufactur ing Company for six years, has re signed his position. Mr. Avlson has been In poor health for several years and his physicians have advised him to go to California for the winter. The announcement of Mr. Avlson a resignation was made by H. E. Hen dry. The retiring official haa been one of the moat efficient men connect ed with tho Oregon City Manufact uring Company and his resignation la regretted by his associates in the mill. STREET SIGNS FOR Gladstone will soon have signs on all street corners, to designate the names of each street At meeting of the Gladstone Commercial Club the plan waa Indorsed and the club will also assist the city In placing the signs on tha corners. A large bulletin board will be placed at the main rail way atatlon where all notlcea of im portance will be found. A committee composed of John Slev ers, H. Hagemun. T. N. Hrunn, and Harton Harlow was appointed to make arrangements for an entertainment which la planned to be given at the next meeting. The entertainment will l e free to the public and a large at tendance Is expected. Prisoner Is Taken to Eugons Where Further Investigation Will bs Mads by Author-itlsa Miss Helen binith, of Canemuh, created a scene In Justice of the Peace Samson's court at the hearing of Walter Itrennan, accuxed of at tacking and robbing the girl at her homo on the night of November 9. When Hreiinan was brought Into the room the girl fainted and upon being revived by her mother, Mrs. peter Smith, became hysterlcul. She hild Identified the prisoner as her aasall nnt lu the Portland Jail. Miss Smith was playing a piano at her home when tlx man entered the room and knocked down with a sand bag, rendering her unconscious. The housebreaker tore rings from her fin ger, a necklace from her throat and made away with Mrs. Smith's silver ware. Much of the silverware was found In the yard next day. Hrennan virtually proved through officials of Kugene that be could not have been In Canemah the night of the attack. and was turned over to George M. Croner. of that city. The deputy sher iff testified that the defendant, under the name of Fred Drown, baa been ar rested in a box car robbery and waa sentenced to serve 60 days In the county jail. He bad served 20 days and was working with a gang on a road, when be escaped about 8 o'clock on the morning of Nevember 9, the day the girl was asnaulted. Several other witnesses from Eugene testified that they had seen the defendant alMiut 5 o'clock In the afternoon, and he spent the night In a lodging bouse at f.ugene. Deputy District Attorney Stlpp suggested that the defendant be placed -lu the banda of Deputy Sher iff Croner, and that a further investi gation of the alleged aasault be made. The deputy aheriff will endeavor to b-arn the exact time the man left the gang. If be deserted early In the morning be would have had time to reach Canemah In time o attack the cirl. Hrennan was first arreBted In Portland on a charge of being an ac complice of Thomas O'llrlen, who waa sentenced to serve a life term in the penitentiary for holding up a street car. Hrennan's alibi caused the Port land authorities to turn the prisoner over to Sheriff Mass for further inves tigation, and be has been in the Clack amas County Jail ever since. 1 1 WEST SIDE CLUB IS GIVEN PRAISE C. 3;: ue:el, typhoid fever who goes under knife. victim, JUDGE DIMICK TELLS ORGANIZA TION DISTRICT IS ONE OF BEST IN STATE FORTY SEEK TO BECOME MEMBERS McBaln Will Try to Find Out What Became of Money Intended for Robinson Road "How to Improve the conditions on tbe West Side," waa the theme of aa enthusiastic meeting of the West Bide Improvement Club at the Willamette School Thursday evening. Grant B. Dlmlck, the principal speaker, compli mented the residents of the district on what they had accomplished and said it had been done through cooper- of i atlon and up-to-date methods. He said the people were taking advantage of the natural resources and were alive to conditions. "You have the push to go ahead," said Mayor Dlmlck, "and you are go ing ahead. It haa been tbe history of the world that only those peoples ad vanced who deserved to advance, and C. Schuebcl, of the law firm t' ltcn b Scbuebel, who has been suf fering from typhoid fever for more than a week, was operated upon for vail stones at St. Vincents Hospital l:i Portland Monday evening. Dr. E. A. Somrner performing the operation. Mr. Schuebel recovered quickly from the shock, but because of the com bination of diseases and the opera- j by their efforts made advancement a Hon, hla condition la necessarily ser-1 certainty. The communities that are i loua. He was taken to the hospital Monday morning from bis home where he has been undergoing treat ment for typhoid fever. P.R.UP.C0., T 111 I Probably the largest delegation of officials of tbe Portland Railway, 1. Ii;.it & Power Co. that has ever gath ered in Oregon City at one time, ar rived at 1:15 o'clock on the special car, "Portland", to attend the Golden Spike l8y celebration Tuesday. The delegation waa met by Harry L. Young, commercial agent for Oregon alive and know what they want and work for what they want are the fore most communities In the state and country. This club Is an indication of where you stand and what you are doing. The West Side people are leaden.'' T. J. Gary, superintendent of coun ty schools,' was chairman of the meet ing. H? said that the West Side was about the II vest section of Clackamas County. The speaker declared that Judge Dlmlck told tue truth, and that the West Side would continue to be progressive, because Its people are progressive. B. T. McBaln was appointed a com mittee of one to make an Investiga tion of the expenditure of a tax voted jne year ago for road purposes, it was announced that the money had been Inended for four districts, but that none of the money bad been ap portioned for the Robinson road. The ('It.' r t V, a n..mnnnu 1 It . ing the parade, the entire delegation membership committee reported HENRY LONEY GROWS Henry I-oney. who came to tbla thla county two years ago. Is the grower of one of the largest carrots ever seen in this section of the state. A specimen, which he la showing bis friends, is about one foot long and large in proportion. It la of tbe Bel gian variety, brittle and sweet. Mr. Loney Bays the vegetable la easily growu und that he gathered a large wagon load from three short rows. Mr. Loney has a farm in the suburbs of the city and his carrot crop Is one of his best crops this year. A meeting of the Clackamas County Poultry Association was held Frlrlay o make plans for the show which will be held January 3 and 4. Those who attended were W. A. Shewman. Dr. C. Strickland, and.M. 3. Lazelle. Mr. 1-azcllo was Instructed to take harge of the show. C. C. Mohler was SALOON MAN FINED FOR SELLING TO INEBRIATE J. I'dderman, proprietor of the Mount Hood Saloon, arrested by Io llceninn Froct Wednesday evening on a chnrge of selling liquor to an habit ual drunkard, was fined $10 by Record er Stlpo Thursday morning. Udder man pleaded guilty, declaring that the man to whom he aold the liquor was a stranger to him. How's This? Wg offer On HimdrtHf n:irtrf nrw-ird lor ht m of t'ftUrrb Uui cannot Lw cuml by Hu Uiurrh tuns. W. tht UndrnlsniMl. h-nn kmiavn IV J I heneV fnr trvt I b ymn, mid IkIItv tilra (MTtrrtty hvi onilvlfi hi nil biiMliirm trntimrtltsni and niannnllr w to wuTjr oui mijr tiDujTAiion iiutur ty fti nnn. AATIUNAL 1UM UF ( i)KIM f. Tilc!, Ohio. II si It raurrfi nire It Li km tntciDBiiv. rttn ainvuv utxan irw tiod and patron lufnrtt o( ilv rtm, IrWImontalB wit fire, trie J5 p-iU wt Ifuiur, rs IJ Mil UPIT.H. laht 1UI1 Fiinllr It CoostlpoUon. the ihow at Portland. PIriis were made to have the Oregon AglPUltural College department represented at the how, with the moving picture sqtind, which show pictures and give practical demonstrations of the care of poultry. 3 AS HOI IS DESTROYED Gilbert Jackson, who lives one mile and a half from Molalla, bad a nar row escape from death Tuesday morn ing when his home burned. Mr. Jack son was In the barn when the house cauitht fire, supposedly from a stove. His father, John Jackson, was In the house at the time. Mr. Jackson en tered the burning building In an ef fort to save valuable papers, his head and ace being burned. The building and contents were destroyed. Fred Schnfer, the sawmill owner of Molalla. went to the aid of Mr. Jackson, who is suffering considerably from burns. COUNTY CLERK AIDS MT. PLEASANT LEVY The Mount Pleasant School District almost found Itself in peculiar pre dicamenL At a meeting of the tax payers of the district a few days ago there were present only two of the taxpayers. The object of the meet ing was to levy a special tax. The tax payers present, under the law, could have levied the tax. but they did not know it. so thoy adjourned without doing anything. The clerk. Ward I.awton. waa ill and was not present. Chairman Thomas admitted that the situation waa deplorable. County Clerk Mulvey. however, has come to the rescue of the district and anoth er meeting -ill be held Januarv 1. This will give the clerk teH days In which to make announcement of the meeting as provided by law. fell in line and marched to Fifteenth StreeL After the exercises at that place were concluded, the railway men went to Busch's Hall. V. T. Buchan an, publicity manager spoke briefly at tne meeting, loose In the party membership of more than 75 and about 40 applications. The applicants will be enrolled at tbe next meeting. Other commltteee made reports and the members felicitated each other on the progress made on the electric were: J. R. Wood, purchasing agent; road 0D ,ne We8t s,de whlen wU A. C. McMicken. sales manager, ln 0Peratln few months. George J. Kelly, kind agent; C. P. Os borne, superintendent of power; R.J. J Moore, contract agent; R. M. Town send, property agent; E. A. West, as-1 l-itant engineer; C. O. Durkee, caan- j ler; F. S. Drake, purchasing depart- i ment; C. P.IIillne. etore manager; W. T. Buchanan, publicity manager; E. I L. Myers, F. D. Hunt, traffic agent, I and J. Fred Larsen. 0. C. BEATS COLUMBUS U , iHei WHEN IT HAPPENS LIKE , THI8 when the other follow's to blame for the mishap to your carriage or wagon we'll fix It up for you ln good shape and tbe other chap pays the bill. You may be aure we will neglect no detail to make a good job of it for you. There'! many a sample of our fine work running around town. OWEN G. THOMAS 4th and Main 8ts Oregon City AND ONE IS ASKED Alleging cruelty, pearl Goodman Monday filed auit for a divorce from Samuel I. Goodman. They were mar ried In Vancouver. Wash., October 16, 1911. The plaintiff declares that her husband did not support her and for weeks at a time remained away from home. Circuit Judge Campbell has granted docreea of divorce in the following cases: Ellgiva M. Joy against Benjamin E. Joy; Audrew M. Ellis against Ettie Ellis and Mary Merges against Ernest E. Merges. The custody of the Merges child is to be divided between the father and mother. E T VICTIM OF PARALYSIS George W. Wlshart. one of the best known citizens of Oregon City, la suf fering from a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Wlshart waa stricken Tuesday morn ing at his home near John Adams and Seventh Btreeta. Dr. J. W. Norrla, his physician, does not regard his condi tion as critical. Mr. Wlshart formerly waa a merchant of this city and be la more than 75 yeara of age. Mra. J.' J. Bullock, who died at her home In Oswego, a few days ago, crossed the plains with her parenta when she was an infant, the family settling near Oregon City. Mrs, Bul lock was born January 18, 1S49. In Illinois. Her maiden name waa Elis abeth Melvln, and she and Mr. Bul lock were married January 19, 1863, locating near Oswego, where she re sided until her death. She waa tbe mother of five children, two dying before herself. She is survived by a son, William, and two daughters. Mrs. iora Jones and Jane Bullock, all of Oswego, and two grandchildren, Willamette Ann Jonea and Luella Jonea. Mrs. Bullock became a mem ber of the Baptist Church In Oregon City In 1896 and was a leader In church work. POLK'S- OREGON and WASHINGTON Business Directory A DtractM-r ( ck CI tr. Town wna Villas, firm d'Krlpttra kteh of each placa, locailoa. population, tele graph, hipping- and banking- point) aio fV 1 Iil-e, tory. compiled by buitinaas and proffk.L The Oregon City Athletic Club's football team la now claimant of the championship of the state, basing It on Its defeat Sunday of the Columbus Club of Portland. The Columbus team was defeated by Oregon City 13 to 0. The Oregon City team has met but one defeat fn two years, The Dalles team, a much heavier eleven, having defeated ' the local team. The game Sunday in Portland was featur ed by fine defense work on the part of Oregon City. In the last quarter Columbus Club had the ball on tbo yard line of Oregon City and after eight downs, waa forced back several yards. While all of the local boys played a fast game. Donnelson and Smith played an unusally fast game. Time after time. Smith carried the ball for good gains through the Col umbus Club line. Tbe local team outplayed the Columbus boys through out the game. The Oregon City team will pl.iv St. James College next Sunday oa the Columbus Club's grounds in Poit- land. Early in the season the two teams played a 6 to 6 tie on the Canemah grounds. The game will probably be the last by the local ag gregation. The lineup Sunday was as follows: Columbus Club Duff, LER; Hum phreys, LTR; riiirns. L G R: Kelly C; Jones, Mumford, R U I.; Flaherty, R T L: Smith. R E L: Patterson. ) B; Cummlngs, L H R; Campion, Mas lus. R H L; Irwin. F B. Oregon City Strieblg, LER: F. Freeman, L T R; J. Monfsomerv, L O R: W. Montgomery, C: Gairtt, K G L; V. Freeman, R T L; Donnelsou. R E L: White, Q B; Gian-lli, L H R Smith. R H L; Arnold. F B. Referee. Carlson: umpire. Co'.?, bead linesman, Calllcrate. IS LAND SHOW FEATURE O. E. Freytag, secretary of the Publicity Department of the Commer cial Club, who is in charge of the Oregon exhibit at the Chicago Land Show, In a letter to O. D. Eby, writea that the interest manifested in the show is great The letter follows: "We are flndng that Mr. Hill's in sistence upon our coming here was not only well meant, but certainly well advised. ' "The Interest manifested here Is little short of marvelous and we can tno help but see the results. Our ex hibit is admired and appreciated be cause of ita purely practical nature and personal talks by my wife and myself are bringing all this on. Results from thla show will exceed the resulu from those of the Minneapolis show by 3 to 1, if not more. "The weather in both places has been favorable to good attendance, today being tne first rain we have Si-eu. "Every one we talk to realizes the necessity of baring some capital to start with, and they aeem to have it The show closes on December 9." B. G. Faulkner, formerly a resident of Salt Lake City, I'tah. and Grand Junction, CoI haa made a suggestion to the authorities of Oregon City re garding tbe reorganization of the fire department. He suggests that two men be employed at a salary aa regu lar firemen. He says one of the men could inspect the buildings of the city and tbe information cbtained would be of great service la fighting fires. The insurance rates, according to Mr. Faulkner, in case the system ia adopt ed, would be cut almost ln half. He auggesta that a motor cart be obtain ed, and says that the chemical and hose appliances in the city could be used oo them. Mr. Faulkner says Mawor-elect Jonea and Councilmeu Albright and Meyer Icck with favor on his plan. PUPILS TO HAVE ONLY TREES ARE BEST W. M. Kirkpatrlck, who has been in the city several days, buying Christ mas trees for the Los Angeles trade, says the Clackamas County trees are far superior to those of any other community on the Pacific coast. "I have purchased more than 10,000 trees," said Mr. Kirkpatrlck, "and they they will be the finest used ln Los Angeles this Christmas. Not only are tbe trees obtained In Clackamas County the best to be bad, but the railway rat?s. shipping from Oregon City, are advantageous." Mr. Kirkpatrlck baa been buying1 trees for more than eight years. He will return to Los Angeles December 13. There will only be one week of va cation for pupils and teachers of the city schools during the coming holi days, the schools closing Friday. De cember 20, and reopening Monday, December 30, and closing only for the New Year's day in the week fol lowing Christmas. This was deter mined Monday night at a meeting of the Hoard of Education, and it was found that two full weeks vacation would cause the schools to close June 20. w hich is considered too late. I n-1 der the present arrangement tbe city schools will be closed June 13. H. L. HULL ELECTED MEADE POST HEAD One cf the most entertaining meet ings ever held by Meade Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, waa held Wednesday. The election of officers resulted as follows: H. L. Hull, Commander: J. A. Roman uninr vi . The. taxpayers held the annual Commander: L. P. Horton. Chanlain- Makes The Nation Gasp. The awful list of injuries on a Fourth of July staggers humanity. Set over against it, however, is the won derful healing, by Ilucklen's Arnica Salve, of thousands, who suffered from burns, cuts, bruises, bullet wounds or explosions. Ita the quick healer of bolls, ulcers, eczema, sore lips or piles, 25 cents at all druggists. meeting of tbe district Monday night at the courthouse and adopted tbe recommendation of the Board of Edu cation by making the official levy eight mills, a reduction of one mill from last year's levy. One mill of the eight-mill levy will be used to build up tbe sinking fund that the school law requires taust be maintain ed to provide a fund for paying off bonds. Next June the Oregon City district will pay ofT an issue of $6000 bonds, which matures at that time. The Board authorized the purchase of three hand fire extinguishers for use ln tbe high school building. H. VONDERAHE AND MARIE SCHOLL MARRIED E. H. Yonderahe, tbe painter, and Marie Scholl were married Monday afternoon by Justice of the Peace Samson. Mr. Yonderahe. who la a brother of Charles Yonderahe, has lived ln Oregon City for many years. A license to marry was Issued Mon day to Ida Thomas and Carl A. Koe- nig, or canny. J. Sewell, Junior Vice Commander: j A. Mattock, Surgeon; J. Doremus Officer of the Day; D. H. Davlea, Offi cer of the Guard and George A. Hard ing, Quartermaster. The Council or the Administration la composed of A J. Tufts and J. C. Sawyer and tbe del egates elected to attend the State En campment are J. A. Mattock, O. A. Van Hoy, Faxon Hayford, J. McFar land and C. N. Lewis. A fife and rum corps was present, rendering a number of old-time selec tions. The relief corps gave a dinner at which an invitation sent to H. S. Clyde from Mrs. Helen Long street, wife of the Confederate Gen eral Lonestreet. of Gainsville, Ga to the unveiling of a fountain and monu ment of Abraham Lincoln was read. EVIDENCE IN BANKRUPTCY CASE HEARD BY REFEREE B. N. Hicks, referee In bankruptcy, Monday heard evidence In the bank ruptcy petition of Clarence Wilnon, of.Canby. The liabilities are about JCnno. and Wilson says all his assets are exempted from the payment or ' his debts.