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mm OKGON QTY; ENTEKPMSE Urn ' WHTYMVINTM YIAK No. 62. OUKdON CITY, OREO ON, FKJDAY, pECEMHEB 20,1913. ESTABLISHED 18CS RANCHISES RUSH THROUGHCOUMCIL DI,CUISI0N CUT Off AND BOTH LINE CIT RIGHTS ALONG WATER STREET UIHE ERRORS CREEP IN UNSEEN C.mpniM Otl Mor. Thin City H.a Srgald Bui Mmbr Still Bellev Qrantt Will Mian Much to Town ih th Carvr and tin Clack amas Souther" franchl wr netted through tht city council Moo diy night l "P"' ' ,ht hr,"a' veto ot M.yor Lio t. Jon.a. Only Councilman Teoee voted ,il tht Carver franehiao. Tht 1. arantma tho right of way up w.i.t atreet to the Ctaekama authrn want through without op- soe'tio". Speeche In favor of a arogreeolve atand for tho roada and Jrmimente that tha elty ought to an uunga tha lino to build aa many trackt on tho otrott a thaif bual uu would Justify woro mad by ..-.r.i af iha council number. K i nui't. orttorly meeting llit .... iwn rraa.hla to ralleada Mon day d Ik lit- With little argument and n-i..i..n. Iho council voted to give (be to linn riKbt of way up Watr nrwl fr a I'TI.ki or ! year. wp lw th rttiiicit)lcoi under tbo control of th council at all lime. Iloth companM were granted tli rlrht to build double tracka tho atr.t i'.,b, iha uruvulona of their fran thfV may hav sIiikI" or double irtrk throih tho eirei-l. This Bran that " th rompaulee bellev ,k.. nm-d thriii for their uuainrea, ih.n till t four tracka on tho etrrel InJrr Iho piovlelone. tho council aUo inuiifd right of way on Ontrr atrm-t brro the Houthern Pacific now run h an itfifonih atreet where tho CUrkamae Southern already bat (rtnchlae. Cauncll Reoulatea. Tha life of Iniih of tho ordlnanree I fur 15 rran. Tbcy give tho City muarll Iha rlfht lo rvgulat and COtt trol ih traffic on Iho tret and al ia. Iha rniirrnpiilBtlVoa to determine )ut huw and when tho freight may bo liroiuhl In and out of town. Atlt-r la ran. tha council may alo doiuand rompDMthtt of aottio aorl from tbo raoipaaio ami may make them con tribute Inio tho city treaaury a certaiu art rantuae of thdr aroa recelpta. Hut thi' franrulaea now provldo that tha companies muet Improve Water nrwt aa rapidly a tho city engineer ud tha city council direct 1 bo im pmvemrnt that will have, to bo mado ibi.ro in order to allow wacon apace la certain aectlona afior tbo road la uvld will prohatily coat aeveral thou and dullar. TIioiikIi tho council dol not contemplate that all of Oil I to be done at once, It doea Inalat that the railroads ahull do their alinre of tho work aa rapidly kj tha city la ready t l-iln on It portion of conatruc- tion. Carver Line. The Carver franehiao ak for rltht of way thr.iuiih tho city on Cen ter ilreet fruin tho north boundary of the city, aloim the atreet In a aouth orly dlrectlim to nfleenth atreet theno alonn that atreet weaterly to water atreet to tho aoulherly term- Imii of the atreet. The Clarkamaa Houthern on tha oth r hand, aaka for tho franehiao on Wa ter atreet between Twelfth and Four teenth atroeii, ith have practically the iiuua provlalona allowlna; the con truciion o( a aliiitle or double track on the atreet, ninklnx It unlawful for any peratm lo hinder or ohalrticl in ny way the laying of trnck throuuh me atreetit of the city Riven by tne proTlaioni of the fruiiclilao and pro tldmi a penalty for any employe of till rallrnnda w tto ahall alnian paaaen i'tt or line any profona lannuago tn or about the rara. Conatructlon Time. Tha Carver line la allowed 90 day In which to heidn and 18 tnontha lu hlrh to complete tho road while tho Clarkauiaa Southern eipecto to begla eonaiructlon work within SO daya after Ui franehiao la granted. O. E. Ktiy. Homey f.)r the local company, aa "fled at. the council meeting Monday nlKht that the company would begin conatructlon alrnoat at one and that wmlile tracka would bo placed wher ver they could be placed undor tho hristmas Spirit Clinches When Old Nan Asks Meaj I In aluinlili'd Into tli chop tiouan. old, rngged, and ImuiI. Ilia cloture wro tha caaloffaof a nian fur amaller lila f"et wore deroruted with a irlui mlng of patched ahoen, wlilln h In mi- lent liuii'k cup, pulled way down on hla fui'0 to keep out Iho cold, hud probably been thrown awuy long bko by Nome, morn proaperoua brother. II had dtawn hlinaeK tngeiher. Ill hniide were In hla porketa, hla arm held cloao to hi able, and hla neck oven aeemed lo ha contracted cloaer lo hla body. Hut Ilia titco waa uir to wonder at tint it hla rluihea. It wa hard and pinched. Ilia eyea were half loavd but there waa a fulnt twinkle (hut came throiiKh the lung eyelaahee. The liulr thai allowed around the hat waa white and futz that covered hla chin and check ahowed a dirty gray. Aa ha m inn In the chop bullae (he warmth ot Itm room alnwly permeated and be eipumlcd. He drew hla handa from hla pm keta, big, acarred, oiprea- alve handa. They told of many year' with pleka and thovela; of hard work. FOUR FIRESJHREE DAYS $40,000 GOES IH FIRE BUGS PUT CONFLAGRATION MATCH tO BAKERY BURNING FURNACE TAKES THE PLACE OF ELLIOTT BROS. STORE AND STOCK NOT A SHOE STRING LETT INTACT Everything Coal Before Ravage of Demon and Crowd I Forced Back By Intena Heat of Flame Forty thousand dollar worth of property waa burned early Tueiday BELIEF THAT SMOP COULD NOT HAVE BURNED FROM ANY DEFECTIVE WIRING I He aluffed to the counter and leaned . morning by tha third mldnlaht fire over to the manager ot the plui o. In within throe day whan the (tor k confidential whlapcr, which lu the building and tock belonging to El- unlet of the room could be beard all over the pluce, he mid, "1 want to work for a nieul. mini, the owner of the houae, frowned hut then he aaw the dothi-a, the ranged ahoea, and the enpreaelon of the face and he led the alrnnger to thu wood ahed In the rear uf the bouae, A big plate of "mulli gan," warm, and dellrloua waa placed on the counter and. after a abort limn. the alrnnger returned from the myo tnrlea beyond the door and ate tho meal. HELD FOR ASSET John Anderaon of the neighborhood of Hubbard entered a pica In the lua ttce court before John M. Helvere t'rl day of not guilty to the charge of a- aaultlng a achool boy. He clama. In dufenae. that tno noy tormented blin and that he often camo to tho fence near the land and made remarka that angered the man. Klu ally, after conalderable patience waa waated on the boy. the man went over Iho fence and gavo tho boy a tborougu thraahlng. Tho parenta Immediately nm mm arreated and Conalablo Jack rYnat ma.1.. iha arrenl. The boy. Kred Vo der, will appear aa a wltneaa Inl the Juetlc court December 27 when the caae la called for trial. terma of tho franehiao that bad been granted. Tho city council ha the right to re voke tho franchlaea whenever the rallroada violate tho termo and pro vlalona that they contain and may do to with abort notice. It haa also the power lo regulate the boura of freight and paaaeniter aervlce and la tho arbi ter In all dlaputea between tha two railroad. Common Ueer Claua. Tho franchlaea contain a common uaer claim, allowing either concern tho right of w ay over Iho property or the other. They alao allow the coin pnnlea to build a lino of poloa down the atreet to carry the electric cur relit for the tralna that will )na over the thorougbfarea Included In tho con 'Tli property owner along the atreet have all ahum objected to the granting of franchleea on the ground f. L..i. vi. mould be lowered and that their property would be made woilhleaa. The council haa had ev- eral conference wun "'' ,"'B" ed remarka have been pawed between ha renreaenlatlvee of the taxpayer and the officer of the railroad com .... Th. nniiell. however, decld 1j k. .tt.nanlea ahould be glv- en the right of way over the atreel : tt they-would, In return, Improve 0M thoroughfare and keep up with tU pace act by tha city for the work. The .It the coat ol the Improve ment waa often dlacua.ed by the coun cil and the rallroada d.ii m "e nlea atrreed to do a much work M he dty wiuld do and w Improj" k.An.i th nut Hide edue r BLTPl ucjtMiu "Tbe'ordlnance. are now up to tho mayor for hi algnnture d. wlu. 7. come effective na aH,n aa he place bit name to the franchiser Young Lochinvar In His Racing Car Takes Bride To the Church's Altar .tart. She haa fought the PK"" ...... ine. ahe fire heard of It. and Racing in a nix cylinder car through Jo coiiiitu m the mnd effort to jnrt the will of the mother to end " ngemeiit by an exile of the girl in Europe. E. IL Wlnchnll and Mlaa Margaret Merrill played the part of chlnvnr and bla bride Thursday af ternoon. n)y a few hour before, tha girl to leave Portland with her mother "id the family' efforta wore to bo watered on breaking up tho ongage "it, the car appeared on tho ecene, T !!'rl JunPpd Into It, and tbo heavy machine darted out Into tho county Highway, for a race to Oregon City. y but a few minute, tbey reached inectty i,PRd of tne lotl(! dlatance from Portland. The marriage 11 'n aecured through chum of "incheir, while tho two awaited out, !!" until the paper waa received. innhl"Tled to the homo of Father nil. i"hn,nd- of ,h Bt John1 Catb ?' church hut. not finding htm at T.T' m ,0 r,,h'r Mlllpr of tho 8L w Itahy homo for tho ceremony. ther la ald to have ralaed "niectli n to the marriage from tho ever aince V-.:"-,...,,, that waa renponalujo ror me c.e- up only to be w?a.b' ita"f but another one that .et In 1 only lew night ago ended by the two acnem to have threatened to take tne g SfJSa'oTwTS-rtS Thuraday night. . f two ana iw , delegated beat man in -'""- " " t lnl0 the to get th lloenMt. H w 1 d office of tho oun V'Vlngement. ... of th nece.aary arrangeme . - .V.. ... V " Meanwnne. ."---,, the en- A no wi'i--! - . all of Mean' anxlouaiy. Hhed down of the church. 'nd,ln bJr. 9 returned to Portland. liott brother at 807 Seventh (treet wee totally destroyed. Th origin of tho (Ire lo not definitely known, although It wa th common opinion of all who aaw th fir and knew th olrcumetancee that It waa of In cendiary orgln. Th fir broke out between mid night and 1:30 o'clock but It waa 1:00 o'clock before tho alarm wat turned In and the department re ponded to th call. By that tlm th blue had broken out through tho roof In aoveral place and th Interior waa raging furnace. Several llnea were atretched from the hydrant one block went on 7th atreet mid on th lreet. Within few minute after the first company arrived, aeveral itreama were playing on the blate. The hotteat part of the fire e the upper itory of the build ing and the roof. In order to be able to play the water upon these place It waa necessary for tho fighter to climb unon the roof of adjoining build Ing. The fight wa. at first carried ou from the front and aidea until the entire rear of the building had be come one solid maits of riumes ana 11 was neceasary to concentrate the force of aeveral atreama on that part, After tho fire had burned for aome time and the department had found 11 aln.oat lniDoaalble to made any headway against It fury, a general alarm wa turned lu and aeveral other companies: responded to the can. Flore Battle. The battle raged for more than au hour before the men were able to make any substantial headway agatnat the flames. One part of the blnie would be quenched only to have another aectlon break out again. Time after time tho fighter and tho crowd thought that at last the nre waa un der control only lo aee the heaven lit up by an out break In another part of th tructure. Long before the nre wa cnenaea, the roof of the building had fallen in and the entire center of th large frame structure was mas of roar ing flame. Big Crowd Witches. As soon as the alarm wa sounded, the crowd began to collect until there ar several hundred persons crowd ed along Seventh and Madison streets watching the fight between ine ui and the department. They filled the sidewalk on the north side of Seventh street and toward the laat were Jamed 1.... mi-ether as to make It almost Impossible to pass them without get ting out Into tne muu 01 mo Ti. .M.mi.in nf the street was a great drawbuck to the progress of the 7, . a .au-ar la being laid along Seventh street and great mounds of ji-. i-nniered both sides of tne irencn -i 1 .,, nft alunh of the street was ankle deep in places, making It almost ImpoBbible to move the hose .i tlm. More than once tne carts became stuck and It required the combined strength of a .number of men to move them. a.... Bnri lit StOCK With the arrival of the first on the scene the doors of the store were opened and the work of removing the goods was started. At first the cash K Md. the more valuable cases were taken out but. as the nuber o inputted, the entire stock of the front part of the store, conslst ?.: Tr ih nioat part of ribbons, dresa goods, notion and such articles, was Amoved. It to estimated tha t about one-third of tne sioca i- - the burning building. The saved atock was piled lot the north . Id of the , the stores on ", , h ' "lell curb of the aiue . rXar rVy oTire; open and with their contents exposed to ?h. mit from the fire hps. and the embers from the tire 3 frr:?hetwa. put. It in uch a condition aa to be unsalable. MJ,.. Frame Building. The building was of frame con- tesrraq $ throught, by a memu" h tne h.r the total loss will oe in i" that tne tJ,nftft The amount "ee'flwal'occupledbyE.- '". .. ..nra and a small pan 1 h. wrner of Madlaon by Duane 0EV,hhr:.ndf.rmm,em Thi nre depart- due to we on tte ment eoncenu' -we." side of the building. SOME FEATURES Of CONFLAGRATION Work Through Muf and Slush to Get Water on Roaring Furnace That Has Bl6tart When Department Comes Fire bugs probably atarted the blaze that destroyed thu Home llakery 011 Seventh and Jobu Adams streets at o'clock Monday morning. William Mcllobetl. the owner of the stock had just completed the fit ting up of the shop and bad Installed an entrloly new set of equipment. Mr. and Mrs. McRobeyt bad returned from a visit to Portland when the fire was discovered an the alarm turned In. For the second time within 24 hours, the fire boy of the department were called out to. quench a roaring blaze that bad a good start before it Red Ink Tests to Be Used In All , County Schools Name of towns and river that play an Important part In the business of the country are to be taught the chil dren of tho county sc.tol under the direction of the superintendent, Pro fessor J. K. Calavan. The superintendent propoaes to In sist that the county teachers make lists of all of the Important cities an.l rivers and that the children of tbo schools be taught how the names are spelled. He want to conduct "red Ink tests" and has Instructed the teachers to select words of Importance from each subject In the curriculum for a special course In spelling. For Instance, he bas already selected a list of 60 words that are to be found through the grammar text books and thinks that the children should know how each one of them Is spelled. If the child make 95 per cent In these teats, he will be given credit for 10 per cent on his regular state exam ination. In this spelling list, the teach ers are to Include only those word that are practical and important aud that the child must know In order to properly handle his work. The coun ty superintendent (eaves Monday to at tend the meeting of the state teach ers' association at Salem, and will have charge of the department of rural schools. Ho will also attend tho conference of county superintendents during tho time that the examination papers are being graded la the office of the state superintendent. EXECUTIVE PEN SIGNS mm is in LI FOB W WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. President Wilson signed the Class-Owen . cur rency bill at :01 o'clock tonight. In the presence of members ot h s cab inet, the congressional committee on baking and currency and Democratic leaders In congress generally. With a few strokes of the pen Pres ident Wilson converted Into la- the measure to be known, as the ftdcrnl reserve act, reorganizing the nation's banking and currency system, aud rur nlshlng. In the words of the president, the machinery for free ana tuatic and uncontrolled credltes, put a', the disposal of the merchants and manu facturers of this country for the first time In SO years." COUNTY VOTES AT 66 PLACES was discovered. Flameo Hign. When tbe department arrived on 1 the scene, the flain.es were shooting up Into tho air. Tile electric power and light llnei wer cut and tbe poles near the building were in flames. Water waa turned bu in a moment, however, aa soon aa the department reached tho aceno and three atreams played for several hours on tbe burn ing building In the effort to get It un der control. The neighbor buildings were well protected and though the sparks were blown by tho cold wind In every direction, no damage was done to any of the abutting property. The case of the bakery. boWever, was hopeless from the start and though tbo building was thoroughly drenched by the oceans of water that the fire men poured into lu there was little chance to quench the blate that bad such a headway before the department was summoned. Wood Not IgnlteiL The building Is Talued at 'nearly t-tnnn nH the furniture and fixtures at much more than that sum. One or the featurea of the fire was tne iaci that the wood had been laid In the r, , mora for the morning baking and In spite of the Intense neat ana lue blaze all around the furnace It did not Ignite. Mrs. McRoberts had Just gone Into their private rooms and placed hex furs over the radiator to dry. Look ing down, she saw that a great nole had been burned through the Poor and that the first story was aflame. Several alarms were turned In by tele phone and by the fire alarm systaui In rapid succession aud the depart ment responded promptly. The fire boys had a difficult task to fight the fire as the streets were soaked by the rain and it was an almoBt impossible thing to pull the heavy hose catts through the mud and slush of the streets. At the same time, three Hues of hose were playing upon tne fire in short order and the blaze wa. calmed down from a roaring furnace to one that was easily within control i. m McRoberts a short time ago suffered a Blmllar fire at their other bakery In Hubbard. They believe that the tire Monday morning wac deliberately planned and that the same person was propaDiy, reaptma. hi. fne hnth Several who lnvestigat ed the premises think there was a de cided smell of kerosene about the place Caleb Cross was owner of the building and little Insurance was car ried on the property BLAZE STARTS AT DIES IN NEW YORK COURT DRAWS IN LINES TO MAKE PRECINCTS SMALL AND MEET LAW OREGON CITY GETS SEVEN BOOTHS Changea Are Made to Comply With Legal Requirement and Cut Down Number In Eeach of the Diatrlcto The Right Reverend Henry Douglas Robinson, bishop of Nevada, died Thursday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock la New York City. Bishop Robinson was a brother to Rev. Charles Wellington Robinson, rector of St Paul's parish of this city, LI. waa atlll a man In the mime of life, born In 1860. He held many po- clnct cannot have more than 300 rep- sit ion of honor In the Episcopal lstered voters and the addition of the Sixty-six voting places will be estab lished In the county instead of 44 hereafter. Under the law, the pre- churcb and, for a number of years, he was president of Racine College. Seven rears ago he was elected by the house of bishops to the diocese of I Nevada. women vote bas Increased this lu many precincts to much more than that number. The county court, as a result, has two and Estacada two where these towns had been one before. . ..mi tn iin Vnrir fltv to attend had to cut down the sUe of the. dis- tho general convention, but he was trlcts and to draw tn the lines. It too 111 10) toko-hi Plane iabe-hous created seven precincts!; in Oregon of bishops. He was taken by bis City Instead of four, two in Oak Grove brother to SL Luke'a hospital, where, as against one, Oswego two, Glad In spite of every effort of science, he stone two. Beaver Creek two, Canby a -Si w-a . J awH atrli aa e n AO A died. He la to he buried on Monday next In Racine, Wisconsin, probably In the graveyard surrounding, the Collegiate CbapeL He Is survived by a wife, two sis ters, Miss Clara U Robinson, of Port land, and Miss Marion A. Robinson, of Los Angeles and a .brother, Rev. C. W. Robinson of this city. HIGH SCHOOL New Ones Named In addition, it created Ardenwald out of Harmony, Barton from Damascus, Cottrell from Cascade, Clarks from Highland, Dickey Prairie from Mouuia Evergreen from Abernethy, Garfield from Estacada, Jennings Lodge from Gladstone, Liberal from Molalla, Mll- waukle Heights from Oak urave. Mount Pleasant from Canemah, Wil- sonvtlle from Pleasant Hill. It also changed the names of Canyon tree to Colton, Harding to Logan, Milk Creek to Mulino, Cascade to Sandy, West Oregon City to West Linn. Precinct List. Following are the voting places In the countv as nreoared by the court after several days of bard worg in re districting the territory: Abernethy, Ardenwald, Barlow, Bar ton, Beaver Creek No. 1, Beaver Creek No. 2, Boring, Bull Run, Canby No. 1. ranhv No. 2. Canemah. Cottrell, Col ton. Cherryvllle, Clackamas, tiaras. Damascus, . Dickey Frairie, uover, Eaele Creek. Estacada No. 1, Estaca da No. 2, Evergreen, Garfield, George, filadstone No. 1. Gladstone No. 2, Har- monv. Highland. Jennings muge, Klllin. Liberal. Logan. Macksburg, n, e.. uik.t niu rinaa Nnu It I Munlo Lane. Marouam. Milwaukie No. nan iu ...... " x? o , .Vie 1. AiiiwauKie. i.u. . ANNEXATION IS W POSTPONED WEST LINN GETS WRONG DOPE ON SENTIMENT IN TOWN ADJOINING, IT WILL AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS LATER Haa Adopted It Charter Again and Whether It Wants to Join Bigger Place Heights. Molalla, Mount Pleasant, Mu lino, Neeay, new .ra, una uru.B i.u. 1, Oak Grove No. 2, uregon uuy ino. 1 Oregon City No. 2, Oregon City No. 3, nrernn C. tv No. 4. Uregon CUT o. o. nreeon Cltv No. 6. Oregon City No. 7 iin.,o. w.t T. Inn AtA not have thj Danesro No. 1. Oswego No. Z. fleas- correct information on the sentiment ant Hill. Sandy Soda Springs, Spring- . . . . ..... I -. i j ir..ntntln lTnlnTI t .h.t nnptinn nf wtiiamptrp mat. it i water, sunnymue. iwuftuup proposed to annex, the election there Viola, West Linn, Wilsonvllle, Wlllam scheduled Tor ueceraoer i nas Deeu etie. BELIEVES STATE AND COUNTV 8HOULD COOPERATE FOR PACIFIC HIGHWAY RESOLUTION IS WELL WORDED ONE Tolls Why Thoroughfare Ought to bo Improved and Explain In vasion of Touriots Hero For Fair Clackamas bas followed the example of Molalla and Oregon City and bas come out strong In a well worded set ot resolutions in favor ot an appropria tion for the Improvement of tbe Pa cific Highway In anticipation of the tourists who will come here during the San Francisco exposition. Other towns through the county have also expressed their determina tion to pass resolutions along the same line and propose to assist In every way that they can toward getting the county court to ask for part of the fund now at the disposal of the state highway commission. Need Preparation. The towns through tbe county be lieve that some preparation is needed for tbe visitors who are expecting to com here on their way to the exposi tion and the commercial organizations believe that the best way to get future settlers in the state is to hare a better series of highways when they come on an inspection tour. It is estimated that several thous and tourists will pais through the counties ot Multnomah, Clackamas, and Marion during the year and that many of them will return to make this their permanent home. Following are the resolutions passed: "December 19, 1913. "The Honorable Court of Clackamas County, Oregon City. "Gentlemen: "The following are resolutions pasa. ed by our club: "Whereas, the Pacific Highway is a main road leading from Alaska through the states of Washington. Oregon and California to Mexico. This road is to be used by the public traffic, and "Whereas, the most direct, and most feasible, route .between- Oregon City -and tbe Columbia river bridge at Van couver, passes through the village of Clackamas, and "Whereas, this route has the low est grades, and can be put in first class condition for the least money, and "Whereas, the last legislature pass ed a mill tax levy for state highway purposes, and which will amount to about $238,000.00, this tax to be collected at the tax collecting peri iod in 1914, and "Whereas, by having a first-class hard surfaced highway through our county means that practically all of the overland travel between California and Oregon will pass by our door, and thereby enable our visitors to see what nature has provided us with, causing many to seek home here, etc., and "Whereas, this is to be greatly de sired. "THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that our county court be asked to ap ply to the State Highway commission for a portion of that $238,000.00 high way fund to be collected, and that the Bame be expended on the Pacific Highway through Clackamas county, and Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this club express the county court our sympathy for this grand cause, and that we tend to them our full support. "Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these resolutions be made a part of these minutes, and a copy thereof be sent to the county court. "Tours very truly, "CLACKAMAS IMPROVEMENT CLUB, "H. TRABNE, Vlve-PTesidenL "J. C. BUTCHER, Secretary." An exchang. y. 'rfunVf .1.-0..1-1 uneaslnes,- .uniiincRlNO FIRE IN BASE- O mvw .MENT GIVES WARNING TO THE JANITOR IN BIG PILE OF Employ Attack Ember and Get All Under Control Before Teacher or Pupil Learn Real Truth of Trouble ri-. v,.nvn nut In the high school hi a niie of kindling and waste from the manual training ruuiu mu..v., ing but was extinguished before dam age was done. , . The fire had been smouldering tn the wood for sometime and was fill ing the rooms with smoke. The mem bers of the faculty through the build ing thought that the furnace ' was smoking and merely raised the win- dJanitor Myers, however discovered the cause of the blaie and put it out before It had reached the violent stage. Most of the waste material from the manual training room of the high school was placed In tho base ment. By aome mysterious method, fire broke out thero while the cb.ll !" - ., tn school. Tho fact that it smoked for sometime before tho blaxe Started, aarvert as a warmnn postponed. The town believed that the peoplo In the neighboring city wanted to Join West Linn and called the election for the purpose of giving them a chance tn est into the larger town u wanted to do so. RELATIVES GET WORD OF DEATH IN FAMILIES WnrA haa been received In the city they that Mrs. W. E. Hoyt, mother of John The azltation now R HumDhrys. died at her home at ..J i.r.nr.. Ih. m-hnla town WniHatnrk. New Brunswick, after a - .....I.. .- with h.t ..f Waal l.liin linearine Illness. Death came sun- Ol 1 1 1(1111.--L L "im w - ..."o-- o . , u.j . ikin. t.. Hi. alth tha lt mnm ne. The funeral Will 06 &lu DflU num.: in in in '- I - - i ... i . .tunna tha election, huiil at the family residence Tuesaay iciiuiuii rr .. 7. . iithor West Linn could see no reason for Mrs. mojx i - a anerial election on the question of ana sisier, ui taking In any one part ot me town u, Thomas Forest L. SInnott, brotner later, the city were going to vote ou ot . m. " d v.. r i,in in th whn e cornora-l Rosebanks, N. i., leaving a wiuow uu four children. (Continued on Pag Eight) that nf taking In the whole corpora tion. At the meeting of the West Linn city council Saturday night, the mat ter was thoroughly threshed out and a resolution was passed inviting Will amette to join in boosting for all of the west side under one form ot gov ernmenL The sentiment has also that both of the schoul riiatrirta nucht to be under one board and that the best interests ot all of the ueoDle of the west side wouia ne serv ed were all of the government over there under one control, ine senu mont now seems to bhave swerved "?'n,f:""."J ra tnwnV aS WEST LINN. Ore.. Dec. 2J.-(Spe- hoV districr. and the people have cUll-VYhile trying to light dynamite now seemed to be in favor of concen- caps with a match. Richard IN Iwn. tratine: the government, of both age 12 years, and his brother W illiam ola a" age six years, were oaaiy ou this reason, the election has about .the face and lover the ibodr been called off and the people of West DAMAGE SUIT GETS KNOCKED BY COURT Because every taxpayer of the coun ty would be interested In the outcome of the suit and the plaintiff might not get Justice at tho hands of the jury, the litigation brought by H. M. Terry against Clackamas county was tried Monday in the circuit court at Hills boro. After the plaintiff had introduced all of his testimony as to the condition of tho roads, Gilbert L. Hedges, coun ty attorney, moved that the case be non suited and was sustained by the court. The county, consequently, won the first suit without even the intro duction of testimony. Boys, a Match, and Dynamite Caps Mix Up In Explosion i .inn will wa t to se wnetner or nui Willamette wants to become a part of the bigger corporation. After a man ind. himself in a hole it's urplng how many people there are who could have told him what path ho might have taken to avoid it. in the back ground, watching the ex periment The caps exploded and tha oldest boy was hit by a large number of the burning fragments and received burns from head to foot. One struck William in the eye. The burns are nut serious Jot II Tea of .g found several The accident happened at about dynamite cap. in a neighbor', barn 3:25 o'clock In the afternoon and wlth djnemite cap m a ueK miutes a doctor waa sum- ana toon mem io iu w a.- .- w,lnri. A..ei The two boys, with their burned dy. brother ami Mn. James Nixon, me boy had a match and tne caps were heaped into a' pile and touched off. . - -nrinum orowrid close Jme u.j --- - - - .,Aia. while theirbrother, Joe. atooa a mm , the I in a few minutes a aocior was i . .v. i- , VI r mnnori anil tn.fi WOUDUS urtDBCU. rear or tne nome or iumr !'"--"," . . .tnf.nt in the Oiu r au luici iwjo - - - Bolton ochooL their parenis nrag in that sction of West Linn. It will probably be some time before they can