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OHKOON CITY KNTKILTKIHK, FRIDAY, JULY n. 1. 5 LARSEN & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Groceries, Produce and Commission The largest and most complete stock in our line in Clackamas County. WE PAY CASH For country produce. AH good told on Money-Back Guarantee. Wc give Green Trading Stamps 1001-1003 Main St. Oregon City, Ore. 1 LOCAL BRIEFS j.,lm Y. Humphry, manager of ihn Huiiilr hrry . we In th county el .,r,.l .UM Il.li wrh. Ihn funeral "I Herman Olann, who died at i """' pareiiia n-r Hubbard l Tuesday held Thurs day, awl Interment waa lit Ihn 'Mm rriiM-ii-iy. li wa 21 year iM mill ltrl H'l hla parent near Hubbard. In-j Hi waa to s sudden Ml tmt'k of ii'D'hrii spinal meningitis following a Hi-til Colli. Mil.. MuIm'I Edwards, until recently riM'i" a in roriiaiiu. came 10 mil ci'X Friday for a vlxlt uf elmiil a week. Him will leave th lallrr part of neat Week for Hi" Molalla illetrlct. I'llff lloniliirilioff. of the Molalla district, spent mm day Itie ludnr pan nf ilia week In Ilia rutinty seat. jnhn Hughes, a prominent farmer uf llio Rtdland district, underwent an operation at tlio Oregon City hospital Haturday morning for appendicitis. Mm. C. 1). Cray, uf Catiby It. P. D. No. 3, ha recovired fruin br o ra turn of two week ago, and waa alilo to return to tier bonis Haturday. Mis J. U hharp. or Stafford, re turiH'd to her homa Huturduy after ! itdl'iac two weeks In Hi" Oregon City hospital. Mr. J. W. Douihlt and her daughter, Kat who liava been vlaltliiK Mra Mml rarr returned to thuir home at Powell River. It. ('. Saturday. Mlaa VI. del Farr and l--o Farr niado tha trip wlih thru) and will apend tha anmiuur lu iirltlah Columbia. Judge Cordon K. Hayca wilt go to WMxIluira Haturday aa orator of ths day at tha bl( Independence day coin- bralii n there-. Judge Ilayra will de liver Ilia address at tha program which will h" hold In tha afternoon. Wood burn I maktiiK big prvparatlona for the annual celebration. Mr and Mra. J. 0. Pelembton. of rnnlaail, passed throUKh Oregon City ii'oJ.ir on th"lr way to the headwa ters of tha Mulalla river, where they will .fikI several weeks. They are making the trip In an automobile. Superintendent Calavan returned to Oregon t'lty from the ineetlnR of the aluie board of examiner at Salem Bat- unlay evening but returned to the cap ital city Monday afternoon. Milton Trulllnger, of the Molalla dis trict, waa In the county seat Monday to attend to tmalnosa matter. Karl (Iroshong, of tha Marqtiam dla trlct, waa In tha county teat the flrat of the week. Mra. Mnry E. Ilolmea, who baa been 111 at her home at Mt. 1'lenHant for ovoral weeks with typhoid fever, waa taken to a I'ortland hospital Tueaduy. She la no better. Mlaa Mabel Herman, formerly of Canby, waa In thla city the flrat of the week, Klin spent the laat year In Linn county, where, rhe taukht achool. Mr. and Mra. Frederick Jameann, who live on a farm In aoiithern Mar lon county, vvoro In OroKon City for a nhort time Wednesday U arrange for the purchase of a tract In eastern linckamn county. Mr. and Mr. T. T. Dunamoro, of Portland, who have, been vlnlUnK lu Molalla for over a week, were In Oro. koii City Wcdneaduy. They will axiid I ho reat of tho woiik In Oregon Ctty. CITY 8TATI8TIC8 lli:itMHEVNOI.ns Dnvls W. Herd mid llenHle C. Reynold were granted n luiirrlngo llccnao by the county clerk Thursday. EliimY-CAUK Howard Ebnrly and Itmli IhhIkiIIu Cnllf received a nir rlngn llcenan ThurHilny.' VAN ALLEN RAUKORI) A marriage, lifeline wnh granted Myrtle Radford of Ilorlne. and J. K. Van Allen o. Portland, ut Vancouver, W'attli., TucHilny. MI 1,1, 1011-811 ANDY A mnrrliiKO II cim He wan IsHiied to Cordalln Miller nnd Krnest Hhnndy, of GlndtUono, Mondoy by Uenuty County Clerk Harrington. HORN to the wife of Mlclmnl A. 8ta ber, of tho New Era dlHtiict, a boy TuoHdny. HORN to the wife of H. Dowornian, of the Claokunum dlatrlct, Tuesday, a Kin. HORN, to Mr. and Mra. C. A. Andrews, of Willamette, Monday morning, a Doy. LICENSE GRANTED a marriage license was issued to Evalone Summons nnd Jndd Groon, of aivb, uKianonia, BiiiuruRy. THREE HAVE NARROW Caught on the Portland Railway. yght A Power truck at Rupert sta lon, Wllllum Trudell nnd M. K. Park, Oregon City, nnd George Beers, of Sandy, had a narrow escape from a fa Jfil accident Tuesday aftornoon as Jney wore driving from Portland to Oregon City In Bn automobile. Park was riding alone In the fear ""at. The crosHlng at Ruport station "Pjiroached diagonally, and the party (;ould not see an Intorurbnn car that whs speeding down grade toward Ore Ron City ur,tll It was nearly on them. Mr. intdoll, who was driving, retained "is presence of mind and started to wrk off the crossing, but the ground M very sllpperty and the electrlo car struck the automobilo sending It flying on?1!. 11,8 track Bnd Btrlklnglta.ec. ona time, the machine going about 75 reet along the embankment. Foru- y i.ha automobile did not turn mer'The top WM P Md tn three si.nu"!.e unfbla 10 B6t out- Trudoll red 1 ?reck- The accident accur about 3 o'clock. U I.. Ili n.e, a I'nrtlaml attorney, baa entered tho law firm of b' llen & Hrhuebel and the firm, u II la now or gaiiliid will opeu law ofdiet in Tort land. Mr. I' llen, tha aenlor TninlMr of Ihn firm, will apend a larva iiatt of hla time at the Portland olfleo with Mr. Ile.ne, and Mr. Hi Iiui-Ih-I will dvote all of lila tlin to thtf vork lu dragon City. Mr. I Iron la young but well known Portland lawyer. LARGE ROCK FALLS . 60 FEET TO STEPS BOULDER OVER FIVE FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE TAKES OUT ECTION OF RAILINQ A rock nieaaurlng five feet and ten Inche In clrrumfereiiee and weighing many hundred pounda, rolled from the top of the cliff abo Heventh atreet whore the men In the employ of afreet Contractor J. W. Hhea were working and ainaabed alwut 14 feet of the rail Ing. The accident happenod about J:. to o'clock. Contractor Shea clalma that the rock waa not thrown by the heavy Maata which were act off near the Chaae property In the afternoon .but merely rolled over the edgo of the bluff. The distance from the point where the nick fell to tho walk la about sixty feet and It must have come lib a terrific force. The railing waa splintered by the force of the blow. Mr. ft Ilea clalma that whenever blaata are being fired men are eta Honed at both the head and the foot of the atep to prevent person from being Injured by falling rocks, large and amall fall over the bluff at that point and down on the steps," he said "I have done everything possible to protect those who go up and down the step." , . STOLEN AUTOMOBILE For two days and two nights the automobile of E. M. Rasmussen, 277 Peerless Plnce, Portlund, sat on the road sldo In the Redlund district and not even the newcBt tool or niece of equipment was taken. The car was tuken to Portland Krldny evening. The automobile, was reported to Chief of Police E. Shaw Friday after noon by John Cusaedey mid the pollne official learned from tho owner In Portland that tho automobile was stolen the flrat of tho week. No truce could be found of the person or per sona who took the car to tho Redlund dlatrlct. It was first Been eurly Wed nesday evening. Tho automobile Is a Ford and Its number la 1905. 1DGES The regular July term of the Clnck nmas county court opened Wednesday and bids for the Itarton bridge across the Clackamas river and for the Meadowbrook brlge across the Molalla were opened. The bids will be table lated under tho direction of tlio state highway engineer and the contract awarded sometime within the next week. No other Importnt mutter came be fore the court and the commissioners spunt the afternoon and evening audit Ing the county bills. T When Mr. and Mrs. Clarence (New. lywed) Fairhurst returned to the bride's town, Willamette, they did not receive the conventional "bless vou. my children" welcome from the father or the bride. What be did tell hla dnushter was. "Get out of here and stay out, Don't lot that husband of youra ever set foot In this house." The bride had at the of the elope ment, left most of her clothing In hor father's houso. Mr. Fairhurst could not let his wlfo go without the rest of her clothes, so he went after them. The outcome was that Falrhust was dragged before Justice Slevers Satur day on a warrant sworn to by Farmor, charging trespass upon Inclosed land; pleaded guilty and was fined $7.50. "I should be distressed about a fine." say Fairhurst, "when I got $20 worth of clothes." BOY TAKEN TO REFORM 6CH00L John Haines, age IS years, was tak en to the reform achool at Salem Tues day by Juvenile Officer Frost, after a heating In the Juvtlld court before Judge Anderson. HEW LOCATION 18 L MAPLE LANE RESIDENTS FIND COMPROMISE FOR DIS TRICT FIGHT BOARD CREAIES 1 U SCHOOL District Will Be LocaWd K.ar Molalla and I a Part of flva District Will Meat Orowlng Damand Hy a vote of 34 to S the voter of Maple I .aim showed that (hey did not favor dividing that school district at a mass meeting Monday night and by vole or 30 to I they declared their po sltlon In favor of the plan of building a new echoolhouse In a more central location. A com m It tea uf five, composed of Messrs. Thorn, Harney, Parker. Rob bin and Htnllh, waa elected to Inveatl- gala the plan of moving th echool- house and the report will be made In writing at a mass meeting to be called July 7. This committee will find an appropriate locution, will find the cost of a modern structure, and find the coat of convenient location. About fifty legal voter were pres ent l the feeling and a large number of children and parents who could not vote. Although alnuat everyone pres ent look an active part In tha discus sion and every aide of the question wa threshed out, at all time the meeting waa quiet and free from personalities. The matter waa taken up by tha dla trlct boundary board Monday, but ac tion waa postponed until July 10, a the member on the board believed tluit (hey did not know the sentiment of the voters. A petition was present ed, alined by about fifty persons, ask ing th.il a new district be created out on Miple lne, l.lnn's Mill, Kver- preen and llenrlcl and a remonstrance wa eut In to the office of Superin tendent Calavan algntd by about forty persona, asking that condition remain aa they are at present It la said that tha pupil living In the eastern part of tha county are forced to walk three and four mile to school At the meeting of the district bound ary board Monday a now district wa created from part a of the Molalla, Tiasln Crek, Glad Tiddlngs, Yoder und Sampson districts. There was no orolret to the plan. The new aehool. which la numbered 126, will have 40 persons of School age. The building will be located about two miles from the town of Molalla and about two mile from the nearest achool building GIRL TALIS TUESDAY; STILL UNCONSCIOUS The condition of Carrie Oliver, age 18 years, the daughter of Mr. and Mra. J. Oliver, wa rojiorted aa serious Wed nesday. Tuesday evening, with several girl friends, Mlaa Oliver waa atanding near the retaining wall on tha south end of High street talking with several girl friends. She made a atep backward and roll about twelve feet, striking on largo rough rocks which have been taken from tho street work. She was taken to a nearby house and up to late Wednesday evening bad not regained consciousness. It is though that the girl has sustained a fracture of the skull although this baa not been defi nitely determined. HAMMOND ESTATE PROBATED Tho estate of Edward J. Hammond, valued at $775, was probated in the county court Tuesday, and W. W. Everhart was appointed administrator. CASTOR I A For Infant and Children. Tha Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature CHIP BECOMES POPULAR. Great Middleweight Sorspp.r Touted For Title by Coaat Fans. George Chip by hla defeat of Sailor Petroskey at I.os Angeles became a popular Idol with the Pacific coast funs, aud some, of the best posted crit ics of boxing declare thnt Chip Is the greatest middleweight fighting machine since Stanley Ketehel. Chip's victory hits started a big boom In the middleweight ninks, for be crowded a heap of fust milling Into the twelve rounds mid now there Is talk of a scrlca of contests being arranged to settle' tho question The featherweight situation wns In a muddled statu u few years ago until Undo Tom McCarey took the matter In baud mid Inaugurated a series of elimination bouts. The result wns that be finally brought johuny Kilbaue Into the ring with Abe Attell In a battle thnt settled the dispute beyond all question Now McCarey proposes to do tha same thing with the middleweight muddle, and It Is a foregone conclusion thnt Uncle Tom will bring the series to a successful culmination. Chip will get bis next crock at a coast Idol next month when he meets Billy Murray, conqueror of AJ McCoy, who robbed Chip of bis title a few weeks ago. Murray la a good young fighter, and. If Chip succeeds In beating blm bis fortune will have been made. There are a dozen likely looking mid' dlowelghta In the country, and George Knockout Brown, who beat Bob Moba a few nights ago, Is regarded u being as dangerous as any of them. The worry germ cense lot of aa necessary trouble. If a man i seasick It's natural' for blm to want the earth. A man Isn't necessarily charitable because be give himself away, A Comparison. A diamond with a flaw Is better than a common atone without any lmparfac- J tlon. Chinese Proverb. PLANFORSCI100 .7,1914! On January 7, I'JH, Mlaa Amanda Ititlswltf and William liurns were quietly married In Portland after happy courtship of acvnral months. On January 17, ten day after tha mar ralgn, the wife clalma that her hus band began to alms ber. On Janu ary 27. aha further allege, that b rufiiaed lo provldn ber with clothing and money and she went lo work In Portland paper hoi factory. Krlday June '.'), she filed a divorce eult agalnat hi in on the general grounds of true and Inhuman treatment. Hue aak that ber maiden name be reatored. DECREE! GRANTED Tb following divorce docreeg were granted Tuesday by Circuit Judge Campbell: Oick Iilion from Jose phine M. Dlion, Pauline 1). Cannon from Kdward M. (-niinon, and Ora J aluubston from Hurry M. J)urUn DECREES CHANTED The following decrees were granted Thursday by Circuit Judge Campbell: Jnaala Kawdlng from ( ornellu Itawd lug, J. M. Davla from Ida Oavla, A. W Davl from O. It. 1'avla, Anna M. l-owe from George W. Ujwb, and Jlenry Thurrnan from Lou Thurman. HUSBAND WANTS DIVORCE After It year of maraied life Clar euro D. Straw ha come to the conclu slon that bl domestic life I failure and has brought an action against hla wife, Alice Ilelle Utrow, charging cruel and Inhuman treatment. iuir wee ding took place at lunette. 111., Sep tember 15, 1898. WIFE WANTS DIVORCE Charging cruel and Inhuman treat ment. Mr. Nellie A. Urugger ha brought a ault for a divorce from ber husband, URoy Druggur, In the circuit court. They were married lo Uerval November 28, 1907. TWO ASK FOR DIVORCE Two dlvoroe iiilt were filed in the circuit court Wednesday, both based on tha grounds of desertion. Edward T. Farrow claims that hla wife left blm with no cause. They were married September 21, 1906. The other caae was filed by Clara Jahnson against Us- car U Johnson. They were wedded In Portland August 15, 1907. BOYS ARE ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF AUTO LADS START OUT FOR RIDE MACHINE BELONGING TO PORTLAND DOCTOR IN John J. Kelleher, ager 17; W. J. Porter, aged 21; E. E. Smith, aged 24. and J. N. Linn, aged 27, were arrested Sunday by Chief Shaw and Officers French and Woodward, charger with the theft of an automobile belonging to Dr. J. L. Ioomla, of Portland. The car waa taken from Yamhill street Saturday afternoon, and Kelle her says he alone Is responsible for the theft and that the other boy met him at Grays Crossing and believed the car belonged to Kelleher. The Portland authorities communicated with Chief of Police Shaw Sunday and about 3 o'clock Sunduy night the car came Into the Miller-Parker garado. Six boys were In the car and In the confusion incident to their arrest, two of them escuped. Sergeant J. H. Price and Detective Fred Mallet, or the Portland police force, came to Oregon City Monday aft ornoon and took the four boys to Port land. Dr. Loomls came later and re turned wifh the car. A "CRUSOE" IN i LAKE ERIE. Had Baan Marooned by 8trnger and Left Without Food. Middle Bass Island. O. That be waa taken to Middle Sister Island, Lake Erie, three weeks ago by a man who sold be owned the place and who left blm food enough to last a week, but who never returned. Is the story told by Henry Adnlr, fifty, who says be Uvea lo Detroit, brought here by mem bers of a fishing party wbo rescued him In wbut appears was tbe nick of time. Members of the party fishing In Lake Erie off Middle Sister Uland, Isolated near tbe Canadian line seventeen miles from here, were attracted by the fran tic waving of a shirt. Drawing closer, they discovered Adnlr. He was emaci ated nnd starving. All be bad left of blB store of food was a few crusts of bread. Adnlr told bis rescuers that a man accosted him In Detroit nnd asked U he wanted employment He said he was to have been employed to look after the premises,, although be found on arriving on tbe in I nnd there was practically nothing to look after. His scanty food supply wns eked out with clnms ha found In the sand. His days be spent trying to slgual help from passing boats. Maddening 8nuff. On the Amiizou river sevetal Indian tribes use simff, called pareca, which Is made of the seeds of a species of plant. When bout of snuff taking is determined on the people become high ly intoxicated nnd then use the snuff. The effect of pnreca is so violent thot the taker drops as If shot and lies In sensible for some time. Those more accustomed to it are highly excited, dancing nnd singing ns if mnd. Tbe effect soon subsides. Other tribes use It to repel ague during the wet aeason. 'Tie love that makes th world s"o round, As has been satd before; 'TIs love that cauaea wheela to turn; "TIs love that urgea men to earn Th bread they need and mors; Tie lore that brings tha teardrop to The sighing maiden's laah; lor lures the cornstalk from the around; TIs love that makes the world go round But anostly love of eash. Chicago Record-Herald A Usual. Be A poet la born, not made. She- That's right blame It on the wbman. I Life. PROI'IIUT III SPEAK AT DINNER CHURCH BROTHERHOOD CLOSE ONE OF BEST VIAR6 IN ITS HISTORY SEVERAL WOMEN HAM SHORT TALXS Withcomb and U'Ran, Rival Candi data for Governor. Have Place en Progra Mt.t In Fall Tbe Congregational Ilrothorhood held the last meeting of tbe season Tuesday nlgbt at the Congrrgatlona church. A well eerveJ dinner, pre pared by lb ladle of the church, waa followed by a numher or talk, inciuu Ing Dr. James Wlthycombe, Republl can nominee lor governor; w, u ITRen, Independent candidate: Di trlcl Attorney Glllxrt Hedges, a well a many other prominent lo tbe pub lic and private lire of the city ana stale. C. A. Miller waa touslumster, Tbe season Just closed baa been one of the let In tbe life of tbe brother hood. The bi-weekly meetliiKa have attracted many of the church who otb erwlse would not have been brought In touch with Christian Influence, ac cording to tbe report of the officer of the organization. Tbe next meet Ing will be held In the fall, the date being (elected by tbe president. Dr Wltbrcombe waa the first speak er of tbe evening anJ be devoted bl time lo a discussion of the needs of Oregon. More people lo develope the resources of the state, capital lo es tablish factories, businesslike admin 1st ration of tbe atate's government to make the progress of the common wealth aure and steady were declared to be of the greatest Importance to the tale. Dr. Wlthycombe declared him self to be a firm believer in the great ness of the state and spoke of the fer tility or tbe Willamette valley a an Indication of what wa possible In the west. Rev. If. N. Smith, who I filling tbe pulpit of the church lu the absence of Rev. G. N. Edwards, made a short talk, following Dr. Wlthycombe. Rev. William M. Proctor, ro.-meriy pastor of the chureh, but at preseut connected with the Pacific University at Forest Grove, spoke on the mission or a small college- to the community In which It la situated. The talk or Rev. T. u. Ford, pastor or the First Methodist church, was one ot tho features or the evening. He ept his audience In a slate or con tinual laughter through really hu morous references made to speeches made previous to bis own. W. S. U'Ren was the second candi date for governor to talk. He too. de- lared bis faith in tbe greatness of the stale and maintained that it was the duy ot the legislature and the governor to provide those laws which would aid In the upbuilding of the common wealth. Gilbert Hedges in a short address. made several prophecies concerning the future of the state. Tbe abolition ot all party lines In the state, compul sorv voting, and a limiting ot the power of voting on initiative measures to those who bad read the bill were an predicted. Dr. Ray Norrls. of San Francisco, who is visiting in Oregon City, and L. StlDn were the other men who. talked. Mr. Stlpp spoke on tne condition oi toe unemployed of the country and said that in many cases the condition ot the man out of work was traceable to himself. The ladles, as well aa the men, played and Important part In tbe even ing and several prominent In the so cial and club work of the city made short addresses. Mrs. C. H. Caufield was the first to sneak. Mra. C. H. Dye spoke of the part women would play in politics of the state since suffrage had been extended to them. Th Facile Mexican. In tbe opening paragraph of one ot bis best stories Kipling wrote: "Let It be clearly understood that tbe Russian la a delightful person till be tucks bis shirt in. As an oriental he Is charming. It la only when he Insists on being treated as tbe most easterly of western peoples thnt he becomes a - radical anomaly, extremely dltUcult to bandla Tbe bost never knows which side of bis nature Is going to turn up next" There Is a somewhat similar difficulty with tbe Mexican. He can be charm ing, but one never knows whether be ta tbe most northern southerner or tbe most southern northerner, and be can change from one to tbe other with a facility that is almost geulus. Phila delphia Ledger. Studied It Out One day two furm laborers were dis cussing tbe wlseness of the present generation. Said the first: "Wb be wiser than our fathers was, nnd they were wiser tban their fa thers was." The sci-oud one, after pondering a while nnd gasing at bis companion, replied: n, "Well. Garge.'wbnt a fule thy grand father must 'a' been!"-Iandoti Ex press. . Wis lp On Way. "I don't want to brag about myself. I've done many foolish things In mv time, but I've been wise In one way." "What's tbatr "I never bad tbe Idea that I could pa per a bedroom myself." Detroit Free Press. Repentanoe. If our past actions reproach us they cannot be atoned for by our own se vere reflections so effectually as by a contrary behavior. Steele. Philadelphia Is a live town, never theless. Tbe mint coined $2,000,000 more money last year than In the year before. If that automatic restaurant really eliminates tbe waiter with the nn manlcured nails It baa accomplished no small feat Dr. Woods Hutchinson comment learnedly on the secret of baldness when everybody know baldness can't be kept a secret The latest revolution In Haiti lasted six hours. This Is wasteful they onght to bunch np enough revolution to last oat s Blc In The Social Whirl Current H.,Mnfng of Interest and About Oregen City In 3' T a lovely borne wedding Friday afternoon, Mlaa Ruth Callff, well known Oregon City girl be rime tbe brlrtn of Howard Kbrly, also of thla city. Tbe wedding ceremony waa per formed at 2 o'clock al the home of the brkin'a parents, Mr. and Mr. Oeorf Callff. by l(v. J. It. 1-and.lrfiroiiKh o the Klret Presbyterian chur b. A bu k grouiil ot fi rus and rosea was ar ranged where Ihn bridal parly formed and was met by the minister, wbi used the ring service In performing the wedding cartmony. Tb bride was neatly dressed In a traveling suit of rich brown broad cloth and wore a bride' bat. Tbe bridesmaid, Mis Kit Straight, cousin of the bride, wore a blue broad-cloth tailored stilt and they both carried white carnation. The beat man. Fred Marley, and the bridesmaid en tered Ibe parlor, where they were met by the groom and bis bride. Tne living room and parlor were prettily arranged with cut flowers and fern, pink and green wa the predom inating colors, Caroline Testout rose and pink aweet pes a being us-d. Mr. P.berly wa bom In the bouse where she was married and lived In Oregon City all her life with tbe ex ceptlon of a few year spent In C'axa- dero. Mr. Elmrly came from tbe east with hla parents. Mr. and Mr. George Kberly, four year ago and located In Oregon City where be has iluce re- elded. The bridal party left on the three o'clock car for a short honeymoon, and upon their return will reside In this city. ISS MARYHEIXE CHENEY, a former Oregon City girl waa married recently to Hiram E. ratt of Corvalll. The wedding wa the culmination of an acquaintance at Oregon Agricultural college, where Mr. Pratt graduated In domestic sci ence thl term, and where Mr. Pratt took graduate work In the college dur ing 1913 and was teacher of agricul ture In 1913-14. Mrs. Pratt la the daughter of Mr. and Mi. W. C. Cheney now of Cotine- vllle, Wash. She 1 well known in thl Ity where she was prominent in social Irclea and baa a bost of friends who extend congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt will both teach at the college this coming year. She 111 teach domestic science and he will have charge of the agricultural depart ment QUIET double weeding was sol- emnlited at the Methodist churcb parsonage at Vancouver Satur- ay evening. Rev. J. M Canse per- formed the ceremony. Miss Edith I. Manning became the bride of Fred H. Wallace and ber sis ter, Mrs. Katruah A. White and John Miller were united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are well known realdents of Mullno, having re- siuea in v. lacaamas county a numoer oi years, where they will again take up their residence. Mcs. Miller was a resident of Port land and Mr. Miller recently came from Tacoma, Wash. Following the wedding ceremony a small family reception was held at the Multnomah hotel In Portland. Mlaa Bessie Reynold and David Herd Wed. The many friends of Miss Bessie C. Reynolds, a popular young lady of this city, will be surprised to bear of her marriage Thursday afternoon to David Herd, a young man recently from Cal ifornia. The bride wore a becoming gown of white embroideried mulle and carried white carnations, she was unattended and was given in marriage by her fath er, Charles Reynolds. Rev. J. R. Lands borough performed the waHding cere- money at the home. In the . Harris apartments on Fourteenth street at 3 o'clock. The parlor where the cere mony took place was a bower of Doro thy Perkins pink roses, pink ramblers white carnations and ferns. The other rooms were tastily decorated with cut flowers and ferns. Following the wedding a small recep tion was given to only members of the family. Mrs. Herd was born in California and came to Oregon with her parents when a small child, she received her education in Portland and Oregon City schools. She is well known through out Clackamas county where she has a host of friends. Mr. Herd Is recently from California, his home is In Watervllle, Maine. He Is employed as a paper-maker in one of the large manufacturing establish ments. Mr. and Mrs. Herd after a short honeymoon will be at home to their friends in the Harris apartments. . Miss Francis Curran and Everett Downey Are Married. Everett Downey ot Willamette, and Miss Francis Curran were quietly mar ried at Seaside Monday evening, much to the surprise of their many friends both In Oregon City and In Willam ette. The couple will spend July at Seaside and return to Willamette Au gust 1. Mrs. Downey Is a graduate of the local schools and has spent the greater part of her life in Oregon City, and Mr. Downey has lived in Willam ette for a number of years -with his parents. ft Local Man Weds Portland Girl. The marriage of W. F. Tipton, a well known young man of this city, to Miss Mary R. Herrlck, of Portland, was an event in Portland Saturday. Mr. Tipton Is connected with the Ore gon Engineering & Construction com pany of this city. He has been m ure gon City about one year and during his short residence has made many friends and acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Tipton will perhaps re side in this city. DISTRICT ELECTS Tuesday evening Canemah school district witnessed a lively and Interest Ing meeting of the board of dlrecors and taxpayers. Louis Feaster was elected clerk by a vote of 2 to 1 over hla oDoonent The Question as to whether the district should pay tuition for the students who attend th,e Ore gon City schools was defeated by a vote of 3 to 1. sncMois l'0!l; HOT LOST OFFICIAL RETURNS REVERSE RE SULTS WHICH WERE ORIGI NALLY ANNOUNCED TOTAL VOTE STANDS U TO 55 Misunderstanding en th Part of Eleo- tlon Clerks and Judge Thought to Hav Been Cause of Mlstak Contrary to tha first statement, which was rnadn by the election clerks, the official canvaa of votre made by the district boundary board shows that ths union high school Issue In the Handy district wa not defeated, but carried by a majority of 19 votea. The official count standa 74 to 55. Tha election waa held In alg dis tricts, Kelso, Cheiryvllle, Hull Run, Sandy, Flrwood and Dover, June lj and th announcement wa made tho following day. The school law pro vide that Ibe total return from all the district voting shall determine the rinal result, hut It la probable that the election clerks believed that If one dis trict voted It down the project was de feated. The Plan waa to establish a union high school at Sandy. Tbe Sandy school building contains four rooms and only two of these are used. It I proposed to use the other two room, now vacant, for high school purposes. Tb vote by district was: District For Agnlnst Kelso 17 Cberryvllle 12 Hull Run : 10 Sandy 35 It flrwood 7 1 Dover 8 7 . MRS. D. E. ADAMS DIES IN BERTH OF TRAIN Mr. Delphlna E. Adams, age 68 years, waa found dead In ber berth on Southern Pacific train No. 16, at 6:23 o'clock Thursday morning while tbe train was In Oregon City. She was on her way with ber husband from Los Angeles, where she had been for ber health, to Illinois to visit her daughter. Coroner Wilson was called but did not bold an Inquest. Death was due to a disease of the heart. Tne Doay waa taaen to Myers e Brady undertaking parlor and sent on an afternoon train to roniana. i ne interment will be made at Sandwich, 111. Mrs. Adams was born In Pennsyl vania April 4. 1846, and has spent the greater part of her life In that state and In California. She la survived by her husband, H. R. Adams, and several children. At 7:30 Tuesday night, June 23, oc curred the death of Mrs. William Em- mett, at her home in Estacada. Part of tbe family were present at the bed side. Mrs. Emmett was In ber 73th year and her death was the result of old age and general break down. Mrs Emmett was one ot the early Clackamas County pioneers, having crossed the plains by ox team with her parents from Missouri in 1852 and lo cated near Oregon City. Her maiden name was Mary Lamb and about 1355 she married Isaac Stormer, of what was then, the Oregon Territory. She has resided in Clackamas County the majority of her life, having lived most of the time near Viola and Estacada. with the exception ot about 18- years when she lived in Eastern Oregon and while there was married to Wm. Em mett She was the mother ot eight chil dren, five of whom are living: Frank Stormer, of Grant County; Abe Storm er of McMlnnvllle; John Stormer of Estacada; Mrs. M. Anderson ot Bend; and Mrs. M. Kandle, of Tillamook. ... Interment was made at the Lone Oak cemetery at Estacada, Thursday afternoon, June 25th, with services at the Christian church. ' AFTER LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Nellie M. Hollowell, the wife of John M. Hollowell, died at her home at Fernridge at 5:30 o'clock Friday evening after an illness lasting several weeks. She Is survived by her hus band and four children, all living at home: Galland, Nina, Homer and Madge. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. The body Is held at the Holman undertaking parlors. Mrs. Hollowell was born in Indiana 46 years ago and came to the Pacific coast with her husband 17 years ago. For the last seven years the family has lived at Fernridge. The funeral of Lavatne Welk, age eight months and 26 days, was held Friday aftornoon and Interment was made In the Mountain View cemetery, Rev. Kraxberger officiating. The baby was the child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Welk and died at the Sellwood hospital.. BODY OF D.E.HIER TO BE BURIED HERE The body of David E. Hinter, age 22 years, will arrive in Oregon City at 3 o'clock this afternoon and after sim ple services in the chapel of the Hol man Undertaking company the Inter ment will be made In Mountain View cemetery. He la a grandson of Mrs. Hannah Penman and died at Teko, Wn Tuesday. He was employed by the Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation company as an engineer.