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,;;. ' " ' ' i ... : i an' . ' WilOMON OTY -C ia VV I Tfc. W.kly IUrM I. I U U M U U sULat3 H 'I1 elhr and than tub- I. 4 Stub. FORTY-NINTH VIAR-Ne. It. OUEQON CITY, OKEOON, KMDAY, AVHIL 10, l'J15, IITABLIIHIO ttM 4- ENTE COMPLETION OF TV0WATER 10 MAV I It DAT! Of CELEBRATION or transfers or locki in OREGON CITY. mm EXPECTED 10 TAKE OYER PROPttn BEFORE HAY 1 Thla City Will Btture National Pwbllo- Hy from fvenl ! Known Now at , The DalleeCaHlo Canal Oregon City Lotht Calabratlon. Oregon City III Join lha celebration of (at eompletlon of lha Celllo ranal and th occasion lll henceforth bo ' knows aa Tbo laltea('ellln Canal Orr' Clly 1-ocke celebration. Hurh waa tho announcement of T. W. Belllvan, president ot tho Comtnar rial elnb. Uat night when ho received word that Chlrf of tho United Natt Army Englneert Kingman haa recom mended that tho control of tho OrKon City Uc ka be Iranafered from tho Port land Hallway Light It Power rompany to tho government at once. Further word haa been received that all tin papra In tho caao'have been reedy for lha algnature of Becretary of War Oar rlaon, following tho approval or tho document by Attorney General Oar rlaon. Oovarnmant to Take Ovtr Locka loon. Mr. Rntllvan baa been In clone touch with tho tianaf r of tho locke alnro tho first appropriation aa made for tha purchase by tho stato tnd ho la of the opinion that the government will prob ably tako over the actual operation of tho ahlp ranal brfort tho end of th'a month and poaalbly wllhln tho next week. Ho baa received tho assurance from Washington that the Portland Hallway Light Power company will reo-ive payment for tht property prior to May S, tho beginning of tho moniter celebration of tho completion of thaj Callto project and Or tranafor of the Oregon City locke." Members of the Commercial club be lieve that Oregon Clly la ready to take a prominent part In thla celebration which, In realltr, baa become in entire northweet affair. Beginning In Mah.t, May 5, the celebration will be tnken up by every city along alone; the Co lumbia river aa tho flnet of river boat, carrying men of Mate and national prominence, passes. The Ihillesr Hood Hlver, on the Oregon alilo of the river; Iiwlaton In Idaho and a half dozen cltlca In Washington have arranged to aaalat In commemorating tho com ptotlon of the project thnt will moan the opening .of two of (ho moat Im porlnnt rlvera In tho the Paclfla north wriil. rieeta from Two Rivera Unite, The fleet of river boats from tho Co lumbia will arrive In Portland May 6 and a aeoond fleet, with leaders In business, professional and educational linos In tho Willamette valloy, will come down the Willamette and on the afternoon of that day, Portland will take. Ita part in tho oolubratlon. That It will Rive tint Wllnmette viil ley In generul and Oregon Clly In pur tlcular natlon-wldo proiiiinonce la the belief of Mr. Sullivan and othnrs In tho Commercial club who havo taken a decided aland In favor of tho cele bration. In the cities along tho Co lumbia, In all speeches and In all liter attire, tho Oregon City locks will bo given equal prominence with the Ce lilo ranal whllo tho cltlca of tho Wll Inmotte valley will Join In observing the completion of the Columbia river project, On account of tho Importance of tho event, the eclobrntlon will be hnndled by tho board of govornors of the Com merclnl club, probably with the cn operation of tho publicity committee. Mr. Sullivan has called a mooting of tho board of govornors for tonight when arrangements will be made for the local cclobratlon. 1 Plant Still Tenattve. , Plans for the event that have been mado to date are only tonatlve but is proposed to have Oregon City the meeting plnce for the entire Wlllam etto valley on the morning of Mny 6. Representatives from every town In the valley rill be asked to attend ami at lenst ono speaker from every county ,AYS HE OBSERVED will probubly be put on tho program. Loading citizens of Portland, who were not nolo to take the trip down the Columbia from LcwlBton, will be In. vlted to come here and deliver ad dresses on the lmportnnee of federal oontrol of the two ship canals. Knrly In the aftornoon the visitors with rep resentatives of the local Commercial . club will go to Portlnnd on either the stonmer Ruth or Long, or both, to meet the bouta that will make tho trip down the Columbia and Join In tho colebratlon In Portlnnd. According to the plans now duvol oped, Mr. Sullivan said Friday aftor noon thnt The Dalles Celllo Canal Oregon City Locks celebration would probably eclipse any celebration held In Oregon City in recent years. Al though the annual Hoostor Day and Rose Show are scheduled for tho same month, the Interests of the Commer cial club will be centered on the cele bration of the opening of the two big federal waterways until May 6. That the Celilo cunal and tho Or- MINNESOTA ON ROCKS II MIAORI ADVICES SAY SHIM AN SWERING S. 0. t. CALL ITANO IV. KOKK. April I J -Too eteatnshlp Minnesota of tbo Ureal Northern Hteamshlp company, tarrying 101 pao seniors and a crw of 177, la on tho rorka off IwaJIma, pear tho south t entrance of tbo Iiland Hm, Japan aid all handa are working tho pompa whllo rescue ahlpa are giving every possible assistance lo aavo Ibe atranded liner. Magro advices received hero are to (ho effect that tho passengers havo boon taken off safely by tho aleanier Oan'e of tho Itlus Funnel lino, ono of tho first vessels lo respond to the Min nesota's "8- 0, fl." ralla. From the advices received here, II la presumed that tha Minnesota mla look her course during a otorin and was prevented from alghlinc lha light homo by Iho thick wrath r. 1LTII 3T01 ALMOST IVERY PRIXINCT GOES ON RECORD rOR OOOO HIGHWAYS. WOMEN CO TO POLLS AND HEP SWELL VOTE FOR BIG ISSUE Country Dletricta Turn In Heavy Vote For Projact Bright Weather Brlnga Out Many Voters. PORTLAND. Or- April 14. Mult- aomah county voted yesterday I fa vor of good roads. P.y" a majority that may reach 10.M0. tho people aulhorlted an latne of $1. 150,000 In bondt to pyv for Improving 70 mllca of the county's pHiiCliiil trunk hlghwaya. At . 10 o'clock last night returns from KO precincts gave K9M votes for the bonds and .1135 agalnat, a favorable majority of 6799. Approximately 40 per rent of tho registered vote wn rout and the ra tlo In favor of tbo bonds Is cntlmuled at 3 to 1. Nearly every prerlnct In the county voted for good roads. In some precincts tho vote was at high as 20 to 1 In favod of the bonds. The favorable majority ranged All the way from that proportion down to a narrow margin, with acattertnK pfo- clncta going ognlnst the bonds. The slr.e of tho vote tndlctes tho ex treme Intercut of tho people In the good roads Issue. In tho three weeks campaign preceding tho special elec tion they becsmo fully aroused to the Importance of developing the outlying sections of tho county by Improving tho roads connecting the farms with tho city. Every cIobs of cltlr.ena, It scorns, be came Impressed with tho Importance and tho necessity of constructing per manent roads and all classes, there fore, turned out yoBterday to vote for tho bonds. Women did a large part of the voting Tho districts In which are the homes of the worklngmen nl mj returned heavy majorities in favor of the bonds. 0. E. FREYTAG WRITES O. K. Froytag, publicity manager of the Commercial club who la at the Panama exposition as a special repre sentative of Clackamas county, has re tained Mb Interest In fruitgrowing here by writing the following direc tions for spraying for the use of local farmers: For apple scab use three pounds of blue atone and three pounds unslncked lime to 50 gallons of water. This should be udbd before the bloom opens or as soon as the bloom Is off. A solu tion of lime and sulpher may be used successfully, viz: One gallon to 30 gal lons of water. The solution should be 30 Tlaume test. Either solution should be used at Intervals of two to four weeks. The arsenate ipray should not be neglected, the first to be applied as Boon aa the petals have fallen, the sec ond when the apples are about the size of walnuts and the third in July, the fourth about August 10th to 20th. gon City locks should be openeJ about the same time Is considered signifi cant here and It Is believed that the Joint celebration offers an opportun ity of unusual merit to advertise na tionally the development and return to prosperity of the Pacific northwest. IWOAD BONDS CARRIED BY MAJORITY SEARCH FOR LEI'I PARKER AROUHD THIS CITY FAILS COUNTRY BITWIIN ORICON CITY AND CANBY COVERED IN SEARCH rOR CONVICT. omcos ADH1T THCT have iost DEFINITE TRACK OF RUXAWAY list Offlor Kay With Throe Doputy Wardent Ltavt for Trip Through Townt on Wtot lido of Iho Wlllamotio. After thoroughly covering all the country bet worn Orogon Clly and Can by and watching every brldgo acroai tho Clackamas river In thla part of tbo county, Hpoclal State Officer Joe Kel ler and three drputy wardent from the atato penitentiary who are In aearcb of I .em Parker, tho escaped ronvlct. left Saturday for Oawego, Tualatin and other townt on tho west tide of tho river In a final effort to locate the man. I'p until Saturday morning It wat auppoard that Parker wat hiding In tho wooda around New F.ra and Friday night Deputy Sheriff Frost was sta tioned at New Era to watch every northbound train. Other officers were placed at tho Southern Pacific, tha Portland Itallway Light A Power and the county bridgra arroat tha Clack a mat river but Parker waa not found. County officers aa well aa the deup tlea from Balem are free to admit that the location of Parker la now a mys tery. He waa last aeen Juat aouth of tha town of Canby on Iho Molalla river and It wat generally supposed here that he wat beaded north toward Port land at that time. Friday both the wagon roads and tho railroad track were carefully watched but do trace of tho man wat found Earlier In tho week he waa aeen by deputy wardent on tho Wilaonvlllc bridge across tbo Wllametto river but by the tine tha officers bad eroeaed tho river, Parker had fled Into tho wooda near Wilaonvllle. Parker waa aentenced from Coot county and wat working on a farm near Balem at a truety. Ho complained that he had a toothache and waa given permission to go to Salem for treat rucnt. He failed to return when ex pected and tearch waa Instituted at once. Tarker la described aa followt: Age 23; height., 5 feet 6H Inches; weight 143 pounds; fair complexion; brown cyea; light brown hair; and an erect carriage. Fort Rock Newt: Jackrabblta are again dying from an jinknown disease, as haa been the case for the past three years, In the district aouth and south east of Fort Rock. PROMINENT COMMANDERS IN 1 It : Vw"- Mr .IPEINCX MITEL fREprjglCK -frGHN.VON PePGOLTZ-3- GERMAN RCCRIMTS LONDON. April 8. Germany Is ex pected to make the next move in the military field, and Rome big stroke In the east or the west Is thought likely before the allies atempt their spring advance. What this move will be Is the chief subject of speculation and conjecture here. According to reports MAY 71 IB BIT FOR JOINT CELEBRATION! u Tbo comntltlMt of tbo ftoao O Show and lb Itoooter fay tele- 4 Lrallim bold a, mooting Wadne. day evening In tho parlors of tbo 4 Commercial club rnoma for Iho purpose of furthering plana for the Joint Root Bhow and llooater Day to bo bold In Ihlt rlty. TAio Jalo tbuoea for thla event O- waa May II. Among aoiuo of the 4 features of Ibe dav'a program It 4 tho stock parade In lha forenoon - and In tbo aftornooa Iho automo- 4 bile and float ptrade, a chlldran't parado waa talked of, although 4 definite arraogeintntt wore Out 4 4 mado. ( 4 4 The coromittoeo bare also plan 4 4 ned to have plenty of baud music, o 4 with severs! bands from outlying 4 4 districts aa wall at iba Oregon 4 4 City band to furnish music. 4, 4 44444444444444444 10 hi 1 10 IHCLIJDEi) III 11 11 STATE LIVESTOCK BOARD PLACES CLACKAMAS COUNTY UNDER QUARANTINE. Order Includaa Muni 'fig of All Dogs- Violators Will Bo Strictly Dtalt With Saya Va'sHnarlan Lytle. BALEM, Or, April 10. To prcveitt tha spreading of rabies, the State Uvo ttork Sanitary board, at a meeting held here today, laeued aa order placing 11 couotirt under quarantine. It waa announced that the diaeaae bad been communicated by coyotes to horses dogs, cata and other animals In eight countlea la the eastern part of the atatee. Tbo countlea included In tho Quarantine' arw kt, Harney, Crook, Raker. Cnlon, I'matl'la, Mal heur, Wheeler and Union, where rabies prevails, and Multnomah. Clackamaa and Jackson, to which It la feared the diaeaae may spread. ' . The order requires that all dogs, unless used la herding livestock, be muttled. 8tate Veterinarian Lytle, who attended the meeting, said that all violators of the quarantine would be punlabed to the fullest extent of the law, the penaltiea being flnet from $50 to f 100 for each offense. Mr. Lytle announced that all peace officers would be called upon for as sistance In enforcing the order. The veterinarian declared that conditions w ere especially alarming In Lake coun ty, rabid coyotes and dogs running the range In large nu mlars. He said that many rattle and a number of persons had been bitten there. FIELD AND YOUNG RECRUITS FOR 1 IHBAWTOCK Sit EifwjHl , "i.uik lmsoii;, , 10 t - '- m from Petrograd, the Germany emperor is now at Berlin holding a war coun cil with Field Marshal von der Goltz, the German military commander of Constantinople, and other leaders and Is planning a new campaign to offset the fall of Przemysl and meet the sit uation in the Dardanelles. An army J1SCIIIFFSEES FUTURE FOR PACIFIC STATES THIS COAST IS OESTINEO TO LEAD UNION, PREDICTS GREAT PINANCIER. END OF WAR EAM IN THE FALL IS ANOTHER FORECAST Revival of Bualnooa It Not Par Away Ho Soya, Baaing Hit Statement Upon Present Pooling on Wall Street SAN FRANCIGCO. Cal April H. That tho Pacific coast etatea, becauao of their resources will become the leaders of the union it tho opinion of Jacob II. Bchlff. Newport banker and one of the bl estjrjjrts la tho Amer ican financial wSrld. He also ex pressed today bla belief tbat pearo would bo declared In Europe by oarty autumn and that t:re will toon bo a powerful Japanese-Chinese alliance to dominate the orient Mr. Bchlff It visiting tht exposition. I have been out of touch with '.ho A financial situation for teveral montha" he aald. "Hut I see many indications that business must be on tbo op-grade. The thing that we call In common lan guage 'Wall street' It a never-falling barometer of business. Sometimes, when there Is widespread depression, Wall street wakes op and goet ahead because It sees better timet coming. That is tho situation now." What Influence do you believe the Panama canal la deatlned to have on the Pacific coast r Bchlff wat asked. Unfortunately the Panama canal waa opened at a time of great deprea tlon. Nevertheless, Ita tonnage la al ready considerable and It sure to grow very barge. Tho canal will be a great er factor In the development of the coast. It can't help but be. It will stimulate commerce. ot only here but throughout the world."" " With regard to Pacific coaat flnan cea Bchlff aald: "Finance on the coaat It always con servatlve. It haa been in good abape all through the war. In better shape, In fact, than eastern flnanoe. This Pacific coaat la wonderful. California. Oregon and Washington are sure to become the leading states in the union. Itefore long they will be In the ascend ency." Asked about the prospects of peace In Europe, the financier pondered for a moment and then replied: "There Is a great deal of peace talk In New York. There Is a feeling that peace is coming. People believe that awful carnage, the great losa of life and property, cannot continue. I be lieve that most of the peace talk is based on unfounded rumors. There can be no peace before early autumn, THE GERMAN ARMY of young recruits is now in training in Berlin. A dispatch to the Amster dam Telegraff saya that Field Mar shal von der Goltz has left Berlin for the main German headquarters. Prince Eitel Frederick has been promoted to a higher comrr and owing to the wound ing of General von Kluck. neri! -irN.rrt wbv-hi jl TEAMS DEBATE FRIDAY "HIGH COST OP LIVINO IS COST OP LIVINQ HIGH," IS THE SUBJECT Resolved tbat Iho high cost of Re. log la tho coot of living high. Tbia la tbo up-lo-lbemlnute and In teresting question tbat will be dis cussed at a debate between tbo Juniors and lbs aophomoro class leama of the high school Friday night la tho school auditorium. After several weeks of work, a lively debate Is promised by members of both classes. Myrtle Young. Ted Sheahan. Mar vel Ely. Albert Roaka and Francis Rowland will handle Iho affirmative aide of the question for the Juniors, while Waldo Bthultx, Fred Toon. Eachol Armstrong. Earl paddock and Frank Joehnke will debate Ibe oppo site aide of the question for the topbo. mores. BANK EXAMINERS IS MUCH BETTER ONLY IN MAINE IS THERE REAL DEPRESSION SAYS REPORT OP TREASURY. MANUFACTURING IS ON THE INCREASE; ORDERS ARE MANY Lumbering Recovering from Depres sion, Mining Raeumed and Crop Conditions Consldsrod Ex cellent en Coaat WASHINGTON. April g. Business conditions throughout the country are thowlng marked improvement In al most all lines, according to re porta from National bank examiners, made public tonight by the treasury depart ment Eighty of the 90 examiners In the United States reported a perma nent improvements In business and Maine Is said to be the only state where real depression exists. The reports are announced to be th result of careful observation and sup plemental to the regular reports on business conditions made each month to the controller of the currency. "Pronounced hopefulness is prea lent In nearly every district," the an nouncement says. "Agricultural con ditions are generally excellent and commercial lines, with comparatively few exceptions, are enlarging their ac tivities, mainly through an Increased demand; but in tome cases prepara tion for activity Is expected to develop with the coming of good weather. Man ufacturlng is on the increase and those Industries having orders for supplies from foreign countries continue es pecially active." The statement attributes depression to unusual conditions, but says that business here has been stabilized through the application of economy. "The south," it continues, 'Is show ing marked Improvement. The sale of cotton is active at advancing prices. 'The western states and the Pacific states are showing a general Improve ment. The lumber industry is slowly recovering In these states, and the number of tourists exceed expectations. Mining is resuming on a large scale and the crop conditions are excellent." FEES ARE REFUSED; CASE IS DISMISSED TRIAL BEFORE CONSTABLE FROST ENDS WHEN ATTORNEYS DISAGREE. "Now I believe that both of you are honest but you cannot try this case before me until you have paid your fees." This Is the way Constable Jack Frost laid down the law to Attorneys Hicks and Eastham Saturday when they apeared before him to argue an attachment case. But both attorneys protected. "It Is not the duty of my client to pay the fees in this action," protested Mr. Eastham and Mr. Hicks took the same stand. "Are you going to pay the fees " asked the constable of each attorney and the reply of each was an emphatic "No." "Weil, case is dismissed,' ruled the constable' as he reached for his hat and left the court room. Charles White, of Maple Lane, at tached a quantity of cord wood and tools belonging to E. H. Bolllch. Veit ta Matters, who was employed by Bol llch. claimed that the tools were bis and not subject to attachment and sought redress at the hands of the law by turning the case over to Mr. Eastham. 1 REPORTB IESS SPQ1E STARS WILL COMPETE F( DISTRICT WINNERS TO GATHER AT HIGH SCHOOL SATUR DAY 4 P. M. LLBHCDIE AN3 MM BEOS. CfraPMS TO EEST SPELLERS In Two Diatrlcta Tloe for Right to Raproaont School Hero Must Be Spoiled Out Rulte Bupt Calavan. Preparations for the annual all-county spelling bee are being made In all parts of the county. The match will be held In tbo auditorium of the Ore goo City high school i o'clock Batur day afternoon, and It It probable that all the district winners, with the ex ception of only a few who live some distance from a railroad or carllno, will be here. E. E. Brodie baa donated a cup to be given to the winner In the second division. Mr. Brodie gave a cup last year at the all-county bee. It will be displayed In the windows ot Bunneis ter A Andresen before Saturday. Hant ley Brothers will give a framed pic ture to the winner In the first division. County Superintendent Calavan hat prepared a list of those entitled to enter the bee Saturday night Out ot the 38 winners In the 1 districts bees, only nine are boys, four being in the second division, which consists of the fourth and fifth grades, and five in the second, which is composed of the three upper grades. Thoee entitled to enter and the schools they attend are- First division Hampton . Flske. Rosalevtlle; Hazel Rexfflrd, Toder; Benjamin BIsanz, Merldan; Charlotte Hugnenln, West Linn; Fuklro Fukio, Sunnyslde; Neva Loney, Clalrmont; Eleanor Say, Carrol Creek; Sabra Nussbaum, Stafford; Ruth Floyd. Cen tral Point; Lloyd Kendall, Canby; Ma ble Sawtell, Teasle Creek; May Trul llnger, Union M1U; Opal Bowling. MII waukle; Ruth Carlyle, Upper High land; Bertha Devore, Estacada; Alta Geers, Cottrell; Daisy Waddell. Rock Creek; Paul Robinson, Cedardale, and Gilbert Meyer, Viola. Second division Airred Boyles, Ruaselvllle; Dorris Skrivin, Marquam; Ruth Barnes, Elliott Ptalrie; Arleigh Reld, Gladstone; Myrtle Martensen. Sunnyslde; Gertrude Pohlander, Bea ver Creek; Lucy Young, Youngs; Ber tha Moser. Stafford; Vernlce Reese, Union Hall; Helen Meben. Canby; Estella Stuart, Dickey Prairie; Mar- quarite Donnelly, Liberal; Charlotte Nash. Mllwaukte; Ruth Pope, Alberta; Ernest Rynlng, Estacada; Louise Gorger, Sandy, and Julius Renhart, of New Colton. Alma Boss, of Lower Logan, Bertha Meyer, of Viola, and Lois Hampton, of Up per Logan, are tied in one district; and Bertha Harlen, of Union, and Martha Abplanope, of Rock Creek, in another for first place and the honor of rep resenting their school here Saturday. Superintendent Calavan has ruled that a second bee should be held to settle these two ties. Included In the two score of winners are one Japanese girl, and one negro boy. Half a dozen European nation alities are represented In the other district winners. FISHERMAN WITH NET CAUGHT BY WARDENS 8YLVESTER GRANICH WAS UN ABLE TO WAIT FOR SEA SON'S OPENING, MAY 1. There was one net fishermen who could not be patient until May 1 when the open season for salmon 1b on. His name is Sylvester Granlch and be started out with his boat and gear Saturday night, but the ever vigilant eyes of the wardens were upon him and one of these officers engaged a berth in the grass on the river bank near the foot of Tenth street and wait ed developments. About 4 o'clock Sunday morning Granlch made toward shore, when Wardens Bert Jewell and Ware in the patron launch called a bait. The cul prit heaved his net and fish overboard and tried to get away, but several shots were fired across his bows and he heaved to and was hailed before Justice of the Peace Slevers, being re leased under S50 bonds, furnished by Nick Story. One of the shots crashed Into the porch lamp at the residence of Frank Busch. 118 Twelfth street, smashing the light and arousing the sleeping family. Granlch entered a plea of not guilty In the justice court Monday through his attorney George C. Brownell and the trial was aet for April .10. RE