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OIU.00N (MTV 1'NTI'HI'JMHI!, I-IMDAV, MAV 7. ViVk 5 local amirs j j. jiiiin. of Cotton, wa In Hi rity wedneeday. I Uidgn, of Monitor, in Dragon I'll tialtor r'llday. Herman Kih, nf llrdlaiid, In lti r II r Wedmaday. Fred I ink it, iif Hlaffoid, linr I ho lulddla of Ilia week. Jam HiMila, uf Poring, a t nild wk lallor In Ilia rlly. Colonel I'. A llaker waa In Ilia rlly from Hlaffoid Wedm-aday. Howard linnf, nf Pali'W, epent Wrdnraday tWilog wllh nUiUia In llila rlly. Mlaa Ailali Maaa rnt Ilia week and I Im gueal of President and Mra. Acker man of MimiiiiiiiOi normal ailnxil Mra. II. U llerrrn, uf Oak dm, waa Kiting Mia. Mm Katurday afternoon Mra. llerrrn foiiurl)r of Oregon CM y. Mri. Prill Wvlliuan, uf lama-iia, ho ba been at Hi Oregon City In till ail fur Hi Ian! Iu wreae, was aM In fur lii'r tiuiiia Hunday. ((Mini; Clerk Harrington Uniird flah Itiat llceiiaee Friday l M. II Cooper, Tony Alf. M. K Handle, r. ('. Kamllu, Fred l.ockley ami II. U I. run I I., ( lark, of Mllwaukle, wa vlalt Ilia In Hi rllr Monday. Mr. Clark la an nlil pioneer of Clarkamaa rounty, having ri-t'l"i In lb rounty 3J year Tli" mtate nf lmla Morrell, who iliril al Itoaeburg. January J. waa probated In lh rounlr roiirt rrl four rhllilrrn ar named a heir lal la valued al oo. M ('. Donahue, who formrrally lit) In lh Hamlr dlairlrl and who la well known In that part nf lh county, ram I ) Oregon City M miliar to appear In nit iialnal hi in filed In lh circuit court l.r lh Oral National hank uf Koreel Grov. Judge Campbell left "Pucadar f Hlllaboro lo hold what will probably b hit lat rlrrult court In Waahlng Ion county. Clarkamaa rounly alon will roniprla Hi fifth ludlrlnl dlairlrl when th lillla of th IfKtalatur will brrotii law and JudK Camplirll will aprnd all hi lime her. A. O. Iliilllnniworth. who ha bm In hualnra In Orviton City for uvrr yrar. Ii'ml hla hulldlliK on Hi-i-nlh alrrcl to J. K. Muritali. w ho tiMik poa- aoanlon Kalurday. Mr. Moritao will conduct rocrry atore In I tin build-in- h Icaa.-d. Mr. nd Mr. I lolllns worth have takrn up thi-lr rlili-nc at Cladatonr. J. (). Hlaala, deputy county aancaaor. I III al hi bom with in (tack of heart trouhla. Mr. Hiaal left Krlday morning to work In Ihn Alx-rnatliy dl- trlrt but waa funod to roturn. Iirn Htaala. who hna brrn III for hniit two wc.k a. I liiiprovlim Mr. Hlaala waa railed to town rnrly In tha week by th condition of hla son. Mlaa Phrlvrr and her lllllo nlprs and nrphr-w, Culherlno and Albert Ar (o, who have been aivenillnK th paal week In Portland with rrlallvra. Were In thta city on Monday on their way li Greenwood, four mile fmm Ihla city, where they ar vlaltliiR Mlaa Hhrlver't alaler. Mr. K. R. Qresory. Their homo la In Ohio, and they are amending the aummer her. HIQH SCHOOL NOTES. (By Florence Blarman.) An aaaembly was had Wednoaday mornlnit. Mr. Tooe told the "lllalory of the C'olllo Canal." lie urwed the boy a to march an aa In repreaeut the Oreiinn City hlirti arhool. He alao urged tho ttlrla and boya to be pro ent at tha courthouHO lawn, where all tho pupil Including crude kIiooIh. would Join In alimlng "America." A rommlttee ha bmn nppolnleil to aided tho motto for the aenlor clans, TIioho on tha committee, are Milton Miller, Myrtle Henderson, KvniiRvlIno Dye, Maud Puvla and Itona (irlmm. Tickets nro out for tho senior piny. "8he Htoops to Conquer," to tie civ- -n at Shlvely's Opera honso Krldsy, Mny 7. Tho honrd of directors has given tho schools holiday Thurmlny. Another assembly was held Wed nesday afternoon. A few patriotic sours woro pnii-tlcod. Then tho sub ject of nmrcblim was brought hofore tlin students, Many students riivo their opinions, and Mr. Tooze gave a very encournKliiR tnlk. A booster meeting wns hold tho liiHt few nilnutos of tho afternoon. A committee hns boon appointed to decorate the stage for the suitor play, Thoso on tho committee nro Arthur Furr, Clnrk Story, Roberta Schuebol, Fiher Downor at. 4 Alvln Wlovoslck. COUNTY 8TATI8TIC9 riRUCK-8TANGE3I Alma Ilruck and Frank II. Rtnngol, of tho Wilson- v 1 1 1 o district, secured niarrlugo li cense hero Thursday afternoon. HORN' to tho wife of Frank Mulllon, of FallH Vlow, a dnttglitor, April 29. HORN to the wlfo of Jamos Straight, of Wlllamntto, a dnnghtor, April 2!. HORN to tho wlfo of D. C. Cochran, of Clackamas, a son, May 3. HORN to the wlfo of Mudgo McKolvey, of this city, a son, April 7. HORN to the wife of Audley V. Huns lnr, of Hoavor Creek, a son, April 7. HORN to the wlfo of Hnrvoy W. Month, of Wlllamotto, a daughter, April 14. HORN to the wife ot Edgar Scrogglns, son, April 15. IIORN to tho wife of Ralolgh Wood word, a daughter, April 18. HORN to the wife of James Hoyt, of Gladstone, a son, April 20. HORN to the wife of Donald F. Skonu, a daughtor, April 21. HORN to tho wlfo of Fred S. Perrleno, a daughter, April 23. HORN to the wife of David Herd, a daughtor, April 23. HORN to tho wife of J. Everett Dow ney, of Willamette, a daughter, April 30. 8EVEN LICENSES ISSUED County Clerk Harrington Issuod fish ing licenses Thursday to H. Holzworth, W. M. Gardner, George P. James, C. Rlttenhouse, O. Larson, H. Elllgsen and J. S. Bailee. WILBUR PAYS 1100 ON FINE. Julius Wilbur, one of the proprietors of the Friars' club at Mllwaukle, paid hti conviction January 4 on a charge of Monday that he would settle the rest of hla account with the county at an I early data. By CITY CLAIM! TITLI TO STRIP ACROSS MACM TRACT ON ull run LINI. Tli l'r Cortland fii. n an r Monday In lh aull of M Mr find for ) (X V In lh rlrrult riHirt. W. . Ullmh and II M Tmlltixn appear for lh rllr. Morohrad oin Ira'i of 10 acre on lh rul of lh llull , m (illln II illege thai lh rllr bulll a wagon road a ron th prirpiriy and appro priated part of lh Ira'i In lla (tan ua wllbonl anurlng hla tuni'iil. Tli rllr rlva lo point In lh an ar. r'or JO year lb airlp rroai Hi property h Ijm-bi uad for pip Una puri-xr, id rllr rlalin. At tlir lima lh llli waa ImiIII, In Und waa (iMrriimi'iil properly and lh illy al thai rinltlna waa rruri-d ( Ilia lima i ua Hi roul.t ii tli atx- ond point. Hi" defendant allrrva thai lh road liullt arro lb irorrtr I piilillr blxhwar nt ba lxrn In u many yrara. aiid that. Ilirrrforo, Hi atrip. I By JUDGE CAMPBELL Wliilfrm Kllin Wllaon Kllipatrlik Monday aorurfd dlor from W'll I lam II. rlKpXrlik. Th di-rr. which an algnrd lr JudK Camphrll, al lnwa Mra. IlKpatrlrk to lak hi-r nikkt rn nam. Wlnlfrrd Kllfn Wllaon. Mr niiiirlck fud on Hi iiiral irtiuniU of deaertlnn, allrflni that her huatiaiid left her lu I'ortlatid. Kebrtt ary ZO. 1913. Other derrer aln4 Monday by JudK" Campbell were: Hannah IH Kr from Alfred K. Hlmser. Orar Hlmpaon from Walter A. Hlmpaon. Koae MlltonberR from Murrla Milton here and Ktta Vervllla from John Vervllle. OF 3 FAMILIES AIRED V. II. IMckle haa serious fault to find with his wife, Clara M Pickle. Ac cording to the divorce complaint flic here In the circuit court, ahe rrhiara to keep houae for him. They were mar rled May 2S, 1914, In Vancouver, Want!. John II. Hlever appear fur Mra. Pickle. I.uella A. Gavin rhnrgca deaertion against William II. Cavln In ber suit for a dlvor-e filed here yeaterday They were married September 21 1907. In Cathlamet. Wash. John V Ixider repreaenla' the plalntilf. Mr. Itorrla M. Koen allege thut her husband, Homer R. Koen. forced her to sign checks that he knew were wnrthleas. She makes a general rharga of non-support. They were married January 21, 1908, In Multno mnh county. MELLIEN FILES SUIT LH. F. E. Melllun hns Instituted suit hero agnlnst II. J. Hlggnr for 5000 damages and $338.25 special dumnges, Digger Is a local florist and In March lust ho had Mulllen arrested on chnrgo of stealing flowers and shrubs Tho Jury disagreed In tho first trial of Molllen but he wns acquitted on the second trltl. Mulllen, who Is reprcBcnted by At torney Georgo C. Hrownell, says his good nnmo and reputation hnvo Buf fered and ho has bean greatly lninilll ntcd and that his wlfo and children have been mndo III by roanon of his arrest. Digger Is charged by Melllen of tak Ing trees and shrubs which Hlggur claimed had boen originally stolon, valued at $31.25, and Molllen nluo seeks to recover $300 attorney's foes and $7 for loss ot time from hla work In tho koolon mill. In tho trial of Mr. Molllen In the Justice court, It was brought out that Hlggur went to tho former's home In Falls Vlow and ptillod up several bushes. Mra. Mulllen and three neigh hnrs were homo at the tlmo and Mr. Digger explnlnod to them that ho wns thero to tnke an Inventory of his prop erty In the Molllon yard. AGES OF FIVE GUESTS AT PARTY TOTAL 381 Mrs. P. J. Winkle of West Linn, as slsted by her daughter, Miss Clnra, entertained Wednesday afternoon for her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Rakol of Canomah and a few Invited guests. The agog of those present totaled 381 years. They were: Mrs. Dorothy Rakol, 61 years; Mi's. Jennie Bingham, 69 years; Mrs. Dlanchard, 86; Grand ma Mlllor, 87, and Captain John Kelly of West Linn, who Is 78 years of age. Talks of earlier days stimulated In terest until late In the afternoon when Mra. Klnkle served refreshments. CASTOR I A lor Infant and Children. j)8 KlUfl TOO H3T8 AiWBTS EOSpI Baara Um Bignatar of j In The Social Whirl Cwrl MH'"t I""! I" n Av1 0r CMy II K li'Urili fldli. kunltaiurr ut Mr nd Mr. Illuilk IU- m as tll.lal4 Twrdr liliif I ll.alr Kolit In lllrlilalid wbl Ihry bat fuldrd lb ( Ii'tf ltl't fit Mr and Mr llatiM-a wrr marrtwi la lii-f.aiir U ' ago and ram lu 1 1. 1 r'Miiiiry bImmiI 4 )r u, al inn Ural In Nlrk wbrr Ihi-y IkH 10 yr. Uu- roiiilni- lo Itit tiat and bvatlnf In lh llUand ili.irl't wlief lb-y bat aim mad ililr hum. II, i lill'lrrn. wio wr II prrwnl l lb aiuilrrr ar llelnrbh Uti.t-n. Ut lu-rtha llryanl. Ili-rman llnw, trnft llatiavn and ll'iso lUnara. Iter. A Man of lb German l.u-Ibi-ran ili'inh Ibla rlly irfont-rd a mix k niarrtar rrrniioiir In lb pre- ln of orr CQ RUmla. folloallij lb rrrniiuny l M. KlrniM-n ( Ihla rlly ra a talk In th rouplit honor. Hup prr waa -rvl. afti-r which alxnit to of th young popl mJord Inforn.al dancing and ganir Among ib' pri-M-nt wrr: Mr. and Mr John llvft, Mr. and Mr. GiMirx Hrjanl, Mr and Mr. r"rrd M'M-bnk. Mr. and Mr. I.Ike MiM-hnk. Mr. and Mr William Martin. Mr. and Mr Iwn Martin. Mr. and Mra GotfrU-d Mo-hiik, and fanilllea and Mra. Rludo man and Mr. H her. VHH. J. M. Warwick limned ker Jll horn at Ml. I'leaaanl Friday a'lernoon for a allvrr la. glirn by tb ladle of lb CMc lintiroveuirnt club. Th prorwda were ul for Deeded Improvt nirnls In Mt. lleaMnt. Tb dining room of th Warm" k hoiim waa ued for th art dltplay. which wa trt-aiillful, ronaliting of nrrsllrwork. palntlnr. work In braaa, pen akrtchea and water rolors. In lb renter of lb room th embroid ery, tatting and rrorhetlng were on diaplsy, the oil painting and -n aketrbrs wrr pla'M r-n Ublea along lb walla. Soni of thla work was donated for dlaplay purpes by out aid rluba. Piity ladle railed during the day's featlvllle. Light refrMhmenla were aertrd by the ladle. Mlaa Klla K. William pourod tea and Mlaa Mary Im Holmes presided over the roff urn. Th reception hall and living room were banked with yellow Scotch bloom which formed atlrartlve decoration. A short program wa given, Mra. Angus Mathraon aang In a charming manner, "I'ntll by Hndern and re- ponded to an enrore with "!ong. long Ago." Mlas Mable Votkmar. one ot Oregon City's planlais. played a nuiu ber of dellghtf ul piano aoloa. Tom Garter to Wed Mlis Mary Smith. Informal announcement was made Tuesday ot tho engagement of Miss Mnry Ann Pmlth. of Tcrtland. to Thomas W. C.erbcr. also of Portland. Mr. Gerlier was a former realdent of thla city snd Is well known here, hav ing been connected with the Postal Telegraph office as mannger several years ago. He Is tho grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Roman, well known residents of Mt. Pleasant, and was horn and raised In this city, where he attended the public schools. Miss Smith and Mr. Gerher are both connected with the Oregonian, she as motion picture editor and he Is on the report Inl staff. Miss Smith Is also a member of the moving picture board of appeals In Portland. Mr. Gerber Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gerber, former Oregon City residents, who now resldo In Portland Party Is Given For Mr. Gustav Schnooer. Mrs. Guslar Schnooer was the motif for a surprise party, when a number of friends from this city nnd West Linn, called at her homo at Wlllunv ctte Friday afternoon. Gnmes and miiHlo were feature of the afternoon's entertainment. Mrs 8chnooer served refreshments to those calling who were Mrs. R. Pet- rold, Mrs, R. Seller, Mrs. A. Knnpp Mrs. T. Strohmeyer. Mrs. Wm, 8chwnrt, Mrs. William Rnkel, Mrs. M Michel, Mrs. A. Ruse. Mrs. C. Hart- man, Mrs. G. Dnmbarh, Mrs. J. Klser, Mrs. C. Endres nnd Miss Kenrns. Social Notes. Charles Eckmnn, of Kansas, who Is visiting relatives In Portland and Mc Mlnnvlllo, wns In Oregon City Thurs day, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. II Cooper. Mr. Eckmnn was a neighbor of the Cooper family 25 years ngo In Kansas nnd this 1b the first tlmo they have seen him slnco that time. Mr, Cooper and Mr. Eckmnn autoed to Mu- llno and other parts of the country. Mr. Eckmnn Is vory much Impressed with Oregon. Mrs. Francis X. Arena, of Hood River was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ilrodle over tho weekend. On her return home she was accompanied by George Harding Ilrodle, bou of Mr. nnd Mrs. Rrodle, who will spend sov ernl weeks at the ranch home of Mrs. Arena. NAME HE CANT SPELL "What's your name?" asked Chief Shaw Saturday, directing his query nt a boy picked up late Friday night by Patrolmen Cooke and Woodward. "George Mclntlre," the youth re plied. How do you spell It," queried the chief. The boy hesitated. Three times he tried before he succeeded and then he spelled the name "Mcyntlre." That's not your name," Bald the chief. "It Mclntlre was your name, you would spell It easily. Now come on, who are you?" The boy then confessed that he was runaway from the state reform school at Salem and that his real name was Earl Wood. He was re- turned to Salem Saturday night. SOUS TRICK MOTHER OFF MRS. NANCV HALL. MOW OLD AND INFIRM, TILLS Mtn STORY IN COMPLAINT. Tin etury of a mh r whu ba bn Ifd kxj out of ber property by ber lo na I told In lh t ilt fil.d in th rlfrull furl by Mra Nancy 1111 galnal ber on, Waltt-r Am Hall. Mra Hall I a plonrrr realdent ot lb imaau dlalrb t. Jun 17, ml. Mra IUII ilalma, ah drded brr farm In lb lamaii dla- Irb t to ber ". Waller A mo UII snd Arthur U Hall, Hh lh under standing that I hey would li pay tier $',M and proild for her lb rat of ber llf. Th ded wer nol dellV- rrd and. Mr. Hall ilalini, II waa umlrril'Mxl hat lh aoii would not tak or lh property until ber drain. Utr. In June. Mra. Hall rlalma. Waller 1111 found Hi deed km registered It with tba county re corder. Then In Mar. ISO', ab further tlalnia, Walter Hall awurrd ctm deed held by bla brother. Arthur, and re rordrd It. I.al-r a tran.f. r loadi of Arthur's Interrat to Walir Hall ao that Hi latter held a full till to the firm. Mr. Hall ak for a d-ed to the property and l'''X a year from June, l7. Hhe I now II ting at Hi bom of a daughter In lh Iiamac-is dlatrtrt and la alowly reruvrrlng from a sen oua paraletle stroke. George C. Ilrow nell and J. K. Hedge are appearing for Mr. Hall. 5T TRIAL FOR 16 YEARS Tb first caaa In the Hprlngwater Juatice court sine HVJ was tried be fore Justice King Tueaday, Attorneys Will Mulvey and John Bierers of this rlty appealing In th cane. Juatice King bas been elected twice and has filled hi politico for six years but this was bis first trial. The suit waa won by Perry Cunning ham, the plaintiff, who brought ac tion to eject a renter, Joe Neufer, from a farm In the HprlnRwau-r dis trict. Cunningham alleged that Neu fer hid not paid his rent. E ON S. ELMER PLACE Cbrls Welamandd and J. E. Itooth. who have been at Clarkra, near Mull no, for the pant month, returned to Oregon City the first of the week. They have been engaged In repair ing the country h me of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Elmer, and Installing a water system. The water Is pumped Into a 50 gallon tank from a well and dis tributed through the house and barns. Mr Elmer has one of the finest farms In Clackamas county, consisting of 300 acres, 250 of which Is under cultlva tlon. The owner of the farm Is to go Into the stork rising business on a large scale In tho near future, and will pur chase some registered stock for his herd. He raises all ot his own feed The large stork barn Is ISO feet long and SO feet wide, and other buildings on the farm ure of attractive appear ance. The grounds surrounding this country home aro well laid out, and tho residence Is beautifully situated, commanding an excellent view of the surrounding country. I. P. RANDALL PLANS TO CO INTO BUSINESS T. P. Rnndalt, who completed 12 years as postmaster the first of this month, and R. L. Ilolman will become partners In the undertaking establish ment now conducted by the latter on Main street near Fifth. The firm will be known as Ilolman & Randall. Mr. Randall will take a vacation be fore resuming active work In the business. Georgo Limber, at present employed by Mr. Ilolman, will be re tained, at least for the present. FLAK SCHOOL IS SALEM, Ore., April 29. More than 600 students of the Salem high school marched from the building, the roof of which was ablaze, In two minutes this afternoon. They did not know of the fire, thinking the gong had sound ed for the uBiial weekly fire drill. Roy Keene and Daryl Proctor, stu dents who discovered the blaie. In formed one of the professors of It, and seizing a hose rushed to a third story window. They clnmbered to a narrow ledge, and risking their lives, soon had a stream turned on the fire. DAVIDSON NAMED POSTMASTER E. L. Davidson, pioneer Oswego merchant, has been appointed post master of his home town. The ap pointment was gained through a com petitive civil service examination In which there were a number of appli cants. At present Mr. Davidson Is Justice of the peace at Oswego. Owing to the law which prevents a postmaster from holding an elective office while post master, he will probably resign his position as Justice to accept the fed eral Job. DEPUTY SHERIFF CAPTURES 2 AFTER LONG WILD RACE OfFICIR IN AUTOMOBILE FUR SUII LINEMEN DRIVING SUGOV. ALL K0LAI1A TURNS OUT AS fUEDfC KM ARE BROUGHT Dl Chiro of Crudty to Animals Will B Mad Again! Salam Mtn. On Hors May Dl as Rasult of Chaa. After a two mile rbaa Iicpuiy RNi-r Iff Harry Trembath In an automobile caught and arrrated Harry Johoaon and Frank Ilenlley, of Halem, near Molalia Thursday alternon on a rhirgs of cruelty to animal. Tb two men left Ralem early Thursday morning and were going to spend a quiet day flahlng for trout In th Mulalla river. They drov through Molalia on a dead run. Deputy T rem bath wis In the town at th time and Jumped Into an automobile and pursued the men. They were finally over taken after a long rbaae. Two empty bottles were found In the buggy. The men will be tried In the Justice court at Molalia on the charge of cruel ty to animal. They may also fac a rharga of dntnkednes In the Molalia city court. One of the horse may die because of the long run while the other one is la a serious condtion. The stable owner at Salem was notified and be wilt probably ap pear at the trial. Ilotb men were em ployes of a telephone company at Salem. They had a complete flahlng outfit with them. A soon as they were brought back to Molalia and taken to the office of the Justice of the peace practically all of the residents of Molalia assembled and It was with tho greatest of persua sion that the officer guarded their prisoners. Resident a few miles from Molalia say that ths men were driving the team past them on the dead run the same as they were In the city of Mo lalia. It Is considered almost miracu lous that the buggy was not over turned when It turned some of the sharp turns on their wild drive. TEACHERS TURN OUT AT MOLALIA MEETING Met ween 40 and 45 teachers attended the local Institute at Molalia Saturday. In the afternoon a number of members of the grange Joined the meeting. Din ner was served at noon. County Superintendent Calavan made one of the principal talk? of the day when he explained the school laws enacted by the 1915 legislature, Including the new supervisor law, the high school tuition law and more minor changes In the school code. The program follows: 10:30 a. m. Address, "Arrested Development," F. J. Tooze. 11:10 a. m. "Follow-up Phases of Club Work," Superlvor Vedder. 11:40 a. m. "New School Law," J. E. Calavan. 1:30 p. m. Program by Molalia school as follows: Recltntlon "The Evolution of Light" Frank Coleman Vocal Solo "Rlue Eyes" Miss Clifford Recitation Johnny Echerd Vocal Solo Miss Ulen Reading "The Jlners" Miss Friedrlch Instrumental Duet (Violin and . Plnno) . Mrs. Joy and Ruth Hnvemonn Recitation "I'se Dood and I'se Bad (Thelma Vernon) Fay Tollver Violin Solo Vivian Robbtns 2:00 p. m. Address, "How to Teach Reading." Supt. F. K. Wells. 2:40 p. m. "How I Made My School Standard," five-minute talks by J. G. Noe, Edwin Woodworth, May Yoder, Ethel Park, Lewis Reece, Mrs. Lund- strom, Hazel Stanton, Edith Lillle and Elsie Dahlstrom. AT FIRST SCHOOL RALLY County Judge Anderson saw his first standardization rallies Friday when he accompanied County School Superin tendent Calavan to Harmony and Bat ten, In the northern part of the coun ty. At each of the schools, the head of the county government talked on Good Citizenship" and Mr. Cnlaan explained the benefits of standardiza tion. The Harmony school was standard ized In the afternoon. Misses Eliza beth Wagner and Nellie Ottie are the teachers. A lunch was served late In the afternoon by the women of the Social Service 'club. The pupils of the Batten school gave a program Fri day night as a part of the standardiza tion rally which waa well attended. C. D. Cook and Miss Campien are the teachers at the Batten school. CAN BY IMPROVEMENT PLANNED. The city council of Canby met Mon day night and among other matters, put the finishing touches on their plans for the Improvement of Third street. They hare decided on an oil- bound macadam street with a three foot concrete gutter. The work will ba started this month aad completed as toon as possible. ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLETED FOR ANNUAL COUNTY SCHOOL MEET SATURDAY Arrangement hav bean completed for lh annual track and field meet of the Clackamas County 8' bool leagu to b bald next flaturday on Canrmuh field. Rule governing tb content and a program of the events of tb day hav bn sent to all tb school of th county by Jiy V. Kike, k-c ro tary of the lea rue. The meet Is divided Into two dlvla - Ion 1, on for tb high and one for tb grad a boola. Th only requirement for entry I 10 week' In school In-for tha dat of th meet and the princi pal of the arhool muat certify hi en tries. A school I allowed but three conteatanta In any on event but each school ran enter In as many events a dealred. Post graduate cannot enter. Each hoot I required) to furalab Its own athletic equipment. Event have been arranged for th 1 FIRST DRIFT IS TAKEN BY NET FISHERMEN SATURDAY NIGHT. The trolling season ended and the net flahlng seaaon opened Saturday, May 1. Th first drift which was taken Saturday night brought In many flah. Although the seaaon formally opened at noon, the first drift was not taken until Djght. Several good catches were made. The river Is open now to the old dead line below the falls. but on May 22 when the Gill bill. passed by the last legislature becomes effective, the sunpenslon bridge be comes the southern boundary of flah lng operations. Owing to this fact, the first three weeks of this month will see the greatest activity on the part of the fishermen. A number of fishermen have come up from the Columbia. 12 boats arriv ing late Saturday afternoon. Portland fish dealers have made arrangement to send boats here every morning to collect the catch of the night before, aa In the 1914 season. Late 8atrday night it was estimated that about 60 boats were ouL The trolling season, which ends with the beginning of the net fishing, has been unusually successful. Hundreds of boats were out on the river every Sunday and fishermen came from ev ery part of the northwest to enjoy the sport. Of the 612 hunting and fishing li censes Issued by County Clerk Har rington during the month of April, al! but a few were for fishing. Almost as many licenses were Issued in March as in April. Many of the licenses of those who came here to troll were se cured In Multnomah or Marlon county so that It Is really Impossible to esti mate the number who came here to troll. Game wardens report that hundreds of fish are going up the fish ladder to ibe upper r-l- fee W li-imr li Is t the stage when the fish ladder can be used to best advantage. BELLE BARKEEPER IS DENIED CITIZENSHIP OTTO GREEN MISREPRESENTS FACTS TO COURT SEVEN BECOME CITIZENS. Otto Green, barkeeper for Frlti Boy- sen at the Hotel Belle at Mllwaukie, was refused citizenship Monday by Circuit Judge Campbell. The court caught Green several times when it is thought he tried to misrepresent the facts in the case. In an examination of Green by Hen ry B. Hazard, United States Naturali zation Examiner, the applicant ac knowledged that he was employed at Erickson's resort in Portland, at one time as a barkeeper and that he was divorced from his wife. Neither of these points were brought out in Green's application. Green cannot make a new declaration of citizenship for five years. Henry Stall, John Crawford and Joe Diamond will be heard at a later date and the application of Alex Scherruble was dismissed because he Is not a res ident of this county. Those who were granted citizenship are: Wlllia- Nothnagel, Joseph Nicholson, John Moehnke, Carl Roth, Elizabeth Sera fia Swanson, Christina Howie and Em ma Glarner. EDITOR OF PUCK WEDS NEW YORK, April 29. Nathan Straus Jr., editor of Puck, the weekly comic paper, quit Joking today long enough to get married. His bride waB Miss Helen Emelie Sachs, and the ceremony took place this noon In Temple Beth-El, in Fifth avenue. The engagement of the couple was an nounced laBt February. Mr. Straus has assisted his father In carrying out many of the plans for his various phil anthropies. LIZZIE LACOURSE DIES. LJzzie LaCrourse, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. LaCourse, Eighth and John Adams street, died at 10:30 o'clock Monday night of heart trouble following a long Illness. Her death was due to heart trouble. Miss LaCourse was born at St Louis, Ore., and has lived In Oregon City for sev eral years. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. BOY INJURED BY FALL. The ten year old son of H. Van Wa ters, of Clackamas, fell out of a tree Tuesday and broke his right leg near the hip. , boys and girl but only lb tears' j events will count toward winning lb i meet. Th vnt In th high , hoot dlvlalon ar: CO yard lab. 100 yard daah, 230 yard dub, 410 yard run, half mil run, mil run, mil relay, running broad Jump, pol vault, shot put, pv lln throw, 120 yard high hurdle and 224 yard low hurdler; and for tba 'gnd K-horili: CAyard daah, 100 yard aan, zznyaro dah, hair mil run, mil run, on mil relay, running broad Jump, running high Jump, pol vault and shot put. A number of mlaeellaneoos vent hav been ar ranged for both boys and girls and lo both the grad and high school but winning plare will not count toward tha winning of th meet. Tba event Include a toy' three legged rar and a sack race and sack and potato race for th girl. WELLES HAS PRAISE FOR LOCAL SCHOOL ASSISTANT STATE SUPERINTEND ENT DECLARES INSTITUTION HAS UNUSUAL GROWTH. That tbere bas been a moat remark able growth In th Oregon City high school during the past five year 1 the statement of Frank K. Welle, assist ant state superintendent of public In struction, who, with County Superin tendent Calavan bas recently visited the blab schools of Clackamas county for the purpose of standardizing them, under tha new rules of tb state board of education. Fire years ago the aver age attendance In he Or-roL City high school waa but (7, while today It Is 248. The remarkable feature about tha rapid growth In the high school la that It is not due to an Increase In tha num ber of children In the district says Mr. Welles. The population haa made only a slight growth during tha last five rears: but the Increased attend- ta due t0 the flct tb4t the Mer children, who formerly left school early to go to work In the local mills, now remain In school until they have graduated from the high school. The growth In the seventh and eighth grades Is correspondingly no ticeable. Five years ago thera were but 16 pupils graduated from tha eighth grade, and In the present grad uation class there are 100 pupils. G.J. AT BEAVER CREEK PIONEER RESIDENT OF COUNTY AND SURVIVOR OF GERMAN WARS PASSES. George Jacob Steiner died at his home at Beaver Creek Thursday night after a long Illness. ' He was born In Germany, August 15, 183S, served In the German-French war and came to this country 32 yearn ago, settling In the Beaver Creek dis trict. He has been a church member all his life. He Is survived by nine children: Jacob S. Steiner, Fred Steiner. Char ley Steiner and Phillip Steiner, of Beaver Creek; Henry Steiner, of Wil lamette; William Steiner, Mrs. J. B. Scogglns, of Portland; Mrs. W. F. , Effig. of Colorado; and Mrs. A. S. Steven, of Beaver Creek. His widow, Mrs. Margaret Steiner; two sisters in Germany, and one sister, Mrs. P. Wolf, of Portland, survive. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the Congregation al church of Beaver Creek, Rev. W. F. Vogt and Rev. Hott, of the German Congregational church of Portland, officiating. CANBY MAN DIES. Leanord Wehner, who lived east of Canby, died Tuesday after a long Ill ness. He was born October 20, 1S83. The funeral will be held at 11 o'clock this morning, interment will be at the Canby cemetery. E West Buttevllle and Union Hall schools In the southern part of the county were standardized Tuesday by Supervisor of Schools Vedder. The standardization rally at Butte vllle was conducted In the afternoon. Mrs. Etta Halley is the teacher and under her direction the pupils pre sented a program. The meeting was well attended. So many persons came to the stand ardization rally Tuesday evening at the Union Hall school house that not all could get into the building. Mr. Vedder spoke at each school and pre sented each with- a standardization pennant. YODER MILL BURNS Fire caused a $3000 loss to A. Toder at 7 o'clock Monday night when his sawmill, located three miles from Needy, was burned to the ground. No one was around the mill at the time It caught fire. There was no Insur ance. The fire was caused by sparks. MU8IC SECURED FOR MAY 22. Flechtner's orchestra haa been by the Rose society to furnish music at the Rose Show, May 22. D. P. Forbes will hare charge of the chil dren's parade and exercises.