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OHM ON' CITV KNTKIMMHKi:, IIMDA V, JAMJAR V 21, IfMiJ. LOCAL URIEI'S lliirnlil, llm I rear old mn of llv. ml Mra. Idi k I 'u it ii of (Jladaloiie. roka III arm Tuesday, while playing Oeorgs Muca.lg, of Amur, waa In Oregon lily mil I'ort luml Hid for purl nf Ihn Week In Ki'inl lo liiialncn 1111 'lers. C. F. ll'iinlK, i.f this illy, principal lit llm Willamette school, IIviii,m tint Men's Ti aihen' i lull at (irvnlia.ii lerday. A marriage Hi nil was Imiii'iI Wed i!tilur afternoon al Vain ouver In J. II. M Man ami Mia l-enl T. Puis, ImiIIi nt Colton, till rounly. Clienter. tlin 12 day old aim .if Mr am) Mf. William Martin, of Heaver 1'ieek, wlui dli'il Monday waa burled Tucaduy afternoon In the Hcivrr Creek cemetery. I Edward J. David. lio I alb-god lo have (iuhiuhI Iiu1 ( Iii'i k a lu Clu( kainai ami Marluri riiunlli', lo which ha l mid In liavu nlxni il i Iiii iiuuii' of W, H llural, lia been Indicted ly tho Mar Inn county grand Jury. rlaiiiiii-l W. Miller, of Ihla rlty, and Mlaa Mamie 81 hroedor, formerly ol llila riiiiiity, wliii Im a Hindu Iht home lu I'ortluinl for aevcral years, were granted Hi'kiim lo wed at I'ortland Wedncaday. Mr. and Mr. Miller will in a kit I In' I r linliia In llila illy. Owing lo llm critical rntidlllnil ul lnr father, Joint YumiKi'r, Mra. W. II 1 Mllroi, formerly of llila rlty, whwi her bimliani) waa lulcrcatcd In llm Drum, lik licili'I. aa called here from ! r Ihiiiio In (laklaml, Calif. Mr. Youiuiur I Ml llm liiiinn of til daughter, Mra Mli hul l lilcaaou. Mr. and Mr. James H. Hart left 8a' unlay morning fur lbunoii, whirr lliry will inaka llmlr home. Mra, Hart waa Mra. Mary Kllogg of llila illy and waa married a few day ko at Vancouver, Wash., to Mr. Hart of Ieb nun. Tim children of Mr. Hart, by her former marriage, accompanied llm couple to lohanon. A ft it I n confined to llm hoapltal alma May 1, If 15 with lorlou Injuria, Alfred Imlilke waa taken to hla homo Thuraday for lh flrat tlnm. 1 lo v.a trimming a tree nn the Miwh proudly at Eleventh and Main at recta, when he fell to Ihn ground. It til necessary to rtjinov hla left leg about tliroo weeks and. and ilnro that time bo ha tx-cn Improving steadily. Dr. and Mra. II. H. Mount and III tin son, Hugh, accompanied by Mlaa lorna liunoiiK. of I'ort'und, nelra of Mra. Mount, aro touring southern parts of California. Dr. Mount purchaiied Cadlllao touring car and had It ship ped to tho southern Halo. Thy will make tho trip through California In thl nnw rar. The party expects to re turn to' Oregon City within a week or ten flay, Mr. Viola Oodfrry, well known In till city where he taught school a number of year, arrived In Oregon City the early part of the wrote from Now York rlty, where "alio I taking a rouno at Columbia rollego. After upending a few days In tbla city look' lug after bualnuas Intercut and vlalt Ing rolntlvea, aba will vlall her aon. (isylord Oodfrry, at Corvalll before returning to Now York. Dr. Dedman, of Canby, hrothor of County Recorder Dedniun, and hla Kurd had a collision with tho "lookout for tho cur" sign of the Hon 1 horn Pa cific at Aurora the other duy, and the algn waa knorked to the ground, but the rar waa nut hurt. Tho Aurora Ob aerver, In lo'llng tho Incident, observe that the crowd "Jollied tho doctor a lit tlo on Ihu queer action of Kord car In dry time, but ho good nnturodly bucked up and got a new start fur homo." At the unnuul meeting of the Mo'allu Slnlo hank, held In Molalla IumI Fr duy, and attended by Lcroy I). Walker, prealdc nt of tho Hank of Conmuirco of Oregon City, who la a dlroetor, the present officer wcro re-elected as tol Iowa: I,, W, llobbliiH, or the linn ol Ilohblns lirothrrs, preBhlent; J, It. Cole, a prominent and highly success fill stockman, vice-president; F. 0. ll.iKiinium, cuiihler. Cashier Have maim reportod a successful anil pros- porous biiHlneHS during 1015, with the proHpects even better for 1910, Tho following directors were rocont ly elected by tho Molalla Hand nssocia- Hon: K. H. Todd, 11. 8. Harvey, Oscar Franklin, II. C. Itobblns ond J. V. liar less, Tho directors o'ectod Dr. Todd, president; J. V. Hurloxg, vico-prosl-dunt; H. C, Kohhlns, secretary, und II. 8. Harvey troasurnr, 0. K. Colo was reelected leader of tho hand. Tho recently erected hand uudltorlum has been successfully financed during tho lust your, doiiplto tho financial depres sion. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE! In addition to our large well assorted stock of Groceries Crockery Granite-ware AND General Supplies of Household Utilities All of which we are offering at especially favorable prices. We are closing out our stock of heating atovet, and kitchen ranges, at particularly attractive bargain. If you need anything In the atova line, don't mis this sale, and don't forget the place Larsen & Co. Corner Tenth and Main - I J COUPLE AT HEM MARRIED 63 YEARS MIMBIRt Of MlADt H0T, NO, AND RILII f C0HP CALL ON MR. AND MM. RAWLINI. Hlilx lliree years nf married llfi worn loiiipMi'd by Captain and Ml Waobliial'in lUwIlna, of Meldrum, Hun duy and a large number of frli nda. In eluding delegation fiom M-ade I'leil, No. 2. and the Hellef Corpa, railed on the lounlr. Light refrealimeiila were m rd and an Impromptu program wa given. T in rwiplliiii proper wa fiom Z lo i o'i Iih k, but In the tnelilng thn entire lielglilHuhiMid, with ttraul's airing linnil, aiiiiirlaed the elderly couple. Captain Itawllm bom lu Hung moil rounly, III., July H, 1K.1Z, and when a young man moved to ('Union rounly. Iowa, where on January 16, I net. In wa married to Namy Jaua Duller, Au gnat 3, lHi;;, Cuptuln Kawllua vnllated In Company r", Jrd Iowa Infantry, and waa at the aelge of Vh kaburg and In all the anvere engugemetita leading up lo Hie surrender of Ihn town. At tho battle of I Hack It her, May 17, IHI..1, Captain Itawlln raptured the color of the Glut Tciini'e Infantry and he proudly eihlhlled Ihe blood aUlned and bullet riddled emblem lo hla nmniroui caller Kiiuday. Iiur Ing the administration of frealdeui Cleveland, a reuet waa made lo all atalea and organisation having In their ponaeiiilon flag tint belonged to Ihe late Confederate dale to return them to the capital of Ihe confederate alalea, with the Idea of convincing the southern peop'g that Ihe north , waa aiulou lo Bury tho hatchet. Captain Itawlln sent word to Washington tc the effect that he had to fight "like the devil lo get the flag and any one would have lo fight Ilk the devil" to get It away from him. Captain Kaw llua aay he Is willing lo return the flag lo the man from whom he rap Hired It. If he could find out who he waa. Captain and Mra. Itawilna bine three children and five grandchildren. I loth are active and In good health. TO STATE HOSPITAL WORRY BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR MENTAL CONDITION OF ANDREW SINGER. Andrew Singer, a native of Ilusala and a roaldent ofwMllwauklo for many yearn, wa committed to the itate hos pital for the Insano Wednesday fol low Ing an examination conducted by Dr. J. W. Norrla. He la 00 years old, and ha alx children. According to ovldence In the hands of county offlcluls. ho has made re. peutud threats on his family during the lust two weeks. Worry Is considered tho cause of his mental condition. He was nrrested Tuesday night by Deputy Sheriff Itlley, of Mllwaukte. and brought here early the following morn Ing. Mrs. Singer signed the complaint churglng her husband with Insanity. BOONE E8TATE PROBATED. A petition for letters of administra tion In tho pstnto of Kleanor lloono, who died In Marlon county, Junuury 23, 1915. was filed In tho probate depart tnent of tho county court Wednesday. Tho rqtnlo Is valued at $100, and con sist of Clackamas county property. Lillian Holirhock, of I'ortland, a sister, and Victor Goornflonys, of Erlo, Pa., a nephew of tho late Mrs. Boone, arc named as horn. HEATERS ARE DIVORCED Circuit Judge Campbell Friday slKiied a decree divorcing llulllo H. Heater from William Heater. Sho Is allowed to take her maiden name, llul llo 11. Mitchell. Tho suit of Mary Oostru against A. Centra Is dismissed. WIFE THREW THINGS, HE SAYS. Charging that his wifo onco throw a brush at htm mid that in ninny other ways sho inlstreatod and abused him, W. K. Diigiloll Wodnosduy filed a suit for divorce against Cora P. Dugdell. Thoy were married April , 1910, In San Frnncitico. A Mstoh For Him. A cockney nngler, thinking hi bgh- innd hontmnii wit not treating htm with the respect, due to his station, ex postulated thus: "Look here, ii'y good man, you don't seem to grasp who I urn. )i you know 'hat my family has heeis entitled tc bear nrnis for the Inst 1SH) years?" . "limits; that's nothing!" was the re ply, "My ancestors huve been entitled to bnre legs for tho Inst ..IXK reura." Loudon Mirror. Had to Cater to All. "I don't like the way this botel Is run!" carped a peevish young traveling sulesmnn. "Netiter do I." replied tho landlord or Pruntytown tnvern. "hut I've Rot to eutertalu all tho fools .lint come along us woll a the senHlblv people." Judge, Either Way. Slllctis I can't decide which one on those two girls I want to marry. Cyn Icus-Well, marry either one of tbcni anil you'll discover Hint yon not the wroiiy one. Philadelphia Itocori All a Risk. "If a case of love nt tlrxt eight." "Well, maybe II will work out all right. I took four years to select my husband, and look what I got" De troit Free Press. Realize that doing good la the only certainly nappy action of a man's life - fllr Philip Sidney. Ill SCHOOL GIRLS' QUIETIIOLDSDOi S1LVERT0N 10 A IK DECIOING CONTUT PHOBABLV TO 01 tTAGED HIRE MOLALLA It DI'CATtO BY nova. I he fat Hilverton high hool girl' baklif tlidll team waa In M iluall to lie huk by llm total high hoid glrla Hiilurday nUht al Hil.trtoii. 'Ihe 'urn waa U to 13 al Ihe end of Ihe at half, and Ihe He waa not played olf, aa la uaual lu suih ir uninlantea A de Id lug gaum may be played here lu lh near future. 1 he game waa the flrat played by Ihe IiU.Ii echool glila' team outalde of Ore gun City. The eijuad wa computed of: roraaiiln, tiladya (jreon and Ullle Nut, Jumping (enter, Dorothy Ijitour- tie, running icnler, Naomi Arui- troiig; guard. Ilenale Kauudera, Vela I,) mli. Anna lluiil and Helen Hal- ier. Mlaa i;iluiltb Hum b, or the high bold Im ulty, a colnpaioed the Uaiu lo III ii Marlon county town. While Ihe glrla were at Hilverton, the boy of the im al high a hool were .nmy at the local army defeating the Molalla high athotd and a I'arkplace team. The high ai hool flral team delialcil Molalla Do to G, and Ihe Junior team of the lilftu a huul downed the 1'arkp'aiv ipiliitet U lo (. Ihe feature of the Oregon City Molalla game waa th'i team work of the locale. King aecurcd nine baaketa and Mllllken eight. The llneu follow: On'gun City high school: Forward. Mllllken and Miller; guarda, Karr and King; renter, (irven. Mo'alla high school: Forward, Taylor and Knglr; guarda, I'alfrey anl llanhen; center, Tubbs. Oregon City high ichool' Junior Korwarda, Amrlne and Hteums; guards (iroaac nhachcr and l-axeaon. and ecu ler, Itaiikln. 25 WILL BE "PARENTS' DAY" NOVEL PLAN ADOPTED TO STIR INTEREST OF FATHERS AND MOTHERS. With the aim of arousing the Inter est of parents In school affairs, County Hi hool Superintendent J. K. Calavan has act Fchruury 2S aa ' Parents' Day" in the schools of ("ackamas county. Letters, outlining the plun, have been sent to every teacher In tho county. They are signed by SuHrlntendent Cal avan and Supervisor Ve.lilcr. Superintendent Calavan suggests that the regular work of tho pupils be placed on exhibition, th.it a program by the pupils be arranged and that other plans, tending to show the par ents Just what Is being done, he car ried out. "Make a special effort to have every parent limped tho work of tho chil dren, and If the work of some pupil Is poor, explain tho reason," reads the letter. In part. "If you send out writ ten requests for each and every parent to be presont.-und talk "Purents' Day" to your school and to a'l the parents wlinin you meet, I am sure It will be well attended, and you will feel that it has been a duy very profitably spent." Tho letter also requests that tho teacher notify tho County Super intendent of tho number of visitors, directors and parents who attend. Mr. Calavan also urges upon all tuiuiifrs lo speak to their pupils con cerning feeding tho birds during the snow storm. THREAT ON LIFE ALLEGED. Charging that her husband, John Webber, onco threatened to tuko her life, Mrs. Lillian Webber Tuesduy filed a suit for divorce In tho circuit court. They woro murrled Juno 27, 1904, in Kafit Hampton, Muss. Sho also ulleges that she has been making her own liv ing for the lust four years. She asks that sho be allowed to take hor maid en name, Lillian Oakland. HARRINGTON ESTATE PROBATED. Petition for letters of administration in tho estate of Ora V. Harrington, the lute wife of Tax Colluctor Uoorgo Har rington, was tiled In tho probate de partment of tho county court Saturday. Tho estate Is valued nt $1250 ond Mr. Harrington, and the son, George Har rington, Jr., aro named as heirs. MRS. LINDQUIST SUES. Mamto K. Mnqiilst Saturday filed a suit for divorce in tho circuit court against Kskll Llnqulst, chaining deser tion. They were married July 25, 1913, In Vnncouvor, Wash. 8UITTO FORECLOSE FILED. J. K. Cribble Monday filed u suit In tho circuit court against Henry A. Gll bertson, Cora C.llberton, George P, Gil- iiortson and Nols Thompson to fore close on property belonging to the Gil bertsons. Cribble holds a $2500 note. SUIT IS DISMISSED. The suit of L. A. Drandes against Carrlo Walker et al, brought to fore close on a nolo, was dismissed Mon day by an order signed by Judcte Camp bell. Thomas R. Webster was granted a docreo of divorce from Anna M. Web ster. CANBY TEAM WINS. The Canby high school basket ball team defeated the Willamette Athletic club Juniors at Willamette Saturday night with the score 40 to 23. AO INDICATE! THERI WA CAT tHORTAGC HERE IN 111 Clareni e r'alon lua found In the 4 fllea of till a';i,' l'l torlal, a mag ailua, li I'll wa puti'inlnd by f. (,ii,ii In U,ai,ii, M,. , In the Uaue of Hatiildiiy. AukuhI M, Hll, llm following Item. "Iicment I 1 Win ton, at Oregon City, adver- Hm lo pay Mrlieat luaiget prUe a f for imi lu god londition." Tim ruaaon for Hie uinaual demand fur rata hr In pioneer daya la not eiplalned. , In the same maalim lu the la ma of May i'J, la a dea rip Hon and pl' lnm of liie "City of Oregon," aa Ihla town la (ailed In t the arlliie. LODGE CONVENTION HELD HERE JAN. 26 ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE HERE BY KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS The district toauiitlou of the Knight of Pythlua ll he held In Ore gon City January :'',. with reprewnta Uvea of Portland and HI. Jolma lodges attending. The convention will begin at 8 o'clock III llm Woodman hall. Arrangement fur two apcclal car from Portland to tarry the vinltors to Oregon (ity have been made. They will he met at Tenth street and the vinltors. with Ihe loci lodge, will pa rade down Main nlrt as far south as Sixth. The Moom band will furnish music for the marchers. The local branch of th order. Cata ract lodge, wri'l serve a banquet for Ihe vinltors at 8 30 o'clixk. Willard Marka. guard chancellor commander of Ore gon, will deliver the address of the evening, after w hli h the third rank will be put on by the different lodge. Ixm-sI Knights are requested to be at Ihe hall by 7:15 so aa to bo able to take part In Ihe parade. EJ ARE FOUND GUILTY MASTER WARDEN KELLY AND DEPUTY JEWELL RETURN FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY Master Fish Warden Kelly and Dep uty Wurden Jewell returned to Oregon City from Gardner, Douglas county, where they appeared In the trial of Mutt Lumber and Ed Sten, charged with setting a net more than one-third of the dihtunce across a stream. Lumber and Slen were arrested Oc tober 16 by Deputy Warden Jewell and were convicted before Justice of the Peace Ernest IlaBkell. George Ncu- tie, Jr., district attorney In Douglas county, represented tho- state. They were fined I "0 each, and then pleaded guilty to another churgo of fishing with a pet w ithout a license. In discussing the case Monday, Mus ter Warden Kelly said that there was much misunderstanding among fisher men relative to licenses. The same net can be used either as a net or a drift net in many cases, he said, but a fisherman who desired cither to set or to drift with his net, was compelled to have both a set net and a drift net license. A fisherman also was com polled to secure nt least one license for every net he used, ho suld. JOE DIAMOND BACK FROM A LONG VISIT BOOTBLACK AND LAND OWNER SPENT TWO YEARS IN ITALY, HIS NATIVE COUNTRY. After two years and more lu sunny Italy, Joe Diamond, bootblack and land owner, returned to Oregon City Tues day. Ho went to Italy In October, 1913, when there was no wur nor rumors of war, selling his lucrative business to some Greeks. After reaching his na tive land, he was married, and was ar ranging to return to America, when war broke out and he was not pernilted to leave tho country until recently. His wife will Join him after the war. Diamond is tho owner of a tract of land at Wlllametto Ho knows little about tlio war. His military training was in the envalry, which is evidently not very useful in Italy, as he was al lowed to come to the Vnlted tSates though un Italian citizen. E Henry Swartz, for 30 years a resi dent of Wilsonvllle, died at Good Sa mnritan hospital In Portland Friday morning. Death waa due to Bright's disease. Mr. Swartz had been In the hospital a month. He was 55 years of age and Is survived by a widow and three small children. The remains will he brought to Wilsonvllle S.itur duy and the funeral will be held Sun day afternoon. There will be services nt the home and the Interment will be In Frog Pond cemetery. MRS. BEACH GETS DIVORCE. Eva Flench Thursday secured a de cree of divorce from R. C. Deach. Their two children were left In the custody of Mrs. Beach and she was given $30 monthly alimony. OREGON CITY LOSES I DEBATES WIS OUT Of RACE ESTACAOA AND FOREST GROVE ARE TIED FOR HONORS OF THISDISTRICT Oregon City high liool's debating teama Friday night lout Ihe flrnl An batea In the a-rle of the Oregon Slate Debating league to F.atacad "d For eat Orove, and now la out of the race for state hainplonshlp. IrUi b ncliool In the league turria out two leaina, a negntlv and an affirma tive. The negative team travela and the affirmative alay at borne. The F.atacada negative team came lo Ore gon City an I met the local affirmative. Ih Oregon City negative went to For est tirove, and the Foreat Orov nega tive went to F.ata'-ada. The team se curing ihe greatest tiumlM-r of Judge' votea, win (lie district, and I entitled lo meet th winner of other diatrict. In Oregon City the vote of the Judgea wa 2 lo 1 for F.atacada and at ForentJ (irove the home school won a'l three vote. The ulle t discussed w as the I Kls system of military training. The high school auditorium, where the local debate a held, waa filled. The Judges were C. J. McCormack, of f.resham; I A. Head, of Gladstone, and t i r i..-.i .. ...I n n l-i.w .i member of the school board, w as chair man. A (Indent orchestra of six pieces fur- nUlied music and .Miss Helen Ely, ac companied by her sister. Miss Carol Kly, sang a solo. Mra. H. II. Cartlldge, Ihe coach, accompanied the Oregon City team to Forest Grove. - Estacada and Forest Grove, each with four votes, are tied for the hon ors of this district The two Oregoa City teams were composed of: Negative, Hennle Staats, Eschol Armstrong and Herman Tim mer: affirmative. Earl Paddock, Mar vel Ely and Fred Tooze, Jr. The Estacada debaters were: Gladys Carpenter, Charles Spackman and taw is Jones. HOI AT MOUNTAIN IS FIRE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STARTED BY DEFECTIVE FLUE FURNITURE SAVED. Fire, believed to have been caused by a defective flue, completely destroyed a house at Mountain View belonging to Mrs Mary Egglmann Tuesday. The loss was covered by $750 Insurance. The Mountain View Ore company re sponded to the call and fought the blaze with chemicals. The furniture In the house, which belonged to Charles Montgomery, an employee of a local mill, waa saved. This Is the first fire In the present cold weather. Members of the de partment have been expecting a blaze dully since the storm began, as during such weuther as the present many build hot fires and aro careless In watching their stoves. PHOTO AGENT FREED AFTER SOUND ADVICE F. M. HALL RETURNS CHANGE TO MOUNT PLEASANT WOMAN AND PAYS COSTS. After paying the costs of the case, which amounted to $4.60, returning change to Mrs. McCormlck, a Mount Pleasant woman he Is alleged to have cheated, and after receiving a severe lecture from Justice of the Peace John Sievers, F. M. Hall, a photograph agent arrested Monday by Constable Frost, was freed Tuesday afternoon. Hall admitted he failed to return $0.50 change from a $10 gold piece handed him by Mrs. McCormick; and gave her the money Tuesday. He prom ised to be more careful In the future. Close examination of a 'contract for photograph enlargement signed by Mrs. McCormlck showed that she agreed to bi:y a frame for the picture. Mr. Hull tried to sell her a $6.50 frame, which she refused to buy. Thl3 clause Is said to have weakened the state's case. OREGON CITY WOMAN FINDS HUSBAND BY AD MRS. MARY KELLOGG SAW HIM FIRST TIME "SATURDAY, AND WEDS "MONDAY. Advertising pays, whether you want to find a wife or sell a house, believes W. Hurt, a Lebanon farmer. Early last week Mr. Hart advertised for a wife. A few days later, Mrs. Mary Kellogg of Oregon City answered the ad. Before the end of last week the correspondence between the two reached such a stupe that Mrs. Kellogg left for Lebanon last Saturday. Mon day they were married and Thursday they returned to Oregon City, to ar range for moving the bride's furniture to Lebanon. , Mr. Hart lives about seven miles from Lebanon and is well known in that section of Linn county. Four vessels, and possibly a fifth will be built at the St. Helens shipyard this year. SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS THOSE WHO MEET FIVE REQUIRE MENTS WILL BE GIVEN "PRO FESSIONAL CERTIFICATE." lieslrlng lo recognlte the teachers of the aUt who have proved thmulve to be progressive and auoesaful. Mate Superintendent of public Inalruitlun Churchill ha adopted a plan of giving the teacher who meet certain require menu a "profeaalonal teai her' n-rtlfl cat..," aa ha ralla It, will, h will be la ail'-d by hi mi upon the atjtement of the county superintendent that all of the requirement have been met. County Superintendent Calavan haa received word of Ihe plan, and l.nu.-d a circular letter explaining It lo all the teacher in the county. The require ment arc: 1. Having taught aiicceaafully to! at leant eight month during the yea.' 19IS-I4. 2. Having met all of the require- menta for a teacher lu a itundard school and having romp'led strictly with the law relating to flri; dangers und Ore drills. 3. Having sent promptly to Ihe county superintendent all reiorts re- 'quested by him or required by law. Having attended the annual teachers' Institute or teachers' training M hool. and at least one local Institute 5. Having read during the year, un der the supervlnlon of the I'nlverslty of Oregon or the Oregon Agricultural col'ege. at least two books on the teachers' reading circle list. NOVEL DEFENSE DOES NOT SAVE PROPERTY GLA03TONE MAN CLAIMS MORT GAGE SECURED BY DURESS, BUT LOSES HIS CASE. The plea that a $1000 mortgage, held by F. F. Prandes, was secured through duress, failed lo In the circuit court Tuesday when Judgia Pagley, sitting for Circuit Judge Campbell, gave Hrandes a decree to foreclose on Karl Johnson's property In Gladstone, and a Judgment for $100 for attorney fees and costs. E. C. Dye was Johnson's attorney. Johnson waa defendant In a divorce suit some time ago and his wife se cured $250 alimony The money was not paid and Johnson was ordered to appear to show cause why It had not been paid. He protested he did not have the money, and Judge Campbell told htm to mortgage his Gladstone home. A $750 mortgage was already out standing against the property, and Johnson secured a new loan of $1000 from Hrandes, and paid the $250 to his wife. Johnson then pleaded that he was forced to give Brandos the mortgage, and that therefore It could not hold. OREGON PIONEER.DEAD FUNERAL OF PROMINENT LODGE WORKER WILL BE HELD SUN DAY AFTERNOON. Mrs. Unla Walker, the wife of S. S Walker, and prominent in lodge work of this city, died at her home on Twelfth and Madison streets at E o'clock Thursday morning after an Ill ness of about eight -weeks. Her con dition became critical only recently. Sfrs. Walker was born In Washing ton county, Ark., and came across the plains with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nealey Edmiston, when a small child, and settled in Clackamas county. Mr. and Mrs. Edmlnson lived in Springwa ter. August 8. 1SS3, she was married to S. S. Walker. She Is survived by her husband and one sister, Mrs. A. L. Illanchard, of Oregon City; one broth er, John T. Edmiston, of Beaver Creek A daughter, Vona, died 16 years ago. Sho was a member of the Women of Woodcraft and Rebekah lodges. The funeral will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from tho I. O. O. F. hall. The services will be in charge of Rebekah lodge and Christian Science church and at Mountain View- in charge of the Women of the Wood- crafL IS Clad in rags and living unsheltered in the snow-covered woods near Logan, Joe Feter, an Austrian about 50 years old, was caught Thursday by Sheriff Wilson and lodged In the county Jail, pending an examination into his san ity. He had lived on potatoes, half cooked, for several days and his cloth ing was In such condition that the sher iff burned them upon reaching Oregon City and gave him a new supply. Pe ter is unable to talk English and up to last night Sheriff Wilson has been unable to find an Austrian who can understand him. Exposure, it Is thought, may have affected his mind. CASTOR I A For Infanta and CMldrea. The Kind Yen K27? Always Bsught Bear the Sign a tore CHARLES I1RIS0N, JAIL, WORKED HERE SIGHT DRAFTS ON EL PASO BANK DEPOSITfO AND OPTION ON PROPERTY SOUGHT. Charlea W, Morrison, who fa'ea serl 011a forgery iliurgea In Portland, at tempted lo ply hla trade In On-gon lily and tried lu worli throukb at leant three Clackamas county tanks. A far aa could lie learned Tburmlay nlttht no pcrton here lout money through hla op eratlom. Morrlaon came lo Oregon (ity about a week ago and approai bed lullinan (lowland. I'Hal real estate agenta. He waa aliown about tho town and showed great Interest In property on the cor ner of Ninth and Wanhlngton atreet. Ha aald he wanled to buy ihe property. Flrat he wanted an option and of fered a $:5 aUht draft on an F.I l'ao bank. The owner of the property, who refines to have hla name connected ullli the atory, refuted the option, be ing suspicious of Morriium. A second option, aomewhat different than th-i flrat, waa then prepared, but the own er atl'l refuaed to algn It. He went to the flrat Ktale Hank of .:::uulilo and deponited a $2ji0 sight draft on the hi Paao bank, another alght dralt at the Oregon City Bank of Commerce for 2)0 and one at the Flral National Bank here for 1 1000. At each bunk he repreaented himself as a btialneas man, and auld he waa about to buy the Ninth and Wellington car- r. Officials of the Mllwaukle bank and the Bank of Commerce telephoned at once to the prorty owner to verify Morrison's statements. The property owner said Thursday he believes Morrison wanted his signa ture on the option In order to trace hla signature on checks. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 13. Broken hearted and almost destitute, Mra. Adole B. Morrison Is In a local botel today, awaiting the receipt of funds that will take her back home to Loa Angeles, while her husband, Charlea W. Morrison, to whom she haa been wedded less than two weeks, Is held In the city Jail on serious forgery charges. The wedding was the culmination of a romance dating from childhood. Morrison freely confessed to the forgery of checks and drafts to the amount of about $ll.CO0. but of that sum only about $18.75 was actually realized, from the passage of two amall checks, one at the Karl botel and the other at the Plummer Drug company. Mrs. Morrison waa formerly Adele B. Robinson. The marriage, January 2, was performed by Rev. W. O. Mills of the SL Paul's Presbyterian church. Los Angeles, and the license was ap proved by her sister. Mrs. D. D. Wil liams of 2238 West Thirty-first street After the ceremony they Immediately left for Portland, taking the boat to San Francisco, and arriving here five days ago. Morrison blamed financial reverses as the cause of his actions, and said that he had been disowned by his fath er, a wealthy stockman of New Mexico. Tlte forgeries were made for the sake of his bride, he dec'ared, and he had passed no fraudulent checks previous to the wedding. Morrison was taken In custody by City Detectives Moloney and Swennea and Francis S. Alkus of the Burns de tective agency. Morrison will probably be returned to Los Angeles for trial. Deputy Dis trict Attorney Richard Deich said to day. Morrison had not collected as yet on the sight drafts, which were being held by the banks where jthey had been placed for Investigation. MRS. JOSEPH FOUMAL, OF GERVAIS, IS DEAD Mrs. Joseph Foumal, died at her home in Gcrvais Tuesday after an ill ness ot several weeks of pneumonia. She was the mother of Mrs. H. K. Ben ett, Joe Foumal and Mose Foumal of this city. Besides these threo, Bhe 3 also survived by eight other children, 17 grandchildren, and two great grand children. Mrs. Foumal was known In this city where she visited many times. The funeral will be held this morning at 10 o'clock at the Sacred Heart church lu Gervais. ,L 10F GLADSTONE, IS DEAD Mrs. Laura Mann, wife of Charlea Mann, died at her home In Gladstone Saturday morning. The funeral will be held today at 11:30 a. m., at the Christian church ot which Mrs. Mann was a faithful member. She leaves two sons, Ray, of Port land and Lawrence, who Is at home, besides her husband. CENTRAL POINT HAN IS LAID TO REST Frank A. Engle, who died at his home In the Central Point district east of Canby last Saturday after a long illness, was buried Tuesday. He waa born In this county on the farm on which he died 33 years ago. His par ents are dead, and he Is survived by several brothers and sisters. Multnomah county spent $1,620,674 on roads in 1915.