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, , i', 'i it K T ft CITY ENTERPRISE! The Enterprise I the 4 Y 11 only Claekama County I II 1 Newepeper thai print I II "CT til the new Of (hit J J,, grewlng Cowaty. Tk Weakly EnUrpriae It worth tha price. Compart tt with athrt and then pub- OIMWON (MTV, OHKaON, FHIIUV, MAUCII 21, 101G. ESTABLISHED 1M ECdON FIFTIETH VEAH.-No. 17. iisterilsi, hurts others, WRECKS HOUSES SUNDAY'S WINO AND STORM HIT! CLACKAMAS COUNTRYSIDE WITH MUCH SEVERITY. BUILDrNCS SUCKED UP AND THROWN FROM FOUNDATIONS WITH OWNERS Mlraculouo Escape On of thp Fea ture of lh Young Tornado That Cut Wlda Path Fargo, Jen nlnga Lodge, Bolton Hit. William Mnrka. a randier In Happy Hollow. three unit a half mile south eat (if l'tita, ami beyond thn Mount Kcntl lltrl t. waa killed when a huge tree d'll acron lllo klt'lu-D of Ilia house, pinning hi in to the floor. Illl kkull wan fractured end tin died Mr. Murk u ml a djiuiitcr were Irulmd pnd aevnely tlux ke They wit In tho bonne at tli' lime, lint e raped On- fnlllnic tree. Two fierce galea, one blowing from thn aouthweal and Ihn other from Inn northweet nit't In colllnlon In ami about JciminK Uxlge Hunday aflcrnofn with au h forrr aa to ruiHn a huge eddy or whirlpool of wind, almost a tornado, Hint 1 1 ft rd HiiKh Hiindntnim'a houao up. dun.l.Hl it about In the air for a few minute then tossed It to Hip ground aiialn twenty feel away. Hint' lng II over with a crash. Mr. Handstrom waa rut ami bruised about thn body and hla wife' left ankle was budly sprulned. Neighbors finned them out of thn demolished liulldlnK. That thi'y escaped alive waa miraculous, according to those who extricated ttimn. I'nllke two railroad train tn rnllialon, thn two IiIk wind clashed, yielding a tiTrlflc rain, atood for a few second from the force of thn compart and then panned, aido awlpnd each other and continued their different way. Another house wa atmck and rut npnrt aa If by a ulunt lilndn and blown away for twenty or morn feel. It waa J Ik I. I II f I. la I owneil iit i. ', riunni. ilia ii.pb r.iiiitih,i Walter llru-kher'a KO-foot chicken house wait nlno picked up and thrown !0 feel over a funco without touching thn fonrn even. There wan u blft five-foot tree near Kundntroin'a house. It stood In the air ulmoHt a hundred feet. The half from top down wu twlHted off and held in tho air for a few minutes before It fell aeverul hundred fret away. Tree nml other house In the wnko of tho atonn auffered the name fate, or aerl oun dumiiKe. It. fi. lifter- delivery wnKon whs blown to and fro and diiNlied top hIiIo up lllinlly. Mr. V. W. New ul Clurkamna wuh watchlnit from a window of her Iioiibo the npprnnch of the atorm. Without warnliiR a piece of tlmlx'r blew through the window. atrlkniK her In tho abdo men. She la In a aerlou condition from Internal injurlca. Many of tho alinftn and tomliHtoneit In tho remetery of Clnckamii were blown over and broken, and tree up rooted and taken away. Hoimo of Arthur llrorkmor, M. II. WobMer and .1. W. Hoot wore badly iIiuiiukihI. Mr. Welmter's orchard wa ruined. Every (Huh and window In Mm, Samuel Itonkn'a homo wna aimiHhed Into HinllhcreeiiH. ItepnlrK of tho OroKon Kluctrlo line at Hirno woro complotod Monday. A hulf nillo of pole and wire hud been Mown down. I'Vllor' Bllo at Donald was whirled over other Iioiibch and buniH and the liko tlinre. Joe Dawson lost hla barn near lliitto. Several hop Iioiihps wero blown to pIiicph. Ci. Uentloa was a bin loner there. (JoorRo (loodwln'a roof wiih lifted oh unci taken away. .1. V. Swan, Kdward Smith, AuruhI llurnhardt and IS. I'lpor suffored heavy iluiimm'8 In bullillngH. Tho Htorm cfttiHed much Inconvon leiu o to motorlats who loft I'ortland Sunday afternoon for Oregon City over J the Went Side road. Thoxo a number of pole currying the hlKh voltage power line of tho I'ortland Hallway, I.lKht & Tower company that wont tlown near Ilolten, and blocked the road, and motorlHtH were turned back They wnro compelled to run back to the Snllwood ferry and cross over to tho enHt aide. Mr. and Mrs. II .15. Strnlnht, Mr. and Mrs. Ceorgo Ilanklns nnd datiRhter nnd Mr. Ilnnklns' mother wore In Mr, Straight' car and wore among thoso who vero turned buck at tho bridge near ISolton. Frank Iliibch's cur wus another, and K. Kenneth Stanton' car, In trying to make Oregon City In a romidubout way through Willam ette, broke a spring and Mr. Stanton was compelled to abandon hi car in the rood and was picked up by the Husch cur and brought home with his family. A big tree on the George Morse prop erty between Meldrum and Jennings I.odgn was blown across tho track of the electric lino, carrying wires with it, and passengers were transferred over the break. The residences of E. Ilonar, F. W. 8mtth and Charlns Hlslop at Meldrum station were slightly dam aged, chimneys being blown down, and many tree fell In the vicinity of Olad htone. The electric light sorvlce In Oregon City was out of commission for several hour last night and the atreets lamps were out. BIG SLIDE Will COSI TWO HUNDRED YARDS OF DEDRIS HURLED ACROSS HIGHWAY NEAR BARTON BRIDGE. Two hundred yard of slide, nprrit- ItntliiK III') removal of 1000 ruble ynrda of dirt el'ht feet deep, cumn down Monday on thn roud from linker s bridge to Marlon on thn north aldn of tha Clsrkamaa river In this county. Thn road mpervliwir will not attempt to clear thn mud at that point until iiimner. herau of thn conditions of the parked mini and dirt bound with tret a, rx k and debrla. Thn road will be built over purl of thn obtructlon j nd around other purls with plmika. N'et B'linmer It will b reopened. The rnt to thn county will Im f lOnn. Mcun- tlmn traffic over thn road will be di verted on thn south aide of thn Clncka- maa river ami airomi (lie nurtou bridge. T WELVE DEPUTIES FROM All OREGON CITY PAPER III DANGER TO U. S. (WHO'S GOING TO PAY WORKER TO MAJOR GENERAL ill U.S. ARMY, FUHSH'S RECORDED FEAT PATROLTHERIVER TO PROTECT FISH CARL D. SHOEMAKER, STATE GAME AND FISH COMMIS SIONER VISITS CITY. TO BUILD HOUSE ON ISLAND POINT AND SCAN BASIN WITH SEARCHLIGHT Under Gill Law and Cloaad Season Nrt Catchaa Ar Barrtd by Htavy Penalty Arrangtmonta Mad for Catching Violator. Twelve deputies have benn ant to palrol thn Wlllamrte river hero be- tween the fulls and bridge by Carl 0. Shoemaker, state gunie ami Huh com mlsHloner, who came down today to arrange tho system of protecting tho Huh wlthn the restricted basin, under the GUI Mutute. IM'puty Warden Tl. I Jewell of this city will have churgo of the dozen deputies and conduct the campaign nguinHt contraband fishing. Tho sea son closed noon Man h IB. It will con tinue until May 1, applying to net fl.th lng above and below tho bridge. Tho patrol will continue day and night. Construction of a house on the Is land point across the river will bo started Monday for use of deputies, who w ill manipulate tho largo search- llr,iit that will be Installed. Ily moans of this both bunks of the river, also the ilshwoy, will be under constant scrutiny. Fishermen to Cooperate. Mr. Schoemaker ban cotnliletolv ro- Major (ieneral Frrdcrl k Fun ton, (', H. A., who was put in ( ill ilinrgo of the Median expedition ary force of thn I'nlted rllale by rreHbletit WIUoii, onced worked In tlm Crown Wlllumelin Pulp Ca per company mill and lived In Ori-Kon City at tlm tlmn, nearly a quarter of a century ago. He pleasantly recalled by Ihn old timers, who were employed In tlm plant when It was known a lh Willamette mills. It Is a long Jump from thn Job hn held here for all months or morn to a major general ship In thn I'nltid Htati a army and the further distinction of being In unreaerved command of an "Invad ing army." During hla stay In Oregon City Funston lodged at thn Fleet ric hotel. He whs a soldier of fortune thoso i!j)s. Having quit newspaper work on a Kunsaa City neapuwr In Di&l, he sought adventure In thn west. Joining the government' n iwdltlon that explored Death'a Val ley. This ended, ho spent some months up and down the Pacific coest from Cullfomla to Washing ton. It was altout the time In the early 'Mil's that spusmodlc reports wre coming out of the Alasl.an country of gold discoveries, which devel oped later into the Klondykn bo nanzas. Funston blew Into Oregon City and Installed a sprinkler sys tem for fire protection In the then Willamette mills and known now as A, II and C units of the Crown Willamette plant. , Ho was a young and daring chap of about 25 or S7, full of energy and Industry also of tho American . spirit that has characterized htm in his lutrr life. He was also In quisitive and wanted to know things and why, according to the old timer who remember him a a resident here. When ho left Oregon City, he pushed on to Seattle. There late In 1S93. or early liiSI, he went to Alas, ka also In a government expedition aa a hotanlat, studied tha flora of that vast territory, out of which startllng'reporu of gold finds wer then coming from time to time and which roorts later cuused the great stampede to the Klondyke. While up there Funston preformed the feat of making a trip alone in a bout down tho Yukon river simply for the adventure and thrills. Superintendent J. P. tovett. or the Crown Willamette milts, remembers Funston' employment at tho plant here only vnguely. However, that recollection Ib with pleasure at the man s rise In the world. Mr. Ixvett was with the plant at the tlmo and had to do In a measure with the sprinkling system Installed by Fun ston. J. C. I'ollanz. superintendent of the sulphlto plant there and one of the oldest of tho employes, recall Young Funston with more vividness than oth- ers, bocnuso he was thrown In contact with him at the tlmo. In fact, tho thing thut Impressed Mr. Pollanz was the "get-up" about tho young man. Why, ho wus full of energy and a f . V. ; :i. r . I i "A k I (Mil Ms.. if .. . -Xf 1 V o-5 A MEXICO FROM TREACHERY CARRANZA GARRISON REPORTED TO HAVE JOINED VILLA'S BAND OF OUTLAWS. THAT SETTLED THE COUNTY COURT AND FAIR ASSOCIA TION WILL SIGN UP. COOPERATION Of THE KDOCANS WITH U. S. EXPEDITION DOUBTED R sport from the Front Are Rtgarded K Grave by Washington War Department Funston I Pre paring for the Worst. On of the matter to be rtllrd by thn county court Haturday la the fair rrounjii tarcaln. Aa agreemer.l ha L I ready --n sanctioned whereby the I county la to take over the plant for l;t. with a guaranty by tha fair iw iUt.cn to pay the Interest on that amount fur to of the grounds In the future for tounty fairs. nut mere appears pot to be any stipulation or clause In the document to shuw whether the county or the association shall keep the buildings there Is repair. This cost le always lloo and Biorn a year. It I quite an Item. Thn court will determine where thl tipense I going to fall before signing the agreement. It Is understood. COIJTRO LOF RAILWAY General Frederick Funston. rr t' il frnin li Id (main I tweii t Inn lai n ..... .... ....... ...o , n .,,,.. ,., ... . ... .. . P..-.I I l,nu,.ll..1 ...ll An...... nl, nqiu ml. I UlUlllfi 1 eillU-PUUV. I Ulil.llltl lli.n..(.i l f.,,v(i. n.lll.llH 1 ..KT r U- I- tl I II ..w. nv.v inula till IWin IVlllU HUUIII. where ho was working, for ho always set tho puce. Funston came and put In tho sprinkler B.vstem with a vim and industry that all noticed. Ho had charge of nnd directed the men under him, but worked himself. "Among his gang wos Frank Sperey, who Is well known In Oregon City, whero ho lived for years and bus rela tives. Sperey was one of Funston' other thingB ho snld yesterday during his stuy wub that tho fishermen in and about Oregon City had given him as surance of their cooperation with his men tn protecting the stream. Tho names of the deputies wero not given out, cx( ept as to Mr. Jewell, who Is sta tioned hero. Mr. Shoemaker is u nowspuper pub lisher at HoBohurg. Ily virtue of being state gamo nnd fish warden, ho is also editor of the Oregon Sportsman, a monthly luagazlno devoted to nature life In Oregon. Slnco he took churgo of tho department and tho muguzlno, ho has udded several thousand new subscribers throughout this and olhor Btutos. Within six months he expects to run the number to G000. One of tho features of the publica tion addod by the department Is color- photographs of Oregon birds. Tho forthcoming lssuo will publish eight specimens of tho grouse family with a story about thorn by llruco Horsfull. OREGON CITY'S NEW POST OFFICE, $55,000 WASHINGTON". March 22. Secre tary of tho Treasury McAdoo, report ing on tha Oregon City postofflco bill, says a one story building covering 4800 square feet will bo sufficient at a cost of luR.OOO and $10,000 additional for tho f.lto. best workers, and when Funston left, he took Sperey along with him and I suppose ho Is still with him. "One reason I can recall the circum stances of his stay hero so well was bocause it wus tho time as 'cooker I made the record time of three and thrce-qunrters hours In the 'cooking' plant that Is, from the time tho log went Into the mill until It was cooked und dumped Into the 'blow pit'." John ("Jack") Moffatt, of Oregon City and head of tho Oregon Engi neering & Construction company, also recollects General Funston pleasantly und remarked about him at the time Funston captured Agiilnaldo In the Philippines. Mr. Moffatt Is now In California. Fun ston's exploits as colonel of the Kan sas volunteer regiment In service In the Philippines gave local Interest to his fame, because of his six months' resident here. Rruce Zmiiwalt. master mechanic of the mill at the time but now superin tendent of the Powell River Paper company's mills, was also one who was associated with Funston more or loss during his stuy at the mills here. COIXMIil'fJ, N. M, March 21 (l'Bvd by renaor.i General l.ula Jllerrera. until recently ( arranr mili tary governor of Chihuahua, baa re nounced Carntnra and announced In favor of Villa, taking the field In west ern Chihuahua with Z'too troops, ac cording to reliable Information re cehed here tonight. PAN' ANTONIO, Teiua. March 22 General Funston said tonight he hud been Informed of General Jlerrera' reported revolt, and that, while con firmation wa lacking, he had taken precautionary step toward meeting any aggrtsslon along the border. Kl, PASO, Mann 21. The silence which for two day ho enveloped the Mexican situation, a far aa any defi nite new of the pursuit of Panrho Villa la concerned, gave fresh force today to the numerous report from various sources of grave disaffection among the Carranza troop. On the border at least. It I firmly believed that the soldiers of the first chief are far from giving any real co operation to the American expedition ary force. Rioting at Tuxpan. GALVESTON. Texas. March !2. That the oil fields of Tamptco are In the hands of Francisco Villa, who baa demanded a ransom of 1,000.000 pesos to prevent complete destruction of the property, that rioting In the city of Tuxpan I general and that the Amer ican gunboat Much las was sent to Tux pan is the substance of dispatches reaching here today Tuxpan was taken by Villa 10 day ago. The Machlas was sent to take on board women and children. The bandit demanded of the Penn Fuel Oil and other companies a ran some of 2.000.000 pesos to be paid Im mediately or have their 'property de stroyed. They threatened the lives of all foreigner and brought their ma chine guns into play. Whether the rensom has been paid cannot be learned here. Carranza soldiers who attempted to defend the oil fields and the city are said to have been routed. AGED RANCHER IS KILLED BLOWING UP OLD SUPS PREMATURE BLAST CRUSHES ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF R. P. WALLACE AT MULINO. BODY LAY UNCONSCIOUS IN FIELD HOURS BEFORE IT WAS DISCOVERED Injured Man Brought to Oregon City on Train by Son and Physician Patient Die at Hospital Two Hour Later. v.s. OUTSIDE HANDS STOCKHOLDERS HOLD SPECIAL. MEETING AND VOTE ADDI TIONAL HALF MILLION. PART OF ISSUE TO PAY DEFICIT AND SOME FCR BETTERKENTS With Debt Wiped Out Road Start to Get Sawmill for Mt Angel Also Colonist Officer Will Be Elected by Director. BIG STORM CAUSES LOSS OF $25,000 This Is a reduction from 1100.000 which tho Huwlcy bill carried.. AN AMUSING CASE Chnrge was made against "Con" Vlerhus, "Dink" Thompson, "Ring" Iilngham and "Pete" Newman by L. Mattoon supervisor of road district No. 15 for alleged damages to the en gine operating the rock crusher at the South end road. City Recorder Loder promptly dismissed the case when he found that tho boy were guilty only of "tooting" the engine whistle nnd of making wry face at the "boss." (estimates place the daimigo done by Sunday's young twister in Clackumas countryside at $25,000. according to reports that cjitno in tcduy from the storm-swrpt communities. The loss to the Oregon Electric and other lines may be several thousand. Phone und telegraph wires also 'suffered perhaps to about $1000. These are some of the reported esti mated losses at Clackamas: C. W. New, $500; Arthur Mrockmor, $750; M. Tt. Wobstor. $1500; J. W. Roots, father of T. A. Roots, tho new Clacka mas county roudmautcr, .$750. At Donald: Mr. Fellers, $750; at Dutte: Jo3oph Dawson, $1000; O. Gen tols, $2000; S. F. Poodlng, $1000; at Jennings Lodge: John Sandstrom, $1500; P. D. Newell. $1000; Walter Ilecker, $300. Those who were Injured by falling holmes or tree woro recovering from their fright, accordlcg to reports. The measure of the damages Bet forth above does not include the loss of trees and gardens and the like. How ever, considerable vegetation was de stroyed by the young tornado. MARRIAGE LICENSES CRUSHER IS SET UP T. 8. Roots has been confirmed as roadmaster of Clackamas county by the county court. He has been acting us an advisor only up to his confirma tion. The county's new rock crusher reached the city Saturday and was taken to tho South End road and set tip there for operation beginning this week. It cost $2000 and has a capac ity of 130 yards a day as against 90 yards for tho other crushers. Under tho agreement between the county court and the Clackamas Couu ty Fair association, whereby the coun ty tukes over tho fair grounds for $7950, it is understood that the asso ciation, in addition to paying the coun ty Interest on that amount as long as it uses the plant, will also maintain tho buildings. These are new and will re quire very little outlay in repairs, etc., during the coming year. Tho association is arranging to hold its annual fair earlier this year than usual. G0UN1Y JUDGE TELLS EASTERN CLACKAMAS LEAGUE MEETS AT CURRANSVIU.E AND TALKS COUNTY BUSINESS. RANCHER SUES COUNTY It was the taxpayers' timing t Cur ransvffle Monday afternoon, where gathered a large number of citizens of the eastern end of Clackamas county to talk atiout taxes. The meeting was under tho auspices of the East Clack amas Taxpayers' league. One of the features was the presence -of many candidates. County Judge Anderson addressed the body on the tnxrnK syBtem. He pointed out that high taxes do not necessarily mean useless onflay. He explained how the taws paid by the property owners of the county for support of the government was spent. There had not heen any extravagance. Lane county had a total assessed valuation of $3S,O00,000 while Clacka mas county had $30,000,000, yet, he showed, how the latter had spent $30, 000 a year less in the conduct of the county offices also schools, roads and poor house. Lane spent some $16,000 on its poor for the year; Clackamas' outluy was about $11,000. J. V. Telford of Boring spoke for connecting the Aamasncker road with Gresham road to Portland. C. Han sen, also H. B., and R. V. Gibson fav ored the Hanson, Donahue road. A committee composed of J. W. Reed. Rort Curran, C. Hanson, H. II. Gibson, John Stetnman ande J. W. Telford was appointed to Investigate the two roads and report recommenda tions to the county court O. A. C. INTER-CLASS MEET Richard P. Wallace, rancher, living near Mullno, (5 year old. was fatal ly Injured Tuesday morning by an explosion, while rubbing new land near bis house, and died last night In the hospital. Three rib were brok amputatlon. If he bad lived. The Injured man lay In the field unconscious from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. before he was discovered. William Wallace, a son. and neighbor bore the body to the house, where Drs. Mount of Oregon City and Dedman of Conby attended him, and then bad him removed to the Oregon City hos pital late In the afternoon. The patient lingered until 9 p. m. The physicians had no hope for him. Hud he regained consciousness and a proper reaction from the shock set in, several operations woud have been performed upon him today. "vrnilam Wallace thinks that his father must have gauged the fuse to the powder wrongly and approached the stump Just before the explosion. He does not think It was an old charge set off by a shovel. Tet the damage to tho shovel and the Injury to the father's hand at the time seem to In dicate thut he might have unknow ingly set off the fuse by striking the cap with the spade dug into the stump. The son brought the Injured man Into Oregon City on the electric train, accompanied by Dr. Mount The Wal laces have resided in Clackamas coun ty for twenty or more years and are welt known. TO BURY VICTIM OF AT BODY OF R. P. WALLACE, WHO DIED AT HOSPITAL HERE, IS REMOVED. Marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk's office Wednesday to Mary E. McAllister and James J. Dlake, 240 Columbia street, Portland; Agnes Hansen and R. W. Rltter of Aurora. Hiram Hoskins filed suit against Clackamas county In the circuit court Wednesday, "nuking for a mandatory injunction to compel the county to en large a drain ditch owned by the coun ty near his farm so that the spring surface and overflow water will not flood hi land tn the Milk creek sec tion of Clackamas county. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls, Ore., March 16. The annual inter-class track and field meet at the Oregon Agricultural college is scheduled for next Saturday afternoon. Track aspirants, representative of all four classes, have been out regularly for the past week getting into condi tion for the pre-season classic. Richard P. Wallace, who died at the Oregon" City hospital Tuesday night from injuries received while blasting stumps on his farm at Mullno, will be burled at the ZIon cemetery at Canby this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Deceased was born In North Caro lina, April 7, 1849, and came to Macks burg, Clackamas county,' from eastern Oregon, 20 years ago. After residing at Macksburg for fourteen years he moved with his family to Mullno. There he has since made his home, farming. He was well known through out the county. Mr. Wallace Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosina Wallace, three sons, Rert Wallace and William Wallace of Mull no, Fred Waliaco of Union Mills; four grandchildren. Rosle and Hazel Klarr, and Albert and Paul Wallace. His only daughter, Mrs. Ernest Klarr, was killed in December at Latourette sta tion. She was run over by an engine. DIVORCE DECREES Decrees of divorce were granted to Lilllam Webber from John Webber, and to H. A. Foster from Ida Foster Monday by Circuit Judge Campbell. The grounds In both cases were cruelty. Stockholder of the Wlllamettn Valley Southern Railway company roted an Increase of $500,000 In the capital stock of the company, adopted a resolution directing the board of di rector to clean-up $200,000 worth of unsecured and other Indebtedness and re-elected the old board, except Will iam Sheahan. who wa displaced by Charles II. Abcrcromblfl of Portland, Thursday at a special meeting In the Commercial club rooms. Some hundred of the several hun dred stockholder of the road were present Discussion and question de veloped the status of the corporation' financial affair to the understanding of all. There was no dissent In the vote upon the proposition to raise the capital stock. The total outstanding stock now Is $1,000,000. Preferred Stock Issue. Of the new Issue $20.000 will be first preferred 6 per cent cumulative; the other $250,000 will be (econd pre ferred ( per cent also cumulative and with voting participation. Holder of original common were voted the right to exchange two of the old for one of the second preferred. Thl 1 option al. SUty day were given such bold er to exercise the option. More than $800,600 ot the total stock waa represented either In per son or by proxy. Charles H. Aber cromble, of the Portland Securities & Savings Trust company, held alone $750,000 as trustee, for financing the road and making certain advances necessary to complete the line. He also represents the Continental t Commercial Savings bank, which holds the mortgage securing some $750,000 bonds that were guaranteed by the Portland Railway, Light c Power company, the money from which went to building the road, with $200,000 more cash advanced, for fin ishing tt One New Director. The directors elected are Grant B. Dlmtck. W. A. Huntley, George A. Harding. Frank Busch, O. D. Eby, Oliver Robbins, Chas. H. Abercrombie of Portland, Henry Renting and B. T. McBain. The board will meet within the next ten days, elect officers for the year and proceed to inject new life into the enterprise aa well as Into the people living along it Repairs from slides alone during the past two months have cost the road $16,000. There are other repairs, also betterments, that will be made this year. As part of the campaign of the directors, aid will be given the Mt. Angel people to secure the big sawmill that was planned for Silver ton. With this Industry at Mt Angel, the Willamette Valley Southern would handle 30 cars of lumber daily, to say nothing of other traffic incidental to the mill and the logging camps there. according to President Dimick, In dis cussing the work ahead. Borrowed More Money. It was explained to the meeting by Mr. Dimick that the road had cost more than had been figured on by its promoter and builder, the late Fred M. Swift Heavier steel and more construction and switches and the like were made necessary. These ran the cost . up. To meet the Increase, the board had to borrow in all about $200,. 000. This amount was advanced by Mr. Abercrombie. It was not secured, ex cept by promise and partly by private stockholders and officers of the com pany hypothecating their holdings and even giving notes. The total cost ot the road was $950,000. It was developed that virtually three-fourths of the $1,000,000 orig inal common stock had been turned over to Mr. Abercrombie as trustee to finance the building of the road and that it was possible, under the ex change of the common stock held by stockholders other than himself for the proposed second preferred stock on a basis of two for one, for him to secure $125,000 more of the common, because of the stock turned back, hair of It will be cancelled and the other half, by the bargain made by the di rectors, will go to Mr. Abercrombie. Promoter Lose Control. It was also developed that the lat ter held control of the company now and could out-vote the minority. It was also pointed out that be and his people had put up the money, had as sumed the biggest risk and therefore. in the circumstances, had to be given control. Olaf Oss or Oswald, former emplove of the company and a stockholder, was especially inquisitive with reference to the company's financial statu and the reason therefor. His question threw considerable light npon the barrain (Continued on Page 4).