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mm OREGON CITY ENT EKP riPTVflHIT YIAH-NO. 21. OKFGON CITY nN'IFJU'KISF.. FKIDAY. JUNF.8. 1917. tlTABLUMIO 1lt Election Law is in Force Affects Over 150 Towns One Year Term to Cease MAI. KM, Or, June .-The eonstlttt llunal amendment providing fur til election of officer of cltle and town at the same lima a slat officer ere elected, which apparanlly baa paaa4 by a euhatantlal majority, affecta ap proximately 1(0 town In tba atata. aa nearly aa ran Ui computed bar. Figure have been obtained aa to tba tlms whn 1J4 cltloa and towna bold tbnlr annual municipal alactluna, and they ara conducted aa follow: Bli hold their election In January, tbraa In February, nlna In March, :0 In April, four In Way, alt In Juna, two In Octo ber, 11 In November and 71 In Decem ber. Under tba tarma ot tba now amend ment where II ocrura tbat tarma will aiplra twrauia of a change from tba annual to tha biennial flection, tboaa officer wboaa tarma aiplra becauae of tha rbama will bold over to tha suc ceeding general election. Tba amendment alio make a cbang ao that lhara will ba no mora one-year term for city officiate. In aoma mu nlrlpalltlea official' term ara for aa llttla aa one year, but undor tba new amendment the minimum will be two year. I'ndor Oil amendment alao It will be possible for clllea and towna to rail themselves of tba ua of the county registration book. In place of keeping a pirate a of book. It will he neiMtary for the clile end town to make (he boundarle of their alao tlon precinct Identical with the boun dary of the county election precinct, and to make ue of the name of thoae registered with the county clerk of the particular city. Tba main advantage to ba derived from tba new amendment, aa (Ivan by It aponiora, la economy. It being li mited tbat at least 11.0,000 year will be aaved. Tha amendment wae suggested origi nally by Hecretary of State Oloott In hla report to tha lat legislature, and he fathered It passage through the legislature to be voted on by the people. The amendment become effective Immediately, meaaurea referred to the pople bcoinlng law aa aoon a the affirmative vote neceieary to carry them la rant. I OF RESPECT 10 REBEL WL WAHIIINHTON, June I - A thrill of patriotic feeling ran through the Culled Hlatea senate I h la afternoon hen a gray clad Confederate tel'-run, llh Irvinbllng vulie and Uar filled yr, an In OiHr midst and muted that the aenate adjourn out lif reepw t to th aoutliern soldier holding llirlr reuulon In lb national rapltal. It was Henator Hankhead of Ala liatna, who aerved III" full four year of the Cltll war. He was attired In the full uniform of a Confederate prl tale. Aa If to emphaalie the (plrlt of PATRIOT OR REBEL? LONG MAY SHE WAVE! a OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE? HON!) ISSUE FOR UNION SCHOOL JIUILDING FAILS ABOUT SELLING SHORT rlAIJCM. Or. June 4. Dlacoverlng that aevcrnl of the packing houae In the atate are aelllng commodltle that are wrapped or put up In packing form at thnlr groa weight. Chief Dep uty Healer of Weight and Mcaeuro Wortman today notified nil of tbem that thla constitute a violation ot the law and Hint the practice uiuit Immed Intel y cease,. "Many rommodltlee nro hygten Icully prepared by wrapping and packing." "ld Mr. Wortmiin. Con- Idnrabln meat, poultry, butter and cheese are weighed after being wrapped or packed, and sausage and cooked apoclnltlea In cloth bug are often weighed after being packed In anch bnga. Then they are billed or old at the gross weight. Thla la a clear violation of the luw which pro vides Unit It shall b unlawful to In elinlo In nn article weight or meaa uro of iiuythliiK other thuti the weight or measure of the commodity sold. I have written all packer nd vlalng them to thla effect, und I be lieve they will gludly comply with the luw." GERMANS ARE BARRED Fl SAN FRANCISCO, May 31. Huso liall fuiiH who happen to ho ullen tier mans cannot visit tlio games at the local ball park hereafter milium thuy have federal pvrnilta allowing them to bo In llin tiarred xono. Tlio baseball ground are within a half mllo ot the ntuto armory. President Wilson bus aniiouncod that no nllon Germans may be within a half mllo of government arsenals without permits. Hovorul fang who wanted to boo to day' gnmo telephoned to George Burn lmm, chief deputy united stutoa mar shal, to get a lino on thnlr chances of evading arrest. Hurham notified them of tlio president's order and Bald they would huvo to liavo permltB to escape being takon Into custody. Burn hum, liowover, explained that alien Gorman fans have until June 9 to mnko tholr application for permltB- The foderul authorities today decid ed that the Luhor Temple and the Building Trados council are also In tho barred zono. DECEIVED AS TO LAND AND ASKS FOR $1750 Claiming Horace Hlgelow deceived and defrauded her In negotiating for the transfer of some Improved proper ty In I'ortland for 40 aires ot lue county land, Mra. Marry J. Lehman, Friday filed suit for the recovery of I1TC0 damages from Mr. Illgelow. According to Mra. U'hman com plulut, she wa tho owner of property In Williams addition to I'ortlund. vauled at $:i000. Mr. Illgelow, she rlulms. told her thul the -10 acres ot Innd he sold her near Florence. Ore gon, In tana county was Improved enough to provide a good home (or Mrs. Lehman and her husband. In nddltlon, it was clone to mills which ho Haiti were running at full capacity. All of this she 'claims to he untrue nud places the uluo of the land at about $7.'U. I.ciiii Waters Pcrlick nxka for a ill- vorco from Alliert l'erlleh whom sue married lit Salem, May 22, 1910, le caimn she suy that ho abused her. Tfireo divorces were grunted Friday by Circuit Judge Cuiuphell upou the llndlngs of It. It. Itunyon. referee. Mi'.rthn Webb, married at Tlgnrd, Oregon. July 4, 1S09, to Cltiudo Webb. wuh grunted a divorce upon complaint of desertion. Anna Rogers proved to tho satisfac tion of the court tlmt her husband .lack Holers was too heavy u drinker, and she was given her divorce and the use of her maiden name Anna Klrsh- ner. They were married nt oodland. Cul., May 22, 1915. Kthel Vinton, Is to bo Ktliel Tliomaa from now on us tho result of n decree granted Friday divorcing her from W. T. Vinton. Tho Vintons were married ut SlevciiHon. WuhIi., Juno, 191C. '-.,. I . ', ' . ' ' t f- ji ', j '', '-.':'" '.') I f w I I - -.J John H. tUnkhead I national unity while the nation youth I pledging Itself to new service and aai-rlllre, the aenate adjourned until Friday without a dissenting voire. "I am grateful that Cod baa spared me to see the day when my old com rades In arms of the Confederacy are here In the capital city of that na tion which for four year tbry atrug gted desperately to destroy, but which none In all the great republic are now more anxious to preserve," said Sen ator Hankhead. "For four year I inarched and fought under the Stars and liars. Five Inimi-dlute momlxr of my family are now cn'lstcd under the Star and Stripe. Thl will even up our rec ords." After tho senate adjourned, hun dred of veterans from the south poured Into the senate chamber and took senators' seats. "We fought pretty hard to mnintnln this pluco; here wp are at lust," shout ed one battle scarred old warrior- Mr. J. f'outni, w ! i.m son were (.billing a war gar', a nr.ir We.t l.lnn achool hoose whn lin y hikM a cow In the act of ei th; the bran I new silk flag from tha rsd:tor of their Ford Further Inwst'Kntlon reeal.-J the fa't that the fox tr!.j to rat tho crank strap. Of iinre Mr. I'oluru fei-ls the loss very i.cnly and wanta the following am KiT"! Waa this The proposal to Issue bonds to raise money for the erection of union uhoolhouse at West Unn, waa defeat ed at a meeting of tha acbool patron Thursday night, by four vote. An other vote on the proposal will be tak en as soon aa possible, it was an nounced. The two school district voted to combine and form a union high school district soma tltn ago. When tba time caina to decide upon tha question of the erection of acboolhoute the matter wa overthrown by thoae op- SULLIVAN TO MANAGE S HZ row patriotic or waj he a rebel and 1 poaed to the sinking of fund Into gt'0'"1 ecutlve committee which has disloyal to the Vn'A'i Hi.it.-.' ! building tU.--. BY NEARLY 20,000, BUI CROWN WILLAMETTE L tin Umatilla Cam First At meeting of the stale high- 4 4- way commission ' In , I'ortland Tuesday It waa di-cldrd that the 4- first 10 mile section of pavement I- to be laid would be In Umatilla county, on the road from I'cndle- 4 ton towarda Wal'a Walla. The second -tlon will lx In Washington county, on the Hex-4- Tlgard road. The counties are to 4 prepare the road bed. T. v,, hulinan, a hydraulic i-hginverl of thla city, was elected tamputgn manager of the Clackaiius county dilve for I1S.000 to he relied here fur the National Hid Cross fund during the week of June at a mt-ctliig of the officer arid director of the Oregon City chapter of that organlz atioo Wednesday noun I 'r. JI. 8. Mount Is chairman of the general charge of the work In thla county and K. O. Caudeld Is treasurer. The plan aa tentatively outlined at the noon meeting la to divide the county Into districts, each of which Is to have a district manager who will bat as sistant working under h's direction. 4 4 4 I f t The majority for the road bond be comes greater as the returns accumu late from Oregon counties. Incomplete return from 32 counties. Including Multnomah, give the 16.000.000 bond Ina- measure a majority of 17.S2J. The vote stand 67.103 ye und 39.2S0 no. The Incomplete vote on other state measures from 25 counties. Including Multnomah. Is as follows Port litdeutedneta Vca 24.2.H No 19.248 Majority for 4.9SG Limiting Bill Yc No Majority agslntt Implied Repeal . 9.13 .:c.s::6 . .27.GM .14. Kit Fl Yes No 26.0r.S Mr.Jority against Uniform Tax Vo No . . . i i.o; .2.1.2G9 .18.847 Muyorlt;' for 4.422 City and State Election Yea 31.335 No 15.274 Majority for 16,061 New Penitentiary E A PAYING INVESTMENT POLK COUNTY TO BECOME FAMOUS FOR ITS PRUNES MONMOUTH. Or., June 4. Accord ing to county agriculturist, Polk coun ty will beoome a famous for It beans aa It baa for lta prune, It the crop la good aa acreage la enormous. Many farmers In the county are planting from 5 to 25 acre In bean and other are planting entire farms of 100 acre to the crop. County Motorcycle Officer II. E. Mends Iiuh nn enviable- record for the past 18 days work. In his report, filed wllh Judge Anderson Thursday, Mends reports tho arrest and conviction at 44 speeders, tho lines of which amounted to $127.50. There have boon two cases In which the Bentonco was BUHpended, although every one finally entered a plea of guilty. Officer Meads Is working on a Hat salary of $125. a month and allowing for tho fact that ho has worked a lll tln over half n month, his net profit for the county amounts to nearly $300. TEMPERANCE WORKER DIES NEW YORK, June 4. Mrs. Matilda Bradley Carse, of Chicago, widely known as a philanthropist and tenv perance worker, died here last night. BRAZIL TAKES GERMAN SHIPS RIO JANIERO, June 4. The Ger man ships, seized by the Braslllan gov ernment, now have been taken over without trouble at the various porta. Brazilian crews have gone aboard. Final returns ot the state, election In Clackamas county will not be known for several days, as election officers were directod to wait until after Reg- Istrutlon day before bringing In the returna to the county sheriff. Complete returns have been obtained from 65 ot the 81 precincts In Clackamas coun ty, as follows: Authorizing ports to create Indebted ness Yes, 1770; no, 1761. Limiting number ot bills and Increas ing pay of legislators Yes, 648; no, 313S. Declaration against Implied repeal of constitution Yes, 1196; no, 2239. Uniform tax classification amend ment Yes, 1761; no 1730. Requiring election city and state at samo time Yes, 2466; no, 1134. inow penitentiary Yes, 1136; no, 2676. Rood bonds Yes, 1559; no, 2108. In the 11 precincts of Oregon City, the main street of which Is a link in the Pacific highway, the vote on the road bonds was: Yea, 467; no, 401. In Carus precinct, the home of C. E. Sponce, master of the State Qrongo, who led the fight against the road bondB, not a single vote was cast In favor of the moasure, but 71 votes were registered against it. WIRELESS PLANT FOR HUN EMPIRE AT BUENOS AIRES BUENOS AIRES, June 4. Virtual authorization to Install a wireless sta tion In direct communication with Ger many has been granted, according to the view In official circles here. Before making the authorization di rect and official, however, the report of the naval officers who have been Investigating the project la awaited by the Argentina government Yes No , .19.S07 .30,799 Majority nuulm-t 10,992 PENDING SETTLEMENT The Crown Willamette I'oper com pany's mill opposite this city Wed. neaday ceased operation for an In definite period, peoding the settlement of the strike' cf the employes ot the company which wa called Thursday night of last week. Tk. iA. ....I .1... f I MV l . aiUTIt WU U H Vpi VTDIU III UI the pap?r company wore In Portland conferring with the local management of the mill Wednesday and authorized the announcement that all that had been done here by the local official met with their approval. Thl leaves the matter up to the men, say the off! ciala. since the company made a prop osition to them laat Saturday which waa not accepted. The proposal ot the company to the men was that all would be taken back to work provided tbat the men agreed to have nothing to do with the union until after an election September Drat at which time, the will of the majority wa to settle the question of organization. After quietly marching across the suspension bridge over the Willamette river to the plant Wednesduy after noon about f0e striking employe of the company received their pay checks and surrendered their pasaes to the grounds, thus severing their conec tlona with the company. No disturbance marked the proceed ing and even the number of men al lowed to cross at one time was regu lated, to Insure the safety of the bridge. i T. W. SULLIVAN ED MOVEMENT TO OBJECT IS T "It amount to practically fifty cent apiece from every man, woman and child In the county" (aid Mr. Sullivan. ' If we are to get thl $15,000 It will re quire the combined efforts of every man, woman and child to make it In asmuch as this Is a nationa' need they should respond It Is not a question of the money going for the sons of the donors. The money will be spent for the boy of the nation, to make their suffering lighter at the battle front -" The Clackamus county campaign Is part of a national campaign during the week of June 18-25 to raise one bun dred million dollars for war relief work. Oregon is to raise $400,000. FOR MAY ARE 114,118 LONDON, May 31. British cas ualties published during May totaled today 114,118 officers and men killed, wounded and missing. The details showed: Killed. Wounded. Missing Officers .... 1,652 3,762 S2S Men 25,838 75,718 6,420 Totals ....27,390 79.4S0 7,248 The figures above are probably from lists announced by the war office and probably Include some casualties for April ns well as May. General F. B. Maurice, director general of opera tions, recently declared the casualties In the present British offensive had been 50 per cent loss than those of the Somme drive. In the three months of this offensive the British losses were 307,169 an average of 102,390 per month. If the 114,118 listed in the above dispatch from London can be taken as a month's total, It would seem that the losses In the Arraa-St Quentln drive have been higher than those of the Somme drive, rather- than less, as announced. IN SALE OF WHEAT WASHINGTON, June 1. 8pring wheat growers of the northwest were assured by President Wilson In a per sonal Interview today that the gov ernment Intends to protect fanners In marketing their crops and that prices will be guaranteed high enough to stimulate production The farmers' representatives were told that the gov ernment hopes permanent marketing reforms may grow out of wartime mea sures. It is not the present Intentions to fix minimum prices, the president said, as the government believes production prices will remain high without put ting this measure Into effect The callers told the president that farmers are anxious that grain market reforms may come from the experience gained by the food administration. Sentiment among farmers Is strong, they said, for federal operation of grain exchanges and federal ownership and operation of grain elevators and other storage facilities used in inter state traffic. BAKER COUNTY RECALL L; ONE MARRIAGE LICENSE A marriage license was issued Thursday to Elfreider I. Strauch and and Adolph E. Wanke, of Oregon City. Rou BAKER, Or.. June 6. That recall of County Judge J. 11. Messlck and County Commissioner J. P. Ritter was successful, and that William Duby has been elected Jitdne, nnd Judge John Praser, named commis sioner. Is admitted by the Messlck and Ritter suporters. It Is expect ed thnt the final returns will show the recull to have carried by about 80 votes, It having a lead of 40 votes at !non on incomplete returns from 39 out of the 41 precincts In the county- MRS. RUSSELL 8 AGE BUYS BONDS NEW YORK, June 5. Mrs. Russell Sage subscribed $1,200,000 to the Lib erty Loan yesterday, bringing her total purchases up to $2,000,000. Registration totals for the 81 pre cincts of Clackamas county will run c'ose to 2600 nccording to the figures of Sheriff W. J. Wilson. The exuci figures are not obtainable nt present because of the fact tbat there still are a few men In the county who have failed to register- In accordance with Instructions received Wednesday from the r.djutant general's office, a liberal policy is to be followed with regard to the men who have delayed registra tion. However, the message also str.tes that if this liberal policy is abused, strict measures will be taken. .The names of a number of the men who have failed to register are already In tho hands of the district attorney and as soon us Instructions are re ceived from the United States district attorney, action will be taken In the matter. . There was not one cent of expense charged to tho county or the govern ment in the entire registration cam paign, says Sheriff Wilson. This Is considered doubly remarkably In view of the fact that the county has several very remote precincts which are diffi cult to reach. Exemption was claimed by 1474 men, 30 signed as alien enemies and 141 reg is tered as aliens. SIXTH OF JUNE MARKS LAST OF AUGU3T--HEDGES Victor Wolfe wm the first to reg later In thl city Tuesday. Mr. Wolfe la 26 year of age, and I native of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. He cam to the United State aboat five year ago, and a few month ago came la thi city to accept a clerical position with hte C. C. store. Mr. Wolfe come from patriotic family. Hla father, who died about 10 year ago, was a veteran of tha Pranco-Pmsalan war. Hla mother la alao dead. Ha ha one brother fight ing with tha French army In Trance, one brother fighting In the German army, and another brother a member of a Swla regiment Accurate or extensive data relative to the registration will not be avail able until after tha report ara filed here today but from a conservative estimate baaed jipoa tba election vote ot Monday and the reports of aeveral preclncta In the registration Tuesday, It Is probable that the Clackamas coun ty registration will run dote to 3000 men. No disturbance of any kind was re ported to either the sheriff or district attorney's office. WASHINGTON, June S. When reg istration closed at I o'clock tonight In the eastern section of the country re ports to the provost marshal general's office from 46 of the 48 governor showed that the day had passed with out anti-registration demonstrations of any serious nature. At 11:45 o'clock tonight Provost Marshal-General Crowder said he did not expect registration figures from any state until tomorrow. Registration proceeded general')' without disturbance throughout tho country, and the few arrest reported were construed by officials not o evidence of any effective organized resistance, but rather as sporadic af fairs to be expected In an undertak ing ot such magnitude and importance-Weather generally was fair and re ports indicated a healthy registration. The extent of evasion will nt be known until complete returns are as sembled, but officials are confident It will be negligible. The governor of Virginia reported one arrest 'The only Incident re ported," he said, "was that of J. I.. Lltz, -of Cocburn, who, according to reports, cursed the president, the ad ministration and the flag. He was prompt'y arrested and held for trial." Reports of satisfactory progress came from Wisconsin, Vermont nnd New Jersey. Of the approximately 10.000,000 men who were registered the census bureau estimates that about 4.500,000 arc married and about 5,500,000 are single. By estimate they are disturbed throuRh tho walks of life approxim ately in this number: Agriculture, foretsry and animal husbandry, 2.S64.000. Manufacturing nnd mechanical In dustries. 3,036,000. No gainful occupations, 500,500. Transportation, 967,000. Trp.de. 1,054,000. Public service, 144,000. Domestic and personal service, 441, 000. Professional service, 335,000. Clerical occupations, 374,000. Extraction of minerals, 304,000. These figures total less than 10. 000.000. The remainder are scattered through occupations not here classi fied, which are many and varied. The provost marshal general's of fice estimates the number of men sub ject to register today at 10,264,896. "This Is a case where the sixth ot June marks the last of August" said District Attorney Gilbert Hedges Wed nesday morning when August Erlck ron, arrested May 10, on five charges, pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge J. I'. Campbell on a charge of conduct ing a nuisance in the form of the Clackamas Tavern, near Baker's Ferry. He will be sentenced Monday. He has announced that he will plead guilty tomorrow In the Justice court, to the other four charges. These are. attack with a dangerous weapon, man ufacturing liquor, operating slot ma chines, and possessing liquor. MAN SHOOTS A COYOTE; GETS A BOUNTY OF $11 B. C. Palmer, whose home Is near Molalla, presented a coyote hide at the office of the county clerk Thursday morning and received the county's, bounty of $1.50. This hide Is a val uable one to Mr. Palmer, for besides claiming the county bounty, Mr. Pal mer also claimed a $10 bounty paid by the Cotton Coyote club, of which he is a member. This coyote which waa shot about three miles from Colton, was one of two that Mr. Palmer baa shot since the club was organized. Six In all have been shot by member, of which Wal ter Gorbett shot two and Mr. Palmer two.