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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR N. 6.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1921.
ESTABLISHED 1866
To buy and sell the usu-
al or unusual needs of $
farming people requires
such a medium as the col- $
umns of the Enterprise. Try
a classified ad.
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STORM RUINS
TIMBER VALUED
AT $1,000,000
PORT ANGELES. Wash., Feb. 8.
Earlier estimates of the amtount of
damage to timber by the storm which
swept the Olympic peninsula of
Washington txa January 29 and 30
were greatlyimcreased today with
the announcement by Charles Mor-
ganroth, assistant federal forest su
pervisor for this; district,, that the
loss in uprooted timber is more than
$100,000,000. The estimate was made
after. a trip to the stricken district.
While no loss of life has been re
poited, from 20 to 30 families in the
Clearwater, Bogochiel, Heh and
Quee'tz rirer districts, have not been
heard from, according to Mrs. Mor-
ganroth.
Many of them are believed to be
short of food and it miay be several
days before they can be reached with
supplies, he said.
ixty per cent of the timber can
De salvaged witn prompt action, air.
Morganroth said today.
Something must be done before
the summer months," said Mr. Mor
ganroth. "The danger of fire is ter
rible. Fully 50 per cent of all the
area of the 2200 sauare milest of
storm-swept territory is down, and
of the remainder the best trees are
damaged, the scrubs remaining stand
ing. All along the coast the hemlock
has suffered great damage. One car
stand at Quillayute prairie and see
the Sol Due river three miles away.
A few days ago this was a dense for
est. "Some of those trees were stand
ing 500 years before Columbus dis
covered America. The storm is the
greatest disaster that has ever hap
pened in Washington."
COUNTY'S 1920
TAX NOW READY
FOR COLLECTION
The 1920 Clackamas county rolls,
were turned over to the tax collection
department Saturday by Assessor
Cooke, and the total taxes to be col
lected this year will amount to $1,
512,127.60. This is about $300,000
more than last year.
Of the total amount to be collected,
the following amounts are included:
Special road tax, $182,644.58; general
road tax,
road tax.
Oh, Boy, Opportunity
Knocks Once
.
Here's Your Chance
Only
We clip the following advertise
ment from the Molalla Pioneer under
date of February, which goes to show
that all opportunitiest in the West
have not been taken up as yet, and
"Go West, Young Man" still, hoId3
good :
ORE HT?T nave au exceueui cuauute iw a
Pi,i .9RIC-L SOCIETY thy, industrious young man with
CAPTURED MAN
VERY SICK FROM
POISONED DRINK
Geo. Williams, a stranger from
Montana, was given a 30-day jail sen
tence by Judge Noble yesterday after
noon fpr the theft of a suitcase be
longing to F. M. Dowd, of Amity.
When arrested by Sheriff Wilson
last night, Williams was in an in
toxicated condition and had a bottle
of some kind of "moonshine" upon
his person. Not until later, when
complaint entered by the owner of
the suitcase was Williams accused of
the theft, which he admitted.
Earlier In the evening Dowd placed
his suitcase, containing clothing and
personal effects in the Southern
Pacific depot here, and stepped out
to look around. When he returned
he found the suitcase gone, and Chief
Hadley found the case on the hill sec
tion. In the meantime, Sheriff Wil
son arrested Williams for being
. drunk near Mt. Pleasant, and he was
placed in the county jail.
Williams is so sick from the ef
fects of the "moonshine" he embibed
that the sheriff was compelled to call
- in a doctor last night. The man is
suffering from the poison, which be
gan to take effect soon after he was
placed in jail. The bottle found up
on his person, was about half em
pty, and one official poured some ot
the contents on the floor and touch
ed a match to it. The stuff made a
small explosion ,and flashed up like
fowder. It was a whitish liquid and
the ofifcers are still wondering what
brand of "moon" the bottle contains
Williams alleges) that he got it from
a companion who was traveling with
him, and who disappeared soon after
he stole the suitcase.
kvr. S270.7 t-Z.;? "u'corium
$121,729.89; high school "tuition tuna
levied (on property not in high
school ditsricts) $58,369.39; Union
high school tax, $23,931.30. Ten cities
of the county levied a special tax of
$107,032.77 for city purposes.
While the tax rolls bav-e been re
ceived by I. D. Taylor, deputy tax
collector, nerertheless, he is in a
peculiar position, for the reason that
the awards for the printing this year,
handled by the county court, were
late in being let, and the tax receipts
have not as yet been delivered to the
tax office. Over 21,000 of the receipts
will have to be made out and 60 per
cent of these will have to be execut
ed immediately. Over 300 requests
for blanks are now on file in the of
fice. It is expected that the blanks will
be delivered in a iew days however,
and' the mammoth collection for the
year 1921 will proceed.
MEMBER SAYS
SOLONS MUST
MOVE FAST
)0 to invest, to get a farm. The
rarm is very rich level land, small
clearing, lotsi of cord wood ' timber
short haul to railroad. It is a $7,500
proposition. A young lady is willing
to marry a suitable young man and
put a thousand dollars into the deal.
Don't ask for information unless you
mean business.
TAYLOR'S REAL. ESTATE
Molalla, Oregon.
FOUR PRISONERS
ESCAPE FROM
COUNTY JAIL
E
NDORS
E
CONGRESS
WIRES
ROAD
FOR THIS CITY
Dr. H. C. Fixott, representing the
educational department of the state
board of dentistry, was the principal
speaker at the Live Wire luncheon
today. Dr. Fixott had intended to
show steroptician views illustrating
the work he is doing over the state
but did not have time to arrange it.
He lectured in the evening at the
high school.
Plans, for entertaining a number
of road supervisors of the counts
who will be in the " city during the
Conrad P. Olson
Ex-Supreme Judge
.
Keeps 'Em Hopping
It is reported that Conrad P. OI
son, of Portland, late of the supreme
bench of Oregon, ran into consider
able trouble in Clackamas county and
Oregon City while motoring baek and
forth to Salem during the past few
days. The first run-in he had was
when he crashed into a Ford owned
by Frank E. Kirk on the Aberneth
bridge last Friday. Kirk swore out
a warrant for Olson's arrest for reck
less driving yesterday and while
Constable Fortune was getting ready
to servo the warrant, Olson was
again hailed in court on his return
trip by the city authorities Monday
for exceeding the speed ' limit. He
said he would appear Thursday and
fix things, up, but he evidently did
not know that a warrant was out for
MONEY TAKEN
FROM GROCERY
IS RETURNED
Through the efforts of Constable
Ed. Fortune, the $84 taken from the
Twentieth Century grocery store on
Main street last Monday afternoon,
was returned to the management,
who refused to prosecute the woman.
She was Mrs. Louis Simons, of th
' Wilhoit neighborhood, and when ac
cused of the theft in Portland, where
she had gone from here, she acknow
ledged she took the money and re
turned it to the-owners.
Mrs. Simons came to Oregon City
for the purpose of swearing out a war
rant against her husband, Louis
Simons and Rose Simons for assault
and battery. Her husband gave
Fortune a clew to her whereabouts in
Portland when the latter served the
warrant on him, and when discovered
by the officer, she alleged th,at she
committed the theft for the support
of herself and - baby.
Community Club to
Meet Next Friday
1 .
The Jennings Lodge Community
club will hold a meeting on next Fri
day evening in the school house at
that place. Plans for the betterment
of the neighborhood and other . mat
ters will be discussed.
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or., Feb. 7.
"If this house continues to conduct
its business at the present rate, we
will be here until April 1," said Re
presentative Burdick, who occupied
the speakers' chair the greater por
tion of the day. Speaker Bean was
suffering with a severe cold.
"Bills are being re-referred to com
mittees after DemgJ subjected to
hours of debate upon the floor o
this house. Careful consideration of
the bills in committee does not seem
trt cuticfv manv mornhpra of this 1 meu
I I I 1 ...1,
1 TTloc oml rDl uffnrt ,a'"H"U n. mil piato " lieu, a.
made to expedite the business of this
house, we will be here until early
summer."
Veteran attaches of the house, in
cluding Fred Drager, chief clerk, pre
dicted that the house would be un
able to complete its work at the ex
piration of the 40 days' session and
that at leas,t another week should be
necessary.
Circuit Judges May
Lose Annual Outing
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Feb. 8.
Circuit judges for Multnomah county
are faced with a prospect of being com
pelled to forego their annual summer
vacations if the house sustains the
senate in its passage of Senator
Hume's bill No. 16. Under the pre
sent law no court terms are held dur
ing July and August. This fact
Hume declared has resulted in seri
ous congestion of the court dockets.
Senators Moser, Joseph and Banks
opposed the bill on the ground that
its provisions would work a great
hardship on members of the circuit
bench through requiring their attend
ance upon court during the 'summei
months.
FARM BUREAU
DRIVE STARTS
ON MONDAY
Monday, Feb. 14, the drive by the
Clackamas County Farm Bureau for
membership will commence, ' when
it is expected that 1500 new members
will be added to the organization.
fapeaKing campaigns will commence
simultaneously at Marquam, Molalla,
Garfield, Oregon City and Sandy at
1:30 o'clock on the afternoon of the
opening day. In the evening address
es will be delivered at Monitor, Bolt
on, Cottrell and Estacada. and other
meetings have been scheduled as fol
lows:
- Tuesday, February 15, 1:30 o'clock:
At Needy, Firwood, Eagle Creek and
George; 7:30 o'clock: At Mark's
Prairie, Mulino, Deep Creek and
Springwater.
Wednesday, February 16, 1:30
o'clock: At Macksburg, Beaver
Creek, Damascus, Logan; 7:30 o'clock
at Union Hall, Clarkes, Boring, Red-
lands.
Thursday, February 17, 1:30
o'clock: At Canby, Carus, Clacka
mas; 7:30 o'clock: At New Era,
Maple Lane, Happy Valley, ML Pleas
ant.
Friday, February 18, 1:30 o'clock:
At Ladd Hill, Wilsonviile, Milwaukie;
7:30 o'clock: At Stafford, Hazelia
and Twilight"
Two Local Men
Buy Home Sites
E. A. Young and W. T. Reed, both
connected with the government locks
here, have each purchased an acre
lot at Hull avenue west of the River
road near Jennings Lodge, where
they plan the erection of modern
bungalows. -
Four prisoners escaped from
county jail Thursday night through a
hole made in the floor of the asses
sors office in the courthouse, and
two of them negroes were caught
by the Aurora authorities and brought
back here. The other two white men
!' Wells and Brown, recently arrest
ed for burglary, made a plean get
away and the sheriff is now on their
trail.
The prisoners gained freedom from
the jail through an old opening which
was made a few years ago, when an
other prisoner is awed through the
floor above the jail rooms. The hole
had been nailed up, but using a win
dow weight for a pry, the quartette
last night knocked the boards off the
opening and escaped. After gaining
entrance to the upper floors of th.
courthouse, the men then went to
the rear of the building and crawled
to freedom through the coal shute in
the furnace room.
Alexander and ' Baney, the colored
recaptured at Aurora, ' were
south
bound freight stopped there for wat
er. The men were riding on the
'rods' and were with several other
hoboes on the. train. The Aurora of
ficer noticed the two negroes and re
membering their faces when they
were arrested near there for the
Canemah robbery, stopped them and
inquired how they got free from jail
so soon.
"I'll tell you, boss," said one, "the
judge gave us only six days in de
jail at Oregon City and den turned
us loose last night."
The officer did not believe the talb
however,' and held the colored men
until he got word to Sheriff Wilson
here about 4:00 o'clock Friday morn
ing. The sheriff immediately got
busy and telling the officer at Aurora
to hold them, made an investigation
at "the courthouse, discovering the
escape of the prisoners. I
Wells and Brown and said to be bad
eggSv and both of them were in jail on
the charge of burglary and other counts
awaiting the action of the next Clack
amas county grand jury. There were
seven prisoners in the jail at the
time of the escape, and the three
men left told the sheriff that a chance
was offered them to escape by Wells
and Brown, but they refused to go
with them.
C. W. Bagby,' a carpenter who fixed
the hole in the floor of the assessors
office, said that the men used the
spiKes taken from the' boards to
make . a ladder to crawl up to the
floor above the jail.
Word has been telegraphed up and
down the line by the sheriff describ
ing Wells and Brown, fugitives, and
it isi thought that they will be picked
up soon and brought back here.
Some time ago, when the famous
'Slim'. Brown escaped from the county
jail by sawing the bars of the jail
window, lights on both sides of the
courthouse were placed, and kept
burning all night. The three men
left in the jail at the time the others
escaped Thursday night, alleged that
Wells and Brown noticed the lights
burning and decided to escape
through the rear coal shute from the
furnace room facing the river.
The negroes recaptured, allege
that after they gained their- free-
month for a 3-day road making insti
tute,, conducted by tie county court, him on tQe, reckless driving charge,
will be made by a committee head- and blithely drove .on his way, and
ed by Chris Schuebel. working with Constable Fortune didn't know Olson
the regular road committee of the I was back the second time.
commercial club. It is planned to ar- Kirk, who Is a local mail carrier,
range accommodations for the 25 or anege3 that, while driving across the
30 men expected in the homes of the Abernethy bridge in his Ford, Olson
club members. Hearty endorsement hove into going at the rate of
of the plans proposed by Count nhnut 30 tyiUpr rtr and hit the bridge
the I Judge Harvey E. Cross, who is, or-1 at a terrific rate. Kirk alleges that
gamzing the road institute programs, oison did not have time enough to
was given by the club, and a dinner turn outi an1 tne rear wheels of the
ror me supervisors win urouauiy Olson machine struck the" 'ora, do
part of the entertainment accordeo I mg, considerable damage. The war-
them while here. rant will be served on Olson today
M. D. Latourette reported as a
" .:a 2 ANOTHER MOVE
authorizing the Main Trunk to ap
point a committee of five to pass on
the report and report back to the
club. Don Wilson was appointed by
Main Trunk Hoss to serve as resolu
tion committee for the term, and
Raymond Caufield was asked to gp
ahead with plans for the proposed
teacher's banquet, at which the city :
school teacbersi of the school board
are to be guests of the Live Wires
at a dinner.
MADE TO SLICE
UP THIS COUNTY
J W. Reed of Estacada, and David
Lofgren, joint representative foi
Mv.ithomah and Clackamas counties,
arrived in Salem Thursday and pop
ped up with a bill for the purpose of
dividing Clackamas county.
They propose taking enough of
Clackamas and giving it to Mult
nomah, in order that the Mount Hood
loop will be in Multnomah, and tak-
inn- onnrhar nnV rf fl a nlfnm HQ 51 TI1
Of Portland. Good, creating a new county to be called
Cascade, is the purpose of a bill wnicn
TRIO CAPTURED
AFTER RUNNING
REVOLVER FIGHT
Two men, giving their names as
Elbert- Kossciolek and Claude Alford
Twigger and a young woman known as
Alvera Petterson, were arrested at
Roseburg yesterday afternoon after
a running gun fight between them
and the officers.
They were apprehended after Sheriff
Wilson telegraphed the sheriff at
Roseburg of a stolen Ford, which was
taken from a Parkplace garage hers
last Sunday night. The trio arrest
ed .left the Ford at Eugene and steal
ing another car at that place were
on their way to California when
caught by the sheriff there. Neither
officer or either thief was hurt form
the bullets, which all went wild.
As soon as the three were captured
a telephone message came from Rose
burg to Sheriff Wilson here of the
arrest, and the stolen F.ord, which be
longed to John Moore, at Parkplace,
is held at Eugene until after the trial
of the three at Rosebura as the
shooting at the officers by the thieves
is a more serious crime than the one
booked against them in this county.
Officials at the sheriffs ofifce here
allege that the two men and the wo
man are the same aggregation that
took the money from the Lents con
fectionery in Oregon City Sunday
night. When they were taken at
Roseburg, all three of them had con
siderable money on their persons,
and officers say that the trio has
been working at different places all
along the line between Portland and
Eugene,
It is probable that after their con
viction in Eugene, the men and wo
man will be brought back to Clacka
mas county to face an auto theft
charge for the stealing of the Park
place car. e.
It is alsb reported that the three
brought a stolen car from Portland
to Parkplace and leaving the mach
ine near the highway, stole the Ford
from the Parkplace garage.
COUNTY DIVISIO
Highway North Out
That the Pacific nigh way from
Portland to Tacoma and Seattle is in
excellent shape and that the drive
from here to one of the sound cities
is a good one-day jaunt is the declara
tion of A. D. Beckly of this city, who
made the trip from T"mi to thiJ
city one day last week in a Chevrolet
"baby grand" sedan.
Beckley .made the drive from Ta
coma in nine hours, he reported, with
out pushing his car very hard either.
"My advice to anyone making the
trip north is to put on chains at
Castle Rock and use them for the
five-mile stretch northward from
there, after which they may be re
moved. The road at this point is in
fair shape, with solid gravel founda
tion, and if the center of the road
were kept at all times no chains
would be needed. However, the sides
of the road are in heavy shape and
chains are very desirable when it is
necessary to turn out to pass a car.
From Tenino for two miles north the
road appears first to be in bad shape,
but it is in reality solid, although
sliehtly rough, and need not be
feared."
is expected to go into the senate.
Naturally the plan will be opposed
by members of the Clackam&s dele
gation, who may be reinforced by
the Marion county delegation.
No definite boundaries have been
outlined by Mr. Reed yet, but he has
some idea, in a general way, of how
Clackamas should be carved up. He
considers that all that part of Clack
amas north of Jennings, Lodge should
be transferred to Multnomah.
Also, he would transfer Boring and
Sandy to Multnomah. That part of
the Mount Hood loop which runs
across a corner of Clackamas county
Mr. Reed would cede to Multnomah.
believing that it naturally belongs
there and that Multnomah county, in
stead of Clackamas, should pay for
the loop.
OREGON STATE
THIRD LARGEST
STAMP BUYER
Despite chaotic financial and busi
ness conditions during 1920, Uncle
Sam sold nearly $50,000,000 worth
of government savings securities to
thrifty investors last jfear, accord
ing ' to preliminary reports received
from post offices and federal reserve
banks by the savings division of the
treasury department. Figures so
far compiled for sales throughout
continental . United States were $41,
909,700, which amounts to approxi
mately 40 cents, saved by every man,
woman and child in the country.
Oregon alone bought over $802,
785 worth of government securities,
which includes thrift stamps, war
saving stamps and treasury certific
ates, which nav 4 per cent interest
The Bull Run power plant is to go compounded quarterly. The largest
RAID ON OLSON
BARN FOLLOWS
TWO ARRESTS
into Multnomah county, as per Mr
Reed's plan, thereby removing some
valuable taxable assets from the roll
of Clackamas. Having taken care of
Multnomah, Mr. Reed wishes to pry
loose a large hunk of Clackamas to
create a new county to be called Cas
cade. This idea is not new, for there
has been more than one campaign in
the legislature to create Cascade
county.
In the section which Mr. Reed
wants to locate Cascade there is
population "of about 8000, which is
more than several old Oregon coun
ties can boast of. The resources of
the Cascade area consist chiefly of
timber.
THREE SHOTS
ARE FIRED AT
HOUSE BOAT
that one of them was locked ud in a
dom from the jail, they crossed Main . box stall and was so intoxicated that
i.finnt .1 11 .1 li'im t n n t Vi n ullaw 'i t 1 1. n ' i 1 , 1 l . . n i
ouicci. emu iiw i-'-i- uiv, . u e cuuia Darcijf ieu nis now name
side of the Style Shop on 8th and
Main and took the next freight out
of town. They claim Wells and
Brown traveled south, and while
waiting for a train they went up to
the depot and hung around for over
an half hour.
Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Hughes
brought the two negroes back from
Aurora Friday morning.
Two brothers, giving their names
as Boyland, were arrested yesterday
afternoon by the city police and
sheriffs' deputies for being in an in
toxicated condition at the Olson Feed
Barn, on Water streeL They were
placed in the city jail to sober up by
ffciof TTnrllev
I The old steamer Ruth anchored
Following the arrest, a search war- near the Ganong piaCe on the West
ram was issued irom me district ai- hank of h Willamette, nserf .
torne 3 olilt;e earcn me reeci house boat by the Young family, was
barn for intoxicating liquors, and the target for three shotg from a 32.
Sheriff Wilson and deputies found caliber pistoi from the opp03ite banK
about a gallon of 'high-powered" stufi of Hver Jast night ab(ut 8:00
m one oi tne dox stalls or tne Darn. . 0.clock. Qne of the bullets passed
It Is alleged by one of the officers J through the outside of the boat,
who made the arrest of the Boylands through a partition and lodged into a
Debater from Estacada
Has Narrow Squeak
ESTACADA. Ed. Boner had a
thrill Friday night when ' coming
home with the school debating team
from West Linn. After passing
Clackamas about a mile, the water
was running over the road and caus
ed the car to swerve to the side and
threatened to upset It. Fortunately
it righted itself but Boner says he
tad a genuine scare for a few mo
ments. '
NEW STAMPS
ATTRACTIVE IN
THEIR DESIGN
door of the Young bedroom. Whether
the shooting was premeditated, or
just some pedestrian emptying a gun
into the river is not known, but at
the least, the shooter was very carj-
less if the latter . reason was the
cause.
New postage stamps, have arrived
at the Oregon. City postoff ice, con
sisting of one. two and five-cent
stamps of (attractive design, repre
senting t.e' "Pilgram Tercentenary."
The one-cent stamps show the May
flower crossing the ocean and the
years of 1620 and 1920 are printed In
each upper corner. The greenish
color is retained like the former one
cent stamp, but is larger, in size.
The two-cent stamp shows tSe land
ing of the Pilgrims, bearing the dates
1620-1920, and the five cent stamp
shows the signing of the compact,
and are of bluish color. All the
stamps, are oblong and are decorated
with tiny mayflowers.
COUNTY FAIR
BOARD CHOSEN
FOR YEAR 1921
At the annual meeting of the Clack
amas County Fair association, held
Saturday in the courthouse, a date for
the next fair was not set, but will be
announced after the next meeting,
which will be held in March. Otfic
ers for the coming year were elected
as follows:
Judge Grant B. Dimick, was re
elected to serve for his fifth year as
president; W. H. Bair, of Canby,
who has been treasurer for a number
of years, was re-elected; and David
Long, of Hazelia, was again chosen
secretary.
amount purchased of any state in the
Union goesi to California, which
state bought $1,482,871 during the
year 1920. California comes lirst
Washington second, and . Oregon
third in the totals just compiled by
the government.
N
BILL AT SALEM
COULD NOT PASS
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 7. (Special to
Enterprise) Penidng the receipt of
a report from Henry O'Malley of the
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, on the ef
fect of a proposed amendment to
Senator Ryan's bill to close the Wil
lamette river to fishing below the
suspension bridge, the joint commit
tee of fishing is holding the bill in
status quo.
No report from the committee is
expected for several days, it its
said. " In the meantime the Oregon
City fishermen are on the job in the
lobby of the State House and evary
move of these interested in the suc
cess or defeat on .the bill is being
kept track of.
Another day passed safely without
the introduction of a Clackamas coun
ty cessation bill and strong rumors
are current here to the effect that no
such bill will be introduced. The
Clackamas county delegation has
been assured of considerable sup-.
port from other sections of the state
to defeat any move to create a Cas
cade county and some pressure has
already been brought to bear, upon
the delegation from the eastern por
tion of the county to urge the defeat
of such a proposal. . .
It is argued that by the elimination
of the Bull Run district and the oth
er valuable tracts ' in that section,
the proposed county would be forced
to the wall in a short time by the
mere operation expenses to say noth
ing, of the extensions and improve
ments that would follow secession.
LOCAL GIRL CAN 1
NOT BE FOUND
BY RELATIVES
PORTLAND MAN
INJURED IN AUTO
SMASHUP HERE
Sam Ferry, of Portland, received
broken shoulder blade, and his seven
passenger Paige automobile in con
siderably wrecked as the result of
an accident which took place on the
New Era highway Sunday evening
about 7:00 o'clock. Two other men
in the car at the time escaped unin
jured.
According to Ferry'Si story, he was
driving along the highway this side
of Canby, when nearing the railroad
crossings, which form a "Y" near
there, the car's steering gear became
locked and, the machine traveled off
the road and ran into a deep ditch
The impact from the downward
plunge of the car broke the" driver's
shoulder blade, it is reported. After
the accident, Ferry went to Portland
for medical aid.
The car is somewhat wrecked, and
it was some, time before it could be
removed from the ditch. Several of
ficers were called out after the ac
cident to clear the highway of mach
ines, wihch had collected and whose
occupants desired to view the scene
of the accident first hand. The road
was finally cleared and traffic resumed.
CONTRACT LET
FOR CLACKAMAS
RIVER BRIDGE
'What's become of Mary Zwicker,
of Third and Washington streets,
this city, who left her aunt's home
one week "ago Sunday and' has not
beea heard of since. Every clue to
her whereabouts, has been run down,
and her disappearance still remains
a mystery. -
Mrs. John Etchison, her aunt says
that there was no reason why Miss
Zwiker should- leave her home with
out telling her beforehand. The last
seen of the young lady was at the
electric waiting rooms, at First and
Alder streets, Portland, when she
was waiting for the Oregon City car
This was on the evening of Jan. 30,
about 8:00 o'clock, and from then on
the trail leads nowhere, apparently.
Miss -Zwicker had been employed
by the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing
company Portland, operating a power
machine, and had Quit to accept a
similar position with the Brownsville
Woolen Mills company. Neither of
these establishments seen her dur
ing the week.
On the day tne young lady disap
peared, she told her aunt with whom
she made her borne here, . that she
was going to Portland to spend the
night, and as she was in the habit
of staying overnight at Portland, Mrs. "
Etchison thought nothing of the In
cident. When the girl did not show
up the next three days, her aunt be
gan to feel alarmed, and notified all
of the girl's relatives in the bopea
that she could be located.
Miss Zwiker did not take all of her
clothes with her at the time she left
Oregon City and her savings account
shows; a healthy balance, wihch has
not been withdrawn from the local
bank. She is described rather shy,
of a retiringj disposition and up to
last November, was employed at the
Oregon City Manufacturing plant in
this City.
The matter was not reported to the
sheriff's office here, and the local
authorities know nothing of the
young lady's disappearance. She has
been gone over two weeks and not
B 1 1 f j Y-t
a trace oi ner can De ioirnu. xvei
atives, who received telegrams from
the aunt have replied that they know
nothing of the girl's whereabouts.
The mother of the girl is dead. Her
father is W. R. Zwicker, an employe
of the street construction department
of the city ef Salem. A number of
other relatives live in the Salem di- -trict.
She had lived with her aunt
and uncle here for two years. . Her'.
uncle, John Etchison, is, mail carrier
here.
DISTRICT 15
NOW HAS TWO
ROADMASTERS
Parker & Banfield, of Portland,
were awarded the contract for a new
steel bHdge- across the Clackamas
river at Parkplace by the county
court. The firm's bid was $49,264,
and the -work will commence shortly.
About a dozen bids for the structure
were turned over to the county court
by the State Highway commission.
and the lowest one was that of the
firm which secured the contract.
The matter c the selection of a
deputy ' roadmaster, . for District
No. 15, near Pets mountain, ia
now amicably settled by the appoint
ment of two deputies, one on each
side of the mountain. When the court
first mhde the appointment, several
of the taxpayers on this side of the
hill insisted that roadmaster be ap
pointed on their side, and the court,
after due consideration, appointed
one on either side making two deputy -road
masters for the district.