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The Courier is the Official State
paper for Oregon for the Farmers So
ciety of Equity, and has the largest
circulation from Portland to Salem.
Clackamas County Fair
September 24, 25, 26, 27
Canby, Oregon
31st YEAR
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1313.
No. 17
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THE MYSTERY OF
THE SOUTHWEST
WHO WERE OUR COUNTRY'S
FIRST AMERICANS?
WERE THEY JOHN CHINAMEN?
If not, Who were the People that once
Inhabited the Southwest?
I am going to open this series of
articles with a capital I and a guess.
This is not the usual opening down
here in Arizona. Sometimes they open
with a pair of jacks, sometimes with
a corkscrew, ana occasionally witna
45.
But a guess passes for wisdom until
someone calls it, and the personal
pronoun passes for advertising until
a copy reader cans it ana i am tarn
in? the chances.
But before the guess, let me give
you my guess too.
This series of articles will have
much to do with a people and civiliz
. ation that once covered a great area
of the southwest, but which disappear
ed from the earth leaving no history
pr trace of its passing leaving only
the wonderfully-fascinating ruins,
which are fast crumbling to dust.
And in order to give you some lit
tle idea of age and time, I want to
briefly outline four classes of anti
quity and then we will all guess.
Today there are four wonderful in
habited Indian puebloes in this coun
try or rather four communial hous
es Taos, Laquine, Acoma and Limi.
I have visited the last three. Zuni
is the most ancient inhabited commun
ial in America. A toilsome journey to
reach, but a wonderful reward to
those who like these things.
When that Spaniard, Coronado,
found Zuni, something like 400 years
ago, the Indians were living just as
they live today, in one great mud
house, 1600 of them, and historic
sketches tell us that the explorer es
timated 'that they had been down
there about a thousand years before
he found them. They were sun-worshipers
and missionary killers and for
a hundred years after Coronado they
carved up the Catholic fathers about
as fast as Spain could spare them.
There is no history of Zuni's foun
dation, but from my personal obser
vation it sure dates back some. They
have a sun-worshiping legend, that
they were down in that corned long
before the flood came, and when it
did come they say they went on top
tof a high mesa a few miles from Zuni
stayed there until the waters receded,
then came back and re-built Zuni.
I climbed this mesa. It covers about
three acres, and its sides are almost
perpendicular. I wasin hour making
it, climbing up two feet and slipping
back one.
But certainly there were Noah signs
on that sun-burned top. It had Zuni
passed for age. There -were faint out
lines of ruins that simply smelled of
age. There were mounds that none
knew who made or what they were
made for and there were diamond
rattle snakes every five seconds. I
accepted the legend.
Now for another step backward:
In the dim ages before Zuni, so far
before that there is not the faintest
connection or legend, there was
another civilization a people who left
wonderful ruins, and showed a civili
zation in advance of the Zuni's the
Caveate ruins. Some of these excava
ted show a high degree of civilization.
The architectural plans and the irri
gation system prove the men who
built them were thinkers and reason
ers. These ruins are found by hun-
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OREGON CITY
dreds, all the way from southern
Utah to southern Mexico. Out in the
open, wind ' rain and erosion have
worn them away, and there is little
to see but great piles of stone and
mortar.
And this step takes you centuries
before Zuni and no doubt centuries
before C. Columbus' father was born.
And here's another look backward
this time to the cliff dwellers, and
there is evidence there were hundreds
and perhaps thousands of years be
tween the caveate ruins and the cliff
builders. But the cliff men dug their
homes out ot eternal stone and their
ruins yet stand. Many of them are
in splendid preservation.
And now one more jump backward
and tnen a guess. And by that time
you will think any guess safe.
Most ancient of all indications of a
forgotten past and people are the
cave dwellers' ruins. No doubt these
people lived long before the age of
fire. There is no connection with them
and the cliff men. There are no evi
dences of civilization. They lived in
caves where they found them, and
there are no indications they were as
sessed on improvements. They existed,
that's all. The crudest of implements
show they were a specie of men.
These four periods will give you a
little idea of how long man has been
doing business down in this weird des
ert country.
And now we get to the question as
to who were tiiese first Americans,
where did they spring from and what
is "The Secret of the Pacific 1"
My guess is they were John China
men, just plain pig-tailed, rat-eating
Ching Lees and Wi Tings, and they
came from China thousands of years
ago, and that the Toltecs, the Aztecs,
the Incas and Mayas are their descen
dants. How they reached this country is
anybody's guess. Perhaps lost at sea,
they drilted here, a few in an open
boat. Perhaps they landed in southern
Mexico and perhaps they came in thru
the Golden Gate, but I would bet my
hope for a bath-tub against Roose
velt's chances of coming back, that the
mystery we have waited four hundred
years to solve had just a plain heathen
Chinese origin, and that the .temples,
palaces and pyramids; the civilizat
ions that rose and fell before the
western continent was dreamed of,
was that of the making of Chinese
descendants.
I have little to found this guess on
but circumstances and that's about
all the wise ones in the Smithsonian
Institute have.
Way back in central Mexico years
ago 1 saw a full blood Yaqui Indian
who would have passed for a 'Frisco
laundryman if he had a Mother Hub
bard on. This first set me thinking.
In a mining town in northern New
Mexico I was sitting in a near restau
rant (near to the bar) when a little
window in the wall opened and the
cook pushed in my plate of chuck.
His face was for a second framed in
that window, his Indian costume and
hair were hidden, and I supposed he
was a full blood chink until I heard
him speak. This man was l pure
blood lsleta Indian. Had he been rag
ged out like a Celestial and mixed in
with a bunch of them, I'll bet money
you couldn't have picked him out.
These two striking resemblances
set me to thinking. Later I visited
with an Englishman who had visited
the wonderful and remote ruins
around Yucatan and he told me he
had seen many striking resemblances.
.Then I thought it was time for
Brown to shine. The threads are slen
der, but until someone can show stout
er ones, I am going to have a China
man for an American foundation, that
they evolved, that they created their
own culture and were our first Am
erican Indians. O little tough on poor
Lo, but it's up to him to prove an al
ibi. Where did all these people go ? Why
did they vanish and leave no trace of
their vanishing? I don't know. Ask
George. But certain it is that for 4000
miles their ruins extend, and onfe
a countless thousands of men lived,
flourished and disappeared. In th
scortching mesas of New Mexico and
Arizona you -may see thousands of
ruins of their communial houses, and
in the remote canyons and hidden
ravines are thousands of cliff dwellers'
ruins and a few of the more encient
cave dwellings. There are many that
have never been found and will be
found only by careful search or acci
dent. Abandoned for thousands of
years, covered over by brush and trees
they will remain hidden for years to
come.
I have traversed some of the trails
of Coronado, Cortez, Pizarro and
other early Spaniards, trails that are
almost as dim as in the day these
hardy explorers carved them out, and
to me they have a wonderful fascin
ation. I have followed , the ancient
Zuni trail to Inscription Rock and
seen the history these men cut in the
stone, and it makes one just sit down
and think and wonder; makes his
thoughts go back through time to
thousands of years ago when men
lived as we live; built great pyramids,
temples, shrines, and then disappear
ed. On the table lands of Mexico are
many ruins of mystery that will never
be solved. There are mysterious courts
and strange quadrangles. In the dense
forests of Yucatan I am told and have
read are the sculptured facades of pal
aces and temples of rare beauty, ruin
ed and abandoned, and in Central Am
erican jungles are ruins of great beau
ty. In the Mexican deserts thousands
of years ago lived thousands of people
who raised great temples to their sun
god.
This dryest country on earth ha
treated the ruins far more kindly than
American vandals, hence when one
man guesses these abandoned homes
were occupied one thousand years ago,
and the next fellow says twenty
thousand, I do not even doubt or
smile. Like the scientist, who was
asked if the grand canyon was old.
"Comparatively modern, he replied.
"The canyon has not been there more
than ten or twenty million years."
This letter is written to get you
settled for the following ones. I have
just arrived in Arizona, and there
are so many weird and strange sights
all around, that I almost wonder which
of the many interesting old trails I
will hit first.
M. J. Brown.
PERRINE RE-SENTENCED
Youthful Bandit Given Longer Term
on Former Error
On account of an error in the sen
tencing of Virgil Perrine, the youthful
Milwaukie bank robber, the lad was
brought from the penitentiary at Sa
lem Saturday afternoon and resen
tenced by Circuit Judge Campbell, his
term being changed from an indeter
minate sentence of from one to ten
years to a minimum sentence of ten
years.
The error was discovered Satur
day, and Judge Campbell lost no time
in sending Sheriff Mass for Perrine.
The sheriff and his man arrived about
four o'clock, and left . on the five
o'clock train again for the peniten
tiary. Perrine was at first sentenced
on the statutory charge of assault and
robbery, and the second sentence was
given on a charge of assault and rob
bery with a dangerous weapon, which
crime carries a minimum of ten years,
and a maximum of life. Judge Camp
bell imposed the minimum sentence.
Perrine,' who seems to be a hardened
young criminal, was very much
pleased with the treatment he has re
ceived since his committment to Sal
em. The lad shows rather remarkable
knowledge of crimes, penalties and
the law, and argued with Sheriff
Mass during1 his trio to Oregon Citv.
the chances of taking advantage of
any legal technicality that might ar
ise from his second committment.
Though the hold-up of the Milwauk
ie bank, which occurred several
months ago was a crude job from the
standpoint ot an experienced vegg-
man, and though the first impressions
of the youth that were gained by the
local officers, seemed to point Perrine
out as a novice, it was soon learned
that the lad was a "bad" one and had
been in trouble before. Perrine is
about nineteen years of age.
"That means about nine years more
ior me," said ferrine Saturday follow
ing Judge Campbell's sentence. Evi
dently the lad figured on a pardon.
. SHAW CASE TO BE SETTLED
Long Standing Controversy Will Soon
Be Determined
The long standing squabble con
cerning the authority of the city
council in appointing Ed Shaw chief
of police, under the Dimick adminis
tration two years ago, reached partial
culmination Saturday night when Cir
cuit Judge Eakin over-ruled a demur
rer, which will bring the case to an
early conclusion.
The question had some interesting
turns at the time and for a while Ore
gon City enjoyed the services of two
chiefs, Shaw and Charles Burns, who
was the Dimick appointee, while Shaw
was the choice of-the council-who re
fused to recognize the mayor's favor
ite. For several months the two men
patrolled the ' streets each acting in
the role of chief, but Burns finally
withdrew and left the field clear for
Shaw. The latter's salary was held up
as Mayor Dimick refused to sign his
salary warrant, but local interests, it
is said, advanced Chief Shaw his
wages pending the final settlement of
the question. When Mayor Jones suc
ceeded Dimick last winter, Shaw was
appointed chief of police, for the new
administration.
GLADSTONE VERY MUCH ALIVE
Progressive Little City on Clackamas
River Bustling With Improvements
The street improvement work at
Gladstone will be finished for the
summer within the next two weeks.
At present a large force of hen is
lowering the P. R. L. & P. tracks on
Portland Avenue and also on the
branch line to Chautauqua Park,
bringing the tracks down to grade.
A large section of the track between
Herford and Dartmouth street was
moved over about eight feet Sunday
morning between 1:00 A. M. and b'
o'clock, and the cars are running on
this substitute line pending the lower
ing of the grade which will be finish
ed Saturday. The street is being low
ered 22 inches at Arlington,2 inches
at Dartmouth and about 12 inches at
Herford street. When completed Port
land Avenue at Gladstone will be a
mighty pretty street. The Dartmouth
street improvement will mean a lower
of almost two feet in some places.
Work of wiring the Gladstone hous
es for electric lights is progressing
rapidly, and a large number of resi
dents are now enjoying the lights in
their homes. The P. R. L. & P. Co
have enough applications in to keep
them busy wiring until winter sets in.
The street lights are being located and
will be erected within the next month.
The franchise to the Portland and
Oregon City Railroad Company will
be taken up probably at the next meet
ing of the city council. This is the
Carver line which will cut a deep
swath through the eastern end of
Gladstone and may cross the river at
a point just above the P. R. L. & P.
bridge. The two competitive lines will
give Gladstone excellent transporta
tion facilities between Portland and
Oregon City, and may result in a bet
ter rate to the metropolis.
PRACTICES WITHOUT LICENSE
Clackamas County Man Charged with
Healing the Sick Without Regular
Permission
Joseph S. Rickard, a Clackamas
County farmer, is charged with prac
ticing medicine without a license and
the complaining witness, H. D. Harms,
a neighbor of Rickard, states that he
has been prescribing various remedies
and prescriptions for the sick of the
neighborhood, contrary to the laws of
the state which require that a prac
ticing physician shall be licensed by
the state board of health. Rickard
claims to have been a doctor at one
time, it is said, and will fight the case
when it comes up for trial. The pen
alty is a fine from $50 to $100 or from
10 to 90 days in jail, or both.
For Sale Four lots and three
room house. Nob Hill, Oregon City.
D. B. Elledge.
George Gregory of Molalla, fhe well
knowg teasel grower, was In this city
Wednesday.
LAST CALL FOR
THE COUNTY FAIR
ALL IN READINESS FOR BEST
ASSEMBLY IN HISTORY OF
ORGANIZATION
PRIZES FOR LARGEST FAMILY
Railroad Companies Offer Valuable
Cups to Prize Winners New
Features in Abundance
From the present outlook the
Clackamas County Fair to be held at
the fair grounds of the Clackamas Co.
Fair Assn., Canby, September 24
to 27 inclusive will be one of the most
successful of fairs ever given by the
Association. Posters announcing the
attractions have been posted far and
wide by the Secretary, M. J. Lee, and
who is being assisted by Waldo Cau
field of this city.
Many concessioners are applying
tor space on the grounds as well as
in the big pavilion. From all indicat
ions the auditorium will be filled with
exhibits ranging from a common
spud to the finest of pieces of art
The Juvenile department and individ
ual farm exhibits are to be among the
chief attractions in the building.. There
win be more enter tor the prize given
for the best individual farm exhibit
this year as the prizes are more at
tractive. The Northern Pacific Rail
road Company offers a handsome sil
ver loving cup for the best individual
farm exhibit. Among those who have
already ' entered for the prize are
Daugherty Brothers of Molalla, Spu
laks of New Era. Others will enter
during the week.
Among the exhibitions so far are
Carlton & Rosecrans of Canby, Ban
non & Co., L. Adams, Burmeister &
Anderson, Western Stock Journal, all
of Oregon City; Aurora Observer,
Wiley B. Allen Music House, Port
land, Aurora Bank, Warner Grange,
Harding Grange, Miss Williams, Mil
liner of Canby, Barlow Improvement
Club. J. C. Kaupisch, who has one
of the best gardens on a one-fourth
acre of ground in the state, and
whose home is at Canby, was surpris
ed .to find his name on the premium
list where ie is to have charge of the
vegetable - display. 4 Although he had
not been asked to perform this haz
ardous duty until the premium lisUi
were distributed, he kindly consented
to take charge of that department.
R. S. Coe, a well known fruit grower
of Canby, and H. T. Melvin, who is
at the head of the Barlow Improve
ment Club, and who has always been
on hand each year to assist in arrang
ing the Barlow booth at the fair
grounds, will have charge in arrang
ing the fruit display, and have charge
during the four days.
A special excursion will be run on
Oregon City and German Day, Thurs
day Sept. 25, also excursion from Mt.
Angel and Silverton. The Mt. Angef
German Band will furnish the music
for that day.
Many are arranging to camp on
the grounds. There is good water and
plenty of fuel close by. A plot of
ground is reserved for the horses
near the camping grounds. Work is
being pushed along at a rapid rate on
the poultry building. The building is
being enlarged and windows are be
ing installed, these allowing plenty of
room and ventilation. The poultry ex
hibit will be larger than any previous
year, and will be in charge of O. R.
Mack, who has had experience in
poultry. Many of the finest birds are
being gotten into condition for show
purposes. It was while M. J. Lee.
Secretary of the Clackamas County
Association was traveling through
Mt. Angel a few days ago, when he
discovered some chickens that no
doubt will attract attenion of all
bird fanciers. These are owned by a
minister by the name of Spencer and
are possessed with more toes than the
average chicken. Rev. Spencer has
many of these on his place, and the
reason he has not enjoyed feasting on
them is because it has been so diffi
cult to see if they have the yellow
legs that preachers are so fond of.
as the legs of these birds are so heav
ily feathered that it is impossible to
detect the color, and this has been the
means of the saving of the chickens'
necks. Rev. Spencer said he did not
care whether they had yellow legs or
black legs so he won the prize on
them. I hey will be given a proper
class and there is no doubt but the
pastor will carry off the sweepstakes
with his "yellow-legged" birds.
The entire building will be in
charge of a professional decorator
who will arrive at the fair grounds
Monday evening and have everything
in readiness for the big fair on open
ing day, Wednesday September 24.
Those having charge or ttie ditterent
departments are as follows:
Livestock, W. W. bverhart, Molalla;
dairy, A. O. Hollingsworth, Gladstone;
poultry, O. R. Mack, Canby; farm pro
ducts, Fred G. Daugherty, Molalla;
agriculture, H. T. Melvin, Barlow;
vegetables, J. C. Kaupisch, Canby;
horticultural, A. J. Lewis, Oregon
City, Route 3; ladies textile, Mrs. J.
L. Waldron, Oregon City; domestic
science, Mrs. S. S. Walker, Oregon
City; juvenile department, Mrs. M. C.
Young, Wilsonville; baby show, Mrs.
A. J. Lewis, Oregon City; swine, John
Samuelson, Canby.
Superintendents of Pavilion, II. 1.
Melvin, of Barlow, and 11. S. Coe of
Canby.
Mill Being Repaired.
Extensions and improvements now
progressing at the Crown-Columbia
paper mill here, will be completed in
about ten days and will find the big
mill thoroughly modern. A new mill
flume is being constructed, the ma
chine room is being renovated, and
practically the entire plant is being
renovated.
"RAGGING MUST STOP"
Future Turkey Trotting at Canemah
Park Will Not Be Tolerated
Portland couples who on Sunday
swarm Canemah Park, there to en
gage in the exhilarating turns of the
Turkey Trot and other contraband
formations, will in the future be for
bidden the use of the Canemah pavil
liion in which to go through their ex
ercises, ihis decision has been hand
ed down by Constable Jack Frost, who
is death on everything from the plain
"rag" to the Tango in its wildest
abandon. Jack says in the future there
will be absolutely nothing doing along
sucn lines at caneman. rarK.
Since the Portlanders have been
forbidden the delights of the mystic
struggles, there has been an alarm
ing increase in the Sunday evening
attendance at Canemah Park, where
in the olden days the good people of
caneman were wont to "quadrille"
and "Schottische." The climax was
reached Sunday evening when the gy
rations reached such a stage that Con
stable Jack, at, the instance of the P.
R. L. & P. Co., from whome the park
had been leased for the day, stepped
into the arena and Dried the swiftlv
revolving couples apart with the cor
ner of his star. It had been intimated
that the Boilermakers' and the Shin-
builders' Unions of Portland were
giving the party, but Constable Jack
is inclined to doubt very much if all
present were members of the union in
good standing.
The party was dispersed without
much argument on the part of Con
stable Frost, and several hundred
boarded the Portland cars long be-
lore the scheduled time for return.
.JUVENILE FAIRS POSPONED
Clackamas County Youngsters Will
Compete at Later Date
On account of the large number of
fairs opening within the next few
days, it has been decided to pospone
tne county juvenile tairs until the sec
ond week in October when they will
be held without any counter attract
ion to draw the interest away from the
ettorts of the school children. The
fair was to have opened on the 19th
of this month, and plans had been for
mulated, but owing to the bigger at
tractions the county officials decided
to postpone the juvenile displays un
til uctooer.
MOLALLA TO PLAY HOST '
Great Throng of Oregon City Folk to
Attend Railroad Celebration
Molalla will celebrate the greatest
day in its history next Friday when
the first trains will be run. over the
new Portland;-' Eugene' and' Eastern
branch into the city. It has been plan
ned to make the affair a gala day, and
it is estimated that 5,000 people will
be on hand to enjoy the big things
provided by the Molalla folk. Among
the speakers of the day will be Pres
ident Strahorn of the new line, Gov
ernor West, Judge McBride, and mem
bers of the Oregon City Commercial
Club. The entertainment provided will
begin early and last the whole day
through with plenty of music, speech-
making, dancing and a general high
old time, there will be something do
ing every minute. A big excursion
will be run from Portland, and will
gather up the Oregon City crowd at
9.22 A. M., arriving at Molalla at
10:22. The retrun will be made leaving
Molalla at 4:10 P. M., the round trip
fare from Oregon City being 85 cents.
Canby will turn out en masse to take
in the show.
The rails are already laid into Mo
lalla and the track practically finish
ed and ready for the first official
train.
Preparing Exhibits
O. E. Frevtag. secretary of the
Publicity Department of the Oregon
City Commercial Club is busily en
gaged in preparing his line exnibit oi
grains, grasses, fruits, and other pro
duce to be taken to the Oregon State
Fair to be placed in the Clackamas
County booth. There is no doubt Dut
that Clackamas County will be the
winner of one of the big prizes at the
fair as there has never been a better
collection than this year. Mr. Freytag
is sparing no pains in assisting the
county in showing what can be pro
duced here. The entire booth is to be
formed of the golden grain, nnd
care and nains have been taken to
prepare this for the decorations. Ai
Mr. Frevtag is to be superintendent
of the pavillion the position he held
last year at the State air, ana is to
have full charge of the horticultural
and agricultural departments, he is
meeting with success in gathering
material for the auditorium, which
will be under his charge. He will leave
the latter part of the week for Salem
taking a large amount of the produce
grain and grasses, and will leave the
remainder of the exhibits to be ship
ped later, in charge of S. Niles and E.
P. Carter, who have had experience in
this line, so those wanting to donate
towards the Clackamas County booth,
to boost the old county along, can
bring their produce to the office on
Main streot opposite tho court house,
where they will be prepared for ship
ment. Those who are unable to go to
Salem should visit these rooms and
see what Clackamas County can grow.
Roll-Cooper
The marriage of Miss Catherin
Cooper, youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Cooper, and Clarence Roll
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roll of this city,
was solemnized at the home of the
bride's parents, Tenth and Jackson
Street, Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. R.
Landsborough, pastor of the Presby.
terian Church officiated in the pres
ence of relatives of the contracting
parties.
The young couple are well known
in this city, where they have many
friends. Mrs. Roll has been an active
member of tho Baptist Sunday school.
They will make their future home in
this city. .
The Order of Eastern Star will
have an important meeting in the
Masonic Hall Tuesday evening when
there will be much business to be tak
en up.
YOUTHS STEAL HORSE
Oregon City Youngsters Make Sen
sational Trip to Colton
Two little Oregon City boys, Albert
iuauer, agea 11, ana uarence Green,
aged 9, furnished enough excitement
to the local police authorities Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, to last them
for a good long time. The little fel
lows, actuated by a desire to see "the
cowboys," as they explained it, stole
a horse belonging to Mr. Gabe Wolfe,
traveled aDout iifteen miles, then
helped themselves to a buggy and a
harness, and later broke into the
ranch home of Ed Gordon about. four
miles beyond Colton. where the vouth.
ful pair were rounded up while search
ing the premises for a gun. The two
were brought home and the older lad
was placed in jail. The Green boy was
sem nome.
Any further motive than that the
two just wanted to see the cowbovs
could not be learned from the young
iuus. xne pair were traced from
Oregon City by farmers along the
route who had noticed the youngsters.
About Friday noon the lads took the
norse which was standing in the al
ley behind the First National Bank,
already saddled. They spent the first
night in a barn near Wilsonville.
about ten miles from Oregon City, but
tne next morning young Green was so
stiff and sore from the effects of his
strenuous ride behind his companion.
that the two decided that they would
have to get a buggy. This they did,
and by some meang.J;hey landed a set
of harness. Just how the lads got the
norse nitcned is a mystery, but they
did and continued their iournev in
search of the mythical cowboy in a
more comfortable manner. The lads
claimed the buggy and harness werti
given them for picking up four sacks
of potatoes for a farmer of the
neighborhood.
They found no one at home on the
Gordon place which is about four
miles beyond Colton, and broke a wini
dow to gain entrance into the house
where they said they wanted to find
a gun. It was here that the pursuing
officials captured the lads and brought
them back to jail. Monday the Kidder
boy was sent to the reform school by
Judge Anderson, and the other lad
was turned loose on account of his age.
The Kidder boy has been in trouble be
fore. TO INVESTIGATE DIVORCE
Eastern Relative Writes For Infor
mation Concerning Alleged Fraudu
lent Proceedings
W. J. McDonald a real estate man
of Chicago has written Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Stipp for information
regarding a divoce case filed in this
county wherein Joseph Gundry Gill
ingham, on-the grounds of desertion.
The complaint was filed in the local
court in January, 1913, according to
the records.
McDonald states that the woman
was in an insane asylum at Chicago
at the time of the proceedings, and
that her husband had failed to even
provide her with the bare necessiti
es. He asks for thorough information
on all developements of the case, in
timating that the divorce was grossly
fraudulent to Mrs. Gillingham.
SCHOOLS BEGINNING
Gladstone and Willamette Opened
Fall Terms Monday
Willamette and Gladstone both
opened their fall terms of school Mon
day, but attendance records were not
broken on account of the' many young
sters who are at work in the hop
fields. At Gladstone the attendance
was 130. There are five regular teach
ers and two specials at work in that
city. Professor Drumm, the new prin
cipal of the school, began his new dut
ies Monday. Mr. Drumm is from Van
couver, where he was connected with
the public schools for several years.
Professor Vedder, his predecessor, is
now a county school supervisor.
PUGILIST KEEPS OUT OF IT
"Bud" Anderson, Named in Local Di
vorce Suit, Fails to Appear at Trial
Guy II. Pace was given a default
decree againBt his wife, Maud Pace, in
the Circuit Court Tuesdav. Neither
the defendant nor Bud Anderson, the
Vancouver lightweight aspirant, who
was named as a co-respondent in the
suit, appeared at the trial. The com
plaint named Bud as having been re
sponsible for the defendant's waver
ing affections for her husband and
stated several occasions when Joy
rides with the young fighter took
place.
Bound to Grand Jury.
Wang Bow, the Celestial who so
brutally slushed up a companion in a
box car at the. P. E. & E. Construct
ion camp near Canby last week, was
arraigned before Judge Seiverg Mon
day morning and bound over to the
grand jury. He failed to raise the
bonds prescribed by the judge and will
await trial in the county jail. The
fight between the two Chinamen was
a bloody duel, and although Wong
Yeng received six or Beven deep
gashes about the head, he was pres
ent at the arraignment before Judge
Sievera to testify against his assail
ant The two were employed on the
new railroad line.
Dr. Ford's Last Sunday
Next Sunday will be Dr. Ford's last
Sunday before Conference, and he has
planned "An Every Member Service"
for Sunday morning.
Baptism will be administered to
children and adults at the morning
service by affusion, and by immersion
at 5 o'clock in the Clackamas river
just below the Electric railway bridge
on the Gladstone side.
There will be special services in the
evening and Dr. Ford will preach on
"The Going out of the Lamp."
Tuesday evening there will be a
"Get-Together Sociable" in the Wood
men Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Dell Cross of Silver-
ton, are in this city this week visit
ing the latter's sister, Mrs. Maggie
Cross and also visiting Mr. Cross'
brother, II. E. Cross and family.
COURT APPO
T
OSTEOPATH
MEDICAL SOCIETY REFUSES TO
RECOGNIZE NEWLY CHOSEN
HEALTH OFFICER
OR, VAN BRAKLE NEW OFFICER
Appointee Prominently Identified with
Live Wire "Clean-Up" Work
Medics to Fight.
Up to the Couriers' press time Dr.
Van Brakle was still county health
officer. But not through any fault of
the Clackamas County Medical Soci
ety.
For the first time in the history of
the United States, as far as known,
an osteopath has - been appointed
county health officer.. : ..
The appointee is Dr. J. A. Van
Brakle, who has been in Oregon City
for about two years, and during that
time has made an enviable record for
himself, not only along the lines of
his profession, but also in working
for the cleanliness and civic better
ment of the community. Van Brakle
succeeds Dr. Norris, who for a long
time held the position in the county.
The appointment was made last
Thursday by County Judge Anderson
and it is understood it is his final de-
non.
There's an inside story being
whispered about the streets that is
causing no small amount of amuse
ment. According to the rumors the
joke is on the doctors of the county,
for as the story goes, they and they,
alone are responsible for Dr. Van
Brakle's appointment. Not that they
wanted to see an osteopath on the
job, because doctors and osteopaths as
a rule are about as neighborly as Re
publicans and Progressives. No, they
didn't want Van Brakle exactly. To
tell the truth they didn't figure him
out as a candidate for the job. They
did want Dr. Norris to have the pos
ition however and to that end, they
individually and collectively signed an
agreement that they would under no
circumstances accept the position of
county health officer.
Aha! The answer was simple. Dr.
Norris would be given the position.
And ' the - doctoa would even go a
step further. To cinch the office for
Dr. Norris they would circulate pe
titions about the county, asking the
court to reappoint the former official.
All this happened, it is said, after
great pressure was brought to bear on
the new county court. The court hes
itated.
Right here is where the new county"
judge showed himself a man of cal
ibre.
It may be strange as it may.
seem that Judge Anderson didn't
care to oppenly oppose the state
board of health, which for reasons
brought out some time ago, saw fit
to ask for Dr. Norris' resignation.
Or maybe the judge didn't "fawncy"
the somewhat vindicative attitude of
the medical society which Beemed to
have him up a tree. At any rate
Judge Anderson appointed Dr. Van
Brakle. The bomb went off some time Thurs
day afternoon. It was a clean upper
cut for the medical society, and for
a minute the pill men were absolutely
bewildered, almost seeming to take
the count. It couldn't be unparallel
ed a "rub" doctor "couldn't even
prescribe salts" in fact, it is said, the
physicians made the air quite blue for
a while, following the appointment.
Then they put their heads together
and decided to oust Van Brakle if they
had to carry the case to the highest
court in the land.
Thev will challenge the court's
rlcht to annoint an osteonath to the
office on the ground that he is not a
graduate of a "reputable medical
college,, in all probability, and will
unite against the new officer, even go
ing so far as to refuse him recogni
tion in such position. The medical pro
fession, it is said, has never yet rec
ognized osteopathy. The physicians
naturally are incensed over the ap
pointment. Dr. Van Brakle has accepted the
position. He feels qualified in every
way for the position, and will give his
best efforts to the task, as he did
several months ago when he was made
chairman of a Live Wire committee,
to look after sanitary conditions of
the city.
The Courier doesn't blame the
medical men a bit not a particle, for
the old fashioned medicine is plenty
good enough for our stomach aches,
and will be for some time to come.
However, we admire Dr. Van Brakle
for his spunk, predict he'll make
good, and congratulate Judge Ander
son on appointing a "Live Wire" to
the rather important task of county
health officer.
Justice Court Busy
Tuesday George Haas was released
from custody on $500 bond, pending
his trial on September 24, when he
will be arraigned on charge of
threatening to kill. Joseph Rickard,
who "doctored" his neighbors with
out a state lciense, pleaded not guilty
Tuesday. His case too, will come up
on the 24th. - . .
May Hold Recall Election
Editor Courier:
In answer to an inquiry I received
an opinion from the Atty. General's
office stating that there was nothing
to prohibit a recall election called the
same date as our referendum elec
tion this fall.
P. W. Meredith
Miss E. Libker, of Goldendale,
Wash., formerly of this city, is vis
iting with friends in this city.