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31st YEAR
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, FEB. 26 1914.
No. 43
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Green McMurray Dead
Green McMurray, an old time res
ident of the county, was found dead
at his home near Damascus Saturday
last, where he had died of pneumonia.
He was a war veteran and 76 years
old.
Looks Good to Farmers
The Courier offices has 400 signa
tures, almost without exception the
names of farmers in this county, who
have signed the U'Ren $1,500 exemp
tion petition. These will be turned in
this week.
Harris Out for Commissioner
W. F. Harris, Republican, of Maple
Lane, will be a candidate before the
primaries for county commissioner
this he stated Wednesday. Harris ha
many friends in the county who have
been urging him to run. He is a
man who has a good head and a level
head, and will be a popular Republi
can candidate.
Tax-payers, Attention!
Pay your taxes early so we can
wait on you promptly.
The County needs the money to
pay out standing warrants, so you'll
be helping yourselves and us.
Write us, if you want, and we'll
advise you what they are by mail.
Yours to serve,
J. A. TUFTS, Treasurer.
Held for Grand Jury
At a hearing before Justice Siev
ers Tuesday, Harvey Bissell and Joe
Gibson of Canby were bound over to
the grand jury on the charge of giv
ing liquor to boys.
The evidence showed that the men
had a quantity of liquor and that
young boys were made drunken with
it. The accused testified they were
drunk, and didn't know the boys were
drinking the liquor.
Gibson was held on $300 bail and
Bissell $150.
LIVE WIRES HAVE
QUARTERLY ELECTION
Coffee Club and Lunch Room will no
Doubt Incorporate
At the quarterly session of thi
Live Wires Tuesday, the following
officers were elected for the next
three months:
F. A. Olmstead, Main Trunk.
Theo. Osmund, Sub Trunk.
" R. C. Parker, Transmission Wire.
A. A. Price, Guy Wire.
Mr. Olmstead, chairman of the
committee which has for some weeks
been looking into the matter of op
erating a coffee club in this city, re
ported the committee favored the
system similar to the one in Eugene,
a reading room, lunch , and coffee
counter; that the club be incorpora
ted; that $2,000 in stock be sold, and
that the lunch counter will doubtless
support the club:' X
DEATH UNDER RATHER
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Milwaukie Farmer Found Dead and
Some Question Suicide Theory
Henry Klinkman, a young farmer,
living near Milwaukie, was found
dead Tuesday night with two bullet
wounds in his head, and altho the
coroner's jury gave a verdict of sui
cide, there is considerable talk that
the affair might have been murder.
Klinkman was found dead in his
workshop near his house, near him
was a .22 single shot rifle and two
bullet wounds in his head, one bullet
had flattened against the skull, dent
ing it in, and the other had penetra
ted the skull and lodged in the base
of the neck.
Both wounds were in the top of the
head.
The suspicion that argues that
there might have been foul play- is
in the fact that it would seem to have
been almost an impossibility, after
having fired one ball into the top of
his head, to have ejected the car
tridge, reloaded the' 'gun and again
fired the gun into, almost the same
place. It is argued that the first shot
would have so stunned him that he
could not have fired the second shot.
The rifle had appently been fas
tenedin a vise in the shop and Klink
man had placed his head against the
muzzle and pulled the trigger.
Dr. Strickland of this city per
formed the autopsy and a jury brot
in a verdict of death by gunshots
self inflicted.
The dead man was 31 years old,
unmarried, and was in this city on
Tuesday where he paid his taxes.
"SOMEBODY LIED ABOUT
ME" SAYS BLACKIE ILES
Prisoner Returned from Texas Con
tradicts "Bad Man" Report
That the Texas officers who
brought him back to Oregon" deliber
ately charged him with being a hard
prisoner to handle so as to "make a
case" against him is the declaration
of E. E. (Blackie) lies, who declar
es that he was not arrested when he
was asleep in a dive, and who denies
that he ever offered to "lick all Tex
as" or that he tried to escape.
"I was arrested at 1206 Griffin
street, Dallas," says Blackie, in giv
ing his version of his capture. "The
two officers walked in and asked me
if I was lies. I said I was, and they
told me the chief of police wanted to
see me. Then I went along with them
and that was all there was to it.
When we left the city I was hand
cuffed, and when we crossed the fer
ry in San Francisco I was handcuf
fed, and had leg chains on, too so it
is foolish of them to say that I tried
to escape. A man would be crazy to
try and escape when he had leg
chains on, wouldn't he?
"Those fellows just said that stuff
about my being a 'bad man' so as to
help along the case against me. They
couldn't convict me on one charge,
so they have filed another against
me, and I suppose if I am acquitted
on that they'll put something else
against me. lhe officers and 1 had
no trouble anywhere; in fact I'd
have come back alone if they had
sent me transportation. I don't care
what those fellows said about me,
but it doesn't look good to have a
story of that kind get back to my
folks."
IT COSTS TOO
TO FORGET
WE PAID TYPHOID FEVER
$75,"00 THE LAST TIME
WE MUST HAVE PURE WATER
It is a Far Cheaper than Fear, Doctor
and Nurse Bills
The trouble with us fast-trotting
Americans is that we forgte. 5'
Life is too short to remember
things only when they confront us.
Only a few months ago we had one
hundred cases of typhoid in this ctiy.
A prominent physician of 'the city
says this one outbreak cost the city
$75,000 in cash to say nothing of
what it cost in the way of damages.
There is one-half the expense of
a mountain water system.
And we had two of these epidem
ics in one year.
But as soon as the fever and scare
are gone, we forget.
"We can't realize they will come
again until they do come.
And when they come, we look
around for a nearby place to live,
where they don't drink sewer water,
and we worry and pay doctor bills.
When wo put in the filtering plant
a few years ago, we thought our
dread of typhoid was over.
But it came again.
And it will continue to come until
we get away from the typhoid cause.
If Oregon City ever grows to be
half the city it should be, we have got
to provide the purest possible water.
Absolutely we have got to get
away from the river water. We all
admit this, but many of us want to
wait a little PERHAPS we won't
have another $75,000 epidemic.
But we will when conditions are
just right.
And why not get away from the
river water now?
Why wait a few years and find
the waiting expensive to business and
delay costly to growth?
Our water source ts a hoodo to this
city a drawback we can't afford to
carry.
Let's shake it off, put in a moun
tain stream from the Cascades and
give this city the one thing needed
to draw to. ,
Don't let misstatements as to ex
cessive cost of water scare you
take the facts and figures instead.
Rands has told you what it will
cost and his figures and work have
been gone over by the best engineer
in the country and found correct.
If you are paying $1.25 per month
now it will increase the cost to $2
per month, an increase of 75c per
month, $9 a year for the first few
years, when it - will gradually de
crease, and when the system is fi
nally paid for this city will get a
very much lower rate than now.
Nine dollars a year measured
against a typhoid outbreak should
not bo considered.
A business man in this city recent
ly said the last typhoid epidemic here
cost his family $1,000.
Mountain water will raise the val
ue of every home that uses it more
than the extra cost of the water.
It will cause this city to grow
more than any other public undertak
ingits the best project we could
possibly put through.
A FACTORY TO MAKE
GOOD OREGON CITIZENS
It's a Splendid Undertaking and
Should Find Loyal Encouragement
There is a movement on in this
city only waiting for a little public
sentiment and push to get it started,
to start a night school here.
Now don't get excited and scream
about "more taxes," for there won't
be more taxes or expenses in con
nection. Our ministers have volunteered to
help teach in this school without pay,
so have some of our patriotic ladies
and our educators.
Oregon City has a large foreign
population. The mills employ many
men and boys who can speak and
read but little English.
These men and boys are mostly
Americans and many others will be
come citizens as soon as they can
have the necessary education.
Working in the mills daily, they
have absolutely no means of getting
the education that many of them
yearn for, and a very limited means
of learning our language.
Our city should provide the means.
It's our duty, and one we should glad
ly provide.
Behind this movement are such
men as Rev. Robinson, Rev. Milliken,
Miss Price, Mrs. Evangeline Dye,
Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Shanks, Mrs. Nor
ris and others.
The Courier believes this move
ment will find hearty encouragement
when our people understand it.
A free night school, open nightly
for three or four hours, will give
these men, boys and girls a chance
that every foreigner should have, a
chance to learn to read and write our
language and learn our form of gov
ernment. There is nothing that will quicker
make good citizens and plant seeds
of loyalty.
Help it
Dinner and Entertainment
The G. A. R. and W. R. C. will
hold a dinner and program at Willa
mette hall, next Wednesday March 4,
it being soldiers pension day.
FOR SALE Choice cabbage plants;
liberal discount to merchants and
large orders. M. Yoder, 162 Mo
lalla Ave., Pac. phone 1681.
MUCH
Treasurer's Notice
I now have funds to pay county
road warrants endorsed prior to July
11, 1913. Interest ceases on such war
rants on date of this notice February
26, 1914.
; J. A. Tufts,
Treasurer.
Nearing the End -Nearly
11,000 signatures f.re se
cured, but fully 1,000 more nust be
secured in order to file with che sec
retary of state with sufficient sur
plus to cover possible legal deficienc
ies. All who have any signatures on
petitions are urged to turn them in to
the Secretary, Alfred D. Cridge, 954
Ea3t 22d North, Portland, Oregon; or
to W. S. U'Ren, Oregon City. It
needs some steady pulling yet, so do
not say "There is no need of what
names I have secured, or can get."
1914 TAX UPON ISLAND
FIVE TIMES LAND COST
Remarkable Assessment Causes Com
ment of Unpleasant Nature
Hero and there lately there have
been comments upon the "stiffness"
of tax assessments. In fact there has
even been what might be called uni
versal complain. And, all things con
sidered, perhaps this is not surpris
ing especially if one little $15 as
sessment is,any criterion of the rest
of things.
This assessment has been levied up
on the semi-submerged island in the
Clackamas river, 30 feet south of the
city of Gladstone, formerly owned by
the Willamette Pulp & Paper com
pany, but lately deeded by that con
cern to Gladstone for a public park.
There is alleged to be 2.4 acres of
land composing this island, but the
measurement must have been taken
at extreme low water.
The island was purchased from
the state some 25 years ago by the
paper company for $1.25 an acre. At
that time it was wooded and covered
with underbrush, and it is' still in the
same condition. It is not adjacent to
any water-power site, and the facil
ity with which it can be flooded
makes it hardly desirable for a man
ufacturing site. Yet the assessor, in
making out the rolls, has fixed a tax
of $15 on it for the year of grace
1914.
This tax is about five times what
the island cost. There is no improve
ment upon the land. The nearest land
to the north is a public park, and the
nearest land to the south is part of
the St. Agnes Baby Home property.
Considering all this, it is one of the
present day puzzles why this land
should be taxed $15 As a matter of
fact, being now public park property,
this island should not be taxed at all.
DIMICK, GRISENTHWAITE
, AND OLDS ARE OUT
Dimick for the Senate, Grisesenth
wite and Olds for the House
Senator W. A. Dimick gives it out
that he will be a Republican candi
date for the senate, and that if he is
nominated and elected and there is
then any senate left, he; will go up
to Salem and go down the line to
abolish every board or commissin that
can pssibly be lopped off and to use
the club on every bit of freak or loose
legislation that bobs its head up.
"I will not go to Salem to present
bills and make laws," said Dimick
Tuesday, "but to kill bills and abolish
laws. Oregon is loaded down with
salary - drawing commissions " and
boards; is made ridiculous by hasty
laws the people can't understand and
the coujits throw out, and appropri
ations are entirely out of proportion
to the state's development. If the
people leave the Benate and I go to
it, I'll use the typewriter very little
and the club a plenty."
E. D. Olds has announced his can
didacy for the house, and Mr. Olds,
like Dimick, says if the people send
him there his every move will be with
the axe to get lower taxation in Ore
gon. His open letter is published on
another page.
Mr. Grisenthwaite is out and out
for lower taxes; that they are too
high and he will fight to lower appro
priations to the lowest limit by abol
ishing boards and commissions the
state can get along without; that he
will favor a law limiting-the num
ber of bills to be introduced and will
fight to retain the power the voters
now have. His open letter is printed
in this issue.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Voters of Clackamas county are
going to use their heads more and
their party less at this year's elec
tion for county and state officers.
With taxation where it is, they have
goi 10.
There are two candidates for gov
ernor who have sand enough to let
the county know how they stand on
county bonding for roads, Dimick
for and U'Ren against, and Dimick
not only has the sand to take a po
sition, but sand to get out and work
for it.
SIDE STEPPERS
From a presidential vote of 2.000
in 1912 to a registration of 26 to date
is some falling off in the Progress
ive party.
But these figures are not signifi
cant. In Oregon every man seems to
know there will be seven kinds of a
scrap in the Republican primaries,
many Democrats, Progressives, Inde
pendents, Socialists and Prohibition
ists want to take a hand in. So they
register as Republicans, get in the
primary mixup and then use the
knife at the polls. '
Salmon are Running
The Chinook and steahead salmon,
the gamiest fish that ever a sports
man reeled in, and which have made
the Willamette River world famous
as the fisherman's paradise, have
commenced io come in irom ine
ocean, and soon the river between
here and Portland will be alive with
them and the river black with boats.
Several catches from 25 pounds up
have been made this week.
fill
BOND
ELECTION MAY 15
JUDGE ANDERSON WILL NOT
OPPOSE ELECTION ON PRI
MARY DATE
NO ADDED EXPENSE TO COUNTY
Campaign of Education will now be
Made in all Districts
Doubtless a special election will
be called at the time of the annual
primaries in May, to submit the
proposition for voting $600,000 bond
issue for hard surfaced good roads
in this county.
A committee had a meeting with
Judge Anderson Tuesday, at which
time he stated that while he person
ally was opposed to the bond issue,
yet he would be willing to submit
the matter to the people, if it could
be legally held on the primary date,
and thus not be an extra expense to
the county.
Judge Anderson further stated
that if the bond issue should carry,
he would advocate that the present
county tax for roads be cut down or
cut out, so that there would not be
an increased taxation in this county.
T. W. Sullivan, one of the commi
ttee, strongly seconded this proposal,
and he stated that it was proposed
to show to the taxpayers of the
county that . hard surfaced, perma
nent roads would actually be far
cheaper in taxation in dollars and
cents than under the present system,
and that the actual saving, in dollars
and cents, in the repairs, and upkeep
of the present system, would pay the
interest on the bond issue and give
the county the use of 100 miles of
the best of roads at one time.
Mr. Sullivan said the matter was
going to be presented as simply a
business proposition, put up to the
voters as an investment, and that it
could and would be proven to any
man who would be convinced that
good roads under a bonding act would
be much cheaper than our present
roads and many times better.
County Judge Bushby of Marion
refused to call a special election in
that county on the bonding proposi
tion, but like Judge Anderson, has
agreed to call one on the primray
date if the attorney general holds it
is a legal ' date.
Judge Anderson will confer with
Commissioners Smith and Mattooh,
and if they agree the election will
be called May 15.
The location of the roads in the
county will be entirely up to the
county court. After the petitions are
fllad and the election decided upon,
then the locations will be made and
the campaign take a definite and edu
cational shape. .
CLYDE MAY HAVE TO
RESORT TO THE DRAFT
Only 26 Progressives Registered, and
.. He Can't Get Required Signatures ..
An amusing and decidedly per
plexing political situation came to
light Tuesady a situation not con
templated when W. S. U'Ren was
scratching his headrqver the primary
law. w"
At the last presidential election
Clackamas county polled about 2000
votes for the Bull Moose party, but
today you can take off two cyphers
and measure that party's registra
tion. For Congress the party only polled
660 votes, as the nominee was a Rose
burg man, and not known to this
county.
Now under the increase in elec
tion precincts, a candidate in this
county must circulate his or her pe
tition in at least 13 precincts and get
signatures in each, and must have at
least two per cent of the vote cast
for congressman in his party.
Now we are getting close to the
funny situation real funny to all but
the candidate.
H. S. Clyde is a candidate for rep
resentative on the progressive ticket.
The law requires him to get two
per cent of the vote cast for con
gressman. The two per cent would
be 14 signatures.
But it also provides these 14 sig
natures must be registered voters,
and must be secured in 13 different
precincts of the county.
Now there are just 26 Progressives
registered. Clyde must have 14 of
them and have them distributed in
13 precincts.
They are not so distributed, hence
he cannot be nominated according to
the rules of the game.
He will either have to wait and
trust that a few more will line up;
go out and convert a few more, or
get enough from other parties to
register under the Progressive ban
ner to give him a nomination.
The situation is decidedly funny to
Mr. Clyde and not at all complimen
tary to the courageous bull moose.
SEVENTH GRADE BOY
SOLVES TRAIN PROBLEM
Henry Heerdt, Dist. No. 63, First
Student with Correct Answer
Last week the Courier stated this
problem and offered a year's sub
scription for the first Clackamas
county school student who sent a cor
rect answer:
Two trains, on separate tracks,
are one hundred miles apart, running
toward each other. One train is run
ning at the rate of 60 miles an hour
and the other at 50 miles. How many
miles will each train run when they
meet and pass?
The first correct solution was sent
in by Henry Heerdt, a seventh grade
student in Dist. No. 63, and the pa
per will be sent to any address he
may deside.
The correct answer is: One train
runs 64 6-11 miles, the other train
45 5-11 miles.
ELEVATOR TOWER
BOLTED! TO BOLT?
Councilman Andrews "Starts Some
thing" by his Questions
When Councilman Andrews irotee
up in meeting during Monday night's
deliberations of the city dads and
said that he thought the elevator
tower at Seventh street and the rail
road track ought to be rivetted to
gether instead of bolted, he started
something. Mayor Jones gave him
the "high sign" to supress his opin
ions about the matter, but Mr. An
drews did not recognize the signals,
and went right on talking. Whereup
on his honor asked the councilmen to
postpone his remarks until the next
regular meeting of the council, on
March 4, when the city engineer
would be present and explain such
technical details as might be in
volved. Soon after the council adjourned,
and Mr. Andrew made a bee-line for
the mayor""and wanted to know why
he had been choked off in his discus
sion of what he felt was a matter of
some importance. Other councilmen,
the superintendent of construction on
the elevator job, a citizen or two and
the newspapermen then gathered in
one corner of the room for an infor
mal talk upon the relative merits of
bolts and rivets in putting an eleva
tor tower together.
"As a matter of fact, gentlemen,"
said the superintendent of the eleva
tor job, "a bolted tower is just as
good as a rivetted one, and we are
not saving any money by bolting the
units together. It has cost us $98
for reamers alone to ream out the
bolt holes, and we have a gang of men
perched on the tower working stead
ily at this job. Also we have had to
buy the bolts, and when we get that
tower together it will be just as
strong as we can make it."
"Maybe it will," said Councilman
Andrews, "but how about the vibra
tion of the moving machinery in it?
Won't there have to be a constant
tightening of the bolts ? If the rivets
had been used the .vibration would
not have to be takln into consider
ation." "Now there's where you are
wrong," replied the man in charge
of the job. "You take, for instance,
those towers on which the power lines
of the Northwestern Electric com
pany crosses the Columbia river be
low White Salmon. They are bolted
towers ;" and then fol
lowed a fifteen minute discourse up
on the structures referred to, the
wind forces they had to resist, and
the strains upon them. This was
highly interesting, but it seemed to
be aside from the point at issue, and
one of the citizens present wanted to
know if bolting the elevator tower
together wasn't really cheaper than
rivetting it. '
"Ordinarily it might be," replied
the boss of the works, "but here it
wouldn't have been. Of course we
could have taken a 'gun' and slammed
that tower together with hot rivets,
bufc we would have been forced to
bring equipment for that up here, in
cluding a compressor and all that,
and it would make the price about the
same as we will be out now, consider
ing the cost of reaming and having
our bolts specially made."
The discussion then turned to the
relative strength of a bolted and a
rivetted tower. The superintendent
assured all present that a bolted tow
er, with the ends of the bolts headed
over,, would be just as servicable here
as a tower held together by rivets.
And then, unofficially, one of the city
officers present let the cat out of the
bag.
"The elevator committee knew that
this tower was going to be bolted to
gether," he said. "In fact I think it
is in the specifications. The city en
gineer knew it, and approved the
plans. And the reason for it all is
that it will be a whole lot easier to
take down a hnlteri tower. nhonlH the
need arise, than it will be to cut down
a rivitted tower. Maybe we might
want to move that elevator some
time." Being interpreted this means that
mere is many a sup betwixt the cup
and the lip, and that the elevator
scheme may yet strike a snag. It
may be found that the Seventh street
location will be untenable, and hav
ing contracted to pay $11,980 for one
perfectly good elevator tower, the
o.itv HnHn nnve nn intention of mit.
ting it up in such a way that they
win nave to wrecK it in case it has
to come down. Should a change be
necessary, the holted tower ponM be
taken down easily, and be just as
good to erect somewhere else.
And now the question is: why
should the elevator tower be in dan
ger of possibly having to be taken
down?
Lads Copped the Milk
For weeks past milk and cream
bottles left by the dairies, have been
stolen from houses in the vicinity of
upper Washington street. 'Two young
lads have been caught and 26 empty
bottles found in playhouse shack.
Central Committee Meeting
There will be a meeting of the
county Democratic Central commit
tee in Willamette hall Saturday of
this week at 10 a. m., for the purpose
of organizing for the coming cam
paign, considering candidates for
county offices, and arranging for the
annual banquet. It is current rumor
that successors to R. B. Beatie and
G. F. Johnson, Chairman and Secre
tary of the county committee will be
taken up.
Mulvey Outlines Platform
W. L. Mulvey Wednesday af'
roon filed (.it petition for the Repul
lican nomination for county jud.jj.
Mr. Mulvey promises to work for b:
ler roads i! om the shipping points in
to the taming districts an admtnis
ter the oii.)iness of the office honesc
ly and wit'i the highest efficiency r.
says he will accomplish as much us
possible for the good of Clacka.ras
County and, at the same time, do it
at the least possible cost to the tav
pryers. The worJs to be placed on
the ballpt after his name are: "Lower
taxes, efficient administration, honest
and raitniui service."
RUSHES
THROUGH
DOCKET
BRIDGEWORK ORDINANCES GO
THROUGH IN RECORD TIME
SHORTAGE IN GRAVES FOUND
Cemetery has Room for but Six More
Occupants; Extension Ordered
Passing two ordinances designed
to expedite the construction of foot
bridges across the Southern Pacific
tracks and making Chief of Police
Ed Shaw a present of a dead duck,
the city council celebrated Washing
ton's birthday Monday evening with
one of the briefest meetings in iu
history. The ordinances empower
the mayor and city recorder to enter
into contracts with the Southern Pa
cific and Oregon & California rail
road companies tor the adjustment of
all difficulties in regard to the steel
bridge from the bluff to the top of
the Seventh street tower, and to simi
larly arrange for bridge now being
built across the tracks at the south
end of Main street. The ordinance
for the latter bridge was passed
unanimously, but Councilman Jrlack
ett voted against the one referring to
the elevator bridge.
The meeting was called to order
at 7:43 p. m. with Councilmen Tem
pleton, Metzner, Hackett, Long, An
drews and VanAuken present, and
adjourned at 8:12 p. m. At 7:59 p.
m. Councilman Tooze added his pres
ence to the gathering. After pass
ing two ordinances, the council asked
City Attorney Schuebel to amend the
ordinance relating to electric signs
so that the law would not require
them to be swung in against build
ings in the daytime, lhe council de
layed action on the matter of the
improvement of Division street, pend
ing negotiations with the county
court. The opinion was expressed
that probably this question would be
settled by the city making an im
provement to the municipal boundary,
and leaving the rest of the street in
its present condition.
Chief is Given Duck
Councilman Templeton reported
that lot eight, block 169, at the cor
ner of Twelfth and VanBuren streets,
was largely covered by a pool of
staenant water, which was covered
with green slime, and in which float
ed a dead duck. The council ordered
the Chief to see that the lot was
properly drained, and left the dispo
sal of the dead duck to him as well.
An offer to purchase a lot at the
northeast corner of Sixteenth , and
Jackson streets from the city for $50
and street assessments was referred
to the finance committee for action.
Councilmen estimated the value of
the lot at about $250, and did not
seem to regard the offer as advan
tageous. Upon suggestion of Councilman
Templeton an old footbridge between
VanBuren and Harrison streets, near
Thirteenth, was ordered torn down.
The bridge is said to be in bad repair,
and a menace to all who use it, and
there is said to be no reason why it
should be rebuilt. The street com
mittee was also instructed to make
such purchases as it saw fit of 10 and
15 inch culvert piping. ' Some 240
feet are needed, arid will cost in the
neighborhood or $zzu.
Graves Grow Scarce
Oregon City is growing short of
craves, according to Councilman
Metzner, of the cemetery committee,
who startled the city fathers by re
porting that ther-e were only two
available plats left in the cemetery.
By dint of some fast work for a few
days four more plats might be made
available, he said, making six in all.
To accomodate furture patrons of the
cemetery a new section will have to
be opened up. The council, realizing
the emergency, gave the cemetery
committee power to act, and men will
at once be put to work clearing the
remaining plats, so that at least six
more graves can be utuizea u tne
need arise.
Councilman Templeton and Hack
ett joined in a complaint regarding
the sewer work upon and the re-surfacing
of Seventh street was being
done by Moffatt & Parker. Mr. Tem
pleton said the sewer trench was be
lne filled with honeycombed rocks and
mud, and that cheap rock was being
used on the surface, while Mr. ilacK
ett charged that large boulders were
being thrown in the trench directly
against the new sewer pipe by the
contractors..
As a remedy of conditions Mr.
Templeton suggested that the city
employ an inspector to see that the
work was properly done. Mr. Tooze
declared that the specifications for
the work called for the use of basalt
rock of a certain grade and size.
Before the question was settled Coun
cilman Metzner moved an adjourn
ment.
As a vote upon adjournment was
called, Councilman Andrews rose and
protested against the way the Seven
th street elevator tower was being
put up, saying that he believed it
should be rivetted together instead
of being bolted. Mayor Jones asked
that consideration of this matter be
deferred till the next meeting, on
March 4, and the council session
ended.
Girl Wanted
(over 18 years of age)
To operate SEWING Machines
in garment factory
Oregon City Woolen Mills
FRANZ KRAXBERGER
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Prominent Farmer of Macksburg Will
Run for the House
Franz Kraxberger of Macksburg,
has filed his declaration with the sec
retary of state and will be a Repub
lican candidate for representative.
He is a farmer, a large taxpayer and
well known in the county.
His platform promises strict econ
omy; the abolishing of needless
boards and commissions; amendment
to present tax law; for practical road
improvement.
West Linn to Have City Hall
West Lir.n's Council is considering
plans f ji :i iew city hall and it is ex
pected the matter will be decided on
within c i"w days. It is thought 'he
building will be located about 5&0 feet
from th-3 tpproach to the suspeni"ii
Iridge.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
M. J. Lee, of Canby, was in this
city Monday.
Roy Baker, of Hazeldale, was in
this city Wednesday.
George Winzler, of Canby, was in
this city Wednesday.
Ed Howard and son, Otis, of Car-
us, were in this city Wednesday.
Chris Fisher of Beaver Creek, was
in Oregon City on business Tuesday.
Mrs. Hettman and son, Henry, of
Shubel, were Oregon City visitors on ,
Wednesday.
Louis Buckner of Beaver Creek,
was in Oregon City on business on
Wednesday.
William Herman, a well known
vounir farmer of Beaver Creek, was
transacting business here Wednes
day.
Miss May Kelly, of Portland, was
among those attending the grand ball
given Dy tne uruer oi jciks mummy
evening. -
Herman Fisher, of Carus, accom
panied by his children, Miss Paula,
Walter and Erick, transacted busi
ness in this city Wednesday.
Mrs. Dan Lyons underwent a ser
ious operation for appendicitis at the
city hospital Friday last, performed
by Doctor Mount. She is slowly re
covering. Mrs. C. O .T. Williams left Wed
nesday of this week for Rex, Oregon,
where she will visit her sister-in-law
Mrs. E. S. Warren.
Charles W. Kelly, a former resi
dent of Oreiron City, but now engag
ed in farming near Canby, was visit
ing relatives in Oregon City Monaay
and Tuesday. , -
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Johnson and
daughter of Portland, who visited
Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs
M .Tiiatin of thlo mtv the first of the
week, have returned to their home.
Rev. E. A. Smith will preach at
Highland, Henrici and Alberta Sun
day. He will go out by the way of
Viola Friday. He wlil be at Highland
n4- 1 1 n vn CiinInir rviAvni n rr art A of
Alberta at 3 p m. and at Henrici at
7:30 p. m.
Cleveland Allen and family after
visiting for the past six weeks with
the former's mother, Mrs. A ,B. Cone
of Maple Lane, have returned to
their home at Nehalem. They were
accompanied to that place by PJeas-
nnt Allen, who hna also been visitincr
his mother.
Born. February 22, to the wife of
Robert Ginther, of Maple Lane, a
son. This is the second time that a
valentine of this kind has been pre
sented to Mr. and Mrs. Ginther. Mr.
Ginther is one of the well known in
structors of this county and at the
present time is teaching his second
term at the Maple Lane school.
Mrs. Frank Schneider of Orting,
Washington, is in this city visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Gardner. Mrs. Schmeider came to
this city to attend the marriage of
Mr. Leslie Harlow and Miss Mamie
Rnake. Mrs. Schmeider is a cousin of
Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Harlow.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Lawrence and
daughter, Miss Marian, of Portland,
accompanied by Mrs. Lawrence's un
cle, E. S. Warren, formerly a well
known, business man of Oregon City
but now of Portland, spent Sunday
in this city a the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Miller and Mrs. C. O. T.
Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gardener of
this city, went to Milwaukie Thurs
day evening of last week when they
attended a miscellaneous shower
tended the latter's sister, now Mrs.
Harlow, formerly Miss Mamie Roake.
The affair was a most enjoyable one
una attended by many friends of Mrs
Harlow. ,
C. J. Buchanan, who for the past
22 years has been night superintend
ent for the Willamette Pulp & Pa
per Company of this city, has been
appointed to the position of super
intendent of the paper mills at Le
banon, Oregon, and wHl soon take
en his duties at that place. During
the residence in Oregon City of Mr.
Buchanan and family they have made
many friends, who regret to see them
leave this city. Mr. Buchanan is a
prominent member of the Masonic
order and of the Order of Elks. He
has always taken an active part in
the affairs given by these two organ
izations'. Miss Myrtle Buchanan is
one of Oregon Citv's most popular
young women, and partly through
her untiring efforts the public library
was established in this city, for some
time acting in the capacity of li
brarian, where she made a host of
friends by her charming personality.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ken-Keneke,
who arrived in Oregon from Newton,
Kansas, in Ortober and are at the
present time the guests of the lat
ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wig
pins, of Portland, were in this city
Wednesday visiting with friends. Mrs
KenKeneke was formerly Miss Ma
bel Wiggins of this city, who was
formerly an instructor in the Bar
clay school, and has many friends in
this city. They have decided to locate
on the coast and may probably make
California their home state in the
near future, where Mr. KenKeneke
will go into business. He was formre
ly in the furniture business at Newton,