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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915
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COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE
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daughters of G&34-82nd street, Port
land, spent last Saturday visiting
Mrs. Blake at the ranch.
Raymond VanWater, who had his
leg broken, is getting, on as well as
could be expected.
Raymond Moyer, of McCoy, Ore
gon, visited with his brother, Ezra
S. Boyer from Friday till Sunday.
Pupils of the 8th grade were given
their examinations at J. Enghouses'
last Thursday and Friday.
Our school closed last Saturday.
The year was the most successful in
every way since we have been resi
dents of the district. Credit must be
given the teacher, Ezra S. Boyef.
At noon there was a dinner with
nearly everything that' was for the
good of the inner man, after which a
good program was given by the
school children.
E. S. Boyer, accompanied by his
brother, Raymond Boyer, returned to
his home at McCoy, Ore., Sunday.
HIGHLAND
Highland school closed Friday
with a picnic.
Miss Grace Burnett and Miss Hel
en Lucas, of Parkplace, spent the
week-end with Miss Bertha Whit
comb. Mr. and Mrs. George Hansom and
Miss Eva Schram spent Sunday
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Shute.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wirtz were
visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Frank Rees, Monday.
Ihe road work is progressing
rapidly with Mr. N. Scnbner as road
boss.
Mr. N. Scnbner was in town Wed
nesday.
T. J. Wirtz was an Oregon City
visitor Saturday.
ROAD PROBLEMS ARE VERY
DIFFICULT
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assorted lack of knowledge display
ed by road supervisors of the past.
One directing head of road construc
tion in this county, with even a lit
tle knowledge of practical road
building, would be a great deal bet
ter than a series of individual at
tempts on the part of supervisors
named by political preference, few of
whom know even the first require
ments of modern' highway construction.
BUSINESS WAYS SEEM PECULIAR
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MULINO
One store room in our new busi
ness block has been occupied by
Elmer Erickson as a combined bar
ber shop, cigar store and pool room.
Billiards and pool are a new thing
. for Muhno.
Our baseball team played a game
with Molalla recently and lost the
score being 4 to 6 in favor of Molalla.
C. T. Howard lost a horse last
week, one of his four-horso team.
The fourth dance held in the hew
hall was well attended Saturday
night. A lady violinist in the or
chestra was several times applauded
for her fine playing and singing.
Mrs. Mary S. Howard is making
preparations to attend the State
Grange to be held at Tillamook next
week.
Several of our boys have been
fishing the past week, making small
catches.
VALLEY TOWNS ACTIVE
Growing Communities Plan Many
Linos of Activity for Summer
At a meeting of the members of
the newly organized Sherwood Com
mercial Club last Thursday night,
the slogan: "Sherwood, the Onion
City," was adopted.
Powers, a now town recently plat
ted, has set aside 80 acres of land to
bo occupied by factories and mills.
Eugene proposes to drain and irri
gate 10,000 acres of rich land between
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drews moved that the Cox resolution
be stricken, and Councilman Temple-
ton moved that Major Noble s resig
nation be accepted. In thus grant
ing Major Noble a more dignified and
pleasant departure from the city's
forces, Mayor Jones said:
"Major Noble has been in the em
ploy of the city for three years, and
during that time has proved him
self a splendid office man. In fact
I doubt if any other city engineer has
ever kept the city records in better
order. While it is true that there
has ,been considerable criticism of
some of the things that have occurred
I think we can all safely say that he
has given the city excellent service."
After Major Nobles resignation
had been accepted, the mayor said:
"The charter provides that the
mayor may name the city engineer,
and the council may then approve the
appointment or not. It appears to be
necessary to have a city engineer.
though he doesn't seem to be of much
use. I will name Mr. C. A. Miller
for the office.1'
Councilman Meyer moved that the
appointment be confirmed.
Charles A. Miller, the new city en
gineer, has until recently been con
nected with the engineering depart
ment of tho Portland, Eugene &
Eastern railroud, and is spoken of in
tho highest terms.
Permission was given the Hawley
1 ulp 4i Paper company to erect a
loading platform adjoining their pro
posed warehouse on Fourth street,
between Main street and the river.
A letter from tho Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company, say
ing they were quite willing to pay
!fJJ tor a broken manhole cover on
Main street, but adding that they
thought the city ought to pay $29 for
wages of a man placed on guard over
the hole, was referred to the City At
torney and Keeorder for adjustment.
City Attorney Schuebel told the
council that it would be necessary to
have an ownership plat made of
Sewer District No. 10 and that be
cause of the lack of such a plat the
city had been paying interest on
$25,000 for two years. Mayor Jones
suggested that Livy Stipp be employ
ed to prepare such a plat, and added
that it would cost $l,r0 anyway.
Councilman Templeton wanted to
know where the money was coming
from, and was told that it would be
taken out fo the property benefitted
by the sewer. Mr. Haekett thought
the assessment rolls would give the
information required, but was told
that hley wouldn't.
Councilman Templeton moved that
the mayor and city attorney be given
power to act in the matter. Both
dodged the responsibility, but the
council used the steam-roller, and by
a unanimous vote thrust tho duty
upon tnem.
An ordinance regulating second
hand dealers nnd pawnbrokers, mod
elled on the Portland ordinance, was
neatly written out for the council by
Attorney hurl l.atourette, who asked
that it be hurried to first reading.
Ho said much brass and copper was
being solen from the mills, and that
there was now no way to trace it.
Recorder Loder read the proposed or
dinance, but Mr. Schuebel dind't like
some of its provisions, and the coun
cil asked hi mto draw one that would
embody his ideas and introduce it at
the next meeting.
Mrs. Andrews presented a petition
to the council, signed with 300 names,
asking that pool halls and moving
picture houses be closed on Sundays.
There was silence for a minute, and
then Councilman Templeton leaped to
his feet and moved that the petiiton
be "indefinitely laid on the table."
Councilman Metzger seconded the
motion.
More silence. Then Councilman
Cox rose and offered an amendment
to the effect that the council order
pool halls closed on Sundays, and
that movie houses be unmolested.
Councilman Van Auken seconded the
amendment, and Councilman Long
heaved a sigh of relief. Unanimous
support was given th'e amendment,
so the movies were saved and the
pool halls were put under the ban.
Bill of the Home Telephone com
pany for $44 to pay for labor due to
alleged damage of one of its conduits
was shoved onto the ice, following a
report by Councilman Van Auken and
Haekett. Mr. Haekett opined that
the Home Telephone company owed
the city about a thousand dollars for
damage it had done the streets.
Application of the local lodge of
Moose to hold a Fourth of July cele
bration here, and for use of the
streets for concessions, was referred
to the mayor.
Mr. Haekett, as usual, moved for
adjournment.
NOT SO BADLY OFF
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wants to play baseball, and can't do
it.
They urgently desire to start a
baseball team to compete with other
small townrs around about, but they
are unable to, though they could hire,
if they wished, a big league team.
Because all the little boys of Mor
ristown have been trained to tennis
and polo and croquet and yachts and
automobiles, but they have never
been trained to baseball, which im
ported English nurses and German
tutors are apt to consider somewhat
plebeian and vugariaj.
So, therefore, with a derisive fin
ger to our deriding nose, let us be
thankful that we can play baseball.
Because the Morristown plutocrats
want to and they can't.
YOUNG ANANIAS VISITS
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degree" by local peace officers Seo
bee said he and his partner came to
the county seat to "clean up." His
partner, he said, was named Jim.
Later he took Constable Frost, Chief
Kd Shaw and o'hers to Portland to
keep n date he had with "Jim" at
Sixth and Alder street. The officers
waited around two hours, and then
Jack Frost told Scobee that he had
"made the bunch look like a lot of
rummies,'' and the party came home.
Following this Scobee told County
Attorney Hedges that his partner
was named Harry, and that he him
self was the son of a prominent den
tist at The Dalles. He said his part
ner had jeered at him for "snitching"
when his partner tried to get liquor,
and that for that reason he was go
ing to "spill the beans" on Harry and
get him pinched.
Sheriff Wilson called the sheriff
of Wasco county, at The Dalles, and
learned that no dentist in town had
any sors who were forgers. Later
Scobee told Chief Shaw that he had
no partner at all, that he was oper
ating alone, and that it was a mere
coincidence that there happened to be
another "paper hanger" in town at
the same time. In yeggs' parlance a
"paper hanger" is a man who hangs
bad checks on merchants.
Nobody believes any of the stor
ies that Scobee has told yet, and his
latest yarn is too late for this is
sue of the Courier. Sheriff Wilson
Constable Frost, the local police and
the Portland detective bureau are all
"working on the case," and Scobee is
the guest of the city in the little brick
cottage with the barred windows back
of the fire station.
ENGLISH ARE BLAMED
Gustave Sehnoeer Says Sinking of
Lusitania Was Legitimate
At a meeting of the Clackamas
county Deutches Verein, held at
Schnoerr s park Sunday, President
Gustave Schnoerr spoke on the lat
est aspects of the European war, in
cluding the torpedoing of the Cu
narder Lusitania. While regretting
the loss of American lives in the dis
aster, Mr. Schnoerr reminded his
hearers that the vessel was an En
glish ship, carrying supplies to the
British forces, and that she was
sailing within the war zone in the
face of ample warnings.
He protested against the charac
terization of the Germans as "rob
bers on land and pirates at sea,"
which he said had been applied by
Theodore Roosevelt; and reviewing
the history of England's acquisition
of colonial possessions, referring to
Great Britain as "the bully of the
world."
At the meeting plans were made
for a general picnic to be held on
July 1, and a committee of Mr.
Schnoerr, II. W. Streibig, D. M.
Klemsen, R. Petzold and Carl Schandt
was named to have charge of the
affair.
Back Fron Trip
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Drvden. who
have been away from their home in
the county seat for the past week,
have returned, and Mr. Drvden is
once again taking up his duties of
night superintendent of the mechan
ical nnd tvnoirrnuhical departments
of the Oregon City Enterprise. Mr.
Dryden says that he feels much
stronger since his vacation, and he
hopes in the future to be able to
achieve still greater triumphs in the
workshop of the county's only daily.
Why not let us print your butter
wrappers you get better satisfied
customers for a small expenditure.
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..Additional...
...Locals..
Rev. F. Weivesick, pastor of the
German Lutheran church, has been
reassigned to the local parish for the
fifth time.' The church is located at
the corner of Eighth and Madison
streets, and has had a steady growth
under Dr. Weivesiek s regime.
Mrs. Frank Ball, of the Clairmont
district, died this week following an
operation in Portland. She has been
a resident of the county for the past
ten years.
Charge Riddiford, postal inspector
in the district of Washington, Alaska,
Oregon and Idaho, with headquarters
at Spokane, visited his sister-in-law,
Mrs. J. F. Spiger, in the county seat
the middle of the week. Inspector
Riddiford had recently been working
on the robbery of the East Side of
ffice in Portland, and due to his ef
forts two of the robbers were appre
hended. B. F. Ford, the (son of the Rev. T.
B. Ford, of the county seat, has been
re-elected principal of the Estacada
school.
Ward B. Lawton, formerly re
sponsible for much of the success of
the Clackamas county fair at Canby,
has purchased the grocery store of
A. King & Co., at Mt. Pleasant.
After making extensive alterations
and improvements he will open with
a first clas line and cater to strictly
the best trade.
Dr. L. A. Morris has been unani
mously elected Main Trunk of the
Live Wires of the Oregon City Com
mercial club. Dr. L. L. Pickens has
been elected Sub Trunk, A. C. How
land, Transmission Wire, and H. L,
Kelly, Guy Wire.
J. W. Rupert, of Oak Grove, was
in the county seat during the week.
John Hart, of Sandy, was among
recent visitors in Oregon City.
J. L. Kruse, of Stafford, wsa vis
iting county seat friends early in the
week.
E. Small, of Redlands, was among
the week's local visitors.
H. Genhart, of Stafford, was in
the county seat during the week on
business.
While playing basketball at Can
by this week, Leon Huiras fell and
injured his collar-bone. Dr. Dedman
is attending the lad.
More than a million steelhead sal
mon eggs have been taken at the
hatchery at the dam on Sandy this
spring, and this high water is bring
ing hundreds more both Steelhead
and Chinook.
Senator John Wingate Weeks of
Mass., was in Portland last week, and
being a, wealthy banker and manu
facturer of that monopoly-cursed
state, grew very indignant about the
present administration's course to
wards Big and Bad Business. Why
not let Schedule K still continue to
rob and ruin the people and pay
starvation wages to the poor man
like they did at Lawrence, Mass?
The Oregonian is very insistent
that the Southern Pacific R. R. should
be given a perfect title to their title
to the lands in the state, which they
forfeited long ago. The organ of
predatory rich and lawless plunderers
says that because the railroad will
then sell to actual settlers. How long
has it been since they have positively
refused to sell to actual settlers?
ROBINS LEAD SPARROWS
JUST IN PASSING
"Oregon Voter" Has Some Informa
tion About County Roads
C. C. Chapman, formerly producer
of publicity for the Portland Com
mercial club, evidently went over the
new county road from Sellwood to
Milwaukie recently. Perhaps he
dropped out to the Friars' Club for
an evening, or something like that.
Anyway, whatever he did, he dis
covered that the new county road
was a botch job; and thereupon he
fills fourteen and a half inches of
his "Oregon Voter" with remarks
about Clackamas county roads, Sen
ator Walter Dimick, W. S. U'Ren and
Christian Schuebel.
The "Oregon Voter" is Mr. Chap
man's latest effort in pursuit of the
coin of the real, and appears to me
about equally divided between an al
leged discussion of the merits of a
number of public questions effecting
Portland, remarks about Edgar B.
Piper which it is doubtful if E. B. P.
appreciates, and some really clever
stuff contributed by J. Hennessy
Murphy. Two issues of the "Oregon
Voter'' have so far appeared.
In regard to Clackamas county
roads Mr. Chapman says that the
highway between Sellwood and Mil
waukie is in very bad shape, that
county funds were wasted in its con
struction, and that the county court
has held up part of the payment
thereon. This is not new informa
tion. Mr. Chapman also says that
the county should employ a compe
tent official to direct its road work
which is not new either. The Cour
ier has mentioned that several times.
Mr. Chapman also says that prob
ably a paving company could have
done a better job than the county on
the road in question. Possibly it
could.
Just what Senator Dimick, W. S.
U'Ren and Christian Schuebel have
to do with the road question is not
clear after reading Mr. Chapman's
remarks but often his eludieations
do not elucidate.
"Districk Skule" Opens Soon
The Young People's Society of the
Presbyterian chinch is makiner Dlans
for a District School Social to be
given in the church parlors Tuesday
evening. The plan is to represent an
old fashioned school, with complete
old style eauipment. from dunce stool 1
to water bucket. A small tuition fee '
will be charged.
Refreshments will nrobablv be
sold. The proceeds will be applied
on the church building fund.
Government Bird Census Shows that
American Favorite Is Numerous
Sixty pairs. of English sparrows to
the square mile, or 7 to every 100
native birds, is the average through
out the United States, according to
the "preliminary census of the birds
of the United States," taken under
the direction of Government biolo
gists. Bird lovers may obtain Bul
letin No. 187 which tells about this
census, by writing to the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
The census seems to show that the
bird most abundantly found in the
United States is the robin, with the
English sparrdw a close second. In
the northeastern United States,
where the census was most thorough,
there' were, on an average, six pairs
of robins to each farm of 58 acres.
English sparrows averaged five
pairs per farm: No other bird is
anywhere nearly so abundant as
either of these but some are num
erous enough to make their total run
well into the millions. Taking 100
robbins as a unit, other desirable
birds were noted in the following
proportions: catbirds, 49;' house
wrens, 28; brown thrashers, 37; king
birds, 27; bluebirds, 26. .
The statistics regarding bluebirds
are particularly gratifying . Only a
few years ago nearly the whole blue
bird population of the United States
was destroyed by a severe winter,
but there are now several million
bluebirds in this locality.
LOCK WORK STARTS
HELPING THE BOY
O. A. C. Leader Suggests Letting
Lads Share in Profits of Farm
"Give the boys an interest in the
business of the farm and the boy will
stick to the farm," says Dean A. B.
Cordley, Dean of the school of agri
culture in the Oregon Agricultural
College. "The boy desires to go to
the city where he may earn a salary,
but if he is given a just share of the
profits of an acre or a number of
acres farmed as he deems best salary
itch will be allayed. He will begin
figuring how best to farm his tract
for the best results and will thus
learn farming as well as the love of
farm life. An even better method is
to give him a colt or a calf which is
to be under his exclusive care. But
when the animal is marketed the
profits must go to the boy or the dis
satisfaction caused will be an even
greater incentive to leave the farm.
"Statistics show that only 29 per
cent of the boys stay on the small
farm, where it is difficult to provide
for his individual interest in the busi
ness, while 82 per cent stay on the
larger farms of 200 acres or upward.
"The boy's home life as well as his
business life must hold some value
for him. For years city folk have
been striving to bring country life
into the city and it is now our turn
to get the city into the country,
which is easier and cheaper. Librar
ies, musical instruments, lights, tel
ephones, hot and cold water in his
room added to the natural attractions
of a country life, will lead the boy
to form home ties that will hold him
safe when the call of the city comes."
Government Inspector On Hand to
Take Charge of Improvements
Work on improving the locks at
Oregon City, which will cost approx
imately $300,000, has already been
started by Uncle Sam. Under the di
rection of Inspector Robert McDer
mott, . of the U. S. Engineers, lines
have already been run ,to determine
what changes will be necessary in
remodelling the channel as it is at
present, and in a short time work
men will start widening the present
canal and rebuilding the gates and
?ntrance walls.
Inspector McDermott for the past
14 years has been in charge of work
at Duluth, Minn., constructing mas
sive piers out into the lake. He ex
pects that the work here will take
from two to three years to complete.
Mr. McDermott will live in Oregon
City while in charge of the work here.
POPPAS LEAVES CITY
After Arrest for "Toting Gun," Man
Pays Fine and Departs
Sotereos Poppas, familiar for
some months past as a local boot
black, was arrested lastweek by Pa
trolman Henry Cooke and Special
Officer Fred Terrill, charged with
carrying concealed weapons. Taken
before Recorder Loder Poppas was
fined $40 and given a jail sentence,
but upon his promise to leave town
his term in the city bastile was sus
pended. Poppas departed for other
regions at once.
Special Officer Terrill was re
sponsible for the arrest of Poppas,
who was reported to him to have
been annoying women in the out
skirts of the city. Terrill followed
the man ovre a long distance, in the
effort to apprehend him, and finally,
with the assistance of Patrolman
Cooke, overtook him as he was mak
ing an effort to dodge back to the
business section of the city.
ROAD MONEY DIVIDED
First Tax Installment Yields Goodly
Sums for County Towns
That part of the taxes already
collected that is to be given to the
several cities and towns in the coun
ty for their share of the road taxes
has been determined by county of
ficials, and is as follows:
Canby, $1099.88; Willamette .$507.
98; Milwaukie, $1803.52; Oswego,
$871.53; Molalla, $386.80; Oregon
City, $9238.69; Estacada, $553.40;
Gladstone, $1093.33; Sandy, $181.49
and West Linn, $7010.64.
A further apportionment will be
made in the fall when the second half
of taxes is collected.
JUDGE CHOSEN ORATOR
Circuit Court Jurist to Delivre Chief
Address Memorial Day '
Judge J. U. Campbell, of the Cir
cuit court, has been chosen orator of
the day for the iocal Memorial Day
celebration. The judge is a speaker
of rare power and is a polished ora
tor, and has the habit of saying
things that are well worth hearing.
Music for the program will be
furnished by Mrs. L. H. Olmsted
Miss Nora Webster and Mrs. Nellie"
Cooper. Members of Meade Post G.
A. R. will contribute to the balance
of the program.
The Courier and the Western
Stock Journal both for $1.50 a year.
' Many Attend Banquet
The Rev. Dr. T. B. Ford and Mrs.
Ford, Miss Sadye Ford, Miss Ivy
Ford, H. A. Swafford, C. A. Williams
and Councilman Roy B. Cox attend
ed the banquet at the Portland Hotel
Tuesday evening given in honor of
Bishop J. R. Cooke.
BEGINS
Wed
nesday
MAY 19th
See it here Every
Wednesday
"Undoubtedly the best continued picture that has
ever been put on the market."-- N. Y. Telepraph
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