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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1915
Number 1 1
COUNCIL-. MEETS;
SPLITS IN T
NEW SOLID FIVE" HAS OWN
WAY AFTER LONG EX
ECUTIVE SESSION
M, 0, LATOURETTE IS H0N3RE
Other Matters Go Over to Specially
Called Meeting Set For '
Friday Evening
With a small but patient audience
gathered to watch its performance
Oregon City's council met in regular
session Wednesday night, transacted
routine business for one hour and
five minutes, went into committee of
the whole for one hour and fifty min
utes, and then put in ten minutes
more of routine work and adjourned
to meet again Friday evening, when
once again its two factions will prob
ably lock horns in a battle that prom.
ises to be as long-drawn out as the
fight between the Germans and the
Allies in Flanders.
Things started in at eight o'clock
when Councilman Metzner entered
the council chamber after stumbling
on the stairs. Members present said
that it was "bad luck" to fall on the
stairs, and it appeared before the
evening was over that something had
put the "jynx" on the council; though
whether it was Metzner's tumble or
not is hard to tell.
Keguiar montniy reports were
read in the line of routine business
among them being Chief of Police
Shaw's, which showed that ten ar
rests had been made during the
month of May. One of these was for
drunkeness, six for violations of the
liquor ordinances, and one was for
carrying concealed weapons. In
fines $110 was taken in, 97 hoboes
were given lodgings for the night,
and 41 meals were served in jail.
Application from J. 0. Hoff for
two duplicate warrants to replace a
couple said to have been burned up
in a fire in Portland was referred to
the finance committee. In applying
tor the warrants, Mr. Hoff submitted
an article from the Oregon Daily
Journal, of Portland, as proof of the
fact that they had been destroyed by
fire. Mayor Jones said that he
thought Mr. Hoff should submit bet
ter proof than that of the destruc
tion of the warrants, and turned the
matter over to Councilman Meyer for
investigation.
A report from the South Fork
water commission, showing the work
done, and carrying an estimate of ex
penses incurred so far, was read to
the council. Before it was placed on
file Mayor Jones said that there was
a clause in the contract entered into
by the city with Moffatt & Parker
saying that Oregon City men should
be given the preference for work on
the pipeline, and asked City Attorney
Schuebel if the clause meant any
thing. The mayor said that many men
had complained to him that they
had been unable to get work on the
pipe line in spite of the fact that they
applied for it daily at the offices of
the Oregon Engineering & Construc
tion company, and Councilman Long
and Meyer said complaints of a like
nature had been made to them.
"I note in this report that there is
an item of $20 for 'extras' allowed the
contractors," said Mayor Jones. "If
I was a member of the water com
mission I would see to it that no 'ex
tras' at all were allowed Moffatt &
Parker unless they employed Oregon
City men on the pipe line. It seems
to me a shame that Oregon City men
are out of work, and cannot get em
ployment on Oregon City's pipe line,
though the contractors are hiring for
eigners. I don't believe there are ten
Oregon City men on the whole job.''
The ordinance calling for the im
provement of Main street was put
through final passage by an unani
mous vote; and Councilman Temple
ton moved that the recorder be in
structed to advertise for bids, which
are to be opened Friday, June 18.
Councilman Long reported that
while the 500 feet of wax and gum
treated fire hose had been received
from A. G. Long & Co., of Portland,
the two nozzles promised had failed
to arrive. Councilman Meyers said
that he knew that, and so as chair
man of the finance committee he had
cut the money to pay for the hose
out of the monthly bills.
The amendment to the pool hall
ordinance was then introduced, which
provides for the closing of pool halls
on Sundays. Councilman Andrews
moved that the ordinance go to first
reading, and Councilman Van Auken
seconded him. Councilman Temple
ton, seconded by Councilman Albright
moved that the ordinance be indefin
itely postponed. Seeing a fight loom
ing, the mayor suggested that the
council go into committee of the
whole and thresh the matter out.
In committee of the whole a com
promise from the pool hall men was
introduced, in which the suggestion
was made that the council raise the
age limit of admission to pool halls
to 21 years but permit these places
to operate on Sunday. Councilman
J. E. MORGAN FINED
C. Dollar Also Figures in Sequel to
Raid on Moose Lodge
J. E. Morgan, proprietor of a
small store on Seventh street, who
was in the Moose lodge at the time
of the raid by Sheriff Wilson, Chief
Shaw and deputies, was arrested on
complaint of Chris Schuebel, city at
torney, Tuesday, and taken before
Recorder Loder to answer a charge
of using vile and profane language.
It was charged that Morgan, while in
a somewhat excited frame of mind,
had expressed his personal opinions
of all concerned in a manner that
was in violation of the laws and or
dinances of Oregon City.
Recorder Loder, after hearing the
evidence, fined Morgan ten dollars
and sentenced him to a term of 30
days in jail. In view of the prison
er's plea for leniency, and his prom
ise to be more circumspect in his
speech in the future, Recorder Loder
suspended the jail sentence upon
payment of the fine.
Similar action was taken in the
case of C. Dollar, arrested on a sim
liar charge. Mr. Dollar expressed
regret that he had let his feelings
get away with him, and in view of
his standing among the business men
of the community Recorder Loder
was as lenient as was possible.
TROUBLE FOR SHERIFF
New Law, Now in Effect, Makes Him
Tax Collector As Well
W. J. Wilson, sheriff of the coun
ty, and generally charged with keep
ing the peace from going to pieces,
has more troubles on his hands now,
thanks to the actions of the last leg
islature. The duties of collecting
county taxes are now turned back to
the sheriff's office, and the county
treasurer is relieved of this work,
and only has to count the money
when it is taken in.
County Treasurer M. E. Dunn has
collected during the first' half of the
year $477,501.41, and for this amount
has issued 10,752 receipts. He
leaves for the sheriff to collect
$306,474.34 the greatest part of this
being second-half payments on the
regular taxes, though a small por
tion is composed of delinquencies.
Treasurer Dunn collected about 61
percent of the total taxes, which is
considered as a very good record for
the first half of the year.
Rancher Found Insane
Suffering under the belief that
someone was trying to confine him
in the penitentiary, George Dibble,
an Estacada rancher, was committed
to the state asylum for the insane,
Saturday.
Mr. Dibble, who is 60 years old
has lived in the Estacada district
for the last 24 years and is one of
the best known ranchers in that dis
trict. Andrews, Van Auken, Hackett, Cox
and Meyer formed a coalition, and
held out for the Sunday closing; and
after the committee of the whole rose
nearly two hours later they stayed
with it and carried the day, advanc'
ing the amendment to second read
ing and final passage, to be acted up
on June 23. Councilman Templeton
and Albright voted for indefinite
postponement of the amendment.
Councilman Metzner, who had stood
with them in committee of the whole,
refused to vote.
While in committee the council
ballotted on the election of a water
commissioner, to succeed J. L. Hedges
of the old board. The vote in com
mittee stood two for Hedges, five for
M. D. Latourette and two for Ed
Jack. Later, when the matter came
up in open meeting, M. D. Latourette
received the vote and was declared
elected. Mr. Latourette is under
stood to be willing that the public
elevator on Seventh street should be
perated by hydraulic power derived
from the city mains.
The council spent the balance of
its hour and fifty minutes of secret
session fussing over the Moose lodge
proposition. Gordon E. Hayes, Re
corder Loder and Chief Shaw were
summoned from time to time to take
part in the discussion; the general
trend of which was whether it would
be better to instruct the city attor
ney to prosecute only the steward of
the organization for alleged infrac
tions of the law, or whether it would
be best to prosecute all officers of
the lodge. The "solid five" which
won out in the pool hall matter, held
out for a general prosecution, but the
matter was left open until Friday
evening, when the battle will be on
again.
At ten minutes to eleven the
council renewed its normal form of
regular meeting, did away with se
crecy, and got down to routine work.
L. Charman, representing the
Commercial club and the Live Wires,
started to speak about cluster lights
on Main street, but at eleven o'clock
was choked off and asked to continue
his remarks Friday evening when a
special session would be held.
Mr. Hackett then moved adjourn
ment.
For the benefit of the new solid
five, who appear to be quite interest
ed in the sources from which the
Courier and other papers derive news
of the "secret sessions" of the coun
cil, it may be well to add here that
the report of the proceedings of the
committee of the whole painted
.above were obtained from several of
the city officials present at the deliberations.
BOOZE STATUTE
SOON EFFECT!
JONES ORDINANCE REGARDING
LIQUOR IS STRICT AND
WIDE SWEEPING
LAW IN FORCE JULY FIRS
Under It's Provisions Constitutional
Amendment is Made Part of
Municipal Government
Oregon City's " "prohibition" ' ordi-
nance, commonly referred to as the
Jones' booze law, becomes effective
July 1, and contains many traps and
pitfalls into which the unwary may
be precipitated unless they have a
thorough understanding of its provis-
ions. Not only does the ordinance
cover all the usual provisions gov
erning "dry" territory, but it also has
a few little kinks of its own.
For instance, the ordinance makes
it illegal for any person to bring li-
quor into uregon Uty, whether in
original packages or not. Liquor or
beer desired must be shipped in by
a common carrier, and either deliver
ed directly by them, or must be sign
ed for in their office or warehouse
This provision is probably the least
understood of all.
Under it the man who goes to
Portland and who brings home
half dozen bottles of beer, or a flask
of liquor, is violating the law, and is
liable to arrest and prosecution.
Many people have thought that as
long as the "booze'1 was for their own
use, they could bring it in them
selves, but city officials have been in
structed that the only way liquor may
be brought in is by some regular com
mon carrier, and the common carrier
must seo that each parcel is labelled
as to its contents, the person to whom
it is consigned, and the amount it
contains.
In order to legally receive the
shipment after.it arrives the con
signee must sign an affidavit in
which he or she declares that- the m&J,
l l f ... . . r '
usriut is ior personal use, will not De
given away or sold, and does not ex
ceed the limit in quantity prescribed
by the law. If the liquor is to be
used for sacramental purposes, the
affidavit must mention this, to
gether with the quantity.
Chris Schuebel, city attorney, in
construing the law, says that he in
terprets it to mean that not more
than two quarts of liquor (or wine)
AND twenty-four quarts of beer, may
be purchased and shipped in within
any period of four weeks. Some at
torneys have thought that the law
provided for either two quarts of li
quor (or wine) OR 24 quarts of
beer, but Mr. Schuebel says that both
quantities may be obtained within the
four week period. As Mr. Schuebel
will probably prosecute any cases
that may arise through violations of
the law, his interpretation may be re
lied upon as correct for Oregon City.
Two quarts of liquor and 24
quarts of beer is enough, it has
been figured out by devotees of the
glass, to give a man an "appetizer"
every day and plenty of beer to
drink with meals.
Incidentally, under Mr. Schuebel's
interpretation of the law, the limit
prescribed is for any individual or
family. By this it is meant to pro
hibit two or more persons in any one
family from getting the limit of
quantity. A single man may get his
two quarts and his 24 quarts, but a
married man can get no more by hav
ing his wife order some. Nor can
a family composed of several broth
ers, all living in the same house, get
over the limit by having each mem
ber order the prescribed quantity.
Under the law it is better to be a
single man if one has a thirst.
The law applies to all persons who
may be within the corporate limits of
the city, whether they are residents
or not. Therefore the following
"don'ts" are worth remembering 'if
one is interested in the subject of
booze in any form.
Don't carry a bottle in your pocket.
Don't bring up a neatly tied and
wrapped package of beer.
Don t invite a friend to your room
or home to have a drink.
Don't go looking for blind pigs, and
if you find them, don't buy in them.
Don't drive through the citv with
liquor or beer in your wagon, even if
you are taking it to your home,
which may be outside of town.
Don't ask your doctor to prescribe
liquor for you as a tonic and then try
to get it at a drugstore and carry it
home.
Don't try to evade the law in any
way. And if in doubt about its pro
visions, call up the city attorney and
get posted. .
Local Man Honored
Rural letter carriers of the state,
in session at Salem this week, elect
ed D. F. Whiteman, of Oregon City,
president for the coming year. Port
land was picked as the place of the
next annual meeting.
Mr. Whiteman is one of the most
popular rural carriers working out of
the Oregon City office, and has long
been in the services. .
PROHI LAW USEFUL
May Save Poor Man from Exasperat
ing Graft So Often Met
The following remarks are chiefly
for men. That being the case, ' we
suppose all the ladies will read them.
But if they do, they do it at the risk
of being offended. ,
Maybe you men have noticed that
everytime somebody round the house
gets sick and has to have a nurse, or
when somebody has to go to the hos
pital, that the first thing the nurse
does is to yell for a bottle of alco
hol? Usually the demand for olco-
hol is made just after you've expend
ed your last cent and are stone broke.
But just the same the nurse has got
to have a bottle of alcohol.
Usually, too, when the nurse goes,
only about a teaspoonful of the al
cohol has been used, and the rest is
left as a souvenir. However, be
that as it may, the nurse's first de
mand is for alcohol.
Well, under the present city ordi
nance ferninst the sale of booze,
whiskey, rum, gin and other things,
alcohol is also barred. So next time
the nurse comes around and springs
the alcohol graft on you, be very po
lite and tell her that you regret ex
tremely that you can't get it without
a prescription. Maybe the nurse will
get the prescription, and maybe she
won't. .'
Why do nurses always demand al
cohol? Well, that is the way they
reward the druggist for tipping them
off to cases. And that is why every
well-trained nurse always button
holes the man of the house as soon as
she gets on the job, and says "'ll
have to have a bottle of alcohol right
away get a quart if you can, and if
not that, maybe a pint will do."
Bell School Closes
The Rural Bell school closed last
Tuesday, the 25th of May. No pro
gram was rendered on the last day,
owing to the school having given an
ice-cream social on the Friday even
ing previous, which was a great suc
cess. I he eighth grade class were
successful in their examinations and
expect to attend High School next
year.
Miss Estella Criswell, the teacher
has taught in this school for the past
four years and has done very success
ful work.
OF FINE PROGRAM
"CIRICILLO'S" ITALIAN BAND TO
BE FEATURE ON CLACKA
MAS COUNTY DAY
3 DAYS OF ENTERTAINMENT
Tent Reservations Are Already Com
ing in and All Indications Point
To Great Assembly
With the opening date a little over
month away the 1915 Chautauqua
program is in excellent shape. Sec
retary Cross announced to-day that
next week the Chautauqua booklets
will be scattered over the county and
in all parts of Portland.
Preliminary interest centers in a
number of the high class attractions
that have been secured for this as
sembly and it is the opinion on all
sides that never before has such a
variety of high class entertainment
features and also well known lectur
ers, been secured. A glance through
the booklet reveals an engagement of
Ciricillo's Italian Band, the Swiss Al
pine Yodlers, Witepskie's Royal Hun
garian Orchestra, Saxony Opera
Singers, the Schumann Quintette,
the Adelphian Male Quartette, the
Dixie Jubilee Singers, the Magical
Floyds, and the Gullotta Trio. These
standard attractions have been en
gaged at heavy expense and in addit
ion among the noted lecturers who
will be heard are: Newell Dwight
Hillis, famous pastor of the Trinity
church, New York City; Col. Bain,
Col. W. H. Miller, Senator E. J.
Burkett, famous Nebraska orator,'
Nels Darling, the "Community Build
er," Dr. Roland A. Nichols, Rev.
Father MacCorry, Fred Eugene Ba
ker and Congressman W. C. Hawley.
The assembly has engaged several
well known women speakers and en
tertainers this year, realizing that
the large portion of the Chautauqua
audience consists of women. Among
the women lecturers and entertainers
who will appear on the program are
Mrs. A. C. Zehner, an Eastern wo
man of great ability; Marion Ballou
Fisk, celebrated cartoonist, Marietta
LaDell, celebrated entertainer, Eve
lyn Bargeldt, reader, Charlotte Bergh
known as the "Norweigian Nightin
gale," who will appear with Witep
skie's Royal Hungarian Orchestra,
and Daisey E. Forest, kindergarten
expert. There will be the usual sum
mer school classes consisting of ath
letics, music, elocution and other in
teresting departments.
Everything points to a great as
sembly, already at this early date
tent reservations have come in and
hundreds of inquiries have reached
the Eecretary'g office for programs.
These will be attended to as soon as
booklets are off the press.
ASSEMBLY
BOASTS
THIS IS WHAT
WATED
KITTY AT LAST TELLS HER
STORY AND REVEALS
COUNTY SECRETS
MAYBE SHE WILL TELL MORE
First Spasm Deals With Neat Reve
nue Obtained from Doing Odd
Jobs About Public Offices
(By "Kitty")
I want to say right at the start.
dear readers, that I fear Editor
Brown, in the advance notices he has
so kindly given me in his paper, may
have whetted your curiosity too
much, and may have promised that I
would tell more than I really know,
You must not blame me for this,
however; and to make up for it I
will try and make my little discours
es 'as interesting as possible.
In the first place I want to tell
you that I am very old. And that I
have made my home in the West for
a long time. At first I used to hang
about the poker games that were
played nightly in various gathering
places. It was there that my servic
es were in greatest demand, for as
every good poker player knows, no
game is complete without its "kitty."
My duty at such occasions was to
take care of odd change, white chips
and other little financial matters that
didn't come out even. However, the
time came to pass, with the progress
of so-called civilization, when public
poker games were put under the ban;
and for awhile life was indeed dull
with me. Then the county officers
found that they could use me, and
since then I have had pretty steady
employment.
In the old days, as some of you
will remember, the county officers
used to get their pay solely in fees
which they took in. Abuses of the
fee system, however, made it desir
able to do away with this means of
paying the more responsible public
servants, and in time the legislature
passed laws putting county officials
on flat salaries.
As far as your county of Clacka
mas is concerned, the session laws of
1903, page 288, provided for the flat
salary of county officials. Among
other salaries that were fixed was
that of the county clerk, which was
placed at $1500 per annum. With
the passage of this law, and the fix
ings of a specified sum as recom
pense, the fee system was supposed
to pass out of existence.
However, other laws provided that
for making certified copies of docu
ments, and doing other similar work,
the county officials were allowed cer
tain fees. No provision was made
that these fees must be turned in to
the county treasurer, though many
people say such was the intention.
Well, this permission to collect cer
tain fees gave me my chance; and I
at once leaped into popular favor
with county officers, as I had before
been with poker players.
Many of the county officers need
ed my services. When I was employ
ed, all this side money taken in was
entrusted to me, and at frequent in
tervals I gave it back, and the em
ployees of the office joined in spend
ing it. Sometimes the whole office
force would club together and go to
the theatre on what I had collected
for them; at other times someone
member of the office force would
take it all, and buy a new hat, or a
suit of clothes, or an umbrella, or pay
for a vacation trip out of my col
lections. I remember that when Mr. Mulvey
was county clerk he used to take all
I got for himself; but some other
county clerks have been more liberal,
and have given all their fees to "Kit
ty," and then at the end of every
month have divided the proceeds
among themselves. You see the law
not only provides for flat salaries
AND fees, but it doesn't say that
these fees must be turned over to
the county treasurer.
You will want to know how much
these fees amount to. Well, some
times they only amounted up to ten
or twelve dollars in the course of a
month; while other times they ran as
high as thirty dollars. Maybe it
would be a good average to say that
they usually amounted to between
Bixteen and twenty dollars.
Now you can see that in the course
of a year this would be quite a tidy
sum to divide or to keep. Twelve
times twenty dollars is $240, which
is not to be sneezed at. And when
the amount happened to be $300, or
over, it was still more worth while.
Also if this sum had been turned in
to the county treasurer from each
county office in which my services
were employed it would have amount
ed to close on to a thousand dollars
or more a year that the county would
have had to pay bills and warrants.
I know of several county officials
who, with my help, were able to make
good investments. The monthly
drag from the "kitty" would be suf
ficient to pay installments on a type
writer, or to pay the rent of a house,
OREGON STOCK BARRED
Missouri Retaliates Against Action
of Western States
According to news received at Sa
lem from Columbia, Mo., a provision
al quarantine has been placed gaainst
live stock from the states of Arizona,
California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and
Washington by the Missouri board
agriculture May 20.
Word was received a few days ago
by Governor Withycombe from the
acting governor of Missouri saying
that unless Oregon revoked its quar
antine order against the shipment of
live stock to this state from Missouri
that the Missouri board of agricul-
ture would declare a quarantine
against live stock shipped from Ore-
gon to Missouri.
Oregon's action in barring live
stock shipments from Missouri and
other eastern states was taken in
common with other western states
in order to prevent the introduction
of the foot and mouth disease into
the west from the east where it
been epidemic among the stock.
It
was intended to revoke thelquaran
tine order June 30, according to mu
tual agreement among the western
states included in the compact. Upon
receipt of the notice from Missouri's
acting governor, Dr. Lytle, state vet
erinarian, telegraphed to the Missouri
executive to delay action until com
munication could be had with the of
ficials of the other western states
with a view to revoking the quaran
tine order as it is now believed that
danger of the spread of the foot and
mouth disease is past.
MUST PUBLISH BUDGETS
New School Law Provides -People
Shall Know of Expenses
A new state educational law went
into effect last week which pro
vides that hereafter in making tax
levies every school district in the
state must publish a budget of the
estimated amount of revenue requir
ed for the ensuing year for the mam-
ten'ance of the schools, and it is also
mandatory that the districts in which
high schools are maintained, shall
publish notices of special or annual
meetings of the districts at least
two weeks before the meeting is
held. In districts where there are no
newspapers the notice is posted on
the door of the school house, but
where newspapers are published the
notice appears in the papers.
Following is the section relating to
the budgets:
"Section 2. It shall be the duty
of the district clerk of any district at
least two weeks before a meeting is
held for the purpose of levying taxes
to publish in one or more newspa
pers published in the district and
having general circulation, a budget
statement of the estimated amount
of revenue required for the ensuing
year for the maintenance of the
school district, and in districts in
which no newspaper is published the
clerk shall post such budget on the
door of the school house in said dis
trict at least ten days before the
meeting. It shall be the duty of di
rectors of any such district to make
out and deliver to the district clerk
of their district, an itemized state
ment of the amount of revenues
which may be required for the pur
pose of carrying on the district
schools for the ensuing year, which
statement shall be signed by the
board of directors at a legally called
board meeting.''
It would appear from this plain
law that unless it is complied with
the school tax will be void.
WAR NEAR HOME
Seattle Has Sample of Havoc
Wrought by High Explosive
Being a seaport has its disadvan
tages. For instance, take Seattle,
that during the week was treated to
the breaking of $140,000 worth of
window glasB because some dyna
mite intended for Russia "went up"
in its harbor. The dynamite came
from California, and was on a barge
waiting loading on a vessel to carry
it to the Orient.
In the dead of night some person
or persons unkown attached one end
of 450 feet of fuse to a fulminating
(Continued on page 8)
or to buy gasoline and oil for an auto
mobile. It could be used for lots of
things and it was, too.
So you see I was quite a useful
person to have around. A tangle of
laws left the county officials with the
power and right to collect certain
fees; and while the law didn't say
that they must be turned in, skilled
attorneys say that the passage of the
flat-salary act took it for granted
that the county officials wouldn't
pinch" off the extras for their own
. It is an ethical question, how
ever; and one that each county offic
ial must settle for himself or her
self. To me it looks like this: a county
clerk who makes use of my services
is getting a nice and comfortable ad
dition to his or her flat salary. May
be this additidn is all right just be
cause it is technically legal. And
maybe it isn't. What do you think
about it?
Next week I may have another
batch of news for you. But in the
mean time don t get peeved at me
it isn't my fault if the county offic
ials will insist on entrusting their
extra money to me for divison round
the offce.
JUS
CITTMN RAIDS
POLICE, SHERIFF AND CON
STABLE UNITE IN SEARCH
FOR ILLEGAL BOOZE
HOLIDAY PROVES EXCITING
Considerable Contraband Found, and
Private Detectives Have More
Evidence of Liquor Sales
According to an agreement fram
ed up between the city council and
the county officers, four spectacular
raids were pulled off in Oregon City
Monday, furnishing a new and novel
form of excitement for the crowds
that were thronging the streets be
tween rain storms. The council de
termined at an executive session held
last week, that something ought to
be done to stop violations of the li
quor ordinances in the county seat,
and as evidence gathered by two pri
vate detectives showed that consider
able booze was being peddled, City
Attorney Schuebel and some of the
councilmen got into communication
with the sheriff; with the result that
at the appointed time Sheriff Wilson,
Deputy and Constable Frost, Chief
of Police Ed Shaw and an assorted
group of deputies were ready for ac
tion. ...
Oregon City Moose Lodge was the
first place where the raiders struck.
A government license for the sale of
liquor was the most important bit.
of evidence gathered in the lodge1
rooms by the raiding party, though
a couple of bottles of cheering stuff
were also seized. In addition to this
the officers found 18 five-gallon
demijohns, all empty. The steward
of the lodge was arrested, and the
lodge furniture generally upset be
fore the officers departed.
Marching down Mam street, Sher
iff Wilson and his deputies next
struck at Cox's pool hall, while simul
taneously Chief Shaw and his aides
dropped in unexpectedly at Charlie
Young s restauraunt on lower Main
street. In the rear of the pool hall
Constable Jack Frost found two
flasks of what appeared to be whis
key cached away, and promptly
seized them. Search of the pool hall
failed to unearth anything else con
traband. While this was going on, Chief
Shaw was prowling through the Chi
nese restaurant's inermost details.
He failed to find anything of inter
est, but later, on the arrival of Sher
iff Wilson, Lee Pong, the proprietor
was taken into custody; it having
been alleged by the detectives that
they had purchased liquor there.
The raiders then took a rest
while it rained. After the showers
let up, the party boarded Sheriff
Wilson's ocean-going auto, and arm
ed with a search warrant from Jus
tice Sievers, made a dash over the
bridge to E. E. Jones' confectionery
store in West Linn. The raiders
went through this thoroughly, found
a tin revolver and a dozen or so
empty beer bottles, and not much
else. Jones was taken into custody,
detectives having declared that they
bought liquor from him, as well.
Evidence against all of the places
visited is said to have been obtained
by two out-of-town detectives, em
ployed by the council. Part of the
time these men wore clothes re
sembling U. S. Army uniforms, it is
said; and at other times they dressed
as laborers. It is said that one of
them joined the local Moose lodge,
and that he later got his partner in
as a member. Commenting on local
conditions, the sleuths, who are said
to be familiar with "dry town work,"
declared that Oregon City was the
cleanest dry town'' in which they
had ever done duly. They are re
ported to have been surprised that
ut tour violations of the law were
found in a two-weeks' search.
The most important incident of the
aid was the descent on the Moose
odge. The state law provides that
possession of a government license to
soli liquor is primae facie evidence of
guilt; so it will be perhaps difficult
for the Moose to convince city offic
ials that liquor was not sold in their
lace.
TRIALS POSTPONED
Evidence in Liquor Raid Cases Not to
be Heard Till Next Week
Persons charged with having il
legally disposed of liquor, or with
having liquor in their possession, as
an aftermath of the Memorial' Day
raids in the county seat, have all
pleaded not guilty. Trials in the
case of the pool hall and the lodge
have been set for Monday and Tues
day of next week. The case against
the Chinese restaurant will be heard
Friday afternoon, and the West Linn
case will be tried in West Linn at
the same time.
In anticipation of hearing one of
the trials Wednesday afternoon, a
large crowd gathered at the city hall,
but after waiting around for half an
hour news of the postponement of
proceedings was given, and the
gathering slowly melted away.