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33d Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915
Number 12
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MYERS 15 FREE
IN BOOZE CASE
CHARGE OF SELLING LIQUOR
NOT PROVED BY EVI
DENCE GIVEN
PRIVATE DETECTIVES FAIL
Recorder Loder Gives Decision After
Considering Case and Hearing
Additional Testimony
The case of Oregon City against
William Myers, Jr., in which it was
alleged that the defendant, a partner
in the Cox pool hall, sold to two pri
vate detectives liquor in violation of
the Oregon City ordinances, came to
trial Tuesday afternoon of this week
after many postponements. Even on
Tuesday it looked for a time as if
there would be a further delay, as
counsel for the defendant and the
city attorney put in about three quar
ters of an hour arguing on the ad
missability of evidence that might
or might not show the character of
witnesses.
N The chief difficulty appeared to
be the reliance that could be placed
upon the evidence of a hired private
detective, and after much argument
Recorder Loder, who presided at the
trial, announcd that "every court
naturally takes the testimony that
may be given by a detective with a
degree of suspicion, and such testi
mony must be corroborated." Fol
lowing this announcement of . the
view of the court, the trial proceed
ed with the understanding that if the
credibility of the chief witness for
the city was attacked, opportunity
would be given both sides to produce
evidence as to his general moral
character, and so forth.
H. E. Bradley, one of the two de
tectives employed by the city, testi
fied that he had purchased liquor
from William Myers at the Cox pool
hall on May 16 and May 2G. On the
16th, he said, he had made his pur
chase at half past ten in the morn
ing, and on the 26th at twoun the
afternoon. Both bottles sold, ac
cording to Bradley, were taken out
of a tank beneath the soda fountain.
. On cross examination Bradley said
he had been born in Grand Rapids,
Mich., and had lived there till he was
sixteen, when he went to Seattle to
work as a carpnter's helper. He had
livd in Seattle for ten years, and
there had taken up the "detective
businss on his own hook." He said
he had worked for a year and a half
in New York' as a custom's inspector
under "Chief Miller," of the U. S.
Customs service, had "inspected
smuggled goods,'' and had received
for this work $150 a month, which
Mr, Miller paid him through his own
personal checques. ""(At the West
Linn trial Bradley said he had been
a Secret Service operative in New
York for a year and had received
$135 a month.)
Bradley said he quit the New York
job because he wanted to come west,
had gone to Seattle, Seaside, Astoria,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland,
Berkeley, Pendleton, Baker City, La
Grande, Boise, Chicago and other
cities, there "detecting people who
violated the liquor laws." In the
course of further cross examination
he denied that he had ever sent to
Portland since coming to Oregon City
to purchase liquor; . and mentioned
casually that he had played one or
two thousand games of pool in the
pool hall, paying five cents a cue
for each game, and had taken from
three and a half to five minutes to
play each game.
Carl Wilson, Bradley's partner,
gave similar testimony regarding the
purchase of liquor in the pool hall,
only differed from Bradley in say
ing that the liquor purchased on May
16 was procured- by Myers from
"some place in the rear fo the pool
hall."
On cross examination Wilson got
an unexpected grilling at the hands
of Gordon E. Hayes, attorney for the
defense, who got the witness to ad
mit that he had sworn falsely as to
his name, that it was not Carl Wil
son, that he was not 24 years of age
as he had testified in other cases, but
that he would be 19 in August of this
year. He said he had sworn that he
was 24 because he believed that a man
had to be of age to be a detective,
and that he had told Bradley he was
23 or 24.
Asked what he thought of a man
who went on the stand and swore
to falsehoods, he said he "believed
any man had a right to make excep
tions." He added that he was "sor
ry he had sworn to a lie," and said
that he was then 'telling the truth be
cause his mother had come up from
Seaside and asked him to be a man."
He admitted that he had gambled in
his home town of Seaside, had shot
craps at divers occasions, and once
when he had been present in a Sea
side pool hall where gambling was
going on "had beat it when a raid
was made and stayed away three or
four months.'' Asked if he was well
thought of in his' home town he said
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BRYAN QUITS COLD
Secretary of State Deserts President
In Hour of Great Need
Possibly William Jennings Bryan,
the "Roosevelt of the democratic
party," has never heard the Ameri
can motto of "my country always, my
country right if possible; but always
my country first."
Mr. Bryan has resigned from Pres
Went Wilson's cabinet at a time when
there should be no suspicion
of a rupture in the administration
circles. He says he has resigned lie
cause he cannot agree with the spirit
or President Wilsons note to Ger-
many. He has resigned at a time
when the entire nation is united in
its support of the President, when
party lines have been abolished, and
when republicans, socialists, progres
sives, democrats and all others are
standing solidly behind the chief ex
ecutive of the nation. Mr. Bryan has
made himself the single prominent
exception to the general support of
the President and he has done it in
such a way as to show beyond any
doubt that his chief method was to
gain publicity.
,Mr. Bryan never, was a democrat.
He was first a populist, then a silver
democrat, and later a Bryan demo
crat. He is, next to. Roosevelt,
probably the best advertised politic
ian in the United States, and he loves
the limelight fully as much as his
quasi-republican prototype. He is
for Bryan, first, last and all the time;
and his latest move shows that ma
ture years have not brought to him
that wisdom which many of his well
wishers hoped he was attaining.
' Mr. Bryan, to use a western term,
has "quit cold." He has thrown down
the mantle of responsibility not be
cause he admits that the responsibil
ity was too great for him but be
cause he feared that uniting with the
balance of the nation at this time
would spoil his pose as a "common
er.'' The stand he takes on the Ger
man situation is one not to be toler
ated by any true-blooded American,
no matter what his policies may be.
It is a stand that shirks responsibil
ity, that shfrks the cause of human
ity, a stand that marks Mr. Bryan as
either being a cowrd or as being fool
ish. As a private citizen Mr. Bryan will
return to the platform his favorite
place. He will gad about and talk
his ideas to those who will listen to
him. But he will find that fewer
people will rally to his banner than
formerly. In the old days peopel be
lieved, wrongly perhaps, that Bryan
stood for ideals; but now they will
see through his pose, and realize that
Bryan stands solely for Bryan and
publicity. The people will know him
no longer as a martyr, they will
think of him even not as a politician;
but merely as a "quitter" and every
Amercan hates a quitter.
Exit William Jennings Bryan.
MRS. GUYNUP PASSES
Well Known Woman Dies at Advanc
ed Age at Home in County Seat
Mrs. Charlotte M. Guynup, who
has been staying with her son, C.
Guynup, who has been making his
home with the C. A. Nash family
in Oregon City, died Thursday even
ing at the age of 70. Born in New
York, she migrated by prairie
schooner to Oklahoma when still a
young woman, and later moved to
Colorado; coming to Oregon City 15
years ago and residing here ever
since.
Mrs. Guynup was an energetic,
kindly, capable woman and had many
friends in this locality. She was a
faithful wife, and was deeply re
spected by all who knew her. Re
maining to mourn her loss are the
following children: Mrs. Ella Mann,
of Elieno, Oklahoma; Mrs. Luci Os-
burn, Colorado; Clifford Guynup,
Oregon City; Mrs. Ida Thiuston, of
Canby; Sidney Guynup, of Wyoming;
Milton Guynup, of Ohio; and Bert
Guynup, of Mexico.
The funeral was held from the
Holman and Randall undertaking
parlors.
SUIT FOR SLANDER
H. D. Harms Thinks J. M. Steward
Talks Too Much About Things
Alleging that J. M. Steward told
a group of listeners that H. D. Harms
had poisoned two of his dogs, Harms
has filed suit for slander against
Steward and asks $5000 damages.
Harms says it is a felony to kill a
dog, and that as Steward accused
him of poisoning canines, he virtu
ally accused him of having commit
ted a felony.
Brownell and Sievers are attor
neys for the plaintiff, and the case
is generally regarded as an unusual
one. Harms says that - those who
heard Steward make the statement
about slaughtering dogs is composed
of George R. Sweetser, P. O. Stacy,
Clrence Collins, George Southerland,
Edward Gibson, Lewis Gibson, Frank
Wann, D. C. Harms, John Harms, R.
L. Garrett and Charles Nebo.
J. W. Bryant, of Clackamas, was
in the county seat during the week.
J. A. Cresswell, of Portland, was
in Oregon City on business early
this week.
. Dr. James B. Bullitt, of Washing
ton D. C, secretary of the Navy
League, was in the county seat dur
ing the week.
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OREGON CITY
VARIETY ISN'T
WORST
OR
BEST, BUT
ABOUT AVERAGE
SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE FAULTY
Few Remarks that Follow Are Sub
stituted for Usual News Be
cause City Dads Laid Off
Oregon City's council didn't meet
Wednesday of this week because
Mayor Jones or Chief Shaw forgot to
call it, even though a date had been
made by the council with the Main
street-cluster-lights committee for
the occasion. Councilman Metzner
turned up from force of habit, hung
around in lonely state for awhile,
then went away.
The Courier had saved this space
for an account of the council meet
ing, and when there wasn't any
meeting it left us in the hole. At
first we'd intended to write a bur
lesque of a council meeting to fill the
space; but no burlesque could be as
funny as the real thing, so we passed
that idea up. The space still being
left to fill, and our mind running on
councilmanic matters, we are just go
ing to take you into our confidence
and tell you some of the secrets of
our past life the way M. J. Brown
used to do when he was stuck to fill
space in the olden days.
une oi tne Iunniest councils we
ever knew held forth in North Yak
ima some years ago. It had the "se
cret session" habit, just as the Ore
gon City council has, only it had it
worse. First time it met this way
an enterprising reporter crawled on
to the roof of the city hall and listen
ed down the chimney. Getting
cramped in his position he tried to
move, slipped and rolled thimpity-
thump off the roof and this" tipped
the council off to the leak, so they
were on the watch after that.
News of their executive delibera
tions continued to get out, however,
so the council took to dodging the
reporters about the town. One week
they met in the directors' room of a
bank, of which the mayor was presi
dent. The reporters were lying on
top of the burglar-proof vault, and
they heard what went on. Another
meeting was held in the chapel of an
undertaking parlor, and at this one
reporter lay in an exhibition coffin,
while another crouched in the dark
ness of the morgue. Then the coun
cil gave up its secret meetings, and
brazened things out in public.
New York used to have a bird of
a council in the days before its con
solidation. Only they called it a
board of alderman. One year the
board of alderman bought nine dozen
gold-mounted fountain pens for its
own use, and finding they had too
many, they distributed the balance
between the reporters and the friends
of the aldermen.
It was also in New York that when
a certain city official tendered his
resignation the alderman asked him
why he was quitting, and he answer
ed: "Well, to be honest with you,
gentlemen, it's because I'm afraid to
stay on the job any longer. I want
to be honest. Every man has his
price, and certain people ar getting
awfully near my. price in the offers
they are making."
And then one of the aldermen said:
"Well, why don't you stay till they
reach it?"
Tacoma used to have a glorious
council, too. They had a "solid nine"
there, and the "solid nine" used to
meet before council was called to
order and map out what they would
do, and then they'd go into council
session and do it. There nobody
went to council meeting they used
to attend the preliminary meetings
of the "solid nine" and ask for what
they wanted.
The chief difference between the
"solid nine" in Tacoma and the "solid
five" in Oregon City was that the
"solid nine" stood pat.
Speaking of standing pat, here is
some secret history about the Oregon
City bunch. Two members of the
"solid five" dug into their jeans a
short time ago and put up a fund for
the purpose of getting certain evi
dence that would help them defeat
the plans of the leader of the minor
ity. They got the "evidence" they
went after, and' they've had it now
for pretty nearly two months, but
they are scared to use it. That is,
it appears that they are scared.
They paid for it, got it, -tried to
peddle it to the newspapers and
since the papers have refused to
touch it they seem to have lost their
nerve. Isn't that fine business to
buy something for a purpose, and
then to be afraid to use it?
And now it just occurs to us that
maybe the council didn't meet Wed
nesday because some of its members
wanted to go down to Portland and
see the Rose "Festival. They had
nothing to do here but attend to city
business, anyway.
Remember the Courier is only
$1.00 per year if paid in advance.
HAVE
11'
COUNCIL "SITS IN"
County Seat Vaudeville Last Friday
Funnier than Usual
With Albright, Long and Cox ab
sent, the council had one of its de
lightful sessions Friday evening, and
accomplished . nothing. -Mr. Van
Auken made the first motion of the
evening, suggesting that Mayor Jones
order delivered to the council cham
ber a keg of port wine which he is at
present trying to keep out of his
"dry" drugstore. The mayor object
ed to VanAuken's motion, saying that
the local option laws forbade him
"giving away . booze." Mr. Van
Auken admitted the mayor s point
was well taken, but said there was no
law against the mayor storing the
keg m the council chamber and leav
ing a tin cup alongside of it.
' City Engineer Miller suggested
that if the mayor would have the keg
delivered on High street, where the
city is finishing a botch paving job,
he would give the municipality some
"wine bound macadam.''
Councilman Meyer then became
the comedian of the evening, and not
ing some bugs that had been attract
ed by the Mazda lights, called the
attention of the city dads to those
bugs that were writing on the table
in their dying agonies. "Look at the
holy roller fleas," said Mr.- Meyer,
snickering at his own humor.
The Journal reporter's dog then
came into the council chamber, and
Mr. Andrews suggested that maybe
the "fleas" had come from that
source. Later Chief Shaw said they
probably came from a Chinaman who
had been previously on trial in the
council chamber. Mr. Meyer said he
didn t care for Chinese fleas and the
subject was dropped.
Mayor Jones asked if anybody was
present to talk with the council about
cluster lights on Main street lihe
meeting having been called to dis
cuss this matter. Nobody being pres
ent who expressed interest in street
illumination, the matter was post
poned until the next meeting.
"What, then, is the pleasure of the
council in regard to this lodge mat
ter," asked the mayor.
For some minutes the council was
silent. Then Mr. Metzner remarked
that he thought it ought to be settled
at once, as far as the council was con
cerned.
"If we don't do something," said
Mr. Metzner, "people will say we are
getting cold feet, and they are laugh
ing at us enough nor, and they ought
tp, too. We have met several times
so far in this business, and have done
nothing.''
Councilman Meyer came to bat and
said that he didn't think there was
anything the council could do. "I
don't see where we have any voice
in this matter," said-he, it is a mat
ter for the city attorney."
Attorney Gordon E. Hayes said he
would like to discuss the matter with
the council, and suggested that the
body go into committee of the whole.
Councilman Templeton protested
against going into executive session
over the matter, and suggested that
representatives of the press be pres
ent at any discussion held. Coun
cilman Andrews objected to the news
papers being "in" on the discussion,
and said executive sessions were all
right.
"The only trouble with executive
sessions is that they leak," comment
ed City Engineer Miller.
"What s the use of going behind
closed doors,'' said Mr. Mettzner.
"Bill Long cuts no ice, he hates to
vote one way or the other. We all
know how Councilman Cox would
vote if he was here; let's go ahead
with this matter. The people are
making fun of us now; if a Chinaman
or some other person of slight im
portance has to be prosecuted, we go
ahead with it, but in this case where
there are a lot of people involved, it
seems to make a difference. Let s
settle it."
Councilman Andrews echoed the
plea for immediate action. Council
man Hackett moved that the council
go into committee oi tne whole.
Councilman Templeton moved an
amendment, so that a representative
of the press might be included. On
the vote, which was a rising one,
Councilmen Andrews, Hackett, and
VanAuken voted against having the
press present, and Councilmen Tem
pleton, Metzner and Meyer voted for
the press. This constituting a tie,
Mayor Jones cast the deciding vote
and barred the representatives of the
press.
At 8:30 p. m. the council ducked
into the anteroom, and at 9.34 they
came out, when Mr. Hackett moved
that action by the council be held in
abeyance until some indefinite fu
ture date.
Mr. Hackett moved adjournment.
During the secret session the coun
cil talked the matter over as former
ly, and finally decided not to advise
the city attorney in the matter one
way or another, though the majority
stood for favoring a prosecution of
all the lodge officers, regardless of
suggested compromises. Incidentally
the secret session was enlivened by a
tilt between Councilman Metzner and
Attorney Hayes that was quit spec
tacular, though bloodless.
Case Is Set
The damage suit brought against
the county seat for the death of
Mary Oliver, who was. killed last
summer in a fall from the sidewalk
on High street, has been Bet for June
30. J. W. Shea, contractor, is a co
defendant with the city in the case,
which is brought by David Oliver, the
young woman's father.
MADE
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SOME DEFENDANTS ANSWER
WITH PLEA OF GUILTY
AND TAKE FINES
NEW WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
City Attorney, After Many Confer,
ences with Council, Determines
To Prosecute Lodgemen
Before the recorders of Oregon
City and West Linn a number of the
liquor law violation cases growing
out of the Memorial Day raids were
wound up during the week. E. E.
Jones, charged with selling liquor in
the candy store at the west end of
the suspension bridge, was found
guilty and fined $100. Evidence in
this case was contradictory, two pri
vate detectives swearing that they
purchased the liquor in question
early in the evening of May 16, while
the defense offered testimony to
show that the place was closed at
that time. In the course of a trial
a jug seized at the raid was offered
in evidence, and the two detectives
and Sheriff Wilson testified that it
smelled of whiskey.
Justice of the Peace Sievers, call
ed as a witness for the city, smelled
of the jug and said that while he
wasn't a judge of whiskey, he con
sidered himself qualified on other
matters," and pronounced the liquid
in the jug to be cider. Tlio defense
declared that it was cider.
Lee Pong, arrested for selling li
quor in a Chinese restaurant in Ore
gon City, was found guilty on one
count before Recorder Loder, and was
fined $25 and given a 30-day jail
sentence. On payment of the fine
the jail sentence was remitted.
W. Renolds, steward of the Moose
lodge, who was arrested in the raid
Memorial Day, entered a plea of
guilty, and was fined $250 by Re
corder Loder. Mr. Renolds assumed
full blame for the sale of liquor in the
Moose lodge, and in a statement sub
mitted to the court declared that he
felt he had done the lodge a great in
justice.
Following the trial of Renolds,
City Attorney Schuebel issued war
rants for the former officers of the
lodge, the complaint citing C. S.
Noble, dictator; Ed Brady, vice dic
tator; George Limber, prelate; H.
A. Shandy, treasurer; F. L. McGa-
huey, secretary; ben JUby, inner
guard; Al Richardson, outter guard;
Frank Busch, C. A. Stuart and Charl
es Baker, trustees, and Justin Lage
son, George Young and Ed Reckner,
members of the old house committee,
Owing to Reckner's ill health the
warrant for him was not served.
The former officer of the lodge
appeared before Recorder Loder on
Monday and asked for time in which
to arrange their pleadings, and were
let go on their recognizance, promis
ing to appear for arraignment next
Monday.
To keep faith with the . members
of the council, to whom a compro
mise had been offered on behalf of
the Moose lodge by Attorney Gor
don E. Hayes, the lodge, Mr. Noble
resigned as dictator Saturday even
ing, and for the time being Mr. Brady
will fill the office. A new dictator
will be chosen at the next regular
meeting of the lodge. The old house
committee was also permitted to re
sign, and a new house committee,
consisting of Mayor Linn E. Jones,
and Councilman Hackett and Long
was elected. By this action the
Moose desire to show their good in
tentions, and it is believed that the
new house cornmitteTT will see that
the municipal ordinances are obeyed.
The issuing of warrants for the
old officers of the lodge was determ
ined upon by City Attorney Schuebel
after a week had been spent in con
sideration of the matter. The city
attorney felt that the fact that the
seward of the lodge pleaded guilty
to violating the laws showed conclus
ively that some of the officers, at
least, were cognizant of what was
going on, and believed that they
should also be punished.
Action in the case alleged to have
been found against a local pool hall
is reported elsewhere in these col
umns. Summer School Begins June 28
The 11th annual session of the
State University summer school will
open June 28, and will end August 6.
A conference of Oregon educators
and a conference of Oregon ministers
without regard to denomination, will
be features added to the regular lec
tures. The summer school faculty
include educators from Princeton,
Stanford, Clark, Wisconsin and else
where, and about 25 University of
Oregon faculty members.
Mr. S. Brown, proprietor of the
Brown's Hat & Cap Works of Port
land, was in Oregon City Tuesday on
business, making the trip in his new
Ford automobile.
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BOOZ
S
CROOK AT LARGE
Shots by Sheriff and Portland Sleuths
Fail to Catch Man
Seme real gentle crook who
realized that copper binding-wires,
such as are used by electric railroads,
are worjh 20 cents a pound as junk,
hiked over the Portland, Eugene &
Eastern from Oswego to West Linn
Tuesday night and snipped off about
an eighth of a ton of these useful
articles. John Lowry, on the way to
dig potatoes, saw the industrious
thief at work and telephoned Sheriff
Wilson.
The sheriff jumped into his ben
zine buggy and tore along the road
until he overtook the man, when he
called upon him to halt. The man
ran, and the sheriff took a couple of
shots at him, making the man run
all the faster. Then the sheriff noti
fied the railroad people in Portland,
and Lou Wagner and Joe Morrocco,
both of them "railroad dicks," came
out and got doughty "Submarine
Jack" Frost to help them.
The three hounds of the law
sleuthed all around the P. E. & E.
country, and finally noticed a sus
picious looking person who passed
them. While they wero debating
whether or not to grab him, the sus
picious gentleman , took a ten-foot
start and ran like a deer-and at last
reports was still on his way.
USEFUL MAN PASSES
Lusitania Death Roll Includes Name
of Honored Government Servant
Among the passengers on the Lus
itania when it was torpedoed off
Kinsdale was James Blaine Miller, a
member of the field force of the
United States Coast ' and Geodetic
Survey. The list of survivors does
not contain his name, and it is prac
tically certain that he went down
with the- vessel. For several years
Mr. Miller had been in corffmand of
the Survey steamer Patterson, en
gaged in surveying work in the Ha
waiian Islands and on the coast of
Alaska, but in March of this year he
was detached from that command
and given several months' leave to
enjoy a vacation in Europe.
Mr. Miller was born in 1883, was
graduated from Oberlin in 1903, and
entered the Survey shortly after. His
12 years of service were devoted
chiefly to hydrograhpic and leveling
work. In 1914, while in command of
the Patterson, he made a remarkable
cruise of 1,000 miles to rescue the
crew of the Tahoma, wrecked on a
reef in Bering Sea. For this service
he was presented with a medal by the
rescued oificers and crew of the Ta
homa. ,
STAMP TAX HEAVY
Firms Using Green Stickers or Other
Bribes Face Heavy Cost
According to a communication re
ceived from Attorney General Brown,
there is grief ahead for such firms
as may continue the use of the
bothersome "trading stamps'' or
other trade premiums prohibited by
a law enacted in the last session of
the legislature. While there is no
immediate troublo ahead for such
shop-keepers as defy thelaw, there is
a big bunch of grief ready to drop
on users of stamps next year. Com
menting on this the attorney general
says:
' "There is nothing to do, however,
in the way of enforcing the law un
til the time when the persons using
trading stamps are required to make
their reports and pay their taxes,
which will be the first of March,
1916. Then all persons using trad
ing stamps will ba required to report
the amount of their business and pay
the taxes required by statute."
The trading stamp tax, as fixed
by law, is five percent of the gross
receipts of companies using them.
In addition to this, the trading stamp
companies are also required to pay
a heavy tax for the privilege of
operating. .
CANBY GRADUATES MANY
Large Class Receives Diplomas from
Superintendent J. E. Culavan
The class of 1915, of the Canby
public school, held elaborate gradua
tion exercises last week. Wayne
Hampton delivered the salutatory, the
class history was read by Anna Gil
morc, Lorraine Lee delivered the vale
dictory, nd the class prophecy was
by Muriel Bissell. Incidentally there
was plenty of music and a good liter
ary program.
Those receiving diplomas were:
Wayne Edward Hampton, Violettc
Irene Evans, Clyde William Kendall,
Joseph Joy Andorson, Muriel Maud
Bissell, Jck Jones, Fay Arthur Hein,
Mildred Lulene Munson, Kenneth
Louis Hornig, Eddie Arnold Thomp
son, Elma Evelyn Russell, Mabel Ida
Cribble, Ernestine Mary Smith, Roy
David Zimmerman, Eva Adney Whip
ple, Anna Lee Gilmoro, Martha Lor
raine Lee, Helen Luella Meten, Jo
seph George Schauble, Leonard Em
erald Buuman, Francis Edward Hus
ton. Considerable success has been ob
tained by the children of Harmony
school in their rural school garden,
and experts who have seen it say that
next to the Estacada garden it out
classes any in the county. Much
credit for the garden is due to the
efforts of Miss Elizabeth Wagner,
principal, who worked up much en
thusiasm among the children.
ASSEMBLY
PLANS
0
CROWD
SCORES OF INQUIRIES POUR IN
TO SECRETARY'S OFFICE
WITH EACH MAIL
CIRICILLO'S BAND A FEATURE
Newell Dwight Hillis, Col. Bain, Sen
ator E. J. Burkett, Dr. Roland
A. Nichols Among Lecturers
Despite the fact that fifteen thou
sand Chautauqua booklets are being
sent from headquarters to all parts
of Clackamas and Multnomah coun
ties, many inquiries continue to come
in asking for information as to the
Chautauqua. The interest manifest
is unusual at such an early date, and
indicates strongly that the attend
ance at the assembly which opens
July 6th and closes July 18th, will be
a record breaker for Gladstone park.
It is quite apparent that the pro
gram this year is an unusual array
of first class attractions, lecturers
and musical features, a brief resume
of the interesting features discloses
the following facts;
The Adelphian Male Quartette, one
of the finest organizations of its kind
in the United States, will officially
open the Chautauqua. The Adel
phians give two concefts, on Tuesday,
July 6th and two concerts on July
7th.
Col. W. H. Miller, the lecture-hu
morist will bring a message of wis
dom and wit to the Chautauqua fam
ily on Tuesday, July 6th at 8:15, sub
ject: "The Neighboring City.'' 'On
Wednesday July 7th, at 2:15, his sub
ject will be "Farming and Being
Farmed."
Marion Ballou Fisk, who comes to
the Chautauqua under flattering rec
ommendations from the Eastern
press as a cartoonist and lecturer,
will give two entertainments on July
7th at 8:15 and the second on Thurs
day, July 8th, at 2:15.
The engagement of Wetepskie's
Royal Hungarian Orchestra is one of
unusual interest. This famous troop
of Hungarian artists will appear on
July 8th and 9th, with their big con
cert on the evening of the latter day.
On Thursday, July 8th, A. A.
Franzke, a lecturer of strong con
victions and great dramatic personal
ity, lectures at 8:15 on "The Spirit
of the Rockies." Mr. Franzke also
speaks on July 9th at 2:15 on, "The
Matchless Book."
W. C. Buckner's Southern Jubilee
sextette, is undoubtedly the finest
organization of its kind in the world.
Buckner's troop has been engaged by
the Chautauqua to appear on Satur
day and Sunday, July 10th and 11th.
Bringing one of the most stirring
messages of the decado, . Senator E.
J. Burkett, note Nebraska orator,
will address the Chautauquians on
July 10th at 8:15, and on July 11th
at 8:00; his subjects will be "Govern
ment Ownership of Railroads,'' and
"Tho New Woman and the Young
Man."
W. H. Head, who is touring all the
Coast Chautauquas in the roll of
platform manager, will speak on
Monday, July 12th, at 2 o'clock. Mr.
Head is a lecturer of considerable
fame, and never fails to sway his
audience with his superior eloquence.
At 8 o'clock the same day The Floyds
of Boston, known as the "Kings of
Magic," will entertain the Chautau
quians. Hon. W. C. Hawley talks at 11
o'clock, Tuesday, ulJy 15, on "Rural
Credits." At 2 o'clock on the same
day Newell Dwight Hillis, the pas
tor of the Trinity Church, of Brook
lyn, will speak on "John Ruskin's
Message to tho Twentieth Century."
In the evening at 8 o'clock the cele
brated Schumann Quintette will ap
pear. This will be one of the great
days of the Chautauqua.
Mr. A. C. Zehner, one of the most
forceful women lecturers of the
country, is the speaker at 2 o'clock,
July 14th, on "American Ideals." The
Saxony Opera Singers will also ap
pear on this day, and in the even
ing at 8 o'clock Hon. Nels Darling
will give his famous community talk
on "Our Town."
Clackamas County day will be cel
ebrated on Thursday, July 15th. The
greatest musical attraction ever
brought to the coast will be cele
brated on this day Ciricillo's Italian
Band with a well known troupe of
six grand opera singers who will
monopolize the day, and it is prob
able that a crowd of five thousand
will turn out to witness the famous
Italian Band Master and his com
pany of Artists.
Eugene Baker will lecture on "The
Lucky Number" at 2 o'clock, Friday,
July 16th. In the evening of the
same day Father P. J. MacCorry will
give his noted lecture, "The Story
Beautiful,'' assisted by Mr. and Mrs.
Ruthven MacDonald.
Delia Crowder Miller, the well
known reader and entertainer, will
give "Ben Hur" at 2 o'clbck on Sat
urday, July 17th. At 7:30 on the
same day the Gullotta Trio, will ap-
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