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33d Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1915
Number 14
ST.
TO START S
BID OF WORSWICK COMPANY
ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL
AT $1.20 A YARD
POOL HALLS OPEN SUNDAYS
Executive Session Habit not Forgot
ten by City Fathers, Who Re
tire at Ten for Conference
Oregon City is at last in sight of
a decent Main street. Wednesday
night the council adopted a report of
the street committee, in which the bid
of the Worswick paving company, at
$1.20 per square yard, was recom
mended, and the city was authorized
to enter into a contract with the con
cern for the work. The total cost is
limited to $14,184, and the company
will put up a bond to keep the pave
ment in repair for ten years.
The report of the street committee
said that but one bid was submitted.
Rumors had been afloat that two bids
were on hand, and maybe this was
what led Councilman Cox to remark
after the bid had been let:
"What's the matter with this pav
ing job, that it seems to be so un
popular? And is it legal if there is
only one bid?''
The council got underway at eight
o'clock. At 8:07 it took a recess for
13 minutes, while Meyer, Templeton,
City Attorney Schuebel and the may
or wrestled with a report of the street
committee on the street assessments
of Seventh street. Finally the com
mittee reported that it had gone into
the matter thoroughly, and that the
assessment stand as read. Pratcical
ly no reductions were made in the
amounts charged to benefitted prop
erty. A bid from Morris Brothers for
$15,000 worth of street improvement
bonds, at par and absorption of the
interest until date of delivery, was
accepted after some lively discus
sion as to whether or not the city
had the bonds.
. Vacation of an alley in block 28,
County addition, was authorized. The
council also voted to take a chance
on issuing duplicate warrants to J. O.
Hoff for $200, to replace those de
stroyed in a Portland fire. When
Mr. Hoff first made the request he
submitted an article in the Oregon
Daily Journal as proof of the loss of
the warrants, but this did not satis
fy the council. Wednesday night he
submtted five aff davits and a per
sonal bond.
' A communcation from J. E.
Hedges, asking the council to refund
to Lee Fong the amount of a fine
imposed on him for the alleged illegal
sale of liquor, was laid on the table
on motion of Templeton. Mr. Hedges,
in his request, attacked the testimony
of Bradley and Wilson, the two pri
vate detectives, on whose evidence
the defendant was convicted.
An invitation to the council from
the Rev. T. B. Ford asking the city
officers to attend services on July
Fourth in the Methodist church, and
promising the mayor a seat on the
platform, was accepted. The invita
tion invited the council to ether morn-
ng or evening service, but Mr.
Templeton moved that the city
fathers attend both services.
The amended pool hall ordinance,
providing for the closing of these re
sorts on Sunday, brought on the first
fireworks of the evening. The meas
ure was up for final passage, on mo
tion of Andrews. Councilman Henry
Templeton spoke against it, saying
that he believed the council would
make a "broad mistake" if they pass
ed it, "because the city has no bet
ter place to offer its young men."
"If we close the pool halls and
drive- them out into the streets they
will not necessarily go to church,"
said Mr. Templeton, "but they will
go to the woods, with packs of cards
and their wages in their pockets, and
will gamble, or else they will go to
Portland and visit ts questonable re
sorts." Mr. Templeton's tribute to the
young men of the city brought Coun
cilman Meyer to his feet, who said
that he had considered the matter
carefully and did not believe that this
was the time to take action. Coun
clman Albright also spoke against
the measure, saying it was not fair,
but adding that if the council would
make the pool hall ordinance apply to
the Commercial and Elks club and to
the Moose lodge, he would vote for
it
Councilman Andrews said he
thought it would be doing something
for the city if the Moose, Elks and
Commercial club would close their
billiard parlors on Sunday as an ex
ample to the rest of the places in
the city.
"Put that up to the Live Wires,"
interjected Mr. Templeton.
On the vote the council divided as
follows: to close pool halls, Cox, Van
Auken, Andrews and Hackett; to
Ipavb the nool halls open on Sunday,
Templeton, Long, Meyer, Albright
and Metzner.
From nine to eight minutes after
the council took another recess to sret
its wheels working smoothly, and
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then plunged into the Seventh street
matter, concluding its action as out
lined above.
During a miscellaneous "sugges
tion hour,'' Councilman Hackett ask-
ed for a steel overhead crossing of
the Southern Pacific tracks at Four
teenth street, Councilman Templeton
wanted the Portland Railway, Light
& Power company tracks straighten
ed out and brought to grade before
the Main street paving job started,
Hackett wanted it specified in the
paving contract that there should be
no extras allowed, and Templeton
wanted the local jitneys regulated,
Councilman Van Auken defended
the jitneys, and Councilman Meyer
said he thought the Portland jits
running to the county seat ought to
be taxed. In his defense of the local
jitneys, Councilman VanAuken said
that "if the jitneys stop because of
a special tax it will hurt the town."
The jitney matter was finally refer
red to the street committee.
Provision for a two weeks' vaca
tion with pay for the city police
force, and for the employment of an
extra man to fill in while the officers
were away, was made by the coun
cil; and City Health Officer Norris
was also given a two weeks' layoff.
Request of tennis players for new
tape for the tennis court in the park
block was bumped by Councilman
Templeton, who said he thought the
nice young men who played tennis
could well afford to buy tape.
First news of the city budget for
a long time was given by Mayor
Jones, who called the attention of the
council to the fact that the first of
July would mark the passing of the
first half of the year's work, and who
suggested that each head of depart
ment prepare a report showing how
much of his allotted sum had already
been spent. After a gasp or two
the council accepted the suggestion,
so early in July the budget will be
heard of again if there is anything
left of it.
Consideration of garbage problems
brought on some more fireworks, in
cluding a mild little clash between
Councilman Templeton and Chief of
Police Shaw. Templeton got the
first blow in when he suggested that
the chief enforce the ordinance on
the books; but the Chief came off vic
tor in the end when he proved that
the council had told him to "ease up"
on the ordinance, and got further or
ders from the council to "ease her
up some more."
The council then went into com
mittee of the whole at the invitation
of Mr. Meyer, chairman of the fi
nance committee, and staid in seclu
sion for twenty minutes. When the
city dads emerged from the side-room
an order for the payment to H. E.
Bradley of $30 "witness fees" for
himself and his partner Carl Wilson
was railroaded through with a rush.
The $30 covers three days "witness
fees" at five dollars per day for
each man in connection with the
cases growing out of the Memorial
Day raids.
During the evening it developed
that the council has in the council
chamber one of the cutest and best
equipped buffets in the city. Lock
ed securely in a drawer in one of
the massive pieces of furniture is a
box of cigars and two pint flasks of
whiskey. Chief Shaw carries the key
to the buffet. During its delibera
tions the council smoked some of the
cigars, but so far the booze has been
left untouched. The cigars were con
tributed by a pool hall proprietor as
a mark of esteem for the action on
the pool hall Sunday-closing ordi
nance, and the whiskey is a souve
nir of one of the liquor triasl.
The Courier fpr job printing.
ED FORTUNE UNCOVERS
A WEIRD STRANGER IN
HIS BED AND LEAPS
It was a shame to do it,
but the boys couldn't forget
how in the olden days Ed For- J
tune had once identified a J
"suicide," only to see it get J
up off the slab in the under- J
taker's and walk away. !
So when one of them came
into possession of a wax head,
with large, staring eyes, they
had to go and put it in Ed's "
bed in the Willamette hotel,
cover it up nicely, stuff some J
pillows under the clothes, and J
then wait developments.
Developments came with
Ed, who rolled home about !
eleven p. m., turned on the J
light, and seeing a form ly- !
ing under the covers of his
own downy couch, asked the J
stranger what he meant by J
intruding. The stranger didn't J
answer a word, so Ed walked J
over to the bed and lifted the J
covers.
Wide, staring eyes, bulging J
out of a sallow complexion, J
stared up at him. Ed uttered J
one piercing shriek and leaped J
for safety. The boys who J
were waiting in the hallway, J
say Ed didn't touch the floor
once between the side of his
bed and the top of the stairs, J
and that then he only hit solid J
foundation because he was too J
scared to fly any further.
Then the boys took hold of J
Ed and led him back to his J
room, showed him how a wax
head may be made to look like J
other things, smoked Ed's ci-
gars, and generally were sat-
isfied. J
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IN BIG ASSEMBLY
PATRONS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
AND DIRECTORS PREDICT
BEST YEAR OF ALL
OPEN JULY 6TH AT GLADSTONE
Redlands Farmer Will Camp in Iden
tical Spot Where He Has Pitch
ed His Tent for Ten Years
Oregon City, Ore., June 24. "I
can truthfully predict one of the
greatest if not the greates Assembly
in all the 22 years of Chautauqua
history," announced Secretary H. E.
Cross of the Chautauqua today as he
surveyed press reports from Califor
nia concerning the Chautauqua talent
which is now on its way north, head
ed toward Gladstone Park.
Chautauqua commences July 6th
for a 13 day session. The program
of attractions scheduled is a most
remarkable one, and Mr. Cross' state
ment is but an echo of the general
trend of opinion among the thousands
THE FAMOUS
INTEREST D OS
One of 26 Big Attractions at the Gladstone Chautauqua-Opens July 6th
who make up the V.z Chautauqua
family.
The interest in the coming assem
bly is unusual among the campers,
too, and already over fifty ten reser
vations have been made at Chautau
qua headquarters in the Bever build
ing, to sy nothing of many who bring
their own tents an dwho have notified
the secretary that they will be on
hand again.
This incident is typical: Mr.
George Armstrong, a well known
farmer of the Redlands district drop
ped into Mr. Cross' office last week.
"Coming again? Yes, indeed. And
further more my wife and I will camp
in the identical spot where we have
pitched our tent for ten years
straight.''
And so it goes from everywhere
inquiries, tent reservations and re
quests for programs have deluged the
secretary's office. Fifteen thosuand
programs delivered two weekks ago,
have disappeared as if by magic and
but a few hundred are on hand.
The Chautauqua interest is ntural
in itself, and when a great program
is scheduled like the one to be given
this year, the interest becomes in
tense. Some of the star numbers
wheh appeal to patrons most strong
ly are, Ciricillo's great Italian Band
and company of grand opera stors,
Witepskie's Royal Hungarian Orches
tra, the Swiss Alpine Yodlers, the
Saxony Opera Singers, the Adelphian
Male Quartette, Bucknere Jubilee
Quintette, the Gullato Trio and the
Magical Floyds.
The lecture program will show the
best obtainable, the "Community ex
pert." Col. W. H. Miller, Illinois
humorist; Arthur A. Franzke, Sena
tor E. J. Burkett, of Nebraska, a big
luminary in national politics; Rev.
Father MacCorry, Fred Eugene Ba
ker,, Mrs. A. C. Zehner, Charlotte
Bergh, Marion Ballou Fisk, cartoon
ist; Delia Crowder Miller, Evelyn
Barget, reader.
Morning classes will be conducted
daily and interesting forum hours will
be given at 11 o'clock each day dur
ing the Assembly.
At 3:30 each afternoon the base
ball games will be played. The
Chautauqua league consists of five
fast Clackamas county nines, and a
handsome trophy is given, the win
ners. The teams and the schedule of
games is as follows:
July 6 Molalla vs. Clackamas .
July 7 Moose vs. Barton.
July 8 Macksburg vs. Clacka
mas.
July 9 Barton vs. Molalla.
July 10 Moose vs. Macksburg.
July 12 Clackamas vs. Barton.
July 13 Molalla vs. Moose.
July 14 Macksburg vs. Barton.
July 15 Moose vs. Macksburg.
July 17 Championship decided.
TELL THE SHERIFF
If Automobile Statutes are Violated,
It is up to Him
Quite a lot of people have lately
written to Ben W. Olcott, secretary
of state, and have told him that their
neighbors hadn't got a' new license
for their auto, or that somebody was
driving too fast on the county roads,
or that Bill Smith had a whistle on
his benzine buggy that scared horses.
And Mr. Olcott, though he would like
to help these people, has written back
that his' office has no police powers,
and that all he has to do with auto
mobiles is to issue license tags for
them.
So if you note that the motor ve
hicle laws are being fractured in any
way in your territory, don't bother
the Secretary of State auout it, but
call up Billy Wilson, the sheriff, and
tell him. Under sections 26 and 27
of the motor vehicle laws it is made
the specific duty of all sheriffs, con
stables and police officers to enforce
these laws. So next time you see a
car without a license tag, or a car
tht is a chronic speeder, telephone
the sheriff, The Enterprise says
the sheriff is "capable, hard-working
and equal to the task."
SCHUEBEL'S STATEMENT
Following Action Forecasted in
Courier, Attorney Tells Why
When former officers of the Moose
lodge came before Recorder Loder
for trial Monday of this week, the
CIRICILLO AND
charges against them were dismissed,
as forecasted in last week's Courier.
Following the court action, City At
torney Schuebel gave out the follow
ing statement in regard to the case
and his proceedure:
"I have dismissed the complaint
against the officers of the Moose
lodge as recommended by the coun
cil because I am satisfied that there
will be no more violation of the li
quor law by the Moose lodge. Rey
nolds pleaded guilty to selling liquor
and was fined $250 which has been
paid. The Moose lodge has dismis
sed from its organization the officers
who were responsible for the viola
tion of the law, and they will not be
permitted to again become members
of the lodge at Oregon City. The
lodge violated both the state law and
city ordinance, but a further prose
cution could not produce greater re
sults than have been accomplished.
The sale of liquor by the Moose lodge
has been stbpped. By continuing the
prosecution the charter would be tak
en away from the lodge, the organi
zation would lose the property re
cently purchased and the innocent
would be compelled to suffer with the
guilty. I have no desire to perse
cute, all I want is to stop the illegal
sale of liquor in Oregon City, and if
that can be accomplished without
prosecution and notoriety and the
same results obtained, it will be bet
ter for the city, and all parties con
cerned. I believe this has been ac
complished." SMALL PAPER DIES
Another Sheet Founded on Enthus
iasm Gives up Ghost
That it takes something besides
enthusiasm to run a newspaper and
make it pay, and that just because
a man has brilliant and unusual ideas
is no sign that he is a born publish
er, have been agan illustrated in the
indefiinite suspension of the Olymp
ia, (Wn.) Independent, a paper pub
lished for a brief time by W. E. Has
sler. The sheet started as a weekly in
1910, was entered in the postoflice
January 7, 1911, was made a daily
once or twice in an effort to find a
field, and died the last time May 4,
1915. A boy employed about the
office of the publication has filed an
attachment on the orginal job plant
for wages he claims to be due him,
the newspaper equipment of the out
fit has been turned back to the orig
inal owner, and numerous creditors
see nothing in sight..
Efforts of inexperienced men to
break into the newspaper game in
communities where there are already
well established papers, seldom prove
profitable save in the matter of experience.
BOLTED DOORS
BALK "Kim
FRIEND OF TAXPAYERS HITS
SNAG IN COURSE OF
HER INQUIRERS
PROMISES TO GET DOPE YET
Investigator Meets Many Strange and
Odd Things in Courthouse, but
Is not a bit Disturbed
(By "Kitty")
Editor Courier: I was going to
tell you and the taxpayers a beauti
ful story this week, following my
little vacation at the Portland Rose
Festival, but certain facts that I
needed to bolster up my assertions
are a bit hard to get, so I must beg
off a week more before I give you
this tale. Do not think for a moment
however, that Billy Wilson or any
body else can keep me from getting
this story I will stay with it until I
"get the dope,'' as you newspaper
people say.
HIS ROYAL ITALIAN BAND
Just to show you that I am busy
and am working, I will tell you some
of my adventures. Bright, and early
this week I went over to the court
house to find out something about
insurance policies that the county
has. I got part of the information I
was after, but while I was looking
for more my attention was attracted
by a farmer who was standing in one
of the corridors, beating on a door
and looking at his watch. The door
was securely locked, and maybe it
was bolted, too for when the farm
er shook it, it didn't give a bit. Just
as I went up to the farmer to see
what was the trouble, he turned away
and went out, muttering:
"Campaign promises, nothing but
campaign promises. I might have
known that the office wouldn't be
open noontimes.''
Wondering what was going on, I
went up close to the door and listen
ed. Within I heard merry laughter,
which this taxpaying farmer must
also have heard, and from time to
time I heard the gruff basso of a
man's voice. Also I heard a myster
ious rattling of dishes and the clank
ing of pans, and under the door came
savory smells of something being
cooked. It smelled like a "mulli
gan," and maybe it was one. Also in
the distance somewhere I heard the
buzzing of an electric meter, as the
little wheels went round and round;
though what the meter was running
for I could not imagine, for it was
noontime, and was as light as day
outside.
I knocked gently on the door my
self it was the door of a county of
fice but nothing happened, save a
lessening of the laughter within.
There is a mystery behind that lock
ed door, and I will have to Solve that,
too, before I can thoroughly do my
duty.
Continuing on my way about the
courthouse I noted an air of ner
vousness that seemed strangely out
of place. County officials seemed
unduly stirred up over something,
and I heard some of them say some
thing about "that dreadful man," and
"what will he do next." I have made
a note to try and discover whom this
"dreadful man" may be.
I also got wind of a plan of some
body to buy a half interest in a couple
of motor trucks, to be used for haul
ing county gravel or rather to haul
gravel for the county roads. I don't
know just why they want to haul
gravel so much when they need above
all things a roller to roll the gravel
down into decent highway surfaces
but I will look that up, too.
So you see I have really not been
idle. Every time I started to look up
a certain thing, I stumbled across
something else, and so I have not
(Continued on page 10)
NO REWARD OFFERED
Don't Go Looking for Passenger Pig
eons So You Can Get Rich
Recent widespread newspaper ac
counts to the effect that the United
States Department of Agriculture is
offering $10,000 reward to the person
finding a passenger or "wood" pigeon
nest containing two eggs, resulted in
hundreds of letters being sent to the
Department. The report is not bas
ed upon facts, as the Department has
offered no such reward, and there is
every reason to believe the passenger
pigeon which formerly roamed the
country in flocks of millions is ex
tinct. In 1910 about $1,000 in rewards
were offered by Clark University for
the first undisturbed nests of the
passenger pigeon to be found in the
United States. This was a great
stimulus to action. The hunt for
this pigeon was fruitless. The offer
of rewards was renewed for several
years until it was fully established
that the pigeon was extinct.
HOLD-UP SUSPECTS GO
Men Held in Portland Cleared of AH
Connection with Robbery
The two men arrested by Mult
nomah county sleuths on suspicion of
being implicated in the interurban
hold-up at Glen Echo a week or so
ago were Wednesday released from
custody and departed for other fields.
In releasing them, Multnomah
county officers said that the men had
been held as a courtesy to Clacka
mas county officials, and that as
Clackamas county had made no for
mal demand for them, it ws not
deemed proper to hold them longer.
Aside from the "identification" of
the men by the streetcar crew, there
was nothing against them, and as the
street railway men would probably
have "identified" any two men ar
rested at the time, the prisoners were
released. Oregon City and Gladstone
people who were passengers on the
cars at the time of the hold-up failed
utterly to pick the two suspects as
the men involved.
With the release of these men, the
mystery of the hold-up is as deep as
it was five minutes after the robbers
disappeared in the night.
A host of boys and girls in the
next month are going to buy them
selves things they have always want
ed, and the Courier is going to show
them how to go about it. Interested
parents can get details from Oregon
City Courier.
WHY NOT BE SENSIBLE
AND HAVE COUNCILMEN
MEET DURING DAYTIME?
The council is composed of J
businessmen. They know the J
value of time. They know that
the only way to do business is
to do it expeditiously. .
But when they get up in i
the council chamber evenings
they forget the things they J
learn in the everyday trans- !
action of their own business,
and regarding the council J
chamber as a sort of a club-
room, they have a good time, J
scrap, tell stories, go into ex- !
ecutive session, wrangle and .
dawdle. J
This being the fact, why
wouldn't it be a good plan to
hold council meetings in the
daytime?
If the councilmen had to
leave their private business to
attend to the city business,
they would realize that time J
was money, that business and J
business only should be trans
acted; and they would quit
wrangling and attend to mu- J
nicipal affairs in short order J
and with the skill of rapid- J
movng brains so they could J
get back to their own busi- J
ness, which they handle in a
perfectly satisfactory manner. J
Why not try it, and ece if
doing the city business in bus-
iness hours would not result J
in doing it also in a business-like-way.
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TABS KEPT ON
COUNTY STOCK
BREEDERS OF CATTLE UNITE (
TO BETTER GRADE OF
FARM HERDS
DETAILED RECORDS ARE KEPT
Interest in Better Stock is Being Ad
vanced by Group of Ranchers
Who See Value of Good Cows
The Clackamas County Cow-Testing
association, which was organized
in October of last year, and which has
been doing active work ever since,
now has a membership of 17 men, 11
of whom are breeders of registered
stock and are among the county's
leading ranchers and dairymen. For
the first six months of its existence
the association had 210 cows on test,
79 percent of which were Jerseys, 13
percent Holsteins, five percent
Guernseys and the remainder of mis
cellaneous types. Of the total num
ber one-third are registered, and all
herds have registered sires.
The association has been in exist
ence long enough now to show re
sults, and as its work is becoming
better known among local stock rais
ers an increased interest is being
taken. Neal C. Jamison is official
tester of the organization, and N. H.
Smith is secretary.
The following table gives the
names and owners of ten cows that
have produced more than 45 pounds
of butterfat per month during the
first six months in which records
have been kept, the time ending
March 31, this year.
Name of Yield, pounds
Cow Breed Milk Butterfat
Phinie J 1138 62.04
Topay G 1132 58.12
No. 24 J 1191 56.20
Dottie J 972 51.85
Flossie J 939 51.74
Beauty J 973 50.30
Cherry J 952 49.46
Roany J 951 46.94
Miggie - - J , 856 46.49
Beauty G 903 45.90
This cow is a Jersey Shorthorn.
Records kept show thut feeding
with grain has paid with the higher
producing cows, while with the poor
er producers increasing the feed did
not cause relative gains in yield. In
one caso a low producer on medium
grain ration increased its yield when
fed less.
One herd of 17 cows in one month
mado a profit of 15 percent by a
change of ration; the same herd the
following month making a profit of
$65.
To promote interest in dairying
and in the Association work, a bas
ket picnic will be held at the ranch
of A. A. Spangler, of Beaver Creek,
Saturday. June 26. Professors Barr
and Graves of the Orego nAgricul
tural College will be present. Ques
tions of interest concerning duirying,
will be discussed. A cow-judging
demonstration will be held, and Ed
Cary, of Carlton, will relate his ex
periences in producing record cows.
All interested in dairying are in
vited to be present.
PLAGUE COMES AGAIN
Sporadic Cases of Smallpox Break
Out in Several County Towns
Smallpox, in a mild form, after
having been stamped out in commun
ities on the west side of the river,
has appeared in widely scattered sec
tions on the eastern side of the Wil
lamette, and is causing some concern.
Two cases have been found in Ore
gon City, and a number of cases are
quarantined in suburban towns near
the county seat. No danger of a
general epidemic is entertained by
physicians at this time.
The inabilty to stamp out small
pox utterly appears to be with the
failure of people to obey quarantine
rules. Dr. vanBrakle. county health
officer, had to hire a guard to en
force quarantine last month; and it
may be necessary for other health of
ficers to do the fame in the present
outbreak. In ono house where a
child has the disease the father goes
to Portland every day to work, thus
opening the danger of contagion to
those whom he meets on the cars and
in the city.
Quarantine laws have been enacted
for the benefit of the public at large,
and only their rigid enforcement will
stop the spread of the disease..
Song Service
A song service will be held at the
Congregational church Sunday even
ing next at 7:45. The program is as
follows: Prelude and Offertory, Holy
City, by Mr. Flechtner; Anthem by
the choir, "Praise Unto the Father;''
Ladies' Trio, "Hear Our Prayer;''
Solo Selected; Mixed Quartette, "Con
sider and Hear Me" Offert; Male
Quartette, "Wonderful Peace;" Solo,
"The Lord is My Shepherd," Miss
Harison; Anthem by Choir, "Light of
the World" Hamilton Gray; Male
Quartette, "Cast Thy Bread Upon
tha Waters;" Solo, Selected; Hymn
No. 502.