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. . - - ." . umversit .., v 0R3SG0M CITY COURIM . Year ' OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915 Number 21 . i : i i i i ' i 33d CLAGKAMA5 IS IN LUCKY FORM COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE PA TRONIZED HOME FIRMS QUITE GENERALLY NOT SO IN OTHER LOCALITIES Review of Valley Press Shows Several Counties That Don't Seem to Care About Home Trade Clackamas county is showing up pretty well these days, outside of the matter of roads. The Courier has from time to time devoted some con siderable space to the highways of this section not with an idea simply to "kick," but in the hope that im provement would come. And now it appears that there is to be a change in road matters; the supervisors may all get fired, and we may have competent road engineers to superin tend highway construction. With this happy possibility looming before us, the Courier is glad to print such good news as it can find about the happy family at the courthouse. Elsewhere in this issue are some sta tistics from the state insurance com . missioner's office that show . how economically some of the county of fices have been managed; and a re view of the valley press shows that this county is well off in other ways, too. ' Formerly" whenever there was any county printing to be done, many of the county officers used to send the work to Portland, Chicago or else where. In fact, there were county courts that played favorites so hard that the taxpayers "got next" to it, and at a budget meeting passed a res olution practically ordering the coun ty officials to let all official printing to the lowest Clackamas county bidders. Since then the rule has been pretty well observed though there have been some county officials who con tinued to slip things now and then to Portland nouses. However, Clackamas county is far more loyal to its home trade, as far as county officials are concerned, than are some other counties. It is to be noted, for instance, by a review of the Benton county expenditures for the past four or five months, that more warrants were drawn for, Port land job printing houses than for all the Benton county newspapers com " bined. Considering the fact that Ben. ton county is pretty far away from Portland, there can be only three rea sons for this: Benton county print' " ing plants are not equipped to do the work, or they have combined to hold prices up to a prohibitive figure, or the Benton county officials don't care ' a whoop about the business men in their own community who gave them the right to disburse public funds. From careful study of the Benton county papers, and from remarks that they printed during recent political squabbles, two things would appear to be true: that the print shops down there can do any kind of work that can be done in Portland, and that there is a lot of "politix" loose in the county. That appears to answer two N of the reasons for the rush of work to Portland, and even throws some light on the third possibility. Study of the exchanges that come to the Courier also show that -other counties aside from Benton have the Portland habit to a more or less de gree. Study of some of these ex changes also shows that the several Willamette valley communities are ex cellently equipped with printing plants, and that they can do any class of work required. And usually the local printer, or local merchant, or local manufacturer, will give the people of his own community just as good a price and far better serv- ice than the foreign jobber. The one thing above all els that will help the Willamette valley nad the whole state of Oregon is support n. Of home industries. And this means not only Portland industries, but all OREGON industries. It means sup port ' of the business man, the manufacturer and printer. ' It means support by the county officials, as well as by everybody else. Clackamas county is fortunate in having a ma jority of its county officials who do this it is far more -fortunate than Benton county. And as soon as the few county officers here who now send their work to Portland quit it, and patronize Clackamas county business houses, just so much sooner will this county be luckier still. Nothing so lowers the chances of a public offic ial for popularity as "throwing down" the people of the district in which he holds office. And nothing makes for general satisfaction like home trade. - Clackamas county has realized this to a marked degree it is too bad for the general development of the valley and the state that other counties have not followed in Clackamas county's footsteps. The Courier the livest county pa per. $1 per year if paid in advance. Why not now, and get the news. COUNTY DOES WELL Economy is Rule in Public Affairs and in Sheriff's Office Tabulations based upon expenditur es of 1914, as printed in a recent num ber of the Oregon Voter, show that Clackamas county has made an envi able record in the line of economical management of its routine affairs. The figures are- prepared by John R. Richardson, expert in the office of In surance Commissioner Harvey Wells, and are a part of a series of reports upon county expenditures that he had drawn up. While previous tabula tions by Mr. Richardson show that Clackamas county had spent a third of a million dollars on its roads dur ing 1914, this extravagance is some what made up for in the other de tails of county administration. Taking a standard outlay as a basis for figuring, Mr. Richardson ranks Clackamas county second in the mat ter of economy, it being exceeded only by Yamhill county. According to Mr. Richardson's figures, the county offic ers spent 41 percent less than the unit basis in 1914; that is, they saved 41 percent of what would have been a fair and reasonable sum that might have been expended in routine county upkeep. For 1914 Clackamas county official expenses salaries of county officials and offices expenses amounted to $55,081.99. Mr. Richardson figures that the county might have spent $94, 653, and not have made an unreason able outlay. As it didn't spend' the latter sum on its officers, it made a saving of 41 percent. In actual ex pense, Clackamas county ranks 11th in the amount spent during 1914 on routine upkeep. The county court in 1914 cost Clack amas county $2,238.45, for salaries, mileage, expenses and so forth. Ac cording to Mr. Richardson, an outlay of $4,027 would not have been un reasonable, so the county court "sav ed" 44 percent of its allowance. In actual cost, Clackamas county ranks twenty-second in the amount expend ed for its county court. In regard to the expenses of the sheiff's office in 1914, Clackamas county saved 31 percent, according to the Richardson system of figuring. The expense of the sheriff's office dur ing that year for salaries and office cost was $4,940.28. Mr. Richardson figures that $7,144 would not have been an exhorbitant outlay. In cost the sheriff's office ranked 16th as compared with other counties in the state during 1914. , The showing for the county in the Richardson tables is very creditable for 1914 in everything except the mat ter of road costs. It seems odd that officials who could manage their office affairs so economically should have "fallen down" in the matter of high ways. But maybe it was not the fault jf the officials, but of the road super visors. . GRANGE OPPOSES EXPERT. Maple Lane Local Not in Favor of Federal Aid to Farmers. At the regular meeting of the Ma ple Lane grange, No. 296, held Au gust 7, the following resolution was passed unanimously: Whereas. It has been reported that at the Pomona Grange meeting held at Sandy on July 14th, there was passed a resolution favoring the ap pointment of a county agricultural ex pert for Clackamas county, but leav ing the subject open for discussino till the next meeting of Pomona to be held at Logan in October; and, Whereas, We believe we are al ready afflicted with too many expen sive and useless commissions and su pervisors; and Whereas, We believe that the best thing that could be done for our coun ty would be to lower her tax rate; and Whereas, We greatly fear that our 1915 taxes will eclipse "any previous effort; Therefore, Be it Resolved, That we are opposed to the appointment of said expert or of the county court in creasing our tax budget for any such purpose. GRANGE TAKES LEAD. Lane County Betterment Given Big Boost by Pomona Members. Adoption of a road patrol system for repairing roads before the damage is extensive and its repair expensive has been endorsed by the Lane Po mona Grange, reports the Eugene Register. Other progressive steps favored are the following: A public market at Eugene where producers and consumers can trans act business direct. Improving the dairy industry by weeding out unprofitable cows, prac ticing more economical feeding and management and better rbeeding. Uniform breeding and handling and co-operative marketing of farm live stock. Developing the poultry industry by co-operative breeding, packing and marketing' clubs. A system of drainage projects. The grange was addressed by C. E. Spence, master of the State Grange, who stated that too much money is given to road contractors. Political Note. The firm of Brownell Stone now maintains two offices, one at the old stand where it has been located for over 20 years, and the other in the Beaver block. CROP OUTLOOK CONTINUES BIG FEDERAL FORECAST PLEDGES BIG YIELD OF ALL FARM PRODUCE ONLY APPLES SHOW DECREASE Condition of Crops Also Excels in the Main That of Former Years, According to Experts The crop forecast issued by the federal govenment, under the direc tion of the Weather Bueau and the Department of Agriculture, and dated August 9, should make the heart of every Oregon farmer glow with pride and joy. There is every indication of bumper crops in all lines of produce, and in fact but one yield shows a ten dency to decrease over former years. This unfortunate crop is apples; but as apples never were included in the big money-makers for the state, the decrease will not cut very deeply into the general joy. The yield of winter wheat, it is es timated, will total 14,000,000 bushels. The total yield for 1914 in the state was 13,684,000 bushels. In spring wheat the outlook is even better. The yield promised for this year in Oregon is 3,650,000 bushels; which is far in excess of the 2,920,000 bushels harvested in 1914. Oats this year, according to the forecast for Oregon, will yield 14,300, 000 bushels. Last year Oregon har vested but 122,744.000 bushels. Sim ilarly the yield of barley this year will be far ahead of the. 1914 total, as the forecast predicts a harvest of 4,240,000 bushels as against 3,660,000 bushels last year. The forecast for potatoes is also en couraging, considering the better mar ket conditions. According to the gov governm'ent experts Oregon will have 6,730,000 bushelst of potatoes this year. In 1914 with a dull market, the yield was but 4,753,000 bushels. The federal experts find that Ore gon's hay crop this year will be, 1,740,000 tons. In 1914 the state yielded but 1,716,000 tons. Apples, which are a fussy crop at best in Oregon, will fall 200,000 bush els short this year of the yield made in 19144, it being estimated that only 3,3400,000 bushels will be harvested. Clover this year will yield 90 per cent of 1914 crop, if the forecast is correct and accurate. Alfalfa is 91 per cent perfect at the present time this year last year on August 1 it was 94 per cent perfect. Prolonged rainy season held the crop back this year, but the quality is well up to the Oregon standard. Pasture crops are conditioned as 94 per cent this year, as against 92 per cent this time last year; while hops are 93 per cent perfect, as against 90 per cent at the same time in 1914. The hop crop this year is ripening early in Oregon, and pickers will be busy be fore the end of the present month throughout the Wilalmette valley. HOW ABOUT IT? Weird Tale in Oregoniun Tells of Mis hap to Young Woman Wednesday"s Oregonian decorated its front page with a story recount ing the adventures of Miss Katheryn Albright, who is said to live "near Milwaukie." According to the ever truthful Oregonian, Miss Albright was walking near Crystal Lake park, when two men threw a blanket over her head, forced her into an automo bile, tried to get her to take a drink of whiskey, and then set off in haste in the general direction of Clackamas. Miss Albright, according to the pioneer paper of Multnomah county, fainted at this juncture of events, and when she came to she was wandering around in the outskirts of Woodstock, where she was taken in charge by the police. The story is quite exciting. If it is true, the sheriff's deputy in Mil waukie ought to leate his usual sta tion near the depot and investigate it slightly. If it isn't true, "Miss Al bright'" must have needed an alibi for being out late. DOG BITES MAN William GaskelL 70 Years Old, Pain fully Hurt on Road County Health Officer O. A. Welch has ordered confiined a collie dog that last week attacked William Gaskell, 70 yeras old, on the highway near the Bargfield home, and which bit the el derly gentleman on the hands and arms. Examination of the dog will show whether or not he was afflicted with rabbies. Mr. Gaskell says that the naimal attacked him without any warning, knocking him to the ground. In his efforts to fight the beast off he was severally bitten on the hands and arms. His wounds were dressed by a physician, and it is not believed that any bad effects will follow. Subscribe for the Courier now $1 per year in advance. LEST WE FORGET Economy Figures on County Manage ment Refer to Year 1914 Tuesday's Enterprise has a sweet little editorial congratulating the coun ty upon the fine economical showing made by its officers in the reports prepared by Mr. Richardson of the state insurance commissioner's office. The figures alluded to by the Enter prise, and printed by it, are also printed in this week's Courier. The Enterprise editorial closes with a cute little sentence informing the public that the figures are accurate as "prej udices and personal feeling did not enter into the process of preparing the tables." ' , It is nice of the Enterprise to em phasize that point, for the republican paper's editorial doesn't mention the fact that the figures deal with the year 1914. It congratulates the county on having an economical ad ministration, but it also intimates that the present county officers are the ones who had something to do with making the record. Lest the En terprise idea gain ' too much cre dence, it is well to remember that THE 'ECONOMY RECORD. IS THE RECORD OF COUNTY OFFICERS WHO WERE ON THE JOB IN 1914. The sheriff who made the record alluded to in the report was E. T. Mass. The year in which the rec ord was made was a particularly busy one for the sheriff's office. It was the year in which the sheriff obtained a conviction of the Friars' Club. It was the year in which the sheriff ob tained a conviction in regard to the notorious Hotel Gratton, at Milwauk ie. It was the year when Ericksons' was stopped selling liquor. It was the year in which the heavy expen ses growing out of the Oswego riots occurred. It was the year when Detective Levings, of Portland, was "working on the Ardenwald murder'' case, and piling up expenses for the sheriff's office. In short, it was one of the most expensive years that the sheriff's office of Clackamas county has ever seen and yet the office ranked fourth among all in the state in the matter of economy. The Enterprise ,didn't mention this either in regard to the sheriff's office or in regard to any of the others. So the Courier does mention it just so- people will not forget where the economy and the benefit to the tax payers came from. MORE WATER TROUBLE. Milwaukie Again Tied Up in Its Plans For Bull Run. Tuesday of this week Milwaukie's plans for the use of Bull Run water were again tied up, when Circuit Judge Campbell 6igned another tem poary injunction against the installa tion of the new plant. The injunc tion was obtained by one of the pri vate water, concerns, which alleged that the city was violating franchises and that it was depiving the old wa ter companies of their business with out giving recompense. The injunc tion is a further move on the part of the owners of the private water com panies to force the city to buy the old plants and distributing systems. Petitions calling for an election to place before the voters the matter of buying the former water systems have been circulated in Milwaukie, and have been generally signed. People opposed to the purchase of the old plants are perfectly willing to have the matter on the ballot, feeling that the majority will be against any such purchase. The plans for Bull Run service in Milwaukie, through a connection with the Portland system, call for a paral leling of most of the present mains in the northern city. The Sellwood wa ter plant is the only one that has not taken an active part in the fight against Bull Run, and this liberal stand has won the Sellwoods many friends in Milwaukie. AUTO OVER BANK Travelers Have Close Call When Machine Leaves Road Perils of the west side road from the county seat to Portland were a gain demonstrated this week when an automobile driven by C. T. Wolf, of Silverton, skidded near Bolton and plunged through a frail fence to the bottom of a ten-foot embankment. Oc cupants of the car were thrown from the machine, but fortunately did not fall under it. , , The automobile, after leaving the road, tore its way through a board sidewalk beside the highway, and then toppled over the edge of the embank ment on which the narrow road runs. Its fall was stopped by a more sub stantial fence at the foot of the in cline, where a stocky post stopped the car's wild career. One wheel was torn from the car, and the total dam age will amount to about $200. STREET WORK STARTS. County Seat Sees Beginning of Re habilitation of Highway. During the past week actual work of repaying Main street, Oregon City, was started by the Worswick Paving company. Brick was torn up from the lower end of the county seat's bus iness thoroughfare, and this material was used as a foundation for the as phaltic concrete mixing plant at the foot of Twelfth street. Paving op erations will be thoroughly underway by the first of next week. COUNT! SPENDS MQNEYF0R FUN VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAINMENT STAGED IN JUSTICE COURT FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOOD ROW IS AIRED Prosecution of Frank and Bernard S. Timms Rivals Stunts Done by Charlie Chaplin on Film Tuesday of this week about every body who lives near Concord, and a good share of the people who live in Oregon City, attended Justice Sievers' court to hear the trial of the case of the State of Oregon against Bernard and Frank Timms, charged with dis turbing the peace. Trial started in the morning, soon developed into a com edy more humorous than that offered at Charlie Schram's Grand theatre by Charles Chaplin, and by mid afternoon reached a climax in a verdict of not guilty. . 1 The jury that heard the testimony and rendered the verdict which in cidentally brought out hearty ap plause was composed of E. T. Mass, H..J.. Bigger, A. J. Knightly, W. C. Greene and Harry U. Myers. After a trial lasting about six hours, the jury was out almost five minutes before agreeing upon its findings. Probably it wouldn't have stayed out five minutes, had it not been that the day was warm, and that it wanted a pitcher of ice water brought to it. Immediately after getting the ice" water the verdict was reached. Testimony introduced by the state was to the effect that on the even ing of the fourth of August the Timms brothers had "entertained'' two young women at their home under pretense of selling them a dog. In the course of the evening, said the state's witnesss, the night had been made hideous by a "screeching talk ing machine,'1 and the hosts and guests had all reclined upon a single bed. One of the state's witnesses was sure of this, she said, for she had watched the proceedings from her window, a block and a half away. It was also charged that the defend ants had used vile , and improper lan guage; to-wit, that one of them had said "it is a heluva fine evening." Testimony for the defense was a direct contradiction of this. Two young women had come out to buy a dog, had remained while the Timms boys got a bachelor supper for them selves, and then had hastened away with the dog. The reason for the prosecution, it was said, was a neighborhood row, arising from the alleged depradations of one of the Timms horses in a neighbor's cabbage patch, and from a dispute over a line fence. As to the evening, one of the Timms boys said emphatically that it was a "dandy," but denied all pro fanity in connection with it. Interesting sidelights on commun ity' life in the Timms neighborhood were brought out in the course of the five hours of testimony. One married man was placed upon the stand, while his wife sat in the au dience, and was forced to admit that when the young women who sought the dog had inquired of him the way to the Timms house he had offered to show them, and had entered into con versation with them. He told them, he said, that his name was "Brown," and didn't mention that he was mar ried. With considerable embarrass ment he said that he had not been at all shocked when one of the young women had jokingly told him that if the Timms boys were not home she and her friend wouud have to spend the night With him. "Did you think they would really do that,'' asked one of the attorneys in the case. The married man who had told the women that his name was "Brown," said he didn't really think they would and his wife in the audience twisted a newspaper tightly into a roll and looked daggers at him. One of the state's witnesses ad mitted under cross examination that one of the Timms boys had formerly "frequently called upon her.'" Asked her idea of propriety, she admitted under coaching from the attorney that she thought a young man call ing on a young lady should sit in one rocking chair on one side of the rom, while the yung lady sat in another rocking chair on the other side of the room, and that the young man ought to go home at nine o'clock. This code, she admitted, had not al ways been strictly followed in her own case. Testimony in regard to the "screeching talking machine" that so annoyed some of the neighbors, brought out the fact that it was a phonograph that cost about $250 and that many of the other neighbors liked to hear it, as it was "grand music." Connected with the case was some comedy that did not come out at the trial. This occurred a week ago Wed nesday evening, when a frantic call was sent to Mr. Wilson, who works in the sheriff's office with Mr. Hack ett to hasten at once and UP TO COUNTY COURT. Appropriation of $400 for Fair Exhi bits so Far Undivided. I In spite of the fact that Guy T. Hunt, of Estacada, newly elected member of the Clackamas county fair board, is quoted in last week's Esta cada Proggress as saying that Chair man Grant B. Dimick of the board "refuses'" to give Estacada a share of the money apportioned the county for fair exhibits, Judge Dimick says that Estacada still has a chance to get some of the money. - After reading the article in the Progress, Judge Dimick said that the matter of the division of the $400 ap propriated was out of his hands, and was not in the hands of the county fair board. "The $400 was appropriated by the legislature for the collection of ex hibits for the state fair," said Judge Dimick, when discussing the matter. "Each member of the fair board is under bond to see that this money is spent as directed by the county court. The $400 will not be given to the Can by fair. As far as we are concerned it will not be given to any fair. It is to be paid for the collection of exhi bits at the state fair exhibits that Will represent the resouces of this county when they are displayed at Salem. Some of these exhibits may be shown at Canby, doubtless many of them will be. In fact Mr. Miles is new engaged in collecting exhibits, but they are exhibits for the state fair. The fact that they will be shown at Milwaukie, and may be shown at Molalla and Estacada, too, has nothing to do With how they are paid for. None of the $400 in ques tion has been paid out yet Mr. Miles is being paid by private individuals for the work he is doing. "The county court has not instruct ed the county fair board how it wants this $400 spent. If the county court orders us to give some of it to Esta cada we Will do so. We will do the same thing if the county court orders some of it given to Molalla or Mil waukie or to Canby. But until we get definite instructions from the county court, the $400 will be spent solely for the collection of exhibits for the state fair at Salem. That is what the money is for, and the county fair board is bonded to see that the money is spent only in that way." It is therefor up to any communi ties that want some of the $$400 ap propriation to make a further appeal to the county court, and not to the county fair board. FISH TO FEED FISH Propoxate Minnows to Maintain Trout in Crater Laks Superintendent W. G. Steel is ex perimenting this summer in the pro pagation in Crater Lake of small fish of the innumerable minnow family. It is a problem not the easiest to solve for, occupying the crater of an extinct volcano, the lake has no shallows; and no streams enter or leave it in which small fish may find refuge. Vet the supply of natural fish food must be considerably and immediately increas ed if the magnificient trout fishing in this lake is to emain at its present excellence. Minnows must be brought from distant waters under adverse conditions. Whether it be from temperature or the quality of the water is not known, but it is the testimony of expert ang lers that, pound for pound, -Crater Lake trout are harder fighters than trout found elsewhere. "Around the edge of the lake,'' said General Superintendent Mark Dan iels recently, "there is no foilage to entangle your hook and line, and it is the ideal place for the amateur fish erman. When I was there the lake was so clear that you could see to a depth of forty feet. The first fish I caught I saw take the fly. I saw ev ry motion of his body until I finally landed him on the bank, which I only did with the aid of one of the con cessioners in the park. I do not know of any other place in the world where an amateur fisherman can swing his fly in any direction without danger of catching it on some twig, and, when he hooks his fish, watch his every motion as he fights for freedom. stop the "shocking goings-on." Mr. Wilson was unable to get his auto mobile in sailing order quickly enough, so with Constable Jack Frost he commandeered a passing benzine buggy and ordered full speed ahead for the scene of the fuss. Arriving there the sheriff found nothing the young women had in the meantime bought the dog they went after, and had gone home on the interurban. The sheriff did hear, however, the "pros ecution's side of the case'' from some of the unfriendly neighbors. Returning to the county seat the sheriff said nothing for publication about the evening auto dash, but next day, after warrants had been served on the Timms boys, he gave the En terprise a cute little story saying that the Timms party had broken up early Thursday morning, and that he had Thursday afternoon placed the Timms brothers under arrest. All in timation that the sheriff had been made the cats-paw in a neighborhood row was carefully eliminated from the story. When an Enterprise reporter was asked why the "story" was writ ten in that way, he replied: "The sheriff wanted it that way." And the county will pay the wit ness fees and the mileage bill.. But at that, as comedy, it was worth it. IIJOS MUST : OBEY U. S. LAW FEDERAL GAME STATUTES ARE TO BE RIGIDLY ENFORCED THROUGHOUT OREGON ALL STATE LAWS DISREGARDED Sportsmen Who Find Conflict Be tween Requirements Will Be Safe Only "Minding" Uncle Sam. Washington, D. C, Aug 12. With '; the approach of the open season for shooting wild fowl, the United States Department of Agriculture is warning sportsmen that the Federal regula tions as amended October 1, 1914, will be strictly enforced. Some mis- -understanding has arisen from the fact that the various state laws do not always conform to the Federal regu lations. This is regarded as unfortu ate but. in such cases the department must insist upon the observance of the federal regulations. The department will consider any recommendations submitted in good faith for amendment of the regula tions, but will hold no public hearings thereon, nor will it amend the reugla tions prior to October 15, 1915. It is the purpose of the department to con form the regulations to the wishes of the majority of sportsmen so far as it can be done and at the same time give wild fowl the necessary protec tion. Federal regulations divide the United States into two zones. Zone No. 1, the breeding zone, includes the states of Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Ne braska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and all states north of them. Zone No. 2, the wintering zone, includes all states south of those named- The regulations prescribe seasons . as follows in Zone No. 1: Waterfowl, open season in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, October 1 to January 16. Rails, coots and gallinues, open season in Oregon and Washington, October 1 to January 16. Woodcock, October 1 to December 1 is federal open season. This will be closely enforced. Shore birds, bluck-breasfed and golden plover, Jacksnipe and yellow legs, open season in Oregon and Washington, October 1 to December 16. Under the federal law there must be no shooting between sunset and sunrise, even during open season. The purpose of the law is to protect game birds while in breeding grounds. Insectivorous birds protected indef initely. Band-tailed pigeons, cranes, swans, curlew, smaller shore birds, and wood ducks protected until Sep tember 1, 1918. TOURISTS' BOOK OUT. Commercial Club Issues Aid to Sight Seers in County. In answer to a demand for a book let giving information about the chief points of interest in and about Oregon City, the Commercial club has just issued a booklet containing an in dexed map of the county seat, and giving directions for reaching nearby points of interest. The booklet is ready for distribution at the publicity bureau booth, and copies will also be given local merchants and business houses. The booklet will also be on distribution at the Portland Commer cial club and at the leading Portland hotels. The booklet not only tells where the chief points of interest in the county and county seat are situated, but also gives directions to reach them and has as well brief paragraphs re fering to the historical points in the county seat. The map of Oregon City will be of particular value to automobile parties who are visiting the county seat, as it shows at a glance the main roads leading to all points of historic interest, and also shows the location of the places them selves. MISS M. L. HOLMES DIES. Daughter of Prominent Pioneer Passes Away at Rose Farm. Miss Mary Louise Holmes, one of the most prominent women in Clack amas county, died at her home on Rose Farm near Oregon City Sunday night. She was born January 30, 1845, and was the daughter of the late William Livingstone and Mary Louise Holmes, who were pioneers of 1842. Miss Holmes was well known for her prominence in church and char itable work. She was an active mem ber of St. Paul's Episcopal church and had been president of the King's Daughters since the body was formed 18 years ago. She was a charter member of St. Paul's Guild and had been worthy matron of Pioneer chap ter, Order of Eastern Star. Besides her sister, Miss Holmes is survived by two nephews, Charles Holmes of Oregon City, and William Holmes, of Spokane, and an aunt, Mrs. Martin, of Spokane.
