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University, REGON- CITY 33d Y ear OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915 Number 29 0 COUKffil 1 SUNDAY BEERFEST ERNEST CASE SHOT DOWN BY BROTHER AS CULMINATION OF LONG QUARREL CORON'R'S JURY SYMPATHETIC District Attorney, However, Files In formation Charging Murder, and Killer Is Held in Jail Sunday afternoon the Parkplace boys gathered as usual in Case's barn for the regular Sabbath beer party From alter the noon dinner on throughout the day there was a stream of men and youths going up and down the alley to the barn, and in the barn there was a pretty steady stream of beer going into the visitors. There may have been some hardbooze too, although none was found later when the officers searched the place. About six o'clock the good fellowship in the barn had fallen off somewhat, and there were but four members of the party left on hand: Ernest Case, J. P. Murphy, Pat Harris and Tom Rawlins. At half past six the 'gathering broke up utterly, and the four happy men wandered out into the alley, made their way with more or less directness to the street in front of Samuel Case's home and turned east. On this street at the time were Samuel Case, Her man Dillman and Thomas Johnston. Ernest Case, Sam's brother, perhaps because the beer he had consumed gave him an exaggerated opinion of his wrongs, rushed at Sam and grasp ed him about 'the neck, throttling him and digging his finger nails into the soft flesh. Sam struggled with him in the roadway, threw him off, and then stepped back, warning him to keep away. The warning was unheeded by the man who had just left the beer party, however, and again he rushed at his brother. Samuel Case, seeing him coming, drew a nickle-plated 32-cal-ibre revolver and fired. The first shot went into Ernest Case's heart, cutting that organ in two, and circling about his ribs lodged in his spinal column. Ernest Case pitched forward dead, but before his body struck the ground Samuel Case fired a second time, and another bullet went tearing its way through the brother's body, entering the right chest and taking a diagonal course until it' lay under the skin in the left hand side in the small of the dead man's back. Immediately after the shooting Samuel Case went to his home, took the telephone receiver off the hook, and called up Sheriff William J. Wil son. He announced that he had shot his brother, and said he would come to the courthouse immediately and give himself up. Tom Rawlins, who had been in the barn drinking with Ernest Case, rushed to another telephone, and called the coroner and a physician. Dr. H. S. Mount responded to the call, but When he arrived at the scene of the tragedy, Ernest Case was already turning cold, while J. P. Murphy stood guard by the body. Sheriff Wilson summoned District Attorney Hedges, and leaving Deputy Sheriff Frost to receive Samuel Case when he came in to surrender, made a dash for the scene of the murder by automobile. At the sharp turn where Fourteenth street runs into the con tinuation of the county road he sheriff and disrict attorney had a close call with death themselves, when another automobile, carrying license number 19831 came buzzing along on the wrong side of the road. When the car in which the officials were riding and the other machine were finally brought to a jarring stop there was less than four inches between them. Sheriff Wilson paused only long enough to express his compliments to the reckless driver of the other ma. chine, and to get his name for future attention, and then the run to Park place was continued. At the scene of the murder a mor bid crowd had gathered, and in the light from the flaring lamps of auto mobiles the body of Ernest Case was viewed and a search for evidence and details was commenced. While this was going on churchbells rang to an nounce evening services in the Park place church, only a block from the spot where a bullet had ended a Sab bath beer party half an hour before; and about half of the crowd silently withdrew apparently to ease its con science more or less after the events that had so recently transpired. After making a thorough investi- gation of the crime and getting the names of witnesses, Sheriff Wilson and District Attorney Hedges turned their attention to the beer party. In vading the barn at the end of the al ley, Sheriff Wilson found three beer kegs, two empty and one half full- but when he left the last keg was empty too, and the barn floor was running with foamy brew. The offic ial party then returned to the county seat In the sheriff's office Samuel Case made a statement, saying that his brother had attacked him and that he (Continued on page 10) "DRY" PLEASANTRY Story of Tragedy in an Alley Is Going Rounds at County Seat There is a good deal of snickering going on in the county seat this week over a story that is being told with a good deal of relish by certain friends of a notable peace officer who works for the county. As the story goes, one of the county seat practical jokers came up from Milwaukie one night last week, and meeting the county peace officer on the street, called him aside and told him there was some thing down an alley he wanted him to see. . The county peace officer went down the alley, and there the joke-smith pulled a bottle of whiskey from his pocket, and .waving it in front of the county peace officer's nose, said: "Now is your chance to pinch me, what are you going to do about it? WeVe all alone here in the alley, so be careful what you do." . And the county peace officer, it is said, laughed and refused to arrest his "friend" the joker. Instead he pledged his good-will to the man with the bottle. "Well, if you're as much my friend as all that," said the merry joker, "you take a drink of this and prove it." . And the county peace officer took the bottle and took a good long drink and was then allowed to go in peace out of the alley. ' - Being a "dry" paper and disapprov-1 ing of such pleasantries, the Courier doesn't care to mention names in this anecdote but any person who is real curious about it is invited to ask any of the boss county peace officers as to the identity of the parties con cerned. --. R. P. CAUFIELD WEDS Populur Oregon City Man Takes Med- ford Belle As Bride Raymond P. Caufield, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Caufield, of the county seat, and Miss Ruth Merrick, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Merrick, of Medford, were married last week at the home of the bride's parents. Only members of the two families were present at' the cere mony. Following the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Caufild left for a brief wed ding journey, and will later make their home in the county seat, where the groom has prepared a most attrac tive home. Mrs. Caufield is a graduate of the University of Oregon class of 1912 and her father is a prominent business man of Medford, being vice-president of the Medford National bank. Mr. Caufield was born in Oregon City, attended the Oregon City schools and was graduated from the Washing ton highschool in Portland and later attended the University of Oregon, where he met Miss Merrick. Hjs father is the president of the Bank of Oregon City. SEEING 'EM AGAIN Truthful Chronicler Tells of Weird Sights Observed at Night The pillar of truth and righteous ness published intermittently in the shop down the street over Barlow's store informs us that last week a jack-rabbit was seen sitting at Sev enth and Main street at half past two in the morning, and that shortly after that a party of auomobilists that had gone from Oregon City in the general direction of Canby, saw at least twelve jack.rabbits on their way back. The Courier staff is not on the street at the early morning hour men tioned. ,but we have heard of auto parties coming from Milwaukie and Barlow at that hour that saw worse things than jack-rabbits. However, for a dry town, seeing jack-rabbits at Seventh and Main street is gomtf it pretty strong. As this story was printed in a dry paper we cannot doubt it but really, you know, we would be inclined to question the "dryness" of the people who saw this sudden invasion of jack-rabbits. WOMAN TAKES POISON Prompt Service of Physician, However Saves Her from Death Saturday afternoon Mrs. James Roley, of Milwaukie, took all the bi chloride of mercury tablets that she could conveniently lay hands on. Her intention, it is said, was to commit suicide. However, Dr. W. R. Taylor was summoned at once, and managed to get most of the mercury compound out of Mrs. Roley's system. The dose she took made her very ill, but Sunday she was resting easily. ' Mr. and Mrs. Roley recently came to Milwaukie, purchasing the grocery and tobacco store of G. Stuy, in the interurban depot. Previous to their moving to Milwaukie the Roleys had separated, but their differences had been compromised and the couple re sumed living together. No definite reason for Mrs. Roley's act has been given by her husband or friends. GOOD ROADS ASKED Speakers Before Live Wires Says Highways Need Attention Speaking before the Live Wires at their first weekly luncheon -of the season this week, Franch Branch Riley made a plea for the construc tion of better roads in Clackamas county, saying that poor roads cost the farmer as much as. any other (Continued on page 10) T 0 c ze MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN ARE ALL IN LEAGUE AGAINST BUDGET, HE DECLARES EXPERT SOWERS SURPRISED Meeting of Taxpayers and Others to Hear Expert from Eugene Ends With Startling Outburst Citizens. of Oregon City, and mem bers of the city government, who last f riday evening went to the Commer cial club rooms to hear Prof. Don C, Sowers of Eugene talk upon munici- pal problems and the several plans of community administration, received a profound shock at the end of the meeting when Councilman Henry M. Templeton got the floor and declared positively that he was the only mem ber of the present city administration who had the needs and best interests of the city at heart. Mr. Templeton's outbreak came during an informal "round table" conducted by Prof. Sowers at thee lose of his most inter esting and helpful talk on city govern ment, and when various councilmen and others present were asking Prof. Sowers for specific advice in dealing with local problems. Mr. Templeton, on getting the floor assumed a paternal attitude, and wav ing his hand in an all-embracing ges ture, said that "the council regard the city budget as a plaything.-" Then waving the other hand Mr. Templeton said that Mayor Linwood E. Jones al so had but slight regard for the bud get, and that with the council he join ed in spending the city's money re-, gardles&-of where it was to be forth coming. Then, warming to his sub ject as he always does when speaking of himself, Mr. Templeton said that he was the sole member of the council who didn't get in on the general policy of squandering the city funds, and that only at a recent meeting he had voted against the improvement of a certain street, even though the , im provement would benefit some of his nearby property. After this modest little speech Mr. Templeton subsided, and for a moment the good advice of, Prof. Sow. ers was utterly forgotten. Be it said to the honor of the city officials present that nobody rose to dispute the words of the righteous paragon of civic representation; though many people' present thought of the little incident connected with the paving of Fifth street so myseriously a year or so ago, when in some strange manner, at city expense, Mr. Templeton got a nice new street laid in front of his home. Mr. Templeton, by the way, has not to date explained how this happened, though the Courier has of ten offered him all the space he wants. In his talk on civic management, Prof Sowers asked his auditors to think ot tne possibilities of the future for Oregon City, saying in part: "In 20 years from now," said Mr. Sowers, "Oregon City may have a population of 50,000 inhabitants and you should shape your course accord ingly. The city will be what you make it, and no more. You should first secure the best organization pos sible, and then select the best man or men to carry out the work of this organization. Your third problem is to obtain the best tools and equip ment with which to work and see that the work is done in the best possible way. Economy and efficiency are usually promised by men who are candidaes for officeT but these are vague terms, unless you have a def inite program to work on. "Petty jealousies and bickering be tween councilmen have done more to retard municipal government than any other one thing. Under the com mission plan, such commissioner is apt to become enthusiastic over his par ticular department and the result is that the commissioners do not, as a rule, pull together.- "Under the business manager 'plan, the council, which is elected from the city at large, makes a general outline for the guidance of the city manager, who actually carries out the plans. This system corresponds more closely to the manner in which affairs of large corporations are handled. The manager appoints and dismisses sub' ordinates, and he Bubmits to the coun- cil any plans he. may have, and the council either endorses or vetoes the plan. Such an organization in Ore gon City would have to be accom plished under charter revision." Following the discussion of prob. lema that related closely to Oregon City, Mayor Jones, at the request of those gathered, appointed a commit tee of nine to make recommendations to the voters of the county seat in re gard to such changes in municipal government as might seem most helpful. The committee is composed of E. G. Caufield, cashier of the Bank of Oregon City; C. H. Dye former legislator and attorney; E. R. Brown, editor of the Courier; M. D. Latour ette, vice president 6f the First Nat ional bank, secretary of the Commer cial Club, the Board of Water Com missioners and the South Fork Water VERNON E. LARKINS DIES Funeral Held at Clarkes Following Death East of Mountains Vernon E. Larkins, who died Sep tember 26 in a Pendleton hospital, was buried at Clarkes on September 29. He was born at Clarkes in March, 1891, and is survived by his widow and baby daughter. Mr. Larkins married Inez Snod grass in Walla Walla, and later mov ed to Nolin, Umatilla county, where he resided until taken to the hospital at Pendleton. Aside from his immediate family he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Larkins, brother, E. G. Larkins, all of Clarkes; and also two sisters, Mrs. Cora M. Nicholas and Mrs. Stella L. Graves, of Highland. The cause of his death was heart failure, brought on by typhoid fever. He was getting along very nicely, in fact was about able to leave the hos pital, when suddenly stricken. The funeral sermon was preached at the Clarkes M. E. church by E. A. Smith, of Hillsboro. The Band Boys, of which he was once a member, es. corted the body to the grave, where the Grange took charge. He was a loving husband and father, dutiful son and kind, and af fectionate brother and was loved by all for his upright manhood. One of the largest crowds even seen in this place followed the body to the grave. EX- SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE PICKS FORMER'S DEPUTY FOR "DANGEROUS WORK" TRESPASS LEADS TO ARREST Farmer Is Badly Beaten, and Conflict ing Stories of Affair Are Told By Those Concerned ' Sheriff William J. Wilson had his first "dangerous, case" last Friday morning when word .was broucht to him that David Wright and John Starr had "beaten up" R. B. Hayhurst a farmer in the Abernathv distrift- and immediattly the sheriff paid tx- bneritr Hi. 1. Mass the greatest com pliment that one sheriff has civen an other in this county. Hayhurst was pretty well Dattered,- and told a har rowine tale of 'the streneth of his ad versary, whom he declared to be Starr ana realizing tnat the time had come for "real action," Sheriff Wilson de termined to adopt the tactics of his predecessor. So he summoned Snecial Dennl-v Sheriff F. A. Miles, who was a real deputy under Sheriff E. T. Mass, and wno aoiy assisted Mr. Mass at the time of the riots in the mills some two years ago, when Mr. Mass and tour deputies cowed and brought to the county jail a gang of 28 trouble makers. Miles is without fear and has been once or twice before of consider able assistance to Mr. Wilson. Accompanied by Miles and Denutv Sheriff "Paddy" Trembath, Mr. Wil son went to Starr's home, which is not so very far away from the Hayhurst place. Arriving at the house Mr. Wil son inquired for Starr, and was told he was not around. Recalling what happened to Hayhurst, Mr. Wilson and "Paddy" Trembath held a council of war and while they were holding it Miles entered the Starr homestead. walked up to the second floor, and ap prehended Starr. Starr made no pro test, didn't have to be ironed, and did not appear to be a particularly "bad" man. He went with Miles iwlhngly, and on emerging from his house was surprised to see Mr. Wilson and "Paddy" Trembath waiting "develop ments. This is the first time that a sheriff of this county, holding a warrant for a man, has called upon a deputy of his predecessor to make an arrest; and quite a number of people are won dering why the present sheriff so modestly let a democrat carry off the honors of the day. Starr was the second mun arrested, Wright having been apprehended ear lier. The trouble broke out on the first day of the "open season" for pheasants, when Starr and Wright entered Hayhurst's farm while shoot ing. Hayhurst says he ordered the two men off and that they attacked him and beat him up; but Starr says that Hayhurst pointed a shogun at him and Wright, and that he only sav ed himself from injury by running in, grasping the gun, and throwing it up. (Continued on page 10) commission and president of the Clackamas Automobile club; E. E. Brodie, editor of the Enterprise; J. O. Staats, student of municipal govern ment, deputy assessor and former deputy sheriff; T. W. Sullivan, presi dent of the Commercial Club; L. Stipp, attorney for South Fork Waetr com mission, and E. T. Beverlin, mer chant. Its first meeting was held early uj the week, when organization was effected and a plan outlined for proceedure. SHE MASS GIVEN 1 HONOR E CO-OPERATION WITH CIVIC COM MITTEE AND JITNEY WRANGLE FEATURES TEMPLETON CHIEF PERFORMER Session Lasts Two Hours, But Little Actual Business Is Accomplish ed Owing to Verbal Clashes Apparently members of the council who listened to Prof. Don Sowers, of Eugene, at the 3ommerciol club last week, didn t take his teachings in re gard to city business very much to heart, for at the first meeting after his hints on municipal management had been given, the honorable city dads gave one of their best exhibitions of slap-stick vaudeville that has been staged for a long, long time, The fireworks were slow in start ing, but when they did commence they were hot and furious. Council opened peacefully enough. Applica tion for a job on the elevator was filed with some more that the mayor has received." Payments to the Standard Paving company for work on Main, Seventh and Tenth street were order ed. Application for the use of a lot at Jackson and Fifth street for a wood yard was referred to the finance com mittee. Ten dollars auctioneer li cense paid by D. Tolpolar on October 1 was refunded because it rained so hard there was no auction. Minor changes in the assessment of Main street property were approved and the recorder instructed to send out no. tices. A report of the street committee recommending that a flushing appa ratus be tested out for cleaning Main street was adopted, and within a short time a" flusher will be tried out for about a week, after which it is likely that the council will purchase such a machine. And after settling this the council commenced one of its weirdest snake-dances. Former City Recorder Livy Stipp, speaking for the committee of nine recently' appointed by the mayor to take up the matter of bettering the city's system of government, took the floor to ask the co-operation of the council in the work, and to invite the council to sit with the committee in its deliberations. Incdentally Mr. Stipp said that there might be some expense attached to experting the city books, so as to discover how much the county seat really owed, and ask ed the council to promise to pay for auditing. Mr. Templeton rose majestic and towering, and inquired if Mr. Stipp expected the city to pay for this work. Mr. Stipp said that was one of the things he desired to find out. "I think we should all of us assist this committee of nine in finding a way to get the city out of debt,1' said Mr. Templeton, "but I don't want to see anybody scheming to get us fur ther into debt. . The city but a short time ago paid out $122 for an audit ing of its books and it seems to me that the committee ought to be able to get its information from that re port. If it cannot do so, I believe these patriotic citizens on the com mittee should take the books and go over themselves, and Mr. Stipp here, who is handy with the typewriter, can make out their report for them. ' I am teetotally opposed to seeing the old cow milked any more." Mavor Jones tried to smooth the fast troubling waters by saying that he thought the council could well af ford the slight expenditure asked. Mr. Templeton didn't think so, and moved "that the committee be permit ted to audit the city books at its own expense." "I rule you and your motion out of order," said the mayor. Mr. Cox and Mr. Meyer, assisted by Mr. Caufield, tried to get the matter back to a friendly basis, but failed in the effort. So Mr. Cox moved that the city appropriate $25 to assist the committee. This brought Mr. Hackett into the fray. He announced that there was nothing the matter with the city's plan of government. "The thing that is the matter," he said, "is that the city keeps on spending money with out any regard to its income, and the city is paying for this just as any in dividual would. I would be glad to see the levy increased to care for the debt, but the people wont stand for that; and so if these gentlemen want to ricr ud some scheme to better things, let them pay for it." "If the gentlemen of this commit, tee had the interest of the city at heart," remarked Mr. Templton, "they wouldn't come before this coun cil and beg for twenty-five dollars, It has got so now that every Tom, Dick and Harry will come to this council and beg, and will get money. Only last week or so some ladies want ed to give a flower show, and they came and asked the council for some money to help pay expenses." On a vote Mr. Cox's motion was snowed under, with only himself, An drews anl Meyer voting for it. (Continued on page 10) MERRY tm ROAD DISTRICTS CUT County Court Reduces Number by Three and Changes Boundaries Following practically a week of consideration of the wishes of taxpay ers as expressed at the "roads day conference," the county court an nounced the first of the month that it would reduce the number of road districts in thee ounty from 60 to 57. Districts 20, 59, and 60 were discon tinued. In making the changes the county court was guided largely by the ideas of John Anderson, who out lined a plan at the roads conference to provide for a division of the dis trict boundaries in such a . way as to place all highways leading the ma& ket or shipping points in one district. In order to do this and still retain the large number of districts apparently desired by the public the county court had to do considerable expert planning. District 60 is south of Molalla and was divided between districts 22 and 28. The latter two districts have a heavy assessed valuation, owing- to timber lands, but those living in the districts were forced to use roads in district 60 to get to market. District 60 was much poorer than the two mountain districts and unable to keep its roads in as good a coalition al though much more heavily traveled. By the change, both district 22 and 28 now have roads leading into Mo lalla, a railroad and market cehter. Somewhat similar conditions were faced in the two other districts which were discontinued. District 20 s in the Clarks neighborhood and was di vided between 45, 21 and 19. . District 69 was absorbed by district 14. BONIFACE TELLS SECRET Ex-Sheriff Mass Reveals Further His Plans for Fine Hotel Last week the Courier, in com. menting upon the hotel and restau rant which ex-sheriff E. T. Mass is soon going to spring upon a hungry public, mentioned the fact that the name of the new hostelry might be the "Wilsonian." Since then Mr. Mass has thought it over, and says that he thinks he will avoid all politic al tangles, and name the place "The Commercial'' instead. Mr. Mass was also slightly peeved about that part of the Courier's re port that said repairs and alterations to the house would cose $7,000. Mr. Mass is modest, and doesn't like ex aggeration. . , . , "If you have occasion to mention the subject again,1' he said, "I wish you would correct that $7,000 state ment. I don't want people to think all that money is being spent. The exact cost ,pf the fixtures, equipment repairs, alterations and decorations that will be installed before the open ing day is only $6,893.99 so you see you shouldn't have said $7,000. The Courier is very glad to make this correction, and adds further that it expects The Commercial to be worth every penny when it opens up. WOLVES ATTACK HORSES Mining Men Altso Find that Varmints Destroyed Many Deer J. J. Englert and R. B. Franklin, of Woodland, Washington, were in Mo lalla Tuesday on their return ' trip from mining property they own up the Molalla river. They have been building their cab ins and getting ready for the install ing of machinery in their claims. They have other properties and are not sure that they will be able to do much this season but will be ready to work in the spring. They were taken in by Tom Scott, who left his pack horses at a location known as the Lake. He came to look after them in a couple of days and found that they had been stampeded by a pack of wolves. . They had been separated and driven down such steep mountain sides that it was impossible to bring them back up and a way had to be found to get them back to the trails. In doing so the party found a small lake, it was about 100 by 40(1 yards completely surrounded Dy green timber. By the tracks it was estimated that there were about twenty wolves in the pack. Many bones of deer were found during the hunt for the horses. (Molalla Pioneer.) COUNTY PIONEER DIES John Shannon Passes Away After Long and Active Career For over half a century a resident of Clackamas county, John Shannon, one of the first men to work in the Oregon City woolen mills, died at his home in the county seat Sunday morn ing. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, and interment followed ser vices in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Shannon was at oie time a prominent and successful farmer in the Beaver Creek district, and was identified with many movements of progress and development in the county. He was born in Ireland, November 22, 1832, and went to India when a young man. From India he came to the United States and- married Miss Mary Crowley in 1852, who, together with four sons and one daughter, still survive him. The children are: James William and Henry Shannon, of Brit ish Columbia; and Mrs. Mary Jane Welsh, of California. , The Courier $1.00 per year if paid in advance. Subscribe now. FRITZ IS HELD TO PROPRIETOR OF HOTEL BELLE CHARGED WITH SELLING LIQUOR ON SUNDAY CHIEF SHAW FRAMES ."PINCH" Deputy Sheriff Sam Riley Swears To Complaint Upon Which War rant Is Issued and Served Sunday evening about nine o'clock, when all was peaceful in Milwaukie, Deputy Sheriff Sam Riley discovered one James J. Green, of Lakewood, staggering about the streets of the little city in the northern part of the county, and placed him under arrest. There being no jail' in Milwaukie cap able of comfortably housing the hap py man, Riley brought his prisoner to the county seat and turned him over to the Oregon City authorities to hold for the night. Green had appar ently reached that mellow stage of joyousness that comes from imbibing firewater which is indicated by an active tongue, and while in the city bastile he insisted on telling of his ad ventures earler in the Sabbath day. Patrolman Henry Cooke happened to be in the outer chamber of the jail while Green was thus unburdening himself, and heard the prisoner say that he had purchased a bottle of whiskey and some beer at the. Belle Hotel that afternoon. Patrolman Cooke reported the mat ter to Chief of Police Shaw, and that officer visited Green in his cell and listened still further to his story. Green, it is understood, said that he readily gained access to the bar-room at the Belle Hotel, ordered a couple of drinks of beer, which he says were served him by "George," one of the barkeepers, and then bought a 50-cent flask of whiskey. According to Green there was no difference between the Sunday service at the bar and the ser vice given on weekdays, except that Sunday beer was ten cents a glass in. stead of a nicklo. ,.-. Monday morning at "turn-out" . time Green had pretty well sobered , up, and again repeated his story to Chief Shaw, this time before a disin terested witness. Realizing that Green's confession would be interest ing to the district attorney, Chief Shaw called Gilbert L.- Hedges on the telephone, and Mr. Hedges, on going to the jail, heard the same story that Green had already told twice before. Shortly after this Deputy Sheriff Riley, who is also town marshall at Milwaukie, arrived at the Oregon City jail and said that he guessed he would withdraw his complaint against Green and turn him out. The Mil waukie justice of the peace was out of town, he added, and he thought it useless to hold the man until his re turn. District Attorney . Hedges had left word that he wanted to see Riley up on his arrival, and when told this the Milwaukie officer went to Mr. Hedges office. There quite a consultation took place, and at its close Mr. Riley had sworn to an information, charg ing Fritz Boysen with selling whis key to Gretfn on Sunday a violation of the state liquor law. A warrant was issued on this information, and Deputy Sheriff Jack Frost was dis patched to Milwaukie to serve the warrant and "accompany Mr. Boysen to the county seat. Jack Frost and his prisoner nrriv. ed early in the afternoon in Fritz's big red touring car, which Jack opin es is a fine machine. Mr. Boysen was escorted to Justice Siever's court, where the Information was read to him, and he was offered preliminary hearing. Fritz waived all preliminar ies, and at the request of Distrirt At torney Hedges was held to the grand jury which meets next Monday in $250 bonds. Fritz smiled, dug down into his pocket and produced a "roll" considerably larger than the required sum, deposited $250 cush bail, and de- ' parted once again for Milwadkie. This is the first attention Fritz has received from the authorities since the festive visits of Governor West's re gime, when military week-end par. ties were often staged at the two not ed resorts in Milwaukie. The last time the Hotel Belle, as it is now call ed, got into the legal labrynths, its license was annulled, but shortly after another license was issued, and since then the place' has been enjoying a flattering amount of patronage. Fritz was arrested Monday on evi dence secured through the alertness of the Oregon City police. Two days before that on Saturday Sheriff Wilson, in a conversation with a Cour. ier reporter, said that he had been unable to obtain sufficient evidence of liquor law violations in the place to justify him taking action against it. MORE JOY FOR GUARD Poltical Preference Under General White Brings Resignations According to the Woodburn Inde pendent, the political strategy of George White, late reporter on the (Continued on page 10) GRID JURY