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8 OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1915. William Fox Presents The Season's Screen Sensation Theda Bara in "The Devil's Daughter" A Modern Society Drama Inspired by LA GIOCONDA BY GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO The Author of Cabiria Friday, October 15 A Photoplay that Amazes and Enthralls ADULTS 15c CHILDREN 5c CHARLIE CHAPLIN SATURDAY COUNCIL ENJOYS GENTLE SES SION (Continued from Page 1) declaration of independence. Then in much smaller letters he entered the names of the other two members of the committee. The street committee report showed that in he first nine months of the year he street commit tee has spent $14,472.46. The budget for the year allowed the street com mittee $10,575.82. In the report Mr. Templeton said that of the sum spent $7248.95 should be charged to Third, Division and High streets, so that there was an imaginary balance on hand in the street committee's funds of $3,326.87. "Now you'll take that lie back in tomorrow morning's paper,'' remark ed Mr. Templeton, looking at the En terprise reporter. "We haven't printed any lies about you,'' said the Enterprise reporter. "Yes you have," rejoined Mr. Templeton, looking very fierce, "you printed a lie on Sunday." Mr. Templeton referred to an ar ticle in the Enterprise that said the street committee had spent some $14,000 so far this year. Mayor Jones broke into the game at this point, and suggested that the council had better get down to busi ness. Thereupon followed a twenty-minute argument between City Attorney Schuebel and Recorder Loder as to what the city's income was going to be next year, ending in a postpone ment of the whole budget matter to next Friday. After the budget had been thus successfully dodged, Mr. Templeton remarked that he had a few little matters to say. His first was to the effect that when the last charter amendment was offered to the people the voters didn't realize the tangled condition of the city finance. Now they did realize it, Mr. Templeton added, and he moved that the city attorney again prepare an amendment to the charter, providing for a seven mill levy to pay the city expenses and an eight-mill levy to pay the city debt. Councilman Albright seconded the motion, and it passed unanimous ly. Thus the voters will be given a chance to once again vote on increas ing the levy limit to 15 mills. Mr. Templeton next fell upon the city official paper, remarking that the budget had allowed $250 for print ing ordinances and other official no tices, and that the Enterprise bills already exceeded this amount by ?4Uo. Continuing his remarks Mr Templeton said that he approved of Prof. Sowers' suggestion, made to the Commercial club, that city printing be dispensed with, and after reading letters dealing with the way Rose burg, Albany, Hood River, Medford and Salem attend to such matters, he moved that the city attorney draw up a charter amendment providing that the publication of ordinances and franchises be dispensed with, and that the amendment be submitted to the council at the Friday meetimr Mr. Metzner seconded the motion, and it got a unanimous vote. Mr. Schuebel urged that action be taken in the matter of codifying the city ordinances, and was promised ac tion. Councilman Albright said he was going to move that the recorder be instructed to place the name of every . city councilman on the ballot at the coming municipal elecion as a candi date for mayor. Counilmen Van Au ken, Metzner and Templeton all an nounced that they would not second the motion, so Mr. Albright didn't make it. Instead . he seconded Mr. Hackett's motion to adjourn. OREGON CITY HAS NOTABLE RECORD (Continued from Pago 1) discharge pipe was six months, almost to a day. The first three months were taken up by preliminary work, surveying the line for its final lo cation, digging the trench and blast ing tunnels through solid rock. There are eight bores on the line, where for a total distance of 1,300 feet the pipe passes through the rock ribs of the northeastern section of the county. The final three months of the work were taken in laying the pipe, and this time could have been cut down considerably had there not been a delay in the arrival of the big steel sections from the eastern factory. And after the pipe was all jointed up and tested, it took the wuter just eleven hours to flow from the intake to Oregon City. Usually the turning of water into a pipe line is a time of anxiety for the engineers and contractors in charge; but when water was turned into the South Fork line Jack Mof fatt and Charlie Parker sat down and filled their pipes. They simply wait- MORE FROM GEORGE (Continued from Pago 1) of the affidavit in the Code? Ask your attorneys, Wilson, McFadden, Clarke, Yates, or any of them. "You can't change the form of a pension affidavit, can you? If we are permitted to scratch out or change any part of the liquor affidavit, we have an equal right to charfge the rest of it, and increase or lower the monthly limit of liquor. I defy any reputable lawyer to show a different construction. The affidavit must be secured from the county clerk; the applicant must swear the liquor is to be used for sacramental purposes and any person who uses it for other pur poses will be a perjurer. No person has any more right to alter the form of this affidavit than he has to change a deed, and Sec. 12 reads 'that any person who shall swear falsely shall be deemed guilty of per jury.' " YOU BET THERE IS John Sievers Says "In Union There is Strength," and He Knows John N. Sievers, justice of the peace, legal luminary of Gladstone, and one of the candidates for the re publican nomination for district at torney, says that there is much strength in union. And John ought to know, for at one time he was a member of one of the strongest unions in existence in fact while a union man he laid a foundation upon which subsequent greatness has been erect, ed. Shortly after the earthquake (some called fire) which devastated San Francisco, John Sievers blew into the Golden Gate city and looked for a job. By paying $35 and sundry dues and assessments, he was admitted as a full-fledged member of the cement workers' union, and at the princely wage of sixteen dollars a day, more or less, he helped lay the concrete foundations, cement walls and steel- ribbed floors, of many notable San Francisco structures. Among the marvels of the California metropolis that John Sievers helped rebuild were the Palace and St. Francis hotels, the towering office building at the cor ner of Third and Market streets, and the waterproof cellar of Wing Fong's opium joint in Chinatown. Judge Sievers says that when he really starts his campaign for the re publican nomination for district at torney he is going to pay up all his dues in the cement workers' union, put the union label on his cards, and break loose as the laboring man's friend and leader. He will use ce ment cards in his campaign, and will drop them from an airship on all meetings of his opponents. ed for the water to show, for they knew that their work had been faith fully done, and there would be no hitches. And there were none. The pipe line held throughout, no breaks or leaks occurred, no troublesome chokings took place. The water simply rolled down hill, and kept rolling in greater and greater volume. This was an unusual record few pipe lines have been constructed in which there were not blow-outs or other troubles when the wuter wus first turned in. The two or three geysers that do- veloped between the reservoir and the river had no bearing on the pipe line. Those lesser troubles occurred in the West Linn line, because too great a pressure was shot into the pipes. When the water system is completed, West Linn's pipe will not get the full force of the flow in the pipe line, and the smaller pipe of which it is composed, will be amply strong enough to care for the reduced pres sure. Oregon City's pipe line cost approx imately $300,000 as far as actual con. struction goes. The balance over this sum will be taken up in engine eeiing charges and preliminary work. The pipe line will fill the reservoir in the county seat, which has a capacity of a million and a half gallons, and will also take care of West Linn's reservoir, with its capacity of two million gallons. And then there will be water to spare. And the water will be of the best, too it will not be glacier water, it will not be melted snow. ' Natural springs feed the South Fork of the Clackamas, giving Ore gon City the best water obtainable. A federal reserve will protect the watershed and assure its constant purity. In short, Oregon City's new supply will give the county seat bet ter water than even Portland's Bull Run as has been testified to by men familiar with Portland's supply. And it will all have been brought about by local energy and by local men and merein lies the big triumph of Ore gon City, its engineer, Hal Rands, and its contractors, Moffat & Parker. Summons In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clacka mas. J. D. Grant, Plaintiff, vs. Fannye M. Grant, Defendant. To B'annye M. Grant, the above named Defendant: In the name of the State of Oregon you are hereby required to appear and answer thee omplaint filed against you in the above named suit within six weeks from the date of the first publication of this sum mons, and if you fail to appear or answer said complaint, for want thereof, the plaintitf will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in the complaint: For a decree dis solving the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant. This summons is published by order of the Honorable H. S. Ander son, Judge of the County Court, which order was made on the 14th day of October, 1915, and the time prescribed for publication thereof is 6 weeks, beginning with the is sue of October 14th, 1915, and ending with the issue of November 25th, 1015. A. L. DUNDAS, Attorney for Plaintiff. 324 Henry Bldg., Portland, Oregon. Notice of RoSd Budget Meeting Notice is hereby given that, pursu ant to Chapter 234, General Laws of Oregon 1913, and Chapter 225, Gen eral Laws of Oregon 1915; a meeting of the legal voters of ROAD DIS TRICT NO. 47, Clackamas County, Oregon, will be held at Green's Hall, in said District on the 3rd day of Nov. 1915, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of considering the fol lowing estimates of the amount of money to be raised by special tax in said District for the ensuing year. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Im provement and maintenance of Mil waukie Hill, on River Road, $8000.00; improvement and maintenance of River Road, at C. W. Risley place, $1500.00. BRIDGES None. PROBABLE RECEIPTS None. BALANCES None. Subscribed by three resident free holders of said district and by the road supervisor of said district this 14th day of Oct., 1915. MARY HARRIS, Freeholder. JOHN JENNINGS, Freeholder. P. D. NEWELL, Freeholder. E. D. OLDS, Road Supervisor. Road District No; 47. Notice of Road Budget Meeting Notice is hereby given that, pur suant to Chapter 234, General Laws of Oregon 1913, and Chapter 225, Gen eral Laws of Oregon 1915, a meeting of the legal voters of ROAD DIS TRICT NO. 38, Clackamas County, Oregon, will be held at Concord School House, in said District on the 3rd day of November, 1915, at the hour of 7:30 P. M., for the purpose of con. sidering the following estimates of the amount of money to be raised by special tax in said District for the ensuing year. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Im provement and maintenance of Oat field Road, $2600.00; improvement and maintenance of Oak Street Road, $1000.00. BRIDGES None. PROBABLE RECEIPTS None. BALANCES None. Subscribed by three resident free holders of said district and by the road supervisor of said district this 14th day of October, 1915. R. G. KENNEDY, Freeholder, LOUIS H. LOOK, Freeholder. JOHN R. OATFIELD, Freeholder. R. RICHARDSON, Road Supervisor. Road District, No. 38. The Courier $1.00 per year. Letter of Condolence Inasmuch as our dearly beloved brother and fellow patrons, Vernon Larkins, has been removed from our midst by the hand of death, leaving us saddened by a sense of loss too deep for words, be it therefore, Resolved, That we, the members of Highland Grange, No. 261, do hereby express our deep sorrow in th loss of our brother and friend. Resolved, That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved wife and family in the loss of a lov. ing husband, son and brother. Be it further Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be spread on the minutes of this Grange; a copy sent to the Cour ier, and one to the family of the de ceased. CLYDE RINGO EVA SCHRAMN CLAY MILLER Committee. Notice of Filial Settlement In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clacka mas. In the matter of the estate of Anna" Jane Stroup, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the under signed as executor of the above en titled estate, has filed his final ac count in the office of the County Clerk of Clackamas County, and that Monday, the 15th day of No vember, 1915, at ten o'clock a. m., and the court room of said court has been appointed as the time and place for hearing objections thereto and the settlement thereof. Dated this 14th day of October, A. IX, 1915. ROBERT STROUP, Executor of the estate of Anna Jane Stroup, deceased. HAMMOND & HAMMOND, Attorneys for Executor. WANTED Farmer and Dairyman wants to lease for term of years furnished ranch larger or smaller share, or cash basis. Address "J," care of Courier. The first meeting of the Woman's olub for the winter season was held today at the home of Mrs. C. Evans, ON HIGHER PRICES Charlie Schram Tells Why Movies Cost More Than They Used To Charles Schram, who runs the only moving picture house in the county seat that has a daily change of pro gram, and that offers as good a ser vice to its patrons as any movie house in the world, says that before long he will have to increase his admission price to fifteen cents or else cut down- the quality of his films. Charlies doesn't want to reduce the standard of attractions he has been offering, so the chances are that he will scratch out the "ten cent" sign on his crystal ticket office and raise the ante a nickel. "The films produced now are so much better than those formerly put out," says Mr. Schram, "that the producers are forced to charge more for their pictures. The moving pic. ture industry has found its standard and all the reputable producers are trying to live up to thin; and m or der to do so they have to go to much greater expense in staging their drama. The added cost has to be met in the sale of the films, and ex hibitors naturally have to pay a high er rental for the exchanges. As things are now no house that shows first-class pictures can make any money on ten-cent admissions, and so the first class houses are univers ally raising to fifteen or more for single admissions. "In the very near future my thea tre is going to show the famous Para mount pictures exclusively in this city, and to meet the cost of these pictures I will have to increase mv admission prices. The Paramount pictures are famed everywhere for their beauty and dramatic perfection and the companies that put them on are composed of the finest stars in filmdom. While these pictures will cost me a great deal more than I am paying for the films I am now running, they will increase the class of my offerings a much greater per cent, and I feel that my patrons will be willing to pay the additional nickel in order to seem them. The Para mount pictures are virtually as good as any regular two-dollar theatrical show in fact most of them are bet. ter, and people surely will be willing to pay the extra cost to see these fine silent dramas. Portland houses which show pictures of this class are charg ing from fifteen cents up, and I will have to do the same in self protec tion." THROUGH SERVICE SOON Willamette Valley Southern to Run Trains into Portland Terminal The Willamette Valley Southern Railway Company wishes to announce to the public that from and after Oc. tober 17th two of its express and pas senger trains will run daily from Mt. Angel to 1st and Alder streets, Port land, Oregon. The morning passen ger express will leave Mt. Angel at 7:00 a. m., and arrive at First and Al der streets, Portland, at 9:00 a. m., and leave therefrom at 9:15 a. m., and arrive in Oregon City at 9:55 a. m. and arrive in Mt. Angel at 11:20 a. m. The afternoon passenger and express will leave Mt. Angel at 4:00 p. m. and arrive at First and Alder streets Portland at 6:00 p. m., and will leave therefrom at 6:15 p. m. and ar rive at Oregon City at 6:55 p. m. and arrive at Mt. Angel at 8:15 p. m. The passenger trains between Ore gon City and Mt. Angel and way points will leave Oregon City as fol lows: -7:25 a. m., 10:00 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. and 6:55 p. m., and will leave Mt. . Angel for Oregon City and way points at 7:00 a. m., 9:30 a. m., 1:00 p. m. and 4:00 p. m. The company has found it neces sary in order to accommodate the traveling public from Mt. Angel to Oregon City and Portland and vice versa, to make some provision for handling baggage and checking the same through on the passenger tick ets, and a large number of passengers who desire to go to Portland find it impossible to get their baggage check ed on a twenty cent fare over the line of the P. R. L. & P. Co., and in order to accommodate those passengers and to increase the business of the W. V. S. Ry. Co., a through service with two passenger trains into Portland daily, has been established, whereby bag gage can be checked, and this has been found to be the best means of solving the problem. The express business on the line of the W. V. S. Ry. Co. has been increasing rapidly and as ninety per cent of all express matter goes to Portland, the two thru trains can handle all of that business without the necessity of transferring the same to the P. R. L. & P. Co.'s trains. LAND SUIT FILED City Power Concern to try and Settle Long-Standing Dispute In order to discover which has rightful title to a triangular strip of land at the southern end of Main street, a friendly suit has been filed by the Portland Railway, Light & Power company against the city. This plat of land has long been in dispute as to ownership, the city claiming that it was originally dedicated as part of Main street; and the power company claiming that it has been in possession of the tract for many years. The land is now utilized by the Hawley Pulp & Paper company, under a lease from the power con cern. Some years ago a report on this piece pf land was made to the coun cil by then City Recorder Livy Stipp. Mr. Stipp contended in his report that the city owned that land, and that valuable water rights also went with it. If the city proves ownership, it is said that the municipality will come into possession of sufficient water power to operate a municipal power and light plant, should it so desire. J. S. Youne. for many years nro- nrietor of a livery stable in the coun- ty seat, died during the week at the home of his sister in eastern Oregon. QUESTION IS ASKED Correspondent Wants to Know Some thing and Awaits a Reply Editor, Courier: With your permis sion I would like to publish one para graph of an article that recently ap peared in the Saturday Evening Post. The article is too long for full publi cation, but I would like for everyone that can to get the post and read it October 2, 1915, page 5. The para graph to which I would call attention reads: "A reader of the Saturday Evening Post recently came to consult me about a "plan he has for combining two or three express ompanies oper ating between his city and an adjoin, ing town. He finds that each day these companies drive wagons back and forth over the same highway and that each maintains a separate office in the larger city, also in the adjoin ing town. Not only this, but each company has independent stables and various other needless duplications. Now this young man wishes to have a co-operation of individuals to save money but to whom. The question we will ask is this: if this is waste and duplication in the express busi ness, what about every other busi ness under the co-operative system are they not all in the same cate gory.'"' Again, if there can be money saved by combined individuals, why not by the people? Let me ask why the high cost of living, why do taxes increase, and whence comes the money to pay tax es ? Don't all answer at once. ' You democrats; don't say lower the tariff; that's beer tried and found wanting; and you republicans, don't you say raise the tariff to lower costs that would not work well and is too foolish to think of. W. W. MYERS. George K. Lonsberry, of Kalama, was visiting county seat friends the middle of the week. AND ANOTHER ONE Councilman Long Enters Race for Mayor's Chair in County Seat Tuesday of this week election fever struck Oregon City its first serious blow, and petitions for nomination appeared on the street for Council man Hackett and Councilman Long, both of whom modestly aspire to be elected mayor. Councilman Temple ton, who is also an avowed candi date, was late in getting his petition out in the business section of the city. Councilman Hackett some weeks ago let it be known that he would be a candidate for mayor on a platform of strict economy. Councilman Templeton is also on the "economy" list, and believes that the city ought to have such a thoroughly honest ad ministration as only he can give it. Councilman Long, who burst un. expectedly on the political horizon, is at present chairman of the fire and water committee, and is very satis fied with the record he has made in the council. He has been a council man for quite a long while, and has frequently risen in seosrons and told his brother councilmen that he was satisfied with his stand on various matters. One of his most recent triumphs was in forcing through the council a purchase of a certain kind of firehose quite regardless of the claims or bids of competing kinds. Mr Long is also a member of the "solid five," a mysterious inner organization of the council which in the past has done effective work. Councilman Templeton is an occas ional member of this same organiza tion, but sometime deserts it when he is sure that a measure will carry without his vote. Councilman Hack ett is not a member of the "solid five" but is on of the best movers for ad ajournment that the county seat leg islative halls have ever seen. After the flurry of these opening guns spends its force, it is expected that some candidates with a chance of winning will come out for the of fice. "Printing with a punch" at th? Courier. RECEPTION TO BE GIVEN C. Y. P. L. Will Enertain High School Students The Christian Young People's League of Oregon City is planning to give a reception to the new stu dents of the local High School next Tuesday evening, in the First Con gregational church. The young people of Oregon City and vicinity will be present, and the church parlors will bo well filled. A speaker, whose name has not yet been announced, will address the meeting. Light refreshments will be served, and a social time will be en joyed. The affair marks the official open ing of the active career of the C. Y. P. L., which was organized for the pur pose of consolidating the young people's societies of the city, and thereby increasing their efficiency as an active force in the community. W. Yonce, of Estaeada, has filed suit against J. W. Ferguson, asking for $89. He claims that Ferguson rented a team from him last July and damaged it seriously. The Courier $1.00 per year. SHERIFF'S WORK EASIER Estaeada Progress Sees New Hope for Mr. Wilson Now With the glad news that Fritz Boy Milwaukie, is to leave the county, the office of sheriff of Clackamas county should be a sinecure, for Fritz has always operated a disreputable place, causing the county much expense and trouble to keep it within the bounds of the law. If a few more proprietors of sim ilar objectionable places in this coun ty would "hit the trail" it would leave more money for permanent improve, ments. (Estaeada Progress) Tb8tda Dress up boys Dress up dads Uncle Sam Says You Can Afford It ( Perk up! Why does a boy feel so big in his first pair of suspenders? For the same reason that his dad feels so much better Sunday morning after a bath, a shave and a tog-out in his "go-to-meeeting-duds it's part of the make-up of the human being. f You can make of yourself what you will by dressing and thinking the part. (J Our splendid showing of the very latest in Men's, Young Men's and Boys' wearing apparel is worthy of your consideration, and last, but not least, remember we take care of every garment in our tailoring room free of charge. f Come in and give us the once-over we are always pleased to show you through. v SUITS and OVERCOATS for MEN and YOUNG MEN, priced $10 o $30 SUITS, OVERCOATS AND MACKINAWS for BOYS, priced " , $3.50 1 $10 OREGON CITY, ORE. ESTABLISHED 1895 6th MAIN STREETS FARMS COVER MUCH Almost Half the Acreage of the Unit- ed States Is Agricultural Land According to a recent compilation of the Department of Agriculture, ap proximately 1,900,000,000 acres rep resents the total land, area of the United States. Of this area about 878,000,000 acres or 46 percent of the total, is in farms. Only a little over half of this farm land is improved. Of the total land area of Oregon, 01,188,000 acres, 19 percent or 11,685,000 acres is in farms. Of this farm land approximately 4,275,000 acres is improved farm land, which is 7 percent of the total. In Washington the total land area is estimated to be 42,775,000 acres, of which 27, percent or 11,712,000 acres is in farms. Approximately 6,373,000 acres of this farm land is improved, which is 15 percent of the total. - In 1006 the first law was passed giving the several states a share in the National Forest income. The first allotment made to Oregon under this law was $7,585; the last fiscal year gave Oregon $69,545 as its share of this income. Washington's first allotment under this law in 1906 was $1,923, while the State's share at the end of the last fiscal year was $52,423. , tl , ,4 , ,t ,t t , ft j .t . v New Blacksmith Shop i Robert Britt has opened a v" blacksmith shop on Third and C. street, opposite Cot- tage Hotel, Canby, Oregon, j . and is ready to do light and i heavy horse-shoeing. 9? . t4 ,4 v ,1 v4 v .4 Jt v v J S "Printing with a punch" at the Courier. - BVMkOh, 1111. ..Additional.,. ...Locals... Mrs. Max Telford has returned to the county seat after a visit with friends at Dallas. Mrs. W. H. Sampson is entertain ing Mrs. Elva Wood, of Roseburg, a former resident of the county seat. Mrs. C. H. Tooze and Miss Evelyn Harding left for the San Francisco Exposition this week, expecting to stay about three weeks. While in San Francisco they will be guests of Miss Hazel Tooze, a former Oregon City girl. Mrs. E. B. Anderson, Lloyd An. derson and the Misses Eva and Emma Benson have left for Bend, where they have been called by the illness of their brother, Rudolph Benson. Miss Josephine Newton, who has been spending some weeks with her mother, Mrs. Kate Newton, has re turned to her home in Philadelphia. Robert Britt, of Canby, who has had many years of experience in the horseshoeing business, has leased the lots on Third and C. street opposite the Cottage Hotel at Canby, and has had erected a blacksmith and horse shoeing establishment, and on Monday of this week opened up his shop for business. Rev. Thomas J. Williams Coming Rev. Thomas J. Williams, who for some time past has been engaged in Chinese mission wark at Oakland, California, has accepted a call to fill' the pulpit of St. Paul's church, and will take up his new duties about No vember first. The Rev. Williams comes with the highest recommendations.