OREGON CITY COU 33d Year OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916 Number 42 ALCOHOL DRUGS I L INTRICACIES OF NEW STATE STATUTE ARE MANY AND SADLY BEWILDERING BEVERAGES ALONE ARE KIT Almost Any Amount of Forbidden Al coholic Stuff May Be Sold if not Designed for Straight Drink While the prohibition law, in force m Oregon since the first of the year, provides that no "beverage contain- ing more than half of one percent of alcohol may be sold; there is nothing in the law that will stop the purchas er of a mixture of one part carbolic acid and 1000 parts alcohol. And if the purchaser of this latter mixture wants to drink it, nobody will be thrown into jail and prosecuted for the selling of it though the drinker may go to the hospital or the morgue. On the other hand, if a druggist sells a pint of ethyl alcohol for a "rub," and the purchaser goes out around the corner and drinks it, the druggist making the sale may be ar rested and fined for violating the pro visions of the law. There are eighteen mixtures of al cohol and other things which may be put up by any druggist and sold with out making it nacessary for the drug gist to take out a federal retail li quor license, and the sale of which will not violate the Oregon prohibition law; but in order to get the alcohol to be so used, the druggist will have to go personally to the wholesale house in Portland and sign an affidavit swearing that he desires the stuff solely for medicinal or mechanical purposes. And, furthermore, each druggist may buy twenty-four quarts of beer and two quarts of hard booze every month, and may use this amount of forbidden luxury in compounding pre scriptions to his customers. But the druggist cannot get mor,e than the 24 and two quarts in any one month. In other words, with the exception of ministers of the gospel, nobody in Oregon may now legally buy more than 24 quarts of beer and two quarts of bard booze a month. And after buying this booze, nobody but drug gists can sell it again and the drug gist who sells it must sell it as medi cine, to be taken in small doses, and not to be imbibed as a beverage. And it is on the word "beverage" that almost the entire prohibition law hinges. The intent of the law is to curtail very considerably the consump tion of alcoholic beverages in the state. Anybody who attempts to sell, give away or otherwise dispose of alcoholic beverages is liable to get into trouble. But medicines contain ing alcohol are a different matter if they are not taken as beverages. At least such is the ruling of district at torneys and lawyers who have studied the law. Thes ame general idea applies to the sale of ethyl alcohol, only the pro visions of the law are more strict in regard to it. The person who sells alcoholic medicine isn't blamed if the buyer takes the medicine as a drink; but the person who sells ethyl alcohol is blamed if the buyer drinks it. Why the distinction was made is one of the prohibition mysteries but it is there. No bond is required of the druggist who sells standard medicines that con tain a high percentage of alcohol, and no penalty is attached if the purchas ers abuse the intentions of the drug gist by drinking them. But a bond is required for the sale of ethyl al cohol, and a penalty hangs over the druggist if customers buying ethyl alcohol drink it. The United States Treasury De partment, which has charge of the col lection of internal revenue, has issu ed instructions to druggists regard ing the sale of alcoholic compounds. Copies of these instructions may be obtained from Internal Revenue Col lector Milton Miller, at Portland, and they contain aside from a review of the federal statutes a list of 18 com pounds are household remedies, and others are mere mixtures that make the alcohol unsuited to drinking pur poses. The aim of the federal govern ment is similar to the aim of the Oregon law only it is more simply expressed. It is not the intention of Uncle Sam to permit anybody to sell alcohol for beverage purposes with out taking out a federal license. But alcohol for use as a "rub," or for other medicinal purposes, may be sold in practically unlimited quantities with out a federal license. However, strict compliance with tjie federal law will not protect the seller or the buyer from the work ings of the Oregon law; and there is no chance to make Uncle Sam defend one for violating the Oregon law. While the purpose of the two sets of statutes is very similar, the chief point of difference between them comes in the strict prohibition of the Oregon law to the purchase of more than certain amounts of alcohol or alcohlic cmpounds. The only way to be safe under the Oregon law is to become a real pro- PRIJH THE REASON WHY Correspondent Want8 to Know Some thing; Here's the Answer Editor, Courier: I would be much obliged if you would tell me why dif ferent papers, in printing articles about the same person, so often spell the names of the principal characters concerned differently. I do not mean this inquiry as a criticism; I am simp ly seeking information. SUBSCRIBER. To the above letter the Courier would give two answers. First, in re gard to the Courier. This paper makes every effort to get names right the first time, and believes that it usually succeeds. And believing a name to be right as published, the Courier sticks to that spelling of the name every time afterwards when it has occasion to use it In regard to other papers, the Courier supposes that the same sys tem is followed. Papers usually try to get things right the first time, and then "stay with them." Which re minds us of a certain eastern paper that once printed the announcement of a certain man's death. The man came in a couple of days later and said he thought the report was a mis take, and asked the editor to correct it. "No sir," said the editor, looking at the man who didn't die. "No sir. This paper said you were dead, and dead you shall stay as far as this paper is concerned. We will not say that we made a mistake, but out of deference to your feelings we'll simp ly refuse to mention you again in our columns." Newspapers try to get things right and when they don't they dislike to say anything more about the sub ject. MANY ATTEND FUNERAL Last Honors Paid Memory of Mrs. E. G. Starkweather on Tuesday Many friends and admirers of the late Mrs. Eliza Gordon Starkweather attended the funeral services held over the remains at the First Baptist church Tuesday afternoon, and paid a final tribute to the woman they all knew and loved. Mrs. Starkweather has been a resident of Oregon since 1846, and' died at Concord on Sunday,, at the age of 85. . .. As one of the earliest pioneers of the state, she journeyed across the plains in the summer of 1846, arriv ing in Oregon in October of that year. She was born in 1831 at Vernon, Jen nings county, Indiana, and with her father moved to Missouri in 1845. She was married to William A. Stark weather in September, 1853, at Mo lalla. The first home of the couple was in Linn county, where they took up a donation land claid. Later they re turned to Molalla and in 1861 moved to Oregon City where they lived four years while Mr. Starkweather served as register of the United States land office. Since 1865 her home has been at Concord station. She is survived by two sons, W. L. Starkweather and H. G. Starkweather, both of Concord, and two daughters, Mrs. Ella Whipple, of Canby, and Mrs Ida Derry, of Concord, as well as 12 grandchildren. Oregon's Sunday "blue law" having been held valid by United States judges, we can now go to the movies on the Sabbath and know that we are breaking no moral statutes. It is nice to have it settled. WAR'S END FORETOLD Trouble on West Coast also Seen by Marine Corps Prophet "The war will end on July 26, 1916. On October 12, 1916, San Francisco will be bombarded and destroyed by a hostile fleet." Gunnery Sergeant Thomas G. Ster- rett, United States Marine Corps, makes this dire prophecy, not from any advance military knowledge, but from the fact that he is a sevenht son of a seventh son with no girls between, and his comrades in the Marine Corps think him something of a forecaster. Sterrett first gained fame when, in 1892, he predicted a new railway station for Kansas City. In 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, he foretold with unerring accuracy the overflow of the Allegheny's banks and the flooding of Pittsburgh's downtown section. hibitionist, and to hum constantly "Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine." Because even the pur chaser of the permitted 24 and 2 may get into difficulty if he gives a friend a "wee nip." The only persons who may beak the drought are regular li censed physicians and pastors and physicians can only prescribe liquor in medicinal doses or compounds, and to the extent of their individual 24 and 2 quarts, or to the extent of the 24 and 2 quarts that some nice drug gist may have bought Ministers have no limit, as long as they dispense wine for sacramental purposes. Druggists, about whom will wage the heat of any warfare that breaks out as a result of the new law, will do well to consult the district attorney about the fine points of the prohibition statutes. They will receive other aid from their wholesale supply houses, and from federal officiate. All other people had better leave the tempting glass alone, and then there wont be any chance for a mix-up. CITY TO BATTLE FOR ITS POWER MAYOR HACK ETT CALLS UPON COUNCIL TO DEVELOP OLD RIGHTS TO THE FALLS ELECTRIC PLANT IS SOUGHT Head of Administration Springs Sur prise in Message to Co-Workers for Community's Welfare Mayor E. C. Hackett, new head of the county seat's affairs, set off an unexpected pile of dynamite Monday night when he read his message to the council of Oregon City. The city dads were lying back lazily in their chairs, listening to perfunctory remarks by the new executive on his plans for an administration, Councilma Templeton was reading the charter, and Council man Van Auken was ulinkig his eyes sleepily, when it happened. But as soon as the councilmen realized the purport of the new mayor's words they sat up straight and paid strict attention to business. Mr. Hackett advocated an immed iate clearing away of the tangle over the city's water rights at the falls, and suggested tnat it would be well, as soon as the municipality could af ford it, to construct and operate a municipal power and lighting plant. That was all. But it started some thing. Oregon City has not been accustom ed to having its city fathers or its mayor allude with more than usual emphasis to the possibilities that are slumbering at the south end of the city. It is true that some faint vista of the future was given the last coun cil during the fight over the sale of the old filtration plant to the Hawley Pulp & Paper company; but until Mr. Hackett sprang the municipal power and lighting plant, nobody has ever very violently' suggested that Oregon City might make use of its heritage and make money from it. Recorder Livy Stipp, of a bygone administration, once delved into the subject of Oregon City's water rights and told the council that there was something worth while going ' after. But Mr. Stipp's dream was put to sleep in committee pigeon-holes time after time, and no effort was ever made to find out if Oregon City really had power rights, and if it could de velop them and utilize them. The Honorable Christian Schuebel, self styled "city attorney," made some ef fort to revive the matter a month or so ago, and following that it was re marked in the papers and in the coun cil that a "friendly suit" had been started in the courts to determine the city's water rights but nobody took the "friendly suit" very seriously. And then came Mayor Hackett, and first crack out of the box, told the council that he had evnry reason to believe that the city had valuable water rights, and that he hoped to see these rights determind at once. Mr. Hackett said in his speech that he had heard, or had been told, that some sort of a suit to clear the tangle was on the legal ways, but the way he referred to it showed that he didn't think a whole lot of the action in which the Honorable Christian Schuebel took a belated interest just before his term of office might be ex pected to expire. Mr. Hackett urged the council to do something and then he threw out that portentious remark about a municipal hydro-electric plant, which might be utilized to light the city's streets and homes. No wonder the council sat up and stopped its doze and its blinking. This quiet man Hackett, hardly having warmed the mayor's chair beneath him was calling upon the council to see to it that SOMETHING BE DONE to determine . if Oregon City had any water rights, and was also telling the council that if it was found that the city had rights, it might be well to utilize them for the public good. Mayor Hackett spoke of Detroit as a city that had a municipal lighting plant, and his words were of the kind that showed he MEANT BUSINESS. No wonder the council paused. Those who had heretofore "stalled" all efforts towards developing the city's water power looked from one to the other, as much as to say "Can this thing be true?" New councilmen, not yet intimately familiar with the blighting influence that has blocked all former efforts at developing the water power which the city undoubted ly has, hung on the mayor's words with profound interest and respect. Old councilmen who have thought that the people ought to have the benefit of the city's rights let a new hope shine in their faces. It appeared that this man Hackett meant to be mayor and do something. The Courier trusts so. And so do hundreds of people in Oregon City, who annually see a good share of their taxes poured into the coffers of a power company that sits entrenched and grins at the city while it uses the water that the city ought to be using itself, and for the power thug used charges the city a-plenty for arc and incandescent lights on the streets. The water power is there there is ALBRIGHT IN RACE Man Well Known Throughout County Seeks Sheriff's Place 1 John F. Albright John F. Albright, well known as a fisherman throughout the county, and now serving his third term on the Oregon City council, has announced himself a candidate for the republi can nomination for sheriff. Mr. Al bright was a candidate at the last election, but lost the nomination by a narrow margin. He believes that he will have better luck this time. Mr. Albright has always been in tensely interested in public affairs, and as chairman of the special elevat or committee of the council had much to do with the successful construction and operation of Oregon City's munic ipal free elevatr. He has always been opposed to special interests, and in the county seat coun -il has cham pioned the working people. He has a strong following, and v-tll rally many votes to his banner at.the forthcom ing primaries. He has radical ideas about the manner in which the sher iff's office should be run, and believes that much economizing might be practiced without impairing the ef ficiency of the office in any way. JOHN SHEPHERD DIES Pioneer Who Crossed Plains in Youth Recalls Adventures of Trip John Shepherd died Monday noon, December 27th, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grace Hinton, near Tualatin, and was' laid by the side of his wife in the Mountain View ceme tery at Oregon City on the following Wednesday. Ha was born in Ripley county, In diana, January 15th, 1842, thus being nearly 74 years of age at th time of his death. He Nearly rlollected crossing the plains in 1851 with his parents in a small company on their way to the Oregon country. The one time boy immigrant chose for his life companion Miss Mary Lee, born where Lents now is, the day after her parents arrived from the East. For years after his marriage John Shepherd owned and steadily improved a good farm in Washington county, but a sudden hemorrhage of the lungs sent him, finally, to the east of the mountains, where he partially regain ed his health, often serving as court interpreter between the Indians and the White Man. He also engaged in sawmilling. Though always pronounced in his religious views as he saw the right, he nevertheless made a- great many friends, and was well known through out a large part of both Oregon and Washington. He was but once mar ried. He left one son, Ross Shepherd, of Willamette; and two daughters, Mrs. Iva Cantrill, living near Oregon City; and Mrs. Hinton. PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS 0. W. R. & N. Terminates Lease on Hot Lake Sanitarium Hot Lake, Ore., Jan. 6: The popu lar health resort was today taken possession of by F. L. Myers, of the La Grande national bank on behalf of the $250,000 bond issue. The management of the sanitarium will continue in the hands of Dr. G. W. Tape. The usual influx of guests after the holiday season is already making itself felt, the attendance being greater than a year ago. With im provements continually being made, Hot Lake anticipates a very prosper ous future. no question of that. In former years a foolish ( ?) council agreed that may be some of it wasn't there, and leased a part of what was left for the city but able attorneys say that the power is there. The city has a right-of-way to water in the basin, and it may appropriate all of the water that it needs aside from that to which it al ready has rights. This much develop ed during the struggle the city had to retain its flume and pumps at the fil tration plant site. And now Mayor Hackett urges immediate action in discovering the total extent of the city's rights', and then talks of a municipal power and lighting plant. Good for Hackett he seems to be a real man. Mayor Hackett now is asking for a city prosecutor who can and who will look after the city's legal inter ests in this matter, as well as in other matters. He is looking for a man who understands the question, who is fa miliar with the legal intricacies of the past, and who can and will FIGHT for the city's rights. Here's hoping he gets that man, for it will mean much to the future of Oregon City. And in connection with all that, why do you suppose it is that the Hon orable Christian Schuebel, "friend of the people," wants to hang onto his job, even though he be an unweclome guest at the councilmanic feast? ; ' V ' . , :i i : I I -jaws, XU WOW! ZIP! 70WIE! COUNCIL IN RIOT "LOAFER" SHOUTS TEMPLETON "LIAR" REPLIES BURKE, AND OTHERS JOIN POLITICAL DEBTS NOT PAID Harmony Sought by Hackett Dissolves into Thin and Heated Air at First Regular Gathering The war in Europe might as well stop right now. It has nothing on Oregon City's council after the first regular meeting of the year, held Wednesday night in the city hall. And all former councils are dimmed as vaudeville performances. What they had to offer was "small town stuff," slapstick comedy of the' coun try circuit variety. What the new council offered to a room crowded with spectators Wednesday night was al together different it was high class buffoonery, a performance that kept the witnesses in an uproar all the time in fact it was as shocking a display as any body of city fathers ever put up. The fireworks began soon after the opening of the session. Mayor Hack ett appointed Councilman Andrews a member of the committee on fire and water the only committee appoint ment that Andrews gets. Mr. Metz ner then rose and called his honor's attention to the fact that he had not re-appointed the elevator committee. Councilman Roake rose to remark that the elevator was certainly public property, and that he saw no reason for cluttering up the council with use less committees. Maybe he would have said more; certainly Mr. Metzner would have said more, only Recorder Loder then choked off trouble by read ing the Live Wires' harmony message. Bit harmony wasn't there. The fi nance' committee reported that it had held tfp two bills, one ,from the fire chief jjr flushing hosi anil hydrants, and one from the elevator committee for an electric heater in the elevator. Mr. Roake opined that it was the reg ular duty of the fire chief to flush hy drants, that that was what he was paid ten dollars a month for. As to the heater in the elevator, Mr. Roake professed ignorance of its ever having been authorized. Councilman Albright, who hadn't come in when the elevator committee was abolished, and who thought that there was such a thing, recalled to the council that last year the elevator committee had been given power to act in regard to the heater, and that it had bought the cheapest one in the market Nobody explained the flushing of the hydrants which was dono to clear the old water from the pumping sta tion from the mains when South Fork water was turned in. The council al lowed the bill for the heater in the elevator, but passed the buck for fif teen dollars worth to the fire chief for flushing the hydrants. Routine business then calmed the troubled currents of the meeting for a few minutes, and gave the council a chance to accept the bond of the new chief of police and to approve the as sessment for sewer district No. 10. Then the Honorable Christian Schue bel renewed his plea for the codifi cation of the city ordinances. Mayor Hackett thought maybe the ordinances could be indexed by the re corder. Councilman Cox moved that the ordinances be codified according to the Schuebel plan. Councilman Roake wanted to know if there was any allowance in the budget for pay ing for the codification, which some body guessed would cost $500. Bring ing up the budget reminded Mayor Hackett that the council ought to meet in a "business session" soon to discuss the budget. Mr. Schuebel guessed that codifying the ordinance would cost a dollar a page. Mr. Roake remarked that probably it would cost more to publish them this time than it did before, and thought estimates ought to be obtained. Mr. Schuebel said it wouldn t cost as much this time, because the city would only need about 25 copies. Mr. Templeton sug gested that codifying the ordinances be included with the regular city printing, and suggested that bids for the whole job be sought. At the sug gestion of the mayor Mr. Cox with drew his motion, and substituted one to the effect that the finance commit tee get bids on the city printing and on codifying the ordinances, and re port at the next meeting. The motion carried. Mayor Hackett then announced that the next meeting would be next Wed nesday, and would be a "business ses sion to talk things over." And then the real riot started. "We have come now to the appoint ment of officers for the ensuing year," said the mayor. "I am of the opin ion that under the new amendment, adopted at the last election, I have no power to appoint ejther a city prose cutor or a city recorder, so I will ap point neither. For street superin tendent I desire to appoint one of our leading citizens, a large property owner, and a man well equipped for the place. I desire to appoint Mr, F. C. Burke." Absolute silence reigned for a few seconds, and then Mr. Templeton un curled himself from his chair, cleared his throat, and spoke: "I wish to say that I am in oppo sition to the appointment of Mr. Burke," he said. "I am opposed to the appointment of Mr. Burke because he is an impractical man, more fond of talking when at work than of work ing.' He would be expensive to the city. I have been familiar with the street work in this city for the last two years, and I have seen a great deal of work done and a great deal of talking and loafing done; but this man Burke can do more talking and more loafing than all the rest of the men put together. ; We have in Mr. Bab cock a good man, a taxpayer, an ex perienced man, an obliging man and a good worker, so why should we change?" F. C. Burke, who had flushed to the roots of his hair during Mr. Temple ton 8 expression of opinion, was on his feet in an instant "Mr. Mayor," he shouted, "every word that man has just uttered is a falsehood. He told me only recently that there wasn't a man who did more work than I did on the street. He told me that when I was putting the crown on Fifth street. What that man has said is one of the basest falsehoods ever uttered in this council chamber, it is a dirty lie. Street Su perintendent Babcock will bear me out, he told me I was a hard working man." Councilman Metzner then unlimber- ed his 42-centimeter gun. "I am of the same opinion as Mr. Templeton in this matter,"- he said. "When this man Burke was supposed to be in specting a certain street he was away off somewhere else, talking and loaf ing. He was always jumping on what Harry Jones did, but any work that other contractors did was al ways all right, even if they just threw gravel into a ditch with their fingers. George Randall, one of the specta tors to the interchange of compli ments, then butted into the battle with the remark that: "I am a taxpayer and a property owner, and I for one think Mr. Burke would make a good street superintendent. I think it would be better to have him, than to put bums on the street who would maybe earn one dollar but get two and a quarter from the city." Councilman Cox tried to spring a compromise candidate,, by suggesting City Engineer" Miller for a ;Sombina-. tion engineer and street superintend ent "You may say that the charter doesn't permit us to combine the jobs," said Cox. "But this council has done lots of things against the charter that have not been to the city's interests, so why not do something that would be a benefit to the city?" City Engineer Miller said that Councilman Van Auken had asked him if he would take the street job at $75 a month, with five dollars a day ad ditional for any engineering work that might be necessary. "I would be will ing to do that," said Mr. Miller, "but I am not anxious to do it; and I would only do it on the agreement that I get no less than $100 a'month from January to May, and not less thun $125 a month from May to January. "I can get a man who will be engi neer and street superintendent for $100 a month all the year round, and he's a good man, too none better in this city or this county," shouted Mr. Templeton. "Thee barter reads that the mayor is to appoint a street superintendent, and I have appointed one. It is up to you to act on the appointment," sala Mr. Hackett. "You talk about economy," inter jected Albrigha. "Where's the econo my in firing a man who gets $75 a month and appointing one who wants $100 or $125?" "Gentlemen, I wish it understood that I am not seeking this job," said City Engineer Miller. "Mr. Van Auk en asked me if I would take it, and I gave him my answer. But I also said that I wouldn't take the job if it was going to take the bread and butter out of any other man's mouth. Then, turning to the mayor, Mr, Templeton fired the crowning shot of the evening. "You .say you want economy," he shouted. "You don't want economy 1 You want to pay your dirty, miserable political debts!" "I move the appointment of Mr. Burke be confirmed," said Mr. Al bright." "Huh?" The word came from Mr. Templeton in a snort Somebody seconded the motion, but before the vote was put Street Com missioner Babcock got the floor. "Gentlemen," he said, I don't want the job. I've got enough to live on, and you're not going to take the bread and butter from my mouth. When you vote, don't think of me." "All those in favor of confirming the appointment will please rise," said his honor. Councilman Roake, whom Mr. Hackett elected by deciding a tie vote, rose. "Gentlemen," he said, "I want to explain my vote. When I was elected to the council I promised Mr. Hackett that I would support his nominations, for I believe that he would name good men. So I vote in favor of confirming his appointment." "Those opposed will rise," said the chair. Mr. Hackett glared at the council and at his supporters who hadn't vot ed. "Well," he said, "if the council (Continued on Page 8) T IS LATE IN COUNTY PROHIBITION LAW HITS SNAG AS IT CROSSES LINE BE- . YOND MILWAUKIE SHERIFF "DOESN'T KNOW" IT Five of Seveh Saloons Close on Time, but Two of Clackamas Thirst . Parlors Put Clocks Back Last year Clackamas county had seven saloons, and this year it had two for awhile. Even the Enter prise saw the humor of the situation, and joshed Sheriff William J. Wilson ' about it on its front page. And when the Enterprise will "kid" its pet sher WATER iff, it is a safe bet that there is a -. lurking cause for the joke somewhere. ' According to the Enterprise -the . prohibition law went into effect promptly at midnight, and at half past eleven on the last night of the . old year one of the Milwaukie saloons went out of business. The Enter prise added that the other two were "crowded" at midnight, but remarked that the patrons Boon dispersed, and that when the new year dawned there wasn't even an illegal brewery sign in evidence. Which is awfully funny. . Down at. Milwaukie eighty-four hours after the prohibition law went into effect there were no less than five "illegal" signs looming over the land-. scape, four of them advertising the products of one brewery, and one of them lauding the virtues of the beer put out by another. Also there were three signs with the forbidden word "Bar" emblazoned upon them. Having read the Enterprise and its funny stuff about the sheriff, a Cour ier reporter asked William J. Wilson on Monday evening what time he left Milwaukie New Year s Eve. "I don't know," answered the sher iff. "What time did the Milwaukie dumps close up," tviW the next cues-; , tion.' -'' " ' " " '- 'l - - "- "I don't know," answered the sheriff. ' "What about the brewery signs at Milwaukie," was the next interroga "I don't know," said the sheriff and then as an afterthought he added: "I told 'em to take the signs down. If they don't do that it is up to the owner of the building,- it isn't up to me." "I don't know" is hardly the answer for a prohibition sheriff to give on these dry days. The law says that a peace officer who doesn't do his duty is guilty of something-or-other, and stands liable to pay a handsome fine. But Billy Wilson should worry as he has before now expressed it: "I have a lot of friends in the northern part of the county and the people in Mil waukie think I'm all right." They probably do and they prob ably did New Year's morning in the wee sma' hours, when as the Enter prise says, the Milwaukie resorts were crowded, but the crowds soon dispers ed. "Soon dispersed" is one of those cute phrases that is open to consider able interpretation. In one Instance it was two o'clock two hours after mid night, when the crowd dispersed. In another instance it was just as late as that, if not later. One of the Mil waukie saloons, however, did close on time but it left its signs up; and eighty-four hours after the prohibition law had gone into effect they were still proclaiming in vivid blue, white and yellow, that the building they dec- , orated was the Milwaukie Bar, "Jim's Place," and that Weinhard and other beer and refreshment was to be had within. But the sheriff "don't know." Fritz Boysen painted out his signs after the crowd "dispersed" New Year's morning, and he also scratched the word "liquor" off one of the plate glass windows of the front of his establishment. The sign, instead of reading "Family Liquor Store" read "Family Store" for awhile. And then Fritz got another hunch, and all the gold paint came off. Fritz evidently tried to comply with the law which is saying something. The water wagon reached Clacka mas county all right, but it arrived late. At midnight crowds came out from Portland and fought to get into the Belle and the Friars' Club. Quite a number got in, but it is said they drank "near beer" unless they brought better Btuff with them. And some of them had better stuff. Approximate ly two dozen automobiles were park ed in between the trees at th Friar s Club, but they all got out safely be- -fore dawn. And at dawn the sheriff was sleep ing peacefully. He says somebody brought him home from Milwaukie in an automobile, but that it got so cold in the auto that he climbed out at Gladstone and walked the rest of the way up the track to keep warm. Maybe that was why the Enterprise . got so funny about the way the water wagon came to Clackamas county, and maybe that is why the sheriff answer ed "don't know" to the query as to when he left Milwaukie, and what he left there. 'J --5 -J