Ex
i Vlnive
OREGON CITY COUEI
34th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916
Number 22
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OREGON ROAD LAWS
BRIEFLY PRESENTED
IMPORTANT , LAWS GOVERNING
TRAFFIC IN STATE COM
PILED FOR READERS
The editor of this paper has fre
quently been requested to-publish the
road laws of Oregon, but owing to the
fact that doing so would necessitate
taking too much space, the following
is submitted wiih belief that it cov
ers what is of vital importance to
day the traffic laws of Oregon:
The laws of the road everywhere in
this state are declared to be as speci
fied in the following subdivisions.
I. , Vehicles proceeding in opposite
directions shall pass to the right, giv
ing one-half the road to each;
. 2. Vehicles proceeding , in the
same direction overtake each other by
passing to the left;
3. The ' overtaking vehicle shall
maintain its speed until clear of the
overtaken vehicle, and for such dis
tance thereafter as shall prevent dust
and mud throwing upon the overtaken
vehicle; , -'
4. The signal so to pass shall be
given by one blast or stroke'1 of horn,
bell, whistle, gong or other signalling
device;
6. Should the overtaken vehicles
then not give way, three such blasts
or signals shall be given, and on fail
ure to comply therewith the overtak
ing vehicle may at the next suitable
place safe to both vehicles go by with
out further signal;
6. It shall be the duty of every
overtaken vehicle to turn to the right
and give one-half of the road to the
overtaking vehicle;
7. Vehicles approaching an inter
secting road, street or highway shall
be under control so as to permit the
vehicle on the right of the vehicle
approaching to first cross the inter
secting street, road or highway;
8. At all intersections of the ve
hicle approaching the intersection
from the right of any other vehicle
approaching the intersection shall
have the right of way;
9. All vehicles approaching an in
tersection of a street, road or high
way with the intention of turning
thereat shall, in turning to the right,
'keep closely to the right, and in turn
ing to the left shall run to and be
yond the center of the intersection;
10. In all passing and overtaking
such assistance shall be given by the
occupants of each vehicle respectively
to the other as the circumstances shall
demand and either' request and each
of them exercise due care and caution
to get clearance and avoid accidents.
Every person having control or charge
of any automobile, motor vehicle or
motorcycle, whenever upon' any pub
lic street or way, and approaching any
vehicle drawn by a horse or horses or
any horse upon which any person is
riding, shall operate and manage and
control such automobile, motor vehicle
or motorcycle in such manner as to
exercise every reasonable precaution
to prevent the frightening of any such
horse or horses, and to insure the
safety and protection of any person'
riding or driving the same. And if
such horse or horses appear frighten
ed the person in control of such mo
tor vehicle shall reduce its speed, and
if requested by signal or otherwise by
the driver of such horse or horses,
shall not proceed further toward such
animal unless such movement be nec
essary to avoid accident or injury, or
until such animal appears to be under
the control of its rider or driver;
II. In passing railroad or street
cars operated in any city, town or vil
lage in this State, vehicles shall be so
operated upon that side of said street
or railroad car with due care and cau
tion that the safety of passengers
boarding or alighting from such street
or railroad car shall be fully protect
ed, and for that purpose said vehicle
shall be brought to a stop, if neces
sary, but upon the other or left side of
said street or railroad car, should
there be a clear passage, said vehicle
shall be permitted to so increase its
speed for the necessary distance to
negotiate a safe clearance between
aid street or railroad car and said ve
hicle so desiring to pass, and the rate
of speed requisite and necessary so to
do shall not be deemed to be an exces
sive rate of speed, having due regard
to the speed of said railroad or street
car;
12. In parades, at theatres, and
all other occasions and places where
traffic is congested, vehicles shall be
operated with due care and caution,
and jockeying vehicles or running by
for position is prohibited by this Act.
Every vehicle, upon embarking and
discharging its load, shall immediately
move out and away from the congest
ed area, and the next vehicle shall
follow the same;
13. Every vehicle shall be kept
upon the right half of the street, road
or highway traveled when the view
ahead is not clear for at least one hun
dred yards;
14. Every "motor vehicle, when
moving in denies, canyons or moun
tain passes where the curvature of the
road or highway prevents a clear view
for a distance of one hundred yards
ahead, shall be held under control and
not permitted to coast, and shall in
approaching all curves give the signal
with frequent blasts or strokes of horn
bell, whistle, gong or other signalling
device of its approach, and upon all
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NEW CHARTER
BE OFFERED CITY
WOULD GIVE COUNCIL POWER
TO CONDEMN RIVER FRONT
DOCK SITES
NEW DOCUMENT MUCH NEEDED
Advocates May Include Provision foi
Election of Mayor by Vote
of Council
Because of the fact that the city
council has no authority under tho
present municipal charter to condemn
river front property for the erection
of municipal docks the council will
hold a special meeting next Wednes.
day evening to determine whether o
not the city is to have a new and en
tirely up-to-date charter or amend
the one in use to fit the emergency.
Property along 'the river front and
elsewhere can be condemned for a
number of other purposes, but no pro
vision was made for condemnation for
public dock purposes. This point
could be covered in an amendment,
but the mass of the charter seems to
be amendments as it is and those who
have made a careful study of the doc
ument are of the opinion that it has
outlived its value and that the pres
ent is the right time for the adoption
pf a new instrument.
Mayor Hackett has called a special
meeting for next Wednesday even
ing when the council will decide as to
whether it is to order the compilation
of a new charter containing this ana
other highly desirable amendments or
whether these features are to be add
ed by further amendment.
Certain students of civic affairs
have also proposed the inclusion of
a semi-commission form of govern
ment plan in a new charter in case a
revised instrument should be ordered.
As tentatively outlined this plan pro
vides for the election of five council
men who will be entrusted with the
election of the mayor, taking that
duty out of the hands of the voters
directly. -This subject will also re
ceive discussion at next week's meet
ing, in all probability.
Mayor Hackett is of the opinion
that the dock problem and the con
demnation authority necessary can be
dealt with through an amendment to
the present charter.
"I do not believe that this is the
proper time for the preparation of a
new charter," said the mayor yester
day. "Our trouble can be thoroughly
overcome through an amendment and
it appears to me that it would be
foolish for the council to consider the
adoption of a new charter."
"As far as I can see," said Chris
tian Schuebel, city attorney, "the city
is sadly in need of an up-to-date char
ter. The one in use is crowded with
amendments and I personally would
dislike to have a hand in the prepa
ration of other amendments covering
such important matters at the fur
ther condemnation of river front prop
erty. This is desirable, I will admit,
but it should be contained in a new
charter. The council could achieve a
lasting fame for itself and do the city
a genuine service by ordering the com
pilation of a new charter. It is not
desirable that the present charter be
amended any more than it already is."
In 1912 a charter was prepared and
presented to the city council and vot
ers for adoption in place of the char
ter in use now. The proposition was
rejected and the present instrument
remained in use. That it is not serv
ing municipal purposes is conceded.
The proposed charter of 1912 is evi
dently a very desirable instrument
and would need only slight revision
and addition to meet the neod3 of the
city government. The power to con
demn river front property for dock
purposes and, perhaps, the -plan or
electing a mayor in the council cham
ber, as provided in the charter of
1912, will be destined for inclusion
in a new instrument if one is order
ed. It is considered very desirable that
the city get title to water front prop
erty where public docks can be built
and to this end a councilmanic com
mittee is already conducting an in
vestigation. This matter,- therefore,
will receive first consideration in dis
cussion of new charters or further
amendment.
BARRETT BREAKS LEG
"May I have a few tacks. I want
to repair my foot," said L. Barrett
when he arrived at his home at the
Iowa house here after he had suffer
ed an accident which broke his leg,
while helping to move a house at
West Linn this" week.
Mr. Barrett fell between two large
rocks and before he could save him
self his leg was broken at the ankle.
In spite of the injury Mr. Barrett
walked to his rooming house unassist
ed and requested tacks for the repair
of the injury, revealing the fact that
the broken leg was made of wood. He
has entirely recovered from his in
jury and its remedy is said to have
been entirely painless.
C. E. SPENCE ON TOUR
OF TAX INSTRUCTION
"FLYING SQUADRON" WITH LO
CAL MAN AT HELM WILL
HOLD MANY MEETINGS
To carry the meaning of the tax
limitation bill and the rural credits
bill to the voters in every section of
the state a "flying squadron," headed
by Charles Spence, of Beaver Creek,
master of the state grange, will start
touring the state next Monday. .Part
of the trio will be made bv automo
bile and the rest by rail. ' .Mr. Spence
will be accompanied by Walter Pierce,
president of the State Taxnavers
league; Oswald West, Professor Hec
tor mcrnerson, oi tne uregon Agri
cultural college, and Robert E. Smith.
of Roseburg.
The state Grange is sponsor for the
rural -credits bill and Mr. Spence, as
head of the legislative committee of
the State Taxpayers' league, has tak
en an active interest in securing the
enactment of the bill DroDosed bv that
organization. Both the measures will
De explained in detail wherever "the
squadron" travels.
The speakers will anijear Mondav
at Corvallis, and from there will jour
ney to Eugene. Albany and Salem. Bv
rail the proponents of the measures
will go to Ashland, Medford, Grants
Pass. Roseburer and then return to
Oregon City. All the small interven
ing towns will be on the itinerary. It
has been planned to visit 24 towns in
western Uregon in two weeks.
From Oregon Citv and .Portland
the lower Columbia river towns'aa far
as Astoria will be visited, and th
western Oregon trip will be concluded
at ine Dalles. Eastern Oregon then
will be the objective of the "flvintr
squadron."
ed Mr. Smith and lifrr. Spence intend
to visit all the smaller towns and de.
vote their time in speaking for the
proposed laws until the Navember
election.
MERCHANT DESIRES
CITY HALL PROPERTY
COUNCIL IS DIVIDED ON MATTER
OF RECONSTRUCTING OR
BUILDING ANEW
An Oregon City business man has
asked through Mayor Hackett for a
lease upon the city hall property on
Main street between Seventh and
Eighth, with the idea of building a
modern brick store and office building
thereon. The plan would be to lease
the land for a long term of years and
turn it back to the city when the lease
had expired.
This offer has, perhaps, divided the
council in regard to the disposition of
the city hall site more than ever.
oome members of the council since
the mayor suggested some time ago
the rebuilding of the hall, have favor
ed the erection of an entirely new
building with the funds derived from
the sale of the present site. The other
portion of the council supports the
mayor's contention that the best in
terests of the city would be served by
the reconstruction of the city hall on
its present site, bringing the building
on a line with other Main street
fronts.
Two applications for rental of the
store room that would be created with
the reconstruction have been filed with
the mayor and on Tuesday the plan
to lease the proprty from the city
was submitted by a local , business
man. The subject will be brought
before the council at an early date
and some action will undoubtedly be
taken at the meeting.
The present city hall is not suit
ed to the needs of the council and the
city could benefit greatly by the exe
cution of plans for its reconstruction,
thikns Mayor Hackett and others who
are interested. The idea of building
a new hall for the city fathers is con
sidered a good one by many people,
although they realize that it would
entail the expenditure of a large sum
of money. This expenditure they
think could be handled with the pro
ceeds from the sale of the property
upon which the present buliding
stands.
ALDERMAN RESIGNS
Milwaukie Councilman's Resignation
Precedes Recall Petition
There will be no recall election to
oust F. C. Harlow, councilman of Mil
waukie, for the reason that the lat
ter's resignation is in the hands nf
City Recorder Mathews, where it has
been quietly reposing since August
6, or several days before the recall
petition was started in circulation,
and it is to be presented to the coun
cil at its next meeting, possibly at a
special meeting, which, if called, it is
expected will result in the acceptance
of the resignation and the election
of a successor.
Harlow is the third of a group of
councnmen who have been bitterly
fought, Henry Loedintr and T. N. Hnn.
kins, the other two, having previously
resigned.
WEST'S VIEWS ON
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EX-GOVERNOR ADVISES COUNTY
COURT TO LEAVE LANDS
OFF TAX ROLL
TO TAX WOULD BE MISTAKE
Taxation Would Overthrow Authority
of Federal Government in
Efforts to Classify
" Oswald West, ex-Governor of Ore
gon, and now special agent for the
Federal government in the disposition
of the Oregon & California grant
lands, Wednesday issued a statement
designed to inform county officials of
his views as a special agent, on the
right of counties to continue on or re
turn to the tax rolls lands in the grant
previously held vested in the railroad
company. Mr. West's, advice to the
county officials is to leave the lands
off the tax roll for the coming year
and thus avoid possible complications.
The statement, which is an answer
to the recommendation made Tuesday
by Charles L. McNary, of Salem; ex
justice of the supreme court of Ore
gon, that the lands be kept on the as
sessment rolls, follows:
"These lands were originally owned
by the United States and were grant
ed to the railroad company, but the
grant carried certain covenants
which, being violated, caused the
United States supreme court to say:
'Congress shall have a reasonable
opportunity to provide by legislation
for their disposition in accordance
with such policy as it may deem fit
ting under the circumstances and at
the same time secure to the defend
ants all the value the granting acts
conferred upon the railroads.'
"On June 9, 1916, congress took
such action, and in so doing provid
ed 'that the taxes accrued and now
unpaid on the lands revested in the
United States shall be paid
by the treasurer of the United States,
upon order of the secretary of the
interior, as soon as may be after the
approval of this act and a sum suf
ficient to make such payment is here
by appropriated.'
"It is evident that title to the
lands must be in one of two parties,
the railroad company or the United
States. If they still belong to the .
railroad company, they can of course
be taxed, but if title has revested in
the United States they cannot be tax
ed. "Should they be placed on the tax-
rolf it will be notice to the world that
county officials consider the title still
in the railroad company and that the
government has no claim on the lands;
that Oregon's fight for the recovery
of the grant is all 'bunk;' that the
government in its efforts to classify
the lands and open them to settlement
and taxation is without authority and
that in paying he back taxes it will
be paying upon the property of others.
"County officials have lust been not
ified to prepare their claims and
when they are received and approved,
prompt action will be taken towards
their payment in accordance with the
statute. Notices are also being sent
to county officials calling attention to
the fact that the lands should not be
placed upon the rolls now being pre
pared. "If this notice is disregarded and
the lands again assessed, it will re-
suit in an alleged claim for taxes
which the secretary of the interior
cannot pay and as the sheriff will not
be in position to receipt in full for all
tax claims against the lands, when
the government is prepared to make
payment of those now due, it will like
ly postpone their payment indefinitely.
"County officials cannot blow hot
and cold in this matter. They surely
cannot expect the government to pay
these taxes unless they recognize the
government's claim' of ownership.
If they insist on assessing the lands
again and to the railroad compay, one
would naturally expect them to look to
the railroad company for payment of
back taxes.
"My advice to county officials is to
leave the lands off the taxroll for the
coming year and thus avoid compli
cations which would surely arise.
Should the supreme court hold the act
of June 9 unconstitutional and con
firm the title of the railroad company,
the sheriffs of the several counties
will have full authority under section
3679 of the code to place the proper
ty on the taxrolls and collect the
back taxes."
Tourists Visit
Jack Eakin and Fred Gooch, of Dal
las, Ore., spent some time today in
Oregon City en route home from a
California tour in the Eakin automo
bile. The young men covered a great
distance and returned through cen
tral and eastern Oregon, where they
were greatly impressed with the wide
expanse of wheat fields. Eakin is a
son of H. C. Eakin of Dallas, a well
known attorney, and is a student at
the Oregon Agricultural college.
Pneumonia is a communicable disease.
Gil
HUNTERS READY FOR
SEASON'S OPENING
CALL OF THE WILD BRINGS OUT
LARGE NUMBER OF DEER
HUNTERS HERE
The deer season opened in Oregon
August 15 and Tuesday many Clacka
mas county sportsmen were in the
mountains in quest of buck deer.
Many parties left early in the week
for points up the Clackamas around
the Oak Grove creek country where
there is said to be an abundance of
game this summer. Only buck deer
with horns can be shot and the season
closes October 31. Three deer is the
season limit. Reports from the Esta
cada country are to the effect that
many hunting parties have passed
through that community on their way
up the Clackamas gorges.
The game wardens of the state, too
are out in numbers and woe be to the
over-anxious hunter who violates the
many provisions of the game laws.
Sportsmen should remember that it is
always unlawful:
To kill mountain sheep, antelope,
elk, beaver, female deer, spotted fawn,
silver pheasants, golden pheasants,
Reeves' pheasants, English' partridge,
Hungarian partridge, Franklin grouse
or fool hen, bob-white quail, swan,
wood duck, wild turkey, least sand
piper, western sandpiper, solitary
sandpiper, , semi-palmated plover,
snowy plover, and all other birds of
any kind, except those on which there
is an open season.
To rob any birds' nests except such
birds as are not protected by law.
To hunt without having hunting li
cense on person, and to refuse to show
same on demand of proper officer or
owner or representative of real prop
erty where hunting.
To hunt at night.
. To sell or have in possession plum
age of protected birds.
To hunt on any game reservation.
To disguise sex or kind of game.
To hunt deer with dogs.
To lie in wait near licks while hunt
ing deer. -
To sell game of any Kind except
when propagated according to law.
To shoot game from public high
ways or railroad rights of way.
To wantonly waste game.
For aliens to hunt without a special
gun license. .
To shoot from any power, sink or
box.
To hunt on enclosed or occupied un
enclosed lands without permission of
owner.
To trap fur-bearing animals with
out a license.
To burn tules between February 15
and September 15, excepting by per
mit from State Game Warden.
To have in possession more than
40 pounds of jerked venison.
To trap, net, or ensnare game an
imals, birds or fish, except as express
ly provided.
To hunt within the corporate limits
of any city or town, public park or
cemetery, or- on any -cmpuas or
grounds of any public school, college,
or university, or within the boundaries
of any watershed reservation as set
aside by the United States to supply
water to cities, or within any national
bird or game reservation
To resist game wardens or other
officers charged with the enforcement'
of the game laws.
MRS. FORD IS DEAD
AT HER SALEM HOME
WIFE OF METHODIST DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT FORMER
LY LIVED HERE
The sad news was received in Ore
gon City early this week that Mrs. T.
B. Ford, formerly of this city, had
passed away suddenly at her home in
Salem.
Mrs. Ford was well known here,
where her husband, Rev. T. B. Ford,
was for several years pastor of the
local Methodist church. About a
year ago Mr. Ford was made superin
tendent of the Willamette Valley di
vision of the Methodist diocese ana
the family moved to Salem.
Mrs. Ford had hundreds of friends
here and was beloved by all who knew
her. Oregon City generally is griev
ed at her sad demise and sympathizes
with the bereaved husband and fam
ily in the death of wife and mother.
Two daughters, Misses Sadye and Ivy,
and two sons, Burgess and Olin F.,
survive the deceased.
A number of Oregon City people
attended the funeral, which was held
at Portland at 2 o'clock this after
noon. A service was also held at
Salem this morning and several Ore
gon City people went to the capital
city for the sad ceremony.
Mrs. Ford was born at Ozark, Ark.,
and in 1874 was married to Dr. Ford,
with whom she came to the west in
1890. The family first settled in
Washington and later came to this
state.
There is no distress along the Mexi
can border, only distress amongst
those who for political purposes have
vainly endeavored to beget distress.
EEEIC
DEA
IS IN NEW BALLOT
CRIDGE OUTLINES WORKING OF
THE EFFECTIVE BALLOT BE
ING WIDELY ADOPTED
WOULD REPLACE WARD PLAN
Said to Produce Unselfish, Patriotic
Men for Public Office Where
ever Adopted
(By Alfred D. Cridga) "
Ashtabula, Ohio, has put into prac
tice the election of it's councilmen by
the effective ballot.
Edmonton and Calgary, of Alberta,
have been given permission to provido
for the effectivo ballot in their chart
ers. What is the effective ballot?
It is a form of voting arid counting
returns that gives all groups and par
ties in a city or political unit of any
kind county, state or nation repre
sentatives in the law making body in
proportion to voting strength.
In all political contests two great
divisions immediately appear, the con
servative and the liberal. There is
always a radical element developed,
and an ultra-conservative element.
Any group of men discussing pub
lic questions will roughly divide a
long these general lines. Our present
form of electing representatives to
consider legislation divides the citi
zens along geographical lines instead
of along THOUGHT lines. In many
cities wards are run out on street lines
and men are compelled to vote for
somebody they don't want because
the man they do want lives on the oth
er side of the gully, ally or avenue.
The rosult is that the council, or
whatever the law making body is call
ed, is not a representative body, but
an actual mis-representative body.
Representatives of stones and stumps
rather than living men. ' .
The ward system produces gross
iniquities and pushes to the front
small-calibrod men with large person
al assertive powers and small execu
tive and constructive abilities.
It substitutes ward interests and
selfishness for the interests of the
whole people. It is impossible to di
vide a city into wards having equal
population, and if so divided approxi
mately, growth and development
change, so that even from a geograph
ical point of view the councilmen are
mis-representative, and the minority
rules. Gerrymandering is an evil re
sulting from ward representation.
Lines are so drawn as to put tho ma
jority party into a few wards and tho
minority party into a large number
of wards. In Salem many years ago
one ward hnd over half tho voling
strength of the city and the other four
wards had the rest. The council was
always of one party with one repre
sontativt of the other party elected
by an enormous majority. .
In Portland, when the ward system
was abandoned a few years ago, one
of the ten wards had 3 per cent of the
population of the city.
Many thousands of such instances
could be stated. California at one
time had members of it's legislature
elected from districts with less than
1200 voters, and from other districts
having over 4,500 voters Oregon's dis
tricts now are subject to the same
variations, although perhaps not so
marked.
The remedy has been found and is
being pushed by lovers of justice and
their fellow men all over the world.
Only in the United States does the
movement lack the push and support
that it should receive because as a na
tion we are so swollen witth pride and
ignorance that we imagine nothing
better than our misrepresentative dis
trict system and out ineffective bal
lots can be devised.
The effective ballot makes every
vote intelligently cast effective to the
extent of 98 per cent.
Under the district and so-called ma-
jority-at-large system from 45 to 95
-vareeiu hamtao .... ,k MeR adb.
per cent of the ballots cast are inef
fective, acording to whether, in the
estimate, certain facts are allowed to
enter.
The effectivee ballot in a city would
mean the abolition of all ward lines
and the election of councilmen-at-large.
The election of candidates-at-large,
however, is not enough, as this only
gives a vigilant minority within the
party lines having axes to grind an
opportunity to force the majority par
ty to put forward slick and plausible
men. In a three-party fight the mi
nority can and frequently does elect
all it's candidates with less than 40
per cent of the total vote. So the
at-large plan is not desirable in itself,
It was to give the minority parties
some representation that districts
were invented and provided for. It
frequently gives a majority party,
however, a minority of the represent
atives to divide a city into districts,
as it also sometimes gives a minority
control to elect them at large.
In fact many students, going' back
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COMMISSION SCORES
P. & 0. C. RAILWAY
SAYS COMPANY DID NOT CON
SIDER LAWS IN LAYING
OF TRACKS
The Portland & Oregon City Rail
way company is "in bad" with the
State Public Service commission at
Salem and has suffered denunciation
as a law breaker from the collective
lips of that august body.- Following
the denunciation the commission made
rules and regulations for safeguard
ing the grade crossings along the lines
of the company.
According to the report of the
commission in which the deunciation
was contained, the Portland & Ore
gon City Railway company proceeded
with the construction of its line be
fore asking the commission's permis
sion to make a number of street cross
ings, crossings of highways and other
lines of railway at grade.
In the order issued on Wednesday
by the Public Service commission the
following statement is made:
"In view of the fact that applicant
has, in direct violation of the act re
ferred to, constructed many crossings
over and across highways at grade,
no relief can be had from the commis
sion as to said crossings. In addi
tion to the applicant being charged
with notice of the laws of the state,
the commission repeatedly during the
construction of the line, called appli
cant's attention to the necessity" of
first obtaining from this commission
permission to cross highways at grade,
but applicant has not seen fit to do
so."
The commission, in view of the
above facts, has ordered that the road
install at crossings outside of the cor
porate limits of Portland and Mil
waukie, standard highway warning
signs, cattle guards and wing posts
and whistling posts at a suitable dis
tance. It is also ordered that all
trains and engines come to a stop at
all railroad crossings and at Holgate
street, Foster road and Clackams
road. The Holgate street stop, ac
cording to the order, may be eliminat
ed by the installation of a warning
bell. .
BUSINESS MEN TO RECRUIT
Several Clackamas County Men to
Participate in Encampment
At least 100 men from Portland and
vicinity for the citizens' military
training encampment at American
Lake, Wash, which opens August 28,
is what the committee in charge of
local recruiting is working for. This
is the minimum of their hopes for
enrollment, and if possible the recruit
ing will be pushed far past the 100
mark. Several from Clackamas coun
ty will probably attend the encamp
ment. Seattle is sending a large repre
sentation to the encampment, and it
is the desire of Portland, although
farther removed from the camp, to
send as big a crowd as the Washing
ton metropolis.
The last obstacle that had stood in
the way of many who had contemplat
ed enlisting was removed when the
President signed the bill which pro
vides appropriation for the encamp
ment. This assures transnortation.
equipment and sustenance for the
men who enlist.
The qualifications are not ricid.
Every able-bodied citizen between the
ages of 18 and 45 is eligible and the
course of drill leads one to a position
of eligibility for an officer's commis
sion in case war should arise.
The camp is nicely situated, and
the committee holds out the fact that
those who give their vacation to the
training encampment will find that it
combines the features of a fine vaca
tion with the serious work of acquir
ing military knowledge that will be of.
value in time of trouble.
The committee has sent out several
hundred letters to men of Portland
urging their enlistment. Up to date
the total recruits are 36.
The headquarters for enlistment is
on Washington street between Broad
way and Park.
BASEBALL SUNDAY
Barbers and Printers to Vie for Hon
ors on Canemah Diamond
The widely heralded battle-roval.
in which the barbers and the printers
of Uregon City will be matched at
baseball, is to take place on the Ca
nemah diamond Sunday morning.
For several weeks tne tradesmen
have been practicing diligently in an
effort to get the kinks out of stiff
joints and to learn a few of the rudi
ments of baseball. It is surmised that
a nuge tumeuy element will ngure in
the game.
The printers have been forced to
call upon the reportorial and editor
ial staffs for the city newspapers for
recruits for their team. " On the other
hand it is intimated the ranks of the
barbers will be filled with the repre
sentatives of allied trades boot
blacks, for example. .
The only certainty as to the out
come of the contest is that printer's
ink and foamy lather will be sadly
intermixed before the nine inning!!
prescribed by the rules have been
completed.