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OKKOM CITY COURIER
34th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1916
Number 25
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GET FEDERAL
JUDGE ANDERSON WANTS TO
ATTEND MEETING WITH
COMMISSION AT SALEM
CLACKAMAS WANTS $25,000
State Highway Commission to Hear
Requests for Division of
$206,481
If the work of the September term
of the county court can be arranged to
permit his absence for the day, County
Judge Anderson will attend a meeting
of the state highway commission at
Salem tomorrow to seek, aid for Clack
amas county road building under the
terms of the recently enacted federal
measure which provides for such as
sistance. 1
Judge Anderson conferred with
members of the commission recently
regarding the highway bill and the
possibility of getting aid ,for Clacka
mas county roads, and was advised of
the meeting which is to be held Fri
day. . ' , '
According to the statement of the
commissioners a total of $206,481 is
available for road construction in Ore
gon, if the counties which desire aid
meet the provisions of the federal en
actment. The state highway funds
have already been pledged and the
cost, therefore, must meet the" govern
ment apprpriation, dollar for dollar.
State Engineer Lewis said this
- week that it was not probable that any"
work will be done this year in con
junction with the federal government.
This is because of the large amount of.
preliminary work imposed upon the
state, by the provisions of the road
aid act. It will not be possible for
the department of agriculture to act
upon any specific project until rules
and regulations for the administration
of the act are finally adopted.
Before considering any project the
department is desirous of being in
formed as to the scheme adopted by
the state for future construction and
especially with reference to provisions
for the maintenance of the roads
after they are constructed.
Recently a delegation from Mult
nomah county visited Engineer Lewis
with the idea of securing federal and
state aid for the Columbia river high
way project. The delegation also
suggested that the work done on the
Mt. Hood loop could be used to meet
the dollar for dollar provision of the
act. But the engineer advised the
visitors that work dono prior to the
passage of the law could not be used
in obtaining funds from the govern
ment. In addition to Judge Anderson the
meeting tomorrow will probably be
attended by delegations from Klamath
Falls and Sheridan, the latter on the
, western edge of Yamhill county.
Clackamas county is anxious to get
a businesslike grasp on about $25,000
of federal road fund money to assist
in building the New Era road, part of
which is known as the Fly creek cut
off. MAYOR ARRESTED
Milwaukie Official Will Answer to
Charge of Assault
Charges of assault and battery pre
ferred against Mayor G. C. Pelton of
Milwaukie caused the arrest of that
official on Wednesday. The complain
ing witness is Harry Ameele, Milwau
kie property owner.
The mayor is supposed to have en
gaged in a debate with Ameele re
garding the recent ruling of the coun-
cil of that city ordering the sale of
property1 of delinquent assessment
payers. Ameele asked Mayor Pelton
to account for the fact that the form
er's property had been included in that
ordered sold, and within a few mo
ments a rough-and-tumble fight was
being staged. ,
Ameele swore to a complaint in
Justice Kelso's court. He contends
that the assessment against his
property is illegal.
TRIPLET CALVES
Phillip Steiner Owns Cow Wrhich
Mothers Three Calves
Phillip Steiner of Beaver Creek is
the owner of the original jewel cow.
In fact, the animal is a rare gem, for,
in addition to its well-known propen
sities as a milk producer, this par
ticular bovine is the proud mother of
triplet calves.
You have often times heard of more
than one calf, but in most cases one or
both of the cow babies have died. Not
so with the Steiner cow's babies, how
ever. Three calves were born and
three calves live. But Mr. Steiner
saw that their ultimate fate must be
that of the other twins or triplets if
the burden of their keep could not be
divided. Therefore the owner pre
sented a calf to each of two neigh
bors and left one for the mother. The
three calves are thriving.
The cow which mothered triplets is
a grade Jersey.
ROAD
MONEY
ALBANY REMEMBERS
CHARLES E. HUGHES
TREATMENT OF LABORERS RE
CALLED BY RESIDENTS
OF HUB CITY
The recent visit of Charles E.
Hughes, republican presidential candi
date, to Oregon has revived the mem
ory of his first trip to the state when
he was in Albany 25 years ago as a
corporation lawyer in the interest of
the bondholders of the .Oregon-Pacific
railroad, now the Corvallis and East
ern. The story of that visit iis told
by the Albany correspondent to the
Portland Journal.
His late trip through the state and
his campaign addresses . have resur
rected in the minds of many of the
old-time residents of the city and
county the story of the storm that
raged around the mission of Mr.
Hughes and the conflict that was en
gendered by it.
Colonel William Hogg,-manager of
the Oregon-Pacific, had completed the
construction of the road, but in doing
so the company had issued bonds to
the extent of eleven or twelve million I
dollars. In addition to this, labor,
material and fuel claims aggregating
$100,000 or more "had piled up and !
were unpaid. The company had gone
into the hands of a receiver and if!
1891 Mr. Hughes came to Albany as
attorney for the bondholders to at
tend a receiver's sale of the property.
The company owed material and
supply men amounts running into the
thousands. These, claiming that their
accounts were prior to the interest of
the bondholders, had pooled their in
terests, aggregating $100,000,. and
were demanding that provision be
made for their payment. Mr. Hughes
took the position that the bondholders
came first and that the laborers and
material men should follow them.
When the sale took place Mr.
Hughes, on behalf of the bondholders,
bid the entire property in for $1,000,
000, with the understanding that no
money was to pass, but that the prop
erty was to go to the ownership and
control of the bondholders and the
amount of the bid was to be credited
against any future judgment they
might obtain in satisfaction of all
outstanding bondholders' claims.
Committees represenaing the labor
ers were appointed and conferences
were held with Mr. Hughes, but he re
mained obdurate in , his position. He
told the committee representing the
laborers that if they would withdraw
from the pool and leave the material
and supply men standing alone they
would be given their money within 36
hours, but they refused to do this, con
tending that it was a matter vitally
affecting local people, that" the claims
were just and that they had agreed to
stand together.
The final conference was held in the
old Depot hotel while Mr. Hughes was
waiting for his train, "and a last plea
was made'on behalf of the laborers,
it being shown that under the terms
of the sale, they could hope to receive
not more than 10 cents on the dol
lar for their claims.
"I was present at the time," said A.
S. Casteel, "and I remember Mr.
Hughes and his statements very well.
We had been without money for nine
months or more and the stores would
not give us further credit. We were
up against it, and we wanted some
provision made for our payment. We
had worked hard and thought that we
ought to get our money ahead of the
bondholders.
"Mr. Hughes said we were making
a great mistake in fighting the con
firmation of the sale. He said that if
we defeated the sale the receivership
would continue, the property would
finally be sold for' $100,000 and we
would get practically nothing." ,
The Oregon-Pacific was afterwards
sold to Bonner & Hammond for $100,-
000 cash. Mr. Bonner sold his inter
est to A. B. Hammond, who in turn
sold the reorganized road, the Corval
lis & Eastern, to the Harriman inter
ests, and the laborers ' and material
men received 1Q or 15 cents on the dol
lar for their claims, thus bearing out
Mr. Hughes' prediction.
MACHINE BALKS
District Attorney Prevented from
Filling Speaking Engagement
The entirely unreasonable action
of the mechanical driving power of a
certain well known vehicle caused the
absence of District Attorney Gilbert
L. Hedges from a Labor day meet
ing which he was to address at Wil
hoit Springs. Mr. Hedges, with Mrs.
Hede-es and daughters, as euests in
the S. O. Dillman automobile, made a
verv ausnicious start toward" Wuhoit
from their homes here on Monday
morning.
"Somewhere in Clackamas county,"
this side of Molalla, the car balked.
Mr. Hedges scouted the idea of build
ing a fire under the machine, although
he well knew that this was an enec-
tive expedient with a balky horse, and
the gentlemen of the party "had to
content themselves by coaxing the
machine. Several hours of vain labor
were spent in this way and finally the
machine arrived at Molalla. There
Mr. Hedges and Mr. Dillman work
ed for several more hours before they
found the trouble and started back to
Oregon City. In the meantime the
disrict attorney had communicated
with Wilhoit and called the meeting
off.
OF
TO BE SUBMITTED
CRIDGE POINTS OUT FEATURES
OF PROPOSED LEGISLA
TIVE MEASURES
SUNDAY LAWS NEED STUDY
Some Measures Submitted Many
Times Have Proved Worth
In Action .
There is no opposition to the state
rural credits measure. There is some
waste of time in campaigning for it.
The state can borrow all the. money
it wants for four per cent and if the
banks won't loan it the state can issue
the bonds in small denominations and
operate a state bank of its own', doing
business in bonds and loaning the sav
ings of the people offered in exchange
for them.
St. Paul and San Francisco have
demonstrated this. .
There is practically no opposition to
the limitation of the tax levies to not
to exceed six per cent of the levy of
the year previous.
Taxes can be slowlv reduced in this
way, and as slowly increased. It will
occupy the attention of some good
neonle. however, and keen taxpayers
busy chasing themselves around to see
where they will be at, which will be
just just about where they are now at
the end of ten years, when the time
comes to pay taxes.
The Sunday laws certainly need
overhauling. Thev are not enforced
becauso public sentiment is against
them. The measure to repeal tnem
will probably pass.
What has become of the dearly be
loved who traveled from church to
church collecting donations for a hoop
tisrht Sunday law? It is missing in
the state pamphlet, somehow. ,
. The prohibitionists and the brewers
are in it on the liquor question. Take
your choice. It is quite possible that
the average Oregon citizen will de
cide to stay right where we are for
a spell until what prohibition we have
has had a chance to be tried out a
while longer. It does not seem to pro
mote the blind pig as much as it was
expected to; and the baby has a pair
of socks once in a while, bought with
money that used to go for booze.
The enthusiasm over the anti-vaccination
bill seems to be closely con
fined to a small group. The writer
will vote for it on general principles.
It is not going to arouse any great
storm of popular'attention. The med
ical trust don't like it, and the aver
age man and woman don't know but
what vaccination is a good thing. We
can stand it either way.
As for the Pendleton Normal (pro:
posed) by all means let Pendleton, the
city that wants one, and Weston, the
city that had one and lost it, fight it
out. We can stand it whichever says
"Nuff."
The legislature has submitted three
measures that there is no opposition
to, and will probably pass. They are
m . The bill to allow the governor
to veto single items in appropriation
measures. Can be used bv a bad or
weak governor to club bad measures
through. Can be used by a compet
ent and strong governor to club good
measures through.
(2) Measure to exempt ships
from taxation (in part). Nothing to
it. So far as it croes it is single tax;
but it don't go far enough to excite
any alarm. Ships will easily float to
where they are not taxed, and they are
nnt. taYAd in California. All our new
Columbia river and Willamette built
ships will register in California ports
if we do not exempt them irom taxa.
tinn. Thev will not nay taxes, any.
how, unless their owners feel very
patriotic and charitable towards ure
gon. '
The only measure to attract any
hot debate is the Peoples' Land and
T.nn measure. Number 306 on the
ballot. It is proposed by the State
Federation of Labor and the Portland
Central Labor Council. It is endors
ed bv the American' Federation of
Labor and some very able men.
It is opposed by many sincere peo
ple. The labor people have a way of pro
posing measures with teeth and claws.
Remember the liability law?
It overturned judicial precedents
and decisions that would fill a book as
big as the Yeon building.
Remember the long fight for equal
suffrage?
Submitted eight times. It only
carried ONCE.
It is not submitted any more.
-ALFRED D.. CRIDGE
; ; 14 Indictments
W. W. Smith, special agent for the
state, returned on Wednesday from
the Rogue river valley, where he has
been taking by wholesale fishermen
who have been breaking the state
game and fish laws. Fourteen in
dictments for law breaking among
fishermen were secured by Mr. Smith
In addition to the fishermen taken into
the camp of the law, Mr. Smith aided
in apprehending violators of the pro
I hibition laws.
REVIEW
IS
NATIONAL GUARD TO
BE MUSTERED OUT
SUDDEN ORDERS CAUSE RE
TURN OF OREGON SOLDIER
- BOYS TO CLACKAMAS
A message received at Camp Withy
combe this morning from the war de
partment orders the mustering out of
all state troops as soon as possible
after their arrival at home stations.
This order, according to Captain
George H. Schumacher, camp quarter
master, can not be obeyed until all
"paper" work in connection with the
mustering out ceremony has been com
pleted and this can not be completed
before October ' 1, About that time
the date for mustering out will be set
by Colonel Clenard McLoughlin, com
manding the Oregon troops, but it is
held certain that the men will remain
at Clackamas until that date. This
definite order came amid a flood of
rumors to the effect that the entire
regiment and units of the regiment
had been ordered back to the border.
Officers and enlisted men alike are
"up in the air" at Camp Withycombe,
Clackamas station, since their arrival
this week from service on the border
between California and Mexico.
"What do the people of Oregon City
and this county believe the war de
partment will do with us?" This i3 the
question asked by most of the men.
They are at total loss to understand
why they are sent to the home station
at this time, and they cannot account
for the great fund of rumors that have
already been circulated. They don't
know the why or wherefore of any
part of the business before them. ,
The men and officers do know, how
ever, that they are at home. They
are glad to be here; they enjoy the
reception extended by friends and
relatives; they enjoy the mist that
falls upon them as they work like
beavers at the business of creating a
tent city at Clackamas in short,
Oregon is a pretty fine place to be
if you cannot be at Imperial Beach.
Some of the officers and men are
of the opinion that they were sent
home to protect luckless citizens from
the factions which might have been
engaged in the threatened railroad
strike.
Another versitrtr of tV.e cause for
the order that brought the men back
is that the Oregon troops were not
recruited to normal 'srength and by
sending them back home enough in
terest could be aroused to induce ad
ditional enlistments. Undoubtedly if
this is the idea many will enlist for
the life on the border is ideal, acord
ing to the mass of men who have re
turned. "
The entire command of the Third
Infantry arrived, under orders so sud
denly issued that they were surpris
ing, in command of Colonel Clennard
McLoughlin on Tuesday and Wednes
day. The last troop train passed
through Oregon City on Wednesday
afternoon.
The camp at Clackamas station
was soon a scene of great commotion
and every effort was directed toward
tha establishment of the camp that
was deserted with the movement of
troops under presidential order late in
June.
The men of the regiment are loud in
their opinions of the delights of
army life as they have tasted It under
ideal conditions along the southern
California border. To a man they are
the pictures of health; the change
has been the greatest influence for
physical development that they have
enjoyed in years and they are, every
one of them, anxious to get back. Of
course, the interest aroused with their
arrival at home again will tide -them
over for a time, but the members of
the Third Oregon, all federal soldiers
now, have not tired of the soldier's
life.
However, this same interest is not
generally manifested in the member
ship of Company G of Oregon City
The men have much complaint to
make about certain treatment they
received at Palm City and Camp Par
adise and some few of them say they
will refuse to return to the border if
the same conditions are to prevail.
Lakewood Gets Water
The Lakewood district, south of
Milwaukie, will be supplied with fresh
water from the Milwaukie mains, as a
result of the granting by the county
court of a permit to residents who
would lay pipes into the district. The
applicants formed the Lakewood Mu
tual Water User's association.'
By connecting with the Milwaukie
mains the Lakewood and Milwaukie
Heights neighborhoods will be suppli
ed with the same water as goes into
the pipes of Portland homes.
Transient Arrested
P. B. Kellogg was arrested on Wed
nesday by Constable Frost and Deputy
Sheriff Harrington on a charge oi in-
decent exposure and was released the
same evening under $100 bail furnish
ed by O. P. Kellogg and Mrs. M. J.
Moreland, in whose house the man had
rented a room.
"What would you have done, Mr,
Hughes?" is the query that confronts
the republican candidate wherever he
goes. The query takes many forms,
becomes, specific as well as general
but is never answered. The hundred
per cent candidate is also the hundred
per cent dodger.
FIVE GOUNGILMEN
CONSIDER
PERMIT
P. R. L. & P. CO., WILL PUT HIGH
POWER WIRES OVER MAIN
STREET OF CITY
BUDGET AT THE NEXT MEETING
Main Street Grade is to be Estab
lished Again in Spite of
Property Owners
The consideration of an application
for a jitney franchise from Oregon
City to Clackamas to connect with the
trains of the Portland and Oregon City
railroad, or the Carver line, presented
by attorneys for Stephen Carver,
president of the road, was probably
the most important business of the
meeting of the city council on Wed
nesday evening. Mayor Hackett,
Councilmen Templeton, Van Auken,
Andrews and Albright were absent
from ,the meeting and Councilman
Cox, president of the council, presid
ed. "
No action was taken on the Car
ver request as the members feared
such a franchise, in the form in which
it was requested, would interfere with
the permit recently granted to Harry
M. Shaw for a Mountain View jitney.
Mr. Carver would pay four quarterly
installments for the right that he
requests, the total payment amount
ing to $24 annually. The councilmen
seem to realize that such a connec
tion would be a valuable one for Ore
gon City from a business standpoint
and will probably grant the permit
after it is so revised that there will
be no possibility of conflict. Mr. Car
ver would operate both freight and
passenger automobiles. .
The P. R. L. & P. Co., through its
attorneys, E. C. Latourette presented
a draft of an ordinance permitting the
company to maintain high tension
electric wires above ground over
Main street and leading to the Hawley
mill addition under, construction.
Present city laws, forbid such con
struction of high power wires above
ground on Main street, but a vote
passed the request with the provision
that the wires must be 40 feet above
ground. The wires will be perma
nent and will supply the new mill ad
dition. City Engineer Miller presented to
the meeting a report which recom
mended a change of the grade of Main
street between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth be changed. The change
would necessitate a raise of ten inches
in the grade, which would still be some
14 inches below the tracks of the
street car company. Greenpoint
property owners objected to the en
gineer's report because of the fact
that such a change would place the
grade several inches above their
property surface. The council, not
withstanding, ordered an ordinance
drafted changing the grade in accord
ance with the report of the engineer.
The street car company will have to
lower its tracks considerably.
Property owners in the Greenpoint
district presented a petition asking
that other property owners be requir
ed to construct sidewalks in the dis-
trict. Some of the walks are in very
poor repair and on other property
there are no walks.
Another request for side walk im
provement came from residents in the
neighborhood of upper Firth street,
This request was put in the hands of
the street committee.
A committee composed of Council-
men Roake, Moore and Templeton was
appointed to investigate the Claims
of E. B. Lowe and Mrs. Kate JNew-
ton, who would have a reassessment
of their property. These objections
have been before the council for many
months, and the committee will under
take to ascertain the wisdom of a com
promise with the parties.
Ordinances appropriating $150 ror
the expenses of the local firemen who
attended the convention at Corvallis
this week, making more certain the
penalty lor drunKeness, ana standing
vehicles in front of fire houses and hy-
drants passed the second reading.
The next meeting of the council will
probably be given over to the work
of drafting the expense budget for
1917. This meeting will be held soon
after Mayor Hackett returns from his
vacation. City Attorney Schuebel
called the attention of the council to
the necessity of holding such a meet
ing. ANOTHER DIVORCE
Olive Suratt Complains of Disposition
of Roy Suratt
Alleging that her husband is curs
ed with a vicious and insanely jealous
disposition and that at various times
he had administered violent beatings
to her, Olive Suratt filed suit for di
vorce this morning. They were mar
ried at Tacoma on January 1, 1910.
In Denver, Colo., in 1913, Suratt
hit his wife in the eve and lips with
his fist and in August, 1915, he gave
her money to go to her mother and
told her to "get out." She asks for
the restoration of her maiden name,
Olive Rogers.
CORVALLIS FIREMEN
ROYALLY ENTERTAIN
OREGON CITY TAKES SECOND
MONEY IN MOST OF EVENTS
OF CONVENTION
With much praise for the spirit of
the residents of Corvallis and the fire
department of that city, the members
of the Oregon City fire department
returned on Tuesday evening from the
annual convention of the Willamette
Valley Firemen's association held in
Corvallis on Monday and Tuesday.
The local boys brought home their
share of the prize money, although the
superior athletic ability of the Corval
lis men prevented Oregon City's de
partment from taking first place in
any event. About $100 is the sum of
the prize money won by the boys here
and they took second place in prac
tically all of the events of the two
day program which required fire fight
ing skill or athletic ability.
Corvallis' citizens and firemen en
tertained the volunteer fire fighters of
Oregon City, Hood River, Albany,
Lebanon and McMinnville and enter
tained in royal style. A big banquet
and fine dance" were features of the
entertainment program. The twenty
or more members of the Oregon City
department who attended the conven
tion took part in most of the social
and business events.
A series of tests and demonstra
tions covering all manner of fire fight
ing activity was held during the two
days. Races and sports were indulg
ed in. Oregon City lost out in the
feature contest of the program the
New York test, through the blowing
out of a broken coupling on a hose
line. The local firemen won this
event handily in the rapid time of one
minute and seventeen seconds, as
compared with the time made by Cor
vallis of one minute and twenty-four
seconds. The coupling on .the Oregon
City hose blew off, however, and the
prize was awarded to Corvallis.
Lectures, illustrated and otherwise,
demonstration of modern apparatus
and such things were attended by the
members of the local department.
Howard Mass was mascot of the lo
cal delegation and was honored by se
lection as "chief of the department,"
in the absence of the real official. The
Oregon City delegation took part in
the big street parade which drew a
crowd of spectators estimated at close
to 10,000 persons.
MURDER CASE ON
Washington County, Scene of Tragedy,
Tries Thompson
The trial of Bennett Thompson,
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Helen C. Jennings and Fred Ristman
near Tualatin, May 15, began in ear
nest at Hillsboro today with the state
submitting its evidence. Most of the
state's witnesses had been notified to
appear at the morning session.
The jury spent Wednesday viewing
the old Gore farm where Mrs. Jen
nings lived, the place where Ristman's
body was found and the immediate
locality, traveling 63 miles by auto
mobile. The jurymen saw the house and
bed in which Mrs. Jennings was found
with her head crushed in; the spot
where Ristman's automobile had been
left behind the house; the path to the
Southern Pacific railroad track, along
which was found the bloody outside
shirt, the inner tubes, light and license
tag stolen from the automobile; the
spot on the Newberg road where Rist
man's hat, automobile robe, an election
card and a cuff of the shirt, all cover
ed with blood were found; the road
leading from the Jennings' home to
the spot where Ristman's body was
found; the tiny hollow in which Rist
man's body was dumped and frag
ments of his matted hair still cling
ing to the grass; the spot where the
blacksmith's hammer, believed to have
been used to kill Ristman, was dis
covered, and the roads leading from
these places to the old Gore farm.
ONE MILE DONE
County Paving on East 82 Street Will
Be Finished Soon
The county paving project on East
Eighty-Second street will be complet
ed and in use in less than three weeks,
according to an estimate made yester
day by Roadmaster T. A. Roots, who
has had charge of the work.
The first mile of this project has
already been completed, the last labor
beinir anolied last night, mere is
another mile of road still to be sur
faced with the Worswick mixture.
The surface on this project is six
inches thick, the heaviest yefapplied
by the county.
The cost of this road has not been
estimated by the Toadmaster or the
county judge aB the work is not suffic
iently advanced to learn costs for ma
terials and labor.
Boy's Band to Play
The Oakland Boy's band, which has
created a very favorable impression
throughout Oregon since it has been
touring this state, will render a con
cert at the Library park in this city
tonight, Thursday.
The band is composed of boys rang
ing in age from 9 to 22 years and is
said to be an organization of very
talented musicians, in spite of the
youth of the members.
SCHOOLS
OPEN NG
HERE THIS WEEK
MANY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE
BEEN MADE IN BUILDINGS
ABOUT THE COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY NEW
Superintendent Calavan Praises New
Teachers in County School
System
The proverbial rod and rule is be
ing limbered up in the good old fash
ion throughout Clackamas county this
week and dozens of chubby little
youngsters are being groomed for the
ordeal - of their first day in school.
The county superintendent's office
with Superintendent J. E. Calavan and
tirenton Vedder, supervisor, in the
midst of the toil, is one of the busiest
places in the county seat just now,
and the office of City School Superin
tendent F. J. Tooze is humming with
activity preparatory to the opening of!
the schools.
One of the first institutions in the
county to open its doors and to en
roll pupils was the Milwaukie school,
which opened on Tuesday with a
greatly inreased enrollment. The Ore
gon City schools will open September
18 and among those to open next
Monday are Oswego, West Linn Clack
amas, Mt. Pleasant, Sandy, Estacada,
Col ton and Canby. All of these com
munities maintain high Bchool class
es, except Mt. Pleasant and Clacka
mas. On Monday, the eighteenth,
schools at Willamette, Molalla and
Oregon City will open. These dis
tricts also have high school classes.
In Oregon City and elsewhere in,the
county extensive improvements have
been made to school buildings and
property during the vacation season.
At Oregon City and Milwaukie per
haps the greatest amount of money
has been spent. In the county seat
much new equipment has been added,
new laboratories have been equipped
and general improvements made. At
Milwaukie the new eight-room grade
school is nearly completed and will be
ready for occupancy within a few
weeks. In the meantime all classes
are being held in the old building,
which is greatly overcrowded by the
increased enrollment. The new struc
ture is a model and will be one of the
finest to be found in the entire state.
The newly created district 126,
Echodell, will have completed its
school building in ample time to per
mit of its use this year. This is a
one room building and is thoroughly
modern as is the new building at Ha
zel ia, district 37. ,
The rarkplace school is installing
a modern heating system and cannot
open until the work is completed.
At Gladstone a new heating system
will in all probability soon be install
ed. A room for manual training work-
snops naB Deen erectea at tne Boiton
school in West Linn and Oswego and
Willamette will build play sheds.
Most of the remaining schools in
the county will open on the eighteenth
athough there are several which can
not open before early Octobr because
of short terms, or improvements which
will not have been completed until
then.
According to estimates made yes
terday by Superintendent Calavan
there will be 20 teachers more in the
schools this year than there were last
year. This is evidence of the growth
of the school population and the de
crease in the size of the classes. There
is a great tendency to make classes as.
small as possible so that pupils may
get the maximum benefit from their
training.
The increase in enrollment of pu
pils will approximate 10 per cent, ac
cording to the superintendent. The
largest increase will be in the high
school classes because of the workings
of the new tuition of those pupils at
tending high schools elsewhere than
in their own districts when such dis
tricts do not maintain standard high
schools.
Superintendent F. J. Tooze of tho
Oregon City schools estimates the in
crease in enrollment here at least at
10 per cent and thinks that it may
probably go even higher than that fig
ure. There are additional teachers
here and the faculty staffs are com
posed, especially in the high Bchool, of
new teachers. The city school board
has been very careful in its selection
of teachers this year and the corps is
undoubtedly on a par, from a stand
point of efficiency, with the retiring
staff. ' '
"The majority of the new teachers
in the schools of the county," Super
intendent Calavan stated, "have been
very well selected. Their records have
been established and they will be a
very capable and creditable addition to
the teaching forces of the county
school department. With the very
efficient teachers who remain in the
county from previous years, this coun
ty is equipped almost perfectly."
Superintendent Calavan highly
praises the tuition fund law which will
be in force this year. He believes it
will be rwaponsible for a very great
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