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OREGON: ITY COURI 34th Year OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1916 Number 39 Xmas Shopping Number Twenty Pages of Interest T E MEETING VOTES INCREASE IN JUDICIAL WAGE. APPROV ES MOST OF BUDGET ROAD LEVY IS INCREASED People Would Have Report on Estab lishment of a County Poor Farm Taxpayers from all corners of Clackamas county gathered in the circuit court room of the county court house on Saturday to discuss and amend the county budget as it had been prepared by the court. The first item on the budget was the first to suffer destruction, and after '30 min .utes of argument, in which the Ore gon City supporters of the proposed national guard armory were hope lessly outnumbered, the $8000 appro priation for that purpose being stricken off the budget. County Judge Anderson acted as chairman of the meeting, with R. M. Standish of Estacada as secretary. Commission er Adam Knight was present. The important feature of the meet ing was the action of the taxpayers in voting to increase the general road levy from 6 to 7 mills. The six-mill levy amounted to $174,000, of which incorporated towns and districts are given 70 per cent. The taxpayers protested the levy and as a compro mise agreed upon a one mill increase. The division of this tax will net Ore gon City approximately $2000 more than the six mill levy would, and other incorporations will profit'corre spondingly. The discussion of roads and bridges consumed over half an hour's time, the four items, asphalt and oil, $11, 600, bridges and culverts, $23,200; road machinery and repairs, $11,600, and state and federal road co-operation, $11,600, totaling $68,000, in cluded in the general fund budget, being adopted with, only a few dis senting votes. ...- A The taxpayers ordered stricken from the budget the items of fruit inspector, $500; for fire patrol of for ests, $500; while It was ordered that the state legislators from this county be instructed to use their efforts to have the number of ballots in elec tions cut down one half, it being hoped that at least $300 a year might be saved on this account. The appropriation of $2800 for printing and advertising was adopted with the understanding that some of the printing should go to the five country papers outside Oregon Ciy, such as -notices of meetings, instead of all the printing being paid out to the county seat papers alone. The county paid out this year the sum of $2132 for the publication of the de linquent taxe list alone. Discussion was held upon the sub ject of increasing the salary of the county judge from the present $1200 to $1800 a year. Since the state leg islature must change this salary if it is to be changed the matter was re ferred to that body. The matter of putting the county surveyor's office, held by H. H. Johnson, on a salary basis was refered to the county court. Mr. Johnson is working by the day at present and asked the court for a yearly stipend of $1800. A motion, put by J. A. Roake re sulted in the vote of the meeting to instruct the First National bank of this city to pay interest upon county funds deposited there or to loose the accounts. Other banks of the county have been paying a low rate of inter est on county funds during -the past year, or since the organization of the Bank of Commerce here, which commenced . the practice. ' Outside Oregon City approximately $50,000 in county funds are deposited, and most of that amount draws two per cent interest. Estimates from the appropriations as approved and amended at the meeting Saturday, makes it apparent that the county will - spend about $550,000 during the next year and of that amount approximately one half will be spent on roads and bridges. These expenditures include the cost of a rather extensive hard surfacing' program. Toward the close of the meeting a motion passed authorizing the ap pointment of a special committee of five members to investigate the advis ability of the establishment of a county poor farm. The .committee will report before the time for the preparation of the next annual bud get Court Opens Roads. The county court, in session here last week, ordered the opening of the W. A. Bard road from Estacada to Springwater, and the A. B. Hibbard road between Molalla and Wilhoit The petition relative to the M. Peder sen road was referred to viewers and the petition for the W. R. Telford road near Estacada passed first read ing. The court spent most of the session in considering road problems and petitions, although some time was devoted to bills and other county bus iness. r FO MONEY MOATES AND LIQUOR LAWS DO NOT AGREE MAN ARRESTED WITH COMPAN ION AND RECORDER PUTS $25 IN CITY TREASURY Charged with a violation of the prohibition laws because of the fact that he gave to his consort a drink of whisky, A. J. Moates, claiming to be a well-to-do California contractor, was arrested in Oregon City Satur day evening. At the same time the woman in the case, Mrs. Edna Logan, who told officers that she was a Port land dressmaker, was taken in charge, The couple was held until Monday morning, when Recorder Loder heard the case and fined Moates $25. Mrs, S. D. Brown of Portland paid the fine. Immediately following their release from custody here the couple was ar- rested by Portland officers on a vag- rancy charge preferred by the Rev. W. G. MacLaren of the Portland Com mons. When hailed before the mu nicipal court of the metropolis Moates through his attorney, Plowden Scott, asked for a jury trial. it was supposed here that Moates was guilty of having induced Mrs. Lo gan to leave Portland with him and go to his home in California. It was thought that the man , could be brought to' justice here through a charge of violation of the Mann white slave act, but such a charge was not filed against him. It has been learned that Moates came to Portland with Belle Stone, who was to be his Housekeeper Here, following a quarrel with the Stone woman he turned her out' upon her own re sources and duparted with Mrs. Lo gan. They got as far as Oregon City and were arrested by Chief of Polios Blanchard and a speical state agent. Moates is held in Portland on $100 bail. t$ i STORES OPEN J The DrinciDal stores of Ore- v gon City will be open each J J evening after next Monday until December 23, for the J Jt accomodation of Christmas . shoppers. Additional Help J has been hired in most of the stores of the city and the holi- J ! day rush is being handled in a v Jt very satisfactory manner. The v merchant's board of trade ap- J proved the plan of keeping open evenings. $ fcjt $ 8 8 $ v. FARMS PROSPER Value of Crops Estimated at $155,- 000,000 for Present Year The value of farm production in Oregon this year reached the unpre cedented total of $165,000,000.- Not withstanding unusual growing con ditions, the yields of staple crops were normal and in some cases sub stantial gains were made over last year. There were marked increases in the production of grain, potatoes, hay and corn. The production of cat tle also showed a gain. Prices for nearly all farm pro ducts have been much, higher, this year, the increase in the value of wheat and potatoes being the most prouounced. With about the same yield as last year, wheat brought $7, 000,000 more to the farmers than last year and potatoes made an increase of nearly $2,000,000. The total gain in the value of farm production over last year was approximately $25, 000,000. COUNCIL TO HEAR OFFER C. Schuebel Says Charter Amendment Will be Necessary to Buy Truck v , The city council will meet, tonight to discuss the offer of W. P. Hawley, Sr., to buy the home of the Cataract hose company and to donate an ad ditional $1000 toward the cost of a motor-driven fire truck for Oregon City. The offer will be presented through the Live Wire committee composed of W. P. Hawley, Jr., A. A. Price, L. Adams and W. A. Huntley. Although members of the council have been highly interested by Mr. Hawley s offer, it is not probable, they say, that it can result in the early purchase of the needed appar atus. Before the purchase can be made, even with Mr. Hawley and A. R. Jac obs paying the burden of its cost, a special election will be necessary, ac cording to C. Schuebel, city prosecut or. The reorganization of the fire department, Mr. Schuebel says, can be accomplished by ordinances, but the purchase of the truck with funds gained through the sale of property and donations would require charter amendments. The creatipn of a fire board would not solve the situation, because it would require va special election to create such a board. Recorder Is Restrained. Charles T. Tooze Thursday filed an injunction suit against County Re corder E. P. Dedman and F. C. Altin to prevent Mr. Dedman from accept ing for record a deed to certain Oak Grove real estate, sold to Mr. Tooze by Mr. Altin. The complaint alleges that there was misrepresentation of the property on the part of Mr. Altin. CITY IMAY STILL BUY FIRE TRUCK MR. HAWLEY MAKES LIBERAL OFFER TO LIVE WIRES. REFERRED TO COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM DRAWN Wires Will Engage in Membership Round-Up. Suggest Union of State Commissions. The way js open for the purchase of a much-needed fire apparatus In Oregon City as a result of the plan outlined and sponsored at the meeting of the Live Wires on Tuesday by W. P. Hawley, Sr., president and general manager of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Co. Mr. Hawley had con ference with members of the board of fire underwriters for the state and has learned that a material reduction in the fire insurance rate can be ob tained here if the proper facilities for fire fighting are provided. Mr. Hawley's plan, as presented by his son, W. P. Hawley, Jr., at the meeting Tuesday, involves a slight change in the city water system, in- as much as a reduction in the insur ance rate requires that there be two sources of supply for water. It is proposed to tap the ten-inch main carrying water to West Linn with an automatic valve, which will relieve the local reservoir in, case of fire and the necessity for more water. This valve would in no manner impair the supply to West Linn and the plan has been approved by members of the West Linn council. The interesting part of Mr. Haw ley's plan is in connection with the fire truck which the city hoped to purchase. Lack of funds prevented the council from buying such appar atus. Mr. Hawley will buy the home of the Cataract hose company on south Main streeet for $1500. He will in addition to this, donate $1000 toward the purchase of a. truck. A. R. Jacobs, of the Oregon City Manu facturing company, has offered an other ' $5000 ' donation, ' a ' total '' of $3000. This sum would care for the initial payment on the truck, and it appears that the committee appoint ed will find a way. to accept Mr. Haw ley's' offer and plan. The committee comprises W. P. Hawley, Jr., A. A. Price, W. A. Huntley, L. Adams and M. D. Latourette. The legislative delegation from this county, which was to have at tended the meeting for the discus sion of bills fathered by the Live Wires, was represented by Senator Walter A. Dimick. ; Mr. Dimick ex pressed a desire to co-operate in any possible way. with the organization for the advancement of the proposed legislation. The Live Wires desire especially a revision of the tax laws of the state and the legislative com mittee will draft bills incorporating these desires. Mr. Dimick believes that the other legislators will work with the club at the legislature. Following a talk by Main Trunk C. Schuebel regarding the membership of the club, in which he laid stress upon the absence from the tables each week of a number of business men, a "round-up" committee to enlist the interest of business men and to secure new members was appointed. This committee includes W. P. Hawley, Jr., L. Adams and E. C. Brownlee. A vote of thanks was extended by the Wires to the armory committee, and especially to its chairman, George Randall, for its efforts to secure an armory appropriation from the coun ty. The purpose of the committee was defeated by the taxpayers at the budget meeting last Saturday, be-' cause, as Mr. Randall stated, the Live Wires did not attend the meeting as they had agreed to do. A suggestion that will be included in the Wires' legislative program was made by Judge Grant B. Dimick, when he said that the work of the state tax commission should be turned over to the public service commission. Judge Dimick pointed out the conflict in the aims of these commissions and showed where a saving of approxi mately $12,000 could be effected by the abolishment of the former. MOTHER AND SON WED. Rev. Mr. Hawkins Perforins Double Wedding Ceremony Here. At the same ceremony in the par sonage of the Methodist church last Thursday night, mother arffl son were united in marriage by the Rev. J. K. Hawkins. Mrs. Bessie A. Lamb, 485 Linn avenue, Portland, was mar ried to W. A. Monroe, also of Port land, and Mrs.' Lamb's son, Clayton E. Lamb, employed in Oregon City, was united to Violet R. Herse. One cou ple acted as witnesses for the mar riage of the other. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb will live in Portland, while the younger people may make their home In Oregon City. Clayton E. Lamb is the last of Mrs. Lamb's children to be married and the Rev. Mr. Hawk ins performed the ceremony in each case. POWER RATES OFFER GREAT POSSIBILITY BOOSTERS WILL COMPILE DATA TO SUBMIT TO PROSPECT IVE MANUFACTURERS Rates for electrical power that are hoped to prove interesting to eastern manufacturers and others who might consider the establishment of mills and factories in and about Oregon City have been submitted to the Com' mercial club through the Live Wires and C. Schuebel, main trunk of the latter organization. The figures compiled by the Port land Railway," Light & Power com pany are said to represent probably the lowest power cost of any offered on the. Pacific coast and the Live Wires under the direction of Mr. Schuebel will compile the data for presentation to prospective industrial investors. There is 40,000 horsepow er of electrical energy available .for the use of such enterprises as it is hoped to bring here and this is al ready developed by the company's plant in this city from the falls in the Willamette river. As an example of the reasonable rate offered in the company's report to Mr. Schuebel the following is in teresting: Service of electricity through a 50 horsepower motor in stalled in any plant that may be erected here, would cost $1.68 per kilowatt hour for a 12-hour day. That is to say, that a factor" could operate a 30 horsepower moOr 12 hours a day and pay $1.68 per kilowatt hour for its power. The same motor operated 24 hours a day would furnish power at $1.25 per kilowatt hour. Rates for larger- or smaller motors are cor respondingly low. It is the intention of the Commer-. cial club and Live Wires to prepare this data in a neat pamphlet, togeth er with a list of sites upon which op tions will be secured for factory and mill sites, for presentation to those who might be interested in the estab lishment of manufacuring in this city. Additonal data on the advantages to mill and factory operation is being gathered. Options will be taken on available property within a short time and the publication of a booklet en tirely devoted to the power and the property available will be published. fcjl 3 ji tl t!)t J DO YOU LIKE IT? M J : J J Hasn't it occurred to you that a subscription to the 9 Courier would make a most acceptable and economical Christmas gift? Fifty-two issues of this paper will go to J any address you mav desier- M nate for one full year and J you will pay only $1. It will J J be an interesting reminder of J your thoughtfulness through- J J out the vear. Send the dollar and the address today. We J will do the rest. ; M CHILDREN HELD Judge Anderson Delays Prosecution of Lads Whose Parents Sin Unwilling to rush thA nrnsAnnHnn of two little boys for the sins their parents have committed. Countv Judge H. S. Anderson this morning took unaer advisement the charges of disorderly conduct against Reuben and Calvin Neff of Paradise flnrmwa. These boys are guilty of disturbing tne peace or that misnomered com munity bv firin? three charces fmm a shotgun into the walls of the home or v. ft&tt. The shootine and other Tnisriemenn. ors of the little fellows have been traced directly to the feud between the two families. Bad blood has ex isted between the Neff s and the Pratts for several vears and hn In. volved all members of t.hn fn milioQ Judge Anderson , said, in delaying prosecution tins morning, that if the boys were brought before him again and he was forced to send them to the reform school he would see to it that the parents Were prosecuted for contributing to their delinquency. SEALS ARE SELLING One of Every Tyclve Deaths in Ore gon Caused by Tuberculosis All Oregon is evidencing interest in the campaign for the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. Organizations in 100 different com munities are active. Re-orders keep the headquarters at the Oregon asso ciation for the prevention of tuber culosis office in Portland tusy. It is safe to say that 600,000 pieces of mail, Christmas packages and so forth will be stamped with Red Cross Christmas seals this month. As each seal is in itself a warning against the disease that takes. the life of one of every 12 people that die in Oregon, the amount of good thus done can hardly be. estimated. At the same time the proceeds from the sale of the seals at a penny each go entirely, except for the 10 per cent that pays the American Red Cross for printing and other expense,, to the organized fight against tuberculosis which is being carried on by the Oregon asso ciation for the prevention of tuberculosis. PULL STATE Till ILL J LEVIED COMMISSION FINDS WAY OUT OF A TIGHT PLACE IN FIX ING TAX LEVY INSTITUTIONS WILL SUFFER Decrease for Bienniel Period is Put at About $131,7501. Millage Rate is 3.1 There appears to be only one way out of a tight place in the matter of taxation in Oregon, according to the state tax commission, ' which met at Salem this week. ' It was determined at this meeting that by levying for next year the full state tax author ized by the six per cent tax limita tion amendment, provision can be made for the ordinary maintenance of state-institutions and departments, and $224,250 allowed for improve ments. The limit that can be raised under the amendment is $2,699,250, and that sum will be levied. Compared with this year, this is an increase of $149,250, and compared with the average levy for the current biennium it is a decrease of approx imately $131,750. Next year's levy will be based on a valuation of ap proximately $878,000,000 which is about $56,000,000 less than the val uation on which this year's levy was made. Millage rate next year will be approximately 3.1 compared with 2.7 this year and 3.3 in 1916. The de crease in valuation, says the, commis sion, is responsible for the increase Although $224,250 is allowed for improvements, the commission fig ures that, this sum will be largely, if not entirely, absorbed by legislative appropriations for other purposes, for in pruning to meet the requirements of the amendment the commission in cluded only appropriations expressly established by law. No provision is made in the levy, for instance, for money to match the federal appro priations for roadbuilding, nor is any provision made for aid for sectarian and charitable institutions, the ap propriations for which during the curr rent biennium were more than $100, 000. ... Because of the decrease in valua tion and the increase in attendance the schools of higher learning are short, it is asserted, and this sub ject is not covered. At each session the legislature always makes appro priations aggregating thousands of dollars for other purposes, but which are not of a continuing character, and these were all eliminated from levy. While by pruning the commission has made next year's levy meet re quirements of the 6 per cent amend ment, the financial problem created by it remains unsolved, the commis sion having merely passed it on to the legislature for solution, and it will depend on that body to devise ways and means to meet the require ments of the state government for the next biennium. and at the same time keep the 1918 levy within the provisions of the amendment. JUDGE IS SPEAKER A Criminal Born in Every Soul, Says Local Jurist . "There is a criminal born in every soul, and we must keep it within the walls of our own penitentiary or some judge will sentence it to a peni tentiary of another sort. In other words we are all born with tenden cies which develop naturally toward crime unless they are mastered and controlled," said Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell in addressing the Baraca class of the local Baptist church last night. Anger, the natural passion of acquisitiveness, idleness . and . lust were given as the four greatest caus; es of crime by the speaker and he said that to send a first offender to the penitentiary was to put him in a school for crime, where hardened criminals would soon teach him in criminal practice. The suggestion that land be set aside by the state to be developed by down-and-out men and the unem ployed at a fair wage, was made by the judge He said this would solve the problem of unemployment and would do away with tramps. MOOSE WILL BUILD. Plans for. Modern Lodge Home on Main Street Are Approved. Plans for the erection of a modern lodge home for the Moose lodge of this city were ratified last Thursday night at a meeting of the lodge's building committee and authority has been granted to proceed with . the work without delay. The estimated cost of the structure is $20,000. The committee which has had charge of the preliminary plans and which will continue to oversee the work until it is completed is composed of George F. Johnson, P. D. Forbes, D. F. Skene, E. D. Olds, Frank Busch and William Weismandel, The Courier and the Daily Jour nal $4.75. ONE NAIL CRIPPLES MUNICIPAL ELEVATOR LIFT PARALYSED TWO DAYS UNTIL TEN-PENNY NAIL IS FOUND IN ITS VALVES "As dead as a door nail," may or may not indicate a condition of abject desuetude, but City Engineer Miller is firm in his conviction that, dead or alive, a nail is a troublesome ani mal. A 10-penny nail resisted the full pressure of the water in the valves of the municipal elevator for practically two days and remained undiscovered until Monday, when the lift remained useless. City Engineer Miller suc ceeded in removing the nail late Mon day and the lift started again. Late Saturday night an elbow on the Eupply main to the lift was brok en and caused the elevator to ston until the damege was repaired Sun day morning. Early Sunday after noon the elevator, stopped again and the 10-penny nail was located Mon day morning after the full pressure of the system had been applied to the pipes in a futile effort to start he lift The nail and the little block of wood with it were removed, but the city engineer is still unable to ac count for their presence in the pipe MILL EMPLOYES WILL GET XMAS PRESENTS LARGE EMPLOYERS HERE PLAN TO REMEMBER 1700 MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS The Hawley Pulp & Paper com pany, through its Santa Claus, W. P. Hawley, Jr., will spend $1500 for Christmas presents for its men, it was announced yesterday. The single men are to receive boxes of good cigars and the married men will each get a turkey for the holiday feast At the Crown-Willamette mills it is expected that the men will, as usual, receive an additional day's wages as a Christmas present. Fig uring on the 900 men employed by this company here at an average wage of $3.10 a day it is apparent that the company will spend about $2790 for Christmas presents. The Oregon City Manufacturing company, through its president, A. R. Jacobs, is making arrangements to observe the day by giving some thing to each emloye, although Mr. Jacobs has not yet completed his plans. It is estimated that there are 1700 employes in the three mills men tioned, 900 at the Crown-Willamette, 500 at the Hawley mills and 300 at the wollen mills. CABINET TO REMAIN Attorney General Gregory Only Re tiring Member of Wilson's Board The only member of President Wil son's cabinet to retire, and in this case it is even less than a probability, is Attorney General Gregory, who Is anxious to return to private legal practice at Houston, Texas, say an nouncements from Washington, this week. All other members, and per haps Mr. Gregory too, will remain with the president during his second term. Stories that indicated the resigna tion of Secretaries McAdoo, Houston and Baker have been strongly denied at Washington, as has the rumor that Secretary Red field might retire. Sec-? retaries Daniels, Lansing and Wilson and Postmaster General Burleson have' not been concerned in the fake stories. In the attorney general's case the reports of his intention to resign have been circumstantial and have been generally accepted as t rue by offi cials, although he has given no indi cation of his intentions. The. president has offered Mr. Gregory a seat on the Bupreme court once and should another vacancy oc cur during the administration it is thought probable that he would be Be seriously considered again. PARALYSIS IN SCHOOL. Milwaukie Classes Close Because of Presence of Disease. The public schools in this city closed Friday for fumigation because of the discovery of a case of infan tile paralysis in one of the lower grades. No other cases developed, and classes reassembled on Monday morning. This action was resolved upon at meeting of the directors Thursday nrght following a discussion of the case of Mr. and Mrs. George Noakes. The child is in the first grade, but because of the transfer of the grades from the old to the new building, the fumigation of both structures is nec essary. Bernice is paralyzed from the hips down, but her case is not es sentially dangerous. v- Postoffice Moves. The transfer of the Gladstone post- office from the Paddock building to the building adjoining, owned by Har vey E. Cross, has been completed. Postmaster F. E. Parker has put in new fixtures and new boxes. PUBLIC TAX IS CHOPPED NEARLY HALF MILLION DOL LARS IS TAKEN OFF COUN TY'S VALUATION CORPORATION TO PAY LESS Assessor Jack Segregating ments. Oregon City May Lower Assessment The proverbial bolt of thunder out of a clear, bright sky came down upon Clackamas county this week when the state tax commission chopped al most $500,000 off the assessed valua tion of the county through the reduc tion of the valuation of the holdings of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company. County Assessor J. E. Jack had been forewarned of the possibility of such an action on the part of the commission, but generally it was more or less of a surprise. The as sessor at once set to work to segre gate assessments. In spite of the fact that the company is this year operating more miles of trackage and more power lines than it ever did, the reduction is made. The tax commis sion explains the cut by saying that the earnings of the traction company in the past year have been far below normal and less than they were last year, making the reduction advisable. The total valuation last year was approximately $5,000,000, or about one-sixth of the total valuation of the county. The valuation this year is ' shown in the items of the statements made by the tax commission: Power plant at Willamette falls, reduced from $348,000 to $303,920; power taken from the falls and sold, re duced from . $916,400 to $812,000; Portland-Oregon City car line, re duced from $23,200 to $20,880 a mile; power lines, reduced from $1,0998,651 to $1,075,210. Assessaor Jack said that the valu ation of this county is practically $2,000,000 less than it was three years ago, or that it now is $28,737, 362. This, he says, is due to the fact that the locks in the river here vere sold to the' government; that the O. & C. land tax is not included; that the old Crown paper mills have been dis mantled, and that much valuable tim ber in "the Cascades was destroyed by the storms of last winter. The loss in assessed valuation through the assessments controlled by the as sessor is placed at $54,240 by Mr. Jack. This, with the reduction of $388,944.04. made by the state tax commission, makes the total loss in valuation for 1916 $443,184.04. The state of affairs brought about by this reduction will undoubtedly result in a reduction of the assess ment in Oregon City, but the amount cannot be determined until Assessor Jack has completed his segregation. SPORTSMEN ELECT Discuss Plan of County Control of Fjsh and Game Business of State At the first annual meeting of the new Clackamas County Anglers' asso ciation held at the Commercial club last night, the details of the organi zation were completed and permanent officers elected. The new officers are George Bannon, president; Charles Moulton, vice-president; B. J. Staats, secretary-treasurer. The executive committee members, in addition to the officers, are 0. D. Eby and H. L. Kel ly. Fifty sportsmen attended tho meeting. The subject of county control of game and fish, with enforcement of. the laws by the county rather than by the state, was given considerable attention. Judge Grant B. Dimick, speaking on this subject, called at- tention to the saving that could be ef fected by county control and to the more effective administration of game and fish business by the county than is possible in state control. The plan of county control, the judge said, would take the enforcemnt of the game and fish laws and the protec tion out of politics. B. Greenman, a brother of F. Greenman of this city, attended the meeting and discussed the plan in force in Washington, where 80 per cent of the' fish and game license money was sufficient for the counties to employ wardens, oper ate their own hatcheries and enforce the law, in addition to carrying the lighter expenses. At a special meeting to be held next Thursday evening the sportsmen will debate the question of closing the Willamette river to net fishermen. A delegation of Multnomah Anglers' club members will be present as well .as members of Clackamas county's legislative delegation. The Multno mah club is in favor of closing the river, while many members of tho lo cal organization point out that addi tional ladder facilities are necessary before such a thing is attempted. A marriage license was issued last Thursday by County Clerk Harring ton to Mabel Morrison and John E. Clyde, of 392 East Stark street, of Portland.