OREGON:
ITY COURI
34th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1916
Number 39
Xmas Shopping
Number
Twenty Pages of
Interest
T
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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.
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STORES OPEN
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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.
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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.