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34th Year OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916 Number 40
If El IS FOUND
GgiLTYQUIGKLY
FRAIRS' CLUB HOST CONVICTED
BY DISTRIOT ATTORNEY
GILBERT L. HEDGES
JURY OUT ONLY 25 MINUTES
Witnesses Prove They Bought Booze
at Milwaukie. Senitance Read
Today
After two days spent in the trial
of Julius Wilbur, notorious proprietor
of the Friars' club at Milwaukie on a
charge of violating the prohibition
laws of the state, a jury in Judge
Campbell's court took 25 minutes to
, find Wilbur guilty as charged. Judge
Campbell will pronounce sentence
today.
The jury was selected on Monday
morning after much trouble, in which
the entire jury panel for the' term
was used and several jurors had to
be picked up. Immediately follow
ing, Ex-Senator Charles W. Fulton,
ctunsel for Wilbur, argued a demur
rer to the indictment prepared by
District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges,
on the ground that it was unconstitu
tional. Judge Campbell speedily
overruled the demurrer.
The state's case, handled effective
ly by District Attorney Hedges, re
volved about the testimony of Kent
Wilson, who purchased liquor at the
club and took samples of it for the
use of his father, Sheriff W. J. Wil
son, and Detective Reichard, who was
at the club and purchased liquor on
the evening of September 23 last.
In addition to this valuable testimony
the sheriff and the deputies who raid
ed the club on the morning of Octo
ber 1 testified for the state.
The state presented a clear cut
case and had a number of charactei
witnesses against Wilbur, including
such men as Mayor Pelton of Mil
waukie anff Councilman M. A. Grasle.
Marshal Riley of Milwaukie, also a
deputy sheriff, turned his testimony
for Wilbur. The case for the defense,
presented alone by Mr. Fulton, hinged
on trifles and upon the attempts of
the attorney to garble the statements
of witnesses through severe cross
examination. ,
Several dozen bottles of liquor
taken in the raid were offered in evi
dence at the trial. A. S. Wells, a
chemist from the state dairy and
food commissioners office testified
that samples which he had analysed
contained from 15 to more than 30
per cent alcohol by volume.
Wilbur attempted Tuesday morn
ing to explain why liquor was found
at the club by saying that it was fre
quently left) there by those who
brought it, and that some of it he had
purchased before the state went dry.
The story was too thin for the jury,
however.
The principal witnesses for the de
fense were Wilbur himself, Louis
Rosenfeld, waiter at the club, Casey
Jones, musician and chief aide to the
proprietor, and Tommy Nishioka,
Japanese porter at the club. These
men testified they knew nothing of
the sale of liquor at the club, in spite
of the fact that witnesses for the
state said some of the men had served
intoxicants to them on their order,
and in spite of Rosenfeld's testimony
that he had seen as many as 24 intoxi
cated people at the club within two
or three months.
The trial of Wilbur together with
the waiter and the porter was to have
started on Tuesday morning, but the
first case held over that day.; Fol
lowing the first trial Attorney Ful
ton pleaded pressing business in
Washington and by consent of the
state had the second trial postponed
until an indefinite date. It is not,
highly important at this time, how
ever, as the main cog in the wheel
has been convicted. The judge al
lowed Fulton ten days in which to
prepare a motion for a new trial, al
though this is considered mere for
mality. SMOKER PREPARED
New-sAthletic Club Behind Boxing
Card for This Evening
The new Falls City Athletic club
is behind a boxing smoker to be held
at Busch's hall here this evening and
offer a number of well-known young
pugilists to the fight fans of the city.
This is the first card presented by
the new organization and it has se
lected several home talent actors who
have proved attractive features in
past events of the kind. Members
of the club are to have free admit
tance. The main event on the card will
be a bout between Kellogg and Bord
sen. There will be five other bouts
with such fighters as Shell McCool,
Bill Maddox, "Blacksmith" Martin,
Bill Gold, Olson, Evans and Brown.
Divorce Decree
A divorce decree was signed Mon
day by Judge Campbell separating
Peter G Hager and Helen M. Hager.
Mr. Hager gets the custody of two
minor children.
DEAD MAN FOUND IN
CABIN WAS SUICIDE
CRAZED BY ALCOHOL, STRACK
SHOOTS SELF THROUGH
THE HEART
The dead body of Joseph V. Strack,
aged 31, was found in a cabin on his
brother's farm near the Sandy bridge,
a bullet hole through his heart, early
Monday morning. Evidence gath
ered "by Coroner W. E. Hempstead
indicated that Strack probably com
mitted suicide while intoxicated, as
he had consumed a quart of alcohol
each day for three days before his
death.
Strack was with Ed Gish on Sun
day, riding in an automobile, and
when the machine became fast in the
mud they walked to their respective
homes. Indications are that Strack
laid down on his bunk and fired a
30-30 bullet through his heart. At
the coroner's investigation it was
said that others on the farm had
heard two shots about 9 o'clock on the
previous evening, but they had paid
no attention to them. Monday
morning a light in the cabin caused
an investigation and Strack was
found dead, in his bed.
It is not known whether Strack
left children, but his brother says he
left a wife in Canada. Through per
sonal letters found among his effects
an effort will be made to locate Mrs.
Strack.
CHILD DIES OF BURNS
Four-Year-Old Girl Gets Too Close
to Stove and Clothes Ignite
Little Christina, aged four years,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Turney of Rothe, was fatally burned
in the home of the family on Sunday
morning while the parents were at
church in Oregon City, and she died
at the hospital in Oregon City on
Sunday night The family had gone
to church, taking one child along and
leaving five, the oldest, Mildred, but
12 years old. The children were in
the living rooms when Mildred went
upstairs for something. During her
absence little Christina playfully
seized a piece of paper and thrust it
into the front of the heating stove.
It was ignited and the blaze flared
back, setting fire to the cotton dress
of the child. Screaming, she ran for
the door, where Mildred met her.
seized a pail of water and dashed it
over the blazing clothing of the child
drowning the flames. She at once
called for help and neighbors came to
her assistance, while Dr. Mount of
Oregon City was hastily sent for.
He administered remedies to ease the
child, who was terribly burned on
the right side, and took her to the
hospital, where she lingered until
6:30 p. m. The funeral of the little
girl was held Tuesday from the Cath
olic church in Oregon City.
ROCHO-FRANCIS
Pretty Wedding Solemnized at Pres
byterian Manse Thursday
A pretty wedding was that of Miss
Ruby Esther Francis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Francis of Ore
gon City, and Dr. Victor Lumen
Rocho of Woodburn The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. J. R.
Landsborough at the Presbyterian
manse on Thursday afternoon.
Miss Francis was a popular young
Oregon City woman and is a gradu
ate of the Oregon City high school.
She is a porfessional nurse, having
completed a course of training at the
Good Samaritan hospital in 1915.
The groom was formerly of San
Francisco and has been practising his
profession at Woodburn for six
months. He met Miss Francis while
practising in the Portland hospital,
and their engagement was unknown
to any but the families. He is a
graduate of a Boston medical school.
The couple went to Portland im
mediately after the wedding and from
there went to Woodburn, where they
have established their new home.
WHAT WE MAY BE
Rev. Mr. MacCallum Describes the
Representatives of Jesus
"In the seeming haphazard choice
of his representatives Jesus seemed
to threaten the very existence of his
kingdom. Look at some of them:
Levi, a hated tax-gatherer; .Simon,
the zealot, the religious anarchist,
and Peter, the boastful, whose im
pulses drove him to bluffs and blush
es. But Jesus does not concern him
self with the question whether a man
was a drunkard, blasphemer, infidel,
Jew or Gentile, so much as what, un
der his all transforming power he
may become. The core of his choice
lay in the possibilities of the men
called. He saw the fountain where
others saw the mirage."
This was the lesson imparted to
an attentive congregation at the Con
gregational church on Sunday morn
ing by the Rev. J. W. MacCallum, who
took his text for a highly interesting
sermon, "Jesus, the Common Man,"
from Matt. 10:1-4. Dr. Roy A.
Prudden led a splendid special song
service. "The Wonderful" is the sub
ject of the pastor's Christmas anni
versary sermon next Sunday: There
will be special Christmas features
throughout the entire service.
WOOLEN FACTORY
TO HEJURGEO
MR. JACOBS ANNOUNCES PLANS
FOR EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS
TO BIG MILL
CONSTRUCTION STARTS SOON
Modern Three Story Structure Will
House Many Departments... Ren
ovation Proposed
The war and politics notwithstand
ing, plans that have for several
months been in the lr.inds of the man
agement of the Oregon City Manu
facturing company materialized late
Saturday with the announcement of
President Adolph R. Jacobs of the
company's intention to start construc
tion at an early date of a reinforced
concrete addition to the present large
mill.
The new structure is to be three
stories high and will cover a ground
space of 80 by 250 feet, extending
west on Third street from the pres
ent mill to the river. The plans are
extensive inasmuch as they include
practically an entire renovation of
the present plant in addition to the
construction of the new. The lower
floor of the new building will house
a machine shop, modern kitchen and
dining room for employes, rest rooms
and dressing rooms. The second floor
will be occupied by a weave room
and the top floor will be utilized as
a garment factory.
Mr. Jacobs has just returned from
an extended trip in the east, where
he completed arrangements for the
new mill and made plans for its
equipment with the most modern ma
chinery known to the woolen mill
industry. He says that when the ad
dition is completed the local mill will
be larger than any west of the Mis
sissippi and will be 50 per cent larger
than it is at present. The new build
ing will have a floor space of 60,000
feet.
Almost every department of the
big mill will be moved and rear
ranged with the completion of the ad
dition. Machinery will be replaced
in any case where there is now manu
factured a more efficient type and all
will be set up to provide the greatest
facility in handling the raw and com
pleted products of the mill. In addi
tion to much new machinery the mill
will require probably 150 new hands,
making a total of nearly 500. To
care for the employes a modern sani
tary cafeteria, where food will be
sold at cost, will be equipped.
Plans for lighting and ventilation
have been worked out in great detail
under the direction of Mr. Jacobs.
Three sides of the new building will
be practically solid glass, while the
old structure may be remodeled
somewhat to provide more light.
Fresh air will be supplied by- the fan
system of ventilation.
Mr. Jacobs says that the local mill
occupies a distinct position among
woolen goods factories in this coun
try because of the fact that every
process in the manufacture of the
several products, from the receipt of
the raw wool to sewing on the label,
is completed under one roof. The
trade field of the company is inter
national, its shipping rooms consign
ing woolen goods to practically all
parts of the world, and the volume
of business annually is more than $1,
000,000. The mill is especially well
known for its Indian blankets and
mackinaw coats, although it produces
a great many other products.
DEPUTIES ARE NAMED
Recorder and Assessor Name Helpers
Who Start Work January 3
Recorder-elect Dudley C. Boyles
yesterday made known that he had
selected J. G. Noe of Killin as his
chief office deputy and Mr. Noe will
assume the duties of his new position
on January 3. He is a school teacher
and has been so engaged for a num
ber of years. Mr. Noe is a young
man and a widower and was selected
by Mr. Boyles after a consideration
of his qualifications and ability. Mr.
Noe has alBO been a farmer, although
this is his first experience at the work
that will be required of him.
Assessor-elect W. W. Everhart has
selected W. B. Cook of Oswego as his
hief deputy. Mr. Cook went through
the public schools and took a course
at the Hill Military academy at Port
land. He is a man about 30 years
old and has recently been engaged at
farming. He was formerly employed
in the engineering department of the
Pacific Railroad & Navigation com
pany and he worked for the Wiscon
sin Logging & Lumber company in
Washington. He is unmarried.
Must Pay Costs
The Unique Brick and Tile com
pany was ordered Friday by Judge
Campbell to pay costs in the suit
brought against the firm by B. F.
Hoover. A judgment was rendered
for Hoover in the justice court and
an appeal was taken tb the circuit
court.
LITTLE GIRLS WOULD
SEE THE BIG WORLD
TOTS FIND THAT DREAMS FAIL
AND RETURN HOME AFTER
ADVENTURE
The adventures pictured to Oregon
City on the moving picture screen are
held responsible by officers for the
escapade of Adella Mason, 13, and
Juanita Martin, 11, who left school
here Friday afternoon and started out
to see the world. They got as far as
Portland, after walking most of the
distance and having their fares paid
on the car the last few miles, and
their dreams began to fail them. Re
morse set in, the lure of easily earned
millions was not so strong as it had
been a few hours before, and the lit
tle girls found themselves highly
anxious to return to their homes as
night came on.
When they attempted to hire an
automobile to bring them home,
trusting to their parents to pay the
bill, they found drivers unwilling to
undertake such a gamble, i Frantic
because night had caught them un
provided, the girls say they went to
Mrs. Baldwin, at police headquarters
in Portland, and surrendered. The
father of one of the girls brought
them home and they promised to re
sume their studies at the Eastham
school, where both are sixth grade
pupils. Juvenile Officer Frost had
charge of the case. The Mason girl
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Mason, 121 Molalla ave
nue, and Juanita Martin's parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Martin.
GLADSTONE PARK TO
HAVE NEW PAVILION
COMMITTEE CONSIDERS PLANS
FOR BUILDING. MAY RE
MODEL STRUCTURE
Plans for the construction of a new
auditorium , for the Gladstone Chau
tauqua park or for the extensive ad
dition to the present building were
considered on Saturday at a meeting
of committees of the Willamette Val
ley Chautauqua association. No de
cision was reached as to which plan
would be followed and the building
and executive committees will con
duct , further investigation to ascer
tain which would be the better pro
ject. The new building, projected follow
ing the assembly of last summer, will
replace the present pavilion built 23
years ago, according to plans that
may be adopted in case the idea of re
building and adding to the present
auditorium is discarded. It will be
some distance in the rear of the pres
ent building and will have a seating
capacity of 4000 people. The cost
is estimated at $5,000, which will pro
vide the auditorium room, dressing
rooms and the stage. Another plan
proposed is to enlarge the present
structure, but some members of the
committees believe this impractical
because of the age of the structure.
Thomas A. Burke, elected secretary
of the association this year, occupied
that office at the meeting Saturday,
it being the first time in 23 years that
H. E. Cross did not act in that ca
pacity. The executive committee includes
C. H. Dye, E. G. Caufield and H. E.
Cross. The building committee com
prises H. E. Cross, John W. Loder, C.
Schuebel, C. H. Dye, E. G. Caufield
and Fred Olmsted.
TAXPAYERS ORGANIZE
Eby District Residents Will Take In
terest in Matters of Taxation
The taxpayers of Eby sphool dis
trict met at the schoolhouse Friday
night and organized themselves into a
taxpayers' association for the pur
pose of encouraging economy and
efficiency in the government of state
and county.
A simple constitution was adopted.
Wes Eby was elected president, Hen
ry Kister vice-president and J. Whit
eis secretary and treasurer. Com
mittees were appointed to promote
similar organizations in the neighbor
ing districts.
With such organization it will be
possible for the taxpayers of the state
to exercise an effective check on ex
traxagance and corruption in our
government.
Sandy Grange Elects
Sandy grange at its last regular
meeting elected the following officers
for the coming year: Master, F. W.
Canning; worthy observer, Mrs. Joel
Jarlj lecturer, Angela Canning; stew-,
ard, J. G.-DeShazer; assistant stew-i
ard, Viola DeShazer; chaplain, Mrs.
Nina Malar; treasurer, A. J. Morri
son; secretary, James Bell; gate
keeper, Chas. Updegrove; Ceres, Lulu
DeShazer; Pomona, Mrs. Annie Per
ret; Flora, Ruth Hart; lady assistant
steward, Mrs. Max Kleigel. The
grange voted to send J. G. DeShazer
as a representative from this grange
to Corvallis for Farmers' week. Mrs.
Joel Jarl was named as the alternate.
Our magazine offer still open. A
sensible Christinas gift.
WIRES WILL ACT
TO KEEP OSWEGO
MR. COOPER POINTS TO GRAVE
DANGER OF COUNTY'S
SEGREGATION
COURT HAS PROMISED ROADS
Alleges Iron & Steel Company is Be
hind Plan to - Join to
Multnomah County
Through some new electrical con
trivance in the minds of the Live
Wires, that body at its meeting on
Tuesday undertook to "view with
alarm" the current agitation for a
division of Clackamas county, includ
ing Oswego. Some residents there
desire to see their particular portion
of the county joined to Multnomah,
where they believe they will enjoy
as low a rate of taxation as they now
have and at the same time will get
much needed roads.
Before V. F. Cooper, blind Oswego
resident and prominent lecturer, got
through with the Wires they had
thoroughly succeeded in viewing the
alarming situation and had been
brought to keen attention by the
pointed remarks of Mr. Cooper, who
seemed to have seen entirely through
and all around the trouble at Oswego
although the gentleman has no eye
sight. To say that he awakened the
Wires to their duty in the matter by
telling them that the Ladd inerests
and the Oregon Iron & Steel company
were behind the agitation and if it is
possible will cause the segregation of
a part of the county so that the com
pany's property about Oswego lake
will increase in value, is to give but
mild credit to his talk.
Mr. Cooper told of the efforts of
the company to line up the legislative
delegations of all counties to ac
complish their purpose and showed
to what extent this had succeeded by
naming a number of the legislators
who were pledged to work for the
segregation. He suggested that the
Live Wires prove themselves worthy
of the name by starting an action to
counteract the company's work.
Senator Walter A. Dimick second
ed, to a large extent, the remarks of
the speaker, saying that the situation
had assumed dangerous proportions
and immediate action would be ne
cessary. He thought the matter
would be solved if the county court
could be induced to promise to build
the particular roads that are desired
in that district.
The result of the "view" the Wires
had of the segregation situation was
the appointment of a committee
which waited on the county court on
Wednesday morning. The court and
committee discussed the matter thor
oughly and the court has agreed to
promise the Oswego district perma
nent road improvement for next sum
mer. The program for the neighbor
hood includes the hard surfacing of
the main county road between Oswe
go and the Multnomh acounty line.
The committee , was composed of W.
P. Hawley, Sr., Judge Grant B. Dim
ick, W. A. Huntley, B. T. McBain,
M. D. Latourette, H. E. Cross and
Livy Stipp.
HENRICI-M UELLER
Daughter of Beaver Creek Family
Married to Aurora Young Man
The marriage of Miss Ethel Hen
rici, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Henrici of Beaver Creek, to Louis F.
Mueller of Aurora was solemnized
at the home of the bride's parents at
Beaver Creek on Wednesday of th)s
week. The Rev. A. J. Ware per
formed the ceremony under a beauti
ful arch of flowers. Following the
ceremony a wedding dinner was
served to a number of guests.
The wedding march was played by
Miss Hazel West and three little
maids led the bridal couple to the
altar. The guests were the bride's
parents and Lloyd, Frank, Henry,
Irene, Walter and Claude Henrici,
Mrs, Henry Henrici, Mrs.' Margaret
Henrici, Miss Louise and Will V.
Mueller, Fred Vonderahe, Lillian and
Lewis McCarty, J. A. Imel, Alice
Montgomery and Nellie Montgomery,
Thomas R., Mary, Hazel and Robert
West, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Denny,
Dora Shelly, Mrs. George Eggiman,
Linsley Meek, C. H. Minnie, Dorothea
and Ernestine Dickey and Henry
Davis.
Lost Man Sought
Sheriff Wilson was appealed to
Monday for his aid in locating John
Foster, who disappeared from his
home here on December 8 and has not
since been heard from. Foster is 28
years old, dark and short. He was
ill about the time of his disappearance
and relatives say he may have wan
dered away.
Judge Denies Motion
Judge Campbell Monday denied a
motion for a new trial in the case of
T. Rhoades against J. Meindl and al
lowed the latter additional time to
file a bill of exceptions.
NEW CITY FIRE CODE
IS TO BE PREPARED
COUNCIL RECEIVES HAWLEY
OFFER FAVORABLY JIT
NEY DISCUSSED
Without opposition, plans for a
new fire code and for the reorganiza
tion of the fire department were made
at the city council meeting Thursday
night and a committee was appointed
to have charge of the plans and to
go into the details of procedure to
bring about a special election. 1 An
election will be necessary, said City1
Prosecutor C. Schuebel, in order to
accept the offers of W. P. Hawley,
Sr., and A. R. Jacobs, for the pur
chase of a fire truck. The Live Wire
committee, through which these offers
were presented to tho council, attend
ed the meeting in a body. The com
mittee appointed by Mayor Hackett
to draft a new fire code and have
charge of other matters in this con
nection is composed of Councilmen
Templeton and Metzner, Fire Chief
Bradley, A. A. Price, L. Ruconich and
M. D. Latourette. This committee
will determine the time of the special
election.
A new franchise covering the de
sires of W. M. Foster to operate jit
ney busses between this city and
Portland was introduced, with chang
es suggested by City Prosecutor
Schuebel. It passed first reading and
will come up for final consideration
on January 3. The franchise pro
vides that Foster shall post a $5,000
bond for each car he operates in addi
tion to paying a $30 quarterly license.
The fare shall not exceed 25 cents,
the cars shall not stand at Seventh
and Main streets for more than five
minutes and the council may . suspend
any driver for a 90-day period for
any infraction of the terms of the
franchise.
Following the meeting the council
went into executive session as a com
mittee of the whole to consider plans
for the defense of the case of Mr.
Oliver for damages against the city.
A councilman!: committee was ap
pointed to learn from C. Schuebel
what he would charge to represent
the city in this and other actions
pending. This indicates the council's
intention to seat Geo. L. Story as city
prosecutor and to retain Mr. Schue
bel as city attorney when his term as
prosecutor expires.
The council granted to the Moose
lodge a permit for the construction
of a two-story frame lodge building
at the corner of Main and Eleventh
streets, within the fire limis.
ANGLERS ELECT
Association Does Not Want River
Closed to Nets at This Time
The Clackamas County Anglers'
association Tuesday night elected
Charles Parker president to succeed
George Bannon, who resigned. The
evening was given over to a discus
sion of additional ladder facilties for
the falls in the Wllamette and to
matters concerning the stocking of
trout streams in the county. A peti
tion was presented by M. A. Magone
asking for better ladder facilities.
No action was taken with a view to
closing the Willamette to net fisher
men, because additional ladders will
be necessary, it is said, before this
will be practicable.
A committee composed of H.
Leighton Kelly, C. Schuebel and
Judge Grant B. Dimick was appoint
ed' to list the trout streams and the
variety of fish desired to stock them;
to investigate and plan the building
of another ladder at the falls and to
investigate a proposal to close the
river to net men on April 1 in place
of March 15, as at present. It is
asked that net men be allowed to go
beyond the suspension bridge after
March 15. Several new regular and
honorary members were elected last
night.
CASE DELAYED AGAIN
Mr. and Mrs. Cartlidge Given Five
Days to Amend Their Answer
Another delay in the $20,000 dam
age action brought by F. J. Tooze,
city school superintendent, against
H. B. and P. Gregory Cartlidge
occured Friday when Judge Camp
boll allowed Mr. and Mrs. Cartlidge
five days in which to file a further
amended answer' to the complaint.
Mr. Tooze is suing Mr. and Mrs.
Cartlidge, the latter a former high
school teacher, for damages because
of the publication of alleged libelous
statements in bulletin No. 1, a leaflet
that was distributed here last spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Cartlidge admitted
authorship of the leaflet in another
instrument filed in the case.
Jacob Miller Injured
A collision of three small automo
billes near the St. Agnes baby home
on the Oregon City-Parkplace road
Thursday resulted in the painful in
jury of Jacob Miller, driver of one of
the cars, an employe of the P. R.
L. & P. Co. No bones were broken
in the accident, ' according to Dr.
Mount, but Mr. Miller, whose home Is
at 1302 Washington Btreet, this city,
was severely bruised. His machine
turned turtle when it was hit by the
other cars.
HAWLEY PLANNING
MILL ADDITIONS
COMPANY PAYS $40,000 FOR
JAMES TRACY PROPERTY
ON MAIN STREET
NEW MILL ALMOST' COMPLETE
Construction on Extensive Project
Will Start Soon After
January 1
The second big development an
nouncement to be heralded this week
came at the meeting of the city coun
cil last night when attorneys for the
Hawley Pulp & Paper company asked
for the vacation of Fourth street be
tween Main and the railroad tracks,'
where the company plans to erect its
second large and modern paper mill
addition.
The council speedily passed an or
dinance for first reading vacating the
street. Mr. Hawley owns practical
ly all the property necessary for the
new addition, he having yesterday
purchased the James Tracy property
between Fourth, the Tracy alley and
the railroad tracks for a considera
tion of $40,000. He has offered the
city $1500 for the site of the home of
the Cataract hose company and it is
only a matter of red tape now to com
plete the transfer.
This morning W. P, Hawley, Jr.,
assistant to his father, could not
make known definite plans for the
new mill addition, but he said it
would probably be started soon after
the first of the year. Plans for the
same work were in mind several
months ago when the company asked
for the vacation of Fourth street.
But because of the stress of work in
cident to the completion of the first
adition, now almost complete, the
matter was postponed.
The addition which is just now be.
ing made ready for use represents
an expenditure of $1,000,000 on the
part of the company. The proposed
addition . . will hardly equal .that
amount, it is thought, because the
river power unit will be eliminated.
However, the proposed addition will
be similar in size and cost to the
Main street mill. It will be of rein
forced concrete, two or three stories
high, and will be equipped probably
with another paper machine, beaters
and finishing equipment.
The opening of the additions being
completed now will mean the employ
ment of some 200 more men, making
a total at the Hawley mills of nearly
700. With the erection of the next
proposed unit an additional number
will be hired, bringing the total very
close to 1000, which has for some time
been Mr. Hawley's ambition. The
new unit will make the Hawley mills
among the most extensive in the
United States, it is said.
. The proposed addition will cover
most of the property between Third
and Fifth street from Main street to
the tracks at the foot of the bluff.
This means that the freight sheds of
the P. R. L. &. P. Co., the concrete
garage at the corner of Main and
Fourth, the Cataract hose company's
home, the old armory and several res
idences must be torn down to make
room.
The council is willing to sell the
site of the Cataract hose company
home to Mr. Hawley and expressed it
self as a body as being favorably in
clined toward assisting any undertak
ing of his company. A councilmanlc
committee comprising Councilmen
Metzner, Templeton and Cox was ap
pointed to inform Mr. Hawley of the
council's attitude of good will.
JONES A CANDIDATE
Newspaper Man Seeks Berth in Low
er House at Salem
"A wife, six kids and a country
newspaper to support," is the reason
why E. James Jones, editor of the
Oswego times, seeks election to be
calendar clerk of the house at the
coming session of the state legisla
ture. The best thing about Mr. Jones
is his candor he makes no bones
about high flown reasons for seeking
election but a country newspaper is
sometimes enough to drive any man
to the legislature.
It is understood that he has all but
one of the Clackamas county votes
pledged, in addition to a number in
Multnomah county and other parts
of the state His experience in the
newspaper business and the broad
training he should have had there
should qualify- Mr. Jones for the
duties he would undertake.
George Bannon Resigns
George Bannon, local merchant,
who was elected president of the new
Clackamas County Anglers' associa
tion on Wednesday evening, last
Thursday presented his resignation to
Secretary B. J. Staats. Mr. Bannon
gives the pressure of private busi-1
ness and his lack of experience as
reasons for his resignation, which
was acted upon at a meeting Tues
day evening. Mr. Bannon ".was not
present at the meeting where he was
i elected.