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Newspaper Page TextCOURIE 34th Year OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1916 Number 41 GREG E PAPER COMPANIES E HAWLEY AND CROWN-WILLAMETTE COOPERATE WITH EASTERN FIRM " BOATS TO CARRY SULPHUR Announcement Important to Shippers Mode by Local Mills. Plans About Readjr A steamship line operating be tween the gulf coast, with New Or leans as the principal port, and Port--land is planned by the Hawley Pulp & Paper company and the Crown Willamette Payer company at this end and the Union Sulphur company of New York and Louisiana at the other end, according to the statement of W. P. Hawley, Jr., yesterday. Preliminary plans for the line have already, been made and W. N. Wil kinson, traffic manager for the Sul phur company has been on this coast .in conference with officials of the paper company and with R. C. Bishop of Portland, Pacific coast represent ative of the Sulphur company. The basis of the arrangement between the paper mills and the Sulphur company is orders for 5000 tons of sulphur placed by the Hawley people and or ders for "6000 tons placed by the Crown-Willamette interests, operat ing mills at Oregon City, Camas, Wash., and Ocean Falls, B. C. The boats operated under the proposed plan will carry parts of these orders at each trip and will complete loads with a general cargo from Louisiana and the Mississippi river valley, go ing as far as St. Louis for cargo. The sulphur company's mines at Calci seou, La., will furnish the sulphur for the cargoes. It is tentatively planned to load the boats with a deck n'argo of lumber from Portland for te return .trip to the gulf coast, in addition to any oth er cargo that can e secured. The frequency of voyags, ; the , size and number of ships to be operated and other details will t depend , entirely upon arrangements Wde at this end of the run. If sufficient cargo return ing can be secured, it 's said, to war rant one boat a month the company can put as many boats on the run. The sulphur orders are merely de signed to complete the cargo on each voyage and yesterday Mr. Bishop said that the largest boats the traffic would permit would be put on the run in view of the heavy tolls at the Pan ama canal. It is understood from Mr. Hawley's statement yesterday that Standard Oil money is behind the venture and he points to this as indication that any plans decided upon will be made successfully operative. That plans have advanced to such a place that the operation of the line is practically assured is indicted from the fact that the traffic department of the Sulphur company and repre sentatives of the local shippers will meet at New York soon after the first of the year to complete details for the business. Mr. Hawley believes that there is no doubt about the establish ment of the line and says that the only question now is as to whether the company shall operate many small boats or a few large, ones. He re peats that this depends altogether upon the business provided at the Portland end of the run for the boats, A survey of the possible business from this end will be presented at the meeting of the traffic experts of the several companies concerned early next month, and the decision reached at that time will govern the class of boats to be operated and their number. W. P. Hawley, Sr., who is in Cal ifornia, has been keeping in touch with the negotiations for the proposed line and has concerned himself some' what in looking into the shipping in dustry on the California bay. He will arrive home tomorrow, it is ex pected, and will probably have some additional information that can be included in the survey of business for the consideration of the meeting at New York. EVENT WAS SUCCESS First Community Christmas Here Draws Large Audience Although the weather interfered with the decorative plans of the sponsors of Oregon City's first om munity Christmas exercises, the pro gram at Seventh and Main streets Friday night was a decided success and hundreds of people gathered there. The Oregon City band made its initial appearance, the Methodist Sunday school classes rendered other parts of the program. The two large Christmas trees were lighted by elec tricity and made a fitting background for Santa Claus, in the person of Dr. Roy A. Prudden. Santa Claus dis tributed candies and fruits to scores of children, as well as to the older folk who were leaders in preparing the entertainment. Courier and Daily Journal $4.75. BACK OCEAN TOM RILEA APPEARS AFTER TRYING TRIP OREGON CITY YOUNG MAN LOST IN MOUNTAIN WILDS OF SOUTHERN OREGON The very unpleasant and hazardous experience of Thomas Rilea of Ore gon City, who was caught in a snow storm in the mountains' of southern Oregon and lost for some time, is re corded in reports from Grants Pass on Tuesday and Wednesday. Togeth er with a mail carrier between West Fork and Agness, communities in the mountains out from Grants Pass, Rilea had not been heard from be tween Saturday and Wednesday and it was feared that they had perished in the heavy mountain snows, over which they had to pass. Searching parties were sent out from different points, but in each case came back without encouragement. Rilea is said to have left West Fork soon after the mail carrier started on his mountainous route Saturday morning. Rilea was en route to Ag ness from Oregon City, and was to spend the Christmas season with his father, postmaster at Agness. Rilea was employed as an electrical engin eer in this' city and was formerly in the United States forest service in the Siskiyou mountains, so that he was acquainted with the nature of the country he had to travel. Fears of his friends and relatives were set at rest, however, when on Wednesday a telephone message by way of Gold Beach and Crescent City to the forestry office at Grants Pass stated that Rilea got through Tues day night to Agness without bad ef fects except that he suffered from ex haustion and hunger. It is now presumed that Commo dore Fleming, the mail carrier, found that he could not get through and re turned to Mariel, as Rilea saw no trace of him on the way. Rilea was on the way to the home of his father at Agness postoffice, Curry county, when the heavy snow delayed him, but he was a skilled woodsman and managed to get through. EARNEST MASS SEEKS U. S. MARSHALS JOB CANDIDATE HAS BEEN PROM INENT IN POLITICS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS E. T. Mass,, former sheriff of Clackamas county and until recently chairman of the Democratic county central committee, yesterday put in his bid as an active candidate for ap pointment to be United States Mar shal for Oregon to Bucceed John Mon tag, incumbent. Mr. Mass was for two terms sheriff of this county and for a number of years as chairman of the county committee he was an active figure in Democratic politics, having been a member of the party all his life. He has been prominent ly mentioned for several political ap pointments, but has not before been an active candidate for Federal office. Since retiring from the sheriff's office here with the election of W. J. Wilson, incumbent, Mr. Mass has been engaged in business on Mam street. He knows of only one opponent in the contest for appointment as mar shal and believes that he has sup port enough among the central com mitteemen and county chairmen to win the appointment over F. B. Tichenor of Port Orford. MANY MARRIED Cupid Plays Tag With Santa in Cor nering Christmas Interest Santa Claus had only one strong rival in Clackamas county for the Christmas season. A certain well known D. Cupid, welder of matrimon ial alliances, was on the job in record breaking style Saturday and marched 18 young people to the office of Coun ty Clerk Harrington, where they se cured licenses to marry. Nine li censes in one day constitutes the record of recent years, or since the enactment of legislation modifying the marriage laws of the state. Those securing licenses on Sat urday were: Ethel Max Wells and Edwin A. Woodworth, Molalla; Glad ys E. Thompson and Ray Clarence Snider, Clatskanie; Margaret Willard and Charles Ross Hunter, Boring; Mabel Giger and Lester O. Conrad, Troutdale; Elsie J. Morgan and R. O. Dunn, Oregon City; Edna H. May ers and Ivan L. Hutton, Boring; Olive Ball and Leo W. Hayes, Woodburn; Zella. Conklin and Roy J. Otty, Mil waukie; Edna Ethel Montgomery, West Linn, and Levie Dow, Oregon City. Elks Celebrate Christmas Local Elks enjoyed a gay time Fri day night at their annual Christmas celebration in the lodge rooms. A Christmas tree was the center of at traction and a "high jinx" was the order of the evening. Gilbert L, Hedges was judge of a kangaroo court that offered much entertainment before the lodge men enjoyed a lunch eon. HOLIDAY JOY IS GIVEN BY MILLS LARGE EMPLOYERS TREAT MEN TO ROYAL CHRISTMAS COST IS GREAT COMMUNITY TREE A SUCCESS Family Reunions Were Social Order. Mill Gifts' Total Cost was About $7000 Following Christmas, when that great day brings with it such open signs of prosperity and happiness at home, news space must, perforce, at tend to recording Christmas cheer. Happily this Christmas has brought to Clackamas county more by far than the usual quota of cheer and it is safe to say that not in many years has there been such an absence of poverty, such a general prosperous condition. The free dinners were ab sent from the program of the season and the big hearted organizations and individuals found very little to occu py their attention. Charity was at a minimum, prosperity is at a maxi mum and the "good will toward men" spirit was and still is paramount. ' The large employers of labor had big hands in making the Christmas season merry. The mills not only closed down Sunday and Monday, but they paid off their employes a day early and on Saturday presented each man and woman with a token of ap preciation fr the labors and the in terest expended during the year. An extra day's pay was the form of the Christmas remembrance of the Crown-Willamette paper company to its more than 900 employes. The mill management gave out approximately $3000 that every man might have a share of the Christmas fund. At the Hawley mills, the gifts to married men and single men with dependent families was a large tur key, selected carefully that each fam ily might have an abundance of the holiday bird at the festive table on Christmas day. The single , men without dependent families were giv en each a box of high grade cigars. Mr. Hawley estimated that to provide gifts for each of the company's 450 employes cost approximately $1500. The workers at the Oregon City woolen mills received a double sur prise. They were each given a cash present, ranging from a $2 bill lip, the total approximating $2500. And at the same time the company an nounced its intention to inaugurate a profit sharing plan in the mills, whereby each employe will share in the money that he helps to earn. Aside from the cheer brought to many persons through the gifts from the mills, the holidays were bright about town. The first community Christmas tree celebration was held last Friday night at the corner of Seventh and Main street and was the occasion for the gathering of a large audience. Eight hundred sack3 of candy, 10 boxes of apples and many other good things were distributed to the children of the city. The affair was directed by the Methodist church membership, but was not denomina tional in any manner. There was a huge platform of Christmas trees at Seventh and Main streets, with two great trees electrically lighted with power furnished by the r, K. L. & P. Co. Merchants about town donat ed to the event. The Oregon City band made its first public appearance and Sunday ' school children sang Christmas songs. The Rev. J. K. Hawkins pronounced the invocation, But best of all, for the children, was the appearance of Santa Claus, who distributed candies and fruits. Socially the order o the season was family reunions and hundreds of visitors came to the city and county to be with relatives for the Christmas feast. Other hundreds went else where to partake of that nart of the annual celebration that centers about the dinner table. Scores of house. holds were made merry by family gatherings with members from all parts of the country. FORMER COUNCILMAN HURT James Wilkinson Knocked Down by Automobile. Not Serious A painful though not serious in jury was sustained by James Wilkin son, aged 73, Tuesday afternoon when he was knocked down at Four teenth and Main streets by light automobile driven by D. W, Hanrahan. Mr. Wilkinson had just assisted a friend in boarding a street car and stepped back toward the curb when he was hit. Dr. Meissner, who attended Mr. Wilkinson, found no broken bones, and said the injury was not serious. Mr. Wilkinson's accident has aroused certain city officials to a realization of the necessity of better traffic ordinances on Main street and one of the first of these to be advo cated will be similar to a Portland ordinance to prevent automobiles from passing streetcars while the latter are stopped to take on or dis I charge passengers. CERBONI KILLS SELF IN JAIL CELL TODAY ITALIAN MURDERER FOUND HUNG FROM STRAP ON BARS IN COUNTY JAIL Toni Cerboni, confessed slayer of Sam Sacchetta, has worked out his own destiny. The Italian was found hanging from a bar in a cell of the county jail at noon today, held up by a suspender strap he had cut from his overalls. Sheriff Wilson, who found Cerboni, called Coroner Hemp stead immediately, but all efforts to revive the unconscious suicide were futile and his heart stopped beating within a short time. Toni Cerboni was arrested shortly after he had fired a shot through the heart of his bunk mate, Sam Sac chetta, at Mayberry station, on Sun day, December 3. y He had been held in the county jail on a charge of sec ond degree murder and for two weeks had been telling his visitors that he was going to die. There was little thought, however, that Toni would at tempt to take his own life. He had been in remorseful agony for a fort night from worry over the murder and from his solitary confinement. He had feared the state would hang him for his crime and has talked of little else for many days. Every person who visited the jail had some design on his life, Toni thought. That he had been slowly losing his mind from worry and lonesomeness has been the opinion of Sheriff Wilson and others. He could not be con vinced that he would not be hung by the state. Christmas goodies show ered upon Toni by those who sympa thized with him were all consumed, with the exception of a little fruit, before he hung himself today. The old mandolin from which he drew sweet music to comfort him in the early days of his confinement Toni burned just before he suspended him self. This morning the Italian murderer was in unusually good spirits. He made no reference to the death he had been talking of for many days. Last night he suffered greatly from worry and- cried pitifully. As far as is known Cerboni leaves family. He was a native of Naples, Italy, and" was 38 years old. He had been in America 14 years and had been a laborer' in this state for nearly 6 years. He was well known in Portland's Italian colony. The body- is at the Holman parlors and arrangements are being made for his burial. Cerboni shot Sam Sacchetta follow ing a quarrel over 60 cents which the later said was missing and two cigars which Sacchetta accused Cerboni of stealing. TONI HAS CHRISTMAS Believes Friends Want to Make Him Fat and Then Kill Him Toni Cerboni's mind is gradually giving way under the strain of wor ry over the killing of Sam Sacchetta, his bunk mate, and the lonesome con finement in the county jail. It Is supposed that Toni will be in such condition before the time for his trial is set that he will have to go to the asylum in place of the peni tentiary as punishment for the mur der of Sacchetta. Saturday was Christmas for Toni. He probably never knew such a holi day before. The women employes at the court house made the day as merry as Toni would allow them by showering him with tokens of their sympathy. The lonesome Italian re ceived many edibles, including the usual assortment of Christmas good ies, and members of the Roman Cath olic church presented him with a crucifix. Mayor Hackett joined in the carnival by lending Toni a violin which he had asked for. Toni re ceived his gifts with all the good grace he could command, but later expressed the belief that his friends were trying to fatten him for the death that he firmly believes awaits after his trial is held. Monday Toni stuck his hand through the jail bars to shake with "Jim" Jones, . court house janitor. I'm going to die now; goodbye," Toni said. Jones told the man he was very busy and asked him to wait. "Alright, I wait. I die when you not busy," the Italian answered serious ly. Burns Lecture Delayed The Rev. J. W. McCallum of the Congregational church, who had ar ranged for a lecture by W. J. Burns of Portland, member of the firm of Balfour & Guthrie, announced yester day that Mr. Burns has been forced to postpone his talk here on "London in War Times," because of sudden du ties elsewhere. Mr. Burns has prom ised to come to Oregon City at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Burns is a native of Scotland and lived there until he had attained manhood, Therefore he is considered an authority on Great Britain. He has traveled in the old country re cently. Want Will Probated . A petition to admit the will of James A. Tufts to probate was filed yesterday by Annie R. Tufts. Mr. Tufts died at Gladstone November 15 last, and his estate consists of personal property valued at $713.74. BUSINESS OM AT IAS SEASON MERCHANTS REPORT LOYALTY TO HOME STORES AND HEAVY BUYING POSTOFFICE BREAKS RECORD White Christmas Promise Fails to Remain. Paper Mills Pay Their Employes A business rush that has known no duplicate in the commercial history of Oregon City was staged here the week before one of the gayest, hap piest Christmas days in many years. There was the eleventh-hour haste, as usual, but there was a happy, care free spirit in it all that made the pre holiday hours joyous for many peo ple. And the best part of it all was the absence of charity for where there is no cause for charity condi tions must be very favorable, indeed. Saturday morning, the final shopping day for those who failed to obey the "shop early" mandate, stores in this city opened with even their show win dows depleted of the beautiful wares that had been provided to satisfy the Christmas passions of buyers. Reasons galore are given by mer chants in the city. Some of them say that the great sales were traceable to a greater loyalty to the home mer chant than hes been known before; others say that there was more money to be spent and, therefore, the local stores, in getting their usual share, reaped a harvest In fact, a great amount of local money went to Port land to buy Christmas wares, but it is probable that the volume of busi ness here was greater as compared with that which usually goes to Port land, than it has ever been. There is not a merchant on Main street who did not enjoy & larger business this year than any year be fore. Price brothers, for example, report an increase on the two last shopping days of approximately 100 per cent over the business of any oth er year in the firm's long and suc cessful history. L. Adams, Bannon & Co., Burmeister & Andresen, Frank Busch, in fact each and every mer chant in the city, had astounding in creases in business to report. The fact that the two paper mills paid their men off one day early in order to permit them to do their Christmas shopping is held responsi ble for the late rush in local stores. Merchants report the sale of a gen erally better quality of "Christmas wares, and more expensive gifts, than usual. The mill men and their fam ilies were the heavy shoppers on Fri day and Saturday, for those to whom pay day on one day or another makes very little difference heeded the "shop early" plea. The . postoffice enjoyed a record breaking business and the receipts at the office kept the entire force as busy as bees for several days before Christmas as well as on Sunday and part of Monday. The employes In the local office must have taken most of their Christmas pleasures out of the work of making others happy, for the force, including Postmaster J. J, Cooke, had very few minutes to spare on Sunday and Monday. Postmaster Cooke assumed the role of carrier and with the other employes distributed Christmas packages all day Sunday. All mails on Monday were distributed in the office boxes and the general de livery window was open from 9 to 11 a. m. Oregon City's promise of a white Christmas disappeared entirely Mon day morning. There was only enough snowfall early in the day to consti tute a promise of a real white holi day. The snow did its part well enough, but the day was not cold enough for snow and, except on the higher elevations, the mantle had melted before evening. The post season snow, several inches deep all over the county, lends a belated holi day charm to the season, and those who craved the white covering hope to satisfy themselves with a real white new year. UNTIED AFTER 47 YEARS Matrimonial Knot Holds Couple Near ly Half Century, Then Loosens Forty-seven years to a day of mar ried life were terminated Friday when Judge J. U. Campbell signed a divorce decree separating Sarah S. Wallace and J. T. Wallace. The couple was married at Topeka, 111., on December 23, 1860, and there are three child ren, all of age. Mr. Wallace is a race-horse breeder and ranchmen liv ing near Needy and is wealthy. Mrs. Wallace in her complaint charged cruelty, non-support and de sertion. She asked for a judgment totalling $7602.50. Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Wallace appeared in the circuit court with attorneys prepared to contest the action if necessary, Advised by the court to settle the matter out of court it was agreed that Mrs. Wallace should receive the de cree and a judgment of $4000. Sat urday is the 47th anniversary of the Wallace wedding at Topeka. FRIARS' CLUB HOST SENTENCED TO JAIL JUSTICE MOORE MAKES IT POS SIBLE FOR WILBUR TO AP PEAL FROM VERDICT Six months in jail and a $300 fine, plus almost $200 costs, is the penalty for Julius Wilbur, proprietor of the Friars' club at Milwaukie, for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors in violation of the prohibition laws. Judge J. U. Campbell last week pro nounced sentence on Wilbur and at the same time refused to sign a cer tificate of probable cause, necessary in order for Wilbur to appeal the case. Following the trial on Tuesday, however, Judge Campbell allowed ex Senator Charles W. Fulton 10 days in which to file a motion for a new trial. Supreme Court Justice Moore Satur ray signed the certificate to which Judge Campbell refused to put his name. This indicates that Wilbur will appeal to the supreme court. Wilbur was convicted in the cir cuit court last Tuesday following a two-day trial. It makes the third conviction on liquor charges for Wil bur within 2 years. The first time he was found guilty of selling intoxi cants to a minor; again, for selling liquor on Sunday, and this time of violating the prohibition laws. His club has been raided a number of times by Clackamas county officials and received wide notoriety when ex- Governor Oswald West sent the state militia to Milwaukie to close the place. The last raid occurred on Oc tober 1, when Sheriff W. J. Wilson rushed in upon a party of early morn ing revelers with nine of his deputies. Seventy bottles of assorted liquor were confiscated from the bar room and the tables. Wilbur was charged with selling liquor on September 23, the night Sheriff Wilson sent his own son to the joint in his effort to get reliable evidence against Wilbur. District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedg es has assessed a heavy cost bill against Wilbur, including practically every item of expense in connection with the trial and the raid of Octo ber 1. Wilbur will be tried jointly with Tommy Nishioka and Louis Ros enfeld, employes, when Senator Ful ton, their counsel, can prepare his case for the second trial. If Julius Wilbur does 'not escape the penalty pronounced against him, he will find a nice new, sanitary iron bed in the county jail. Six new iron beds were placed in the jail last week by Sheriff Wilson, and as many old wooden cots were taken out. The new beds are of solid construction, and are expected to provide accom modations for many years. Mr. Wil bur's only companion in jail", if he enters it at once, will be Toni Cer boni, confessed slayer of Sam Sac chetta. COUNTY OFFICERS TO TAKE PLACES JAN. 3 LAST DEMOCRAT LEAVES COURT HOUSE. DEPUTIES ASSUME DUTIES WEDNESDAY Just before the next issue of the Courier comes from the press the newly elected county officials will have taken their places at the court house and will have entered upon their duties. A warm weltome and a sincere wish for the greatest pos sible measure of success during the tenure of these gentlemen is extend ed to them. Dudley C. Boyles, present chief deputy in Recorder E. P. Dedman's office, will succeed Mr, Dedman as re corder. He has been chief deputy for more than a year and is a capa ble official. The chief deputy under Mr. Boyles will be J. G. Noe of Kilhn, a school teacher prior to his appoint ment by Mr. Boyles. W. W. Everhart, Molalla republi can, will succeed J. E. Jack in the county assessor's office and will have as his chief deputy W. B. Cook of Oswego. Mr. Everhart succeeds the one elective democratic official having space in the court house and the only democrat to remain will be Deputy District Attorney Thomas A. Burke. District Attorney Hedges is a demo crat, but he maintains his office in the Weinhard building directly across from the court house. PRINTERS WILL DANCE Local Typos Busy in Arranging First Ball for Saturday Night Saturday will be a busy day for the printers of Oregon City, who will at that time complete arrangements for their first annual ball, to be held at Busch's hall on Saturday evening, The decorative plans of the typos In volve what they claim to be the most novel scheme yet attempted at the hall. The mvsterious Ink Worm is tak ing much attention prior to the ball, and several of the printers with lit erary inclinations are busy preparing "copy" for the mystery, rne worm will be a gem of wit and humor, ac cording to the printers, and will lend something toward making the ball successful. The affair is to be strict ly informal. S GIFT IS LIFE FORTY YEARS' SERVICE RE WARDED BY PRESIDENT JA COBS OF WOOLEN MILLS COMPANY TO SHARE PROFITS Four Hundred Men and Women Given Cash Christmas Presents. Chair Presented Forty years ago Julius Crazier came to Oregon City. He didn't find much here to attract his attention after seeing the booming cities of California, where he found himself soon after his arrival from his native Germany. But Julius faithfully enter ed upon duties at the little woolen mill plant on the river bank. He' worked hard and long in the early years of that now big industry and watched it grow from its little frame home to the present great structures that occupy lower Main street. Soon Mr. Crazier became night watchman, and there he remained. For thirty-four years he guarded the stocks of the Jacobs brothers; fathers of the present managers of the mills. He came to work in all sorts of weather and encountered all sorts of experiences including that often unwelcome experience of grow ing old, of seeing the gray hairs mix in with the black as youth's curtain goes up and the stage setting of old age comes into view. Christmas day was the 40th since the employment of Mr. Crazier at the woolen mills and it was perhaps one of the happiest days of his life, for his labors were ended and his pay was continued by the woolen mill management. On Saturday A. P. Jacobs, president of the mill company, who was a lad in knee pants when Mr. Crazier started working for his father, addressed this letter to the old and faithful employe, who has been ill the past .three months: "As our Christmas greeting .to you, we wish to inform you that, owing to your faithful service during the past 40 years, we have decided to place you on a pension at half pay." Mr. Crazier's 70 years did not pre vent him from receiving that letter with the spirit of a boy. The letter also contained a new $5 bill, Mr. Cra zier's share of the company's Christ mas fund. He recites joyfully the history of his happy connection with the mill company and the history of the growth of the woolen industry here. Four hundred employes of the woolen mills shared in the distribu tion of $2500 Christmas money Satur day. Each employe of the mill re ceived a cash present, and the lowest salaried employe got $2. From $2 the gifts ranged higher, making a total of $2500. In a letter handed to each employe with the company's gift, A. R. Jacobs, the president, an nounced the establishment of a profit-sharing plan in the big mills, to begin January 1. The details of the plan have not been mado known. Mr. Jacobs points to the value of fullest co-operation on the part of employ ers and employes, and mentioned the hew mill addition, which will add about 150 names to the company's pay roll. Heads of departments at the mill combined in the purchase of a beau tiful leather desk chair for Mr. Ja cobs. The chair was presented on Saturday. STRACK A SUICIDE Officials Will Inquire Into Supposed Illegal Alcohol Sale The investigation of the death of Joseph V. Strack, found dead in his cabin near Sandy recently with a bul let hole through his heart, is practi cally complete and county officials have determined to investigate the sales of ethyl alcohol in various parts of the county. Strack is known to have consumed a quart of alcohol each day for several days before he was found dead and officials have de cided that the murder theories are impossible, and that all evidence, points to suicide as a result of the craze brought on by the alcohol. Sheriff Wilson and Deputy District Attorney Thomas A. Burke were at Sandy Tuesday in connection with their investigation of Strack's death. They decided that it was a case of suicide and immediately started a preliminary probe into the sales of alcohol. The investigation will be carried to other parts of the county when conditions at Sandy are uncov ered. Apostolic Faith Revival The Apostolic Faith mission at Eighth and J. Q. Adams streets is to be the scene of a 10-day revival cam paign and the first meeting of the series was held Tuesday night The members of the faith from Portland are in charge of the campaign and will hold street meetings each even ing as well as the meetings in the mission. I I NS1 I )