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34th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1917
Number 46
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FIRED SPLIT
LARGE DELEGATIONS HEAR DE
BATE BETWEEN CASCADE
AND CLACKAMAS
BILL HAS LONG JOURNEY YET
Divisionists Make Impressive Demon
stration at Salem. Dimick
is Speaker
The matter of the proposed division
of Clackamas county, whereby the
eastern half of the county would form
"itself into Cascade county, with Esta
cada as the county seat, was taken to
legislative halls at Salem on last
Thursday night by a large delegation
of Clackamas county anti-divisionists
and almost an equal number within
the new county who are favorable to
the division.
If the long discussions on both
sides might be judged strictly upon
their merits as debate the Cascade
county delegation had all the best of
it at the meeting before the ' house
counties committee. The senate com
mittee was present by invitation and
the hall was. crowded with anti-divisionists
and divisionists. The Clack
amas county delegation left Oregon
Citv Thursday afternoon aboard a
special train and during the late
afternoon in Salem spent some time
in the house and senate. The Estaca
da and Cascade delegation was led by
Walter Givens, Estacada merchant,
and the Clackamas county group was
represented officially by 0. D. Eby of
Oregon City.
The Cascade delegation took the
floor to begin the debate and Walter
Givens made a good argument in out
lining the desires of the Estacada peo
ple in proposing the creation of Cas
cade county. He was followed by 0.
D. Eby, president of the Oregon City
- Commercial club. The Oregon City
delegation was represented in the de
bate by Mr. Eby, Fred Gerber, John
Llewellyn, Noah . Stingley, Lewis
Funk, J. A. Roots and others, in addi
tion to Judge Grant B. Dimick, whose
talk was the feature of the meeting.
The divisionists, through Walter
Givens, C. W. DeVore, F. W. Beck
with, E. W. Bartlett, Walter Whit
comb of Portland, J. A. Kilgore and
Fred Bates, presented a case that
hinged upon Estacada's desire to have
county government centralized, say
ing that the district had long suffered
from taxation without representation.
The speakers for the division were
orators and presented their case in an
interesting manner, while the weight
of argument for the anti-divisionists
rested upon Mr. Eby and Judge Grant
B. Dimick.
Both sides put before the commit
tee facts and figures and petitions
signed heavily for and against the
division within the proposed boun
daries of Cascade county. It was the
majority opinion, following the meet
ing, that the division bill would die
in the committee, although H. C.
Stephens of George, in the new coun
ty, is chairman of the house group.
The committee on counties in the
house, however, took a decidedly dif
ferent view of the matter Tuesday,
when it returned an unanimous re
port in favor of the creation of Cas
cade county. Thus the matter was
projected to the floor of the house,
but it is not probable that a vote can
be taken on the third reading of the
bill before late today or tomorrow,
since so many things have precedence
over . the county division scheme.
Since it has been passed from the
hands of the committee with an en
dorsement of approval, the bill must
now be voted upon favorably by the
representatives, then by the senators
and signed and approved by Gover
nor Withycombe before it can be
come effective. and Cascade county
can have any certainty as to its ex
istence. . Stronger opposition has
been expressed in the senate and even
should the bill pass the house it will
have a royal battle in the higher
branch.
Reports from Salem yesterday in
dicate the possibility of the presenta
tion of the third Clackamas county
division bill of the present session.
The latest proposal is to add the
handle left between the boundaries
of Cascade and Multnomah counties
to the latter. There is nothing defi
nite as yet regarding such a bill other
than the talk that says it will be pre
sented. Representative H. C. Steph
ens of George does not say that he
will present the measure.
MAY EXTEND SESSION
Imporant Legislation Must be Dis
posed of. Propose Reconvention
There is considerable talk among
members of both houses of the advis
ability of extending the present leg
islative session over the 40-day per
iod. There is an immense volume of
important legislation to be disposed
of.
It is felt that it will require at
least a week or 10 days' extra time.
After the 40-day session it is sug
gested that recess be taken and then
that the legislature reconvene. '
PAVING PLANT IDEA
MUST BE FORGOTTEN
SCHUEBEL READS PROPOSED
PIRE CODE PROVIDING FOR
PAID DEPARTMENT
v All thought of building a municipal
paving plant here in the near future
was dropped Monday night at the city
council meeting when a special com
mittee reported that a plant could
not be established for less than $5000.
Such a sum would drain city funds,
leaving nothing to carry on the work.
The council immediately entered upon
a discussion of patented surfaces and
heard representatives of paving com
panies. . Mayor Hackett and the al
dermen have pledged themselves for
hard surface and will not patch and
repair the present macaram surfaces,
considering such work a waste of
money.
Plans for the complete reorganiza-
tion of the volunteer fire department
and the purchase of an automobile
fire apparatus were covered in the
reading of the proposed new fire code
drafted by C. Schuebel. After a com
mittee investigation the code sug
gests that the fire department be con
trolled by a board of three fire com
missioners to be appointed by the
council.
The proposed code, without alter
ing the status of the present volun
teer organizations, provides ' for
three paid men as a nucleus of the
city's fire fighting force. These men
should be required to sleep in the
building where the truck is kept and
in addition to monthly pay and ex
penses would be allowed $1 for each
hour spent at actual duty. The chief
would have authority to pay volun
teers $1 for each hour of actual
work.
The council will hold a special
meeting on Friday evening to make
arrangements for a special election
to decide the matter of the purchase
of a fire truck.
$ $ jt fcC
NEW DOCK IN USE J
The river freighter Pomona. J
! owned by the Oregon Citv t
Transportation company and J
J commanded by Captain Raib, J
J tied up at the new Busch dock
at the foot of Twelfth street J
. Friday, having the honor, of J
being the first boat to unload J
J there. A large cargo was dis
! charged on the new landing. J
J Workmen are putting the fin- J
ishing touches to the interior J
of the dock buildings and have
practically completed their
X work. W. E. Pratt, who has J
J been in charge of the 0. C. T. J
landing since 1909, has taken J
J charge of the new landing,
- said to be one of the best on
the river outside of Portland.
The structure has been leased
J by Frank Busch, the builder, J
to the transportation company. s
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MRS. CHILDS DELIGHTS
Dr. Prudden, Miss Volkmar and Quar
tet Make Program Complete
The dramatic reading by Mrs.
Mary Sandstrom Childs of the play,
Prince Chap," drew a large audience
to the Congregational church on Fri
day evening. The reading and
other numbers on the program
were highly entertaining. Dr.
Roy A. Prudden, Miss Mabel
Volkmafand the girls' quartet of
the Oregon City high school furnished
features for the evening. Mrs.
Childs, whose home is now at Browns
ville, was formerly popular as Miss
Mary Sandstrom of Oregon City.'
Mrs. Childs has dramatic talent
and as a reader of "Prince Chap" she
had a wide range for the display of
unusual ability. That she made the
best of the opportunity is proved by
the fact that her part of the enter
tainment at the church was a delight.
She went from the interpretation of
youthful character, in which she was
especially pleasing, to the part of an
Engljsh gentleman and his man ser
vant without the slightest trouble,
blending splendid interpretative fea
tures with character impersonations
that lent charm to her reading.
"The Gypsy Love Song," "If All
the Dreams We Dream, Dear" and
"Thoughts" were the songs which
won decided favor for Dr. Prudden.
His ability is well known as a result
of several public appearances since he
came to Oregon City and the appre
ciation of his work was evidenced by
the repeated encores on Friday even
ing. A left hand solo played by Miss
Mabel Volkmar was a unique feature
of her playing at the entertainment.
She rendered several other pleasing
numbers during the evening, among
which was "Rustle of Spring." The
high school girls' quartet was a fine
addition to the program. The girls
sang a brief repertoire.
The entertainment was presented
under the auspices of the Woman's
club and Mrs. J. E. Downey told the
purpose of the club in the affair,
which was for the benefit of the
scholarship loan fund that is being
created by the organization to assist
worthy young women in obtaining
higher educational advantages in
Oregon. Mrs. Rosina Evans, of the
Woman's club, presided at the enter
tainment and presented Mrs. Childs.
ILL BE
OF
WILL MAKE ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
IN CONNECTION WITH ROAD
LEGISLATION
CLUB OFFICERS REELECTED
Committee Goes to Salem to Hear
Schimpff Bill Discussed.
Wires to Aid
10 Destow nonor wnere honor is
due the Live Wires of the Commercial
club Tuesday made plans for the en
tertainment at luncheon on Tuesday,
February 13, of the 40 Clackamas
county farmers who won awards or
medals at the Panama-Pacific expo
sition last year. Every farmer whose
premium has been received will be
asked to be a guest of honor at the
luncheon and the awards will be pre
sented to them with appropriate cere
monies. The premiums are held at
the Commercial club office here. O.
E. Freytag, who had charge of the
Clackamas county displays at San
Francisco and who gathered and
placed the exhibits, will attend the
meeting.
The Live Wires are behind an act
ive campaign in connection with the
several good road bills and highway
codes that have been presented at
this session of the legislature and will
make every effort to insure the adop
tion of one of the codes that defines
one state aid road as coming through
Clackamas county. 1 A. King Wilson,
mayor of Oswego, attended the lunch
eon on Tuesday and received the ex
pression of the Wires in favor of the
location of the highway through Os
wego into Oregon City.
To the end that Clackamas coun
ty's interest in highway matters
might be served at all times, Main
Trunk C. Schuebel appointed H. E.
Cross, 0. D. Eby and H.. G. Stark
weather as members of a committee
to attend the legislature-on Tuesday
evening. The committee left the
same afternoon for Salem to attend
at a meeting proposed for that even
ing at which highway matters were
to be taken up. In their campaign
the Live Wires will probably have the
assistance of other county communi
ties, including Oswego, West Linn
and Canby. H. E. Cross, A. King
Wilson and 0. D. Eby were the chief
speakers at the Tuesday luncheon.
By casting an unanimous ballot for
each officer the Wires re-elected the
incumbents in each position to serve
for the next quarter. These officers
are: C. Schuebel, main trunk; W. P.
Hawley, Jr., sub-trunk; Raymond
Caufield, transmission wire; 0. D.
Eby, guy wire, and C. W. Robey, feed
wire.
H. E. Cross, chairman of acom-
mittee to arrange for a road congress
in Oregon City this month, reported
upon the plans and put a motion
through to lay the project on the table
for the time being. The proposition
was to invite the road supervisors of
the county to. meet here in two-day
session with the court, the Wires and
road authorities. Legislative mat
ters and other business would inter
fere with the success of the congress
at this time, so the nroiect has been
postponed until a more favorable
time.
The committee which went to
Salem Tuesday evening attended a
meeting of the joint highway commit
tee and listened to a long discussion
a meeting proposed for that even
be designed after the Iowa road code.
The Live Wire committee has a copy
of this and other bills to study. The
Schimpff bill provides for three high
way designations, including state,
county and district roads and is said
to be the result of the work of the
Farmers' union, the grange, the au
tomobile and commercialv clubs of the
state and all other interested agen
cies. It is said to define state aid
roads over two routes to Salem, and
thence south to the California line one
road. The committee reports that
this bill has received general favor
at Salem and seem? to be the one
with the best chance of adoption.
MARRIAGE FORBIDDEN
Youngsterf Return Home to Await
Parental Approval
The young romance of 16-year-old
Helen Robinson and Kenneth Banas-
toi" is blighted by an uncompromising
mother, Mrs. Mary Robinson, of 682
Syracuse street, Portland. A letter
received by County Clerk Harrington
Thursday from Mrs. Robinson says:
"Grant no marriage license to Helen
Robinson and Kenneth Banaster, as
she is only 16 years of age. I am hot
willing." The young couple had not
applied here for a marriage license.
Later the children returned to the
Robinson home to delay"their wedding
until parents granted permission.. "
Marriage License
County Clerk Iva Harrington Wed
nesday issued a marriage license to
Iva H. Barstow and Ernest Brosig, of
Scotts Mills, Ore.
FARMERS
GUESTS
COUNCILMEN TANGLE
MUNICIPAL BUSINESS
U'REN, OF INITIATIVE FAME,
SAYS JITNEY PETITIONS CAN
NOT BE SMOTHERED
The Hon. John F, Albright and the
Hon. Henry M. Templeton between
them appear to have tied the jitney
situation in Oregon City into a hard
knot, which cannot be untangled un
til eleven months have rolled around
and the annual December city election
takes place.
It was Mr. Albright who circulated
a petition for a referendum upon the
council s action on the Foster jitney
franchise, and who later duly and le
gally turned the signed petition over
to the city recorder. And it was Mr,
Templeton who moved in council that
the petition be tabled, and whose per
suasive eloquence won a majority of
the council members to such action
In doing this Mr. Templeton and his
friends imagined that they had killed
Mr. Albright's insurgency; but it now
appears that the Albright plan has
merely been given the twilight sleep,
and it will arise again at the end of
this year to annoy Oregon City and
Mr. Templeton and Mr. Albright
According to W. S. U'Ren, who
knows1 the initiative and referendum
law better than anybody in Oregon,
the Albright petition for an election
will automatically bob up at the next
December election.
"The law provides, in cases like
this, that the city recorder upon re
ceiving a legal petition for a refer
endum election, shall submit the same
to the council," says Mr. U'Ren.
"The council may order a special elec
tion, it may order the matter placed
on the .ballot at the next city election,
it may refuse to order an election, it
may create an opposing measure of
its own and submit this with the ref
erendum, but it cannot prevent the
referendum from coming before the
people for action. The law provides
that the council may have 30 days in
which to act on the matter, and at the
end of that time the petition for an
election' automatically returns to the
city recorder if no councilmanic action
has been taken; and it is mandatory
on the part of the recorder to place
the question upon the ballot at the
next city election that occurs in not
less than 90 days from this date."
Hence it appears that, the council
having placed the Albright petition
indefinitely on the table, the matter
will rest quietly in Mr. Loder's safe
until the city election next December,
when it will bob up on the ballot. Mr.
Albnght cannot legally withdraw his
petition now; he cannot in any way
controvert his action, and the fran
chise question will remain "up in the
air" until the end of the year.
Also, in the present instance, it ap
pears that if the council grants a jit
ney franchise to the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company, that
franchise will not have much more
value than the paper upon which it
is typewritten, as the people in De
cember may by their action on the Al
bright matter knock the entire scheme
into a worse mess than it is in at pres
ent. k! jt tt $
WEST LINN MAY VOTE J
j
Initiative petitions calling J
for a special election on March
5 have been filed with Record- J
er L'. L. Porter at West Linn M
by James Downey. It is said
that Mr. Downey made an ef- J
fort to sell a lot to the city J
for the site of a fire house, but
that the council refused to pay
$300 for a lot the equal of J
which could be had for $200.
The council voted unani- J
mously against the Downey lot J
and immediately the , owner
started a petition asking that J
the aldermen buy the property. 5
He later discovered that the
council wanted to buy a differ- J
ent lot and he circulated his ,J
initiative petitions. Jl
MAY HAVE RACE CIRCUIT
Ed Fortune Returns from Salem
Meeting Where Idea is Spread
That Oregon may have a spring
racing circuit this year, taking in
many of the important Willamette
valley and eastern Oregon cities, is
the opinion of Ed . Fortune, manager
of the racing program at the Clacka
mas county fair and starter at the
state fair, who has been in confer
ence with state fair officials relative
to the establishment of such a cer
cuit. The secretary of the state fair, in
co-operation with Mr. Fortune and
others prominent in the horse race
game in this Btate, have had assur
ances of success from many sources
and the secretaries of county fairs
have shown a desire to assist in the
work of booking. Thus far, accord
ing to Mr. Fortune, races will prob
ably be held during the spring, be
ginning early in May, at Condon,
Bend, Moro, The Dalles, Portland,
Marshfield, Albany, Eugene, Salem,
McMinnville, Forest Grove and
Gresham.
Once -again we suggest that you
subscribe to the Courier and four
standard magazines. $1.25,
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DIVIDING WALL CONSTRUCTION
OFFERS PROBLEM FOR
ENGINEERS
MONEY LEFT IS SUFFICIENT
May Put in New Gates. Funds for
River Improvement- Await Ac
tion of Congress
With a congressional appropriation
included in a bill before the house of
representatives for the purpose of
deepening the lower lock chamber and
improving the river between the locks
and Corvallis, and with a balance on
hand of about $100,000 to complete
the repair of the locks, things look
bright for the completion of the riv
er work this summer. In fact, it has
been announced, the government en
gineers in charge of the work have
already received instructions to pre
pare to renew activity.
Plans for the reconstruction of the
locks were worked out in part last
year, when a sudden order from
Washington halted the work for no
given reason. Materials and equip
ment for the work are on hand and
the order to set to work is all that is
waited for.' An important piece of
construction is pending in the erec
tion of a concrete dividing wall which
will define the course of the locks
and will be about 1200 feet in length
This is one of the biggest parts of
the reconstruction program, but It
is said that it will be started as soon
as the water in the river reaches a
stage that will permit operations.
The original appropriation to cov
er the repair and reconstruction was
$225,000. Of .this appropriation
$100,000, or about that, remains on
hand. That sum will coyer the cost
of the proposed dividing wall and in
cidentals and it is hoped that enough
will be left so that new lock gates
can be put in. The new gates would
ba fashioned after those now In use.
About 50 years ago the locks
were built here and have had practi
cally continuous use since that time.
They have seen various volumes of
traffic up and down the river, but per
haps never has there been greater
prospect for increased river business
than is promised when reconstruction
is completed. ' The engineers under
present conditions, however, will
probably have to go to bedrock for a
foundation for the dividing wall and
that ma"y necessitate digging as deep
as 70 feet. When the locks were first
built this condition was met by lay
ing heavy board 'floors in the lock
chambers, but the plan is hardly sat
isfactory when so much money is in
volved in the work, it is said.
The appropriation now pending in
congress includes $80,000 to be spent
in deepening the lower lock chamber,
a work which could not be done at
the time other chambers were deep
ened because of a lack of funds.
With the deepening and the recon
struction completed the locks will be
prepared to handle almost any class
of river traffic and with the improve
ment of the UDDer river, for which
purpose another appropriation is
pending, win no doubt mean a great
boom in river transportation.
THE DAYS OF
Elks Have Gay Wild West Show With
Trimmings
A bank robbery in which members
of an early day sheriff's posse chased
robbers through the main streets of
the city, was a spectacular feature of
"the days of '49" entertainment at
the Elks' temple last night. The
home was fitted up in true frontier
style and the games of chance and
other sports that made the life of the
argonauts fascinating were much in
evidence.' The lodgemen were cos
tumed in the approved fashion and
the display of guns was evidence that
law f nd order would be maintained.
Among the features of the entertain
ment was the great supply of money.
Stage money was used at all conces
sions ' and a great amount of it
changed hands. The life of the pio
neers was pictured from the Nugget
dance hall to Fortuna, the Gypsy
Queen. The affair was held for the
benefit of the library fund of the
lodge.
Son Has Miller Car
After Sheriff W. J. Wilson had
been called from a lodcre meetim? and
other peace officers had been notified
or the theft of the Paul Miller auto
mobile last Wednesday night, the ma
chine returned home safely with
Frank Miller, the son of the owner,
at the wheel. As soon as the ma
chine was missed the officers were tin.
tified, as the young man had not ad
vised the family that he was taking
the car.
Case Dismissed
The action of M. W. Bowcn against
Louis D. Louden was dismissed by
order of Judge Campbell Wednesday.
DGKS
'ill IJ
RESUMED
PAPEf? MILL WILL BE
IN OPERATION SOON
LAST OF EQUIPMENT EN ROUTE.
ADDITIONS REPRESENT
COST OF $1,000,000
That the new mill additions of the
Hawley Pulp & Paper Co. will be in
full operation soon after the middle
of March was the statement of W. P.
Hawley, Jr., on Tuesday. The new
paper machine in the completed
Main street addition will be the last
of the equipment to be put in working
order. Practically all the machinery
and equipment for the additions has
been installed and much of it has
been given the first test of service.
In the Main street addition the wet
machines were operated for the first
time on Tuesday and will undoubted
ly continue to operate between now
and the time the entire mill starts
work. The pulp will be stored. Pulp
grinders in the river mill addition
were started for the first time on
Monday and are furnishing ground
material to the wet machines through
a large feed pipe from the river to
Main street.
With the last work in connection
with the installation of machinery
and equipment, the additions on Main
street and in the river will represent,
it is said, an expenditure of approxi
mately $1,000,000 on the part of the
paper company. The paper machine
itself, for which all parts have not
yet been received, will cost, when
erected, about $125,000 The last
carload of parts for the paper ma
chine, making a total of 45 carload
lot shipments, has left the factory in
the east
MONEY ON HAND FOR
GLADSTONE PAVILION
CONSTRUCTION OF AUDITOR
IUfll FOR CHAUTAUQUA
SEEMS CERTAIN
The construction of a modern $5000
auditorium at Gladstone park as a
theater for the annual Willamette
Valley Chautauqua entertainments
and meetings is practically assured
and the building will be erected in
time for the Chautauqua next sum
mer, according to Thomas A. Burke,
secretary of the Chautauqua associa
tion. Already, Mr. Burke announces, ap
proximately $3000 of the total amount
needed has been pledged, including
the funds in the treasury of the asso
ciation, and it is believed that the
board of directors will consider that
amount sufficient as a guarantee of a
building fund. There is a general
sentiment against the repair of the
present auditorium, as it is aged and
inadequate. The board has plans out
lined for the new structure, but its
construction has not been certain at
any time because of the shortage of
funds. The difference between the
sum on hand and the cost of the
building could be realized within one
Chautauqua season, it is said. Mr.
Burke is busy in an effort to increase
the building fund and says that it
will probably exceed $3000 by a good
margin before the campaign is closed.
THE SENATOR SPEAKS
State Central Committeeman May
Have Been Misguided in Meeting
Maybe Sam White and his faithful
colleagues at the helm of the demo
cratic party administration in Oregon,
have been guided by a mistaken idea
in holding the meeting of state
central committee members at Port
land last Saturday. Mr. White and
the members of the state committee
supposed that their endorsement of
candidates for federal appointment
would be recognized by Senators
Chamberlain and Lane at Washing
ton, but it appears at this time that
Chamberlain, at least, has different
ideas upon the matter.
The state central committee recom
mended practically an entirely new
slate for offices in Oregon. They
started by recommending the official
hanging of Postmaster Frank S. My
ers at Portland, they wanted to do
away with Thomas C. Burke, collect
or of customs, and with John Montag,
United States marshal, in addition to
several others.
Senator Chamberlain expresses
himself on the subject of these recom
mendations and generally as regards
appointment of federal officers in this
state as follows:
"It is my personal view that where
an appointee has made good during
the term for which he was appointed
and has given satisfaction to the pat
rons of the office, he ought to be re
appointed. While I have no author
ity to speak for Senator Lane, I am
inclined to think he will take the same
view of the matter."
Mrs. Jonsrud Asks $376
Because an uncontrolled brush fire
set by Albin Kampeer in October last
burned the barn and fences on the
property of Jennie Jonsrud, Kampeer
is asked for damages in the sum of
$576, in a complaint filed here Friday.
Actual damages were $288, but the
complaint says Mrs. Jonsrud is en
titled to a double amount
BOYS DRINK AND
TROUBLESTARTS
LADS MAY KNOW SOMETHING
OF ROBBERY OF MILWAU
KIE EXPRESS OFFICE
ARE OF PROMINET HOMES
Recorder at Milwaukie Takes Fines.
District Attorney Will Look
into Conditions
Having confessed on Monday even
ing to charges of disturbing the
peace, occasioned by their antics
while under the influence of liquor,
eight Milwaukie lads have been ex
pelled from school or punished other
wise and their cases turned over to
the district attorney for investigation.
The boys implicated are Stanley Gib
son, Carl Hanson, Raymond Suitor,
Louis Hayes, Ruben Peterson, Louis
Shindler, J. Beechman and Ralph
Skulason, all between 15 and 18 years
oi age. ihe bkulason boy, son of a
Portland attorney, has been suspend
ed from school for the remainder of
the year and Carl Hanson and Louis
Shindler, the latter a son of W. M.
Shindler, former mayor of Milwaukie,
will not be permitted in school for
one month.
It is said that the eight boys be
came intoxicated on the evening of
January 23 and did considerable dam
age to themselves, the property and
the peace of mind of neighbors in the
vicinity of the East Milwaukie fire
house. Marshal Riley arrested all
the boys, although he had trouble .in
locating two of them and did not
bring them to hearing until Monday
night. Marshal Riley hailed the
group before Recorder Matthews and
each was fined $2.75, which they paid.
They made no defense; freely enter
ing pleas of guilty. B. J. Skulason,
Portland attorney and father of one
of the boys, attended the hearing
before the recorder, but he took no
part in the affair. The city school
board, in meeting the same evsning,
voted to suspend the members of the
party who were school boys. .
The lads are said to have broken
furniture and windows in the East
Milwaukie fire house and to have
with the property of residents in the
vicinity. They created a general dis
turbance with their noise. The dis
trict attorney has the case in hand at
present, and will nrobablv Drosenutn
a vigorous investigation not only in
to the source of the liquor supply but
into other phases of the matter.
Some few weeks ago the express
office at Milwaukie was entered and
more than 60 quarts of liquor con
signed by California dealers was stol
en. Local authorities hushed the
theft in order to conduct an unham
pered investigation, but aside from
a belief the railroad men were re
sponsible Sheriff Wilson has made no
expression.- Railroad detectives are
still working on the case. They have
a huge screw driver which was used
to pry an entrance, but they have
found no trace of the stolen liquor.
That the boys in trouble at Milwau
kie may know something about the
theft from the express office pr that
the same liquor may have been part :
of their supply is an opinion ex
pressed. MARRIED 50 YEARS
Parkplace Couple Greeted by Chil
drcn on Wedding Anniversary
To celebrate the golden wedding
anniversary of their marriage, Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Himler jof Park
place gathered about them their chil
dren, grandchildren and close friends
last Sunday. - The anniversary was
held at their Parkplace home, which
was also the home of the parents of
Mrs. Himler, Mr. and Mrs. John
Nachand, prominent Oregon pioneers.
Mrs. Himler has been in Oregon
for 67 years, coming here with her
parents at the age of one year. She
was born at Sacramento, Cal. Mr.
Himler was born in Grisean, Ger
many, in 1831 and came to the United
States 14 years later. He was en
gaged in business in Oregon City for
a number of years and was active
here at the t'me of his marriage.
Inter School Debate
The Oregon City high school debat
ing teams will enter the second series
of contests under the Oregon School
league Friday evening. The affirma
tive team will debate with Silverton
high school at that place and the neg
ative will meet the Tillamook high
school team here. The local teams
have a clean slate so far, by virtue of
victories over the Canby and Milwau-.
kie high school teams. A special
program, including the appearance of
the high school orchestra, has been,
arranged for Friday evening here.
Judgment Signed
A judgment order In favor of Ed
gar Canfield and against Archie and
Florence E. Watt was signed Tues
day by Judge Campbell. The order
awards $99, with interest at 7 per
cent, and $25 attorney fees, to Mr.
Canfield.