OREGON CITY; OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917
Number 14
35th Year
SHOW YOUR PATRIOTISM BY GIVING TO THE
CELEBRATES
ROAD BOND ISSUE
JUDGE GRANT DIMICK IS TOAST
MASTER AT LIVE WIRE
BANQUET
BENSON, PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Says Commission is Getting Down to
Business and Will Spend
Money Right
The banquet held last night in the
Commercial club parlors, given by the
"twelve disciples of road efficiency,"
celebrating the victory of the $6,000,
000 bond issue, was well attended by
prominent men of Clackamas county
and elsewhere. Grant B. Dimick act
ed as toastmaster of the evening.
S. Benson, chairman of the high
way commission, was the speaker of
the evening, and in response to the
toastmaster said in effect that as the
smoke had cleared away from the
battle at the polls, the commission
was now getting down to business and
that they would spend the people's
money in the right way and in the
right place. Mr. Benson informed
his audienice that the Pacific highway
would come first; that no other work
Would be undertaken until this high
way was completed. He said that
while he had been criticized by many
in his choice of paving, his con
science was clear and that any man
in public life should expect more or
less criticism, but that if the man
was doing his duty to the people, no
thing else mattered. In reference to
the lateral roads of the different
counties he informed the audience
that these roads would come quickly
if a main highway was a reality, and
while manv referred to the Pacific
highway as a scenic road, it really
was an industrial road of the first im
portance. Commissioner Holman, of Multno-
mas county, gave a short talk and
among other things said that he was
clad to be( in Oregon City, as he
taught school in Clackamas county
when he was a young man. Mr. Hol
man told of his struggles in Multno
mah county as commissioner to take
politics out of road matters, and said
that had it not been for such men as
S. Benson and others, who gave their
time and money freely for this cause,
his efforts would have been a failure.
He said that Clackamas county had
spent enough money on the roads be
tween Clackamas county and Mult
nomah county to pave them with pol
ished marble the result of exper
imenting. "In a position such as
mine," said Mr. Holman, "a man
should not look for public approval."
Hon. H. E. Cross, of this city, also
made a short address, saying in effect,
that the trouble with Clackamas coun
ty in road building was the lack of
concentration. He said he hoped that
the commission would remember this
and when they started one road to fin
ish it before starting another. Other
speakers of the evening were B. T.
McBain, O. D. Eby, Wallace Caufield,
C. W. Eobey, C. Schuebel, A. King
Wilson, Frank B. Riley, of Portland,
Livy Stipp, Commissioners Knight
and Proctor, M. D. Latourette, Dr. L.
A. Morris and G. F. Johnson.
Letters of regret were read from
Governor Withycombe, Highway
Commissioner.s E. J. Adams and W.
L. Thompson, Highway Engineer Her
bert Nunn and Bruce Dennis, secre
tary of the bonding campaign, com
mittee.
Those who attended the banquet
were Grant B. Dimick, S. Benson,
Frank B. Riley, Rufus C. Holman, C,
W. Eobey, W. J. Wilson, A. King Wil
son, A. C. Newlands, Adam Knight,
W. A, Proctor, A. A. Price, Dr. Clyde
Mount. Theodore Osmund, W. A.
Huntley, W. E. Satchwell, W. H,
Blair, L. Adams, A. R.. Jacobs, Wil
liam Davis, R. E. Wilson, W. A. Dim
ick, C. Schuebel, P. J. Houlton, Eber
A. Chapman, M. D. Latourette, B. T
McBain, E. E. Brodie, O. D. Eby, H.
H. Johnson, C. H. Caufield, Wallace
Caufield, G. F. Johnson, H. E. Cross,
Livy Stipp, A. C. Warner, John F.
Risley, Dr. L. A. Morris, W. F. Har
ris. McBRIDE DELIVERS
STIRRING ADDRESS
"GRAND OLD MAN" OF CLACK
AMAS COUNTY PAYS TRIB
UTE TO FLAG
"A patriotic program, featuring an
eloquent address by Chief Justice T.
A. McBride, of the Oregon supreme
court, and stirring war-time songs by
Hartridge Gardner Whipp, of Port
land, was given by Oregon City lodge,
B. P. O. Elks, in the local club rooms
Thursday evening. The affair was
the annual celebration of Elks' flag
day.
Judge McBride, who is known bb
Clackamas county's "grand old man,"
VETERANS BUILD
NEW QUARTERS
WOMEN SERVE LUNCH TO VET
ERANS WHOSE AGES TOTAL
661 YEARS
Nine G. A. R. veteans, whose com
bined ages totaled 661 years, were
busily engaged this week building
headquarters on the Chautauqua as
sembly grounds at Gladstone. Here
tofore the members of Meade Post
No. 2, G. A. R., and Women's Relief
corps have maintained their head
quarters in two tents, but this year
it was decided to have permanent
quarters so the aged members are
building a pretty bungalow of two
rooms for the purpose. Some of the
women of the relief corps served
lunch to the workers Tuesday. The
men doing the work and their respect
ive ages are J. C. Sawyer, 79; E. B.
Grant, 69; John Ackley, 72; C. M.
Lewis, 78; G. H. Webster, 74; J. G.
Graves, 72; A. F. Stokes, 71; A. J.
Hobble, 72, and L. R. Horton, 74. Af
ter the men had given their ages they
said it would only be fair to have the
ladies do the same. The latter flatly
refused. The ladies who served the
luncheon were Mrs. N. M. Alldredge,
Mrs. G. A. Harding, Mrs. Frank T.
Barlow, Mrs. Frank Alldredge, Mrs.
G. H. Webster, Mrs. Clema Martin,
Mrs. John Ackley and Miss Nora
Webster.
twelve graduate
from Mclaughlin
IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM ENJOY
ED BY PARENTS AND
FRIENDS
Commencement exercises were held
in the McLoughlin Institute at eight
o'clock Tuesday evening. Twelve
pupils graduated. They are Irene
Hastings, Marie Jordan, Adelia Koz
icz, Anna Story, Mae Tanzer, Eldona
Valliere, Edna Vohs, Isabella Vohs,
August Rissberger, Matthias Riss
berger, Chris Stanich and Kenneth
Thompson. The following program
was given:
Piano duet, "Up to Date March,"
Misses Anna and Emma Lenon; bari
tone solo, "The Sea is Calling Me,"
Edward Hoffman; comedietta, "Bur-
guar's Alarm;" cast of characters:
Miss Mary Percival, one of Penelope s
maiden aunts, Miss Agnes Graw; Pe
nelope, Miss.Regina Valentine; Bridg
et, a servant, Miss Adelia Kozicz;
piano duet, Misses Anna Lenon and
Jeanette McBain; three part chorus,
" 'Tis Our Festival Day," senior pu
pils; song, "Happy Little Pickanin
ny," Emma Lenon; "My Dolly and 1,"
Bertella McBain; class song, "O Alma
Mater, Fare Thee Well," graduates;
conferring of diplomas; address by
Very Rev. A. Hillebrand.
MILITARY HONORS PAID
MEMORY OF HENRY AST
The body of Henry Ast, who died
aboard the U. S. cruiser San Diego
lr.st week, was laid to rest in St.
John's Catholic cemetery here Sunday
with full military honors, the Rev
Father Hillebrand officiating. The
army and navy were represented by
detachments detailed for the purpose
A profusion of beautiful flowers cov
ered the grave and the crowd attend'
ing was probably the largest at any
funeral in Clackamas county m
number of years.
The Girls' Honor Guard of Oregon
City attended in a body. Represent
atives of the G. A. R., the Women's
Relief corps and the Spanish Amen
can war veterans were present. The
Knights of Columbus, of which Mr,
Ast was a member, attended in a body
and six of their number acted as pall
bearers. Mrs. M. E. Young, mother
of the Oregon naval militia; Mrs. J.
L. May, mother of the 3rd Oregon,
and wife of Colonel May, and Mrs.
Walker, mother of Lieutenant Walk
er, were here trom Portland to attend
the funeral.
KENNETH HENDRICKS UNITED
TO MISS LILLIAN ANDERSON
Miss Lillian Anderson, daughter of
Judge H. S. Anderson, was married
to Kenneth Hendricks in the Presby-
terian church by Rev. J. R. Landsbor
oug at noon today. Mr. Hendricks
recently was ordained at the Eugene
Bible University and was a student
at the University of Oregon, majoring
in medicine. The bride is an accom
pUshed young lady who has many
friends among the younger set of the
;itv.
Eight Speeders Taken
Ei?ht more speeders were gather
ed in by Motorcycle Officer H. E,
Meades Saturday and two of them
fined by Justice of the Peace John N,
Sievers. The others were tried Mon
Hav. Those arrested Saturday are
At.tnmev Charles Tooze. A. J. Haas,
Willard P. Hawley, Jr., F. L. Bogus-
Inski. A. L. McAllister. G. E. Giles,
Clifford Ball and L. Edwards. McAl
lister and Giles pleaded guilty and
were fined $10.
CHAUTAUQUA
IS Lie CENTER
GREATEST YEAR OF ALL IN
STORE FOR THE BIG CHAU
TAUQUA FAMILY
PATRIOTIC FORUMS TO FEATURE
Oregon City Day on Friday, July 13th
Will Be One of the Big Programs.
Stores Will Close
That the 1917 session of the Wil
lamette Valley Chautauqua will
eclipse all assemblies of the past 24
years at Gadstone park, was the pre
diction made by Secretary Burke to
day. An unprecedented interest is
manifest in the coming assembly,
which opens July 10 for a 13-day ses
sion, and already requests for camp
reservations and calls for season tick
ets are pouring in. .
Although the assembly is still three
weeks away, the old park is humming
with activity. An army of men is
today lifting the big arches for the
new auditorium, and by the end of
the week workmen will be shingling
the vast structure. . The big arches
five in number, are tremendously
heavy, the largest two weighing eight
tons each and are over 100 feet wide.
The big auditorium, when completed,
will seat nearly 5000 people. A new
stage plan, new seats and extra fine
acoustics will feature the new build
ing. At Chautauqua headquarters, 15,-
000 Chautauqua booklets are being
sent out to all parts of Clackamas
and Multnomah counties. Bill post
ers were started on their way early
this morning and by the end of the
week Gladstone's old pioneer institu
tion is expected to Tie on everybody s
lips.
The hour at 11 o'clock each day
will consist of a patriotic forum, to
be addressed by well known women of
Oregon, and the general theme will
be, "How Can I Do My Bit?" Daily
baseball games, physical culture work,
daily chorus instruction under direc-
tion of Hartridge Whipp, bird-lore
classes and Bible study work will oc
cupy the morning hours, while the
afternoon and evening program will
b3 given over to the big Chautauqua
leatures.
OREGON CITY DAY A FEATURE
Friday, July 13th, will be Oregon
City day. As a rule, this day is gen
erally conceded to be a hoodoo num
ber, but this year it will represent the
giithnng at Gladstone Park of every
man, woman and child in Oregon City
to hear Signor LoZito's Royal Vene
tian Band. LoZito is one of the fea-
ture attractions of this year's assem
bly, and he has one of the finest or
ganizations of its kind in the United
States. Last year, at Newport
Beach, R. I., which is the most exclus-
ive watering place in America, LoZito
was the big star and played to thou
sands daily. As this will be one of
the big days at Chautauqua, it is
hoped the local business men will
close their stores during the after
noon and take part in the big pro
gram. The band plays at 1:30 in the
afternoon and in the evening gives
the entire program. At 3:30 will be
one of the big baseball games and all
the other regular features of the day
will be held. Hundreds will bring
their lunch baskets and come in the
morning, prepared to spend all the
day. It will be a sort of official dedi
cation of the new auditorium and Lo
Zito will surely do his part to make
the event a notable one. '
WEST LINN ROSE SOCIETY
WILL HOLD SHOW JUNE 30
The anuual Rose show of the West
Linn Rose society will be held in the
building at the west end of the sus
pension bridge across the Willamette
river from Oregon City, June 30th
A prize will be offered to the grower
showing the three prettiest' roses
grown outside of West Linn but
raised in Clackamas county. Entries
may be made until noon on the day of
the show. No entry charges are
made. The officers of the West Linn
Rose society are Mrs. D. M. Shanks,
president; Mrs. John Draper, vice-
president; Mrs. Effie Bittner, secre
tary. A meeting of the society will
be held at the home of Mrs. Shanks
Monday evening to complete arrange
ments for the show.
Insane Man Arrested
George Thomas, 42 years old, was
taken into custody here Saturday on
a charge of insanity by Chief of Po
lice Lee French. Thomas, whose
home is in Sellwood, was taken to
Portland for examination by a dep
uty from Multnomah county. This is
the fourth person charged with in
sanity within a month in this city.
Wife Deserted, He Says
Samuel R. McFarland alleges
wife, Clara Martha McFarland,
his
has
refused to live witb him since one
year after their marriage and asks
for a divorce. They were married in
1910 and have no children. -
GIVES FOUR SONS
TO LIBERTY'S CAUSE
A. McMURREN, CIVIL WAR VET-
ERAN, GIVES FOUR SONS
TO SERVICE
He walked into the office, tall,
square shouldered, keen eyed, his
beard and hair, white and straight,
the only mark that ' indicated his
three score and 13 years, for his skin
was pink, reflecting a healthy body.
Yet he went through the gruelling
years of the Civil war, a member of
the 14th Iowa Infantry, and he has
worked hard and raised a family of
five boys and four girls since that
time. - His name is A. McMurren and
he lives in Sellwood.
He walked in proudly, with firm
step and head erect, for he has good
reason to be proud. Just a few mo
ments before he came in his oldest
son had notified him that he was leav
ing for American Lake to join the
Engineering corps to prepare for duty
in France, and he had just mailed a
letter to another of four sons who are
serving Uncle Sam.
The first to enlist, was Clark Mc
Murren, named Clark after Captain
Clark, who commanded the famous
hattleshin Oregon when she made her
triD around the Horn and was the first
to fire a shot at the naval battle 01
Santiago. Clark is somewhere' on the
Pacific ocean, a member of the Unit
ed States navy.
Then comes Roscoe, named for the
noted jurist,- Roscoe Conklin. It was
to Eoscoe, stationed at the naval
training station in San Francisco, that
Mr. McMurren had just addressed a
letter when his oldest born notified
him that he was leaving.
And in that letter, which was filled
with love of the country for which he
had offered his life, he advises his boy
to be cool and calm. "Do not become
excited under any circumstances,
writes this patriotic dad to his patri-
tt WV. w nvw O '
rash act that caused the death of your
nii bam lfnv it. wflQ n hflflrist.rone'.
namesake." A simple homily, sim
ply written, but potent with the value
of life itself.
Then there is Joaquin, named for
the poet of the Sierras Joaquin Mil
ler. He is at Bremerton training for
service as a "soldier of the sea," re
ceiving his measure of love and kindly
advice from his" soldier dad, who
speaks of him with a twinkle of hu
mor in his eye, as though he has a no
tion that Joaquin, when it comes to
battle, will not be so gentle as his be
loved namesake.
There still remains Jesse, oldest of
these four. He is leaving a good po
sition as traffic director of tHe Port
land Railway, Light & Power com
pany, to take his place in the Engin
eering corps.
But that is not the end of the story
of this family who willingly answered
the call to the colors, and who went
with the saddened heart of a soldier
father hidden in- the light of pride
which shows in his eyes as he speaks
of them.
No, there is another youngster
14 years old, named Irvm. He re
cently ran away from home and ap
nlied at an enlistment station to en
list. He could not join any branch
of the service, of course, but, his dad
says, if the war lasts long enough and
it becomes necessary for lrvin to de-
fnnd America and Liberty, then he
shall have the parental consent.
No wonder this veteran is proud of
his b ys. He has a right to be.
PACE AND HOLMAN
PUrtCEN niRCPTflRQ
UilUOCIl UintUIUnO
ANTI-ADMINISTRATION CANDI
DATES ELECTED BY GOOD
MAJORITIES
In what nroved to be the most ex
citing school electioir-heidfiere in re
nent vears. O. A.. Pace and Roswell
L. Holman, generally considered anti-
administration candidates, were elect
ed directors Monday, defeating Har
old A. Rands, incumbent, and r red J.
Mever, who were said to favor City
Superintendent Tooze, against wnom
the fight was directed. Pace received
the highest number of votes, polling
326 to Holman's 296. Rands and
Meyer were given 260 and 216, re
spectively. An effort was made by
union labor followers to elect E. E.
Bailey and S. E. Launer, whose names
were written on the ticket. Launer
got 40 votes and Bailey received 28,
A total of 595 votes were cast,
record for, Oregon City school elec
tions, probably due to the fact that
nroriirty Qualifications for voting
were removed by the new law. The
number of women voting was much
larger than in former years. Pace
and Holman were sworn into office
immediately after the result was
made known. They will replace Geo
A. Harding, who has been a director
for 30 years, and Harold A. Hands.
The report of E. E. Brodie, district
school clerk, shows total receipts for
the year' just ended amount to $71,
466.05, with cash from last report
amounting to $6,000, making a grand
total of $77,466.05. Disbursements
were identical. $3,525.00 interest was
paid on bonds and $737.45 interest on
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ED
GROSS
IE
E
RETURNS FROM LARGE SUB
SCRIBERS SHOW LIBERAL RE
SPONSE WITH MONEY
COUNTRY MUST 00 ITS BIT
House to House Canvass Being Made
By Solicitors for Necessary'
Funds '
The Red Cross campaign to raise
$15,000 in Clackamas county started
Monday, with every detail worked out
for the drive, which is to continue
until midnight next Monday. T. W.
Sullivan, county campaign manager,
is very optimistic, but says the coun
try districts must respond liberally,
and not let all of the quota be raised
in the city. Mr. Sullivan confidently
predicted that the amount asked of
this county would be as much' over
subscribed proportionately as were
the Liberty Loan bonds.
jn early lour tnousana oouars were
reported as the first day's eontribu-
tions in Oregon City Tuesday. The
exact figures for the day could not be
obtained but the larger contributions
show a hearty response to the ap
peal and encouraged the committees
to intensify their work.
One district outside of the city
school district No. 92, A. H. Wright,
clerk . reported $60.05 collected.
Among the larger contributions for
Oregon City were The Hawley Fulp
& Paper company, $500; Oregon City
Manufacturing company, $500; First
National Bank, $250; Bank of Com
merce, $250; L. Adams, $250; Doctors
' . . w . . $100
' T '. . . '
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company. $150. Une district in tne
city, No. 10, had subscribed over $2,
500 yesterday.
The solicitors are making a house
to house canvass, not overlooking a
single person if possible, and Mr. Sul
hvan points out that if any have been
overlooked, especially in the country
districts, they can easily make con
tributions by sending the money to
the clerk of the school board of their
district who is in charge of the work.
"The work of mercy carried on by
the National Red Cross society," said
Mr. Sullivan, "recognizes no enemy
except suffering and disease. In or
der to keep the organization neutral
the money must be contributed vol
untarily, for the moment the govern
ment takes over the work, the enemy
will attempt to destroy it.
"If the necessary funds are not
raised by subscription, it will soon be
come necessary for the government to
raise the money by taxation, and un
der that method it will cost many
times more to conduct the work in less
efficient manner. It is up to all of us
to get behind the drive. The country
districts must not lag and let the
cities do it all. And Clackamas coun
ty must not lag behind the other pat
riotic sections of the state where the
offerings have been far above the
quota.
One committee composed of J.
Hedges, Percy Caufield and Theodore
Osmund, had an amusing incident
occur when they met to arrange thk
details of their work and allot their
sections of the city. They divided
the section into equal parts and then
drew lots for the parts. Mr. Caufield
smiled broadly when it was learned
hehad drawn the 8ection closest to
the bluff and Mr. Osmund felt him
self much more fortunate than Mr,
Hedges when he drew the next clos
est section. Later it was discovered
that Mr. Caufield had 159 bouses in
his district, Mr. Osmund had 80 and
there, were only 20 in Mr. Hedges
section. Mr. Hedges is a prominent
attorney here and, of course, knows
all the proverbs. Hence he may be
excused for pulling that one about
'He who laughs last."
Several special Red Cross meetings
will be held this week at the following
places;
Carus. Graham school house.
Thursday evening, Judge G. B. Dim
ick. Special music.
Beaver Creek, Thursday, C. H. Dye
and Rev. J. W. McCallum. Special
music.
Kelso, Friday, T. W. Sullivan.
Redland, Saturday, James Cary,
Dr. H. S. Mount.
Clarkes, Friday, James Cary. Spe
cial mnnir.
Molalla, Friday, Judge G. B. Dim
ick. Special music. :
REGARDED AS VASSAL; SHE
STARTS SUITS FOR DIVORCE
Charging her husband, S. D. Bar
ney, with having a violent temper
that he made no attempt to curb and
that he has not worked for the past
17 years, Mrs. Laura P. Barney has
started an action for divorce, the cus
tody of four children and $1,000 per
manent alimony. The couple were
married in this county in 1890 and the
wife alleges herh usband lies abed
while she is forced to do the manual
labor on their farm. She claims he
is the owner of property valued at
$6,000 and that he regarded her as his
vassal.
TIG
SUCCESS
RED CROSS FUND
NEW LAW SUBJECT
AT CLUB DINNER
LIVE WIRES' COMMITTEE WILL
OFFER AMMENDMENT TO
CITY CHARTER
A committee of seven will be ap
pointed from the Live Wires of the
Oregon City Commercial club to make
an effort to straighten out the tangle
which the law recently passed regu-
lating city and county elections has
gotten the city into. The amendment
to the constitution which provides
that cities shall hold their elections at
the same time as state and county
elections, but no provision is made for
cities whose charters fix ward boun
daries different from the precinct
boundaries provided for state and
county elections.
The consensus of opinion at the
luncheon was that the tangle can on
ly be straightened out through an
amendment of the city charter to pro
vide for election of councilmen . at
large. This could be done by special
election and such an election may. be
proposed after the amendment is
drawn up by the committee.
It was announced at the luncheon
that headquarters for the club will be
established at the Gladstone Chautau
qua by G. F. Johnson, of the publicity
department. Plans are under way
for a luncheon at Estacada next Tues
day to discuss the matter of securing
an appropriation for the East Clacka
mas County fair.
POLICE WILL ARREST
ABSENT MEMBERS
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO
BE ARRESTED IF ABSENT
FROM MEETINGS
Members of the Oregon City coun
cil who do not attend an adjourned
special meeting at 7:30 Friday even
ing will be arrested by Chief of Po
lice Lee French and taken to the coun
cil chambers, it was agreed by May
or Hackett and four of the council-
men who waited in vain for a quorum
last night. Several matters of im
portance, involving the expenditure of
considerable money, are to come be
fore the body, Councilman Temple-
ton said last night and he thought it
imperative that every member of the
body should be present. Those pres
ent and who agreed with him were
Councilmen Tobin, Metzner ahd
Moore.
STARTS ACTION TO COLLECT
$7,161.50 ON $50,000 NOTE
Claiming $7,161.50 is still due on
$50,000 judgment which he obtain
ed against the Grand Avenue Realty
company in December, 1912, W. L.
Archenbaum has started an action to
collect from John H. Gibson on prop
erty which Archambeau claims was
deeded to Gibson's wife after the defi
cit appeared following a sheriff's sale
held February 8, 1917.
Archambeau claims he loaned $50,-
000 to the realty company in May,
1912, on a promissory note for three
years. When the note was not paid
suit was hied in August, 1916, and a
judgment rendered in December. The
sale of the property failed by $7,lbl
50 to satisfy the mortgage and Ar
chambeau claims Gibson transferred
other property to his wife as a gift
simply to defraud the plaintiff. The
complaint alleges the transfer was
made August 29, four days after the
suit to collect on the note was started.
ARREST FOUR FOR GAFFING
FISH FROM FALLS LADDER
William Jubb, George Story, Matt
Story and William Finucane were ar
rested by Constable Jack Frost and
Bert Jewel, state fish warden Friday,
and charged with gaffing salmon from
the fish ladder at the falls here. They
gave bail for trial Saturday, June 23.
According to the complaint the
men were working under cover oi
darkness when Jewel came upon them.
The officer stated thoy were taking
large salmon from the water when he
discovered them at work. This is
the second case of "gaffing'1 within
the past two weeks, the former trial
ending in a hung jury. Efforts will
be doubled, say the officers, to stop
tho practice.
Charges Husband Drinks
Mrs. Lydia H. Gordon started suit
for divorce from Harold L. Gordon
Friday. They were married in 1904.
Mrs. Gordon charges her husband
with being an habitual drunkard and
says he has served several sentences
for drunkenness.
Gives Child to Wife
An amended decree handed down
by Judge J. U. Campbell Friday
gives Mrs. Ada M. Jacobsen custody
of their minor child, who was in
charge of her husband, Fred P, Jacob-
son, from, whom she is divorced.
Marriage licenses were issued here
yesterday to Emma T. Holz and Wm.
C. Carow, and Anna E. Miller and
Henry Wewer, all of Sandy, Oregon.
PETITIONERS FOR
TO
FIVE COUNCILMEN WHO OPPOS
ED TRADING PROPERTY TO
BE ASKED REASON
PARK WOULD BENEFIT CITY
Proposition Favored by Water Board
Should be Accepted by City
' Council '
A large delegation of citizens is
expected to attend the special meet
ing of the council tomorrow evening,
when a long petition will be present
ed to that body asking that the trans
fer of property owned by the city be
made for a plot of ground under the
control of the water board at the
south end of the city, which it is pro
posed to use for a city park site.
Private interests have been active
since the first petition was presented
to the council to gain control of the
ground for private park purposes.
The time for obtaining names was
short when the first list was gather
ed and the council turned down the
appeal. With the added number of
names the men behind the move to se
cure the site believe the council will
reconsider their action and make the
desired trade.
The site which the water board of
fers to trade contains 13 acres of
what is known as the Harry Jones
property. .The property desired in
exchange is the Cross block next to
the high school, a lot on Monroe
street between Fifth and Sixth and a
lot on 16th street. The board wishes
to retain its present warehouse site..
The petitioners who favor the
transfer point out that this is the
best opportunity the city has ever had
to obain a park site and that the
property available is the only one
left which is owned by the city. There
will be no money loss in the transfer,
say .the petitioners.
If the trade is made the water
board will at once sell the lots taken
in the trade and use the money for
the purpose of raising the low pres
sure of water in the Mountain View
section, where it is well known the
fire risk at present is dangerous in the
extreme. Only nine pounds pressure
can be obtained on Mountain View at
present and the residents of that sec
tion naturally desire an improvement,
which they should have.
The proposed park site is valued
at more than $4,000 by the water
board and the property it asks in ex
change is not considered as valuable,
so that the city, although it owns all
of the land, is really gaining by mak
ing the trade.
Five of the councilmen were op
posed to the proposition at the last
meeting. No doubt they will be ask
ed to give their reasons for opposing
the move at the meeting tomorrow
night. They are Councilmen Cox,
Buckles, Bridges, Van Auken, Moore
and Mayor Hackett.
Every city on the Pacific coast,
some of them smaller than Oregon
City, has a park site for tourists and
citizens and play grounds for their
children. It is deplorable, say the
park supporters, that Oregon City
should have no place for the ordinary
citizens, who cannot maintain private
grounds, to go with their families and
enjoy the open air.
Automobile parties pass through
this city without stopping, it is said,
because there is no place offored for
parking the machines and camping
for a few hours. Thus the city loses
the advertising that these people
would give it and tho business inter
ests lose what would naturally be
spent by those parties if they abided
here for a time. The pressing need,
however, is for Oregon City's own
people to have a park site.
Every man and woman interested
the welfare of Oregon City, who
desires to see its children enjoy a
full measure of happiness, and its cit
izens and visitors given a place to
spend quiet hours in the open, should
be present at tho council meeting to
morrow night and strongly urge that
body to reconsider its action.
Unlcos a strong appeal is made it
is possible that Frank Busch will
purchase the park for private pur
poses and the opportunity for the city
to own the tract will be lost.
SUES CROWN-WILLAMETTE
FOR $3,000.00 DAMAGES
J. W. Currin, a former employe of
the Crown-Willamette Paper com
pany, of this city, filed suit Thursday
to recover $2,999.99 for injuries which
he alleges he received while working
at the company's plant in West Linn,
November 25, 1916, caused by the
negligence of the company.
He says he was making $3.50 a day
when he was injured by falling into
a mixing tank over which he was
working and his complaint recites
that he has been unable to work since
that time. He claims the company
was responsible for the accident be
cause there had been no provision
made to stop the machinery by a belt
shifter.
APPEAR
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