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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917
Number 22
EAGLE GREEK MAN
ARRESTEPFQRFIRE
CHARGED WITH BURNING OF
SLASHING WITHOUT PER
MIT; FOUND GUILTY
REFUSED TO HEED OFFICERS
Was Found Guilty Before a Jury
Tuesday. Case is First One
Under Statute
B. Mafei, a rancher of the Eagle
Creek country near Estacada, -was
found guilty of burning slashing with
out a permit, before a jury in Justice
DeVore's court Tuesday morning.
The arrest was made by Fire Mar
shal Ray Wilcox, following a visit to
Maffei's home, when the official ask
ed him to put out the fire on his
place which was assuming dangerous
proportions. Maffei not only refused
'to assist the officers, according to the
testimony, but in no uncertain langu
age told Marshal Wicox, Dave Hoff
meister and Ray Douglas, who ac
companied tho official, to visit a
warmer climate.
Maffei's defense was that he had
not started the fire, and his wife and
son testified that the blaze originat
ed from a camp fire down the canyon
and from there had worked up into
his yard. The officials testified that
Maffei had admitted starting the
blaze to burn his slashings. Deputy
District Attorney T. A. Burke handled
the case.
The jury consisted of J. F. Love
lace, J. R. Townsend, John Page, T. J.
Jubb, Jerry Jones and R. M. Standish.
After 20 minutes' deliberation the
verdict was returned finding Maffei
guilty.
According to Division Superintend
ent Ferguson the case is one of the
first ever brought in his district un
der the statute. The law provides
that all slashing burners must obtain
a permit which is issued only under
rigid reestrictions as to guarding the
fire. Prompt action of. the fire ser
vice men in Maffei's case prevented
serious damage.
MISS ELLIOTT WEDS
Popular Young Lady of This City
Marries Pendleton Man
In Portland Wednesday afternoon
occurred the marriage of Miss Vada
Elliott of Oregon City, and Lot C. Liv
ermore of Pendleton, the ceremony
being performed in the Presbyterian
church by Rev. Levi Johnson in the
presence of a few of the relatives and
friends. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Elliott of Oregon
City, and one of the most popular
young women. The couple have gone
on a wedding trip to Puget Sound
points, and upon their return to Ore
gon will make their home in Pendle
ton, where the groom is engaged in
business.
UNION'S PERCENTAGE BIG
Fifteen Out of 22 Eligibles Arc
Passed Into Army -
Union County boasts of a record
production of soldiers. In the outset
there were 11 men available to the
draft; 22 men were called for exam
ination; four were physically unfit,
two enlisted in the meantime and out
of the rest, the quota of 11 and two
alternates were picked to go to the
front. Six of the number refused to
present exemptions, although they
had logical grounds to do so.
This percentage is said to be a rec
ord in the state as virtually 15 out of
22 were passed into the Army. The
board consisted of Sheriff Warnick,
Dr. M. K. Hall and J: Garfield King.
The Courier $1.00 per year.
Suit on Contract
A suit has been started in the cir
cuit court by W. L. Miller, F. L.
Tobey and W. L. Tobey, doing bus
iness as the Miller Wood company of
Portland, against Philip Bellamy to
either compel the defendant to com
plete his contract to supply the plain
tiffs with a certain amount of fir and
oak wood, or else to reimburse them
for money advanced him upon wood
measures on the ground at Kayler
station on the Willamette Valley
Southern railway, and only a small
portion of which he delivered aboard
the cars at the station. The plain
tiffs also seek a restraining order to
prevent Bellamy from selling the
wood to other parties.
New Era Grade Eliminated
The county commissioners of
Clackamas county are this week com
pleting the purchase of right-of-way
for a change of grade on the New Era
hill road, following which the work
of improving this road, for which a
contract was let last week by the
state highway commission at a price
aggregating about $33,000. The
grade of the hill will be considerably
lessened by reason of the new route,
and will doubtless obviate accidents,
several of which have taken place
during the past few months.
CHARLES W. RISLEY fc
PASSES AWAY HERE
WAS PROMINENT IN PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AND LIFE
LONG DEMOCRAT
. t
. Charles W
Eisley, of Risley
station died Mon
day evening at 7
o'clock at his
home with can
cer at the age of
59 years. He was
one of Clackamas
county's .most
prominent and
progressive citi
zens and was al
ways energetic
and to the front
in its affairs.
Charles W. Risley
Mr. Risley was a member of Mult
nomah Lodgo No. 1, A. F. & A. M.,
Oregon City lodge of Elks, and a
Mystic Shriner. He was the . only
democrat elected in 1915 from Clack
amas county to the state legislature,
at which time he was a member of
the state house of representatives.
He was also a member of the Ore
gon City Commercial Club and also
the Live Wire organization and took
an active part in its program during
the past few years. Mr. Risley was
born on the donation land claim of
his father, near whui is now Risley
station, Aug. 1, 1858. He recently
returned from New York city, where
he had gone for expert advice and
treatment for cancer. '
Besides his wife he is survived by
the following: two sons, Jacob S. and
Ralph W., of Risley station; two
daughters, Mrs. Ethelyn Bradshaw, of
The Dalles, and Miss Olive, of Ris
ley station; a brother, John Risley
and a sister, Mrs. Harvey Stark--weather,
both of Risley station.
The body is held at the Holman
undertaking parlors in Oregon City.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed and will be announced later.
Funeral services were held from
the Finley Undertaking chapel, Fifth
and Montgomery streets, Portland,
Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev.
T. L. Eliot, of the I(1irst Unitarian
church officiating. Interment was in
Riverview cemetery, where the,.ser.v-,
ices were ' conducted by Multnomah
Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M., of
which Mr. Risley was a prominent
member.
The pallbearers were J. E. Hedges,
O. D. Eby, G. B. Dimick, E. A. Chap
man, John R. Humphreys and E. E.
Brodie. R. C. Ganong, acting master
of Multnomah Lodge, had charge of
the ceremonies at the grave. Mrs.
Imogen Harding Brodie sang two se
lections at the chapel. Flowers and
floral pieces from lodges and individ
uals were banked about the casket.
NEW BOUND OVER TO GRAND
JURY ON DRAFT TROUBLE
Jeff New, charged with altering
the records in the family bible, when
he was called on the draft, has been
bound over to the grand jury under
$1500 bail.
The effort of the prosecution has
been to show that the records of the
bible were changed to read "March
22, 1SSG," instead of "March 22,
1887." If the prosecution proves this
alteration with the figures, it will
make New but 30 years of age and
eligible for conscription.
At the hearing before United
States Commissioner Drake in Port
land Tuesday, it developed that the
only place Jefferson New had attend
ed school, was in Tillamook county,
the school records of which were de
stroyed in a fire in the courthouse
there 14 years ago.
Mrs. Mollie Abbey, New's mother,
explains thee hango in the records by
claiming that last Christmas at a
family reunion the dates of all the
children's births were entered in the
bible. After the reunion she decided
that Jeff had been born a year earlier
than the date entered in the book.
Accordingly, she says tfiat she chang
ed the entry.
Special Deputy United States Dis
trict Attorney Earle Latourette rep
resented the prosecution and mem
bers of the local draft board and Dep
uty District Attorney Thomas Burke
were witnesses against New.
Ladies' Aid to Meet (
The Ladies' Aid society "Dorcas,"
of the Scandinavian church in Oregon
City, will meet at the home of P. J.
Erickson, Falls View, next Tuesday,
Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. A good program
will be rendered. Refreshments will
be served. Free admittance. All
welcome. i
Sheriff is Urged to Aid
Sheriff Wilson received a letter
Monday morning from Adjutant Gen
eral George A. White to the effect
that the sheriff must do all in his
power to reduce the exemption claims
in Clackamas county.
Sues On Note
Papers were filed Monday with the
county clerk by James Cockelrease to
recover $1,000 on a note dated July 1,
1913, and $100 attorney's fees from
R. V. Shuman and wife and W. R.
Harris and wife.
Courier and Oregon Farmer, $1.
V J " j
TIMES FDR
OREGDNJN SIGHT
GOVERNMENT GIVES OREGON
AND WASHINGTON AIR,
PLANE CONTRACT
PROSPERITY FOR THE STATE
Government and Allied Powers Will
Require ' 117,000,000
of .Spruce
Feet
After investigation by the govern
ment officials in Portland this week,
a's to the spruce lumber to be had, in
Oregon for the building of airplanes,
and after a conference of all the
prominent lumbermen of the state, it
looks at present that Oregon will have
one ,of the greatest periods of pros
perity in the lumber business every
experienced.
Representatives of more than 90
percent of the spruce resources of
Oregon and Washington met with the
officials Monday, and agreed to sup
ply all the airplane spruce required by
the United States and the allied gov
ernments at $105 per 1000. This is
the figura suggested by the govern
ment itself, and at the end of thirty
days the arrangement is satisfactory
to both sides, it will be continued in
definitely.
At the lowest estimate, the govern
ment and the allied powers will need
117,000,000 feet of airplane stock in
the next year or 18 months. Only
from 16 to 20 per cent of the logs are
available for this purpose and fully
6,000,000 feet of the timber will have
to be cut.
Meanwhile Howard Jayne, of Ray
mond, who, with F. A. Douty, of Port
land, had gone to Washington, D. C,
to confer with the War Department,
told of the technical requirements of
the contracts.
Not less than 50 percent of all ship
ments shall be 18 feet and longer, the
remaining 50 percent to be four feei
andUonger.
AH lumber three inches and thick
er shall not be. less than 70 percent
vertical grain.
That 50 percent which is 18 feet
and longer shall be clear on four
sides, straight-grained, not less than
six annual rings an inch, "sound and
well manufactured, free from shakes,
spiral and curley grain." '
The price of $105 per 1000 feet is
based on the present price of logs and
the labor schedules prevailing today.
The committees from each district
went into executive conference late in
the afternoon and reported back to the
general meeting early Tuesday night.
All manufacturers present agreed
to the terms. However, each mill will
make a separate contract with the
government.
These contracts will require the
mills to furnish spruce for the allied
governments on the same terms as to
the United States. Shipments shall
be made to destinations designated by
the War Department, either in this
country or abroad.
.While the logging operators are not
bound by any existing or proposed
contract to maintain the present price
level of lugs, Alex Poison of Hoquiam,
one of the biggest loggers in that dis
trict, declareed that the price will not
bo advanced.
But it will be necessary, probably,
to fix a standard price for logs to pre
vent mill 'managers themselves from
bidding against one another and de
moralizing the market.
As soon as the individual contracts
are signed with the government the
trade will be advised that all spruce
stock available for airplane purposes
will be withdrawn from the market.
JOINS THE NAVY
William Miller Joins Navy Tuesday
and Leaves for Vancouver
William Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. H. Miller of this city, passed
the physical examination in Portland
Tuesday for the navy, and was im
mediately ordered to Vancouver,
Wash., for training. Mr. Miller has
been with the Courier for the past
four years as linotype operator and
has been an efficient and steady work
man. He learned the printing busi
ness from the ground up in the Cour
ier office, and has always been a
pleasant and efficient workman, and
the management of this paper re
greats his leaving, although consoled
in the fact that he is serving his coun
try, and sure in the knowledge that
his rise in the navy will be rapid.
Sues for Commission
Suit was filed today by the Oregon
Home Builders' Association, of Port
land, asking judgment against Mat.
Wattawa, in the sum of $1050, due
them as commission from the sale of
real estate, said real estate situated
in Marion county, and owned by the
defendant. "
Sarah James Starts Suit
Sarah Jameg started suit here to
collect on a promissory note on which
$4,262.82 is alleged to be due from
Charles and Myrtle Fisher. Plain
tiff also asks $400 attorneys' fee3.
TWENTY-FIVE MEN
PASSED FOR DRAFT
FOUR FAIL TO PASS PHYSICAL
TEST AND NINE CLAIM
EXEMPTION
Twenty-five men were passed for
selective service by the local board
Thursday. Eight of them filed claims
for exemption. Four more were
turned down by the physician and
four besides those who passed filed
claims for exemption. Those passed
by the examiners are:
German A. Stone, Clackamas; Wil
liam Maple, Canby; Maynard Cole
Wilwaukie; Orris DeVaul, Milwaukie;
Albert E. Green, Sherwood; Wilbert
Hanson, Clackamas; Arthur Farr,
Molalla; Anton Olson, Mount Angel;
Edward Bowen, Milwaukie; Louis
Kieling, Aurora; Ward Barnes, Wood
burn; Otto Hogg.'Oregon City; Rob
ert Green, Oregon City; Jake A.
Mitts, Canby; Joseph Glean, Milwau
kie; William Dale, Edward Hoffman,
Canby; Roy. Funk, Boring; Adolph
Franzel, Sherwood; Abraham Ameele,
Ralph Mandeville, Canby; Frank Lin
hart, Sandy; Jacob Jackie, Milwaukie;
Sherman Carleton, Oregon City;
Charles Linquist, West Linn.
The four who failed to pass the
physical test are Elmer Hasselbrink,
Wilsonville; Paul Kruger, Oregon
City; Clifford Guynup, Oregon City,
and Alexander B. Castles.
The names of the men claiming ex
emption and their reasons follow:
William Maple, married; Orris De
Vaul, widowed mother dependent; Ed
ward Bowen, married; Louis Kieling,
married; Adolph Franzel, aged par
ents dependent, religion and alien;
Ralph Mandeville, aged parents de
pendent; Jacob Jackie, German; Dav
id Thomas-, aged parent dependent;
Clarence C. Conner, married.
JENNINGS LODGE MAN
IS HELD AS SHIRKER
i i
Jefferson New, aged 30, a resident
of Jennings Lodge, was taken into
custody by Sheriff Wilson,' Special
United States Attorney E. C. Latour
ette and Deputy District Attorney T.
A. Burke Saturday and turned over to
the United States authorities as a
shirker suspect.'' ' ' ' ' '" " ' "
The arrest followed a visit to the
home of the mother, Mrs. Mollie Abbe,
at Jennings Lodge Saturday even
ing, when the old family Bible was
brought out by the mother as con
clusive evidence that her son was over
30 years of age. The officials were
not quite satisfied with the appear
ance of the page and the Bible was
brought to Oregon City and examined
under a high power glass. The re
sults showed that the date "March
22, 1887" had apparently been chang
ed to read "March 22, 1886." Con
flicting stories were told by the moth
er and son and a denial was made by
the former that any -change had ever
been made in the book. Saturday,
following his arrest and a hard cross
examination, New admitted the
f change had been made and that he
was aware of the fact. He was taken
to Portland to await his hearing,
which will be held tomorrow in the
United States court.
ELEVEN CLAIMS ALLOWED
BY LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
Claims for exemption from select
ive service were allowed 11 men by
the local examining board Friday and
eight claims held insufficient. It
will be necessary to issue a second
call for examinations to fill up Clack
amas county's quota of 52 men. The
call was made Saturday for 58 men
to report today. The men whose
claims were allowed are:
Adolph Franzel, Sherwood, Josiah
Rodgers, Willamette; German A.
Stone, Clackamas, Herbert Huxley,
Estacada; Wm. Maple, Canby; Geo.
C. Mitts, Canby; Sherman E. Carl
ton, Oregon City; Samuel B. Phillips,
Oregon City; Wm. E. Simons, Mulino;
Fillmore T. Arnold, Parkplace; Jacob
Jackie, Milwaukie.
The names of the men whose
claims were not allowed are Edward
C. Bowen, Milwaukie; Ernest Doug
las, Barton; Robert Mattoon, Oregon
City; Carl J. Newburger, Oregon
City; Clarence C. Conner, Milwaukie;
Bertrand G. Smith, Molalla; Enrico
Sevieri, Oregon City; John J. Lau,
Oregon City.
FIRST WAR BRIDE
Former Oregon City Girl Weds
Soldier Boy
Miss Martha Parker, a former Ore
gon City girl, but now of Klamath
Falls, Ms the first Oregon City war
bride, and is now the wife of Mr.
Floyd Radford, of Company E, 4th
Engineers, Vancouver, Wash., and
formerly of this city. They were
married on Friday, August 10, at
high noon, with the Rev. Benedict
officiating, in the presence of the
sister of the bride, Miss Harriet Park
er, of Portland.
The bride is the eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker, who
left this city about three years ago for
southern Oregon. The groom is the
son of Mr. and Mr3. R. H. Radford, of
Boring. While in this city Mrs. Rad
ford was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Haas, of Fourteenth and Center
streets.
TO GO HARD WITH
TE
FAILURE OF MEN WHO TRY TO
EVADE DUTY WILL BE
SERIOUS
TO BE AUTOMATICALLY DRAFTED
In the Eyes of Federal Authorities
Failure to Appear for Duty
Is Desertion
From now on the fate of the man
who tries to evade his duty under the
draft law will be anything but envi
able. Failure to appear for physical ex
amination when called up by his local
exemption board will not help the
slacker. In fact, it will be about the
shortest cut he could take to get him
self drafted automatically into the
army without further consideration.
If a man does not appear before his,
local board when called unless he
applies by reason of absence from his
district to have his examination trans
ferred to another board, or can give
a very good reason why he was un
able to appear his name will be cer
tified to the Adjutant General of the
stato as having been called for mili
tary service and not exempted or dis
charged. ' The Adjutant General, who acts
under instructions, from Washington,
will give him one more chance, and
only one, to clear his record.
A notice will be sent to the address
on his registration card directing him
to report within five days, either in
person or by mail or telegraph, to the
Adjutant General. If he doesn't re
port as directed, at the end of five
days he becomes automatically draft
ed into the army of the United
States.
Failure to appear for duty ' will
then become equivalent to deserting
from the army. Men who desert
from Uncle Sam's army in time of
war are . not treated yery ,. kindly.
The'y are'classed in tho same category
as traitors.
Such men will be rigidly hunted
down by the military authorities.
They either will be compelled to serve
or court martialed as deserters. In
time of war a court martial can in
flict the death penalty for desertion.
FORD WITH PHONY LICENSE
ABANDONED BY SOLDIERS
When three soldiers drove a Ford
automobile to a lonesome spot on the
82nd street road Tuesday night and
left the machine to get into another
and drive to Portland, they aroused
the suspicions of Motorcycle Officer
H. E. Meades. who found that the car
had only one license plate and that
was issued to Roy R. Under, 690 Ker
ney street, Portland, for a Fiat ma
chine. The number was 11782.
Meades could not start the car as
it was locked with a patented lock
and he drove to Portland for a key.
When he returned the car was gone.
Friday evening he found the car
near the same spot and notified Sher
iff W. J. Wilson, who waited until
early Saturday morning for the sol
diers to return. When they did not
make their appearance, Sheriff Wil
son had the car towed to Oregon City,
where it is being held.
Sheriff Wilson found a machine be
longing to C. A. Staats, of Topenish,
Wash., on the Milwaukie road late
Thursday night. Mr, Staats was no
tified and took the machine Friday.
WINS COMMISSION
Oregon City Boy Gets Commission as
2nd Lieutenant in Army
Lloyd Harding, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Harding, of Oregon City,
who has been at the officers' train
ing camp at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco, has received a commission as
2nd Lieutenant, and has been ordered
to report at American Lake, Wash.,
August 29.
Mr. Harding was a popular young
man in this city, and for a year and a
half was an instructor in the Oregon
City high school, being re-elected to
the position this year. He is a grad
uate of the University of Oregon.
Boy Hailed Before Juvenile Court
On complaint of William Lillie, of
Gladstone, William Stone, a young
boy of the Clear creek neighborhood,
was taken in custody by Juvenile Of
ficer Jack Frost and was brought be
fore County Judge Anderson Tuesday
afternoon to answer the charge of
taking a padlock from Mr. Lillie,
valued at $1.25.
Scandinavian Service in Oregon City
There will be Scandinavian service
in the Methodist church in Oregon
City next Sunday, Aug. 19, at 3
o'clock p. m. Rev. John Ovall will
preach the sermon. Good songs and
music will be rendered. All are
most cordially invited to attend.
The Oregon City Courier and the
Oregon Farmer, both for one year
for $1.
THREE FROM HERE
GET COMMISSIONS
HARDING, WILLIAMS AND KOFF-
MAN ARE SUCCESSFUL
AT THE PRESIDIO
Among the complete list of those
men who received commissions in the
Officer's Reserve Corps at the Pre
sido at San Francisco, are the names
of Harry E. Williams and Cecil W.
Koffman, both of this city.
The many friends of these young
men are pleased to hear this, as they
were among the popular young men
of the city and well liked. They are
both in the Fourth company, Williams
as Captain of Infantry and Koffman
was assigned to the Junior Officers'
Legion.
Another young man of Dallas, who
has many friends in this city, re
ceived a commission as captain in the
Fourth company Walter L. Tooze.
Below we give the complete person
el of the Fourth Oregon Company to
which the Oregon City boys are as
signed: To be Major, infantry section, Of
ficers' Reserve Corps: Robert Charles
Howard, Tacoma, Wash.
To be Captain, infantry section, Of
ficers' Reserve Corps: Leroy C. Bunk
er, Fiftth California Infantry, Na
tional Guard; James H. Davidson,
Eigthteenth Company, California
Coast Artillery, National Guard; Ora
Goodpaster, Company L, United
States Infantry; Clarence J. Minick,
San Francisco, Cal., Walter L. T6oze,
Jr., Dallas, Ore.; Kenneth C. Gillis,
Berkeley, Cal.; Leon E. - Savage,!
Northport, Wash.; Lee Arnold, Sixth
Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Na
tional Guard; Roy E. Naftzger, Loj
Angeles, Cal.; Harry E. Williams,
Gladstone, Or.; James R. Norris,
South Seattle, Wash.
To be First Lieutenant, infantry
section, Officers' Reserve Corps;
B. Carlson, Company B, Third Ore
gon Infantry, National Guard; Phil
A. Henderson, Seattle, Wash.; Elmer
f . Wooten, Company B Third Oregon
Infantry, National Guard; Frederick
J Trude, Los Angeles, Cal.; Gun B
Anpleman, Company 1, Second Idaho
Inl: ntry, Nation.il Guard; Howard J,
Lrace, Second Idaho Infantry 'y Wil
burn C. Hutclij?on, San Francisco,
Cal. .
To be Second Lieutenant, infantry
section, Officers' Reserve Corps;
Cherrill R. B;tterton, Seattle Wash.;
Mo'ita J. Moore, Los Angeles, 'Cal.,
O ver Vodervier, Second Company,
Coast Artilleory Corps, National
Guard; James M Tongate , private.
Coast Artillery Corps, unassigned;
Knapp Ortton, Sun Francisco, Cal.;
Charles L. Deaver, Riverside, Cal ,
Simthal R. Pfund, San Francisco, Cal.;
Merriman J. Howells,' Berkeley, Cal.;
lack II. Cosper, Seattle, Wash,,
Albert C. Stubb , Seattle, Wash.;
Thomas A. Cannell, San Francisco,
Cal.; Gus E. Ledbetter, Portland, Or.;
Ben B. Taylor, Company K, First Ari
zona Infantry, National Guard, Roger
M. Bone, Seattle, Wash.; Uil Lane,
Las Cruces, N. M.; John A. Long,
Company E, Second Idaho Infantry,
National Guard; Henry . E. Brown,
Company H. Seventh California In
fantry, National Guard; Ernest L.
Brace, Third Oregon Infantry, Na
tional Guard; Ernest L. Damkreger,
Santa Cruz, Cal.; Ernest K.. Murray,
Tacoma, Wash.; Harry S. Whitthorne,
San Francisco, Cal.; Ellis Bates, Com
pany G, Second Idaho Infantry, Na
tional Guard; Reginald H. Linforth,
Berkeley Cal.; Charles T. Donworth,
West Seattle, Wash.
To be Captain of Iinfantry in Na
tional Army: Fred B. Angus, Second
California Infantry, Nationul Guard.
To be First Lientonant in National
Army: Earl G. McMillin, United
States Army; Campbell Burke, Unit
ed States Army; Roscoe E. V. Bright
hill United States Army; Clarence
Shaeffer, United States Army.
To be Second Lieutenant of In
fantry in United States Army: Wales
M. Signor, Napa, Cal.; (William A.
De Witt, Ross, Cal.; Reed B. Cher
ington, Berkeley, Cal.
Accepts Call to Seattle
Oregon City people will bo glad to
learn of the success which Rev. C. F.
W. Stoever, a former young man of
this city, is attaining in the minister
ial world. Word has just reached his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stoever of
Twelfth and Monroe streets, that
their son, who for 14 years has been
piyetor of St. Johns Lutheran church,
Tacoma, Wash,, has accepted a call
to St. Paul's English Lutheran church
Seattle. Rev. Mr. Stoever was born
in Oregon City and attended the local
high school, later attending St. Paul's
Theological seminary at Lake Phelan,
St. Paul, following which he accepted
a call to Tacqjna. While there he ran
for mayor in 1914, making a close
race against A. V. Fawcett.
Union Meeting Tonight
A meeting of the Federal Labor
Union is called for tonight at 8 o'clock
at which time it will be addressed by
O. R. Hartwig, Btate president of the
Federation of Labor. All persons not
affiliated with any of the organized
crafts in the city are invited to at
tend, the purpose of the meeting be
ing to perfect the permanent organ
ization, and to complete arrange
ments for taking part in the big Labor
day celebration to take place in Ore
gon City September 3.
OREGON
CITY IS
A
700 BUYERS VISIT MILLS HERE
AND LOUD IN PRAISE
FOR THE CITY
LUNCH AT McLGUGKLIN PARK
Buyers From All Over the State
Visit Here and Inspect
Our Industries
Nearly 700 visiting merchants
crowded around the Mecks of the
steamers Grahamona and Pomona as
the good ships swung from their
berths in Portland Thursday for the
trip up the Willamette and the in
spection of the mills of this city. As
the boats swiftly passed up the
stream two mermaids' canoe was up
set and the shrieks of the girls fur
nished a moment's excitement for the
buyers. The girls easily righted their
fraft and struck out for shore before
any of the aquatic experts could show
their gallantry and the guests are
still wondering if the upset was not a
part of the entertainment provided
for them.
Arriving at Oregon City, the party
was shown through the paper mills
and the woolen mills and later lunch
was provided at the John McLoughlin
home, where Judge Grant B. Dimick
mude an address of welcome and Mrs.
Eva Emery Dye and O. D. Eby also
spoke. Mrs. Eye was in charge of
the luncheon feature of the enter
tainment. .
EARL C. BROWNLEE WILL
RESUME COURIER POSITION
Earl C. Brownlee, former news
editor on The Courier, but who has
been at the Presidio at San Francisco,
did not receive his commission and
will resume his position as news
editor on this paper beginning Mon
day morning, ' Whilo Mr. " Brownlee
was somewhat disappointed at the
way things turned out at the Officers'
Training camp, the editor of this
paper feels certain that he has been
compensated to a considerable degree,
as he has taken unto himself a part
ner for life, who formerly was Miss
S. Bennett, only daughter of Rev. S.
Bennett and wife, of Klamath Falls,
Ore. They were" married last week at
the home of the bride's parents at
Klamath Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
lee will make their permanent resi
dence in Oregon City, and their many
friends here extend best wishes.
AMERICA'S CAUSE FOR WAR
Tried to Incite Mexico and Draw
Japan In
"The military masters of Germany
denied us the right to be neutral.
They filled our communities with vic
ious spies and conspirators. They
sought to corrupt our citizens.
They sought by violence to destroy
our industries and arrest our com
merce. They tried to incite Mexico to
take up arms against us and to draw
Japan into hostile alliance with her.
They impudently denied us the use of
the high seas and repeatedly executed
their threat that they would send to
their death any of our people who
ventured to approach the coasts of
Europe.
"This flag under which we serve
would have been dishonoured had we
withheld our hand." Woodrow
Wilson, President of the United
States.
General Strike August 20
Just before going to press this
paper received word, that a general
strike of tho Industrial Workers of
the World is called for August 20 un
less "all union men now held as class
war prisoners are released from jails
before that date. Circulars have been
mailed to each local union of the or
ganization in Montanu, Washington,
Oregon and Idaho, according to a
statement made today by James
Rowan, district secretary Industrial
Workers of the World.
Recruiting Station Here
A recruiting station for enlistment
in Compuny A., Oregon Engineers,
was opened here Wednesday, with five
members in charge, among them be
ing Waldo Caufield of Oregon City,
who enlisted a few weeks ago.
Marriage Licenses
Licenses to wed were issued Wed
nesday by the county clerk to Fannie
Frederickson, age 44, Mulino, and
Benjamin F. Noyer, age 59, Molalla,
route 4, and to Eva Allen, age 18, and
Howard Wallace, age 26, both of Ore
gon City.
Files Suit to Recover Note
W. Isensee has brought suit
against Homer S. Ballentine, Molly
C. Ballentine, on a note signed by
them on April 1, 1915, for $1487 and
interest and also $100 attorney's fees.
Richard Kendall, of Sherwood, has
been appointed second lieutenant of
the infantry, officers' reserve, and is
training at Fort Riley, Kan.
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