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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918
Number 49
35th Year
OREGOM
CITY
CO
NEW ERA TEACHER
FORGED
MRS. JENNIE PETERSON LACKS
PATRIOTISM IS REQUEST
ED TO RESIGN
WAS "CITIZEN OF HEAVEN"
Woman Refused to Aid in Patriotic
Movements Among School
Children
"I am not a citizen of this or any
other country on earth. I am a citi
zen of heaven." This is what Mrs. E.
Jennie Peterson, teacher of the New
Era school, told the school board last
Thursday night when it met with
Sheriff Wilson, Deputy U. S. Attor
ney Earle C. Latourette and County
School Superintendent Calavan to
hear charges of disloyalty preferred
against her.
"That being the case, it is probab
ly better that you get your reward in
heaven than from the funds of the
county," decided the board, and de
manded her resignation on the spot.
The trouble started several days
ago, when Mrs. Peterson flatly re
fused to aid the Thrift Stamp cam
paign being carried on. throughout
the schools of the county. "I cannot
conscientiously do anything to pro
long the war," she told Rural School
Supervisor Brenton Vedder when he
visited the school in the interests of
the Thrift campaign on Wednesday
morning. Mr. vedder decided to
give her a chance to explain her
stand to federal and county officials
and her own school board, cbmposed
of Elmer Veteto, Joseph Andre and
Mrs. Minnie Anthony.
Mrs. Peterson, whose husband lives
in Portland, told the officials that she
had offered to resign three weeks
ago because she believed her acknow
ledged lack of loyalty would be un
popular. In view of this fact, she
was allowed to present her resigna
tion instead of being summarily dis
missed. The resignation read as fol
lows: "Secretary School Board. Dear
Sir This is to tender my resignation
from your school, taking effect Feb
ruary 15, 1918. My reasons are on
the religious grounds that I cannot
participate in the selling of war
stamps and otherwise enter into other
activities of the war expected of
schdol teachers at the present time.
Very truly,
MRS. E. JENNIE PETERSON."
MRS. LIEUTENANT PARKER
LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON
Mrs. Lieutenant Charles Parker,
formerly Miss Hazel Russell of Port
land, a niece of ex-Mayor Albee, left
for Washington, D. C, Friday night,
to join her husband prior to his de
parture for France. Lieutenant
Parker has been in training at Camp
Meade, Virginia, a few hours' ride
from Washington, and telegraphed
his wife to meet him at the national
capital before he went "over there."
Mrs. Parker has been living with
her mother, Mrs. May Russel, here
at Oregon City since her husband
was called in the officers' reserve.
SUES FOR EXTRA EXPENSES
Askwith Files Against Richardson,
et. al., for $453.00
" H. A. Askwith last Thursday filed
suit against C. F. Richardson, First
State Bank of Milwaukie, Richard W.
Scott and the Highland Plumbing
company for an aggregate sum of
$453.
Askwith is a contractor and", the
complaint alleges, entered into an
agreement to build a house for Rich
ardson for a certain sum. For this
Richardson gave him a note on the
First State Bank of Milwaukie, to
become payable oh the completion of
the contract. In the meantime Ask
with and Richardson made another
agreement for additional expenditur
es in the construction of the house.
When the dwelling was completed,
Askwith alleges, the bank and Rich-
ardson would only advance him cash
on the original note.
Therefore he asks for $348 for the
extra labor, $100 for attorney's fees
and $5 for filing costs.
Are You Guilty?
"That person who wilfully hoards
any necessities shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not exceeding $5,000
or be imprisoned for more than two
years, or both. Necessities shall be
deemed hoarded when either held,
contracted for, or arranged for by any
person in a quantity in excess of his
reasonable requirements for use and
consumption for himself and depen
dents for a reasonable time. U. S,
Food Administration Act, passed
Aug. 10, 1917.
Moral Character High
But 2,001 men have been exempted
on the ground of "moral deficiency."
This phrase was defined by the Pres
ident's regulation to include persons
convicted and sentenced for felony in
any court of record.
Tl QUIT
YOUTHFUL PICKETS
HAILED INTO COURT
FIVE SCHOOLGIRLS, AGES 8 TO
12, TAKEN UP FOR ANNOY
ING MILL WORKERS
After a strict lecture from County.
Judge Anderson Monday . evening,
five girls, ranging in age from 8" to
12 years, were temporarily released
from custody, after being charged
with making themselves obnoxious to
non-union papermill workers. The
girls are Bertha, Bittner, daughter
of Mack Lake; Stefina Martinjak,
daughter of Frank Martinjak; Ste
tina Sajovic, daughter of Frank Saj
ovic; and Leone and Cozette Ice,
daughters of Raleigh Ice.
The youngsters had established a
picket-line on the suspension bridge,
and awaited the crowd of non-union
workers returning to Oregon City
from the Crown-Willamette mills at
West Linn. Oregon City has strict
ordinances forbidding strikers and
unionists from interfering with the
papermakers or annoying them in
any way. Knowing that the children,
if arrested, could not be punished
under the regular law and could only
be held to account by the delinquency
law of the juvenile department, offic
ials believing that the strikers them
selves are responsible for the organ
ization of tho youthful picket-line.
This theory is further strengthened
by the fact that several of the little
girls' parents were with them at the
time of the arrest; had, in fact, been
with them when Court Matron Mrs.
M. E. Church had previously warned
the children to go home.
Matron Church, seeing the line or
ganize during the afternoon, advised
the children to leave the bridge and
go home, but they refused, several of
them impertinently. When the paper
mill workers began crossing the
bridge, the children did everything
possible to annoy them, calling
"scab!" and "rat!," accompanied by
much hissing and cat-calling, to the
great enjoyment of the strikers.
When Matron Church finally
marched the septet before Judge An
derson, one and all vigorously denied
their guilt. Whether or not juvenile
court charges will be preferred is
not known.
HUNDRED MORE CALLED
FOR DRAFT EXAMINATION
Upon receipt' of telegraphic orders
from the Adjutant General's office,
the local draft board last Thursday
sent out calls for one hundred more
draft registrants to appear for phys
ical examination. The men are to re
port today and Friday.
Approximately 300 young men
have been examined here so far for
the second draft. The examinations
were halted abruptly by orders from
headquarters several days ago. Now
they are ordered continued, so that
Clackamas will have its share of
men ready for the "Ninety-Thousand
Call" that Uncle Sam will issue early
in March.
FOUR MORE CLACKAMAS
COUNTY BOYS ENLIST
Four local boys voluntarily enlist
ed in different branches of the serv
ice Monday. Sam and Albert Mar
tin, sons of a well-known family in
the Hoff district, joined the Spruce
division of the aviation corps Mon
day morning and left in the after
noon for the Vancouver barracks.
Oliver Leek and Roy A. Jones ob
tained their release from the local
draft board and enlisted in the Unit
ed States Marines. They left Tues
day, presumably for the Mare Island
naval station in San Francisco bay.
HIGH SCHOOL TO UNVEIL
GREAT SERVICE FLAG
The Oregon City high school will
unveil a service flag of 45 stars at
2 p. m. Friday. An appropriate pa
triotic program will be presented.
The high school is at present at
work on a big frame containing the
photographs of all its boys who have
enlisted in the army or navy. The
dedication is to take place in the near
future.
Rev. E. E. Gilbert, of the Metho
dist church, will be the principal
speaker tomorrow.
Look Who's Joined Our Staff
(Ed. note The Courier has always
been modest about singing its own
praises, ui course we have, on
occasion, admitted that we publish
the best weekly paper in the entire
state, but there has always been
some good cause, as at the present
time when we print the following
contribution from Mary Frances
Cox, poet laureate of Bend, Oregon.)
"What are you knitting, my pretty
maid?
She purled, then dropped a stitch.
"A sock or sweater, Bir," she said,
"And 'darned' if I know which."
Cook Sues Shaver
W. H. Cook brought action against
W. A. Shaver Monday in the circuit
court, to recover $93 alleged to be
due on a former lease existing be
tween the two parties on a large
tract of land near Molalla.
GERMAN EGOTISM
SHIN 81 LETTER
GERMAN GIRL DEMONSTRATES
SPIRIT OF NATION IN
LETTER TO FRIEND
CONCEIT IS UNBELIEVABLE
Even Adam and Eve Were Dutch
men, German Preachers
Gravely Assert
The following letter taken from the
Harness, Shoe Findings and Leather
Record, brought to our attention by
Mr. F. H. Cross of this city, is pub
lished with the view of broadening
the vision of some of those who
might find it in their hearts to give
Germany the benefit of a doubt in the
present war and also to show what
an educated German young lady real
ly thinks about the conflict:
"Frankfort on Oder, July 20, 1916.
"My dear Louise: The contents of
your last letter would have hurt me
had I not known that your thoughts
of our glorious war resulted from
sheer ignorance. You are in a coun
try rendered effeminate by the influ
ence of old-fashioned ideas of liberty
a country which is at least two cen
turies behind ours. You are in need
of a good dose of Prussian culture.
"It is evident that you, a Swiss
girl, can not understand how my
heart, the heart of a young German
girl, passionately desired this war.
Speaking of it some years ago, my
father said to us: 'Children, Germatiy
is getting too small for us; we shall
have to go to France in order to And
more room.' Is it our fault if France
will not understand that more money
and land are necessary for us?
"And you reproach us that our sol
diers have been very cruel to the
Belgian rabble, and you. speak also
of the destruction of Rheims, and of
the burning of villages and towns.
Well, that is war. As in every other
undertaking, we are past masters in
the making of war. You have a
great deal to learn before you can
come up to our standard, and I can
assure you that what has been dont
so far is a mere bagatelle compared
with what will follow.
"As a matter of fact, there is but
one race worthy of ruling the world,
and which has already attained the
highest degree of civilization. That
race is ours, the Prussians; for
though we Germans in general ara
the lords of the world, the Prussian
is undoubtedly the lord par excellence
among the Germans. All other na
tions, and among them, unfortunate
ly, the Swiss, are degenerate and of
inferior worth. That is why I have
always been so proud of being a true
Prussian.
"Yesterday, again, our pastor ex
plained to us convincingly that our
first parents, Adam and Eve, were
also Prussians. That is quite easy
to understand, because the Bible tells
us that the German God created us
all after his own image. If, then, all
men are descended from Adam and
his wife, it follows that only Prus
sians, or at least Germans, ought to
exist in the world, and that all who
push on and prosper ought to belong
to us. You must admit that that is
logic; and that is why our motto is
'God with us; Germany above every
thing.' "You -know now why we wished
this war. Is it not shameful that
other nations, who have no right to
existence on the earth, wish to dimin
ish our heritage? We are the divine
fruit and the others are only weeds,
That is why our great emperor has
decided to put an end to all these in
justices and to extirpate the weeds.
Do you understand that now?
"I remain, your school friend,
"Katie Hamel."
Prof. Bowland Heads Auxiliary
At the organization of the Fathers
of Soldiers and Sailors last Thursday
night, Prof. J. R. Bowland was elect
ed president, and E. H. Cooper secre
tary. A committee to draw up a con
stitution and by-laws was also nam
ed, consisting of the following: J. W,
Draper, Rev. W. T. Milliken, O. E,
Freytag and A. M. Sinnott.
Three Enlist in Spruce Division
Three more Clackamas county men
recently enlisted in the spruce divis
ion of the aviation corps. They left
for the Vancouver barracks last
Thursday. They are Emile L. Kleino,
Oscar, Gunderson and Willie Fisher.
All were in class I of the draft.
Sues to Collect for Labor
R. D. Morris last Wednesday filed
a complaint against J. E. Morgan
for the sum of $236.01, alleged to be
due Morris for services rendered be
tween October 20, 1917, and Febru
ary 4, 1918. Attorney J. F. Clark fil
ed the suit for the plaintiff. -
K. of S. In New Home
The Knights of Security have mov
ed from the Moose to the Woodmen
hall. Hereafter they will meet on
the first and third Tuesdays of each
month, commencing on February 19.
CLUB IS ORGANIZED
BY SOLDIERS' DADS
t . -
FATHERS OF SOLDIERS-SAILORS
EXPECTS 200 MEMBERS
BY NEXT MEETING
The fathers of the soldiers and
sailors who have entered the army
from Clackamas county met on Tues
day evening, February 19 to perfect
an organization. The personnel of
the membership is expressed in sec
tion one of the by-laws, which reads:
"The fathers, grandfathers, broth
ers and foster-fathers of any of the
enlisted (drafted included) Clacka
mas county men engaged in active
military service of the United States
of America and its allies, shall be
eligible to membership in this organ
ization." The purpose of the organization is
expressed as follows:
"The purpose and object of this
organization shall be to gather as ac
curate information as can properly
and reasonably be obtained concern
ing the conditions and circumstances
of the Clackamas county, Oregon,
enlisted boys, and to work continu
ously during the continuance of the
present war for their well-being."
Temporary organization resulted in-!
the election of Prof. John R. Bow
land as chairman, and E. H. Cooper
as secretary. A committee on the
constitution consisting of Messrs. J.
W. Draper, O. E. Freytag, A. M. Sin
nott and W. T. Milliken, was chosen.
Some 19 fathers have signed the
charter, which is still open.
The regular meetings of the asso
ciation will be held at 8 p. m. on the
first Tuesday of each month, the next
being on the evening of March 5.
Four standing committees are to
be appointed, an Executive commit
tee, consisting of president, secre
tary and three other members; a
Membership committee; a Finance
committee, and a committee on Co
operation, whose duty is to get into
touch with all other organizations
with similar objects and with mili
tary and Red Cross officials.
An annual membership fee of one
dollar is all the expense connected
with the body. Any father of a sol
dier or sailor Bon in thi cpunty may
become a member. . The charter will
be held open until after the next
meeting, and it is expected that it
will start off with at least a couple
of hundred members.
LAW SEIZES ANOTHER
LOT OF FIRE-WATER
BEN JELLENS AND 8 QUARTS OF
"DAGO RED" RUN AFOUL
OF AUTHORITIES
Another booze haul was made here
Tuesday when Ben Jellens, a Slavon
ian lumberjack, was nabbed with
eight quarts of that doubtful concoc
tion known as "Dago Red."
"Mebbe you get my eight quart.
the somewhat inebriated Mr. Jellens
gravely informed the officials, "but
I got two quart' more you don't get,
yes."
"Where's that?" Deputy Sheriff
Henry Hughes, who made the arrest,
wanted to know.
"Already I drink her, yes," stated
Mr. Jellens, with apparent satisfac
tion. Circumstantial evidence and
the gentleman's breath combined in
substantiating his statement.
The arrested man is a resident of
Oregon City. He had been employ
ed in lumbering operations at Falls
City, Oregon, and upon his return
set out to celebrate. He was waiting
to board a Portland interurban car
when Deputy Hughes, noting the
man's condition and the suspicious
appearance of the big grip which he
carried, placed him under arrest.
THRIFT STAMPS ARE BEST
AMERICAN INVESTMENT
Seven reasons for saving and in
vesting in Thrift stamps and. War
Savings stamps: I
1. Save for your country's sake,
because it is now spending millions
a day, and must find most of the
money out of savings.
2. . Save for your own sake, be
cause work and wages are plentiful
and, while prices are high now, a
dollar will buy more after the war.
3. Save, because, when you
spend, you make other people work
for you, and the work of everyone
is needed now to win the war.
4. Save, because by saving, you
make things cheaper for everyone,
especially for those who are poorer
than you.
5. Save, because, by going with'
out, you relieve the strain on ships,
docks and railways, and make trans
portation cheaper and quicker.
6. Save, because, by saving you
set an example that makes it easier
for the next man to save. A saving
nation is an earning nation.
7. Save, because every time you
save you help twice, first when you
don't spend, and again when you lend
to the nation.
"Economy makes happy homes and
sound nations. Instill it deep."
George Washington.
ATTEMPTED DRAFT
El
GIRL WIFE OF WELL KNOWN
YOUNG FARMER CUTS OFF
HIS TRIGGER FINGER
BOTH NOW FEDERAL PRISONERS
Jesse Merle Jones Tries Extreme
Measures to Get Out of
Serving in Army
When Jesse Merle Jones, a young
farmer living near Mulino, was plac
ed in class I by the local draft classi
fication board, he promptly went home
and got his wife to chop off his trig
ger finger with an ax. He has now
been turned over to federal authori
ties. , "
Jones is 22 years of age. He and
his wife have been living at the home
of his father, W.. H. Jones, a pioneer
of the Mulino district.
When the local draft board, after
having put young Jones in the first
division, discovered that he had mys
teriously lost his trigger finger since
being examined and passed, they sub-,
poenaed him and his father to appear
and explain the matter. Their sep
arate statements, heard in Deputy
District Attorney Burke's office, were
at wide variance as to how the acci
dent occured. Young Jones was then
placed in jail to await further exami
nation. Friday night he lost his
nerve and made a complete confession
to Deputy Burke, Assistant U. S. At
torney Latourette and County Cferk
Harrington, admitting that his first
statement was false.
"I thought I would be of more use
at home than at the front," he told
the authorities, "so I asked my wife
if she would cut off my trigger finger
so I could not serve in the army. She
said she would. She cut it off with
an ax. Then she fixed it up tempor
arily for me, and I came in to Ore
gon City and got Dr. Strickland to
dress it." . . ..
In Jones' first statement, he said
that his wife had been cutting wood
and that he, standing near the chop
ping block, slipped and grabbed the
block to catch himself just as the ax
came down. His father, on the con
trary, swore under oath that he had
accidentally cut off his son's finger.
The conflicting statements ' landed
young Jones in jail until the matter
could be threshed out: When the
authorities, after hearing Jones'
statement, confronted him with that
of his father, he broke down and
made a complete confession.
The young man was married but
a few , months ago in Vancouver.
Soon after his marriage, he says he
read that men who had married after
the draft would not be granted ex
emption or even deferred classifica
tion. A relative of his, he says, also
under the draft, suggested to him:
"You cut off my finger and I'll cut
off yours." The authorities are look
ing up the young man referred to.
"I knew they'd get me for some
kind of service," Jones stated to fed
eral authorities at Portland, where
he was sent after his confession,
"but I thought if I had my trigger
finger gone they'd probably put me
in the spruce division, or something
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RED CROSS TO HOLD EN
TERTAINMENT AT STONE
The Stone Red Cross auxiliary will
give an entertainment and social
February 22 at the Stone church.
W. T. Milliken of the First Baptist,
church, Oregon City, will give a pa
triotic address. Baskets and refresh
ments will be sold by the ladies.
Proceeds are to be used to buy ma
terial for the Red Cross. All are
invited. Don't forget the date Feb
ruary 22, 1918, 2 p. m.
"CLAIRE" IS LAUNCHED
Third
Steamer Is Added to Willa
metta Fleet
When the river steamer "Claire"
was launched at the Portland Ship
building company's ways Friday af
ternoon, the Willamette Navigation
fleet plying between Oregon City,
Portland, Camas and way points was
increased to three carriers. The
"Claire" will start on schedule in
three weeks. She is a sister craft of
the "Lang," operated by the same
company.
Chief Lavier Renominated
Fire Chief Ed Lavier was Wed
nesday night nominated to succeed
himself as head of Cataract Hose
company 2. The annual election of
chief, assistant chief and three com
missioners is to be held Monday,
March 4.
Small Paper Money Issued
To meet the shortage of small
silver change in Norway a large issue
of 1-crown notes (at normal exchange
the Norwegian crown is worth 26.8
cents United States currency) has
been put in circulation.
FAILURE
COMMISSION WILL
REDUCE PHONE RATES
COMMITTEE FROM LIVE WIRES
IS SUCCESSFUL. IN EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY
Resulting principally from the ac
tivities of the Oregon City Live
Wires the Public Service Commission
at Portland yesterday ordered the
Pacific Telephone company to reduce
its long distance rates between Port
land, Oregon City and Salem. The
reduction is material, amounting to
50 between Oregon City End Port
land. On January 1 the telephone people
decided it was time for them to horn
in on the popular idea of boosting the
price of everything and blaming it
on the defenseless war, so they doub
led their long distance tolls between
here arid Portland. Under the new
ruling of the commission the old
rates must be restored immediately.
M. D. Latourette and E. E. Brb
die represented the Oregon City Live
Wires at the hearing of the com
mission in Portland on Wednesday.
Milwaukie, Oak Grove, Oswego and
other towns were represented by
delegations.
New rates to go into effect are:
From Portland to Milwaukie or Oak
Grove, 5 cents for first 2 minutes and
5 cents for each additional 5 minutes.
From Milwaukie or Oak Grove to
Portland, no charge for first 5 min
utes and 5 cents for each additional
3 minutes. Oregon City-Portland
rates will be the same as before the
increase of January 1.
"WEWANT0URC0WSAND
VICTROLA" WAIL THE KERRS
Suit to recover possession of al
most a hundred different articles,
ranging from 3 head of livestock
down through a shoving-mug and
ending up with an oak-finish Victrola,
was instituted Saturday by Alex M.
and Annella Kerr .against C. G. and
Ella M. Ellison.
The property involved amounts to
$175. The plaintiffs ask in addition
$25 damages for having their prop
erty illegally withheld from them.
. How the Ellisons , came to be in
possession of all this property, w hkh,
from the lists, looks like an inven
tory of one of the well-known Wool-
worth establishments, is not set forth
in the complaint. It is merely stat
ed that the property is being held
on a ranch two miles from the town
of Butteville, Clackamas county.
BILL BLACK WILL OFFER
LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
The local classification board last
Thursday received quite a jolt when
it deciphered the following statement
from the questionnaire of one Wil
liam James Black, a husky young
farmer of the Estacada district: "I
am a pacifist and constitutionalist
who holds the law unconstitutional
and immoral."
Sheriff Wilson decided that it
would be a legal and physical im
possibility to make a man fight when
he doesn't want to. However, they
can get him as far as the first-line
trenches, and then, to quote the
words of the vaudevillian, "let him
use his own judgment."
William James Black is now in
Class I.
COURT VOIDS NOTE
Fred
Moser Wins Decision
From
Brother In Recent Suit
Fred Moser was awarded a .decree
voiding a note signed by him and
held by his brother Samuel in the
circuit court on Saturday.
Fred Moser gave the note to his
father originally as a guarantee that
he would keep the latter's farm in
good condition. The note was to
become payable immediately if the
maker should allow the farm to de
teriorate during the life of the elder
Moser. Fred Moser is admitted to
have kept the property in good con
dition up to the time of his father's
death, when his brother, appointed
administrator of the' estate, found
the note among his father's effects
and threatened, to have it appraised
as an asset of the estate.
Britain. Loses But Few Soldiers
Now that American troops are tak
ing their places in the trenches, at
tention is again directed to an esti
mate by the Secretary of War, that
the losses up to June 1, 1917, of the
British expeditionary forces from
deaths in action and from wounds
amounted to but 7 per cent of the
total of all men sent to France since
the beginning of the war. The ratio
of losses of this character today, be
cause 'of improved tactics, isiless
than 7 to every 100 men.
Soldier's Claims Protected
Secretary Lane has recommended a
bill for the further protection of men
engaged in the present war who prior
to entering the service had initated
claims on public lands.
A second training camp will be
held at Porto Rico, starting Febru
ary 1. The attendance of 400 will
be selected from citizens and resi
dents of Porto Rico.
PICKET LAI DIES
THIRD Til
ANOTHER FLAW IS FOUND IN
NEWEST ANTI-PICKETING
ORDINANCE
COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION
Raises Junk Licenses Kills Ordi
nance Postponing Election of
Fire Chiefs
For the 'steenth time Oregon City's
fabled anti-picket ordinance has gone
on the reefs again. The latest
wreck occurred at the special meet
ing of the city council Monday night.
This time it was the substitution of
a period for a semi-colon that punc
tured the good ship and sent her
down to a watery grave, where al
ready lie her two predecessors.
According to precedent, the city
dads have got to kill at least one
anti-picketing ardinance at the begin
ning of every session. The same
time-honored custom requires that
before the meeting comes to a close,
they must introduce another new anti
picketing ordinance for first reading,
so they will have something to kill
the next time they meet.
An ordinance modelled after that
in vogue in Portland, requiring all
second-hand and junk dealers to keep
an accurate record of all goods pass
ing through their hands was created
at Monday night's meeting. The
object of the ordinance is so that
stolen goods, if released in these
channels, may be easily traced. Junk
dealers' license fees were increased
to $5 per quarter.
In official recognition of a petition
signed by some 60 firemen, the Coun
cil allowed the fire department elec
tion ordinance, now. up for considera
tion, to die a natural death. In
consequence the regular annual
election of officials of the fire depart
ment will be ' held early in March.
The late lamented ordinance1 aimed
to abolish the coming election, and
let the officials elected in 1917 hold
forth for another year. '
The Council also 'passed a resolu
tion requesting congress to enact
protective legislation that the water
supply of the city may not be en
dangered. Under the lieu land act, a
part of the Oregon City water reserve
on the Clackamas river recently fell
into the hands of a railroad company,
and, knowing the natural tendencies
of great railroad corporations and al
so the fact that : the town is
dry anyway, the Council wishes the
assurance of protection for the city's
water supply.
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
CLACKAMAS CIRCUIT COURT
The Supreme court Friday upheld
the decision of the Clackamas coun
ty court in rendering a judgment of
$1687 in favor of O. C. Purdy against
I. C. Underwood. The supreme court
further allowed Mr. Purdy interest
at the rate of 6 per cent on the money
ever since the circuit court's decision
was given on September 12, 1916,
$44.60 costs were assessed against
the appelant and $35 against Mr,
Purdy. W. F. Harris and Fred B.
Madison, who acted as sureties for
Mr. Underwood on his appeal were
held as parties to the judgment.
ORDNANCE CLASS TAKES
HALF MILLION INSURANCE
When the war is over and Lieu
tenant C. C. Jeremiah returns to
civil life, he may qualify as a life
insurance agent.
Lieutenant Jeremiah has charge of
the ordnance class in the University
of Oregon school of commerce. Last
week he received a circular from the
war department advising that his
men are eligible to take out insurance
under provisions of the law recently
passed by congress up to a maximum
limit of $10,000 per man.
He presented the plan to the men
and that night he sent in an applica
tion for $610,000 worth of insurance
from the sixty-five men in his class,
so it is easy to figure that nearly
every man went to the limit.
"EVERYBODY'S DOING IT;"
, EVEN MEN KNIT 0CKS
B. A. Anderson has the honor of
being the first man in Clackamas
county to solve the mysterious art
of knitting sox for the soldiers. B.
A. invaded the local Red Cross head
quarters Monday with a pair of hose
of his own manufacture proudly
tucked under his arm.
Mr. Anderson is 61 years of age.
He was taught the "knack of knit
ting" by his wife, an active member
of the local Red Cross, who herself
has already turned in 21 fine pairs
of woolen sox.
Uncle Sam wants you to get the
Thrift stamp habit so that you will
go on saving just the same after the
war ends.