OREGON CIl
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918
Number 1
36th Year
COURIER
FIFTEEN YOUTHS
JOI'M FIGHTERS
CLACKAMAS QUOTA OF SECOND
DRAFT ORDERED TO EN
TRAIN ON 29TH
NAMES ARE MADE PUBLIC
Registrants from Class One Are Se
lected by Local Board and Bid
den Prepare for War
The fifteen Clackamas "county reg
istrants required to make our quota
for the new draft of 95,000 soldiers,
have been selected by the local ex
emption board, and will prepare to
entrain for Camp Lewis, American
Lake, Washington, on the morning of
the 29th. The boys have all been
ordered to report here at 2 o'clock
on the afternoon of the 28th, where
they will be taken care of by the
draft board until their departure.
Some, that live near, will be given
permission to spend the night at
their homes, and what a night it
will be! Their plans, hopes and ex
pectations will be' talked over with
the old folks, and parting words of
wise counsel and advice will be im
pressed upon the leavestaker. And
our Clackamas boys will make good
soldiers, their splendid morals and
high ideals enabling them to see
clearly the issues at stake and the
imminent necessity of their standing
together to "make the world safe for
democracy."
The husky young fighters, called to
the colors in the sequence of their
order numbers, are: Albert Hubert,
Oregon City; Chester Ervine Caroth
es, Oregon City, route 6; Adolph
Franzel, Sherwood, route 1; Harry
Crawford Reid, Estacada, route 1;
Edward Neville Coffey, Camas, Wash
ington; Corwin S. Harvey, Enum
claw, Washington; Franklin Inman
Ritenour, Buxton; Otto Ficken, Sher
wood; Joseph Graham, Jr., Aurora,
route 8; John Christ Busch, Oregon
City; John Garrot Fierce, Curtin;
Newton Ernest Moak, Hillsboro, route
3; Arthur Ernest Schwerin, Willa
mette; James Stuart Hopfer, Port
land; and Theodore Hagen, Canby.
As required by the rulings of the
Provost General Marshall, the local
board has selected three substitutes,
who will be held in readiness to take
the place of any of the foregoing
registrants who fail to qualify. Sub
stitutes selected are Annan A. Hos
tetler, of Hubbard; John Zimmerman,
of Willamette, and Chester Allan
Dickey, of Molalla.
The Clackamas county board re
ports that no exemptions were made
to class. 1 registrants under the agri
cultural clause. President Wilson, in
a special proclamation, has provided
that anyone actually and actively en
gaged in the planting or harvesting
of an essential crop be passed up at
this time, and called to the service
at such a time as their agricultural
duties would not be interfered with.
No backwardness, no traces of rebel
liousness, no holding off is noticeable
in the new contingent of Clackamas
warriors. They are ready, and anx
ious, to get into the game, and will
uphold the honor of the county and
the nation to the last drop of their
fighting blood.
ENEMY ALIEN? IF NOT
ATTEND THIS MEETING
OPENING GUNS IN GREAT WORK
WILL BE FIRED AT MONSTER
MASS MEETING TONIGHT
At a conference of War Stamp
workers Monday, at the Commercial
club, C. N. Wonacott, assistant state
director for the Thrift stamp cam
paign was present, and met with
the local committees. Plans were
laid for a meeting to be held at
Busch's hall tonight, when a pro
gram will be given, and addresses
made on the issues at stake. Fred
rick P. Whitfield will be the main
speaker at this meeting. Oregon
City has been divided into 11 districts
for the campaign, by L. Adams, sales
manager. Each district will be in
charge of a captain, who will have
a number of solicitors under him.
The city will be thoroughly covered,
and but few days will be required
for the canvass. At the meeting a
for the canvass.
At the meeting tonight in Busch's
hall, every effort will be made by the
local committee to have the details
of the War Savings and Thrift stamp
scheme explained, so that the pub
lic will know exactly what Is requir
ed of them. An able speaker, one
thoroughly versed in the matter, and
an exponent of 100 per cent patri
otism, will address the people of Ore
gon City, and make it clear to them
that their hearty and whole-souled
cooperation is absolutely essential to
the success of this war. Fredrick P.
Whitfield is one of Portland's Four-
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WELL KNOWN COUPLE
HOLD ANNIVERSARY
GOLDEN WEDDING IS OBSERVED
AT MOOSE HALL ON SUNDAY
MANY ARE PRESENT
The golden wedding anniversary , of
Mr. and Mrs. George Boylan was
celebrated at the Moose hall here
Sunday. The couple are old time
residents here, and are well known
throughout the county. A number
of friends dropped in during the af
ternoon to extend their congratula
tions. A host of relatives were in
attendance, a great number coming
from Portland and the state of Wash
ington. Mrs. Boylan was born in
Indiana in 1850 and Mr. Boylan was
born in Illinois in 1848. They were
married on March 17th, 1868, and
two years later moved to Missouri.
After twelve years divided between
Missouri and Kansas the family came
to Oregon. Nearly four months were
required to make the journey by
team. '
Nine children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Boylan, eight of whom sur
vive, and attended the anniversary
here. They also have 19 grand chil
dren and three great grandchildren.
Following a banquet an address by
Rev. J. W. McComb, an old friend of
the family, from Kansas, was heard.
Then followed a reception, with mu
sic. Many handsome gifts were pre
sented the happy couple, $100 in gold
from friends and relatives being
among them.
The guests at the anniversary
were Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Alldredge,
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Alldredge and
daughters, Misses Edith and Grace,
Mrs. Anna Snyder and daughters,
Pauline and Eveline, Miss Rose Spi
ger, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Surfus and
son Virgil, Mrs. A. J. Ware, Miss
Ethel Younger, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Morley, Mr. and Mrs. John Alldredge,
Ethel Alldredge, Leta Alldredge,
Gladys Alldredge, Dan Alldredge,
Norman Alldredge, Mr. and Mrs. ,W.
W. Alldredge, Miss Eloise Alldredge,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Alldredge, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Green, Margaret Green,
Delia Jane Green, D. C. Axford, Lloy
don Bingham, Ethel Bingham, F. M.
Thompson, Lulu Thompson, Margaret
Thompson, Mrs. Edna "White, Mrs.
Laura Guillott, Virgil Guillott, Mr.
and .Mrs. Charles Boylan, Rev. J. S.
McComb, Mr. and1 Mrs. Michael Cohn
and daughter, Mrs. Bertha Burns and
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Boylan, Mr.
and and Mrs. Charles Boylan, 'of Sea
side, Lewis Boylan, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Alldredge and son,- Beldon, Mrs.
Minda Church, Mrs. Sarah Lacy, Miss
Jennie Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Boylan and family, Len, Reta, George
Verne, Gladys, Ona and Vera, Mr.
and Mrs.. M. P. Chapman and Gordon
Green, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Coats, Mr.
and Mrs. David Catto, Elvin and Ev
erett Catto, Mrs. Benjamin Doolittle,
Mrs. Robert Simmons, Allan Wil
liams, S. F. Ranmbusky, Mrs. Jane
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Frank All
dredge and daughter Quevene, Bert
Boylan, Mrs. J. K. Morris, Mrs. J.
B. Calavan, Mr. and Mrs. G. S.
Mathewson, Mrs. Clara Batdorf,
Marion Batdorf, Mr. and Mrs. George
Batdorf, Corrme Boylan, Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Howell, Cleo and Merle
Howell, Mrs. Ellen Cannon, W. C.
Cannon.
OREGON CITY WOMEN. FORM
ACTIVE D. A. R. CHAPTER
On Thursday afternoon, at the
home of Mrs. George Harding, a
chapter of the American Daughters
of the Revolution was formed. The
local chapter will be known as the
Susannah Lee Barlow chapter, after
an early pioneer and descendant of
revolutionary fame. The new chap
ter will devote part of its activities
to war relief work for the boys in
France. Those who are members
are: Mrs. Pearl Gregory Cartlidge,
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Chapman, Mrs.
Imogen Harding Brodie, Mrs. Char
lotte M. A. Dillman, Mrs. Eva Emery
Dye, Mrs. Nieta Barlow Lawrence,
Mrs. Jennie Harding, Mrs. Eva A.
Olson, Mrs. Ethel I. Rossman, Mrs,
Elizabeth Shaw, Miss Alma Moore,
Miss Florence Moore, Miss Sedonia
Shaw, Miss Virginia Shaw, Miss Dor
othy S. Rossman, and Mrs. I. Prud
den. Mrs. Isaac Lee Paterson, state
regent of the D. A. R., was present
to assist in the organizing, and to in
stall the officers, who are: Regent,
Mrs. Imogene Harding Brodie; vice
regent, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Shaw;
secretary, Mrs. Pearl Gregory Cart
lidge; treasurer, Ms. Elizabeth G.
Chapman; registrar, Mrs. I. Prudden;
historian, Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, and
chaplain, Miss Alma Moore.
COOS COUNTY WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Sophie Hammelof, of Myrtle
Point, Oregon, and who had been
visiting here at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Carl Rolund, for the
past two months, passed away yes
terday morning. The remains will be
shipped to Myrtle Point for inter
ment in the family plot.
Mrs. Hammelof was a native of
Sweden and was 75 years of age.
She had been a resident of Coos
county for the past 42 years. Two
daughters survive her, Mrs. Rolund
of this city, and Mrs. Anne Colvin,
of Gravel Ford, in Coos county.
E
GALLED FOR MAY 6
PETITION CARRYING OVER 200
NAMES IS FILED WITH
RECORDER'S OFFICE
LIVE WIRES PULL FOR TRUCK
Chance Given Voters to Secure Much
Needed Fire Apparatus at
Coming Election
A petition has been filed with the
city recorder calling for a special
election to be held on May 6 in. Ure-
gon City, for the purpose of provid
ing for an amendment to the city
charter enabling one to appeal all
cases where a fine of $20 or more or
imprisonment is involved, from the
recorder's court to the circuit court.
The petition carries more than 200
names.
It is rumored that this petition is
the outgrowth of the trouble between
C. Schuebel and the municipal author
ities over the different cases brought
before the local court in the strike
here, wherein Mr. Schuebel appeared
as attorney for the strikers. In an
interview, Mr. Schuebel claimed that
under the present city charter it is
impossible to . appeal from the city
court to the circuit court and that
only a writ of review could be had.
It is also rumored that the Live
Wire organization of the Commercial
club will take advantage of this elec
tion and put on the ballot a mesaure
providing for a fire truck for Oregon
City, to be paid out of the general
fund and a tax levy be put in effect
to reimburse the expenditure of the
money to the city council If this is
done, it is reported that the city coun
cil will be compelled to take some
action on the fire truck matter and
buy the truck. Heretofore it has
been impossible for the council to
buy a fire truck for Oregon City for
the reason that no funds are avail
able for this purpose. " But if the or
dinance, as proposed to be voted upon
at this election providing for an ad
ditional tax levy for this purpose is
voted in, the city will be able to buy
the truck and extend the payment
over two or three years.
DR. C0AN WILL TELL OF
ARMENIAN RELIEF NEEDS
Dr. Fredrick Coan, an American
missionary and long resident of Ar
menia, will speak here Saturday at
Busch's hall, in collaboration with the
drive of the relief committee work
ing in this territory.
Dr. Coan is an able and fluent
talker, and carries with him first
hand knowledge of the actual condi
tions that confront the nations we
are asked to aid. For years Dr.
Coan was a resident in those far off
countries, and he knows the needs of
the people. Word has been received
that his lectures . throughout the
United States have created a furore,
and Oregon City is fortunate indeed,
to be securing one of his five speak
ing dates in the state. Ben Selling,
state chairman of the Armenian life
saving campaign committee, will be
present at the Saturday meeting.
SPECIAL
LECTION
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Dr. Fredrick Coan
WELL KNOWN CANBY
MAN TAKES OWN LIFE
CHESTER WILLS, DESPONDENT
BECAUSE OF CONTINUED
ILLNESS, IS SUICIDE
Chester Willis, well known resident
of Canby, ended his life at his home
there Wednesday afternoon at about
2 o'clock. A note signed by the sui
cide stated that the act was caused
by his continued ill health. The body
was not found until several hours
later. Death had been inflicted by a
shot from a revolver.
The despondent man had been sick
for a long time, having been confin
ed to his home for several months.
Last fall he had been to the Oregon
City hospital for an operation, which
did no material good. At one time
he had been ah inmate of the state
hospital, at Salem. Willis' mother
was also a suicide, having taken her
own life several years ago.
The unfortunate man left a wife,
a former Salem girl, who had been
conducting a confectionery store in
Canby since her husband's illness.
CAMPAIGN OUTLINE
IS GIVEN WORKERS
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEES IN
SESSION WITH STATE AND
COUNTY EXECUTIVES
At a recent conference here, T. S.
Robinson, special organizer for the
state central Liberty loan commit
tees, met with M. D. Latourette,
chairman of the county committee,
and the committeemen from the sev
en districts of the county. Plans
were formulated for the coming
drive, which starts on April 6th, and
an outline of the procedure to be
followed in making the campaign
was given.
Oregon's share in the third cam
paign will be five million dollars, and
the Clackamas county assessment
wi,ll, total nearly $700,000.00.. ,r The
county has been divided for the
work into the seven banking districts,
and the local quotas set in propor
tion to the bank deposits. A card
index 'system will be' used by the
workers to tabulate the purchasers,
and to keep records of the bonds sold.
Those buying the bonds of value
equal to their special assessment will
be recorded on a blue card, while a
red card will keep the names of those
who fail to buy the amount allotted
them. A yellow card will have the
record of anyone refusing to buy a
bond, and this will be turned over to
the government, with the facts of
the case entered.
The representatives from the Clack
amas county districts, who met with
the officials of the campaign here,
were: W. H. Bair, George A. Brown,
G. W. Scramlin, and H. A. Dedman,
of Canby; H. S. Stephens, Estacada;
Willard Robbins, P. O. Chindgren,
Harry Frazier, C. V. Adams, W. J. E.
Vick, and John Ridings, of Molalla;
Phillip Strieb and James P. Shaw,
of Milwaukie; W. A. Proctor, of
Sandy; C. 'R. Gunsel, of Wilsonville,
and O. D. Eby, William Andresen, S.
O. Dillman, of this city. County
Judge Anderson, chairman of the
county council of defense, was also
a representative at the session.
PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN
OF OREGON CITY WEDS
The wedding of W. L. Little to
Mrs. Flora Bell Wallace took place at
the residence of the groom Friday
evening attended by a few close
friends and relatives. Dr. Milliken
performed the ceremony.
Mr. Little has been in business in
Oregon City for a number of years
and is well known throughout the
county. He is the proprietor of the
Little Notion store on Seventh street
and runs a progressive and up-to-date
establishment.
The bride, Mrs. Wallace, is also
well known here and formerly lived
with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Blackburn
at 118 High street.
The couple immediately started
housekeeping in the flat above Mr.
Little's store and will be home to
their many friends there.
WOMEN'S COMMITTEES ARE
NAMED FOR COMING DRIVE
Mrs. Harry B. Cartlidge, director
of the Women's committee in Clacka
mas county for the third Liberty loan
drive, has organized her sub-commit
tees m conformity to the plans of
the men's division, and announces the
following committees for the seven
banking districts of the county:
Oregon City Mrs. L. L. Pickens,
chairman, Mrs. E. E. Brodie, Mrs.
Walter A. Dimick, Mrs. L. Adams,
Mrs. A. L. Beatie; Publicity Miss
Nan Cochran, Mrs. C. W. Robey, Mrs.
Eva Emery Dye, and Miss Alma
Moore. Estacada Mrs. H. V. Adix
and Mrs. E. W. Bartlett. Molalla
Mrs. J. Naomi Masterson. Canby
Mrs. H. B. Evans. Sandy Mrs.
Alice Scales. Wilsonville Mrs. M.
C. Young. Milwaukie Mrs,
Johnson.
LOYALTY LEAGUE
ORGANIZES HERE
PATRIOTIC BODY WILL FORM
AT BIG RALLY SATURDAY
AT MT. PLEASANT
SPEAKERS WILL BE HEARD
Local Patriots Arrange Good Pro
gram for Meeting Supper
Will Be Served
"You little fool! Don't you know
that the United States government
has nothing to do with those War
Saving stamps? They are a scheme
of Wall street to get the people's
money." -
This was the reception one of the
boy scouts selling war saving stamps
in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood
got from a citizen of that community,
if all reports be true. , Naturally the
loyal people in the neighborhood are
very indignant over the disloyalty of
this disciple of Karl Marx.
In Russia report has it that the
Bolsheveki are but a small tail to
the community, numbering less than
ten per cent of the population. But
in that country the caudal append
age wags the dog. American citi
zens everywhere are saying "This is
not going to happen in America. We
are going to smoke out the pro-German
and the anarchist, and are go
ing to see just how many loyal people
we have in each neighborhood in the
state."
To carry out this design a group
of citizens representing a number of
communities around Oregon City met
recently, and proceeded to outline a
plan of organization for an American
Loyalty league. Chapters of the
league are to be formed in each
neighborhood, and all loyal people
will be asked to join. The league
will not be a secret organization, al
though its meetings will often be
held in executive session. It will co
operate with, the United States,- state
and county officials; and with the Red
Cross, War Savings, Liberty Loan,
and other societies advancing the war
work. In this way it will ascertain
just what each person in the com
munity is doing, and will try to run
down all disloyal work in the neigh
borhood, and have it curbed by legal
means.
"There is a strong feeling in our
neck-of-the-woods which will result
in someone getting a hemp collar, un
less the level-headed people will com;
bine to prevent it,'' -aid a prominent
citizen from one of the outlying
neighborhoods the other day.
"In one instance of which I know
a bunch of young fellows got to
gether to visit a pro-German, but
some old heads managed to stave the
thing off. Had they gone there is
no knowing where the thing would
have headed up. We want to prevent
any such disaster. Mob rule is al
ways a disgrace. There are legal
ways of stopping the mouth of the
fool who does not know enough to
keep his disloyalty to himself, and
if there is real spy work going on, it
will be easier to trace down if we
know just where each citizen stands.
Then we mean to see that every man
gets a fair show, and that old dame
Rumor will not be allowed to brand a
man with a tag he does not deserve,"
said this man. "We are organizing
to back the government in every hon
orable, legal way we can."
Posters have been printed announc
ing the preliminary meeting at the
Mount Pleasant hall on Saturday
evening, lhere will be representa.
tives from Maple Lane, Claremont,
Twilight, and other neighborhoods,
and a free bus will be run to the ele
vator at Oregon City to take up those
who plan to go from here. , Judge
Grant Dimick, county superintendent
J. A. Calavan and Dr. Milliken will
be among the speakers, and there
will be patriotic singing. It is the
intention to launch the new organiza
tion with a big send-off.
DEAD MAN OR JOKER IS A
QUESTION FOR AUTHORITIES
What may have been the work of
a practical joker, or the record of a
suicide, was found in a message in
a bottle on the banks of the Clack
amas river Saturday. I. M. Rivers,
of this city, who has been searching
the mouth of the river for some time
in an effort to locate the body of
I. m. Helta, who was drowned recent
ly when his boat capsized near the
dredge at Butteville, picked up the
bottle, tightly corked, with the fol
lowing note inside: "February 14,
1918. To Whom it May Concern:
am tired of living, and whoever finds
this note please notify the Doren-
becker sawmill at New Era. C. Wil
liams." Inquiry at the sawmill brought
forth the information that no one by
that name had ever been employed
there.
Files for Administration
Esperanza Felts has filed for the
administration of the estate of L. M.
Felts, who died February 19, leaving
I property valued at J15.000.
GERMAN INTRIGUE IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY
AUTHORITIES OF COUNTY AND
STATE INVESTIGATE ALLEG
ED FOOD POISONING
Food poisoning by the enemy allies
has been brought to the attention of
federal authorities all over the coun
try. Coupled with the intricate spy
system, the kaiser's agents in the
United States are working hard to in
flict whatever damage they may be
able to perpetrate.
Bringing the war closer home, and
making the grim realities of a merci
less foe loom up in local atmosphere,
the reported case of the New Era
family has been brought to the pub
lic attention. Ellis Brown, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, well
known residents of the county, had
purchased a package of ordinary corn
meal from a nearby store. At the
evening meal, corn bread, prepared
from this flour was served. Besides
Mr. and Mrs. Brown, the hired man
participated in the meal, and all ate
of the corn bread. During the night
all three were taken so seriously ill
that Dr. Dedman, of Canby, was call
ed to give relief. The opinion was
that the victims were suffering from
strychnine poisoning, and indications
pointed strongly toward the corn
meal.
Investigations disclosed that the
meal was purchased by the local store
from a Portland jobbing house, which
in turn had received it from a Seattle
mill. Sheriff Wilson, Deputy District
Attorney Thomas A. Burke, and As
sistant United States Attorney Lat
ourette, went to the Brown farm, at
New Era, and made a careful exam
inaion of the details of the case. No
names of the firms handling the
goods were made public by the inves
tigators, but they state that a Seattle
milling firm will probably come in
for a careful probing.
The corn meal was still in the
original carton, and the portion used
by Mrs. Brown in her bread making
was taken from the top. No evi
dence that the package had been
tampered with could be found by the
officers, and the opinion was unani
mous that, if strychnine had been
added to the flour, it was done at the
time of packing, at the mill.
Samples of the corn meal are be
ihg analyzed, and within a few days
it will be known whether or not the
primary conclusions were correct.
Two cases of ground glass in food
stuffs are also being considered by
the local authorities. One has been
proven practically unfounded, while
the other is being investigated fur
ther. This was a case of where
breakfast food was said to contain
a quantity of the deadly powdered
glass.
36th BIRTHDAY SEES
PAPER PROGRESSING
THE COURIER STANDS TODAY
AN ABLE AND POTENT NEWS
AND PRINTING FACTOR
The changing of the number from
52 back to 1, on the date line of this
issue of The Courier means to those
who follow such things, that we have
passed the 36th milestone in the ca
reer of successful newspaperdom.
Thirty-six years old today, and broad
ening and developing with age. The
maturity that comes with knowledge,
and which is attained only by strug
gle, marks the standard reached by
The Courier in its nearly ' two score
years of existence. Since its incep
tion those many years ago, a con
sistent principle that of honesty ,
fair mindedness and justice, has
marked the upward progress and ad
vancement of this paper. This prin
ciple, strictly adhered to and made
the deep rooted code of ethics for the
conduct of our columns, has made it
possible to weather many storms
that wreck less secure and more
fragile ships on. the turbulent sea of
journalism. Political storms, finan
cial typhoons and panicky cyclones
have all been overcome, and majes
tically left behind with The Cour
ier riding easy, and carrying her
burdens lightly.
Not the least of the influences for
making, this the paper that it is to
day, is the splendid support and loyal
interest accorded it from the day of
its birth to the present anniversary.
Not only in he county, but in the en
tire northwest, The Courier is ac
knowledged to be a factor in the
world. In the field of journalism, it
stands second to none of the weeklies
oi the state. The local field is so
thoroughly covered, local issues so
consistently handled, that a Clacka
mas county citizen accepts it without
hesitation as his criterion of what is
right, what is accurate and what is
good.
In our own direct community, the
support of the business men has been
gratifying indeed. With a subscrip
tion list as large as the combined
papers of the county, with news col
umns containing inch for inch a total
equal to the rest of the Clackamas
papers, and with policies so well de
fined, clear-cut and honest, The Cour-
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BELGIAN RELIEF
I
ORGANIZED
COUNTY CHAIRWOMAN NAMES
ASSISTANTS IN HUGE DRIVE
FOR CLOTHING
MRS. E. W, SCOTT IN CHARGE
Garments for Belgian People Will Be
Gathered from All Over County
and Assembled Here
The drive for Belgian relief start
ed this week in Clackamas county,
under the direction of the National
Red Cross association. Local branch
es, fraternal and patriotic organiza
tions are taking up the work, and as
sembling and packing clothing for
the needs of suffering Belgium. The
goods required are clothing for men,
women and children, and suitable
garments of all kinds are requested
by . the committees in charge. Mrs.
E. W. Scott, a member of the Oregon
City Red Cross chapter, is chairman
of the drive here, and has appointed
the following to take charge of the
campaign in their districts: Park
place, Mrs. E. L. Pope; West Linn,
Mrs. D. M. Shanks, Mrs. L. L. Porter,
and Mrs. J. F. Clark; Sunset school,
Mrs. J. W. Armstrong; Bolton, Mrs.
J. W. Draper; Kansas City addition,
Mrs. J. G. Finucane; Falls View,
Mrs. Edward Surfus, and Mrs. E.
W. pott; Green Point, Mrs. E. C.
Hackett, Mrs. Guy Reddick, and Mrs.
Grant Dimick.
After the articles of clothing have
been gathered, they will be assembled
at the Moose hall on Friday and Sat
urday, where store room space has
been donated by the. lodge. Here the
goods will be sorted, arranged and
packed for shipment to Portland,
where the Red Cross people will take
charge of the consignments from all
over the state, and repack them for
sending abroad.
Those in charge of the store room
at the Moose ball, are:, Mrs. ,L. E.
Jones, Mrs. E. L. Johnson, Mrs; J. L.
Waldron, Mrs. H. W. Cook, Mrs.
Maggie Cross, Mrs. J. M. Mark, Mrs.
A. McDonald, Mrs. George M. Os-
born, Mrs. L. G. Ice, and Miss Maude
Lageson.
Mrs. Scott, as chairman of the local
campaign, has asked that the sub- ,
committee leades appointed by her
keep record of the number of gar
ments assembled by them, and that
accurate account be kept of the cloth
ing sent in, as the national associa
tion wishes to have this information.
The county auxiliaries are also re
quested to retain this information,
and to inform the county chairman as
soon as possible.
.Red Cross activities in Clackamas
county have attained a wonderful
growth, and today the auxiliaries
working under the Oregon City chap
ter number 41, with a total member
ship of 8,778. The net work of their
energetic endeavors extends from
corner to corner of the county, and
the results of their patriotic work
has made a wonderful showing in
the national association.
NEW PUBLICATION APPEARS
IN WEEKLY NEWS FIELD,
A stranger came to the exchange
table of The Courier this week and
introduced itself as the Clackamas
County Banner.
The Banner is published under an
Oswego date line, and is a successor
to the Oswego Times. It is report
ed that F. J. Tooze, of this city, is
one of the principal stock holders in
the corporation that controls the pa
per, and that W. E. Hassler is the
business manager. No indication of
the sponsors of the sheet are given in
the first issue, as the editorial sig
nature was confined soley to the pub
lishing company's name. D. N. Byer
lee, fprmer owner of the Oswego
Times, has severed his connection
with the plant, and has accepted a
government position, which he soon
assumes.
It is rumored that the new paper
will occupy quarters in the old Red
Front store building, on Main street,
and will issue from that office in the
future. The initial announcement of
the new management contained little
information outside of the policy
they intend to follow.
DR. CLYDE MOUNT SELECTED
TO SERVE ON SCHOOL BOARD
Dr. Clyde Mount has been selected
by the school board to serve as a di
rector to succeed O. D. Eby, who re
cently resigned because of the in
harmony of the board. Dr. Mount's
election was unanimous. He has long
been an active worker in civic affairs,
and is one of the city's prominent
dentists. He is a graduate of the
University of Oregon.
Massachusetts and Michigan chap
ters of the Daughters of the Revo
lution are establishing "mending
rooms" in cantonments. These de
partments are opened for hospitals,
where hundreds of garments are
mended each week.