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Or,.. . . ' u in j - ITY 36th Year OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918 Number IS c COURIER MILL MEN i STRIKERS IN RIOT LARGE GATHERING WATCHES ROUGH-HOUSE FIGHT ON STREETS OF CITY POLICE NOT ON THE JOB Employes of Crown-Willamette Mill and Former Workmen Mix in Battle on Saturday Fully 100 men engaged in a free-for-all fist fight on the east end of the suspension bridge here Saturday evening, from 4:45 to 6:15, and brok en noses, lacerated features and torn clothing were much in evidence fol lowing the fracas, The battle, long expected, was be tween the striking paper mill men and those who had been employed at the Crown-Willamette plant in their places. Intimation that 5 o'clock Saturday night would be the "zero" hour for the attack, reached here during the middle of the week, and while the officers of the city police and the sheriff's department had been notified to expect trouble, not an effort was made to have extra of ficers on hand nor were any of the regular men on the job until the riot wai half over. Then Deputy Sheriff II. H. Hughes and Officer Burk step ped in and succeeded in partially quelling the disturbance. It was nec essary for them to draw fire-arms and threaten to club the combatants, before the semi-crazed belligerents would part. Since the strike of several months ago, at which time a large per cent age of the employes of the paper mills walked out and secured em ployment in the ship-yards and other industries, bad blood has been exist ant between the strikers, and those who remained on the job, or who were later employed to take their place. Several little clashes, between m individuals, have taken place from ' time to time, but the grand melee of Saturday night was the culmination of plans long laid and worked out. The strikers reached the city at "about 4:30, and congregated . on the bridge, at Main and Seventh streets, in the heart of the city. The word had been so well disseminated that a fight was to be staged that not only were there" hundreds of citizens lin ed up on the streets, tops of build ings, telephone poles, and in office windows, but a force of newspaper men were on hand to witness the fray, including those of the local papers and men from both the Port land Labor Press and the Daily News. At about 4:45 the first groups of mill workers started across the bridge. The fighting visitors were lined up on the railings of the ap proach, and the first straggling on coraers got through the gauntlet with no more injury than some insulting and sneering remarks. It seemed for a time that hostilities would not come to a head, but any idea of this was dispelled- when -a group of fully 50 mill workers was seen-to be coming along, in close formation, and cover ing the full width of the bridge. They were preceded by a few feet by Man ager B. T. McBain, of the Crown Willamette plant. The air was sur charged with strife, and the spirit of fight on a hair-trigger edge. Close behind their manager came the strike-breakers, six abreast. They marched sturdily along, without a pause, and passed unheeded the taunting remarks hurled at them by the men on the side lines many of whom were by this time standing on their feet. Then someone was heard to say, "If anyone gets a wallop here tonight I hope it will be McBain first." In the same instant, one of the mill workers dropped, or had kicked from his hands, his tin din ner bucket. The noise, in the in tense stillness of the moment, sound ed like a crash, and acted as a sig nal for the opening of one . of the most disgraceful and ugly mix-ups that ever took place on the streets of Oregon City. The men who had passed through the lines returned to the melee. Some jumped over the railing and circum vented their enemies, making their escape. The majority of them, how ever, stayed for the fracas, and in another second the approach of the bridge was a swirling, whirling mass of struggling humans. Blood com menced to flow freely, clothing was torn to strips, faces were battered and teeth knocked out. One of the workers, G. W. Moriarity, working on machine 6 at the mill, was the "ace" of -their side. Single handed he was credited with besting eight of the invaders,, among whom was their leader, a young man by the name of Roy Ott. When Moriarity and Ott tumbled over the railing of the bridge in close embrace, the smaller struggles ceased for the time being, while the whole crowd gathered around to witness the star ' performance. Dozens of cries of "Kill him!" were heard, and might have referred to either one. On lookers from upstairs windows in creased the excitement by shouting that someone had a gun out, and that another was using a knife. The sit- (Continued on Pagt 8) JUSTICE COURT JURY FREES COMBATANTS MULINO YOUTHS IN COURT ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT WERE JUSTIFIED, SAYS JURY When a justice court jury last Fri day afternoon brought in a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation of no fine, in the ease of August Olson against the three Utiger boys, of Mulino, the crowd in the court room cheered and applauded. The events leading up to the trial included a visit of the three boys, Harold, Ed and Fred Utiger, to Mulino, from their home a few miles out. While in town they espied a house which carried no war decoration. No Red Cross, food card, or flag was dis played. The boys promptly purchas ed a nice American flag, and pro ceeded to nail it tightly to the door. They investigated and found that the place belonged to one August Olson, the proprietor of a livery stable, and the operator of the village jitney. All went well after this until a few days later the boys noticed the flag was gone. At a dance a few nights ago they met Olson, and ask ed if he had taken the flag down. He said that he had, but had done sol because someone had decorated it with spoiled eggs, and he wished to remove the banner from the contam ination of the putrid mess. The ex cuses evidently did not please the fiery patriots, and they promptly landed on the suspected anti-loyalist. The three of them were more than the livery man could handle, and he came out a little the worse for wear, with black eyes, etc., as the marks of battle. . He straightway secured a warrant for the arrest of his assail ants on a charge of assault and bat tery, and the trial before Judge Sievers Friday resulted. The evidence tended to show that the Utiger boys did not throw the rotten eggs at the home of Olson, but that they had been put there be fore they nailed the flag up. Olson admitted that he had taken the flag down, and the boys admitted that they had done him up for so doing. So the jury deliberated, and came out with a verdict which read like this: "We, your jury, find the de- Buy W. S. S. (Continued on Page 8) STURDY LADS DEPART FOR TRAINING CAMP RECENT CONTINGENT OF 83 REGISTRANTS GOES TO . AMERICAN LAKE Reporting here on Sunday after noon for final ' inspection, the 83 young men in the draft call for Camp Lewis, were made guests of the Commercial club, and for those who wished to attend, there was a banquet and informal program at the Electric hotel. A number of the boys wished to spend their last evening at home, and they prevail ed upon the club tof orego their scheduled entertainment in their honor. The affair at the hotel Sun day evening was for those unable to reach their homes, and who were in the city for the night any way. . Monday morning at 8 o'clock the men again assembled on the court house lawn, where the line-up for the march to the train was made. Here the last farewells were said, and the sturdy youths marched to the depot, where they entrained at 8:40, amid the cheers of the jcrbwd. The increment was in charge of Charles Austin, of Oswego, as captain. There being four of the men in the call not reporting, that many substi tutes were taken from the list of 7 held as alternates. Those to be tak en were, Albert George Schunk, John Ringo, George Pierce Rush, and Wil liam Henry Geiger. Buy W. S. S. AUTO THIEF MAKES GET AWAY WITH HUDSON CAR In connection with the robbery of the Mt. Pleasant store in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the po lice are inclined to believe that the theft of the automobile of W. A. Long, was perpetrated by the same burglars. The store was entered some time after 1 a. m., and it is the supposition that the miscreants had made their get away in an automo bile. The absence of the new Hud son super-six of Mr. Long's, was not noted until about 11 o'clock Tues day, at which time an investigation showed that the hasp to the lock of his private garage, at his home at 7th and Madison streets, had been filed away. Up until a late hour to day no trace of the machine had been found, although the sheriff's office had notified every county in the state to be on the lookout. The car car ried Oregon Btate license 52000, while the factory number was M7131, and the motor number 51458. Mr. Long is the proprietor of the Star theatre here. Another garage, across the street from the Long residence wag entered, by forcing the lock, but the choice of cars evidently did not suit this fastidious thief, as nothing but a Ford was in light Buy W. S. 8. CITY DADS ASK SHERIFF'S HELP STORMY SESSION OF COUNCIL DISCUSSia MEASURES TO MAINTAIN ORDER WORKERS ASKS PROTECTION Recent Episode on ' City Streets Calls Forth Caustic Comment From General Public At a special meeting of the city council held Wednesday night to con sider ways and means of preserving peace and order among the striking mill men and those employed to take their places, the city dads re ceived a communication from the employes of the Crown-Willamette plant, in which they demanded the protection of the police, in prevent ing any disturbance similar to the riot of last Saturday, at which time a dozen men were severely bruised in a free-for-all fist fight on the corner of Seventh and Main streets. Jn addition to the petition of the mill men, in which they threatened direct action against their enemies unless the city took a hand, and also in which they threatened to boy cott the merchants of the city unless some action was taken to prevent a repetition of the disgraceful occur rence of last week a delegation of business men were present to voice their sentiments on the proposition. They demanded of the city that their property and established business be protected from future demonstra tions, and reported that the city was becoming the laughing-stock .of the whole state for its ineffective meth ods of quelling the disturbance. After considerable discussion, in which entered the mayor, members of the council, and other officials, a motion was made . by Councilman Templeton to pass the buck to Sheriff Wilson, and he was given the job of protecting the peace of the city on occasions demanding hit ac tion. .In turning over the job to the county officers, the civic authorities virtually admitted their inability to cope with the situation, which has become decidedly serious. Some of the councilmen, and business men present, reported that they had re ceived from reputable sources, m formation leading them to believe that the striking union men were to come to this city again on a week from next Saturday, at which time they expect to do the job up right or in other words, to "clean-up" the men employed at the mills in a rough and tumble fight. It is also said- that they are coming with brass knckles, and loaded slugs, and the sentiment of the council seemed that if drastic action was not taken, there would be something more than cracked heads and bleeding faces result from the fray. In the opinion of some of the citizens here, these threats are not true, but the council is led to believe they are, and take them at face value. Evident relief was manifest when Sheriff Wilson accepted the re sponsibility for handling the situa tion, and it is expected that there will be no more disturbances. . Just what his plans are is not known, but from the manner of his taking hold of the job, it looks bad for any out sider who may attempt to' interfere with the peaceful pedestrian passing to and fro across the suspension bridge. One of the surprising announce ments at the meeting last night was the report of Chief of Police Henry Cooke, who, when asked to state the attitude of the city police on the dis turbance of last Saturday, said that he had purposely absented himself from the scene of strife, with the full knowledge that there would in all probability be a riot of no small dimensions. In extenuation of his action, he claimed that he had long wished this matter to come to a head, and he saw in the scheduled fight of last Saturday an opportun ity of calling the matter before higher officials. He was ordered by the council to co-operate with the office of the sheriff in future dis turbances, and was subordinated to a minor part in the campaign in law and order. Appearing, in the delegation of business men were Linn Jones, Al A. Price, and George Hankins, all of whom made short talks. They told of the black-eye Oregon1 City was receiving all' over the country as a result of the open fights staged here, and urgently requested the council to make assurance to the mill men that they would receive protection in the future. Recorder Loder came in for a deal of criticism from some of the offic' mis, who claimed that it was use less to make arrests,' as they were never sentenced in the city court. Mr. Loder made a defense of his po sition by explaining why some of the recent cases had been dropped. He felt that the criticisms of his office were unjust, and maintained that he had always been an exponent of law and order, and had done his best to handle the situations in an open and fair-minded manner. The communication from the com mittee of mill workers to the coun (Continued on Pagt 8) RED CROSS WORKERS RALLY TO THE CALL BUSY WORK-ROOM OF LOCAL BRANCH PREPARES MANY HOSPITAL SUPPLIES Working at top speed under pres sure of rush orders, the Oregon City branch of the' Red Cross has ac complished wonders within the past few days. A small army of volun teer workers has responded to the appeal for more help, and the emer gency demands for thousands of sphagnum moss absorbent pads and tompons are being filled at a rapid rate. Under a recent ruling of the executive committee of the Ameri can Red Cross, the local work room is not in a position to divulge the exact amount of work accomplished, but the fact that hundreds of women have worked almost night and day during the past week shows that a vast quantity of supplies has been prepared for shipment to the can tonments and hospitals abroad. The sphagnum pads are prepared from a moss found in the swamps of the coast counties, and the local branch will receive their supply direct from Tillamook in the future. Arrange ments will be made here to sort and dry it. This moss is twenty times more absorbent than the best of cot ton, and is rapidly displacing that staple product in hospital usage. The tompons are small balls of cotton, twisted to a point in order to retain their shape, and are used in the first-aid kits of' the men in the front lines, for cleansing wounds and stopping the flow of blood until med ical aid can be attained. The work room, under the capable direction of Mrs. Linn B. Jones as chairman, presents a scene of brisk activity, and the attendance ha3 late ly run up from a daily average of 20 to a maximum of 125 women. The assistance of four men was greatly appreciated one day during the week, at which time they proved of great value in handling the large bolts of cloth and massive shipping cases. These men, who put in a day on the job, were Rev. Herbert Crocker, P. D. Forbes, J. E. Jack, John Hick man and Mr. Straight. A. L. Beatio, of the commission firm of Beatie Bros., has donated the use of hit Buy W. S. 8. -' (Continued on Page 8) HAL SWAFF0RD, IN FRANCE, PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANCY Lieut. Harold Swafford Hal Swafford, who left here in May, 1917 for training at Camp Lewis, and who was sent over-seas the following August, has been pro moted to a lieutenancy, according to a cablegram received here . Tuesday by his wife. Young Swafford, who was formerly in the employ of the Crown Willamette mills here, enlist ed in the 18th Engineers, and was supply sergeant for Company F. He was soon advanced to regimental supply sergeant, and his last step in to a lieutenant's snoes was not un expected by his many friends, here, who have known him as a young man of unexcelled character and sterline Quality. He is the son or Mrs. James u Swafford, of this city, and is 26 years of age. He was educated in the schools of Oregon City, graduat ing from the high school with high honors. Just before his departure for the training camp he was mar ried to Miss Ivy Ford, the daughter of Rev. T. B. Ford, of this city. In a recent letter to his wife he speaks of often seeing Will Folger and Harold Smith, both Oregon City boys, who are getting along nicely. Folger, he says, is slated lor a pro motion soon. Buy W. S. S. CLASS ONE LISTS WILL BE ADDED TO FROM CLASS 5 Coming within the scope of the re- r classification orders for tms week, will be about 70 class five men in this county, who were put in the deferred list due to some slight physical de fects. The broader latitude of the new regulations will provide a great er number of men for both the class one registry, and for the special ser vice list, as many of the men are qualified for war work but were left out due to the present high standing required for entrance to the army. MMHOMMWj W. S. S. CAMPAIGN -ON WITH VIGOR REPORTS FROM FEW DISTRICTS " SHOW BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS TO HUGE WAR FUND "OVER THE TOP" THE SLOGAN County Campaign Committee Sur prised at First Returns Damas cus Now in Lead B SlSIHIlHgfflaaSHHfflSH a " a THE DKIVE 11 Si Up until noon today the fol- II lowing districts had reported B "Over the top" in the W. S. S. 11 campaign in Clackamas coun- B H ty: E B 67, Advance; 7, Currinsville; B H 89, Barton; 97, Barlow; 19, B ffl Kelso; 30, Stone; 4b, sanay; is ffl 31, Rock Creek; 51, Holcomb; B B 116, Fir Grove; 76, Monte B B Cristo; 40, Macksburg, over- H B subscribed $1000; 44, Viola; 26, B B Union; 16, Marquam, $1200 B B oversubscribed; 94, Deep Creek, B 11 reports an over-subscription of B 11 $300, district 50, Douglas-Ridge 11 SB has $400 more than their quota, ffl j B and to top the list with the re- B ffl cord of tho campaign to date, E B comes district 77, Damascus, B H who report $4300 in cash, and B B $7000 more in pledges sub- B B scribed. Their quota was a lit- B B tie over $4000. . . B B To date their has been ap- B B' proximately $20,000 over-sub- B B scribed in the 18 districts which B B have reported, out of the 135." B a b B BEBHUBBBllifflSEBBH B The Clackamas County War Sav-. ings drive is on. Commencing last Saturday with a rally and conven tion at the court house, the campaign for funds with which to carry on the war to a successful conclusion has been waging strongly. Inde fatigable workers have convassed every home in the county, and re corded with a card index system the status of every citizen. They have marked down the pledges and ihave taken note of those failing to sub scribe. Those of us who remain at home while others do the fighting, have an ever increasing number of oppor tunities to do definite and highly important work for our country. The purchase of War Savings stamps gives us an expression of the grati tude we feel in being privileged to continue at our usual work. Should we do less than our bra.yje.boys in the army and navy who, beside facing the Hun butcher are setting aside portions of their meagre in comes for the purchase of bonds, war stamps and for Red Cross dona tions ? National War Savings Day, set by proclamation of our president for the 28th of June, is to be the great rally ing day on which everyone in our country is expected to pledge him self or herself to thrift and economy. Our government asks us to pledge ourselves to purchase ' a definite (Continued on Page 8) ABSENCE OF TRUTH CHARGED TO PAPER DAILY CONTEMPORARY CHAS TISED FOR INACCURACY IN COLUMNS OREGON CITY June 24 (To the Editor) I have just been reading an account of an automobile accident in the Morning Enterprise in which Mr. Lloyd Allen and myself were the principals. Though we gave full and accurate account of the "spill" to any and all who made inquiries, if our names had been left out we would never have recognized the ar ticle. We wish to congratulate the above mentioned sheet, through your columns, upon the brilliant imagina tion of the printer's devil, office boy, janitor, or whoever else gets it out, but wish to caution him against too much Bpeed with a bum steering gear, for the combination doesn't work well, whether under the "hood" or under the hat. With a new radi us rod between the cerebrum and- cerebellum he might make a reporter some day. We wish further to state that if the street between the S. P. tracks and the Abernethy bridge had been safeguarded, the accident, which came near costing Lloyd Allen his life, and Uncle Sam a splendid sol dier, would never have occurred, as we were going at a slow speed and any kind of a railing would have turned or stopped the car. As long as the street is left without a safe guard an accident may happen to anyone else at any time, and the next ones may not be as fortunate as we were in getting out of it. Respectfully yours, I FRED H. WILCOX. DRAFT RANKS MAY BE SWELLED JULY 1 "WORK OR FIGHT" LAW TO BE COME OPERATIVE AND MEN WILL BE REPORTED All persons who can give informa tion in regard to any draft regis trant whose status is affected by the work or fight regulations, which be come effective July 1, are particular ly requested by the local War Board to do so. - In fact, the regulations make it the duty of all citizens to report at once all facts which may come to their knowledge concerning registrants who are idle, or who are engaged in a non-productive occupation or em ployment. This report should be made to the draft board at the court house. Persons writing or giving this in formation in person need have no fear their names will be revealed, for the information will be regarded in this sense as strictly confidential. Under the head of "idlers," who will receive scant consideration from the local boards in their re-classification of such registrants who de cline to enter a useful occupation of employment, the government lists such occupations as "gamblers of all description and employes of race tracks and bucket shops, and fortune tellers, clairvoyants, palmists and the like." And here are the regulations de fining non-productive occupations or employment: "The employment or engagement of any able-bodied registrant of mil itary age in any of the following oc cupations or employments is not suf ficiently effective, in the present emergency, to justify the postpone ment of his call into military service, notwithstanding he may have a late order number and notwithstanding he may have been placed in Class II, III or IV on the ground of depend ency; and all registrants engaged as follows are to be considered by loc al and district boards as engaged in non-productive . occupations or em ployments: "Persons engaged in the serving of food and drink, or either, in pub lic places, including hotels and so cial clubs; "Passenger-elevator operators and attendants; and door men, footmen, carriage openers and other attend ants in clubs, hotels, stores, apart ment houses, office buildings and bathhouses; "Persons, including ushers' and other attendants, engaged and oc cupied in and in connection with games, sports, and amusements, ex cepting actual performers in legiti mate concerts, operas or theatrical performances; "Persona employed In domestic service; "Sales clerks and other clerks em ployed in stores and other mercan tile establishments." Buy W. S. S. ENTIRE CITY SHOCKED AT DEATH OF LITTLE CHILD The funeral of little Clayton Youngchild, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Youngchild, of Jefferson street, was held on Mon day morning at 8:30 at the Catholic church, with burial in the Catholic cemetery. The little tot lost his life by drowning in an unprotected fish pond, on Friday afternoon, in the yard of a neighbor, where it was his cus tom to visit each day. The child was playing with the neighbor children but a little while before his body was found flating in the pond, the face turned downward. It was thought that the body had been in the water about half an hour, and all efforts at resusitation with a pulmotor were unavailing. The body was taken from the water by Kenneth Childs, of Kansas Sity, who is visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Nash, where the accident occurred. It was thought that he was endeavoring to secure a rope which was found in the water a lit tle way from the bank of the pond. His foot was supposed to have slip ped, and precipitating him into the water, where he was immediately drowned, as no cries were heard by his playmates. His parents, who have resided here but a year, and the entire community are grief stricken at the tragedy, as the child was a general favorite. Buy W. S. S. YODNG MAN PAYS HIGH PRICE FOR STOLEN RIDES A young man, giving his name as Harry Newell, of Idaho, lost , his right foot in an accident in the yards of the Southern Pacific oh last Thurs. day night. Young Newell, in conv pany with another lad, was beating his way south, and, in endeavoring to climb on a moving train, slipped be neath the cars. His foot was com pletely severed just below the ankle. He was able to hop back to the de pot, where a number of people were congregated. His foot was bound up as best they could, until the arrival of Dr. Mount. The boy he was about 19 years old was taken to the Oregon City hospital, where amputa tion above the ankle was found to be necessary. He is a stranger to these parts, but claims to have folks in Idaho, and a sister residing at Prine vuie. CALL TO COLORS TAKES MANY MEN LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD HAS BUSY MONTH OF DRAFT WORK AHEAD CLASS ONE IS EXHAUSTED Last Increment Scheduled to Leave July 22 Names of 55 Who Go July 5th Given The 30 day period extending from June 22 to July 22 bids fair to be one of the busiest months in local araft circles ever "experienced. The exemption board at tne court house has had fitted up a special oince, with deputy Urena May in charge, to nandle the details of the various draft calls, and within the past few days a total of four increments, num oering nearly 300 class one men, have oeen passed througn the channels of one Clackamas county selective ser vice system. Witn tne, departure on Monday of 83 men for Camp Lewis, a list oi 12 . for San Francisco is scheduled to follow on tne 30th. On July 5th cnere will be a contingent of 55 young fellows to go to tort MaJow ell, and in a call received within 48 Hours after the one, for this squad, came orders for 89 more men, to en train on July 22 for Camp. Lewis. Class one will be practically clean ed up in the tilling of tnese quotas." dome deferred classifications will be available under the new regulations, as some class 5 men will be taken in, and some of the men in the snip jards will be called. Tnere will be a number come in under the 1918 registration who will be ready for service within a couple of months. The questionnaires are being mailed at the rate of 48 each week, and it is expected that a good per centage of the men will come within the class one.scope. Before the departure of the ' 88 men on last Monday, the order num bers were taken to around 1500. The list of the following 55 took the num ber up to around 1800, and the call for the 89 men for July 22 will prac tically deplete the list. No intima- (Continued on Page 8J PATRIOTIC PROGRAM ON AT CHAUTAUQUA ONE OF MANY SPECIAL DAYS WILL BE GIVEN OVER TO GLORY OF FLAG Special advantages are being offer ed the Chautauqua visitors at Glad stone park this season, in an effort to induce them to camp out tnere during the session. With 'a location convenient both to Portland and Ore gon City, and with splendid trans portation facilities and good auto oads, the business man of the city is asked by the board of directors to arrange for a vacation at the Chau tauqua, On the grounds are stores and all modern conveniences, and the huge, wonderland of a natural park embraces 75 acres of the most de lightful woods in the Northwest. The final touches are being put to the grounds at Gladstone, and all will be in readiness for the grand opening there on July 9th. The as sembly this year will run for 13 days, and the program on each will be replete with special events of worth-while interest. Patriotism is the big key-note of the 1918 session, and the latest war developments will be handled by the group of lectur- (Continued on Page 8) T0BIN AND TEMPLETON IN CLASH AT MEETING One of the interesting side-lights at the meeting of the council Wed nesday night, was the report of the special committee on the water situ ation. Councilmen Tobin and Van Auken came in with a report, as did Councilman Henry Templeton, who presented a mass of figures which he termed a minority report. Tobin and Templeton locked horns several times throughout the discussion, and the interested ' spectators were not dis appointed in their anticipation of lively debate. The nucleus of the whole situation was the request by the water board of a joint meeting to discuss the alarming water shortage. For the city were Tobin, Templeton, and Van Auken, and they met with the com missioners on July 13th. At (this time the board recommended the electrification of the municipal ele vator, claiming that the 3000,000 gal lons of water used each day to be too severe a drain on the system. The supply in the reservoir was dally being depleted, and Immediate action wag necessary. Upon the joint rec ommendation of the committee of councilmen and the board, the eleva- (Continued on Page 8)