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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918
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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-
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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campaign in Clackamas coun- B
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B 67, Advance; 7, Currinsville; B
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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
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B and to top the list with the re- B
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B comes district 77, Damascus, B
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B $7000 more in pledges sub- B
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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
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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."
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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.
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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-
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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-
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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-
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