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Portland
OREGON CITY COURIER
36th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918
Number 20
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CARL &ODERBLOM AND WIL
LIAM BLACK FAIL TO SHOW
UP WHEN CALLED
WILL BE COURT-MARTIALED
Both Men in July Draft Calls, and
Should Have Been Examined,
Had Been Up Before
The officers of the local selective
service board Friday posted two of
their registrants as deserters, and
they are being sought by the military
police, for court-martial, The men
were called to go with the Friday
draft contingent for Camp Lewis, and
failed to put in an appearance, or
send word why they were not here.
One of them, Carl Soderblom, had
been posted as a slacker before, as
he failed to come up for his examina
tion when called. He had register
ed, and filled his questionnaire, but
did not answer the calls for exam
ination. He was found by Reverend Sny
der, of Molalla, working under an
assumed name in a Silverton logging
camp, and reported in. When brought
back here, the local board was au
thorized to immediately induct him
into the army, and take him under
armed guard to Camp Lewis, but as
lie was in the July 24th draft, they
planned that he would get to go
soon etfbugh. However, no trace of
him could be found Friday, and
when he is found now it will go hard
with him, as Uncle Sam makes short
shift of deserters.
The other man is William Blade,
of Estacada, who also failed to show
up Friday to leave with the selectives
for Camp Lewis. Black has been up
before the board previously, also, and
made quite a name for himself as a
conscientious objector. Considerable
notoriety was called to the case, when
Black made the statement to the
war board here that "war was un
constitutional." He had filled out
his questionnaire and had been ex
amined all in good shape, but at the
last minute he failed to show up for
the draft call df Friday. He has
been posted as a deserter, and will
come under the military rules when
apprehended.
Walter 0. -Griffin and Gail Mc
Dowell have been posted by the Jocal
selective service board as delin,
quents, due to their failure to show
up here for physical examinations on
the 24th of July, as ordered. The
former was to have been taken in a
recent draft, and the board is now
looking for him. He was recently
re-classified from class 3 to class 1.
The other lad is of the 1918 list, and
had never been examined for his
classification. These are the only
two failing to show up, and the
board is in hopes that they will re
alize the seriousness of their delin
quency and report in at once.
ANNUAL CAMP-MEETING IS
OPEN AT JENNINGS LODGE
The Evangelical church has opened
a series of services at their annual
camp meeting, at Riverside Park,
near Jennings Lodge, which will con
tinue over next Sunday. Morning
services will be held at 10 o'clock,
afternoon at two, and in the evening
there will be sermons and singing at
8 o'clock.
The chief speaker for the meeting
will be Rev. Wiener, Field Secretary
of the Evangelical churches of the
United States. Rev. Wiener's head
quarters are in Chicago. The Evan
gelical ministers of the Oregon con
ference will also be present.
LITTLE CHILD SUCCUMBS
AFTER RECENT OPERATION
Harriett Louise Price, the 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Price, died at the Oegon City hospi
tal Wednesday night, following an
operation for ruptired appendix. The
little tot had been taken to the hos
pital several days ago for treatment
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made. Harry Price is a mem
ber of Price Brothers' firm, and re
sides at 6th and John Q Adams
street.
EMBRYONIC OFFICERS WILL
TAKE TRAINING AT EUGENE
Among those who will leave the
latter part of the week for the of
ficer's training camp at the Univer
sity of Oregon are John N. Sievers,
Justice of the Peace; Cecil W. Robey,
editor of the Courier; Raymond Cau
field, of the Bank of Oregon City,
and W. B. Stokes, who recently dis
posed of his grocery business. The
men will take a full month's course
at Eugene.
Canby Property Involved in Suit
Charity Riggs was Monday grant
ed a decree of foreclosure in Judge
Campbell's court, from H. R. Weid
ner. The mortgage was for $1268 on
lots 7 and 8, of block 11, original
townsite of Canby.
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POPULAR VETERAN
HAS PASSED AWAY
CAPT. H. L. HULL, WELL KNOWN
ABOUT TOWN, ANSWERS TO
FINAL "TAPS"
The funeral services over the re
mains of the late Henry Lucillius
Hull, who died Monday forenoon at
his home at 11th and Jackson streets,
were held Wednesday afternoon, at
2 o'clock, from the Elks Temple. In
terment was in the Mountain View
cemetery.
Mr. Hull was suddenly stricken
with apoplexy, and died at 10:30
Monday after a brief illness. He was
one of the best known and most pop
ular Civil war veterans in the city,
and to hundreds of people here was
'known familiarly as "Cap." He was
born in Shano county, Pa., Novem
ber 9, 1844. He was the son of Fer
dinand and Isabella Hull, direct de
scendents of General Hull, of the
Revolutionary war, and Commodore
Hull, of the war of 1812. He enlist
ed at the opening of the Civil war
and served a year and a half, until
being discharged on account of
wounds received. After, his recovery
from these wounds, he re-enlisted as
sergeant in the 144th Ohio. The de
ceased has been a resident of this
city for the past 12 years, during
which time he, had taken an active
part in the work of the Meade Post,
G. A. R., the Elks, Masons, and
Knights of Pythias. He was the last
charter member of Knights of Py
thias No. 398, of Sharon.
Mr.' Hull is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Gussie Oswald Hull, a son,
Howard Hull, a daughter, Mildred
Ruth Hull, and two sisters, Mrs.
Clara Bideman, in Pennsylvania, and
Mrs. Anna Kepner, of Helene, Morf
tana. The funeral services over the re
mains oft he late H. L. Hull, were
conducted from the Elks' Temple
Wednesday afternoon, with a large
attendance of friends of the deceased.
Exalted Ruler Beard had charge of
the service, and S. W. Seeman, of
the Presbyterian church, made an ad
dress, and Rev. W. T. Milliken, of the
Baptist church, gave a prayer. Dur
ing the service Thomas A. Burke
sang "Home of the Soul," and "Some
time We'll Understand." ' At the
cemetery, Meade Post No. 2, G. A.
R. had charge of the service. The
pall bearers for the veteran were
Judge H. S. Anderson, Judge Grant
B. Dimick, Bert Roake, George Gard
ner, F. J. Tooze and Harry Peckover.
DR. ESTHER LOVEJOY
TELLS OF GREAT NEED
INSPIRING MESSAGE BROUGHT
BY SPEAKER IN DRIVE
FOR NURSES
At Busch's hall Wednesday night,
a good attendance greeted Dr. Esther
Clayton Lovejoy, of Portland, who
spoke in the interests of the nurse
recruiting campaign, recently launch
ed by the American Red Cross Asso
ciation. Dr. Lovejoy has but recent
ly returned from France, and had
with her first hand information on
the terrible calamities of war. She
had been in the front line trenches,
and in the devastated districts be
hind the lines, and was able to tell
a story that deeply moved her listen
ers. She told of the great work of
the Red Cross, and of the need for
nurses, and made a stronga ppeal for
volunteers for this work of mercy.
Mrs. J. B. Lewthwaite, chairman
of the county committee for the
drive, presided. Mrs. Alice Benson
Beach, of Multnomai Council of De
fense, outlined the purpose of the
meeting, and Mrs. C. H. Dye told of
the work of the first aid classes.
Mrs. E. E. Brodie-and Mrs. Nieta
Harlow Lawrence were neard in
"There is a Long, Long Trail," ac
companied by Miss Alice Holman.
They responded to a hearty encore.
The Supple & Ballin Shipyards Band
of Portland came up for the occasion,
and gave some splendid renditions.
The Liberty Templd will be. open
Thursday and Friday as a recruiting
headquarters for the county quota of
the 25,000 nurses to be sent over
seas. MERCHANDISE RECOVERED
FROM RIVER MILL WRECK
With the recovery of the body of
Motorman William Murray from the
wrprk nn t.hp V.ntaoadfL linA nf t.hp
P. R. L. & P. company at River Mill,
the work of salvaging the merchan
dise in the two box cars is going
rapidly. The goods are being stor
ed in the depot at Estacada, awaiting
.disposition by the railway company.
Among the shipments were many
sacks of flour, hardware, shoes, glass
and wooden ware, and a drag-saw
outfit. Both of the wrecked cars
contained freight for Estacada, and
it is thought that one of them turn
ed completely over as it went down.
D. C. Zink, of the traffic department
of the railway company, was in Es
tacada recently on business connect
ed with the recovery of the goods.
J. A. Maxwell Adams, a Glasgow
business man who went to France
for the British Y. M. C. A., met his
death when struck by a fragment of
a German shell.
IS
ALBERT KIDDER OF WEST LINN
STEALS $250 FROM POST
OFFICE TUESDAY
SPENDS MONEY IN PORTLAND
But 12 Hours of High Life are En
joyedWill Return to State
Training School
Albert Kidder, the 16-year-old son
of Albert Kidder, Sr., of West Linn,
was arrested Tuesday night by Con
stable Jack Frost for the robbery of
the post office there Tuesday fore
noon. The lad had stolen about $250
in checks, currency and cash, .and
had made his way to Portland, where
he spent money in the manner he had
always wanted to. The .checks he
took to the rear of the Moffitt house
at West Linn, and burned, as he real
ized they were of no value to him.
The remainder, about $182, went for
sundry articles, among which was a
motoreyeje, for which he paid $il5,
and clothing to the amount of $40.
He had taken a room at the Wabash
hotel, t First and Madison streets,
and when he was returned there
Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Hugh
es and Constable Frost, he uncover
ed the cache of clothing.
The money was stolen while Post
master Horton, at West Linn, step
ped outside for a few moments, leav
ing the money lying on a desk in the
rear end of the office. The boy, who
was loitering around the place, was
able to slip in and get the three sacks
containing it, without 'being seen.
He got what he could, and left the
rest. He went into Portland, where
he had a good time, but was unable
to withstand the temptation to re
turn at night. A guard had been
placed at the home . of his father,
where he stayed, as suspicion had
been immediately attached to the lad,
due to some former escapades. Con
stable Frost had just relieved the
guard at nine o'clock Tuesday even
ing, when young Kidder showed up.
He was immediately arrested, and
although denying any knowledge of
the affair, was ..lodged in jail. The
next day he was taken to Portland
by Officers Frost and Hughes, and
the money recovered. He still had a
little over $25 in cash in his pockets
when apprehended.
Kidder was out from the training
school at Salem, on parole, for hav
ing stolen a horse six years ago. He
will probably be taken to the train
ing school at St. Anthony, Idaho,
wheret he government has a contract
for the care of such cases.
Constable Jack Frost is in line to
receive the $300 standing reward of
fered for apprehension of post of
fice, thieves.
ALL BANKS TO HELP IN
COMING LIBERTY LOAN
The report that only banking insti
tutions qualified as United States
government depositaries would be
allowed to take subscriptions for the
Fourth Liberty Loan has been em
phatically denied.
, "The Treasury department," says
Secretary McAdoo, "desires that all
banking institutions shall continue in
the future as they have ill the past
patriotically to assist and cooperate
during the various campaigns for the
sale of government securities."
Secretary McAdoo's often express
ed gratitude and appreciation of the
patriotism and the wonderful effec
tiveness of the work of the banks of
the country in the past Liberty Loan
campaigns, would seem absolutely to
negative any idea that he would re
fuse to avail himself of their assis
tance in future campaigns.
ENTENTE AND TEUTONIC
RESOURCES ARE COMPARED
The Entente Allias excludinc
Russia and including only those Brit
ish dominions which are self-govern
ing and only the United States
proper have 11,000,000 square miles
of territory, 303,000,000 people, and
$495,000,000,000 of national wealth.
lhe Central Powers have $1,250,000
square miles of territory, 147,000,000
people, and $134,000,000,000 of na
tional wealth.
The entente owe an aggregate debt
of $69,000,000,000, which is about 14
per cent of their total assets. The
Central Powers owe $37,000,000,000,
or 28 per cent of their national
wealth.
SEEKS PAYMENT
Woodburn Property is Involved in
Foreclosure Proceedings Here
N. A. Hoffard Tuesday filed a suit
for foreclosure in the circuit court
against E. L. Dorn, charging that
three notes, for $250 each, dated
April 1917, remain unpaid after ma
turity. The Dromise to nav waft Hp-
cured by a mortgage on tract 14, of
the Woodburn Orchard Tracts, which
the plaintiff requests the court to
grant him foreclosure on. The gum
of $90 attorney's fees, and $5.20 back
taxes are included in, the petition.
YOUNG
QUICKLY ARRESTED
MAN IS RETURNED TO
FACE AN OLD CHARGE
HAMMOND HITS FUEL DEALER
WITH HATCHET EVADES
LAW 17 MONTHS
Constable Jack Frost on Monday
brought back to justice one Thomas
Hammond, who had evaded the po
lice for the past 17 months. The
man is charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon, having struck F,
M. Robertson a vicious blow with a
hatchet during an altercation at the
Hammond home on Molalla avenue,
in March of 1917. It is said that
Robertson, who is a fuel dealer, was
charged by Hammond with having
driven his team too close to the lat
ter's fence, and during the argument
which followed, the teamster suffered
an injured head and ear, having been
struck by a hatchet. Immediately
after the warrant for his arrest was
issued by the Justice of the Peace,
Hammond departed, leaving his fam
ily here. After considerable time in
Illinois, he returned to Oregon, and
Constable Frost learned of his where
abouts, at Jefferson, and Monday
went up and arrested him. He was
paroled to Rev. Snyder of Molalla,
and, on coming up before Justice of
the Peace Sievers on Tuesday, he
waived preliminary hearing, and was
bound over for the action of the
grand jury, under $750 bonds.
SOLDIERS' SURGERY FUND
SUBSTANTIALLY ADDED TO
s
The fund, for the expense of sur
gical operations on the 40 group "B"
registrants of class 1, was added to
in a substantial manner Friday when
Miss Iva Harrington, winsome coun
ty clerk and a member of the selec
tive service board, accompanied by
Sheriff Wilson, canvassed the indus
trial plants here. The Hawley Pulp
and Paper company presented a
check for the sum of $250, as did
the Oregon City Manufacturing com
pany. The Crown Willamette mills
have stated that they will come in
with a generous contribution, and the
banks of the city are planning on do
nating a substantial sum. Also the
drug stores have agreed to not only
give the board the necessary medical
and surgical supplies at actual cost,
but will make a cash contribution
besides. With the $230 collected, at
the recent Chautauqua, the fund now
shows about half of the amount need
ed. With Drs. Hugh and Guy Mount
doing the surgical work without
charge, and the Oregon City hospital
donating the use of the nurses and
equipment, the board is only requir
ed to raise $1500. The ' operations
commenced Monday and will contin
ue -at the rate of several each week,
until the boys are all in shape for
the training camps.
BAD CHECK ARTISTES
YOUTH OF TENDER YEARS
A fifteen-year-old boy has started
out on the wide road to the training
school by passing worthless checks
on local merchants. The boy on last
Saturday cashed checks at three
stores, two of them for $5. and the
other for $7. The checks were drawn
on the First National Bank in favor
of R. G. Gibson, and the lad used the
signature "G. Thomas," as the en
dorsement. Miller & Obst, J. C.
Penny & Company, and the Harding
Drug Store were the victims of the
young fellow's dishonesty, and the
police are maintaining a strict watch
in an endeavor to apprehend him.
Several small boys have been taken
in to the store keeps for identifica
tion,, but so far the real culprit has
eluded justice.
BRICK COMPANY LOSES
IN FORECLOSURE SUIT
The Scott company, a corporation,
was recently granted a judgment by
Circuit Judge Campbell in answer to
their suit against the Unique Brick
and Tile company. The Scott com
pany had advanced the sum of
$7,000 on a promissory note to the
brick concern, and this was secured
by a mortgage on the plant and
equipment, situated in the eastern
uart of the county. The defendant's
inabilitv or refusal to settle the ob
ligation resulted in the foreclosure
order Tuesday, witn tno additional
sum of $200 for attorney's- fees.
With the Unique Brick and Tile com
pany as defendants were C. E. "Jen
sen, Edmond Guernsey, Jennie Erb
Guernsey, B. F. Hoover, Martha A.
Hoover, and Asa F. Hoover.
CHINA PHEASANTS GIVEN
LIBERTY AT BEAVER CREEK
State Game Warden Shoemaker
has sent China pheasants to every
county in the state, from the state
farm at Corvallis. The birds are be
ing liberated, and allowed to propa
gate under the protection of the state
laws. E. E. Brodie, of the Morning
Enterprise, was given the task of
handling the shipment for this coun
ty, and Wednesday he took the twen
ty-four pair out into the Beaver
Creek district, where he turned them
i loose. The birds are bred at the
state farm, and when old and strong
enough to withstand the elements and
forage for themselves, "are given
their freedom.
FARMERS PRAISED
BY COUNTY AGENT
AGRICULTURIST R. W. SCOTT
SEES GREAT FUTURE IN
CANBY LAND
"BACK-TO-THE-SOIL" ADVISED
Opportunities are Thick for Garden
ers and Small Farmers in
Clackamas County
(By R. G. Scott)
The County Agent has been "see
ing things" and not visions either.
For instance, there is a cow down at
Canby which is giving from 75 lbs.
to 80 lbs. of milk per day. She has
to be milked three times in the 24
hours. Her owner, Mr. Kaupsch,
makes butter, and has gotten four
pounds of butter a day. And some
body said there was no money in
dairying. It might not be possible
to have all the cows in Clackamas
county do as well as that, but it is
plain that by proper breeding we can
raise the average far above what it
is now.
Mr. Kaupisch is a great believer in
fertility and his place shows the re
sults of his manuring, lhe squash
es and pumpkins are crowding each
other, the fruits as well as the vines.
That Canby soil is the kind that
makes a gardener excited, a beauti
ful sandy loam. With soil like that,
the possibilities are limited only by
the amount of fertility one can
crowd into it. Canby ought to be
one of the greatest truck growing
districts of the state.
What pan he done on such soil
with intelligent management and
foresight is exemplified at A. R.
Cumming s place. Here irrigation is
practiced, and the combination of
water, manure, fertilizer and brains
makes crops of 10 tons of rhubarb
per acre, and corn, well you'd have
to see it to appreciate it. Mr. cum
mings is doing a wonderfully con
structive work for Oregon in breed
ing up a hybrid sweet corn which. .he
originated. About ten years ago he
crossed the White Corn and the early
Minnesota, and each year he has se
lected the best ears for seed. ,-He is
working toward an ideal ear, one
that will have a white sill, small
cob,, mature early, be really sweet,
and be a good shipper. His corn, as
he is growing it now, has most of
these characteristics, and a walk
through his field, the stalks loaded
with beautifully shaped roasting
ears, is enough to make a man's
mouth water. Mr. Cummings has
been very careful to keep control" of
the seed, for the reason that he wants
to perfect it. All his Bweet corn is
sold in advance, the Portland pro
duce dealers having bid" the price up
in competition. k
Mr. Cummings also has developed
a special strain of rhubarb. From a
cross between the California Wine
plant, and the Victoria Mammoth, he
planted 10,000 seedlings. The best
one of these was propagated by root
divisions, and now all his plantings
are made of this superior variety.
There is plenty more ground at
Canby which is ideal for potatoes,
corn or other truck crops.
GLADSTONE MAN GETS GOOD ,
POSITION AT PANAMA CITY
Edward H. Beechley, for the past
two years chief engineer of the gov
ernment locks here, has accepted an
appointment as chief draughtsman
for a large engineering concern at
Panama City, -Florida, and is already
on his way to take up his new duties.
He has been succeeded in the work
here by William Reed, for the past
27 years in the employ of the govern
ment engineering department. Mr.
Beechley, who resided at Gladstone,
will be followed by his wife and
little son about Hie first of Septem
ber. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
Cataract Lodge, No. 76, Knighta
of Pythias, installed its newly elect
ed officers on last Thursday even
ing, with t)r. George Hoeye, district
deputy grand chancellor, in charge of
the ceremonies. ' The following of
ficers were installed : C. Bruner, C.
C; Peckover, V. C; A. M. White, pre
late; O. Erickson, M. of W.; W. H.
Smith, K. of R. S.; H. A. Shandy,
M. of E.; E. Fredricks, M. of A.; J.
K. Morris, I. G.; P. Nauman, O. G.
A program was arranged for Wed
nesday evening, when the members
of this lodge gathered for a social
evening.
ENTRAINMENT ORDERS ARE
RECEIVED FOR AUGUST 6TH
Definite entrainment orders for the
contingent of 19 selectives scheduled
to take training at Camp Freemont,
have been received, and shows the
boys leaving here August 6th. They
will report herl at8 a. m. next Tues
day for inspection and will leave at
8 p. m. on the Southern Pacific for
California.
MECHANICS WANTED
FOR ARMY SERVICE
REGISTRANTS MAY ENLIST FOR
COURSE AT PORTLAND
TRADE SCHOOL
The local exemption board an
nounces a call received Tuesday, in
which they are instructed to send 12
class 1 men to the Benson Polytech
nic school in Portland, for special
training along mechanical lines. The
call will be open to volunteer enlist
ment from all classes until August
6th, at which time, if the quota has
not been completed, the board will
proceed to induct a sufficient num
ber from the 1917 class one regis
trants. The men will leave here
August 15th. After the special
course at the Benson school, which
will include work with gasoline en
gines, automobiles, plumbing, carpen
try, tinning,' etc., the boys will be
distributed among the various can
tonments here, or abroad with the
expeditionary forces.
The local war board has received
notices from Camp Lewis of the re
jection of the following 11 men sent
with the last contingent of 92 men
from this county on July 24: Burton
Taylor Moore, Martin Kordt, George
Rudolph Hofstetter, Warren William
Freece, Fred Giles Daugherty, Albert
Robert Hoygaard, Arlington J. John
son, Murvin Allen Richey, Leonard
Lean, Elton A. Harrington and
George Morgan Sagar.
SUMMER SCHOOL TO
OPEN HERE MONDAY
TEACHERS OF COUNTY TO HEAR
EXCEPTIONAL LECTURERS
DURING COURSE
,The Clackamas county annual
teachers' training school will open at
the Barclay school building on Aug
ust 5th, with the following as in
structors, F. J. Tooze, arithmetic,
geography, hygiene, and physiology;
Lilli Schmidli, grammar, composition,
history, and reading, and Ida May
Smith, primary supervisor of the Eu
gene public schools, in charge of the
primary work.
The course will run for two weeks,
and Dr. W. T. Milliken, of the Bap
tist church, and Rev. E. E. Gilbert, of
the Methodist church, will deliver
daily lectures the former during the
first week, and the latter during the
last of the session. Other lecturers
will be, August 7, E. F. Carleton;
August 8, J. A. Churchill; August 9,
Miss Holman; August 13, Prof. Mar
tin, of the University of Oregon;
August 15, Cornelius Marvin; Aug
ust 17, Joseph Schafer, of the Uni
versity of Oregon; August 19 and
20, H, C. Seymour, of Oregon Agri
culture college. . '
THE GERMAN DOCKS NOW
BELONG TO AMERICA
The taking over by the United
States of the title and possession of
the docks, piers, wharves and other
shipping property on the Hudson
river, owned by the German steam
ship companies, the North German
Lloyd and the Hamburg corporations,
is greeted with universal approval by
the American people. The property
is to be retained by the government
and not turned back to its former
owners at the close of the war.
Purchasers of Liberty Loan Bonds
and War Savings Stmps, who sup
ply the money used for this purpose,
may feel especial gratification. These
docks and piers and wharves are
strategic points of great importance
and value, and it is intolerable that
they should remain in enemy hands,
or that they should ever revert to
German ownership. German com
merce has been shown to have been
so indissolubly bound up with, and
so much a part of German militar
ism, that it is just and right that it
should suffer all the-jnenalties of war.
ARMY MAN IS RECOVERING
FROM SUDDEN ILLNESS
First Sergeant Hindle, who is'sta-
tioned with the signal corps at Van
couver, was taken suddenly ill while
visiting at the home of his cousin,
Mrs.- Vf : H. Bonney, of Redland. He
was taken to the Oregon City hos
pital, but will be able to leave that
institution in a few days, when he
will visit at the home of his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and' Mrs. Armstrong,
of Redland. Sergeant Hindle is well
known in this city and has visited
here upon several occasions. Before
enlisting he made his home with his
cousin, Mrs. Bonney, at Redland.
Hagar Lad in Serious Condition
Ernest Hagar, the ten-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Hagar,
of Milwaukie, is gradually improv
ing from an operation performed
Tuesday at the Oregon City hospital,
necessitated by injuries received in
an automobile smash up. This mak
es the second operation performed
on the lad, and grave fears for his
life were held for some time. He
was riding to Sunday school in an
auto, which was run into by a ma
chine belonging to the Open Air
Sanitarium, near Milwaukie.
FLOUR
HOARDERS
ARE ROUNDED UP
VIOLATORS OF FOOD ADMIN
ISTRATION LAWS TO BE
' PROSECUTED
ENTIRE CITY TO BE COVERED
Deputy United States Marshal E. T.
Mass Arrests Offenders on
Wednesday Afternoon
Deputy United States Marshal E. .
T. Mass Wednesday afternoon arrest
ed Anton Wetzel, of Canemah; Guy
Gross and Gottlieb Gross, of Willa
mette and E. Nabnitt, of this city,
on warrants from the United States
Attorney's office, charging them with
violation of the food administration
laws. The men were all hoarding
flour, Guy Gross having four sacks,
his father, Gottlieb Gross, being in
possession of one unopened sack and
about 75 pounds in a bin, three sacks
and a half being found at the Nab
nitt home, and a total of several
bushels discovered at the Wetzel
home.
Under the present laws, no one is
supposed to have mre than, , 50
pounds of flour at a time, with the
substitutes. There are supposed to
be a number of hoarders of flour in
the district, and the .officers have
commenced on a clean sweeping cam
paign, declaring that the city will be
raked with a fine-toothed comb to
find the violators.
The men arrested Wednesday were
taken to Portland on the 1:30 car to
appear before United States Com
missioner Drake today (Thursday),
where it is understood they will plead
guilty. They will probably be bound
over for the action of the federal
grand jury. ;
SLACKER IS GIVEN SEVERE
TREATMENT BY THE SHERIFF
When William Charles blew iritov
town with the Sound 'Amusemenf'
company Friday, .he found a bunch
of grief awaiting him. Sheriff Wil
son had received telegraphic advices
from the local exemption board at La
Grand, stating that the wan was a
Blacker. He was arrested Friday
afternoon and lodged in the county
jail, to await further instructions.
But being put in jail wasn't such a
punishment as having to take a bath,
as Sheriff Wilson said he wasn't go
ing to have his nice clean jail con
taminated with such a filthy speci
men as Charles. Nobody stayed near
him for the operation, but late re
ports were to the effect that the
event had been successful, and that
the patient still survived. The sher
iff declares that the old joke about
"once a year, in the good old sum
mer ' time," holds true in this man's
case.
Another of the carnival members
was taken in on slacker charges, but
he was able to convince the local
board that he had filled out and re
turned a questionnaire, which his
home board had not received. He
was aided in making out another
one, nd given his freedom.
William Charles, arrested in this
city for an attempted evasion of the
draft, and who is connected with a
carnival company now running at
West Linn, was released from the
county jail Friday upon information
from La Grande, where he had regis
tered. He denied that he was try
ing to evade military service, and
that he was willing to join the na
tional army. When released here, he
was given a bath before being allow
ed to mingle with the general public.
BILL KAISER ARRESTED
AND ASSESSED A FINE
William Kaiser, who was arrested
a short time ago in this city for hav
ing too much bootleg whiskey in his
system, and who later failed to ap
pear for trial when wanted by the
officials, was again taken in charge
Friday by Officer Frost, at Salem,
where he had located. Kaiser, when
arrested here, was placed in the city
jail, but was released upon his own
recognizance to appear f,or trial lat
er. He was released upon the pay
ment of $10 and costs Friday.
Buxton Not on "San Diego"
Contrary to first reports, Henry O.
Buxton, of Molalla, was not on the
San Diego when she went down two
weeks ago. The lad had been visit
ing his parents, at Molalla, and was
on his way east to join his ship
when the mishap occurred. Word
has been received here announcing
that he is safe and well.
Ladies' Aid to Meet
The Outlook Ladies' Aid society
will meet at the John Nelson resi
dence at Gladstone, next Wednesday,
August 7th, at 2 p. m. A good pro
gram, with refreshments, will be
given, and the society extends a cor
dial invitation to everyone to attend.
Rov. James Holburn, of Alyth,
Perthshire, England, a Y. M. C. A.
war work secretary, was dangerous
ly wounded at the front during the
recent drive. He lost his right eye.