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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1918
Number 28
I,
OEEGO
COU1IEK
IS THIS PAPER
TOBEBOYCOTTED
SECRETARY WRITES TO EDITOR
THAT SOCIALIST SUBSCRIB
ERS WILL STOP PAPER
DIDN'T LIKE DEBS WRITE-UP
Going to Teach Us a Lesson on
How to Handle News in the
Future Real Mad
The editor of this paper is in re
ceipt of a letter from the secretary
for the county committee of the So
cialist party of Clackamas county, in
effect that this paper will be boycot
ted by the Socialist party for pub
lishing an article in last week s issue
concerning Eugene V. Debs, who was
convicted in the U. S. court at Cleve
land, for disloyal utterances, viola
tion of the espionage act, and several
other counts. The letter informs us
that all advertising by Socialist can
didates contemplated to appear in the
Courier for the November election,
will be eliminated, and that all Social
ists in the county who are now on
the Courier's subscription list, will
cancel their subscriptions. This sec
retary also informs us that we prob
ably did not know that a number of
Socialists were taking this paper, and
to teach us a lesson, we will lose a
good many Socialist readers. The
letter follows:
Mulino, Ore., Sept'. 23, 1918. Edito
Oregon City Courier. Dear Sir:
When you published your account of
the trial of Eugene V. Debs last week
and commented upon it in the man
ner that you did, perhaps you did
not realize that you numbered "a lot
of Socialists among your subscribers
and patrons. We ussume that you
knew nothing about the Debs case,
and perhaps you may reflect a little
on the matter too, when I inform you
thut the Socialists of this county
will drop your paper and pass up the
advertising our candidates had in
tended to insert in your columns. My
subscription expires about November
1. You will please drop my name
from your list at that time.-
CLAUDE HOWARD,
Secretary County 1 Committee So
cialist Party.
Now, the editor of this paper is
uninformed as to whether this ulti
matum is backed up by the Socialist
party of the county or not. The
Courier has always taken the stand,
and will continue to do so, that the
Socialist party as a whole have many
good ideas involved in their plat
forms, and the best Socialists are
men to be admired and reckoned with
in the affairs of state. But, on the
other hand, if a certain element of
the party stands back of the utter
ances of Eugene V. Debs, who has
been rightly convicted for his false
propaganda and disloyal utterances in
these times of stress, they' are to be
pitied. Before the jury. Debs said:
"I deny nothing, I repudiate nothing,
I detract nothing," and the Courier
announced last week in its article
that "a good prison term will afford
him an opportunity to give the mat
ter a second thought" and the editor
of this paper still thinks the same
way about it, notwithstanding those
in the county to the contrary.
The Courier office will be open
every day from 8 o'clock in the morn
ing until 5 o'clock in the evening, and
those subscribers who desire to have
their names taken off the subscrip
tion list, because we stand back of
the government to WIN THE WAR
at home as well as abroad, will be
accommodated with pleasure.
FARE PROBABLY WILL BE
25 CENTS TO PORTLAND
The committee from Oregon City
appointed to attend the adjourned
hearing of the P. R. L. &-P. com
pany for an increase in fares be
tween this city and Portland, before
the commission Tuesday, in Port
land, gave out the impression that
the fare between here and Portland
would not be materially affected
The committee was composed of
City Attorney Story, W. A. Dimick,
Councilmen Tobin and Bridges, H.
E. Cross, C. H. Dye, Francis McGa-
huev and Recorder Loder. In an in
terview Tuesday, City Attorney Story
said that in his opinion the fare be
tween this city and Portland .would
not be raised l'n excess of 5 cents
each way, as asked by the electric
company.
Jackson Secures Tract
C. S. Jackson, publisher of the
Portland Journal, has purchased
from E. M. Howell the tract of land
known as the Old Hatchery site, and
the consideration was $2500. Mr.
Howell some time ago bought the
land at auction, paying $2200 for the
title. There is .66 of an acre in the
tract.
Stops Building Motor Cars
The Fori Motor company has en
tirely ceased the manufacture of
motor cars in order that it may de
vote the entire plant to government
work.
ASKS DAMAGES IN
SUM OF $22,750
WIDOW OF LATE GEO. LAZELLE
STARTS SUIT AGAINST THE
P. R. L. & P. COMPANY
Mary A. Lazelle, widow of the late
George Lazelle, and Fred J. Meindl,
administrator of the estate of the
late George Lazelle, filed suit Tues
day, against the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company for damag
es in the sum of $22,750, in the cir
cuit court.
The action grew out of the fatal
accident to George Lazelle, when the
auto he was driving was struck by a
P. R. L. & P. company street car
in Oregon City at lth and Main
streets on August 5, 1917. At the
time of the accident, both Mr. and
Mrs. Lazelle were in the auto and
Lazelle, who was fatally injured,
died a few hours later,
, In the suit filed, Mrs. Lazelle asks
for the sum of $15,000 damages,, and
an additional sum of $250 special
damages as a result of hospital and
doctor bills from the accident.
The. administrator of the estate,
Fred J. Meindl, asks for the sum of
$7,500, claimed for the reason that
the sudden death of Mr. Lazelle
caused a financial loss to the estate.
The late George Lazelle was a
prominent farmer of this county, and
was an active worker in the business
world. He was G5 years of age at
the time of his death.
FOUR ARRESTED TUESDAY
WITH TWO QUARTS WHISKEY
Sheriff Wilson late Tuesday nigjit,
arrested four people, who gave their
names as Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ben
net, and George Colebrook and wife,
for having whiskey in their posses
sion and disturbing the peace. The
party arrived in the city by auto,
carrying the license number of 2518,
which is registered under the name
of Chas. E. Gilstrap, East Second
and Market streets, Portland.
The party was equipped with two
large bottles of whiskey, and, when
arrested by the sheriff, one bottle
was almost empty and the other one
full. They stopped at a local res'-
taurant, where one of the men of
the party got in a row with Edwin
Gerber, who manifested some curios
ity as to the wet contents of the car,
and after a short battlo fcetwee-4he
two men, the party hurriedly left
town and started south, when the of
ficers overtook them and placed the
party under arrest.
When questioned at the county
jail, they gave their names as Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Bennet and George
Colebrook, and said that they had
been in Portland on business, but
lived in Curry county. The men of
the party said they were sheepmen.
Bennet later told the olhcers that his
name was Barrett, and Colebrook
shortened his name to Cole. Sheriff
Wilson requested $25 bail, which
they paid and departed from town.
KL00STRA COMMITTED TO
STATE ASYLUM TODAY
Peter Kloostra, formerly a well
known and popular merchant of Ore
gon City, was committed to the state
hospital Wednesday morning, follow
ing an attack of violent insanity,
which began Wednesday evening.
Mr. Kloostra's health has been
failing for some time. He was strict
en with blindness a few years ago,
and has been continually brooding
over his trouble. It is thought that
his continued morbidness hastened
the tragic attack. He was taken to
the hospital by Richard Petzold, D.
M. Klemsen, and Sheriff Wilson
Thursday morning, immediately fol
lowing his committment.
Rally at Paper Mills
Yesterday afternoon an enthusiastic,
Liberty Loan meeting was held Dy
the employes of the Crown Willa
mette paper company at the mills in
this city, with James P. Lovett, su
perintendent of the plant, presiding.
An interesting chalk talk by "District
Attorney Hedges was given, and ad
dresses were made by John W. Lo
der and Rev. W. S. Seeman, to the
men. At this meeting live commit
tees were appointed to solicit sub
scriptions for the fourth Liberty
Loan throughout the mill.
Macabees Buy Bonds
At a meeting of the Maccabee
lodge of this city Monday evening,
the first meeting of the lodge since
the summer months, it was decided
to contribute to the fund of $10,000
as asked by the Portland order, for
the buying of Liberty bonds. A
large numbers of the local members
have taken out Liberty bonds during
the present drive.
Infant Dies
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Buscovich died at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Story
Tuesday afternoon. Death was due
to. cholera infantum. The mother,
who formerly was Miss Lena Story,
of this city, came here for a visit
from Oakland, California, soon after
the birth of the child. Funeral ar
ran'gements are not made as yet.
Great Demand for Wool
The government will require 26 ,
600,000 pounds of scoured wool for
the use of the Army, Navy, and Ma
rine corps, for the year ending June
30 next, all of which is available.
DREGLIi-J CITY MUST
E
QUOTA FOR THIS DISTRICT OF
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN IS
FAR FROM SUBSCRIBED
$191,000 DEFICIT FACED
Amount Must be Raised by Saturday
Night, or Clackamas County Will
Be on Slacker List
fel What's the matter with the
Oregon City Banking district? pa
p;j Are the people stingy with
p.fl their dollars, or are the work
j ers basking in the sunshine of p4
p5 former successes? 8H
lt Oregon City and 49 adjoin-
5 ing school districts must
Ha raise $350,000.00. To date
fa $159,000 has been raised. p
p.1 Lots of people who can af- p
p-3 ford to buy, have not sub- pg
Pi scribed at all. A check-up is pi
Pi3 to be made this week, and p
PH those slackers will be publish- pi
P3j ed in big black type in every p(
pj paper in the county, unless pH
HH they get busy at once. p51
Pij Lots of other men and wo- psl
pij men of means are camouflag- p8
Pi ing their so-called patriotism Bi
pa behind a $50 or $100 bond,
Pil Their names, too, should be
pj published in still larger type.
(ft
EJ Unless the big deficit is
H3 made up at once, Clackamas pj
p3 county will be on the slacker pjj
P3 list. What are you doing? pa
P-3 What have you done? pH
PH The final check-up will be pi
Pfl made Friday evening. It's up pH
Pa to you! Pt
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PraP2itsafePalEaPiPifcPsfalsi)Ea
Unless Oregon City gets up some
speed in securing subscriptions for
the fourth Liberty Loan, by Satur
day night, this community or bank
ing district will lag far behind with
its quota, compared with the other
banking districts over the county.
County ManagerLatourette tele
phoned Chairman Baird, of Canby,
and Thos. A. Burke, chairman for the
Oregon City banking district, yester
day afternoon, that unless their re
spective districts got very busy be
tween now and Saturday evening,
Oregon City and Canby would be the
only two districts in the county that
had not secured their quotas. The
five districts comprising Sandy, Mil
waukie, Wilsonville, Estacada, and
Molalla are now already "over the
top" and are still going strong.
The Sandy district nas subscribed
hundreds of dollars over the required
amount of their quota, as has Mo
lalla, and hard work is ahead for the
committees and chairmen of the Ore
gon City and Canby districts, if their
respective quotas are raised by Sat
urday evening, and be recorded on
the Honor List. H. C. Stevens was
in the city from Estacada yesterday
and laughingly remarked to Chair
man Burke that he hoped "Oregon
City would wake up." Chairman
Burke says that there is "more truth
than poetry" in the rc.m.rk, and is
out gunning bright and early thjs
morning to bag a few large subscrip
tions. The Oregon City district quota is
$321,lfi0.00, and only $159,750.00 of
this amount has so far been raised.
The Canby district has a quota of
$GO,G90.00 and only $27,100.00 has
been raised to date.
BUY BONDS Don't let Oregon
City be a slacker if you don't do it
NOW, you will be -compelled to do it
later WAKE UP...- ,
TRAFFIC OFFICER MEADS
OPENS FALL CAMPAIGN
Traffic Officer Meads commenced
his fall campaign on Bpeeders Mon
day, when he turned over to Justice
Sievers 30 cases for violating the
speed laws over Clackamas county's
highways. Twelve of the cases were
disposed of in the justice court, and
the balance will be tried as soon as
the parties concerned arrive for a
heading. Those fined Monday were
J. A. Fairman, .U. rJ. ftiuDe, a. j.
Olson, D. C. Wang, all assessed $5
each. V. F. Oliver drew a $5 fine
while O. Guisess and H. K. Bernard
and N. Spady drew a $10 jolt. E.
Engm. of Portland, was given a
fine.
ESTACADA MEN INJURED
IN BAD AUTO ACCIDENT
S. E. Wooster and J. W. Reed,
business men of Estacada, met with
an auto accident a few miles from
that city Friday ono their way to
Portland, in trying to pass the auto
of Banker H. C. Stephens, their own
machine turned turtle. The two men
were quickly brought back to this
city where they received medical at
tention, Mr. Wooster being badly cut
and bruised while Mr. Reed escaped
with a severe shaking up.
Marriage License
A license to marry was granted to
Samuel P. Stewart and Miss Vera
Glass Saturday.
35 MORE MEN ARE
CALLED FOR DUTY
LIST FINISHES UP 1917 CLASS
OF THE COUNTY. INCLUDES
JUNE REGISTRANTS
The local board has sent out a call
for 35 men to report for duty about
October 7. This list will finish up
the men now in class one-of the 1917
class in the county, excepting four,
and includes all of the registrants of
June 5th, 1918. Six alternates have
been named which are registrants of
the August quota. The names fol
low: -."..
Joseph Henry Haas, Oreiton Citv:
Churlev Allen Buckmun. Rnrinn..
Wm. Adam Washburn, Estacada, Rt.
3; Edward Earl Kenny, Portland;
Lester Rivers. Barton: Willi am Wal
ter Young, Clackamas, Rt. 1; Henry
Rve. Mt. Aneel. Rt. 1: Harvev .Tiwlr.
son, Molalla; Albert Edward Bernier,
Hoff. Rt. 1: Carl Dwiirht Douirlass.
Barton, Rt. 1; Peter Olsen, Molalla,
Rt. 3; Harry had Davids, Aurora;
Herbert Keebauurh. Canhv: Walter
Willard Helms. Marmot: Henrv tfvl.
lo, Aurora, Rt. 2;Ralph Arthur De-
snazer, uagie creeK, i. i; James
Birden Green, Orogon City; Normer.
Leonard Peterson, Lents Sta.. Rt. 3.
Portland; Frank f LcRoy Flanery,
Clackamas; Harry Peter Ameele,
Milwaukie; Clarence Edward Fros-
sard, Milwaukie; Rue Albert Erick-
Estacada, Rt. 2; Abel Hart Ja-
cobsoa, Mt. Angel; George Arnold
LnChanelle. Oreetn Citv: .Toaenh
Norman Garmire, pregon City; Ed
ward G. Meynck, Oregon City Rt. 3;
Carl Fredrick Kletb, Milwaukie, Rt..
1: Ernest Arnold Morgan, Milwaukie
Rt. 1; Dewey Chafes Kruger, Park-
nlnce: Robert Ave Snoderass. Ore
gon City; Clyde Ernest Fischer, Au
rora, Rt. 1; Willianj Roberts), Oregon
City, Rt. 3; Willium Lester Adams,
Aurora, Rt. 1; Geoige Samuel Moser,
Oregon City, Rt. 4j Philemon Nord-
linsf. Colton. I
Alternates are: iJames Leo Can
non, Oregon City; ohn James Pav
eletz, Canby; Floy Fred Kunzman,
Oregon City, Rt. ; James Russell
Jones, Canby; Barijy Upton Helvey,
Scotts Mills; Alfred Neal Sloop,
Boring, Rt. 3. f
MOTHER'S J) AY IS '
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PARADE OVER MILE IN LENGTH.
MANY TOWNS SEND -DELEGATIONS
:
lining the route of the Mothers' Day
Daraae ne a Saturday aiterwon ana
eveninc. the event was onl of the
city's biggest celebrations. Jong be-
tore the time set lor tne abearance
of the parade, people from 111 parts
of the county commenced p arrive
in the city, and by 2:00 jclock in
the afternoon, Main stict was
crowded to its full capady. The
parade was almost a mile ting, and
led by the Boys' Artisanfcand, of
Portland, and the G. A. II fife and
drum corps furnishing til martial
music, nearly a hundred brlhtly dec
orated autos made their ppearance
carrying the wives, moths, grand
mothers and sisters of njn in the
service from Clackamaslc o u n t y.
Those communities rei rented in
the parade from over ne county
were, Canby, West Linn, iple Lane,
New Era, Redland, Osw :o, Hazel
ia, Mountain View, and any other
districts. The parade foi ed at 13th
and Main streets, and, : er travel
ing down Main street ai 'ar as the
Hawley mills, returned t the Liber
ty Temple, where an e fllcnt pro
gram was heard.
District Attorney' Hed s presided
over the ceremonies at he Liberty
Temple, and the progr l arranged
by Mrs. Harry B. Cart ge was as
follows: Selection by b A; "Ameri
ca," by the audience; vc 1 solo, Pri
vate J. E. Chlnn, of egon City;
address, Right Rev. WjT. Sumner,
bishop of Oregon; add is, Lieuten
ant . Duncan E. Neas late from
France; "Star SpangleBanner" b
the audience, lea pyfflaiss marie
Holmes.
Thn ovpninc narndplnd nrocram
was witnessed by lardcrowds, wh6
the pitv tintla late hour.
Miss Dollie rratt hadnarge or tne
ceremonies in the eviig and Miss
Nan Cochran, assistecjy Mrs. War
ner, had charge of thjlay program.
BOARD CALLS ME
FOR LIMED SERVICE
The local war boil has sent out
call for the follcfig Clackamas
county men for limfl service, and
they are now alreaam the way to
ttheir duties. The Jen called will
be sent to Fort Mcljell, Cal. They
are, Alexander Bfastle, Oregon
City; Rufus Kralrgcr, Aurora;
Fred Gilbert, Ya
John Georire
Adams. Aurora:
Nelburg Leo-
Dold. Hubbard; Ci
iElligsen, Sher-
wood: John ttak
Oregon City;
Oregon City;
rlanvoA TneHt.mei
v.-"ftw . -1 a "j r
Emerald Earl Grog, Scotts Mills;
Otto B. Titus, Oijn City; George
W. Lamour. Aur
The alternates
will be Millard
bell, Milwaukie,
and Rov W. Zin
Portland, route
3.
KAISER BILL TO BE
KICKED TO SALEM
BIG "KICK-OFF" FOR FOURTH
LOAN TAKES PLACE ON
FRIDAY MORNING
TO BE "KICKED" INTO ASYLUM
Due to Arrive in Oregon City
at
8:15
A. M. Kicked All Way
from Portland
Orecon Citv nennln will have the
rare privilege of seeing the Kaiser
kicked through the streets on next
Friday morning at 8:15, if plans do
not miscarrv. bv the state Libertv
Loan officials. Arrangements for the
big "kick off" for the fourth Liberty
Loan have been completed, and
promptly at 5:30 a. m., on the above
date, Mayor Baker of Portland, will
kick the kaiser nut nf thp citv Tinll
and start him on his way to Salem
and the Kaiser will be kicked every
step of the way from Portland to the
state capitol by 52 robust, sturdy
young Americans of the Junior Naval
Marine corps. Of course it will not
be the Kaiser in person we wished
it was but a foot ball has been sub
stituted with Old Bill's facn nalnted
"on both sides, and each member of
this body oT young marines will kick
it a mile each. Upon the 'arrival in
Salem of Old Bill, hfi will he either
kicked into the state asylum or tak
en in charge by the state fair offic
ials, who will punish him aplenty.
The regular U. S. Marine. . enrna
will have charge of the youthful
kickers, and the course will be pilot
ed bv the Oreiron State Mntnr nun.
ciation, under the direction of Secre
tary ueorge Chambers. Omcial tim
ers and judges will accompany the
unique procession, and will sea tn It.
that the Kaiser will "get his" all
along the route. The Junior Naval
Marine corns, which will hove olnnvtra
of the "kicking" stunt, is a new patri
otic organization oi Doys who are
given first-class military training un
der the supervision of the regular
u. b. Marine corps' organization.
Thav-haye a neat and attractive uni-
loriiij- and. httva beau -doing splendid
service in Portland in connect.!
with the fourth Liberty Loan.
The procession will arrive in Ore
gon City on Friday morning about
8:15, over the Pacific highway, and
the following is the schedule for the
entire trip trom Portland to Salem:
t,eave Portland, 5:30 a. m.; Milwau
kie, 6:50 a. m.; Oregon City, 8:15 a.
m.; New Era, 9:45 a. m.; Canby
iu:zo a. m.; Barlow, 10:45 a. m.;
Aurora, 11:25 a. m.; Hubbard. 12:15
p. m.; Woodburn, 1 p. m.; Gervais,
1:50 p. m.; Brook, 2:50 p. m.; Che
mawa, 3:40 p. m.; arrive at State
Fair Grounds, 4:30 p. m.
EDWARD BUSCH RECOVERING
IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL
Edward J. Busch
In a letter to his parents here, Ed
ward Busch writes that he is receiv
ing the best of care in the hospital
where he is confined and expects
Ronn to ho on dntv ntrain He ia the
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Busch, and entered the service on
June 24, this year. He was first sta
tioned at. Camp Lewis, Washington,
with Company A, 157th infantry, and,
while drilling with the company some
time ago, his rifle was accidently
fired, causing him a painful wound
in the arm. Since the accident, he
has been in a military hospital at
Camp Kearney, California, to which
place he had been transferred, ex
pecting to go over-seas at the time
of the accJiJent. Edward says that
he now weighs 157 pounds, and out
side of his injury, is in the best of
health.
Will Help War Board
John Mason and John Erickson ar
rived yesterday from the adjutant
general's office for the purpose of
helping the local war board with the
work of questionnaires. The board
renortn that the nueat.ionnaires are
coming and going out of the office
at the rate or 7o per day.
it fit ll iiKfr .
NEW CITY OFFICERS
TO BE ELECTED
AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER ARE
ADOPTED AT SPECIAL ELEC
TION TUESDAY
A special election was held in Ore
gon City Tuesday for the purpose of
voting on proposea amendments to
the city charter. The amendments
carried by a big majority, although
tne vote poiiea was light.
Une of the most important amend
ments which was voted in at the
election was that of changing the
city's wards to conform to the coun
ty precinct boundaries. Under this
amendment the city will have four
wards, co-terminus with the county
precinct boundaries. Three of the
amendments were necessary in order
to conform to a constitutional amend
ment providing that cities and towns
shall hold their elections at the same
time and place as that of county and
state elections. The adoDtion of t.hia
amendment makes an election neces
sary to the offices of mayor, eight
councilmen. citv attornev. recorder
and treasurer at the coming general
election on Tuesday, November 5.
Eight councilmen will be elected from
four wards, 4 for a four-vear term.
and 4 for a two-year term; mayor,
recorder, city attorney and treasurer
for a period of two years, respective
ly. Another amendment adopted was
that of giving the city council power
to buy, operate and maintain a city
paving plant. While this carried,
the vote in favor of it was not so
large as the other amendments. The
paving plant will be used hv the
council to repair and imorove the
city streets.
In short, the amendments which
carried on Tuesdav. means that.
all of the present elective city officers
win. go out or othce on January 1,
1919, and their successors will be
chosen at the coming November
election. 1
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE N0E
FOR OFFICE OF RECORDER
At a meeting of the Renuhli can
county central committee held Satur-
uay atternoon in the courthouse.
called for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for county recorder, J. G.
woe was nominated by a vote of 32
out of 39 votes cast. There ' were
three '--women candidate, and they re
ceived two votes each. The name of
Mrs. Bradley was withdrawn inst. ho
fore nominations were called for. At
the meeting Thos. H. Tnnmio ototo
chairman, addressed the committee
and, among other things, said that
he -resented the statement of the
Democratic Dartv in annnnnpintf that
"politics were adjourned" until after
tne war. He stated that the Demo
cratic official committee had sent out
circulars to the soldiers at. Co
Grant advising them that their chief,
President Wilson, desired the election
of Joseph E. Davies as senator from
Wisconsin.
Mr. Tongue hiehlv comnlimenterl
Governor Withycombe and the mem
bers of the Oreeron delegation in cnn.
gresg for their patriotism in uphold
ing the war program.
A report was read and adoDted hv
the committee on platform to the
effect that the Republican party help
win the war; pledge the various can
didates to economv: onnnse ennntw
division; place the sheriff's office on
ree system and make that office
self-supporting, stand for improve
ment of county roads first and seen.
ic roads second; that divorce suits
should be instituted where the par
ties reside; encourage public school
work: insist that excess nrnflla he
taKen ny the government.
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EIGHTEEN APPLICATIONS
FOR CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
In Judtre Camnbell's court. Tueorlnv
afternoon, eighteen applications for
citizenship papers were examined by
Naturalization Officer Ben Comm. It
was the biggest class aDnlvInc for
citizenship in the United States in
the history of Clackamas county.
The mqn represented five different
countries, and came from Knirlnml
Italy, Belgium, Russia and Sweden.
inose admitted were Max Tclforl,
William Bluhm. William Worral.
Frank Newstrom. Joe Pavesti. T.onia
Vanderschuere, Wm. E. Freeman,
Fred Horner, Thomas' J. Lewis, Aine
Beaudoin. Robert James Cook. Chria
Swanson. Percy AshforH Tom Rlnn.
chard, John II. Graham, and William
Lamiaw,
WILL WEIGH BABIES THIS
WEEK OVER THE COUNTY
The Children's Bureau of the State
Council of Defense will weigh and
measure children from three months
to six years of age at Willamette
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The following schedule is for other
places in the countv: Rolt.on Satur
day at 2 o'clock; Sunset, Tuesday at
z o ciock, at Winkers hall. Mrs. John
B. Lewthwaite, Jr., has charge of the
work for the Council of Defense.
Sues to Quiet Title
In a suit to quiet title, T. B., and
Sarah E. Long are plaintiffs against
Mary Lazelle, Ella and C. Duncan
and several other defendants. The
equity in question is a tract of land
comprising 42-100 acres in the
Hedges Donation Land claim.
TO ENTER
T
INQUIRIES ARE MANY AS TO
PROCEDURE FOR ENTERING
THE S. A. T. C.
GOVERNMENT IS IN CHARGE
Student-Soldier Will Receive $30 per
Month, Uniform and Board
from Government
Many inquiries have been made as
to what proceedure a student will '
have to undero-o
for the Students' Armv Trni nino
course, in the cnlWea onH w,h
schools over ' the state. With the
man-power bill having been passed
by congress fixing the age limits
from 18 to 45 years, and with the
government's intention to mobilize an
army or over two million by July 1
1919. it will tirohnhlv nil fit
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colors all physically fit registrants
unuer di years of age in the course
of the next ten months.
The following answers to questions
are basejl on the latest information
from the war department in refer
ence to the students' army training
corps and are intended to make clear
the best plan for college students
and high school graduates to follow.
1. What is the Students' Army
Training Corps? It is a branch of
the army of the United States into
which college students and high
school students having at least thir
teen units may be voluntarily induct
ed, and to which soldiers having ade
quate educational preparation may be
detailed by the military authorities.
2. Is it official or unofficial ? It
is officially beinc raised and mnintoin-
ed by direction of the President un
der authority conferred by Act of
Congress approved May 18th, 1917,
commonly known as the Select ive ser
vice Act.
3. What standintr hna it. with the
War Department? It is regularly
organized corps of the army, and is
administered bv the C.
Education and Special Traiuing of the
war aepartment, which acts under
the jurisdiction of the Hii itnnt nun ."'
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erui.
4. What is : the object of the
S. A. T. C.? The army needs 90,-
000 officers. No nrnmiao io h..
the government that the successful
prosecution of a coll
der military instruction will guaran
tee the attainment, of fl nnmmioaiin
in the U. S. army, but it is clearly
suggested that this is the most di
rect way toward such a commission.
Nearly ninetv Der Cent of t.hp rtroaanf
officers in the national army are Baid
iu ue couege trained men.
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SOLDIER HAD TWO WIVES-
WANTS DIVORCE FROM ONE
'"
Having two wives did not. anneal
to Phillio C. West, a Vancouver sol
dier and in order to get rid of one
of them, he filed suit vesterdav fnr n
divorce. It all came about when he
was sunuosedlv- divorced from hia
first wife, and upon the advice of a
friend he was told that he could
marry again soon afterwards. Upon
this advice he again married, and
Wednesday woke un to the fact, that
the alloted time had not expired be
tween the first divorce and the
ond marriage. In order to make his
standing as a soldier good, he filed
suit for divorce yesterday from the
second wife as the only alternative.
nis nrst wile was Miss Marie Do
lores West, and after the divorce
married Miss Catherine West. :
he
CLARK STORY GOES TO
KENTUCKY TRAINING CAMP
Clark Story, an Oregon City boy,
who has been at the Presidio at Cali
fornia in the officers' training camp,
sent there as a representative from
the Willamette University, is in the
city on a short visit at the home of
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Welsh and Mr.
and Mrs. E. Harrington. Mr. Story
has been called to report at Louis
ville. Kentucky where he. will he with
the field artillery for further training.
no is tne son, or to. a: Htory, who
for several years ran a general mer
chandise business at Wolfe Creek,
Oregon. He will leave today to take
up his duties in the Kentucky train
ing camp.
Meyers Sues County Court
Fred Meyers, a well known farmer
of the Marquam district, entered suit
Monday in the circuit court against
the county court and I. D. Larkins,
road supervisor, to enjoin them from
luying a new road over some land
claimed to be owned by him. He
asks a permanent injunction. He al
leges in his suit that the road super
visor is grading a new road through
his place to be used as a public
road, and that he has been damaged
to the extent of $.000.
Sues for $80
S. Feznecker brought suit against
II. A. Welch to recover $80 alleged
to be due him in a transaction be
tween the defendant and himself.
MANY
STUN