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CITY COUlffi
36th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1918
Number 36
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LOST CHILD IS STILL
BAFFLING MYSTERY
NO CLUE FOUND AND PARTIES
. ARE STILL SEARCHING IN ,.
LOGAN COUNTRY
Mystery still surrounds the disap
pearance of the little five-year-old
Thompson child, who disappeared in
the Logan country Friday, v while
waiting for his mother along tne
- road side. Hundreds of people of
this city and .county have searched
every foot of the ground in . the
neighborhood where the child disap
peared, but no trace has been found.
The boy was last seen when a
party from Portland, who drove his
machine over the road on his, way to
Portland, and claimed that he saw
the lad sitting by the road side as
he drove by. Since that time, no
clue has been ; discovered, and the
officiate have been baffled, and are at
a loss to explain the child's where
abouts.
It was reported on the streets here
Monday that' word had been received
from the child's father, who lives in
Portland, that the lad was with him,
but upon investigation of the rumor,
it was found that this was not true.
Both the father and the mother of
the child have been searching dili
gently for the past several days. .
The only theory that has been ad
vanced so far, is that the child has
been picked up by some passing
traveler who has not heard as yet of
the search for the child. Parties are
still searching today, and while some
think that the boy had walked ,to the
river and was accidently drowned,
tlfcs officials claim that the distance
to the river from where the boy was
left in the road is over a mile and a
half, and even if the child had gone
in that direction, he would have met
his mother, who was driving a team,
before he could have reached the
riverj for in order to get to the river,
the lad would have to follow the road
at that point.
OFFICERS NAB .BOOTLEGGER
WITH ABOUT 15 GALLONS
When the 10:30 Southern Pacific
train pulled into Milwaukie Monday
night, a large bundle of bedding was
thrown off by the baggage man, and
: in a few-minutes a man by the name
of S. Yeamakawa arrived, to claim it.
Just as he started away with the
bundle, he was nabbed by Sheriff
Wilson and Deputy Meads, and upon
investigation, the officers, found 10
gallons of whiskey, put up in 2
quart hot water bottles inside of the
bedding. 'After the bedding was gone
over, the officers went down the track
where they found several packages
which had been thrown off the train
as it was nearing Milwaukie, contain
ing in all about 60 pints of booze.
The packages had been packed se
curely to keep theJ bottles from
breaking, and nearly all of the bot
tles were unbroken, although two or
three had broken when the packages
fell from the moving train. The hot
water bottles were all , new, and
were of the best of rubber and su
well filled that they . made no noise
when shake-i. Sheriff Wilson is of
the opinion .hat the bootlegger is an
old hand at the business. He was
brought to Oregon City, and was re
leased on $100 bail, furnished by
friends in Portland, who arrived here
Monday night, and put up the cash
bail. " ''
FEW SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED
IN COUNTY SINCE BAN LIFTED
Although the ban has been lifted
in the county for the influenza epi
demic, several schools in different
districts have not resumed. The
Riverside school, which is in the
Canby district, has again been clos
ed, owing to the epidemic breaking
out again. No definite time has been
set for this schooli to open. Other
schools that did not open Monday in
the county are at Mount Pleasant,
Canemah, Gladstone - and Bolton, al
though the Gladstone schools will
open next Monday morning. Only six
new cases of the disease have been
reported for this city by City Health
Officer J. W. Norris up to last night.
NEW GAME BIRD RESERVE v ,
IS CREATED AT OSWEGO
Game birds and animals are to be
.given a refuge in a new tract of land
of 2700 acres that has been set
aside through an agreement of the
Oregon Iron and Steel company, of
Oswego, With State Game Warden
Carl Shoemaker. The tract, which is
an ideal one for such purposes, is to
be set aside for 15 years. It is hop
ed that it will be of great benefit to
the state in increasing, the supply of
game birds and animals. -
Asks for New Trial
In the suit of Peter Hornig vs.
Canby, a municipal corporation, in
which the plaintiff was awarded a
judgment by a jury in the circuit
court in the sum of $4748, the de
fendant has been given 30 days' ad
ditional time in which to prepare and
submit a Dili oi exceptions, ine ae
fendant, through its attorneys, Wm.
Hammond and J. E. Helges, has filed
a motion for a new trial. Hornig
was injured in-the water pumping
machinery of the municipal plant, al
though not employed by the city.
HISTORY IS MADE
DLY NOWADAYS
PEOPLES COMING INTO THEIR
OWN POLAND AWAKENING
TO POSSIBILITIES
MANY NATIONS ARE RESTORED
Bulgaria Alone to Remain Unchanged
Italy Will Add to Possessions
As Also Rumania
v , (By Dr. Milliken) -History
is being made very rapid
ly these days. The mistakes of cen
turies are being corrected. Peoples
who have been under subjection to
other races are coming to their own,
When the war is settled there will be
half a dozen old nations and nation
al units restored, Poland, Finland,
Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine, Geor
gia, the restoration of Alsace-Lor
raine to France and Schleswig to
Denmark. The original provinces of
German-Austria will probably seek
union with Germany, to which they
ethically belong. There will be a new
and vastly larger Serbia or Jugo
slavia (South Slavia), a new Bohem
ia (Czecho-Slovakia), and Albania
the enlargement .of Italy by the ad
dition of the ancient Italian proving
es of Frentine and Trieste. Bulgaria
alone of the central states will remain
unchanged. Turkey-in-Europe will be
either internationalized or given over
to Greece, where it rightfully be
longs, and Rumania will receive tne
province of Bessarabia from Russia
and Transylvania from Hungary. The
result will be a new Serbia with elev
en millions of a population. Serbia
had, at the outbreak of the war,
about six. and a half millions. Bul
garia will have about five millions.
Rumania will have about eleven mil
lions over against her present seven
and a half millions. Poland will have
some fourteen or fifteen millions. To
day Poland is just awakening to the
vision of her future possibilities
Czecho-Slovakia will have some
eight or nine million people. Serbia
long sought an Adriatic seaport, of
which Austria robbed her again ana
again. Now she will occupy the
whole eastern shore of the Adriatic
from near Trieste to Albania, and
will have a territory only a little less
in extent than that of Italy. The new
Germany will lose Poland, Schleswig,
Alsace and Lorraine, and all, or most,
of her colonial possessions. Doubt
less she will also lose part of Siles
ia, which is inhabited by Poles and
Czechs. She probably will . gain the
German-Austrian provinces of Up
per and Lower Austria, Styria, Salz
burg and that part of the Tyrol ly
ing north of the Trentino. Her ter
ritory will be a little less than at
present, her population will be nearly
the same, and she Wil have made1 the
decided gain of getting rid of a large
unwilling population, or better still,
of exchanging them for a willing one.
With the partition of Austria and
the rise of the new Serbia and Poland
comes the absolute end of the Ger
man dream of a Teutonic "Mittel
Europa." The path to the Persian
Gulf is forever blocked by hostile
peoples. : The Black Sea is now
"High Seas" and not a Turco-Russian
lake. The last" of the ancient world
empires has fallen, and the reign of
Democracy has begun upon the earth.
Bill Hohenzollern may attempt to fol
low in the footsteps of his robber
baron ancestors and re-steal the
reins of authority in Germany, but
he has proven a tinsel imitation of
Napoleon Bonaparte all the way
through, and if Napoleon failed to
come back Bill has about as much
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PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULT
AND IS GIVEN 1 YEAR IN JAIL
Thomas Hammond pled guilty
to the charge of assault with a dan
gerous weapon. The sentence im
posed was one year in the county
jail, and payment of the cost of the
case and the doctor's bill of the
plaintiff, F. M. Robertson. The jail
sentence was afterward suspended,
and Hammond is to report once a
month to the sheriff for the period of
the sentence.' Hammond was accus
ed of hitting Robertson with a
hatchet, after an argument between
the two men. The defendant had
left the country for about a year,
and was located recently in southern
Oregon by Officer Frost, who brought
him back to Oregon City.
NEED NOT FILL QUESTION
NAIRES. BUT RETURN
The local draft board received new
orders Thursday to the effect that
the men in the draft 37 years old
need not fill their questionnaires out
but they must be returned to the local
board. ' '
Questionnaires were sent to the 18-
year-old boys Friday and these are
to be filled out and returned on time.
All others are to be filled out and
returned, and the men will be exam
ined and classified according to the
previous plans. Forty-two will be
examined here next week and classi
fied. .
AMBROSE BR0WNELL
GETS LIEUTENANCY
IS SON OF MR. AND MRS. GEO,
BROWN ELL. HAS BEEN IN
FRANCE SINCE WAR '
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell
nave received word that their young
est son, Ambrose Brownell, has been
commissioned second lieutenant in
the United States army. The young
man enlisted at Portland last May,
and at the time of his" enlistment,
was a student at Reed College, but
was given leave to finish his educa
tion at that institution. Later, he
was assigned to Camp Lewis, and
transferred from there to Camp
Mills, N. Y., from which place he
left for France. After arriving in
France, he was assigned to the 41st
division as postmaster, but the work
being too tame for him, he was lat-
er transferred at his own request to
the engineering corps.
; In a letter to his parents about two
months ago, he wrote that he had
been recommended for a commission
and Monday his mother received the
following letter: "The Secretary of
War desires me to inform you that
yourN son, Ambrose Brownell, has
been appointed second lieutenant, en
gineer corps, United States army,
with rank from October 4, 1918, upon
the recommendation of the command
ing general, American Expeditionary
Forces. The commission evidencing
his appointment will be sent to your
care at an early date. Ihis commiS'
sion will be retained by you and not
forwarded to Lieutenant Brownell."
Very respectfully, H. A. Fife, Ad
jutant General.
SON OF LOCAL WOMAN DIES
FROM WOUNDS IN FRANCE
Word has been received by Mrs
Ida Heighton, who lives on route No
1, thiscity, that her son, Robert
Heighton, who was a corporal of
Company G, 47th Infantry, had died
of wounds received on the front in
France October 14th. , Corporal
Heighton enlisted in the service in
May, this year, from Kent, Ohio,
where he made his home. The young
man died the day before his birth.
day, and in a letter to his mother
before his death, he wrote that he
had received no word from her, and
that be was on the-front lines in
active service. The mother cabled
him a special message so that it
would reach him on his. birthday, but
it arrived too late, and the first
word she received since then was the
news of his death. He .. was very
well known in this community, but
during the last few years had made
his home in Ohio.
POPULAR PHONE OPERATOR
MARRIES PORTLAND MAN
Mrs. Florence McCoy, of West
Linn, and J. V. Fike, of Portland,
were married Wednesday in Portland,
by Judge Gantenbein. Mr. and Mrs.
Fike came to Oregon City after the
ceremony, where they are to make
their home, at 320 Second street. The
bride, who was formerly Miss Wash
burn, has been an operator for the
Home Telephone company for some
time. Mr. Fike has taught in this
county, and has been county school
superintendent in Clarke county,
Wash., and county school supervisor
in Marion county. At present he is
traveling representative for the Pa
cific Fruit and Produce company, of
Portland.
PIONEER RESIDENT OBSERVES
84TH BIRTHDAY WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Mary McCarver, who has been
a resident of this county since 1854,
when she crossed the plains with her
husband, the late T. J. McCarver,
celebrated her 84th birthday Wednes
day at Mr. ' and Mrs. Charles Bab
cock's, where . she' makes her home.
Friends called Jring the day or sent
gifts and ; flowers. When: the Mc
Carvers first came to this county
they settled on what is now the War
ner farm at Mount Pleasant. Later
they moved to Oregon City. During
the last six years Mrs. McCarver has
been an invalid. I
WAS WITHIN 50 FEET OF
SGT. CAUFIELD WHEN KILLED
Mrs. Gladys Hargreaves, of this
city, is in receipt of a letter from her
husband who is in France with the
U. S. forces, , saying that he was
within 50 feet of Sergeant , Waldo
Caufield, the Oregon City hero who
was killed in action last month, when
Caufield met his death on the front
line. Sergeant Caufield was cited
for bravery many times, and the let
ter states that he was held in high
regard by his superiors and com
rades. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Gjiufield, of this city.
Sues on Note
William S. Turner and Helen S.
Turner, together with W. H. Bancke,
have been made defendants in a suit
brought by John Hammelman to re
cover judgment in the sum of $7000
upon a promissory note executed by
the two first named defendants and
in favor of Hammond & Hammond,
and for foreclosure of mortgage up
on some 58 acres in the Shannon Acre
tracts in township 2, Bouth of range
1 east
LIVE WIRES MEET;
OFFICERS ELECTED
FIRST LUNCHEON OF SEASON
SEES BUSINESS INTERESTS
WELL REPRESENTED
C.H. DYE ELECTED MAIN TRUNK
Several New Members Admitted, and
Work for Season is Outlined
for Good of County
The first meeting of the season of
the Live Wire organization of the
Oregon City Commercial club took
place Tuesday noon in the Commer
cial club parlors, A full representa
tion of the business interests of the
H. DYE s
Elected "Main Trunk" of Live Wires,
city was present at the luncheon, and
C. H. Dye, who has been an active
worker in the organization for many
years, was elected to the office of
Main Trunk. . ,
Other officers elected were: 6. D.
Eby, sub-trunk; ' Dr. Clyde Mount,
transmission wire; Percy Caufield,
guy wire; Rev. W. .T, Milliken,' Chap
lin. , .
Alter the meeting was turned over
to the new officers the subject of the
proposed) advance in the telephone
rates was brought up and a commit
tee composed of W. A. Huntley, C.
Schuebel, A. R. Jacobs, M. D. Lat-
ourette and Dr. L. A. Morris was
appointed to make an investigation
of the proposed advance by the tele
phone company, and report back to
the Wires at the next regular meet
ing next Tuesday. ,
O. D. Eby, chairman of the bean
committee, made a report at the
meeting, and stated that the bean
crop planted by the organization last
summer, which produced about 2600
pounds of beans, was still on hand,
and that the committee was holding
the crop for a favorable opportunity
to dispose of them at a price that
would meet expenses of the planting
and harvesting of , the crop by the
organization. Mr. Eby estimated
that the beans would have to bring
about 12c' per pound in order to keep
the Live Wires from losing on the
venture. The present market price is
about 6c per pound.
New members admitted to the Live
Wires Tuesday were H. F. Tschirgi,
of the Oregon City Manufacturing
company; Dr. .W. R. Eaton; Joe
Schwartz, clothier; H. W. Streibig,
of the Streibig markets; County
Judge Anderson; John Collie and
Harry Woolrich, of the Oregon City
Manufacturing company; R. W. Kirk,
city superintendent of the Oregon
City schools, while the season has
been set back considerable owing to
the war and influenza epidemic, the
idea was expressed by the members
of the Live Wires Tuesday that good
work could be accomplished by the
organization during the rest of the
season, and the welfare of the com
munity and public questions would be
taken up.
O. D. Eby, president of the Com
mercial club, gave an address to the
members at the luncheon, and 'aid
that he was pleased at the large at
tendance and hoped that it would be
kept up. He called their attention to
the fact that while the war was over,
the re-organization of the industries
of the city when the boys came home
would have to be handled with a clear
vision and good judgment in order to
avoid complications and a lull in busi
ness. . i '.
Insane Man Committed t,
Peter Ludwig Hegdahl, a native of
Norway, was taken into custody Sat
urday in the Canby district by Sher
iff Wilson and deputies, after com
plaint had been made by W. H. Moon
ev. of Canby, against the man's
actions. Hegdahl had been living in
a cabin since September 28, and act
ed queerly. Investigation by the of
ficers showed the man to De oi orait
atre. and without a'registration card
under the September 12th registra
tion act' He was turned oyer to the
United States officials and taken to
Portland for further investigation.
He said he had not registered be
cause he was against war.
The suit of Tavillah Payser against
George W. Payser, was dismissed and
each ordered to pay their own costs
in the case.
C.
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
AND CITY OPENED
STRICT MEASURES ARE TAKEN
TO PREVENT SPREAD OF
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
1 HffiilllHSlBHfflSiaiSSia 1
H Oregon City and Clackamas
S3 county opened again Sunday
B after being closed , for four
II weeks owing to the epidemic
11 from the Spanish influenza,
H and large crowds attended
ffl- churclt services and the the
H atres. Hundreds Of people were
H on the streets and out in auto-
mobiles where only small num
bers had been seen the prev
ious four Sundays. The day
was a beautiful one, and the
completion of the new Oregon
H City-Canby paved road attract
ed a great many.
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The public schools of Oregon City
as well as McLoughlin Institute, to
gether with all the schools of the
county, resumed sessions Monday
morning with the attendance nearly
as large as when the schools were
closed down four weeks ago owing
to the influenza epidemic. During
the past week every school house and
building was thoroughly fumigated
and disinfected, on orders of the
county health officer, and every pre
caution taken to prevent any fur
ther spread of the disease from un
sanitary conditions, and the orders
include a systematic plan of fumi
gating until such a time as there is
no further possible danger from the
disease.
Up to this time, no definite plan
has been announced for making up
the time lost during the four weeks'
closing period, except that it is uni
versally conceded that the Thanks
giving and Christmas holiday per
iods will be cut to' a very few days
instead of a week and two weeks,
and it is altogether likely that the
midwinter vacation will be entirely
done away with. 1
OFFICERS MEADES AND
JOINER NAB STOLEN AUTO
Last night about 12:30, Officer
Meades aid Joiner, who- were on the
lookout for a Chalmers auto which
had been stolen at Salem, stopped a
car on the road which they thought
wai the stolen machine. After look
ing the car over, they found that it
was a Buick, and, thinking that they
had made a 'mistake, were about to
let the car by, when Officer Meades
became suspicious of the occupants
and asked them where, they got the
machine. They refused to answer,
and after a cross examination by the
officers, the occupants of the car ad
mitted that they had stolen the car
in Portland. They were three boys
of Portland, and gave their names as
E. S. Seaman, 16, 681 Clinton street;
A. D." Plaucich, 16, 966 Division
street; R. A. Stevenson, 14, 784
Woodard avenue. The car has not
been reported as stolen yet, and the
officers are of the opinion that they
nabbed the young thieves before they
had gone far.
HARVEY BOYLAN WOUNDED
IN FRANCE; IS SECOND TIME
Charles Boylan, f this city, has
received word of the serious wound
ing of his son, Harvey Boylan, who
is in service in France. He is a gun
ner and but 16 years of age, He en
listed at the age of 15, in spite of
the protests of relatives, who thought
him too young to enter the service.
He left for overseas duty December
1917, and has been with the 147th
field artillery.
The young lad had been wounded
once before in June of this year.
He has been a gunner of Battery D,
and while at Camp Withycombe was
awarded three mdals for marksman
ship. His mother, Mrs. Otis Cole,
lives in Portland. Young Boylan has
many relatives in this city. He is a
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George
Boylan, of Gladstone.
FALLS DEAD FROM HEART
FAILURE WHILE AT WORK
Otto F. Olson, found dead near his
work as gate tender for the P. R. L.
& P. Co., at the big dam over the
Sandy river at Marmot, this county,
last Saturday, was one time quite
prominent in church and civic affairs
in Oregon City and vicinity. At that
time he was head of the power com
pany's electric plant on the west
side of the Willamette river. He is
survived by a widow and two daugh
ters residing in Portland, and two
sons, aged 10 and 12 years, who were
with him, and an older son, a lieu
tenant with the American army in
France.
Rents Jones Location
E. H. Barrett, of the People's Cash
Grocery, has rented the Btore recent
ly vacated by the Jones Drug com
pany on Main street, and will start a
first-class grocery, meat and bakery
department in the building. .
Traveling Libraries
On all transports-carrying Ameri
can soldiers the American Library
Association provides magazines and
books for the use of the soldiers. -
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OF
INCREASE IS $343,700 OVER THAT
OF LAST YEAR EXCLUSIVE
, CORPORATION HOLDINGS
SHEEP AND CATTLE INCREASE
Assessor Everhart Gives Out Figures
Showing Increase 775 Cattle,
1854 Head Sheep
County Assessor Everhart issued
figures yesterday (Wednesday) show
ing Clackamas county's assessed val
uation, as equalized by the county
board. It amounts to $23,572,515,
which sum is exclusive of the hold
ings of public service corporations,
which amounts to $5,499,645.21, The
increase in the county's assessed val
uation' will amount to $343,070.
The following figures have been
issued by Assessor Everhart, and
are authentic:
Acres of tillable land, 109,- '
3 $6,564,230
Acres of non-tillable land,
401,080 7,757.675
Improvements on deeded or '.
patented lands 1,250,640
Town and city lots 3,695,595
Improvements on town and
city lots 1,623,450
Improvements on lands not
deeded or patented J. 313,560
Automobiles 255,310
Steamboats, sailboats, sta
tionary engines, manufac-.
turing machinery 573,225
Merchandise and stock in '
trade 506,165
Farm implements, wagons,
carnages, etc ; - 127,660
Notes and discounts 6,780
Shares of stocks 128,000
Hotels and office furniture, , ,
etc 10,705
Horses, 7156 ,300,745
Cattle, 16,223 355,015
Sheep, 13,421 53,945
Swine, 7049 , 43,935
Dogs, 1171 : ; 6,880
Total .,..:....-............$23,572,515
t There has' buon a decreasi of 775
in the number of cattle in this coun
ty) but the number of sheep has in
creased 1845. The number of swine
has Increased 1814, while there are
410 less dogs than a year ago. There
are 1738 more acres of tillable land,
according to these figures, and a de
crease of 13,171 acres in the non-till
able lands. The increase in the coun
ty assessor's' valuation amounts to
$343,070. . '
YOUNG DAWSON DIES FROM
PNEUMONIA IN EUROPE
News of the death of Howard
Dawson, of this city, from bronchial
pneumonia, was received Friday from
England by the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Dawson.
Youno' Dawann hnd pnlintnrl in
Company G, Oregon National Guard,
from this city, and was later trans
ferred to the 162nd infantry, 41st di
vision.. He was serving as orderly
for Colonel Abrams at Winchester,
England, when he lied. He had been
sent from England to France twice,
and was finally transferred back to
England.
The young man, who is the fourth
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, had
written to his parents about six
weeks ago saying that he was in the
best of health, and had just return
ed from a furlough. He was : well
known here, where he attended the
public schools. He had lived here
most of his life, moving, when a
small boy, from Michigan, where he
was born.
The young man is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Dawson,
of this city; five sisters, Mrs. Edith
Mighells, of Maple Lane; Mrs. E. L.
Clark, Misses Rhoda, . Alice and Ma
bel Dawson, of this city; three broth
ers, Arthur and Kenneth Dawson, of
Hood River; and John Dawson, of
this city.
Sues on Note
Edgar H. Brown has entered suit
against Mrs. Josephine Morris and A.
L. Chaps for the payment of a prom
issory note for $150, alleged execut
ed June 3, 1914. Plaintiff alleges
that nothing has been paid on the
note except interest on two occasions,
and asks for the full face of the note,
interest to date and $50 attorney's
fees.
New Pastor ;
Rev. Anthony E. Lind, D. D., dis
trict superintendent of the Swedish
district, succeeding Rev. John Ovall
as pastor of the Swedish church work
at Salem, Oregon City and Vancou
ver, Wash., conducted services for
his people in the Methodist Episcopal
church in Oregon City Sunday after
noon before a good sized congrega
tion.
Marriage Licenses ,
The county clerk issued marriage
licenses Wednesday to Florence Mc
Coy, aged S3, of this county, and Jay
V. Fike, aged 89, of Mississippi Av
enue, Portland; and to Katherine
Harper, aged 22, of Clackamas, and
Walter Sweazy, aged 32, of Port
land.
ASSESSED
V
GOUNTY
GIN
U. W. W. CAMPAIGN
IS FINISHED HERE
QUOTA OF $26,700 IS RAISED.
OREGON CITY SUBSCRIBES
$1000 OVER QUOTA
The big drive has finished, and
Clackamas county has again done
herself proud by raising the desired
quota in the United War Work cam
paign and finished Monday with a
few hundred dollars over the quota.
With an riginal quota of $5,500 for
Oregon City, this amount was chang
ed later and raised to $7,768, and,
although this made it harder for the
committee to raise, as their plans
were formed to raise the former
amount, nevertheless, about $8,000.00
was raised in the city in the desired
time. , "
Those in charge of the drive, and
Countv Manaeer Howland and Citv
Manager Houlton, desire to thank the
people of the county and Oregon
uity tor their , loyal support, and, al
though those in charge of the drive
expected hearty co-operation on the
part of the people of this commun
ity, the results were an agreeable
surprise, owing to the quick work
and efficiency in which the drive
went through. -
The quota for the county was
$26,700.
PORTER FUNERAL HELD
IN THIS CITY FRIDAY
The remains of Clarence Webster
Porter, who lost his life on- the ill-
fated steamer which1 went to the bot
tom of the : Linn canal in Alaska
some time ago, arrived in this city
Friday morning, and funeral servic
es were conducted from the Holman
& Pace chapel Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Rev. A. F. Kireger, pastor
of the Methddist church at Fair
banks, Alaska, and who came from
Alaska on a steamer previous to the
one deceased took, officiated at the
services. - .
Clarence Webster Porter is surviv
ed by his wife, Mrs. Susie Watts
Porter, of this city; a son, Leroy
Porter, who is in France, serving his"
country; two daughters, Mrs. Alta H.
Porter and Mrs. Charles Kirstein, of
Honolulu; a brother, Charles E. Port
er, of Portland; two sisters, Mrs. J.'
B. Lolier, Port!and-rSuid Mrs. Elmer
Maville, of this city. , i
Deceased was well known in this
city, residing here many months be
fore he took passage for Alaska. He
wrote his wife here a few days be
fore he started for the states, and
when the news of the sinking of the
steamer in the Linn canal was receiv?
ed Mr. Porter's name appeared on
the casualty list. Interment : took
place in the Mountain View cemetery
here. i
EXAMINATIONS STOPPED ON
ORDERS FROM WAR DEPT.
Physical examinations will be dis
continued of those in the selective
draft in this county, according to
word jeceived by the local board
Monday, but registrants of the 19 to
36-year-old class and the 18-year-old
boys will be finished up as soon as
possible. Fifty-four were called in
Monday . for examination, but the
orders from the war department can
celled the local order and the men
were sent home. All records are to
be kept by the board and preserved,
and they are awaiting further In
structions from the war department.
MISS ANNIE ADEN DIES
AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
Miss Annie Aden, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Aden, of Stafford,
died Wednesday after a lingering ill
ness of 15 years. Miss Aden had liv
ed all her life in Stafford, where she
was born 34 years ago. Besides her
parents, three sisters, Mrs. Fritz
Wagner, of Wilsonville: Mrs. TI. Filnr
of Aurora; and Miss Myrtle Aden, of
otatiord; and two brothers, Henry and
George, of Wilsonville. survive her.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row, with Rev. Hoffman officiating
in English, and Rev. Lucas, nf Stnf.
ford,, in German. , Interment will be
m tne statrord cemetery.
LUMBER COMPANY BUYS
WELSH FIRM IN MT. VIEW
The Oretron Citv Lumhsr pnmnnnv
recently incorporated in the sum of
ftuvv, nas purchased the Francis
Welsh lumber vard in th Fllwillo
district adjacent to Oregon City, and
besides conducting this place, expects
to open, up other places throughout
the countv. The officers urn W. R
Bonekemper, president; Francis
Welsh, vice-president, and J. J. Bone
kemper, secretary-treasurer and man
ager. P. P. Dabnev and M. M. Mat-
thiessen are also named as incor
porators. The principal office of the
company will be Oregon City.
Small Bank Stolen ,
One of the small banks, placed in
the different business houses on Main
street here, by patriotic women of
Oregon City for the purpose of col
lecting funds to buy articles for sol
diers in France, was stolen from the
Cox billiard parlors yesterday. This
makes three of the small hnnlta flint:
have "been stolen in this city during
the past three months.