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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28 1918
Number 37
CITY
ACCUSED MURDERER
HAD BEEN IN CITY
LAIRD TRIED TO CASH MONEY
ORDER HERE ON DAY
AFTER CRIME
It was discovered by Sheriff Wilson
Tuesday that J. C. Laird, now held
by the Portland police as the suspect
ed murderer of Frank W. Twombley,
deputy, sheriff, was in this city on
the morning following the murder,
. and that he tried to cash a money
order at the postofflce here payable
to "Basil Haig, C. EJ! and receipted
j.,.. i it..:.- .i , i t . i
iur uy nuig anu enuorseu oy ijaira.
At the time of visiting the post
office here, Baird was accompanied by
his confederate', Miss Augusta Carl
son, who accompanied him on the
night that Deputy Sheriff Twomhjey
was shot. Deputy Postmaster How
ell and King refused to cash the
money order held by Laird, on ac
count of lack of proper identification
iflid Laird, after making a few slurring
remarks, and threatening v to report
the matter to the postoffice officials
at Washington, left the building.
Howell and King watched the man
drive away in a Hupmobile, which
was painted black, and as the Port
land papers that morning had de
scribed the Hupmobile as painted
gray, the postoffice clerks though
nothing of the matter.
TEACHERS ATTEND MEETING
AT ESTACADA SATURDAY
The teachers who went from this
city Saturday to attend the teachers
meeting at Estacada, report a most
successful meeting, attended by about
CO instructors from this county.
Among those who went from here
were J. E. Calavan, county school
superintendent; Miss Evelyn Todd,
Miss Elda Baxter, Mrs. W. A. Bar
num, and R. W. Kirk, city school su
perintendent. Mr. Kirk addressed the
teachers at the meeting on "Duties
of Citizens after the War." Another
address that interested the teachers
was one by Professor H. P. Barrows,
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
on "Education in Democracy." . Mrs
Blanche Blumauer, who has charge
of the Junior Red Cross work in
Portland, spoke of the work in its
relation to school work. - -, .
MELDRUM RESIDENCE LOST
BY FIRE TUESDAY NIGHT
Fire broke out Tuesday night about
11 o clock in the house owned by C.
Britton, of Meldrum, and occupied at
thut time by Miss Kathryn Lane, and
her brother, Andrew, and completely
destroyed the house and all person
al property of the Lanes. The origin
of the fire is not known, but from in
dications it started in the basement
of the house. Upon retiring Miss
Lane and her brother had left no fire
in the stove. About 11 o'clock Miss
Lane was awakened by smoke and
the crackling of flames. She rushed
nwnlran Van Unflinl. In art aAinin.
b attantu nci viukuci lit uil nujuiii-
ing room, and they found the lower
part of the building to be a mass of
flames. The brother jumped from an
upstairs porch, and with a ladder
helped his sister out of the burning
building.
The Lanes carried no insurance on
their personal property, which was
all lost. Neighbors tried to enter the
house to remove furniture, but the
fire had gotten too much headway.
The house was built by the late Geo.
Steele, and occupied by Mr. Steele
until he, moved to Portland. It was
a 12-room building. The Lanes are
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Gardner, of Meldrum. .
Farmers Open Surface Ditches
"Forward looking farmers are
keeping their surface drainago ditch
es op'en during the winter," says
Prof. W. L. Powers of the Oregon
Agricultural college soils departmeht.
"This will enable them to begin work
earlier next spring than if the ditch
es were allowed to choke up and
flood the fields." -
Farmers who have learned the val
ue oj keeping the surface runs open
are more determined than ever to
allow no preventable surface water
on the lower areas. 1 Weeds, brush,
and vines are torn out and piled for
burning, and the dirt is removed by
plow or shovel. Soils thus protected
are less acid, more porous, better
aerated, and more retentive of
moisture.
Co-op. Exchange Cuts Grain Cost
A saving of $9 a ton in the cost of
grain was made through a co-operative
exchange started at the sug
gestion of the county agent in Wash
ington county, Vt. Nine farmers
joined in ordering a car of grain in
home in tight wagon boxes and stor
ed it in bins to save bagging. About
300 bags, however, brought by farm
ers were filled at the car with little
inconvenience. This grain cost the
farmer $61 a ton in bulk, whereas
the same grain would have cost $70
a ton delivered in bags.
Marriage License
License to wed was issued Friday
by the county clerk to Marvel A. An
derson, aged 18, of this county, and
Lieutenant Charles J. Leibfried, 25,
of Vancouver Barracks. Lieutenant
Leibfried has been with the spruce
division at that place.
Watch for the Guy Empey stories,
"Somwiere in France," in an early
LIQUOR EMPTIED
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2000 QUARTS, RESCUED FROM
MANW BOOTLEGGERS, MEET
WATERY GRYVE
MANY GATHER FOR CEREMONY
Sheriff Wilson and Deputies Center
of Crowd as Bottles Break
on River Bank
The booze has gone, Over 2000
quarts of liquors of all kinds and de
scription, were poured into the Wil
lamette river Tuesday afternoon, and
the court house smelled like a first
class brewery that was working
overtime.
With all the deputy sheriffs and a
crowd of newspaper men eathered
around, besides courthouse officials.
Sheriff Wilson announced that it was
about time that the liquors in the
courthouse, which had been behind
the iron1 doors of the county jail for
many months, would be destroyed. A
photograph was taken before the
booze was taken back of the court
house and poured into the river.
Hundreds of suit cases were packed
out and emptied of their bottled con
tents, and 5 large kegs of beer and
whiskey were also added to the
waters of the Willamette river. .
Many people stood around and
looked on with envy, while the depu
ties and clerks of the county packed
case alter case outside ana broke
their contents upon a large rock on
the river bank. -.
This might be a prohibition coun-
ty, but just the same it didn't take
long for a large crowd to gather
around to see what would happen to
the booze, and as the word or smell
went the rounds, by the time the last
of the booze was emptied into the
river, most of the citizens on Main
street had gathered on the court
house lawn, to watch the operations
Many humorous remarks were made
(luring the ceremonies. Une malt,
when he arrived upoi the scene and
saw the liquor running into the river
said: "Holy smoke, what a d -
shame."
Many bootleggers have contributed
to the collection which was destroy
ed yesterday, and thousands of dol
lars have gone into the coffers of the
county from fines. Some have paid
heavy in cash and experience when
they attempted t o bring booze
through Clackamas county, from Cal
ifornia, and bootleggers are getting
fewer and fewer, as the word has
been passed around that Clackamas
county is a "joner."
Sheriff Wilson and District Mtor
ney Hedges said yesterday that as
the government did not want the
booze for medicinal purposes, it was
about time that it was destroyed, as
the cell in which the liquors were
kept in the county jail was becoming
so full that it was almost impossible
to put in more.
FREDEHLEN. OF AURORA,
DIES OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Ehlen, of
Aurora, have received word from
the war department that their son,
Fred, died of wounds received in
action on the French front on Oc
tober 8t The hero had been wound
ed twice before, and in a. letter to
his parents dated September 1G, he
wrote than he had returned to his
company, which is Co. C, 127th U. S.
Infantry.
Fred Ehlen saw some of the most
bitter fighting during the summer,
and besides being wounded twice,- he
was gassed and injured by flying
shrapnel upon several occasions. He
enlisted in the 3rd Oregon, and was
later transferred to the 127th In
fantry, made up of Wisconsin men.
He was a graduate of the Aurora
high school and at the time of his
death was only 19 years of age.
SCHOOLS TAKE UP WORK
1 OF LOCAL RED CROSS
The Junior Red Cross of this coun
ty is planning on taking up active
work again in .the various school dis
tricts of the county. County School
Superintendent J. E. Calavan is in
charge, and Miss Dolly Pratt is sec
retary of the work? Each district
will have a secretary to work with
those in charge. Probably about 136
organizations will be 'formed ,in this
way. These districts will be divid
ed in four zones, Canby, Estacada,
Oregon City, and Molalla.
Fuel Order in Force
Fuel conservation must continue,
although war has ended, according to
Fred J. Holmes, Oregon fuel admin
istrator. The state has never been
called upon to observe many of the
stringent-fuel regulations enforced in
eastern states, on account' of being
peculiarly well situated with regard
to fuel sources. But waste is inex
cusable, and by conservation methods
of heating.'not only may fuel be sav
ed for future emergency, but money
saved as well.
A decree of divorce was granted
Arthur Pepper, who sought freedom
from Maud Pepper in the circuit
court Saturday.
INTO
WILUMETT
BUILDING FOR Y. W.
LOANED BY HAWLEY
DRIVE FOR FUND'S FOR LOCAL
UNIT OFY W. C. A. TO
START SOON
W. P. Hawley, president of the
Hawley Pulp & Paper company, of
tnis city, has loaned the two-story
concrete building on the corner, of
Fourth and Main streets, for the pur
pose of organizing a Young Wom
en s Christian association in this
city, and Mrs. Eva Emery Dye an
nounced that a campaign for funds
for the organization would be held
in the near future.
It is contemplated by those , in
charge that the upper floor of the
building will be used for sleeping
apartments' and will accommodate
about 60 beds. The ground floor will
be remodeled for reading: writine.
lounging and recreation rooms. Fur
ther particulars will be announced
later, but owing to Mr. Hawley's
generous offer, the association ' for
this city is assured.
COUNTY TEACHERS MEET
HERE ON SATURDAY, DEC, 7
The second regular meeting of the
year ox the Clackamas County Teach
ers' association will be held in this
city on December 7, in the Oregon
City high -school building. Luncheon
will be served at noon in the high
school cafeteria. The following pro
gram has been arranged for the day
10:30 music.
10:45 address, E. D.' Ressler, pro
fessor of industrial education, of the
u. A. u. Discussion will be led bv
Brenton Vedder, county supervisor of
schools.
11:30 business session.
Luncheon.
1 :30 music.
1.45 "Morals and Discipline in the
High School," H. H. Herdman, Jr.,
principal of the Washington high
school, .Portland.
2:30 Department sessions: Pri
mary department, Mrs. Clara Melvin,
West Linn schools; upper depart
ment, Miss Katharine Cahalin, spec
ial teacher of literature in Ladd
school, Portland; high school depart
ment, E. S. Barker, superintendent
0'K Muwaukie v schools, . -"Supervised
Study." .
INTOXICATED MAN WRESTLES
WITH TWO NIGHT OFFICERS
Officers Surfus and Burke late last
night arrested a man who gave his
name, as W. C. Benbow, who was in
an intoxicated condition. He was
first noticed by the officers when a
crowd congregated in front of the
First National bank, and Benbow was
in the center giving an address.
When the officers approached Ben
bow, he started ,to run, but changing
his mind, tried to put up a fight.
He used his umbrella to hook Officer
Surfus around the neck, but the of
ficer pinned him to the ground.
When the man got up, he started to
"swing" on Burke, and he was again
thrown to the groud and when he
got up, fight was gone from him.
The man was uninjured, and he was
placed in the city jajl. When search
ed, he had in his possession an empty
pint whiskey bottle, and several
legal papers, among which was a
blank for bonds to operate a jitney
in Portland, and several papers ad
dressed to him iwere signed by
Franklin T. Griffith, president of the
P. R. L. & P. company. The man
had no money on his person, but was
well dressed.
ARE GUESTS AT DINNER
GIVEN BY W, R. C. MEMBERS
Members of the Women's Relief
Corps and of Meade Post, Number 2,
G. A. R., whose birthdays are in Oc
tober, November, or December, were
honor guests at a dinner given by the
members of the Womens Relief
Corps Tuesday nignt in the Willa
mette hall. The local W. R. C. unit
has been, giving birthday . dinners
once a month, but due to the recent
ban on Meetings, three months are' to
be covered at one dinner. During the
afternoon the Women's Relief Corps
held a business meeting, and the an
nual inspection was held. i
Arrested on Federal Warrant
H. Mevtzner, of Willamette, on the
charge of having a weapon in his
possession, was arrested Saturday
by Deputy U. S. Marshal E. T. Mass,
and turned over to federal authori
ties in Portland. He is an alien en
emy and possession of the weapon is
a violation of the law. Metzner was
arrested once before for making un
patriotic remarks, but was released
on parole. He has made his home in
this country for 27 years. ,.
Contract Cancelled
In the suit of Eugene Cummings
against Clifford Earl Spencer, on a
contract to purchase land by Spen
cer, the contract was ordered can
celled. The case had been before the
court before and Spencer was order
ed to pay Cummings $150 on the
contract within 60 days, which he
failed to do.
Marriage License
A marriage license was granted
Friday in Vancouver to Miss Elvie V.
Jaques. 19, of Gladstone, Oregon, and
Jans C.
Olsen, 24, of Grants Pass,
Oregon.
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RATES
TO MEET PROTEST
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MASS MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
TO DISCUSS INCREASED
PHONE CHARGES
PATRONS TOLD NOT TO PAY
Live Wire Committee Investigates
Matter; Advises Public to
Protest Increase
. A mass meeting of the citizens of
this city will be held in the Commer
cial club parlors next Monday even
ing for the purpose of protesting
against the proposed advance in tele
phone rates by the Pacific Telephone
ana Xelegraph company.
The meeting will be in charge of a
committee appointed by the Live
Wire organization of the club, and
this committee recommends that all
patrons of the company refuse to pay
the advance in rates. It is pointed
out . by many ' citizens here that the
proposed . advance by the telephone
company makes it almost prohibitive
to use the Pacific phone, as the pro
posed rates are out of all reason.
Business phones will be advanced
from $2.50 per month to $3.25, and
residence phones will be from 50c to
$1 higher than at present, if the pro
posed advance is put into effect.
FOOD CONSERVATION WEEK
FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER
The first week in December has
been designated as "Food Conserva
tion Week for World Relief." Friday
December 6th has been designated as
"Public School Day."
Victory has brought to the people
of the U. S. a duty no less momen
tous than did the wa. Indeed, vic
tory may yet be turned into disaster
if intelligence and good will do not
intervent. Complete success now re
quires ' that every one must know
what should be done and why, with
cordial willingness to help with hesi
tation. Our young people in the schools
have a deeper interest in this crisis
than their parents can have, for the
world is soon to be theirs. Youth is
most willing to join great enterprise,
which brings clear vision and contag
ious enthusiasm.
A solemn duty is laid upon every
teacher to see that no young person
goes without a complete understand
ing of the impending issue. For this
reason this plan for special exercis
es on a special day, the nation over,
has been adopted.
Teachers and school authorities are
urged to embrace this opportunity of
enlightening and enlisting the young
who are in their charge. They are
asked to observe the day by appro
priate exercises. From the words of
President Wilson and Mr. Hoover,
the suggested program, and other
material provided, a program can
readily be arranged for any school.
This occasion brings a privilege as
well as a duty to the teachers; let us
recognize the right or youth to be
admitted to intelligent fellowship in
this epoch-making undertaking.
The county school supernntendent
will furnish full and complete plans
for each school this week.
BR0WNLEE EDITOR OF BUGLE
AT CAMP LEWIS CANTONMENT
A copy of The Bugle, a newspaper
published by the soldiers at Camp
Lewis, of which Earl C. Brownlee,
former news editor of the Courier, is
camp editor, has been received at the
Courier office. Mr. Brownlee entered
the service early in the summer, and
has been stationed at Camp Lewis
since then. He was on the Courier
staff for two years. The Bugle has
12 pages of camp incidents, jokes,
and articles of interest to the men in
the camp, which is known as Ameri
ca's largest permanent cantonment.
Speeder Arrested
Conney Clark, of Vancouver, was
arrested last Thursday night about 11
o'clock as he was driving his ma
chine about 35 miles an hour down
Main street. He appeared Friday
morning before Justice Sievers and
paid a fine.
The Courier and. the Farmer, both
for $1.15.
ADVANCED
L0DER BACK HOME;
SUFFERS BREAKDOWN
BUSINESS AFFAIRS IN TANGLE
NERVES ARE SHATTERED
BY WORRY
John W. Loder, who mysteriously
disappeared from this city last Wed
nesday morning, was found late Sat
urday night when Deputy Sheriff
Joyner, who was looking for boot
leggers on south bound train No. 14
picked him up from the alley back
of the depot. When found, Mr. Loder
was in somewhat of a dazed state,
and from all appearances he was suf
fenng from a nervous breakdown.
He was taken to the court house,
where his friends questioned him as
to where he had been. He was un
able to give much information only
that he had been to Sacramento. 'and
had been traveling on the train most
of the time since disappearing from
this city. When found, he had under
his arm a package done up in an old
paper, which contained a pair of over
alls and a red bandana handkerchief.
A railroad ticket was also found upon
his person.
His friends took him home, where
he was put to bed and the family
physician was called in to administer.
His business affairs are badly mix
ed up, according to those who have
his business in charge at present.
Mr. Loder.. during his business ca
reer in this city, handled thousands of
dollars of his own money and that
of others, who wished him to invest
it for them, and his friends claim
that owing to the poor bookkeeping
system in his office it will be a hard
task for the business to be straight
ened out and hnd how it stands.
According to Mr. Loder's statement
Monday since his return, he is un
able to determine whether he has
been making or losing money during
the past year, and this worried him
to such an extent that he left the
city with the determination to go to
Arizona and look for work, sending
for his family later, leaving his busi
ness to be straightened out by his
friends.
When he reached Sacramento, Cal.,
his mind was in such a dazed condi
tion that he naturally returned home
to Oregon City.
. E.VL,. Pope is now in charge of Mr.
Loder's office, and will: keep it open
during the day until the actual status
of Mr. Loder's affairs can be determ
ined. ' Just before Mr. Loder was found,
Sheriff Wilson received an anony
mous communication, which said that
Mr. Loder had left the country and
would be seen no more. The Sheriff
is now investigating, looking for
some clue to the sender of the letter,
and claims that if found, it will go
hard with" the writer, as unsigned com
munications coming to his office,
when everything was being done to
discover the "missing man, might
throw the officials off the track of
important clues.
TO ERECT MONUMENT IN
HONOR OF COUNTY'S HEROES
The weekly luncheon of the Live
Wire organization of the Commercial
club took place Tuesday noon, and
most of the hour was taken up vith
the discussion of the proposed ad
vance in telephone rates by the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph com
pany. M. D. Latourette proposed to
the members that the erection of a
Victory monument in memory of
Clackamas county boys who have
died in the service of their country,
should be erected by the citizens of
the county. Mr. Latourette was
made chairman of a committee com
posed of B. T. MMSain and R. W.
Kirk,, by the Wire for the purpose
of seeing what could be done along
this line, and the committee will re
port back at the next meeting on
Tuesday noon.
Sues on Note
Suit on a promissory note for $400
given August 30, 1912, on which the
plaintiff, M. L. Driggs, claims that
nothing has been paid except Inter
est to August 30, 1917, has been
started against Francis M. Baker, et
al. A mortgage on Clackamas coun
ty property was given as security.
The plaintiff asks foreclosure on this
and $50 attorney's fees. A. E. Bran
don, administrator of the estate of
Mary A. Thompson, deceased, has fil
ed suit against I. G. Davidson, May
Davidson, and the trustee in bank
ruptcy ' of the same, to collect a
claim of $2094.81. Foreclosure of
the mortgage on the property in
volved and $150 attorney's fees is
asked.
ELKS TO HOLD MEMORIAL
SERVICES, SUNDAY, DEC. 1
The Oregon City lodge, Number
1189, B. P. O. E., will hold their an
nual memorial services at the Elks
Temple in this city, Sunday, Decem
ber 1, at 2 o'clock. Kev. C. H. .
Chandler, a member of the lodge,
will deliver the memorial address.
Special music has been provided.
The services are open to the public,
and all those with relatives in the
service are especially invited to at
tend. Appointed Administratrix
Anna Hornberger was appointed as
administratrix of the estate of Louis
Hornberger, Thursday. The estate at
Mr. Hornberger, who died November
10, 1918, is valued at $1000.
LIBER
Ti LOAN OVER
QUOTA
II COUNTRY
12th FEDERAL DISTRICT HAS
RAISED 114.2 OF AMOUNT
ALLOTED TO IT
RANKS SEVENTH IN COUNTRY
Alaska Leads in District with 155;
Arizona and Washington Rank
Next Officials Pleased
The twelfth federal reserve dis
trict subscribed $459,000,000 to the
Fourth Liberty Loan, or 114.2 of
the qupta of $402,000,000 according
to official figures just 'announced by
the federal reserve bank. This dis
trict ranks seventh in the United
States.
Alaska leads in percentage of sub
scriptions in the district, as compar
ed to quota with 155, Arizona is
second with 148 and the state of
Washington third with 120.
Northern and southern California
subscriptions have not yet been seg
regated but will be announced soon.
Following is the showing made by
the states and territories of the dis
trict: .
Alaska, quota, $1,369,400; amount
subscribed, $2,132,550156.
Arizona, quota, $6,231,200; amount
subscribed, $9,225,350148.
Washington, quota , $58,215,800;
amount subscribed, $70,108,150
120. ,
Nevada, quota, $5,033,850; amount
subscribed, $5,996,150119.
Idaho, quota,' $14,549,400; amount
subscribed, $16,804,450115.
California, quota, $257,550,400;
amount subscribed, $289,804,6501
113. '
Oregon, quota, $33,708,100; amount
subscribed, $38,244,350113.
Utah, quota, $18,570,800; amount
subscribed, $19,603,700106.
Hawaii, quota, $6,765,050; amount
subscribed, $7,080,650105.
G. K. Weeks, general campaign
manager, says that the final : settle
ment of unadjusted accounts, includ
ing subscriptions by railroad em
ployes in the twelfth federal reserve
district which were actually entered
in other districts, .subject to credit
back by the treasury department, is
expected to increase the final figure
of this district to more than $461,-
000,000.
CHILD NOT YET F0UND-
WAS PROBABLY DROWNED
Parties who have been hunting for
the little Clarence Thompson lad, who
mysteriously disappeared a week ago
Friday in the Logan country, while
waiting for his mother along the
roadside, have, about given up hope
of finding trace of the lad. It is the
opinion of men who are acquainted
with that country, that the lad had
wandered to a high bluff overlooking
the river from the point where he
was left in the road, and fell in the
Clackamas river and drowned.
Soldiers from Vancouver made a
thorough search of the territory
where the lad was lost, last Wednes
day, but their efforts failed to dis
cover a trace of the lad's disappear
ance. The only thing that has not
been done so far, is to drag the
river at the point under the high
bluff for the lad's body, and if no
clue has been found soon, this will
probably be done.
HOFFMAN PRISONER LATEST
WORD RECEIVED BY PARENTS
Word has been received by Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Hoffman, of Sandy, that
their son, Edward Hoffman, who was
reported killed in action in France a
few weeks ago, is now a prisoner in
German camp. The notification
came to the parents through the war
department. Edward Hoffman enlist
ed in October, 1917, and was sent to
France about December, last year.
He was reported captured by the
enemy some time ago, but this was a
mistake, and no official notice had
been received by the parents until
last Thursday.
Gold Star Added
A gold star has been added to the
service flag of St. haul's Episcopal
church, of this city, for Howard
Dawson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
DawBon, who died of pneumonia in
England last month. Twety-three
stars are on the flag, representing
men who rank from private to major.
The officers represented are Major
William R. Logus, Captain Frank
Newton, Lieutenant Miller, Lieuten
ant Lloyd Harding, and Lieutenant
Phillip Hammond. Beside the flag
hangs a scroll with the names of the
men on it.
Guild Meets
A business session of the St. Paul's
Guild was held at tho home of Mrs.
Rosina " Evans. The amount to be
raised for the improvement of the
Guild hall at the corner of Ninth and
Main streets, has been increased, and
plans concerning the hall were dis
cussed. The Guild will meet the
first Thursday in December with Mrs.
George A. Harding.
- Tho Courier and Farmer, $1.15.
COUNTY AGENT SCOTT
AT DALLAS MEETING
AGRICULTURE EXPERTS MEET
; TO. DISCUSS NEEDS OF .'
, . . THE FARMER
The county agricultural agent has
been called to Dallas for three days
this week to attend a conference of
other county agents for the purpose
of planning out the general lines of
work for next year. Mr. Scott has
been giving some little thought to
the '.needs of the county, and plans
have been made for a number of
demonstrations of the value of lime
and fertilizers, as well as for a cam
paign against the moles and gophers.
It is planned to hold a number of
meetings in the schools to show the
children how to trap moles, and to
distribute poison for the digger
squirrels.
A campaign of education will be
carried on to show the value of bet
ter sires. With the end of the war,
and cheaper grain in sight, it is
time to think about more and better
livestock. Also some demonstrations
will be carried on to show the value
of good seed.
It is hoped that a substantial
prize can be raised to be awarded to
the man who grows the best acre of
corn. There are a number of corn
experts in the county, and a compe
tition of this kind would certainly -be
interesting. It is also planned to
get a number of farmers to keep .
their flock of chickens according to
the direction of the O. A. C. special
ists, and to keep track of receipts
and expenses. It will undoubtedly
prove a revelation to many to find
what profits can be made from a
flock of chickens on farm conditions.
In general the work of the county
agent will be to prove to farmers by
experiments on their own land the
value of better farming methods, i
ARRESTED FOR STRIKING
WORKER WITH IRON BAR
Mike PanDas was arrested Thurs
day on complaint of John Clarke,
who alleged that while working at
the paper mills here, unloading wood
for the pulp grinding machines, he
was struck over the head with an
iron 'bar', which 'he claims was -In the
hands of Pappas Pappas was super
vising the unloading of the wood,
and Clarke claimed that because he
did not work 'fast enough to suit
him, Pappas struck him on the head.
The case came up before Justice
Sievers Saturday, and Pappas was
found guilty and fined $25 and costs.
He refused to pay his fine, and claim
ed that he would rather go to jail.
The Judge committed him to the city
bastile, and about 10 o'clock the same
night, Pappas changed his mind and
produced his fine.
REGISTRANTS FAIL TO SHOW
UP FOR PHYSICAL EXAM.
Five registrants ordered to report
to the local board for physical exam- .
ination have failed to do so and will
be classed as delinquent if they do
not appear by Friday. Notices that
were sent to the men were returned
because the addresses were incorrect,
but registrants are required to leave
new addresses behind when .they
move. The men were asked to re
port the first of the week, but the
time has been extended to Friday of
this week. . If they do not appear
then they will face serious charges,
says the local board. The men who
are missing are: George Edward
Weiss, Glen Echo; Louis Jo Gambet
ti, Milwaukie; Charles Robert . Tay
lor, Oregon City; William Franklin
Smith, Oregon City; and Ewald Rich
ard Snyder, Oregon City.
Club Boy with the Right Spirit
Ambition engendered by boys'
clubs in the South does not stop at
crop growing or production. The pro
gressive spirit inculcated by county
agents and demonstrators leads to
higher aspirations, good citizenship,
and the desire for education beyond
that obtainable in the elementary
schools. An example i this com
mendable spirit comes to the States
Relation Service in a recent field re
port from Alabama. "One of my
boys," writes the agent in Center, a
town in Cherokee county," has- made
102 brooms from his corn He has
sold 60 at $1 each and has 200 more
to make. The proceeds he will de
vote to his education along more ad
vanced lines." . ;
After tho War
One hundred and eighty million
people in hungry lands will look to
America for food which no other
people can give them.
In their misery and famine, Bel
gium-, northern France, central Rus--
ria, Servia, Montenegro, Poland, Ru
mania and Armenia will cry to us.
From us food must come. We
must save that we may give.
It is America s mission, our oppor
tunity to serve.
Golden Wedding Celebrated
Mrs. S. A. Chase, and her daugh
ters, Mrs. S. O. Dillman, and Mrs.
Louis Adams, all of this city, attend
ed the golden wedding of Mr. and '
Mrs. Arthur Miller at Sellwood Sat
urday. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Chase
are sisters, members of a pioneer
family. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were
I married November 23, 1868. -