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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1918
Number 41
36th Year
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OREGON
MANY PAY TRIBUTE
TO LATE SOLDIER
EMERSON HOEYE GIVEN MILI
TARY FUNERAL; BEAUTIFUL
FLOWERS IN EVIDENCE
Tho funeral services over the late
Emerson Hoeye, who diPd at the
Brooklyn navy hospital at New York
while in the service of his country,
were held in this city Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock from the Congre
gational church.. Rev. W. T. Milli
ken, officiated. . Mrs. Hallie Parish
Hinges Durdall, of Salem, sang
"There is No Night," and the high
school quartet, composed of Maude
Lageson, Esther Staats, Mabel "Mor
gan and Iossie Blackburn, school
mates of the deceased, sang "Nearer
My Uod to Thee." Tne casKet was
draped with the colors, and beautiful
floral offerings from the teachers and
students of the high school of this
city, from which deceased was a
graduate, were in evidence. Also a
beautiful wreath from the Barclay
school was sent. ,
The church was filled to capacity,
and the pallbearers were former
schoolmates of the late hero, and
were Morris Holman, Charles Gillett,
Carl Wievesiek, Lawrence Hull, Lyle
Took and Kenneth Hutchinson, The
remains were shipped to Salem,
where interment took place in the
family lot in the Salem cemetery. At
the grave, a firing squad from the
Salem school of cadets, gave a part
ing salute. Many people attended
the last rites of the hero at
Salem, and the high school quartet
from this city accompanied the re
mains to that place, and sang a fare
well number.
BUDGET
MEETING
DRAWS
BIG CROWD
COUNTY TAXPAYERS APPROVE
ALL ITEMS IN ANNUAL LIST
AND THEN SOME
FUND FOR NEW BRIDGE VOTED
County Road Hems Increased; Vole
of 50 to 41 Favors Grading
of "West Highway .
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MILWAUKIE HERO IS
BACK FROM OVERSEAS
EDWARD LEE MORAN, WOUNDED
AUGUST 8, RRTURNS HOME;;
FROM HOSPITAL
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The annual budget meeting which
was held in the court house here Sat
urday, was well attended by the tax
payers of the county, and practically
every item entered on the budget by
the county court was approved by
the taxpaying attendance. All of the
available money was apportioned and
one item that of $42,750 for hard
surface , paving was increased to
$57,000, and another item that of
$7,125 for the grading of the Pacific
highway between the west end of the
suspension bridge and the Multnomah
county line was increased to $35,
000. The sinking fund of a -mill levy
was voted in for the purpose of eon
strucfing a new bridge1 across the
Willamette valley at this city. .
Judge J. U. Campbell presided at
the meeting, and County Clerk Fred
A. Miller, acted as secretary. Judge
Anderson refused to act as chairman
on the grounds that he thought it
would not be prop"er for a member of
the county court to act in that capacity.
The appropriation of $35,000, for
the purpose of grading the Pacific
highway was met with some oppo
sition, but on a vote taken, it was al
lowed by a vote of 50 to 41. After J
talk by Judge Anderson upon the re
quest of the assembly as to how
much money was available for the
year of 1919, -the Judge presented
figures showing that while $555,749
was the amount specified for the bud-
gtt, the county could spend $596,749,
and keep within the 0 tax limita
tion amendment.
With this information, the taxpay
ers proceeded to go as'far as possible,
and after everything was voted in,
County Surveyor Johnson was allow
ed an appropriation of $1200 for an
assistant, who will be a trained- man
with a salary of $90 per month and
expenses. After an eloquent address
by Judge Hayes, concerning the need
of a ferry across the Willamette river
at Wilsonville, an appropriation was
allowed for this purpose of $2500.
The most important item on the
budget, that of $1600 for the county
agent's office, encountered some op
position, but after A. J. Lewis, of
Maple Lane had his say and wanted
this item struck out from the appro
priations for the year, along with
$600 for the boys' and girls' club
work over the county, it was. prac
tically a unanimous vote in favor of
both appropriations, only about a half
dozen taxpayers voting against the
items.
The Molalla delegation, which came
to Oregon City to attend the meet
ing in the interests of getting a hard
surface paving between New Era and
Molalla, arrived too late to attend
the meeting, which adjourned before
1:00 o'clock p. m.
BOYS CHARGED WITH
LARCENYOFDWELUNG
AUSTRIAN CLAIMS THREE LADS
THREATENED HIM; CASE IS
BOUND TO GRAND JURY
Williard Wilson, Lloyd Baxter and
Everett Richardson were arrested
Saturday morning on the charge of
taking from an Austrian by the name
of Joe Vidic, who lives in the Kansas
City district in this city, & ban-el of
wine, which it is claimed that the
boys removed ' from the Vidic resi
dence, after breaking in the door to
the place.
Vidic claims that he caught the
boys in the act of removing the wine,
and when he remonstrated with them,
they compelled him at the point of a
revolver to go in the house and keep
still. The boys claim that Vidic pro
duced a gun and threatened to shoot
them, and that they took the gun
away from him.
The boys had a preliminary hear
ing Monday in Justice Sie'ver's court,
and were bound over to the grand
jury, bail having been fixed at $100
each for- their appearance. During
the hearing, Vidic, the complaining
witness, was questioned by the dis
trict attorney, and it was brought out
that several more barrels of the li
quid, one of which the boys are
charged with taking, was in the base
ment of a neighbors of Vidic's, by
the name of John Doe Butcher. A
search warrant was issued and the
officers went to the place and took
samples of the contents of the barrels
for having the stuff analyzed by the
district attorney's office to determine
if the percentage of alcohol is with
in the law, and if it is not, Butcher
and Vidic will be arrested for violat
ing the prohibition law.
CHIMNEY FIRE THIS HORNING
DOES LITTLE HARM TO HOUSE
Edward Lee Moran,
Edward Lee Moran, son of Mrs,
W. E, Morand, of Milwaukie, return
ed home this week from the Letter-
man General hospital at San Fran
cisco, where he has been since his re
turn from overseas, wounded in ac
tion. Morand was wounded August 8,
suffering a severe scalp wound, which
has necessitated a silver plate being
placed in his head. His hands were
both wounded by shrapnel. - Since
August he has been in several French
hospitals, and when sufficiently re
covered was sent to the hospital in
San Francisco for further treatment
He will go to Camp Lewis to be
mustered out, and then return to his
home in Milwaukie, He ia the first
of the Milwaukie boys to return from
overseas,
Morand enlisted from Clackamas
county in September, 1917, and was
first with the heavy artillery at Camp
Greene, Carolina,
MAN SMUGGLES LIQUOR
BY VERY UNIQUE METHOD
Laurity Andressen,. a member of
the crew of the tank steamer Argyll,
was found -guilty at Astoria Sunday
on a charge of having liquor in his
possession and was fined $50, which
he paid Andressen, who was arrest
ed by customs officers, had a specially
constructed sack which he wore un
der his overcoat,
The sack had a separate compart
ment for each quart bottle and ac
commodated 10. ' When wearing this
arrangement the bottles hung below
his hips. In such ft way that they did
not bulge beyond the usual line of
hii overcoat and a hasty Inspection by
the officials would ordinarily miss the
whiskey. '
The fire department was called out
this morning (Thursday) at' 9:20
o'clock to put out a chimney fire- at
the residence of George Howell, at
Fifth and Madison streets. Little
damage was done outside of burning
the chimney. '
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DRAFT . DESERTER
ARRESTED HERE
EVADED AUTHORITIES A YEAR;
THOUGHT HE WAS SAFE
WITH .WAR OVER
TRIAL TO BE IN VANCOUVER
Claims His Girl Didn't Want Him to
Enlist ; Caught When He Comes .
Here to See Her
Carl John Newberger, who regis
tered here about a year ago under
the draft, and who was called to re
port for duty a few weeks later, was
arrested today (Thursday), by Sheriff
Wilson on the charge of being a de
serter. The authorities have been
looking for Newberger for some time
and this morning apprehended him
on the streets of this city. When ar
rested, Newberger claimed that he
thought he would escape punishment,
as the war was over, so came back
to Oregon City to see his girl. He
claims that the reason for his de
parture from this city at the time
he was called in the draft, was on
account of his girl, who lives here,
and who objected to his fighting in
the United States army. Newberger
claims that while sojourning over the
country, he was arrested for not hav
ing a registration card in his posses
sion, and that he again registered in
another city under an assumed name.
Officer Meads took him to Vancou
ver today (Thursday), where he will
have a hearing before the military
authorities at that place. It is re
ported that Newberger is also a de
serter from the Austrian army.
MILSTED WOUNDED ON DAY
. THAT PEACE IS DECLARED
CUSTOMS COLLECTOR
IS BURIED TUESDAY
HARRY PADDOCK DIES FROM
INFLUENZA AT HOME IN
GLADSTONE
The funeral services over the re
mains of the late Harry C. Paddock,
who died at his home in Gladstone
Sunday morning from Spanish influ
enza, were held from the Holman &
Pace, undertaking parlors Tuesday
morning at 10:00 o'clock, Rev. C. H.
L. Chandler officiating. The last rites
were paid to the late Harry O. Pad
dock, income tax collector of the in
ternal revenue department of Oregon
in the Holman & Pace chapel in this
city. "The Home of the Soul" and
"The Homeland" were sung by Thom
as A. Burke, Interment was made
in the Clackamas cemetery.
Deceased was the youngest son of
Mrs. J. C. Paddock, of Gladstone,
and was born at Des Moines, Iowa,
October 28, 1880. He came west with
his parents, and later married Miss
Elizabeth Bradley, of Marshfield, May
21, 1909. He has been connected
with the U. S. customs office for the
past ten years, and has resided in
Clackamas county most of that time.
At the time of his death, he was col
lector of customs, with headquarters
in Portland.
Mr. Paddock is survived by his
wife, and two small sons, Hal and
Willis, of Gladstone; his father, J.
C. Paddock; two sisters, Miss Laura
and Miss Jessie Paddock, and a
brother, Arthur Paddock, all of Glad
stone, the latter a druggist of that
place. Interment took place in the
Clackamas cemetery, where the re
mains were laid to rest beside that
of his mother.
"FILIPINO JOE" BRINGS LIFE
TO WOMAN THOUGHT DROWNED
Morris Milsted, son of Mrs. F. Mil-
sted, of this city, was severely wound
ed in action the day before the armi
stice was signed, according to word
received by the mother. Mrs. Milsted
has two other sons in the servie,
Henry and Jack.
Nine and a half hours after being
overwhelmed by a breaker Sunday on
the beach below Guerneville, Califor
nia, and carried out to sea, the ap
parently lifeless body of Miss Lucile
Armstroff, a teacher, was found on
the shore at Jenner, a nearby village.
An aged man, known locally only
as "Filipino Joe," insisted there wag
life in the tody, and after several
hours' ' work, disregarding repeated
remonstrances, resuscitated the young
woman. ' ,
HUNGER DRAWS THE MAP
CENTRAL POINT HAS 21
, RED CROSS MEMBERSHIPS
The Central Point Red Cross auxil
iary, with 21 members, has been one
of the most efficient organizations in
the county, during the past summer
and fall. Since October 1, it has
turned in 60 refugee shirts, 15 'con
valescent robes, and many knitted ar
ticles. One member of the organiza
tion, Mrs. Inglis, beside attending the
regular weekly meeting where the
Later he wai sent I garment have been made, has com-
to New York, with company B, 147th
field artillery, and embarked there for
France, He taw active service on the
French front practically all of the
time he was overseas. He Is 28 years
of age, and was born in Longmont,
Colorado, The Morands have been
residents of Milwaukie for a number
of years;
Walter I. Paschal filed letters Mon
day for appointment as guardian of
the estate of Katherine Paschal, an
insane person. The estate is valued
at $769.40.
pleted 16 army sweaters, several
pairs of socks and wristlets, since
August 1,, Other members have es
tablished similar records for untir
ing effort.
Famine Condition?
Food Shortage approchmo famine Point
Serious Food Shortage
I Sufficient Present Food Supply
But future SenoW
rot People already receiving
kvJ American aid ,
Unclassified
DECEMBER, i. 11.
HOLIDAY TRADE
BEST JN YEARS
LOCAL MERCHANTS SAY SEASON
IS EXCELLENT; MONEY
SEEMS PLENTIFUL
ALL MS STOCKS DEPLETED
Feeling of Prosperity Is Due to
Brightness of Outlook for Com
ing Year Factories Busy
If business in Oregon City was any
indication for the rest of the state
for the holiday trade just passed, then
prosperity is here and "the goose
hangs high." - According to the mer
chants of this city, one of the best
seasons for the past ten years has
been experienced by them during the
Chritmas season and every merchant
in this city, ' without exception, re
ports that business has been excep
tionally good. The people seem to
have plenty of money, and during the
past week it was not the case of
"how much," but "how soon" can the
article be delivered.
In the department stores, especially,
crowds were shopping all day long
during the week, and the jewelry,
hardware, men's furnishings and
other stores carrying numerous lines,
were very busy, and proprietors be
moaning the fact a few weeks ago
that their Christmas stock was too
heavy, found at the last moment that
they were sold out, and had not much
to offer. 1 .
While no one person has offered
an explanation for the unprecedented
volume of business for the Christmas
trade this year, a possible explana
tion can be offered in the fact that
peace having been declared, the boys
coming home, and good wages and
plenty of work for all in the country,
allow the people to look forward to
the coming year with somewhat of a
careless attitude in the matter of
money, and that they are firm in the
belief that prosperity for the com
ing new year will prevail over the
country. . . . , . -
And why not? The United States
is better fixed to take care of its
patriotic people than ever before.
We have the wealth of the world,
and control the manufacturing and
markets of all nations, besides having
all raw materials and food stuffs in
our possession, and the rest of the
world . look forward to America for
their salvation.
. Let us give thanks this Christmas,
of all others, for being blessed with
the "horn of plenty and a clear con
science. The Editor.
EX-SOLDIER LOSES
LIFE IN MILK CREEK
ERNEST FISHER SLIPS OFF LOGS
AND, IMPEDED BY CLOTH
ING, DROWNS
Ernest Fisher, a young workman,
lost his life in eight feet of water at
the Hult sawmill near Mulino .where
he slipped off the logs in a boom in
Mill creek and was unable to swim.
Fisher had been in the employ of the
company about a month, and had
only recently returned from Califor
nia, where he was stationed with the
United States troops, after being
drafted last June.
He is survived by his wife, to whom
he had been married about three
months; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Fisher, engaged in the res
taurant and hotel , business in Mo
lalla; five brothers and three sisters.
The funeral was held Christmas day
at the Canby cemetery. Deceased
was 21 years of age. Coroner E. L.
Johnson held an inquest Tuesday
morning at Molalla.
BOYS SWIM JOHNSON CREEK
TO ESCAPE OFFICER FROST
Victor Schibert and Richard Moore,
aged 13 years respectively, were tak
en into custody by Juvenile . Officer
Frost Friday, and were brought up
before the juvenile court here Satur
day. The boys had run away from
home about a week ago, and Officer
Frost heard Friday that they were
in the Wichita country near Johnson
creek. He immediately left for that
place, and discovered the lads hiding
in an old barn. When he got near the
barn, the lads ran away, and wheh
they neared the Johnson creek, both
boys jumped into the waters and
swam across to the other bank. The
officer was compelled to walk to the
bridge across the creek farther down,
and captured the boys later on the
other side. The parents were noti
fied of the capture, but they inform
ed the officials that they could do
nothing with the lads, and requested
that the juvenile authorities take the
lads in charge and provide some
means of discipline. Victor Schibert
was sentenced to the reform school
Saturday, and Richard Moore was
paroled to , his parents .... and taken
home.
ININA WILLIAMS WEDDED
HERE ON CHRISTMAS DAY
The wedding of Inina Williams
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Williams
of Molalla avenue, and Henry A
Stewart, of Condon, was solemnized
at high noon Christmas day at the
home of the bride's parents. Rev.
E E. Gilbert, pastor of the Metho
dist church, officiated. John Dimm, of
Portland, was best man, and Miss
Vida Williams, sister of the bride,
was bridesmaid.
Mrs. Stewart haa lived in this city
all her life, and has recently been em'
ployed at the C. C. store. Mr. Stew
art is a farmer in Gilliam county, and
the couple will make their home
there Following the wedding,
Christmas dinner was served to the
guests. The young couple will return
to this city before leaving for eastern
Oregon.
MRS. TOLA EBY, FORMER
RESIDENT HERE, DIES
Mrs. Tola Eby, wife of F C. Eby,
former residents of this county, died
at the home of her brother, Joseph
Shull, of Hood River, Saturday after
a prolonged illness. Mr. and Mrs. '
Eby moved to Hood River about three
months ago for the benefit of Mrs.
Eby's health. During the summer,
they made their home in Oregon City,
where Mrs. Eby underwent an opera
tion at the local hospital. Mrs, Eby
was born in Missouri in 1871, the
family coming to Oregon the follow
ing year. Her parents, Mr. and. Mrs.
Shull, lived at Eagle Creek for many
years, and Mrs. Eby was a resident
of that place until her marriage,
when she moved to Nevada, and lat
er to Sacramento. Besides her hus
band, Mrs. Eby leaves three brothers,
E. C. Shull, of Canby; Joseph Shull,
of Wasco; and Hugh Shull, of Moro.
Funeral services were conducted in
Hood River Monday morning, and in
terment was in that city. ,
Cross Returns
Vera Cross, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Cross, has returned to his
home in this city after two years
spent in the navy. He has been sta
tioned on merchant ships, and has
made the trip to France a number of
times and has made several trips to
South America, j
A food map of Europe today show
not a single country la which the fu
ture does not hold threat of serious
difficulties and only a small part which
; Is not rapidly approaching the famine
. point. With the exception of the
' Ukraine only those countries which
' have fualntalned marine commerce'
' have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
' even In the Ukraine, with stores accu-
nutated on the farms, there la famine
1 in the large centers of population,
i Belgium and northern France, at
; well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand In a different rela
tion from the other nations to the peo
ple of the United States. .America has
: for four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium and northern
. France and Is already making special
, efforts to care for their Increased
; tfter-the-war needs, which, with those
of Serbia, must be Included In this
plan, are nrgent In the extreme and
' must have Immediate relief.
The gratitude of the Belgian nation
! for tiie help America has extended to
! her during the war constitutes the
; strongest appeal for us to continue our
i work there. The moment the German
armies withdrew from her soil and she
was established one mere in her own
eat of government the little nation's
first thought was to express her grati
tude to the Commission for Belief In
Belgium for preserving the lives ot
millions of her citizens.
- Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such a map for Ameri
cans because there Is no present indi
cation that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany., Germany probably can care
for her own food problem If she Is
given access to shipping and Is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trou
ble centers.
England, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have tuffldent food to meet immediate
needs, but their future presents seri
ous difficulties. The same Is true of
Spain and the northern neutral coun
triesNorway, Sweden and Denmark
whose ports have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already in the
throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people
there are beyond the possibility of
help. Before tnotber spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die.
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic re
gions, with condition most serious in
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumnnla and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering a heavy
toll of death. The Armenian popula
tion Is falling each week as hunger
takes Its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roumanla so serious are the food
shortages that famine Is near. Al
though starvation Is not yet Imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur
key are In the throes of serious strin
gencies.
In order to fulfill America's pledge
in world relief we will have to export
every ton of food which can be ban
died through our ports. This means at
the very least a minimum of 20,000,000
tons compared with 6,000,000 tons pre
war exports and 11,820,000 tons ex
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties ot war to the European
allies.
If we fall to lighten the black spots
on the hunger map or if we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see in other parts of
Europe a repetition of the Russian de
bacle and our fight for world peace
will have been in vain.
SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR ONE
WEEK FOR XMAS HOLIDAYS
According to 'the decision last
Thursday night of the school diree
tors of this city, the public schools
here were closed for the Christmas
holidays beginning Monday, and will
not resume until December 30. A
large number of the students of the
Oregon City schools are absent due
to illness, and in deciding to close
the schools for the week, the direc
tors took this into consideration in
making the decision. At present,
there are five teachers oft duty.
ECHO DELL RESIDENTS TO
; AUCTION CHRISTMAS QUILT
A feature of a Christmas program
to be given at Echo Dell, December
24, will be the raffling of a quilt made
by the women of the Loyalty League
of that place. All proceeds will go
to the Red Cross. Many chances
have already been taken, and the
women hope to be able to turn over
a neat little sum to the Red Cross.
Echo Dell is one of the few places
that has completely escaped the in.
fluenza epidemic. ,
Marriage Licenses
Only two marriage licenses were
issued by the county clerk for Christ
mas Weddings, the parties being Inina
May Williams, Oregon City, an
Henry A. Stewart, Condon, Oregon
and Nettie J, Crabtree and Hugh M.
Freele, both of Oregon City. ,:.
ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
GIVES MUSICAL PROGRAM
A Bpecial musical program, under
the charge of B. T. McBain, director
of the choir, and Miss Satie Clancy,
organist, was given at high mass on
Christmas morning at the St. John's
Catholic church in this city. Rev. A.
Hillebrand, pastor, delivered a Christ
mas address at this 10:30 service.
The choir sang "Corpus Christi Mass"
by Theodore La Hache, and for the
offertory "Laetintur Coeli" by W. H.
Rees, was sung. The following are
members of the choir: Sopranos Ma
rie Fredericks, Annie Fredericks, Rose
Justin, Marie Michels, Mrs. Lebrot
Edwards, Mrs. Fischer; altos Annie
Michels, Matilda Michels, Minnie
Justin, Lena McMillan; tenors Joe
Gudke, Nick Michels, Louis Keln-
hofer; bassos Frank Rotter, Dr. Ed
ward Hoffman.
DR. MEISSNER SECURES 64 ;
ACRES OF WESTOVER TRACT
A deed was filed Friday In the re
corder's office here, showing that Dr,
C. H. Meissner had secured Westover
Acres, a tract of land consisting of
about 64 acres, situated near Maple
Lane, from the Falls Land company
of this city. Although the amount ,
paid specified in the papers filed for
the land was only $1, the revenue
stamps carried on the papers amount
ed to $10, showing that the-purchase
price was $10,000. Westover Acres
is near this city, close to what is
now known as Maple Lane district,
and is about two miles from Oregon
City. ; . ? f
The neat sum of $16.68 was derived
from the sale of cards, which will go
toward the relief of Belgian babies.
The sale was in charge of Mrs, Ro
sina Fouts Evans, and the cards were
sold on the streets of this city by a
crew of willing workera. , , ,