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36th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 191?
Number 42
OREGON
RJER
CITY
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MAYOR IIOLM.AN AND COUNCIL
TO ASSUME DUTIES; MAYOR
. SELECTS NEW POLICE
GEO, WOODWARD NAMED CHIEF
Cooke Goes To Night Force. Murtin
Christiansen Succeeds Uubcock ns
Street Superintendent '
' The last meeting of the old city
council took place Tuesduy night in
the 'city hall with Mayor Hackett,
Councilmen Ely, Frederick, Bridges,
Buckles and Tobin present. Most of
the time was taken up with unfinish
ed business of the city, so tha,t every
thing will be in shape for the new
councilmen and mayor, who will take
over the reins of the city government
on next Wednesday eveing, January
8
At the meeting Tuesday, Chief of
Police Cooke made his report for the
month, and showed that $15 in fines
were collected from arrests during
the month. As it was the lust meet
ing for Mayor Hackett, he made an
address before the council, thanking
them for their hearty cooperation
during the past year. Councilman
Tobin nnswered for the council, und
among other things said thut with
out the splendid support of the may
or during the past- twelve months
the good work of the council would
have failed. He said that the finan
cial condition of the city was in good
shape for the new council to start
with.
After the address by Tobin, a vote
of thanks was given the Mayor in
appreciation of his good work and,
support of the council during the term
just expired.
At a banquet given by R. L. Hol
man, mayor-elect, to the eight mem
bers of the incoming city council at
the Electric hotel Tuesday evening,
Mayor Holman made the following
appointments am 'at the same time
mimed George Woodward as the new
chief of police for Oregon City:
Woodward succeeds Henry Cooke,
present incumbent, Cooke being trans
ferred to the night force, as also Ed.
Surfus, who is retained by the new
mayor on the night force.
Other, appointments follow:
Superintendent of Streets Murtin
Christiansen (succeeding C. C. Bab-
. cock).
Finance Tobin, Kruger and Bridg
es. Streets ' .and Public . Property
Kruger, Green and Tobin. '
Fire and Water Bridges, Wood
ward and Albright.
Health and Police Kelly, Green
and Woodward.
Cemetery Scott, Albright and To
bin. Councilman Tobin was appointd by
the mayor on three different commit
tees on account ,of his keen interest
in municipal affairs, Tobin, Bridges,
Scott, Kruger and Kelly were ap
pointed as chairmen of . the various
committees. City Recorder Loder and
City Attorney Story, elected at the
'last city election, have qualified, and
will take up their duties immediately,
making the municipal organization
for the year 1919 complete. Only
two members of the new city coun
cil served under the-Hackett admin
istration Tobin and Bridges.
Dips Cheaper Than Ticks
That big dividends follow invest
ments in cattle-tick, eradication is
shown by investigations during the
lust year by the United States De
partment of Agriculture, The ex
pense of permanently freeing cattle
from ticks is repaid from 20 to 50
times. Thft nnst nf irmkino- thu nan.
g, v. -
essary number of dippings varies
from only 18 to 50 cents for each ani-
.. i i . i-. i j
uiui, aim uie canvass snowea an av
'erage estimated increase of $9.76 in
value of the tick-free, cattle,. More
than that, the eradication of the tick,
as conducted under federal supervis
ion, permits the introduction of high
class beef and dairy cattle and the
establishment of a more profitable
live-stock industry. Emphr.sis is
placed by the department on the need
for a clear understanding of the pur
pose of tick eradication and the ne
cessity for strict compliance with
regulations to insure thoroughness.
By co-operating with the government
in the work farmers receive the num
erous hinpfit.s' rpsiiltino. frn-m tVin Ar
portunity for great improvement in
their herds.
Inexperienced Men Accepted
For the first time inexperienced
butter and cheese makers will be ad
mitted to the dairy .short course at
the Agricultural College, January 6
31. Bdth men and women may enter.
Creameries are short of butter and
cheese makers in Oregon, other
states, and Canada, from all of which
many inquiries indicate a big enroll
ment. Students will be given instruc
tion and practical experience in pas
teurization of cream, determination
of salt and moisture content of but
ter, and judging of both cheese and
butter.
I
MEETING
COUNTING OF VOTES
sfARTED MONDAY
ERROR IN HARMONY PRECIlfcT
GIVES WILSON LEAD OF
' ABOUT 19 VOTES
The recount of the votes as de
manded by Henry W. Koehler, can
didate for the . office of sheriff of
Clackamas county, and who was de
feated by W. J. Wilson, present sher
iff, at the last election Jy a narrow
margin of 61 votes, was started Mon
day. Up-to this morning (Thurs
day), very few errors were found in
the recount, but this morning in
counting the ballots of precinct No. 1,
Harmony, a mistake was found which
gave Wilson a lead of 19 votes, The
tally sheet of this-precinct was found
to be incorrect, as it recorded more
votes for Koehler than for Wilson,
and in counting the ballots the judges
found that the sheet gave Koehler 10
more votes than he was entitled to.
About half of the precincts have
been counted by the judges so far,
and in the opinion of. Judge Camp
bell, it will take several days yet to
complete the job. As the, record
stands now, with half of tlie votes
counted, Wilson has made a gain of
19 votes over his majority, of 61,
making a total of 70, which can
euner ue increased or decreased, as
the counting goes on if mistakes are
found.
SISTERS SUE FOR ALLEGED
MONEY DUE FROM FATHER
A suit was instituted last Thurs
duy by Sarah M. Graham, Rose Gra
ham, Theis and Kate B. Chase,
daughters of the late John W. Gra
ham, against Marion C, Young, son-in-law
of Graham, to recover money
on property sold to the defendant by
Mr. Graham before his death. In the
papers filed in the suit, "the daugh
ters allege that the property was'
turned over to Young without valu
able consideration, and that Young,
the defendant, promised the three
sons of the deceased, John, William
and .Robert, thut he would pr.y the
sisters the larger amount, from the
sale if the eons would purchase
certain amount of the property. It
is further claimed that the sons did
this, giving their notes and a mort
gage, and thut when the notes" were
paid, the defendant, failed to give the
sisters the money promised. ' The
money in question is in the sun of
$2200, and the sisters aro suing for
a settlement.
ROBT. EWALT WRITES HE
WILL SOON BE DISCHARGED
Mrs. L. J. Ewalt, of Clairmont,
near this city, has received word
from her son,, Robert Ewalt, that
he is now at the Marine barracks at
Norfolk, Virginia, where he expects
to be mustered out soon. Robert has
the distinction of being the youngest
aviator in the service so far as
known, and is the first and youngest
man to enlist from Clackamas coun
ty. He is 19 years of age, and- left
last August for France, where he has
been active on the front for many
months as. an aviator. He writes
thut he expects to be home soon.
SPEEDER CAUGHT AND
FINED $25 BY JUDGE
Motorcycle Officer Meads and Dep
uty Sheriff Joyner arrested Gus Stui
son for speeding with a motorcycle
on the river road last Thursday, Of
ficer Meads claimed that the man
was going over 55 mtles an hour, and
when he blew his horn for the man
to stop, the speeder "stepped on the
gas" and -compelled him to shoot over
his head before he would stop. He
was fined $25 in Justice Seivers'
court Thursday evening.
Tour County to See Community Work
Stirring up ambition and friendly
rivalry- by going out to see what
other communities have accomplish
ed is an excellent Vay to -raise the
standards of a whole neighborhood,
in the opinion of home-demonstration
agents of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the State
agricultural colleges. In Middlesex
county, Mass,, one of the most stim
ulating projects this fall was a one
day auto tour to some of tho most
interesting canning kitchens, food
centers, and community houses in the
county. Sixteen automobiles, carry
ing 70 persons, . made the trip, and
the occupants saw at first hand what
the other towns in the county are
doing in community work.
Marriage License
Alda Euretta Gillispie, of Portland,
and Walter Layton, of Cordova, Alas
ka, were granted a marriage license
in Oregon City Tuesday. The wed
ding ceremony took place at the Bap
tist parsonage at 5:00 o'clock on the
same day, with Rev. W. T. Milliken
officiating. Both were former -resi
dents of Independence, Oregon. Mr.
Layton is a nephew of J. Dean But
ler, of this city, and the couple are
visiting in Oregon City during Mr.
Layton's furlough from the navy. He
has been stationed at Mare Island.
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AU
SOLDIER
IN BIG ADVANCE
R. S. YODER WRITES OF ROUT
OF HUNS; MEN WEMVSIX
DAYS WITHOUT FOOD ;
WARNS AGAINST PROPAGANDA
Advises Americans Not To Believe
Stories of Hun's Lack of Food, 1
Merely Scheme of Enemy
Yoder
In a letter that is marked "Dad's
Christmas letter," received by Mr
and Mrs, D. B. Yoder at Aurora a few
days ago, their son, R. S. Yoder, a
member of the American army in
France, tells his experiences since he
landed in Europe; and shows where
he was in the thickest of the fight
ing at a time when fighting men were
sorely needed. He says in part:
"Our company was surrounded at
one time for six days-and nights
could get no food. Our own artillery
shot us to pieces because we could
not communicate with headquarters.
We got out all right, but you should
have seen the bunch-weak, hungry
and unshaven, looking like wild men,-
and I guess the Huns thought we
were. They captured three, or four of
our patrol, one being wounded. They
dressed his wound and gave him a
feed and then sent him back with a
note to our major, asking him to sur
render. He read it to the men, which,
of course, made them madder than
he was himself. In about a half hour
the Huns came over yelling like wild
men. Well, they did not yell long or
come far, for we made it too
hot for them and, like the low-down,
treacherous curs they are, they slunk
back to their holes.
"After we routed them from this
stronghold we advanced 10 miles
without resistance and, when we were
taken out of the front lines into the
reserve, we had helped to drive the
Hun about 25 miles through thick
woods and over the mountains. The
Americans never yielded, a foot of
ground the only thing they knew
was 'advance.' They ended the war
finally and secured the terms they
wanted, and I am glad it is over.
"Now, remember, the German can
not be trusted. He is going to send
his propaganda out over the world,
working on the sympathy of the
people. The United States is weak
in that one point, so that when you
read anything about the food condi
tions in Germany don't believe it
they don't need help as badly as they
try to make out. They had ample
food until the minute the armistice
was signed all the prisoners we cap
tured .had plenty of -food."
G. B. DIMICK HANDS COURT
REPORT OF FAIR ASSOCIATION
G. B. Dimkk, president of the
Clackamas County Fair association,
in the annual report of the organiza
tion to the county court, shows the
sum of $1401.25 paid in premiums
from the fund raised by a levy of one
half of a mill. Expenses for labor and
miscellaneous items, which were paid
from gate receipts, totalled $805.24.
Sues on Note
John Hammelman has filed a suit
against A. J. E. Vick et al. to collect
on a note given by G. A. and Maggie
Cobb to the plaintiff for $1000. This
note was made in 1917 and the de
fendants claim an interest in the
property given to secure the note.
Nothing has been , paid on the note,
and plaintiff asks for a judgment, the
foreclosure of the mortgage and pay
ment of the note and costs of the
case, with $100 attorney's "fees.
Miss Hoffman Weds ",
'Announcement of the wedding of
Miss Margaret Hoffman, formerly of
this city, to J. B. Adrain, of Weiser,
Idaho, has been received here. The
wedding took place December 24,
and the couple will make their fu
ture home- at Weiser, where Mr.
Adrain is engaged in business. . , ,
R. S.
MASONS BANQUET AT
JOINT INSTALLATION
E. P. RANDS AND w. t. MILLIKEN
PRESIDE OVER LOCAL
; , MASONIC ORDERS
A joint installation of officers by
the Multnomah Chapter, No. 1, A. F.
& A. M., and Clackamas Chapter No.
2, R, A,' M., was held at the Masonic
temple in this city Friday evening.
A banquet was enjoyed by the mem
bers, and Ernest Rands, of this city,
acted as toastmaster. Responses
were made by the Grand High Priest
and Dr. Seeman. Joseph E. Hedges,
of this city, gave an address on the
history of the local lodge, calling at
tention to the fact that it was the
oldest lodge pn the coast and was or
ganized in 1848.
The .following officers for the Mult
nomah lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M.,
were installed: E. P. Rands, W. M.;
John F. Eriekson, S. W ; F. M. Wil
liams, J. W.; John, R. Humphrys,
treasurer; L. V. Roake, secretary; B
E. Crabtree, S. D.; Roy A. Prudden,
S. S.; George E; Griffith, tyter. Past
Worthy Master William Laidlaw act
ed as installation officer.
Clackamas Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.,
installed the following officers: W. T.
Milliken, H. P.; Livy Stipp, K ; C.
H. Roake, S; Ernest P. Rands, C, of
H.; John R. Humphrys, P. S.; George
Swafford, R. A C; Avery Robacker,
3rd V.; George E. Griffith,' 2nd V.;
J, H. Walker, 1st V.; George Grover,
S. Max Bollack acted as the install
ing officer, and, although a member
of this chapter, resides in Portland.
He, is a Grand High Priest of the
Oregon chapter , of this lodge, this
being the highest office for this chap
ter. . Retiring High Priest George L.
Swafford of the local chapter is also
a member of the Grand State chap
ter. Oregon City has the distinction
of having, two local members on this.
ARRESTED FOR DISTURBING
PEACE AT WEST LINN HOTEL
Jesse Merritt, charged with being
intoxicated and disturbing the peace,
was arrested Saturday afternoon by
Chief of Police Hammerley, on the
complaint of Frank Barlow, clerk of
the- West Linn Inn. Merritt, who
was causing idis4urbance"irr West
Linn, made no objections to going with
the officer when first arrested. As
they crossed the bridge the man
raised some objections, and started
to resist the officer as they reached
Oregon City. Hammerley had some
difficulty holding the man until Chief
Cooke appeared and handcuffed, him
AUTO THIEVES AGAIN BUSY
IN OREGON CITY THURSDAY
Auto thieves took the new delivery
car of H. P. Brightbill Thursday
night about 8:00 o'clock from the
feed shed where he had the car stor
ed. Sheriff Wilson was immediately
notified, and about 10:00 o'clock the
same evening, the sheriff found the
car near Gladstone where it had been
left by the auto bandits. No trace
of the thieves could be found, and
the sheriff is of the opinion that the
thieves feared . apprehension and
abandoned the car. t .
W. C. T. U. OPENS REST ROOM
IN LIBERTY TEMPLE HERE
The formal opening of the new rest
room for this city at the Liberty
Temple took place Wednesday after
noon under the auspices of the W.
C. T. U,, and the hostesses are var
ious ladies at different hours. Music
and light refreshments were on the
program for the day. This rest room
will be a permanent affair and the
members of the W. C. T. U. will at
tend to the upkeep and keep it warm
and comfortable for those who care
to make use of it
Sues for Commission
Suit to collect a commission on the
sale of real estate in this county was
entered Friday by S. , E. Wooster
against Meta Berg. Wooster claims
that an agreement was made between
the defendant and himself that h
was to receive a 4 per cent commis
sion if he sold the property for $1200.
He says the agreement was made De
cember 9, 1918, and he sold the prop
erty on December 24, According to
his claim, tho defendant refused to
pay the commission and he is asking
judgment for the amount and costs
of the case.
New Wire Chief Arrives .
N. Drake, who has been connected
with the Portland office of the Pacific
Telephone & Telegram company, has
been appointed to succeed R. F. Wood
ward as wire chief of the local
branch. Mr. Woodward has been
promoted to the Salem branch, where
he will be wire chief.
Methodists Celebrate
Members of the Methodist church
celebrated the 75th birthday of L, P.
Horton, a trustee in the church, ' at
his home in Gladstone New Year's
Eve. A gold watch chain and gold
knife were presented Mr. Horton in
appreciation of hig work with the
church.
The Oregon City Courier and the
Oregon Farmer, both for $1.15.
BOOTLEGGERS ARE
CAUGHT THIS WEEK
THREE PARTIES UNSUCCESSFUL
IN ATTEMPT TO BRING
LIQUOR THROUGH
FORMER SANDY MAN CAUGHT
Negro, Caught Tuesday, Fined $250;
Others Out on Bail To Be
" Tried This Week
J. E. Pomeroy, formerly justice of
the peace at Sandy, but now of Port
land, and Lee Porter, ' of Portland,
were arrested in this city about 6:30
Sunday morning by Sheriff Wilson,
when they attempted to drive an auto
load of bootlegging whiskey through
here for Portland. The sheriff and
Deputy Meads caught the bootleggers
at the foot of the South End road,
and the auto contained about 50
quarts of liquor. The men had a
hearing before Justice Sievers later
in the morning, and were released on
$100 cash bail each for trial today
(Thursday).
It was a busy day for Sheriff Wil
son chasing bootleggers, and a short
time before the above arrest, the
sheriff nabbed two Austrians who
gave their names as Joe Blaich and
George Protika at Milwaukie for
having in, their possession a suit
case containing about 12 quarts of
"Moonshine" whiskey. The Austrians
released on $100 bail, were to appear
Monday for trial, but they were turn
ed over by the authorities here to the
officials at Milwaukie Monday where
the case will be tried. The bail
money was also turned over to the
Milwaukie authorities. It is learn
ed that the reason for this is be
cause the city of Milwaukie recently
passed the prohibition ordinance for
that territory, hence the trial of the
Austrians at that place, where hey
were apprehended.
Albert Lycurgus, colored, has paid
a fine of $250 into Justice John N.
Sievers' court following his plea of
guilty to the charge of illegally trans
porting intoxicating liquor, and John
Frazier, also colored, and C D.
Brown, white, the latter the chauf
feur, pleading not guilty, will have
their trial Saturday, January 11, and
are at liberty on a cash bail of $150
each. The three men were arrested
on the old South End road Tuesday
morning by Sheriff W. J. Wilson and
Justice of the Peace John N. Sievers,
after they had made the trip out
from Portland in an automobile and
picked up several suit . cases and a
special package of liqaor at Barlow.
Lycurgus, who acknowledged that he
was the owner of the booze, said that
it cost him $620.
CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION TO
HOLD ANNUAL MEET TUESDAY
: The Willamette Valley Chautauqua
association will hold its .annual meet
ing next Tuesday, The chief busi
ness will be the election of the board
of directors for the coming year.
Plans for the improvement of the
Chautauqua grounds will be formu
lated. The association hopes to over
come the dust problem, which has
been a source of trouble in the past
years. Extension of the graveled
walks is one improvement planned.
Members of the association think
that C. H. Dye, who has been presi
dent for the last two years, will be
re-elected at the meeting. He was
one of the chief promoters of the
local Chautauqua when it was start
ed 26 years ago.
RAILWAY COMPANY SUES
FOR POSSESSION OF LAND
Suit to get possession of a strip of
land belonging to William Mumpower
has been started by the Portland and
Oregon City Railway company. The
railway company claim that they
need the land in order to run their
tracks properly. The parties could
not reach a satisfactory agreement
as to prices and damages out of
court, so suit was started by the com
pany.
Associations Ship Live Stock
La Salle County, 111., now has five
live-stock shipping associations do
ing a thriving business, according to
the county agent. One association
has been doing business for the past
12 months and in that time has ship
ped,, 75 carloads of stock. The man
ager receives, marks, and loads the
stock for market. At the Chicago
stockyards each man's consignment is
weighed and sold separately, and each
man receives what his stock brings
less his proportionate share of the
expense of shipping. This system is
filling one of the demands for a more
economical system of marketing and
is a popular branch of farm bureau
work in this county.
Property Sale Confirmed
In the case of D. B. Howell, admjn
istrator for Clara Zipsy, deceased,
against C. W. Johnson, the sale of
property involved was confirmed here
Monday,
FORD TURNS TURTLE
WOMAN BADLY HURT
RESIDENTS OF COURTNEY HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE QN HILL
ON RIVER ROAD
A Ford car, driven by a Mr. Black
man, on the river toad between
Gladstone and Oak Grove last Thurs
day, completely turned turtle and
severely injured Blackman's wife,
who was taken to Courtney station
her home, immediately after the ac
cident.' Officer Meads, who was
chasing another speeder at the time
on the same road, claims that Black-
man passed hint on the road going
at a high rate of speed, and, just as
the Blackman machine got to the
brow of the paved hill, something
went wrong with the steering gear,
and the machine made , a complete
turn in the road and turned turtle on
the other side. - Blackman jumped,
but his wife was caught in the ma
chine and severly injured. The li
cense number on the Ford was 25419,
and is registered under the name of
F. Konard. It was a total wreck.
MRS. JULIA BR0DIE DIES
AT HOME OF SON HERE
Mrs. Julia Brodie, pf this city, died
t the home of her son, E E. Brodie,
publisher of the Morning Enterprise,
Monday morning, after an illness of
several weeks. Deceased was form
erly of Eugene, where she had lived
for many years, but about two years
ago came to Oregon City to live at
the home of her son on 7th and Jef
ferson. She is survived by four chil
dren, E. E. Brodie, of this city; Rob
ert Brodie, of Eugene; Mrs. Bochers,
of Tongue Point; Mrs. Kate Hsavus,
of Portland. She also leaves a num
ber of grandchildren. Services were
held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the
Portland crematorium. Deceased was
82 years of age at the time of her
death.
OFFICER FINDS FORD CAR '
-IS COMPLETELY WRECKED
A Ford car, that had run off the
road and completely turned turtle,
was found near Risley - station Mon
day afternoon . by 1 Deputy Sheriff
Hughes. The car was abandoned, and
no trace has been found of the own
ers. A small boy living in the neigh
borhood saw two young men walking
towards Oregon City after the wreck
and it is presumed that they were the
ones in the car It is a mystery to
those who saw the car how the oc
cupants could have escaped without
injury.
SAVON LAND COMPANY
SUES PROPERTY OWNERS
The Savon Land company, a Minne
sota concern doing business in Ore
gon, has -entered suit against Isaac
Helbacker, John Bofts, John Pespla,
Gust Ylinen and John Jokrrinta to
collect on contracts to buy property.
This property is located in Clacka
mas county and the defendants have
paid only a part of the contract price
and some of them have not paid the
interest and taxes. Plaintiff asks a
settlement in- full for the various
amounts. ,
Sues to Set Aside Contract
Harold Dewaide filed suit here
Friday to set aside a contract to buy
real estate made by Edward Shearer
in 1911. C. N. Worracott and Shear
er made the contract, and the former
turned this over to Dewaide later.
Dewaide alleges that only part of the
price has been paid and the balance
is due, Tho amount paid down was
$300, and judgment is asked by De
waide for the rest of the amount.
Christmas Wedding
News of the wedding of MIbs Ella
Chinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
C. Chinn, of Central Point, to William
Gruber, of Pierce county, Wash., on
Christmas day, has been received in
this city by friends of the Chinn's.
Rev. A. Joslyn, of Canby, officiated at
the ceremony, which was attended by
many friends of the family.
Milsied Recovering
Morris Milsted, recently reported
seriously wounded in action, is re
covering, according to a card receiv
ed by the young man's mother, Mrs.
h. Milsted of this city. Milsted, who
was wounded the day before the ar
mistice was signed, writes that his
wounds are healing. V ; '
I. O. O. F. Elect Officers
The Gladstone order of I. O. O. F
elected the following officers at their
meeting Friday night: Mayor Cham
bers Howell, noble grand; George R.
Simmons, vice grand: T. B. J. Wil
liams, treasurer; Louis E. Sickler,
secretary.
Marriage Licenses "
The county clerk granted licenses
to wed Saturday to Edith F. Gund
lach, 30, and Frank Rulison, 88, both
of Portland, and to Eva Johnson, 40,
and Fred L. Wisonger, 41, also of
Portland.
Frank M. Easterdahl, 32, of Port
land, and Margaret D. Carson, 27, of
this county, were granted a license to
wed here Tuesday by the county
clerk. " " 1
EMPLOYES GIVEN
BANQUET AT ILL
OREGON CITY MANUFACTURING
PLANT SCENE OF LIVELY
XMAS CELEBRATION
MILL TO GO ON 8-HOUR BASIS
Announcement of Further Bonuses on
Continued Service With Plant
Brings Big Demonstration
Four tables, 66 feet long, upon
which were laid nearly 400 plates,
made up the banquet hall Saturday
evening, when the Oregon City Wool
en Mills gave a banquet to their em
ployes at the plant here at 6:30 in
the evening. The tables were bright
ly decorated with miniature Christ
mas trees, and at each plate was a
service cap, a whistling balloon and
a novelty menu. The cuttinsr room
of the plant was used as the banquet
hall, and Japanese lanterns and other
decorations made the room like a
fairy house. Twenty' turkeys were
used to appease the appetites of the
joyous crowd of employes, and each
person was presented with a memen-:
to from the mill management.
At the close of the banquet, Presi
dent Jacobs made the announcement
that on and after January 1, tho
garment division of the mills would
go on an eight-hour basis, and on
February 1, the balance of the de
partments of the mills would adopt
the eight-hour day. A great demon
stration took place when this an
nouncement was heard by the em
ployes. In making the decision, Pres
ident Jacobs said that while the ma
jority of the manufacturing plants
oyer the country are working nine
hours, he felt that an eight-hour day
was just, and that the management
would "take a chance" and adopt a
shorter working day.'
Upon taking a vote whether the
employes should work eight hours
week days, or Work nine hours up to
Saturday each week and have Satur
day ., afternoon off, the employes
unanimously voted for the Saturday '
afternoon off.
Another announcement - was made
by President Jacobs in effect' that
hereafter the company would adoDt
the policy of committee represents-'
tion from each department to repre
sent the workers in all. matters
affecting their ' welfaresocially' and
industrially. A third announcement
which brought forth a demonstration
by the assembly, was to the effect
that in addition to the present policy
of allowing 2 on earnings of six
months' continuous service, 5 on
one year, 7V4 on two years, a fur
ther bonus will be allowed of 10
for three years and 15 for five
years.
RECONSTRUCTION CONVEN-
TION 10 BE IN PORTLAND
Transformation of labor and indus
try from a war to a peace basis is to
be worked into a definite program at
a Reconstruction Convention called
by Governor James Withycombe at
Portland, January 9, 10 and llthi.
The details for staging the great
state-wide conclave are in the hand
of Mayor George L, Baker of Port
land. ' ,
Letters of invitation have been
sent to the leaders of every branch
of activity in the state. City and
county offlciuls, members of the legis
lature and federal offlciuls from
Washington, D. C, who are in touch
with problems to be considered will
be among those attending. Industrial
organizations, both large and small,
will be represented, and labor, both
organized and unorganized, will have
delegates in attendance to take an
active part in the discussion of Ore
gon's most vital problem.
Through the three days' meeting.
definite plans, will be worked out to
handle the reconstruction problems,
which are now facing every state in
the Union. It will be the purpose of
this convention to work out plans
which will eliminate all chance , of
unemployment, provide employment
lor the returning soldiers and sailors
of Oregon, and also bring about the
greatest development of industry
throughout the state in history. This
development will include such indus
tries as agriculture, shipping, min
ing, shipbuilding, lumbering, fishing,
road building, stock raising, etc The
recognized leaders in each of these
lines will attend the convention and
participate in the discussion, and def
inite programs for each endeavor will
be outlined before the convention is
adjourned.
The reconstruction problem is one
which effects the entire , state and it
is the purpose of the convention to
bring together men ' interested not
only in various lines of endeavor but
representing all sections of the state,
so that a satisfactory state-wide pro
gram can be placed into effect. , ,
In sending out the call for delegat
es, Mayor Baker has adopted the
slogan "It can be done."
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