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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1919
Number 48
OREGON CITY
GO
s
IS
HERE
CHURCH BROTHERHOOD HEARS
TWO EXCELLENT SPEAKERS
AT BANQUET
G.A.R. COMMEMORATE MARTYR
J. A. Roman, Who Knew Lincoln,
Recounts Memories of Man and
His First Inaugural
The first meeting of the Men's
Brotherhood, of the Congregational
church of this city, since the lifting
of the "Flu" ban, was held Wednes
day night in the Congregational
church,
The banquet was held in memory
of Lincoln's birthday, and at each
plate was a souvenir, in the form of
a bon bon box, which carried the
neatly engraved portrait of Abraham
Lincoln. L, Adams presided at the
meeting. A large attendance was
present. '
Gilbert L. Hedges, district attor
ney, gave an address on the life of
Abraham Lincoln, and it was cosider
ed one of the best talks ever heard
in this city on the subject. Mr.
Hedges said that Abraham Lincoln
was the heritage . of the ' American
people," and that a perpetual charm
surrounds the life of the great states
man and beloved citizen.
Following the ' address of Mr.
Hedges, J. E. Chinn sang "Tenting
Tonight," and was called back'for an
encore and sang "Where the Morn
ing Glories Grow." Mr. Chinn was
accompanied by his wife.
The main address of the evening
was given by G. R. Ellison', of the
Ellison - White Chautauqua circuit.
Mr. Ellison was secured by the
Brotherhood to come to this city
and gave a description of industrial
conditions in Australia, from which
country he has just returned, after
spending nine months there. Mr. El
lison held his audience silent with
his vivid description of a country
where the Socialist party is in pow
er, ne sam mat when he lelt Amer
ica, he was somewhat in favor of
government ownership, but after in
vestigating conditions in Australia,
where government ownership pre
vails, he was convinced that the plat
form is wrong.
He claimed that Australia is about
25 years back of America in a ma
terial way, and that while those in
power in that country claimed for
their government, democracy, they
did not understand the meaning of
the word. He said that the labor
ing class ruled there, and that it was
a country of "play" and not work.
As one example, he pointed out that
in every state there, they had a dif
ferent gauge railroad. If one want
ed to makea shipment across that
country, he would be compelled to
transfer the goods to several roads
on different cars before reaching the
destination. When asked why all
railroads did not have the same siz
ed track in the country, Mr. Ellison
was told that it would not do, as the
laboring class needed the work trans
ferring the goods at the different
junctions.
Mr. Ellison's address was follow
ed by a poem entitled "Good Morn
ing," read by Mr. Parker, which
. brought forth much applause from
those present.
The banquet Was furnished by the
ladies of tbe Saturday Club of the
church.
J E. Chinn led the audience in
singing the national anthem at the
close of the meeting.
The program given at the First
Methodist church in this city Wed
nesday afternoon in memory of Lin
coln's birthday, was well attended.
The entertainment was under the
auspices of the G. A. R. and the
W. R. C. The program was opened
by prayer by Dr. W. T. Milliken, of
the First Baptist church. The drum
corps of the G. A. R. gave several
selections of martial airs, and Mrs.
Baker, -followed wiVh instrumental
music. Mrs. Nellie Cooper sang a
vocal solo, and led the audience in
singing "America."
Rev. C. H. L. Chandler, rector of
the St. Paul's Episcopal church of
this city, gave an excellent address,
and reviewed the life of Abraham
Lincoln. His theme throughout his
speech was "The New Form of De
mocracy," and the audience learned
many new ideas from his remarks
concerning the true- form of democ
racy as practiced by Lincoln.
Mrs. W. S. Bennet gave Lincoln's
Gettysburg address. Miss Naomi
Armstrong sang the "Battle Hymn
of the Republic."
J. A. Roman's "Reminiscences of
Lincoln's First Inaugural," was one
of the main features on the program.
Mr. Roman was a reporter on a New
York daily at the time of Lincoln's
inaugural, and covered the address of
Lincoln at that time. Mr. Roman is
a Civil War veteran and is one of the
few surviving men of the city who
knew Lincoln personally in the early
days. He has four grandsons in the
United States army, one having been
killed in France fighting for his
country.
STOLEN CAR GETS
HOME BEFORE OWNER
A. B. LINN LOSES AUTO IN PORT
LAND; THIEF NABBED HERE
BEFORE LINN RETURNS
rA. B. Linn, of this city, accompan
ied by his t'wio sons, drove to Port
land in a new Oakland auto Sunday
evening, to attend a theatre. After
parking the car in Portland, they at
tended the show and when the party
came out of the theatre, the car was
gone. '
Mr. Linn reported the loss to the
Portland police, then took the electric
car for Oregon City. When he got
off the street car here, he found his
auto in front of the courthouse,
where he discovered that Officer
Hughes and Surfus had nabbed the
thief on Main street, when he at
tempted to pass through this city
with the auto from Portland.
The young man who stole the car
gave his name as H. Sidney Shel
don, and claims that his home is in
Portland. He is now in the city
jail awaiting trial. Mr. Linn con
siders himself lucky, ' and claims
that the auto thief saved him the
trouble of driving the car from Port
land to Oregon City in the rain, as
he enjoyed the ride on the electric
car much better Sunday night. ' '
SOLA CIRCLE HOLDS
BIG INSTALLATION
MRS. H. A. SHANDY AND MISS
CLARA TATE GIVEN PAST
GUARDIAN JEWELS
Installation of officers of the Sola
Circle, Neighbors of Woodcraft, of
thi3 city, held Friday night, was
conducted by Mrs. H. A. Shandy,
past guardian. Mrs. Shandy and Miss
Clara Tate, who was past guardian
last year, were presented with hand
some past guardian jewels, as part
of the evening's ceremony. The fol
lowing officers were installed for the
coming year: ' .
Luella Erickson, past guardian;
Anna Jtakel, guardian neighbor; Viola
Brunner, advisor; May Rakel, magic
ian; Mrs. George Osborn, musician;
Tillie Swanson, attendant; Amelia
Martin, inner sentinel; Mary Clay
ton, outer sentinel; Viola Tate, Ro
sina Fouts Evans, and Dora Winkel,
board of, managers; Izetta Albright,
captain of the guard; May Waldron,
bnnkei'.
At the banquet which followed the
installation ceremony, places were
laid for 150. The banquet was in
charge of . Mrs. J. L. Waldron, Mrs.
MoFarland, Mrs. Orlena Kellogg,
Mrs. J. K. Morris, Mrs. M. E. Dunn,
and Mrs. Tillie Swanson. Miss lone
Dunn, pianist, and James Chinn, solo
ist, entertained during the evening.
WOMAN SUES SEWING
MACHINE CO. FOR $2,999
A suit has been entered here by
Josephine Criteser against the Sing
er Sewing Machine company and its
agent, A. R. Lowry, for personal
damages in the sum of $2,999.00.
Mrs. Criteser alleges in her com
plaint that the agent, A. R. Lowry,
came to her home one day and asked
to see the. factory number on the
machine. She allowed him to enter
the house, and she alleges that he
took the top off the machine, con
taining most of the mechanism, and
started to leave the house. She
claims that when she remonstrated
with him, he threw her down the
front steps of the house, causing her
internal injuries. She further alleg
es that the agent claimed $8 was
due on back payments on the ma
chine, which she thought had been
paid. .
SIX BIRTHS; ALL BOYS,
RECORDED DURING MONTH
Six births were recorded here last
week, and all six were boys. Febru
ary 2, to the wife of Fred William
Moehnke. of Hoff. a son: Fehrnnrv
4, to the wife of Fred Creason, 205
17th street, a son; February 6, to
the wife of Ora Slyter, of Canby, a
son; February 7, to the wife of Amos
Ball, of West Linn, a son; to the wife
of M. Tozier,. of Gladstone, a son;
and to the wife of Ben Grossenbach
er, of Eighth and Washington streets,
ft son.
COX BILLIARD PARLORS
ARE SOLD TO B. C. MAN
The billiard parlors belonging to
F. D. Cox have been Durchased hv
Mr. Rohrberg, of Ocean Falls, B. C,
who recently moved to this city. Mr.
Rohrberg was an emDlov of t.hi
Pacific Mills, at Ocean Falls,. Mr.
Cox will take active charge of his
soda works in this city.
The Pacific TeleDhone & TeWrnnh
company has leased the building
which it now occupies, for another
five-vear Deriod. The builriincr is
owned by D. C. and C. D. Latourette.
ine company agrees to pay $70
monthly, and make its own renaira.
according to the terms of the lease
tiled iTiday.
OR G BOOSTER
TALKSTO"WIRES"
W. B. D .DODSON SEES BRIGHT
MANUFACTURING FUTURE
FOR THIS VALLEY
MILK COMPANY MAY LOCATE
Committee to Furnish Information
to Interest Eastern Capital
in This City
The first luncheon to be held in the
new Commercial club parlors in the
Masonic building took place Tuesday
noon, with nearly all members of the
organization present. W. B. D. Dod
son, executive secretary of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, was the
honored guest of the Wires, and his
address was listened to with a great
deal of interest.
Mr. Dodson gave many suggestions
to the "Wires" as to their activities
during the coming year. He claimed
that the Portland Chamber of Com
merce 'Was trying to interest young
men in the work at that place, and
said that he thought the coming gen
eration of young men in Portland
would make that city the pride of the
Pacific Coast during the next few
years. He pointed out to the
"Wire?" that eastern manufacturers
were looking toward the Willamette
Valley for the purpose of establish
ing industries her?, and particularly
to Oregon City, and that the manu
facturers realized that in establish
ing branches on the Pacific Coast,
they would be nearer to foreign mar
kets and eliminate long overland
hauls and freight expense. Mr. Dod
son claimed that anything that would
help Portland would help Oregon
City, and vice versa, and that the
Portland Chamber of Commerce de
sired to cooperate with the Live
Wires and the Commercial club for
the betterment of the Willamette val
ley. A committee will be appointed by
the organization to follow up some
of Mr. Dodson's suggestions as to
securing manufacturers to establish
branch houses in this city. It is
learned that a big corporation which
controls large milk cOndensaries over
the East, is desirous of locating
near Oregon City. The matter will
be looked, into by the Live Wire com
mittee, and steps taken to produce
all information available to present
to these eastern interests.
A resolution was presented at the
meeting commending Mayor Hansen
of Seattle for the fine work he ac
complishd in smashing the first ris
ing of Bolshevists in the United
States, and after being put to a vote,
was unanimously adopted, with in
structions lo the secretary to for
ward a copy to Mayor Hansen at
Seattle. - ,
The next regular meeting of the
Wires will take placo next Tuesday.
CLUB APPOINTS COMMITTEES
FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
The Board of Governors of the
Oregon City Commercial club met
Saturday, and approved the follow
iitr standing committees, that had
been appointed by M. D. Latourette,
president of the club. The commit
tees are:
Publicity, O. D. Eby, T. W. Sulli
van, George Tracy, E. E. Brodie, and
F. J. Meyer.
Executive, M. D. Latourette, L. A.
Henderson, R. L. Shepherd, Wallace
Caufield, and George E. Swafford.
Auditing, L. A. Henderson, A. C.
Howland, A. A. Price, J. R. Humph
rys, and R. C. Parker.
Transportation, R. L. Shepherd, W.
Brown, B. T. McBain, George A.
Harding, and G. B. Dimick.
Reception and Entertainment, Wal
lace Caufield, Jos. E. Hedges, R. L.
Holman, A. E. Rugg, and C. H. Dye.
"Membership, George E. Swafford,
Eber Chapman, R. A. Prudden, Geo.
V. Ely, and A. C. Warner.
House, Clyde Mount, L. A. Morris,
and T. Osmund.
INSANE MAN IS TAKEN
TO ASYLUM MONDAY
John Valley, taken into custody by
Sheriff Wilson Monday night near
the St. Agnes Baby Home at Park
place upon complaints of the resi
dents of that district, was committed
Wednesday to the state insane hos
pital at Salem. He is about 35 years
of age, and appears to fear that some
one is pursuing him to torture him.
FIRE DEPARTMENT AT
WEST LINN ELECTS
West Linn Hose company No. 4,
has elected the following officers to
serve for the year 1919: M. E. Clancy,
president; J. E. Butler, vice-president
Joseph MoenCh, secretary; Har
vey Farmer, treasurer; Ed. Fred
richs, finance; Richard Bittner, first
assistant foreman; Joseph Simpson,
second assistant foreman; John F.
Clark, fire commissioner. Many of the
members of the fire company are in
service in France, and upon their re
turn the company will number more
than 30 members. 1
HORSE RACING AGAIN
AT 1919 COUNTY FAIR
FAIR OFFICERS MEET; DECIDE
TO LOWER ADMISSION .
THIS YEAR ;
At a meeting of the officers of the
Clackamas County Pair association
held last Friday afternoon in this
city, horse racing will be resumed at
the fair this year, according to their
decision. Last year, on account of
the war, the racing program was
eliminated at the fair, and judging
by the small attendance, it was one
of the most"" popular features on the
program. The. date of the fair has
been set for September 24-27, inclus
ive, and the admission this year will
be reduced from j 50c to 25c. Auto
and motorcycle racing will also be
added to the program for , 1919, and
the attendance for (this season is ex
pected to brealf all records, inas
much as the warj has . ended and
Clackamas county fpople will revive
their interest in the county fair, as
before.
MAN STEALS MONEY GIVEN
FOR BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
A man who gave his name as J.
Hilton, was arrested on the streets
of this city Wednesday night by Of
ficer Cooke, charged with vagrancy.
When searched, the man's pockets
were found to contain hundreds of
pennies, which aroused the suspicion
of the authorities. . Upon investiga
tion, the officials learned that the
man has been robbing the milk bot
tles, which are distributed over the
city for the collection of coins to
help the Belgian babies. When ac
cused by the officers of the thefts,
the man confessed and acknowledged
his guilt. The amount in pennies
found upon the man fell short sev
eral dollars of the amounts stolen
from these bottles, i
Hilton was brought before Judge
Seivers this morning1 (Thursday),
and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
MILWAUKIE BOY CITED
FOR WEST POINT ACADEMY
According to vord'! received from
the U. of O., at Eugene, William
Shepherd Biddle, of Milwaukie, will
be recommended by the university to
Congressman W. C. Hawley, for ap
pointment to the United States Mil
itary Academy at West Point,,'fol
lowing competetive examinations held
at the college this week. William
Biddle Is the son of Mrs. M. B. Bid
die, and is a graduate of the Santa
Barbara high school in the class of
1918. He is 18 years of age, and
maintained an average of 98 per
cent in all his written examinations.
THE NEAR ZA5T TO CIVILIZATION
" SAVE MY CHILDREN "
Are we going to sit back and let thousands of women and
children die from starvation in the Near East? They are
calling to America to save them. Clackamas county peo
ple will give their share as they have always done in the
past. The drive starts Monda the quota is $5,500 let
your conscience tell you how much to give; it's good work
T
ONE WEEK HERE
FORMER EMPLOYE TAKES $600
FROM SWARTZ STORE
MONDAY NIGHT
CHECKS LEFT AT PARKPLACE
Charles Kruger Confesses to Rifling
'of Safe in Morgan's Market;
$140 Amount Taken
Jacob Adler was arrested in Port
land by Sheriff Wilson Tuesday after
noon charged with the robbery of the
Joe Swartz clothing store in this
city, which took place some time
Monday night. Adler, when first
arrested, denied the robbery, but lat
er confessed. - Adler came to this
city several weeks ago, and was em
ployed for a short time by Mr.
Swartz. Later, he left, but Saturday
came again to Oregon City and call
ed at the Swartz store.. When the
store closed for the day on Monday.
Adler took a car "for Portland and,
according to his own story, he later
came back, unlocked the front door
of the establishment and, knowing
the combination, rifled the safe of its
contents.
When arrested in front of the Ben
son hotel, in Portland, Adler had in
his possession a ticket for St. Louis,
Mo., and would have boarded a train
for that places thirty minutes later
from the time of his arrest. Among
the securities which Adler , secured
from the Swartz safe were a num
ber of checks, which he left in the
waiting room at Parkplace, when he
walked from this city to the former
place immediately 'after committing
the robbery. j
When the robbery was first dis
covered by Sheriff Wilson and Chief
of Police Woodward, and after an in
terview with Mr. Swartz, the sheriff
immediately left for Portland, sus
pecting that Adler was the man who
did the job. After locating where
Adler was staying, Sheriff Wilson
and two Multnomah deputies waited
most of the afternoon before Adler
showed up about 5 o'clock, as he was
entering the Benson, where he had
secured rooms. He is now in jail.
Charles Kruger, arrested by the
authorities yesterday, charged with
the robbery of the Morgan Meat Mar
ket, from which about $140 was tak
en in cash last Sunday night, made
a complete confession to the officers
Wednesday evening, and turned over
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PACIFIC AND HOME
PHONES TO MERGE
MGR. P. J. HOULTON ANNOUNCES
FEB. 17 AS DATE OF
CONSOLIDATION
The consolidation of the Home
Telephone company with that of the
Pacific Telephone company will take
place in this city on Feb. 17. accord
ing to the report of Mgr. Houlton, of
the Pacific company. The local com
pany which is known by the name
of the Oregon City and Farmers'
Telephone company but owned by
the Home Telephone company, will
be taken over by the Pacific com
pany and all phones connected op
with that of the Pacific's switch
board. Residences and business
houses which now have both tele
phones installed, will, from the above
date only have one phone, that of the
facmc lines, and the other instru
ment will be taken out. Places which
have only the Home telephone now
will continue to use the same instru
ment connected up with the Pacific
switchboard.
Some time ago, the Home com
pany went into" the hands of a reciv
er, and at a sale authorized by the
court, the Pacific company bought
all linos of the Home company. The
present office here of the Home com
pany will be abolished, and the busi
ness transacted under the Pacific
management at their present loca
tion.
COUNTY TEACHERS TO
MEET AT MILWAUKIE
EXCELLENT PROGRAM PLANNED
FOR CONFERENCE, SAT.,
FEBRUARY 15
The Clackamas Countv Teachers'
association is to hold an important
meeting at Milwaukie, Saturday, Feb
ruary 15. A program of interest to
all teachers has been planned, and
will start at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. The program fo'lows:
10 a. m. Address. ;u"Nefidn of t.bt
Public School," J. A. Churchill., state
superintendent. ' . ..
11 a. m. Business session. '
12 m. Lunch served at the Grange
hall by the women of the Grange and
the Work' Club.
1.30 p. m. Departmental session,
by Miss Winifred Hayes, head of the
English department of the Washing
ton high school of Portland, with
the subject, "Co-relation of English."
Miss Margaret Thompson will have
for her subject "Geography in the
Grades," and Mrs. D. E. Barker will
speak on "Geography in the Primary
Department."
2.15 p. m. Address, "The Most
Vocational Subject" Professor A. Mc
Kinley, head of the language depart
ment of the Lincoln high school of
Portland,
COUNTY SUED FOR $1,000 '
FOR PERSONAL INJURIES
A damage suit has been entered
against Clackamas county by Nina C.
Keller, asking the court to allow her
the sum of $1000 for personal injur
ies received while driving on a coun
ty road. She alleges in her com
plaint that while riding a horse on a
plank road on September 10, 1918,
near Estacada, the planks broke un
der the horse's feet, causing the
horse to stumble and throwing her
heavily to the ground. She further
alleges that her right arm was dis
located and . severely sprained from
the fall, and that she is still in a
weak condition due from the acci
dent. TILL0TSON VISITING HERE;
SAW ACTIVE SERVICE
Wagoner L. E. Tillotson, of the
346th Artillery recently returned from
France, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
L. E. Tillotson, at Sixth and Wash
ington streets, in this city for a few
days. Tillotson saw active service
in the Toul sector near Motz, at Neuf
Chateau, but was lucky enough to
come through the scrap uninjured.
He has brought many curios from
France, which have been placed on
display in th windows of the Price
Brothers store. The young man re
ceived his discharge at Camp Lewis
a few days ago.
BLAKE ASKS STUDENTS
TO HELP DEFEAT BILL
Urging the support of the students
in defeating house bill No. 376, re
lating to the draining of Malheur
Lake, G. F. Blake, scout master of
the Boy Scouts' organization of Glad
stone, spoke at the high school as
sembly Tuesday morning. He refer
red to the lake as one of Oregon's
foremost natural wonders, comparing
it to Crater Lake, and Mount Hood,
and that the present bill, asking for
the lake's drainage, is put forth by
eastern capitalists. He urged that
the bill be defeated and the students
sign the petition against the bill. It
was signed by the entire school.
Courier and Farmer one year, f 1.15.
mm put
F. F. RUNYON TELLS OF WORK
DONE THROUGH SHELL
FIRE AND MUD
MALICIOUS CRITICISM MADE
Much Harm Done "Y" by Biased Story
of Sale of Gift Tobacco; Error
Assumed by Government
In a letter to this paper, asking
for fair play as regards the Y. M. C.
A., F. F. Runyon, associate secre
tary of the national organization,
writes the following letter in defense
of the attacks recently made as to
the inefficience of the organization iir
Europe during the war. We print
the letter verbatim, as follows:
"I know from thirty years news
paper experience that the editor de
sires to be fair, to give the truth to
his readers. I know that you have no
desire to strike at an institution that
for years has stood for all that is
best in American life.
"The newspapers of the West have
been splendid, ever ready to give of
their space for war work activities,
ever patriotic and always sincere. I
do not hesitate to go to you now and
ask you to be fair in your treatment
of the Y. M. -C. A.
"Eighty per cent of the criticism
leveled against the Y. M..C. A. war
work is apparently malicious and un
truthful. Take one example, the
charge that the ,Y. M. C. A. sold
gift tobacco, that soldiers who pur
chased tobacco in a Y. M. C. 1A. can
teen found inside the package a card
with the name of the donor inscrib
ed. " "This statement is made repeated
ly. ' What is the answer to it? Simn.
ly this, that the Y. M. C. A. purchas-
ea tms tobacco irpm the Quarter
master's department of the United
States armv and when it wna riiaenv.
ered that it was gift tobacco the
money was refunded to the soldiers
where it was possible. 1
"Then the government was called
upon to investigate the matter and
after its investigation assumed full
responsibility for the error. Rtntino-
- - F n
that the shipment was not labelled
ana tnat the Y , M. U. A. had paid
for it and did not know it was gift
tobacco.
"Yet the story of how the Y. M.
C. A. sold gift tobacco is told and
retold. No amount of explanation
can overcome the harm that oft re
peated story has wrought.
"When it is considered that the
Y. M. C. A. operated 3500 huts at
home and overseas, seven times as
many as all the other welfare agen
cies combined, that it had 10,000 men
and women war workers, virtually
ten times as many as all the other
agencies, that nine Y. M. C. A. work
ers were killed in France, thirty-one
died from exposure or overwork,
twenty-three were seriously wounded
or gassed, hundreds received minor
injuries, ten were decorated for brav
ery and others cited in army orders
for similar service under duress, it
would appear that the organization
had at least been actively engaged
in looking after . the welfare of the
fighting men.
"The Y. M. C. A. lost thousands of
dollars on the canteen the govern
ment requested it to take over; it
sent its men wherever the American
soldier was sent; it was forced to
meet conditions which appeared un
surmountable, it rendered a red
blooded service overseas and because
a few men may have been below
standard, its whole personnel should
not be assailed.
"It is not true that it profiteered;
it is not true that it sold gift tobac
co intentionally; it is not true that
it failed to serve the men in the
front line trenches; it is not true
that it was a failure in France.
"It is true that it furnished hun
dreds of warm, comfortable huts,' en
tertainments, motion picture shows,
lectures, religious services, that it
provided paper and envelopes; books
and magazines. $12,000,000 has also
been sent home through the Y. M.
C. A. by the boys in France without
any charge whatever.
"Is all this ereat. holnfnl norami.
. o f , i
"I, humane service to be overlooked,
to De lorgotten, to be thrown into
the discard and an institution that
Premier Clemenceau said so main
tained the morale of the fighting men
that without it the war would have
been lost, to be assailed, merciless
ly, because but one side of the story
is known?"
I am,
Very sincere':' yours,
F. F. RON YON.
Asks $80 for Heifer
Claiming that Carl Timmerman, of
Boring, took possession of his heifer
and branded it, Walter Johnson has
entered suit against him here to re
cover the value of the heifer. The
plaintilf claims that the heifer was
worth $80, but that with the brand
ing of it it has depreciated in value.
Married
License to wed was granted last
week to Esther Holzman, 26, and
Charles G. Combs, 37, both of Canby.