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    OKEGOM CITY
COURIER
37th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 5, 1919
Number 12
HOWELL IS ELECTED
ON WATER BOARD
BESTS SCHUEBEL BY NARROW
MARGIN AT CITY COUNCIL
" MEETING LAST NIGHT
William II. Howell was elected
Wednesday night to the board of
water commissioners of Oregon City
by the Oregon City council, after the
vote stood four to four, the mayor
casting his ballot for Mr. Howell.
The election came as a surprise to the
supporters of C. Schuebel, Howell's
opponent, as it was claimed that the
council favored Mr. Schuebel on the
board by a majority of two. Howell
was elected to serve a three-year
term on the board, and succeeds
Harold A. Rands after July 1. ,
The newly elected commissioner
fully understands the management of
the water system, having served for
years as superintendent of the Ore
gon City water works, when the
water supply for this city' was taken
from the Willamette river and filter
ed. The board after July 1 will be
composed of John Lewellen, chair
man, William H. Howell, and M. D.
Latourette, secretary.
At the council meeting Wednesday
evening, Councilman Kelley made an
earnest appeal against delay in let
ting the contract for the paving of
Fourteenth and . Washington streets
connecting Main street with the Ab
ernathy bridge. The matter was
taken under consideration by the
council. J. W. Moffatt has put in a
bid for the paving at $1.50 per square
yard, and Mr. Kelly asked the coun
cil to accept the offer immediately,
and not delay, . . - .
Ordinances correcting the plat of
the Mountain View cemetery and
deeding lots 1 and 8, block 160, to
George Broughton, were passed. Or
dinances providing for the sale of lot
6, block 138, for the sum of $400 to
W. J. Wilson; and for the leasing of
the lower part of the city hall to
Frank Busch at $60 per month, pass
ed their first reading, and will come
up for final passage at the next
session. The fountain at the top of
Singer hill was ordered removed to a
. place designated by the Humane so
ciety, which organization asked the
'council to move the fountain. The
offer of the P, R. L. & P. company,
to place traffic signs at intersections
on Main street free of charge, was
accepted. .
ELKS TO OBSERVE FLAG
DAY HERE ON JUNE IS
The local Elks lodge will observe
flag day Sunday, June 15th, and
Judge Cleeton, of Portland, has been
secured to give the address of the
day. A fine program has been pre
pared, including musical numbers and
addresses. Judge Cleeton is Well
known in this county, having served
as district attorney for Clackamas
county about twenty years ago. At
that 'time, Grant B. Dimick was as
sistant district attorney. The cere
monies of the day will take place on
the court house lawn, and in case of
bad weather, the program will be
given in the Elks temple.
TODD BACK; TELLS OF
EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES
Albert Todd, of West Linn, return
ed here Wednesday from France,
after serving his country since the
beginning of the war. He was dis
charged from the service at Camp
Lewis on May 27. He was a member
of Company H, 110th Infantry, 28th
division, and was in many engage
ments while in Europe. He claimed
that one of the hardest tasks up to a
soldier was to leave a' comrade on
the field of battle while one was
pushing forward. The first day on
the front line, he assisted in captur
ing 18 Hun prisoners. Private Todd
has many exciting tales to relate of
his experiences while in France. He
is the son of Mrs. Verdie Todd, of
West Linn.
FISH WARDEN IS DISMISSED
BY GRAND JURY MONDAY
The case of Oscar Larsen, deputy
fish warden, arrested some time ago
here charged with pointing a gun at
Beldon Ganong, was dismissed Mon
day by the grand jury, who returned
a not true bill against him. Larson
was arrested on complaint of Beldon
Ganong, after the warden attempted
to make an arrest on the Willamette
river at this point, of a number of
fishermen, whom the warden claimed
were fishing too close to the falls.
Ganong claimed that the warden
pointed a gun at him, and after a
preliminary hearing of the case in
the justice court, Larsen waived trial,
and asked to be bound over to the
grand jury. -
Merger Perfected
The long contemplated merger of
the two telephone lines here is now
a fact, and at 12:00 o'clock Saturday
night, the new system was in serv
ice. New telephone directories have
been issued by the company, and Mon
day was the first day under the new
numbers. The system is working in
fine shape now, and the old Home
phones will be taken out soon, leav
ing only the one instrument.
Don't fail to read "Slat's Diary" c
CARLOAD GUERNSEYS
SHIPPED FROM HERE
COMMUNITY BECOMING FAMOUS
FOR BREED OF FINE CATTLE
SECOND SHIPMENT
On May 27th the second car load of
Guernseys was shipped out of Clackr
amas county to Richland, Washing
ton. 1
This car consisted of one register
ed bull from lA. I. and J. Hughes
"Red Wing Farm," and two register
ed heifers from J. A. and J. T. Rich
ey, Bbring. Beside -these were six
grade cows and four grade heifers,
from the herds of F. S. Hutchins,
Bookman Bros., Chas. Wagner, L.
M. Hiatt, and Clyde Ringo.
The six cows were purchased for
$695, and the four heifers for $340.
Two of the heifers sold for $100 each,
this being on account of their excel
lent type, and their sire being out of
an Advanced Registry cow with a
large record.
Preference was given by the pur
chasers to herds that were tubercu
lin tested, to animals of pronounced
Guernsey markings, and to cows bred
to pure bred sires.
One lot of very nice grade cows
were passed because they were in
calf to a grade bull.
These are the first Guernseys to
go into this section of Washington,
and were all sold to J. B. Clements
and W, M. Young. They stated that
other men wanted them to purchase
for them, too, but they decided to
purchase for themselves only, but
that the Guernsey breeders ofthis
county could look for more business
from that section.
The Guernsey breeders of Clacka
mas county want to make this coun
tyfamed for Guernseys, just as Hood1
River is for apples. When a man
thinks of Hood River, he thinks of
apples; when ha thinks of Clacka
mas county, they want him to think
of Guernseys, both pure breds and.
grades, but we must have the stock
to draw the business, and we need
more pure breds and grades. If the
grade, dairy herds were headed up
with registered Guernsey, bulls, the
offspring would show . the Guernsey
type, would be a good producer at
the pail, and would . bring a fancy
figure when sold.
At a recent Guernsey sale in New
Jersey of select pure breds, 83 head
sold for an average price of $2172
per head.
Florham Leader, a two months old
bull calf, sold for $25,000.00,- and
Follyland Nancy, a cow, sold for
$12,500.00. These are the highest
prices ever received at public auc
tion or private sale for either a
Guernsey bull or cow.
By Farmer s Bulletin 893, the aver
age yearly production ,of the five
dairy breeds is as follows: , 'V
BROWN SWISS No. of records,
199; lbs. milk, 10,868.7; lbs. fat, 453.
45; average of ten highest cows, lbs.
milk, 17,372.2; lbs. fat, 683.72.
AYRSHIRE No. of records 2598;
lbs. milk 9,555.0; lbs. fat 377.51;
average of ten highest cows, lbs. milk
21,538.8; lbs. fat 855.4.
HOLSTEIN No. of records 3220;
lbs. milk 14,622.7: lbs. fat 500.7;
average of ten highest cows, lbs.
milk 29,898.3; lbs. fat 1,090.89.
JERSEY No. of r e c o r d s-5244;
lbs. milk 7,792.0; lbs. fat 417.0; av
erage of ten highest cows, lbs. milk
17,703.4; . lhs. fat 943.1.
GUERNSEY No. of r e c o r d s
6200; lbs. milk 8,934.4; lbs. fat
446.1; average of ten highest cows,
lbs. milk 19,337.6; lbs. fat 976.75.
From this it will be seen that the
Guernseys have more official records
than any of the breeds. They are
also greatly exceeded in numbers by
both the Jersey and Holstein breed.
A. I. HUGHES,
Secretary.
FISHERMEN'S UNION OUT
WITH PROPOSED AMENDMENT
. .
The local fishermen's union have
drafted a proposed amendment to
the constitution which they want
presented to the voters at the next
general ' election. Charles . Gates,
head of the union, is now circulating
a petition for the proposed law. The
amendment favors the abolishing of
the game commission, and proposes
to have the fish laws governed by
each individual county to suit said
county's needs. The amendment al
so provides for the appointment of a
culturist by the governor, who will
have charge of the hatcheries and
propagation work.
Warrant Out for Kramer
H. Kramer is wanted by the au
thorities here on a warrant sworn
out by A. Young, Saturday, who al
leges that Kramer entered his room
at the Crown-Willamette Inn at West
Linn, and took a ring, camera, stick
pin, a pair of shoes and $17 in cash.
The ' constable immediately went to
Portland to find the man, but was
unsuccessful, and came back to this
city without finding any clue as to
his whereabouts.
Sues to Quiet Title
A suit has been filed by Fred M.
Roth against Jane Fletcher to set
aside her title to an interest in some
property that he has owned and pos
sessed for several years. The prop
erty in question is situated at Canby,
and consists of several lots.
CLACKAMAS
MEASURE
Clackamas county voters "swat
ted" everything from soup to nuts at
the election held Tuesday. Only, one
measure on the ballot that of the
market roads tax bill, met with favor
able consideration at the hands of
the voters. . Particularly did this
measure carry strong in the Beaver
Creek district, where the vote went
almost solid for the measure. Out
side of this county, it is reported
that the state carried the Roosevelt
highway military amendment, six per
cent indebtedness bill; soldiers, sail
ors and marine educational financial
aid measure; market roads tax bill,
and irrigation and drainage district
interest guarantee amendment. - X
The measures defeated over the
state were the lieutenant governpr
amendment; reconstruction bond
amendment and the reconstruction
bonding bill.
The bill still in doubt, awaiting re
turns from outside of Portland, is
that of the industrial and reconstruc
tion hospital amendment) and at the
present writing the vote stands
against the measure with a major
ity outside of Portland of 4110.
The measure permitting guarantee
of interest for five years on approv
ed irrigation and drainage district
bonds would have gone down in de
feat had it not been for the Mult
nomah county vote, which carried the
bill for the state, giving a majority
of 5331 votes.
Nearly all of the counties of Ore
gon favored the road bonding plan
and Yamhill, Tillamook, ' ' Malheur,
MONITOR - BARLOW; '
PLEAD FOR ROAD
MEET WITH COUNTY COURT
HERE WEDNESDAY; ASK
, FOR HARD SURFACE
A large delegation from the Moni
tor-Barlow district met with the
members of the" county court Wed
nesday afternoon for the purpose of
securing, some kind of promise from,
the court that the Monitor-Barlow
road would be selected as either a
post road or part of the highway.
The matter was discussed at length
among the members of the court and
citizens from the Monitor-Barlow dis
tricts. It was brought out at the
conference that the road asked by
the delegation was a natural route
for that part of the county, and that
with very little effort on the part of
the farmers of that neighborhood,
the road could easily be prepared
for hard surface. . -
Although the .county court did not
promise the delegation that ' they
would consider the proposition, Judge
Anderson in reviewing the project
claimed that he realized that the
Monitor-Barton district needed the
road and should have it. But the
judge claimed that a better system
of levying road tax should be put in
to effect, and that road money should
be spent m bigger chunks on certain
designated roads in the county.
"There are plenty of districts in the
county which are asking us for the
same consideration," said the judge,
and our funds are limited. We can
not do all that the different districts
over the county want us to do, until
we get a larger fund with which to
build these roads." ;
The Judge referred to a petition
from the Macksburg district - which
was placed on file with the county
court a few days ago. It was sign
ed by over 500 tax payers of that
neighborhood, and the , petition ask
ed for a road from Marquam to
Macksburg. The judge claimed in
the face of this petition, the court
could hardly go ahead and promise
the Monitor-Barton delegation a
road, inasmuch as they had no pe
tition on file. The court, however,
claimed that it would take the mat
ter under advisement, and a resolu
tion' was filed by the Monitor-Barton
people to go upon the records of the
county court proceedings, asking that
the road be designated as one of the
main -lateral roads of the county.
TRIES TO SELL DIAMOND
BROOCH; ARRESTED HERE
William Hudson, while trying to
sell a diamond brooch to one of the
local jewelry stores Tuesday, was ar
rested by Chief of Police Woodward,
and was held for further investiga
tion. When searched by the officials,
the young man had on his person a
38-calibre revolver, a gold watch and
a deputy sheriff's badge, which were
reported stolen from Portland some
time ago. The Portland officials were
notified, and came down to this city
and took the young burglar back
with them Monday evening. -
Married
iwo lormer uregon (Jity. young
people were united in marriage Wed
nesday in Portland by the Rev. W,
T. Milliken, of this city. They were
Miss Martha Eggimann and Mr.
ueorge mnett, and the ceremony
took place at the home of the bride
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gil
lette, of Portland. The couple has
many friends in th;g city, having liv
ed here for several years.
COUNTY DEFEATS EVERY
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Marion, Benton, Polk, Deschutes,
Baker, Lane and Jefferson all vot
ed road bonds.
In this county, the vote was very
light, and some point out that if a
larger vote was polled, the results
would have been different. Accord
ing to others, who have been study
ing tho situation, it is claimed that
if a measure comes up in Clackamas
county to bond the county for roads,
the proposition will meet with de
feat, according to the outcome of the
election held Tuesday.
Out of the 81 precincts in this:
county, the vote was as follows:
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MT. PLEASANT SCHOOL HAS
EIGHT IN GRADUATING CLASS
The graduation exercises of the
Mt. Pleasant school were held Wed
nesday evening at 8:00 o'clock in the
school building at that place. The
commencement address was delivered
by Superintendent Kirk, of the Ore
gon City schools, and diplomas were
presented by School Supervisor Bren
ton Vedder. The class is made up of
eight graduates, who are: Dorothy
McDowell, Alice Hultenburg, Gretch-
en Hartke, Emily Bernard, Lydon
Bingham, Cecil Wilson, Dean Mere
dith and Forest Yexley.
TOEDERMIER CLEARED-
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Otto Toedermier, arrested some
time ago charged with assault and
battery upon the person of G. Gos-
ser, a returned sailor, was given a
trial Wednesday and found not guil
ty. Toedermier and a man named
nerman idernon, were arrested on
complaint of Gosser, who claimed
that the two men assaulted him and
blacked one of his eyes. Iderhoff, at
the preliminary hearing, pleaded
guilty, and was fined $15. Toeder
mier pleaded not guilty at the time,
and was cleared Wednesday. He is
a sailor, and belongs to the navaj re
serve.
GEO. BANN0N BUYS PART
OF OLD ERICKS0N PLACE
George Bannon, of the Bannon De
partment store of this city, Wednes
day purchased a tract of land near
here known as Fruitdafe, on the old
Erickson place. It is located on the
banks of the Clackamas river about
three miles from Oregon City. It is
considered one of the prettiest plac
es along this route, and consists of
all of tract three, in Fruitdale. Mr.
Bannon will improve the place, and
make it one of the show places of
Clackamas county.
Married
Miss Bessie Hayes and Mr. Harley
E. Hill, both of Portland, were united
in marriage in this city Wednesday
at high noon. The marriage cere
mony was performed by Rev. W. T.
Milliken, and took place in the par
sonage of the Baptist church. Mr.
Hill and his bride immediately left
for .Portland, where they will make
their future home.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Adams Return
Mr. and Mrs. L. Adams, absent
from this city for the past several
months, arrived here Saturday, after
spending the winter traveling in the
Eastern states, Canada and Florida.
They claim that they met many Ore
gonians on their trip. ;
EXCEPT ONE!
County Debt Increase for Roads
Yes 1,654
N o 2,265
Majority against 611
Reconstruction Hospital Amendment
Yes - 1,234
No - 2,521
Majority againsjt 1,287
Irrigation Bond Interest Guarantee
Yes .' 1,272
No 2,478
Majority against '. 1,206
Reconstruction Amendment
Yes 1,086
No... , 2,689
Majority against 1,603
Lieutenant Governor Amendment
Yes 1,160
No . 2,557
Majority against 1,397
Roosevelt Military Highway
Yes 1,909
No .'.. 2,091
Majority against 182
Reconstruction Bonding Bill
Yes 1,128
No 2,664
Majority against 1,536
Soldiers' Educational Bill
Yes ; , 1.778
No 2,089
Majority against 311
Market Road Tax Bill
Yes 2,209
No 1,720
Majority against 489
COUNTY ASKED TO
PAY THIRD OF COST
CLACKAMAS COUNTY'S SHARE
TO BE AROUND $90,000 FOR
SUSPENSION BRIDGE
According to a report made' by C
Schuebel, chairman of the Commer
cial club suspension bridge commit
tee, Clackamas county will be asked
to bear ne-third of the expense of
the new suspension bridge, to be built
at this point by the state highway
commission.
It is rumored that this arrange
ment uits the members of the coun
ty court, who are willing to spend
one-third of the cost of building the
bridge. It is estimated that Clacka
mas county's share will "be in the
neighborhood of $90,000. At a meet
ing of the commission to be held next
week, the commission will ask the
county court or the committee rep
resenting the county, to allow this
amount toward the construction. It
is argued that if left to Clackamas
county to build the bridge, the coun
ty court will only be able to spend
about $100,000, whereas the commis
sion will erect a bridge costing in the
neighborhood of $260,000. '
The highway commission will be
through Oregon City next Wednes
day afternoon, for the purpose, of
looking over the entrance of the high
way into this city at the south end
of the town.
It is contemplated by the commis
sion to make a new entrance into
Oregon City at. this point, coming
down the east side of the S. P.
tracks, and .. entering Oregon , City
through an underground crossing.
At the present the entrance is bad
and very narrow and comes near the
Hawley mills.
MACHINERY COMPANY SUES;
NOTES AGGREGATE $108.58
Suit was instituted Wednesday by
the Western Farquar Machinery com
pany against John Waibel, to collect
on notes given by the defendant. The
notes were given to the company
October 27, 1917, for $38.58, $30, and
another one for $40. The total
amount of the notes claimed due by
the plaintiff is $108.68, and the com
pany asks the court to allow full
settlement of the amount, including
interest and attorney's fees.
WILLIAMS BROS. SECURE
HARD SURFACE CONTRACT
William Bros., of this city, left
Tuesday morning for near Roseburg,
where they have secured the contract
for hauling gravel for a stretch of 13
miles of paving to be constructed
there. They took two of their larg
est trucks with them and a crew of
several men. This company has been
quite a factor over the state late
ly in bidding for the hauling of sup
plies cofineeted with the laying of
paving, and have secured several
good contracts during the past few
mouths.
Mrs. Roberts Wants Divorce
Christina Roberts has entered suit
for divorce from John A. Roberts,
alleging desertion in her complaint.
The couple was married at Toronto,
Canada, December 3, 1891. Plain
tiff asks for the sum of $500' as ali
mony, to be paid by the defendant
in monthly installments of $30 each.
Don't fail to read "Slat's Diary" on
another page of this issue.
WALLACE CAUFIELD
TO HEAD LIVE WIRES
ORGANIZATION TO HELP LOCAL
FIREMEN CELEBRATE ON
JULY FOURTH
At the last meeting of the Com
mercial club of Oregon City, officers
of the organization were elected.
Wallace Caufield, president of the
Pacific Highway garage, was chosen
to head the Wires fox the coming
year and was elected Main Trunk.
Other officers elected were A. E.
Rugg, sub-trunk; L. A. Henderson,
transmission wire; O. D. Eby, guy
wire; Rev. C. H. L. Chandler, incul
cation wire; Dr. L. A. Morris, feed
wire. A. R. Jacobs, president of the
Oregon City Woolen mills, was first
elected to the office of main trunk,
but refused the honor, owing to his
time being fully taken up with other
matters. E. E. Brodie, publisher of
the Enterprise, was re-elected chair
man of the program committee.
At the meeting Tuesday, the long
looked for announcement that the
Live Wire beans had been sold was
made by O. D. 'Eby, who claimed
that an offer of six cents per pound
had been offered and accepted by the
"bean ' committee." - Last year the
Wires raised a crop of beans for the
market, and after holding the product
for over a year, due to the fact that
the price of beans steadily declined
since the harvest, the offer of six
cents per pound was cheerfully ac
cepted." "(It is rumored that it cost
the Wires around 15c . per pound to
put the beans on the market.)
One of the members representing
the Oregon City fire department, ask
ed for the support of the organiza
tion in helping the firemen put on a
Fourth of July celebration here. Mont
of the Wires seemed to favor the
scheme,' and a committee composed of
A. A. Price, O. D. Eby, A. C. How-
land and T. Osmond, was appointed
to investigate the matter and report
back at the next meeting
ROBBERS OPERATING HERE
ARE CAUGHT IN PORTLAND
The four robbers who were arrest
ed Monday by the Portland police on
the Capitol highway, were instru
mental in r o b b i n g the Oswego
store and the Gladstone postoffice in
this county some few days ago, ac
cording to their own confession.
Most of the men captured are young
men, and made a business of stealing
automobiles, and breaking into resi
dences and stores over the country.
One of the machines which they took
belonged to a McMinnvilte party, and
was found wrecked near Osweyo by
Sheriff Wilson, after the robbers had
tried to make a quick get-away and
ran into a large rock near the scene
of the robbery.
WATCH YOUR AUTOMOBILE
IS ADVICE OF OFFICIALS
Citizens of this county are up in
arms over the petty thefts from au
tomobiles while left standing on the
streets and parkings lately. Sunday
G. J. Howell, who resides at 13th and
Jackson streets, had his auto stolen
from this city, and it was found
Monday near the Reed College in
Portland, badly wrecked. The ma
chine was turned completely over,
and had to be towed to this city.
The police of Portland and Oregon
City are now working on the case
in the hopes of bringing the guilty
parties to justice, as the auto was in
fine condition at the time it was stol
en. The car was standing in front of
the Howell home at the time of the
theft. During a dance at the Beac
on Heights' hall last Saturday even
ing, two new tires were taken from
a machine, which was parked near
the building. The .tools from the car
were also taken. -
RED CROSS ASKS FOR
AID IN MAKING APPAREL
The Red Cross Auxiliary of this
city has issued an appeal to loyal
women of Clackamas county to help
make sweaters, socks, and other ar-
tides from materials which they have
now on hand. The materials may be
taken to the homes and can be secur
ed from Mrs. Gardner, secretary of
the organization, who will be in the
Red Cross rooms in the Masonic
building every afternoon this week.
The materials now on hand have been
left over from the war activities, and
the government has requested that
they be made up into clothing, which
is badly needed.
Watching for Army Worm
The army worm has invaded cen
tral Texas and is leaving the trail of
its march in destroyed wheat , and
oats. Weather conditions favor its
spread to many states east of the
Rocky Mountains. But in its pro
gress the insect army will be subject
to the observations of another army
iarmers throughout the threatened
regions who have been warned by the
United btates Department of Agricul
ture to be on their guard and to be
ready to burn over infested areas or
spray them with a solution of ar
senate of lead (powder), 2 pounds to
50 gallons of water.
Build Now. Own a home for your
children sake.
ELKS TO BACK DRIVE
OF SALVATION ARMY
CAMPAIGN OPENS JUNE 22 TO
RAISE QUOTA OF $8,250
CAPTAINS READY
Dick was a chap who knew more
about the insides of the prisons of
the middle west, than almost any
other man of his ago in the entire
country. He was well and unfavor
ably known to wardens far and wide.
His portrait was on exhibition simul
taneously in the art galleries of a
score or more of police stations.
Judges yawned when they saw him
coming and gave him thirty days in
the same tone you would order ham ,
and eggs with coffee for your break
fast. Finally, in the course of hum
an events, Dick .wandered back to his .
old home town. A few days found
him ragged, penniless and friendless,
just recovering from the .effects of
protracted drunk. Dick , sidled
along the sidewalk wondering where
he could raise the price of another
drink and at the corner he met the
Girl with the Tambourine.
Impelled by the music he came to
an unsteady rest against a conven
ient lamp post and as he swayed in
definitely, wondering what it was all
about, he heard testimonies and songs
and listened to the prayers of the
little group of Salvationists gathered
there. Suddenly an unaccountable
thing happened to ' Dick. Tears be
gan to roll down his dirty cheeks and
almost before he was aware, he step
ped out into the street and asked the
Girl with , the Tambounn e if she
could help make him a better man.
The quota for Clackamas county
is $8,250, .which will be raised by
popular subscription. At a meeting
of the executive committee of the
Elks lodge, held . Tuesday evening,
plans were perfected for the big Sal
vation Army drive, which will take
place on June 22 to 31st, inclusive.
Chairmen for the 140 districts in the
county have been named, and each
chairman has been notified that he
can secure all the help necessary , to
carry on the work in his territory.
Each subscriber to the Salvation
Army fund will receive a neat but
ton, something on the order ' of the
selected from the Elks lodge to car
ry on the campaign, and is composed
of H. A. Swafford. chairman, Fred "'
Miller, A. C. Howland, E. L. Pope,
B. Johnson and C. W. Robey, the
latter two named to handle the pub
licity. Lloyd Riches was appointed
advertising manager . for the cam
paign. . "
"A man may De down, but he is -
never out."
13th NOT UNLUCKY FOR
CLACKAMAS SOLDIER BOY
Robert Lee Lynn, son of Mrs. Eva
Williams of this city, has returned
from France after serving in Europe
for the past 17 months. He receiv
ed his discharge at Camp Mills, N.
Y., and left Sunday for Utah, where
he will spend the summer.
Thirteen seems to be a lucky num
ber for the young hero, and no bad
luck befell him after being assigned
to 13th Aero Squadron. He depart
ed on tram No. 13 for Texas on the
13th day of May, and after arriving
at the camp, was assigned to a tent
in the 13th row on the grounds. He
arrived in France on the 13th day of
the month, and got back to the Unit
ed States on the 13th day of March.
Robert saw much hard service
while in France, having been in tho
battles of St. Miehiel wood and Ar
gonne offensive. In the latter drive,
many of his comrades fell in action.
While in France, he saw General
Pershing, and also visited the Ore
gon headquarters in New York where
he met Mayor Baker, of Portland.
He spoke highly of the Oregon Head
quarters in New York, and claimed
that the Oregon boys surely apprec
iated the assistance they received at
that place. Robert left here in 1917.
CHAS. PARKER PROMOTED
IN FRANCE TO CAPTAINCY
Mrs. Chas. Parker, of this city, is
in receipt of a cablegram from her
husband, Lieutenant Parker, who is
in France, stating that he has just
received the promotion from lieuten
ant to captain. Captain Parker had
just returned to France from Italy,
where he had gone on a furlough,
when he received his promotion. He
is with the 130th Engineers, and
entered the service in July, 1917, and
was sent to France in 1918 from
Camp Lee, Virginia. ,
, Oregon City Wins
In the base ball game between
Oregon 1 City and the colored team
from the Willamette Iron & Steel
Works of Portland, the game was
won Sunday -by Oregon City by a
score of 15 to 7. The local ,: team
rallied in the , eighth inning and
brought in several runs.
ed around infested fields or in the
path of the advancing worms also are
effective in reducing damage. The
worms fall into the furrows and are
killed by logs dragged through.
Courier and Farmer, both for $1.16.