KAif MEM lpf (CQUBDEIi
THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1921
Number 38
39th Year
POOLROOM ORDINANCE
PASSED BY COUNCIL
Authority For Revocation
Licenses Granted To
City Fathers
LUNCHES VOTED OUT
Councilman Adopt Ordinance Section
Which Permit Keeping Open
On Sundays.
At the special council meeting on
Friday night the matter of poolroom
regulation was threshed over to a lare-ye-well.
As directed the city attorney had
prepared an ordinance in which he
called attention to the fact that it had
been drawn after investigation of oth
er ordinances including that used by
Portltnd and that with minor excep
tions it is the same as the ordinance
under which this city has been work
ing (?) for several years.
ORDINANCE NO.-
An ordinance defining what shall
constitute pool and billiard rooms in
Oregon City, providing for the licens
ing and regulation thereof, providing
penalties for violation thereof, repeal
ing Ordinance No. 518 of Oregon City
passed May 29, 1911, and approved May
31, 1911, and ordinance No. 810 of Ore
gon City passed August 1, 1917, and
approved August 2, W7, and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances of
Oregon City in conflict herewith, and
declaring an emergency.
Oregon City does ordain as follows:
Section 1. A pool or billiard room
shall be taken to mean any place
where one or more pool or billiard
tables are maintained, whether or not
a charge is made for the use of said
table or tables, except private clubs
and homes, where the general public
is not permitted the use of th& ta
bles. Section 2. Every person desiring to
carry on a pool or billiard room in
Oregon City, shall first obtain a li
cense therefor in the manner follow
ing, to-wit:- Application for such li
cense , shall be made, by petition to
the City Council, and such petition
shall be 'signed by the applicant or
applicants, and shall state the partic
ular place where such "room" is to
be located, and the time forwhich
such license is to be desired. Notice
shall also be given by thg, party or
parties desiring such license, by pub
lishing the same for two consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general cir
culation in Oregon City, and such no
tice shall state the place where such
"room" is to be located, and the time
when such application shall be made
to the Council, and the same shall
also be filed with the City Recorder.
Before such application for license
shall be granted, and license ordered
issued, it shall receive the approval,
by vote, of the majority of the mem
bers of the City Council.
Section 3. The registered voters of
the ward in which such pool or bill
iard room is proposed in the petition
and notice above mentioned, may file
at any time prior to the time for the
hearing of such petitions, a remon
strance with the Recorder, against the
granting of the same. And, if upon
the hearing of such petition and re
monstrance, the Council find that a
majority of the registered voters of
such ward have remonstrated against
the granting of such license, then the
same shall be denied. Provided, that
the Council shall have the right to
refuse to grant a license to any per
son whenever it shall appear to the
Council that it will be for the best
interest to refuse to grant such li
cense to such applicant. And when
a license has been refused by the
Council, for either of the reasons
above, no further applications for a
license from such ward or from sucu
. applicant for (f. pool or billiard room
may be taken up and considered
again, until, the expiration of a period
of three months from the time of the
hearing last referred to.
Section 4. When the petition for a
license under this ordinance has been
granted, and the fee for the same has
been paid to the City Treasurer and
his receipt therefor filed with the
City Recorder, the Recorder shall-issue
a license to the petitioner or pe
titioners, proviaea mat sucn appli
cants, shall at the same time file
with -said Recorder a good and suffi
cient bond in the sum of $500.00 ap
proved by the Mayor and Recorder,
and conditioned that the holder ot
such license will faithfully comply
with all of the condons of this or
dinance, in the conduct of such pool
or billiard room.
Section 5. Every pool or billiard
room in Oregon City, shall be located
upon the ground floor, and the front
wall of such room shall be so con
structed, the entire width thereof,
that a clear unobstructed view may
be had from the street of every, pan
of the interior of such room by per
sons passing along the same upon
the sidewalk. Such front shall be
made of transparent glass to within
not less than four feet of the level
of the sidewalk along the front or
such room. There shall be no screens,
partitions or other obstructions m
such room, whatever, and no doors or
entrance into any other room or
rooms therefrom (except toilet). The
fee for a license under this ordinance
shall be $10.00 per quarter, and the
further sum of $2.50 per quarter for
RUSSIA IS GAINING
WORLD PROMINENCE
Recognition By The World Powers
In Sight; Her Program Is
Peace and Progress.
It is reported by reliable- authority
that the soviet government of Russia
is in sight of its greatest diplomatic
victory and this victory is recogni
tion by the world powers in confer
ence at Cannes, where she is taking
an important part, though not official
ly represented.
She is expected to take part in the
economic conference scheduled to
meet at Genoa, Italy, in March, hav
ing been invited by the supreme coun
cil of Europe.
The government of Russia is strong
er today than at any other time since
its creation and her envoys are cor
dially received at various European
capitals and plans for close diplomatic
relationship are being laid for the
time when her recognition shall be
come general. Lloyd George is author
of the proposal that the soviet govern
ment shall send representatives to
Genoa.
This new soviet government shows
the spirit of progressive honesty and
high ideals as the mases of recogni
tion at the conference in accepting:
(1). De jure recognition of the so
viet by the allies.
(2.) The Moscow government will
assume the debts of previous govern
ments.
(3.) Citizens of other CoTintries
who have lost their wealth through
the Rusian revolution, shall receive
indemnity.
(4.) She will guarantee the rights
of private property.
And as there is no limit to her re
sources, so she should develop into a
marvel of national progress and pow
er when her policy is well settled
and her recognition by other nations
s complete.
J. Wymore Injured
A passing automobile driven by a
nan from Silverton, and who claimed
he could not see him; struck and
threw J. Wymore several feet, break
ing his ankle, cutting an'd bruising
him severely. I Wymore was on
his -way home from work when the
accident occurred. lie is now resting
comfortably at his home.
each and every billiard, or pool table
operated therein.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for
the proprietor of any pool or billiard
room in Oregon City, his ' agent or
employee, to permit any form of gam:
bling therein, or any games with cards
or dice or other contrivance, what
ever, or to permit the sale or distri
bution of any intoxicating liquor
therein, or to permit any person un
der the inlluence .i intoxicating li
quor, in such room, or to keep or
permit to be kept open any such
pol or billiard room later than eleven
(11) o'clock P. M. .of every day or
to open the same earlier than seven
(7) o'clock A. M., of every day. Ex
cept on days previous to the first
day of the week, election days anu
holidays when suchplaces may keep
open till midnight.
Section 7. It shall be unlawful for
the proprietor of any pool or billiard
room in Oregon City, his agent or em
ployee to permit any minor to enter
or loiter in or about such room, or
to engage in or play any game or
pool or billiard therein or any other
game of chance either for amusement
or otherwise.
Section 8. Jt shall be unlawful for
any minor to go into or be or re
main in or about any pool or billiara
room.
Section 9. It shall be unlawful for
any person or persons obtaining a li
cense under this ordinance to suffer
or permit the placing of any lewa
pictures upon the walls of such rooms,
or the display therein of any freaks,
or nude statues or to have in such
room anything except pool and bill
iard tables, and the necessary chairs
for the convenience of the patrons of
the same, except cigars, tobacco, soft
drinks, candy and ice cream.
Section 10. The Council may re
voke the license of any pool or bill
iard room and return the unearned
portion of said license, and no new
license shall thereafter be issued to
the same person or for the same loca
tion, without its approval expressed
by resolution. And no license under
this ordinance shall be transferable
to another, without the consent of the
City Council.
Section ll.,Ordinance No. 518 of
Oregon City passed May 29, 1911, and
approved May 31, 1911, and ordinance
No. 810 of Oregon City passed Au
gust 1, 1917, and approved August 2,
1917, and all other ordinances or part
of ordinances of Oregon City in con
flict herewith, be and they are here
by repealed, and any person violating
any of -the provisions of this ordi
nance, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, before the Mayor and Record
er, shall be fined in any sum not ex
ceeding One Hundred Dollars, or by
imprisonment for any term, not ex
ceeding Fifty days or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Readj first time at a special meet
ing of the city council held on Janu
ary 13, 1922, at 7:30 o'clock P. M.,
and ordered published to come up for
second reading and pasage at a Reg
ular meeting of the city council to
be held on the 1st day of February,
1922 at 7:00 o'clock P. M.
C. W. KELLY,
. Recorder.
ASSOCIATION FORMED
TO FIGHT NARCOTICS
Mayor Baker Heads Organ
ized Effort to Stamp N
Out Drug Traffic
GOVERNOR WILL AID
Narcotic Evil the Greatest Social
and Economic Menace to
Present Time.
At a conference held in Portland
last week, there was formed "The Nar
cotics Control Association of Oregon."
There were gathered together at this
conierence men and women represents
mg every official calling, in the city
and state. Among them were Gov
ernor Ben W. Olcott; Mayor George
L. Baker, Dr. F. D. Striker, secretary
of Oregon State Board of Health; L.
H. Compton, warden of the state pen
itentiary; Dr. Wilson D. MpNary, head
of the Eastern Oregon State hospital;
Dr. George Parris, Portland health of
ficer; Dr. 'Lee Steiner, president of
the state board of health; . United
States' attorney, Lester Humphreys;
Federal Agent McCarthy; police of
ficers and prominent social workers
from over the state. All present
showed the deepest concern over the
gravity of the narcotics evil at this
time.
The association is in response to
the rapid growth of the drug habit
which has reached a stage in Portland
and throughout the state that ia ap
palling. It is estimated that more
than 25000 of Portlands population are
slaves to this habit. That vendors
are at work in every section of the
state obtaining 'recruits for the dam
nable trade. And the traffic is be
ing carried on among the youth of
both sexes even pupils in tb upper
grades and high schools being among
the victims. And once this habit
has fastened upon the boy or girl,
man or woman, the utter abandonment
of body, mind and soul Is complete
The victims with awful- craving of
shattered nerves and disordered brain
sink to the lowest depths of degra
dation and despair. -Their tortures
drive them to He, rob, steal and beg
all to obtain the drug -which dulls
temporarily their craving, wrecks
their physical and moral life, increases
their loathesomeness and brings
death merciful and usually welcome
from their curse.
Those present at the conference de
clared this evil to be the most ter
rible menace in the world today; that
it is more dangerous to the country
than war itself and that action to
stamp out the traffic is more neces
sary than the conference on disarma
ment. Indicating the great hold the traffic
has on the nations of the world ana
the necessity of cooperation in deal
ing with the evil. Governor Olcott
will call a meeting of Pacific Coast
governors where there will be efforts
made to get into motion an interna
tional conference to devise means for
crushing this evil. And it is hoped
to amend the immigration statutes so
that foreigners who .engage in this
traffic may be deported.
The expression of the conference
was to the effect that there is little
hope of cure, but that there should be
treatment provided for addicts and
that "drug" vendors should be pun
ished with unusual severity.
Portland city council, at a meeting
following this conference, adopted a
memorial to the president, senate and
house of representatives of the Unit
ed States urging the calling of a con
ference of the powers of the world
for a conference; and if this were im
practical, then a conference including
Great Britain, Canada and Mexico for
the purpose of controlling the manu
facture, exportation and importation.
and the smuggling of narcotics from
one country into another.
The officers of the association are:
Mayor George L. Baker, president; Dr.
F. D. Striker, state health officer, sec
retary. y '
No effort is to great to be sacri
ficed in this effort to eradicate the
nation's greatest curse.
The Little Minister at Liberty
The "Little Minister," Sir James M.
Barries famous novel has been repro
duced -by two different film compan
ies, 'Hlagraph and Paramount. Critics
say however that the Vitagraph ver
sion now running at the Liberty is by
far the best.
The plot is laid in Scot'ind and
depicts a young minister ianug in love
with a supposed gypsy girl, who is in
reality a cultured and refined lady.
The play has been very popular where
shown. ,
Local Buying Market
Wheat $1.00 per bu.
Oats feed, $26.00 per ton; milling,
$34.00 per ton.
Hay Clover, $12.00 per ton; Oat $14,-
00 per ton.
Straw $8.00 per ton.
Beef, liveweight -Steers $5 to $6.50
per 100 lbs.
Hogs, dressed $9 to $12.00 per 100
lbs.
Chickens, liveweight Light 15c to 18c
per lb.
Heavy 18c to 22c per lb.
Sheep, liveweight $3 to $5 p9r 100
lbs.
Eggs 28c to 30c per doz.
Potatoes $1.35 per lbs.
COUNTY JERSEY CLUB
, ELECTS OFFICERS
Resolution Favoring Cotltity Club
Leader Passed at Meet on
Saturday.
The Jersey Cattle club of Clackamas
county held a fine meeting on Satur
day at the Community club rooms in
Oregon City. Discussion centered
primarily upon the subject of club
leader for the county this year. The
work of the leader and the accomplish
ments of such work and its value to
the county during the past year were
reviewed and a resolution passed urg
ing the county court to retain the ser
vices of the club leader, although the
estimate for this office was voted out
of the budget at the recent budget
meeting. This it the resolution:
That whereas Clackamas county
has had in the past a club leader
working among the school children of
said county, teaching and directing
the school children to become produc
ers in the agriculutral districts and
cause said schol children to become
interested in agriculture and livestock
growing, for the purpose of keeping
the boys and girls on the farms, and
Whereas during said time, great ac
complishments have been made among
said school children in carrying on
this important work, and
Whereas Mrs. Purcell, during .the
past two years, has been very success
ful in said work, and the exhibits at
the county fair, state fair and inter
national livestock exposition speak
louder than words, and
Whereas during the last budget
meeting held in ClaJamas county, the
club leader's work in said county was
disapproved, and which disapproval
was only a recommendation,
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the
Clackamas County Jersey Cattle club
in meeting assembled this 14th day
of January, 1922, hereby records its
disapproval of the action taken by
said budget meeting and hereby rec
ommends and urges the county court
of Clackamas county, Oregon, to stand
by its original budget and retain the
serviles of said club leader, so that
the school children of Clackamas coun
ty may still continue their agricultur
al and livestock work, which they have
so successfully carried on in the past
N. H. SMITH Pres.)
. . . MRS. A. MALAR (Sec.)
The officers eleeted for next year
are:
President, N. H. Smith, Logan; vice
president, Albert Gribble, Aurora; secretary-treasurer,
John Linehart, Wood-
burn, R. S.
The next meeting is planned for
March 18, at the Lazelle Farm. There
are now over 80 members in the club
with a live and progressive interest
InNihe development of the cattle inter
ests in this county with of course em
phasis on the Jersey breed.
C. E. Spence Delegate
To Washington Meet
Among the delegates chosen from
the Pacific States to attend the agri
cultural conference at Washington is
C. E. Spence, master of the Oregon
State Grange.
The meeting is called by Henry C.
Wallace, head of the department of
agriculture at the nation's capital.
I Other delegates chosen by Mr. Wal
lace are Fred Bixby, cattleman, Long
Beach, California; E. E. Gaville, edi
tor Washineton Farmers, Spokane,
Wash.; Js Jardine, director of the
experiment station, Corvallis, Oregon.
Live Wires Listen
To Relief Address
J. J. Handsaker, state director of
the Near East Relief was the speak
er at the meeting of the Live Wires
on Tuesday. He portrayed conditions
in the Eastern countries torn by war
and famine, in a most convincing way.
The Wires edorsed the Near East
Relief and a committee, consisting of
L. Adams, O. D. Eby and F. J. Tooze,
was appointed and instructed to cir
culate petitions urging the United
States government to use its good of-(
fices toyard influencing the great pow
ers to put a stop to the existing wars,
rapine and plunder which results in
the present indescribable conditions
of starvation and suffering in Armen
ia and other Christian countries.
These petitions will be in circula
tion within a few days. Every Amer
ican citizen should sign and thus help
in the glorious work of doing away
with war and helping the distressed.
Near East Relief
At Churches Sunday
Miss Reid engaged in rescue work
in Armenia during two years past, will
speak at the Baptist church in the
morning of this next Sunday, at the
Methodist church at the evening ser
vice and at the High school at 3:40
on Monday. J. J. Handsaker, direct
or of Near East Relief for Oregon,
will speak at the Congregational
church in the evening and at the Pres
byterian church on Sunday morning.
Miss Reed will also speak on Near
East conditions at the Gladstone
school house on Monday evening.
Moving pictures will be shown of con
ditions in the Nea.r East at the -same
time. ' -qlSI
FOR SALE Ten horse power steam
RusBel traction engine, "at Mulino,
Oregon, for $300 cash. Adress J. F.
Dix, Parkplace Lumber yard, or
phone 723W. Oregon City.
- 1-19-22-2L-P. D.
UNCLE SAM INVITED
TO CONFERENCE
The United States Will Be
Entitled, to Five
Delegates
WILL PROBABLY ACCE
Purpose Is to Reach Agreement Upon
Economic and Financial
Matters of World.
Invitation has been received at the
state department at Washington for
the United States to participate . in
the economic conference which will
convene at Genoa, Italy, March 8, this
year.
This is the way this diplomatic in
vitation reads:
"By order of my government
through the kindness of your excellen
cy, I have the honor to convey to the
government of the United States the
following invitation from the Italian
government:
"Pursuant to a resolution of the
supreme council of the allied powers,
I have the honor to forward to you
a copy of the resolution adr f ed Jan
uary 6, 1922, of allied governments as
sembled at Cannes.
" 'In accordance with that decision
I have the honor to invite the govern
ment of the United States to take part
in the economic and financial confer
ence which will be convened at Genoa,
on March 8, 1922.
"'I beg you kindly jo inform me
of the names of your delegates and
their staff. (Signed)
"'TORRETA,
'"Minister of Foreign Affairs.'
At this conference each of the small
powers will be allowed two delegates
while the United .States and other
great powers will be allowed a max
imum of five delegates.
The purpose of this conference is
to bring the nations of the world to
gether for discussion of their finan
cial and economic conditions and to
suggest and plan f.or betterment. Th'e
need for such understanding and for
stabilizing credits is of primary im
portance. While no word has been given out
from the state department, it is ex
pected that this country will be repre
sented as the problems now demand
ing solution in the countries of th& Old
World are closely interwoven with our
own.
Yoders Celebrate
Golden Wedding
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. Yoder was celebrated Sunday
andJanuary 8, at their home at Yoder,
Oregon. They were married 50 years
ago in McLean county, Illinois and
moved at once to Missouri, where
they lived until 1888, when they mov
ed to Clackamas county, Oregon, and
have lived onthe same place ever
since.
They Have seven cMIdren living, as
follows: Mrs. Flora Bork, Mrs. J. W.
Watson, Mrs. H. C. Rittenour, Maude
Grant, J. B. and Elsie Yoder .
Besides the family those present at
the celebration Sunday were: Mrs.
Catherine Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Yoder, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Watson, all of Yoder;
Mrs. li. L. Yoder of Metzger; Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. Schwartz of Redland; Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Parker of Oregon
City; Mr. and Mrs. E. B.- Hyatt and
daughter, Margaret; Miss Prudence
Denney and W. J. Frye, all of Port
land.
WILLIAM BERGSTROM
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
While blasting stumps on the farm
of his father, Oscar Bergstrom, near
Outlook, William - Lloyd Bergstrom
was instantly killed. He, with a
neighbor was blasting stumps when he
was struck on the head by a flying
piece of stump. His companion was
also struck down by a flying root.
The funeral of the deceased was
held at the Clear Creek church yes
terday (Wednesday) in charge of
Holman & Pace, undertakers.
Larger Paper Next Week
Owing to "Eleventh Hour" develop
ments in the "make up" of our paper,
correspondence and other interesting
matter from various communities has
been omitted. We regret this occur
rence deeply and will again next week
put out a ten page issue, with still
better display space and the better
assurance of using all material sub
mitted to us Ed.
Circuit Court Actions
A damage suit has been filed by
Blanche E. Blatchford against Roy J.
Anderson and the Oregon Stage Co.
for $2051.25 and court costs.
This suit is the result of an acci
dent which occurred last October
when the Canby-Oregr City bus, driv
en by Joy J. Anderson, ran into an
automobile in which Mrs. Blatchford
was riding.
Suit for divorce was filed by Fred L.
Pudy. Cruel and inhuman treatment
given as cause of the suit The cou
ple were married at Perrysburg, Ohio,
Aug. 11, 1896.
r John C. Knapp has filed suit to set
tle the title on lot one in block nine
of Oregon City against The Alden
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving Co.,
of this city and all other persons
claiming title to this property.
CHARTER REVISION
PROPOSED BY MAYOR
Committee Is Appointed and Work
Expected to Begin In the
Near Future.
Mayor James Shannon followed up
his proposition to revise the present
city charter by appointing a commit
tee for this purpose, at the' council
meeting on Friday last.
The committee who will experience
the thrills and joys of this municipal
feat are men who long to see the ad
ministration of this historic city pro
gressive and effective. Thoy have
abundant opportunity to improve up
on the present cumbersome document
and to produce a charter far more
perfect and workable. They are en
titled to all the encouragement and
good will within the gift of all good
citizens without regard to politics, oc
cupation, creed, personality, or present
or past condition of servitude.
The committee consists of William
Andresen, C. Schuebel, Linn Jones,
M. I. Latourette, L. A. Henderson, I.
C. Bridges, J. E. Jack and R. Petzold,
O. D. Eby and L. Stipp will act in tffe
capacity of advisorsi
After the appointment of the com
mittee, Attorney Eby declared that re
vision was very necessary; that it is
now almost impossible to collect the
license money, and that other phases
of the, city's business could be great
ly improved under a new charter. To
this Recorder Kelly "rez right up in
meetin' " and informed "hizzoner"
that the license collections of his of
fice were O. K. whereupon the vity at
torney with "due respect," declared
to the Hon. Charles K. that such
wasn't the case but laid the difficul
ty at the door of said charter.
School Meeting
At Barlow Tuesday
A school meeting will be held at
Barlow on Tuesday evening the 24th
instant for the purpose of electing a
board member to succeed Henry Zieg
ler, who has removed from the dis
trict. Another subject for considera
tion is whether Barlow shall unite
with Canby in the formation of a Uni
an High school district.
Mardi Gras Will
Visit Oregon City
At the Elks Home in this city the
Elk's Mardi Gras Company will enter
tain on the evening of January 23.
This is next Monday evening.
The performers are: Abbie How
ard, soprano; Dorothy Ball, in char
acter songs; Bob Manning, Scotch
songs; Al Newman, pianist; Abe
Brashen, violinist; Casey Jones, in
jazz songs; Hilda Brosche, in songs;
Dorothy Dean, soprano; Anna Chllde,
golden voice.
The entertainment will consist of
not only music but will feature vaud
eville strongly. There will be blank
et booth, candy booths, silver booths
and various other kinds of booths. A
joyous time, a bushel of fun come!
FARM BUREAU PLANS
SERIES OF MEETINGS
The Clackamas County Farm Bu
reau has arranged for a series of six
meetings covering the county during
the last three days of January and
the first three of February.
The schedule is:
Beaver Creek, Monday, January 30;
Boring", Tuesday, January 31; Molalla,
Wednesday, February 1; Clackamas,
Thursday, February 2; Canby, Friday,
February, 3; Oswego, Saturday, Feb
ruary 4.
. All these meetings will begin at 10
o'clock in the forenoon and continue
throughout the day. Basket lunches
will be served at noon.
George S. Mansfield, president of
the state organization and Colonel
William B. Aird, secretary, will be
present and take part in the discus
sions. Moving pictures "The Rural
Drama," Spring Valley films by the
American Farm Bureau will be shown
at all the meetings.
This is a -campaign for new mem
bers and among topics of discussion
will be the accomplishments, pur
poses and plans of the bureau.
Ali farmers, farmers' organizations
and others interested in farm prob
lems and difficulties are urged to be
present j -j
Real Estate Transfers
S. E. and Emma L. Wooster to H.
L. and Olive L. McKenney, Lots 1, 2,
3, 4, block 33, First Add. to Estacada.
Aueust H. and Mae 6. Rakel to
Harras Herman Lots 1, 2, D. Canemah.
John H. and Elizabeth Brotje to J.
C. Johnson; lot four block one, Fir
Grove.
C. H. Warthen to A. J. Knightly;
tract 22, Lawton Heights.
H. E. and Iva G. Sellwood to Robt
F. and Josephine Countryman; lot 22
hlock nine, Quincy Add. to Milwaukie.
Gilchrist Bros, to Savon Land Co.,
Tract 89 and-100 Savon Gardens.
Oregon City to Henry Larsen; Lots
5 and 6, Block 145, Oregon City.
Jacob Harless (Est of by Adm.) to
Otto Wilowski; Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
block J. V. Harless Add. to Molalla.
Dean and Joseph Tibbetts to Alvina
Roth; Lot 13, block 26, Milwaukie
Park.
LOST Package containing wearing
apparel on walk about half way'be
tween Mills and Canemah Wed.,
about 4 o'clock. Finder please re
turn to this office. . It
CITY HALL SITE
IS RESURRECTED
Injunction Against Use of
Proposed Site Still
Undecided
TRIAL CASE NOT SET
Early
Decision On Case Is. Desired
In Order to Begin the
Construction.
City Attorney O. D. Eby was urged
by the council at its last meeting to
use every possible means to oinain
a decision on tne city hall site case "
now pending in the circuit court.
it was suggested that the present
is an unusually tavorable time to be
gin the construction of the building
since there are many men out of em
ployment and the market has reached
a point where bonds are selling at or
near par, which in this case is 5
per cent
When the engineers had laid off
the outline of the ground for the city
nail in the McLoughlin Park on Cen
ter street and the city was about to
proceed, through Attorney Grant B.
uinrtck. Mis. David Caurield and Mrs.
J. W. Norris brought an injunction
against , the city to prevent it irom go
ing ahead with the construction on
this site.
The next step in the procedure was
an answer filed by City Attorney Eby
and Christian Schuebel denying cer
tain allegations of the complaint and
with this denial Attorneys Eby and
Schuebel for the city, set up further
and separate answer. This answer
in substance, was that other blocks
in this same McLoughlin dedication,
for instance, those containing the.
Eastham school building, the Carne
gie library, and the McLoughlin
home, had been used for similar pur
poses. Judge Campbell of the cir
cuit court, struck out this further and
separate answer on the ground that
it makes no difference in this case
since even if similar uses of the dedi
cations in the past were not consider
ed wrong, this would not justify the
location of the hall on the proposed
site now.
The matter now stands thus : The
case has not been set for trial and
no final decision has been rendered
but a final opinion, will, it is believed,
be given soon.
This paper commends the council
for its move to have this matter set
tled as soon as possible. If the pro
posed site is not .available and can
not be made available, then why de
lay longer obtaining some ottier site
and going ahead? The council should
bring this matter, delayed and batter,
ed about for months and months, to
a final showdown and that without
further delay than forced by the court
TO THE PUBLIC
I, while ill the employment of the
county in the enforcement of the pro
hibition law, was sitting in what is
known at Thornton's Barber Shop at
between two and thre o'clock Wed- "
nesday afternoon of this week, when
a man came in with a hand bag and
set it down back. 'of the shop door
and then waited to have, his litle boy's
hair cut. I being satisfied that there
was booze in the- bag, phoned to the
sheriff who sent Long and Hughes to
the shop. But when they were with
in a few yards of the shop the man
left te shop and come up town.
Long followed him to a place of
business on Main street where the
man stopped! Long then stopped the
chief of police on the street, told
him of the circumstance and suggest
ed to him that he, the chief, get a
warrant and search the shop tor
booze. Then the chief obtained a
warrant from Justice Noble to search -
the shop. This he did but found no
booze there. The chief then informed
the proprietor that the man who gave
the information about the bag was
sitting in the shop when he the chief
came in with the warrant. This man
was myself.
Long then requested) that his name
be with-held from connection with
the case. Why should he want dis
name with-held? Isn't he a deputy
sheriff charged with law enforcement?
Why didn't he go on with the case
when it had been turned over to him
and to nobody else? Let him answer.
And, again, why did the chief give
information which in common prac
tice and in the interest of the law
enforcement should not have been
given?
Last night the sheriff himself wa3
told by one of the law breakers that
he, the law breaker himself, was buy
ing and selling booze -and that it was
nobody's business, now wny
doesn't the sheriff's office stop nis
booze operations
After the search I, myself, bought
and drank moonshine wnisney, ana
five others including a woman drank
moonshine also in this shop. This I
did in the interest of evidence.
I am clearly disgusted with trying
to help enforce che law against booze
under these conditions and QUIT
RIGHT HERE. Oregon City will nev
er be cleaned up under such condi
tions as these I have described.
ED SURFUS,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
O. D. EBT,
- Notary Public for Oregon.
My commission expires July 14, 1924.
(A true copy) .
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