THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922.
Number 43
39th Year
BONUS LEGISLATION
PERPLEXING PROBLEM
FOR CONGRESS
Chief Executive Recom
mends Sales Tax or In
definite Postponment
POLITICIANS LINE UP
LawmiK'.vs Vary From Accle Sup
port of Immediate Payirsnt to
No V repent Bonus Taxa: o,.
President Harding's advice to con
gress to pass a sales tax law providing
for money with which to pay the sol
diers' bonus has raised a storm of
protest, heard from one side of he
country to the other.
All other plans of taxation such as
Increased documentary and postage'
stamps, more revenue from gasoline;
more tax on autos, and from other
essentials are not in favor with- the
chief executive. His plan made
known to Chairman Fordney o the
ways and means committee Is a gen
eral sales tax.
In this letter, Mr. Harding states
that after careful consideration he
cannot recommend .issuing treasury
notes or bonds to meet the obligations
He takes the position that with the
passing of the law means must be
provided for ready payment of the
. bonus; that the long-drawn out pay
ments proposed will not afford the
greatest help to the men; and that
rather than to pass legislation pro
viding for stretching this amount over
two and a half years it would be bet
ter to postpone it until provision for
immediate payment can be made.
The president further calls atten
tion to the concern of the ex-service
men over business getting back to
normal conditions and declares that
the government at this time cannot
' stand increased taxation. And he
I .J- still further reminds the country that
. there is now being spent $400,000,000
I yearly in the care of those who were
wounded or otherwise impaired dur
ing their terms of service. The
sales tax is quoted as the plan where
by all would be made to bear the
burden of bonus payment.
Congressman McArthur of Oregon,
is quoted thus in regard to the pre
sent bonus legislation voicing the ex
treme sentiment against placing a
bonus payment on the public at this
time.
"With a national debt of over $23,
000,000,000, with interest and running
expenses of the government amount
ing to $5,000,000,000 annually, and
with maturing obligations amounting
to $6,500,000,000 within the next 16
months, congress should continue its
program of economy rather than au
thorize additional taxes which will be
harmful to everybody, including the
beneficiaries of the proposed legisla
tion. The sales tax would put a few
hundred dollars into one pocket of the
ex-service men if he chooses to ex
ercise the cash option, but it would
at the same time take many dollars
out of his other pocket and the pock
ets of members of his family when
they purchase even the necessities of
life.
"I am not attempting to pass judg
ment upon the justice of the bonus
legislation, but am unalterably oppos
ed to its consideration under the pre
sent circumstances."
And so the fight waxes warmer
and warmer, every advantage being
taken to make as much political capi
tal as possible out of it. Among the
various interpretations are theaceu-
sation that the president advises de
lay for the purpose of lulling the mat
ter to sleep. Another is that the
bill must be passed, to assure the ex
service vote while there are others
who argue that this is a time for
retrenchment not for increased taxes.
And a large part of the public wants
no sales tax.
KALAHO GIRL RESERVES .
MEET WITH MISS WALKER
Last Wednesday afternoon the Ka
laho Girl reserves were very pleasant
ly entertained at the home of Marie
Walker.
Those enjoying the afternoon at
the Walker home were: Carrie Cun
ningham, Frances Blake, Emma Ellis,
Lillian Cross, Shirley Park, Margaret
Blhum, Helen Tooze. Helen Harris,
Emma Hall, Wilma Croner, Leona
Morgan, Katherine Croner, Helen Ser
ber, Lida Willis and Mrs. W. A. White,
advisor.
Those assisting Miss Marie in serv
ing were her mother, Mrs. J. Walker
and sister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Wal
ker.
The next meeting of the Girl re
serves will be at the home of Wilma
Croner on February 22.
Registration Closed
The books for registration in Oak
Grove precinct are now closed until
Marcn 15 when they will be open
again to April 18. This arrangement
is due to the special water election on
14.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
REALTY BOARD
HOLDS ELECTION
win use New Multiple Listing Sys
temA. L. Ritter and Fred Brock
man Address Meeting
At the meeting of the Clackamas
County Realty Board on Monday
night, S. O. Dillman of Oregon City
was elected president; Wallace F.
Miller of Stanley, first vice presi
dent; Minnie C. Younger, Risley, sec
ond and Gordon J. Taylor, Molalla.
third vice presidents for the coming
year. T. F. Meeds, Gladstone, was
reelected secretary and Maggie John
son, Milwaukie, treasurer.
A. L. Ritter president of the Port
land Realty Board Association and
Fred Brockman secretary of the
Northwest Realty Association were
present and spoke on current phases
of realty work.
On Monday evening next there will
occur a regular meeting at which
plans for the year will be outlined.
The multiple listing system will
probably be adopted by the board. Un
der this plan, for instance, one real
tor lists exclusively a piece of prop
erty. After 30 days, if the property
is not sold any member of the board
may sell it. In case of sale now, the
first realtor who listed it, will receive
30 per cent of the commission; the
realtor who makes the sale receives
60 per nent and the remaining ten per
cent of commission belongs to the as
sociation itself. This system has
proven successful in the associations
at Eugene, Salem, Portland and at
other places where employed.
The realty situation is now good,
especially in acreage, is the report.
O. C. H. S. Vs. Gresham
At Basketball
Fighting fiercely throughout the
game to stave off defeat, but being
slightly outclassed, the Oregon City
high school team went down to de
feat to the Gresham basket shooters
to the melody of 15 to 11 Tuesday
night on the local high school floor.
The offensive attacx of the visit
ors could not be broken, while their
defense was practically air tight. Time
after time, though, the locals tried
for the basket, but the hoop proved
tod" elusive for them to connect for
a tally. On fouls, as well, they miss
ed consistently. The first half end
ed with the score 9 to 3 in favor of
the visitors.
The shootiug of Mercer, running
guard for Gresham, was the feature
of the game, although Pulfer equall
ed him in shots made. They both
made three baskets.
Only once did Oregon City show
danger of breaking into the lead. In
the first half, with the score 13 to
6, when they began a fierce attack,
and for a while it looked as if they
might overcome the lead gained by
Gresham and make matters interest
ing but the up-staters tightened up,
and the score did not advance. A
fair sized crowd was in attendance.
The high school second team won a
preliminary game from West Linn
high school 17 to 6.
The summary:
Oregon City 11 15 Gresham
Sullivan F (2) Strong
Shaver ,F (1) Bailey
Johnson (3) C (6) Pulfer
Laurs (2) G ' Quizzenberry
Eby .i . G (6) Mercer
Substitutions (Oregon City Ben
nett (2) for Sullivan; Jackson (2J for
Johnson. Gresham Squires for
Pulfer.
Officials G. Hanklns and Gordon
Taylor referees.
Portland Gets No
Reduction in Rates
Public Service Commission
Those Who Protested
Present Rates.
Haps
Under date of February 28, 1921,
the public service commission made
an order raising the rates of the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph Co. from
30 to 200 per cent.
Following this order Portland and
several other municipalities, hotel as
sociations, farmers' organizations and
private citizens petitioned for a re
hearing of the commission's order hop
ing to have its order modified. This
procedure dragged along for 40 days
and costs upwards of $50,000.
Now this week comes the reaffirma
tion of the order and with it a nice
rich brown roast for the petitoners
who sought to have the order modi
fied and to further justify present
rates, the. commission goes on to state
that the reduction in number of users
was only three and one-half per cent
after the higher rates were establish
ed and that since September 1 there
has been an increase.
The, decision is branded by those
who sought the rehearing as surpris
ing and unjust considering the show
ing made. Company officials on the
other hand claim that this is just what
they expected.
Meanwhile the public wiggles along
and pays the bill while waiting for
the political demise of the commis
RUFUS HOLMAN GIVES
SPLENDID TALK ON
COUNTY MATTERS
'lea Made" For Curtailing
of Public Expenditures
for Some Time
SUGGESTS POST ROAD
Consolidation of Governments, City
And County and County Poor
Farm Discussed
At the weekly dinner at the com
mercial club room Tuesday, this week,
Rufus Holman, commissioner of Mult
nomah county, was chief speaker. His
address was both interesting and
practical stamping him as an execu
tive of superior tact and ability.
He recalled the building of the Co
lumbia Highway, the Interstate
Bridge, and 100 miles of paved roads
as achievements of the past four or
five years in his county and urged
putting expenditures on a maintain-
ance basis until better times come
which he prophesied might not be un
til after the next three or four years.
Referring to Clackamas county, the
speaker declared: That it is unsur
passed in natural beauty, in fertil
ity of soil; in opportunity for de
velopment; and that there should be
no boundary line between it and Mult
nomah ocunty both working together
to solve the problems of common in
terest.
Good Roads Urged
He recounted the value to a com
munity, of good roads and suggested
that effort be put forth to obtain Fed
eral and state aid to build a post
road from Oregon City, via Molalla,
Marquam through Clackamas county
to Silverton and Salem.
Governemnt Consolidation
He favored consolidation of govern
ments of Portland and Multnomah
county providing the farmers should
be - taxed only in proportion to the
benefits received.
Poor Farm Problem
Reviewing his experience with the
Multnomah county poor farm, the
commissioner described how under
expert direction of the O. A. C. it
had been changed from a losing prop
osition to a producer of over $7000.00
net revenue each year. He deplored
the "farming out" method of caring
for the indigent and recommended
small acreage in connection with the
home.
He declared that executive efficien
cy comes most generally from the
ability to choose the right man for
the job and for any man to attempt
to do everything himself is folly.
G. A. R. andW.R,C.
Visit Harmony School
Meade Post and Meade Relief corps
visited the school at Harmony, about
three miles west of Milwaukie. for
the purpose of -assisting the school in
the exercises on Washington's birth
day. The post and orpes were met
at Milwaukie by a committee of the
Harmony school authorities and
transported to the school house,
where a grand dinner was served
after which the school children, un
der the direction of Superintendent L.
E. Reese, gave the veterans a splen
did patriotic program, after the
school children finished their exer
cises the county school superintend
ent gave a brief address and he was
fololwed by patriotic instructor J. T.
Butler, commander C. A. Williams, E.
B. Grant, T. M. Kellogg and Frank
Moore. Semarks were also made by
Mrs. J. T. Butler, Mrs. Aldrich, Mrs.
Hemmingsen, and Mrs. Hadley of the
relief corp. The post and relief corps
are now. represented by the following
members :
C. A. Williams. J. T. Butler, E. B.
Grant, T. M. Kellogg, W. H. Brooks,
W. M. McClellan, I. S. Vayne, A. J.
Hobble, Frank Moore, L. P. Horton,
A. H. Webster, J. Gorbett, D. McAr
thur, R. Stroup, J. B. Carter, J. B.
Carter, H. Loney, E. Pasacon, - J.
Ackley, J. C. Sawyer.
From the Relief Corps Mrs. A. J.
Hobble, Mrs. J. T. Butler, Mrs. J.
Morgan, Mrs. Ida Adamson, Mrs. Mat
tie Hadley, Mrs. C. Heningson, Mrs,
W. S. Bennett, Mr. Ressie Aldrich,
Mrs. Eva Lawrence, Mrs. Jennie
Drum, Mrs. E. Junkins.
Commission Lowers
Canby Lighting Rate
The Molalla Electric company which
furnishes light for Canby has been or
dered by the state utilities commis
sion to lower the minimum charge
from $1.25 to $1.10 or about 12 per
cent. - Service other 'than lighting
is to be reduced.
The Molalla Electric company serv
es a large district including Canby,
Butteville, Wilsonville, Barlow, Au
rora, Hubbard and other places with
in its radius.
Canby has scheduled an election to
vote bonds for a municipal electric
plant. But the outcome will not af
fect the other, towns now taking their
electricity from the Molalla company,
DRIVE FOR W. C. T. U.
FARM HOME MAKES
FINE PROGRAM
Site Has Been Purchased and Funds
Are Being Raised for This
Splendid Project.
The Evergreen W. C. T. U. in Clack
amas county has purchased an acre of
land for the children's farm home
to be established by the Oregon W.
C. T. U. near Corvallis, according to
announcement just made from head
quarters of the state campaign in the
interests of this project The land
costs $200 an acre and the Evergreen
union is now engaged in raising funds
for a second, acre.
Mrs. E. B. Andrews of Oregon City,
chairman for Clackamas contuy, has
organized a new W. C. T. U. at Clack
amas, which already has started to
raise money for the farm home.
She also has organized a new union
at Gladstone and has spoken before
the women's clubs and other organiza
tions in Eagle Creek, Stafford, Viola,
and Garfield in the interests of the
farm home project. This, week she
speaks in Oswego before the women's
club and the grange.
The farm home is needed at once,
it is pointed out, to care for orphaned
or dependent children. A large num
ber of such children are now in the
state, without home or care. Calls are
received daily at Portland headquar
ters of the W. C. T. U. from those who
know of children, who need just the
care which this home is designed to
give.
The farm will be a real home, as
distinguished from an . institution,
where the children will receive Chris
tian training and the preparation for
life to which every child is entitled.
The farm, which is located three
miles east of Corvallis on the highway
between Corvallis and Albany, con
tains 245 acres, about one-half upland
and the rest, the best of bottom land.
All the buildings that will be needed
for some time, except the cottages to
house the children, are now on the
site. The Oregon Agricultural col
lege has promised to assist in the mat
ter of farm management and vocation
al training for th boys and girls.
LEAGUE LAUNCHED
IN CLACKAMAS CO.
Meeting Devoted to Present Political
Industrial and Economic
Conditions
At the meeting held in Buschs Hall
on Washington's birthday the recall
of the state public service commission
occupied a prominent place when R.
G. Duncan who sometime ago father
ed a like procedure against members
of the commission, roasted Williams,
Buchtel and Covey to a sizzling brown
fare-ye-well. Scoundrels and wearers
of political collars were among the
more gentle terms applied to these
officials. There are needed 9000
names to the petitions which the
speaker declared would soon be filled
and the final recall machinery set in
full and final motion.
J. C. Cooper, head of the tax reduc
tion league spoke on the subject
taxes, criticising severely the present
high rate and punctuated his remarks
with cutting repartee. Among his
striking declarations were to cut out
the millage tax for educational insti
tutions and to eliminate competition
He told his audience that they could
save $3,000,000 by investing 25 cents
in a tax-reduction league membership
and many of thosepresent took advan
tage of this offer and signed up.
J. D. Brown, president of the Farm
ers' Union, declared that the people
had had $100,000 stolen from them in
the road oenstruction program and
urged tax reduction.
C. E. Spence, state grange master.
described the Farmers' conference
recently held in Washington, D. C.
and which he attended as a delegate.
Mr. Spence stated that there were 93
farmers out of 350 at the conference,
the remainder being bankers, pack
ers, manufacturers of farm machinery
and others. Business men he said told
of their troubles; the California dele
gates declared cooperative marketing
had saved their state from present de
pression.
The speaker declared he believed it
essential to the farmers welfare that
prices should be lowered for em
ployees of the railroads but that the
lowering should include the high sal
aried officers.
Judge -H. E. Cross laid the blame
for high taxes largely on the taxpay
ers themselves. He declared that the
public service commission law is
god law, but the trouble lies in elect
ing the wrong kind of men to the
office. Upon M. J. Brown's compli
ment for his "sand" the judge declar
ed that something besides sand is
needed in office. He welcomed the
taxpayers league, implored the peti:
tioners to do. whatever they were go
ing to do about the recall and do it
quickly that the work of the court
might not be longer hampered.
H. H. Stallard, state organizer of
the Non-partisan league was chair
man, The chief points in his talks
were criticism of newspapers in gen-
' eral, a few in particular, boosts for
his own paper and criticism of banks
TAX INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE DIVING
INTO SOURCES
Education Responsible For
Nearly One Half of
State Levy
INCREASE IS LARGE
sources increased wevenues sug
gested Include Added Corpora
tion and Income Tax.
The state tax investigating commit
tee authorized by the late lamented
legislature has discovered among the
other sources of taxation that educa
tion in this state cost last year $18,
703,477 of the $41,117,367. . And it is
reported that this? commission will
dig deeper into this phase of taxa
tion and that it will recommend that
,millage taxes must not be increased
and that if there is any way to de
crease them it is anxious to find such
means.
Some of the members express a de
sire to double the fees on all corpor
ations and put them into the school
fund of the state which would give
the educational institutions more mon
ey to spend unless the nullage should
be cut down.
It is expected that one of the rec
ommendations of the commission will
be a big increase in fees to force de
velopment of power sites now held for
iuture sale or use.
A survey of state taxes shows that
since 1910 they have increased 521.1
per cent. Malheur county stands
first in the list of increases with 1018.
9 per cent while the population has
increased only 20.4 per cent
Delinquency is greater for last year
than for any other period in the his
tory of the state. Clackamas coun
ty is developing approximately $80,000
or 5 per cent; Multnomah $850,000 or
approximately 5 1-2 per cent; Wal
lowa county4s highest with delinquen
cy ofqg?ft
Government records show that 63
per cent of the taxes are now paid
from other sources than from proper
ty, in the form of income taxes, which
an argument for a state income
tax in addition to the federal tax. And
it is very probable that such a plan
will be presented and passed upon
at the coming fall election.
Many Requests Made
For Health Nurse
Requests that have come for one
week to the office of the county health
nurse.
In our neighborhood a man with
three young children is said to have
tuberculosis. He is destitute. The
neighborhood club will care for their
ordinary needs, would it be possible
for you to go to their home and ad
vise them so that there will be less
possibiilty of the children's becoming
infected?
Would it be possible for you to
come to my school, I believe there
are several cases of bad vision and
unhealthy throats, the parents pay no
attention to what I have advised.
Perhaps you could impress the need
of care. Contagious diseases are
very common in this school.
Could you tell me if a child living
In a home where there is whooping
cough, should be allowed in school.
Could you arrange free care for a
crippled child. We do not know the
routine or the possibilities.
May I bring my little girl to see
you. I think she needs glasses.
Father of six motherless children
is , sick. Could you call and instruct
them regarding his care.
My group of Camp Fire girls would
appreciate a demonstration in first
aid. Would you have time to give
them one some Saturday afternoon.
Could you explain the aims and func
tions of the public health association
to our W. C. T. U.
The state bureau of nursing re-
qeusts that you meet your local com
mittees at least once in two months.
F. J. Tooze Announces
Candidacy For Senate
To the voters of Clackamas county:
I am a candidate for the office of
senator to represent you in the legis
latures of this state during the next
senatorial term. Nomination for this
omce will be made in trie primary
election in May.
Unlike the perennial office seeker
I am neither "In the hands of friends"
nor the candidate of any clique or or
ganization. The office of senator
appeals to me as an opportunity to
serve the needs of the citizenships of
Clackamas county and the state.
am a Republican seeking nomination
and election on this ticket
l asu your consideration upon a
constructive program of greater effi
ciency in government and reduction
of taxes.
Sincerely yours,
F. J. TOOZE.
DECREASE DOMESTIC
ANDIALS SHOWN
BY REPORT
Present Value of Livestock in Oregon
Is Over 37 Per Cent Less
Than on Jan. 1, 1920
The United States Bureau of Mar
kets and Crop Estimates reports that
the value of Livestock on the farms
and ranges of this state has decreased
from $101,684,000 to $63,834,500 during
the two years from Jan. 1, 1920 to
Jan. 1, 1922. This is thirty seven per
cent loss. For the whole country
the decrease in the same period of
time has been forty-one per cent.
This decrease is due chiefly to the
deflation of values per head though
in some instances numbers have de
creased also.
The number and values of the sev
eral classes reported for this state
are:
Horses 1922, 272,000, $20,672,000;
1920, 272,000, $23,392,000.
Mules 1922, 14,000, $1,134,000; 1920
14,000, $1,330,000.
Milk Cows 1922, 216,000, $13,392,
000; 1920. 216,000, $17,928,000.
Other Cattle &1922, 604,000, $17,
939,000; 1920, 635,000, $29,527,500.
Sheep 1922, 1,823,000, $8,203,500;
1920, 2,250,000. $24,300,000.
Swine 1922, 233,000, $2,493,000;
1920, 267,000, $5,206,500.
Milk cows include dairy heifers one
year old and over.
A decrease of 427,000 sheep in the
two years is shown. This is no doubt
due to the low prices of wool and mut
ton and the high cost of feeds. Cat
tle, other than dairy cows have de
creased 31,000 head, due chiefly to
low selling price and high feed costs.
There are 34,000 less hogs in the
state now than at the beginning of
1920. In fact the supply has been in
sufficient to meet the demands dur
ing the past year. And at the Port
land Union Stock yards over $44,000
hogs have been received from South
Dakota during this time. During last
month $10,591 were received from the
same source. And this shows a de
plorable condition in the livestock in
dustry, which has been brought about
principally through lack of economic
balance. - ' ,
Head of W. C. T. U. Farm
Home Drive Returns
After a trip over Clackamas county
including Estacada, Garfield and Vi
ola in the interest of the Farm Home
Drive now being carried on, Mrs. E.
B. Andrews, state vice president of
the W. C. T. U. and in charge of the
local drive returned to her home here
Tuesday.
While absent she arranged for lead
ers to carry on the work in several
localities.
She found much interest in the
farm home movement. Of the $3200
quota allotted to Clackamas county
over $1000 has been pledged and
more than $600 paid in.
GUTHRIE AND CO. WILL
EMPLOY HOME LABOR
Company Declares it Good Business
To Employ Own Men for
Special Positions.
At a recent meeting of the Clacka
mas County Business Men's associa
tion a communication was received
protesting against Ihe employment of
foreign labor in the construction of
the new bridge across the Willam
ette.
The following somewhat stereotyp
ed form of letter has been reecived
from the contractors:
Portland, Ore., Feb. 7, 1922.
Secretary Clackamas County Business
Men's Association, Oregon City,
Ore.
Dear Sir:
We are in receipt of your letter of
February 2, enclosing copy of reso
lution passed by your organization in
regard to the employment of local
men where possible in construction
of the bridge across the Wiramette.
Wish to say that we are very glad
to cooperate with you in this respect
and have been employing local men
very largely on this work in so far as
is compatible with efficiency and good
business "practice. You will under
stand, of course, that some of this
work is highly specialized and it is
absolutely necessary that we employ
men who have been with out organiza
tion for a number of years and whose
ability is known to us." For other
labor, both skilled and unskilled we
have looked largely to the vicinity of
Oregon City and expect to continue
doing so.
Yours truly,
A. GUTHRIE & CO., Inc.
By W. C. WTrenn.
O. D. Eby Returns
City Attorney O. D. Eby attended a
meeting of auto park associations at
Roseburg this week. At this meeting
a general association including the
Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue River
valleys was formed; uniform fees for
auto park patrons were fixed at 50
cents per day per auto with limit of
ten days. By standard park is meant
one which furnishes gas, lights, wat
er, police, garbage cans, toilet and
sanitary accommodations.
GOVERNORSHIP LINES
ARE BEGINNING TO
' DRAW CLOSER
Senator Charles Hall Last
To Make Definite
Announcement
GOVERNOR IS SILENT
Federated Patriotic Societies Give
Endorsement Four Formed
-Announcements Made.
The last aspirant to announce him
self definitely for the governorship
of Oregon is State Senator Charles
Hall of Marshfield. The announce
ment was made following his endorse
ment by the federated patriotic soci
eties upon whose action it is reported
that he and severol others had been
waiting for some time.
Just what effect the loss of the in
tluence of the federation will have
on other would-be candidates is not
yet clear. The probabilities are,
however, that Senator I. N. Patter
son a prominent farmer of Polk ocun
ty, ..will not let this action deter him
from entering the race. It is be
lieved he will if he runs, develope
considerable strength among the far
mers of the state. '
J. D. Lee of Portland is already
making a quiet but continuous cam
paign in Multnomah county and the
state metropolis. ,
Senator Louis E. Bean, who lives
in Eugene has made definite an
nouncement and will rely upon his
legislative record to give him a mo
mentum at the beginning of the gub
ernatorial sprint.
Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pen
dleton, having formally entered will
no doubt line up the eastern coun
ties in the interest of his candidacy.
Among .other candidates who are
standing at the ringside with ambi
tions so strong that they are con-.
"trolled with -the greatest -dimeulty,
from jumping into the race are Col
onel George Kelly and Judge William
M. Cake.
Governor Ben W. Olcott is in a class
all by his own lonesome. He neith
er affirms nor denies'. He just sits
by and listens to the sound of the
gong as the scoring goes merrily on.
And the Honorable B. W.'s methods
keep 'em all a guessin'. iWth an
eastern Oregon candidate and a half
dozen other "bashfuls" from as many
different vantage points in the state
in the field, he maintains the sphinx
like attitude of "Why worry."
Father And Son Are
Buried on Same Day
The funerals of Marion Samson, a
pioneer and resident of Needy for
many years, and his son Paul Samson
died within a few hours of each oth
ers death and their funerals were
held at the Rock Creek school church
at the same hour on Wednesday. In
terment was made in the Rock Creek
cemetery. The services were in
charge of the Champoeg Lodge A. F.
and A. M. of which both father and
son were members.
Both died at the hospital in Port
land where the father went to undergo
treatment and the son to be with
him. The latter died from influen
za contracted while at the hospital.
The deecased were brother-in-law
and nephew of Mrs. W. W. H. Sam
son of Oregon City.
Michigan Boys
Take Long Auto Trip
Wayne and Gaylen Frey of Battle
Creek, Michigan, and nephews " of
Mrs. F. J. Tooze of this city are
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Tooze and with other relatives and"
friends in this community and in Fort
land with their uncle, H. R. Frey.
The boys made the trip by auto
from their home via the southern
route through New Mexico and Ari
zona to Los Angeles nd thence to
Oregon City. The trip was made from
Michigan to Los Angeles in eighteen
days the tourists coming in their auto
hotel de luxe style on the way.
There were no mishaps, the same
tires with which they started still
doing duty. The weather on the trip
varied all the way from extreme heat
to deep snow and bitter cold in the
Siskiyou mountains.
West Linn Lyceum
Number Is Postponed
The U. H. S. musical program which
is to be the last number of the West
Linn Lyceum course, has been post
poned from February 24 to March
3 on account of influenza prevalent
among the high school pupils and the
teachers.
Revival Services at Colton
Revival services will begin at the
Colton school house on Sunday. Rev.
Shepard, a splendid Bible student,
and eloquent speaker "will have
charge.
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