. 1AHE1 fga OUMEi
39th Year
GENOA CONFERENCE
HAS TO MEET MANY
DIFFICULTIES
Main Purposes Appear
Thwarted at Outset by
Dissension
DISTRUST IS EVIDENT
Possibility Negotiations Will Prepare
for Later Conference in the -United
States
The main purpose of the conference
is to stabilize conditions in Europe.
The plan has been to reopen Russia
to production and trade, enlisting
thereforGe rmany's influence as well
as others in the reconstruction pro
gram. It has been hoped that here in
this get together of the ieading na
ions there might be restored some
thing like economic order. But this
like every other great accomplishment
economic, political or moral requires
single objective and unity of action
on the part of those who would tri
umph. But at the outset the attitude of
several of the participants in the con
' ference is disconcerting. The- most
serious blow to the hopes of those
who inaugurated it was the refusal of
the United States to participate. Then
France refuses to allow discussion on
reparations the very thing wants to
discuss since her trade is tied up
with her finance which in time is in
cluded in reparations she must make.
Armies must be reduced as an eco
nomic measure and France refuses to
reduce while force may be necessary
to make Germany pay the reparations.
Nor will the little Ententec omposed
of Czecho-Slovakia, Roumania, Poland
and Jugo-Slavia with a combine pop
ulation of 75,000,000 probably consent
to disarm while the Russian reds
threaten it nor will France talk dis
armament while jthe little Entente
Q and Russia remain fully armed.
' At this conference it has been the
attitude of the other powers to discuss
matters with- the soviet delegates
while no recognizing them as having
a government. The soviet refuse to
thus be puto n a plane of inferiority
and demand recognition of their gov
ernment. Hesce the so-called "economic con
ference" is decidedlyp olitical. And
in this political phase of the situation
lay the reason for the "non accept
ance" action of Uncle Samuel.
There may in the interests of trade
and peace, however, be worked out
some of the present problems. It is
at least probablet hat the delibera
tions will result in another conference
purely economic and of international
scope and character held in the
United States within a few months.
W. P. Hawley Jr., Gives
Fine Radio Concert
A radio concert under the direction
of Mr. Willard Hawley Jr., was given
at the high school auditorium on Tues
day afternoon April 3rd. Mr. Hawley
brought to the high school and tem
porarily installed a powerful reeciving
set Including amplifiers and magna
vox. A second person at Mr. Haw
ley's station in Portland sent a code
message and followed it with two
numbers on the talking machine and
one on the player piano. Mr. Hawley
also gave, a very instructive talk on
the transmission of waves through
ether.
Elks Install New
Officers For Term
With the debt cleared from their
temple the local B. P. O. E. celebrated
in royal style on Friday night last
Dinner, music and a gloriously good
time from 6:30 in the evening to the
wee sma hours of the morning
characterized the celebration. The
following officers were initiated for
the next term: '
Exalted Ruler, Geo. R. Gardner.
Esteemed Leaidng Knight, Kent L.
Moody. v
loyal Knight, Albert Estes.
Lecturing Knight, Francis Mc
Gahuey. Secretary, Geo. Swafford.
Treasurer, Ed. Johnson.
Tyler, Ed Vonderahe.
Trustee, E. J. Noble.
Appointed Officers:
Grand Esquire, Bon James.
Esquire, Blake Bowland.
Inner Guard, Delias Armstrong.
Chaplain, J. C. Sawyer.
Organist, Beldon Ganong.
Henry Henningsen is the out-going
exalted ruler, and representative to
the Grand Lodge.
Ben L. Beard was Installing officer.
Max Boehmer Foreman
Max Boehmer, who was in charge
of the mechanical end of the Canby
W Herald for some time has taken a
y- similar position with the Banner-Courier
printing plant and, with his wife,
will move to this city in the near future.
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EX-PRESIDENT WILSON
REVIVES FORMER
PEACE ISSUE
Democratic Leaders Declare League
of Nations the Beacon Light
For Future Effort
At the annual Jeffersonian banquet
in New York recently a characteris
tic message from Ex-president Wilson
was received with enthusiasm. It
appealed to those gathered at the ban
quet table as a sort of political hor
oscope. It was the voice of one long
forced to isolation by broken health
and weakened body caused by crush
ing burdens of war and the persistent
persecution of his ideals and efforts
by the personel and fates of political
ambitions other than his own.
"Say to the Democrats of New
York that I am ready to support any
one who stands for the salyation of
America and the salvation of America
is justice to all classes' was the sig
nificant message written at the for
mer president's home in Washington.
It expressed his feelings, hopes and
vision of the present greatest- need
and problem justice to every kindred
race or tongue.
This proved to be the keynote of
the announcements which followed. It
includes the world-brotherhood. The
speakers interpreted it in terms of the
League of Nations which they declar
ed would be the issue in the coming
campaign for congressmen.
Amongthe foremost leaders of their
party present were Homer Cummings,
George White, James M. Cox, John W.
Davis, and Charles T. Murphy.
The message was interpreted as the
reentry of the former chief executive
into national politics.
O. A. C. Graduate
Returns to Parkplace
Oregon Agriculture College, Corval
Iis, Rufus W. Baker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Baker of Parkplace, re
turned nome. last week from the Ore
gon Agricultural college at Corvallis.
Baker has completed a four year
course in agriculture and expects to
be graduated with his class next
June. Major work was done in the
school of horticulture he being espec
ially interested int his phase of agri
culture. '
MORE NAMES NEEDED
TO COMPLETE BOARDS
OF ELECTION
What is an unusual condition in the
political world is a shortage in the
number of clerks needed for the elec
tion boards of the county. The period
of service on these boards is two
years, he boards out in the county
are about 90 per cent provided for
while in Oregon City only about one
third enough names have been volun
teered. A new plan is adopted for this year
There are two election boards in each
precinct and both serve at the same
time.. One board has charge of the
voting and the other proceeds with,
counting the ballots following the
casting of the votes. By this plan
the result of the election will be
known soon after the polls close. In
the county there are 83 precincts and
in Oregon City 11.
The following precinct election help
are still needed in Oregon City:
Precinct 1, two clerks receiving
board; 2 clerks and 1 judge counting
board. Precinct 3, 1 judge receiving
board; 1 clerk counting board. Pre
cinct 4, 1 judge receiving board; 1
judge and 2 clerks counting board.
Precnnct 5, 2 clerks counting board.
Precinct 6, 1 judge and 1 clerk, receiv
ing board; 2 clerks counting board.
Precinct7, 2 clerks receiving board; 2
judges and '2 clerks counting board.
Precinct 9, 2 judges and 2 clerks
counting board. Precinct 11, 1 clerk
receiving board; 2 judges and 1 clerk
counting board.
Delegates Chosen
The delegates chosen by Kirk Re
bekah Lodge of Canby for the Orand
Lodge convention are Mrs. A.-H.
Knight, and Mrs. J. R
THE BANNER-COURIER,
'The Lord of life is Victor now,
Ana death has lost its sting;
To deck tne royal Victor's Drow,
iour Hiaster garlands bring;
In glorious might tne Christ arose,
The grave has lost its power;
We triumph o'er the last of foes,
By faith in this glad hour.
"When from the tomb was roll'd
away
The stone that Easter morn,
The Lord of hie broke death's dark
sway,
Then joy and hope were born;
We sing our saviour's glorious
mignt,
We han Him Lord and King;
He vanquished there the hosts of
night,
Loud let His praises ring."
"Then let the shout of vic'try ring
o'er valley, hill and plain;
All hail the Christ our risen King,
Who shall. forever reign.".
Let me quote--"At the moment
when Christ died, nothing could
have seemed more abjectly weak,
more pitifully hopeless, more ab
solutely doomed to scorn, and ex
tinction, and despair, than the
church which He had founded. It
numbered but a handful of weak
followers, of which the boldest had
denied his Lord with blasphemy,
and the most devoted had forsaken
Him and fled. They were poor,
they were ignorant, they were
POMONA GRANGE GOES
ON RECORD FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT
The meeting of Pomona Grange
at Parkplace on Wednesday this week
was crowded to the doors with pa
trons. The program was exceptionally
strong throughout.
The report on subordinate granges
indicated progress. A fine musical
program, and initiation of members
in the Fifth Degree were features of
the meeting.
C. E. Spence and C. Schuebel,
Grange committee on taxes, reported
in favor of: (1) a state graduated in
come tax; (2) Reduction of millage
for higher educational institutions if
final substitute is obtained in passage
of equal assessment law; (3) Equali
zation law carrying penalty for fail
ure of assessor to assess according
to the law. These proposed laws were
ordered initiated and will be voted
on at the November election. Under
the equalization law if carried busi
ness property, water power and fac
tories willbe assessed at full value
and farms at one third value based on
the earning capacities of 6 and 2 per
cent respectively.
Eight or nine resolutions dealing
with moral and economic questions
were passed. Among them: to com
pel criminals to work and to pay
wages to those falsely imprisoned;
support was pledged publication refus
ing to advertise cigarettes; Judges
were urged to impose sentences with
hard labor upon bootleggers; con
demned the granting of license to Oak
Grove dance pavillion; urged jail
sentences with hard labor for speed
ers; opposed daylight saving law; and
urged cooperation in purchase of
farm machinery.
WEST LINN COUNCIL
REFERS ORDINANCE
TO VOTE OF PEOPLE
At a Special meeting of the West
Linn council last Tuesday night, the
livestock ordinance passed at the last
session was referred to the vote of the
people.
This question has been voted on
several times in the past and it is
said that at the last election it was
lost only on a technicality. Commit
tees were present from boh Willam
ette and Bolton and were unanimous
on the one point that the question
should be left to popular vote.
It was suggested by Mr. McLarty of
Bolton that cows be licensed and re
stricted to two to each man and that
all outside cattle be barred but this
question will only be considered if
the present ordinance is defeated.
On a motion by Dr. Pickens it was
decided to hold a special election on
April 24th, Councilmen Pickens,
Barnes and Bitner voting for the mo-,
tion and Councilmen William's, Mac
donald and Simson voting - against,
preferring to leave the ordinance as
passed, awaiting action by the people.
Mayor Greaves voted in the affirma
tive passing the motion.
While there is much sentiment
OREGON CITY, OREGON,
Easter ifessaxje
By Rev. Herries Grant Edgar
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
MAN IS CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR
Harvey G. Starkweather Announces
His Candidacy for Chief Executive
Others in Field
In the race for governorship this
year the democrats promise their op
ponents high speed records.
Harvey G. Starkweather, one of the
leaders of democracy in this state has
filed statement of his candidacy with
the secretary of state as has Walter
M. Pierce, while it is reported that
Milton A. Miller is in a very "recep
tive" mood.
Mr. Starkweather is a Clackamas
county resident. His services to the
state have been of unusual merit. He
was one of the original committee
who drafted the Workmen's Compen-
f
HARVEY G. STARKWEATHER
Candiaate for Governor
sation Act. Was a member of the
Rural Credits committee whose report
was made the basis of the Federal
Farm Loan Act.
In community affairs including es
pecially schools and roads, Mr. Stark
weather has taken a very active in
terest. He has been the persistent
leader in a fight, which he waged al
most alone at first, against the $1,
700,000 bond issue for roads in this
county. He will wage an active cam
paign from now on. His platform will
include economy and efficiency in
government.
Walter M. Pierce of La Grande em
phasizes in his platform the use of
the veto -power on appropriations; and
the desirability of a state income tax.
Presbyterians Elect
At the annual meeting of-the Pres
byterian church recently the follow
ing officers were elected for the com
ing year. Duane C. Ely, trustee;
Howard Beltonand J. W. Alldredge,
deacons; H. S.Anders on, J. C. Coch
ran, E. E. Hammond and Frank
Schoenborn, elders. Miss Florence
Moore, benevolence treasurer; F. J.
Meyer, church treasurer; Mrs. George
J. Eberly, Sunday school superintend
ent. -
C. E. Spence In the City
. Charles E. Spence, master state'
grange was in the city on business
Saturday last.
against the ordiannce among cow
owners it is generally thought that
the action of the council will be upheld.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922.
hopeless. They could not claim a
single synagogue or a single
sword. . . o feeble were tney
and insignificant, that it would
have looKed like foolish partiality
to prophesy tor them the limited
existence 01 a Galiiaean sect How
was it that these dull and ignorant
men, with their cross of wood, tri
umphed over the deadly fascina
tions of sensual mythologies, con
quered kings and their armies, and
overcome the world" What was it
that caused strength to be made
perfect out of abject weakness?
There is one, and only one possible
answer the resurrection from the
dead. All this vast revolution was
due to the power of Christ's resur
rection." On the belief of this resurrection
are built the universal observance
of the first day of the week and
the entire foundations of the
Christian Church. In this belief
we stand, we live and labor and
love. It has passed from the cate
gory of philosophy, of doctrine, of
creed, over into the realm of fact.
"Because I live, ye shall live also."
Without this belief, we have no
14th chapter of John, no 15th of
I Corinthians, no New Testament,
no Christ. But with it,
"Life is real, life is earnest,
And the grave is not its goal:
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul."
BODY OF CITIZENS
VOTE FOR ANOTHER
CITY HALL SITE
About twenty citizens including the
mayor councilmen Cross, Bridges, and
Jack met together last night in th
Commercial Club room and discussed
the matter of city hall site.
The result of the discussion was a
vote expressing the desire to place the
new building on the Singer Hill site
with the upper .floor containing the
truck and other fire apparatus open
mg out upon the Singer Hill road and
the jail approach to be on the lower
or Eighth street side.
This location was in the nature of
a compromise between- the upper and
lower sections of the city.
The engineer will investigate the
feasibility of the location; the city at
torney will determine with reference
to the title to the ground; and a com
mittee was appointed by M. D. Lat-
ourette, chairman of the meeting, to
present the matter to the council who
must finally select the site. '
The committee is Carl Green, L. A.
Morris, John Morris, L. A. Henderson,
E. L Johnson, J. L. Waldrbn, W. L.
Little and City Engineer Stafford.
This is the site suggested by the
BannerCourier recently. Naturally the
B-C is all puffed up over the sugges
tion. Welches Return from California
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Welch have
returned from a six months' vacation
trip in California. The journey was
made via auto and visits enjoyed at
Long Beach, Hollywood, Los Angeles,
Lost Hill and places of interest.
W. T. Henderson III
At the home of his son, William
Henderson of this city, W. T. Hender
son is critically ill. He was brought
to this city several weeks ago for
medical treatment.
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN
OFF FOR "PICNIC"
NEXT MONDAY
Special cars, Oregon City band, a
hundred Oregon City Business Boost
ers, fireworks and determination will
boost for the biggest single event
scheduled in Oregon in a business and
social way for this year.
The .destiny of the Oregon City
business boosters is Portland, the me
tropolis of the state. The purpose of
the trip is to land through the help of
the Portland branch the Oregon State
Grocers Annual picnic for Gladstone
Eark on a date during the latter part
of July. The usual number of live
Wires who with their families attend
this annual celebration is 6 or f
thousand.
All boosters booster bound are sum
moned to meet at the Commercial
club at 7:00 o'clock p. an. Train off
at 7:30. Schedule must be maintain
ed. Be on time.
Every business man this side of
Mt. View cemetery should climb Into
the "band wagon" for this glorious
trip. Will you be game, go, and get
'em? .
REDLAND AND CARVER
RESIDENTS URGING
MARKET ROAD
Sixty Taxpayers Back Up Petition
With Cash Subscriptions Toward
Improvements Sought
About thirty residents and taxpay
ers of Carver and Redland sections
of the county appeared before the
county court on Thursday afternoon
of last week and urged the following
petition:
"We the undersigned taxpayers and
residents of Carver and Redland vi
cinity ask your honorable body to
designate the Linn-Mill and Hattan
road a market road commencing
where the Linn Mill road. intersects
the Logan and Springwated ' road
thence south along said Linn Mill and
Hattan road to where said road con
nects with Fisher's mill and Oregon
City market road and to be a part of
said road."
"We the undersigned taxpayers will
on demand of the court pay in cash
the amount set opposite our names to
help build said market road if grant
er." The names and - subscription list
follows; four of the contributors off
ering 200 each, five flOO each and
several others ?50 per. The total
aomunt of the subscriptions is ?2122.
Among those who urged the matter
most vigorously were I. C. Nealeigh,
H. 0. Delano; George Chirst; David
Scheff ; O. H. Hattan and Charles
Hattan.
Grant B. Dimick in behalf of the
delegation presented ' the matter to
the court.
Robert Schuebel Out
For Representative
Robert Schuebel, prominent farmer
of the Mulino section, has filed with
the Secretary of State for Representa
tive in the legislature from Clackamas
county.
Mr. Schuebel makes the following
declaration of prinicples his platform:
"If I am nominated and elected, I
will, during my term of office, do all
in my power to make criminals work
enough to pay for their keep. Favor
income tax law that will be fair to
all. Will try to find the best way
to go forward; to find the right, and
then go ahead. No compromise with
wrong.
Legion to Hold
Military
Ball
The American Legion held a well
attended meeting in Willamette hall
last Monday night at which the ques
tion -of securing permanent quarters
was discussed.
It is planned to raise funds with
this end in view, by holding a series
of events, the first of Which will be
a Grand Military Ball to be held at
the Moose Hall on Wednesday, April
26. Nothing has been spared to make
this a great success.
The Legion has just received its
first shipment of official grave mark
ers, which are to be placed on the
graves of all deceased members on
Memorial Day. Plans are under way
to cooperate with the G. A. R. in a
Memorial Day program.
The program committee has arrang
ed for several snappy boxing and
wrestling bouts at the next meeting,
Monday, April 24, and all ex-service
men as well as Legion members are
invited.
Supt. R. W. Kirk at Spokane
SuDerintendent R. W. Kirk was in
Spokane. Washington last week
where he attended a three-day meet
ing at The Inland Empire, Teachers
Association". The states of Oregon,
Washington. Idaho and Montana are
represented in this conference. Mr.
Kirk is a member of the Executive
Committee of the conference.
Councilman Strebig Resigns
Contemplating a trip to Europe H.
W. Streibig has resigned his position
as a member of the Gladstone coun
cil. Charles W. Swallow succeeds
him.
Number 50
SIXTH REPUBLICAN
ENTERS RAGE FOR
GOVERNOR
George White, Adjutant
General of Oregon Nation
al Guard Announces
PLANS CAMPAIGN
Platform For Administrative Code for
State, Lower Taxes Industrial
And Educational Progress
George A. White in response to ap
peals to enter the race has announced
himself a candidate for the nomina
tion of governor at the Republican
primaries next month.
In reply to the draft committee
through Judge Grant B. Dimick, chair
man. Mr. White says in part:
What impreses me most in this
appeal is that so many of the people
of Oregon are concerning themselves
so actively and energetically with the
affairs and welfare of their state. It
is only when the majority is awake
to the affairs of government and alive
to their own interests and obligations
as citizens that we can hope to have .
good government
"You and the thousands of Oregon-
ians who have joined you in these pe
titions have raised the banner . of
sound American citizenship. You de
mand a constructive reorganization of
the functions of our state government
so as to bring relief from the present
tax burdens of the people.
"You rightly demand a complete
overhauling of the state's tangled
financial affairs, an effective defla
tion of expenditures and the restora
tion of the good name of popular gov
ernment These achievements are
necessary to the renewed and contin
ued progress and welfare of our state.
"You express your united desire to
entrust me with this great task,
stating that you find in my record the
necessary qualities of courage, ener
gy and devotion to duty to ensure a
fulfillment of your desires as citizens
and your relief as taxpayers from un
necessary burdens of taxation.
"While claiming no such virtues for
myself I have no alternative than to
dedicate to this cause such ability and
determination as I may possess in car
rying such a programme through this
campaign and on through the . pro
cesses of prompt and complete fulfill
ment . GEORGE A. XVHITE.
The other five candidates are busy
posting their campaigns through the
state. Senator Patterson is on the
first lap of a trip through the Willam-"
ette valley; J. D. Lee is still busy in
and about Multnomah county; Louis
E. Bean is converting the denzens
of Clatsop and Columbia counties;
Senator Charles Hall is etxending the
glad hand to the electorate over the
state while Ben W. Olcott is diercting
the faithful from his execuive office
in the state capital.
Mrs. Orman Struck
Down By Cyclist
Just a3 Mrs. Joe Orman stepped
from the curb in front of Burmeister
and Andresen's store on her way
across the street on Saturday, she was
6truck down by a motorcycle.
She was taken to the office of Dr.
Harry Paine in the Andresen build
ing for aid. After .it was found that
she was not seriously injured, she
was taken to her home where she la
recovering from the shock and
bruises. -
MARKET ROADS ARE
DESIGNATED OVER
The County
With the opening of spring the ne
cessity of completing the season's
road making program becomes more
and more urgent "
Requests covering every section of
the county have been made to the
county court to designate bond roads
market roads in order to speed up
their improvement by application of
marketro ad money. The court has
yielded to this sentiment and has
designated all bond roads, market
roads and will go ahead withi mprove
ments on several sections while await
ing the outcome of the recall of the
$1,700,000 bond issue.
If the bonds are not recalled the
bond foney will be used to lay the
hard surface pavement while the mar
ket road money may be used toward
preparation of the base.
. In order to obtain better grades,
and to serve the larger number some
of the new market a-outes deviate
slightly from the established routes..
One example of change is the Happy
Valley road. Here by a yote of y9to
1 the residents and tapxayers urged
a change of route from a heavy grade
over Mount Scott to a route of easy
grade from the Initial point of the
Happy Valley county line road and
thence in a northerly general direc
tion bisecting practically the valley.
The length of this road is about 2
miles. It Is market road number 29.
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