Clackamas county justly bonsta of the intelligence and progress of her citizens, the excellence of her schools, churches, farms and homes. Independent and progres sive, The Banner-Courier cov ers, with larger circulation than that of any other paper, every portion of Clackamas County. 40th Year ffiE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1922. Number 24 Tn3TTT J J 11 BQDZE IS BANNED FROM ALL UNITED STATESjSSELS Taboo On Intoxicants With in Three-Mile Limit On Foreign Ships HARDING IS FIRM Injunction Threatened By Foreign Ship Interests Lasker Sobs Eloquently Those who thought the administra tion would do nothing about the sale of liquor on American vessels on thl high seas, are now ready to think some more. The President has direct ed that the transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors On all ships flying the American flag must cease immedi ately, and has given instructions pro hibiting vessels of other nations from bringing liquor inside the three mile limit. The attorney-general has held that the transportation of intoxicating liquor iu the territorial waters of the country is a violation of the clear in tent of congress and the judgment of the United States supreme court. And since ships are "constructive territory" for all legal purposes of the nation whose flag they fly, sales of intoxicat ing liquor on them outside of the three mile limit is a strict" violation of the law. In the course of his instructions the President directed Chairman Lasker of the U, S. shipping board to notify the masters of all vessels leased, own ed or operated by the government, to discontinue at once the service and the transportation either as cargo, or ship's stores, of intoxicating liquors. The prohibition is to begin at on.ee on American vessels in home ports and on ships at sea or in foreign ports im mediately after docking in home ports. Notices will be issued to all Ameri can ships under private operation by Secretary of the Navy Mellon, who is also directed to formulate regulations for the enforcement of the law. Information has it that a suit for injunction will be filed very soon in behalf of certain foreign shipping in terests. Lasker, chairman of the U. S. ship ping board, paints a sorry picture of the effect of cutting off booze. And one thing more is needed for common decency and to encourage the spirit of obedience to the prohibition law a new shipping board chairman. DELEGATES CHOSEN FOR STATE W. C. T.U. CONVENTION The following delegates were chos en from Oregon City W. C. T. U. to attend the state convention at Mc Minnville, this week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: Mesdames Ella ShandyFrank Welsh, A. B. Eintoul, Harry Paine, C. T. Hickman, J. M. Trimble, D. C. Eby, N. W. Bowland, Bert Roake, and Mrs. George Eberly. Alternates are: Mesdames W. C. Green, Elizabeth Glover, Jane Craw ford, Sherman Chandler, H. E. Van Wey, A. Lennon, H. M. Alldredge and Mrs. McCullough'. P. E. O. Meets A most enjoyable meeting of the P. E. O. Chapter of this city was held at the home of Mrs. Clara Jack, when Mrs. Jack and ,Mrs. F. J. Tooze were joint hostessel. A delicious - one o'clock luncheon wa3 served, after which the business meeting was held. Roll call was responded to with va cation echoes by the members. Mrs. Charles Gratke was an invited guest. Those present wece: Mesdames Chas. Caufleld, Ruth Caufleld, O. A. Welch, E. W. Scott, Harry Paine, C. Schuebel, John Risley, John R. Oat field, Wm. Andresen, John F. Clark, Arthur Beattie and Mrs; N. W. Bow land. The next meeting of the Chapter will be held at the home of Mrs. Orel A. Welch, Oct. 24, with Mrs. Ruth Cau fleld as joint hostess. Charles Griesbach Passes. On Sunday, at the Oregon City hos pital, Charles Griesbnch passed away, after a long siege of illness. For six years the deceased was employed by the Oregon City Enterprise as press . man, in which department he was un usually proficient. The deceased was 47 years old. He is survived by five brothers and a sis ter. The funeral was conducted by Rev. H. G. Edgar from the Holman & Pace chapel. Interment was in Mt. View cemetery. N . t Bridge Worker Hurt When his auto was struck by a passing car on the 82nd street road, Andrew Carlson was hurled against the windshield and severely injured. Carlson is a worker on the Oregon City-West Linn bridge, and was on his way to his home in Portland when the accident occured. CLACKAMAS COUNTY W. C.T.U. MAKES FINE PROGRESS Childreh-s Home Will Be Opened Jan uary First Local Unions Doubled In Year In County The Clackamas County W. C. T U. meeting at piackamas, Friday, Sep tember 29, was attended by 66 dele gates. The following officers were elected : President, . Mrs. E. B. An drews; rec. secretary, Mrs. Eberle; cor. secretary, Mrs., Childs; treasurer. Mrs. Jennie Smith; vice-president, Lot tie Hanna. In the report of the Children's Farm Home it was shown that there are 2, 400 children ranging from 3 to 16 years old in need of such home; that $2,400 of the $3,200 allotted to Clackamas county in the drive for funds is in sight and that the oppening will oc cur about Janlary 1st. The number of local unions in the county have increased from 7 to 15 during the year and prospects for fur ther progress are very bright. The following resolutions were vot ed unanimously: 1. That the women of Clackamas county W. C. T. U. in convention as sembled, do "heartily commend the ef forts of the officers in bringing law breakers to trial and resolve to aid them in every way and earnestly peti tion that the - courts exercise greater care in parole of said lawbreakers. 2. Be it further resolved that the women of this- convention strongly favor creating a stronger public senti ment against lawbreaking and recom mend that every woman practice and preach the gospel of law abiding citiz enship in their communities. 3. We express here our thanks to our county president, Mrs. E. B. An drews, for her untiring efforts in pro moting the welfare of the W. C. T. U. of our county and pledge her our co operation this coming year. 4. Having enjoyed the hospitality of our hostesses, we thank them. We also thank the church authorities for the use of the church. MILDRED EISERT, MRS. J. C. IMMEL, MRS. S. A. CHILDS, Committee. RECALL MOTIVES ARE ENUMERATED Editor Banner-Courier: Last week I tried to fully meet the accusations made in. the recall peti tion, which unmistakedly bore on its face, the earmark of one man, who, no doubt, was employed as an attor ney at so much per. I wish in this article to mention a few things that are talked about in the street, and which are not understood. I may also mention, the names and motive of some of the known promoters of the recall. After reading this article, please have in mind, however, that all the parties who are promoting this movement will never be known, neith or will all the selfish interests fe ex posed. It is mostly an underground matter. ,1 now take up and answer 'some of the street talk made by people who don't know the facts. The Suspension Foot Bridge at Ore gon City: In answer to some loose remarks about the cost of this struc ture, the record will show that the cost of the bridge was $18,000 of which amount West Linn paid $5,000, Oregon City $4,500, the mills at Oregon City $4,500, Clackamas County $4,000. This was a rush job. The plan and bids were passed upon and approved by the city councils and engineers of both cities', by the corporations and their engineers, and by unanimous ac tion of all the above parties the con tract was let for the sum named. . The Health Officer: No member of the court had any thought of offending Dr. O. A. Welsh when Dr. Hempstead was elected to fill both positions county health officer and county phy sician at a salary of $1,800, includ ing medicine. The cost of these two offices was running over $3,200 annu ally. The change effected a saving of over $1,400 a year. The action of the court was unanimous. Dr. Welsh had the office for six years at a cost to the taxpayers of $9,591.94. The law says he can only hold this office four years. He now refuses to give up the office and the commissioners are will ing that the matter shall drag along. The first real friction began, in the Doctor's case, when I asked him po litely to itemize his bills so the court could intelligently audit them. Take the bill of Jan. 1, 1921: Dr. O. A. Welsh, salary . $ 58.20 Postage 2.00 Phones 1.80 Trips: Boring, Milwaukie, 82d St., Sandy, New Era, Glad stone, Jennings Lodge, Willa" ' mette, Liberal .. 70.60 Total ..$132.00 Notice that the number of trips or mileage is not given. When the item ized bill came in, the mileag eharged was 25 cents -per mile since which (Continued on page 9) FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AFiHIVERSARY; VERY SATIS Church WiU Hold Law " Enforcement Mass " Meeting - W. J. Herwig of Portland will de liver a law enforcement address at the First Congregational church at Oregon City, Sunday, October 15th, at 7:30 p. on. Perhaps no person is more cap able to speak upon the subject than Mr; Herwig. He is known throughout the country as a fearless leader and is not afraid to attack lawlessness whenever found. It is expected that his message will be "red-hot." Mr. Vier wig insists that the people who believe in law and order have a duty to per form and must thoroughly back law enforcement officers in. the enforce ment of the law. Every citizen f Oregon City should attend this meet ing. A three-reel motion picture ' "Safe guarding the Nation," will be shown at the close of the address. The picture has a strong law enforcement appeal. The highly educational value cannot be over-estimated and no citizen can see the picture without having his civic conscience stirred. As the appeal is for law enforce ment and on account of limited seat ing capcity, only adults will be ad mitted. Remember if is 7 : 30 o'clock sharp. Come early and get a seat. Candidate Pierce Is Tender ed Banquet By Admirer The banquet tendered Walter M. Pierce, Democratic gubernatorial can didate, and the members of the Oregon press, by Jesse Winburn, at Albany, Wednesday night, was well attended. over 100 being present. Following a fine banquet t the Hotel Albany, Jesse Winmrrn spoke briefly, after which several leading Democrats of the state, among them, Elton Watkins, J. K. Weatherford and Samuel Garland, set. forth the merits of Democracy and predicted a certain victory at the coming election. At the conclusion of these prelimi naries, Walter M. Pierce addressed the meeting. Mr. Pierce stressed "lower ed taxation," as his campaign slogan, and declared that the tax reduction is sue is the only issue involved In the present gubernatorial campaign. He called attention to the present enormous bonded Indebtedness, admin istration expense and the high per capita tax in .the state of Oregon, these financial obligations greatly exceeding those of other states, and declared that because of the high tax rate Oregon land will soon come to either the auc tion block or to a communistic forim of ownership. As a remedy for this condition of affairs, Mr. Pierce advocates the adop tion of a graduated income tax, a tax on the utilization of natural resources by corporations, and other indirect taxes, and also favors a reduction in the number of state employees and the establishment of industries at the vari ous state institutions, which will make them self-supporting. . Mr. Pierce also promises to oppose all unnecessary appropriations and to oppose extravagance in the affairs of state at all times. FORMER EDNA ZWICKER- NOW LIVES IN SEATTLE The mystery surrounding the disap pearance of Miss Edna Zwicker, Ore gon City girl, who dropped from sight nearly two years ago, was cleared up yesterday when her aunt, Mrs. John Etchison, with whom she made her home, received" a letter from Seattle, announcing the birth of a baby boy in Seattle to Mr. and Mrs? W. H. Winse man. The couple were married Au gust 3, 1921. Miss Zwicker was 18 years of age when she dropped from sight here. She was" last seen at the electric sta tion at First and Alder streets, Port land. A diligent search was made for her by, relatives and friends, but they failed to find trace of her or hear of her marriage. Mrs. Etchison, upon receipt of the letter, left for Seattle to visit her niece. . . COUNTY REGISTRATION IS BIG THIS YEAR The registration books for this coun ty closed on Saturday night last. The exact number of new registrants will not be known for some time, but there is reason to believe that the numben will be higher than ever before. The registration in May of this year was 15,747. Of course it is always heavi est before the presidential campaign. There are special issues agitating the public mind this year and the es timate of Clerk Fred, Miller is that the total registration this year will --be near 18,000. Two hundred and forty seven registered on the last day the books were open. CELEBRATES T OF DEPARTMENTS S FACTORY That the First Baptist Church of this city has, thru- its efforts during the seventy-five years of its existence, been a strong, helpful factor here and thruout the county, was shown by re ports of her efforts and accomplish ments, at the anniversary rally on Friday evening. The meeting was at tended by, nearly four hundred of the members and friends of the church. The bountiful recast and short, but ex cellent, program were thoroly enjoyed. Conditions Are Good The reports of financial, Sunday school, missionary and other commit tees showed a very satisfactory con dition of the various departments of the church. There, are 240 members, 40 of whom contribute to the resources by the system of tithing. . Budget Is Strong During the year just closed all costs had been met and over $700 laid aside in a building fund. The budget of $5,000 for next year, Including increase in pastor's and county missionary's salary, $900 for the building fund, and Canby Will Operate Her Own Lighting Plant Because no reply has been made to the city by the Molalla Power Com pany in regard to the offer made by the council to purchase the old com pany's local equipment for $7,500, the council, at its meeting recently, au thorized the employment of a compe tent engineer to design a distribution system far the municipal power and light plant. fThe city will get its pow; er from the Portland Railway, Light & Power company. Some months ago the ' etrancil re fused to renew the franchise of the Molalla Power company here because of .the alleged exorbitant rates charg es. Subsequently it offered to buy the company's equipment and after some dickering fixed $ 7,500 as the maximum it would pay. Authorization for preparing com plete plans for a municipal system is regarded here as assurance that the city will secure a brand new plant. Sunday School Teacher Meet The banquet which was held at the Congregational ' church, Tuesday eve ning, October 3, for the purpose of organizing a Sunday school teachers' training class, was largely attended. J. L. Gary of Willamette was toast master and a number of interesting talks were given. Among those were Rev. Willis Pettibone, Rev. C. Morgan, Mrs. Geo. EJberly, Daniel Jones of Jennings Lodge; Mrs. Georgia Parker, state Sunday school worker, Vern Cross and Rev. A. J. Ware. The mat ter was left for the ministers to put before the teachers of their. Sunday schools and report later to the com mittee. ' "' A splendid supper was served by the Girls' Reserve of Oregon City, and was enjoyed by all. C. E. Society Elect Officers. The senior Christian Endeavor so ciety of Jennings Lodge held a busi ness meeting at the home of their leader, Carl Starker, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Mary Rush, president; Naomi Wilcox, vice-president; Mary Stevens, secretary; Mary Kessi, treasurer. Plans were discussed for activities of the coming yeaiv . Call Extended Rev. H. G. Crocker. Grace Community church of Jenn ings Lodge has extended a call to Rev. Herbert G. Crocker, formerly pastor of the First Congregational church of Oregon City, who is now residing' on his farm near Newberg. Mr. Crocker is considering the question of accept ing the call and will give an answer in the near future. - Mammoth Cucumbers Shown Mrs. F. H. King of Logan left at the Banner-Courier office on Satur day, two cucumbers noted for their enormous growth. They were grown in the King garden and measure 19 and 18 Inches in length and 3 inches in diameter. No fertilizers were applied to these plants. They are a testimony to the productiveness of Logan soil and cul tivation. These specimens are now on exhibi tion in the Banner-Courier window. Growers Test Spuds Out of 2535 acres of potatoes ralsea by Clackamas county growers only 73.5 acres Dassed the test required for certification. From the. continued ef forts of the srrowers. however, there will result Improvement until this county will be recognized as the home of pure potato seed. Democrats Plan Mtet Precinct committeemen and workers of the Democratic party will meet G. Y. Harry, from the state central or ganization, on Friday evening of this week, and discuss plans for the re mainder of the-campaign. The meet ing will be held in O. D. Eby's office. SEVENTY - FIFTH HOW CONDITIONS: MAWY TITHERS appropriations for music and calendar, was passed unanimously. Speaker Reviews Personel Present at the meeting was Mrs. A. M. Brayton, one of the organizers of the first missionary society of the" church, in 1876. Rev. E. A. Smith spoke enthusiastically of the oounty work done by Rev. A. J. Ware, the church missionary, and of the contri butions of the church in the personel of Christian workers, who had gone out from it, including Dr. Kenneth Latourette, now professor of missions at Yale University. Dr. Hinson de livered a splendid address from the text, "My God shall supply all -your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Greater accom plishments thru faith and under Divine direction was the keynote of the speaker's effort. . Officers of the church elected, are: Dr. Ross Eaton, financial secretary; clerk, Mrs. Wm. Anderson; asst. clerk, Mrs. Arthur Rugg; general treasurer, Dr. Freese; benovelent treasurer, Dr. Ruth Eaton; Sunday school supt., Vit tor Barney. . " - FIRE PRE VENTION WEEK IS OBSERVED IN OREGON This annual fire prevention week is ! being generally observed thruout Ore gon. The losses from fires- whioh, in most cases, couid have been prevent ed by the exercise of ordinary care and prevention methods are appalling. In Oregon during the five years from 1915 to 1920, fires caused the tremend ous 'loss of $10,395,286, a sum suffi cient to build 2,079 five thousand dol lar homes. In order to reduce the number of fires and fire losses to the minimum, the governor has issued the following proclamation .- Therefore, I, Ben W. Olcott, Govern or of the State of Oregon, by the au thority in me vested, do designate and proclaim the period from October Jth to 14th, 1922, as Fire Prevention Week and I earnestly request that the proper city departments, co-operating- with the chambers of commerce, and other civie organizations, shall arrange in teresting and educational exercises that will impress the .importance of the occasion upo.n the public mind. I hope that every resident of the state will actively take part in the observ ance and that they will remove rub bish and litter and other hazards about their homes and places of business; that they will inaugurate the personal habit of carefulness. I ask that our churches by means of sermons and ad dresses, and the "newspapers, by edi torial mention, shall help to spread the doctrine of carefulness; that our schools shall adopt systematic instruc tion in fire prevention, to the end that our state may be made a safer and better place in which to live. Only by arousing the public to the appalling situation created by our ex cessive fire waste can the evil be cor rected. . Given under my hand and the seal of the great State of Oregon, this 14th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-two. BEN W. OLCOTT, Governor. Ernest Wynne Ernest Wypne, nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wynne, of Ore gon City, route 6, died of pneumonia at the Oregon City hospital, on Tues day, October 6th. . . Funeral services were held from the Holman & Pace chapel, with Rev. H. G. Edgar officiating, and interment was in Multnomah cemetery at Port land. Six schoolmates of the deceas ed acted as pall bearers. The lad was loved by all who knew him and besides his many friends he leaves to mourn his passing, his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wynne, three sisters, Mrs. Irene Nussbaum, and Ruth and Blanche Wynne, and two brothers, David and Albert Wynne. Jury Disagrees In Olson Case August Olson was arrested at Da mascus, July 5, charged with illegal possession of liquor. He was tried and convicted in justiee court, but appealed to the circuit court His trial, on Monday of this week, result-' ed in discharge upon disagreement of the jury, which deliberated four hours over the case. ' ' The jurors were: Sam Jones, Mary Caufleld, E. C. Brown, Adam Bell, Fred Lais, Maggie Johnson, Louise Kam rath, Charles Horstman, Mary Norri-s, Robert Appleby, Aurie Draper and Nellie C. Allctredge. . Leasch " Is Acquitted Gus Leasch of Redland was tried in the circuit court on Saturday, on a charge of assault and battery. His sister, Mrs. Smith, was the complain ant. The jury deliberated over the case about an hour and brought in a verdict of not guilty. Moore Sentenced James Moore, convicted last week Wednesday by a jury, in Judge Camp bell's court, on a statuatory charge, was sentenced to serve two years in the pententiary. at Salem. The jury recommended extreme leniency. - OREGON PAYS OVER EIGHT MILLIONS TO EX-SOLDIERS Clackamas County Fourths In Amount DistributedTotal Bonus And Loan $338,075 On March 2, 1922, the first warrant was drawn on the soldiers' bonus and l5an fund against the state of Oregon. Up to October 1, the amount. distribut ed has been $3,849,253.79 in loans and $4,193,098.61 in bonus payments. The number of loans is 1545, the number of bonuses 18,926. Multnomah county leads with a total of $2,761,195 in both loan and bonus payments; Marion is second with $512, 951.23; Lane third with $397,578.99; Clackamas is fourth with bonus pay ments of $155,085, and loans $182,990, or a total of $388,075. To the sums above $135,093.91 has been added for educational aid, mak ing a grand total of $8,178,256.31. The total number of loans has been 1,545 and the number of bonuses 18,926. MANY CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICES With the approach of the limit of time for filing the lists "of candidates for city offices is pretty well filled. . -The lineup as now constituted is: James Shannon,- for mayor; Charles Kelly, John Morris, John Lizberg and R. E. Woodward, recorder; C. H. Roake, councilman, second ward; R. J. Hodgson and A: L. Beattie, first ward; Jack Cameron, third ward, and R. L. Greaves and F. H. Cross, fourth ward. The hold-over councilmen are: Fred Metzner, first ward; William Krassig, second, and Ed. VanAuken, third. Opposition has not fully developed against O. D. Eby for city attorney, though there have been others men tioned. The age-old "scrap" in regard to the location of the city hall has put on new armor and has entered the politic al fray for a fierce and gory finish. REPORT OF TREASURER ' SHOWS FUNDS ON HAND The report of County Treasurer W. W. Everhart to the county court shows a warrant indebtedness outstanding as of October 1, of $457,126.99. The treasurer has on hand $35,- 231.17 to redeem warrants outstand ing foi; which a call will be issued. The total balance on hand in the vari ous funds totals $307,255.62. The funds of the county are de posited in the various, banks of the eounty, as follows: Canby State. bank, $15,500; First National Bank of Can- by, $15,500; Bank of Oregon City, $70,- 411.29; First National Bank, Oregon City, $38,605.55; First National Bank, Molalla, $18,302,50; First State Bank, Milwaukie, $23,100; Estacada State Bank, $14,600; Clackamas County Bank, Sandy, $20,000; Bank of Com merce, Oregon City, $1,025.31;' Farm ers' Bank, Wilsonville, $8,000; Carver State Bank, $5,000. BIRTHDAY OF THOMAS MILLER MADE MERRY Thomas Miller, veteran bailiff of the circuit court, celebrated his eighty third birthday anniversary, Tuesday. After the jury returned its verdict in a criminal case they remained in their seats. Judge Campbell called the aged bailiff before the court and in behalf of the members presented Mr. Miller with a box of his favorite cigars. Friends of Mr. Miller also remem bered him with birthday cakes and on returning to his apartment he found a table laden with a birthday dinner, in cluding venison. Mr. Miller has served as bailiff of the Clackamas county court nearly fifty-four years. POMONA GRANGE HEARS PIERCE ON TAXATION Pomona Grange, at their meeting with the Grange at Beaver Creek yes terday, elected M. C. Glover of Boring worthy master; Louis Kohl, overseer; R. H. Davis, secretary. Mrs. Sieber- ling of Tualatin Grange was chosen lecturer. Walter M. Pierce, Democratic can didate for - governor, addressed the meeting on the problems of taxation. J. R. Herman of the single tax league, spoke in favor of the measure to ge submitted to the voters at the coming election. OREGON CITY YOUNG . . MAN WINS HONORS Herbert Harris, formerly an Oregon City lad, graduating from the higk school, completed a course in engineer ing at the O. A. C. last spring. He was one of two seniors of the college to be appointed to a position with the General Electric at Schenectady, N. Y. His mother, Mrs. V. Harris, now of Portland, will join him at Schenectady in the spring. Miss Lillian, his sister, is a senior at O. A. C. Ernest Winnie III from pneumonia but a few days, Ernest Winnie, the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Winnie, died at his parents' home in this city on Friday last. Interment was in the Multnomah cemetery. OREGON CITY MILLS DEVELOPING INTO fl GREAT ENTERPRISE Factor In Citange Of Manu facture Of Woolens From 4 East To West USES HOME PRODUCT Advertises Nationally City, State And Northwest Encourages Local Development What industry does for a community is illustrated by the advertising done by the local woolen mills thru national and local channels. For many years the cry has been heard that western wools have been shipped east, woven into cloth ' and shipped back here to the west. Now the Oregon City Wooien Mills are putting finished wearing apparel, such as suits, overcoats and mackinaws for men, on the market, made from virgin wool from sheep raised and kept on the ranches "of Oregon and surround ing states. And thru national adver tising of these goods in such national periodicals as the Saturday Evening Post, millions of people come to. know of Oregon City and its indus trial opportunities. This is only a part, however, of what this and other progressive in dustries do for a community. It is one of the best arguments that can be advanced why industrial development should be encouraged in every com munity. It means, usually, the utili zation of local products with increas ing' employment, expanding payrolls and incentive to produce the raw ma terials for the market close at home. The Oregon City Woolen Mill is blazing the way for a great woolen industry in .this state in its national advertising of a finished product, pro duced from "virgin wool, woven where the wool is grown." It is of interest to the woolen workers and to every sheep grower in the west. And wher ever the name "Jacob's Woolens" is read, the name of Oregon City and the northwest is recognized. CLACKAMAS COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTI TUTE IN SESSION The annual institute of the teachers of Clackamas county is in session at the Oregon City high sihool, conven ing Wednesday for a three-days' ses sion. Of the 320 teachers of the coun ty, every one was registered as pres ent at yesterday's session. The presiding officers of the various departments are: Brenton Vedder, general assembly; Miss Effie New man, music; 'Miss Maud Beatty, hand work; Miss Ann Erickson, penman ship; Mrs. Frances Abraham, public health; L. H. Mallicoat, physical train ing; Mrs. Lillie Dibblee, primary; John R. Bowland, advanced; Carl Lander holm, high school. Wednesday evening a banquet was served the visiting teachers at the Methodist church. They were wel comed by Mayor James Shannon; Following the banquet a program of music and stunts featured the eve ning. Taking part in the program were teachers of Jenning3 Lodge and West Linn. Miss Alma Scharpf of the Oregon City school, gave several clev er impersonations. Lucien Koch, a student of the Redland school, gave several recitations. WILLAMETTE BOYS BOOST BASKETBALL Willamette school boys have caught the spirit of athletics under a compe tent coach.- Football rules the season. Other grade school teams anxious for a scrimmage should phone. The boys have a pennant coming for the championship in their group con tests with Gladstone and Stafford last year in basketball. Two dandy play ers .went to Union High this fall, but enough of the old blood remains to carry the team to victory again this year- maybe, says the correspondent. OREGON CITY AUTHOR ON WAY TO HONOLULU Mrs. Eva Emery Dye left Oregon City yesterday for Honolulu for an indefinite stay. Her mission is for rest and to obtain and verify materials for her latest book; yet incomplete. She will make the trip to the islands via the Admiral steamship line from Portland to San Francisco and via the Matson line on to Honolulu. Roy B. Cox Injured ' Roy B. Cox had the misfortune to fall from the skylight of his ice plant, while repairing some pipes, Monday. He was removed to his home, where he is suffering from bruises and cuts, hs hip being badly injured. Boys Plan Social The basketball boys of the Willa mette school will give a social for the" benefit of the team, on Friday evening, October 2. Everybody should attend and encourage the boys.