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Independent and progres
sive. The Banner-Courier cov
"ers, with larger circulation
than that of any other paper,
every portion of Clackamas
County.
Clackamas county justly
boasts of the intelligence and
progress of her citizens, the
excellence of her ' schools,
churches, farms and homes.
40th Year
THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1922
Number 31
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IVIERD STORY TOLD
ATTORNEY HERE 81
ASYLUM REFUGEE
Escapes From Morningside
Sanitarium And Comes
To Oregon City
WANTS INVESTIGATION
Claims That He Was Committed To
The Morningside Institution On
a Fake Charge Of Insanity
If the story told by Martin Perwes,
who escaped from the Morningside
hospital in Portland Tuesday night
and came to Oregon City, proves true,
then the plot for a novel in real life
. has been laid, and the moving picture
world will have a s"tory of a tragedy
in real life that will produce more than
the usual thrills.
The story told by Perwes to a local
attorney was to the effect that he had
been railroaded to the Morningside hos
pital, on a charge of insanity, preferred
against him in Unga, Alaska, where
he was employed in afish cannery.
Purwes is about 35 years of age, a
native of one of the provinces ; of
Russia.
While working in the cannery at
.Unga he became acquainted with a fel
low worker who sometimes went under
the name of Charles Gutenberg. Dur
ing their acquaintenance, Gutenberg
became confidential and confided in
Purwes the fact tha t he had been
married twice and had attempted to
poison one of his wives. From inci
dents connecte with his story Purwes
became convinced that the wife Guten
berg had attempted to poison was his
sister, whom he had not seen in years,
and whom he supposed was li ving in
Boston.
Purwes in his story tells that he
became convinced that his theory that
the wife whom his companion had
told of his attempt to poison was his
sister and that he decided to come to
the states and continue his investi
gations. He had traveled a 'distance
of more than 100 miles over mountains
almost impassable, enduring untold
harflships, when he was pursued by
his iformer companions led by Guten
bergj returned to Unga, where insanity
charges were filed against him. Then
being no asylum for the insane in
Alaska he was committed to the Mon
ingside institution. He claims that
he had requested the privilege of con
sulting an attorney to get his story
before the public and secure his re
lease, but was denied the privilege
After telling his story he was willing
to give himself up to Sheriff Wilson
for return to the Morningside institu
tion, after a promise was given him
that his case would be investigated.
While Purwes is not of a high type,
in conversation he . appears rational
and manifests no apparent trace of in
sanity. .A .
Live Wires Start Ball Roll
ing For Community
Chest .
Rev. H. G. Edger Names Members
Of Committe Who Will Make
Investigation.
At the Tuesday noon luncheon of the
Live Wires, Rev. H. G. Edgar, who had
been appointed as chairman of a com
mittee to investigate the feasibility of
the establishment of -a community
chest for Oregon City named the
following members to assist him in
conducting his investigations; -. W. A.
Huntley, J. C. Cochran, John R. Hum
phrys, T. W. Sullivan," A. A. Price,
Arthur G. Beattie, Rev Caradoc Mor
gan, Fred J. Tooze.
TALENTED YOUNG GIRL HAS
PART IN PORTLAND PAGEANT
(Special Correspondent.)
Helen Stillwell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Stillwell is to take part iu
lthe Cinderella pageant, to be staged
at the auditorium Saturday, December
2.
Helen, although only ten years of
age, is talented in both dancing and
singing, possessing a voice whicn Is re
markably clear and sweet, and display
ing an aptitude for fancy dancing. .
The pageant is under the direction
of Mrs. Idaliene Meredith, who has
been training more than five hundred
children during the past two months.
SCHOOL REGISTRATION
GRADUALLY INCREASES
The registration of the county
schools in Clackamas County is grad
ually increasing this year according
to the figures of the county superin
tendent. A present he registration
is 8588 as compared to 8468 the latter
the high mark last year. The present
year there are 332 teachers employed
cornered to 319 last year. .
Editor III This Week
F. J. Tooze, editor of the Banner
Courier, who-has been ill the past
week, is improving.
GOVERNOR'S THANKS
GIVING PROCLAMA
TION ISSUED
In accordance with annual cus
tom and following the suggestion -of
the president of the United
States, Oregon again will lay aside
her busy cares for a day, to render
thanks for the munificent bless
ings bestowed by an omniscient
Creator.
For all of these blessings; for
our prosperity; for our resources;
for our rugged and our bewitching
scenery; for brave and true hearts
in men and women, freely may we
pour our full aiete of thanks, as
God has been bountiful, indeed.
But may we also ask that this
be a day of peace and forgivness.
That it may be a day on which
the people set aside forever any
ill-timed rancor, if such may exist.
That the people of the state may
render above all that all are
brothers and sisters, fellow Amer
icans. That they may remember
the true spirit of America gushes
from a spring deeper than the
superficial flow of factionalism or
shallow feud.
May it be a day of thanksgiving
6"n which we all raise our voices
in unison, remembering the time
honored injunction that we read
the same Bible and. worship the
same God.
Hours of tribulation and trial
are sure to fall upon a people
torn asunder by strife and dissen
sion. Our democracy was cradled
in the belief and nurtured in the
thought that all men are created
equal and given the inalienable
right to worship God as their own
conscience might dictate. Every
nation that has strayed from that
doctrine has been split on the rock
of destruction or has toiled its
weary way through centuries of
blood, travail and tears.
We are at the cross roads. To
the right 'stands an America, Im
pressible upon the rock of eternal .
truth. To the left lies an America
bleeding, torn by strife and dis
'sension. May the God of our
fathers preserve us from pursuing
the left hand turning.
Firm in the belief that our peo
ple may throw aside the cause for
strife and stand firm, united in
common patriotism, and that this
will be a Thanksgiving day when a
common voice raises itself to
reach the ears of our common
Creator. I, Ben W. Olcott, by vir
tue of the authority in me vested
as governor of the state of Oregon,
hereby do proclaim and dellare
Thursday, November 30, A. D.
1922, as Thanksgiving day, within
the state of Oregon.
And may it bring years of con
tentment, happiness and harmony.
In witness whereof, I have here
to set my hand and caused the
seal of the state of Oregon to be
hereunto affixed. Done at the
Capitol at Salem, Oregon, this
14th day of November, 1922.
BEN W. OLCOTT, Governor,
road Improvement urged
in capitol hill section
(Special Correspondent.)
Of major importance to residents in
these districts was a meeting which
took place at the court house, Monday
morning, when the Multnomah coun
ty commissioners, the Clackamas county-commissioners
and the conservation
tax committee met, to decide as to
whether or not Boone's Ferry and Tay
lor's Ferry roads should be resurfaced
next spring.
Lake Grove and Alto Park districts
were well represented by a dozen or
more splendid speakers, who all plead
ed for a good road; George Hartman
spoke for the Kilpatrick and Collins
View tracts.
The council chamber was filled to
overflowing and county commissioner
Ruf us C. Holman added his voice to
those of the people, urging tho great
need of better roads.
Decision will be. handed down De
cember 1.
Nine Marriage Licenses Issued.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued during the past week.
Rev. Joseph Regnicsek, 26 and
Gladys Neely 28, both of 600 Duane
Street, Oregon City.
Hersel R. Saunders, 25 and Dorothy
Mohr, 19, both of Oregon City. .
-Ora Elwood Coover 28, and Grace
Powell, 24, both of Molalla.
Charles Klinger, 34, and Helda Ange
lena Rees, 25 of R. F. D. 1. Horf, Ore.
William Henry Oetken, 23, and Ellen
Margaret Worthington, 25, both of
Milwaukie.
Leo R. Shindler 35, and Mary B.
Miller, 25 both of Milwaukie.
Vincent H. Rudl, 32 and Anna Miller
26, both of Milwaukie.
Lester A. Will and Elizabeth Schoen
heinz, both of Hubbard.
Richard Johnson, 59 and Emma
Eirich, 53, both of Clackamas.
LAKE GROVE CHURCH
IS INCORPORATED
Articles of incorporation of the Cal-
.vary Community church of Lake
Grove were filed with the county clerk
Wednesday by R. L. Edwards, chair
man, Jessie MacGregor, secretary, and
E. A. Witheridge, treasurer of the organization.
IS
READY TO S
T
TO VOTERS DEC 30
Pruning Knife Has Been
Freely Used in Several
Departments
GEN'L ROAD LEVY CUT
Appropreation Recommended to Care
For County Club Leader During
The Coming Year.
The tentative County budget for the
coming year has been prepared by
County Judge Harvey E. Cross, Com
missioners W. F. Harris and W A.
Proctor, assisted by Joe J. Thornton,
H. W. Kanne and A . D. Gribble, the
three latter acting as representatives
of the taxpayers. The. main expendi
tures are fixed by statute and offer no
opportunity for the application of the
pxitning knife. For those expendi
tures over which direct control may
toe exercised; the committee united
in the following recommendations
which will be placed before the tax
payers at the general budget meeting.
to be held December 30th.
In the item of county machinery
$15000 was appropriated against an
appropriation of $20,000 made last year.
All paving appropreation will be lim
ited to $5000. Last year the appro
priation for bridges was $55,000. This
year the amount was cut to $43,000 and
of this amount $13000 was definitely
placed on the Pudding river bridge be
tween 'Marion and Clackamas countys
at Aurora. This will leave $30,000 for
the general bridge levy bring little
more than half of last years expendi
ture for bridge purposes.
The general road levy was cut to
eight mills as compared with an ap
propriation of 10 mills last year. The
budget will contain a request for $2300
for maintaining the office of the coun
ty agent, and $1700 for a club leader,
designated in the budget as assistant
to the county agent. Last years bud
get carried the. appropriation for the
county agent but dispensed with the
club leader. The sentiment of the
committee was not unanimous for the
appropriation for the club leader and
at the budget meeting this question
will doubtless be the subject for a
spirited discussion.
Advocates of a county health nurse
did not appear before the committee
with a request for recognition it being
understood that their appeal for in
clusion in the budget is to be made
direct to the taxpayers at the Decern
ber meeting. Similar action is also ex
pected from the committee of teachers
appointed at the recent teachers' in
stitute, instructed to ask for an appro
priation to provide for furnishing an
automobile and an amoun sufficient
for its upkeep for the county super
intendent of schools.
KEEN CONTEST ON FOR HONOR
OF NAMING BRIDGE QUEEN.
The Christmas season in Oregon
City promises to be enlivened by a
spirited contest between Oregon City
and West Linn as to which ciy will
be aicorded the honor of furnishing
the queen to preside over the festivi
ies attending the opening of the new
bridge.
Mayor 'James Shannon, Oscar , D.
Eby and William Andresen have nam
ed Miss Harriett Phipps, as the can
didate for Oregon City. Mayor Harry
Greaves, Charles -Shields and John H.
Beam have named Miss Veda Barnes
to represent the west side city. Votes
will be sold to determine the popular
ity of the rival candidates, the pro
ceeds to be used to help defray the
expenses incident to the celebration
of the formal opening December 28th.
DEPUTY SHERIFF RALL
CHARGED WITH ASSULT.
P. J. Schneider of the' Monitor sec
tion is .confined to his home said
by his attending physician to be suf
fering from the effects of bruises sus
tained at the hands of L. A. Rail de
puty under Sheriff William J. Wilson.
The warrant for Rail's arrest was
sworn out by J. W. Exon, chairman of
the road meeting, at which place the
trouble is said to have started. Rail
will be given a hearing in Justice
Nobel's court. The trouble is said to
have been the outgrowth of ill feel
ing that was brought about through
the recent recall election. '
Voted Special Levy
Oregon City, at the road meeting
held Saturday evening voted to levy
a two and one half mill special levy,
which will provide approximately a
fund of $7500 which will be used as a
fund to care for Oregon City payment
on the Oregon City-West Linn bridge,
Oregon City according to the arrange-
ment made with the stat-3' highway
commissioners is required to make
four annual payments of approximate
ly $7000 each as her share of the cost
of building the n ew bridge.
COUNTY
BUDGET
UBM
Marriage of Miss Dorothy
Metschan and Willard P.
Hawley Solemnized
Honeymoon of Well-Known Portland
Couple to Be Spent in
Tour Abroad.
A recent event, of great interest to
Oregon City people, was the marriage
of Miss Dorothy Eleanor Metschan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil 'Metsch
an, of Portland, and Willard P. Haw
ley, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Hawley, also of Portland, which took
place in that city on Saturday evening,
November 25.
The ceremony was performed at the
home of the late Judge Watson, in
which the bride's parents had been
married. Rev. E. H. Pence of the
Westminster Presbyterian church of-,
ficiated, using the ring ceremony.- !
The' bride was attended toy her sis
ter. Miss Phyllis Metschan George
Pusey of this city, uncle of the bride
groom, was best man. '
Preceding the marriage. Miss Fran
ces Bakep- gave an impressive vocal
selection, and as the Lohengrin wed
ding march was being rendered by
Miss Pohlman of Baker, Oregon, the
bridal party entered the parlor.
Following the marriage ceremony
refreshments were served.
Beautiful decorations of cut flowers,
potted plants and palms, enhanced the
beauty of the bridal parlors and added
AT - I , i
iu mie mipressiveness oi me cere
mony, .
Many beautiful gifts and numerous
congratulatory messages were receiv
ed by the young couple.
(Mr. and Mrs. Hawley left Saturday
evening for New York, where they will
sail on the S. S. Aquitania for Europe.
They will tour England and other for
eign countries, including Italy, France,
Spain and Switzerland.
Upon their return they will take up
their residence in .Portland, where
they are to erect a beautiful home.
iMiss Metschan, the bride, is a pop
ular and accomplished young woman
of Portland, and has a host of friends
In that city. Her father, Phil Metsch
an. is president and manager of the
Imperial Hotel of Portland.
Mr. Hawley, who is vice-president
and general manager of the Hawley
Pulp. & Paper Company, is the only
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hawley.
He is well known and popular in Ore
gon City, and is a member of the Ore
gon City Commercial Club and Xive
Wires, and of similar Portland organi
zations. He has been connected with
the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company's
plant in this city for a number of
years, being advanced to the vice
presidency and . general managership
about five years ago.
FIRE OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN
DAMAGES A. O. U. HALL
Fire, believed to be of Incendiary
origin, badly damage.1 the old A. O. U.
W. Hall at 7th and Center streets, at
1:15 o'clock, Tuesday morning.
The fire broke out in the upper part
of the structure to the rear of the hall,
which is unoccupied. The back part
of the building and the roof were burn
ed and the Hub Grocery and Seventh
Street Meat Market were damaged by
water. -Fire
department officials are con
vinced the blaze was of incendiary
origin, following their failure to dis
cover any natural causes, and the story
told by a mill worker, who reports
seeing two men hurriedly leave the
upper floor of the building about thirty
minutes before the fire.
Damage to the building, which is
owned by the Welch estate of Port
land, and to the Hub Grocery and Sev
enth street market is estimated at be
tween $5,000 and $6,000.
"BOB" GARDNER REVISITS
HIS FORMER HAUNTS
"Bob" Gardner, more or less un
favorably known in Oregon City in the
earlier days, who, nearly twenty years
ago, was sentenced to serve a twenty
year term in the state penitentary by
Judge, now Chief Justice McBride, es
caped yesterday from the state insane
asylum, where he was transferred sev
eral years after he was committed to
prison.
Wednesday morning he walked into
the" court house and inquired wBere be
could find the district attorney. He
was recognized by Sheriff Wilson, who
escorted him to a cell in the jail, later
notifying the asylum authorities of
his capture. A guard will be sent to
accompany Gardner on his return trip.
PARAMOUNT RESTAURANT
HAS CHANGED OWNERS
E. Birry and W. Moessner formerly
connected with the Season and Port
land hotels, have taken over the Para
mount restaurant from Will Pizer, who
established the business' several
months ago. The new proprietors are
skilled in their line cf work and will
without doubt meet with a generous
patronage from the people of Oregon
City.
Alumni Elect Officers.
The alumni association of the Uni
versity of Oregon, for Clackamas coun
ty, following the banquet held Tuesday
evening, at the Paramount restaurant.
elected the following officers: Dr.
Frank Mount, president; Wallace B,
Caufield, vice-president; Charles E.
Gratke, secretary, and Jacob Risley,
treasurer.
ROAD DISTRICTS OF
THIS COUNTY UNITE
FOR SPECIAL LEIY
Twenty-nine of Thirty-six
Districts Reporting An
nounce Levies
LARGE AMOUNT RAISED
If Remainder of Districts Keep Up
Pace Set 20 Miles of Permanent
Roads Assured in 1923.
Of the thirty-six districts reporting
the result of the meetings held las.
Saturday night for the purpose of vot
ing a special road tax, all but seven
report special levies ranging from two
tQ .ten mills. With the appropriations
that will be made by the county court
to match the levies in a number of
districts where bond roads are under
construction, the county program for
next year is Quite certain to include
the construction of at least twenty
miles of permanent roads.
The following districts have reported
as follows:
1. Oregon City 2 mills
7. Estacada, 4 mills
8. Canby, 10 mills
11. Hazelia, 10 mills
14. Frog Pond, 2 mills
15. Mt. Road, 5 mills
16. Oak Grove, 10 mills
18. Mt. Scott, 10 mills
19. Sunnyside, no tax
20. Damascus, 10 mills
21. Union, 6 mills
22. Boring, 10 mills
30. Eagle Creek, 5 mills
31. Logan, 10 mills
32. Holcomb, 1ft, mills
33. Parkplace, 10 mills
34. Beaver Creek, 10 mills
37. Elwood; no tax -
38. Springwater, 10 mills
40. George, no tax
43. Dickey Prairie, 10 mills
44. Molalla, 5 mills
45. Carus, 10 mills
46. Mundorf, no tax
49. Macksburg, no tax
50. Yoder8 mills
51. Marquam, 10 mills
7,961
793
3,261
7,975
882
2,425
13,068
1,510
3,565
1,668
3,800
610
4,208
1,546
3,974
6,083
6,887
6,887
9,560
12,670
4.145H
618
2,205
1,830
58. Currinsville, 5 mills
59. E. Eagle Creek, 6 mills
60. New Era, no tax
61. Twilight, no tax .
62. Rosemont, 10 mills 2,570
63. Petes Mountain, 5 mills 2,570
65. S. Needy, 5 mills 1,271
66. Elhott Prairie, 5 mills 870
Total
$117,789
MRS.
ELIZA HINKSON
PASSES- TO FINAL REST
Mrs. Eliza Hinkson died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. L. Meeks, in the
Upper Highland district, Tuesday eve
ning. Deceased was born in Canada
and was 84 years of age. She came
to this country 75 years ago, and has
resided in Upper Highland for the past
nine years.
Funeral arrangements are under the
direction of E. A. Brady, undertaker,
and the funeral will be held from the
Clarkes church this afternoon. She is
survived by her daughter, two grand
sons and eight -grand children. The
interment will be in the Clarkes ceme
tery.
GOLF COMMITTE WILL
HAVE EXPERT ADVICE
The committee in charge of the se-
golf links for Oregon City will have
lection of the site for the proposed
advice in the matte; of their selection
from Victor Johnson known as the
father of the Eastmoreland goJf links
and W. F. Egan, national amateur
champion, who will visit Oregon Cily
within a few days for the purpose of
gong over the various sites under con
sideration.' NEWELL AND TOOZE
THE HONOR GUESTS,
The purpose and reason for the
drive for a $10,000,000 fund for the Un
iversity of Oregon was the subject, of
the addresses by W. K. Neweli and
Lamar Tooze made at the Tuesday
noon luncheon of the Live Wires.
Messrs Newell and Tooae came up
from Eugene to attend the banquet
and meeting o f the alumni of Clack
amas county and were honor guests of
the organization.
Visits Little Daughter.
. E. R.Means principal of tho Bolton
school was in Oregon City -visiting last
Saturday, coming for the purpose ,of
seeing his little daughter, born at the
Oregon City hospital Friday, Novem
ber 17th. - . .
Granted Pool Hall License
Barry and McAnulty have been
granted a license to operate a pool
hall, in the room formerly occupied
by them as a restaurant.
HIGH SCHOOL GRIDHION
SQUAD TENDERED
BANQUET
Celebrating the notably successful
season the. football squad of the Ore
gon City high school has had this fall,
the six members of the board of dir
ectors of the school gave the boys al
five-course banquet at the Paramount
The affair was also in the nature of
a sendoff to the boys for their trio to
Redmond, in Eastern Oregon, where
today they engage that town's high
school eleven iu an important gridiron
oattle.
O. A. Pace, chairman of the board
of trustees, acted as toastmaster.
Speakers were Superintendent Kirk,
and directors Meissner, Cox and Roake.
J. A. Risley gave the boys some valu
able advice and Coach King expressed
appreciation for the spirit the boys
have shown, and for the manner in
which the school board had backed up
the team. Principal Arant introduced
each of the boys.
Members of the squad present were
L. Mayfield, M. Toban, C. Johnson, Q.
Cox, Chester Newton, R. McCoy, W.
Criswell, E. Londergan, K. Beach, L.
Curry, S. Losh, F. Niles, R. Reddick,
D. Hedges, V. Jarrett, R. Locke, Ed
win Henry, E. Heilinger, E. Califf, C.
PrOffitt, E. Cantenbein, A. Dodds, F.
Cox, W. Osborn, R. Wilson, and man
ager F. Gardiner.
The team left Wednesday morning
for Redmond to meet the champion
school team of the eastern Oregon
section of the state. The Redmond
team, like the locals, defeated all
opponents this season, and as well
held all contenders scoreless.
Judge Rossman Is Speaker.
Jennings Lodge, Ore. Nov. 29. (Spec
ial) At the first brotherhood supper
given at Grace Community church, last
Friday evening, Judge Rossman of
Portland was the principal speaker.
He told of his experience in dealing
with crime as he found it portrayed in
the municipal court.
The present tendency to child de
linquency he laid at the door of the
divorce courts where the number of
divorces is at times staggering.
Ninety one were present at the ban
quet table,, musical selections were
furnished by the Alldredge Brothers
quartet, with Mrs. R. H. Hendry as
accompanist.
. Community Church Prospers.
Jennings Lodge, Ore., Nov. 29 (Spec
ial) Rev. Henry H. Kelsey, secretary
of the board of commissioners for for
eign missions for the Pacific coast dis
trict, with headquarters in San Fran
cisco, spoke at the morning services
in the Jennings Lodge Community
church last Sunday.
The Jennings Lddge church which.
since its organization, has been assist
ed by the missionary society, is plan
ning to become self-supporting. The
budget for the coming year will not
only include an amount sufficient for
the running expense of the church, but
will also include $250 as its contribu
tion for mission work.
Revising Voter's List;
County Clerk Fred A. Miller, has
commenced work on the revision of
the registered voters list. He is check
ing the returns made and all names
of persons now on the list of register
ed voters not checked as having voted
at the elections of the past two years
will be stricken from the list. In such
cases the only way to secure a restor
ation will be by re-registering.
Dairy Expert Will Speak
N. C. Jamison, head of the dairy ex
tension work at O. A. C, will give a
lecture on dairying at the grange hall
at Beaver Creek on Saturday, Decem
ber 2, at 8 o'clock. A general invita
tion to the public is extended.
Poultry Brings Fancy Price.
Jennings Lodge, Ore., Nov. 29 (Spec
ial) Russell E. Butler, of Jennings
Lodge has sold a pen of Barred Ply-
moth Rorks, containing five birds to
Ohio parties for $400. The birds were
shipped the past week.
Dr. Haufler Locates Here. .
Dr. R. W.. Hausler a graduate of the
medical department of the University
of Iowa, has located in Oregon City
and will be associated with Dr. C. H.
Meissner in, the practice of his profes
sion. "
Pleads Not Guilt. ,
W. C. Berreth Indicted by the recent
grand jury on a charge of obtaining
money under fall nretenses entered
a plea of not guilty when arraigned
before Judge Campbell, Wednesday.
Judge Campbell Returns.
Judge J. U. Campbell who went to
Morrow county to preside during a
trial of the circuit court where the
resident judge was disqualified, has
returned.
Addition JMears Completion.
The new addition to Hogg Brotehrs
business hlock Is rapidly nearing com
pletion.
Returned From Bend.
Judge Gordon E. Hayes has re'turn-
e from a trip to Bend, where he went
on legal business.
Let Us Give Thanks.
. The Banner-Courier bespeaks for its
readers a day of real Thanksgiving.
T
BURDEN ON COUNTY
LaCK OI UlUOn High bChOOlS
Is Costing County Neat
Sum Each Year
COST MOUNTS YEARLY
Nearly One-Fourth Of High School
Students Being Educated In
Other Counties.
During the school year of 1919-20,
there were 883 pupils enrolled in the
eight standard high schools of Clack
amas county. The following school
year, 1920-21, the number increased to
984. The last school year, 1921-22,
the high school enrollment increased
to 1144, with the promise of a propor
tional increase the present school year.
While this work was being done in
the high schools of the county, Clack
amas county, or rather that portion
of the county not included in high
school districts, wag sending high
school pupils to outside counties in
the following numbers : In 1919-20 this
county sent to Marion county 34 pupils.
In 1920-21 the number was 36, and in
1921-22 the number was 69.
During the same period the number
sent to Multnomah county was 148 for
1919-20, 147 for 1920-21, and for 1921-22,
with the records not yet complete, the
number is estimated at 160. Washing
ton county has cared for, during the
three year period, seven for the first
year, twelve for the second and sixteen
for the third period. Yamhill county,
in like manner, has cared for twelve
during the first period, and eight the
second period. No report is available
for 1921-22.
The bill of Multnomah county for
tuition has increased from $10,614.68
in 1919-20, to $18,184.01 for the past
school year. The total tuition bill to '
the four counties Multnomah, Marion,
Washington and Yamhill amounted to
$27,142.87, or a little more than $105.00
per year forjeach pupil attending the
outside schools.
While the theory of the law may
have been correct, in actual practice
we have pupils living within three
miles of Oregon City's high school, but
not in the limits of the school district,
arho are going north to Portland, pass
ing through Milwaukie, where there is
a splendid high school maintained and
being trained in the high schools of
Portland, and the county, or rather
that portion outside the high school
districts, footing the bills.
It might afford some needed practice
if the high school pupils were given a
few problems as to how Clackamas
county might reduce her tax levy for
school purposes, and at the same time
educate and fit for the duties of citi
zenship all the pupils of the county,
instead of sending one-fourth of them
to outside counties.
In the meantime the amount receiv
ed from outside students by this coun
ty approximately amounts to about
$600.00.
ESTIMATED COST. OF
SOUTH END ROAD
MADE PUBLIC
At the Tuesday noon luucheon of the
Live Wires, Dr. Hugh S. Mount pre
sented a report received from the
state highway department showing an
estimate of the costs of the south end
outlet as prepared for that body.
The estimate called for the expen
diture of $79,404 from Fifth street
and Railroad Ave. to the south city
limits. The cost of the construction of
the highway from Fifth street to Sev
enth via Railroad avenue the route the
highway xxxmmisstioners insist upon
is' placed at $13,150, - making the
amount necessary for the city to ex
pend in '-the improvement $92,554.00.
This is exclusive of the amount necos
sary to expend in condeming a suffi
cient width along Railroad Ave. for
highway purposes. Outside tho city
limits, the cost of the highway is
placed at $49,670. This latter amount
would be borne by the state. Janu
ary 1st a new governor and without
a doubt a new state highway commis
sion will be at the helm. In Oregon
City a city council augmented by sev
eral new members will assume charge
of affairs. Without doubt the prob
lems incident to routing the highway
through Oregon City with the necessity
of providing the finances necessary to
care for same will be transferred to the
new administrations with the best
wishes of the retiring officials of a
"Happy New Year."
Would Improve Railroad Avenue
The Pacific Highway Garage, Ore
gon City Enterprise and Mrs. A C.
Cannon owners of the property abutt
ing Railroad avenue have petitioned
the city council to improve that street
between Seventh and Eighth. The
city engineer is preparing an estimate
of the cost of the proposed improve
ment ,
SCHOOL
EDUCATION IS HEAVY