OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 2.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1608.
ESTABLISHED 186S.
SCHUEBEL
NAMED
SENATOR BOURNE WINS OUT FOR
HIS CANDIDATE FOR DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY.
SNUB FOR THE MACHINE
Schuebel's Reform Proclivities Meets
Approval of President Belief
General That Land Grabbers
Mad Strong Opposition.
Washington Jan. 7. The president
toiluy sent In tln Dot n I ii tit D (if Christ
Inn Srliui-lx'l. nf Oregon City, to ho
District Attorney fur Oregon, view W.
('. Bristol, whoso nomination hut been
withdrawn. Mr, Brhuobera sole en
dorser was Heimtor Bourne, IiIh col
leagues having united lu recommend
liiK George (!. Bingham, of Balom.
Why tlm President chose Mr. Hrhu
Im'I with linn endorser an against Mr.
HltiKlinni with ttiri- In not stated.
Whether or nut Mr. Behuebol will be
confirmed U another matliT. depend
ing uiii tin' attitude taken by Sena
tr Fulton when he arrive,
If Mr. Fulton should oppose tlu con
nrmiilliiii of Mr. Kchuobel. there will
m h mimt Interesting "scrap" In the
Hi'iiali. for Mr. Hcriuebel's nomination
has been referred to tho Judiciary
committee, of which Mr. Fulton In now
a member nnil which lm alwayn been
moat frli'tully to him, a evidenced by
Ita course r'Kiinlliin Mr. HrlHtol. It
would require very shrewd maneuver
ing on tho part of Mr. llourne to have
Mr. Schuebel confirmed over Mr. Ful
ton's protest, tint It In not known
that Mr. Fulton will enter any objec
Hon Mr. Bourne ilinlii today that li had
wvit entered Into bii agreement with
bin colleagues to support for office
wurh candidates a were Indorsed by
the majority of th delegation. Ho
unhl ho would support tut man whom
ht considered unfit, no matter what
th" majority of the delegation mlKht
tlo. Asked If hi' regarded Mr. Illng
hum a unfit or Incompetent, lm said
h did not even know Mr. Bingham.
Mr. I It turn i tonight gave out thu fol
lowing statement:
"Doubtless thf President, as well ait
1. will In- adversely criticised by rer
tulll people on iirronlit of th' RiMillit
motit of Mr, Siiimiiol, but tin net Ion
wuit not takfti unadvisedly by tho
President or myself. While there la
no fouiiilntlon for statements hereto
for nmdt' tluit Mr. Srhuchels' appoint
mi'iil wan being urged by me In Haul
tint Ion of nti election obligation, either
to him or to hU partner. Mr. U'Ren. It
Is triif Hint I have urged tin appoint
ment In a measure In recognition of
hi services to tho Republican party!
hut chiefly and primarily on nccount
of hi personal honesty and integrity
nntl my firmly grounded faith In Ills
legal attainments, based on endorse
ment if Judges In whose courts ht
Iuih practiced.
"Yrt, over and above nil thin, th
consideration with ni" ban been, as I
believe It hat been In determining con
sideration with tho Pn-Hldi'iit, to jjlvo
rtTOKnitlon to tlu prlnrlplt'H for which
Mr. Scluudii'l Mumlrt, and fur which
Mh partner. Mr. T'llcn, has nindt a
moBt horolc tind unnnlflah bnltlo for n
bottcr Hystcni of lawn In our atuto,
for rlt'BiitT ndnilnlwtratlon and for n
nqiiarn iltal. I nm awnrn that after
Mr. Schni'liid bi'conica United Stntcw
Attorney the hn:ur paH-ilona tif mime
men may be Invoked to ennt atumhlliiK
blockH In IiIh way, but ho will lm fully
BiiHtnlnoil by the Adnilnlatrntlon and
the Department of JiiHtlco In tho vigor
(iiih and dlHlntereHteil execution of tho
law."
To nhow that Schuebel was not ask
ln for the appoint nitnt at tho expense
of harmony In tho delegation. Mr.
Itouine quotes a letter of Mr. Schuiv
bel, written Decomber 3. whllo on
his way homo, In which Mr. Schuebel
aays:
"I know that. I could and would fill
tho ofllco with credit, should I bo se
lected, but It is more Important to tho
Stato of OroKim that tho delegation
Hhould be unltml and working In har
mony tlinn that I should succeed In
my ambition for tho appointment of
District Attorney, I would suggest
that, should you deem it necessary
for harmony In tho delegation and for
tho best interests of the State, you
withdraw my name aa a candidate, and
I hope, the dulegntlon may unite on a
good, clean, competent man to fill tho
position."
Mr. llourne says It la nothing to Mr.
Schuebel's discredit to be young In
yearH and In his profession. Mo quotes
a letter from .ludgo Thomus McHrldn
strongly recommending Mr. Schuebel's
appointment and speaking highly of
Ms qualifications and character. Judge
Mcllrldo says Mr. Schuobol'B appoint
ment would be good polities. Tho Sen
ator also quotes a letter of Indorse
ment from Judge Frank A. Moore,
Judge O. B. Hayes and Judge G. B.
Dlmick, also a long letter of recom
mendation from W. S. U'Ren.
In connection, Mr. llourne says:
"Mr. Schuebels' appointment has
been Insisted upon by me In recogni
tion of tho fact that he stands frir
those higher li!,iU In civics for which
the President himself also stands, and
I iinlii'Mlliillngly predict that he will
make an able, high type of piblle ser
vant." Mr, rlchuebel Ix 41 years old. He
wa horn lu Ashlund, Hcliuylklll Coun
ty. Fa., In IKi;il. When 12 years of
age he came to Oregon and for nine
years lived with his purer,! h on a
farm nine miles east of Oregon city.
In 1HH7 he went to the Mate of Wash
ington, where for 2 years he was
employed In the logging camps of the
(irays Harbor district, Heturnliig to
Oregon City lu 1NH0, he accepted a po
rtion an millwright at the woolen in II In
In that city, where he was employed
for IP'S, yeurs, He then worked in the
Wllliiiuettu I'ulp & I'aper Company's
mills and while he was thus employed
he began the study of law, taking a
rotirHit of liiHtrni'llon from a correH-
poudi-iico hcIiooI. After pursuing the HO
Kindle for two years, he wan elected
JilHt Icn of the Fence In Oregon City in
I K1HJ, being re-elected the following
year. During bin Incumbency of this
minor oftlce, he attended the law
school In Portland every night until
he wan admitted to the bar In 18J7.
In I'.MM he wits Mpjtolntod deputy under
Harrison Allen, then District Attorney,
who speaks in the hlghent terms of
Mr. Kehuebel. Mr. Schuebel held this
poult Ion for three years. lu 1902 he
wan elected secretary of the Clacka
mas County Republican Central Com
mittee, and after holding the olllce for
two years, was elected chairman of the
committee, in which capacity he
served for tho same length of time.
OAK GROVE CITIZENS
WANT PROTECTION
ASK COUNTY OFFICIALS TO STOP
THE DUMPING OF TRAMPS
ON THEM.
Oak drove citizens are tired of the
Portland plan of dumping the unem
ployed Into the confine of that hamlet
and ask the oltlclnlt of Clackamas
county to put a stop to it. The resolu
tions adopted at a recent meeting by
the Oak drove Improvement Associa
tion are given below;
Whereas, It In reported in the dally
prena that the po"e "f the City of
Portland arrested, on December 23th,
as many as II unemployed men of
varied races, all of whom were de
scribed as vagranta and holsies, with
out visible means of support;
. Whereas, lu conformity with the
very questionable policy In vogue,
thone 11 dependent men were escorted
by guard on the morning of the next
day to the city and county limits, and
liberated at th" Coif Links station
of the Oregun City car line, with In
struction not to return; ,
Whereas, The territory adjoining
for Home two or three miles in a south
erly direction. Including Oak drove
and vicinity, la dotted with homes oc
cupied by suburban residents, whose
business pursuits In Portland or else
where take them from home much of
their time;
Whrens, Our homes are therefore
occupied during such time only by
our wives and children, who are with
out police or other protection;
Whereas, These unhappy men, by
force of circumstances, must become a
prey upon our community, and, unless
they can find Immediate work, are
driven to the extreme where they
must either beg, steal, or starve; and
Whereas, A most .serious condition
In thereby created, and the possibility
exists of Its being greatly Intensified
through the continuation of this pol
icy, and the unloading iixn us of still
larger numbers:
Resolved, Iiy the members of the
Oak drove Improvement Association,
that we hereby call the attention of
the officials of Clackamas county to
this very serious condition, under
which these undesirable citizens nntl
characters are being dumped upon a
t'efoTi lo-i "'innvilty, to t jn"ic.
dlate peril of our homes and families;
and we hereby urge them to devlHe
some means, If any legal remedy ex
ists, to make use of It and to prevent
the further carrying out of this out
rageous Imposition upon a peaceful
section of the county.
Resolved, That copies of this reso
lution be forwarded to the Sheriff and
County Judge of the county, as well as
the local press.
GARFIELD.
Having fine weather at present; no
snow to speak of so far this winter.
Most of our farmers are preparing
to set out more fruit and nut trees
this year than any previous year. As
fruit grown on trees in Goldfleld Is
equal to the Hood River country, and
now that we have shipping facilities,
wo can do well with fruit; also ber
ries of all kinds.
Mr. Jlalder had acre In strawber
ries and realized $10 off the patch. It
was Just the natural soil; no fertil
izer. There were several old fashioned
reunions In Gold field during the holl
('.ay. Mr, and Mrs. Davis had all their 10
children home to Christmas dinner.
R. G. Pnlmnteer and wife had all
their living descendants children,
grandchildren and all, numbering ten
in all, to dinner Christmas day.
Tho Tracey and Gideon Krlgbnum
families united In a family reunion at
the residence of Harrison Tracey, to
tho number of 4(1.
Pearl D. Englo, carrier of R. F. D.
No. 3, out of Woodburn, died Wednes
day afternoon at his homo in that city
In his 24th year. He was the son of
Nellie O. and the late Columbus Engle.
ANOTHER PAPER MILL
New Company Buys Old Gt 1st Mill and
Will Erect Large Plant in
the Near Future.
A special dispatch sent out from;
this city says:
Oregon City Is to have a new Indus
try In the form Of another paper mill,
capitalized at more than a half mil
lion dollars and providing employment
for at least 300 men. W. P. liawley,
who was for many years associated
with the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Pa
per Co., has formed a corporation and
has purchased the Imperial and Rrlckj
Mills of the Portland Flouring Mills
Co. and the old station A of the Port
land O'-neral Klectrlc Co. It Is expec
ted that work on the new mills will be
commenced early this spring and will
be completed as rapidly as possible.
Mr. Hawley Is a paper maker of
many years' experience and knows
the business from the ground up. In
1893 he came to Oregon City as super
intendent of the Crown Paper Co. He
displayed unusual business sagacity
and In 1900 went to Florlslon, Cal .and
built the mills of the Florlston Paper
Co.
In 19H2 ti was nfade resident mana
ger of the Crown Paper Co. and occu
pied that position until the spring of
197. He owned considerable stock
In this company, but sold It all, and
was succeeded by A. J. Lethwalte,
STEAMER LEONA
BACK ON WILLAMETTE
After two years' absence from her
old stamping grounds, the steamer
ltma will return to the head of navi
gation tm the Willamette River, where
she will be employed for the next
month transporting wheat to Corval
lls. She has been chartered for this
purpose by the Corvallls Flouring
.'!!'! cenviany and will go In service
.Monday.
It Is estimated that 80,000 bushels
of wheat are at the various ware
houses on tho upper stretches of the
Willamette, which the Leona will
transport to the college town. Her
capacity Is alsiut 2.000 bushels.
Formerly the Loona was owned and
operated by the Oregon City Trans
portation company and plied between
Portland and Salem. About two years
ago she was bought by W. H. Mar
shal!. Fred llrougher and Captain J.
Newt Graham, who placed her in ser
vice on tho Iewis river route In oppo
sition to the Kamm line of boats. The
venture proved unprofitable and she
was taken out of torn mission. For
the past year she has been lying Idle
In the local harbor.
A full crew has been employed to
go out on the Loona Monday. Captain
George lUinbe has accepted a posi
tion as master. Since the recent
heavy rains the river Is at a high
stage. It Is necessary to wait for a
freshet every season before the grain
In that section can be sent to mar
ket. The grain fields along that por
tion of the stream are situated a long
distance from the railroad, making it
too expensive to ship the crop in any
other way than by the water mute.
WORLD NEWS
"Before we were married, you told
me you were well off." "So I did. I
remember distinctly telling you that."
"You Hod. then?" "Thnt would be a
question In casuistry. I was well off,
all right, but I didn't know It." Puck.
California shipped to the East more
than 7,000 cars of green fruit this
season.
A new Industry at .Pocatello, Idaho,
Is a snake farm. The oil from snake
skin is valuable for medicinal pur
poses. Brother You can't think how nerv
ous I was when I proposed. Sister
You can't think how nervous she was
until you did. Town and Country.
During the recent Sunday-law flurry
In New York, moving pictures were
put out. of business, but pictures that
stood still were allowed to show. .Could
anything be more logical? Sunday is
a day of rest.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Washington unanimously
passed a resolution indorsing the can
didacy of William J. Bryan for the
Presidency of the United States.
The second session of the Trans
Missouri Dry Farming Congress will
meet In Salt Lake City, January 22
to 2G.
Oregon City's water plant Is valued
at $104,390, and the revenue amounts
to over a thousand dollars a month.
Expenses for operating figure up to
about half the Income, loavlng the
balance for Improvements Bnd to pay
Interest on the investment.
who came here from New York to
take charge.
Since last fall Mr. Hawley has had
a deslrn U re-enter the business and
decided to start a new mill at Ore
gon City on the East Side of the river,
where there Is an Immense amount of
water power corning from the basin,
that Is not utilized. He negotiated
with the management of the Oregon
City Manufacturing Co. for the purch
ase of Its woolen mills, but the project
fell through.
Two paper machines will be Install
ed at the outset by the company, and
both news and manilla papers will be
manufactured, thus entering into di
rect competition with the Willamette
Pulp & Paper Co., which manufac
tures papers exclusively, and the
Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Co.,
which makes both manilla and news
at Its mills at Oregon City and Camas.
It Is stated that the two paper ma
chines to be Installed will be among
the largest made.
There will be no difficulty In the
new company ontalnlng sufficient
power to operate Its plant It will
have all the power of the Portland
Flouring Mills Co. and as the Port
land General Electric Co.. has plenty
of power to sell, Mr. Hawiey's mill
will have water In abundance to push
Its wheels.
DANK OTPICERS
ARE INDICTED
District Attorney Manning, sitting
as a grand Jury, Indicted the officers
.. Uie dofunct Title Guarantee &
Trust company Monday, and after
proper preliminaries they were ad
mitted to ball. Those Indicted were
J. Tborburn Ross, T. T. Burkhart,
John E. Altchlson and George H. Hill,
and each made the subject of four in
formations. When arraigned they
waived the entering of pleas and were
held under bond. Ross and Burkhart
were held under $20,000 each, while
ball of Altchlson and Hill was fixed
at $S,000 each.
The first charge upon which an in
formation was returned was that of
unlawfully receiving deposits in a
bank, knowing same to be insolvent
this charge Is provided for under the
new banking law. The complainant
was C. E. Ehman, who deposited $350
in the Title Guarantee &. Trust Com
pany on October 28, when the Institu
tion was already in the financial
breakers.
The second charge, as well as the
third and fourth, was that of larceny.
According to the informations the
first of three crimes of larceny was
committed by neglecting and refusing
to pay, upon demand, money belong
ing to the State of Oregon. The sec
ond theft was alleged to have consist
ed In conversion by the accused of
State money to their own uses, to the
i extent of $327,352.10, and the last
theft was defined as the loaning, for
Interest, of money belonging to the
State.
STATE NEWS.
The biennial convention of the Ore
gon State Christian Endeavor Union
will be held In Eugene, beginning
Thursday, February 20, and closing
Sunday evening, February 23. The
theme of the convention will be "Ever
Abounding."
John DImmick, at one time an actlv
practitioner of the law at Salem, Is
now devoting considerable of his time
to growing onions on' a small farm
east of Hubbard. It is reported on
good authority that he will have from
190,000 to 100.000 pounds of onions
from his 1907 planting on six acres.
The Yamhill County Court Tuesday
made the tas levy for the current year
as follows. State, 3.95 mills; county
school, 3.5 mills; library, .05 mill; gen
eral fund, 3.6 mills; road fund, 3 mills i
total, 14.10 mills. The greatest indi
vidual items Is the State tax, the
amount this county will be required to
raise for that purpose being $44,965 on
a valuation of more than $11,000,000.
Fifty-six murders were committed in
Oregon during 1907, scattered over 20
counties. Two were convicted of
murder In the second degree, one for
manslaughter, 14 were acquitted, 10
slayers committed suicide, 11 were
not captured and 13 are awaiting trial.
A 5-year-old Holsteln at the College
dairy at Corvallls made a milk yield of
13,744 pounds for the year ending De
cember 31. The product carried a but
ter fat record of 446.55 pounds, and
yielded 520.97 pounds of butter that,
at prices current during the year
brought $170. She was not pushed lu
the feeding, but given the ordinary
rations Incident to any well kept dairy.
Her food for the year cost 10, leav
ing a net profit of $130.
There was a very high tide at Sea
side, the breakers tearing up about
100 yards of the new board walk,
which runs along the ocean beach.
The enumeration of the number of
public school children In Linn county
has been completed and shows a total
of C.585. I-ASt year the enumeration
showed a total of 6.C25, and a few
years ago It was over 7,000.
The Calapoola Lumber Company's
logging camp, about 15 miles up the
Calapoola river from Brownsville, was
looted recently of all the provisions
that were left there when the camp
was closed a few weeks ago. The
thieves used a wagon to haul their
plunder away.
) Out of work and acting on the Im
pulse of the moment, two dozen men
. enlisted In the Fourteenth Infantry
I en route through Albany last week,
i and Btarted for the Philippines. Po-
lice officer Catlln had rounded up 25
; Idle men who were temporarily hobos,
to ship on the south-bound Overland.
While they were at the depot waiting,
a troop train carrying the First Bat
, tallon of the Fourteenth 'Infantry
I came In. Catlln, who Is ait old sol
dier, suggested to the men that they
enlist, and the Idea "took." All but
one, who was too old, boarded the
train, expecting to be examined and
mustered In en route.
I). S. Harris and Henry Stump have
leased the Blddle foundry at Dallas.
MAYOR CARLL IS
PRUNING THE BILLS
CAN SEE NO USE FOR A CITY EN
GINEER AT THIS TIME.
LOSS OF PENALTY.
In the recent election there was a
sharp contest for Mayor and the pres
ent incumbent, Mayor Carll, won out.
The result of the election showed that
at no time was there any danger to
the Carll candidacy, but the conten
tion of his opponents became very
sharp at the close of the campaign,
and since then there have been cer
tain criticisms which the Doctor's
friends think undeserved.
Because of these criticisms, Mayor
Carll has decided to closely scan all
city business from this on and in all
cases where he sees an opportunity
to "play It up" in the Interest of the
people he will do so. As an evidence
that Mayor Carll means business, his
talk to Council Wednesday night in
dicates. At the outset Mayor Carll said he
would abolish the office of City En
gineer, stating in this announcement
that he differed some time ago with
William Andresen, chairman of the
finance committee. In that the office
was not necessary, but he had changed
his views.
"I ara now convinced," said Dr.
Carll, "that the office of City Engineer
is not necessary, and for that reason
it will be abolished for a time. It
might have been abolished during No
vember and December, yet we paid
a man a salary of $125 per month dur
ing that time, and with office rent and
assistance the expense amounted to
about $150, or $300 for the two
months. The city granted Contractor
Jones a 90-day extension on the Mad
ison street Improvements from Octo
ber 27. 1907, which abrogated that
part of the contract requiring the con
tractor to pay $5 per day for every day
following the time set In the contract
for the completion of the work. In this
manner a penalty of $450 has been
lost, and $o00 has been spent.
"Now," went on the Mayor, "I have
been accused of not being a business
man, but I believe I can look after the
people's business, even If I do not
look after my own. After January 27,
if this contract is not finished, I will
again employ a City Engineer and he
will be paid out of the penalty that
will be Imposed on the contractor.
Further than this, the city will have
Its records removed to the City Hall
and will no longer pay $S per month
for a room in the Weinhard or any
other building where surveyors, ar
chitects, draughtsmen and engineers
can do their work.
"There is another little matter that
Is timely, and that is the hitching
posts on Ninth street that some people
are trying to remove. The hitching
posts are needed for the accommoda
tion of the farmers and will stay.
Further than this, we ought to provide
rest rooms for the people from the
country. We have closed the saloons
on Sundays and I have no complaint
to make against such action, but there
should be a substitute provided for
the people who are strangers in the
city."
BURGLARS AT FOREST GROVE.
Forest Grove, Jan. 8. Cracksmen
ran riot in Forest Grove last night,
having attacked three safes before
they concluded operations.
In the postofflce, kept by H. C. At
well, they blew off the safe combina
tion with the first charge, but found
a second otie necessary. The safe,
i which was purchased by Dr. C. L.
j 1-arge some months ago, has a bur
' glar-proof chest Inside, as is now re
I quired in postohices. A second charge
' was not exploded.
The Crescent Flouring Mill safe
I was also dynamited, $5 being secured.
The combination was blown off the
, safe at the Southern Pacific depot, but
I nothing was secured.
J Two strangers, seen here yesterday,
are suspected.
BRYAN'S
VERSION
TELL8 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN
ARISTOCRAT AND A TRUE
DEMOCRAT.
JACKSON DAY BANQUET
Speech By Mr. Bryan In Chicago
Hits a 8wift Blow at Secretary
Cortelyou and His Attitude
Towards the Banks.
At a banquet In Chicago the first of
the week William Jennings Bryan ex
plained the difference between the
aristocrat and a Democrat, as follows;
The questions which Involve a dis
cussion of the relative sphere of the
Nation and the State bring out the dif
ference In the point of view of the v
aristocrat and the Democrat. The
aristocrat wants to get the govern
ment so far away from the people as
possible; the Democrat desires to
bring the government as near the peo
ple as possible. The aristocrat would
substitute National remedies for State
ones, because predatory wealth can
protect itself from National legislation
more easily than from State legisla
tion ; the Democrat would add the Na-.
tional remedy to the State remedy and
thus give the people the protection
of both the State and Federal govern
ments. The labor question is considered
from both standpoints. The aristo
crat thinks of only the employers;
the Democrat of the army of employes
and of the general public, which Is in
convenienced by any disruption of
friendly relations between employes
and employer.
The question of Imperialism In like
manner presents the difference In
viewpoint. The imperialist thinks
more of the extension of commerce
than of the preservation of the ideas
of self-government, and he thinks only
of the benefits that might come to
commerce; the Democrat knows that
trade purchased at the cannon's
mouth costs more than It Is worth,
and that the cost falls upon all the
people, while the profits accrue to but
a few.
And so. whatever question we take
up, we find that everything depends
upon the point of view from which
we examine the question, and there Is
no better Illustration of this than can
be found in the financial stringency
through which we are passing. The
Republican leaders rushed to the res
cue of the banks after those banks
had brought the stringency upon the
country by their unbuslness like meth
ods. The banks of the rest of the
country were discriminated against in
favor of the banks of New York City,
and after the Government had ex
hausted the loanable surplus in the
treasury, it borrowed money at 3 per
cent in order that it might have mon
ey to loan to the banks for nothing;
and the high financiers count it pa
triotism to loan out at emergency
rates the treasury ajoney furnished ,
them without interest. If the Repub
lican leaders had spent half as much
time In trying to make depositors se
sure as they have spent In trying to
Increase the profits of the bankers,
we should not have had any panic at
all.
The country is ripe for the applica'
tion of Democratic principles to gov
eminent, and all that is necessary is
for the Democratic party to convince
the people that it will be truly Demo
cratic, if entrusted with power. Will
the Democratic party be Democratic?
Let it convince the public that it will
be and we shall have a victory which
will be fruitful In blessings to every
part of the country and to every ele
ment of our population.
Canal la Widened.
Washington, Jan. 6. By unanimous
decision the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion has recommended to the Secre
tary of War that the locks be con
structed at their present projected
width, namely, 100 feet, holding that
this will be ample for all commercial
shipping for years to come. If It Is
the Judgment of the Navy Department
and of the President that the proposed
width be increased to 110 feet, this
can be done at reasonable cost, and
it is believed without danger of struc
tural weakness. The suggestion for
increased width originated with the
Navy, some of the officials holding
the opinion that this may be neces
sary to meet canal developments
caused by Increased beams In future.
st - a i .... -
I uue ot me ooiuest robberies . att
j empted tn Salem for a number of years
occurred Monday evening between
17:30 and 10 o'clock, when burglars en
. tered the residence of Dr. L. G. Alt-
man, on the southeast corner of Lib
I erty and Chemeketa streets, only a
I block from the police station, and se
! cured a gold watch and chain, two
: valuable rings and other articles of
: more or less value. The burglary was
committed while the doctor and his
family were attending a lecture at the
Baptist church.'