OREGON CITY ENTERPJP3E
FORTY-SECOND YEAH NO. 11.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1908.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
LEGISLATORS
RATHER SHY
ATTACK ON INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM GOES UP
JUDGE CLF1AND UPHOLDS LAW BUT CASE WILL
BE TAKEN ON APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
FAIR SITE
INSPECTED
CANDIDATES FOR REPRESENTA
TIVE IN NO HURRY TO GET
DEFORE PEOPLE.
2000 VOTERS REGISTER
Proipects Bright for Republican,
Who Are S.inmilno of Election of
Whole Ticket Factional Feel
ing It Eliminated,
No neat amount of lntii'Ht In be
I lit; taken In the 'luc-L iiidiih County
ll'Kllllllllvi' CO(ltKf . ('uiltlllllltl'H M'CIII
to ln shy. Colonel ClinrliM II. Dye
mill I. Inn H. Joiich, who were elected
two Jen in licit, will link for a nocoli
twin. (icorgo V, DUon, iif Cllllliy,
wim the flint to Hliy lilri ctiHlor Into tint
liiiK, iiml In out lint fooled for State
ini'iil No. 1. Mr. Dixon h ii yoiim:
iiiiiii, mill a )n Ih a cotnpiirmivi' new
comer lo thu county, tic expects In
milk" u vigorous campaign. II. F.
(illiHoii of Kiu;Ui Creek, Iiim nunouiKv
i-il IiIh ("iiiiIIiIik y, iiml promises lo
support tho Iti'pulillrun candid. ito foi
I'nlii'il Stolen senator who receives
th hlKln'Ht liilililicr of tint people'
Votes. HlH IllOt 10 H "Itipiltill('i)llUlll
for Republicans." F. M. (illl. of Kh
tiiriela, In it ri il hot Statement No. 1
iiiiiii, mnl linn declared IiIh Intention
of olitulnliiK tin' Republican tioinlna-
tloll, If pllKHillll'.
Tliwo ih'oiiiIkch to bo very little
fm.-tloiiiil htilfu In Republican innliH
tliln yi-iir, uhIiIii from what may !
vclnp over tho United States Semi
tiirlai Hliuntloti, ami general harmony
In (hi) iMiriy tit IhiiiihI to rcHiilt in t In
election of a complete- ticket.
Ill HI INK lllHlUIICI-H I lid UtllK.IIIK'i'-
tiniMiiH of cciilitlii condldnrcit will nil
'iiii'Hllonalily lift followed hy tl i-lr iioin
liiailoii and election. Th.i icgUtra
Hon m slightly In i'Xcijhh of 2H'i, ii'i l
of 1 It 1m number 1100 urn Repuhllca'.ii
uml It U apparent that thu IC-u t I i-n n m
of cliickaiiuiH will elect their ticket
from top to botloni. Tins U what hi
generally termed nil off year. meanliiK
that Hevrrnl of the county oMclaM
have nerved one term nil I -ire In line
for a second. It Ih altogether prob
able that County Clerk K. W, 'iiecti
man. Recorder of Conveyances Cham'.
cey K. Hamiiby, Treasurer J. C. Pad
(lock, School Superintendent T. J.
(iary,. Surveyor S. A. I). HuiiKiite. u'i'l
Corfiner Roswcll U Him, l. tin, will
iillile III without opposji Ion amotiK
their Republican brethren at the pri
mary nominating election. Arf'-sir
JumeH I-'. NcIhoii Is u ciiiullilate for
another term, it ml Ih opposed by
fJeotirn I'. Ilortoli for two terum eouil-
tw clerk and later I'imiiiiihI-m- of (lie-
: i: ' " ' " ?
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1 W",-f
THEODORE J. CAR, Clnckamao
County' Courteous and Efficient
School Superintendent, who Ii a
Candidate for Election to that lm
porrttnt Office.
lure of the tax law. II. K. Clllnum, rtf
KaKle c'n-elt, ban declared IiIh Inten
lion of becomlnn a calidldiile for I In
hKlMlature, and (IIch a party i.tate
mi ni. )r. C. A. Klnart lias filed IiIh
pi'tltlon axkliiK for Hie nonilnailon of
Coroner on the It'-publleiiu tlek-t.
It Im reported that Harry H. Moody, of
On-Kon City, will (liter the race for
Hie Republican nomination of County
Ahm'HKor, illinium .(amen NcIhoii,
the Incumbent, and CeorKe K. Morton.
Mr. Moody'ri frleiidH are back of hb
caiidblacy. K. M. (Illl, of KKtaeada,
who axpin-H for the Hcpubllcan tiotnl
nation of Ucprcxcntatlvc, in town
Tuenday HttendliiK the Cinin?n con
vention, and be expectM to die IiIh
petition next week. Colonel ChnrleK
II. Dye. who wan u mi'tuber of the
b'l-lHlature the liiHt hchmIoii. will prob
ably Die IiIh nominating petition in a
few ilayH.
PUPILS OF SCHOOL
ARE SAFE FROM FIRE
IN EVENT OF CONFLAGRATION IN
CITY BUILDINGS NO LOSS OF
LIFE WOULD RESULT.
The Initiative and referendum act
JinVt been upheld by Circuit JuUk!
Cl' land in rortland. The ciiho will
be appealed to tho Hupreme Court.
JihIk'-' Clcliwid d'fcldoil that JudK
ment be entered in favor of the Htate
for $lo,l.'iO, Mi Ih bcliiK the amount for
which Hull W'ltH broiiKh'. It Ih al
iened that the I'aelllc Statca Ttde
phoiic and Telegraph Company oweo
the Klate thin amount und-r tlie'2 per
cent nrnHH euruliiKH tax, paHHifd by
the peophi In J!io0. When tho atlor-ney-iieneral
brought Hull to enforce
J the payment of thu tax, the telephone
company filed an euborute aiiHWor,
attacking tbi; Initiative and refert-n-diim,
under which the gronn earnlngH
tax wan lul'ipted.
It Ih tin.1 plan of Um telephone
company lawyerH and the attorney
Kniieral to Hiibmlt tho queKtlon to tho
Supreme Court In much tho name
manner an It wan prcnented to Judge
Cleland, and It Ih believed the Su
preme Court will bo bound by tho J.
Kadderly cuhc, In which It lias al
referenduin does nut violate the fed
eral coiiHtltutlon. No arguments will
be .prcgciitcd to th Htate Supreme
Court iinlesH the juxtlceH omW for
them, and the liearlii at Salem will
probably he merely formal, In order
to expedite the work of Ix.-Klnniiig the
cae before the I'nltcil States Su
preme Court an a teat.
To make the tent n(uarely on the j
Initiative and referendum, Attorney
I-'earH of parenW n tlilri city who
have children In the public hcIiooIh
for the nafety of their little oiicb are
unwarranted. Dr. V. E. Carll, a mem
ber of the board of dlrectorH of the
city ucIiooIh, executed an unexpected
coup at the Harclay and Hast ham
liiillilliiK-i. with tlic most HatlHfactory
rexultH. Without maklui; IiIh Inten
tlona known to anyone. Dr. Carll drove
to the KaKtham buildlnK. walkel in,
and ni t (he lire alarm koiik In motion.
The children and teachers rcHponded
promptly. formliiK In line and march
liiK rapidly and without confuHlon out
of Hie bulbllim. while Dr. Curll held
n wiich on t Iii-iii. In exactlv C.'i hcc-
Kun my r.r mur yearn, uoi.i e.en .ro ion,jH tht. hulldlnic wBh emptied, with
memberH of the (Irand Army f the i1(.((,ll((,,v ,Hn,.ri of t8 ,,.
Itepublle. Mr. NcIhoii ban made u:i j pH
excellent (.lllclal, and Mr. Ibirt.-ii H Dr. Carll then proceeded to the Hnr
political and olllclal record Ih cetieH- lp!nv i,Mii,iIm and turned In the llro
pondltmly K"i- The Deinocrn'.-i are j unn, , UH t'lt. Kastham building
alrMidy takln advantage (( the. fnctlfhu Hit-.l'Un Humnioim was followed by
that more thnn one man .t KM-klnis.,, K,.ru of n. nmuten of the
the Republican iiouillialloji for an.ses-j ,im ,ll0 ,h.tl )r1 Wflf) px,-,.-
nor, ami they nope lo pi'UJ c ue i I nitftl with the utinoKt preclnlon. the
their own faith In the berth, without j Kc11)(ll bulIllnK beln vacated In ex-
any reiiHananie oxpecianon n ei.'ct.i ; ll(.Uv h,.,.,,,,,. City Superintendent
Allen withdrew from the ariHwer four
paragrapliH In which the company al
k'Ken It Ih beint; tax;d for biiHlneKH
done an a telegraph company with
the Kovwnmetit and Its ofllelalH.
' The chief contention of the tele
phone company Ih that the Initiative
and referendum violate the provln
lonn of the federal coiiHtltutlon, which
KiiaranteoH to each Mate a republican
form of government. n all, It Ih
alb-Red the Initiative and referendum
viola ten bIx different Bectlons and
three of the amendmentH of the fed
eral conHtliution. The attorney-general
will argue that tho queHtlon
Whether a Htate government Ih repub
lican In form 4s a political rather than
a Judicial qucHtlon.
The plan of presenting the matter
formally, without argument, to the
local court and to the Htate Supreme
Court, will bring the case before the
United States Supreme Court at a
much earlier date than If detailed
dlHcusHlon of the law were made be
fore the two Htate courts.
The ultimate outcome of this case
Is of tho greatest importance to Ore
gon, since It Involves the validity of
a, number of laws, among them the
local option law, direct primary law
and nil the city charters and amend
ments enacted since the Initiative and
referendum was adopted. Should tho
Initiative and referendum bo held
void, all the laws enacted under It
will be held void.
ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE VIEWS
WAIT TRACT OFFERED
NEAR CANBY.
EARLY ACTION WANTED
MIS3 LUCIA CAFFALL, of Milwaukie
who is fourth in the Enterprise sub
scription Contest and is well up
with the leaders.
i Directors of County Fair Have a
World of Details to Look After,
and Site Will Probably Be '
Selected Soon.
SANDY COUNTRY GROW4NG.
MISS AGNES JUSTIN
STILL HOLDS LEAD
CONTEST TO CLOSE ON APRIL 7
COUPONS MUST BE IN BY
APRIL FIRST.
DELEGATES CHOSEN
FOR STATE GRANGE
COUNTY CONVENTION HELD IN
OREGON CITY IS ATTENDED
BY MANY PATRONS.
Standing of Contestants.
annual convention of the
Clackamas County for the
"delegates and alternates
I tr the stntp ronvpntlnn of thp Pntrons
0"0 . r,f ITucl.nn.lrv I'll hoi, I In iMu ltir
Agnes JuHtln, Oregon City 29,000 ;rnu.rp8 0f
Ur.r. Schoenheluz, V11ii.ineitv':'u,Ui:eif,ctm of
s1 JiT!; n'1?, 'iYf?t e state
Lucia Caffall, Milwaukie 22.000 ,,0inn,i
tarrle Lu , t alls lew . . 19,78. ! Tuesday at tnG courthouse. The
., "nnl 0nbey Grt-en I'olnt. 9,000 , p0llrtroom wa8 crowded wlh the del.
Dade Iglmm Oregon City... 8,650 pRate8 from the varou8 e3 and
(ioldlo Hlimin, Canby 18,210 M xtr o u,i u.-f,
Dena C IVoHser. Oswego . . . .U.2&0 ' 8tate de utJ. ca,jed the meeting
Mary Llleti Umg. Canemah. . . 10 , to order. Judge Thomas F. Ryan was
pi. ... i i . l , ! elected chairman, and Charles E.
rne fifth we.sk of the contest closes s of Caru8 was) chosen gecre.
w VM.ss JuHtln still in he lead, but tary. wmiam -Thomas. Edwin Bates
with a trills large majority than lastand R- s Coe were -appointed a corn-
Development of Eastern Clackamas
Is Amazing.
Pat Hants, of Gladstone, has re
turned from a visit to friends at Sandy
and Ik amazed at the development of
the eastern section of Clackamas
County. Lots are selling In Sandy for
$230 up to $100, depending on their
location, and Caspar Junker recently
paid $500 for a lot where the Fern
Kldge road Intersects the Sandy road.
The big general merchandise store of
Melnlg Bros. Is doing a record busi
ness, and the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows have constructed a fine
hall. All the way from Sandy to Bor
ing there are scores of men working
in the timber, clearing the land, and
from Boring to Estacada the farmB
are being Improved. The coming of
the Mount Hood Railway into that
section and the entrance of the Ore
gon Water Power Railway Company
has done vonderful things In the de
velopment and growth of Eastern
Clackamas.
PARKPLACE -DISTRICT
IS SLICED IN TWAIN
GLADSTONE PEOPLE REJOICING
OVER DECISION THAT GIVES
THEM A SCHOOL.
Judge Thomas F. Ryan, County
School Superintendent Gary and Geo.
Laxelle, comprising the committee on
sites of the Clackamas County Fair
Association, went to Canby Monday
and Inspected the site offered on the
Walt tract. The offer of the people
of Canby Is to give the association
a lease on the grounds, with a three
j year option of purchase, and an agree
ment to subscribe for stock to the
value of N$I,500, providing the fair is
permanently located there. The com
mittee looked over the grounds thor
oughly, with a view to making a re
port to the stockholders.
It Is desired by those Interested In
the success of the project that the
question of a permanent site be speed
ily settled, as the fair will be held
In the early fall of the present year
and there are many things to do prior
to the actual opening of the fair.
Buildings must be constructed and
other Important matters decided. Can
by is the only places at the present
time that offers a race 'track, but it
is a debatable question whether a
race course will be a distinct advant
age to the fair. The residents of
Oregon City are disposed to regard
Gladstone Park with favor, and it is
possible that Willamette will offer a
site of about four acres.
The long wrangle between the peo-, f itim V CPUAAI C
pie of Parkplace and Gladstone over jUllUil JVllUULj
week.
I mittee on credentials and while they
XII.,.. D,.l...nl.A!.
nomo.e.iiT, iu.tes .Miss ureen Ilrt.nBrnp. ,holr renort the moot.
and swings into second place with a
scanty margin to the good.
Miss Cattail remains in fourth
Ing was addressed by Mrs. Mary S
Howard, Mrs. Casto, Richard Scott, J
Mrs. May Waldron, J. D. Chitwood,
ti I in with Republican votes. Cburles
W. Klsley. .of Oak tirove, is mention
ed as the Democratic asplr-uit l.n the
position, but It Is believed ilia: Mr.
Ul.ilcy has bis diands fill) if his own
McKee had held a lire drill about an
hour previous to the time of Dr. Carll'3
arrival and the speed obtained there
was largely due to the familiarity
of the teachers and pupils with
business, and will decline o cntei , , nil,v.,m.nt8 f the drill. Mr
w u. a iuir gain over - WeeK 0. A Eaton and A. j wno
Miss Lut makes a big jump andtalked on maUers of Interest to tho
was Oil the way to the top when she Grange. The following delegates and
accumulated a case of the mumps and , alternate were elected-
had to stop.
"Hunnle" Owenbey goes up another
notch, while "Dude" liigham and Gold-
ie llinton make but slight gains.,
Delegates James and Mary Shib
lcy, Sprlngwater; A. J. Thompson and
Ella Thompson, OswegO; L. L. and
Miss Prosser Is gradually over'com- i M- ,R- E- Ir'n- BbI,ow: J"
tho competition
There are no Democratic o.Tiee h.il.l
ers In Clackamas, except Slifilff
lleatle, and tho Republicans, this year
have, a man in the person af Richard
1 (ireaves, with whom they confi
dently expect to oust Mr. lientle, who
Is a candldnle for re-election. Ills
popularity, coupled with a post-primary
light, landed the office- for
him two years ago, but conditions
are different . now, .. mid . . It Is
likely that. Mr. Ilealle'wlll have a very
difficult tlmo to hold his position, as
Mr. Greaves, though a lifelong Re
publican, has never held public office,
nnd Is ablo to command the votes
of the fellow-members of his own
party. It Is regarded as very unlikely-
that he will have opposition Ju the
primaries, and bo should present an
undivided front at the June election.
The office 'of sheriff Is one of tho
most desirable In tho gift of the
county, nnd the majority of tho Re
publicans see no reason why they
ubould turn the place over to a Demo
crat. .
County Commissioner Klllen. after
eight years of office, Is quite ready to
lay down the burden and three candi
dates for his shoes have already ap
peared, William H. Mattoon, of Vio-
McKee has answered more than a
lng the lead of the others and will
surprise some of them before the con
test ends.
and Inez M. Ryan, Oregon City; W.
W. and Anna Everhart, Molalla.
Alternates Edwin and Sarah Bates,
: , ...'... o' ,vJ Tho contest will close Anril 7th. Currinsvllle; C. T. and Mrs. Dicker-
of the Colilnwood disaster' was mndejAU coupons must reach the Enter-j son Oswego; J. and Sarah Andrews,
public nnd has been able to assure I1""0 or betore April 1st.
parents in everv easn,thnl there is no No contestant is sure of any of the
(lunger of harm to their children In j I""1'1' l lllls du'- The last may be
the public schools III tho event of fire, j first when the final count comes. So
Rev. A. lllllf brand, pastor of St.
John's church nnd principal of Mc
laughlin Institute, has perfected a tire
drill at his school that enables the pu
pils and t'-achers to vacate the build
ing in record time. Father Hllle
brand unexpectedly turned In an
alarm and every teacher nnd child
quickly formed In line mid marched
out of the school rooms and building
by tho various exits In exactly 25 sec
onds. The- peculiar construction of
the new Institute building is .such
that In ense of fire there would be no
danger of anyone being caught In the
building. There' are four exits and a
lire escape.
Barlow; R. S. and Mrs. F. O. Coe,
Canby; J. W. Thomas, Molalla.
The following .delegates were found
to be entitled to seats in the county
convention;
No. 40, Molalla Pierce Wright, B.
A. Howard, J. J. Mallatt, R. A. Wright.
C. Daniels.
No. Ill, Tualatin T. L. Turner,
J) .,f- f $ f $ l. J $s $$$
' - :i . . ' $
U'REN OUT OF RACE . $
FOR U. S. SENATOR. -$
.t. ' '
oi statement ro. l win ne &
jeopardized If he stays In the
la; E. E. Judd of Molalla, and Enos.? race for the Republican noml- $
Believing that tho principle 4
get hi and hustle for the $375 piano
now on exhibition in tho Pacific Tele
phone Company's "window.
If you don't get the piano the beau
tiful $100 diamond ring in the wln-
ilinv tf thn Ctnnilni-,1 1nvr.li-v Pn ISO'
Third St.. Portland, is well worth the;Fred EHIgsen. O. P. Sharp
effort. f No. 117, Warner Thomas F. Ryan,
And tho talking machine purchased R- S. Coe, J. Hilton, A. M. Vinyard,
from Burmelster & Andresen and now Mary E. Vinyard, George Lazelle.
on exhibition In the firm's window is , No. 122, Harding O. D. Robbins, A.
a very acceptable prize to strive for. A. Allen, W. P. Kirchem, M. F. Kir-
cheni.
CHAPMAN SUED FOR DIVORCE.
No. 175, OswegJ C. T. Dlckerson,
Paul Dlckerson, Rita Wilson, M. A.
Gage, O. Eaton, H. M. Ewing.
No. SCO, Damascus J. D. Chitwood,
Cahlll, of New Era. Mr. Cahlll retlr-1
ed two yearH ago jrom uiu unite m
county treasurer,' after serving four
years. Mr. Mattoon, who waa defeat
ed two years ago for tno nomination
by Commissioner Lewellon, hopes to
have the support of the peoplo north
of the Clackamas river. It Is report
ed that Bud Thompson, of Klllln, will
make a fourth in M rac0-
CANDIDATES COMING OUT. ',
E. D. Olds and H. F. Gibson Would
Like to Go to the State
Legislature.
Several new candidates for office
appeared in the political arena Tues
day E. D. Olds, of Oak Grove, filed
h petition for the Republican nomi
nation; for Representative, hisslogan
being Statement No. I, and the repeal
of the present 3 per cent rebate fea-
nation of United States Sena
tor, William Simon U'Ren yes
terdny announced his with
drawal, and states that he Is
entirely satisfied with the cam
paign that Mr. Cake is making.
Mr. U'Ren admits that if be ?
stavR In the race the strength .$
$' of Statement No. 1 people will
i be divided, which may result, 3
$ In the nomination of a man . $
$ who Is unfriendly to the peo-
$ pie's choice. In a 3-page type-
S written letter, -addressed to
the people of Oregon, U'Ren-
$ exhorts the voters to stand by-
Statement No. 1," and denounces'
Harvey Scott, editor of the'Or-
egonlan. His withdrawal leaves
the field to Mr. Cake and Sen-
5 -atqc Jnlton. , ,v - .
$ .. ." "V ..- " v v .," ,- v
Clackamas Man Is Defendant In An
Action for Separation.
Mrs. Grace Chapman, who was it rtrelthnnnt j.v. Teevtn. A. Newell
Miss Grace Robinson before her mar- E v. Chitwood, Emma Chitwood.
riage, and who was a well-kuown i XT ,,, cii., tj
sclKx,'. teacher, has filed an action forlj ' 15 ?' Closer '
a decree of divorce against E. C. Chap-' A' &nlDle- losner.
man, of Clackamas. They were mar-1 No. 267, Central C. E. Spence, Wil
rled In Oregon City February 21, 1907, llam Orlscnthwalte. H. Shannon, A.
and she savs Chanman treated her In A. Spagle, E. T. Glthey, T. F. Davis.
a cruel and Inhuman manner until her
health was broken and it was neces
sary for her to leave him, and ever
since her marriage she has been con
stantly under the care of a physician.
Mrs. Chapman says her husband de
clined to provide medical attendance
for her, and while she was melancholy
and sick In mind he tried to Induce
her to take poison and end her life.
Chapman deeded property worth $C500
to A. Mather, of Clackamas, and Mrs.
Chapman says she signed the deed,
though Incapable of understanding her
act, and was Impelled and influenced
to execute the transfer, and fehe asks
that this deed he declared m'A nd
that she be given the usual decree for
her lawful Interest in the property.
Mrs. Chapman also alleges that the
property was transferred to Mather for
the express purpose of defrauding her,
and she states that Chapman has oth
er property worth $6000. Hedges &
Griffith appear for the plaintiff. "
No.. 208, Milwaukie Mrs. J. A. S.
Casto, M. D. Reld, R. Scott, s
No. 296, Maple Lane Louise Beard,
Mary Shelly, A. J. Lewis, S. T. Roman,
A. J. Hobble, S. A. Glllett, Earl Mc
Donald. No. 297, Eagle Creek M. V. Thom
as, Lee Bartlemay, ' T. W.
Charles Zeek.
the division of the Parkplace school
district was ended Tuesday afternoon,
when the district boundary board,
composed of County Judge Dimick,
Commissioners Killen and Lewellen,
and County School Superintendent
Gary, made an order creating the new
district of Gladstone, leaving to Park
place the territory south of the Clack
amas river, which Is to be the divid
ing line. The residents of Gladstone
are elated over their victory.
The petition of Gladstone was heard
publicly yesterdxy in the county court
room, Attornew H. E. Cross appearing
for Gladstone. He was seconded by
Ed. Harrington and Charles Tooze.
the interests of Parkplace were cared
for by State Senator Hedges and Cap
tain J. T. Apperson and Mr. Rail talk
ed against the partition of the dis
trict. W. R. U'Ren made a brief dis
cussion of the educational feature of
the problem.
The district boundary board went
Into executive session, after listen
ing to the arguments advanced, and
announced its decision late in the af
ternoon. Commissioners Lewellen
and Klllen took the position that the
division would have to come, as har
mony was Impossible. Superintend
ent Gary stated that the change would
result in the establishment of better
school facilities for the small child
ren of Gladstone. He believes that
the partition of the district will pro
mote the movement for a county high
schol, which would permit Parkplace
to discontinue its district high school
which has been operated at a large
expense. Mr. Gary also took the po
sition that the cost of maintenance
for Parkplace was becoming greater,
that two rooms would have to be ad
ded, under their plan, and the expense
of furnishing and fitting up these
rooms had best be avoided. The Park
place school is running under heavy
Interest charges and will receive no
special tax this year, as Clerk W. A.
Holmes failed to report the special
levy to the county clerk before Janu
ary 1, as required by law.
Gladstone will have to build a new
school house and this will be done
early enough for the opening of the
Fall term of school.
TO HOLD CONVENTION
DISTRICT SESSIONS WILL TAKE
PLACE AT FOUR CLACKAMAS
COUNTY TOWNS.
NEW BRIDGE AT ESTACADA.
Howe Truss, Covered Structure Will
Span Clackamas River.
The County Court has decided to
construct a new bridge across the
Bates, . Clackamas River at Estacada and haa
l advertised for bids for the construe-
No. 298, Clackamas M. C. Hayward. tion of the structure. The present
L. D. Jones, Emma Jones, Anna Road-! bridge, which is known as "high
ermeL Walter Foster, J. D. Landes. i bridge, has long been regarded, as un
No. 310, Molalla J. W. Thomas, safe and the court was ready to rem
George Ogle, J. V. Harless, W. W. edy the difficulty, when the people of
Everhart, Ray Daugherty, J. M. San-: Estacada became divided over the lo
ly. - j cation of a new bridge. There arose
No. 317, Garfield F. M. GUI, C. H. ;an element who wanted the bridge lo
Looney, Nora Looncy, C. T. Davis, W. cation changed, and others desired to
W. Davis, L. J. Palmateer. i have It remain where it Is." and they
' No. 341, Twentieth Century W. S. have finally prevailed. The bridge
Tull, H. T. Melvln, L. L. Irwin. W. will be built of wood, and, will be
W. Jesse, Charles Ogle, J. Andrews, 'a covered' Howe truss. The road lead
No. 346. Abernethy J. T. Apper- ing to the bridge Is in good condition,
son. D. K. BUI, Julia Tingle, E. C. and the old bridge will be used until
Hackett, E. P. Carter, Mrs. A. Jones; th new one Js complete. '--' -
At the last county convention of the
Clackamas County Sunday School As
sociation it was decided that conven
tions should be held in each of the
four, districts of the County, for the
purpose of electing a district vice-
president, whos duties consist of vis
iting as many as he can of the schools
in his district, helping and encourag
ing all workers, organizing schools
where needed and keeping the County
secretary informed as to statistics and
changes in his jurisdiction.
Our state flield worker, Rev. C. A.
Phlpps, of Portland, hes promised to
attend all of these conventions and he,
as those who have heard him know,
is a whole convention in himself.
The number of delegates is not lim
ited, all who can possibly attend,
should do so. The enthusiasm gain
ed, new love for and interest in the -
work, make It worth while, besides the
gain in new ideas and methods. The
co-operative spirit and social feature
will be a distinct gain in this, as they
have been In every organized move
ment. Each convention is to be held
one day only, and the people are re
quested to bring basket dinners, thus
relieving the entertaining schools of
too much labor, the uncertainty as
to the number who will attend rend
ering it difficult to prepare for them.
A partial program will be arranged
for each convention, leaving time
for business and for consultation on
difficult phases of the work. Mr.
Phippa will speak on whatever topics
he finds will help most in each local
ity. It is anticipated that these gath
erings will prove Interesting, helpful
and encouraging.
The four districts embrace, respec
tively, the following territory;
1. Milwaukie District Milwaukie,
Harmony, Clackamas, Damascus, Rock .
Creek, Stone, Boring, Mt. Scott.
' 2. Oregon City District Oregon
City and suburbs, Canby, Barlow, New .
Era, Willamette, Oswego, Parkplace,1,
Logan, Beaver Creek, Shubel, Oak ;,
Grove, Maple Lane and Central Point
3. Sprlngwater District Spring
water, Highland, Rerfland, Viola, Eagle
Creek, Currinsvllle,, Elwood, ' Foster, '
George, Dover, Estacada, Clarkes, '
Garfield, Zlon. -.
4. Marquam District Marquam,
Molalla, Mullno, Needy, Wilhoit, Bar- "
low and all the southern part of the
county. ;
- The -convention dates set are as
follows; " . '. . , .
For Milwaukie District, at Harmony,
March 18: for Sprlngwater district, ' '
at Sprlngwater-March. 19; for Mar-J
quam district at Molalla, March 22. -
The date for Oregon City will b
decided upon-later.- v. ., ,. '
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