EGON QTY ENTERPRISE! ? Tnt Enterprise It I only CUokam County I N.;.,..p.r th.l print.- I (l of th nw of Ihli I growing County. . UnifY CA.,JY, Mt 24, 25, 29, 27. r0RTY SEVENTH YEAH No. H. OUKQON CITY. OREGON, KIM DAY, MAY 2, 1913 ESTABLISHED 1866 I ON PROBE LIVE WIRES ASK MURDER TRIAL TO BE HOTLY FOUGHT READY BY MAY 10 10 Fl FREE CANAL TOLL COMES AT MILL Lo OK ROOSTER EXHIBIT CONVENTION ENDS; MUCHWORKDONE CILLNETTERS ASK EIGHT HOUR BE BROADENED RON WIR MERCHANTS FAVOR SYSTEM OF HAVINQ ANNUAL CELEBRA TION REFLECT GROWTH CHANCE FOR GOOD PUBLICITY SEEN Wl,h I'm of Carnival Ftsturs and Mors of product Display. Op portunity to Attract 8t tlra Forcaittd At a ini'oiliiit ' "in',rtl e ui. it b Ih'M probably on Wdii d.y ..r dm w' l reports on th iu,o.i.r lar celebration ami tho an num Hu k Kh.'w will m mado by the i-i..ii.lit -a h,i I""' J .!.,.r. and there wll In all llkull MKK b a dl inwloii of plana now uad.r coii.ldcrulloii t'l c'.wiilte ,r,iW hihI ili-nlcu of future an num i i.rnMotm. As rw'fiimtod re n-uiir I" '"'' tliiTit la cniolns "iiilim-nl I" favor of having lliH'il'r I'.iy hereafter rtPrtll m.ir purely ilm resource of th i city mid cii'iiny. unil doing away with the ramlvnl fenturwi Hint have been o noilr.nl. I.- In r.c lit gathering. It In l' H r ninny of tha business ni.-n of I i" ' HX t tin t wore ran be ac romp lh'd I'? having the celebration lunrtiik yxu rally of the character of i "imnl fliu" or fair. In which It till i. tii'itii'iitrnti-i to all visiter that Cl.i kiiuis county contain rt-uiim-4 nut equalled elimwhro In tilt rn tuirt of tin ittn In. It l b- lli'ip.l tlmt If a permanent organ ma i ion l forim-d to Jiuiulln the exhibi tion from year to yiar that a moat rrcdltald.' 1 1 nil: y can l mad, and th:i( an the year pas, the show mill Iwniip hdier and broader In Ita Von It li.is I ii niggested ttint a com mltt.-e of ti'ii be nam I'tl to liandUi all I lie- d. tails nf future exhibitions, and tlmt h hp iiiIht of the commute In- civ " miiim special Him to look afli-r In lain wny, II la Ml. a more tru'y rri-r-i'iitiiivo atiow can b : tlv.-n, unil nn fiat ll accomplish! imir,. i-iiiinirm live Rood for the coin-j n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v While thn utmost aatUfac liim linn gem-ru'ly be. n felt with tlilaj ii-arn li.Kni.r Hay ee.hrnilon. It la Ih IIi'v- iI Unil even tnoro cnn be c-j rmtil'llii!.! d under th,. new plan. lint nd nf iiu-r y IikvIiik a aiock . wit, It l M.e.i-iir,! lint In Hi fu- tun' .1:1 n Tli nliuri.l Hl.d fruit a'low l l"-'d n !!. thn! thn hlll(a on Wcw lll rliow n a Rionco thn.W-j Miir in mid iMnihllilllty of tint comity.' Wlilli- tin- mi'-k illitituyitd hint wct'k i far r i ril' d tl... rtH-i'Utloha of rv.'ti tin nii.-l ;r l.'iit liixinti-ra of (tin dlit inn, i.imi Mitr.iriiMt ntatwiiii iiih-ii-linn. It li t:mt If 1'iit uriiliin mid fruiin. i.h well ni oilier nt;rlcul t unit itvi'ii ti, w. ro RrmipiHl toK'tl or. Hi,, i!m!in would b.t much l't tT, and m,i,i!,1 hi ft Ik'H'T '.lire to tho iiii'i.ii fur liniiii.m'cki'ra. In or ! r in lako li. -i,t advuntnitx uf Til- rii'iiitv'a rt'tioiir.i'a, It'iimy I1 ("m il ii-l.l ..hi., tu hulil tint anniiul !iu t . t r In I'm yi-ar, w'ni-n iniliu and niNiT i rupi ar(. In tlu-lr prlini'. ii'i'iillniit'd on iiiikc K.) BOOSTER DAY CELEBRATION ENDS m SATISA WIND UP OF ANNUAL STOCK SHOW CARNIVAL FEATURED BY MANY ATTRACTIVE EVENTS THAT EVEN THREATENING WCATHER CANNOT 8P0II VISITORS THRONG CITY UNTIL LATE IN EVENING AND THEN LEAVE REGRETTING THAT THERE IS NO MORE TO DO 0 R NOTHING MORE TO ENJOY. In i.iii of oecuHlonal April ahowrra and HircaieiiliiR weather, the crowd " !'. lators that wer0 In t'.n city Saliiniiy in wliiiena tiie col brntlon as i,,r in cvccbh of nny ospectutlon. At !i,i:,t -J .ui il vlsltnra packed the! "' ' i, and from nlno o clock Kutur-1 ;) iimriiiiiK tint 11 Into In tno after-1 it "na nliuoat ImpoHHlb e to I in.'ii.i. urn- a wny alonK thu atroct by of i:i,. ald-jwiilka. At tliiiea nl ''"da:; rain Htorm would drench the! "T'ii, i, nt peopta were nblo to find "''idy hhH't in the atores ami be- IHalll UcIciiidu HlvlllllftK. 'Hi" mint iiitereiilliiK pnrade of the 'lav mih th ,K ruitoniohllo pimouut, "' Id in the nrternoon. About 4U mil "ll"",t wer0 entered In tho affair, n'Kt of which were decoratid. The I' dland haml headed tho lln i. Chna. I nrldT. In a beautifully oocornted v"rlii, fnliowcU. Tho prlae for lie i .eornteii mnchlno wna won 'V Mr. Parker. Hla car waa complete ly unnoted i, yul ow Scotch bloom. V l'rl,.i roiiHlalud of a $15 robe, 'li'iniliii i,y Mitchol, l.iwla & Staver rniiiiany, Tim Western Stock Journal car m thn second prize of 15. Thla ma chine wna beniitlfnlly decorated with s'""ll Bhocka of Rrnln, train nd "I'r Ins bloHnonia. Oeorfje Arniatrong oi lvoKan. won tho first prize for the n't unique car. Ilia machine waa ""'orated with a maaa of spring bloa oms. for the hnndsomeat car. the P"" wng divided between OeorKe M'HllvRn and U. T. McIlBln, both drlr c"le automohllea. For the beat rnn.tniinlty machine, the prtue waa K'v'n to Oak Grove. . ' T- froaa appeared In the par ne with hla machine carrying at "t l children. Hush Hendry wa " prettily decorate car. .... Par,de w of tbe moat Zr'l'1 v"r t16 In this city, and .hi L J1" ,he threatening weather. Mr. .v pt nianr from dcoratlng their Two ,ho"ln waa very credltabli. w. Buuiran managed the parade. SELECTION OF OFFICERS CLOSES SESSIONS OF THREE-DAY SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET DELEGATES RECEIVE INSPIRATION Dtnomlnatlona Rtpraaanttd Aim to Cooparat to Oraatar Extant In Future Activity at Ra ault of Confartnct Aftxr Olio of thn tiiuat aiiccnaaful leiitliKrltiica In Ita hlntory, Hut Ktatn Huiuluy IkhiI oaMilH(in clono4l hi-ra Knturdu after a duy .rowdi'd with featurta and addrxinii-a. Many of thu niatti-ra art for iarll-r on tho iro Krniii, wiilrh hnd benn ninltti-d on ac count of tho Into arrival of apeukcra worn tnki'ii up and coiiiplvtol. Thn cut Ire morning waa tuken up with dopartiiii'iitnl work, didicntfa of Hie liHptlat, Chrlotlaii. rrnliytirlna. Mi'thtHlliil, ConttrcKiitloniil, and olh. r churrhca inei'tlnit anparnMy, and illwllnalni thn ln-at mnlim-r III which di'iioinliintloiml dlntlnrtlniia could hi mitlntaliit-d and till permit of co-0M-riitlon between tha different ciuu'chea. Tom In r tralnliiK. atulid- urda of cli.ua oriiiiiiliitloii, and enrol- atlon of iuli)t were alno taken up and dla-uai'd In detail. An luti remliiK fi-nturn of the cloa- Iiir day waa a deinoimtriitlnn hy Mm. I.. A. l)aneiihowr and a picked clnan of methnda In Huudi.y Hchotd Innt ruc tion, Thla ia nrn4y attended by the dclc-KatiH, and proved of purtlc u ar valun to the many who am plan iiIiir cri-nlcr activity aa tha reault of the Inaplrullov received at the three- dny convention. The uddresiica of note for the dnr I wcrt delivered hy Mr. Kdward II. Todd, of Willamette unlvemlfy, who poke on "The Kducnlloiinl Vulu,, of the Honday Hchool." jm 1 ti 1 1 n K out tunny way throiiKh which Hnhbath clnxxea could be utilised to tench other thliiKK b'-aldea rellKloui axloina and diH'torlnna. Ho advocated the tralnliiK of the younit In pntrlotlaiii, lnl"Prlir and Rood cltltenHhlp, all of which he ilviiimiKtrated na beliiK cnt i.. i !. Ar u,,.,iu llliei IKMllieu ill miiii vi n,'t, j aa nOMinctK to (lie vannut iiiCKienia of lllhle hlntory na they were taken up. William A. Ilrown, of CIiIchro, Iio proved one of the lnot popular apeakura of the convention, cave hl cIuhIiik (a k of a aerlea, hla antiject beliiR. "nve Waya of WorkliiR. ' The afternoon eHnlon waa brief, mid aalde from the nniiomiccnu'iita of elit-ilon of new niftccra, was con cluded with a few worda from the iim'r tiiry of tho naaoclntlon, and re mnrka hy delccatea, moat of whom took the floor to tell In whnt way they had liein help-d hy the nea lima. After adjournment moat of the delcRntee Minaliied In the city until eveiiliiK, KpemlliiK tho time In ahoppli.R, and In vlewlnit the fentiiren of the llconer Day celebration and tlie annual Clncknnina County St'ick how. onicri for the cnmliiR year w,-re (Contlnuvd on pneo 4) T In the morning another stock par ade waa held, which was tha 1:11110 a Friday morulim'a. with a few addi tions. Ikith parmleH were wltnonaed .y inrger crowds thun llmso which niipearcd Friday, nnd overyUo-Iy aeemeil to fcc siitlnfled with what they saw. An Interesting feature was tlt "team "H" In the nrternoon ou Ith street. This arialr waa gotten up at the liiHt minute ly Hoihwell Avlson. but wna entirely micceasfiil. SliHles were loaded with pig Iron, nnd the viirloua teams of honey wero mndo to try their strength ou each Bledge. The aledm-s wen gradually made, havli r. mid the teum tlmt could not. pill! three foci was eliminated. Anions the entries were Fuller nnd Huln, one team; Or-gon Knglnecrlng and Con struction company, three tonnm; and Wllllnma Urothers, one team. I. W. Fuller, driving a 3290-pound teum. be loiiglug to Moffntt & l'arlor, won the first prlr.0 of 10. K. W. Craig, driv ing a 3,000 pound team, also belonglni? lo Morfutt & I'arker, won the aecond prize. L. Smith, driving a 2MJ0 pound team' belonging to Williams llrothcra captured the third prize. A little over 6,0(10 poimda waa pulled hy the winning team. The Wlllama team considering Its light weight, did mceedng y well. Thla team li used In the drayage service dally, and Is one of the heartiest pair of draft horses In the county. Additional awards mad at the Stock Show Snturday are aa follows: we Mhetawardedcole K g. Dairy Cow. Milk Teat Kettle R. U Iladger, value of dally product, 73 cents, first prize. Uura. of Cedar Hill N. H. Smith, value of product, 63 cnta. aecond prlie. , Blanch Izelle Dairy Co.. valut of product 69.8 centa. third prlw. Etta N. H. Smith, value of product 69.5 centa. fourth prize. Roale H. Schneider, honorable mention. D SUCCESS COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL INTER CEDE WITH GOVERNMENT FOR FISHERMEN DREDCINC OPERATIONS FEARED Petition Batting Forth Danger of In terferance Will Be Forwarded to Englnar In Charge of River Work A petition algned by i'J commercial flulieriiK-n waa presented to Presi dent II. T. Mclluln, of the l.lvs Wires of the Coniinerclul club, Tuesday night, r questing tint club to lend Ita good c.Illees In Interceding with the government for u change In dredging plana at the mouth of the Clucknmas river until the closo of the gi:inut tlng season, which oxna May 1, for 30 days. The flahermcn act forth In their petition . that the preaent and planned oiwrntlona of the federal gov ernment, In deepening the channel of the Willamette, will seriously Inter rero with their own operation dur ing the short season they are allowed (o fish. In addition (o this It la set forth In tho petition that tho dredging oper- atlotia will a ao prove a mennoe to the nets, and to the Uvea and Safety of the fish. Tinea. Tho glllnetteri be lltvw that the government work can be teiiiinrurlly shifted to so mo other part of the ateam, nnd through their petition they ask the Commercial club to assist them In getting the matter before the authorities. Mr. Mclluln will take the matter up with Major Mclndoe, In charge of li government engineering work In thla district, and will request that Interests of the fishermen be regard ed aa much as possible. It Is be- leveii that Major Mrlnuoe will be willing to make minor changes In the dredging proiraiii. and that much of the relief asked for by the fishermen will be granted. The matter will be taken up In detail at once, ao that there need he no confusion or delay In getting fishing tinder wny. The glllnetters first broached the matter to (he Commercial o'ub at a meeting of the Ulve Wires Tuesday afternoon, and It waa then suggested to them that If they drew up a pe tition the request could bo placed more forcefully before the federal au thorities than If the club merely re nuestcd action on its own account. T'i Ju.-n got tosrthcr and quickly drew mi the petition. Tuesday night there was a meeting of commercial fishermen In the fire hall, nnd general plans for the sea son's activities were discussed. !)e tnl s were arranged so thnt there would be no conflict In the placing of nets, nnd no Interference between the different crews. With the open sca min for them but of 30 days duration, the fishermen desire to accomplish thn greutest nmoiint of fishing pos sible, nnd to wnste no tlmo In squab blea over locutions. 0. & c. Decision of I'nlted States District Court Judge Wolverton In tho fnm ons 'Oregon & California" land grant case, rendered Tuesday In Port land. Is of "special Interest to Clack oiuns county, us much of the area Involved lies In the heavily timbered sections of thle county. The suit wiss l iought by tho government to rcroko tl") land grant given the Ore gon & California railroad, long since absorbed hy the Southern pacific, on tho ground that the conditions of the grant hnd not been fu'fllled. The main condition at Issue was that land In tho grant bt resold to bona fldo settlors at $2.50 an acre. Hy his decesion, Jiulgo Wolverton n, vixtnrv to the Government. nnd forfeits to 'ths nntional domain 2 :i"3.000 sores In the original gram. The case waa long and bitterly con tented, but at the end wns virtually abandoned by the railroad attorneys. What disposition will be ninde or ... . ij I nnw nrnhlemntlcnl. It may bo thrown open to settlement, or It may be held in reserve. in nm.-A as secretary werti' iii uii,, - - - . of th Interior, it Is hoped that the lnnd will lnrgely be tnrown open w settlers, hut the attitude of the ad ministration on this matter has not yet been determined. An Int'-restlng complication In con- nh h nntenma of the Stilt ntHllull win. , is that various realty promoters have procured payments from citizens of Oregon and elsewhere for c alms In thi grunt, and have agreed to fur nish the payees euner 1.11111-.. rights or acreage in the area, nind Ing upon how the lt was decldod .k. y..A kontr in srovemment Will, l"" , j hands, these promoters cannot de liver homesteads, find It Is a matter of Hiine conjecture what they will do to satisfy their clients. POSTOFFICE BUSINESS MAKES UNUSUAL RECORD r, ... k...in. for the Tear closing March SI. has been figured up by Postmaater Tom Randal, and shows the surprising total of $18.00. Tbla figure la believe to put Oregon City far ahead or a I oiner ro"""" .... r sn.iai .Izk for tha amount v 11 e v - of buslnea entrusted to Unci Sam. The figure does not inciuao savings bank business, which has . ....n.lnn.IlT llMVT heCS. SUd DflVD mwm. - which Is largely supported by the em ployees In the paper " """ mills. Report of the Joint committee ap pointed by the I.le Wires of the Com mercial club and at a recent maaa meeting to Investigate county court matters will be submitted at a public meeting ant for nine o'clock In the morning. May 10, when tbe numbers of the Investigating committees will meet In the county court rooms. At a mettlng of the committee held Tuesday morning a few complaints with regard to county court methods were submitted In writing, as the members had requested. Home at t'lnpt on the part of disgruntled per son to make the committee meeting a field for oratorical denunciation of the court waa made, but Chairman O. I). Khy, of the live Wires commit tee, put a quI'Jttia upon tha plan In abort order, by referring to the fact that announcement had previously been mndo that all ocmplainis must be submitted In writing and be signed. There was some further attempt to argue tbe matter with Mr. Ehy, but tho chair prevalkd. Tin complaints received will be given careful Investigation by the Joint committors between now and the time the public report Is made. MOLALLA VALLEY COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONOR GANIZED UNDER FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCE3 MANY NOTABLE SPEAKERS PRESENT Grant B. DlmKk Tells People of Re gion that Individual Effort Must be Used as Aid to Help Development George H. Gregory, the itpert tea sel grower of Molalla, called Wednes day and reported the successful meet ing held by the citizens of Molalla and Biirouiidlug country Tuesday evening, at which time they organ ized one of the liveliest and most up-to-date Commercial clubs In Clack amas county. People camo rrom all sections of the Molalla country for the purpose of rendering ossist.ince in the organiza tion of a club that would work for the general development of Clackamas county, nnd the Molalla valley in par ticular. The possibilities of the country were discussed and in fact everything pertaining to the general welfare of the Molalla people. C. C. Chapman, of Portland Com mercial club, wns present and discus sed the benefits derived from a Com mercial club and warned the people In thnt section about Bonding out any rake literature or cutting up tho farms In five and ten-acre tracts, as It requires a larger tract of land to farm successfully and get -the best re sults. Mark Woodruff, representing the Portland, Eugene & Eastern, was present and told of the greut things that were happening In the Willam ette valley and the plans laid out by :he electric lines which hlB company expected to put In operation In the near future. Judge O. H. Dlnuck, of Oregon City was also invited to sit on the plat form, and when called upon spoke of those things necessary to the further development of Clnckamns county, and strongly urged that the people put aside nny petty jealousies which they might-entertain, nnd all work for "a common good. He urged the necessity of lower maximum passen ger charges on railroads, and said thnt throe cents a mile was too great a charge if they expected the best re sults In the development of the en tire districts. He cited Wisconsin as an example, and showed that Its greatest development in railroad hnii.ii.ic hnnnencrt after the maximum passenger charge was reduced to tw0 cents a mile. Mr. Dlinlsek also cited Clackamas tho Southern Pacific, as an example, and showed how Its de velopment hud been retarded on ac count of the passenger rates being ii,.-,... .vnntd a mile, while on the Ore gon Water Power line, one mile wst, ' where tho maximum passenger cnarge Is less than two cents a mile, great development Is seen on every hand. He also told them In order to develop the Molnlln country and to get peo ple to locate there it required some thing besides a railroad, It required a reasonably low passenger rate so that all the profits of the country would not go In the coffers of the com pnny. He told of tho progress being mnde by tho Clackania9 Southern and the valuable assistance rendered the com pany by Molalla people, and said that the first division of that line from Oregon City to Beaver Crek would be In operation In a short time. GOLDEN WEDDING CALLS MANY FRIENDS TOGETHER Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Jonsrud cele brated their golden wedding anniver sary at Kelso, Sunday, snrounded by relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jonsrud were born In Norway and were married 50 years ago near Al bert Lea, Minnesota, April 13, 1863. Thy came to Oregon in 1877, settling in Clackamas county. Mr. Jonsrud Is 78 years of ago and is well preserr ed. He was state senator of Minne sota and served as Justice of the p?ac la Clackamas county. Mrs. Jonsrud I 7J year of age. Three years ago he wai crlppJed by a falL FOLK LB ORGANIZATION TELEGRAPHS TO PRESIDENT WILSON RESO LUTIONS UPON CANAL MUCH DEBATE PRECEDES ACTION Effort to Charge American Commerce Laid to Railroads Support Also Givn Move to Build New Gladstone Span The Live Wires Tuesday broke away from tbe usual discussion of local matters and devoted a large ahare of tbelr weekly luncheon hour to the consideration of a resolution urging the national administration and congress to stand firm for the free toll clause in the law relating to the Panama canal tolls, enacted at the last session of congress. W, S. U'Ren urged the adoption of the reso lution, which embraced the following sentence: "We believe the' principle of Am erican control of American enter prises, built upon American terrlto.r to be an inviolate right which can not. In the very nature of national sovereignty, be Jeopardized by the simple treaty rights entered Into with any other nation, and therefore, the claim that the granting of free tolls to American shipping is a viola tion of the Hay-Paunceforte treaty is self-evident sophistry." J. E. Hedges fought against tbe res olution on the ground that the Am erican nation has no right to violate a treaty, and after a lengthy discus sion, participated in by T. W. Sulli van. W. 8. U'Rren, W. A. Dlmlck, O. D. Eby. n. T. MrBaln and others, the resolution was amended by the witn drawal of the objectionable sentence and was passed. Mr. U'Rren voting no, contending that the people should repudiate any attempt on the part oof treaty framers to outline the action of future generations. The resolu tion, which was wired to President Wilson Tuesday afternoon, follower "We deprecate the widespread pro paganda, manifestly carried on by the great railroad Interests, seeking the nullification of the law providing for free tois for American shipping through the Panama canal. Equal rghts to all foreign nations as such In the use of the Panama canal Is all that in Justice and reasoncaa be demanded of the American nation. "We believe the propaganjra for tolls for American shipping at the Panama canal involve the principle of to la at all national canals and Bovernment-bullt waterways and is purely in the Interest of the torpor ate transportation enterprises of the nation and subversive of the freedom of waterway competition, therefore. "He It hereby Resolved, inai mis association strongly urge the present American congress and the natioual administration to sustain th4 law adopted by the prececding congress respecting tolls of the Panama can al." Main Trim Line Stlpp was aumor lzed to appoint a committee of five to co-operatfl with the people of Glad stone and nolnta north in an effort to secure the construction of a coun ty bridge near the mown oi tn.. Clackamas river and the Improve ments of the roads connecting with the proposed bridge. This commit tee, will make a study of the road lcglsation enacted at the last ses sion of the state legislature and sub mit n report at the next week's lunch eon. LIED;" OREGON CITY Attracted by the exhibit cf the Ors- -nn Citv Commercial club at the Mnneapolls lnd Show. J. J. Sullivan of Minneapolis, arrived In tne cits j Snturday on a scouting tour for farms for six families from his home town. These families, all of wnom mmlcu i.a hi western resources exhibit in the eastern city, have been so Im pressed with the showing made by Clackamas county that they have dep utized Mr. Sullivan to pick oui mi nble locations In this neighborhood for thorn. r om hc second one of us to come iv.i ps a rest! t of the Oregon ex hibits at the land show."' snia Mr. oni.-n " ivirtinnd'B exhibit brought the first man out, and he returned with the report tnat the tnings i on inmi rinlmed for Its territory were not borne out by the conditions that he .found. However, we am noi ur lleve thnt all men In the west had ex aggerated things, o I was sent out. I have found that the Clackamas county exhibit, while very fine and alluring, did not do Justice lo the re sources you have in this county, and since I have reported tnai, six mu. Illes have instructed ma to find them locations here. "I want to say that I am particul arly Impressed, not only with the agricultural 'and you have here, but with the spirit and progressiveness of your people. All of us who met u, Frartnr and his most efficient aide, Mrs. ,reytag. at the Minneap olis display, were impressed wna xne n.b ha wna rinlne. and we felt that a community that was represented by such a man was weu wonn investi gating. Since I have come here and UaVuI pn.inri' T am more favorably Impressed than ever with the conn- try. My menas ana i are looains far medium atxed farm of rich oil. favorably located for Intensified farming, and I think we have round what we wanted." GLENN GAULT FACES JURY FOR LIFE ON MAY 2, IN CIRCUIT COURT, OREGON CITY LEGAL BATTLE IS FORECASTED Youth Who Slew Step-Father After Being Attacked Will Tell Story of Sordid Life on Ranch In Backwoodi Glen Gault, not yet out of his 'teens will face trial for his life in the cir cuit court on May 2, when he will be arraigned on the charge of having killed his stepfather In their cabin on rented land. The prosecution will introduce a confession that th3 boy I said to have made, and bis defense will be conducted by Georgo T. Brownell and Gordon E. Hayes, who have been retained to act in bis be half. Gault will enter a plea of not guilty, and one of the most Intercat ingjegal battles of Clackamas county court history will probably follow. The facts in the case, as far as known, are meagre and brief. Gault and bis step-father never got along well together, and it is said that the elder man constantly "nagged" the lad. One day, according to th) boy's story, the two were moving tbe stove in the kitchen of their shack, and an argument arose as to where the arti cle should be placed. Words led to harsher language, and final'y. It' is alleged, the step-father grasped a knife and made a slash at tbe lad. The boy stepped back and warned his foster parent not to attack him; but the elder man persisted In bis threat ening attitude and made a second lunge at the boy. Driven to desper ation, the youth grasped a short handled axe, and in warding off the blows rained upon him by the older man, struck the step-father over' the head with his weapon of defense. Subsequently he took the body out Into the woods and burled It, where it was found later when he led offi cers to tbe spot. According to the law, the boy, but 17 years o'd on the night of the altercation, had done murder, and therefore must be tried for his life before a Jury of his peers. Gault has bsen In the county Jail since the latter, part of last year, and was one of the prisoners who refused freedom at the time of the recent jallbreak, when two men, in for a year's sentence apiece, cut their way out of the county basilic, and left a gaping hole In the celling where oth ers could follow. Friends of the lad have retained Messrs. Brownell and Hayes to de fend him. and Judge Campbell has set the date of the trial for next Fri day. The prosecution Is prepared to send the lad to the gallows If legal argument can do It; and the defense will try to show that the lad, though fear of future attacks, put his tor ! mentor beyond the possibility of fur! ther assault. The case is attracting: much Interest, and it Is probable that the courtroom will be crowded : throughout the sessions of the trial. BROADEN SCOPE OF GIRLS' WORK AIM OF STATE-WIDE CONFERENCE OREGON CITY SCENE OF FIRST STATEWIDE MEETINGS OF YOUNG WOMEN WHO DESIRE TO BENEFIT SELVES AND OTHERS BY HELPFUL WORK ALONG LINES OF PURITY AND LOYALTY TO HIGHER IDEALS DANGERS OF SEMI IMMORALITY TO BE COM BATTED; SIMPLICITY IN DRESS ONE PURPOSE. Sheath, gowns, poodle dogs and girls who "dress to be looked at" were generously condemned at the First Oregon State Girls' Conference, that opened In the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon, immedi ately following the close of the State Sunday School convention, and which will continue Its sessions Sunday. The exercises were opened with de votional singing, led by Miss Mar- guerte Moore. The purpose of the gathering was allegorically .represent ed by the blue and white badges worn by the members, the blue stand ing for loyalty and the white for pur ity. Devotional services were ledi by Mrs. E. B. Andrew, after which' a charm'ng solo was rendered by Miss Agnes Fries. With Mrs. L. A. Danenhauer pre siding, Miss Ruth Brightbill welcom ed the delegates to the city, and a fit ting response to the greeting was made by Mliss Edith Dougherty, of Portland. Mrs. F. W. Ormsby, state superintendent of secondary grade Sunday school work, then outlined the design of the conference, point ing out the pressing need of work for girls, so that they might exert a greater and better Influence in all communities. Mrs. Ferguson opened a discussion of "What I think of the Conference." and many of the dele gates gave their views as to the need of organized work. A most Interesting address upon "Dress, its Effect upon Morals,"' was delivered by Miss W. P. Chandlirs, assistant to Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, of the municipal department of public safety for young women In' Port and Miss Chandler said that there were two kinds of girls, "those who were looked at. and those who were ad mired." Simplicity in dress was ad vocated, and "sheath gowns" and other modern devices for the revela tion of the human form were spoken of merely as Initial steps on the wrong path. Miss Chandler urged all tbe delegate to model their de THREE-SHIFT SYSTEM WILL BE ADOPTED IN LOCAL PLANTS ON AND AFTER JUNE 1 CHADCE RESULT OF "AWARD PLAN" Employees, Through Own Effort, Win Shorter Tim at Machine. Legislation Not Basis of Change The dream of Oregon City paper mill employees Is at last realized. For 25 years the plants at Oregon City have been operating upon a two-shift basis, the employees on the machines working on an average of 12 hours per day, six days per week, the same as In all the mills throughout the work). One of the mill managers stat ed today: "For a number of years we have been endeavoring to so equip our plant that a change to the eight-hour shift would be possible at rates of wages about equal to those ruling on the 12-hour basis, but each year has brought about changes in a political way which have added greater bur dens upon the employer, to the ulti mate loss of the employee in whose behalf the legislation was -supposed to be directed, but, if the truth were known, to further their own political ambitions. "The last legislature passed an ab surd law. Representative Schuebel's house bill 38, which. Is another in stance of hindrance, rather than aid for the employee. This law states, In effect, that anyone who works over 10 hours is not a good citizen and of no use to the emmunity, but that If he la paid more for time over 10 hours, the longer hours of work are not harmful. This 'a certainly a slur upon the citizens of Clackamas coun ty, many of whom have worked an average of 12 hours per day all their working days. "Our decision to change to the three-shift basis is the direct result of the reward system started some two years ago, which, by bringing about a plan of individual and combined ef fort on the part of our employees, has shown that a great portion of the extra expense can be taken care of. The men, therefore, have by their own efforts and xd work earned the re duction in hours, and with the re ward system, theJr new hourly rates with equally good results to those of the past, will be the equal of or bet ter than tbe present rates on the two shift basts. No one will receive less than $2.00 for eight-hour work, while, of course, a large proportion will be far above this." The change to the eight-hour shifts will be made In the Willamette Pulp & Paper mills, and In the Crown mills on June 1. In all probability other companies will follow suit, and the shorter working day will become gen eral In the community. portment and dress upon the daugh ters of Presldeut Wilson, who are not"d for their ideals of modesty und simplicity. A choni3 of Gamma Beta girls from the Suunyside congregational church ruriiisDtd acceptable music, after which Miss H. Alena Wolfe spoke on "Am I My Sister's Keeper." Miss Mo fe's plea was for higher ideals. and discouraged the fondling of poouie dogs and fads. The youngest member of the Portland Graded I'nion, Miss Stella Wilson, then at tacked the subject, "Am I my Broth ers Keeper," and idealized the young woman wno stands as a guide to pur ity for her men friends, and who forces respect from all. A duet by the Misses Mary Brohst and Grace Rose followed. After a solo by Mrs. M. Morse was given, Miss Liua Jumes, of the Portland Y. W. C A. then spoko on the particular appropriateness of holding the Initial conference for girls' work in Oregon City, where the thought of thiB ac tivity had first been given birth. Tha session was closed by a chorus se ec Hon by the choir of the Third Pres byterian church, Portland. A banquet to the delegates by or ganized girls' classes of Oregon City was served at six o'clock, following which the committees on organiza tion and election of o dicers reported. The first committee, composed of Mrs. Ormsby, Miss Jean Wolverton, Miss Clarke and Miss Pierce, Reported that the design of the movement should be "to awaken girls to their real responsibilities to Christ, to pro mote loyalty of purpose and purity of heart, and to broaden the scope of their influence." It was voted that the motto and aim of tbe organization be "every girl get a girl" The committee on election, nomin ated the following officers, which were all chosen at the evening ten sion: President,Mls A. Hulburt, Oregon City; Tlce-prenldent Mia (Continued on page t)