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rOBTYEVENTH YEAR-
-No. 47.
TO FORGIVE HIM
WRITES LETTER TILLING OF IM
MEDIATE RETURN TO
THE ITATI
RENDS BELIEVED HIM TO BE DEAD
Ri.ir It Umgued "d Po" 0ul
to Search for Him Over Route
Hi wat Thought to
Have Taken
After IIr-JttnriitK from hi home
In Hilt -t y Hi" latter lrt "f March,
ISIJ. nt belli mourned dead h)
hl'frl-ii'U and relative. I.loyd K.
William', ftirnn'r recorder for Cluck
,, r i. " l htl lccy heard
Inun In Aimlmllo.
OB Jlnrih 31 tuNl year, W'illlu ttiM
uirimim '! i hit friend that ho wa"
mine fiehina on Clui knmu river ami
(liar Cn-'k. II" tulil Ilia wlftt anil!
frlrmln that he u KolliR l I 111. (Julf J
lltiki ami there irauatcr 10 a r.ir
wtiii-h would carry lilm to the fUhlnit
ircunda At llm time of hla depart
ure he i nirlut a flkliluK outfit a 111 wan
dnnwrt In the clothe Iik ttauiilly worn
wh.-n If '"! n such an expedltnm.
Hii (.null)- opiTinil lila ruiuru on
Ihe next T i .-".In y hnl hn failed to up
pear. Wcdm-mlay a quiet march waa
ttirtri) hut without result-and ' Ihn
id'-rlff w.i notified Inter on In the
r The ciitlrn ronniry aldo wna
lean-lied. lh" cur conduelora were
qu titini il. ill" t'liu-kiuna river
drawd. and ull thoan living of III"
ruuiiiy et i-xulnlncd. bill nn clue
roult) l ("unit cotirt-rntliK Ihn iiiUmIu
BU.
Victim of Accident?
II n thought at the time that hv
ait the vlitlm eliher of foul piny or
of an ne. hi. lit. Hn wa dreaecd In
old clothe and at Ihn tlnm of bin
drpsriiire hml only all dollura with
him.
Heart b fur Hie iiiImIiik mini wna
continued nml thu nllrit iinlKhbor
hood of ihi. mystery wna ecoured, time
Ihrr time. Tim myatery of hla rtla-
iil-riiin-e a never thoroughly act.
tied hy the local officer. Report
rimr to thin city of various persona
ho hnd nci-n thn inlaeliir. man la the
Mil but them rumor were rim down
by tile (an. II)' and found to he fulno
Thrn came another report that Wll
1 Minn m In Hnn FtauclatHi hut thla
loo, proved In !) untrue.
Thought Him Oead.
The futility mourned him aa dead aa
nory liidlriitlon apeared to point to
that cntiiiiinlon. Ilia mother and
frli'nila hnd ulven up hnp of ever
kvIiik him okuIii.
It waa not until recently that the
find word na reoulvod which would
tend to atralKhten out tbo myalery.
Some time nuo tha mother received
letter from her aon In Australia In
which he rvpliilncd hla dlaappearanre
and hln hmriieya for the paat 2d
niontha. The newa waa a complete aur
)rl. to hla rulatlvca.
Coea to Australia.
The letter told of hla audden depart
ure fniin thla city and hla arrival In
San Kmnciaco on April 3. FYora that
city hi milled at oncu for Auatrnltn,
arriving thorn aotuetlmo durlnar the
month. Airordlnit to tho letter, ho
was dexiltuto at the time of hla limd
lint on that continent and aooured
work. KiK.ti after hla arrival, how
ever, he waa tnken down with pneu
monla and confined to a hospital for
a mitnlH r of niontha. It I thought
prohahl,. Unit It ma heen only rocenl-
iy that h wn ahje to rcauma work of
ny kind.
The letter la vague In many re
Pecl. it d,.g not tell how ha left
Oreitnn city or how lonK ha woa In
Sn Krunclaco. Of hla eiperlencea In
Ine Kiinh.-rn continent or of hla trip
crnaa the Pacific, thnra la almoat
nolhlnn atild.
. Tlle riMHon for leavliiK hla home la
('oiitlnued on pnie 8.)
TO
ENLIVEN CITY
whole delegation from all
PARTS OF 8TATE WILL
VISIT HERE
K WIRES TAKE THEM !N TOW
Program Will Make Thlnge Hum for
Two Day of Exciting Seaalon
Next Year Preildent
Accept Invitation
aa n!C h"n(lrBd edlt0"". repreaentlng
tn.. ; ' """"papura or the alate will
.n V. Vn" 19,4 ",l"n of the Ore-
Ore. J".. tdUorln Maoclatlon In
Ur:"n ('Hy next Beptemher.
Pr,i'. .yeal; the Hoclntlon mot In
" wn,,re tho local cluii ento
all r,r .1. vmnr and allowed ihem
Vh?.L .u '"'''""flP of the metropolis,
on the editor come to Orenon
u"nKs win h. v "L-
n ; mem in tow ana
ASKS HIS
MOTHER
EDITORS
ARE
tw.i. " "u'oiiiiin nere lor me
l dnya of the aeaalon.
tended ';!vn.1wlrP hve officially ex
Hon h '"ob to tha aaocla-
Cii" TSfi the two ,lay, here nd
Cot.aT' E1,,ert ""de, ed.tor of the
the 5! C'.T0V S'nUnnl. ha aaaured
ce?,t ,nlZf"on that th '
At th h ,nv,,tlon.
Hon . i. por,land aeaalon, the conven
tion !ni"r,ned ,thOUt tM tB
int7r " 'r next meetluir.
th officer.' ,U ,eft the band, of
OREGON
IE WINS
FIRST LEGAL POINT
Tim flint atep In tlm 1,1,111,, through
Him cmirla ln-Un-u Dr, j, Ai V(ll
llrakln, county li.nl 1 1, officer, nuil the
Clackiinma County Medical am lei y
hrokn Friday M. j,,,,, j
hell auHlnlnnd Ihn motion of the de
fenduut and at ruck out certain aec
imtia or thn complaint.
The di-fi-tiB,, In,, 1 f,.(( ,,,,,111,1,
which waa arnu.-.l hefore the court.
It axked Hint the piirnKnipli and aec
llnil couteiiilliiK Hint )r. Van llriu kln
waa "for other reuaona" dlH'piulirie.i
from holdlliK the offlc,. he ellmlmiteil
from the complaint, Inirlnit the aik'u
liieut, rouuael nliwi naked that thn
word "a (oiileuiplati-d hy nw" he
alrlcken out, v.,hh wna Kmnled.
Thn hitler i-apreaalnn related to Hie
llcenae held hy thn lienlHi officer and
which thn plaintiff claimed waa not
Hie one contemplated ,y n,() iUi,i,.Hi
IS
KILLED ON TRIP
BIRD FLIE8 UP BETWEEN HUNT
ERS AND TWIG GETS
HOLD ON GUN
MEDICAL AID ARRIVES TOO LATE
Death Fellow IniUntly.and Body la
Taken Into City to Await Com
ing of Coroner Leavea
Several Relative
CANI1V, Ore., Nov. IS. (Special )
l.oula Myera, of thla city, wua accl-
dently ahut and killed thla afternoon
at 5: 30 o'clock while huntlmt In the
I'uildliiR river bottom about five mllce
from here.
He waa huntlnit with three com
pnnlona, Cluiule IHi k, Chveter Wllla,
and a man named Knmcr. Tho four
were wnlklnit alliKlo file throuith Hie
thick hnmh In thn river bottom when
a bird flew up between Wllla and
Myera. Hut h hunter rained their
i;une to ehoot but the weapon of Wllla
caitKht on a twlK and waa dlachargcd.
The load atruck .Myera In (he back
and many of thn ahol penetrated
throiiKh to the aplnnl column. Aa
aoon aa imaaiblo after the accident
waa waa aeut to Cnu by and Dr. WaiiK
hurried to the place In an automo
bile. Hut he waa too late for the
victim of tho accident waa dead before
aid arrived.
Myera wna about 26 year old and
had lived In thla part of the country
moat of hla life. Ilctiidca hla mother,
hn leavea two brother, Herbert and
John, and one aiater, Mra. lliitlio My
era. of Portland. He waa well known
In Ciinby and the aurroundliiK rutin
try havlnit unlimited from Hie Cunby
achool and worked In and around thl
olty ever allien.
Coroner William Wllaon waa aum
mound from the ouuty seat and ar
rived here between nine and ten
O'clock.
8HOOTING 13 HELD TO
BE AN ACCIDENT
CANIiy. Ore., Nov. 19. (Speclnl)
C'oronor Wilson arrived In tills city
thla morn inar to hold an Inuiieat over
tho body of l-oiila Myera. who waa ac
cident ly allot yesterday afternoon
whllo hunting with Tour companion
In tho IMiddltiK river bottom about
five mllce from here.
The verdict, In aiibatance. waa that
the ahootlng waa purely accidental
and Cheater Will, who had the gun.
wna free from blume.
ONE LARGE EXHIBIT
O. E. Froylug represented Clack
amaa county at Salem at a meeting of
the valley counties for the purpose of
planning a Joint exhibit at the Pan
ama 1'actflc Exposition at San Fran
cisco. The counties orgnnUed under
the nnme "The Willamette Vul'ey Kx
nosltlon association," tfnd ther-i was
an enthusiastic attendance from all
elcht counties, and a lively Interest
was manifested.
Mr. Kreytng was appointed one of
the executive committee, ire iirei
meeting of which was held at Imper
ial Hotel In Portland Tuesday at 2:W
p. m.
At the Salem meeting a movement
was started for the oncuimlut; of the
people of each ouunty, Ir.to a norklng
body for the ouipose of coV-MIng
and assembling of a repriseiiinuve
exhibit from the countlea. Clack
amaa county people will want to have
their ahare of the exhibit, as la a'.
way the caae when Clackamas ex
hibit the beat. In order to have
Clackama take it placj, the poonle
should ake aperaonal Interest In the
work and ooopeiate with tho commit
tee. Thlii committee will consist of
Mr. Freytng who icprctent the com
mercial :lti'i. ai'd reprei'.iiUtivo tf
county court.
PAVED STREET SOON
TO OPEN IN MILWAUKIE
MILtfAUKIE Ore- Nor. 17. It 1
hoped to have the eaat side of Front
street paved and opened to traffic by
the end of the present week. At
preaent travel to ' and from Port
land turn eaat on Harrison street
from Main after croslnf the Johnson
CANBY
M
Creek bridge
OIJi(j()N CITY, OUEOON, FRIDAY, NOVJ2MHEU 2J, 1913.
FACTORY
BE
PORTLAND ATTORNEY TALKS OF
FLAX AND A MILL TO
HANDLE PRODUCT
TO START WORK ON A BIG SCALE
Figure on Original Capital of at Leaat
IMO.OOO and a Payroll of One
Hundred Men Later
Enlarge Force
An IndiiHlry Hint will atari out with
a rupilnl of U'lMMino ,) Krow t(J n
Inialiieaa of ll.liim'.nui) may ho Blurted
In Oregon City ,y ciiiirh-H It, Kilter,
a I'orllund allumey, uud hla backera.
Al u ineetliiK of the Live Wlrea
Tneadiiy. Mr. Kilter npoke of tho nil
vnnliiKi a that, thla cllmntit offi-ra for
the prmluctloii of flax and mild thai
the country la Hie native home, of the
product. The mill would b tho only
one In tho nunc aa the one that form
erly run at Htili-m waa burned and hnn
never been rebuilt. The plan now In
clude a cnpltall.atlou of $:mo,0(H) a
u htarler uud meaiia thut the (creater
proportion of lliln money would be
rnlKeii in I'ortiniid and the remalndei,
IHiHHlbly per cent, would hn tukeii
from the town In which the mill la lo
cated. Kuiretie itoaan, one of the foremoHt
flux aiilhorltlia of tlm country and
owner of the Salem mill, la interest
ed In this proportion and la aupport
liiK the men who nro promolliiK It.
They believe that the Willamette val
ley la thu Ideal Bitot for tho production
of flax ami that a linen mill of this
kind, located In tho heart of aiii-h a
valley where the crop can bo ao
eimlly produced, would be a paying
liivi-Hlment for tho aloekholder.
The plan now Included the employ
incut of loo men to begin the opera:
Hon of the plan nnd an Increase In the
force uud payroll aa aoon aa the bual-
iiena romlitlona Justify auch nn en
InrKemeiit. If thn plant la located at
OreKon City, It means the marketing
of all of thn flax production of the
valley at thla point, it la claimed, and
the brliiKliiK Into the town a lurse vol
umne of business here every year.
Thn Salem plant did considerable
buslneaa with the furniers immediate
ly around that city durliiK the time
that It t in In operation and a market
wua built up, which waa lost with the
burning of the factory.
Clurkamus county Is going to send
Christmas greeting to a whole lot of
people who so far haven't been sure
whether Clackama was the name of
a county or of something good to eat.
At last such Is the plan of 0. E. Frey
tng, publicity manager of the Oregon
City Commercial club, who wants ev
erybody In the county who has come
here from outside to send him at once
the name and address of eome friend
or other person "back home."
Once having received these names,
it Is the Intention of Mr. Freytag to
send next month to each person so In
dicated a pretty Christmas card, bear
ing a Clnckams couny view upon Us
foe, and usual Yuletlde decoration of
holly and berries. On thla card will
lie printed an Inscription somewhat as
follows:
"Chrlatmna greeting from Clackam
as county, Oregon, where you ought
to live and be happy. Write to tae
Oregon City Commercial club for In
formation regarding this land of prom
ise, and then you will see why you
ought to come to the farthest West
and grow up with the country."
Mr. Freytag expects that there will
be a ready reply to his request for
namos. and assures everyone that the
Christmas cards will be attractive In
every way for they are to be printed
la Oregon City.
JUDGE SLOWS UP ON
Jnilae J U. Camnbell has refused to
grant a temporary restraining order
in the Hllsboro case out of the circuit
court on the ground that the com
plnlnt did not allege fraud and that
he would Issue no Injunction until
both sides had had an opportunity to
nresent their facts.
The town went dry at the last elec
tion and the wets brough In a com
plaint asking the court to restrain
the county court from filing the order.
The facts et forth were about tho
same as in the Oregon City ult.
JUDGE WILL SELECT
A COUNTY SEALER
Clackama county is to have a dep
uty sealer of weight and meaaurea as
soon as the required aparatus arrives
from the east, according to the plan
of Judge H. S. Anderson.
Under the state law, the county
court may fill that position but he
will be under the control of the state
treasurer, who has charge of that de
partment. This decision on the part or Judge
Anderson Is due to the many com
plaints made recently In regards to
short weights and measures used by
a few county dealer and In response
to the request of many of tha busi
ness men of tha city.
LIN
MAY
BUILT
CITY ENTEKPKIS
LLOYD E. WILLIAMS
Former County Recorder, who disap
peared myaterioualy and la return
ing to hla family.
OFF TO CHICAGO
WITH
STATE'S DISPLAY AND ITS DELE
GATES GO TO LAND SHOW
THI8 YEAR
1
CLACKAMAS COUNTY HAS MATERIAL
Takee Prominent Part In Features of
Reaource and la a Credit to
Produce of Valley But
Ha No Agent
The executive ommlttee of the
Willamette Valleyi Exposition associa
tion met Tuesday afternoon In the
parlors of the Imperial hotel In Port
land for a conference. Some matters
were taken up when an invitation was
received from O. M. Clark, president
of the Oregon State commission of
the Panama Pacific exposition, to
meet with him In his office. The
meeting adjourned to Mr. Clark's
rooms, and the conference was con
tinued with Mr. Clark present.
The committee asked the state com
mission for space 20x100 feet In the
Oregon building. A space 20x100 feet
is to be asked for In the Agricultural
hall for placing a competitive exhibit
which will be entered for premium.
Arrangements have been made for
a great display of processed fruits
from the valley counties and with the
available supply to draw from this
will be an attractive feature of the
exhibit. Arrangements have been
made for the accommodation of the
county representative In the Oregon
building.
Plans and profile of the Oregon
building are on file In the rooms of the
Oregon commission, 418 Commercial
club building, Portland, and may be
seen there. The commission Is tak
ing a lively interest In, and Is cooper
ating with the counties in their work
of arranging for fine exhibits.
After the meetng adjourned a num
ber of the delegates left Immediately
on the North Bank road for Chicago
to attend the United States Land
show. There Is a large personal rep
resentation of the counties, who will
look after their lespectlve Interests
and each boost his own county.
The exhibits which- went to this
show were gathered from all parts of
the state, Clackamas county boasting
the finest products at the show, the
grains and grasses and vegetables,
and the Lindsay squash excelling in
size and excellence anything else se
cured. With all this fine showing
Clackamas county will have no rep
resentative to give it credit or to ex
ploit its greatness and worth as a
place for home seekers. Clackamas
county and one other county are the
only ones who will not be heard from
at the great land show whose value
as an advertising medium was demon
strated last year. Mr. C. C. Chap
man last year found the show of such
importance that he himself ha gone
to it this year to take the manage
ment, expecting each county to be rep
resented. CONVENTION ELECTS
LIST OF OFFICERS
The Clackamas County Sunday
School association on Tuesday night
closed a very successful convention
at Milwaukie, and elected the follow
ing officers: Mrs. W. A. White, Ore
gon City, president; Burgess Ford, Es
tacada, first vice-president; A.. J.
Iturdett, Canby, second vice-president;
Rev. E. A. Smith. Oregon City,
secretary; Mrs. Carl Smith, Jennings
Lodge, elementary department; Mrs.
E. H. Andrews, Oregon City, second
ary department; John W. Loder, Ore
gon City, adult department, Mr. J.
R. Nash.' Milwaukie, home depart
ment; F. J. S. Toose, Oregon City,
teachers' training department"; Sam
uel L. McDonald, Oregon City, temp
erance department; Mr. W. H.
Lucke, Canby, missions; E. M. Smith,
Sandy, evangelistic department
ENJOYABLE PARTY
AT GLADSTONE HOME
A' merry party gathered at the home
of Mr. and Mr. David Catto In Glad
stone Saturday In honor of the eighth
birthday of their son Everett The af
ternoon was spent with games and
music, after which light refreshment
were served. Those present were:
Leonard Thone, Reggie Russell,
Charles Calkins, Randolph Surface,
Oscar Berg, Eldin 8cfiooley, Ernest
Scbooley, Mytrle Howell, Cleo Howell
and Elvin Catto.
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EXHIBIT
ACTION FILED
1UST TOO LATE
WETS LET TIME SLIP BY WHILE
MATTER 18 DEBATED AT
8ALEM
THEY WANT A RESTRAINING ORDER
Claim Election Was Held Illegally and
Taxpayer Will Have to Meet
Increaie in Taxes in
the City
Forty-five minutes after the order
had been entered by the county court
prohibiting the salo of liquor in the
city limits after January 1, Lawrence
Huconlch brought a complaint asking
the circuit court to restrain the coun
ty officials from declaring the election
results. .
The complaint asks that the court
restrain the county court from enter
ing such an ord;.-r on the ground that
the submission of the question of pro
hibition at a special election was 11
legal and the results of that "pre
tended " election void.He also alleged
that the loss of the $10,000 revenue
from the saloons would necessitate
higher taxes in the city and the prop
erty owners would be compelled to pay
more money Into the city treasury
following the loss of this material
source of revenue.
The complaint recites all of the acts
done by the city and county officials
In submitting this question to the peo
ple of the municipality at this time
It mentions the appointment of the
Judges and clerks of the election and
the fact that the returns were certi
fied to the county clerk. It also points
out that the time at which this elec
tion was held waa not the regular date
for a city election and that the q tics
ion of prohibition was submitted to
the people at a special time.
The complaint finally concludes by
asking the court to restrain the coun
ty court from entering its order and
declaring prohibition in effect in the
city after the first of the year.
The county court met Saturday
morning and certified the returns. It
then issued an order prohibiting liquor
within the city limits of Oregon City
after January 1 and declared tbs sec
tion of the county under the provis
ions of the local option law.
The order was filed at 9:45 o'clock.
The complaint was filed at 10:30
o'clock. Attorney say that the com
plaint Is worthless as it asks the court
to restrain the officials from doing
what they have already done. They
say that the only hope the wets have
In this county Is to bring an action in
tho circuit court asking for an order
setting aside the decision of the low-
er court. The bearing on the com
plaint will be had before Judge J. U
Campbell next Saturday.
Carson & Brown of Salem, appear
as attorneys In the case. The action
Involves the result of the election In
the city and Is the step that the wets
have been threatening to take here
since the votes were counted.
TURNER WILL PROBABLY
ACCEPT PRESIDENCY
HARRISBURO, Pa., Nov. 19. While
Governor John E. Tener, of Pennsyl
vania, has given no public intimation
as to'what he Intends to do, it is be
lieved by those who know him best
that he will accept the presidency of
the National Baseball league, which
was offered him here today by a ma
jority of the club presidents of that
organization. Every club in the lea
gue, with the exception of St. Louis,
whose president was unable to at
tend, was represented in the meeting
at which the offer was made.
The teachers of the West Linn
schools have sent to retiring Superin
tendent T. J. Gary a letter of appre
ciation. It Is signed by C. F. Ander
son, principal,' Ethel Tripp, Pearl
Bailey, Rhea Benson, Hnttie 'Nichols,
and Lola Cooley. It Is as follows:
"We, the teachers In the West Linn
bchocls, desire now upon your retire
ment from the office of superintend
ent of Clackamas county to express
again our gratitude for your services
in that office.
"During your six years' service,
teachers, patrons and pupils have re
ceived not only fair but generous
treatment by your office. You have
promoted such school enterprises as
are wholesome and progressive.
"With the clamor of prejudice you
have dealt gently and wisely. Both
the county and the state are the bet
ter for your example and your admin
istration. You will live long in the
chambers of memory."
'S
Twenty-two member of the Clack
ama County Men's Teachers' club
held their regular meeting at the
Wichita school Saturday night and in
formally discussed several matter of
general Interest to the county schools.
The club presented to T. J. Gary,
the retiring county superintendent a
pair of cuff links, stick pin, and a- tie
clasp. Tha appropriate remarks ac
companied the presentation and a gen
eral expression of appreciation for the
work that tha former superintendent
had done.
J. E. Calavan, who take over the of
fice Monday, was present at the meet
ing. After the business of the even
ing was over, thv ladle gave the men
a banquet The next meeting will be
held January S at Concord.
WEST LINN IS BUSY
WITH ITS ELECTIONS
West Linn is busy with elections
for next month and polltlca la hum
ming across the river. On Decem
ber 2, the city will vote for Its new
officers and on the twentynlnth It
will tote for a city charter.
There are several candidate In the
field for every office except mayor, no
opposition appearing to J. li. Lewth
waite. The others whose name are
cither mentioned In petitions already
filed or that will be before November
26 are, recorder, L. L. Porter and J
Nicholls; treasurer, Meta Flnley
Thayer, Michael E. Clancey; marshal
P. J. Winkle, J. Endre, 11. C. Green;
alderman, select six, L. L. Pickens, I.
S. Lytsell, Charlea Shields, N. T.
Humphries. 8. II. Shadle, K. McLarty,
F. A. Hammerle, and A. Volpp.
Should the charter election carry,
the new city would have charge of the
funds for the road district and would
spend $25,000 for the Improvement of
the roads inside of the city limits.
T
COMMISSION GRANTS HIM FRAN
CHISE THROUGH THE
' CITY'S HEART
ORECON CITY IS KEY TO NEW LINE
Last Point to Consider Franchite for
Road and Nearly All of Right-of-Way
Ha Now Been
Given Company
By unanimous vote the Portland
commissioners yesterday granted a
25-year franchise to the new Portland
& Oregon City Railroad company. This
is the Carver road which has a fran
chise pending, now before the city
council of Oregon City to enter this
place via Water street. The franchise
as granted by the Portland commis
sioners, terminates In the very heart
of Portland via the Hawthorne bridge,
and entering the metropolis at the
city limits on East Seventeenth street.
The route as granted In Portland,
will be as follows: .
From the city limits on the south
on East Seventeenth to Mall street, to
East Fifteenth, to Beacon, to East
Tenth, to Brooklyn, to East Ninth, to
East Market, to East Third, to East
Morrison, to East Third to Hawthorne
avenue, across Hawthorne bridge, to
Front, to Salmon, to Fourth, to Fland
ers, to Twelfth.
With the granting of the Portland
franchise the right-of-way for practi
cally the whole distance between Ore
gon City Is assured, as Gladstone and
Milwaukie have both previously
granted franchises to Mr. Carver, and
the right-of-way in the country has
practically been secured for the whole
distance. About four miles of the
grading on the new line has been com
pleted and a large force of men is at
work now. The bridge across the
Clackamas river between Gladstone
and Parkplace has already been start
ed, as the company desired to get the
concrete piers in before the high wa
ter sets in for the winter.
The franchise which comes up be
fore the Oregon City council Friday
night enters Oregon City by way of
Center street thence along Center to
Fifteenth, thence from Fifteenth to
Water, and there along Water street
to the southerly terminus thereof.
According the the franchise, work
is to commence within three months
and completed within eighteen
months thereafter, and cars must be
In operation by that time. With fa
vorable action by the council Friday
evening, active work will start In this
vicinity at an early date. .
ELECTRICITY WILL
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Molalla will probably have electric
lights In a short time if the plans of
the new Interests which have bought
out the. Aurora Electric company are
carried out
The final details of the transfer of
the ownership of the Aurora Electric
company from the Hurst family to a
Portland syndicate, said to be con
trolled by the elder brother of Walter
Moore, was arranged this last week.
It Is said that the new concern has
ample backing and will Immediately
enlarge Its plant and extend the lines
to several towns not now using elec
tric currents. Molalla is one of the
most likely points.
CREDITORS ELECT
CONCERN'S TRUSTEE
Examination Into the bankruptcy of
the Takao Brothers wa conducted be
fore B. N. Hicks, referee, in the coun
ty court room Friday afternoon by the
creditor of the defunct concern.
The brothers are Japanese and have
been engaged In the wood business In
the county. Their liabilities are- giv
en as $35,000 and their assets, cover
ed mostly by mortgages, around, $20,-
000.
The creditors selected William Ham
mond a trustee and a further exam
ination will be held November 29.
The meeting Friday was the first
gathering of the creditor of the company.
CARVER
WINS
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tlon and contain a vary
complete report of the
new of tha entire eoun-
ty for the buiy farmer.
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E8TABLI8HEO 1861
8PEND3 DAY IN OREGON CITY
AND FIRES SHOT BEFORE
NEXT 8UN
HE NOTIFIES HIS FATHER OF THE ACT
Aged Parent Does Not Realize the
Meaning of Statement Until
Too Late to Prevent
Final Crime
"I have killed Amanda and now I
am going to kill myself." With theae
word to hi father, Thoma Franci
McCabe a farmer, age 34 yean, liv
ing near Flrwood, kiased hi child, and
before hi deaf and feeble father could
realize what had happened, turned,
walked back to hla home, laid hlmeelf
betide hi wife, whom he had already
killed, and (hot hlmielf through the
brain.
The tragedy occurred at any early
hour Thursday morning. It is thought
that the wife who is 24 year old, was
killed before day break, although Mc
Cabe did not visit his father's place
until about seven o'clock.
They were in Oregon City Wednes
day of this week until close to four
o'clock when they started to drive
back to their farm near Flrwood.
This town Is seven miles beyond
Sandy and about 30 miles from this
city. The roads are reported in a
bad condition and it Is thought by Cor
oner Wilson that the couple probably
did not reach their home until It was
close to daylight Thursday morning.
Before Daybreak.
It was probably before daylight that
McCabe shot and killed his wife. The
murder was committed In the second
story of the house, in the hall. The
wife was found with her head on a
pillow and her hands folded on her
breast
After shooting his wife, McCabe
went to his father's farm and told him
of his deed and of his intention of
killing himself. After doing this, be
picked up his child, kissed him and
walked back to his house. The old
man is feeble and deaf and the mean
ing of his son's words were not real
ized until the latter had fired the bul
let which ended his life.
Doctor Too Late. -
A physician was hastily called from
Sandy but there was no use for hi
services as both of the McCabes had
been Instantly killed. The coroner
and sheriff were notified and started
for the scene of the crime about noon
and arrived there close to four o'clock
At first it was thought that an. inquest
would be held over the bodies of the
victims of the murder and suicide, but,
owing to the circumstances of the
crime, Coroner Wilson and Sheriff .
Mass returned late Thursday evening
without doing so.
The McCabes had two children; a
girl of three years and a boy of five.
At the time of the tragedy, the boy
was staying at the home of his grand
father, T. F. McCabe, but the baby
girl was found with her parents, wail
ing for her dead mother.
Married Second Time.
The couple were married about six
years ago and were divorced some
time in 1912. In September of this
year, the pair met again in a Willam
ette valley hop field and were mar
ried for a second time.
About a week ago McCabe visited
Sheriff Mass, of Oregon City, and
asked the proceedure necessary to
have his wife committed to the state
asylum for the insane. The sheriff
replied that it would be necessary to
petition the county court and that an
examination would be made, at which
various questions would be asked con,
cerning the age, birthplace, and other
details of the life of the woman. The
man seemed disappointed and re
plied that his wife could answer all
such questions.
Tell Clerk.
McCabe then went before the coun
(Continued on page 8.)
FOOTS LOSES IN
' FICHT FOR NOTE
JURY DOES NOT ALLOW THE COL
LECTION OF 8UM FOR
ATTORNEY FEES
BELIEVES IT WAS A
Given For Service if They Were
Needed and Not to be Donated
Unleas Work Wa Done,
i Court' Belief
Seneca Fouts received the cold
shoulder In the circuit court Thurs
day when tha Jury refused to honor a
note that he had presented through
the Clackamas County Bank ' at
Sandy. -
Fouts - is an attorney of Portland
and was closely identified with the
rioters there a few week ago. He
received a note signed by F. J. Ger
trude. O. and T. D. Phelp for $500
which they claimed had been given to
him a a memorandum of an agree
ment that the money would be forth
coming In case the Multnomah county
grand jury Indicted F. J. Phelps who
wa at that time being investigated
The- grand jury failed to re
true bill, however, and t . - '
alleged that the sign"'',..
tention that it sb'"
the services w' .0
agreed wif 0
fense r 11
amC .t'iCitted.
FIRWOOD FARMER
TAKES TWO LIVES
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