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ODTOQN CITY -V InHrprlM I I .nlv ciaoh"" County ENTERPRISE This It our weekly d. 4 Hon and contain vry complete report of the new of th antlr eoun- ty for th buoy farmr. 7 .i .1 III rOBTV SEVENTH YEAA-No. 43. OHEOON CITY, OREGON, Fill DAY, NOVEMHER 28, 1913. ESTABLISHED 1661 nawa Of 1(111 HFR IN shot SELF-DEFEIISE OAO SUPERVISOR THINK! Mo- CASE WAS DRIVEN TO ACT BY ITRUQQll BO0ES SHE MADE THE ATTACK HorlM Told to Boa Lead to th "Con clusion that fight In Hall of Houee Preceded the Crime SANDY. Or., No. ! (Hpnclal) i tM'lli'vn thai Tnomae r. Mciaim l,mi 1,1. ii iii an ranrinaa anu ihm after deliberating upon bla deed mminllli-d suicide." Tbla ai Uie .ixniH iit of Jamo lecbaer. a farm er of KiriKd and a neighbor of the kvt'tb. Mouiiay to a rireMauv of thn Morulnit KiilerprlBo. 1 am road eupxrviaor and when Mc ('be ratlin lo work ou the Mail, fur the lt time, he allowed ni hla lien urd bund and told me that bla wlfn had one of her 'rraey spells and that lb bad bit him. He (aid that bla wife would loose her mind and become vl olrnily Insane. AC auih time ebe would go afinr blm with br toetb and bamU. "Mra Mi ( aim waa naturally a ro- bm! ntiiaii whlln her tiuahand waa hardly lir riiual. Il told me that hrn ii" lout ronirul of b'ralf ahe would liKimin violent and, with alt the nrrnxih ut an Inaane poraon. would to aft"r' Iht huahand and rhlldri'O "I lilm exaln, ahortly Ix'fore the murdi-r and aulrlde, and be told me . that aff.il bla bom wrr crow ln( iirii"")rfr aald that bit wire waa brcamliiK ' .nd mora vlolrnt and that hrr 'npi, i wi-arlnf on blm o lhal hr iVl ecomliiK weaker. He aid, ahn In KiV.1 Inat atronitor all the tlmr. If the ba anotbrr 'fit' 1 don't know that I anal! do. I bi'llore that be would ovnr power me. "A biillri waa found Id Ihn wall Juat ibuve thn floor and I think that It waa flrrd durliiK a atruiuU. fur MrCabe would tmt have mlaad that far. "I hM known Met ahe for tome time and Ihave alway thouitht of blm aa a niinhly fine tort of a man I know that he loved bla wife and bla rhlldn'n and would not bav killed Hri. aUTat unlcaa driven to If Arthur N. 8chneldir. of Woodburn. former huhand of Anna 8chneldr. made the following atatemrnt lo the Knfr-rprln Yhuraday. relative to the divorce illfflcultlca between hlmaolf and hla fiirmir wife. "llu'iijiil of liimvlnv Iinp ft.iMllliiie at Ihe tlniM Hint the dcre wm laauod. I rav Iwr tifinn In n...ii..v .n.l tmii. I rty and a valuable piano. The tlecree gave the children to us at alternate quarters. I hud them for three monlha and she had their custody for the tame leiit-ih of almn. I did lint make n effort to get the children tnoiuh n won Hn order from the court giv ing her tlnir custody and Ihn court did not in my attempt as the atate- mriu Mini that it had." PIBST EFFORT MADE TO GET Coiintv risuiDi ta. GETHER ANOTHER MEETING IS SCHEDULED "umber Confar In Willamette Hall Over Plan for Forming New Association and Market ing Product In order to connect the Clackama county farmers wtih ihn M..nh . elfle Krult Orower' aasoclation, the mnrKotlng center of over 60 per cent Of thn fr..ll I. .k. ..h. 1 " V fS I TV il U IMU UUI . an Initial meeting waa hold and Za aTy organlaallon wa errect "'u rridnv mnml in thi. iio .,),, jt number of farmer gathered In Wll- i. o naii io discuss the matter. AllOtlier tnoAll.. 1- .,!.. nine time In the next two weeks mo aetuiis of the plan will he worked out and a more permenant or Mnlzatlon made. It I thought that wi hit, the next two month the i - ackama County Fruit Orower ""Ion." the name of the body, can oeconie a regular branch of the great Parent concern and In auch a portion a to receive the full benefit. me North pacific Fruit Orower' aasortion Is divided Into smaller unit r subdivision and these nb-dlvl-ih" 1re KRln -divided Into the lndl 'inuai grower' union. The produce 2 ,ne arlou union I marketed wrough the main concern each box 'J Wage of fnilt Inspected, graded, no classified, according to e.tabllsh "'Wlatlona which are fixed by the tlon ' the northwe,,l,,rn aocla- 'l ' considered that such an organ on win be a great benefit to the aruiers of the county a they can co tZl wllh ,n1 receive the aid of Pn.u C0ncern aa the North pacific Grower' awocUtlon. FIT GROWERS TO ORGANIZE SANDY PREPARES FOR 118 1 HANDY. Ore.. Nov. 2S -Thit (iiimiiil rlly nlwlldii will ,a Mil bum Decem ber I, when a mayor. rrird r, iron urnr and Hire couiicIIiim-ii am to be iieen ruea with thn rlly recorder, as uiiiuwa; ror mayor. I. p, MxIiiIk rorqor, i:. u, 1'urcell and (. w Hungers; ireu.urer, II. K. Ka..n; coun iiinen. r. II. (Jury, I,, K. Huff man. J. Hcnle. I'. T. Khelley and Mar un innan. juiIkkb for I ho eh: lion are: T. I), 1'hi.lp. J. U. Mur- ny. r,. r. lirunent; clerks, Caaptir Junker and V, K. lierkwlth. A liTlurn course will be given hi re inn winter under the aunplce of l hi' Women's rlub of Handy. Tht first en tertainment will be on Dccinilu r it, wnen Hie Wood orchestra trio will furr'.h a nmnlral entertainment, fin January H I). Krnest l(nulnll. a car r if-iunr ami inaia talker, I'rrai-m. Hpnclal Thanksgiving service wire I nnlil at the M K. church Huuiluy even '" before a Inrgn audience. The paalor, Itnv. K. M. Hinltli. conilu td ihe eirvlfa and airUI uiualc waa furnUliPd by the choir. Twin iMiye were Inirn to Mr. and Mra. MIIUm Htrm k on NWmbrr 20 GRAND 1Y HAS INITIAL REPORT RETUNRS SEVEN TRUE BILLS AND FOUR NOT FOUND TO CIRCUIT COURT NEARLY ALL OF THEM OLD CASES Have Paeaed Through Orlit in the Juatlce Court Harry Clark Held en Murder Charge Other Name Heven true bllla have been return ed by the Clarkamaa county arand Jury and four of thoae proat-nted were re ported "not true bllla" to the cir cuit court Saturday., Moat of the caae for the paat week have bwn thoae that have alrvady paaaed throuxb tbo Juatlt-e court trial. Ilarrr Clark waa Indicted on a rlmrun of the. murder of Indian Henry Yclkce, the I ant chief of the Molnlla trllio. The two were laat iio to aelhnr and the (rand Jury tbmiKht the evidence aufflclent upon wulch to bane the cbarae. H. Hoffman waa held for the alleged concealing and purchaaliiK of atolen hraaa that bad been taken from the plnnt of the Crown Columbia Paper company. Worn Ho I held on a chance of aaKault with Intent to kill Wonx YIiik, laborer on the Portland Kucene ft Kimtern at t'Bnby. Beptem ber II; Alonto llaaklna, performlnit acta that tend to contribute to the do- Illidiicnoy oi Hula AiaiTum jami-a McDonald and Itoy 1 jal kinlx. theft of brass from the plant of the Crown-Columbia company; Knric Polo, dnyllght burglary In the house of Marie C. Qol Insky at Ijikewood; James V. Iteece, threatening to kill Allene Keece. The grand Jury reported on the in dictments that had been found and returned to Ita work for another week. oi lean. FAMILY FIGHTS HEADS OF HOUSEMOLD COME IN- TO COURT TO ASK FOR GUARDIAN8HIP IS AN ECHO 0FFIRW00D TRAGEDY Paranta Bealn Quarrel Soon After New of Murder and 8uicld la Reported Property Valuea Small The posaesalon of the minor chil dren and the administration of the est.Ue of both parents has brought tbe head of the two houshold Into Ihe county court to ak that the ap pointment of W. L. McCabe as admin istrator of the property of Thomas Francis McCabe be aet aside: A short time ago. McCabe killed hi wife and committed ulclde at their home In the, Flrwood district near Canby. W. 1 Mcuaoe, m brother, wa upon the application of Thomas McCabe. the father, appoint ed administrator of the estate and guardian of the children. The parent of Mr. McCabe Imme diately came Into the county court with a petition asking that the order k. ..m. .nri that W. H. Kune. ber father, be appointed Instead. In tbe meantime .the brother of McCabe .in k.. ih children and will con tinue their guardian until urh time a the county oouri maae lion. The matter wa before Judge And erson most cf the day Tuesday and . .i . (siren on both aide of the case. According to the petitions that have been filed, McCabe ha an estate of $1500 and bis wife separate i. in tha value of $500. The main Issue In the action, however, ta the custody of the children. OVER CHILDREN SANDY PLANS BLUER ROADS LEVIES SPECIAL TAX AND PRO POSES TO BUILD A NEW HIGHWAY START WORK AntR JANUARY FIRST Thorouyhfar Civet Excellent View of Mt. Hood and Valley Port land Donate Sum to Aid City and Ita Club Aftt-r year of laulatluu and many many promlaca of railroads, Handy at laat In aaaurrd of a meuna of kitepltiK In touch with the outitldo world dur lim the winter montha. Tho Handy Commerrlal club, with Ihe aid of the I'ortlund Automobile club and a apeclal tax levy, will build a (raveled ihoroiiKhfare from Bandy to conned with the Multnomah coun ty line. That body baa ruined $1000 Hie I'ortlund anaoc!ntlon baa donated a like eurii, and (hla and nvxt year' road tax will he 10 mill. Actual work wlli be aturted on the flrat of January and It la thought Ihat by the fore part of June tho work ran be completed. The highway In Ita preaent route la called the "bluff road" and aklrta aloiiR Ihn edge of the bluff which border the Handy river. The view of Mt. Hood I conldered one of the beat from the gunjly valley. The IciiKih of the road will be about even mllea. The preacnt route to Portland 1 by Blase to llotitic and then over the rail of the P. It., I,. A p. company. To truck freight to the city, the wagona muHt go over aome of the poorest roada In the western part of the state. Most of the winter they are consid ered practically Impasalabln. In the pant year this city has been almoat isoluted from outside points. Only the most determined of traveler could make the tiresome and muddy trip over Ihe llorlng road. TRANSFER TITLES A transfer of title and franchises from the Molalla Power company and the Aurora Electric company to tbe Molnlla Klectric company Is on file In the offlre of County Recorder Ded man. The consideration Is one dollar. The transfer recites that all fran chise and property of the companies In tbe towns of Canby, Harlow, Hub bard, Aurora, Donald and the terri tory surrounding those cities is given to the electric company for the con slderation. Water rights on the river where the companies have filed patent, franchises through the towns, and all of the rights, titles, and in terest are given over to the other concern. The deeds are slgr.ed by J. D. Hurst, president of the Molalla Power com pany and of the Aurora Electric com pany to himself as president of the Molalla Llectric company. FIGURES IN BOOKLET The Oregon Immigration commis sion ha Just Issued It foreign book i.,i which niAV he seen at the public ity offflce of the commercial club. The set contain three volumes, one book of 61 pages, one of 9 ana an al bum of 194 pages and are printed in fhik Herman. Swedish and Norgeglan The album contains 18 photo of Clackama county, which Is ..... mnni cuts than 1 shown by any other county. This Is due to the de partment's having secured photos and uminir tn it that Clackama county bad It share of publicity. These hook will be sent out In sets to those who do not read the Engnsu language. WEST 5rICT CETS ITS TAX LEVY At a meeting of the voters In Ihe West Linn school district, held in k. en.ni achnni Frlilftv evening, the school tax was set at four and a half mills. There was a representative crowd present althougn tne numDer waa small. No Improvement of Importance Is r,ionA,l in thn two school buildings, .kik . in tha district. Minor changoe and alternations will be made In the Itolton building. At a meeting to be called next week, the matter of the steps up the r)l. kill anrl the wagon Which Will carry the children, who live at a dis tance to and from ecnooi, win oe ui cussed. CONDITIONS OF STATE HEALTHY IS REPORT cii ru Dm Nov. 20. That finan cial condl'llone In Oregon are healthy Is reflected In a report or tne conai- .ir,. nf ihn hunklnc institutions at k. .in nt himlnesi October 21. as announced by Will T. Wright, state bank snperinendent, tooay. air. Wright says the statement la one of the most gratifying ever made In the history of the department It will be the laat one this year, and virtually Is a report of the conditions for the year. ARGUES FOR STATE PROHIBITION IN 1914 Those who beard Captaiu Charles Htanloy, the "converted coincllun and rapid fire orator," were dullghtod. Captain Stanley goes like regular cyclone weplng everything before hlrn that I contrary to decency and good government. He spoke at the rate or about 300 words per minute. He la unlike anyone else who ever came to Oregon City; having heen twenty year upon the stage as a com edian and actor he Is anything but dry, keeping all laughing with his wit funny stories and songs, which he set out In hi unsuitable way He sang hi own songs, two of which were entitled "You Must Unload," and "Dear Old Oregon." There was not a dull moment. He mado It clear that the people of Ore gon City must now get In and help vote Oregon dry In 1914 and also get tonftlher and elect a Prohibition ad ministration to ellefctlvely enforce the law. Secretary Taylor spoke briefly, explaining the "Out to Win" move ment, and told how enough voters bid already been enrolled in Yamhill and Kenton countlea to elect a Prohibition ticket. This meeting wa the opening f a vlgorou campaign to be conducted in Clackamas county by S. McDonald, who ha been delegated .by the, state and county committees for thin pur pose. ' TO QUIT EFFORTS CARVER GETS TIRED OF ALL THE KICKS THAT ARE MADE TO CITY FATHER8 HE INTENDS NO INJURY TO VALUES Thinks tha Town Needs New Line and Promises to Build Such Im provements Will Make Street Much Better Unless the property owners along Water street realize the value of a competing line Into the city and with draw their objections to the construc tion of such a lUte, Stephen Carver may quit At the council meeting Monday night, the franchises of the Clackamas Southern and the Carver line were un der consideration, section by section. The property owners were there in force objecting to the construction of the line on the ground that It would Injure their values along that street Finally, matter came to such a point that Mr. Carver arose In the meeting and declared that he would no longer press his application for the franchise along the street unless the owners quit making the fight that they had made upon him. ' Not Intended to Injure. "When I applied for this franchise, I did not believe that the presence of a competitlng line in this territory would so badly injure the city as the property owner would now lead me to believe. I thought that the Improve ment of the street according to our plans, the erection of an expensive steel bridge and such other improve ments as would be necessary for our road would be of benefit to a growing city. I believed then, as I do now, that there Is a big future ahead of this city If the people but take a hold on the opportunities for development that are brought to them. "I do not care to Impose upon ehe people. If this city council and the property owners believe that the con struction of such a road wcj'.d ta an Imposition and that It will hurt the town. I shall at once withdraw my application and Bb.aH no longer make the fight for tho franchise. If such is the caae, I am sorry that I have fooled away so much valuable time when there are other cities that have been asking for the road. Logan Wants It "Logan, for instance, wants us to take It Into consideration. We want .nm a tn flrnpnn Pltv hut nmnose to do nothing that will Injure the city nor Its people. Anotner point nas kun valaorl nvpr thn nnnfllhllltv nf our selling the franchise after we have secured them from tne various city AA..n.lla TTniter tha tnrm nf nur Portland franchise. It would be Impos sible for us to sen to a competing line. u onnnt sell to the Southern Pa cific nor to the Portland Railway, Light & rower coy Tha members of the cltv council and some of the protesting property own er at once objected to the charge that they were against the entrance of the nar mnrl Into tha cltv. Thev wanted the council to provide proper guaran tee to tne people ana me tvaier i.i ni-niurtv nvnAn rln not like the idea of the road passing In front of their homes. I ney nope mat me line can come Into the city by some other route. BLOODY SKIRT FOUND AURORA, 111.. Not. 21. Workmen unloading lumber for the John n Ck PaAlnM ftt & llf-AM In. J)rUWH DBIU rnviwii v. ..... . day discovered a girl' blood-stained underskirt, a school reader and an empty revolver. The articles were found In one end of tbe car. Bood wa spattered about and there was ev ery appearance of a struggle. The police believe that murder has been disclosed. Tbe fly leaf of the book, which waa a Hub German lm Iuim tha nam nf filial A Helha Day, Springfield, Ore., and below It the name or ut. tL. a. uay, tonum u-ah Mnnrht to be the girl's father. The girl's age was apparently 11 years. THREATENS WETS GET MORE Til-IE TO FILE COURT ALLOWS THEM TEN DAYS TO PREPARE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT ORIGINAL WAS OFFERED TOO LATE Attorney Will Now Ask Judge to Set Add Formal Order on Elec tion Result and a Hear ing Will bt Sat The wet forces were given 10 days In which to amend their complaint filed against the county judge, H. 8. Anderson. Judge J. U. Campbell In the circuit court granted the exten slon of time to allow the wets to change their complaint and file a dif ferent request before tbe matter Is beard. Tbe original complaint asked the circuit court to restrain the county judge from entering an order declar ing the results of the election In Ore gon City and prohibiting the sale of liquor here after January 1. It was filed, just 45 .minutes after the court had issuer the order. In the effort to get action on the complaint, tbe wets will have to amend it and ask the court to set aside the order that had been filed until after a hearing can be had on the matter and the legal status of the case determined. The same questions arelnvolved in the suit as are to be determined by tbe courts in other districts where tbe towns have voted on the question of prohibition. Tbe wets allege that the authorities did not have tbe right to submit the question at all because of the fact that It was not held at any general municipal election. The Issues will be determined by tbe circuit Judge some time after the amended complaint la filed. J. E. Calavan, county superintend ent of schools, has called a general local Institute of all of the teachers in the county schools for November 29. The meeting will be held In the high school building where some of the leaders In education in the state will address the conference. The state su perintendent will probably be present as will also M. S. Spitman of the nor mal school at Monmouth, Frank Rig ler, for 20 years city superintendent of the Portland schools, and Miss Agnes Jones, representative of the Palmer writing system. As there will be no annual institute this year, the superintendent takes this method of getting h! teachers to gether for the conference to talk over matters of Interest in educational circles. r INJURIES SMALL BOY Lew Foreward, 12 years of age, Is in the Oregon City hospital with a bullet In his face, discharged by a 22-callbre rifle somewhere in the neighborhood of his home In Ladd's addition to the city. Sheriff E. T. Mass conducted an In- veatigatlon Saturday afternoon to de termine the direction from 'which the shot was fired. The boy was playing cards with his brother and was sitting on the bed in their home. He heard a shot fired. The glass was broken and he was thrown to the bed bleed ing from the wound. Drs. H. S. and Guy Mount attended the case. They do not believe tnat the wound will prove serious although It may give the boy trouble for sev eral days. The boy's mother, Mrs. T. W. Foreward died a few days ago. ss AT E. E. Brodie, editor of the Morn lng Enterprise, and M. J. Brown, edtt-i or ef The Courier, attended the meet ing of the Willamette Valley Editor ial association' Saturday, where both addressed the convention on matters of current Interest Tha aasnrlatinn was entertained by the people of Albany. After a lunch eon at the Hotel St. Francis, the or sanlzatlon discussed the question of debits and credits in a small daily. the relation of the job department to the newspaper, and other matters. A banquet was neia ax me noiei nam- meL Racaiiaa of 'the absence of the Dre- t Mr. Rrnwn waa elected chair man. W. H. Hornlbrook, of the Albany Democrat, wa chosen presiaem oi the association; K. E. uroaie, oi me Mnrnlne- Rnternrise. vice President: Elbert Bede, Cottage Grove Sentinel, secretary-treasurer.' ALLEN-TTJRFUS Miss Anna L. Al len and Charles Everet Turfus, of Es tacada, were granted a license to marry by the county clerk Monday. CLUB; ELECT OFFICERS CANBY, Ore., Nov. 25. (Special) Canby Iluslness Men's club held Its first election the fore part of the week and choose Its first officers. They are as follows: H. P. Bennett, president; A. II. Knight, vice-president; J. R. Newton, secretary; E. A. Priest, treas urer; and W. II. Blair, John Eld and C. A. Bradford, who with the officer, will act a tbe board of director. Room have been secured In the I. O. O. F. building and tbey will be fitted up In keeping with the purpose for which they will be used. Thirty charter members have been secured and 20 more have promised to join so as to bring the total membership up to 50 men. The annual meeting of the new or ganization will be held on the second Monday In January while get-to-gether meetings and banquets will be regular monthly affairs. The ladles of the town will organize a civic club wblcb will co-operate with the Business Men's club to aid In building up the city. CITY IS ANXIOUS BELIEVES COUNTY HAS HELD MORE THAN PROPER SHARE OF TAX LEVY THEY CITE ACTION OF GLADSTONE Call Attention to Decree of Court on Case Presented to Circuit Judge Where 8ame la cue Were Involved Oregon City ha been deprived of 20 per cent of Its road money that has not been turned over by the county into the city treasury. This statement was made at a meet ing of the Live Wires Tuesday when attention, was called to the fact that the county is allowed, under the law, but 40 per cent ox the road money levied within the city limits and that it has taken the 60 per cent and turn ed over the smaller end of the fund to the city. The organization also wants the city council to ask the county court to account for the expenditure of the 40 per cent that has been used in the road work and wants the charter amended or the laws changed In such a way that will enable the city to get the full benefit of the road money thai is raised within its corporate bound aries. The Live Wires believe that the county has unlawfully retained the 20 per cent and think that the city coun cil should take Borne action to recov er the amount. They point to the ac tion of the city of Gladstone against the county in which the circuit court decided against the county officials and Instructed them to return Into the treasury of the municipality the 60 per cent to which it was entitled of the road fund. TO T FOR A REVIEW MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT TO RE MOVE MEMBERS Or THE WATER BOARD COUNCIL FINDS ANOTHER "CAUSE" Thinks it Has Grounds For Asking Re consideration of Case in Which It Lost Contention With Officers That the board of water commis sioners failed to properly discharge the duties imposed upon them by the city charter and that they have con sistently refused to furnish water for municipal purposes will be the ground upon which William Stone, as city at torney, will make another attempt to oust the members from office. He was instructed to make an ef fort to get the circuit court to review the case and consider the argument that he is now prepared to present He contends that the falure of the board and Its refusal to provide water for municipal purposes is a "cause" big enough to justify the council In re moving its members for dlsobeldlence to orders but Insists that the cause Is there upon which he thinks the court will grant him a review of the case and finally determine to discharge the board. " Under the charter, the board of wa ter commissioners supplies water to the city and Ita Inhabitants and the council's attorney believes "the city" in this instance means the whole peo ple acting throngh the council. He says that the definition of the word "cause" as found 'In the constitution of the state refers only to the state of ficials and does not apply to the cities that have been since created by special acts of the state legislature. FOR ROAD MONEY ASK R VAST AMOUNT IS READY FOR HILL FLAX PROMOTERS ANNOUNCE THREE-FOURTHS OF STOCK IS NOW SOLD ' CITY TO RAISE 50,000 Portland and California Interest Place Money In New 8chem and Leave Rett for In vestors of City One hundred and fifty thousand dollars has been raised already for the construction of a linen mill In Oregon City. This announcement mas mude at a meeting of the Live Wires in the rooms of the commercial club Tues day. The promoters of the plan have been at work for the past few weeks and have pledged three-quarters of the stock that they propose to place on tbe market before the construction of the mill begins. Want to Sell Stock. They now hope to get from Oregon City $50,000 in stock. Of this amount, a large share will probably be sub scribed by the farmers In tbe country around and many of them will devote several acres of their land in the ex periment with the flax. If the city and county together can raise the $50, 000 that is new needed, capitalists in California and In Portland will pro duce the rest of the money and the work on the new plant can begm shortly afterwards. The representatives are not asking the city for a bonus and have simply come to the Live Wires with a prop osition to get a certain definite amount of stock. Eugene Bosse, for several years connected with the mill at Salem la interested in this new proposition and belelves that the farmers of the county and of the val ley generally can make more by the production of the flax than by rais ing any other crop of the kind. May Need 20,000 Acres, It Is estimated that the mill wUl need at least 1500 to 20,000 acres of flax in order to keep its wheels turn ing all of tbe time and that a large share of the crops of the valley will Include flax within a few years. The promoters plan to manufacture twine- and heavy cords as a beginner In the Industry and that they will not undertake any of the finer work until after the farmers have become accus tomed to the new product Accord ing to the figures In the hands of Mr. Bosse, the profit on each acre would be from $55 to $150, better than the average grain crop will realize. Some of the farmers have feared the production of flax on the ground that It would injure the land. Tbe ex pert s declare, however, that, rotated with other crops. It helps the land and Increases its fertility as well as bring In revenues at the same time. , THREE FANS GO TO ORIENT CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov. 21. Af ter folowlng the world touring White Sox and Giants from Centralis to Van couver without being able to see them play, Frank Martin of Centralia; H. W. McPhail, of Raymond, and George Cartier, of South Bend, took passage for the Orient on the same boat us the ball teams. The Washington fans declared they were determined to see the two big teams play before they returned home DOUBLE TRACK CAUSES STRIFE OBJECTIONS VOLLEYED ON CITY FATHERS OVER TWO LINES OF RAILROAD CROSS TALKS FOR MORE! BUSINESS Argues that City Ought to be Proud of Number of Roads It has and Size of Traffic Running on Its Streets After the wrangling In the city council chambers Monday night, it was practically decided to allow the two railroads that have applied for franchises the right to double track the portion of Water street over which they propose to run and to build such other turn outs and passing tracks as may be needed. The argument over the double track ing of the street took up, a large share of the council session. Some of tbe members and various property hold ers objected to this beacuse of the heavy traffic that would pass through the street and cause a loss in value to adjoining property. Harvey E. Cross, attorney for Car ver, declared that he believed It would be a good thing for the city If the bus iness Justified the double tracks and thought that the company should be allowed to use all of the trackage that It might need in bringing into the city such business as came over Its lines. The q'ieston of the number of poles with double brackets extending over both tracks and that this line could be placed In the center of the street. The council' Idea wa to eliminate all unnecessary poles and to confine the number to a single line placed at dis tances of 100 feet, is possible. ' Those present at the council meet ing wer. Mayor Jones, Councilman Tooie. Horton, Beard, Long, and Metz ner; absent Hall, Albright Myers.