(SON QTY: ENIEKPBaSE rnnn : ty for the busy farmer. ..ZrlU I. th T.1 ei.ckama Coi County NrT.h. n.w. of thi. IIVCNTH YEAR No. 60. OUEUON CITY, OUKfJON, fallDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913. ESTABLISHED 1866 Nemesis Doggedly Follows Peddlers Seventeen Miles ANOTHER Fake Lottery Is Palled Off At Local Theater Corpse Rises From HERS Fl Slab And Offers To Fight Crowd ENTERS VALLtY IS HEW FLAX MILL on ROAD COUNTY BUDGET JURY ACQUITS OSWEGO RIOTERS R SUBMITTED t0MPANV APPt iRANCHIBB wui tw TERBITOHY U USE GASOLINE LOCOMOTIVES .r, B.H.v. Rich Tract Cn Kit bt nthi by nyn ,( Car Now laton.lvely Used In Eit Si-dy, 10 r,""",'u d 4 ibo ouiald world b " ,, ataof n"M "r ''ortlwrnJ bualnita ,r carried out, A putlllun, aak h (of a frnrlii roimlrui t rail Zltnm tlorlitM lo Bandy. w ZIm b.-f.r tha county court hTiUr " ,HM,y '" n,"'u,""' j,4kIIii ', r'rliUy. Work SUM! In Spring. r-rly In lb spring work will be .and and by Hi" tnlildlo f l' mm tb line m completed, if tlit .fomotrri' nehc.luli. of work la fob Ltfi. When atarted the work will tertuhnl mill the of completloj J ii rly a polbl In the sum-n-rtirillim lo tho )! tiaa of the to'trra fr tlm company. To tltrml III" I III ' ' Hi Hood c"M I " P"!.'" "' MlaVr aa '.n lh firat division iu oa a pnyiiiK ll- Thi would toiDKt rofilniid !' " mountain ml nu II pimalM to no from Hint til lo Hi t'lnrkamaa comity peak In hoi i Ii hour. Tha l!n will probably b run by putlna ami IM bo una of Ibo flral auwrnrrcnrrliiK road on tbo emit foprllnt I" ' way. II la poaallilo lo dMiId gaanllns locomotive which bit ivrrl hundrfd hori-Miwi-r and atUfh ir capable of reaching a P"tl ,( M mil' or more. Tbla plan la 14 Id many pinn a In tbo Kant bill ilocf tint Pacific coaal tha ld la w. It la planned to equip tbo lino iltg modern rolling slot k. Tap Vallay. Tt mad will reach tba center of to rich Sandy rlvnr valley and tup m of lln- beat luml III Ilia county. U... II., rh.it mill Mntlll til II laV uf M UnJ It li vi-l and tlu ro ant many turn umlcr rultlvatlon. Wttblti a ft-w mllra of Bnndy tht-ro m ili aaw mllla and throuith tbo Tftl Irj thfni artt many mora. In Ibo win irr tbrM mllla aro forced to cloae fcn bH'itui tint condition of the nt.it pri'vruia baulliiK to llorliiK. tlic Mrtil rail road atatlon. Hblpuit'iita ol lira and cord wood, two of thf prlclal priidut-ta of lha valley, are (nciu-ally atuppi'd diirlnx tba rainy iruon and mailt) npi-nitlvo any time k lha year bi-t-auao of thn fnrt that it ullry la iNolntvd from rallroada. la Third Llna. Tbla Ii thn third lln that baa been propnii-d Into tlmt part of tbo country, lha two priTi-i'cllm onrt bclnx the Hi. Hood Hallway cotnpntiy, whlca w afttrwnrda purrhaat'd by lha Tort kail lUilway, l.lxht & Tower coin My; atrt ;he Multnomnb Oiitnil railway. Tlio Ml. Hood people were iht flrat In undertake tha work and anrvpya tliroiiKh'and paat Handy but befnrti ai-tunl ronalrurtlon waa Urtt-d. the Una waa piirrhniMd and that work ainpped. The Multnomah OMral waa tlnn nrRanlxed with the purpoiia of bulldltiR from Coltrell, uirouRh Kiindy and Cherryvllle, to om point at the foot of Mt. Hood. Want No Bonut. Th Saniiy Commrrcliil club atood beblrttl Hi In bcIiciih and ralat-d a bo..UM of Huoo .aeeured a rlRht-tif way. and prwnted die nmd wltb a dupoa-t tul line in nevt-r atarted, althonnh, till Mid Hut mi'iim abovela ui.d liit'il ra ifnl iu cottrell at one tltno. The prnniolera of the preacnt lino it that ih..y win k for no tionua M that -av it la a frnnrhlHo. Conatruc U"0 will be ntnrti'd aa aoon aa poaal-kl- Tho nu n licblnd the project own eonaldi-nittl.. Innd to the eaHt of 8nndy ""I thla tract will probably be one 'he Knala of the road. IS 10 E. iliililrt-n una Iwiinwl nvnr lo uji iw notion or tho county rt"1 fry by John N. Helm. Jimtlco uf the P'ac. 'Ii'ldrcn la rimmed with ni.mi)tln Jl;oot Iih brotlipr, K. H. Ilolun n, as i-itter Rlond In his homo at Pern ""H"- The lirnllinri hn.l lie. n to- In Diilmh, Minn., mil had not 1 7" ,"n,,r fr nioro tlmn a "wr. ''nus or K. II. Holdren decline ihoy had '''ii a utrnime man nround tne . i" M.IIKI7 IIIHII IIIUUll'l na then. foi-aKvrrn rttyB bctore " ' red tho nhiit IhroiiKh the window nla liniiher. ly a utiiinKo frrnk of chun.'c. Krcd mailetln. a Pi.rll.....! .1... h...vi.n. ,j - ."..mim uuit:illli iim''. o ho on tho car aa It puasoJ the nous just when the iliot ai fired. ioppr,i tho train, mnde llio arrest. "nd turned IiIh num nr to f'liU.f of lui j '.Vr' y t,r,)H. of OlndHtono, who "u nun n Ihn pnmitv lull J TT0RNEY CLEARS MAN OF CHARGE OF MURDER ttfl? V- 1'rownell returned Satur tlM-f ,r""i McMinnviiio aner tk ., 10 ,1,'f',ndimt In the cnae or rharl . "K"i,1Kt Hutrlilna on the 1-h murder In the first desree. In r(llll,n "flf defense waa made Idj. i r,"'- The Indictment charged Am.,,".","'"! k"''l Waller Roijera on "o tin Bh"itlnK another man "" at the anie flfht. Afler trailing- on foot thrra men from Ort-Ki.ii City to New Kra, tliroiiKb tho country lo tbo en at of New Kra, and then hm () thla i lly, a tot u I iIuihik u of 17 mll'-a, Deputy Hlntriff II. W. Hirt bl( arrealed Iheiii Huhirduy on a rhbrxii of ai-llliia; within the city llmlta wllhoill a llceliao, Karly In thn arterntMtii HtrelhU learned that three men were aellln; tiaina In the northern part or the city and that aevutal purcbaaera complain ed that lha incut waa under clht. Thn dt-puly aherltr act out at once on their trail, followliiK them the roll 17 inllea on foot and comtiletluK a circuit that led through aevvral lowna and vllluitea. tin bla return to un tun City Hirel hla" aiH-urt'd an automohlln and cbiikIiI the trio In-twei-n here and (ilndHtnne They were lirotiKbt btfire William Htouo and flnt-d flS. Tho lender tr thn pnrlr waa named I'. Hulllvnn. The liamea of the othera are unknown. CARVER DRAWS L FIGURES SHOWING PRICE PAID FOR CORVALLIS LINE MADE PUBLIC FACTS ARE BROUGHT OUT IN TRIAL Paptr la Introducad During Progreaa of Suit and Original Tranafer la Shown Part Cornea In caah, Reat In Note COIIVAI.I.IH. Ore.. Dec. 6 Stephen Carver kI f I'lO.nou from the I'ortluud, KiiKfiie & Kaetern for tho 31 nillea of track of tho Corvallla & Alaea River Railway, and the real eatalo and frau- chlao boldliiK of tho company. Thounh thla dc.il between A. U Welch, rcpreaentliiR the Portland, KiiKeno & Kaatern. and Mr. Carver waa made April 17, 1111, tho nact flKurca have nut been made public before. ArrordliiK to the orlxlnal document l..i..l, ,,.,! Ii. a I rln I before the Hen- ton county court laat week. In which ii, c.rv.ilia l.nnitier romnauv wai awarded I18.0UU damaRea aKalnat Stephen Carver for failure to uuiiu an oleflalon Into certain timber, tbo pur clmae flKurea were made known. Mr. Carver received t.'&.OOO cnah, four note of $25,000 each, due at tho flrat of tha each year until 1I6. and In January of that year he la to bo paid a caah payment of $2S5.ooo. A 150.000 niortnaKO wa aaaumed. The paper In the deal authorised a mort riiro of not leaa than $800,000 nor ... .. 1 1 urn mm and 125.000 for each additional mllo of track laid. The Corvallla Alaea road, now operuu u .i.. n.,i.i viiiri-tin A Kaatern, Uj tun i vi ... -' . extended to Monaon. and Into tho tim ber country near liclirountain anu pine. Extenalona are tulkliiK the new line very cloae to the Alaea coun- iry. T TWO CONCRETE STRUCTURES WILL BE BUILT ON MAIN STREET SOON WOOLEN MILLS HAVE LEASED ONE Modern In Every Detail and Fireproof In Conatructlon Will Bo Part of Requlremonta for Warehouse Two new concrete biillillnK are be r planned for OreRon City by JnniM Tracy which will be built durliiK the aprli.R and summer month-. Hun. aro now beliiR arranged. One bulldliiR will occupy a space ,o by 100 feet and probably l)ellltnree "tor lea IHrIi with a basement although I basnet bwn doflnltelr flecW The lower floor will be used for .tore purposes and the upper lories f. r either a hotel or rooming house. This strncturo will be .it.mted on Main street between Fourth and Flf h. Tho other building will bo bull ton ,he railroad track between fourth nd Fifth streets. Concrete w 11 be ,"sed throUBhout and every effo. t will be made lo make It f re proof. track will prohnhly be "' 'r0 " h; main line ' "e Southern I wit track a. this buildng will be used as ;,rTr"cy ha. already rented the warehouse to the Oregon City Woo en X.ndpnrtofthenew..bund. g ha. been O""! '0 The building on Main ,,re' , ' bav. what I. conblcrcd by reale e. men as a prominent ' ! b't', ness section, being across from im Flec.rlc hotel and near the office, of !t woolen and Hawley paper .com- "The erection of tho two new build ing, will complete almost a qua rter of a bl.n k of new sT.cture, on tl e wr ,,er of Main and Fourth streets . I -J - Mr. Tracy within a space of six months. DI HAU BUILDING RUSH 01 COURT MAKES ESTIMATES OF ALL COSTS OP GOVERN MENT FOR YEAR BIG FUND rOR ROADS AND SCHOOLS Receipt In Fee Aro Taken Into Ac count When Apportionment Are Made Error In Flret Figure The county court haa fixed Ita an nuul budRfl. A public hi-arliiR on tho llcma Involved Iu tho italeinent will be Riven Decembi-r 24 at 10 o'clock In the court bullae. In the atntement, tho court estl-matt-a the etpenaea of the year at IIU.M0 for county purposes and $170, 000 for atuto purpoae. Tho estimate for the redemption of outstanding road warrant, and accrued Intereat is $125.1.00. Tho receipts from the coun ty offlcea aro estimated for the year at $l4,ri50. Of theae eatlmated expense, the court allow $1500 lo the county Judiso, $4,575 to the sheriff, $4,320 to the county clerk, $4,220 to the county re corder, $:i.7xrj to the county treasurer, $:l,9:!0 (or tho school superintendent, county kHHcssor $iioo0, county attor ney fur office expt-nn- $50, coroner $1,100, surveyor $J.ooo, veterinarian $ioo, n-alcr or welKhta and measure ll.ooo. board of health $1,300, tax re bate $.!no, court house expenses $3,500, Jit 11 $I,h00, county poor $,000, wid ow's pension. $1,200, elections $9,500, clrtult court $7,000, Justice of the peace $2.51.0, printing and other ex peiisca, $11,000. Iu addition, the county plana to spend $2:!5.7iiO on the roada through tho dlHtrlcta beside the special levies that have been made for highway work. The school aro to receive $'.12,000 In addition (o tho amounts that huve been voted by a large num ber of the district through the county. Tho estimate for stnie expenses will not bo aa great as had been anticipat ed and Included in the budget. The notice sent to the ofrice of the county assessor called tor $170,000 while the county will have to raise somewhat more than $154,000 for state purpose. The flrat eatlmnte was due to an error In the office of the tax commission. WAGES FOR WOMEN iniiTt.An. Ore.. Dec. 9. Women In the state of Oregon employed In In dustrial pursuit shall not be paid lesa than $8.25 a week; they shall not be employed more than 64 hour, a ih. Biinrnntlra nerlod .hall not be more than one year; the minimum wage for women apprenncea iu iim iH.irio. aimii im lii a week, and w men in mercantile, laundry and man ufacturing pursuit snail not oe em ployed in these Industrie after 8:30 p. m. Such are the provisions of a ruling hv tha industrial Welfare com mission laat following a public hearing on the report of the state - i.i.. nnforence on wage, hour 8110 condition, of labor for women work er. FIRE CHIEF SAVES WORKMAN'S LIFE G'RABS ROPE IN TIME TO CHECK FALL OF WORKER ON CLUB HOME DROPS TWENTY SIX FEET TO WALK Deep Gaahe and Broken Bone Add to Internal Injurie that May Prove to be More or Lei Serious Later Ceorgo Anderson, a bricklayer at work on tho new Commercial club building, wa. knocked to the pave ment by a fnlllng derrick and received several serious injuries. Only the presence of mind of Michael Ixng. rire chief, saved the man rrom death as he fell fully 26 feet to tho cement sidewalk. As he came dowu. the derrick dropped with him and fell t... . -i.-.n rtuinnce away, narrowly missing the head of the fire chief as he made strenuous efforts to break the full. While Anderson was pulling P a pall or mortnr that I.ong wa.'. ending to tho top of the building, the der rick came loose from its f",en'n and dropped toward him The blow suri.rieed him and he waa knocked ofi of the top of the building, hitting one corner of It as bo came down. In falling, however, he grabbed the rope. Long saw him loose his balance and grabbed the cable at the same time, checking the man's fall ami probably being 7'Tn t for the fact he was not killed when be hit the pavement. An examination by Dr. Our Mount revealed deep gashes over the right eve a broken rlcht wrist, and prob ai.ly internal injuries that may prove more or lea. a-rioua. lie was taKen to the Oregon City hospital. I'atron of the Hell Theater Satur day night were treated to all tbo thrill of a baby lottery. In which a real live human girl baby, 11 mouths old, wa. awarded to a woman In the audience who wa. declared the bold er or the lucky number. The drawing and the publicity pre ceding It amused great Interest in tbo city and rivalry for the youngster was keen. Sunday, however. Manager Fields, of the theater, admitted that the drawing wa. faked and that tho baby had been returned to It. owu mother. Just before the lottery wa. held It was announced that tho baby wa the child of a woman residing In Portland whoae husband had deserted ber and left her destitute with three small children. It wa .aid that the mother also waa willing to give ber other children away. ' Tbo "winner" of the baby at the drawing was announced as Mrs. Loui. Welrer, 40!) Iloyt street, Portland. Many person, who were anxious to obtain the baby, bought tickets to tho theater, giving them to their friend with the understanding that the baby should be turned over to the buyer of the ticket calling for the baby. One man In the audience held 11 tickets which be bad purchased in hope of winning tho baby. The theater could not bold all the persona who attempt ed to enter. UNITE FORCES FOR HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL CLUB 8TARTS BIG CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE THE ROAD CONDITIONS THREE COHS DID UNDERTAKING Organization Get Into Battle for Re pair Work In Anticipation of Visits from Thousand of Tourist Thn Drocnn Pitv Commercial club baa made plan for a concerted effort looking to the Improvement or tne Pa cific Highway through Multnomah. Clackamas and Marion counties, and nntiepo. nt a meeilne of those interest ed wa Issued Saturday afternoon and the following committee appolntea to make the necessary detailed arrango-mnta- II. T. Mclialn. M. D. Latour- ette, M. J. rirown, E. E. Hrodle and T W. Sullivan. The meeting will be held in the mntna nr the Commercial club next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and rep resentatives of every town on the east side of the Willamette river from Portland to Salem w ill be given an In vitation to attend. Court to Help. Tha nnuniv court of Clackamas county has agreed to cooperate with the object ol securing tne eariy im provement of the road marked by Pa m ttichwav stuns through Clack amas county. Member, of the county court of Marlon and Multnoman coun- tlca will be requested to send repre sentatives to the coming meeting. While the counties through which the Pacific Highway passes will natu rally be expected to bear a share ot the expense of Improving the road running south from Portland, it J. possible that aid will be asked from the State Highway commission, whlcn win have next vear at its disposal about $238,000, derived from a state tax of one-qtiarter mill autnonzea ny the last legislature. Because of the valuation In Multnomah and Clack amas counties is large, it appear that these two counties will pay about 41 per cent of the total amount that is to be raised by general taxation to be placed with the State Highway com mission for disbursement. Prepare for Tourlt. Road enthusiast, of Clackamas county reallie fully the Importance or having the Pacific Highway placed w first class condition in anticipation of the enormous tourist travel that will come through Oregon in 1915, during the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The action taken Saturday is due partially . ih. ronnrt that residents of terri tory west of the Willamette are plan ning to bring about a change In the ,,o nr th hiehwav. This change, If made, would take the towns on the east side of the river on tne map, so far as the highway Is concerned. It i. ....itoi-otnnd that the dlrtance be- ...... vrii-,n,l and Salem can be shortened about five miles with no great expense. i NEWPORT MAYOR IS OREGON CITY HAN John V. Kelly who wa elected may or of Newport on December 1. wa ed ucated in the schools of Oregon City, where he was born June 7. 1S63. As a youngster he worked In the office of the Oregon City Enterprise. From there he went on the Oregon in 1877, and served his apprenticeship, work ing there off and on for 20 year. He was foreman of the Catholic Sentinel In 1SS4. In 1S93 he was foreman of the Salem Statesman and sorTed there for three years. He was with tbe Portland Fish Company from 1907 to 1911 a. fish buyer on the Columbia river and coast bays. From Portland he moved to a farm 10 mile south o.' Albanv. Selling the farm he moved to Newport October 10. 1912, and boui'M the Irv!n bouse, which is now the Hotel Kelly at Nye Beach. TEN MEN GO SCOT FREE WHEN REPORT IS MADE INTO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITNESSES C1Y ILLES ALL BLAME Declare Every Effort Wa Mad Keep Him Out of Crowd But that He Insisted Upon Seeing' the; Fun to The Oswego rioter, are acquitted. In the circuit court of the county Friday afternoon, the trial Jury tha. heard the case of the 10 men Indicted for a riot at Oswego returned a ver dict of not guilty. All of the defeuu ants were present with tbe exception of Illackle Hie who Is In Texa. await ing hi. appeal In the criminal court of appeal. In that state. Meant To Pow-Wow. TbrouKh the course of the trial, the defendant, had claimed that they orig inally Intended simply to persuade the men then at work for the Home Tele phone company at Oswego that they should leave the job in justice to the union men who were out of work. They planned to have a quiet argu ment about the maUers at issue and to talk tbe men out of their Jobs, if possible. They claimed that lilt, wan responsible for all of the trouble and that he instigated tbe disturbance that followed there and did the first act of violence there committed. They blame the whole trouble onto the act. that Illes committed at that time and said that he wa responsible for all of the disturbance, that followed. They claimed that be threw the instruments at the other men and that he kicked one of them while the regular crowd was peacabiy talking with the other j. Tried to Drop Him They also alleged that they bad made every effort to prevent hi. Join ing the crowd even before they leit the depot in Portland but that he in sisted upon getting on the same car with them. They said that he wa. In an intoxicated condition when he left Portland and that he stirred up an argument with a man on the car be fore they bad hardly more than reach ed the city limits. Throughout the case, the blame for the disturbance, at Oswego was laid upon tbe shoulder, of Illes. It is pos sible that Sheriff Mass will have to leave for Texas in a short time to fin ish the case that waa started when h was there before. Upon a technical ity, the case is carried into tbe high est criminal court of tbe state. Defendant. The following are defendant. In the case: Ernest urouiar, J. i. uour, Clyde Oakley, B. Westcott, E. Miles, C. E. Tradup, C. E. Swallow, J. Olson, Fred Ream, George Egner. Following U the trial Juor In the case: a. f. Davis, loremau, rreu Uns, A. McConnell, M. E. Dunn. H. T. Melvln, V. Bohlander, John Burgoyne, H. M. Robbins, Gust Englebrecht, E. F. Veteto, Fred Mattls, M. Crissell. V. A. Dimick was counsel for tho defendants while Gibert L. Hedges, county attorney and J. E. Hedge, were attorney, for the state. The Toledo Sentlnal man turn, up hi. editorial nose at tbe Corvalll. hen ihat laid 303 eggs a year. This un kind man .ays: "The editor of this paper has an old iron gray hen that frequently goes 303 days without lay ing an egg of any kind. We have never noticed that she ever misses a meal, however." T CIRCUIT JUDGE AND JUSTICE ARE BUSY WITH CRIMINAL CASES BEFORE THEM ITALIAN HELD IN JAIL FOR DEBT Rigid Law Keep. Him From Going to the Sunny Isle of Italy and Throw. Him in Prison of the County Nick Hondruras. an Italian who worked In the Willamette Pulp & Pa ner company mill. wa. arrested Sat urday by Constable Jack Frost on com plaint that he waa an absconding debt or. It is said that he had received $2000 for injuries in the mill, that he sent tbe money to hi. home In Italy and had bought a ticket for that plac? while he still had bills outstanding In default of bail, he was given into the custody of the sheriff. J. Reece. charged with assault, up on Allcen Reece, was given a fine of 150 In tbe circuit court, one year In the county Jail, sentence .uspended and 30 day. in which to pay the fine. Alonzo Haskins, committing acts tending to contribute to a minor", de linquency, pleaded not guilty, " JauU- ed $500 ball, and wa. given itiio the care of the sheriff. Erlco Polo, daylight burglary at Lakewood, demurrer to indictmeut overruled, and will plead during the week. COURTS GRIND HROUGHOUT DAY To have a "dead" man Jump up off the slab In hi. undertaking estabilau meut and offer to right any man in the place, wa the unique experience or K. j. Ilolman Saturday. About three o'clock p. m. tbe undertaker re ceived a call that there wa a "dead" man at the Elkhorn (table and ilol man lent a wagon to secure the body. Tbe wagon returned and tbe corpse was placed on the slab. Ilolman wa suspicious for he bad noticed a peculiar, movement of tbu muscle which i not only an tinusuul but also (trange thing for a really "dead" man to do, to be sneaked around to the pedal extermlties or the body and hit the reel or the "corpse" with a hammer. The "dead" man re sented auch action and jumped up with surprising quickness. It appears alter an investigation, that a group of friends of the un dertaker bad bribed a stranger In tbe town to play "corpse" for the occasion. LIQUOR I'lttl TO MAKE TROUBLE BEATEN IN OREGON CITY, THEY TRY TO DEFEAT CHARTER OF WEST LINN ARE WORKING OVERTIME AGAINST IT 1 Both Side to Meet at Sresion of Im provement Club on Thursday Night to Diccuis All of It Phase Liquor Interests are working night and day in West Linn to defeat the city charter that Is proposed at the coming election and have taken every step to line up the people against the measure at the polls, it I. charged. Evidence I. In the hands of some of those who favor the measure that the Interests that have been driven out of Oregon City are trying to get loca tion, on the west aide, it I. said. A. the proposed charter will be submit ted to the people thi. month, it con tain, a clause that prevent the pres ence of saloon, and make the town dry. It also provides that the people may. by an initiative petition of IS per cent of tbe voters, call for an election at which the people may vote the city wet if they choose to do so. The et forts ot the saloons are said to be di rected against the charter from the first, because of its prohibition clause and they are believed to be exerting every Influence against it for that rea son. Thursday night, December 11, the West Side Improvement club wui meet In the city hall of West Linn to talk over the charter provision, and it 1. expected that a lively debate will follow. The friend and enemies of the measure are to have the oppor tunity to be heard and the discussion will, probably be rather heated before the meeting is over. The charter election is scheduled for December 29 In West Linn at which time the people will vote on the measure that the city council ana tne charter committee have submitted to them. SITE FOR SHOPS SEVERAL DEEP FILLS MUST BE MADE GANG OF MEN BUSILY AT WORK ON GROUND WHERE ROAD IS BUILDING TRACKS Force Beoan to Clear Land In Late October and Job I. Almost Done, Though Gullies In terfere With Plan. Within the next three days the clear ing of the land on the site of the new P.. E. & E. car shops will be com pleted and probably by the middle ot next week the leveling of tne lana w be started. Work began on October 24, when the first gang of men started slashing the brush, and small timber. Then there was a dense growth of brush and young firs on the bind and tbe tract was full of large stumps. Now the land is clear, excepting a small part of the eastern end. There are aeveral gullies which mn across the site and it will be ne cessary to level off this ground before work can be started on the founda tions and any track can be lain. The right-of-way will run along the northeastern edge of the tract instead of following the present route of the Willamette Falls line, as is popularly supposed. The future road hak been sun-eyed and all is ready for the grad ing to be started. The date for actual construction on the new shops has now been deter mined althotish it la thought thnt they will be started sometime in the spring. SOON COMPLETE BELIEVE IT WILL DEVELOPE VAL LEY AND BRING IN LARGE PROFITS MORE HOMES FOR LABORING MEN Loder Present. Plan to Solve Problem of House, for Employe. At Factories Live Wire. Boaet for Merchant With tbe object of obtaining defln- " He information aa to the attitude of the farmer of Clackamas county to ward the proposed flax and linen mill, w hich may be established here, T. W. Sullivan, chairman of the Lave Wire committee of the Oregon City Com mercial club haa written no less then 90 personal letter, to growers of thi. section. Mr. 8ulllvan made a detailed re port of his work at the weekly lunch eon of the organization Tuesday and created a distinctly favorable Impres sion. He ha developed into the proposition exhaustively from all angles and will have a complete re port for submission within a short time. Great Chance. He learned that a flax mill ha. been erected at Chehalis, Wash., and after being operated a year, had been closed, but for what reason be has not yet learned. Mr. Sullivan' re searches, in which he haa been ag isted by W. S. Hodges, of the Wil lamette Pulp t Paper Co., have con vinced him that there 1. a fine profit to be made in the industry, provided the cooperation of the farmers can be obtained. John W. Loder, chairman of the committee named to secure accomo dation, for mill workers, reported a plan he is -prepared to recommend that of forming a company with a capital of about $4000. to buy two lot. and erect four cottage, at a cost of $750 each. These houses would rent at a profit of $10 a month and could be .old on the installment and other. constructed. Mr. Loder successfully experimented with the plan at Glad stone and ha. become satisfied that it is perfectly feasible from the in vestor's standpoint. His project would meet the demand for small houses that can be let at a .mall rental, giv ing at the same time tbe man of moderate means the opportunity to purchase hi. own home. Buy Good Here. The Live Wire purchased Red Cross Christmas Seals to the value of $5, and along tbe line of Christmas cheer, M. D. Latourette introduced a resolution urging the Oregon City shopper, to do their buying in Oregon City. Tbe resolution waa adopted by a unanimous vote. It follows: "Whereas, Oregon City la proud to acknowledge that It haa many mer chants, who have up-to-date Christ mas stock, ot merchandise, etc., and Whereas, it has been the custom In the paet year, for a large part of the buying citizens of Oregon City and Clackamas county to go to. Port land, Oregon, and elsewhere t do their Christmas shopping. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Live Wires of the Commer cial club of Oregon City request; the Christmas shopper, to do their ChriBt- ma. shopping thi. year with the'r lo cal merchants, and thereby keeping their good money at home and enabl ing their merchants to turn ' their large Christmas stock.. Be it further resolved, that the lo cal newspaper, be requested to take this proposition of local buying up through their column, and aid in ev ery possible way to encourage tne people to buy from the local mer chant, etc. Be it further resolved tnat mesa resolution, be made a part ot the min utes of this date." The menu for the luncheon was: Beef Bouillon Saltlne. Baked Crab, A La Creole Cold Slaw Rice Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Hot Rolls Butter Hot Mince Pie Cheese Coffee T AT The home of Mrs. J. Moody, at Oak Grove, wa. robbed, two watches taken, and some silver, Tuesday after noon. Sheriff E. T. Mass was notified and went to the scene with hi. deputies. A tramp who applied at the back door of the home of Mrs. Graff in Oak Grove for something to eat went to the house and the officers suspect that he found Mrs. Moody away and raided the place. He took two watches that were valuable and one of them had a fob made from a chain brace let. It also had several jewels of va rious kinds on the fob. The sheriff has secured a complete description of the tramp and has sent it broadcast throughout the surrounding counties. The man's watch lhat was stolen bore tbe number 1,731.392 while the ladies' watch was number 37,250. The tramp evidently took advantage of tho fact that Mrs. Moody was not at home and entered the house where he se cured these valuables. The mau'a watch was intended for a Christmas present SERVICES ARRANGED The funeral of Mrs. Hammond Shear, who died Sunday at the Oregon City hospital, will be held Tuesday af ternoon at the First Methodist church. Mrs. Sb'ar Is about 55 years old and is survived by one daughter.