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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.