OKKOON CITY KNTKftPRWK KUfDAY, FKHRUAUY 20, 1914.
MISS IVA M. HARRINGTON
HEAVY FINE AND
LARSEN & CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Srcceries, Produce and Commission
The largest and most complete stock in
our line in Clackamas County.
WE PAY CASH For countrv produce.
AH goods sold on Money-Back Guarantee.
We rIvc Crccn Trading Stamps
1001-1003 Main St. Oregon City, Ore.
Queen Incubators
and Brooders
ILLES CHANGED
JURY FACES SERIOUS LEGAL
TANGLE AND PRESENTS AN
ENTIRELY NEW BATCH
ALONZO HASKINS RECEIVES BIG
LOT OF GRIEF AT HANDS
OF CIRCUIT JUDGE
RIOT INDICTMENT IS FOUND WEAK
GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENTS
Jack Davis, Henry C. Holdrcn, and
Wallace Woodcox ar Named
In th Allegations Filed
, During the Day
Stat Law Rsqulrta Three Man to b
Implicated In Order to Sustain
Riot Allegations On
Parson Powerless
AT FACTORY PRICES
CHARGES AGAINST
JAIL SENTENCE!
i
At
1M
OCAL BRICPS
, and Mr. I). K. Tnilllngor, of the
it Mill district, are spending a
Idyl la towu.
. I. IV AuhIIii. of Molalla, .prill
first uf iho wrt'k In Hi n county
. and Mrs. C. A. Moomaw and
y ii f Molallu, are visiting friends
county seal for few days.
. mill Mrt. W II. Il or., who live,
furm (mat Molalla, wit In lln
T scat tli tore part of the week.
Irh Cross lin. arrived here from
Villa tO look after hllHllK-HB III-
I mid will remain for mi liidefin
ngth of time.
, mid Mrs. Jnlin linker cmmt In
their limiie hi the Heaver Creek
ry to attend to business matters
Jay.
Warn Prol'st, a farmer of the Wil
lie district mill a former county
ilsalnuer, waa In Oregon City
Jay.
. and Mr. Hurry Udells, who
icar linrtuit, with In town Thura
in their way from their presuut
at I'ortlNiid to HmIpiii.
and Mrs. D. (i. JiihIIii. of Port
and It. U Woodward, of thla city
a trip la Mulino Friday to look
property. ,
nd Mra. r. I.. Scott, who live
Woodtioru. were In Oregon City
lesday aflortioon on their way to
where they will visit relulivea.
irlea linker, who recently aold hi
at llasvlwoud, waa In I tin county
talurdny. He will probably move
jihern Oregon the flrat of March,
rold Bleed, ami of Mr. and Mr,
ir A. Steed, of New Km, who un
lit a serious oernibin over a
no In the ureKon City hiiit(ul,
i h bettor.
HuKh Mount and Dr. flny Mount
broiiiilit tull against J. M. Mel
nd Jane Herman for nieillral
i-l during the Inller part of 1913
i tba couple were divorced.
. J. P. Bears, of Clarkumas, un
lit an operation Moniluy morn
i the Oregon CHy hospital. I.ate
veiling It wan reported that she
m proving.
Ilnni U IW an. of the Redland dla
waa In tba county aeat the fore
if the week on her way to Port
bere aha will visit rr-latlves fur
l duys.
i-rt Russell, who waa injured
a week ago at a mat mill near
la and waa taken to a I'ortlaiid
nl, la much better. Ilia foot
ilaced In a plaster runt Tuesday.
and Mrs. T. I., fatten, who re
' moved from a farm near Red-
:o the Sandy river valley, apent
ay "In Oregon City and vliilted
friends here.
iry and George Cnnklln. of the
nd count rr. left Oregon City Frl
nornlng for Urania Pass, where
.'.III spend the real of the month
heir patents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
In.
nnd Mrs. William l.ee and their
l er. Miss Hertha l.ee, came to
n City Friday from their home
Hum). They will spend three or
weeks visiting with friends In
n City and Molnlla.
i. Anna Meyer recently arrived
ier home at Milwauklo, Wis., and
Islt frleiida here for several days
Onogon City she will go to Can
iert she will slay with her broth
ter Korulg.
W. R. Motzgnr, of Oswego, tin
nt a aerloua opnrulloii Tuesday
Dg at the Oregon City bospltul
.as reported as slightly better
In the evening but she Is not
it to be out of danger. The case
er the cure of Doctors Hugh and
loiint.
Templeton, a non of Councilman
Templeton, arrived here Thura-
ccompanled by his wife from
enco, R. I. Mr. Templeton was
er resident of Oregon City hut
to Rhode Inland nearly eight
tgo. He has since been employ-
a woolun mill there. Mr. and
'empleton are the guests of the
's parents.
PERMANENT WORK
ONLY SOLUTION
COUNTY COURT EXPECTS TO LAY
SEVERAL MILES AS
EXPERIMENT
PEOPLE MUST REALIZE IMPORTANCE
Clackamas To Try Out New Plan For
Permanent Highways On
Some of County's
Main Artsrlts.
It has been definitely announced
(hut the County Court Intends to hsve
constructed several mllea of hard sur
face pavement on the county roads
In order to give a practical demonstra
tion of the economy of a road of thla
character over macadam or any of the
roads of soft construction. The mem
bers of the court took a trip out In the
Meaver Creek section Friday, return
ing by way of the Houth End road In
order to secure first hand Information
of the real needs of the farmers. They
found a portion of the road leading
south from Oregon City In a very poor
condition.
An offer has been made to the court
to lay a surface on some of the ma
cadam road now In use for about 11200
a mile, with a guarantee of at least
five years. It Is promised to use the
base of the present road, where prac
ticable, and put on a hard surface that
la calculated to stand heavy traffic.
Thla aurfa.ro will probably be placed
on some of the main arteries, and It
la understood the county court has In
mind surfacing a portion of the Mo-lalla-Hlghlanil
road.
If this plan Is carried out and the
surface proves to be of a character
that will hold up the heuvy trifle. It
will certainly go a long waya towards
convincing many of the Impracticabil
ity of the macadam road. It la con
sidered likely that the work will be
done aa aoon aa the weather permits,
and It will not take many months to
prove the worth of the particular kind
of pavement contemplated.
This Is practically the same plan
as has been proposed In I'olk and oth
er counties of the state. Multnomah
has already gone on record as favoring
the hard surfaced road and there la a
general feeling among students of road
building and road trifle that the age
of the macadam highway for main
trunk lines Is about over.
Two Indictments, one charging as
sault and battery and the ther alleg
ing assault with a dangeruus weapon,
were filed by the grand Jury of the
county Friday against K. R. (Hlarkle)
I ilt-a Instead nf the one that waa out
standing against him charging riot.
The fact thai the others who were
Indicted at the same lime were acquit
ted upon their trial In the circuit court
presented a new legal problem and
forced the grand Jury to change the
Indlclmeut against libs. Under the
laws of the state, three men must he
Implicated In order to sustain an lu
ll 'rt incut on a riot charge. As the
others were acquitted, Hies could not
well have been a riot all to himself
and the grand Jury brought the other
charges In to lake the place of the one
upon which lie was extradited.
Asaault Alleged.
The grand Jury charged that dur
ing the trouble In front of the office
of the telephone company at Oswego,
Illes had aiutaultedW. C. Mcdskcr. Aa
a aerond count, the Jury alleges that
ho also BHsaulted J. Wood with a pea
vey, which. It holds, la a dangerous
wengon and capable of producing
death, t'pon these two charges, the
county will bring the defendant Into
the clrrult court to stand tr'al for the
disturbances and his share In them at
Oswego last May when the employes
of the Home Telephone company were
on a strike.
May Testify.
The defendants who were tried and
acquittid on the charge of r'otlng
were Krnest llrolllar. J. Y. Inhr, Clyde
Oakley. II. Westcoit. E MIUs, C. E
Tnidup. C. K. Swallow. J. Olson, Fred
Reams and George Kgner.
It Is possible that these men will be
brought to court at the trial to testify
In the esse against Illes. During the
f rst trial, they blamed Illes for all
of the trouble that ensued at Oswego
and declared thnt he had gone ther"
with tho party when It left Portland
over the proleatatlons of every mem
ber and the decided effort that was
made to ditch him.
Charges Different.
They declared that he was under
the Influence of liquor at the tint" and '
that he got Into an argument with a
mnn on the car before even they had
reached their destination.
Who is tne first woman candidate for
a county office In Oregon. Miss
Harrington Is a Republican candl
date for County Clark.
FIVE FAMILIES TORN
BY DIVORCE STRIFE
Five divorce cases were filed In the
circuit court Saturday, the biggest
batch of complaints that has come to
the attention of the county clerk In
any one day for many mouths.
Agnea Wiley agalnat Charles, mar
ried at Independence, June 12, 1909,
asks restoration of maiden name of
Agnes Maynard and $30 monthly ali
mony; Kllu M. Vaughn aga nst Harry
C. I'ortland, February 7. 19u6, charges
nf Infidelity made unjustly against
plaintiff; Hertha Haycox against Wil
liam, Oregon City December 3. 1898;
llessle Kennedy agalnt L. II., I'ortland
May 26, 1913, desertion; (ierlruile M.
IxKimis, against Wilbur K.. Vancouver,
II. C, November 9, 190.1. cruelty.
The Social Whirl
nt Happenings of Interest in
and About Oregon City
f.CriS CITY lodge Number
1 1 1 H9. l V. O. E. bas completed
inri-inKemenls for Its annual
l given February 23 In I lunch s
riilx vromlari to be the best
iven l ' Oil organisation. The
tee, 1 Kelly, Jr H. K. Young,
K. V.Hlnm, has a numbi r of
cs In s ore f,,r those attending
ber of new "stunts" will be
off.
er s eicht piece orchestra ol
d. w'll furnish music for danc
be floor committee Is T p
chaJrmnn; W. H. Howell, j!
1. J. S. Manning, Jerry Hty,
cHiiln, George Hwafford, I loyd
C. G. Cathcart, R. C. Parker
E. Ixhii.
. L. Parkins, exacted ruler of
timber 112 of Portland, will
i "elevon o'clock toast."
ITRATION IN CLACKAMAS
'Ing Is the registration In
county up to February 14:
n U.39
t ...4 528
on 62
44
lent 31
! 25
to state 4
STARTLES SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-rSenate
doorkeepers are now convinced thai
their Jobs are no sinecures. This is
due to a new duty Imposed upon them
of requ ring visitors In the galleries to
keep hands off the railing around the
senate chamber. Tho object of the
rule Is to prevent visitors from drop
ping papers, pockethnoks, muffs and
other articles on the bends of unsus
pecting senators.
Hundreds of spectators dally vio
late the ruin and must he can I limed
by the doorkeepers. M ss Wilson,
daughter of the President, was one of
them. She was Innocently studying
a chart of the senate, which she had
placed on the forbidden railing. Sen
ator Page, of Vermont, waa another
whose attention had to be directed to
the rule.
OF
IS DEAD IN PARIS
PARIS. Feb. 13. Alf inse nertillon.
the noted anthropologist, and head of
the Identification bureau of the Pnrls
police department, died here today.
Alfonso llertlllon was horn In Paris
In isr3, and gained his n nown by
founding the famous llert lion sys
tem of Identifying clrminals. Thla was
In 1SS0, nnd since that time the ays
tern has been adopted by nearly every
large city In Europe and the United
States.
During the famous trial of Captain
Drefus In 1HS9 he was one of the ex
pert handwriting witnesses. He was
an author of numerous work hearing
on his Identification system.
OF
LAID TO UNIONS
DKNVKR. Colo., Feb. 12. A direct
charge before the congressional com
mittee Investigating the Colorado coal
strike, that George Ilelcher waa mur
dered In .Tr'nldad by' United Mine
Workers of America, at the Instiga
tion of an organizer of the un on, waa
made today by A. C. Felta, superin
tendent of the Ilaldwln-Fclta Detective
Agemy. The killing of Ilelcher. a
Haldw'n Felta detective, occurred No
vember 20.
Felta said that l-ouls Zsocanclll had
confessed the murder In the Dreseuee
of Judge-Advocate Major Uoughton I
and Adjutant-General Chase.
PLANS FOR JETTY
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 At the
meeting of tho commUtie of citizens
from Oregon and the Oregon congres
sional delegation and others wl'h Col
onel llurr, art ng chief of engineers,
and Colonel Taylor, the need of a
dredge at the mouth of the Columbia
river was forcibly presented by J. N.
Teal of Portland, and the position of
the department was sta'ed by Colonel
llurr and Colonel Taylor aa follows:
The vital matter In the project Is
the completion of the north Jetty and
the securing at th's session of con
gress an authorization of a continuing
contract involving the expenditure of
$.1,000,000 which would probably re
sult In the completion of the north
Jetty In three years' lime. Otherwise
it would he at least five years before
completion and at Increased cost.
WORK UPON TREES
Rousing meetings were held at Jen
nings Lodge and Oak Grove by Com
missioner Goodrich of the Htate board
of horticulture and O. E. Frcylug,
county fruit Inspector, Thursday.
Practical lessons In the care of the
orchards were given by the experts
and the entire communities turned out
to listen to the talks that were made
by both men. The work at Jennings
lAidge waa done In the Newell orchard
where the people of the city and the
surrounding territory watched the
demonstration. The school classes
were also present.
At Rupert Station at Oak Grove, an
other meeting was held at 2 o'clock In
the afternoon. Miss Eva Meldnim as
aimed in getting out the crowds to
these demonstrations and la given a
great deal of credit for their auccesa.
The school children also watched the
work aa well as a large numbi-r of the
fruit growers.
The meeting Friday will 4e held at
the state orchard at Molalla and on
Saturday a meeting will be held In the
Clarke orchard at Clackamas. All of
these meetings are being held by the
experts to show the farmers just how
the orchards should le cared for dur
ing this season of the year and the
work that should be done upon them.
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WEST SIDE CITY
HON. W. C. HAWLEY SECURES
ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE
IN WEST LINN.
L
Y "
n
TO BE LOCATED AT RAILWAY STATION
LONDON, Feb. 12. So extensive Is
the scandal growing out of the dis
covery recently of graft In the man
agement of llr tish army canteen that
government auditors engaged In check
ing the enormous mass of accounts In
volved said today It probably would
take a year to get to the bottom of
the situation.
Tho authorities were most ret cent
and not many details were olilalnald"
but enough was learned to Indicate
that the government has been defraud
ed of large sums and that many men
were under simpleton, some of the m of
much prominence.
All names were kept secret but at
the conclusion of the Inquiry It waa
expected there would be a big batch
of military and civil prosecutions.
Warrants were Issued today for ex
Manager James Ness of Llptou Lim
ited, and for Archibald Minto, an f m
ploye of the same concern, charging
them with giving unlawful contm a
slons to purchasers of army canteen
supplies.
George F. Horton, Formerly Post
master at Oregon City, Will
Probably Receive Appointment.
DEATH COMES QUICKLY
TO LEADING MERCHANT
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 13. Oscar John
son, one of tho leading merchants of
Salem .died unexpectedly this m rnlnn
nf pneumonia. He was taken 111 last
Sunday.
Fur more than 30 years Mr. Johnson
bad I'ved In Salem. He waa 46 years
old and was formerly assocla'cd wi h
his fa'her. G. W. Johnson, In the
Johnson t Co, rl"thlng tore. Abiei 1 )
years ago he established the Os.ar
Jchnson k Co. cli thing store. About 10
was the head at the time of h.s d ath
He leaves a wilow and ste da let
ter, bca drs his fa her and thri e brok
ers and a sister. The tiro' hers i r O
W. Johnson Jr.. Claude Johnson and
Paul Johnson, all engaged in ltinlm-ss
here, and the slaier la Mrs. Res Ms
Elrny of Portland.
The funeral services will b held at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the
Rlgdon chaprL
West Linn la to have a postofflce.
The fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral has Just authorized the establish
ment of a postofflce in tho new city
on the west side of the Willamette.
This information Is contained In a let
ter received here frem Congressman
W. C. Hawley. who has been active
In an endeavor to secure a postofflce
for West Linn. It Is anticipated that
the office will be opened wllhin the
next 60 days and It will probably be
located In the railway station of the
Portland. Eugene & Eastern Railway,
located at the West end of the aua
penslon. bridge.
The first step will be the appoint
ment of a postmaster and in the hands
nf the first assistant postmaster gen
eral la the application of George F.
Horton, who was formerly iKist master
at Oregon City. IPs is the only appli
cation, and as soon as his appoint
ment Is announced, and his bond ap
prlvpd the office will be opened for
business.
' W' st Linn has been steadily forging
ahead since the Incorporation of the
town last year, and the establishment
of a postofflce will give the place a
new Impetus towards a larger growth.
It will llkew'ae mean the withdrawal
nf considerable business from the post
office at Oregon City, as the large cor
noratlons located In West Linn are
very loyal to the town and it can safely
be assumed that the office will get all
of the bua'nesa that emanates there.
WASHINGTON 8-HOUR LAW
DOES NOT INCLUDE FIREMEN
OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. IS. Mem
h'ra of city fire depsrtmenta are not
within the scope of the stale law pro
hibiting the employment of men more
han eight hours a day op. publ'c
works, according to a decision of the
a ate supreme court yesterday In a
caae brought by Taroma firemen who
sought to compel the city commission
to install a three-platoon system by
nvoklng the eight-hour law.
For performing acts that would tend
to contribute to the delinquency of a
minor, Alonzo Hasklns received a Jail
sentence of one year and a fine of
$1000 In the circuit court Saturday.
Convicted by a Jury after the case
had occupli-d the attention of Judge
J, U. Campbell through the day Friday,
the court ordered h'm arraigned and
sentenced Saturday morning. He will
spend, the year In the county Jail and
will put in an additional 600 days un
less the fine Is paid. The grand Jury
charged that he had done acts that
would tend to make Ueulah Marcutn a
delinquent and the verdict of guilty
from the trial Jury followed shortly af
ter the Indictment was returned.
Jack Davis, one of the party that ran
away from Oregon City and was
brought back by the officers from As
toria, was indicted on a charge of con
tributing to the del'nquency of minors;
H. C. Holdren. Indicted for shooting at
hla brother, K. H. Holdren; Wallace
Woodcox. Indicted for the alleged as
sault upon a minor. Not true bills
were brought In the cases of Adome
Skerls. statutory offense, and Frtz
Tlmmerman. arson, bound over to the
grand Jury from the Justice court.
OREGON COMMISSION CO.
WESTERN AGENTS
11th and Main Sts., Oregon City, Oregon
FAKE SUBSCRIPTIONS
Guy D. McMurray, Indicted for the
taking of money under false pretences,
was arraigned in the circuit court be
fore Judge J. U. Campbell Saturday,
pleaded guilty, and sentence was suspended.
The court Instructed the boy, wno is
but 19 years of age, tbat he would
have to return all of the money that
he had received from his 'subscrib
ers" and that he would be required to
report to Sheriff Mass every two
weeks until be had been discharged.
This action follows the arrest that
f. nuty Sheriff Worthlngton of Oak
Grove made sometime ago when the
agent" was working through that part
of the county. Hellevlng that the man
was represent'ng himself an agent of
magazima that did not know him. tne
deuuty set a trap for him and Mrs.
Worthlngton bought several subscrip
tions of him. He wss Immediately tak
en Into custody and made no attempt
to fight the case.
IS
REVEALED IN DEAL
SHANGTAI, Feb. 13. Commercial
c'nies here are greatly Interested in
the anonuncement from Pekln that In
return for a loan to the government.
the Standard Oil company had secured
oil concession in China.
Ever since early in the recent revo
lution, under the confusion of which
It undertook to gain the desired foot
hold, the Standard as was well known
here, has been trying to get posses
sion of China's oil resources, especial
ly In Sze Chauan province where they
are enormous.
CELEBRATE LINCOLN'S BIRTH
AT WASHINGTON; MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The na
tional capital polned today In the cele
bratiou of the 105th anniversary of the
birth of Azraham Lincoln. The cele
bration here was marked by the break
ing ot ground In West Potomac Park
for the conduction of a marble monu
ment to the former president, which,
when completed Is to cost $2,000,000.
SUIT FILED
REFUSES TO PAY;
GOES TO JAIL
DEFENDANT IN DIVORCE CASE
SENTENCED FOR FAILURE
TO OBEY DECREE
ARRAIGNED EOR CONTEMPT BY COURT
Wife Wins Her Suit With a Proviso
That Included Partial Support
of Minor Children and
He Gave no Aid
Failure to pay $15 monthly alimony
under a decree of the circuit court
gave W. N. Unger 20 days In the coun
ty Jail to make up his mind to "come
through" with the money.
The divorce waa granted in the cir
cuit court several months ago and car
ried with it a decree for alimony to
Elizabeth Unger, the plaintiff .for the
support of the minor children. The
plaintiff came into court and reported
that the defendant bad not paid the
money that she was entitled to under
the decree.
Sheriff E. T. Mass was Instructed to
bring the man into court and have him
answer the charge of the circuit Judge.
After the Investigation, the court gave
him 20 days In the county jail to think
over the matter and to determine
w hether or not he would meet the Judi
clal demands in the future.
ROADHOC PAYS HIS
FINE AND DAMAGES
E. L. Delschneldcr, president of a
Portland box company, settled for $100
.he suit brought against him in the
c'rcult court by Dr. Hugh S. Mount for
damages to the physician's machine.
Delschneider was fined $50 in the
Justice court for refusing to give the
doctor one-half of the public highway
near Greenpoint and for contributing
to the collision that followed in which
both machines were somewhat dam
aged. The doctor brought suit in the
circuit court for the cost of the re
pairs and damages that totaled $400.
The action was settled out of court and
will be dismissed.
Suit on a note was filed In the cir
cuit court by George M. Lazelle
against W. S. Schultze for $74. The
Instrument bears the date of August
20. 1906 and application is made for
the Interest and $25 attorney fees.
NOT GUILTY OF ANY
ASSAULT, SAYS ILLES
E. E. (Blackle) Illes entered a plea
of not guilty to both of the assault in
dictments that he now faces in the
circuit court and his date of trial was
set for March 9. Judge Campbell im
mediately dismissed both the trial and
grand Juries until that time and the
cases that will be tried in the mean
time will be court matters.
Decrees were granted as follows:
Allen J. Church'U against Lola; H.
Simmons against J. E..; John C. Han
ken against Cora; Henry Strawder
against Hazel;. William G. Perkins
against Millie G.; John F. Ilunnell and
others against James A., order made to
pay Charles W. Hall $50 attorney fees.
GIVE DATA ON TAX
OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC
J. E. Jack, county assessor, spent
Saturday ramaging through the vaults
in the basement of the court house
digging out the tax rolls for the suit
now pending to dissolve the Pacific
railroads through the federal courts.
The amount of money that the South
ern Pacific railroad has paid Into this
county since 1S96 will be reported to
the company and to the government
during the progress of the case. The
government baa started the action to
dissolve the two lines and the coun
ties through which either one of them
operate have been called upon to furn
ish information as to the value of their
operating property and the taxes that
have been paid into the county treas
ury during that time.
The Southern Pacific and the North
ern Pacific are now operated as one
line, the government claims, while
they are said to be naturally compet
'ng roads. The federal authorities
have taken these steps to break up the
united system as they regard It.
GIRL 13 YEARS OLD
Dick Hylanl was arrested Thura
day night by Constable Jack Frost on
a c.hsrge of assault upon the 13year
old daughter of A. S. Fuller. The com
plaint ia signed by the girl's father
and alleges that the defendant la
guitly of assaup and battery upon the
person of the girl.
Hyland was placed In the county
pall to await earing before Justice
John N. Selvera.
J.WI
E
William J. Wilson, coroner of Clack
amas County, bas made a formal an
nouncement of his candidacy for sher
iff on the Republican ticket. Mr. Wil
son Is the only Republican in the race,
thus far. He has made a good record
In bis present officii position, and rs
expected to make a splendid run.
M. E. Dunn is expected to enter
the field for the Republican nomina
tion of County treasurer. He waa
formerly a resident of Oswego, but
haa for several years been in business
at Oregon City.
J. K. Pardee. Republican, and J. O.
Staats, Democrt, have already signified
their intention of being candidates for
county treasurer. K. W. Strebig and
Henry W. Koehler are both after the
Democrtic nomination for sheriff.
HARD SURFACED
ROAD PROPOSED
COUNCILMAN TEMPLETON DOES
NOT APPROVE MACADAM
ON CITY STREETS
COST IS ABOUT JI200 PER MILE
Believes In Letting Things Run as
They are Until Property Own
ers See Need for Better
Work and Aak it
EIS
THE GOVERNING LAW
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 13. Profes
sor Louis Ross, director of Dudly Ob
servatory, em:nent astronomer, in
lecture at the State Education building
last night on "Some Preliminary At
tempt to Solve the Riddle of the Uni
verse," said he is now fairly con v need
by recent observations and deductions
that some force "of the general nature
of an electro-magnet may be the law
governing the motion and structure of
the stars."
He also asserts that five - stars of
the Big Dipper are travelling along to
gether while two at the extreme ends
are moving In the opposite direction
so that eventually the configuration
w ill be broken up.
Councilman Templeton is violently
opposed to the Improvement of any of
the streets of the city until they are
hard surfaced. He believes tbat ma
cadam streets are a waste of money
and thinks that the cost to the taxpay
ers is such that they ought to be left
alone until the people can be brought
to realize the necessity for hard sur
faced highways through the city.
In declarations that he has made at
council meetings lately, he has oppos
ed the improvements of streets unt 1
they can be improved right. He
thinks that the city council could well
afford to refuse to Improve any of the
streets until the people realize the Im
portance of hard surfacing and demand
that sort of work or none at all.
Wasteful, He Says.
Rather than wate the money of the
people on macadam and have the
heavy repair costs that are attendant,
he thinks the council should let things
run as they are and make the people
along these districts realize that any
other sort of improvement but a per
manent is wastetul and extravagant.
As far as he is concerned, be does
not believe In anything but permanent
work. He thinks that the streets can
be cut down In width and that hard
surface can be built 40 or 30 feet wide
instead of taking up the full wid h
with macadam as the present spec ft -cation
now demand. Such work, he
believes, would cut down the annual
cost to the city and the taxpayers in
the repair of the streets and would be
lasting and economist in its effects.
Division Street.
Division street's condition Is abomni-.
able, according to reports that the city
Officials have made. For some time.
plans have been laid for the Improve
ment work in that section of the city
but little has, as yet. been done.
Sentiment has been expressed by the
council that work ought to be done in
that part of the city before almost any
of the others because of the length of
time that the property owners have
patiently waited for the council to take
action.
Mayor Jones has agreed with this
stand, believing that the people in that
part of the city have been paying taxes
for things that they do not have such
as police protection, fire protection,
electric light and other improvement
that are to be found in the rest of the
city. It may be that the council will
take some ateps looking toward the im
provement of that street In the near
future.
SHIPS FANCY HOGS
Molalla. Ore.. Feb. 12. (Special)
A carload of fancy bogs left Molalla
today. C. E. Lucke of Canby. ship
per for the Union Meat company of
Portland, shipped them.
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