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rOTV IIOMTM YEAR No. 4.
' DIMICK ELECTED
OUKOON CITY, OKEOON, FRIDAY, JUNK 19, 101 1.
ESTABLISHED IMS
JUOOI GRANT 0. DIMICK
LONG LOST BALLOON
BIGBAG'JOY-RIDES' MK WIPILS PUSS
IS FOUND IN FORES!
OF W.V.S.
GA6BAQ COMES DOWN NEAR BLUE
LAST PAPER IS CORRECTED
IN
ontcoN cirv attorney will
LAKE AERONAUT! ARE
UNHARMED
BALLOON ON PERFECT DAY
THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
BOARD OF TRADE WOULD BRING
CONSUMER AND PRODUCER
CLOSER TOGETHER
TAKE PLACE OF THE LATE
r. M. SWIFT
MAKES A "PLEASANT" JOUR
NEY OVER COUNTY
OR
ENTE
MARKET DAY IS
HEIST SCHEME
HEAD
.C WL R HEW SECRETARY
jadut' Dtmick Promlntnl In Railroad
Construction Through Molalla
Country to Assume
Dulitt at Onct
Jmli-fi tJrniit H. Dlinlik waa elm-ted
iirrihloil i w illiimrlle alley Houth
rrn aii'l 1- . Maker am rotary to take
he I" 'f Juilro I l til It'll at til epn-
rial tnri'lliiK nf I tie board of directors
Haiurd.ir, The lit'W officiate will taka
MiiM at once.
Mr I .ik.r la comparatively nnw
Biu ih thn local road, alt tioiiKb tin
kit tM nl all hta lir la rallmnd work.
r fame to Oregon City rrum Portland
iiout thrno nioiitlia anil and entered
lk trrtli o of tint roiupany at expert
irtotinUul. ' Hit takra tho place of thn
ir pri nldent who waa eecretury.
II bo necvaaary fur Jiidua Dim
Irk la turn thn bulk or hit law prar
Ike n. r tn hla rotialii and partner.
Willrr IHnilrK. and devote tht greater
p,rt id lila limn to thn ronatrui'tlnii of
Ihc roml. according to a atnletnenl
Hid bf lilt'l Saturday. I In will
pnituMy no Into tho field and tnkn
ctmtriil id Dm woik In the annm artlva
mintuT whlt-li characterized tlio work
of Mr rUI't.
Judt: I Mmti'k haa alwaye playful-a
imminent inrl In thn iiromotlon of
lh Willamette Valley Southern and
Ih ( Ui kiimaa Southern. Hp waa tho
ftnt in form the plan of building Into
I In- rlh Heaver Creek, Mullno, Mo
lilU and Wllhnll dlntrlrta and even lie
fer Mr. Hi'l Aral ratlin Into Chirk a
man county .li.id aurveyora out In the
rtild In an attempt to find a route, to
miintio ur Ml. Angel. When Swift
nl thro'nh llin country and thought
of tlif ixiMiiailtii a of aui h a railroad.
nm of th flmf men ho went to waa
Jtidi Mmili, who waa a rltian aaa
dam anil Krt. Jndi;,. IHtnlck l"i
brailly liit.r-ttnd fliiaiilcully In the
pnijirl. pnih.ilily liavniar more mouvy
m in tfii iiian any other on man.
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BALLOON RACE IN BRIEF.
Now Prtaldont of tho WlllameU Vail ay Southern, elected at apeclal meet
ing ui girciore oaiuraay.
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
AXLE CATCHES ON RIDGE
TWEEN ROADS AND CAR
OVERTURNS
BE-
IS.
E EXTENDED
Thn tlttio limit of the Water atroot
frnnrlilao of the Wllliiniclto Vallny
Southern waa extended 60 ilnyt by the
rlty counrll ut tho tneetlnn Wednendny
tilflit. U, li. Kby mndo tho appllrutlon
lor llin rnllwny rompany.
Tim franchliia waa urnnted by tho
found! aevnrnl monthi ano and tho
lime for the completion of tho trnrk
ilmm Water atr.'ot wna act at tlx
mmitliH from the flute of the frnnchlHO,
but a teinpontry Injunction, aenired by
Cliurles Toonn, atoppi work for about
to liny DiirliiR t ti ut (Imp, the pllo
drher n taken to the Molulla river.
BURGLARS AT MELDRUM
Hiirglnra rntored thn annitner homo
of M. IC. I'nrki at Meldriim atatlon
uly Tliiirniliiy monilim, took evory
low iirilrlo they could find, anil woro
riMily tn depiirt with their Uot whon
Mr. I'ii rk iippenrcd and tho ninn dnip
Pfil all they had found and run. A
d"K tied ut tho hni k of thn Iioiiho
annkined Mra. I'nrk and aho awnk
fnid her huNhnnd. llo found thnt tho
window nt w n,nr 0f thn Iiouko hud
Wn pried upon and a Hack filled with
'ool which hnd boon tlroppnd by the
Intruder w hen thoy nttomptod to loot
itie Iioiiho,
Ir. Our Mount waa thn victim of an
automobile accident Sunday nlKht
when hla car turned a complete, aom
ernault when ho waa apoedlna; down a
hill near Hearer Creek.
Thn phralclnn and hla companion,
John Heat In, wore thrown out, and
while thn liittrr nacapi'd with a few
hrulana. Dr. Mount'a clavicle waa brok
en. A imnKlna; iiincbltin took them to
thn fnrm of II. il l.lndnlny, whero ('no
tnln lloneywell'a balloon,' thn "I'nrlu
8nm,-' ramo down Innt Thuradny nllit.
and J. V. Cnnona;, of rortlund, who
waa In Oregon City, went out and
hroiiuht the diK'tor to the OrcRon City
hoHidtal.
A complete examination of Pr. Guy
Mount haa been mnilo and It haa been
lenrned thnt hla Injurlra ore confined
to the broken ahoulder blade and flesh
hruliica. At nearly aa could be do
tennliied there aro no Internal In
Jurloa).
The InveatlKiitlim of the accident
continued In an Informal way Monday
and It la now thounlit that the peculiar
ant lea or thn automobile were canned
by the condition of tho road, and not
by a puncturo in the front tiro, aa at
flrat thotiKht. There aro two roada
nt tho point where Dr. Mount wna
driving hla car and It la thotiKht thnt
ho nttomptod to ro from the hlKher
road to the low, or ono. At thn wheela
on ono aide of tho car reached the
lower road, thn axel caught on the
ridge between tho two pniha, atoppliiR
the car with auch violence thnt It wna
thrown completely over.
Ur. ThomnR J. Pox, of Portland, hut
formerly of this city, arrived tn Oro
Knn City Monday mornliiK to tnko euro
of Dr. Mount a prnctlco until the hit
ter a recovery.
WORK ON W
.v.s.
RUN
8
SMOOTHLY
LINE TO MT. ANGEL WILL BE COM-
PLETED BY SEPTEMBER,
SAY OFFICIALS
CRADINC FOR ROAD ALMOST FINISHED
Freight Tralna Will bo Operated on
Lint In Few Montha Flrat
Savon Mllet of Road
Completed
"Kaneaa City III."-Vatia and
rawcfii. ntartiMi on u. m
Thuralay. landed 0:20 a. in .
rrlday, near Caacadla, on the
Hnntlain In Mnu county.
X tiinco about 75 in I ha. In air 17
f notiM, lOvi minutea. .
"HprlnKflold." Donaldiion and
Ilendnraon. Htarted 4:25 o'clock
Thureday afternoon. landed II
o'clock Friday mnrnlriR near Hlue
P Ika In Mood Hlvnr county. Ida- 4
tance about 47 ml lea. In air 15
t lioura and 25 minutea.
' "Million I'ollllllltlon rlnl. " A.
,' Kerry and .Morrlaon. Hlarted
4:30:14 n. m. Thurailay. landed
LANDS AT BEUCLI PLACE AT KOLALLA
Pilot Unger Deacrlbet Condltiona of
Weather aa Perfect Reach
Height of 8000 Feet
Over Oregon City
W had a plcaaant loyrlde.- Tbla
waa tho verdict of Pilot Edward 0
xer after tin landed In hla balloon
California," In the barnyard of Da-
Id IK-ukII between Molulla and Mb-
eral Wrdueaday evenliiK. The Cali
fornia etarted out from Portland with
I P. tn., Thuradny, 10 mllea eaat 4 jthe pilot and Hurry Kadderley and
ESTATE PROBATED
Tho ctttnto of Mnry Shepherd waa
probnted In tho county court Thursday
and llntia Hhephnrd wim appointed ad
mlnlHtriitor.
Wild Balloon Ride In
Thunder Storm Ended By
Sheer Drop of 3500 Feet
Cuntaln John Perry, pilot nf Dm "Mil
linn Population club" balloon. Is auf0
mil nnund and nrrlvcd In Oregon City
Saturday tnornlnK, lrmvlng hla aide, a.
T, Morrison at the farm of Prod I.ln
h to watch what Ih loft of tho bal
loon thnt was ruined whon It was
jyk by llKhtnlnR late Thuradny
'V,nK :iiui) root in tno air.
wntriiry to the report annt out by
r-'iiion ny a carrier pipoon, llorry
' only slightly mjurod, hnvlnR
th. i M nls Hhoulder povertdy when
', "oon Htruck the tree, llorry Ib
-'wiy ratiKiiad and would any lit
'' lie told of flying along In tho
Thn??" ""nver Creok nt 9 o'clock
7 ?'llWt. when Biiddenly a ahnft
lnt , lnlnlruck tho bug. tonrliiR It
i,?l ?wnts "" tne bntkot, con
itS. .rry nn(1 Morrison, ahot
thr fi, ,,"rl1'- Tho trooB l)roko
onoflVhrro Htn,ck bJf "RhtnliK not
8, ?ov,,ml times," Bald llorrv.
i. ,'r:,ft.y.- :Ti, it time th0 boh
thiiii, . "K 11 B0,,nlGl t0 'all npnrt
oU W,H "I'l't nt the top. We
. up niHHIt
top. We
3500 foot whon this
o;tn;if,tt,:,l,,ho n0Xt '" h
the tankn't! ' b'S bRB WM BftKKlnB
on' tnmi'l'.Ud my k,llfe and told Morri
truck n- r,,n,Iy t0 JumP wnon we
llkn ,i, 10 'MHoon came down Just
t ImW,,h ',8 wlnga broken. I
a ,o 'e ropea and the
the 11 fr"ni ua when we atruck
aJJtn 'l1'1 ,nn,l I had J""t cut
rip"iwas,h,rittl,r 1,8 ,to J,,mp- 1
VZT b,,t kept
"When we Rot free of the basket,
Morrison assured mo thnt ho knew iho
out Ire country, bo I decldod It was best
to wait beforo starting out for help.
Morrison started a big fire and con
tinned it until after 12 o'clock. We
thought It might bo Boon. After eat
ItiR somo of the food wo hnd brought
with us both of ua exhausted, slept
"We awoke about 5 o'clock In tho
morning, whon Morrison discovered
thnt ho did not know our location. It
was then that he released one of the
pigeons with tho message (or help. A
few minutea lator he released another
plReon giving a more riotnlled Btnte
men. I now understand thnt thin bird
arrived safely hut the messago waa
mirislng.
"Aftor rating brenkfnst Morrison
started off saying ho waa golns for
ho'p. Mo climbed up the aide of the
canyon and, alwnya keeping within
hearing of my voice, attempted to lo
cnte a fnrmhouso. He climbed all
about tho canyon without biicccsb."
"I'Tldny morning we were dollehtod
to hoar the axe of a woodchopper nnd
you mny be sure we lost no time In
finding him and he took ua to Fred
Idndnu'a farm and there we spent the
night, and I drove In with Llndau this
morning to Oregon City. We saw
Honeywell oomo down about 8 o'clock
Thursday night. The lightning struck
ua bo suddenly thnt we had not time
to mnke preparations for our deacent.
and It la a miracle we were not killed
outright. The balloon la a complete
wreck."
Mr. Llndau an Id that he heard the
ahouta of the men In the night Thura
dny, but supposed the noise came from
neighboring boys and paid no attention.
That the line of the Willamette Val
ley Southern from Oregon City to Mt
Angel would be completed by Septera
ber and that by the first of the year,
all tralna on the road would be operat
ed by electricity, waa tho statement of
one of tho officials of the rood Tues
day.
The distance from Oregon City to
Mt. Angel Is about 30 miles and, ex
cepting a few short plecea, tho right-of-
way Is graded for all that dlatnuce.
The first seven mllea of the line, from
Oregon City to Heaver Croek. la now
finished and construction trains mnke
regulnr trlpa over tho rond. Threo
cumps with several hundred men, are
nt work In the Heaver Creek and Mu
llno districts and the equipment used
Includes a steam shovel and two nlle
drivers.
Tho rails will be laid for the entire
30 miles If tho present plans are car
rled out by the early fall, but freight
trains will be operated Into the Heaver
Croek. Mullno and Molulla districts
long before thnt.
Power for the rond will bo secured
at the generating plant ' at Castndoro
at the head of the Clackamas river and
a power line will bo construced across
the country from the power r.nnt to a
sub-stntion nt Heaver Creek. Work on
this line will be commenced soon so
thnt the sub-station can bo completed
by the tlmo tho rond la ready for electrification.
Work in tho terminal yards In Ore
gon City Is progressing rapidly and
tho site for the freight sheds Ib cleared
rendy for the building. A side track
will probably bo built from the Oregon
Clty-Portlnnd track so thnt freight can
be handled from one lino to the other
with ease. Supplies for the line are
arriving almost dally at the yards of
tho company here and are hurried to
the front so that there can be no de
lay In the work.
That the decorations nt tbe Wilson-
vlllo Bohoolhouse were tho most elnb'
ornte and the best of any Bchool this
spring In Clncknmna county, was tho
united verdict of County Superintend
ent Cnlnvan and Supervisor Vedder
who attended the graduating exercises
nt tne WllsonvlUe school Saturday
night. The room was decorated w-lth
evergreens nnd flowers.
An elaborate program waa given, In
eluding nddresses by both of . tho
county school authorities. Supertiv
tondent Cnlavan presented the (IIdIo-
mns. The pupils represented the Knise
school as well aa the WllsonvlUe
Bchool, the two uniting for the exer
cises. The graduates from the eighth
grade, of the Krttse school are Elmer
Kruse, Myrtle Aden and Irvln Scborp,
and from WllsonvlUe I'ern Bliss, Leah
Wagner and Milton Seely.
UNION 8CHOOL ISSUE IS LOST
of Heaver Creek, aoutheaat of 4
Oregon City. Distance about 27
mllea. In air three houra and a 4
half.
"L'nclo Sam." Honeywell and
Stewart. Started 4:1.'.:. 10 Thurm.
duy. landed at 7:30 o'clock same
evening, seven miles eaat of Ore- 4
gon City. Distance ID miles. In
air three and one quarter hour. 4
4
( J. t i f t 'i'
Enveloped In thn almost Impenetra
ble fornat of Hull Run reserve fnr be
yond the headworka of Portland's
water tupply, since 8 o'clock last Krl-I
day morning, Hoy Donaldson, pilot,
and Wilbur Henderson, aide, of the
lost balloon "Springfield," came out
of the wilderness, where the feet of
man seldom tread, at 7 o'clock this
morning.
At 1 o'clock Wednesday automobiles
were within a few mllea of the acron-
ula near Amet.
Homer Williams and A. Mitchell, the
forest guards stationed at Walkers
Prairie, thought they were being vis
ited by some apparitions from the
woods when tho two lost aeronauts
stumbled Into their camp. Thlr
clothing waa hanging In shreda and
their food waa nearly gone.
The men staggered up one of the
patha leading from a nearby creek
and practically fell Into the cabin up
on the astonished rangera.
The last rumination pap-r of the
Juno eighth crude eianilnatlonj haa
been corrected by County Superintend
ent Calavan and hla aaalatanta. Tho
at complines thoan aludenta who
failed In ono or two aublnris In either
of tbe trarller eiaoilnadona or thoae
schools at which the tea her thought
that the puplla were not fully prepared
to take the teat. The atudnnta fol
low;
hdllh Stockton. Marlorle Toatea.
Dorothy Wlnnlngcr. Herman KUher,
iwanon Kirrnnn, tether Meyer, Clara
rullum, Dalay Coon. Everett Hhlblev.
John Schenk, Florence Bchenk. Sadln
Mllcox, Klva Bhlbley, Mlllln Millard.
Pearl Tucker, Mary Kolaotn. Vr-A
Dicker. Ollvo Parmer, Alvlna Undlv
Inc. Kern Piles, Milton rVely. Henry
Itogera, Arlle Kuntman. Lillian Mc
Carthy, Madeline Hrown. Charlie Rin
kin, Martha Watta, Lllllun 1-ehnian,
Dare SMnlnger, Johnnie hherd,
Mary Echard, Karl I)erby. Walter
Taylor, Alvln Deetz, Jamee Wilson
DETINUE ARf AMEOTS UNFINISHED
Jack Elner aa puaacngers at 1:45
o'clock and landed at 5 o'clock. Tbe
party left Molulla early In the even
lug for Portland by automobile.
In describing tho trip. Pilot L'nger
aald: Tbe condltiona for the trip
were perfect. The air currents were
Just right and we could have gone far
up In tbe Cascades If we bad so wlahed
but the thick foresta were too deep to
muke escape easy and the country too VoilorK wlIfrVd Knht 0ne,;.
w ... i,.nda 8smuelson. Huth Hattln
"We were well aupplled wltb ballast Flora Scott, Wilbur Wilson. Maggie
when we left Portland ao that we could Moser. Alfred Btelnke. Helen Stelnke,
lane any neigni mat we wisnea. Ai.vynie .itortensen. Ida Erckson. Wm
one time we were 8000 feet above the I M. Carlson, Hazel Chltwood. Dorothea
earth, but we tailed low aa well aalWIese, Ruby linker, Edna Haki-r, Ilda
high. The air waa clear and we c?uld May, I.eona Sherman, Ralph Scott
see for many miles In every direction. Violet Wettlaufer, Punsy Wettlaufer,
Portland waa plainly vlsable at all Markaret Kaiser, Harold Snge, Elmer
Hitching Pee'e Are Discussed Com
mittee Plans to Ralae Platform
at Lower End of 11th
Street
A twlcna-week market day, a time
when the farmers of CUckamaa coun
ty ahall rollnrt lo Oregon City to n il
bis products direct to the consumer,
la thn newest plan of the Oregon City
Hoard of Trade. The definite arrange-
menta have not been rotnpleted for tbe
market daya, the at ret-1 where the
aalea will be held haa not been chosen,
and even the majority of the detulla
are yet to be worked out but at the
meeting of the board Monday nlirhl In
f?,l?7,n:C,lr,B, Colem?"' Rle the parlort of the Commercial club,
Doiler, Clarence Hanson, Albert Yo-i,L . ,..
der. Myra Will, Frank Rltter. Iewey
Miner, rranres Melnlr. Murle Julian
Alda Hlekner, Vera Peterson. Frr.nk
times and we could aee down the Wll
lamette valley fur below Salem. To
the north a long range of hills, extend
ing east and west across Washing
ton wat the limit of our vision and to
the west, the air was ao clear that we
could easily aee far down the Colum
Irvln, Paul Hayes. Freda Van Winkle.
uaroid Jonnson, Freda Johnson. Del-
bert Howard, Henjamin Decker. Earl
8chuebel. Francis Long, Leon W.
Stone, Glenn Henthorne, Ruby Mc
Wlllls. Wm. Obestallar. Josephine
Llngelback. Ernest Kuenile. Harry
b'l river. I could not tell how many Sloden, Alice Freytag, William Healey
counties were within range of vision
but all In southwestern Washington
and northwestern Oregon spread out
before ua like a great map.
'The trip waa a loyrlde. In every
sense of the word. We were out for i
the fun of the trip and to aee the
country. Pilot L'nger aald that he
would probably maUe another trip
from Portland either this week or the
first ot next
$10,000 SUIT FILED
BY SCHOOL DIRECTOR
MEMBER OF WICHITA SCHOOL
BOARD BRINGS ACTION
FOR LARGE SUM
Charging thnt his reputation hnd
beon ruined to the extent of 110.000
by remarks made by Jerome Averv.
John II. Gibson, a director of the
Wichita school, has filed a damage suit
against Avery In the circuit court.
According to the complaint. Averv
disapproved or the actiona of Gibson
on the school board and contented
himself with various alleged remarks
which reflected on the character of
Gibson. On June 14, the plaintiff
states, Avery sold to Isaac Mullen and
several other that "Gibson Is a thief,"
nnd again he said to one Carlson that
Gibson and Carlson, another member
of the board, "are robbers." .
Gibson snya that ho la unable, to ac
count for the malice which Avery
shows toward him and denies each and
every one of the alloged statements.
The county court let the contract for
the reconstruction of the Lazelle road
to Henry Cromer for $5,999.85. The
Improvement is to be macadam ucund
with heavy oil.
The road la part of the Pacific high
way and lies between Oregon City and
New Era, beginning at a point opposite
the Lar.elle place and extending about
ono mile 8outh. The Improvement Is
to be nine feet wide. Six inches of
crushed rock will be laid and then a
two-Inch coating of prepared rock will
form the surface. Heavy road oil
will be used to bind the road together,
the oil being applied by the penetra
tion method.
The Lazelle road has long been no
torious through the northern part of
the Willamette aa one of the poorest
roeds in the county.
SANDY, Ore.. June 16. The pro
posal of a union high school went
down to defeat yesterday. In this
district the proposition carried by a
considerable majority, but It was de
feated In the Hull Run and Kelso dis
tricts. The majority In Sandy wat
not sufficient to overcome the vote In
Kelso and Bull Run. Mrs. W. H. Har-
endrick waa elected school director In
tbe Sandy district.
Mil GIVES LEAD
TO BENSON; 16 VOTES
The recheck in all of the counties of
Oregon of the votes cast for Judge
Henry L. Benson, of Klamath Falls,
and for Justice Chnrles L. McNnry, of
Salem, for Justice of the supreme
court, at the recent primaries has re
sulted in n majority of 16 for Judge
nenson. Judge lienson gained In the
recheck in various counties, 66 votes,
and lost 9, making hta net gain over
the original returns to the secretary of
state, 57 votes. Justice McNnry gained
on the recheck 28 votes. Benson's
total vote, according to the recheck
in the state Is 34,642, and McNary's
34,646, giving Benson a majority of
16 for the nomination as a candidate
for Justice of the supreme court.
The gains and losses for the respec
tive candidates from Uie original re
turns as shown by the recheck In
Cluckamns: Benson, 1679, gain 20; Mc
Nnry, 1545, gain 10.
W. H. ENCLE ELECTED
MOLALLA DIRECTOR
MOLALLA, Ore., June 16. (Spe
cial) The school meeting at Molalla
yesterday resulted In the re-election of
W. II. Englo as director and W. A.
Shaver clerk, a special tax of 4 mills
waa carried for school maintenance,
and 100 by 266 feet more ground waa
ordered purchased on the north of the
present school grounds from Alvln
Robbing.
This will give tbe high school ample
room for manv yeara to come. The
new school building will be com
menced at once and Just what to turn
the old building Into la the question
at hand.
TRACT IS LET
FOR LAZELLE ROAD
HENRY CROMER PUTS IN LOWEST
BID WILL DO WORK FOR
$5,999.85
Charlotte Lorenzon, Rosle Mosier.
Hoyd Gibson. Ella Hurst, Jesse Green,
Marie Normansen, Edwin Yunker.
PIONEERS TO GATHER
L
PAPER COMPANY IS
SUED FOR $5000
The Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper
company Is made defendant by a dam
age suit tiled in the circuit court
Tuesday by James Dawson for $5,000.
Dawson alleges that he was employed
by the paper company in the wood
room and that on March 111, through
the lack of signals between employees
and because of a defective guard on a
machine, his foot was caught and so
cnished. that he will be permanently
Injured. He had a helper to assist
him but on the morning of tbe acci
dent the helper failed to appear and
the foreman, R. A. Gay, told Dawson
that when help waa needed in operat
ing the drag saw, which was Dawson s
duty, he waa to call the foreman. Daw
son left his pobt to adjust chains on a
log on the chute and while standing
on the chute, he states, another em
ployee pulled a lever which set In mo
tion the rollers on the chute. One of
these rollers caught Dawson's foot and
It was crushed, the complaint states.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 17. Oregon
pioneers, both men and women, who
came to the Oregon country in the
formative daya of the territory or
who were born there during those atlr
ring times, will gather in Portland to
morrow for the forty-second annual
reunion of the Oregon Pioneer asso
ciation.
Everything 'is In readiness to re
ceive the "old timers" and an elabor
ate program baa been arranged for tbe
day. In the evening the women'a aux
iliary of the aasociatlon will be hosts
at a banquet.
Reunion headquarters are now onen
nt the office of Secretary George L.
Himes In the Tourney building, 205-7
Second street. Each pioneer is re
quired to register and procure the 1914
badge, which shows that he is in good
standing for the present year. Resi
dent pioneers are requested to register
at once.
Literary exercises will be held at
the Masonic Temple at 2:30 n. m. Fol
lowing a short social reunion after the
meeting all the pioneers will go to the
armory for the annual hiyu muck-a
muck. A postprandial social hour will
be spent until 7 o'clock, when the pi
oneers will return to the Masonic
Temple for the election of officers and
transaction of routine business.
Colonel Robert A. Miller will onen
the annual "campflre" meeting at 8
o'clock. Edward B. McFarland will
extend the greetings ot the "Unim
proved Order of Red Men" to the "Bos
ton Tilli-kums" who began noachlne
on the original il-li-hee.
there was no opposition.
If there It any opposition to the
plan. It la expected that It will de
velope from tbe grocery ttoree and ev
ery grocer In the city will be Invited
to attend the next meeting, next Mon
day, to protest If he wishes, and If
the objections of the grocers are
strong enough, the officers of the
board promise that the plan will be
dropped. Henry I.araon, a member of
the Hoard of Trade and a prominent
grocer In the city, wat present at the
meeting and favored the plan. He
said that in hla opinion the market
day would draw farmers to the county
seat better than any other plan that
the Hoard of Trade could devise.
The organization plant tn secure
the use of ttreet from the city coun
cil where on the oppolnted daya the
farmers can hitch their horses. The
market will be operated on the same
lines of those In Astoria. Vancouver,
St. Johns and other towna where the
movement is aald to be a success.
The bitching posts were again dis
cussed by the board. Property own
ers on both aide of Eleventh street
west of Main atreet have given their
consent. It is planned to raise the
lower part of the platform at the In
tersection of Moss atreet and Eleventh
street between the Oregon Commis
sion company and the Frank Buach
store. This will give a level space
about 100 feet by 100 feet and a space
almost that- large again Just west ot
Main street but on a slight grade. The
committee Is advertising for blda on
the work.
PRESIDENT OF STATE
lAT
The regular monthly meeting of the
Deutsche Verein of Oregon City, was
held Sunday afternoon at Schnoerr'a
pavilion, and waa largely attended by
the members and their families, as
well aa visitors from Portland so
cieties.
The opening address was delivered
by President Gustav Schnoerr, who in
troduced Louis Damasch of Portland,
president of the Associated German
Verbnnd of the state. He delivered
an address, which waa well received
and applauded. His address was fol
lowed by a German, song by the Vere
in. and Edgar Winter of Portland, sec
retary of the state Verband, addressed
the meeting, calling for frequent ap
plause. A number of voluntary songs and
short speeches were rendered by vari
ous members nnd Vice President D.
M. Klemsen delivered the closing ad
dress. After the exercises a German
dinner was served.
Captain of Balloon Tells
Thrilling Tale of Wild
Ride In Thunder Storm
Captain H. E. Honeywell, of St. . feel the shock, for It vibrated through
CLUB WORKS FOR THE
Telegrams have tieen sent both Sen
ator Chamberlain and Senator Lane
by the Oregon City Commercial club,
asking that the two Oregon senators
make an effort to have ae appropria
tion for the Clackamas hatchery which
waa taken out of the sundry civil serv
ice bill In the house reinserted in the
senate.
The sundry civil service bill as in
troduced in the lower house Included
an appropriation for the Clackamaa
hatchery, but before it was passed by
the house It waa stricken out.
Louis, pilot of the balloon "Uncle Sara
of Portland," who arrived In Oregon
City Friday morning after spending
the night at the farmhouse of Hal
our bodies like a current of electricity
from a voltage machine. It was espe
cially noticeable, in our hat bands,
Llndsley in the Beaver Creek district. which of course, were moist and In our
tells a graphic story of his voyage from
Portland Thursday afternoon. The as
cent wa8 his one hundred and ninty
flfth and the experience he had In a
heavy electrical storm was the first ot
its kind.
"After ascending from Portland,"
said Captnin Honeywell, "we dropped
to an altitude of 500 feet starting
southeast, making 15 miles an hour un
til we atruck the Clackamas river,
where the sun came out from behind
a heavy cloud bank in the west ex
panding our bag and causing the car
to go up to an altitude of about 6000
feet where we struck a dead calm and
lost headway. The sun then dropped
down behind the clouds and the gas
contracted and we again dropped to
the 600 foot level, and we Intended to
run In between storms, which were
east and west of ua. We were in a
great vortex from the west going
southerly and that from the east go
ing northerly, and the counter current
forced us back
hands. Wre trailed on. not thinking of
any danger, in a northerly direction,
and five minutes later a heavy bolt
struck us, causing fire to fly from the
rigging of the car. The shock passed
through our bodies, terminating in the
ground through our trail rope, which
made a perfect conductor, -being wet.
"Both Dr. Stewart and myself have
families and loved ones, we decided
that thia waa too Interesting for com
fort and we concluded to land, but be
fore a suitable place presented itself
we were struck again by a light bolt,
causing ub to make a hurried descent
en the Llndsley farm at 7:45 o'clock.
We came down In a peach orchard and
made a smooth descent by pulling the
valve rope and letting the gas out of
the bag, and we grabbed our Instru
ments and the atuft that would be
damaged by rain and ran for the barn,
which we hardly reached when a bolt
of lightning struck a large dead tree
within 40 yards of the barn and tore
off a mass of bark, setting fire to it.
'Finally the two storms merged 1 Mr. Llndsley made me comfortable for
overhead llk& a canopy, with lightning , the night but Dr. Stewart obtained an
playing between both of them. We
decided to take advantage of the north
drift and back out, and it was about
this time, at 7:30 o'clock, that the first
bolt of lightning struck us. We could made a fine run."
automobile and went to Portland. We
had lots of ballast, enough to run us
48 hours, and had atmospheric condi
tion been favorable, we would have