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OUIXiON CITY, OHIWON, I'KII'A V, AHR'NT II, KM I.
riTABLUHEO 1MC
VETERAN SIRED
BY NEWS OF WAR
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AMIRICA NOT SUPPLIID
WITH HUIABIE NIW8
CttJl r AITH jNCLRMANS SHOW
Ortaon C'X Marshant OsllSyts Thi
Raports of Distention In Aus
trian Ranks Comas From
Nation's tnsmiss
That. sHlious:n in (jermsns tnr
ha l'""0 defeated In minor battles
lib Hi" Auatrlsns, thy rrprcaent
niiclHialliiii ili h la capshls of aland
III air lhs qoi nf Europe In Ilia Hi
It Ik opinion of rsnk lluarh of thla
07, a vctcrsn of dm war bet seen III
iiutriaus and ilia rWrlana 30 vears
( ll served from 1 H7S lu S.I aa
as orrirrr In ths Aiiatrlan army
tnmugh an tho nioiinlaliioiia region In
hlli the conflict bettwi thcan q
countries la now being carried on.
Combination Almoat Invlnciabla.
The land forces of the romlilncd
GVrmsns and Austrlans aro almoat In
iliirlal'lr," aald Mr. lluarh. 'I sno
annual nomine oi in navy, but I am
Informed ronwrnlna; I ha laud forces,
TIu m two rountrlca have unlimited ro
amircrs to draw from, ticrmsny alone
ran put half million new men In Hi
field each year aa they rvach llio ana of
years, but Inn number of men avail-
alii liKht now, who have served time
Id the army, would listener you.
Tin' Hermans ilo not hav to I
furred (o fight. They are willing to
in to war. In fart, they are anilous.
Th Auatrlans and the Hungarians are
Ihr lam way. Thla talk of a revolt In
the A'lttrlnn army la not based on
facta, luit romea from tnr-ii who have
l-n furred from Austria. I am an
Amtrtin In that I waa born In that
totintry, tmt I by blood I am a tier
niB." Hungarians Loyal.
Whfi akrd If he believed that
f'o're an any rhanre of the Hunxar
lana bnmklriit away from thn Ana
trlani. Mr. lluarh rolled that there maa
no danger of audi action. "The Hun
(uariana are aa eager to tnke a part In
th atrtiKKla a Ilia Hermans and the
Auiirlnna," waa hla reply. "And ao I
iw the Hwlaa. Tim Swiss realize that
Vr'rance defeats Germany, their coun
ty will heroine under the rontrol of
French republic, and I believe thnt
Ihn war turns aaaluat the Tuetotis
(he Hwlaa will Join the ail niKKltt."
Mr. inm.h foiiKht In the Auatrian
army In the provencca of lloanln. Her
x'Rovlna and Handshak Novl llanar,
which la on the border between Her
vlu nnd Austria. The conflict between
these two count rlea la now being car
ried on In these provincea nnd Mr.
Husch recalls encb town or river aa It
lukca n part In the war newa of the
ilny. " The territory along the border
line between Hervla and Austria la like
our own Willamette valley In aomn
ways," hn aald. "It la rolling, full of
hill, and lu places there are niouti
tulnn. When I wna there the lund waa
not bcti.'r lluin half clvllltwl, but now
town ami cltlea have aprung up. Hor
vlu In a loiintry of ahephorda and they
iirialnly can flKht." concluded Mr.
lluarh In cmphntils.
Raporta Discredited.
Thn veteran of tho Aualrlnn-8orvlnn
a expresmul the Kreutest rontempt
tlP "hllU'u" U'hliih lu Lnlnn tiflitln I ..
....... uriitA I'liiiivii 114
tniiiln piipera nnd denounced ns abao
lulcly IniiioxHlhlo. "I hnve rend In one
Paper thnt soldiers and tholr horspH
t killed In tho triMichea, No gen
"ul would aend cavalry Into the
trenches under any clrcumatnncea.
The men who write auch aturf must
have never seen nn army."
$8000 m SWEEPS
WIMUNVII.I.K. i. Aug. I-AI-'UI
I O'liMk llila In -r it 1 11 t fire broke out
In the lr iue lioii I and aprrad lap
Idly to ailolnlii l.ulMiiiira in tho brart
of the timn, b hotel, a III' al filar
ael, a real rtal offlie, a lealilemn
and ir Waller T. Hrn a druital rr
re lolallr rtniroird. rniallliix a laa
or ttUiut 1 10, , a knon Inaur
am of only lioo.
The oaiM-ra and (Meiiiiaiila of the
hotels were away and It la Imponallila
In barn ihn amount of luxiraiiro tar
rbl until their return. The bias on
bullilliig and ronlenis la annulled at
Imxii I snoo Km to thla Dr. Drown
was the h.avet oa-r, the building
si.d stin k destroyrd for hint being sl
ued at II'mhi. with an Inauramo of
II. ,(iil. John K. Iluiaon and John 8.
Ilrown. the others ln.era. hsvo suffer
ed to the silent of lioou to i:uo, and
had no linurniire. I
The fire burned flently from Ihe
alart and for a lima was uncontrolla
ble, and It waa only by tho hardest
flxhtlug on the part of Ihe i Ulceus who
volunteered and did heroic work that
ha real of the biiaim as section of Wll
aouvlllo was saved from being wiped
out.
ALLEGED CHECK CLUB HAS TWO FRANCHISES
ARTIST WANTED; H$ ANNUAL PICNIC: GRANTED BY COURT
HUMPHHIV It WANTED BV Off I
ClALt FROM TWO OREGON
COUNTIl
KO CATHCN fOn ALL DAY PRO
CRAM TWO CANOIOATCB
ror. covirnoh talk
Th" annual plmlr of tho (isrfleld
Pin noirr DKcrn iu cunv mm :'"""" ui 10 'w
UnU Vlihi I IHikjtU I I iWilUI-t, Hn III '
CLACKAMAS CA COMPANY WILL
LAV MAINS ACROSS HIVER
THEN BACK
Paul R. Momlg Losts 'J W on Cus-
tomsr't Draft Caihtd for Mum.
phrsy Offlesrs Wall at
Homo In Vain
Otis of Portland's alb-ged bad chr k
artists, II. Humphrey by name, who
bss wambred over Into CUiksmas
county to seek an may mark for his
trade la wanted by Claekamsa fount y
offlrlala and t'onatabls Jai M roat
OBJECT IS TO AVOID KILWAUKIE
Mfisif DH ra BSE
OIK tBWE SCHOOL mml
Hamr ljy, and over Z'iI p-riis. In-
ilullng w raiidldatea for governor,
wers prrarnt. The day's program In
cluded every attraction from a ba
ball game In tho morning to politics)
pen lies n tho afienioon.
The rroad began to rather from K
(acada, (ieorge, (iarfli Id and other
rotmnuniiirs early In the morning, and
by II o'clock almoat i'x were preaenf.
A I'ssebsll game between the married
men and lbs single men wss thn fea
ture of lha mornlna- The iinrrikrHi-t
players wers able to pile up a aeors of !r ,0 ,he "om" Telephone 4 Telegraph
Horn Tsltphont Company Will Con
struct Llns to Lako Shoro
Villas Bleyels Path
Bothsra Court
Two franchises, ont to the Clacks
mas County Gaa company and the oth
l to I agalnal their opponents.
X'Min was spent la the grove. The
crowd split up Into small parties for
YIELD OF HOPS
IN VALLEY CUT
ORV WEATHER AND RED SPIDER
WILL DECREASE OUTPUT
OF VALLEY
UROPEAM SITUATION HAS EFTECT
tlglan Crop Will Not bs Harvtited
If War Continues English
Produotlon Will bs up to
Usual Standard
alileil by two deputies from the I'orl- I luncheon .1 rareaanit aori-eh.iii.b
buid ronatable'a office, spent Haturdur lug wrre the events of the afiernoon.
and Haturday night In an unaurceaaful ! ,r. jtltwl Wlthyromlie. Ilepubllcan
ilt.-mpt tofnlch the man. The formal ' nominee for governor, aooke on "A
HAS EFFECT ON
ALL MARKETS HERE
Tho market for hnpa. Is rather slow.
Only ono biiIo him boon ronortod ro-
wnily In tho Wlllnmotte vnlloy, the
dcul boll) it tho niirchuHo bv HnrrlR
J-oi'limimd of SuWmi. It lncluilod oik.
of 148 ImloH of medium to nrlnin
fniiii Frank Mutoml of Independence, nt
10c and GOO biiloa of Btrlotly prlino nt
12c. Tho supplies wont to Swnrtz &
Co., of Now York.
One promlont denlor reported tlio re
telpt of nn order for 100 bales of
primes at 12c bud was nimble to se
cure tho goods. However, the bidder
tefusod to advance his limit although
l exceptional Instances It Is belinr-d
-a IN nnothor half cent could be
J lC.l'(l, '
1 ciml.rnctltiK Is reported for two
Growers are not Inclined to
llev 10C,UIHe 80,110 ot tlle,n lo
vini 11,0 K"rol,eil' wr would ml
''C8.W,,e while on Ihe othor hand
fii'iircg li'lnrost among buyers In
lnn,"C U,u'r!t naturally centerod
blea ;'l0'"'l,,, rrP ttml polltloal trou
h. iio otitlro Iohs of the Iloicjjm
Ihiii "bui iu t-niiHO uib iiuiry
J, :""" Interests have heretuiore
Ulitn l" llllllllUllll Bllll-
for ui '"'y wln Ilk(,,y nfi avallublo
Wlleill lir. wl .... I .l -
i.. . , u umor necessi.
w, "" 'i ih not likely that bunkers
ho ,8 1 Bff0rt t0 loan mon
The long continued dry weather and
the appearance of the red epidcr In a
few yards will rut down the hop yield
of Clackamas and Marlon counties, ac
cording to reports which are brougb
to this city. How much the crop v.1'1
be cut It Is difficult to estlmute, but
conservative growers believe that It
will fall from one-fourth to ono-flfth
below Uie estimate yield made a month
ago.
Prominent hop men eatlmuted early
In tho acason that the yield of tho val
ley tbls year would by 150,000 bnl
but Ihn stute will do well If 120,000 or
even 100.000 bales are produced, ac
cording to the eatlmntes of prominent
growers In the northern part of this
county and In northern Marlon.
Yards In southern Clncknmns which
looked very promising a month auo
now show the effect of the dry spoil
nnd promise only an ordinary yield.
Some few yards, which are well cared
for, will produre well hut a large ma
jority will not eqonl tho eatlmates of
the spring.
The red spider Is bothering a few of
the yards around Aurora, according to
roports received here. Other vermin
have not proved very troublesome as
yet but there la plenty of time for ad
verso conditions to still further reduce
the yield.
The effect of tho European situation
on the Oregon hop prices Is not defi
nite. The Ilelglnn crop will probably
not bo harvested and the yield In Eng
land promises to be well up to the
standard of former years.
OREGON CITY PAPER
MILLS NOT AFFECTED
Tho big paper mills hero will not be
affected by the European war ns are
mills In tho eastern part of tho coun
try, according to a statement of mill
officials hore Tuesday afternoon.
Seventy-five per cent of the chemical
pulp used In this country comes from
Norwuy, Sweden and Germany and nil
shipments to this country have been
stopped, according to Frank E. Moore,
of Wutortown, N. Y who Is president
of tho Amorlcnn Pulp & Pnper associa
tion. This will work a grent hardship
on many eastern mills who find that
with Importation stopped, they are
short of pulp. However, In Oregon
City, tho mills produce tholr own pulp
nnd make their own sulphite, thus put
ting them on an Independent uiibIb.
chsrgu aralnat Humphrey Is obtaining
money under false prtunaea.
Auguat I, Humphrey was In Handy.
He Is a hardware ssb amsn for a Port
land firm and one of his customers Is
Paul It. Melnlg, owner of general
merchandising store. In the evening
of thst day, .Melnlg rlslrns. Humphrey
came to hla a'ore and asked that be
cash a cuitoiiM rs draft on thu Lumber
man's National bank In Portland for
',K r,n. Melnlg bad seen Humphrey
several times In the lattcr's tups Into
that part of thi country and had con
flilenoi In him.'
Melnlg accepted Ihe draft and u we-k
Inter It waa relumed by Ihe bank. The
Sandy merchant visited Ju.U e Klevers
and Dlntrtc: Attorney Hedges with :ti
result that a warrant was secured.
Constable Frost was able to learn
Humphrey's addresa In Portland and
went to thnt city Satunluy afternoon.
With two deputy constables. Officer
Frost with the deputlrs went to Hum
phrey's home In lleaumont adJIllon.
and the three spent the greater part of
he afternoon and evening walilug for
Humphrey lo o-ime home.
The ihnrge In this county Is not the
only liud check credited to 'Hum
pbrey. Multnomah county officials
seek to find Ihe man for crimes of sim
ilar nature which he Is alleged to have
committed in thnt county.
(jrester Oregon" sod outlined the pos
sibilities of this state.
K. M. (jIII. Progressive nominee for
state eiecutlve, waa the other candi
date for Kokernor and he took for his
subject "Hoods." C. H huebel, a mem
ber of Ihe stste leglalature, talked on
-The Woman In Social Life." Uuy T.
Hunt is president of the club and E.
W. llarti. ll. of Estarada, acted as
chairman of the meeting.
CHEQUE HOLDERS SAFE
Oregon travelers who have been
caught In the European war crisis are
financially safe if they hold traveling
chequea Issued by the American Ex
press company, according to Informa
tion received by Kalph Shephard, local
agent, from E. M. Whittle, superin
tendent of the Oregon-Washington di
vision. The company haa received
word thnt holders of the cheques are
experiencing no troublo In cashing
them, I
company, were granted Friday by Ihe
county court. The regular Auguat ses
sion of the court ended Frldsy.
The franchise granted the Clacks
maa County Gas company glvea that
concern Ihe right to lay mains on the
WhIUhouse road to Oswego, which Is
a psrt of the plan of the company to
avoid Mllwaukle In Its line to Oregon
City from Portland. Owing to the
fact that the company and the Mllwau-
kle council were unable to come to
any agreement on the franchise
through thst town, the gaa company
Dae reached the determination to go
around the town. Iiy crossing the
liver below Mllwaukle, touching Os
wego, and then recrosslng above Mll
waukle; the latter town wag aroldd
and Oswego added to tbe territory
covered by the line.
The difficulties between tbe gaa
company and the Mllwaukle council
has delayed the completion of the pro
ject, according to a representative
who asked the local council for an ex
tension of time on the Oregon City
franchise. The main from Portland to
Chief of Police E. U Shaw obtained;!!" r"r Ptlcally completed with
a complete confession Sunday morn-''1.'9 eptlon of the tap at Mllwau
tng from William. Hnasman. arrested,
Saturday evenliiK by Ilitrolman I.ibbv. The application for a telephone fran-
of breaking into the Denver Market on rhUe from Oswego to Lake Shore VII-
Sevenlh str-et and taking from the till granted to tho Home Tele
five dollars In small change. phone company. The franchise covers
Ilannmun. who la &0 years old, Is the usual points concerning the kind
butcher, and worked for E. R. Case, j of polts. the way they ahall be placed,
proprietor of the market. He waa ar- and how the wires shall be strung,
rested Saturday on a charge of taking I An old bicycle path, long out of use
11.40 from Henry Di llons, a boy who 'and almost forgotten occupied the at
drives a delivery wagon for the mar- tendon of the court for some time
SECURED BY SHAW
OAK (illOVE. Ore., Aug. . The sec
ond Concord Oak ruve fair will be
held at the Oak (irove acboolhouM.,
September 1112. The officers of ll-i
fair snwxintlon are: President, llur
rey (J. Hlarweallii-r; flrat vice presi
dent, Mrs. M. T. Oatfleld, second vice
presld-nl, Mlas Florence lJuytnn; sec
Mary, MUs Florence (illgure, and
treaaurer, Mrs. J Imx-lcbe.
At a speclsl meeting of the Concord
Parent Teather aaaociatlon, held
Thuraday afternoon, Mrs. F. Youngs
wss appointed chairman of the commit
tee lo arrange for the sssodstlon's
German booth at tbe fair.
The fair association held a special
meeting last nlgbt In tbe Methodist
Episcopal church at Oak Crave. Ar
thur Prentiss, of Courtney, show id
slereoptlcon slides of tbe scenes of
the European war. which were ex
plained by II. I-ee Paget. Refreshments
were served. Tbe committee In charge
of the affair consisted of Mrs. V. O
llenvle, Mrs. II. lye Psget. Mrs. U
Armstrong, Mlas A. Oatfleld. Mrs. II.
G. Starkweather and Mr a. Oeorge C.
HrownelL
LOCAL OSTEOPATH SPEAKS BE
FORE NATIONAL CONVEN
TION THURSDAY
STORY Of EIGHT HERE IS TOLD
Lecture la One of Foatursa of Assam.
bly In Philadelphia 1015
Convention Is Secured
by Portland
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Aug. . Dr.
J. A. Van Urakle. of Oregon City, waa
elected trustee of the American Osteo
pathic association today over A. T.
Still, of tbe Research Institute, of Chi
cago.
Dr. Roberta Winner Ford, of 8eattle.
waa elected vice president.
TEACHERS ATTEND
SCHOOL
AT
80 ENROLL IN ANNUAL INSTITUTE
AT THE OPENING DAY
MONDAY
IHBER EXPECTED TO REACH 100
ket. Friday night Honsman slept with , Friday and was not settled. In 1899
the noy and got uo early Saturday me pam, wntcn la about a mile
morning, and after going through the: length and nine from Oak Grove to-
boy's clothes, dvpurtea for Portland ward Concord station, was dedicated
the officers believe. De lions saw Hans- to the public but the reservation was
man on tho street and reported It to i made that in case it should ever be
Officer Llbby. (abandoned It would revert to the orlg-
Sunday morning Chief Shaw accused ilnal ow ner. Tbe petition to vacate the
Big Chautauqua Auditorium Is Gather
ing Place for Teachers' Train
ing School Calavan Is
Enthualastle
Hunsman of robbing the market Au
gust 5. At first llansman denied it
but the chief penned him down and
he told the entire Btory, claims the
chief.
Ho said he quit E. R. Case August 1
and went to Portland, spent his money
for booze and came back August S.
path was presented at tbe beginning
of the session but the court la unable
to decide whether the path belongs to
the county or the original owners. It
will be taken up at the next session.
It's Just one thing after another In
Europe, and especially In the Balkans.
UNITED 8TATES CRUISER TENNESSEE CARRIES $5,000,000 TO EUROPE FOR RELIEF OF AMERICANS
P. R. L. & P.
FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY
rOtm.A Vli r n . .
eiin,i,i ' "Ittl H!l
' led period of warfare in Europe
"UN INlltlnenlJ .1 . -
l. "wiuiizH inR nnniA rrrnia r
u a , - . - - "
Ifader. t0,lay tne l)lnln of
ot ,;v8lnf he '""'lry. The trade Is
Ci t 8 10 hl,le tlle real fact" from
This Is the nirt.i .i ,
ropean buyers usually seek their fu
VifuPP '""?f app,nl' and Ptt 'n the
time thJ ""u,we"- At the present
'fade Th.8!'6 v0ne ln'reted In tbe
ual'y ma'S 18 the tlme thttt "porters
nd i-or. "'""gemenw ror rreiht
1r,Kerator aervloe across the At-
not)e h.. S ar " can be "certalned
u nave been mH o..
" " J UBIC.
The Portland Railway, Light & Tow
er company brought a. suit against Cas
per N. llraasch nnd Harriot E. llrausclt
4n the circuit court to condemn a right-
or-way on their proposed power line
from Estncada to Beaver Creok.
The suit 1b the first one on the pnrt
of the electric company to secure a
right-of-way for the power Hue which
will supply tho Willamette Valley
Southern. The power will be generat
ed at the Estacnda plant and the first
sub station will be located at rteaver
Creek where the Dower line will meet
thn railway. The route of the electric
line is direct.
The complaint states that the two
parties have been unable to come to
terms and asks that a Jury place a fair
value on the line which la a atrip 20
feet wide.
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J- ' : I ; I r
eAsvA.. ;x Sf & r 1
The annual Clackamas county teach
ers' training school opened Monday
morning at Gladstone park, and before
the day was over 80 teacher had en
rolled with County Superintendent Cal
avan. School officials expect that be
fore the end of the week tbe number
In 'will be Increaaed to at least 100.
Monday nignt twelve tents were
pitched on tbe grounds, but tbls num
ber will be Increased, say those In
charge of the school. Many of the nu
pll-teachers are living at Gladstone
while still others come from Portland
and Oregon City.
The big Chautauqua auditorium Is
the gathering place for the institute
although another building Is used for
the primary department
Mr. Calavan la enthusiastic over the
prospects of the institute. "Although
Monday was only the first day, things
look much better now than at the Queu
ing of last year's institute. With 80
teachers enrolled the first day, we are
certain to have at least 100 before the
end of the week. The work of organ
izing the school was completed by
noon Monday and the rest of the day
was devoted to studies.
"We are making an effort to have
the teachers, who are now the pupils,
taKe an active part in the class work.
They are invited to ask Questions, of
fer suggestions and criticisms, and ex
press their own Ideas on tho subject
as we go along. In this way a lesson
can be better and more easily learned.'
I He convention will confine in ses
sion until August 28. All teachers
with less thnn 27 months of experience
are required to attend, but many with
years of work in the county sschools
are present
IS
AaH r
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I.E.P.BICKNCLL -2-Counsellor of State Dept. ROBERT LANSING 3 Assistamt Sec.
ofHavy RQQ5LVLIT -4APT.DtCKE-R-5-U.5.CRUI5ER TENNE5S6E.
The United States armored cruiser Tennessee was loaded with over $.-,000,000 in gold for the stranded Amer
icans abroad, half of which was appropriated by the government, and ordered ready to sail for Europe. The whole
country Is vitally Interested in her progress across the ocean. It was said that she might be convoyed by the
battleship South Carolina. The trip is full of possible eventualities, but the people of the United States hope
that the sending of the succor ship will not In any way Involve this couuiry In the general war. On the Tennes
see, which Is commanded by Captlu B. C. Decker, are AsBasitant Secretarj o f the Navy Roosevelt, Counselor of the
State Department Robert Lansing, ErneBt P. fclckell, director of the Amorlcan Red Cross society, and other rov
ernment officials, w ith a number of army officers who will help In the relief work.
Fred Haines, an officer In the local
company of the Oregon National
Guard, was arrested at 8:30 o'clock
Sunday night on a charge of breaking
into the local armory and sealing a
gun, a bayonet and a quantity of am
munition. The alleged crime was com
mitted Sunday afternoon while the
company was at the Clackamas rifle
range. Haines was unable to go be
cause of an injured knee.
At the jail Monday, Malnes was un
able to give a reason for his act and
maintained that he was drunk and did
not know what he was doing. Later
he said that he Intended to go hunting
and only Intended to borrow the gun.
Haines, the officers of the company
say, broke into the armory by kicking
In one of the back windows. No one
was In the building at the time.
Haines was taken before Justice
Sivers Monday morning where he
waived examination and was bound
over to the grand jury on a chargs of
Durgiary.
BROWNELL TALKS ON
George A. rtrownell, chairman of the
non-partisan Clackamas county Oregon
dry committee, delivered his third talk
In the county campaign Sunday at Logan.
A large audience greeted the sneak.
er and the Alldredee Quartette at h
Grange hall. Mr. Hrownell delivered
a comprehensive talk on the liquor
question.
Several members of the Oreenn rtiv
W. C. T. U. also attended and inter
ested the ladles of the audience In a
local branch of the W. C. T. U. and
appointed a committee to canvass the
precinct In an effort to see that all
votes were registered.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Aug. 6. (Spe
cial) The hero of the national osteo
pathic convention In session here this
week Is Dr. John A. Van Urakle of Ore
gon City. He gave popular lecture
this evening and Uld for the first time
the story of the medical war which baa
been fought over him for a year In Ore
gon.
He la the only osteopathic Physician
In the world wbo has ever held tbe po
sition of county health officer, and all
the ponderous medical machinery of
the Pacific coast haa been set In mo
tion In vain to oust him. Here ta Dr.
Van Drakle's story aa be told It to
night:
Last September Judge Anderson of
Clackamas county, Oregon, appointed
me county health officer to fill out the
unfinished term of one wbo bad short
ly before been removed by tbe sttte
board of health for neglect of duty. I
became the only osteopathic countr
health officer in the United States. By
creating this precedent, he started a
series of happenings that have not yet
tK-en completed and he Initiated what
will probably be an Important factor In
medical as well aa In osteopathic L's-
tory.
Physicians Present Petition.
"The physicians of Oregon City pre
sented a petition signed by al! the med
ical physicians of the town suggesting
that In their estimation, my predeces
sor had been dealt with unfairly by the
state board and In view of that fact.
they wished his reappointment. In
fact, they further stated that none of
them would be able to accept It At
this time several persons ap
proached me and asked me If I would
serve If I were appointed'. The mat
ter had never entered my head. I de
cided I could legally hold the office and
said that I would. The next day I re
ceived the appointment. Immediately
something happened. The local medi
cal fraternity, to put it mildly, went up
In the air. The Impossible had hap
pened. An office which from time Im
memorial had been one ot the many
perquisites of medical monopoly was
being occupied by an outsider. Of
course nothing so ridiculous as that
could be maintained and they frankly
stated that I would not last much more
than a minute aa health officer. Then
they promptly organized the Clacka
mas County Medical society, which is
the official unit of the American Medi
cal association, with the one purpose
of having me removed from office. The
local papers commented upon the fact
that for the first time in the history of
the town, the doctors had quit quarrel
ing among themselves and gotten to
gether for a common cause.
Threats Maae.
"Various dire and ludicrous threats
were made and none of them carried
out. The state board of health, com
posed exclusively of medical men, took
up the battle In behalf of the local
medical men and notified the coun(y
judge that I could not hold the office
and that he would therefore have to ap
point another man. The judge replied
that he thought he could run the coun
ty's business without suggestions from
the state board of health and ignored
the order.
"Seeing that simple bluffing would
not remove me, the local medical men
decided to take the issue Into court.
In doing so they had the action broueht
in the name of the state and thus shift
ed the expense of prosecution from
tihelr own shoulders to those of the
taxpayers. Immediately It became
known I was to be fought In the courts.
W. S. U'Ren, independent candidate
for governor at the coming fall elec
tions and Chris Schuebel, candidate for
the state legislature, volunteered their
services as lawyers without charge to
aid me in the fight The newspapers
of the state having taken up the fight,
offers of aid, financial and otherwise,
came to me from private individuals
and from practically every non-medical
Interest In the state. But as the
State Osteopathic association had de
cided to finance the fight, I took the
moral support and my attorneys and
went Into court. This legal action
dragged out over some three months,
during which time every minor point
was decided in my favor and on the
day of the final trial, after I had gone
to me expense or bringing witnesses
trom an parts of the Btate, the trial
was non-suited at the request of the at
torneys of the physicians who could
see no hope of winning out.
Country Doctors Co-operate.
"But during all this time, I had been
performing the duties of my office.
The country doctors, in contradistinc
tion to the city doctors, had almost
from the start decided to recognize me
and so sent in their , reports upon
births, deaths, and contagious diseases.
The city doctors got around the situa
tion by simply addressing their reports
to the health office without any name
and let It go at that. The postman did
the rest and I received the reports.
"Just when things had seemed to
have quieted down entirely between
my medical antagonists and myself,
war broke out again. This time it
took tbe shape of charges brought by
these same men bfore the state board
of health In whlcb they declared upon
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