V I. A ?' J 1 OR fretting County, - rOHTV NINTH YIAH-No. OHKOON CITY, OHKUON, FI.IIUV, .JANTAIiV '-'!, 1'il.V ESTABLISHED IMS Bill 10 ABOLISH L HMD T E MEASURE FRAMED OY DIMICK WIN IN UPPER HOUSE BY EIGHT VOTE I. REMEDIES PLANNED FOR VII NINE PRESENT TAX UWS Clackamas County' Riprismtsllv on Smiti Tuition Commllttn, McOrldt, Takes Active In Unit In Subject HAI.KM. Ore.. Jen. XI IHpeclsl ) Hrnnlur IMmlik'i bill to abolUh the navel mllllle wee pained by Ihn imlf today by voln nf 11 tu 10. The Mull iiniimh con uly senator to e men were a coin at Ibe nieuure end I lur , (tar UikI. MrHrblt'. J. C Hmllb end Viu lierh.llin, ri-ri-B-iitliiR country dl Irli le voted with I In-ill. While the bill ei up lor piiiage Moier declared that I ITS of Hie lent appropriation wee ield Claude M-"ol-liM-h, who wai Governor Wvit'i ll-ntM-ent on the floor of the. senate two year go, bo bed eboiit Diet inurh dun Mm fur local rvlrre rendered Ihn rorporallon ronitiilnelon. The u pri me roiirt In' Id Diet Mci'olloch rould uot art ee bhh IbI counsel for IIm de partment after he demand"! payment for e month's work. Moser eald Weit urdered the mono) to be ald from the nillllla a)roirlallon, although Mrl'ol Uh h did not Tform service for that department. Dlmlrk declared (he people expected Ihle legislature to cut out imnecimary nillllla wee a good plare to begin. He eald that It wae of no benefit to the appropriation! and eald that the naval elate, but furnlihed club home for certain Portland men. He rad from I ne booki of the secretary of stat showing Items of expense, rmjiliaala log oumeroua onre for dlspoilng of aiiliei, for laundry, and one for 'altera' tlon of panla." Two member of the committee sub mitted a majority report substituting . a measure providing that mlllta be placed under the adjutant general and that the appropriation be cut from ijo. 000 to 115,000. Member who voted against thl favored the Dlmlck bill The minority renort for the Dlmlck measure pained. That every effort 111 be exerted to remedy the evlla o universally com plained of In the present tax laws, which were p4icd In ll.V I appar ent from Iho wintlmenla expressed by member of tho committee on awns ment and luxation In both home of the legislature, Clackama county ha a strong rej reaentatlve on the senate comniltteo on taxation In Senator Mcllrlde of Co lumbia, Clarkunia and Multnomah. During the amnion it has been divided tho house and sonnte committee on th ubJoct will moot Jointly for thor ough Inveitlgation of taxation and as ereemrnt matter and Senator Mcllrlde la allowing an active Interest. Chairman Perkln ha expressed the opinion that out of tho numbor of bill which arc coming In relative to the quontloR of tho collection of tnxe tho commlttoo will In all probability suloeti salient feature from each of the bill and nnlto thorn In one not to remedy what evil mny now exlHt and to add to tho tax codo what new suggestions mny be called from the measures and suggestions mndo. Clackama county, n a county of Htrong Importance In the stnto, both from atandpolnt of population and from Its position an to resources, will be figured strongly In what taxation leglalatlon may be enacted. Not only will tho quostlon of tax collection be throslind out in the com mitteo, but there'! strong probability of some other vitally Important tax measures coming up which will re-: quire considerable ittudy nnd enre on the part of tho committee. The com inlttee Is planning a thorough consld eratlon of taxation subjects from their various angles so that such tax leg!' Intlon a I enacted will bid fair to be satisfactory to the people of the Btate at large and obviate the necessity of amendments and ' change in future sessions. "'- 1 : HUNT FOR RELATIVES OF ; Relatives of the late T. O. Stroud, who was killed last fall while work dng on the Willamette Valley Southern, have been located by Sheriff Wilson after several months or Investigation. ' Among personal effects of Stroud, Mr. Wilson, ho was coroner at the time of the accident, found a picture with en address attached.. The ad dress was that of John . Stroud, Day ton, Texas. .Wilson seat a letter to the party' and Saturday received an answer, which showed that the two men were-cousins.. i 't :' T O. Stroud wa burfrid lit Mbuhtafn View after the bodjr h4d bee held a most a weekv - It 1 hot probabfc 1ht A IS HROUGH SENAT the remain will be moved. a;.' SPENCE BELIEVES BILL ENDANGERS STATE CHANCE MASTER IS AT SALEM TO riCHT MEASUflE OY WEEKS. PLAN IS CALLED UNDERTAKING ESIABLISHHENI FOR INITIATIVE Pttitlons Could D Slgntd Only In Office of County Clerk or Justice of the Piace Under Niw ScNmi. H AI.KM. Ore., Jan. 13. (Hpec lal.) ('. K. 8m.ii(c, of Maple Ijine, mailer of the alale graiiKn, li her with hli big gun trained mi nnmrei whli h he believes are Inimical tu the Oregon yitem. Iloiinx Joint resolution No. I. Intro duced by Weeki of Marlon rounly, provide! t tint section (if article & of the romtltiitlon Ik- emended mi that not more than all per rent of the legnl votera ktmll be required to propoie a meamire by petition and that the ilg naliirr nliall be oblnlneil In the of riven of (he rounly rb-rk and two Junllcea of (he peace. Thl lerlion nayn: "liiimedlately after the receipt of unlit Initiative or referendum petitions county clerk shall laune a portion of them to be Died wllh two Juallre of the peace In their rountle and shall retain the reinander In their on of fice. They shall then poit notlcei In at least aevvn part of the county and inline additional notice to be printed In at least three newspaper of general circulation. If there be that many newipaper In the county, call ing attention to the fact that peti tion are In their poeslon and In PEOPLES the poisenlon of two Justices of thJi(ock l0 get representation on the peace and are ready for algnaturea. Only coiinty clerk and Juitlce of the peace ahall be competent to receive and verify algnaturea, but the right to Initiate measures and amendment and demand the referendum by apply ing to the secretary of etate, Is espe cially reserved to the people and shall not be abridged or denied.' "This resolution," said Mr, Bpence, "Is a proposed undertaking establish ment for tho Initiative and refercn dum, and should be beaten unless Ore gon wants to return to the old sy teiu. It Is difficult now to obtain the required number of signatures to pe titions for measures which the people at (he elections approve by three or four to one. To make It necessnry for voters to go to the county clerk or Justices of the peace to sign peti tions would mean that the requisite number of names could not be ob tained. Ilesldes, under the proposed amendment, tho petitions might be loft with two Justices of the peace in the samo community and persons living in other part of the county would have no chnnco to sign them. The whole thing Is wrong and must be defeated." E A MRS. LILLIAN WINK AND W. A D0DD3 ARE HONOR GUESTS WEDNESDAY Warner grngge met Wednesday aft ernoon at the New Era hall. After tho regiilnr routine of business, four now membnrs were given tho first and second degrees of the grunge. The of ficers, elected In December, were In- stulld by Mrs. Fred J. Mulndl, who was assisted by Mrs. J. L. Waldron. The birthdays of two of tho mem bers were observed. W. A. Dodds and MrB. Lillian Wink. Mr. Dodds' daugh ter, Mrs. Curtis DodilB, presented him with a huge birthdoy cake, coverod with mln.Uure candle. Mrs. Wink was bIbo presented with a cake made by Mrs. K. E. Reed, which was frosted and on tho top boro the name of Mrs. Lil lian Wink. Three long table were set for din- nor and the guosts marched in to a march played by MIbs Mable Hoffman The procession was lod by the honor guests. Mrs. Wink and Mr. Dodds, They took tbolr respectfVe places at the table and here were presented with a small remembrance by the grange. The iH-se itatlon apoech wai made by Mrs. Hoffman, worthy master, and re sponded to appropriately by both rei olplents. A post card shower was an other eat u re of the surprise In store for the two. r After dinner hour a splendid musi cal and literary pogram was given, which . was much enjoyed and well rendered. About, fifty person were present at this gathering and helped to make It one of the most successful of the season. The. following .' divorce decrees were' signed Wednesday, by Circuit Judge Campbell: Nsttle Jone from W. F.. Jones. Henry Latham from M. H. Latham. GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL, SAVING THE MEASURE BY DIMICK TO ABOLISH IMMIGRATION COMMISSION NOW LAW ULNCCUTH'S BILL IS fOUCHT TO PROTECT INTERESTS OFtf.V.S. Southern Pacific Could Mak Troubli for Local Line, Say Senator Continuing Appropriation Bill Amtndid HAI.KM, Ore.. Jan. li. (Hperlall CoTrrimr Wllhyronilie tixlay nUtie.) the lilmlck bill alxdlnhlng the Immi gration romnilnilon. The approprl tlon for the pant two year wai 'n, 000, and the commlnilon anked 171 000 or the prenerit biennial period ('. C. Chsitnan, of Portland, head the com ml!nn, laid much of the work would probably m rontlnued wllh in crlptlons rom Portland builnens nie He said appropriations in the pant l years from other sources than th state totaled $1 18.273. IHmlf k's bill to abollih ronnervatlon commliilon. pnned the senut tods An apprnirlntlon of tvnoo was asked The author said the amount not much but that the department was of no service to taxpayers. For the fin two years f:,000 aa asked, but no the requent ha grown 100 per cent He aald the bill wa In line with th retrenchment pt or rain. OpiMialtlou by Dlmlck to the Lang guth bill, providing the cumulstlv system of voting shares In stock cor poratlons to give minority stockhold ers representation In directorates, was based on the ground It would give th 8outhern Pacific a chance to Injure the Willamette Valley Southern. He said the Southern Pacific bad Induced persons to ue the railroad and would be easy fur It to obtain enough board and make trouble. Dlmlck declared that all precedent and rules of propriety were broken by tho house In Indefinitely postponing his bill to abolish the law provldln state census being taken decennially and passing the Dillard bill having tho same purpose. The Dlmlck bill passed by the senate and was In the house four daya before the Dillard bill was Introduced. The senator, how ever, waa anxious to eliminate an ex peuse of $100,000 for taking a useless census and, to do It quickly, he urged the passage of the Dillard bill In, th senaie. The house today adopted the report of the committee of the whole amend ing house bill No. S introduced by 8chuebe1. The bill, as amended, ex empta the experiment sl.ition and rx tcnslui department of lTiitt-rslty of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural col lego from the proposed abolition of all continuing approprlatlone. The mat ter was fought out flrxt In the com mittee of the whole and then on the floor of tho house and waa a contlnua tlon of a fight against the bill Initiated Friday. TAX COLLECTING MAY BEGIN IN FEW DAYS BILL NOW BEFORE LEGISLATURE IS CAUSE OF CONFUSION AT COURT HOUSE. Tax collecting In Clackamas county will probably begin about the first of next month, Judging from information furnlBhed by Treasurer Dunn and J. 0 Staats, who Is extending the tax roll. Mr. Staats expects to compjete his task before the end of the coming week. . He ha worked Bteadily on the tax books since December and has covered every road and school district In the county. . Owing to a bill which has been Intro duced In the legislature which would return the tax collecting powers to the sheriff, thero Is considerable con fusion In the court houae. If the meas ure becomes a law with the emergency clause attached, Sheriff Wilson will as sume his new duties in the tax collect ing office which adjoins his own of fice. Up until . a . week ago, Treasurer Dunn has been making plan for col lecting the taxes. In an effort to save the county money he had almost de termined to attend to both the treas urer's and the tax collecting offices and not to employ a tax collector, as had been dona in previous years. The suggestion had been made to the coun ty court by Mr. Dunu and that body had It under consideration when the news came from Salem that the bill changing; tax collecting bad been Intro duced. ' The only drawback to Mr. Dunn's scheme is the fact that the treasurer' office Is some distance from the tax collecting office. In or der to remedy this defect. It ha been suggested ' that he 'sheriffs and the treasurer's office be transposed; - I STATELARGESUM JITNEYS ARE HERE Tim flr.t Jitn-y Ixll Invilr I t"li kamai county slid U oikliig t niM.iltloii ti (In. !re( nit, rin ftlllg between OfeKi.li I'lty mil (itiidilohe. II Hl'i'liMii In Dm oner and driver of llm Lm. and itsrtet early IVI Uy iiiornli-g. 4 l(epirt are tnritiA tht the iieit lui will run U-Iren Ortsun City and Weil I. Inn Inking In the outlying dlntrl' ti. Ho Una and 4 I- Windsor's addltbn. AFTER OF f ALLEGED MURDERER OP MRS. POLARMENI IB ARRESTED IN STOCKTON WILSON OSES DUMMY LETTER TO FIND HAN IN CALIFORNIA Sisrch Bigan Whin Official Was Cor ontr, Ends Succtiifully Itillin Will b Tried In Portland Tbe methods of fihrrltf Wilson In locating and securing tbe arrest of Dominlro Pacini, who on November 7 1914. I alleged to have ihot and killej Mrs. Olimpla Polarmrnl at her home at Gray's Crossing, would rival tbe ex ploits of Sherlock Holmes. Word wss received here Tuesday that Pacini was arrested In Stockton Monday after noon and was being held for Oregon official. Sheriff Wilson ha been working on tbe case alnce the crime wa comnil1 led, though he occudled the position of coroner up until the first of Janu try. His first step was to locate friend of Pacini In the Italian colony In Portland. Early this month, Pacini wrote an acquaintance in that city, inking ir Mrs. Polnnreol-was still liv ing. The address of the fugitive wss Inclosed In the letter and Sheriff Wil son was able to secure It from the Portland Italian. A dummy letter bearing a special delivery stamp, was then sent to Pacini in Stockton and the officials In the California city were notified to await Pacini's application for the message. When the Italian stepped to the postoffice window and claimed the special delivery letter, deputy waa ready to arrest htm. Although Sheriff Wilson has nan died the case almost entirely by him self, Pacini will be placed In the baud of Multnomah county officials and will probably face trial In Portland. As soon as the local sheriff -became rea sonably aware that Pacini was In Stockton, he turned his information over to District Attorney bvans, oi Multnomah county, who notified the California officials. District Attorney Hedges, of this county, placed the case In the hands of the Portland author ltles several weeks ago. For a week following the murder at Gcay's Crossing, officials of both Clackamas and Multnomah countios worked together on the case and an attempt wa made to close every pos sible means of escape tor the murder er. Now It is believed that Paclul walked through Oregon City on his wav south. The fln-t stop of any length waa at Eugene where he work ed with a section gang IX days. From Eugene he went direct to Stockton. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 26. A stand nrd Wf o? bread weighing tine pound net is provided in a new ordinance being prepared by W. L. Brewster, commissioner of public affaire, -and City Sealer of Weights and Measures Jones. There is no standard at pres ent, site and weight being fixed by tbe bakers. .IS ION ACT SCHUEBEL'S BILL WOULD PER FECT DEFECTS IN WORK INGMEN'S MEASURE SALEM. Ore., Jan. 25. (Special) Having as Its purpose an improved system of classifying hazards, repre sentative Schuebel today introduced a bill amending the compensation act. which is regarded as one of the most Important measures considered at the session. Under the present measure contri butions by firms engaged In slightly hazardous work are In many instances as large as those engaged in the extra hazardous. A a remit complaints have been received from all parts of the Btate and tbe object of the Schue bel 'measure is to correct thl. The bill by equalising contributions will. It is believed, make lower rate for both employer ; and employe, it lurtner provide that persons Incapacitated lor work for six day or less shall receive no "compensation and If for a longer period tha rampeasauon shall . start on th iflvsnthday.Jf lncaplcitated for foar week U .-.compensation aoaii tart at tba tlma-of ta Injury- -? i HUNT OTS SHE F LOCATES PACINI PNC ROAD TO E OF PARMER UNDERPAID, CONSUMER OVER CHARCEO SAYS EO . WARD TITUS. MILK ON FARM EROUCHT f OUR CENTS A QUART, IN CITY EICHT Duplication In Colliding and Distri buting Food Products Is Shown to bi a Largi Part of Imfflclint 6ltim. This Is tbe first of a series of articles on the Mxh coil of food production, pntured by Edward K. Titus for sev eral American newipaper. Including the Knlerprli. The Information wa gathered by Interview with economic ipe. Lull.ti of the alanarhusetts Agri culture College. Tbe psst summer was a year of agricultural fert'Uty. Food products ouKhl to be cheap this winter. In a great many rural districts fruits and vegetable bare beea rotting under tbe tree and In the girden. Yet while apples, for Inntance, were wasting In the country, you might have to pay S3 to 5 a barrel to buy them In the cities. Similarly with other products. The blggeit cam. of high coit of living I the expenie of getting tbe food from the farm to the consumer. It Is the purpose of a aerie of six ed Itoral articles, prepared after special study and Interviews with competent experts to describe tjlefly the present oungung metnod oi getting tooa to tbe consumer, and to touch on certain suggestions that have been made for lowering the high cost of this distri bution. An Investigation waa recently made USER LIES S HI In a city of 100.000 people, of the costiViin ... of delivering milk. It wa found that something like 100 milk carts were traveling through tbe place daily, and covering In the aggregate a distance of 2400 mile. Tet there are but about 250 miles of street In that city. Hence 10 milk carts on an average went through each street The time of nine of those milk teams was large ly wasted. The consumer paid tbe needless cost. Similarly tbe teams and motor cars that collected the milk from the outlying country were running over the same ground. An even more remarkable case Is re ported from a town of 6000 people to provide which with milk 50 different carts traverse tbe same streets day by day. In the city referred to the milk con sumers were paying eight to nine cents per quart. Yet farmers got but four cents. Some of them at a dis tance get but two and a half to three cents. Although the consumer is already paying a high price for milk, yet in many places farmers are quitting the dairy business, because of low returns, and milk famines seem likely. It may yet prove necessary to Jack up the consumer another cent or two. An endless number of similar in stances could be given, showing the Inefficiency of present methods of get ting food from the farm to the town. CAR LENGTH OF LINE LARGE PARTY MAKES TRIP FROM OREGON CITY TO MT. ANGEL SATURDAY, The first electric car from Oregon City to Mt. Angel, operated the entire distance by electricity made the trip Saturday over the rails of the Willam ette Valley Southern. The party was conducted by Presi dent Grant B. Ditnlck, of the new line, accompanied by the other officials of the road: Vice-president O. D. Eby, Secretary Baker, Treasurer W. A Huntley and Directors George A. Hard ing and O. W. Robblns. About forty Oregon City business men. some of them accompanied by their wives, comleted the party. The car left Oregon City at 9 o'clock in the morning and returned to Ore irnn rMtv late in the afternoon. The dinner hour was spent in ML Angel. A car belonging to the Portland Railway. Light and Power company wa used for tbe trip. The new road will . have a voltage of 12Q0 and the equipment has been built for the high votage, but the trolley wire is still carrying only 600 voltes the same as the Portland Railway, Ught and Power company. . . .... The first electric locomotive was brouEht to Oregon City Saturday and other rolling Block is now In Portland. Tba depot and substation at Beaver Creek I completed and the plant at Monitor will be finished In a few days. The nart which weat over the line Saturday stopped off at Bearer Creek, MallAo, Molalla. and Monitor, . . . - E J GRAN MRS. HAZEL TACKELS LOSES IN FIGHT TO RETAIN YOUNG DAUGHTER "I WANT HY BABY" IS CRY OF WOMAN AFTER VERDICT IS READ Enstranged Family Carrit Conttst to Court to Secure Control of Slx-Ytar-Old Dsughtir of J. W. Tackils Apparently crazed by a verdli t of a Jury In the Juvenile court wlilco awarded tbe custody of her six-year- old daughter to Its grandparents, Mn. Hazel Tackles late Monday afternoon attempted to fight her mother, Mr. Mary Conklln, ber former husband, J. W. Tackles, and several of tbe forty or fifty men and women who crowded Into the corridor of the second story of the courthouse. Tbe anger of Mn. Tackles seemed directed at her mother, Mrs. Conklln. As soon aa Judge Anderson announced the verdict of tbe Jury and directed the mother to surrender the child to Mrs. Conklln. tbe little girl clung to her mcfther' dresse and began to cry. "I want to alay with mamma.'' she sobbed. At first Mrs. Tickets, stunned by the verdict, defied tbe of ficers and not until Court Matron Church and Juvenile Officer Frost had forceably taken the girl from her mother was ihe turned over to her grandmother. Slowly the crowd (hlfted from tbe courtroom tnto the halL Mrs. Tackle till dazed, ald nothing until her child again cried for her mother, when the woman, her fists doubled, said I want my baby," and rushed half the length of the hall toward Mrs. the glrL Tackles, the divorced husband of Mr. Tackles and father of the child, grab bed hi former wife Juit aa ahe wa within a few feet of Mrs: Conklin, who 1 an elderly woman. Not until Mrs. Church spoke quietly to Mr. Tackles did she subside and consent to be led away by her ex-husband. Mr. Tackels declared that he would "fight the case to the finish If it took every cent he possessed." A motion for a new trial, asked for by Attorney Earle C. Latourctte, was de- Mr. and Mrs. Tackels were divorced a year and a half ago and the custody of the child was awarded to the mother. Details of their married life were aired in the courtroom Monday afternoon. According to testimony In troduced by Mrs. Conklin, Tackels, is an ex-conrlct. having served several months after being convicted on a forgery cbarge. Mrs. Conklin, through Attorney Charles Sievers, filed a petition for possesion of her grandchild in the county court Saturday. She alleged that Mrs. Tackels, her own daughter- was not a fit person to have custody of the child. Mr. and Mrs. Conklln live in Mllwaukte where they are promi nent In church work. They feel deep ly the sensational features of the case. Mrs. Conklin refused to recognize her daughter during the case although the two women exchanged prolonged stares several times. Mrs. Tackels lives in Portland. The Jury was composed of J. W. Turner, E. L. Johnson, E. F. Glnther, J. L. Mattocks, J. N. Kerbs. W. E. Griffith. Mil HAS AX FOR ALL THE USELESS BILLS CLACKAMAS SENATOR FINDS 8EV ERAL SUCH MEASURES ARE CONSIDERED. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 23. (Special.) That the ax will be wielded with pre cision and certainty on all types of useless bills that come before the Im portant revision of laws committee, is the statement of Senator George M. McBride of Clackamas, Columbia and Multnomah counties. 'In find many such bills are begin ning to creep into the mass of pros pective legislation and they will have short shift In our committee," he said this morning. "I know of two that are going into the waste heap as the first sacrifice on the altar of good legislation and as fast as they bob up we intend to send them to oblivion." The two bills mentioned Include one relating to exemption from attach ment and another providing that coun ty clerk cannot offer free legal ad vice. - This bill came from Representative Allen of Marlon county. Senator Mc Bride intimated that a bill to get by his committee would require all the earmarks of good legislation and would have to be something which wonld prove to be of a decided benefit, before it would receive favorable considera tion. ;.' : - MOTH R OF CHILD CIE DMA CREATES UPROAR OPERATING HEADS OFVISJIIED BY JUDGE DIMICK J. U STACER IS SUPERINTEND ENT, and EDWIN FOSTER, TRAFFIC MANAGER MOOSE SPECIAL FROM K01ALU WILL BE FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN New Equipment I Received From Portland and Will b Tilted at One Vollifli, Doubled, I Now 1200 The names of the officials of the Willamette Valley Houthern who wilt hav rh.rrM nf nnrtlnr thu md were named Wednesday by President Grant B. Dlmlck. They are: Super intendent, J. L. filacer; traffic man aser. Edwin Foster; auditor. C. M. riiker. and chief clerk, II. B. Greene. J. L. Stacer has been In the employ of the company since the first spade ful of earth wa turned leveral year ago. For the last year he ha acted a chief engineer and ha practically con trolled the construction of the line during that time. He I well known, not only In Clackama county, but In railroad circle throughout the north west a well. Moose Special I First Train. Edwin Foster and C. M. Baker bare also been with the road some time. The latter Is secretary, having taken that place upon the resignation of Judge Dlmlck when be waa elected president of tbe line. Mr. Greene has worked In tbe Willamette Valley Southern offices during the period of construction. Th first passenger train will be run Friday night when tha Moose lodge of Molalla will come to Oregon City In a body to spend the evening with the county seat lodge. The ex cursion train will leave Molalla at ( o'clock and It Is scheduled to start on the return trip at midnight. Today the trolly wires of tha road carry 1200 voUage. higher than, any other electric Una In the state. The power wa turned on promptly at mid night Wednesday night, doubling the coltago of the line. Thursday ana Friday both will be spent In testing out new equipment. New Equipment Arrives. Tbe first electric locomotive waa brought to Oregon City several day ago and has been found satisfactory. The company has ordered six new pas senger coaches, two of which were re ceived Wednesday afternoon. They are considered equal in design and comfort of any equipment used on electric lines In tbo state. The cars are painted maroon and each will seat 60 passengers. Two of the six cars have baggage compartments and three of the si are trailers. Two cars will constitute a train. The Idea of safety baa been carried out In the construction of the cars and they are half steel, resembling greatly the latest type of cars used by tbe Southern Pacific. An oak finish is used in interior wood work. The equipment was constructed by the Nlles Car company. The line will be operated from the Oregon City offices. The change from the period of construction to active operation will be accomplished with but little friction. For the last eight months, traffic in gravel trains has equaled, it not exceeded, the amount of business expected for the spring months. Instead of changing officers when the freight and passenger sched ules go into effect, the officers will merely change their duties. New Building Certain. The new freight shed of the com pany, located in their terminal yard on Fourteenth and Main streets, is be ing constructed and a side track Is be ing laid which will parolell the struc ture. The freight shed will be one story high and of frame construction although built on substantial concrete foundations. The ticket office and waiting rooms of the local station will be located on the east side of Main streets In a "Y" formed by two tracks of the Willam ette Valley Southern and one of the . Portland Railway Light & Power com- : will probably not be begun until spring, The company will soon construct a building on north Main street near Fourteenth street which will house tho general offices. FAiER OF IIOALIA BRINGS IN 6 SKINS . Tom Scott, a farmer living several mile beyond Molalla,- brought the. skins' of three bobcats and three cou- ' gar to the county seat Monday after-' noon and obtained bounty from County Clerk Harrington. ; . ' Tbe cougars were killed Saturday, Jauary 14, on Seott' place, while the ; cats represent veraJ hunting axpedl- v Uons. Each- f the animal: waa ,o medium size. i--