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fretting County,
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rOHTV NINTH YIAH-No.
OHKOON CITY, OHKUON, FI.IIUV, .JANTAIiV '-'!, 1'il.V
ESTABLISHED IMS
Bill 10 ABOLISH
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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--