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UTAaLleHIO 1M4
COUNTY MAY DO
iimuui
AVAY WITH ROAD
fi
ENGINEER IN 1 15
KNIOHT AND MATTOON RIPORT
KO TO OPP06I IMPLOY.
MINT OP EXPERT
DEFINITE ACTION IS EXPECTED
6Y COURT BEFORE END Of MH
Oregon City Business Men May Try
ta Influence Commissioners lo
' Rstaln Road Engineer or
Appoint Roadmaater
ba
After lrlI of one year, Hit county
ourt may abolish tht office of road
eiiglueur and resort lo the former
mot hod of handling road matters
through the county Judio and commis
sioners.
Definite anion haa been delayed by
tha court but now It la aaeured
Judge Anderson that In all probability
It will be act tied at meeting lieit
week. The report waa current a wh
aio that a dfclalon would not
reached before to daya.
It la reported that while Juriae An
dnraon favors continuing the office of
road engineer or even appointing
roadmaater, under tha atate law, both
Commlaalonnrs Mat toon and Knight
are opposed to It Road Knglnner
Ilobaon haa been cleaning up unflu
lahed bualneaa lo hla office during
the laat two weeks, preparing to turn
tha work over to the court.
Jost who would take over the naaa
of detail connected with road work
not certain. When aaked If It would
be left In tha handa of the county
court. Judge Anderaon repllod that he
waa already crowded for time and that
ha could not devote much mora an
ergy to tha county'a bualneaa. Ite aald
that If tha offtca were aboliahed, and
one of tha commlaalonera could prove
lila ability In road mattera, ha would
ba willing to approve auch a plan
Road work during 1M4 waa carried
on under tha direction of Mr. Ilobaon
who bora tha title of road engineer
Tha leglalatura aeveral yeara ago cre
ated tha office of roadmaater but made
tha appointment of auch an office op
tional with tha county court Only
few counties In tha atate have taken
advantage of the law.
Mr. Ilobaon waa appolntod In the
eprtng of 1114 ad Tinder hla direction
aeveral of the county'a beat hlghwaya
have been laid and ha aupeiintended
the construction of the rock cruahlng
planta at New Era and at Pulton.
At flrat It waa reported on good
authority that Mr. Ilobaon might be
appolntod roadmaator with all the
power granted the office by atatuto.
If thla were done, he wouUL have com
plota control of road work during the
year and not only would direct the
efforts of the atiporvlaora but would
have much Influence In tho apcmllng
of money In the general road fund, aa
well.
The appointment of Mr. Ilobaon fol
lowed a petition preaontcd by Oregon
City bualneHa men to a provtoua court.
It la pusslhte Hint theae aumn Intercuts
may take a hmid In attempting to con
vince tho court that It Is to tho best in
terests of the county to retain a road
engineer or appoint a roadmnator.
OliECOfl CITY TO
I
IIAVEOPEI
HOUSE
FEBRUARY 22
GOVERNOR! OP CLUO OEIIONATE
"WILLAMETTE VALLEY
SOUTHERN DAY"
ALL LIVING ALONG NEW LINE
INVITED TO COUNTY SEAT TOWN
Purchaeere ef Tickets Will be Pre
sented With Coupons Entitling
Them to Many forma of
Pree Entertainment
Willamette Valley Houthern Day"
was officially dcslgnatrd Wednesday
nlsht by the board of govnrnora of
the Oregon City Commercial club aa
a day for tha welcoming of the real
dnnta of Clarkamaa and Marlon coun
ilea living along the route of the new
electric line that was formally opened
to traffic laat week.
Monday, February 22, Is the date for
tha big affair. This date Is Washing
Ion 'a birthday and tha govnrnora have
determined that they will urge the
bualneaa Intervale of the city to co
operate with the officers of the club
In open handod hospitality to tha real
dents of the recently opened territory
between Oregon City and Mount An
gel, covering 31 miles of tha richest
country In Oregon.
Tha project to extend a real wel
coma to country residents adjacent to
the electrlo road waa first broached
about a week ago. and met with In
stant favor among the business men,
who realise the Immense advantage U
be gained through cloae communion
with tha people who make Oregon City
their trade center, and with thla Idea
In mind It haa proposed that the city
abould arrange for a day of welcome,
Incident to tha fulfilment of tho long
cherlahed plan of tha construction of
railway from Oregon City Into the
Interior of tba county. It remained
0
ERHIfJT AT
LAST APPROVES
DEED TO
LOCHS
tlONATURE OP SECRETARY
WAR ALL THAT IE NOW
NECESSARY
OP
TRANSFER INVOLVES PAYMENT
OF $375,000 TO POWER CO.
COMMERCIAL CLUI WILL
a BOOST WggKLY LUNCHEON
While the Oreion City Com-
a MiuDial rlub haa de lined lo lake 4
over under Ha particular wing
the weekly lumhewis of Iba Live 4
a Wire that for ao many yeara 4
have provaa a popular feature of
the city's btfeliieae and profs- 4
elonal Ufa, the board of gover- 4
4 nors Wedaeedsy nlfbt directed 4
4 the rlub'a ew-rrlary to ro-oper- 4
4 ale with the IJe Wiree to exist 4
4 In securing a greater attendance 4
4 under the sew J.', rent luncheon 4
4 plan. Tha Live Wlree will be . 4
4 pected to work out Its on salvo- 4
4 lion under the half rate lunch 4
4 plan. Secretary Latouretta of the 4
4 Commercial Club will today send
4 lo all members of the club return V
4 postal cards arglug the rerlpl- 4
4 eots Id attend the luncheons and 4
BILL TO LESSEN
IIDERPENALTI
' IS UP IN SENATE
DIMICK MAKES A SUCCESIPUL
PICHT r'OR HEAVIER
SENTENCES
SCHUEBETSBILL AFFECTING
ALIENS KILLED W THE HOUSE
Plans of War Department Concerning Mkn, for B0 authorization to be 4
Development ef Ship Canal
Not Announced at
Present Time
The federal government baa finally
approvod the deed to the links here
and will probably take them over with
In a short time, according to word
which waa received here Saturday
from Washington.
The eiamlnatlon of the documents
waa made by Attorney Crucial Greg
ory and bis letter together with the
deed waa aent to Secretary of War
Garrison for accptance. Thla practl
rally cloaea nrgotlatlona which have
4 placed on the club'a telephone 4
4 list. The puVIMty department's 4
4 stenographer will, each Monday. 4
telephone to every member that 4
4 la placed on the list, conveying a 4
4 notification of the weekly lunch- 4
eon on the Tuesday following. 4
4 The plan will be tried out for the 4
4 flrat time next week. 4
PRESIDENT AWAITS
ERA Of ENTERPRISE
been under way for almoat two years W,L80N BEFORE CON.
and It la now necessary only for the
secretary to affix hla algnatura and re
quest tha secretary of the treasury to
pay over tha cash.
When tha purchase la completed the
aecrctary of war will announce the
policy of tha government and It la ex
pec ted that the canal will be Imme
diately thrown open for free naviga
tion. Until that time, tha plana of I
tha war department aa to future work
VENTION OP ELECTRIC RAIL
WAY ASSOCIATION
Rtprteentativee Desire t Steer Clear
of Possible Foreign Entangle
mtnta fli Day-Week
Bill Otfsated
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I
4 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE 4
OP CHEER IN SPEECH 4
4 It aoema to me that I can aay, 4
4 with a good deal of confidence. 4
that wa are apon the eve of a 4
near thla city will not ba made pub- era of auterprtea and of proa-
lie.
14 parity. Enterprise haa been 4
4 checked In thla country for al- 4
i na iNnirof tr ma in-ka Intnl., -
hivmi.nl nf 11TS BOft .MeS .III S. T muml oecauae men were w
nald when Ih. riwt I. i. . ""u " oi inierroia-
further nnneMiiratlnn tha n.Minain I l'00 POlttU.
interior or tna county, it remained:":,, " 7" . -
only for tha Commarelal club to put wl" f?"81 1 rd wall which with J
i.n..n.. in. ...w.iiL on of 1 walla will make , 'tttft
anil Ih. hnard nr envernnra nl.riui Ih. enl Uk,n e" 0 a Power
' hladla .! ll 1 1 I a a kk. . I a M.eieMarA M aav a .a.
matter Into tha handa of tha club'a """ ", aniDa piani waa ioe r. aoiuaujuis jan. z.Anomer
committee on entertainment and re- ww." coi.nae preoicwwiinai ine country
1 For the purchase of the locka. the! iu P "w era of enter-
ette, II. A. Vernel. II. T. Mclialn, L. siaie legisiaiura or appropriated " prvvvmj was voicea
Adama and C. O. Huntley. The com- $300,000. A Ilka amount waa appro-10' I'resldent Wllwn. In a speech be-
mlitee to aollclt funds la comnoaml of printed by congress In 1910. Both an- ror" convention of the American
A. A. Price. L. Adama and Oeorce Dan- proprlatlona wera made with the un- Electrio Railway asaociatlon.
non. derstandlng that tha government was 8peaklng to bualneaa men and
a. h. . i.n -i to purchase, enlarge and reconstruct I mrougn mem to tna world or business
on Waahlngton'a birthday will aonly ,he ,ock nd P len toll-free, wneral y. the president outlined what
ntv K h LtL'X Tt r department, which ha. the Democratic congress haa tried to
vee .h. n. .im-trto r.ii. Th. f ch mattera. h.s Its p,n, accomplish through Its trust legtsla
umh v-n- ,ik. -.in ff. made for tha work. The legislature ,lon. W"1 declared that while a test
a round trio rate of one and one-thlrd of 19,3 rellnaulshed. all claim to ant Priod would be required to deter
ZS9aZTlZ ot lsdlctlon over tha lock to the gov U. whether the correct remedy bad
tickets will be presented with coupons 0nlcnl
which will entitle the holders to share Negotiations for the purchase of the
In the varloua forms of entertainment I" hve boon in proKroBs for sev
that will be provided. er1 rear' ,ne Power company at first
The visitors will be shown throunh Mkln H.0.000 for the property
the big paper mills and tho woolen
The company owned all the
mills, and will ba given atcamor rldos nmi Jne 'k. hlch It acquired
tn the fnlle anrt will l,n Irnnlort In nlh. "T pureuuBO irom WIO roruana UCD
er forms of amusements. The affair " t-'utlr, co.u,mny in ji.ui,,
will be exonslvely advcrtlsod all along The state acquired Ita Interest In
the line from Oregon City to Mount tha property in 1870. when tho legls
Angel and It Js expected thnt nt least la"lr appropriated 1200.000 to help
000 people will scnd Washington's
birthday as tho guests of Oregon
City's business mon.
the Willamette Falls Canal & Lock
company build tho locks, with tha tin
been applied, he believed the "mate
of Interrogation points" which bad
checked enterprise for 20 yeara had
been cleared away.
With a common understang regard
land 'n business reached, he said, hence-
lunn noiiouj wouiu do suspicious oi
any business just because It Is big
He gave some of the. "rules of tho
game" which he thought should be
fo lowed, heading the list with public
ity "not doing anything under cover."
I always maintained that the only
way .In which men could understand
one another was by meeting one an
COURT IS PETITIONED
TO KEEP ROAD EXPERT
DELEGATION OF REPRE8ENTA
TIVE MEN CALL ON COMMIS
SIONERS WEDNESDAY
In an attempt to Induao the county
court to retain a rond expert, a com
mittee composed of John Rlsloy, A. A,
Price, T. W. Sulllvnn, M. D. Latour
etto, J. W. Moffott, Harvey E. Cross
and Harvey Stnrkwcntlior, appeared
before the commissioners Wednes
day.
Although the mattor was thoroughly
discussed, no doolslon waa reached,
la expected that the court will employ
either a roadmaater or remove Road
lSngineor IJobson before this term ox
plres. The membors of the commlttoe
were not united In their opinion
whother tho county should have n road
onglneor or a roadmaater, who would
have all the power vested In that office
by the state law, but they all recora-
nionded strongly to the commission
era that an expert should direct road
building.
Many routine mattera of road re
pair and construction were brought
before the court Wednesday, the first
day of the regular Fobruary term
The court will probably be in session
the remainder of the week.
SENATE KILLS BILL
not profit, of operation should bo paid mnny men whoso horns dropped away
... ... .u.m. i0 oL-r- ,ne moment , WM permitted to ex
"uo HUl 1I1IIU, WUIl'U IOU lO B I ,, hol. -k.M -I..
I ... , ,, , . , I 'lt"" IUVII VUHIBI'IOI.
iuiik iiiiKiiiioii, keriiuiiuiiiiK in 13 us
with the decision of the state supremo
court thnt the owners of the locks
were bound to pay tha percentage,
Oregon City commercial fishermen
nave noon worKing at Saloni evor
since the fishing bill was Introduced.
and when it comes up for considera
tion In the senate Monday jot Tuesday
the champions or the net flBhcrs will
put up their lest fight for the Industry,
mid It Is certain to be a hot one. The
SALEM, Ore.,' Jon. 30. The senate rl8h and Kam.8 committee will prob-
today killed the Langguth bill giving hb,y ro"ort ,ho blU t0 the 8enat0 Mon
MCI.
RECONSIDERATION OF MEA3URE
PAS8ED FIVE DAYS AGO
ENDS IN DEFEAT
E
QUOTA TO FULL CASE
DRYS NOW FAVOR 24 QUARTS IN
STEAD OF 15 WHISKY
. LIMIT THE 8AME
Salem Journal: Begins to look
like the Salom-Stayton railroad was
going to be built at last and we all
hope ao. Every new enterprise of
- thla kind brings more development of
the country, and construction oper
ations Just at thla time will do won
ders toward backing up the optimistic-
talk and algna of coming prosper
ity which abound on every hand.
women the right to alt upon juries.
This action was taken after one of the
most protracted debates of the ses
sion.
Five days ago the senate passed the
bill by a vote of 24 to 6. Then by a
voto of 19 to 10, the senate rocnlled
the bill and decided to reconsider it
Today the bill was killed by a vote
of 17 to 12.
TACTICS OF SENATE'S
HEAD 'PEEVES' DICK
SALEM, Ore., Jan. SO. Sonator
Dlmick's sack of shorts had short
The bill had been re-referred to the shift In the senate this morning. His
Judlolury commlttoe, which brought In bln 8tnlnrdlzing the weight of a sack
a majority and minority report. Sen- f 8horl WM Pa88el by the senate,
ator Ilutlor alone slgnod the minority Sonator Von der Hellen caused tho
report. I lu r"uuiou irom me nouBe yes-
Th rhinf nni... ........... "W. ooay He moved to recon
1,111 -u- OIUU1 U.U YUIO,
mo u.i! wua inu pruvinion giving wo
man Mini. a nll . ... I
er thev should areni .rvic. .. i,, that " WM to late to reconsider. Sen
Tk. J or wood was presiding. He over
Dimick raised the point of ordor
ors. The vote was as follows:
AgnlnBt the bill Barret. RlnKham.
Dlshop, Burgess, Butler. Cusick, Day,
Hawloy, Kiddle, La Follett, McBride,
Rngsdale, Smith of Josephine, Stew
art, Strayer, Wood, Mr. President.
For the bill Clarke, Dimick, Far-
ln!l flttfianA fJnlllci tT-tl.k.. T ...
guth, Lolnenweber, Moser, Smith of IfL h ' IJVI?01' k 1
n . j .r-,i. I admire lronbanded tactics, but vou
ruled the point raised. Sonator Mos
or appealed from the chair's ruling.
1 he chair was sustained.
The motion to reconsider was put to
a viva voce vote. Dimick demanded a
division, but Senator Wood rushed
ahead with other business. Dimick
Coos, Vinton, von der Hellen.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29! Today
Secretory of the Navy Daniels official
ly announced that the formal opening
of the Panama canal would be post
poned until early in July.
lronbanded tactics, but you
suit me too well," he shouted at the
presiding officer.
Dimick then turned to Senator Mc
Bride, who said he know all about
shorts, aa he had milked a cow aince
he waa 7 yeara old, and grandiloquent
ly presented the sack of shorts to him.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 2. Additional
amendments have been made in the
prohibition bill now before the house.
but the measure now Is ready for final
consideration mid doubtless will be
made a special order of business some
time this week.
The committee on alcoholic traffic
held another meeting this evening at
which the maximum limit on the quan
tity of malt liquors that a rebtdcut of
the state can Import wtthlu an 20-duy
period was raised from 15 quaits to
24 quarts. This was for the purpose
of conforming with the .methods now
tn use in handling beer, as 24 bottles
make a case.
The quantity of distilled or ferment'
ed liquors that may bo shipped In .is
an alternative to the 24 quarts of beer
has been uiichungod. It remains at
two quarts.
The limit on the amount of wine
that may be imported for sacranieutul
purposes has been removed. C'frrgy
men may have it shipped Into the
state in any desired quantltl if they
make affidavit that it is lo be put to
sacramental uses.
SALEM. Ore., Jan. 30. (Special)
Representative Hinkle's hill to raise
the standard of county school super
intendents passed the house Saturday.
It provides that a county superintend
ent must have at least 27 months ac
tive teaching experience, 12 months
of which time must have been served
in this state.
BAI.EM. Ore., Feb. J. (Rpeclal)
Dlmlrk'a fight 00 the Lnicgutb bill
changing the sentence for second de
gree homicide from life Imprisonment
to a term of from 20 to 30 yeara to
day, caused tha bill to ba rwreferred to
the committee on the revision of laws
Langgutb't bill nvklng punishment
for first degree homicide life imprison
ment passed tba senate. Tba author
said since tha passage of the amend
mcnt abolishing capital punishment
there had been nv. penalty for first
degree murder and the district attor
neys to obtain convlctlona had slayer
Indicted In second degrea.
Senator McBride, chairman of com
mute on tha revision of laws, aald
punishment of saond degree should
not be aa severe as for the first de
gree, and the committee thought 20 to
30 years in prtaon waa about right
Tba deterrent effect la not the
same," aald Dimick. "It would give
enterprising governors an excuse for
paroling and pardoning, when they
would hesitate If tba punishment waa
life Imprisonment I believe that a
person who kills another without Jus
tification ahould ba hanged, but the
people willed otherwise. I do not be
lleva In giving enerprlslng governors
an excuse for letting out dead beat a
and thuga and playing thla four-flushing
game. I think thla bill would be
putting a premium on that kind of
business."
It la probable that the, committee
will reoommend punishment for first
and second degree homicide ba Hfe
Imprisonment
8chuobeL Just before starting for
Oregon City tonight, said ha thought
tha fishermen .would win their fight to
keep tha river open to net fishing.
Schuebel la one member of the com
mittee to confer with the committee
from the Washington legislature re
garding fishing and control or the Co
lumbia. He tblnka service on that
committee will aid him In the battle
for the Oregon City fishermen.
Constitutional enactment lqpklng
to the exclusion of allena from the
rights of holding property were sum
marlly aat upon in the house this
morning when Representative Schue
bel 's two Joint resolutions placing the
subject upon the ballot were voted
down. Only six members voted id fa
vor of the measures, the opinion be
ing expressed that this is a most un
propitious time for the launching of
any radical principles affecting foreigners.
Littleficld challenged the proposal
as an infraction of treaty rights be
tween the United States and other
lands, and Eaton interposed two objec
tions, one being the far-reaching ef
fect of such a measure at a time when
world affairs are sadly embroiled, and
the other that the legislature should
not overload the Initiative ballot
Schuebel had instated that the legis
lature is not committing itself to the
policy of excluding aliens, but Forbes
retorted that such an Interpretation
would be put on the resolution by ev
ery foreign nation affected, and Olson
echoed the same idea, citing the close
watch that consuls and diplomats pay
to legislative proceedings.
Representative Home's bill, No. 174
calling for one day's rest in seven,
was killed this morning when the ma
jority report of the committee on
health and public morals was adopted,
Home renewed the fight he has been
making on the floor for legislation to
protect labor. The minority report
recommended amendments making
the bill more rigid than Its original
draft.
DELAY ALL THAT
SAVES GILL BILL;
m IE
ROADS
II COUNTY BECI
DEFEA R BAB E
ER
E,
OZ iE DAY
NET FltHEftMEN HAVE OPPO
NENT! ON THE RUN IN
ENATE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY IOUTH-
EP.N AND P, E. A E. RUN
FIRST TRAINS
DIMICK, HUNT LSD SCHIOEL RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT THOUGHT
WE ACCEPT K3 CIXPEONISE TO OPEN KEW ERA W CUCIUHJLS
Amendment ta Compenaatlon Act Is Un w,rt ld Wl" rin M.0O0,-
Paeosd by House Test Book
Repeal Only Needs Gov
ernor's tlgnatura
000 Peat of Lumber Yearly ta
Mills st Palle of
River
SALEM. Ore, Feb. 1 (Special)
Oregon City net flabermen have the
advocates of the GUI bill on tha run
and would have won tba fight In the
senate today had not Moaer succeed
ed In having the act 100 postponed
After a meeting this morning the
Two electric railroads, both com
pleted within the laat week, ran tbelr
first trains Into the towna by tha falls
Saturday.
Tha longer of tba two, tha Wlllam-
ette Valley Southern, Is considered
commute on fisheries agreed to sub-1 among the highest srada electric lines
mil two report- one prohibiting net , tn, lUte whll, ,n. other
fi a h 1 n a aa Pwswai tha aiit rvn aim KeH f er a I
CltM sL. -.a.., a - .1 I ojawM wa Miq I Wl liW, bU(JUU OK CmV
m VIVUU V.II WUI4 IUJ VlliVI w aiituw I
tha law to remain aa It la. ITB wnnocta tha paper and pulp mill
Tha Cill men spoke of tha proposal I In West Linn with Oswego.
for a deadline at tha hrtdga aa a com- The first train on tha Willamette
promise and It is reported that mem- v.n. Rnnih. uft art a,.i f.
tv.aei tKa k.a.. .rvJ.I . I " " "
days ago to maka the mouth of the
Clackamas river the dead Una are fa
vorable to 1L
Senator Dimick and Representatives
Hunt and Schuebl. who ar doing all
minutes behind tba scheduled lima of
6:40 o'clock Saturday morning on
Ing to difficulties at the Monitor pow.
er substation, but arrived la Oregon
City almost on time, Tha road waa
they can for fishermen, however, will well patronized on Ita first day of op
agrea to no such comprocniaa and de- oration.
Clara tha bill, no matter how amended. The freight service will ba estab-
wlll be defeated. It waa made a spa- lished early In tha week, aa soon aa
clal order for Monday afternoon at 1 1 tha locomotive, which was allghUy
dock. damaged several daya ago. Is repaired.
Compensation Act Psaaed. 47 The passenger trains will mako three
Schoebel'a bill, amending tha com-1 round tripe a day.
pensatloo act. paased In the bouse by n. ,nU on th. lln.
vota of 55 to two. Indicating that the
member will not giro favorable con
have not yet been named and fares
a rm MlrtmA hv the ennrinMAra
alderatlon to the senata bill which! .,. ., nk.hl. n.
substitutes the Michigan law. This
law give casualty companies the
light to write compensation Insurance.
Schuebel'a bill provides 16 classlfl-
cationn for contributions according to
the degree of baaarda. Under the
old hill alightly hazardous" occupatlona
were charged as much and la soma
cases more than extra haxardoua. The
bill remove alt chance of Injured per
sons suing for damages.
Dimick made a strong fight to de
feat amendment to the law creating
a weight and measure department,
but waa unsuccessful. He Introduced
a bill at the beginning of the session
abolishing such a department The
amendment divide the state into four
gon City, Peaver Creek. Molalla, Mon
itor and ML Angel and after a few
months at Mulino. S tattoos are to be
erected at other point along tha Una.
Tha extension of tha Portland Eu
gene at Eastern Is about four miles
long and will carry 60,000.000 feat of
lumber a year. Tha northern term
inus of the line Is Just south of Os
wego where a large electric derrick
haa been Installed to load the car. At
thia end of tha line, the road rune a
abort distance south of the fall on
the river bank where the logs are
dumped Into the river to be floated
down to the paper planta.
The new road on the west aide of
districts, the state sealer to appoint tne ri,"r 11 n extension of the old
deputle for them at aalariea of 11200 wuiamette rus railway wnicn runs
a year each. from Willamette to Poiton through
Text Book Law Repealed. Y L4nn. The Oswego end of the
Only the governor aignature to H. I Um Is about four miles north of Bol-
n. 152 Is now needed to renes.1 the ton.
free textbook law. The senate passed
the bill this morning.
Chief opposition to the repeal of the
law came from those Interested in pa
rochial schools, which, under the law.
are entitled to free textbooks when a
school district votes for free books
The two roads are considered ma
terial evidences of prosperity la Ore
gon City and Clackamas county at a
time when Industry is crippled and
the financial condition of the country
is strained. The Willamette Valley
Southern was built with local capital
the same as public schools. Fear was by local men while the road across the
expressed that If this law is repealed river is practically a part of the South-
a bill will come up to provide for free era Pacific.
textbooks in public schools only. Four roads now run into Oregon
Senator Dan Kellaher declared this City and West Linn. The main line
would be the result If the present law of the Southern Pacific, the Portland
Is repealed. He said Representative Railway, Light & Power company, the
Schuebel now has a bill pending be- Willamette Vnlley Southern and the
fore the house Judiciary committee Portland, Eugene & Eastern all serve
that provides for .free textbooks for the two towns located at the falls of
public schools. He moved to indefl- the Willamette.
nltely postpone the bill. His motion
was seconded by Perkins. On roll
call the motion was lost with IS votes
against It.
Senator Dimick then said that he
had been advised by the chairman of
the house Judiciary committee and Mr.
Schuebel that if the present law is
repealed bis bill, now before the Judi
ciary committee, will be withdrawn.
Senator Day said the present law is
vicious and should be repealed.
There Is a possibility that the road
to Oswego may connect with tho
tracks of the Portland, Eugene & East
ern which are now laid to Oswego so
that a third line would operate be
tween here and Portland.
The extension of the Portland, Eu
gene and Eastern follows the right-of-way
which was bought, when it was
announced that the main lines of the
road down the valley would follow the
west bank of the river.
$784,377.64, TOTAL
OF COUNTY'S TAKES
In Clackamas county this year
$784 377.64 will be collected in taxes,
according to the figures prepared by
J. O. Staats who Saturday night com
pleted his two-month task of extend
ing the tax roll. The total amount Is
divided into tho following Items:
State and county tax $601,910.15
Special school 108,644.14
Special high school 1,752.66
Special roads 64,012.21
Cities and towna 47,716.94
Forest patrol .111.54
Total $784,377.64
Treasurer Dunn announced the fol
lowing deputies who will serve under
Tax Collector Harrington: Misses Jes
se Paddock, Ona Renner, Mary Con
fer and Nell Richardson.
Cruel Papa Conspires
With Stern Officials
To Spoil Elopement
A romance between Roy Hill, 22-
year-old farm hand, and Gertrude
Smith, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. N. H. Smith of the Fisher
Mill district, reached its climax and
then was broken up Friday afternoon
by the girl's irate father and Chief of
Police Shaw.
The girl left for school Thursday
morning but soon after her arrival,
was excused for the day on the
grounds that she was ill. Later, her
parents were notified and Papa Smith,
suspicious as soon as he received
word, mounted a horse and started for
town.
In the meantime, the girl and her
lover has borrowed a horse and buggy
from a neighbor and had arrived in
the county seat. Before departing for
Portland or Vancouver, where the
youth confessed they would attempt
to secure a marriage license, the two
determined to visit several local
atores. At one the proprietor bo-
came suspicious and called up the par
ents of the girl to learn that ber
father was already on the road to the
county seat. "He'll gallop all the way."
announced Mrs. Smith over the tele
phone. Hill, who bas worked for Mr. Smith
for the last year, was taken to the
police station where he confessed that
it was his Intention to attempt to
marry the girl. He had asked Mr.
Smith for the hand of his daughter
over a month ago and had been re
fused. "I told him that none of my
girls would marry until they were at
least 18 years old, when he came to
me," declared Mr. Smith. "I said If
he would wait four years I might con
sider him. Hut after he has attempt
ed to runaway with her, he had bet
ter stay away from my place."
Hill agreed to leave the community
and to stop paying atteutJona to the
girl, and the girl's parents will not
press a charge against him.