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OKEGON CITY ENTKMIS The Enterprise ll In nly Clecksmet County Newspaper thai prima all of In new of lhl growing County, Te Wki Efttosrit ! worth ho fin. CeM' il Willi oMro 4 h(a ouo- .r.be. , ., E fORTV NINTH YEAR-No. 15. OHWJON CITY, OREGON, Fit! DAY, AVUIL V, 1915. ESTABLISHED IMS tIALBACHANDMRS. SANDSTROM HELD FOR GRAND JURY J. A. HALBACH, BROTHER OP THE ACCUSED, FURNISHES WO BAIL FOR BACH. kusbakd or mm mm 10 LEI LAW TAKE ITS COURSE Two Who Llvod Together at Bolton Bay Thiy Intended lo B Married Aa Boon aa Sha Could Oct Dlvore. Mr. Bertha flandstroro and Herman Ilalbarh, arrested ehortly after nild Dlichl Taewlay morning on a alatutory chant by Bhariff Wllaoit and Deputy Frost, waived examination In (ho court of Justir Never and war bound oC lo tba f rand Jury. J. A. Halhath, broth er f lb man, furnished f&0 ball earn for (ha two and tby wor r tiasd. Ooorg C. Ilrownell appeared fur Mr. Bandetroa and Ilalbarh. Ilalbarh. bo la employed by the Crown Willamette Paper company, waa arreeled aa he waa going to wor at the mill. It la alleged that be had been living with Mr. Sandatrom, the wife of Alex 8andtrom, at llolton. Ale Sandatrom la In Oregon City and la prepared to appear against both Ilalbarh and hla wife. The husband Uvea In Angeles and baa apent two iiwli In an effort to locate Mra. Hand alrom, who left the eouthorn Cat (for nla elty for Oregon about five month airo. Mr. Saiidntrom left Loa Angelee In November fur Oregon to visit and epent averal montbi In Yamhill etrt'ot rooming houno In Portland. It I there that ahe met Ilalbarh and early In January the two are alleged to have come to Oregon City to live. Ttii-r secured a hoiiao at llolton anil kIiI to have told all the neighbor and relative of the man that they were married. In the meantime, Ramlstrom In Io Angele attempted to carry on a cor respondent- with hla wife In Portland. Leture-were addroased to the Yamhill atrect house but suddenly they worn refused early. In March anil the htm- band li'ft for Oregon to find hla wife. He learned through acquaintance that ahe waa In Hoi Inn mid Sandstrmn rnmo to Oregon City Monday night anil turned nil hla Information over to Chief of Police Shaw, who, In turn, gave hi Information to the alierilf. Ilalbarh mlil Tuesday that he and Mra. Botiililroin Intended to live to gether until the tlmn came ahe could aorure a dlvorco and then they planned to bo married. Siindntroin declare" Hint he will not Intercede for hla wlfo and Hint tho law can take Its full cou mo. MILL HAND FACES Mra. Bertha Sundatrom, aged 25 year, and Herman Halbach, an em ployee of tho Crown Willamette mill, were arrested ahortly after midnight Tuesday moraine; by Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Frost on a chnrgo of liv ing; together aa man mid wife. Alox Sundstrom, of Loa Angeles, who hna been attempting to find hi wife for the Inst two weeks, Is here and will probably appear ncnlnst both Mr. Snndstrom mid Hnlbach. Mrs. Snndstrom left soulliern Cali fornia flvo months ago for Portland where ahe went to visit with friends and relatives. Early In the year she dropped out of sight and letters writ ten by her husband wore returned. It la alloced that Mrs. Bandstrom and IlalhncU hnvo lived together at Hoi ton since January. Halbach was arretted about a year ago for creating n disturbance on a Portland-Oregon City car. WEST Ll IS The prosporoua condition of tho city of West Linn la shown by the quarter ly report of Treasurer Clnncey which waa road before tho council at a spe cial sesBlon Wednesday night. In both the general and the road fund, the city across the river has $2711 In cosh. Of thia sum, $2371.20 la In the road fund and $3C4.C0 In the genorol fund. Although comparative figures are not easily available, It Is considered probable that West Linn is In a better financial condition than any town in the county. West Linn has a 2 mill tax rate, but this email lovy with the proportion of general county road taxes allotted to Incorporated towna will bring to West Linn several thousand dollars within Jhe next few months. State high commission haa decided to build tba mile of road at Mitchell Tolnt, Hood Illver, to cost $50,000. SERIOUS CHARGE 4 LONO RACE AGAINST DEATH IS FAILURE MII.WAt'KIK Or. April .-A liMM-r In a race against death, Mra. Karl )lre, known on Hie etage by hr maiden name Mit limn hler, formerly with Ibe Hakrr atock company, arrived tonight 4 from New York four Uya after 4 the death of her father, Krederli k If l hler The funeral waa held 4 Wednesday afternoon. Mlaa l-ecbler wclved wird (if her father's Illness by telegram 4 flunday at New York, aa alio waa about to leave for Winnipeg to be- 4 come leading dowun In a atock company there, and took the flrat 4 train for Portland, (the will tern- 4 poraiily give up her ataga work 4 and remain with ber mother, Mra. Uurle Leehler, at Mllwaukle. 4 4 BY TIPS SAY TWO ONE ON NEW YORK-CHICAOO RUN WITH I27.SO WAGE HAB OIAMONDB. RULES AGAINST SLEEP ON DUTY HOT ENFORCED SAYS WITNESS 'Knocking Down" en Seat Baloa for Read Expanses I not Conaldered Dlehonaet Gratuities Total $75 a Month. CHICAGO. April . Pullman eloop-lug-car porter went on the witness stand before the t'nlted States com mission on Industrial relations today and told the commission Just what the lipping aystem nieana to them. The first of the porter to testify waa Tom 8. Crenshaw, who worka on a sleeper running between Bt. Louis and 8avanah, III., and haa dune ao for 21 years. Ilia salary la $43 a month. ' "Well, what do you make In tlpar asked Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the commission. "About $75 a month." replied Cren shaw. "8a altogether you get about $117 a month?" calculated the chairman "Have you a family?" "Yea, air; wlfo and four children two married, and I take care of my mother. Tho children not married are In school At first the tips wore not ao gener ous, perhaps, went on Mr. walsn. "No, air. Hut aa soon aa they found out tho kind of man I waa " laughter interrupted tho witness at this point and ho did not ftnlxh. I In explained that thero were mnny wealthy people living nloag tho line he travels. "Treat them right and handle them right and they don't forget you," he snld. Do you think any porter would get along n well as you do on this run asked Mr. Walsh. "No, sir, Mr. Walsh. Somo mon would atnrva on that run." The next witness was O. H. Sylves ter, of New York, a porter on tho Twentieth Century Llmltod of tho take Shoro & Mlchlgnn Southern rood. Ho wore a check pattern suit end two diamond rings. Ills Bnlary, ho snld, Is $27.RO a month, and tips average about $77 a month. Ilia train leaves New York In the afternoon and arrives In Chicago the next morning, and under the rules ho is not entitled to any sleep except whnt he gets during the layover. "Hut don't let any of thorn toll you they do not sleep." he said with a grin, "The man who tells you he doesn't Bleep la a dnngorous man, I don't mean that we go to bed, but we nod when we are supposod to be on guard In the alslo. All tho superintendents know that." 180 PENDING CASES DISMISSED BY CLERK CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS ARE CLEARED FOR PERIOD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. County Clerk Harrington has pre pared paper dismissing 180 cases In the circuit court that have been pend ing for the last 16 years. Circuit Judge Campbell will sign the documents within a few days. Clerk Harrington checked over the list of unfnlshed cases and notified the attorney in every action In which there had been no appearance made since January 1, 1914. In cbbo the at torney requested that the case be held, no order dismissing it was prepared but In many actions the attorneys even co-operated with the county officials in cleaning the record books. District Attorney Hedges will prob ably check over the lints of criminal actions and a large number of them will be dismissed. The cases dismissed represent every variety of action. SALARY EXCEEDED EASTER PORTERS NEW ROAD FROM GRANTS PASS TO OCEAN ASSURED TWOHY BROTHERS, PORTLAND CONTRACTORS, WILL PRO- . VIDE 14400,000. SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS THOUGHT TO BE BEHIND THE PROJECT Railroad ef II Mile Connecting Wltl Creacent City Will Open Vast Area Rich In Sell and Timber, POnTLAND, Or, April . Comple tion of th California Oregon Coast railroad from Grants Pass to Crescent City, Cal., at a eost approximating 1 5 000,000 waa assured today, when Two- hy Uroa, railroad contractor of Port land, arranged with the city officials of Grants Pas to finance the project and perform th work. Th people of Grants Paaa already have bonded themselves for 1200,000 to pay for the first 10 mile of the work. This portion of the road, from Grants Pasa to Wlldervllle, ha been built The remaining portion, from Wlldervllle to Creacent City, la ap proximately tl mile long. It la esti mated that th work can be completed this summer. Twoby Dro. are pro- pared to put a Urge fore of men to work there within the next few weeka. The road la bonded for 15.000,000 and It la understood that Twohy Ilroa. have made adequate arrangements for disposing of the bonds, aa means of financing the project. It la reported that Canadian and European capital IMs bave agreed to take aome of the securities, which, on account of th glowing reports regarding the terrl tory to be served by the new roads, are expected to aell at a high figure, More significant than tbeeo facta, however, la the poaslblllty that the new road will become future link In through traffic between Portland and ban rrannaco. f or una reason, ii is believed that the road eventually will pass Into the bands of th Southern raelfia company. Twohy Pros., it I nnderatood. are ftrting for the Bohth rrn Pacific. They have done much work for the Southern Pacific In the past and are not apt to engage In railroad oix'rntlon thomselvea. When the road la completed to Grants Pohs a link of only 75 miles bo- I ween Crescent City and Trlndnd, Col., will remain to be built to give the Southern Pacific a new through lino between Grants Pass and Sun Krancls- co, T OF E CLACKAMAS COUNTY IS OMITTED IN TENTATIVE PLANS OF COMMISSION. SALEM, Or., April 0. The stato highway commission held a meeting today with S. Denson, of Portland, and John H. Albert,' of Salem, members of the advisory board, and tentatively agrocd upon tho following apportion mont of state funds to be expended on hlghwaya: Douglas county, $20,000; Hood River county, $50,000; Clatsop, $35,000; Co lumbia county $50,000; Jackson coun ty, $50,000; Josophlne county, $5000; Washington, $10,000; engineering and other expenses, $20,000. Tho Columbia county apportionment. as proposed by Major Ltowlby, was reduced from $60,000 to $50,000; the Clatsop county from $40,000 to $35,000, In arranging the Jackson county ap portionment it was pointed out by State Treasurer Kay that no provision had been made for an apportionment of $10,000 pledged by the state high way commission last year. This was, therefore, Included, and $5000 was switched to Josephine county. Kay told a Rex-Tlgardvllle delega tlon that the balance of $12,000 prom ised for thnt highway would be forth coming. A delegation from Yamhill county was present, and was assured by Kay that It was physically Impossible for the highway commission to make any further pledges for assistance to coun ties. He declared that it would be necessary to scale down tho apportion ment proposed by Bowlby. ' M'MANUS INCIDENT ENDS. WASHINGTON, April 2. No further action will be taken In the matter of the insult offered the American flag when John McManua waa killed under its folds at Mexico City. Secretary of State Bryan announced late thia after noon that, on advice of the Brazilian minister at Mexico City, who Investi gated the affair for the United States, the department had decided to drop the case. Plant all the flax seed " advises the Salem Statesman, "and It will be come the aeed of the linen manufactur ing Industry In the Willamette valley destined by nature to become Oregon's greatest asset." 4'4-'4.4-4 4 COMIC BUPPLIMINTS ARE 4 WELL RECEIVED Th" new comic supplements of Hi Morning KMi-rprl, hlh made their flrat apprsrsnr Hun day morning, were well received The pecular tl of Kllm Jim lb cl eaiapea of lUlrl.reth Uni, Hi bargains of Mr. Hum mage and the advt-nturea of the rest of the characters proved en tertaining to both young and old Judging from ma remarks re- reived In In office fr.,m Knter- prise reader. 4 The Enterprise ha been for- tunal In aecurlng a comic sup- plemenl of tba quality of those 4 put out by the World Color Print- 4 4 Ing company of Ht. liula. The 4 4 picture ar draws by th highest 4 4 paid artist In their line In the 4 4 country. 4 4 4 444444 4'4 444444444 i NATIONAL CELEBRITIES WILL BE AT GLADSTONE CHAUTAU QUA THIS YEAR. COMPLETE LIST OE AMCT1S TO BE ANNOUNCED III MONTH Secretary Croat, Now Serving HI 22nd Yr aa Officer of Associa tion, la Optimistic Ovtr Outlook for 1915. Newell Dwlght Hlllts, Senator Bur kclt. Colonel Pain and several other lecturers of national repute will appear at tho Gladstone Chautauqua next July, according to Socretary Cross who. with the executive committee, la busy shaping the 1)15 pros rum. Aside from the' national celebrities on the lecture plutform the coming program, which will be published In full In the nem.-:uture, Is replete with musical and other Interesting feature. One of the big headline! will be Clr iclllo'a Italian band, which ranka sec ond to none in tbe country. Other big musical features will be Wltepskle's Royal Hungarian orches tra, the Schumann quintette, known from one end of the United States to the other, the famous Buckner'a Jubl lee company, the Saxony opera singers and the Adelphlan male quartet. An other treat will bo the original Swiss Alpine Yodlers, made famous a year or so ago through the indiscretion of Secretary Bryan, who happened to ap pear on the same program with the yodlers at a time when affairs of state were sorely troubled, resulting In a nation-wide, wave of caustic comment in the press of the country. Tho coming session will be the 22nd annual asembly of the Willamette Val ley Chautauqua. Secretary Cross, who has been In the harness during most of this time, is optimistic over the outlook for 1915 and predicts a most successful assembly. A wealth of tal ent Is being secured and the entire program will be in shape for publica tion by the first of May. OF 31 ON NEW JURY LIST, 19 ARE FARMERS NAMES ARE DRAWN THURSDAY FOR HEAVY CRIMINAL DOCKET THIS SPRING. Farmers predominate in the Jury list which was drawn Thursday. Out of tho 31 names, 19 are tillers of the soil, three are merchants and two, bar bers. There are one laundryman, real estate agent, retired farmer, contrac tor, electrician, teamster and one ab- stracter. Summons are now being prepared by Chief Deputy Sheriff Hackett and will probably be sent out before the end of the week. The new jury will report at the court house April 19. The heavy criminal docket of the oircuit court the latter part of this month and the first of next will be tried before this Jury. Those drawn are: O. Hanson, Clack amas; R. Freytag, Gladstone; S. B. Berg, Barlow; Fred Gerber, Logan; John G. Moehnke, Beaver Creek; Thomas E. Gault, Gladstone; F. C. Burk, Oregon City; Mark Seely, Pleas ant Hill; John F. Gibson, Harmony; H. Gibson, Eagle Creek; W. C. Green, Oregon City; J. C. Llzberg, Oregon City; A. S. Thompson, Needy; P. J. Winkle, West Linn; Milt Marshall, Gstacada; James Fegles, Bull Run; C. McLoughlin, Mllwaukle Heights; Ed. Bates, Barton; William Bonney, Evergreen; John F. RIsley, Oak Grove; M. Klrcham, Viola; Frank Parker, Maple Lane; A. W. Cook, Damascus; W. H. Counsel, Milwaukle; C. E. Mel drum, Jennings Lodge; Thomas Fox, Oswego; Edward Leek, Abernathy; W. Stanton. Klllin; W. A. Wood, Mo- lnlla; O. F. Frentress, Canby, and Ward B. Lawton. Mt Pleasant. 1 SEHATORBURKETT ANDCOLONELBAIM ARE Oil PROGRA! BEST SPELLER Ifl COUNTY WILL BE 17 ALL-COUNTY BEE WILL BE HELD IN OREGON CITY WEEK PROM SATURDAY. VOTE Cf SCHOOL TEACHERS IS 0VE 2 TO 1 AJTIRKATIYE Wlnntr ef District B Will Com- pt for High Honor Sup rtn tndnt With Supervisor to Dirct Mitch. Th Interesting question. "Who I th beat apeller among th thousands of Clackamae county .-mmar school pupils!" will b answered Saturday, April 17, when th winner of tbe district be will gather at th Ore gon City high Khool at th all-county spelling be. School Superintendent Calavan was not Inclined to favor th all-county spelling be a he belleed that the purpoM of th schedule of spelling matches bad been answered but b de cided to leave the matter with the teacher of th countj. Letter wer sent to every teacher In whose school there waa a district champion and, contrary to th expectation of Mr. Calavan, the vote was two to on for an all-county match. Satisfied with tbe verdict of toe teacher of tbe county, Mr. Calavan la now sending out formal announcementa of the bee. The big spelling match, th aecond of It kind In the county, will be beld In Oregon City high acboo! building under the direction of the county su perintendent and Supervisor McCor- mlck and Vedder. Every one of the dlitrict winnera will be expected to attend and take a part In tbe cham pionship contest The spelling bee schedule began the first of March and ended on the 17th of that month. The county waa di vided Into districts of from three to nine schools each and a bee was held at a centrally located building In each district If the county superintendent himself was Unable to be present' a supervisor presided and acted as judge but at a majority of the bees, both the superintendent and one of the super visors attended. Each school turned out two spelling teams of five mem ber each. One team, called the first division, waa formed of pupils from the fourth and fifth grades while the sixth, seventh and eighth grades were represented by another team, known as the second division. In each dis trict bee. there were always two spell ing matches, one between the teams of the first division and one between the teams of the second. Th Idea of a county spelling bee schedule In which all schools would be contestants was first carried Into suc cessful completion a year ago by Su perintendent Calavan and Supervisors Vedder and James. The latter Is now connected with the Silverton public schools. This year, Mr. Calavan. en couraged by the success of the orig inal venture, made several changes In the plan and has. carried it out with as much If not more success than ever. L BOARD TO MEET HERE RETENTION OF SUPERVISORS DURING 1915-16 TO BE DISCUSSED. A meeting of the county board of education will be held Saturday in the office of County Superintendent Cala van to consider ways of securing an exDression from the district school boards In regard to retaining school supervisor during the year 1915-16. The letter of Superintendent Cala van, who called the meeting, follows In port: "The recent legislature, as you know, amended the supervisory law so that It Is now optional with the mem bers of the boards of directors whether or not it shall operate in this county. The recent ruling of the attorney gen eral on the amendment provides that the directors may petition the duca tional board at any time to dismiss the supervisors and la a majority favor it, it becomes the duty of the educational board to dismiss them immediately. Under these conditions, I do not be lieve any schoolman would care to contract for the position." The meeting will be called 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The members of the board are Superintendent Calavan, Henry Babler, of Logan; H. G. Stark weather, of Concord; John R. Cole, of Molalln, and E. E. Brodie, of Oregon City. LEVINGS COLLECTS EVIDENCE L. I Levlngs, the Portland detec tive who haa suit for $2000 damage this county pending In the Washing ton county circuit court, was In Oregon City Tuesday to collect evidence In the case. The date for tbe trial has not been set although it la understood that it will com up the latter part of this month. PICKED WALKS THREE MILES 4 WITH HAND CRUSHED 4 f After having hi hand rru.Ud under street car Moadsy eight Charles Whit alkt fr.nn f GUdaton to hi home at t'Uu k- em JloUlits, 4iuc ut ihr u.lle, with hi hand tied la a bandker' blrf, f II waa getting off a moving car at Gladton ho b slipped, r sod. In trying to sav himself from falling, b stuck bis hand under on of th whtls of in moving car. rru.hlng It badly. Whit tied hla baad In baad- kerchief and walked from Glad- ston lo Clsrkama Height b for receiving medic! attention. Th hand waa amputated Tue- 4 day by Ir. Molauer with th awiataoc or Dr. Strickland. TO ORKOII CITY MISS 8HIRLIE SWALLOW AND MISS CLYDE SCHUEBE4. ARE WINNERS. HICH SCHOOL SENIOR HERE TAKES THE FIRST PLACE W ORATORY Milwaukl City Hall Wall Filled Annual Contest of th Clack ma County School League. at The Oregon City high school dis tinguished Itself Friday night at Mll waukle at the annual oratorical and essay writing contest of the Clack amas County School league when Miss Shirlle Swallow won first prize In the oratorical contest and Mis Clyde Schuebcl first In the essay writing competition. Mlsa Swallow's subject waa "The Salt of the Earth" and the topic ae locted by Robert Harnett, who won sec ond place, "The Call of the Soli." Miss Swallow la tbe daughter of Mr. and Mr. C. B- Swallow, of Maple Lane, and is a senior In the local school. She has been a atudent at the Oregon City high school or the last four years and won a place on the debating team this winter. Mrs. II. B. Cartlidge, head of the English department, was her coach. 'The Panama Canal" was the sub ject of Miss Schuebel's prize winning essay. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Schuebel and Is a fresh man in the local high school. Miss Maudo Beatty, of the Canby high school won second place with an es say entitled, 'Thoughts on Reading Good Books." Frank Paul, principal of the Willamette school, was judge of the essay writing contest and S. F. Ball, of the Franklin high school, Port land; 'B. B. Goln, of Troutdale, and Miss Bailey, of Concord, were the judges in the oratorical contest. Henry F. Pflngsten, principal of the Oregon City high school and president of the Clackamas County School league, was the chairman of the meet ing which was held In the Mllwaukle town hall. The program waa opened with an instrumental selection by Miss Dorothy WIsslnger and closed by a sec ond selection by Miss Rachel Blrke-mler- J. V. Fike, of Oak Grove, Is the secretary of the league. $377,622 PAID TO T, HALF OF P. R. L. A P. ACCOUNT WITH COUNTY IS $68,105; S. P. PAYS $13,000. M. E. Punn, county treasurer and tax collector, is just emerging from the rush of tax paying the last few days of lost month before the 1 per cent interest charge became effective. Up to the present time, $377,622.07 has been entered on the county's books although between $40,000 and $50,000 In checks, drafts and money orders, that came in by mail the last few days of the rush, are held by Mr. Dunn and are yet to be entered. The Portland Railway Light & Pow er company paid half of the taxes of that corporation just in time to escape the interest. The half payment was $68,105.87. The Southern Pacific has paid half of its taxes on rights of way and rolling atock, amounting to $13,- 620.87. These are the heaviest tax payers In the county. The total amount of taxes to be col lected in Clackamas county la $784, 000. Of thia sum about half has been received. PORTLAND COUPLE WED Mary E. Parden and Morris Llckle, Falling street, Portland, secured a marriage license Tuesday from County Clerk Harrington. HIGHEST HONORS ATMILVAUKIEGO COUNTYIN DECISION PAVES 1MF0R1W0II SOUTH EORK LINE SUPREME COURT HANOS DOWN RULINO IN FOUR DAY TIME. LAST LEGAL OBSTACLE REM WITH FKDKCS Of HICH TRGL1L Member ef Weter Cemmlselon Are Elate- Over Verdict-Early Di alon Mean Saving In Freight. Th vote of th peopl of Oregoa City for th South Fork water project la valid; tbe South Fork water com mission la empowered with th author Ity to construct th 25-mlIa pipeline to th South Fork of the Ctacaan and th tl'IMO bond Usu. apprnred by a rot of almost eight to one, I legal according to a decision of tbe euprxro court Friday. C Bchuctwl and I fitlpp. attorneys for th South Fork commission, received word Friday aft ernoon by telephone from Salem. Th derision of th supreme court remove th last legal obstacle to th construction of tbe big pip and In sures Jhat lb bond will b sold at ence. Th commission bee awarded the Sweet Causey. Fester it company th $375,000 bond Issue for 95.5 cent on th dollar. Th transfer of th bond lo th banking hous Las bea held back until th decision of the su preme court waa received, but th commission had algned aa agrnement with th bonding house. Uadrr this agreement the city will receive rash for the aaie of $240,000 of th lasu wthln 30 daya, the money to be de livered to either a Portland or an Ore gon City bank. Tbe decision of the high tribunal cam really sooner than was expected here. The case waa submitted on briefs Monday afternoon and it waa thought that a decision would be made next Tuesday, but the supreme court. realizing the Importance of the de cision, did not even wait for the ns'tal da to hand down its finding. , It wa only about 12 day ago that the validity of tbe water election was questioned. 8torey, Thorndyke. Pal mer A Dodge, Boston bond experts em ployed to approve the legality of rhe issue, sent ward here through Morris Bros., of Portland, that lit their opin ion a clause In the city charter had been violated in calling the election. Their point was that the charter pro vided the resolution calling the elec tion should be filed with the couucil 21 days before the date of the election. They argued that 21 days should have passed between tbe final passage of the charter amendment and the date of the election. The language of the amendment however, provides that the election may be held within 21 days from the date of the filing of the ordi nance and tbe records show that the ordinance waa filed under orders of the council February 8 and the date of the election waa March 3. It was con tended, however, by the eaatern at torneys that the date of tbe final pas sage of the ordinance In the council was February 19 and that It could not be legally filed until that date. As soon as the question waa raised, Mr. Schuebel and Mr. Stlpp began to work on abstract and brief for the su preme court and Monday the docu ments were taken to Salem by Mr. Schuebel. Naturally, members of the South Fork water commission, of the Pure Mountain Water league and other or ganizations that have taken a promi nent part in the fight for tho water bonds were considerably elated Friday over the result of the decision. While the court was deliberating, Chairman Andresen, of the commission, and En gineer Rands have been in tbe field and secured a large part of the right of way so that work cannot be further delayed on that account. Aside from the fact that the decision of the court will hurry the construction of tbe pipe, It will probably mean money saved to the water commissl'-n. The steel pipe will comb from the At lantic seaboard by rail and a new freight rate becomea affective the first of next month. Crane ft company, rnp resentatives of the manufacturers, planned to ship the pipe to the coast at once so that the commission could secure advantage of the low rate. A decision from the court a week or two weeka later would probably have made this impossible. OREGON SCHOOLS STANDARD SALEM. Or., April 6. Albany col lege and McMlnnville college have advanced sufficiently In tbe last two year to meet the requirements of the bureau of education of Washington, D. C, of institutions that shall be known aa standard, according to information received today by State Superintend ent Churchill from Dr. S. P. Capen, who Inspected tbe institutions in March. DENVER, Colo, April 2. The fed era! grand jury today indicted C. C. Slaughter, resigned cashier of the Pue blo Mercantile National bank, on a charge of making false entries. Slaugh ter's shortage. It is rumored, may amount to $150,000.