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OKKdON (MTV KNTKIMMMSM. I IMDAV. (HTOMKH 'X l!M'. LOCAL liRICPS V. Miller, of Annua, Iransaitrd busllieaa Oli'giill ( Mf Ibura day, T S Mullan, i.r Mllwaukie, waa l..i.iin. tuiiur In i lu louiiir inai peaii rday. William llrol.sl, farmer (nun th Wllsonvtlla Ulalrli ), waa III Ilia rouuly k ul yesterday. Edward liiatra, a fanner from the Pcavrr Civi'k illalrli I, attended lu lm.ln.it matters In Hreaon t 'It y Hal urday, A inarrlaa llieiiMi waa ai-i iir'd In Vain outer rlaturday lu Harry liimii ami Mia Alio It. Milton, both of Mil anal. Fred lii-l,e, tit Woodland, ami Mlas Nettle Itohcrlsoii, if I'aiihy, secured a marriage III elia al Vancouver, Wash ., Tuesday. W. y. Ilarrla. a farmer from the teaer Creek illsirli I. was In Oregon lily attending In bualnea maltera Wednesday. Mr anil Mra (ieori Ollvanl. of l(amoni. Wash, hava returned to Ihnr Iiiiiimi after iimIiii a week In Oregon City. Adolph Aailioff. of Marmiil, In Oregon City Ihe early part of Ihe Week atlfiilln lo hiisliicsa matter and via lln( Manila. Han Erdman, of H.iiid) Hi. Inc. hu aa Injured recently while digging a well, la Blowing Improtlng, Ilia aknll wa Iri'-lurnl. Mr. anil Mra. ('. A. Chainliers. of (i'a.lnlona, ara receiving coiiKralula limit over th arrival of a I It ( In ami iNirn Hal unlay night. Tha youngster will t.a called "Jack" Leruy I). Walker, of Ilia Hank of Commerce, baa com up from I'orllanil ml nHnr an nfflr In room ( of Ilia Wi'lnhanl tiillllnt. where ha III bar charge of the detail work of the bank prior to lla opening. C. H. Payne. J. E. Fisher. A. E. Join er, Marten Chrlatenacn anil Imm Mil Inn left Oregon City Wednesday morn In In Mr. Joiner's automobile for tha Halinon river country where they will siwnd flv dayi hiintlna; and flatting Mr. and Mra. C. A. White, or tills i ll), tnulnred lo t'onallla laal Holiday lo visit Mr. and Mra. W. A. Iteed of that rlty. Mra. Reed and aon returned with thorn and will apend a few weeka lib her paretita. Mr. and Mm. A. M. Whit. (icorgn M. l-aull and Tim MHiet rhl. of Oregon City, were In Eata rail. Rprlngwaler and other caat (iackatnaa i-oiiiinuhltlca tb fore part of tha wk In tha Interest of the rnunty rxhlltlta at the Cortland Manu facturers and lnd Producta abnw. Mra. M. A. Care of Stafford waa In Oregon City Tuesday. Bhe waa sc. rompanM hjr her aon mid daughter, John Gage, of St. Helena, and Mra. Ague Howard, of WaltatmrK, Wash., who wcr called here by the death of their father, John P. Gag. Mr. and Mra. W. I). Ham and dutwh lent am plannliif to mova from their Iuttiii. In (ilailaton to aouthern Mlnne- aula, where they will make their fu ture home. Mra. lU-rnetta Cowing, mother of Mra. Ham, la a realdent of Mlnmnotu. The Hum fuinlly have re aided In (iladatone tor five ycari. Kuiih Eoaler. of I'orlland, aecom panted by hla wife, arrived In thla city nn Friday, and are vlnltlnc the for mor a mother, Mra. Edwin Koater. Mr. nnd Mra. Fouler will bo among the rtcurHlonlata who will vlalt Mt. Angel "on Saturday, when the I'orlland Cham ber of Commerce will make tlio trip by aperlal car to thut city. Mr. and Mr. C. J. Turma, of the liedland dlalrlct, left Monday for the cunt where they will vlalt frlenda. Dur ing: their trip they will atop at Chlru Ito, New York, Huffulo, llnltlmoro and oilier eastern cltlea. They camo to ClHi'kumaa county curly bint aummer from Hi iittlo and bouRht a atnull farm. They will proluilily not return until early next year. Mra. J. Wolfer, alater of Frank Not- huh, who left hint week for Jean, No vadit, accompniiled by hla father, re ceived word they bud reucbed prldley, Cnl. The trip Ih Ik-Iiik mado by nuto. rnaKluK over tlio Slnklyou mountains Hutun heavy anow utornia were en countered. Mr. NoIhoii and his aon will remain In California a fowr days beforo going to Nevada where tboy will Join another son, Charles, formerly of this city. MIhs Katlo McAmilty, of Red I.ako FitllH, Minn., who has been In this city for tho lant three months, vIhIIIhk her brother, J. W. McAmilty and family of Tenth and John Adams streets, left on ThurHdny evening for California, where she will vIhII tho rananm-ra-clflc exposition ot San I'YiuicIbco and tho fair at Sun Diego. MIhs McAmilty Is pleased with tho Oregon climate and scenery and will return to this city from California In December to visit beforo returning to her homo In Min nesota. MIbb MeAnulty, who has taught si'hool In the state of Minnesota for tho past twenty-nine years. Is now ono of tho pensioned teachers, and Is allowed $r00 a ycor. CLUB IS FORMED Mrs. Frank Lucas was eloctod tem porary, president and Mrs. E. L. Pope, temporary secretary, at a meeting In Parkplace Friday, afternoon called for the purpose of organizing a parent teaher club. The meeting, held in the Parkplace school, was well attended. County School Superintendent Cola van presided and Fred .1. Tooze, Ore gon City superintendent of schools, gave an address. EVELYN E. COOK DIES Evelyn Ester Cook, aged 20 months, the child of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cook, died at the home of her parents, 1915 Madison street, 9 o'clock Tuesday night The baby had been III for mony months with tuberculosis of the spine. The funeral will be held 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Cook, residence. ' PAPOI MILLS SEEN BY 32 PRINCIPALS PORUANO TIACHIRI PAV VISIT TO ORICON CITV-M'LOUOH. LIN HOME INlPfCTIO. Iblrlylati irln Ipala of I'orlland t. h.N.lt Otllt'd Oii'K'in CUy Kalurday and. (uldi'd lr a 101 Itlea fmiu the Comiiierrlal ( lull, tlalled Ilia Hllii'l.al oolnta of Internal. Ta party arrln In auloiiiol.llia al 10 .10 oil.Nk llila iiioriilliK ami waa x nrlw illiw dy in dm ii,la of tha Crown Wlllametla l'ar oiiipany, on tha wrat alda of Ilia rlwr. II. T. Mr llalll, mill inaliaKi-r, rarorled the prill rtpala through I lie plant, alinwlim tlii'in I he prw ea of ii.aklna nvwapapfr aim k from lb lot lo tha flnlabml roll ready .for Ilia preta. Then Ibey were taken lo M. UihkIiIIii niemorlal bom, alum Mra. Kva Kmery l allowed I loin through the biilldliiK and plained tha hlalory of pioneer rellia whlrh are preaervad liter. They had lunili here aa the ui!a of the pnlillrliy department of tha Comiiierrlal rlnli and returned to I'orl land lale In the afternoon. PORTLAND COUPLE ARE MARRIED Mffz - i Elmer M Vail and Mlaa Mary An guata Waldo, ImiIIi realdeiita of I'orl land, wrre quietly married WHnea day afternoon al 4 o'clock at tha horn of Mr. and Mra. Harry Miller In thla city. Only a few relatlvea wltneaaed the ceremony, Including Mr. and Mrs. Cur lla N. Vail, the former the brother of Ih groom. Ilev. J. K. Hawkins of the Meihotllat Eplacopal church performed the wedding ceremony. ' Itefreahmenla were aervrd to the few relatlvea and friends present. Mr. and Mra. Vail left Immediately for Portland where they will make their horn at !3S Eaat Foiirty aeventb atreet. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED Ituth lloli'omb and John C. Madden. 0 Kjiat Aah street, i'orlland, were granted a marriage license here yes terday by County Clerk Harrington. DOMESTIC GRIEF IS AIRED IN COURT Charging that his wife left him to live with another man, Percy O'Con nell filed a suit for divorce against I.Uii O'Conuell In the circuit court. He alleges that she deserted him In February. J!tn9. They were married In Vancouver. It. ('., January 8. 190,). Circuit Judge llagley signed the fol lowing divorce decree Friday: llessie Woli ka front Hobert Woli ka, Mary U Simmons from John A. Simmons and Cliff U Lynch from Faith Hannah Lynch. Mrs. Simmons wus allowed to retake her maiden name, Mary U Harry. WIFE PICKED POCKETS HUSBAND ALLECES Charging Hint Ills wife would go through his pockets while he was asleep and take his money and that ono time she secured Wllllum llrndley has filed a suit for divorce In tho circuit court ngulnst Altnlra Brad ley, He makes the general chargo of cruelty. They wero married In Port land September 26, 1911. George C. Brow nell and Charles T. Slcvers are his attorneys, Dr. Thomas I.. Perkins, a Portland dentist with offices in tho Medical building, Pot'tlund, Is defendant In a dlvoreo complaint filed In tho Clack amas county court, alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment. Mrs. M. H. Per kins charges that her htiBliany Is cranky. They wero married lu Port land, December 10, 1912, and have two children. EL IS e: L George Lammors was awarded a contract Saturday for the construction of a covered bridge with a span of 70 feet, ncross tho Molulla river at Trout Creek, for $025. The bridge will be built of wood and finished January 1. Five bids were received by the county court, the Lnmmers bid being the low est, JURY RECOMMENDS NEW WALL Like all grand Jurlos in rocont years, the ono which adjourned Tuesday rec ommended changes In the county Jail. Tho particular rocommondntlon of this Jury was that a new concrete wall and railing be built on the west and north sides of the county Juil In place of the old wooden one. CASTOR I A For Inftnti and CMldMQ. Tha Kind You Hare tttxqi Bought Bar tha Signature of TWO LICENSES ISSUED County Clerk Harrington has issued marriage licenses to Olive Morey and Albert Anthony, of New Era, and Iona Decker and Walter Davis. 140 Earn Fourteenth street, Portland. FIGHT Oil CITY'S REGULATIONWON BY THE JITNEYS PERMANENT INJUNCTION lltUEO V CIRCUIT JUDGE BAOLEV APPEAL NOT PLANNED. HJinaWU BE CONSIDERED ACAIM BY COUHCIl WEDNESDAY C' Bagln lo Run toon Aftar DacUlon ll Public Jutt What Action Will B Takan Is Punl to City Authorltlaa. Circuit Judg liagb-y, of lllltaooro. who beard the ariiuuieiita on the Ore gon City Jllney or.llnume, Monday la tiii-d a permani-nl liiliinrtlon, wblib kniM'kaoiit the reguldtloiia of the tout! r II. Tb city attwnplcd to fone t!e jllney driver to pay a fQ quarterly llrenae lui, put up a IOoO Ixmd and im ure a franchise. City Attorney RrhucM said Mon fiernoon that liier would Ih no I. allhough C. I), latouretle, who d In defending the ordinance. la aald to have favored one. Mr. Ho hue be I added that cat the miaaur waa taken up, he v.aa certain that Ih Port land Ituilway l.lnlit A I'ower company would pay the co.lt. Mr. Hi hm-lx-l a cured the declalen of Judge llagley over the telephone. The finding In the case and the original decre wer sent from Hlllalmro through the mall and are expected her today. The ordinance la said to have beeu prepared In I'orlland. Mr. H htiebel I aald Monday that be had not w rltten .It and that he had declared when It waa Introduced In the council that It would not stand In the courts. At al most every council meeting for a month, he has asked that a regulative ordinance along an entirely different line be submitted, The nieaaure waa Introduced Into the counnil by Henry M. Templeton. chairman of the committee on afreets and public property, who declared Ini a lengthy speech at that time that theven iiuereais or me roruunti naiiway Light A Power company ahould be protected. Jitneys operating within the city have not been itoped at any time and Monday a soon aa the decision of Judge llagley lecame genernlly known., cars began to run again between Port- j land and Oregon City. Just what ac tion the city will take now Is puxiling city officials. The matter will prob ably come up again at a special ses sion ot the council Wednesday night. MOLALLA HAN GETS $700 VERDICT IN AN ACTION FOR $40,000 ALIENATION OF AFFECTION LEGED BY ELMER EVERTON SUIT AGAINST KAYLOR. AL N Elmer E. Everton secured a verdict of $700 In the circuit court Saturday night against It. A. Kaylor lu his suit for ItO.uoo for the alienation of the affections of his wife, Mrs. Laura I). Everton. Mrs. Everton filed a suit for divorce agulnst him several months ago, and Everton alleges that Kaylor, a wc'l'to-do Molulla farmer, was the cause of his domestic trouble. The dlvoreo suit Is pending. An automobile trip to Wllholt Springs, trips to Portland baseball games and theatres and frequent vis its or Kaylor lo Mrs. Everton were alleged In the trial, A daughter of Mrs. Everton by a former marriage was J)w wife of a son of Kaylor, who Is a widower, and her testimony was among the most important submit ted. Many frrim Molulla wero nt the trial and the list of witnesses Includod, be sides tho principals In the case, II. S. Herman and wife, I- T. Howard. Mrs. Oscur Taylor and a Mrs. Lang, of Port I land. Mrs. Everton appeared as a ! witness for the defendant. George C. Drownoll, attorney for Kaylor, said last night that he was well pleased with the verdict and that he would not appeal the case. NEW LUMBER RATES ARE NOT POPULAR PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 12. Revised lumber rate's affecting the mills of the Wlllumotte vullcy on shipments to the interior points of California were put Into effect toduy by the Southern Pa cific company. Practcally all points In the valley are grouped under the same rate schedule on business des tined to the same southern points. A protest, entitled Inman-Poulsen Lum ber company vs. Southern Pacific, will be heard here November 18 by Exam iner Butler of the Interstate commerce commission. The situation has called forth a vig orous complaint from some of the lumber manufacturers of Portland, which finds a differential against this city In the new rate fabric. It Is de clared that the railroad has established such a differtlal that the lumber sawed here cannot possibly compete In the Interior of California with the valley lumber. The railroad Insists that It Is Justi fied In putting the rates In effect, even If they do give the valley mils the best of It, because Portland lnmber moves by steamer anyway and always has, while the valey has no such advantage. NEW HEAD CP CLACKAWAI COUNTV BAR AMOCIATI0N t i ! ' v - , : 4 William Hammond. ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BAR ASSOCIAT! ORGANIZATION LONG INACTIVE IS NOW PLANNING QUARTER LY MEETINGS. William Hamu.ond. of Hammond k Hammond. Hatunlay tilgbt was elect ed prealdent of Hie Clai kamaa County Har aaaiMiatlon. Other officer are Joaeph E. HHgi-a. tlre-preaideiit; Waller A. Dlniiik. aecrelary, and John N. Hlevert. trraturer. The Clackamas County liar aMtocia- tlon haa been Inactive for several years and the meeting Saturday nigbt. which an held In the county court room In the court houae. waa the aec- ond In eight years Cordon E. Hayes Is the retiring president. The aaaoclatlon "alll probably bold quarterly meetings. In the near future a cupper wilt I given. O. I). Eoy. Thomaa A. Ilurke and llcrnard N. Illi k were appointed a committee to arrange for thla unit. A permanent program committee conalata ot J. K Hedges, Chris Srhuebcl and John 8le- A number of talks were made Satur day night. Judge llavea outlined the field of such an organisation, and said that he hnH'd to aee the association active In the future. C. Schuebel. H. E Cross and Waller A. Dimlck each made short ta'ks. LIKES NAVY LIFE Navy painted, son vile. life la not as bad aa it Is declares C. S. Shaver, of W'll who recently cnllsti'd. In a letter written lo V."C. Murray, a for mer navy man and now deputy sheriff. Shaver describes his experiences of tho last three weeks. He says: "Strange bow a person will change their notion iMi't It? Several of my friends siwke to me advising me f Join the navy, but I. like many others, had the wrong Impression. "Hut later I chunged my mind about it and went to Portland and enlisted as an appcntlce or landman for sea man. I had a nice trip going down to San Francisco In tourist "I arrived at San Francisco at night and went over to Goat Island in steam luunch. The next morning was rolled out at 6:30. Everything new to me. I was told where tc get my meals, where to hang my ham mock when I got one. We didn't have much to do only to try to get use to things. We were taken to a room and had our hair cut short to keep any disease from being brought In by new men. We were then vaccinated and sent for our uniforms, hammock, and cloths bag, mattress and a lot of nec essary plunder. "We were then sent to the detention camp where be will start our training. I like It fine only it takes a person quite a time to get use to the system every thing is run under." FIFTEEN ARE ENROLLED FROM THIS COUNTY TWO ON UNI VERSITY ELEVEN. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Oct. 25. Clackamas county 3 well represented among the students of the Vntvarslty of Oregon this year. Fit teen 'students are registered. They are: itotliweii Avison, josepn Hedges, Mary Mattlcy, Erna Petzold. Otto Pftthl, Alene Phillips, Roberta Schue bel. Alvln Wleveslek, of Oregon City; William Kenneth nartlett, of Estaca- da; Katharine Itridges, Albert llolman, of Oswego; Elher Campbell, of Jen nlnss Lodge; Adolph Gourdeau, of San dy; Jacob Risley, of Mllwaukie; and Kalherino Twomoy, of Ouk Grove. Clackamas students are taking an active part in student enterprises and activities. In athletics, Dartlett and Rtsley are regulars on the varsity foot ball team. Hothwell Avison is a mem ber of the student council; Erna Pet zold Is secretary of the senior class; Katharine Bridges is president of the college Young Women's Christian as sociation. Roberta Schuebel is one of the few college women who are taking the course in law. This year's registration shows an Increase of 10 per cent over last year and 20 per cent over two years ago. Every county of Oregon except four, eleven other states and two foreign countries are represented In the cos mopolitan student body. - IIEI'CIITEIITO CARRY SEPARATE TICKET OF 01i IP MANAGER PLAN ADOPTED, ALL PRESENT ELECTIVE OFFI CIALS GO IN ItlS. MAYOR LSD COUNCIL Of fi WOULD EE IN OFFICE JAW. I Cemmitts f Nina, Hwvr, Will Not Nam Candidal nd luggattiont Will New 0 Rciv4 a to In Bttt Mth4. Wben Oregon City voter tola on tb charter amendment being prepared by lb com in II le of nlna rltUena, they i will vol al the asm tlm on a tlikel' of city offlrr lo enforce the charter. The tliki-i will b a part of tb (bar-! ter Itself. If tb charter I defeat.! the ticket I defeated; If auccrsaful, tb ticket will go Into of fir on the: first of tb year and every Hertlv! official of the city now serving. In cluding Ih nine rouncllmeo and may or, will go ou' of office. In caae th charter carries, tb place of the prraent official family will be taken by a .council of flv elected at 'arge and mayor. Tb executive will serve two yeara and of th five coun cllmen, three will serv two year and two for four years. Elections would b held bl annually, and not annually as at preaent, with three members of th council being elected at one elec tion, two at the next and so on. The city manager would be tppolnted by the mayor, would be responsible to him. and would have much tb same relation to the city that the general manager of a corporation would have to the corporation, lie would appoint all other employe, except the city treaaurer who would I elected by the council and the city attorney, members of the police force and the municipal judge, who would be appointed by the mayor. The committee of nine will not name this ticket and ways and means of se curing the names of six popular and efficient men are now being consid ered. A maas meeting has been sug gested. In case the charter carried, even those candidates who were suc cessful at the election would win no office. A complete draft of the charter will probably be completed before the end of this week. SCHOOLS TO GET MAPS 1-arge maps of the state, showing the state In details, are In the possession of County School Superintendent Cala- van for distribution to every school district In the county. Owing to the fact that the maps are so large, it would be difficult to send them so Superintendent Ca'avan is holding the maps until the districts send repre sentatives to his office. The maps were prepared by the state board of forestry and are supplied free. IS HEAD OF MOTHERS MRS. D. G. SKULASON OF MILWAU KIE IS VICE-PRESIDENT AND ALTERNATE DELEGATE. CORVALLIS. Ore.. Oct. 21. Mrs. George M. McMath, of Portland, was elected president of the Oregon Con gress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher association, for the coming year. Mrs. McMath had the endorsement of Gov ernor Withycombe, Senator Lane and a number of other prominent men and women of the state. llesides the vice-presidents, other officers elected were: Corresponding secretary, Mrs. Lillian Minton, of Port land; financial secretary, Mrs. J. M. Shortt, of Portland; treasurer, Mrs. A. Honhom; auditor, Mrs. G. W. Evans. Director for six-year term, Mrs. Aris tene N. Felts. , Delegates to the National Mothers' congress, chosen today, were: Mrs. W. J. Kerr, Mrs. Aristene Is". Felts and Mrs. W. J. Hawkins. Mrs. R. E. Ilondurant, Mrs. R. N. Walker, Mrs. Wilson McMurray and Mrs. U. G. Skulason, of Mllwaukie, were chosen alternates. Mrs. Skula son was also elected one of the vice presidents. IS SUING FOR $15,500 Damages of $15,500 are asked by Charles White In a suit filed in Mult nomah county against the Portland Railway, Light & Power' company. White lost his hand In an accident at Parkplace and alleges that the com pany Is responsible because he fell in the dark on account of the rough ground on which he was compelled to alight. MILWAUKIE MEN SUED J. W. Ray and C. L. Weaver, of Mll waukie, who are doing a butcher busi ness under the name of Ray & Weaver, ade sued In the circuit court by the Toledo Scale company for $125, al leged to be due on the purchase price of a scale. John D. Rockefeller Jr., Is reported to have said, "If necessary to ensure labor to live comfortably, dividends should be suspended." But there is still the question whether young Rockefeller means what he says. PAIG PLANT WILL HOT BE TAKEN AWAY K PEOPLE BELIEVE OR K CAN BE SECURED HERE NEXT SPRING. Willi Ih hop til ae urlng mor v In rontrai la ftril aprtng arid aiunnier from elllirr tb county or th city, th rilamlard Paving roiupjny will not nun It plai.l. Tb plant la now In atallrd on lb river bank, and II will be neruary to find a new liallnn or. -otmt of tb Mlaa of tlm Willam Hiii In lb winter. An employ of J th company aald Thursday that th I mai blnery would b moied and at up ! fra.ly for work arly In lb aprlng. Tb paving company bolltttea that murh paving will be don In (ia-k-amaa county wtthla Ih next year. A movement la now on foot to aet aside a part of tb fund derived from the rounty road levy for hard aurfai e road work. The Klandard Paving company, lay ing Worawli k pavement, baa Improved Main. Third. Heventb. Tenth and John Adaina atreet during the laal summer. BOARD OF TRADE HAY PRESIDENT OF MERCHANTS' OR CONIZATION APPROVES DE MAND ON W. V. S. Tb Hoard of Trade may be Inter eated In the proposal that the Willam ette Valley Southern run Ita cars to the center of town and yesterday aft ernoon Mayor Jones discussed the mat ter with Al Price, the prealdent of the board. Members of the Hoard of Trade, who are merchants along Main street, were among the original boost ers for the new road and many of them bought stock In the line when first company waa organlxed. Mr. Price Is decidedly In favor of demanding that the electric road run It cars up Main street, both as a I merchant and as one of the stock- holders In the company. To lend weight to the demand that the com pany run its cars to the center of town, a petition may be circulated among local buslneas men or a mas meeting called. Mayor Jones said yesterday that he would continue to press the matter In the council and in case that the com mittee appointed last, Monday night had no report to make next Wednes day, he would name another commit tee. W. GRISENTIW FARMER OF BEAVER CREEKJASSES ON FORMER PRESIDENT EQUITY SO CIETY DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF FEW WEEKS, Wll'lam Grlsenthwaite. who was a former state president of the Farmers' Society of Equity and was a leader in the work of the Farmers' Union, died at his home at n illness of 8ev. Wednesday morning Deaver Creek after an ernl weeks. He was born in Penrith, Cumberland county, England, October 20, 1S65. and came to Clackamas county 28 years ago. He settled first in Portland and come to Beaver Creek 21 years ago where he lived continuously until his death. He married Miss Mary Hughes, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hughes, Beaver Creek pioneers, Au gust 25, 1S90. He Is survived by his widow, three sisters snd one brother In England. Mr. Grisenthwaite was always prom inent !n state grange work and other organizations of farmers. He spent part of July at the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco assisting in arranging Oregon agriculture ex hibits. The funeral will be held 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon from the family home at Beaver Creek and Interment will be in the Presbyterian cemetery. Rev. W. T. Mllltken, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate. FLAX EXHIBIT ATTRACTS Flax growing and the manufacture of flax fibre may become one of the leading Industries of the state, accord ing to dispatches from San Francisco concerning the flax exhibit in the Ore gon building. One of these dispatches says: "A new Oregon Industry that is at tracting a good deal of notice Is the growth of flax. We have two good ex hibits, one in the Oregon building and the other in the Palace of Agriculture. The flax exhibited comes from the Willamette valley, but excellent flax Is also grown by Superintendent Brei- thatipt, of the experiment station near Burns, which demonstrates that this culture, like loganberries, could be carried on pretty well over the state: and there Is a great big part ot the state yet to be cropped, to which a new Industry like this should make its appeal. "The exhibit in the Palace of Agri culture received a silver medal from the jury on awards. "Flax growing is still too new in Oregon to have received scientific han dling. It was allowed to become too ripe; If it is to be used for the fibre, then it cannot be used for seed; it must be harvested before the seed is ripe. Even so, the exhibit down here has attracted a great deal of Inquiry from people who understand flax, and two experts, one from Russia and one from Ireland, came to the exposition expressly to see the Oregon flax." FIRST DRAFT OF IIE11 CUTER IS COMPLETED IH OH I A T l R PART Of PRESENT CHARTER ISLE'TUNTOUCHEO BY COMMITTEE OF NINE. BUSINESS KMCER Al COUNCIL Of FIYE ARE FEATURES Of PLAN Por Is Cntrallid Into Hands of Mayer Who Will Appoint Managtr, PoMc, City Attorney and Other Town Official. The f'.rat draft of tti n city char-ti-r that will b proposed and sub mitted to tb people at the December election waa practically completed by bJ commltt-! of nine Friday night and la now In the hands of a aub-eom-mute for the final draft, which will probably be approved next week, when the council will be asked to submit the charter to the people. The charter will provide for a businesa manager form of government The committee of nine baa made only auch changes In the present char ter aa are necessitated by the new plan. Thoae provisions relating to the Improvement of a public character are practically untouched. The charter provides for the election of a mayor to serve for one year and a council of five to be elected at large. At the first election It I proposed to choose two councllmen for one year and three for two years, and every two years thereafter to elect two and three councllmen alternately. The appointment of the business manager and the police ot the city Is left In the hands of the mayor. The council elects the treasurer under the new charter, and the offices of re corder, engineer snd street superin tendent are abolished. The business manager Is given au thority to employ an engineer wben necessary and to employ such assist ance as may be required to keep the streets of the town In repair. ' The mayor shall appoint a municipal judge, who shall be the judicial officer ot the city, but all other duties now vested in the recorder shall be performed by the business manager. Under the proposed charter the sal aries of all officers may be fixed by the council. The salary of the busi ness manager must not exceed $2500 per annum, and the salary of the chief of police shall not be less than $73 per month, nor more than $100. It Is probable that copies of the proposed charter will be In the hands ot the voters within the next two weeks, when an organization will be affected to make a campaign for Its enactment by the people at the annual elected, December 6. ENGLE ESTATE IS VALUED AT $3500 Petition ror letters or administra tion in the estate of the late Mrs. Nancy H. Engle, the Molalla pioneer who died at her home October 16, were filed in lhe Probate department of the county court Monday. Personal prop- eny leu oy mrs. cngie is vaiuea at $3500. The petition asks that W. W. Everbart be appointed administrator. Oscar D. Eby is the attorney. The estate of the late Mary L. Dolan, who died May a, has been probated In the county court The estate consists of two farms In the Boring district, valued together at $16,000. Three children are named as heirs; Elra Dolan, Margaret L. Calder and Walter T. Dolan. P. Henry Plummer nestow, ror 35 years a resident of Oregon City and Cane man, died Sunday night at 9 o'clock at his home In Portland. He was an uncle of Mrs. J. V. Gray of Gladstone, and was bom in Cester, O., November 10, 1835, and came across the isthmus to Oregon in 1864. He lived In Cane man, and Oregon City until 1S99 and then moved to Portland, where he re sided until his death. He leaves a widow, and one son, G. H. Bestow, of Portland. The funeral will be held 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Port land crematorium. MELLIEN VS. BIGGER SUIT IS DISMISSED Following an agreement between the principals, an order dismissing the $5000 suit of F. E. Melllen against H. J. Bigger, alleging malicious prose cution, was signed by Circuit Judge Campbell Wednesday. Bigger, a flor ist, secured the arrest of Melllen last spring on a charge of larceny. The jury was unable to agree at the first trial and acquitted Melllen at the sec ond. The verdict of not guilty was soon followed by the action for dam ages. Judge Campbell signed a decree di vorcing Mrs. Christina Klelnamith from William G. Kleinsmith. The chil dren were awarded to the plaintiff. The divorce suit of Fletcher Tong against Lizzie Tong was dismissed. 'Wool growers are receiving from 2Z to 25 cents for fall clip.