OUVAIOS CITY KXTEUlMM.Sli. rUHUV, N'OVKMUKU 5, 1U1
LOCAL DRIEPS
Mr. and Mr. John Hughes, raid
f--r of Mft, mere In lha county
-al Monday on liualiicas.
Ar- lila II. 'ni'P. of llila rllr, and
Ml May Nnlaoii, of Woodland. Wash.,
urrd marriage lit a'ia In Vancou
ter Thursday.
Mr and Mr. (I. H llarrr. who ro
iriilljf bought a farm on Ilia Ahvrpathy,
mere In dragon City Thursday to at
lend In legal matters.
Mr and Mrs J. J. Wllkora, alio omn
a farm near Aurora but live In Port
laml, wore III Oregon Cllr Tilday to
alli'iid to bualiime lulamata.
Mlsa M)rt Ibiad In Orrgou City
Hatordar. Mill Hum! la tir III tll
Kldorada at hoola. Tlila la her awond
term aa teacher In ilia Kldorada ills
trlt N ('. Jamlaoii. ('la' kainaa Cuunty
Cow Testing association's rattle
tester. pard through Oregon
City Monday enroute to thn l-add rat
I In farm.
John and llarrla l-colilng, of the
lan r Crwk illktrli t, were In Oregon
City Tuesday. They ar planning- on
a trip to Han Pram lai o Ilia latter part
of tlila month.
Mlaa MaM Huff man returned from
Han Pram laco a here alia attended tha
fair On tha ay lioina aha vlaltud
northern California. Mlaa Hoffman re
side In New Era.
Ivan II. IHmhk. of Hubbard, waa In
the county seat Friday afternoon at
tending to btialneaa inalli'ra. Ha visit
rd hla ronalna, Judge (Irani II. IMinlrk
and Walter A. Dlinlck.
Clayton Hhermond. 13 year-old ly
of Wllaonvllle, waa taken to a Port
land kiMpltal Thursday afternoon for
an oprratlon for appendicitis. Ilia la
lha Kin of Mra. M. Hherwood.
Mra. J. K. Ilmnra, of Ban Ptanclaco.
Cal . returned to her homa thla awk
after arndlni a meek In Clackamas
rounly with frlcnda In Oregon City,
Molalla and Kata ada. Hha alan vlalt
rd In Cortland.
Jamea lllnhop, arfml Id rars, of Wll
aonvtllii, la In a critical con
dition aa tha result of drain fever.
Thr doctors do not rwt a recovery.
I f r la tha aon of Mra. Martha Hlahop
of Wllsonvllla.
Judge T. K. Ilyan la tn Ori'tton City
from Halrm. Ha la inaklnK arrange
inrnta to tiring hla alfa and family to
Oregon Clly within a ahort time. Thay
all) attain muka their homa on thr
, It) an pluce at (iladatnna.
Mr. and Mra. W. J. W. McCord. who
llva ivr.ir Orrgon City. haa returned
to tlmlr homa aflir spending two
meeke In California. They vlalted their
daughter In Ivoa Angelea and Pun
(-Yaiiilaro and ment to both exponl
tlona. Tha trip both to and from Cali
fornia waa made by boat.
Mra Wllma I'lken. or Beattle. mho
haa been trashing school In aouthern
Miirlon county, mua In Oregon City for
a ahort time Thoraday. Hha received
word Wednesday that bar mother waa
III and left at oner for Heattle, but
stopped here on her way north. She
mill prohadly return to Marlon county
early next wk.
II. fl. Mi lianloli and fuinlly auffrrrd
a at'eond loaa by flra rarly Monday
morning at thidr tent homa In Can
muh. July 2D thn hoima tlu-y more
renting rrom M. Telford aa completo
ly dentroyrd by flr, only a few articles
belonging to Mr. and Mra. McPanlula
mere saved and theaa were deatroyed
mhen a coal oil lamp exploded and
burned them Momluy.
II. H, Cor. a fruit gruwera or tlio
county, realdlng In Caul))' maa truna-
acting bunlneaa In Oregon City Friday.
Mr. ('' makea a aieclalt)' of mining
applcn. among Hie vnrletlea on mhlch
hn look prlr.cit at (he county fair are
Klnit, Ortlcy, Ilaldwln. Spy, Khndo Inl
and green, Seek No further and Hen
Duvla. Mr. Coe hurvoated over 500
boxea, a'l In good condition.
Mr. and Mra. Maurice lllnford and
llllle daughter, Helen, Mlrnt Kdna Mini-
roe of Iforlland. Mr. and Mrs. George
V, Kly or thla city were dinner gucnt
lit tlii Inline or Mr. and Mra. Ceorge
0. Ilandall at Central I'olnt Suudoy.
The trip wan made In Mr. Ely's and
Mr. Illnford's inucliluea. The dinner
wua aerved In Halloween atyle. Mrs.
lllnford Is null known hero. She wan
MIhs HcshIq Grout.
Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Larsen Jr.. and
little hoiih, Clurko Smith uml Kaper
SlgnliiH, aro the guimts of Mr. I.arMcn's
purents, Mr. und Mra. K. S. I.araen,
or this city. Mr. Uiraen Jr., Is a geol
ogist In tha service or the United
Slates government. . Mrs. l.urHcn und
'children have spent tho summer
months in llnknrslleld, Cal., Hie guests
of Mrs. K. I.. Smith, widow of tho Inte
OongroHbiiinii K. 1.. Smith, tlioy are
on route to their homo In Washington,
I). C.
II W I O'LEARY
FILES D1V0RCE SUIT
OCIIRTION It ALLIGCO IN AC
TION AOAINtT COLA O'LIAKV
OTMtft IUITI tlOUN.
1 hoinaa K. O'Uxry Tuexlay riled In
thn rlrciilt court a dlvorca comidalnt
agaluat I. ula O'U-ary, alleging diner
Hon. They wara married In Kugnnn,
May 7, IVI1. IHmlik Ulnih k and
W. U Mulvry appear as hla atturneya.
Charging that IhT hiialiand often
tlmea fulled to coma boinn until rarly
In tha morning and that then Iw ra-
fued to aiplaln to her mhern ha had
lieeli Ilia night before, Mrs. Ka Heard
haa fllod a ault for a divorca agaliml
II. ('. Ileach. They wrra married July
3, 113, In I'orlluinl and have two
children. Hha aaka for $.!U nionthly
allinouy and lb cuatody of the two
i hlldri'ii.
Mra. (iraio llulherg allegra that bor
hiiabaiid. Charles J. A. Ilalbrrg once
hit her In a divorce complaint riled In
Ida circuit court i uesilay. Tliey worn
married III Aalorla, Hepleiuber 19, I'JO.'i,
and have two chllilreii. Cbrla Hi due
del la her attorney.
OFFERS Or CITIES
IN EAST WILL NOT
m mi us
FACTORY WILL ! LOCATED
WITHIN 40 MILES Of OREQON
CITY, IAYI PROMOTER.
!APPAL to circuit
COURT BRINGS
JURY DEBATE! DEAL IN WHEAT
AND HAY TWO HOUR! BEFORE
VERDICT II REACHED.
HI
FRED P. JACOBSEN COMES TO
CLACKAMAB COUNTY TO
OODCE PUBLICITY.
Cred I. Jucodaen, of I'ortlund, mania
a divorce, but ha don't Ilka publicity,
ao ha ram to Clackamaa county to
apply for It. Thla lie declared In a
complaint riled here In the circuit
court Hulurday.
Krrd I'. J aro line u and Ada M. Jacob-
sen were married In I'ortland In 1900,
the complulnl reads, and have one aon
Frederick I'. JucoIimmi, mho la now
living with V. l-lia Jucobaen. 740
Multnomah si reel, Portland. H al
legea that the baa rrfuaed to llva with
him for the last eight months and that
alio no longer lovea or cares for dim
He aaaiTta no claim tc I5H) morth of
peraonal proxrty In her name In Call
font la.
The divorce la much the aumt aa tha
urual action tiled In the Clackamaa
county circuit court almost by the dot
en every meek, but almost the lust
paragraph contains the aurprlslng fea
ture. Jarobaen aaya hla mlfe haa many
friends In I'ortlund and that he wishes
to avoid the publicity a suit In a court
In 1'ortlaiid mould bring.
f REE SITES GIVEN If COMPANY
WILL BUILD ON ATLANTIC COAST
Oragon Towns, Eseapting Portland,
Maka No Effort to tacurs Plant
Many Bscome Intarastad In
Btata'i Nawast Enterprisa.
TWO COUPLES DIVORCED
Circuit Judge Campbell signed ill
von decrees Tucuday separating
Harsh K. Counett from Albert I. Con
ti el i and Murgatvt Gules from U Ar
thur Galea.
Thn aggrcanlve methods of Atlaullc
coast cities to secure factories and the
tliorougliiiess with which they keep
watch on Industry, even along tha I'a
clfli- coshI, a well llliistrati'd In at-
tempta of coinmiinltlea in the extreme
eastern atutea tn aecure the proponed
mill or th WlllumrHu Valley Klsi
coiiipny. now being organized here.
John V. I-odcr, one of the lucor
poratora, aald Krlday tint be and bis
si(M lutes had re elved offers of free
sites from Newport News, Vs.; Linn,
Mass.; I'lttsourg. IVnn.; Chicago and
vera! other cltlea. He said that In
these letters, tha eastern civic bodies
Disking them, offers, had argued that
a factory In the eaat waa close to the
msrkrl and offered the bent transporta
tion facilities.
Hut tempting offers and literature of
aastern commercial cluda mill not draw
from the Wlllumette valley Ita newrat
enterprise, declared Mr. Lodcr. The
mill, costing In the neighborhood or
I'lOO.OOO and devoted exclusively to the
tnsnuracture or flag fid re for shipment
to eastern mills, will be built within
to miles or Oregon City, lie said. Al
though eastern cities mere active In
their campaign for factories, Mr. l-oder
Is or the opinion thst Oregon towns
are alow. Only I'ortland haa communi
cated with the organization In regard
to a alte for the plant.
The atate law provided that before
the organization or
lly appealing a ' from Hie juxllo
court to tho circuit court. John U
I'reirfer Tuesday won a Judgment for
I agaluat Harsh M I. When tha
case mas tried before Juatlco John N
Hlevera, Mra. ! won.
I'felffer leased a faun owned by Mrs.
l-a and under Id terms of their
agreement, tha crop waa to be divided
Ha claimed that of the mbeat and bay
crop, which mas tored In barn on
the place, aba sold more than her share
or tha crop and raliei in a numlx-r of
neighbors In an attempt to arbitrate
(he matter. Tha dwlalon or the board
or arbitration waa not satlafsctory and
a ault maa Inalllul.-d In the Justice
court where Mra. Iy won. .The total
amount Involved In all the transaction
waa only $H0 0.
The Jury In tha ilrcuit court went
out at I: IS o clock Tuesday afternoon
and returned erdl. t for the plaintiff
at 4:12. C. fli hurle l represented Mrs.
Af, and II. N. IHrks the plaintiff
WEST LI TAX LEVY
PLACED AT 7.5 HILLS
The West I.lnn city tax levy mill be
T 5 mllla, or which i mills will lie used
to pay Interest and open a sinking rutid
for tho t-OO.OOO water bond Isaue. The
annual meeting of tsipayera msa held
Saturday night and the tenatlve bud
get adopted by the council maa ap
proved. The expenses or the vsrlo'is
depurtment and the levy necessary to
tiHH-t Idem follow: Officers' salaiiea
.8 mill; street llgdts. .7 mill; city hall.
I mill; city engineer, mill; city
printing, .135 mill; city election, .125
mill; fire department, .125 mill and
Intereat on mater bonds 5 mills. The
aasesaed valuation or the town has
taken a considerable drop during the
laat year on account of the trsnnfer or
the ownership or the locks from the
Portland Railway Light k Power corn-
company can be i puny to the government and the re-
completed, haH or the capital stock j moval of the old Crown paper mill,
must be contracted for. The llax com- - .
pany tins secured contracts for the aulc
or almost hair of tho $20,000 capitaliza
tion and organization m ill soon be com
pleted. While Oregon towns are alow In
their efforts to secure the new Indus
try, scores of Inquiries are received
here rrom those Interested In the
growth or fax or the Investment of
money In the enterprise. No trouble
has been encountered In securing capi
tal
In The Social Whirl
Currant Happenings of Interest lit
and Abeut Oragon City
HONEY FOR FUNERAL
EXPENSES WENT FOR
DRINK, MS WIFE
WOMEN SEEKING DIVORCE SAYS
HUSBAND SPENT CONTRIBU
TIONS OF NEIGHBORS.
RED PEP'S
PHILOSOPHY
Masquerade Party
at Wlllametts School. ,
A masiiuerudo donf an I dumb party
maa held In the usembly hull of the
Wlllumette school house Friday even
ing. October 29. About fifty persons! Charging that her liusiiund took mon
were present, most of them lKlngt.y ruined by friends to defray tho fu-
puplla rrom tho high and upper grades, ncral expenses for their dead baby lust
of tho grumuuir school. Murcii and spent It for whiskey, Mrs.
Almost nil wero miiHked und the i ('liriHtlnlu Wilson riled a .suit Monduy
costumes were In many cases extreme- J ror divorce In the circuit court against
ly unique. A " Who's Who?" contest uiuy r. Wilson. They were married In
created much Interest and tho prizes
were won by Lloyd Junken and Vera
Harncs. The eighth grade girls pre
sented a number or charades ror the
successful guessing 'of which prizes
were awarded to Miss Cora Hunt und
Thcdtnu Delink.
One or tho foniiirvs of the owning
wus tho school yells kIvoii by tho boys
with Terry Humes as leader. Games
were played and refreshments were
served. Among tho guests present
were Mr. and Mrs. c. P. Komlg and
daughter, Kll.adeth, Mr. und Mrs. D.
II. Courtney, Mr. and Mrs. II, T. Ship
ley, Mriy Jess W. Hyatt, Mrs. Mary A.
Crltesor und Miss Cora Hunt.
FATHER IS DEFEATED
BY HIS SON IN COURT
CARL TIMMERMAN PRODUCES RE
CEIPT TO SHOW THAT STOCK
MACHINERY WAS HIS.
IITER IS SHOT
100 YARDS FROM
OLD HILL HOME
ALBlN FLOSS KILLED WHILE PULL.
INO GUN THROUGH FENCE
NEAR HIS HOME.
SEVEN CLACKAIIAS
SCHOOLS STANDARD
DISTRICTS MEETINO STATE RE
QUIREMENTS ARE ENTITLED
TO BENIPITBOPTHS LAW.
FAMilY, E1CHT HOURS AHER E
LLTI Ml, FINDS THE BODY
Coroner Hspmatead and Sheriff Wil
son Investigate But Inqueat la
Not Considered Nscasaary
Shot la Hoard by Wife.
Within 100 yarda of the alte or the
houae In which Dm lllll family waa
murdered In 1 V 1 1 . Aldln Floss, aged (0
years and a well t-do-rarmer or Ilia
Ardenwald district, an Idciitly killed
hlmseir sometime Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Hons left his borne II o'clock
Thursday morning and told bla wife
and family he waa going hunting. They
eiected him borne early In the after
noon, but be did not arrive and at 7
o'clock started out to bunt for him. A
few minutes later, the body waa round
beside fence with Dm gun caught In
the bars. Btic-rlff Wilson waa notified
at once and with Coroner llempatead
eft ror Ardenwald. Tbey thoroughly
Investigated the taae but concluded !
that an Inquest waa not necessary.
Evidently, Mr. Ploaa bad leaned bla
gun against tha fence and climbed
over. ben on tbe other aide be had
started to pull the gun through, when
the trigger became caught and one
aide exploded. Tbe abots hit him In
the body and death la believed to have
been Inatant.
Mra. Ploaa beard the shot, but be
lieved that her husband waa merely
shooting at a bird. The scene or the
tragedy la only about a hundred yards
from tlie Ploaa bouse.
Mr. Pious waa bore 60 year a ago In
Germany and cs"i to tbe I'nlted
Htutea 35 year ago. He haa lived In
the Ardenwa'd district for nine years
and maa well known throughout that
section or the county. He la survived
by his w idow, three daughters at home
and one aon, a atudent at the Oregon
Agricultural college.
Of the ',9 standard blgb schoole In
Oragon, Mvrn ara In CI kaiuas coun
ty, according to Ida list made public
Monday by Htata Huperliilendenl of
Instruction Churtblll. Tbey are Candy,
Colton, Katacada. Mllwaukie, Molalla.
Oregon City and Handy.
I tha new high school law, dis
tricts msliitainlng standard high
schools are entitled to receive tuition
for puplla attending In aucb dlatrlct.
dot who reside In dlatrlcta not main
taining a standard high acbool.
Thla law excepta lbs counties main
taining the county high m boot fund,
but for such counties, the state board
or education Is required U establish
tha standard for high schools entitled
to a share or tba county high school
fund, therefore, the list Includes all
the standard schools of tbe state.
In order to da standard, a high
acbool must have not less thsn I'm
reference books for tbe library, choarn
from tha state library list ror high
x boots, one standard encyclopedia, a
sufficient number or dirtlonsrlea and
th proper ladoratory for each science
offered. Tba ti-a hers must bold cer
tificates entitling tbem to teach In high
schools, and alt high schools to follow
the state courae or study or a course
spproved by tbe state board or educa
Hon.
COOTEE OF 9
WILL HOT GO OH
WITH THE PUS
LACK OF INTEREST AT MEETING
CONVINCES BODY PUBLIC SUP
PORT IS ABSENT.
FINANCIAL AMENDMENT, HOWEVER
WE BE ON DECEMBER BALLOT
Ganaral Sentiment of Twtnty five
Who Turn Out to Sasalon at
Commercial Club Bsllsvad
Against Schema.
Halloween Party at
Homo In Parkplaca.
Miss Kdno Ttutts guvo a Halloween
purty at hor homo In' l'urkpluce Satur
day evening.
I'ortlund May 2, 1900.
Mrs. Wilson makes a gonerul chirge
of cruel and Inhuman treatment She
nlU'gcg that Just following her mar
riage, her husband borrowed $20 to
buy furniture und thut ho never repaid
her. She says that he was once em
ployed by the Portland street clf-unlng
department and thut he waa dis
charged bocauso he frequented buIooiis
too much. March 16, bIio says, their
baby died und neighbors, realizing thut
they had no money to meet the funcrul
expenses, raised a purso or $20 and
gave It to them. Her husliand secured
part of'thls money, she declares, and
spent It Tor whiskey.
i Wilson Is employed In a I'ortland
I barber shop at the present time and
Airs. Wilson maintains is ante to pay
hor $10 monthly alimony. She asks
that she be awarded the cuatody of
, tbolr minor' child, Raymond Wilson.
Carl Tlinmerinan won a suit brought
against him by hla rather, PrlU Tim-
merman, Priduy In the circuit court
lloth rather and son live lu the Horlng
district.
Prltz Timmermsn sued bis son tor
$750, alleged to be tbe value or stock
and farm machinery tuken by his son
from his furm near Horlng. Carl Tim
merman claimed that the stock and
machinery were his and In court pro
duced a receipt showing that he bad
purchased the stoc-g aim rami equip
ment The plulntlff denied thut the
signature on the receipt was his.
The case was tried before Circuit
Judge Campbell. C. Schuedel repre
sented the defendant and Fred Olson,
or Portland, the plaintiff.
1 1
IS
Onmes und contests were forms or! Stone & Moulton are appearing as at-
outortulnmvut ror tho little folk. In
solving a Halloween piuzto threo
prizes were, awarded to Mlimes Revu
Jones, Irene Hastings and Edna Ilutts.
Rortvrreshnietits were served to Miss
es Hnttio nnd Kmma Hrecht, Lucille
Cnso, Almn and Tearl Fbiher, Irene
and Pauline Hnsllngs, Zlda Hydo, Myr-
tel und Mabel Swcetland and Rova
Jones nnd Lester Jones and Charles
Hydo.
'A lile summer now &n.
then is relisked ly tie
fattest men'.'
.And if y.ou buy your Orocarlea at
LARSEN 4 CO. you will not only aave
money, but grow fat and happy, even
if It rains.
EIGHT FOR 16 HOGS
A Jury culled by Sheriff Wilson de
cided agaliiht J. Knorht, of the Molalla
dlHtrlct, Saturday afternoon In a dis
pute over the ownership or 16 Iiors.
Dnlhnrt Howell riled a suit In tbe clr
suit court agulnst tbe Molalla Cream
ery company ror unpaid salary and
attached the hogs. Knecht set up a
claim that the animals were his, but
was unalilo to prove his point to the
satisfaction of the Jury.
torneys for Mrs. Wilson.
TWO COUPLES ARE DIVORCED
Circuit Judge Campbell Friday sign
ed decree separating Mary A. Rren
non rrom Lawrence . Drennen and
finrah E. Jones rrom James P. Jones.
CAHILL ESTATE PROBATED
WIDOW, 31, HAS 8 CHILDREN
Mrs. Anna Laniper, aged 31 years,
Monday riled a petition ror the ap
pointment of a guardian for her eight
children, who range In age rrom nine
months to 13 years. Her husband died
November 27. 1914, and the estate Is
valued at $500.
A petition ror letters or administra
tion In tho estate or Charles H. Ca
bin, who died September 30 In Wasco
county, has been Hied In the probate
department of the county court. Prop
erty loft by Mr. Cahlll consists of 40
acres In tho Robert CnufioM donation
land clnitn and $1800 In bonds and
pcrsnnul property, according to the
petition.
CASTOR I A
For Infant and Children.
The Kind Yon Hare Always Bought
MAN ON WEST LINN COUNCIL FOR
TWO YEARS WOULD SUCCEED
JOHN LEWTHWAITE.
Dr. L. U Pickens Thursday announ
ced thut he wolud be a candidate for
mayor or West l.inn. He has been
president or the West I.lnn council for
the lust two yours nnd has been called
upon to preside at many meetings. He
Is chairman or the council committee
on streets and public property and hus
been largely Instrumental In Improv
ing many streets and roads In the town
across the river. He Is chairman of
the board or water commissioners.
Dr. Pickens Is the first candidate to
appear In the town across the river,
although six cour.ellmen, a recorder, a
mayor, a chief of police and a treas
urer are to be elected, John Lewth
waite Is the retiring mayor. Recorder
Porter may run again. The election
will be held December 6, the same
date as tho election In Oregon City.
WILL INSPECT YARDS
Several score of farmers of Cue Es
tacada district are to visit North Port
land stockyards next Monday, making
the trip In a special train over the
Portland Railway Light & Power com
pany's line. Resides a visit to the
stockyards, tbe farmers will visit the
packing plant aa well.
This trip Is the result or a big meet
ing held In the Estacada hotel a week
ago last Saturday when the project or
joining shippers together to ship and
market beer cattle, sheep and hogs was
launched.
A general Inspection or the stock
yards is to be made undor the direction
or the railway and stockyards com
pany official, and demonstrations will
be watched or the methods or recelv-
Ing, selling and disposing or livestock
and the preparation o? packing plant
products. A luncheon Is to be served
to the farmers.
USE OF TOBACCO BY
IS
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER
ANCE UNION PLANS CAMPAIGN
WITH AIO OF TEACHERS.
A movemeel to oppose tbe use of to
bacco by those attending the public
achoola maa discussed at a meeting or
the Women's Christian Temperance
union at the First Baptist church Mon
day afternoon and active steps to edu
cate boys not to uae tobacco mere dis
cussed. Tbe union mill award prises for the
best essays on the effect ot liquor and
tobacco on the human system and It Is
expected that many will take, for their
subjects, the effect or tobacco on the
system. Seventy-five were present at
the meeting. Including a large number
or teachers rrom Oregon City and aur
rounJing towns. Rev. J. K. Hawkins,
of the Methodist church, was one or
the speakers or the afternoon.
A meeting was held at Clarka where
a movement Is on fcot to organize a
franchise of the union Sunday after
noon. Mrs. George Eberly, county su
perintendent of the good citizenship
department of the league's work, and
Mra. E. B. Andrews,' county president
were the speakers.
TEAMS GO VISITING
AND ARE DEFEATED
VANCOUVER WINS FROM
HIGH SCHOOL WITH 20 TO 0
SCORE.
The voters or Oregon City mill not
rote on the city manager form of gov
ernment aa provided for In tha pro
pound charter prepared by the com
mittee of nine.
Tbia much waa certain Monday
night, rollowing a mass meeting In the
Commercial club, the committee voted
to adjourn without date and the en
tire matter waa dropped. The step
mas taken because members or the
committee felt that the people were
not sufficiently Intereated In the pro
posed charter, that If It went before
the voters at the elec tion December
( It would be defeated and that there
Is not enough time In the next five
weeka to educate properly tbe voters.
The meeting waa poorly attended
and not representative of the entire
town. Only about 23 turned out, ex
cluding those members of the commit
tee who were present U Stlpp,
member of the committee explained
the working of tho proposed charter,
showed the relations between the man
ager and tha mayor, the council and
the mayor and the council and the
manager. He answered a number of
questions and then described tho pro
posed amendment to the charter pro
viding for the $275,000 bond Issue to
take up outstanding warranta.
At about 9:30 o'clock the general dis
cussion began and a few minutes be
fore II tho committee of nine voted
to adjourn without date.' A dozen at
tacks were made upon the plau. Some
opposed It because at did not give the
manager enough power, while others
were agulnst it because It gave him
too much.
O. W. Eastham declared that he
thought the government of the kind
proposed invited men who would be
attracted by the possibilities of graft
and questioned the motives of the com
mittee In Becking to put a ticket Into
the charter itself. Several urged that
a vote not be taken until next spring
when the voters would have time to
investigate the matter more thorough
ly and others wanted another meeting.
After It was evident out of the dozen
of suggestions, that the meeting was
far from enthusiastic for tbe plan.
Mayor Jones called for a motion to ad
journ. Dr. J. A. VanRrakle bad made
such a motion half an hour or so be
fore, and It carried. The committee
met at once and decided that there
was no use in pushing the plan further.
Mayor Jones acted as chairman. He
i declared from the chair that after
three years as mayor of the city he saw
I the need or a change In the form of
(municipal government and favored tha
LOCAL manager plan.
967 ATTENDANCE
OF
The two football teams or the Ore
gon City high school went vlsltng Sat
urday and came home defeated.
The first team paid a return call on
Vancouver high and were shut out!
while the home team secured 20 points. Yancouverans bewail the fact that
Only a week before these two same ' their city seems to be losing ita hold
teams played on Canemah Held. Ore-' upon tbe people as the mecca ror por
gon City winning by a score or 7 to 0. ' sons desiring to enter the marriage
Clulr Miller, who has been out or the able state! The month or October fell
i gume part of the season on account of shy that of September by nearly 30
licenses, but even at that, the Btate
Bear tha
Blgnatnro
FRIELS ARE SUED
The Port'and Mercantile union, with
claims assigned by Fred Dundee, of
Portland, Thursday filed a suit against
J. T. and Maggie Frlel for an unset
tled account said to amount to $196.54.
W. 0. WELLMAN PAYS
COSTS; FINE REMITTED
W. O. Wollman, superintendent of
the Standard Paving company who
was arrested tn August on a charge
of working men on municipal work
more than eight hours a day, was fined
$50 by Circuit Judge Campbell Tues
day. Upon poynient of the costs of
the action, $27.10, the fine ws re
mitted. Wellman, '.who was indicted
by the grand Jury last week, entered a
plea of guilty Monday.
TWO MARRIAGE LICENSES
The average attendance last month injuries to his knee, was hurt again
in the 135 Clackamas county schools Saturday and may not be able to fill
was 9bj per cent, according to rigures j his post In the backfleld again this
compiled Monday by County School season.
Superintendent Calavan, who consid- Twelve to 7 was the score of the de
ers them unusually high. Five schools I feat of the second high school team
completed the month without a student1 at Mt. Angel where the high school
being absent They are Meadowbrook,.i eleven played the second team of Mt
Dickey Prairie, Liberal, New Era, Falls j Angel academy. The local team was
View. Mr. Caluvan will make month-; outweighed and, say the players, sev
ly averages showing the percentage eral riret team men were In Mt. Angel's
of attendance month by month. lineup.
of Oregon furnished Its usual quota,
the people seeming to forget to "Buy
in Oregon." Among the late licenses
granted was one to Perry W. Weeks,
aged 24, and Miss Martha Derhendt,
aged 19, both of Canby, this county;
also to Albert H. Hancock, 24, Port
land, and Miss Ruby New, 24, Jen
nings Lodge; and to Albert Dlrnbat,
28, Sherwood, and Miss Frances Hawk
Ins, 23, Mllwaukie.
COUNTY-WIDE CONTESTS IN ARITHMETIC
ANNOUNCED BY SCHOOL SUPEHH
County School Superintendent Cala
van has announced his plans, whereby
the friendly competition between the
schools of the county will be used to
promote interest in arithmetic and
spelling. During the last two years,
he has conducted county-wide sched
ule of spelling bees, which were suc
cessful In promoting interest in that
subject.
Mr. Calavan has sent letters to ev
ery teacher In the county, explaining
his plans. The one outlining the spell
ing rallies follows:
"During the past two years, oral
spelling hns been emphasized in this
county, with a result that has met the
approval of teachers, parents and pu
pils. Red Ink Tests Urged.
"We wish to change the plan of the
work somewhat this year, but we still
wish to keep up a keen Interest In
spelling. Written tests will take the
place of the oral contests, and the lists
of words sent from the office will be
known as the 'Red Ink Spelling Test'
"We do not mean for these tests to
interfere in any way with the regular
work, but to be taken up as an lncen-
Helen L. Miller and Krnest V. Cur
tis, of Fallon, Nevada, and Rose Tay
lor and Jasper N. Seely, ot Sherwood,
route No. 5, secured marriage licenses tlve for better work in spelling.
Tuesday from County Clerk Harrlng-1 "We suggest that you give the fourth
ton. ' grade ten words, the fifth and sixth
grades fifteen words, and the seventh
and eighth grades twenty words for
a lesson, according to the ability of the
pupils, to be used once each week,
allowing five credits on the basis ot
100 per cent in test spelling' to all
pupils making an average of 80 per
cent or better in regular spelling,
which credits will be added to their
monthly average.
"We think It best that you use red
Ink In placing these grades on the
report cards, as it . will have a ten
dency to make It an attractive feature.
"The history ot this plan shows that
Ithas infused a very wholesome stimu
lus' Into the child's mind to accom
plish something. If he Is execused
from the examination in even one sub
ject at the end of the term, he feels
that he has won a splendid victory."
The letter describing the arithmetic
matches follows:
Arithmetic Drill Needed.
"An examination of the records of
this office proves to us conclusively
that the pupils are not getting suffi
cient drill in arithmetic. The pupil
must know the fundamentals and prin
ciples of this subject so thoroughly
that it becomes a habit if he Is to
solve the problems.
"We wish to stimulate the pupil to
do better work In arithmetic by for
warding to you monthly testa for each
grade, on the work they have passed
over. You will conduct the tests,
grade the manuscrips, and send the
grade averages to this office to be
filed.
"Any grade making an average of 90
per cent will be eligible to send a rep
resentative to take part In the final
tests to be conducted by this office in
centrally located places.
"A suitable diploma will be given
to the grade represented by the pupil
who makes from 98 to 100 per cent In
this final test.
Small School Favored.
"Do not think that you cannot enter
your school because it is small. You
will have an equal chance with the
larger schools. In fact the advantage
will be in your favor, as you will have
a splendid opportunity, with small
classes, to make your reviews and
drills effective.
"On the other hand, your school may
be large, and you may feel that you
are already overw-orked. I assure you,
with the added Interest you will have.
It will make the work less. Go into
it enthusiastically, and yon will make
this the most Interesting subject in
the whole curriculum."