OKKflOJC CITY KNTKKIMMSK, l-K'IMAV. IIKCKM II Kit M. 1M.V
MILWAUKIE DEPARTMENTS FIRE STATION
BIG MUSICAL 10
BE HELD TONIGHT
MILWAIKIK. lec. J (Special.!-
MOTHER PORTABLE
BUILDING NEEDED
NEARLY COMPLETED
SJIIWAlkli: I-lHiUlt-1k
!. r fli iH" anil fir
I (latin lu Is .. lually iulliplrtr.l.
Lad will doul.llr.. t U-'tUpM wllh'u
MIl.WAl ME. lw. 1 -(ilpr. lal- another wrrk t.r Ihe 8t apparent
Much Interest l being eilm-rd la itieiln all liari'M ine auiaaukie """jTn big rbll wa c banged from n
mutdcal lo b given by the sludriite of 'hoard wilt b for4 la another u,,f la th Br r.trrjy il l
the Mllwaukle st-haul nrt Friday porta M building bw Id ground 0 t-rrn innr.ud uy with an rlr.
Ing, ! J. under th dire, lion of Miu
Uuli Walker, of Owua City, who ha
charge of mualc In (tie rliy school. The
entertainment III l lion In lha ill)
hall and lha program br.rak a plea
ant evening. Gutav Flechtner, Ihe
Orison City vlollnlat. will also aaalat
Tbc program U aa follow:
TART I.
I'lano solo. Thin Ow" l-angr
Ethel Knopf
Ha Saw" Slandl.h
Flint and Beoond GraiW.
-Why Mr. Oobler Changed Ilia
Tune" Gaynor
Third Grade.
Violin aolo, "Norma" Wltinrr
John Galbralih.
The Shower" Gurlett
Fifth Grade.
"Thanksgiving Iay" Kdmoud.
IV)a of Fourth and Fifth Grade.
"The lllue lilrd" Mclaughlin
Sixth Grade.
PA JIT II.
I'lano aolo ..Selected
Ikirothy Wlsalnger.
Violin, "1-alloae" Aachrr
Plerc Walker.
The Good Old V. 8. A." Morwe
lloj a of 4th, 7th and Sth Grade.
-Good Night Song of River'. . .Looml.
Seventh Grade.
-Autumn" (melody In F)...Ruteniteln
Glrla of Eighth Grade.
Tome Ye Fairies" Lynea
Thetea Houite" Darker
Glrla Glee Club.
Violin Solo. -Angela Serenade". . 1'raga
Custar Flechtner
taitl4 the dud vtiii from t'onalll
and tugt-n who wlthnl In H-nd
Tbai,lwng day wllh hum folk
Wendell Hiuilh atlnid t'orialll and
Mix ('aiiiilll the I'liUei.ity al h'u
i'Ut
Fcru Hart. who ha Iwni uti the aU a
II. t. la rapld'y roinali Ing
Wllry Traut haa relumed f'oiu W
hi, Ofrgon, abri ha baa been al wolk
..t ll lat lbi tiioiilli.
Mr. ('. I1. MurM and rblldrrn ni
)'r. TliaiikHltlng day at the Thoiu
a bmiia near Mull Hun They return
e4 un Haturday.
Mini Carrie Hrrlplure ha telmned
Inun (in hard. With., abrra aha via-
Hn for the t all areka alih her
OSWEGO DEPARTMENTipFp CONGRESS
ordrf to a riiiim.ll tlw ln rraJ at trte i.rm v tirin that d a a ay Hh
tendame evi-lrd aft-f lha bollda) a. I ,B j rt,tiBrr uf "I'ulllna to rHT
eiflal!y fur the dunieatu: aclmra and Tb .ntu.n. ahlih rt the tnn nle.
manual training drfartuirtit. b1btH(U( . s until u lha munUI J Mia. lUt Uruv h-rt and family
rr only added to the xbotil a courx nv nj aill uoa a le nl.e fur iiit Tbaukf Mug llh Iba I'alutoii
WOMAN SEEKS PLACE
WARM ILICTION tXflCTID DI
CIMBIR MANY CANDI.
DATIS A II OUT.
DEVELOPMENTS HE
tna brgtnnlng of Ihla tchoul year and
baa irorn auih a dtnldnl aurreaa la
attendance and interest. In ordrr to
tho the pruKrrka being wade another
eihltiltloa ot the dumralk- aclrnr and
art diartmrnla ill t-e held Vriie
day. Itnembrr U It la InlrudrJ lo
hat rtimplrta drmunalratloa of Ihr
ork ariiillhrd In aealng and mil
llnery mainly. Thl department t
under Ihe auervium of Mi famhe
Jffry.
KtrrptloiiaPy reniarkalde plwea nf
urk are bring turned out ! Ihe nian
ual training l In rharae of S. Cham
brra. the deiartment being flllrO. to It
raaily. Several plerea nude bv Ihe
atudenta rr dunatH
ladlea for their baar
Ihe aame bringing good
being given miKh prmie by every one
a ho Inspected them.
Ihe atorag of apratua aa aril a a family at Orhr, Wat , remaining u''r
rrwirt fur volunteer firemen
PAUL BOSS TO HAVE
MILWAt MK. Iec. J (ii.elal
I'aul Ikwa. Ihe aril kuoan Ualt)iuaU
llilng on the Fiwter road. Jual outilde
ihe city limit, la having a fine large
frame barn built upon hi place, the
m ih. rih.,li- ork bring done under the direction of i .. . ' " " ....
to tne tainoiic .... .... . . . 'criitly tn regard to the ixtltlon lo
a.i ihi ak ' F. lUrkemier. A fu concrete found ; ' . , i
aale ima ee. . . corporal) at Jenn ng U"lge gav
l i,rl. a ihrv Hon auppott the near at ructiire. hli h ! , . .
mi prhe. tne .. .. , , , . topic for conerat ou of more t.
H. H. S.
TEAM NOT SO BAD
l to be quite n lrrn. and In keeping
alls uplodale dairying. Mr. Itui
ha only recently completed the err
Hon of a niodrrn rhli krnhou.
NO ELECTION THIS YEAR.
, the rek end.
I Arrh Hhaier and children enJoed
Thuralay llh bla mother and alatrr.
, Mr. Jaioba.
j Mr laura Ntell la rmehlng dally
' ireatmenla from I'ortbnd peclallt
and her friend are hoping lor a
perdy rwovery.
The Milton I'otter family la moving
to I'urtland to apend Ihe Inter.
' Mra. Jim liernan returned Monday
etenlng from Allninv. baling riihved
the TlianktghUig hollda) allh her
parenla. Mr. and Mr. II J. laldorf.
Tbe nea tory In (irrgon I'lty and
Cortland iera hlih apearcd re
in
gave a
ian
ordinary Interest. No one aeem to
know the author of Hie petition and
the general tenllment I very miicbj
again! the propoaed plan. The ma-,
(iKWMiO, Ore.. Hc.-1 (Hp. tai l
Thl loan will ha' warui elet lion
on hvemti'r 1 Of the all candidate
nominated for com II men, alilih la
Ilia only offli lo be "Med al Ihla Jlinr.
one la aoman, a ho la become quite
active and lll luak i alrong flglil
agallial her male o oneiili, o her
friend and aupimrlet aay. Thl ran
dldate la Mr. Mary '. Smith, well
known realdent of Oi ego, and prop
erty owner.
Other who randldi rle have been
annmiiurd are Mall I) linn, II. II. Foi
and Auguat Keinplti, I preaent roun-cIliiM-n
and up fur ra 'leiloii; J. V.
King, In the 'employe if the (ietieiat
F.lm trie comny In IN 'timid, and F.I
uier U Hlilplcy, emplo) -l by the Ore
gon Iron A Steel compa y In the I'ort
land office. Three rom cllmen re to
be el II-ted for a term of two yeara rai h.
I'p lo Ihla time Oawego women have
taken little Intereat In Oawego town
affair, but thl campaign la finding
Jorliy of people have bought liomea (hem buy lu city polillca.
MlLWAl'KIK. tec. J (Sirlal.l
While It aufrered nearly lake a many
defeat aa It won victorte. it ill the Mil
aaukle high achool fixitbatl team doe
I n..t MnuiAr Ihnt II tmrA an hailtv In
AuierkV Carey . .. . of i.vlnT. with
the game practically new and unknowa
to the majority of the player. Tbe
lat game of tbe seaaon was played on
S-I1 wood field. Mllwaukle lat Thur
duy. Thankigivlng day. with Ouk
Grove, the acore being ( to 0 In favor
of the former. Klght game were
Audience.
Jt
TO BE PRODUCED
MlLWAl'KIE, Dec. 3 (Special.)
"Mr. Hob," a comedy of no mean nn-r
It, will be played with all tbe vim and
vigor possible by the students of the
Mllwaukle High school, the proceeds to
be donated to the high school student
body. The young actors and actresses
are being drilled by Miss Campbell, of
the local faculty, and splendid progress
is being shown by each one, so that the I
people of Mllwaukle are promised I
something really entertaining. The j
case Is as follows:
Philip Royson William Merriott
Roliert Iirown. clerk of Itenson k
Benson Clyde lavls
Jenkins, Miss Reliecca's butler
Albert Gambel
Rebecca Luke, a maiden lady
Charlotte Merriott
Katherlne Rogers, her niece
Muriel Nichols
Marion Dryant, Katherine's friend..
Dorothy Wissinner
Patty, Miss Rebecca's maid
dlatrict a levy of t mill was voted
played during tbe aeason. of which flvei 'or ,n " ll0"i buu of 191-
were lost Tbe boya who played
plucklly against great odds went Into
the season entirely green, and In prac
tically every Instance against teams
that had been playing together for two
or three yeara. The boy were coached
by Professor Goeti, who thinks his
charges did remarkably well consid
ering everything:.
j heie to gel away from the city and to
Mll-WAI KIK. tee. . (Special! lrlng up their famllle. In the country
Thl. town la fortunal. In that It dor. to Incnmrallon .1
not hava to hold an election Ihla ear. ,r" ,,,n-
II being one of Ih few town, or cities' The Ferklna home wu completeli
of the tate o ltuate.l. With the wa- th'troyrd by fire on Sunday afternoon,
(er works Imbroglio, which give ev. Or- I'erkina had departed for Salem to
ery appearance of lielng aoon rttlel. I1'"'" hla oldel aon In thiH. and Mr
thla town haa had enough lo keep Ha 1 Perkins waa Waiting at the home of a
people buny until Ihe neit election : friend. The furniture. Including a
hall roll around, which will be all i M Pla"" destroyed
too iMm, even though not for another'' At a beautifully appointed dinner on!
year. Thankrglvlng day Mr. and Mra. II. II.
- - Kmmona were charming hois. TheW I
SCHOOL LEVY IS .7S MILLS jguert were friend ho have no ol!i-
' !er homea rather than boarding houaesj
At ure.. .or. ;o. ai me . h...,,i. .nJ , ,,..y ..., .
annual meeling of th taxpayer of Ihla, J()VrJ ,,y lhoM who r,nrUrj ,nvlu.
Hon. It haa been the cualom of the
Kmmona to entertain in this way ev.
cry Thanksgiving day.
"mT Minnie Altniun 1 confined to
her home with a severe attack of ton
.llltis. The school is cloned during
The three roiiiicllinen up for elec
tion have given general satisfaction,
and It I thought they stand a good
how of reelection unle a change of
senUuiaMit should mm up at the lat
moment.
OHWKCO, Ore, Ilea I (Hiwclall
It la believed to lie only a mailer of
abort lime until Oawego will liav II
eioiid rural Ire mall delivery rout
Hi pelllbui fur whlih ha barn In th
land of Ih "proper departmel I In
Washington, ). C, fur ovr a moiiih
Poilniaaler I'avldaon, In speaking of
Ih matter, aay that h ipect llt
any day friiiu Ih rural fro mall da-
livery liiapw tor, Imaled In SiMikan.
whom It I believed Will eedlly rec
ommend th labllahment of h
route.
The proHiael rum l within th
area covered h th preaent rout, but
not on th tame road traversed by the
latter, which covers dlilaiic of 7
mile in th round trip, and arrve 30
tanilllea. Th new rout would furnlb
mall at th preaent tlui to 100 fam
ine and the distance traveled would
be II mile. It will aerv malt to Ihe
famllle living In th Lak (Irov lo
cality on Oawego lak which haa prac
tically built up Ih laat aeaaon, 10
famllle aluu living I her at Hi prea
ent time. Thl tract of land ha clear,
ed and platted by Ih oanera. th Ore.
gon Iron A Steel company, which la
faat disposing of It to Portland work
er In lot and acre trad.
Another tract of land which I ft
being cleared by tba Oregon Iron A
Sleel company o that ll)tiay b placed
on the market la th Dunlhorp ae
lion. Her the company la spending
great many thoueand dollar In ilea
Ing
IS CONSIDERED
BY 2 NEUTRALS
EUROPEAN NATIONS ARE 01
CLARE 0 TO BE PRE PARI NO
PLANS TO END WAR.
KME. SCHWIMMER SAYS EUROPE
LOOKS 10 MICA FOR MP
D'plamat Ar lit Sympathy With Plan
Outlined Wllon Rfr Hw
drda f Tlgrm I
Slat OapaMmant
W ASIIINtlTON. Nov. 17. -Two lien.
tral KuriiH'au coiinlrlra already ar
coiialderlng railing a formal ivnveu-
llon of neutral lo discus nnn of
ending the Kuroprau war and Ihir
olhera hate gltrn aaaurance that thry
will participate III tuch convention.
according to Mine. Iloalk Hcbwliiimer,
of Hungary, one , of th women who
called at the White llotiae yealerday
In urge Prvaldent Wllaoii to lak lha
Initiative for peace.
Mine. Schwimmer Walled tb Hl,
Norwegian, Swedish and Nrlherlanda
the land, making roadway and minuter here tiMlay and aaid be for
It was voted lo obtain. If possible.
the old car barn located across the
treel from the school house fur play
vrounds during the rainy season. The
I building is the property of tbe Port
land Railway, Light i Power company,
and covers more than half a block in.
I w i'l be ample for a playshed.
OSWEGO TO ELECT
THREE COUNCffl
ABOUT ONETHIRO AS MANY WO
MEN AS MEN TO VOTE
SIDEWALK MATTER.
I bard surfacing tho roads and streets,
laying water malna to be supplied with
Hull Run water, and erecting an rice
trio light Hue connecting up with Ihe
Portland plant.
Already icvcrul fine hiimea are b
Ink built In thl section. It I pr. dieted
(hut within a few )ritr al Ihe moat all
Ihe bind between Oawego and Port
land wl'l be pretty well dotted with
homea
POLICE CATCH EOUR
OSWKtiO, Ore., Dec. 3. (Special)
About one-third a many women a
turn will vote In the Oswego city rlec-
the week or until the teacher recovers, j ton licit Monday, this being about Ihe
L. Kanton, of Strawberry Point j ratio of suffrugrttes to men registered
Iowa, and Gene Kaston. of Crabtree. the total number of which is a little
Ore., visited w 1th Ira Hart on Monday.
J Mrs. I.liiujln Goodwin and son Hil
' lie returned from a two months' vUlt
'with friends In Pltthurg. Pa. Mis.
Goodwin will teach at night school in
over 200. No little Interest is being
shown thl week In the election, which
provides for only three council being
chosen, ami It Is predicted (hut the
OSWKtiO. Ore.. Dee. (Spe. Iiill-
Th- police of Portland made a catcli
a few duva ago of four men i hurged
with having rohhftt the Portlund Kail
way. Light t Power comimiiy of cop
per wire, no small quantity of whbd
was taken from the company's prop
erty In the vicinity of Oswego. The
iHILWAUKIE SCHOOL
I THY TH DF MIIIQl,'"l!"'ln''IMr.(;o.dwlnwlllremaln;wll, """ ,,,"n lh " .treel, Fortlaud. while much of (he
i IMA IU DL 04 P LL0 I' hi ""other at the old home )n ' " ' ! ' - n he city hall (he I wlr,., mllm. T(il polllllll)i ,10(, ,,
I Pittsburg during the year j officers of which wl'l be: Judges, A. J. rvudy for shipment east, was locuted
contest will be rinsed. The election ( ,m.n woro .rrted on Kant Third
MlLWAl'KIK, Dec. 3. (Special)
The business concents of t'Jls tow n arc
not complaining over business comli- (
MlLWAl'KIK. iH-c. 3. (Special.) turned from Wasbraglou. D. ('., was
At a recent siiex-lal meeting the tax-1 rilling on Lmlge friends on Tuesday
payers of the Mllwaukle school district and was accompanied out from Port
levied a tax of 6 3-1 mills for school j hmd by "Mrs. Albert Pierce.
nuriMHioK for (he enauliitf Vear. Th(v 0..1..1. i...n.. t .1.1. ..1....- i...
tlotis. In fact, they reiwrt the latter to ' " " , ' "," 7, ' .nr.in . i , " " ' ' "'"
1 ... .i. a . 1 1. lBlso vo,m1 10 lKtltltm l"e ' football game at Corvallls on Thanks
be better than a year.ago and quite , , 4 .. company to !,.., ., . m..,.., n,.
I ThitinnKnn i linlrmnii Murv MnMir utlil I n. .. L.,.a.i i....t. i...
Mrs. IH-Forest who has recently re "' , " ., . 'i"rk VM,l ,. " " ' '
MUH..r ... r.er, r ,e, . .ur grant tlle uhc of the abandoned car 1 0n. ntv nl(!h ,Pam.
n.,,ri C C. Holds suffering from a
r-l -t-- 1 .1 I ... .(. . . . t. ,1 mi -- " 1 ernff-hM Iin4 lien mile lo lip biioiii
I Clay and Charles Hlckner. The can-:
! dldutes for election are: Matt Md.cn. '
O. It. Fox and August Kempln, present 1
councilmen; J. W. King, Klmer L.
Shipley and Mrs. .Mary ('. Smith. In I
addition lo the selection of three conn
cilmen, the voters will be culled upon
to decide' the mutter of a sidewalk In
certuln section of the city as pe
titioned for.
T
There are three acts, and it takes
the better part of two hours to produce
comedy.
NEW FIRE . STATION
MILWAUKIE, Ore., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) Mllwaukie's new fire station, re
cently authorized by the council at an
expenditure of 500, Is nearing comple
tion on the property of Mrs. Llewellyn,
adjoining the postoffice. The station,
at the rear, haa a high tower, which
will hold the Ore bell, while the sta
tion will Bcrve as a home for tbe hose
carts, hose and other apparatus. In
addition to the new station the fire
boys have been provided with 1000 feel
of new hose and they will be better
prepared than ever to fight fire. Tho
new station is 24x30 feet and has a
concrete floor. The rental of the land
on which the building stands has been
given to the city free by Mrs. Llewellyn.
has now been running steadily for n
past two months, giving employment
to a large number of men at go-id
wages, and the Hawley Pu'p & Paper
company sawmill has started up .'or
Its winter's , run, and altogether the
outlook Is most encouraging for r.n
active winter with practically every
able bodied man employed. It Is hoped
that the work upon the new city wafer
system will be started before the first
of the year and this will give employ
ment for several weeks lo a number of
men.
E
act as the Intermediary. It was uUo
voted to put in a heating apparatus In
Mrs. Taylor who Is soon to leuve fori
the basement of the school hulUling ' l'""'"!. for the winter Is the house
. ihnt th room nmv be made com I K1'1'1" of Mr u'"1 Mr A- ..'MacFur-
so thut tbe room may be mado com
fortable for the children who cat thc-Ii
dinners there as well ns use It for a re-
1 lane.
I
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MILWAUKIE, Ore., Nov. 29. Henry
Sanders, who died at his home in Mil
waukie, aped 78, was born in Germany.
MILWAUKIE. Dec. 3. (Special.)
Showing its interest and appreciation
of the efforts of the Parent-Teacher
association in providing appartatus for
the athletic side of school life, the peo
ple of Milwaukie, in lurge numbers,
turned out last Friday night and pa
tronized the moving picture show put
on for this especial purpose. The
scenes shown on the screen at the
moving picture theater, which had
beon so kindly donated by the mana
ger were "The Taming of the Shrew"
and "Hansel and Gretel," the former a I
Shakesperean play and the latter a
fairy tale. Mrs. Gilinsky was in I
charge of the entertainment as chair
man, and much credit is due the efforts
of herself and committee. The pro
ceeds will be donated to the school for
Mrs. Allen, of Seaside, but former-
creation room. While the building '' from Concord, whs a business call
proper Is heated by hot air. It is quite er on Tuesday.
likely that some other means will havt. Melvin Perkins left on Sunday fur
to be employed as the plant is already Sa'em where he goea to attend school
carrying as large a load as Is consist- tils young brother, Richard, will ut
ent with satisfactory results. It Is ul-: tend school at Kugene, They are the
together probable that gas heaters may sons of Dr. Perkins,
be Installed. Kl-n Hart is 1 njoyln ga visit with
, I lie Thomas family In their new home
I at Pleasant Home.
E. A. Sanders has been called to the
j home of his father at Springwaler.
I Some days auo Mr. Sunders, Sr., fell
and fractured !ils foot and it has prov
en serious and tin- foot may have to
be amputated.
j The Community club will meet on
SPECIAL TAX OF 10 MILLS VOTED: Monday evening, December at the
ROAD MEETING HELD
AT JENNINGS LODGE
PERKINS HOME IS DE
STROYED BY FIRE. '
I Mine Front hull. A program is being
arranged, anil Items of interest are to
I be discussed.
OSWKtiO. Dec. 3. (Speclul) In the
deuth of Sister Mary Edward ut the
Convent of the Holy Name near Oawe
go last Thursday, tho Catholic cause
lost otic of Its pioneer workers and one
whose example of Christian life will
stand as a bluing example to many.
Sister Mary Edward was 78 years of
age unci for nearly tiO years had been
in religious service, having come from
Montreal to Oregon in IXH3. When
she Jolii';d Hie order sho v.as Odlle
Chli'oiiie and her relatives live In Mont
real, lloston and Chicago. Sister Mary
Edward was one of tho two sisters who
handled the smallpox epidemic In Jack
sonville. Ore., In S(i9. Hurlal was
made Sunday ut Ihe Ho'y Name ceme
tery, near the convent.
OSWKtiO. Ore., Dee. 3,-(Speclu
The Oswego high school foothu'l team
closed Us seuson on Thanksgiving day
with a game with Ihe Hrooklyn high
school team, Portlund, losing by the
score of .11' to 0. The gume hud orlgl
nully been scheduled with the Over
look school team, Portland, but the hit
ter wa-i umihlc lo keep its engage muiit,
so ttio Hrooklyn lads filled In.
ICL
Mr. Sanders had been a resident of 'the purpose of playground equipment.
Milwaukie for 29 years. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Anna Sanders;
daughter, Mary Sanders, and two
grandsons, Ralph Howard and George j
Cooper. Funeral services will be he'd
from the conservatory chapel of F. S
Dunning, and will be conducted by the
East Side funeral directors tomorrow
at p. m. Interment will be in the
Riverview cemetery.
CLUB HAS NEW HOME
MILWAUKIE, Ore., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) The next meeting of the Mil
waukie Commercial club will probably
be held in the new quarters of the or
ganization, a building on Oak street,
kindly donated by Mrs. Hays. Unless
a special meeting is called the club
will convene regu'arly on December 1,
when one of the chief matters will be
to lay plans for the celebration of the
completion of the Oregon City & Port
land Railway system.
T
YET ESTABLISHED
MILWAUKIE. Dec. 3. (Special)
While it was exacted that the sche
dule for the running of trains over the
new Portland & Oregon City Railway
system from Ardenwald to Ilaker's
Hridge wou'd go into effect Tuesday,
President Stephen Carver of the rail
road announced that all the details
were not completed to make this pos
sible, and it will likely be a few days
longer before the schedule Is established.
ERECTING NEW HOMES.
MILWAUKIE, Dec. 3. (Special )
M. L. Kane, of Island, and Charles
Senson, of Harrison street. Milwau
kie, are having new homes erected.
MOVIES TO AID SCHOOL
MILWAUKIE. Ore., Dec. L (Hpe
cialfl) With a view to aiding in the
purchase of playground apparatus for
the Milfcaukie school, the Milwaukie
Parent-Teacher association will have
charge of a moving picture entertain
ment at the moving picture theater to
night. The procr-eds will be used in
the purchase of playground apparatus.
je.vm.Vo3 Lonr:E. Oic. nrc. ;;. ,
(Special) Two hundred voters attend- J
ed the road meeting held at the Oak .
Grove hall Saturday night, November!
27th. Ed. Olds, the supervisor of road I
district No. i7, presided and John Ris-'
ley acted as secretary. ,
The budget which had been prepared j
and recommended at a previous meet- MILWAUKIE, Dec. 3. (Special).
Ing was read by the secretary. It was The ladies of tUu Catholic church of
discussed some but as it had been Mllwaukle cloned one of the most sue-
voted on at the November 3 meeting cessful bazaars In (heir history last
and carried. The next business was night after a two days' session. The
to vote on a special levy of 10 mills, bazaar proper win: held on the second 1
87 favoring the special levy and j floor of the Milwaukie Grange hall,
opposing It. Mr. Jones and C. W. Ris-j while the first floor was reserved for
ley were nominated for supervisors) the big dinners, and suppers served
and Mr. Kls'cy received the majority j each day, followed by dancing In the
of votes and was declured elected. Mr. evening. Tuesday's meals were served
Rislcy Is so well known in this county under the direction of Mrs. M. A. John
and being a good road enthusiast 10 son, chairman, while those of Wednes
ilnnlit will mHke 11 snlendld suiiervlsor 1 day were lu charge of Mrs. A. T. 55an-
Mr. Olds gave a report of the work
done during the year and the amount
which was expended during each
month. As there was no special levy
E
ders, chicken being served each day.
The entertainment on Tuesday even
ing, aside from darn ing, was furnished
by Ihe Christian Ilrothers College Olee
last year Mr. Olds did not have as club from Portland, under the direction
large amount of money to spend on the
roads as former supervisors. Three
committeemen from different parts of
the district were chosen, Alex Gill be
ing elected by the Meldrumltes to act
of Its Instructor, Mrs. Minnie Thomp
son Carty, which delighted the audi
ence with lt;i program of several num
bers. Wednesday evening Hoesley's
orchestra of Milwaukie furnished the
in the southern portion in regard to' music for the dancing, and a iniscel-
accepfing road work. It is up to the.laneous program was .rendered. As a
voters to decide whether the streetj result o? the bazaar and meals, the la
FhaM have crushed rok or other s'tr-Idles of the church find their treasury
facing. A large delegation from the' greatly Increased, as practically ev-
soiithern part of the district and tills . erytliing was donated
place was present t the meeting. ! M
Mrs. Dwyr of Portland was a ra'ler)
at the Roberts' home on Wednesday.! The Southern Pacific has iiered a , and sheds, and while the former will
MILWAUKIE, Dec. .'!. (Speclul.)
The Hl'idel.ts of tho Mllwaukle high
school being anxious to advance them
selves in a literary way have organ
ized a debating society, the first meet
ing being held Tuesday arternoon at
the close of school, when the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Rolfe Skitlason; vice-president, Fran
ces Johnson; secretary, William Miller.
The students wHI meet once every twi
weeks when debates and literary en
tertainments will be held In the high
school at the close of the regular
school hour.
BELL IN PLACE
OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. .'1, (Special)
Oswego's new lire bell tower was erect
ed during the past week and the new
be'l Installed In tho same, on the va
cant lot at tho corner of Front street
und A avenue, so that II Is centrally
located where It can easily be reached
mid heard by the volunteer firo fight
ers.
them the Information given Ihe pn
lleut a to the heeling of Kuropeaa
neutral goteriimenta toward th pr
eel.
Minn Schwimmer would not glv Ih
name of the Kunqiran neutral roun-
trie she referred to, but all said all
of the foreign milliliter abroad 111 on
whom she h-id lulled had mnntfcaled
atrong ilealm lo leant what tbe Amer
ican position would l.
It had ben indicated, aha .aid. Dial
vnrlou prey Ion peace plana bad tw n
rrected because, of the wear tlat ar
llun Influence might he. snapi-cled.
She thought the preaent movement,
urged by the wemin of the. world,
would be fne of that anapli Ion, andjf
Indicated that the European neutrals
believed that th l ulled State thould
take the IntllnlUe both a the noat
Important of th nrrtla powers and be
cause It great distance from the is en
of the atruggle made for I111partl.il u
Hon.
The ni iilral mliilater here were to'il
today, Madame Schwimmer .aid, that
regnrdle. of whether a formal t (infer
ence- of neutral government wa called
a popular emigre would be held In
ome neutral European capital, which
would draft a plan for peace and for
mally present It tn each of the bollluer-
etila.
The hundred of letters and tele
grams sent to President Wilson during
the past few day. In th women' an--
pnlgn lo Induce him to take the Inltia
live for peace have been umwil on to
th state department, which tonight
Issued a statement anylng the augKes
tlon they contained would tecclve "the
attention of the dcimrlment."
ENEMIES AT 3 POINTS
TOLMINO, GORIZIA AND DOBERDO
ARE IN DANGER FIGHTING
OF FIERCE NATURE.
OSWEGO HAS FIRE BELL
OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 1. (Special.)
Oswego now has a fire hull lo sum
mon volunteer lighters, and work is
underway for the erection of a tower
for the sume with n station beneath
for the hose cart. There Is a good
supply of buckets und ladders and with
the added equipment the town will he
fairly able to baltlo against tho fire
demon.
kONDON, Nov. 30. With the retreat
of the greater part of the Serbian
army ucruss the Albaiiluiil frontier, the
slowness of the operations ngnliist
Montenegro and lu southern Serbia,
owing to the wintry weather, and Hie
absence of liny major operations on
Ihe western and eastern fronts, Inter-
st In the military side of the war Is
now transferred lo tho Aiistro-Ilallan
I frontier. There King Victor Kmunuel's
troops are currying on an energetic
offensive ngtilnst the Aiistrlans.
Tho fighting on this front has been
(ho most sustained and fiercest of the
whole war. For weeks tho lliillns have
been attacking the Austrian bridge
heads und mountals positions alon-
tho Isonzo river, a ml uro slowly hut
surely drawing their nets around Tol
tiiino, Gorlzln and Doherdo.
PIPE PLANT WORK
OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 1. (Special.)
While no announcement lias come
forth, still everything points to early
resumption of work at the plant of
the Oregon Iron & Steel company, on
the river. Superintendent W. W. Todd
j and crew of carpenters and laborers
I are at work repairing Hie buildings
NEW THEATER ALMOST FINISHED
OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 3, (Special)
The new moving picture theater build
ing is all completed bu the painting,
which will bo rushed with a view to oc
cupancy of the commodious und up-to-date
structure by the hollduys.
MRS. HAYNES IMPROVING.
OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 3, (Special)
Mrs. J. Huynes of Oswego, who hns
been ill at the Oregon City hospital for
the paHt three or four weeks, Is report
ed to be Improving, word having been
received from there today. She is suf
fering from a severe stomach ailment,
and Is igider the care of Dr. H. S
Mount.
During the Thanksgiving holiday". 1 dividend of $1.50 per share on common
Harold Smith came home from Reed j stock, that Is at the rate of $1 per cent,
coltoge to spend hi3 vacation with hi" j This is we 'come news for everybody In
parents. Wendell Smith and Miss: the state of Oregon for no Industry
Campbell came home on Wednesday j spends mmiev (aster than a railroad
on the Southern Pacific special which when It is prosperous.
not talk, still it isUhought that the
making of pipe is to be resumed very
soon, or else the repair work would not
be undertaken at this time. When this
plant Is In full operation between 50
and 60 men are employed.
COUNCIL MEETS,
OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 3 (Special)
The city council meets tonight, but up
lo late today tho "dads" will have noth
ing out of tjie ordinary to occupy their
attention. The city officials will make
their regular monthly reports and the
usual grist of hills will be audited und
a'lowed.
. BUILDING A NEW HOME.
OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. V(Specful)
Marlon Piatt, the shoemaker, has
started the erection of a new home in
the city limits, the same to cost about
$1,000.
PORTLAND, Ore,, Doc. 1. Ilruco
Granville wild J. 0, Donvlllo were
found guilty in the Untied States court
today of robbing Station A of tho Port
land poslofrice and threatening the
life of A, C. Ott, superliilendeiit, with
drawn revolvers.
Judge Wolverton wl'l pronounce mm
tenco on the men next Monday morn
ing. Tho penalty under the law is ii
years In Ihe federal penitentiary,'
If reports are correct, tho h1ii::Io tux
uggltiitoi's nre out again and tho peo
ple will he tiHltcd to vote on this ques
tion at. the next election for about Ihe
fifth time lifter overwhelming defeats
at all previous elections. Why don't
these riittlorbrnlncd politicians move
out of Oregon to a single tax country?
It is an insult to the people of Oregon
to bring this question up iiguln so soon.
Cough and Cold 'Are Dangerouo .
Few of us realize tho danger of
Coughs and Colds. We consider them
common nnd harm'ess ailments. How
ever statistic s tell us every third per
son dies of a lung ailment. Dangerous
Itronclilnl and Lung diseases follow n
neglected cold. As your body strug
gles against cold germs, no better aid
can be had than Dr. King New Dis
covery., Us merit bus been tested by
old and young. In use over 4."i years
Get a bottle today. Avoid the risk of
serious Lung ailments. Drupu'lsts.
(Adv.)