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LOCAL URiePS Mrs '. IjmIi. of l( Hand. In (ma Wednesday. W. II Ili.lli.iiillliT, farmer lni luar Crock, a busiueaa illur lu Ilia coiilily llnifxUr. Mr. ami Mrs I'. II lunulir. Jr. and mm, jI'iii, of I'arkplaia, 'HI I" Hu in riur iiiM Hi'r ' cimst liisa dlliliir guests of relative. . M Paker returned l bl hums lu l.tadstona Friday l(M from Median I here ha Interested In building ..r Kilmer Klul l tbl I'1' Mr. 1 Y.. Calaaft and danglil.-i-. Ml Krma. W return l' tlilr !i "i In Ihl city nrl Hmi'lir iiln. f spending lli I'h lativa Allialiy. Mr. awl Mra. Trafion M. iy. ' Portland, are re oltlni longrslulallona over Ilia arrival of a little soil. Mr. iya la Hi "ii f Mr. ami Mrs. C. II lr ami I well known l"'i Ml" ll"' aii'l Georgia Marrs ar eiilnrlaliilna; their alsler, Mr. Martha llerry ami nicer. Mis Norma Mrr. f Woodliurn. Mr. Perry formerly MIm Martha Marr of thla rlly. M Kim ami Irma 1 1 t r. of h loisn dlstrl'i. have " '"I" of Miss Alma Voml'rh of Ihl (tlx Inr tha lil f da and li" I" luan haci Imomi doing their Christmas hoi pin, Anion th patient al th OrKu I'lljr hiwiltal who were operated Upon r.i-eiilly ami who wera aliln at llila lima lo ri'liirn lo their homra for Ilia hnlldaya ar Mr Fred Hhaiiiuin, Mr J. KKKimnn ami Mi. J. ( a. A social dan will I) given New Year's In thn Ulna Front hall al Mehlrum by f" ' I'"1 T'"n '"r rled people of Gladstone. Thn public l Invited lo attend. Good music will I a feature- of Ihn evening. The funeral uf Mr. ami Mr. James K Pyer. who at lJ In Denver, Cob, aaa h'il Tudy afternoon In I'orv land. Mr. ami Mr. Hyrr were both ell knwn In thla county. They re idel at Jennings UmU a few year go. ' Avolt Kuppeulienilcr. a forim-r ri dnt of Ihl city. tUlli-d frloiil) In l'lakaiiia ronnty Wrdliraday. Mr. Ktnitiiirsl-r la now a rrlilont of rrntral Orrxon. Ititcrmitid In the dairy liiuline with hi trothrr Hii. atao a lormrr rt'ulOrht hrr. Mr. and Mra. I). W. Jamr and aon. Ni-al. of thla i lty. ro illnmr nm-la CbrUtmu lUy of Mr. and Mr. II. M Jamr of Hllvrrton. Mr. Jami" I now irlii( l.ol of the Hllvrrton n hool. Ii aaa one of the frt comity ihool u IMTvUor of thla county. He. Howard N. Hmlth. of Ji.nnliiit I oiUe, offl latrd at the inarrlai; cere mony of Ml Kdlth Mary l.llle and lald A. I'rli liard. of I'latryllle, t'olo., I'lirUtma duy at the rarkplaro Con xrenallonal church lntead of Itev. li-oriie Ni'lon Kdaard. a oa flrt announced. County School HiiiMtiliitcmli nt J. K. Calavan had a bit nueat 'tie ir:v lart of the wwk. 8uwrliiti'iulMit J. H Moyr. of I'rlnvllle. Kro I IVtrraon. l Klamath Kulla and 8. K. Nolatin, uf llipinir. The party went Ui rortUnd Wediienday afternoon ta attend th IrrlnatUiii conirci. The Infnnt ion of Mr. and Mr. Hmlth of liludMone. m-ar Arllnmon atatlon. ha recovered from bla recent llluua Ml Maud AndiTHon, the nurao III al tindum wa enabled lo n-iurn to h'T homo In thlt city with her tUier. M'. Kate Hliiinnoii, and remime her dutu- al tho OrvKon t'lly hnapllal. Th KvuiiKclUal t-Hurch of Canhy pretenled their Sunday tchiKil teacher, V. It. I.uike, with a leather bound llinio a a ChrUlmat rt'ineml'miue. Mr. I.urko hu lcen auHrliitindcnt of the Hiimtuy achool for tho pant four yearn and thu clan proHonted thl n a token of cute-em In whl. h ho I held Klljiih Colemiin. milde fur a mim her of year for Mt. Hood climber, left tho latter purl of limt week with a puriy. They will climb the moun tain fr.-m the cant aide, which la con tldered a diiimeroua trip. Kollowlim ihu nHCiiit the purty will rot urn and mnko a I rip nround tho Imso of the 11)011 it 1 .1 In. Mr. K. 0. Lnmhorton and lit llo non, Huinmlc, vlHltcd lit tho homo of Mr. and Mr. H. J. HiihIIiik. pnrenta of the former In rnrkplnco over I'hrlHtnint. They returned to their Immo In Van couver, Wash., Sunday nlisht uecoin panted by Mint lrcno HttHtlim, alHtor of Mr. Uiinbortton, MIh HnRtliiK will remain until after the liullduya. Mr. and Mrs. I). W. Hath, of Tncoinu, I vlHttliiB with Mr. and Mr. U I'. Ilorlon, durliiK tho ChrlHtman holi day. Mr. Hath I n mnvHpnpernuitt uml at prosent It Interotted In a paper at OrdInK, Wimli., n town near Tacomn. Ho formerly owned tho Hlllaboro In- 1915 Will toon be a thing of the pa'.. Wa look forward to 1916 with great hope, of returning prosperity. While the present year did not measure fully up to our expecta tion, yet we have no caute for complaint, and hereby extend to all our frlendt and patrons Com pliments of the Season, and thank you most sincerely for your very liberal patronage in the past, and hope we have mer ited your future favors In tht years to come. Our holiday trade was fully up to our sxpectatlon, but we have a few odd lots of goods we must dispose of before Stock Taking time next month, and you can have your pick at less than pres ent cost. Yours for more trade, Larsen & Co. Corner Tenth and Main di ind. nt. ticrald Hath, ton of Mr. and Mi Halo, )liid P""' " and III ruiiH In (iii-khii C It r frtt of III rrk II la a aludelil at th liKi'iii Ami' ulliir rolli'X. Mr. and Mr Alln V. rrt and ililMii ii of Conalll i-ii( ( lnliin lib rrlailiia In Ihl illy. Mr. 'r.l III rturn bom lly and bla fain lly will M'iro Hi rally nt of lieil m M. J. Hroaii al" a .l'al tlsllor, b arioinpiild by hi II and to ". Mr. Ilroau and Mr r'KMt ar onrf of th lleiiton foiiniy t'ourler. Mr. and Mr. Hro pent t'brUtina with Mr. and Mra. II K I in M ii Mr. Hron I Hi brother of Mr. Ilium. A E Th" flrl ihunh l lin er li-ld In l'aikpl ix-rloroii'd ChrUlui day hy Itev. (ieori Nrlxiii Kdrd. dy by llev. II. N. Hmlth. paator of lb Jnnln lxlfe CoriKrraalloiial iliur. Ii ' lb i oiilrartllig parlb i-r I Ut Id A. I'rti hard, of I'lutlet lll, Colo, lid Mlaa KUI 1 1 It Mary l.lllle. a bool liai lu r of Colton. The i bun h di orated and orr I'm n-riia attend ed the iHldlnt The uher were frank l'ekoer and Winifred KiiIkIM To little floaer KlrU. Kltlia Killer and t'lam ea Va'let, altered pelalu Irf-fur the feet of III bride and Ikmuld I'rater, a rt nat bearer, t arried the rlnt on the apaelli of a alia Illy. The ceremony aa preided by a vxal aohi by Ml Myrtle Holme, rcoiiiianled by (i ar lawreiwe WoiMlfln and a olo hy Ml (ira llarnet, accompanied by Ml Holme. Ml tulli lludiuin brldi amald and Harry Kr. n Ii wa hot man. A reception followed the ceremony. GLADSTONE COUPLE WED AT VANCOUVER Mr. Telllha .ttiilth of Ihla city and Jaioh ( rite of tiladalone, were mar ried Monday at no m In tho court boue ut Vancouver by the prcaldln. JudKo. H H ( I) de and Mrt Pauline, H hwarti of Ihla city wltneim.'d the ceremony. Mr. and Mr. Crlte III rouble at 40i Water slnct. thl city. Mr. ('rite b been a rcRldcnt of t'latUtone three year, coiiilim here from Oklahoma. He la a inonilwr of the Cm ml Army of the Republic. Mr. Crlte can e from Ital ia, about three year uko. L GIRL WEDS Al VANCOUVER Ml Heinle Davis, daughter of Mr. snd Mr. Janice Davla of 111! Jeffer on atreet thl city, and Herman C. Hill an employe uf the OreKon City liiwpltul went to Vancouver Thursday of lunt week and wero married lu the VhliiKton city. The mnrrlaKB of the youna couple wa kept a secret until Sunday after noon. The bride wt a Junior In the OrcKon City high achool. Mr. and Mr. HI'I will ko lo Illlnoi. when they will visit with the parent of the former. They will reside In Oak I'ark. III. BORING COUPLE WED. Katlo MotoJI and Henry KilHccker, of ItoriiiK. were married Tucm'uy by Circuit .Indite Campbell. MILWAUKIE GIRL MARRIED. Kxter Rondarmel. of MlUvauklo. and Kdwln Holland, of Sclo, were married Salunluy by Juatlco of the Pence- K el an, of Mllwuiiklo. . F. E. Mrs. Frunccs K. Comuroo TuPHilay tiled a suit for divorce URalnst Victor K. Conarroo, charKliiK cruel and Inhu man treatment. Slio alleges that ho often becaiuo drunk and would mis treat her. Ho works In one of tho lo cal iuIIIh uml, triio says, earns $K10 a month. She asks for 20 monthly ali mony, $100 attorney's fees and $50 suit money, They wore married In Oregon City January 7, 1903. Kdnn (3. Hasclio llled n suit for di vorce Tuesday nKalnst Janies Victor HiiHclio, clmrKluK cruel and Inliuman treatment. They wero married Sop tomlior, 1012. nt Kdwnrdavlllo, III. She auks for $50 monthly alimony. O'LEARY GET8 DIVORCE. Thomas F 0'l.eary Tuesduy secured a decree of dlvorco from Lulu O'Uoary on tho grounds of desertion. 8UES TO COLLECT NOTE. V. A. Garner Wednesday filed a suit in the circuit court to collect a $70 nolo BlRiiod by Joo Castagnetto. Will Mulvey la Garner's attornoy:. 8ILVERTON HIGH DEFEATED. 8IL.VEKTON, Ore., Doc. 27. For tho first time thla sonson tho Stlverton high school basketball team was de feated Saturday . night. The team played the Mooso Athletic association, of this cltyi and tho flnnl score was 35 to 7. Tho "high school played against heavier men, some of whom wero old star players of Sllverton, and wore minus two of their own players. Among those teams defeated by the Sllverton high school this Beason is tho Oregon City high quintet, which lost the first game of their season to the locals. Eugene sends dried loganberries east for ChrlBtmas gifts. OIIKUON' MTV FIRST JURY H THE CITY COURT f MRS. CRIFf IN GUILTY FIRIT PfRION TO TAKE AOVANT ACC Of NIW AMINDMtNT pavi vn ron iamc. liiiKn City had lu flrM Jury trial In lb recorder's tourl Wednesday un j..r Dm charter aineiidiiienl adopted by l he voter at th" city election early Ihla month Mr W. lirllfln wa found K'lllir un a i liarxv of a.MiillliiK Mr. K. Call iiiKi-r. A note, written by one of lb" Jur !-( mi the Ixitloin of Die terdlrt fo'low: 'tlalna lo her liervoua oii dlllou at lb lima h riot rvapon Ihle for br ail and tberefure we rxoiumeiid that he be dealt with; kindly and with llericiicy." The Jury a lomponed of K- I- Johnson. ; lieorte VV. McCarver, K. P. K'lllott, II.. V Kclli.KK. II. Creave and (ieorie A.' Ilroan. The coal of the Jury, $7 .20.' I paid by Hih defelidulit. Mr, tirlffln U alleged lo have at tai ked Mr, tlalllnxer a week ago, fol io lug a illMiiaiilon with Mr. Calllu ! kit ovr ri-iit on property owned by Mra. tirlffln. Mr, (ialllnger charged Mr, (irlftln with Imanlty, but aha wa dlmled upon eiainlnatlon. City At (oiney Hihuebel prosecuted tho ca and (ieorge C. Uroaiiell reprewntml the defendant. Hecorder loder, following out the, rei'omine nilullon of the Jury, fined Mrs. Griffin $100 and auapended aentence. PORTSliORIST HITS OREGON CITY lies l-aniiiian. who sieepa In Oak Crove. and who write alleged humor ist stories for the Portland Journal, was In Oregon City Tuesday hlght to meet hi mother, Mr. II. II. l-ampintm, who has been visiting her ton, lien fjinmtiian. who utibllshet a papur at Cold Hill. Oregon. Mr. Impinan's father la at Albany and will Join his wife later. II. II. Umpman I look ing for a newspaper property. ' LOGAN FARMER ARRESTED. Kdward Kcmlhe, a Igan farmer, aaa arrested Tuesday by Conatable Frost on a charge of threatening to commit a felony. He will probably be given a preliminary hearing today bo fore Justice of tha Peace 8levors. At present he Is Id the county Jail, as he ws unable to ralso $500 bond. FRIARS' CLUB SUED The Friar' club, the Mllwaukle re ort. wa ued Friday In the circuit court by Frank T. Collier, a Portland Hnrtinv rr !''"T alleged to be due for legal service between January 1. I'JU, and Januury 21. 1915. and for court cost during that time. TRACTOR 18 ON MATERIAL BILLS DIVISION 8TREET IMPROVEMENT LEADS O ACTION CLAIMS TOTAL $2751.48. J, V. Shea, who held the contract for tin Improvement of Division etreet but left town before the work was com pluted. Is made, defendant In a suit llled In tho circuit court on alleged unpaid material hills totaling $2751. -IS. Tho suit Is brought In the namo of the city of Oregon City on behalf of A. L. Iteatlo. It. II. Ilcatio and Mrn. Nellie Holihins, doing business under the namo of the Oregon Commission com pany and tho Illinois' Surety company, with whom Sheu was bonded to the extent of $1850, Is named an a defend ant. Tho largest claim aguinst tho con tractor Is presented by tho Oregon Commission company, the others being assignod (0 that firm. The commis sion company claims $2271.10 Is due, K. Q. l.nrklns and P. E. Jones charge the contractor loft them a $405.53 un settled account and Jiunos. Adklns has a claim for $23.83. C. SchuelKd and U Stlpp appear as attorneys for the plaintiffs. TRACE OF L. BY STORY IN ENTERPRISE MAY LEAD TO RETURN OF LEWIS MAR TELL TO THIS CITY. Mrs. C. S. Scaton, of the Commer cial hotel at Canby, reads the Enter prise, and the other morning she saw that Lewis Martcll was missing. Then she remombored that several days be fore she saw him as he passed through Canliy on liis way south and notified his relatives In Oregon City. As a result, Noah Martell, son of tho missing man, set out In an automo bile Wednesday morning to find his father, who Is believed to be on his way to Gardiner, Douglus county, where ho former'y worked In a sawmill. Noah Martell received a letter Wed nesday from Mrs. Senton, conveying the Intelligence that Martell had been there December 22, arriving at Canby from the Molalla country. He tpld her that he had beon unable to And work. He made Inquiries fro'.i Mrs. Saton as to distances to V.oodhurn and Sa lem, Indicating that he had gone south. Mr. Martell disappeared from his- home, 1411 Washington street, Oregon City, December 17. , KSTKUI'WKK. I UIIUV, . J.G.IIEADE AT FATHER'S HIE VOUNO WOMAN WAt PORMCR TUOCNT IN LOCAL tCHOOLt AND WfLL KNOWN HCNC. Mra J. i. Mcd dud 1biirday at Hie biiiua of her f-li r, Harmon ir en. In Portland after a prolonged i:ina Mr. Meade "Uf (.i-neta tjreeii, fi,rmerly of Ihl i Hy ind l.stai ada. hb wa lorn In Oregon l ily and following tier mother s death made tier bom with her aunt, Mr M P. Chapman, and attended Ore.,11 flly public 1 wr t V Mra. J. G. Mead. 4 bool. She was a favorite among the classmates and tern Ik rs and was well thought of In the communities where he lived. Mist "Neva" firnn as married two years ago to J. (3. Mende of Portland while she was realdlng In Kstacada. She left Katacada shortly afterward and made her home In Portland. Mr. Meade was emp'oyed In the office of Huntley Profilers company and was well known In this city. Ileslile her husband 0ie Is survived by her father. Harmon Cn-en, her aunt, Mrs. M. P. Chapman, and uncle. V. C. Green, of this city. The -funeral will be held thl afternoon at 3 o'clock from Myer Prady uuib-rtuklng establlnh mcnl w ith Interment In Mt. View ceme tery. Kcv. J. It. ljmiUUiroug',1 will hae charge of the service. MRS- GEORGE W. DOTY, OF BOLTON, IS DEAD Mrs. Johanna Doty, wlfo of George V. Doty, died at her home In Polloii Wednesday night tfter an Illness of four days. Death was caused by con gestlun of the lungs. Sho was born lu New-art, N. J.. No vember 9. 189.1. and married In 1S6I. They came west as far as North Da kota In 1876 and in 1S9S came to Ore gon, st tiling first In Oregon City. She was a member of tho Women's Relief Corps. Mrs. Dotv Is survived by her hus band, one daughter, Mrs. Eugene Worthlngton. of Oswego, and two sons, 'Frank T. Doty, of Pol Ion. and George W. Doty Jr.. of St. Louis, Mo. Tho funeral services will be con ducted from St. Pnul's Episcopal church 2:30 Sunday arternoon. Rev. T. J. "Williams officiating, and Inter ment will be in Mountain View ceme tery. JF 1 IS DEAD Samuel Wolfcr, father of Mrs. Grant It. Dlmlck, died Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of his son, Charles Wolfer, at Canby. Mr. Wolfer had been sick for nearly a year and left his farm at lluhbard to be with bis son. He was an Oregon ' pioneer and raised Ms family I" the Needy section. He was always interested In farming. He Is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Dimlclt of this city, Mrs. Coleman Mark, another daughter residing nenr Hubbard, and two sons. Henry Wolfer of Portland and Charles Wolfer of Canby. L. HOWELL, FORMERLY OF. 0. C, IS DEAD E. M. Howell, of this city and Cham bor Howell, mayor Of Gladstone, re ceived news Wednesday morning of the sudden death of their nephew, Louis Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Da vid How-oil, at Corvallls. Death was duo to an accident, the nature of which was not stated in the telegram. About two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Howell lost a son through an accident when he was run over by a wood wag on and one year ago a second son died after a short Ulncsa. Mr. Howcll was former resident of this city, he Is the son of Mrs. Mnrtha Howell of Gladstone,, a well known pioneer of Oregon. Relatives left Wednesday afternoon to attend the funeral to be held at Cor vallls today. ERROR COSTS 3 LIVES. TJRBANA, Ohio, Dec. 28. Two Penn sylvania flyers crashed head on here killing three trainmen and Injuring sev eral others, and sending a score of passengers to a hospital. Steel coaches saved the passengers from death. Tho crash was due to a towerman's mistake. IlKCKMIIDIi I'll'.. DIES (MRS iilVFRS SAYS I ANOTHER CANDIDATE I II IV I I I kllv WlllW HER ASSAILANT LIAC T D L U. WOMAN IN MOtPITAL VCRIflll lOINTITr APTIR IIIN0 PHOTOGRAPH OP MAN. CUS OF Rf COVERY ARE KOW liHO BELIEVED GOOD BY PHYSICIAHSl"-'''-'!- .. I,n a iiieinir of the oin'.n Cily fire department for Hie last Bin years Thr luspscts Are Held. tci In Dif rnt City Multnomah County Shtnff tends Descriptions Throughout NorthsL POItTLANIr. Or , Dee.. :.-Kan It Kemp, whose rambling letter to Hber Iff Hurtbiirt caused an Immediate In vestigation all lb undoubtedly saved the life of )earld Mrs. Mabel My-j ers Wednesday lilfht, U dei Irc4 by the victim to be the man who brutally assault! d, s.'iot and robbed her. Hit positively Identified his picture, aa that of her assailant today, and a 1 few houra later ZMU circulars bearing an accurate description i.nd photo-( graph of the young man snd offering tioo reard for hia apprebenson were In the malls. Telegraphic warning had alre&dy gone forth to all cltlt-a In the norlbaest and the capture of Kemp Is believed to be a matter of hours. Investigations by Deputy Sheriff Phillip. ChrUtofferon and ileckmao today substanllattd In every particular the story of the vicious attack told by tt. a -i-l I hat nltfl.l tiAfirm tat hf fi h? was dim overvd. with only a blanket and coat abou; her. In the snow 1-0 feel from the cabin where she bad been cllUcn. htrel.lg Old noi ngni in at left more dead than alive. ; tempt of Goodman to win a place on .... . . ...... ,,.. fi'the coiiucll and signed a statement were found where the snow still crust ed the road, and hairpins and up root ed grass at 'three spot. bor mute ev-! dene, to fall, from exhaustion In her weary progress. The room of the cabin on Cleveland avenue showed many iracus 01 toe young woman s struggle with her as sailant, and her blood-stained gar ments were found on the floor. Bhertff Hurlburt and his deputies at noon yeatcrday not only had an ac curate description of Evan Kemp, alias U11 Anderson, but had traced bl( movement trora me lime me gin left to dlo until the letter advising the sheriff of the crime had been mailed at the postofflce. As a result of the telegrams dis patched Tuesday night and the pic tures of tho suspect officers all over the northwest took action on the case. Three suspects were arrested. One was In Eugene., one In The Dalles and one in Trouluuie. me i.ugene man most closely answered the description of Kemp. I'nder Deputy Sheriff lleckman. the! circular with Information secured from the naval refrultlng office for hemp enlisted In Portland and served for a time at Bremerton waa prepared be fore noon today and soon six men were busied in sending out copies. Mrs. Myers Is resting tonight com paratively free from danger. The bul let was located In the lower part of the lung after an X-ray examination, but another examination may bo neces sary today, acording to City rhyslclan Zctglcr. It may be so located that, unless complications develop, It will he better to leave It. AFTER LONG ILLNESS MRS. ROSMOND SCHUEBEL LIVED IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY FOR 37 YEARS. Mrs. Kosrcond Schuebel, mother of Chris Schuebel, city attorney and mem ber of the leg! dlature, died at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at her home In Glad stone after a long Illness. She was born August 4. 1S30, In Ger many n:'d cmne to th' country In ISO::, settling fir.'-. 111 r'ennsylvun.A In 1S7S shn ';iiii: 'o Oregon and with lur husband made Heaver Creek, In this county, their home until 1SS0 when they moved to Oregon City. Mr. Schue bel died In 1S94. Two years and a ha'f ago, Mrs. Schuebel became 111 with rheumutlBin and since that time has been almost helpless. She was a member of the Evangelical church and well known through the Heaver Creek district and in the county seat. Three sons, Chris, G. A. and Robert H. Schuebel, all of this county, and one daughter, Mrs. Ernest Ginther, of llenver Creek, survive her. The fu neral will.be held 2 o'clock Monday aft ernoon from the Schuebel church at Heaver Creek. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. he Kind Yen Hav8 Always Bought Bears tha Signature of SKELETON IS FOUND While workmen were excavating for a trench leading from the Baptist church at Gladstone to the Clackamas river Thursday morning, they unearth ed the skeleton of an Indian, presum ably buried In the Indian cemetery at that place many years ago. In the grave with the bonea were trinkets of various sizes and varltles, Incluling bracelets, beads and wampum. OUT FOR RECORDER PfARL ItLBr II THIRD MAN TO INTtft RACK POR PI PUBLI CAN NOMINATION. pearl tielby. an eiii.l of lb II b y Pulp A Paper tompaiiy for the Ut too year. Tlmrwtay d lared hi in dnlai y for Ilia Ilepuidxaa iixiiiliiatioii for rojhiy rm order. Mr. Helby formerly ll"d at Canby. b'ira ba resetted a public l""l !' I l. i t. U, Alit.ntllU and I alo a uictnU-r of lb to miner clal r'ub, la I the third man to d" lr bis Candida' y for th' KepuMUan aonun tlon for comity recorder. Ha will I opposed by ludley Poylc. who Is no chief deputy under Iteiorder ledmn. and by Clyde Undies, ml Writ I. Inn. :F.L SEAT ON COUNCIL . , CIRCUIT COURT ORDER SECURED WHICH OUSTS HENRY 8TRE BIG FROM PLACE. F. K. Goodman Thursday won hi fUht for a place on the Cladstoue coun cil when Circuit JudKH CampU-ll signed an order declaring bim elected. Henry Htrehlg received more votes for the office than did Goodman, but ' the latter contested tbo election, as j I provld-d In the corrupt practice aci. oecunng mat oirr-oa wa urn 1 waiving all right lo the office. ' Htn-blg says he la not certain of his rltlsrn.hlp and claim, hi. name was j h "'"n", " hi consent and that he Was elected to the office without hi approval. ABSENT 50 YEARS, FATHER OF HENRY NOBLE M'KIN NE DROWNED AT FALLS HALF CENTURY AGO. After an absence of 50 years, Henry Noble McKlnney. of Paker, stepped from a Southern Pacific train Tuesday afternoon and with his daughter. Miss Ik-rtha McKinney. wandered over the city In search of old land marks, lie found a few. jjr McKlnney is !0 years of age. He uvei nere when Oregon City was a ! n)ere noe n the ground. His father was swept to his death over Uil'am ett falls more than a half century ago. Mr. McKlnney called on Mrs. Thorn as Charman while In Oregon City and was a dinner guest at the residence of George A. Harding. He has been vis iting at Medford. where bis daughter. Mrs. O'en Arnsplgcr, resides. He left for Paker Tuesday night. ARE MAILED FROMO.C GREAT AMOUNT OF EXTRA WORK . IS DONE WITHOUT EXTRA CLERKS OR CARRIERS. Business boomed with the Oregon City postofflce this Christmas. Ap proximately 5,500 packuges were mailed from Oregon City as compared with about 4000 last Christmas, and what is more remarkable this big num ber of packages was handled without a single extra clerk or currier. The amount of mail handled during this Christmas season sets a new record for the local office. "How did you do it " an Enterprise .reporter asked Postmaster J. J. Cooke. "Well, sir, we just all got lu and worked,", replied Mr. Cooke. "We really should have bad some extra help but we got away with It In fine shape on account of the way everybody buckled in. And I want to say right here, "the-postmaster added enthusi astically, "I believe we've got the fin est bunch of clerks and carriers of any postoffice in the state of Oregon." E IS County Judge H. S. Anderson, who has been ill at his home in Gladstone with the grippe, Is slowly recovering, said Dr. H. S. Mount, the physician who is attending htm, after a visit to the judge's home Wednesday night Dr. Mount said that he expected the county judge would be able to be In his office early nxt week. District Attorney Hedges, who has been slightly 111 for several days, is better and was able to be In his office for a short time Wednesday. G. T. STEVENSON IS DEAD. Mrs. George Woodward, wife of the night patrolman, received word Tues day afternoon that her father, G. T. Stevenson, died Tuesday noon at his home In Minneapolis, Minn. 7 SALOONS WILL CLOSEVITHYEAR 111 THIS COUNTY HOTEL BELLI WILL MAKE SPE CIALTY OF CHICKEN DINNERS, SAYS PROPRIETOR. PUUiS Of FRURS' CLUB BACK0S INCLUDE PICNIC GROUNDS, POOL District Atternty Htdgs and Shtnff Wison, Wild I WOO Special Fund, Prpr Is Info'ca La to Ltr In County. J. lUrWcorn, With mien forlorn. I pai king up for l' ln Imlari-a J-rry ()-n, the Portland rrtrfit-r. and among the placra Mr. Harlcycorn I lo ! 1 Clackamas county. Klhl placca wbi-re liquor l srted HI be rbard In thl county 00 the first of the ni-w yi-ar. Seven of tha pla.es are sal 'Kins, (ho eighth 1 the Krtar' club, the Mllasukie resort. The saloona r divided a follow: Par low, lo; Handy, two; Mllwaukla, two; and Oswego, one. Th Krlar' clcb, wb'.' h waa made famoii by exXJovcrnor W-t with the aid of the itale rnllltla. will probably evolve into a family park with a swim ming pool 00 the side, and tho Hotel lu-l.r, which ha a court record In this county, mill be a placo where nothing stronger than thicken dlnm-ra will be served after the first of the year, ac cording lo statements of their propri etors. Club's Plans Uncertain. Julius Wilbur, of the Krlar' club, confessed that be didn't know Just what the trustees of the club would de cide upon a plans for the next year. The trustees will meet thla afternoon and take up thla problem. However, he did say that the club bad an option on a river swimming tank which may be towed opposite tha club ground. The small park, now the grounds of the club, will probably lie cleaned up and extensive Improve ments made. 'We are getting estimates now," slad Mr. Wilbur, "and we will probably ar range our grounds to attract family picnic partlea. Of course, our plans are not definitely made. Everything Is up to the trustees, and they are now getting estimates of the cost of this work." New Year's Ev Will Ba Quiet Mr. Wilbur said that the trustees were determined to keep out of trou ble with the prohibition law next year. "We have had a bad reputation In the past, and now we are trying to live It down." he said. New Year's eve will be a quiet one at the club, for the very simple reason that the stock of liquor refreshments had so dwindled during the last few weeks that little Is left for a "glori ous" celebration on the last night of the old year. Frltx Hoysen. proprietor of the Ho tel Polle, too. declares that be will not try to evade the prohibition law. "Aft er the first of the year. I'm not going to have one bottlo of strong drink In my hotel," he said. "I am going to Invite the aherlff down Tiere ana have him go through my place. He can't And anything after the fire", of the year." Will Serve Chicken Dinners. Mr. Hoysen will serve chicken din ners and his bar room will be convert ed Into a confectionery store and soft drink placo as the proprietor said that he had too much money Invested In the property to desert It merely because the state had gone dry. With M00 as a special fund to In force the prohibition statute, Sheriff Wilson and District Attorney Hodges are determined to make Clackamas as dry as any county in the state after the first of the year. TURKEYS ARE TO GIFTS OF LOCAL PAPER COMPAN IES TO MEN TOTAL SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. Eight hundred paychecks, each for one day's work; 90 boxes of cigars, and 225 big fat turkeys were distributed among Oregon City paper mill work ers Friday as Christinas presents by the two local companies, the Hawley Pulp & Paper company and the Crown Willamette Paper company. The Crown Willamette mill gave, ev ery employe a special check for today, although the mill will he Bhut down all day. The cash gifts of this mill, which lu situated on the west side of the riv er, totals between $2000 and $2100. ' The Hawley company gave every married man a turkey for Christmas dinner and wery single man receive 1 a box of "bit" cigars. The mils sh.it down last night anil will remain closed until Monday morn ing. IS E CHICAGO, Dec. 25. Rugene Hum phrey, a lawyer, Is dead at his horn here today of what physicians term "petromortis," or automobile gas poi soning According to physicians it Is the first fatal case In Chicago from that cause.