i
, f A i U 0 H ST.
i'OMON OTY ENTERPRIS
.)
Tn Wtfkly f Marpnt I
wort't th ik. Compare
It with thi tad hn (uov
Itrib. .
The InKrprl
inly Cleckama
Nwuir that
all Of In niwi of IHii
growing County
OKKOOS' CITV, OUVAIUS, FHIIlAY, JANUAUV 2, V.iVi.
KITASLIlHfO
.1
f IFTHTM YtAA-No. 1
POVERTY IS PUT
FIRST AS CAUSE
OF VICEjNt i
MINIMUM WAGE II FAVORED DV
ILLINOIS COMMSSION AFTEH
INVESTIGATION.
"HIGH CLASS CAFfS" ARE HARD
HIT IN REPORT; NOW PUBLIC
High! Standard of Moral Found to
Iilst Among Clrlt In High
School CoMtgti and Unl
vtraltlt of 8 tat.
hTKINGrlKI.D. III.. Jan. 13 -I'uv. r
ly In th pilnclpul ciuiao uf Immniallly,
llio inliiliiiiini wngo for glrle ami wuiu
en U fixed at H a week and uurcgu
Uti'd rmiilltliilia uf iliiini'atlo employ
ment render the homo. In liiun y (nwi,
a liri-i'illMK place of rumuierc'lalltnd
lr, according tu Ilia llllnola acuuto
while aluve Invcallgatloll commltto a
report, made public tonight when for-
mul'y prcacled to iliu Uto imtu. I
Thut porty I tho principal iaiia, j
till im t or litillit'i 1, uf linuioiullty la Itiuj
niimt atrungly I'liiuhaalml rimllng of
tin' rutniiilaxloii. 1 liimuiula uf itlrla. It
aaye, ur ill h i ll Into proallttillon 'bo
(anno uf Hit lui r Inulillily In kt'r
Uidy ami amil together ull tlio low
Wage pulll tllt'tll."
Tlx' aati'iu uf tlnint'iitlt' employ
inriit In America la condemned In pol
tho tTiiia.
IllVf ntlgutlolia Conducted l))' till t out
mlttee, tint ri'imrta u, illai'loncd the
fuel (lull mole women uf I lie under
uurlil lull Into dishonor friini doincatic
employment lliun from any other work
A condition which the ri'ioit decline
strlkea illrct'tly nt tliu home la found
In whut la termed the "rull Klrl"
trin. (in thla anliji't t thu report any
in part:
"A detective tuld uf a 'rail' lint Which
li hud ai'Ui'd In u raid. Moio lliun 2o
iiaiiu' wcro on the lint; lira) nuiiuw
only being given, then nppoalta (hp
li'li'liliuiin nunil.cru. Hi' chocked up
t ho nuiiK'a ami iiinulirra.
'Home nf til (i Women wore 'respect
iilili'- iiinrrlt'd women. Two wcro younn
l u ii k 1 1-m. Others were working Kill,
'l lio run uf a young mother serving u
'nill Klrl' and iihIiik tho inutii'y she
iiiudit In buying nocesaltli fur her
luiliy, la inrri'ly lllimt rntlvo nf tho char
urti'r uf auute uf thu women In thla
system."
' Tim free and eusy manner uf Intro
tliit'tluna udda to tho danger. Mont
girls who rt'qiit'tit tho iniiilur restu
ntiita given over to dancing nro Very
young," It continue, j
1 1 1 K ti i Iiiiih I'lifoa nrn hard hit In tin'
roport.
Thu c(iuiiiiImhI(iii found thut tho IiIkIi
int Hlamlurd nf niurula cxlata atnunit
thu Rlrla in tho IiIkIi mhooln, coIU-kob
and uiilviTHltlca uf tho atuto.
Iinpron'iiicnta In conditions were
rcrommt'iidud by the coininlHaiun. Thi-y
fulluw:
1. KniK'tini'iit of a iiilnlmuin wugo
law.
2. iti'pt'iil uf aoi.'liil laws fallen Into
iIIhiihp, and atrlt't onforroniunt of all
othtira.
3. Rui'miniKomont of uniform atutc
rocIhI IckIhIiiUoii.
i. Improvonii'iit of comllttona for
Itlrla In iloinrHtlc aervlce.
S. KKtalillHliniont of hoinen for mor
al nnd ImluKtrlal bi'IiooIIiik of roformoU
women.
ft. ExtfltiHlon of vot'utlomtl odnca-
Hon.
7. Abolition of tho "fining ayBtem
In tho trcntnii'iit of Immoral women."
H. RuKlHtrntlon of minor boys and
ttirlB In employment.
t). Vrohlliltlon of prlutlnR In iwwh
popora of tluttillH of court cuhob In
volving moral laPHoa.
10. Creation of a atuto uthlotlo com
mlHHlon for the encournneinent of
lu'iiltliful pitHllmcR.
Ciirlla K. rilto Iiiih been confirmed
tiHHuyer at HoIho.
JOE SUISAP, KNOWN
E.
Joseph Andrews, who 1b better
liiiown na Juo Stilsnp, n member of tho
Klickitat tribe of Indians, was found
dead In tho wood room of the Hnrclny
building ut d o'clock Tuesday night by
Dr. C. II. Melssner.
RnlHiip had been carrying wood for
Dr. Meatdner and Corner W. E. Homp
Htnad, who havo ufrices In tho building,
and death Is bo'Ioved to bo duo to over
exortion. Tho physicians bcllovo that
Iho Indian, who had been a steady
drinker all his life, would not have died
If ho could have aecurod a drink of
whiskey early In tho day to stimulate
him during tho work.
Dr. Hempstead was tho ln.it man to
sco Siiisnp alive. Tho physician went
to thn wood room ubout 6;30 o'clock
and saw Sulsap lnylng down. He com
plained that he had a pain in hln hack
nnd was alck. Half an hour Inter he
was found dead.
Sulsap waa known to practically ev
DEAD
FROM
FIGHT FOR PROPERTY
QUO ClAIMlNQ TITLE BV AD
VIHII POSIIISION ARC
orriATto IN COUNT.
John I'll k"(t and Thi rmi llli key
r'llduy lu Hi' lr !)!, I to gain a IIHn to
a tiait uf land lirar Hi" CUikamaa
Multnuinali iHiuiidary, i UlmliiK utrr
ahlp hy adioraa im Ion.
I'likHt and Ilia airy uoind property
ttdJidnliiK llm Inti t In dlaputr and aern
unltiat It. Ilriilm Ki'ltli lUlii 'd uan
irlilp and held a derp to tin' land
Kcllli iniali'r to for' I'likett and
lllrkry uff llio preperty and filed a anlt
in rlrriill court
I'lrkrtt and HPkiy tlahnrd tlrnt
Ihey had undlnpiiird umi of tha land
fur aeieral )rara. Tli point
hroiiKhl to Ixaun alien Ihey attempted
to leap It to a third party. Clreuit
IiiiIkk ('auiilx'll liilaim li'd Itii jury to
return a verdict for thu plulutlfr.
1 1 rul ci Keith. Ho waa flvru a clear
title to thn land and l iHiiiakt'. J'idxe
Crant II. Iilmlik repreM'iited Kellh.
PENDLETON DENTIST
IS ARRESTED HERE
E
DR. H. BARBOUR BLAMES LIQUOR
FOR HIS ACT ST. HELENS
FRIEND COMES TO AID.
Kiillimlii; a Ni w Yeur'a evo t elehra
tloii In I'ortlalid when lie la alli-Ki'd tu
luu' furKed a nunilier uf ihecka un a
run, llet. in liutik, tolullliK l!l. Dr. II
T. llurl.iuir, a rendletoii deiillnl, a
put under nrri'nt Huturduy al Ubwcko,
Hhero hi', hla Hh and btihy, weru vla-
IiIiik frlenda.
I ir. Harliotir wua later releaaod under
J liiO rah hull rtiruixhed by lir. J. U
Ilplierer, a HI. Helena deutlon. I'pon
hla arrival at the office of Sheriff Wll
ami Huturduy aftertimm, l'r. Harbour
culled lir. Zippenr hy telephone, and
thr Ht. Helena in mi malied to Oregon
City.
Sheriff W'lliton notified llio dlalrltt
attorney of I'mutlllu county of tho ar
ret and the bull wan fixed at MOO. Dr.
Zlpporer then telephoned Ilia wlfo to
aend tho money by wire to I't'iidlcton,
and upon Ita arrlvul there Sheriff Wll
aim waa tmtllU'd uKiiln by wire and
Dr. Harbour waa releaaed.
Sheriff Wl'aon curried on oil tho no
Kotlatlona with tho aid of a telephone,
and aH-nt a iurKe part of tho afternoon
plueliiK nnd recoivlnu culla over tho
Iiiiik dlatuuro wlro. Tho tolul of long
tllHlanco tolls waa H.0:t, which wna
pulil by Dr. Zlpporer.
Dr. Ilurhour confeaaed bIkuIiik tin
rhecka in I'ortlalid tho last nlclit of
tho old year to Sheriff Wilson. Ho told
tho local official that ho was drunk
New Yeur'a eve, and hardly knew w hat
ho waa doing.
Ho denounced hooac as the cause uf
his aetM, nnd mild lio was "mighty glad"
tho atuto was dry.
TWO LOCAL BANKS
REELECT DIRECTORS
Tho annual atockholdora' meeting of
tho Hank of Oregon City and tho First
National hank were . held Tuuraduy
night nnd the directors of both institu
tions wcro re-elected.
Their liounlH are composed of: llnnk
of Oregon City. Georco A. Harding, C.
II. Cunriold and K. 0. Cuufleld; First
National bank, D. C. l.atourutle, C. D.
Utourette, M. D. Lalourotte, K. S. Lnt
otirette. S. D. Lntourotte.
'Tho dlroctors of tho latter bank
elected tho following officorB: Presi
dent, D. C. Iiiitotirotte; vice -president,
M. D. Ijitourotto, and cashier, F. J.
Meyer.
rr
BY HUNDREDS
ery man, woman and child In Oregon
City and to hundreds through the coun
ty Ho wiib born hero CI yours ago,
uud 1b survived by ono sister on the
Warm Springs Indian reservation. His
wlfo dlod 10 years ago.
During his younger dnys, Sulsap was
a baseball player of considerable abil
ity, and played In tho field for the Ore
gon City town team In 1S7I and '73,
when It held tho championship of th
entire state. Among thoso who played
1th hlni were II. E. Cross, Wllllau
Pratt, Ed. Carter nnd Ed. Welsh.
Sulsap inudo his living by doing odd
Jobs and when tho town was wet
worked In saloons.
Coroner Hempstead did not consider
an inquest necessary. The body wus
taken to Myers & Hrady undertaking
establishment, where It will bo held
until un effort Is made to communicate
with relatives.
OVER
DRY LAW IS SET
ASIDE TO SAVE
'S LIFE
DUTRICT ATTORNEY ALLOWS
OnUCCIIT TO IELL MORE THAN
LIMIT TO PNEUMONIA VICTIM.
PROHIBITION STATUTE MAKES NO
EXCEPTION f OR SUM NECESSITY
Hdya and Deputy Bu'k Study Cat
From Evry Angla, and Conclud
al In Such Clrcumtanca la
Warranted, if lllal.
The Oregon prohibition law, fur the
flrat lime a I me wi-nl Into rffis I, waa
art aalda lueaday afteriKMin by Ma
trlil Attorney lledgia, lnu quan
tlty uf cth) I alcohol waa found abao
lately iioirary to aavo th llfo of
Ho)d Itarluw, axed M yrara, or lone,
hu la III with pneuinutila.
Kurlow i a me to Oregun City from
euHteru Oregon to vlit K. I'arker
Three weika ago ho beramo 111 with
plieuiiioiilu, and a few da)a luti-r hla
father, V. U ILuilow, a proaix-ruus
wheal xiower of tho lone dlnlrlct,
came to help in nuralnx hla aon.
Dr. M C. rilricklund prerllMd rub
do in In ethyl alcohol every two bourn,
und tinder inch treutinenl the cuite pro
i greened 8 weli D rould be rxpii ted.
Alcohol wua hought fruiu the Jonea
drug aloro ami Tueaday tho father
foil mt that hla aoii'a aupply of alcohol
hud run low and that lie would be out
uf I he precloiia fluid by midnight.
Legal Limit Used.
Thu limit uf two quart" bad been
ined up. The futher wtMit to the of
fice of Dr. Ktrlcklund, and the physi
cian waa out of tuwn for tho day. Then
he went to I. Inn K. Jonea. uf tho drug
company, and tho futher uud the drug
gist conmrtted tho prohibition law.
There waa no provision for auch a
case. They could find no c'auso which
Mild thut In a mutter of life or death
iiuim -tttit Ilia l.tfful Htitnillif ftfllltit Vi I
aold.
Deputy Dlatrlct Attorney Conaulted.
The two then went to Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Thomas A. Hurke, whose
special duty It la to enforce the dry
statute, and Ilurko consulted with Dis
trict Attorney Hedges concerning the
case.
Tho two offlelula looked Into the
unit lor from every angle. They found
the druggist could not sell tho liquid
to Mr. Harlow without breaking the
law, they learned thut tho ciise was
urgent, thut alcohol was absolutely
necessary to aavo the life of the young
man, and then they declared that In
this cuse the prohibition law waa act
aside, that Mr. Jones could sell tho
alcohol und would not bo prosecuted.
Mr. Hedges declared that It wua of
far more Importance to save a life
than to insist on tho rigid enforcement
of tho statute. The druggist waa told
to. sell all tho alcohol that waa neces
sary to Mr. Harlow.
Patient la Improving.
Floyd Harlow, after being In a criti
cal condition lor several days, Tuesday
night wua reported as slightly better.
Dr. Strickland returned to Oregon City
lute Tuesday and confirmed tho state
ments of Harlow's condition received
by the dlatrlct attorney's office
In caso Dr. Strickland had boon In
town Tuesday afternoon, Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Hurke Bays ho could
havo furnished nlcohol to hla patient
tinder a clnuso which provides that the
prohibition law shall not prevent a
physician from ministering to the
needs of thoso under his care.
MOLALLA MAN ARRESTED.
Arthur Stclnlnger, of Molnlla, left for
Tillamook Saturday morning to face
a statutory charge. A complaint waa
Issued In tho coast county early in the
week, und Sheriff Wilson was notified
Friday. That night tho sheriff located
Stclnlnger, and Saturday morning he
left, accompanied by his father.
COURT SEEKS QUIET
SETTLEMENT OF SUIT
TROUBLES OF ELDERLY COUPLE
OVER LEASE TAKEN INTO
CIRCUIT COURT.
Circuit Judge Campbell will use his
Influenco to secure a peaceful settle
ment of the suit of Mr. and Mrs. M. V.
Hand ogalnst C. O. Hornuug to cancel
a leaso held by Hormmg on a farm be
longing to tho Hands, and to that end
Wednesday ordered the defendant to
prepare an accounting of tho affuirs of
tho farm whllo under his control.
Tho xoad will ho brought up again
before tho local circuit court at a later
date.
Mr. and Mrs. Rand, who are over 70
years old. represent that thev are en
tirely di pendent upon the money ae
curod from renting their farm for a
living, and that Hornung, by fraud, has
bested them. They wcro unable, how
ever, to prove fraud Wednesday to the
satisfaction' of Judge Campbell.
C. I. STAFFORD IS IN
RACE FOR. ASSESSOR
OREGON CITY MERCHANT AN
NOUNCES CANOIDACV FOR
COUNTY POSITION.
C. I. Haffurd. proprietor uf a dry
good alore al C1 Mln fr I, Friday
announced hla randlduiy for county
aM-aaur Ull lb" Kepuhlli a a Hi kit.
Mr. Klsfford I a na'he ,,f N,.w York
atata and he left a poaltion at I'ntou
(Mr, I 'a., aa mh!. r to u:t relative
In Oregon In !'" lie bkid the roun
try and atayed In the (. Ha en
taxed lu the mill and lutnlx-r bualtieaa
Ull thn lata F. J. Hurley alxiul hr
eara In the Hid l I.. V. lo-ar Oregon
City, afterward going to thn Oregon
Washington Itullroad A Navigation
rompuiiy'a general offh i lu I'ortljud.
lie ha conducted a diy good bital
neaa here for th at four year. Hla
t-iper!eiir In corporation si hunting
and reporting waa galix-d In thu rmp'u)
uf the Frio and l-ak Shore Hallway
) all ma. where ha ap.-nt atxiut II
ean in ralfway ai-nlce.
EAST CLACKAMAS IS
IN GRIP OF WORSE
STORM OF THE YEAR
COTTRELL BRANCH IS CLOSED ON
ACCOUNT OF HIGH DRIFTS
ROADS IMPASSABLE.
Fust Clackamas la In the grip uf one
of the worst atorm of recent years
ono thut xcc-da In mow full and lu
tho forcv of wind tho preMtit term in
the district among the il'ainctte.
The Cottrell branch of the Portland
Hull uy, Light It Power lotnpuny Sat
urday gave up the struggle against the
atorm. Drifla hud piled up in tho cuts
that uiudo It almost ImpoaslMo to keep
the care running. Th" wind lu the
eastern part of the couLiy haa oeer, u
strong thut many of tiie fields have
been blown clean of snow-, but the
drifta havo plied high in the gullies
and aguliiHt many uf tho buildings.
Deputy Sheriff Treuibath left Ore
gon City Saturday in un attempt tu
roach (iarflc'd, but was forced to turn
buck. He found a rut filled with
mow, which made tho road Impassable.
He said on return to Oregon City thut
the drift waa 12 to 11 feet deep and 200
feet lung.
The Sandy stage, with six passeu
gers five men and ono woman left
Sandy aa usual Suturdsy afternoon but
a short distance this sldo of the town
broke down. The men walked on Into
Horlng, arriving In time to take a Fort
Innd hound train that passed through
During a few minutes after S o'clock
The annual stockholders' meeting of
tho Sandy Creamery company was
scheduled for Saturday afternoon, but
only the aecretury of iho company, two
stockholders and a Portland newspa
perman showed up. Tho date lor a
second meeting has not been set.
Philip Hammond, a member of the
law firm of Hammond & Hammond, of
this city, was one of the stage passen
gers who walked into Boring. He said
the snowfall was about Iff" Inches In
tho Sandy district. Wagons and bug
gies have disappeared entirely, ha said,
and Bledg and sleighs had taken their
places. All mall in the eastern part of
the county la carried on sleds now.
1000 LETTERS WILL
CO EAST DESCRIBING
MANY FIRMS ORDER COMMERCIAL
CLUB LETTER PRINTED FOR
THEIR USE.
At least a thousand loiters, aside
from the hundreds sent by individual.
will bo mailed to the east and south
by Oregon City linns this week, de
scribing the attractions of this city and
Btate to the tourist. .
At tho meeting of tho Commercial
club hoard of governors Monday after
noon a form letter was adopted and
tho club offered to print It free of
chnrgo with typewriter typo on the
letterheads of any Oregon City firm
or Individual, providing they would be
mailed out of tho state. The letter Is
designed to draw tourists to Oregon.
Two hundred letters will be printed
on plain paper for those who have no
letterheads. Those who have respond
ed to the campaign for letter writing
week here are J. E. Hedges, Huntley
Brothers company, Hawley Pulp & Pa
per compnny. C. H. Dye, B. T. McHaln,
Dlmick & Dimlck, Prlco Brothers,
Frank Husch, Hank of Commerce, Dill
man & Howland, Georgo A. Harding,
John W. Loder, Cross & Burke. First
National Dank, O. D. Eby, C. Sihue
bel, Bunnetster & Andresen, Hank of
Oregon City. L. Adams, Miller-Parker
company, Jonea Drug company and
Oregon City Enterprise. j
E
BY f . T.
STATE NEEDS TO BE GUARDED
FROM MISUSE OF INITIA.
. TIVE. HE SAYS.
OREGON CITY DECLARED EEST
TOWN, COMMERCIALLY, IN STATE
Priidnt of Portland Railway, Lrght;
A Por Company and Former
Local Attorney Praiae Ad
vancamtnt of Papar Plant
Frankilu T. Grifflh, president of the
Portland Hallway, Light Power com
pany, and a former Oregon' City attor
ney, denounced the nilauso and abuse
of tho Initiative and referendum al tho
weekly lun heun of the Comtnerc! !
club Live Wlrea here Tuesday.
He raid the Live Wlrei rould undi r
take no greater rnnMructive work thu:i
the pluclng of the Initiative and ref
erendum conatlt'itional amendmei.'. in
a pualtlon whero the people of O.euon
would be saf-'guarded aadlnst tlu man
It h a uurhciiDl hubby or Idea thai w-;
without nie.lt. but cou'd be subiiil'.'-d
to the icop! by simply obtaining in,
neccanar number of signatures to ie
titiotis. New Plan Suggested.
Mr. Griffith said that It might '
that Hill C'Hen ' would object to bla
line of reasoning. He commended
what he termed tho hoiiestry of U R n
who, be auld believed that Franklin
F0REG1
SYSTEM DEPLORED
GRIFFITH
uriuiiii.usun u.cKU,..i, .-,.-,. -.e,wU.,j ,he ,nnua! meeting of that
a pretty good fellow, but that JVunHln. altto1 PaturtJay nlKhti w heIJ
Griffith, as president of the Purt'unJ Mond aflernoon and tho follow Ins
IUIIway. Light k Power company. a,offlcors .j. vice-president. The-
a uevu w nil not na.
Ho suggested that tho Initiative and
referendum wore Instrument to re-
rurni uiui mm uu ueeu un.-.., ..,u.-..j Mr Eb T w Sulllvun and Mr. Lat
in Oregon and argued that a wuicdy . oun,Ue we nalneU dirt.ct0 at the
would be adopted to compel the fl"nX j Saturday night meeting of the club
of petltlona al courtnousei. where peo. m,.WUPr, .
pie wouiu navo u go 10 ai:-.x io-.:;
signatures. Mr. Currith Insisted that
a measuro of suffie'ent merit could
easily obtain tho required signatures
In this manner.
Few Read Pamphlet, He Say.
Tho voting upon measures ou the
ballot without a full knowledge of thu
meaning of such measures was scored
by the speaker, who aid that not a man
at the luncheon table had read the last
pamphlet issued from the office of the
secretury of slat. anJ that th'. knowl
edge of tho average oler of the meas
ures was limited tc reading. the ballot
title at the polling plate.
He confessed that this statement
was not truo concerning the prohibi
tion amendment, with which nearly ev
ery voter in the atuto had become fa
miliar through tho wide publicity siv
en to It, but ho stated that some of
tho ballot titles bad been very mis'ead
ing, though In making Rucb a state
ment he might, he said, be stepping
on the toes of a former attorney-general.
Oregon City Praised.
Mr. Griffith told tho Live Wires that
Oregon City Is the best town, com
mercially and Industrially, In Oregon
today, and ho praised the conservative
advancement of the Hawley Pulp & Pa
per company, which Is to expend S750,
000 In development this year.
THREE SUITS FILED.
Walter B. Lemon has filed a suit In
the clreuit court against Stephen Pesz-
nacker to collect on three $70 notes.
Ltllie Ellllson, in a divorce action in
stituted Thursday, against Horace E'.ll
son, charges desertion. They were
married January 25, 1903, at Ames,
Iowa.
William Lepineky Thursday filed a
suit against Carrie Walker for $150.
alleged to bo due for labor.
FRAUD IS CHARGED
IN SALE OF FARM
FINE BARN AND SPRING FOUND
ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTY,
' SAY PURCHASERS.
Charging fraud and misrepresenta
tion in the sale of a farm, John Has
sett and Harry Shay Thursday filed a
suit in the circuit court against Oliver
Muthews.
The plaintiffs claim that when they
were shown the property thev were
given to understand that a tine barn,
two largo chicken houses and a sprlm;
was on the property, but when the
sale was completed and they found the
exact boundaries of the property, ihey
leurned the barn, the chicken bouses
and the spring belonged to a neighbor.
Bassett and Shay paid $1500 for Cie
land, which they now say is nntvorth
over $.100. They ask for $1000 on
account of the fraud, $250 attorneys'
fees, $S for the fee paid ti net tho
land abstracted and $200 expenses in
trips made before the sale was made.
Brownell & Slevers are the plaintiffs'
attorneys.
H OF
MANAGEMENT OF ANNUAL SHOW
IS NOW UP ENTIRELY TO
THE COUNTY COURT.
A pr lan.atlun of Governor Withy
,n,U .lu.lyrln.ll,.,!,.,!..,.,.!. I.,h.
Hat of rorporationa. Iniludlnr Ibe
Carkamaa County Fair lation.
forlelti-d lT4iie of failure to autiult
an annual ni-.n iortr- utat io year
tu Commlanloner of ( orporationa
A huldcnuan. haa bi-en laaord and waa
puMMu-d in a I'urtland paper Thur
day.
The annual county fair, whltb In th
pant ha been conducted by the fair
ao lutlon, la now In the bamla of the
county court, following the dn-lalon l
tb taipayera at the annual county
budget meeting lat month, and will
probably be managed by the court
with the aid of a fair board.
Another ''larkaniaa corporation to
loae Ita l..er through thn ov-r
nor'a proc'amation la the Oregon City
Produce company, whlih wa organ
!! here aeveral yeara ago.
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
ORGANIZATION COMPLETED AND
COMMITTEES NAMED AT MEET
ING OF GOVERNORS.
The flr.it meeting of the new board
of governors of Iho Commercial club.
odoro Osmund; secretary. M. D. Lat
ourette, and trvasuur. E. E. RroUie.
O. D. Eby waa elected president and
The organization of the club for the
yeur'a work waa completed Monday
afternoon, and the standing commit
tees named. The committees follow:
Executive commlttec O. D. Eby, T.
W. Sullivan. E. K. Stanton, J. E. Hed
ges, M. D. Latouretle.
Transportation committee T. W.
Sullivan. B. T. McHaln. W. A. Huntley.
J. W. Moffatt, F. Husch.
Membership committee E. E. ISro-
die. M. D. Latourette. A! C. Howlund,
W. J Wilson, R. L. Holman.
Auditing committee V. A. Swaf-
ford, I. T. Rau. Percy Caufield, Charles
Bollinger, George Hankins.
House committee G. F. Johnson, C.
C. Habcock, Tom J. Meyers.
Reception and entertainment T.
Osmund. L. A. Morris, H. E. Draper,
Georgo V. Ely, Clarence Farr.
Publicity committee Percy P. Cuu
fleld. H. S. Anderson, O. D. Eby, E. E.
Brodie, E. R. Brown.
T
MAY OPEN IN SPRING
SEVERAL INTERESTED IN PLANT
HERE SAYS MAN WHO CON
TROLS SITUATION.
With ho rapidly improving lumber
market, D. C. Latourette, of the First
National bank, which controls the
Greenpolnt sawmill here, said Thurs
Jay he considered it only a matter of
ahort time until the mill would uej
operating.
A number of propositions to the
bank from persons desiring to get con
trol of the plant have been made in
the last few days, he said, but no deal
has been closed. The mill is situated
on the Willamette river in the south
ern part of town and is well equipped.
It has been Idle for several years.
The terminal yards of the Willam
ette Valley Southern Joins the plant.
The new electric road, which runs with
in a short distance of the heavily tim
bered Cascades in both Clackamas and
Marlon counties, offers access to
plenty of high grade logs The mill
was shut down previous to the open
ing of tho road because of the lack of
saw-logs at a reasonable price.
PARKPLACE MAN HELD
FOR STEALING WATCH
Charged with stealing a gold watch
from Mrs. Leon a Case, the widow of
Ernest Case, Jack Varllett- was put
under arrest Wednesday by Constable
D. E. Frost. He waa taken before Jus
tice of the Peace Slevers and released
upon his own recognizance to appear
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. He
told Justice Sievers Mrs. Case loaned
him the watch while he was working
for her. Varllett lives in Parkplace.
MEMBERS SELECT
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SULLIVAN. EBY ANO LATOURETTE
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OTHER OFFICIALS.
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T.W.SIHUVJW, RETIRING HEAD
Oiitrict Attorney Hedgta Called Upon
to Explain How He Can Allow
Fighting Annual Addrea
of President It Rad
Oocur 1). F.by. for aeveral year
chairman of the publicity romniltler
of the Cumnierclul rlub and always
prominent In the) affair uf the organ
ization, was elected president of the
club at the annual meeting Saturday
night.
Mr. Eby, T. W. Bu'llvan. the retiring
prealdent, and M. D. Ijtourette, wera
O. O. Eby.
elected director). They will probably
meet Monday night when other olfl
cials will be st'kM-ted, and the standing
committee will be appointed.
Despite the storm, over a hundred
members turned out to the meeting.
The annual address of the president.
T. W. Sullivan, waa read, and followed
by the election.
Several Talk Are Made.
Three boxing contests were staged,
the feature one being a bout between
Dundee and Abe Gordon, of Portland.
Flechtner'a orchestra furnished music
for the evening, and a banquet was
served Just before the meeting ad
journed. District Attorney Hedges waa called
upon to explain why he, aa the prose
cuting officer of the county, could al
low fighting, even at the annual meet
ing of the Commercial club, and re
sponded with a humorous talk. T. A.
Burke, deputy district attorney, out
lined the full limit of a beer key's ac
tivity under Oregon'8 present prohi
bition statute. Judge Grant 11. Dim
lck urged the necessity of cooperation
in successful commercial club work,
and told of the possibilities of such an
organization properly conducted.
Pin Given T. W. Sullivan.
J. E. Hedges, on behalf of the club,
presented a diamond scarf pin to T. W.
Sullivan, who ended two years' serv
ice as president of the club. Mr. Sul
livan responded In a short talk.
The accomplishments of the year
Just ended, and the prospects for the
year that has Just begun were outlined
in Mr. Sullivan's annual address, which
was read Saturday night. The addresB
follows In full:
The Oregon City Commercial club
has, during the past year, surpassed Its
very creditable record of the previous
year for achievement accruing to the
benefit of Oregon City and Cluckamas
county, also to our state as well.
The club as heretofore through Its
organization as a whole and its active
auxiliary bodies and committees has
contalnued In the lead In all move
ments for the promotion of the best in
terests for the public welfare and gen
eral good.
Past Year One of Progress.
In spite of the quiet times of the
preceding year, due to causes of na
tional import and the continuance of
the great war in Europe, extending In
to and through this year tor most part
affecting the business and trade of this
country generally to its detriment ex
cept in certain districts which are en
gaged in manufacturing war supplies,
we In this community have been bless- -ed
with a considerable Improvement of
conditions over the preceding year and
the outlook for the ensuing year for
this community is very bright and that
for the entire state and Pacific coast
Is very encouraging.
The particular matters, now assured,
that will bring immediate increaso oi
prosperity to this community and our
city especially is, (a) the starting of
the construction work for the Improve
ment of the Oregon City locks and
canal by the U, 8. government, the pre
paratory work for w hich Improvement
Is now well under way and the larg-.-r
working forces on the permanent con-
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