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' , ; I L J i ... i OREGON city enterpird The SnUfiHat It IH 4 enly Clacaifiat Ctunty Ntwtpaptr ll frlnlt all el Iht fiawt ( hl (rawing County. Th Watkly rnUrprU It 4 worth tha price. Csmpar It with htr and Ihin tub- Sir ibe. . OUKOOX (TIT, OUKUON, KIM DAY, I'KUUrAUY 11, WW. FIFTIETH YAR-Ne. I. ESTABLISHED IS s ATTACK IS HADE ONBRANDEIS AT SENATE HEARING IOWA RATI MAN DECLARES BOS TON MAN AIOCD ROADS IN IMPORTANT CASK. ATTEMPT TO BLOCK RfDUCTIOPt IN RATES ALL! OLD 6Y THORKE Chairman Iowa State Railroad Com- mlttlon Appttrt Agalntt Prttldtnt WMton't Nomlntt for Bit prtmt J tittle. AHIIINUTON. Feb. "I charge HmniUda with bring guilty of a breach uf fulih." Till accuaatlon burlrd agalnal ' rrmlilnil Wi'aon't nominee for 1'nltcd Kutca tiiprruia court Justice, l-oula I liraiidcla of HtMitiin, by Clifford Thorn In railroad rommlaaluticr, today. Id a lira Hug at lo ltraiiduls' fltneaa fur tho k.I. Thorria claimed, loo, tbal llimlunlaa bad betrayed bla truat hi one of Ilia graveat ami tnoal Im portant raara vr tried In Ihla coun try" the 5 per rent railroad rata mat UT. Thorne'a arniatlonal declarations, and I In- defeat or Senator Clark's ef furt to tend tha hearing lo the full Judiciary committee, which la unfriend ly lo Unindrla, Instead of having It before a subcommittee, rnnatltutcd the features In the opening fight on the lawyer. (rorl previous to thfl hearing were that Thoriic would rhargu the alleged breach of faith to llrandclt' dralre lo prevent President Wllton'e political career from being shattered by an ad rrae declalon of the -rale caao, that might react on tho rountry'i bualnraa Nltimtlon. Thla charge was not volcd, but Thorno did charge that llrandcl had assumed a position In favor of au Increase, when auch waa not needed. Thome dec'ared that Hrandele had represented the seaboard shlpiicrs In I'.ilO. while TUorno represented Dm western shippers. Two quoatlous weie then at stake: Wero the rail ways nnlltled lo more revenue, und If no, where from? In I9U, the Interstate commerce rotniiilnitlun retained llrundela aa ape clnl rounnel In the five per rent rate use. Thoriic rend tho letter In which! Mm commission engaged tho llnston at- tnrney. Thla IntxruotRd Hraudels not tc attempt to prove any purtlculnr aide. "Ncverthelena." auld Thorno, "he comiiiltleed himself to the proportion that a return of-7Vi per cent on the Investments of the railway waa Iniide junto and nlKgitrdly." . Thoro anld that llrundela bnd Influ enced the rnmuilHHlon to liavo the Thome urKinnent ngiilnnl nil IncruaHe pluccd ahead of tho railroad attorneys, thntiKh Thorno had nuked to follow them. Tho next development wux Tliorno'a discovery that llrundois be lieved the railways were not earning enough. Dr. HerwlK. (ierimin military aur neon, elclity-one yeura old, In at tho front, rcKiirdcd na tho oiliest aoldler on duty. Ho took part In tho war of 1X70. T, Tl The story of tho flootls of Uotithorn . CulUonila wns told Monday by Dr. Ilnnli 8. Mount, of thlu city, who 1ihh Just returned from n two-woolt vlalt ' In tho stricken tllHtrlr.t. Dr. Mount, nc-! cnmpniiled by lila wife, their son and ' Miss l.orna (innoug, of I'ortlund, loftj early lust month on nn automobllo tour of I he southern port of tho state. They arrived Juat iih the flooda boRnn, and for ovor u week wero forced to Btuy In San Diego. All roartH out of Sun Diego huvo boon mado 1 1 u p:i hh t hi o by tho Htorm, und tho pnrty loft for San Diego by Blenmur, 1,'olng flrnt to Snn I' edro, whore, they look a train. Dr. Mount's automobllo Is exported to urrlve hero next wook by freight. It will bo at louat a month, mild the phyHlrlnn, before, en cur cut) ho tukun out of 8un Diego over tho rondn. Dr. Mount has prnlso for the spirit of tho CntirornlntiH, who are undaunt ed by tho floods. "We found tho sumo liooHtlng, optimistic spirit when tho flood wns at ita height which, existed before tho storm," ho suld. "When we left officials of tho city and county gov ernments were arranging for a $!),000,- 000 bond Ihhiio to rebuild roads and i dams and to put tho country In the same condition It was before the flood. They raised $1715,000 by subscriptions In the devnatuted district for tho relief of the poor. They would not accept one cent from outside communities. Through their energy and their re- sourcofulness, there was little suffer-: ing following the flood, ultbough wealthy persons were mado poor al BACK SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONDITION OF 1133 V0TERS,798 REGISTER REPUBLICANS PROGRESSIVES IN CLACKAMAS COUNT, APPARENTLY, HAVI OONI BACK TO OLD PARTV l(eiulllani ouiniunlM-r Ilia liviiio rrala alinoal tlirra to on In thla roun ty, according to reflatratlon lotali made Haturday. The Bftli nl of rrr lalrallnn waa nilfd Haturday, Three uf tba 1 133 peraona who real lervd In Ihla county In the laat flu ateka n fuwd to Klvo Ibrlr party. Tl" reiuallilnf 1 130 tie dlvldeil aa fol loat: llepubllcana, 7S; Ih-iimh rata 171: I'rorrraalvei. aevrn: Indemn denta. II; Koitatlala, U; IToMl.lt Ion- lata. (. The fliurra are taken lo mean by cat atmletita of noltlca that the I' Rreaaltrt have (one Lack to the party from wnii n uiry tprtini. DISMISSAL OF SUIT OF WATER COMPANY TEMPORARY INJUNCTION HELD BV MINTHORN SPRINGS PEO PLE DISSOLVED BY JUDGE The loan of Mllwaukle won an Im portant point In lla fltcht acalnat tht water rompanlei Katunloy In the cir cuit court, when JuiIro Campbell aliened an order dlanilanlnn the aull of the Xllnthorn Hprlnn Water company for a permanent Injunction, and dla aohed the tenijKirary Injunction, which for aeveral mnntha haa lied up the com pletion of the municipal ayatctn. No announcement waa made here Huturday by V. 8. L'Tlen. attorney for the water company, but an appeal to tho aupreme court la expected. The ult of the Mllwaukle Water company. which la aimllar to tho action loatl luted by the Mlnlhom Bprlmta com pany, la now pending before the high er irlifunnl. The town of Mllwaukle a year aao voted to luatall a miinclpat water aya- tem, which waa lo be auppllcd from tho lUill It mi mains of Portland. Aa soon aa construction bexan, the Mllwuukle and tho Mint horn 8prlnia Water companies filed aulta for Injunc tions, almliiK to force tho town to buy their" planta. Temporary Injunctions were Issued, restraining tho town from completing Ita lluea or selling water. Utter one exception was nuido ao that the Mllwnuklo acluxil bulldltiK could be supplied with Hull Hun water. The Mllwaukle city council will moot curly In tho week, when tho purchase of tho privately owned witter plants will bo dlscuHwd. At tho hearing Saturday before Jndno Cumphcll, Mr. U'Hon represent ed the water company and R. (3. Skulu son, tho city. HUSBAND CHARGES DESERTION. II. A. Foster chnrKOH desertion In a divorce suit filled uguliml Idu Foster In tho circuit court. They wero mar ried March U, 1907, In llellliiKham, Wnttli., und, ho Bays, she left him In I'ortlund January 5, 1915. TELLS OF most over night, and property dnmiigo totaling mllllotiB was dono. "They will never know exactly how ninny porsons lost their lives In tho flood, I saw once forttlo valleys that wero cut into gulllos, nmdo waste land, by tho water. Many bodies, It Is thought, wero burled benonth tho sand. A. day or two before my arrival you could look upon thoso valleys und see prosperous homes, cattle, well (Hied barns, beautiful hard surface roads, and then after tho flood llioso wns nothing but brond stretches of waste land, crossed and recrossod by Bcores of btrcnniB and gullies." Dr. Mount arrived in Boutliorn Cali fornia Just as tho storm began, lie wns forcod to rneo acrosa bridges which tho current below hud under mined, and to travel over roads half destroyed by tho water. Once his car was stuck In the mud, and he wus forced to desert It over night. Tho government und the wnrshlps stationed nt San Diego aided In the fight against tho floods, said Dr. Mount. Tho battleship, Oregon, sta tioned nt San Diego, curried 4000 pounds of food to towns in which the supplies hnd run short, and other government-owned ships wero pressed In to servles when tho floods cut off all communication by land. On of tho features of the flood, in the mind of Dr. Mount, was the ubu ot aeroplanes In locating places where uid was needed, and in examining dams far In the mountains, which would have been beyond reach under j other circumstances. FROM FLOODED HERE: COURA ELA UDED IT LEADS TO BATTLE RULINQ CLASSIS, WHOSE AIM IS SEL'-INTCACST, RESPONSIBLC FOR WAR, HC DECLARES. PORTLAND COLONEL LAUGHS AT IDEA PEOPLE RULE UNITED STATES Nation It Gavtrntd In Inltrttt of Ftw, Aattrtt Colontl Wood Sytttm Making Amtrlea Land of Pan dal Lords It Dnouncd. Colonel C. K. 8. Wood, of I'ortlund. rreuti'd nn little atlr at the weekly luncheon of tho 1'oinmenlal club Uve Wlrra Tueaday when be prophealed that out of tba military and naval pro grain of prrparedneaa that la now un der way would comeaaplrlt that would eveutiinlly Involve the t'nlted States In war. Ilia talk dealt with the causes of the Kurupran war and be drew aome roncluslona that were radical In the ex treme. Colonel Wood declared that wlf In terest la the governing cauae of the great atrugslo now In progreat. Jlrf ridiculed what baa been termed the patriotic baa la for the participation of the natlona of the coutlnent In the bloodiest war In history, and said the ruling clasara are responsible and that they wanted war. with an eye to self Interest lie Insisted that the tnaaaes of the people had no wish for war, that they did not want to kill their fellow cltlient of other count rlea, and that they had absolutely nothing to gain by going to war, but that they had no voice In the matter. The apraker dissected the various motives of tha countries Involved In the European conflict and he flayed the ayatem that be aald bad made Eu rope and la making America a land of feudal lords. Ho aald be would not slop the preparedncse program of the I'nlted States It he cou'd, but be warned bla hearers that a big military establishment would cause the govern Ing body of thla country to go about with chips on their shoulders and the natural remit could be expected. Colonel Wood laughed at the Idea that thla country Is governed by tha people. "Once In a whilo the newspa pers mako a flurry, and then again something Is pulled off In a small way lo make you think you run the govern ment," he said, "but you don't. It is run In tho Interests of the few." WILLAMETTE PACIFIC FINAL LOAD OF TIMBERS FOR NEW ROAD TO COAST LOADED ON CARS AT EUGENE. Kl'OKNE, Ore., Feb. 3. Tho last of tho piling to bo used on the trestles of tho Wlllametto Pacific railway was loaded this week und tho trestle work will bo entirely completed within three weeks If the weather Is at all favor able, according to W. H. Fontaine, as sistant engineer In charge of construc tion. Tho lust trestle work will be on Lake Tnhkonlcb, which Is the. first body of water north of the Umpo.ua river. When It Is completed It will give the tracklayers un opportunity to lay the mIIb as fur south us the Umpqua riv er. T'no truck crew south of tho Uiup (iiu ts now loss than two miles from tho river and this stretch of track will bo completed within a Bhort time. As noon us the truck is completed from both ways to tho Umpqua It will bo Imlluated and when that work Is compbled tho track will bo ready for through traffic by ferrying across tho Unipqim, where the big brldgo is In process of erection, but which will not be completed for Boverul months to come. rasBcngcrs from Eugene to Coos Hay points will ride on the steam train us fur na tlieUmpqna, -ferry across that stream, and take a gasoline motor cur of the typo formerly used on the Springfield branch, from the river to Coos Hay. Owing to the very bad weather the work of getting out piling for the trus ties has been bndly handicapped, said Kuginoer Fontaine. 8TEPHEN CARVER IS SUED PORTLAND. Ore., Pen. t In a cross complaint In the suit for breach of con tract of Stephen Cnrver against A. Welch and H. C. Hoffman, of the Wash ington Electric Railway company, Messrs Welch and Coffman yesterday prayed for Judgment of $200,000 and the return of 3002 shares of stock worth $50,000. A temporary restraining order waa granted the plaintiffs by Circuit Judge Kavanaugh yesterday forbidding the defendant to continue with his suit or to dispose ot the 3002 shares he holds. Grants Pass will soon hove a spray manufacturing plant. 10DSYSSP Of PREPARED IESS Dudley C.Boyles Rt publican Candldatt for County Rtttrdtr af Convtyancat, Hit Candidacy on Ea ptrltnce and Qualification!. ' Dudley C. IViylet, chief deputy In the office of the recorder of conveyances of Cla'kaniaa county, lias announced hit amlldacy on the Ilep.iMlcan ticket for the office of recorder. He Is an aaplrant for Ibe ficpulilif an nomina tion at the prlmarlca m il May. Mr. Dudlty C. Boyltt. Ho) let was born In Missouri 40 years ago and haa been a realik-nt of Clack amas county 33 years. He was raised on a farm at Molalla, received Mi edu cation In the public achnola there and at the ae of 17 be secured a teacher's certificate from County School Super intendent flibson and taught near Wil hoi' Spiinga. He waa employed for several years In the store of Kobbint Itros. at Molalla and was the first city recorder of that town when It waa In corporated, resigning that place to be come chief deputy under County Re corder Dedman. Mr. Iloyles, who has always been Republican, bases his candidacy upon bia experience and qualifications. He Is married and Is a member of Ibe Odd Fellows and the United Artisans. 27 APPLICANTS FOR FINAL PAPERS HADE CITIZENS IN I DAY FIVE OTHER CASES DISMISSED AND FIVE CONTINUED HAZ ARD TO RETURN. ' Twenty-seven iiorsons were given their second citizenship papers Mon day, the cases of Ike applicants were continued and the cases of Ave others dismissed by Judge Campbell. United States Naturalisation Ex amler Henry H. Harurd spent the day In Oregon City attending to the cases. He will return Thursday morning to examine Adam L. Wilkinson, an appli cant, whoso case was continued Mon day owing to the Illness of a witness. The cases brought up Monday and their disposition follow: Cases continued to June 5: Philip lliickolin, Carl Schmidt, Peter Malsan Ini and Frank Stanklewisz. The case of Adam L. Wilkinson was continued to 10. o'clock Thursday morning. Cnses dismissed: Knute Olson Lee, Ellas Iverson, Peter Doletos, Secondo Umberto Gerninnettl, August Hellman and Alexander Pews. Citizenship grunted: Joseph Resch, Charles Hecher, Robert Moehnke, Mike Lewis Alaglch, Hans Olsen Lien, Wil liam Roes, David lloyer Eshleman, Pe ter John Erlckson, 'Edward Notter, Jo eph John Price, Fritz do Medorhau sern, Daniel Williams, August Henrich IJock, Ernest Jouhist Schwartz, Wil liam Fred Schwartz, WUIium Michael Moehnke, Alexander Smith, Ewald Quade, John Carlson, Kennedy McLnr ty, Joseph Steven Peters, William James Page, Marie Doss, Paul Boss, John Slgrlst, Arthur Wilholm Nelson and Karl Huso. $21 VERDICT SECURED IN ACTION FOR $196 PROPRIETOR OF MT. HOOD STAGE LINE IS SUED FOR ALLEGED UNPAID GARAGE BILL. A Jury in the circuit court Tuesday returned a verdict of $21.59 for Port lund Mercantile company and against J. T. Friel. The suit was for $196, al leged to be due on an unpaid garage bill. Tho Portlund Mercantile company originally filed the suit against J. T. and Maggie Priel. but Willium Stone, attorney for the defendants, was able to get Mrs. Frio! out of the case Tues day by means of a motion to-non-suit action ns far as she was concerned. Mr. Frie!, who lives at Cherryvllle, is proprietor of a Mt. Hood stage line Elks new lodge at Klamatn Falls now completed. SETTLEMENT Of LUSITANIA CASE IS THOUGHT NEAR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS TAKE OPTOMISTIC VIEW AS RESULT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. BERNSTORfF EXPECTS FORMAL REPLY FROM BERLIN LI 6 DAYS Amarican Official Olslnclintd to Pro claim Rttult as Achltvtmtnt, Ow ing te Political Situation In Ctrmany. WASHINGTON. Feb. . In su stance the tentative cotmnunt'-atloi from Germany designed to settle the Lusltanla cane is acceptable to the I'nlted States. High administration officials tonight consider that thla gov ernment In prevailing on Germany to make the concessions and agreements r.a set forth In the document has achieved recognition of all the blgh principles for which It baa contended In connection w ith submarine warfare. While the aubstance of the proposed communication admittedly la aatlafac fory, minor changes to clarify ibe wording and in connection with the form which Ibe formal document shall tako were suggested to Count von Bernatorff, the German ambassador, by Secretary Lansing today. The desires of the United States in this connection were made known to the ambassador after President Wil son had discussed the subject with his cabinet. Count von Dernstorff Im mediately informed the secretary that he aaw no reason why the changes could not be made, but explained in effect that, as a precaution, be thought he waa Justified In submitting the en lire mutter to his government tor final approval. He did so In a dispatch sent lo Ilerlln tonight, and within about six days the resulting formal communi rnfintl la ATnM-tOfl . ', . Secretary Lansing Insists, It la acid by high authority, that It ahull be stated specifically in the communica tion that It is in answer to the Ameri can note of Jnly 31. The ambassador, however, decided not to change even the punctuation of the document w ithout the approval of his government. He had not deemed it necessary, it is said, to Include the statement that the communication was In answer to the American note, con sidering, that the same end would be accomplished by submitting it in she form of a memorandum. FARMERS WILL MEET IN PORTLAND FEB. 14 HOG RAISING WILL BE DISCUSSED AT GRANGERS' CONFERENCE ALL ARE INVITED. How greater prosperity moy be real ized by Willamette valley farmers through improving the hog production on smull farms, as well as lurge ones, Is the topic of a grangers' conference called at North Portland for Monday, February 14. A general excursion of livestock raisers of the valley coun ties will be run to Portlund for the occasion. An urgent Invitation is extended members of granges and farmers gen erally to attend this meeting. The visitors will be the guesta of the Port land Union Stockyards at a luncheon to be served at 1 o'clock that day. Actual demons'tratlons of how stock Is handled and graded, weighed and accounted for when received at the yards, discussions of the problems of co-operative community shipping and marketing questions, followed by ad dresses by experts on livestock mat ters will make up a day of Instructive entertainment. There will be a trip of Inspection through the meat pack ing plant. It Is planned to have all visitors at the yards before 11 o'clock as Mon day la the big market day. An oppor tunity will be provided those un familiar with the processes of com-J munity shipping to study compari sons of the stock offered for market and from this to more clearly under stand the way and the how of what governs prices. With the average price of live pork in the entire United States higher than it has been and the tendency upward the future looks favorable for the swine producer. HOGS GET DRUNK. Some sections may be maintaining "blind-pigs" during these days of pro hibition, but it remains for Alspaugh to announce "intoxicated hogs." John Githcns believes he has solved the problem of making alcohol from frozen squashes, at Veast he knows that frozen squashes contain the nec essary bug Juice, as tls herd of hogs last week became disgracefully drunk and disorderly, after partaking of a desset course consisting of the frigid dainties. Estacada Progress. FRED C. JOHNSOH 18 I OEPUTV UNDER J. I. JACK FOR TWO TERMS CANDIDATE ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Frnd O. Johnson, thk-f deputy under County Assessor Jack and for yeart connected wltii lax and aaaeaamrnl work In Clackamas, Haki-r and other counties, will be a candidate for the iM-morratlc nomination for county aa teaior at the primaries. Mr. Johnson has made no announce mvnt. but reliable reports have It tbal he has made up bis mind. Among tli oe who have encouraged Mr. John son is Assessor Jack, who declare that bis deputy is well qualified lo han dle the complicated problem of the of fice by long experience. Ilefore coining to Clackamas county, Mr. Johnson spent several years In liaker where be followed the same Una of work. BY OWNER THE FIRST TIME FOR 33 YEARS BUILDINGS GONE AND PLOWED LAND NOW COVERED WITH TREES VALUE INCREASED Thirty-three years ago Thomas J. Lynch, then a youth of 19 years, came to Clackamas county, liked the country and bought 160-acre farm, the old John Scott donation land claims, at Highland. Then be went away. Mining In Ida bo and Montana held bis attention for more than a score and ten year. The other day he returned and thla week -he saw bit property for the first time alnce lla purchase. - The bouae, barn and other outbuild ings were gone. The Sprincwaler fire eight or nine years ago removed the last trace of them. The "0 odd acrea of cleared land is how overgrown with trees ot a considerable size, and across the property the traffic of the neigh borhood has worn a road. For 13 years the people of the Highland district have UBed the road as a cut-off, but be proposes to build a fence at once and close the road. Mr. Lynch made the trip to bis farm with E. T. Mass, of Muss' hotel. He kept his taxes paid promptly, and re called that several years ago he sent a check for $93 to Mr. Mass, then sher iff and tax collector, through a mis take when the sum due the county was $73. Mr. Mass returned the extra $20. Mr. Lynch has not made up his mind what he will do with tho property, but is not anxious to sell. He will prob ably return to his home in Montana soon, but may make another visit to his Clackamas county farm, so long neglected, next fall. TWO SUITS ARE FILED. Mary L. Farnum Tuesday filed a suit in the circuit court against A. R. Had ley, L. Lee Hadley, C. R. Mead, L. O. Ralston, the Washington Securities company and J. H. Hadley to collect on a series of notes totaling several thousand dollars. Mrs. Elizabeth Hanleln declares that her husband, Fritz Hanelin, would fly into a rage at the slightest thing in a divorce complaint filed against him in the circuit court. They were married in Portland. May 3, 1908, end have two children. She asks for $30 monthly alimony and $40 monthly for the sup port of the children. CIRCUIT COURT TO A writ of mandamus was signed by Circuit Judge Campbell Saturday to compel Justice of the Peace Sievers to show cause why Stan'ey McKay, charged with failing to give hull a road to a passing vehicle, has not been tried. Justice Sievers is asked to ap pear before the Circuit Court before February 10. Justice Sievers has demanded that McKay appear In person at the trial, and McKay has been successfully dodg ing Constable Frost and Sheriff Wil son since last October, when the wan rant was issued. The defendant is a former resident of Marlon county, and is a member of a well-to-do and promi nent family. Waller A. Dimick, of Oregon City, and Clyde Garmire, of Portland, are McKay's attorneys. Mr. Dimick said Saturday that he hid not know where , his client was, but that he intended to force 'Justice of the Peace Sievers to try him, even though McKay could not he located. Mr. Dimick added that there was a caluse in the Oregon laws which provided it was not necessary for the defendant to appear In person in a misdemeanor case. STANLEY M'KAY'S ATTORNEYS GO TO SIEVERS TO GiVE HIM TRIAL AT ONCE CREST Of FLOOD WILL PASS TOWH SOMETIME TODAY UPPER RIVER IS FALLING, BUT BACK-WATER FROM COLUM BIA IS FEARED. 0VF8 THOUSAND KEH ARE UID OET BECAUSE Of Ell CONDITIONS Supply of Sulphitt at Crown Willam ette Plant Runt Lew and Paper Machlnte Shut Down Road at Parhplace Flooded. Every maeblne In the Crown Wil lamette Paper company, Ibe Hawley lulp Jt Paper company and the Ore gon City Woolen Mills Is shut down and more than a thousand men are laid off aa a result of the Hood stage of tb Willamette. A new element has entered th sit uation that may result in higher water than expected, according to the mill men. The rUlng of the Columbia, coming aa a result of the thaw In the baaln of that stream, may back the water in the lower river up aeveral more feet, still further reducing Ibe bead of water at the falls. Upper Willamette Falling. The Crown Willamette company re ceived reports from up-river points Wednesday showing that tbe river at Eugene waa 10.5 feet, making a drop of 4 5 feet during a 24 hour period. At Albany the river went down tlx feet, and at Salem It went up two feet, ac cording to mill figures, during the day. Tbe river above the falls here Wed nesday stood (I S feet above zero, and tbe lower river S3.4 Tuesday nigbL Tbe lower river went up 1.5 feet over Tuesday night and Wednesday after noon the Willamette stjod above tbe fails at 65X A study of the river readings and of weather conditions lead mill officials to believe that tbe river above the falls will rise about a foot more before tba crest tti the buh water goes pM today, and that tbe lower river prob ably will go up several feet more. Milla Shut Down. At the mills of the Crown Willam ette company it is not safe to bring logs Into the plant Tbe grinders and wet machines have been shut down. The supply of sulphite pulp has run low, and there conditions prevent grinding more. The water is almost up to the main drive belt at the wool en mills. The carding, picking and spinning rooms were eloscd at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning to allow the oth er departments lo catch up with their work. At noon tbe spooling and dress ing rooms were closed and at 2 o'clock the enttrd plant was shut down. At the Hawley Pulp Paper com pany the sulphite mill ts shut down for repairs, but No. 2 and No. 3 paper machines were down early Wednes day on nccout of high water. All the plunt was shut down Wednesday night. .Parkplace Road Flooded. The whole country around Parkpluce Is under water. There is four feet of water on the county road between Ore gon City and Parkplace and back-water is a!most up to the track of the Southern Pacific at one place. No damage has been done by tho high, water, and tbe local mills expect to resume operations either late this week or early next. Gymnastic girls may no longer wear silk stockings In the classical high school gym at Lynn. Mass.. by order of Miss Agnes McDonald, physical di rector. Hosiery in basket ball games must bo conservative. COMPEL JUSTICE McKay is said to be In central Cali fornia at present and Is said to have been married since leaving the state early in the winter. Justice Sievers said that he probably would be forced to give McKay a trial, although he still contends that the de fendant should be forced to appear and answer the charge In person. "McKay Is aHeKed to have hit a buggy wit his automobile on a road near Ore gon City early last October, and to have knocked Miss Marie Harvey and n. L. Harvey, who were In the buggy, to the groum' and seriously injured both of tho occupants. Under the law the most serioun charge which could be placed against McKay was failure to give half the road to a passing vehicle, although the two were seriously hurt, and the heavi est fine is $50. No Jail sentence is pro vided. Tho costs of the case, result Ins from the attemps of Sheriff Wilson and Constable Frost to put him under arrest. The two officials spent sev eral days on the case, before they learned that McKay had left the state. McKay is alleged to have been drunk when be hit the Harvey buggy.