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QTY nsTiirrcrrrnrnxnc m Tn laltrarlta Cx only Cltehamtt County rlemVMM' thai aIMt all tn t thlf 'wln County. Th Weekly EnUrarlt I erll tn trite- Caaioara H with tthtrt tnt the auk- ttUBt, , OREGON FIFTIETH YIAR-Ne. 11 Jess villard is still holder of the world title MOHAN CHIT IB FEATURE OP BATTLE. WHICH FOR HIM WAS HOPIllll. OKKdOX (,'JTV, OHKfJOX, FltllUV, MAKCH 31. 191 C. ESTABLISHED 1B nuin seconds dicure HE E0K ON OPPONUT SIXTH COMMISSIONER CANDIDATE III HELD HARVEY GIBSON, OF BARTON, IN RACK FOR PLACE ON THC COUNTY COURT. Krnua Tk Seven Round, Two Ar Even and Challenger Ht Only On ta Hit Credit Champion Hilt Flrt, NKW VOIIK. March :l-J... Wllard It Rtlll klli( of tho hetvywelght. At th end of hit 10 round fight with Frank Moran there wta not In lha apacloiia Madlaon Hquare Garden ho did n( enured" Ihn decision lo Wlllard or Moran. Hy hi oq lead Inn. aKKrvMlvmriMi and careful guard line, lha rhampiun lha maadT over lh challenger during tha entire con ical Mnran waa ant It led to only onn round, thla being lha third. Tba eighth and ninth rounds ware anyone, but Ilia champion gained rlcar lead la I bo balance. Wtllard brought hi left to Moran' jaw (or tba Aral blow In tho Initial round. nd rave threw blow to every una received, and t tho trnolnatlon ot tho round walkad to bla corner with a borad mlln on bla fare. Tba champion aa tho aggrraaor In lha second, and throughout thl round waa aflor Moran at all llimt. but ahowvd hlniac IT to ba an eilrrmety careful fighter It waa aeen that ho Old not rara to take any ehancea In loalng Ibo crown through a nuke. Moran fought savagely during tho third and oont a fueiltada of left and right to tba champion body, ending lha ronnd with a kft twlna- to th aloinach. V 1 1 lard split Moran eye wide open with a lijtbt croaa. Tha blood stream- Inyflown Iht challrDer' faca plainly rtWherrd him. In lha fifth and alxth round th. cowboy champion peppered awoy at tho injured oinlc doling It completely In tha sixth. At time Mor an would runh Wlllard to tha roi, hut tha latter would ilea hi left to good effect, taking bla tlma In Iho delivery of tha blow, and would have Moran backing away, before tha chnt tenner could gain anything by hi des-Ix'tatfl-nuhr. What wa an attempt to flnlrh Mor an came In thn seventh mund, when Wlllurd rushed hi antagonist Ilka a mnnluc and runliad hlra to all part of tha arena. Momn dun to hi op ponent, hclplcaa. with tho blood streaming from hi eye, and Injured fiire. Moron caught tha chnmplnn on tho Jnw with a left which dated Wll lard, and thn end of tho round found both men lighting like mad. Honor wcro even In tho eighth, at iho end of which lha chnmplnn went to hi corner appearing to bo winded In the ninth, which won an even round tho champion caught Mornn with "I Iff left upporcut which lifted tho lilt ler off hi foot. - The fighter shook band at tho bo- ginning of thn tenth and IiihI round Right and left wcro flying at Mornn during thl round, but ho boro up bravely. Tho champion apicared to ho favoring hi left hand. Humors were floating around the ringside that tho champion had broke his right hand early In the bnttln. Mo continued to uo It howovor. When tho final gong rutin tho champion was Mtundlng over Moran, uppcrcuttlug; him with right and 'loft. Ilarvry (Hlxn wa In Oregon City TiM-aday and announced bla Intention of Ixwomlng a randldata fur county coin in lloifr, making lha sixth tandl- data to enter lha field on tho Itep iMI- rail ticket. In announcing hi candidacy fur i oiumlaalnner, Mr. Gllmm ay ha haa no liilreala to tart but lha paop'e't Interest; that ha gnet Into tho ennteal with tha firm duternilnallon. If uc- craaful, to give hi tlma and thought lo tha adiaiR-viiient of tha public wel fare, and that ha (oneliW thn road problem lha inott lniKirUnt matter lie for a the people today. Mr. (illiMin I a realdnnt of Hartor. and haa lived In flarkamat county ii year a lit It wall known In that com munity a a iiicceiaful farmer and ha a large ar'iualntanca throughout tba county. Mr. (Jlbnou'i Intercut In pub lic aflalr la ihown In tha fact that hi nalublMira havo retained him In lha capacity of a hool clerk and u hool dlrm tor contlnuoualy during the laat J year. PLOT TO INVADE CANADAFROMU.S. IS FLAT FAILURE HATRED Of ENGLAND BCHIND PLAN TOLD BV HORIT VON Of R COLTZ. twiqtfd win Fiwn " 1IMUIUI HILL 1 1111 REFLEX IN THE TAX BOOKS OF COUNTY RANCHMAN WAN NOTIflU THI AI8III0R OF LOU BV ITORM AND BECK! REDUCTION. CONSPIRATORS PRO BUT' fiOTCF CERKJUI DESCENT. REPORT ii Q T Alltgad Trutttd Agtnt of Vort Paptn, ' Riltaied by Brlllth to Aid In Neutrality Inquiry, Unfold Amailng Tal. WEST LI IS UNITED MERGER OF CITIES ON WEST BANK OF WILLAMETTE RIVER IB NOW COMPLETED. NKW YOUK. Mnn b 29 A military eipeditlon to invade Canada, which km hailed by tho failure of a iluffalo. N. V.. lawyer lo apM-r at a time agreed on with an "organized firing aquad." It wa ald tonight, w a. p.rt ,h, rorth.omn, M1M.ment to the or oi an aiiegeu couapiracy 10 vioiaia m ;,,., of ,ni,,r 8uch 0Q ,he part of the farmer will be entirely The Hunday Iwlater thai traveled from lha aoutbveat and left a path of wreckage through tba norlheaat of Clackamu county, will rind a rcflei In tha tai amaeaaor offlie, when the t-aamenl for thl ytar I made. J. V. Hwan, ram her pear Wilaonvllla, haa written to Aiaeaaor Juki Inform ing tha latter that the tlorro bad wepl over hi farm, damaging hi homo 10 per cent, bara 10 per cent, destroyed totally other bulldlrg. fence and landing timber; and that In making up Iho tai roll for the coming year, be wanted tiia aiaeiavr lo lake cog nlrance of tba loa and rexlucc tha writer' taie to that r tlenL III laat aaaetament wa nearly f 10,000, It I property wa destroyed by tha young tornado will also ek reduction In CfAS E OF VHU MADE EASIER BY mm ACT UNITEO BTATEI GIVEN PERMIt BION TO DIE RAILROADS TO SOUTH. SHIPMENT Of SliPPUES EY RAH JO A7 BEGINS SOON Detail of Agrtemtat Between Wah- Un and Mtalcan Leadtr Will Bo Arranged Later Further ConctMloni Sought. COMPANY CONTRIBUTES $1250 TO ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ROUTE SOUTH OF TOWN Tho Southern ToelUc ha contrib uted $1250 to the county rood fund to hnlp defray the cont of changing the routo of the Oregon C'lty-Now Era road no that two dangerous crossing will lie avoldnd, The county will .shift the road for a distance of 1.100 feot, the distance between two crossings. The now road for thla distance will bo surfacod with bituminous macadam. Tho gurfuce will ho 20 foot wide. The county court Is planning to open and put In first cans shape a road to Now Era which will follow the right of way. of the Southern Pacific. The elimination of the two dangerous crossing and tho urfaclng of the 1300-foot stretch 1 considered an im portant part of this plan. CANEMAH MAN IS ARRESTED John Ilalmer, who I sometimes em ployed by the Hawloy Pulp & Paper company, waa arrested at his borne In " Canemah Monday night by Sheriff Wil son on a statutory charge. He Is held In the county jail without ball. Bal mcr U 65 year old. The town of Willamette no longer elat. That platv, ailuiUed on Ih bank a of the Willamette aliove the falla. It now a part of Weat l.lnn, lit Idenlty loot In tha merger which ha at laat been completed. Tha new town of Wet Linn, which now extendi from I kill on on tha north to lh Tualatin river on tha south, w ill be governed by tha old West Linn council, although no rercntaUree of lha Willamette dlatrtct are on that body. Tho Willamette town govern ment had dropped out of. exlitanco with lha union of the two place. krneat llghton. a member of the Weat Linn council, who Uvea neae fhn old houndry line between the two town treasury and turned over to the reprt'Hi ntatlve tho Willamette dUnict hua. When the bualnem of tho town of Willamette waa brought to a con- cluilon, all bill were paid and tha record were proparcd to be turned over to Ihn offlclnl of West Linn. a balance of about $15 waa loft In the town trcamire and eurned over to the treasurer of West Linn, , One of tho principal reasons why Wlllamotto wished lo unite with West l.lnn was the deslro to socuro 8outh Fork water. An effort will probably he made by tho town at an early date to take over tho privately owned plant ot J. E. Downey by which the Will amette district Is now supplied so I that tho homes In tho district can ' be supplied with mountain watori from tho rorvolr near the Sunset SCIIOOI neutrality of tha I nlted State on which the agent of the department of justice are working ii-creily In con ncctinn with lha return here yester day ftom England of Hurst von der (iiiltt. Von der Colts who, It Is said asserts hn wa a truftcd agent of Captain von f'aien, former (iennan military at tacha In thl country, waa questioned at length today by Vnlted State Dis trict Attorney Marshall and hit aaalat I ant. Roger II. Wood Von der Roll i, according to Captain William Offliy, chief of the local bu reau of the department of Justice, told an Impressive isle of plot and counter plot Tba federal authorities lot It bo known that tha publicity given to Von der (inlti return here, accompanied by a detective-sergeant from Scotland Yard, may Interfere with their plant to round up tupecl wanted In connec. lion with the alleged proposed military expedition to Canada, which It wa aid Von der Colts bad admitted. In volvtng the blowing up of railroad, bridge and publlo buildings, and the destruction of the Wetland canal, Von der Colts went to England the latter part of 1914 under the name of llrldgman Taylor, and, according to person closely Identified with the de partment of Justice Investigation, re cently arranged with the Uritlsh an thorlties to be returned here to give testimony, Von der Colts Is quoted as having said be waa supplied by persons In volved In tho alleged plot here with plans and diagrams for tho desniction of Canudlan property. Ho Is said to buve asserted that his assistants. while pro-German, were not of Gor- man descent, but were actuated by hutrvd for England. BUT IT CANT SWIM HARMONY CANDIDATE FOR COM MIS3IONER FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO FORD FLOOD. Tho water on Iho county road be tween Oregon City and Parkplaco Is so doop that oven a Ford cur Ih unablo to swim tlirough It. Simon L. Million, of Harmony, a road anporvlsor and a candidates for tho Kopublican nomination for county commlHHionor, loft his homo Wednes day for Oregon City, tuklng the usual route through Parkplnce. When he reached a point a short distance this sldo of the Purkplnce baliy home he found tho road tinder wator, but Mr. Mullan, undauntud and confident In the ability of his Ford (o ford, took a running plunge at the flood, forded IiIh way 100 feet Into It and then stop ped. The water had reached the en gine. Mr. Mullan tried all manner of plans to coax the engine to start up again, but it was of no use. He could not crank the car, and finally he pulled off his shoos and sox, got out In the water and pushed the machine the 100 feet back to dry road. In order to reach Oregon City he was competled to go around by Clackamas HpiRhts. ANOTHER ROAD UW PROBLEM IS FOUND DISTRICT ATTORNEY HOLDS METHOD OF HANDLING FUNDS HERE IS LEGAL. new, since It was the first time that a twister haa ever visited Oregon with such destructive result. The olJ timers here never heard of one In these parts before that of Sunday. BARM FILES FOR IN STATEMENT HE OUTLINES PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN HIS PLATFORM. E. W. nartlett, an Estacada attor ney, who haa filed the declaration of hla candidacy for tha Republican nom ination for district attorney, makes tho following statement In his decla ration: ' ' - "If I am nominated and elected, I wilt, during my term of office, conduct It affairs in a buslneasllke manner, BALMER IS BOUND OVER John Halmer, arrested Tuesday night by Sheriff Wilson on a statutory charge, was taken before Justice Slevers Wedooaday for a preliminary hearing;, waived examination and was bound over to the grand Jury. He Is now In the county jail, being nnable to raise $1000 bonds. George C. Frown ell la Halmer'a attorney. The legality of the method employed here by tho county and the city in handling tha 70 per cent of the road fund apportioned to the city, was parsed uixiii Tuesday by District At torney I lodges and Deputy District At torney Ilurko at the request of County Judge Andorson. The stato law provides that 70 per cont of the general county road fund shall bo turned over to the district in which It la raised. Oregon City Is a road district and this money Is turned Into the road fund of the city and spent under the direction of the council and tho street commissioner. In other Oregon towns, however, the county court appoints a road super visor for the city and the money Is spent under his direction on streets that were once county roads. RoBe burc 1b one town where this method is employed, and Judge Anderson had heard of the system used in the south ern Oregon city. Deputy District Attorney Burke can find no legal Justification of the meth od employed In Rosoburg, and at tho same time Is of tho opinion that the law upholds tho method imed here. ' I 1 WAHHINCTO;:. March 2 One of Iho army's moat serious problem In expected that others' whoea! Diunl"" Villa was solved today, when uenerai larranxa granted tne renewed request of tu stato department for permission to uaa tba Mexican North western railroad. General Carrania received a request this morning; bis answer wa In Wash ing before dark. Official hero aa unied he would be equully prompt In notifying hit officer on tba border that General T-nston might begin shipments tomorrow. Although lb army will proceed to u the ra'lroad on a commercial basis. which la conatrucd hero as meaning! that all service shall be paid for at tegular rate, the aUte department will negotiate further with Carrania to bring about a more complete under standing aa to just what he haa agreed lo. Today's response It regarded as being satisfactory. In a measure, but It la not sufficiently definite. War department official were great ly relieved by tho removal of the ne cessity for maintaining a motor truck aupply Una over deaert roads for a dis tance of more than 00 miles. Aside from the railroad problem, de tails or the protocol auggested by Gen eral Carrania remain to be worked out through diplomatic chanela. State department officials Indicate, however, that there la ao reason for hasta In thla connection. The formal agree ment may not be completed until the expedition haa accomplished Its pur- poae and returned. In Mexico the agreement la undea- stood to have another object General Carrania la said to desire Its perfec tion aa a definite and binding under standing with the United States which he can ahow to his people In support of his statement that no sovereign rights of hia country have been sur rendered or violated. OF THE V. V. S. BOARD OIMICK REELECTED PRESIDENT AND EBY PUT IN AS SECRE TARY OF COMPANY. juuge urini ii. mioirk wa re eletlH prreldrtil of tha Willamette Vally Moulbrn Hallway company al a meeting of lha tforkboldrr Thurs day pljchl. aod Kranklin T. Griffith, president of lb Portland lUllway, Light A Power company, Waa alerted a director In place of Charles II, Aber crumble aod then made rhalrman of the iMiard. tsoorxo A. Harding was rle-ted vlra-prealdent. o. II. Eby wa elrn ted aacretary in.tead of C. U. ilaker of Portland, who deal red to realxn. aloe Iho aacretary should realde In Ore gon City. Mr. Paker. however, con- tlnuea aa auditor or tha road. W. H. Huntley was continued aa treasurer. Tha committee appointed to re-or- sanlie lha various departments or tb road with a view of f onomy haa not yet reported. It la eusperted that some change may be mad lo cut down ex panaes, Tha election of Mr. Griffith chairman of the board means that tha control of tha corporation has virtual ly paaaed Into tba handa or lha Port land railway people. TROOP TRAIN PASSES BATTALION OF 21ST INFANTRY LEAVES VANCOUVER ON WAY TO EL CENTRO, CAU Tha third battalion or the Twenty first Infantry, stationed at the Vancou ver barracks. paed through Oregon City early Friday afternoon on a Southern Pacific train on way to El Centra to guard a part or the Mexican border. The troop train consisted ot seven tourist cars, one standard Pull man, two baggage, two stock, two flat can and one box car. STOCKP EliSPLA DELAYED DIMICK II ICIZES S. P. CRIT STOCK SHIPPING TIME RAPIDLY PASSING, BUT ROAD STILL IDLE, HE DECLARES. h.d.utootesayscc:ot PULSS MORI THAN IAKDIKC CHUTE Llv Wire Pat Resolution Favoring Paeaag tf Chamberlain Grant land Bill Harry Burt Make Ttlk at Luncheon. expeditiously and without rear or fuvor. "As legal advisor to tho county court I shall endeavor to assist In reducing tho expenditures or the county In or der to relieve the taxpayers or exces sive taxation. "I Bhall dcllgently guard the Juvenile court and lend all assistance to the uplifting and reformation of the un fortunate ones within ita Jurisdiction. "Uellovlng that the office Is one created by the people for the upbuild ing or the community, morally and so cially, I shall enforce the law with all my power rearlessly, without favor or discrimination." " 'To fearlessly work for the best Interests of the taxpayers' " is Mr. Hartlett's motto that will follow his name on the ballot at the primary nominating election May 19. CALENDAR OF CIRCUIT COURT FOR APRIL SET MRS. MARY C. WELLS, CHARGED WITH BURNING HOUSES, WILL BE TRIED APRIL 24. TEACHERS WILL MEET AT MOLALLA APRIL 1 H. C. STEPHENS FILES FOR THE LEGISLATURE H. C. Stephen, of George, Wednes day sent to the secretary or state his declaration as a candidate for the house of representatives, "if I am hall, as this Is also grange day In Mo- nomlnated and elected, I will during lalla. my term or office stand for economy An excellent program Is being ar ranged by County School Superintend ent CnJavan ror the teachers' local In stitute to be held In the Molalla school on Saturday, April 1. Many or the teachers throughout the county, as well as n large number from Multno mah county are planning; to attend. The following Is the program or the day: "Teachers' Insurance and Retire ment Fund," Howard M. Ecclea, Can by school;, 9:30 a. m.; address, M. S, Pittman, state normal at Monmouth, 10:50 a. m.; "How I Teach Geography," Miss Lena Ulan, Ardenwald school, 1:30; address, F. J. Toozo, superintend ent of Oregon City schools, 2:30 p. m. Among the features of the day will be a hot dinner served by the members or the Molalla grange In the grange and efficiency in legislation to tho end that the taxpaylng dollar may be come aa nearly aa possible a hundred TWO ARE DIVORCED Circuit Judge Campbell Monday cent dollar." bis statement reads. The signed divorce decreea separating words which wilt follow his name on Henry B. Koehn from Maud Koehn the ballot are, "My best efforts for the and Albert Wlegert from Freda We- people's Interests." gert. Deputy Countv Clerk Fred Miller Wednesday completed the circuit court calendar tor the regular April term. One state case, that or Mrs. Mary C. Wells, who Is charged with employing William Newman to set Are to her three houses in Oswego In order to secure the insurance, will be tried The dateB ror the cases follows: April 17 W. Yonce or Estacada versus J. W. Ferguson; plaintiff asks ror $75 damages ror a broken harness and $45 ror the loss or the use or rig. April 18 W. S. May versus Robert H. Hunt; plaintiff asks $150 for a horse defendant rented and which died on defendant's hands. April 19 Fern Matthews versus Orolla E. Dussa, George Brooks, Art Cotzhatisen, J. R. Kelso and A- U Roed; suit growing out of alloged wrongful seizure or household effects In Mllwnukie Justice court case. April 20 Willamette Valley South ern railway versus C. T. Tooze; rlght-of-way ca9e. April 21 W. W. Graves versus A. E, Ureeilen; suit to collect bill of $155.42. April 22 John Miller versus Joe Odermatt; appeal front justice court April 24. Stute versus Mary C. Wells; defendant accused of having employed William Newman to set Are to Oswego houses. April 25 Harric Morehouse versus T. A. Snook; suit for $135 alleged to have ben obtained by misrepresents tion of stock sale. April 27 R. W. Clarke, adminlstra tor of Davidella Clarks, versus Willam ette Valley Southern railway; suit to recover damages of $7500 for death of Mrs. Clarks on September 16, 1915. April 2S Frank T. Collier versus Friars' club; suit to recover attorney's Tees. . April 29 William Licplnsky versus Carrie Walker, suit to recover $150 al leged to be due for work done. VANCOUVER. Wash., Marrb 24. Shortly after 11 o'clock this morning the third battalion of the Twenty-first Infantry entertained at the foot of Columbia atreet and left for El Cen tra, Cal. The boys departed within 20 hours after the receipt or the orders to go, which came shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Had the cars been available the troops would have started yesterday afternoon. Most ot the men were anxious to go. believing they will get a chance In the hunt ror Villa. There were about 10 officers and 2S5 men In the four "companies, I, K, U and M. The battalion waa in com mand or Major J. T. Dean. Captain R- S. Offley. Captain Carroll F. Armt stead. Captain Allen Park and Cap tain Edmund S. Sayer Jr., were the company commanders. Other officers were Captain H. C. GIbner, medical corps: First Lieutenant T. B. Maghee, battalion adjutant; Second Lieutenant G. M. Parks Jr., uqartermaater, and Second Lieutenants S. A. Gibson, P. W. Newgarden and C. C. Benedict, at tached to the various companies. G.C.BR01ELL TALKS AT LARGE CROWD HEARS ATTORNEY SPEAK ON "CHRIST IN MOD ERN COMMERCIALISM." GLADSTONE MAN INSANE R. W. Parker, 55, of Gladstone, who has been 111 at the Oregon City hos pital ror several days, was taken Into custody by Sheriff W' II son Saturday afternoon on a charge or insanity and committed to the state hospital for the insane. He has been 111 ror sev eral years and his mental condition Is an outgrowth or his Illness. George C. Brownell, local attorney, discussed "Christ In Modern Commer cialism" ut the Clarkea church Sunday night. A large crowd heard Mr. Brownell and he was given a warm re ception. The Clarkes orchestra rur nished music for the occasion. Mr. Brownell's talk was one of a series or open forum discussions at Clarkes and will be followed by other trosrams each Sunday night in which Oregon City men will figure promi nently. An outline of these programs ollows: April 2, O. W. Eastham, talk, 'Young America," J. Dean Butler, talk, Tho Filipino at Home," and Johnson brothers quartet; April 9. Linn E. Jones, "Hygenlc Laws and Their Rela tion to the Development of Manhood and Womanhood"; April 1G, John V. Loder, talk, "Jonah," Thomas A. Burke, talk, "The Boy"; April 23, Wm. M. Stone, talk, "Tho Divorce Evil"; April 30, District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges, subjoct of talk not selected. The open forum program, which have included a wide range or subjects, have attracted much interest through he Clarkes district. Grant G. Dimirk. president of tha Willamette Valley Houthem railway. harply crltirlwd what be termed tha dilatory met hods of tba Southern Pa cific company over tha Installation of atotkyarda In Oregon City, at tha noon day luncheon of tna Commercial club Uv Wire Tueaday. Ha Bald the season for (hipping live stock was raptuly pasting and that nothing hid been done In Oregon City, though loading chute bar been con- it rue ted at eeveral small town In Clarkamaa county. Ha asked ror im mediate action. In reply to Judge Dlralck. It wra stated by M. D. Latourette. chairman or the Live Wire committee, that Iho Southern Pacifcc company bad Ita plana practically matured and while they were not prepared to make a definite announcement. It waa certain that the plana they bad In contemplation would be carried out without delay. Mrl Lat ourette aald the Southern Pacific com pany had a comprehensive plan that Involved something mora than a mere landing chute. The Live Wire, by a unanimous vote, went on record In a resolution aa favoring tha paaaas of tha Cham-' bcrlaln Oregon-California, land grant bill, under tha terma or which 20 per cett of the runda derived from tha sal ot the lands and the timber there on is to go to the United States gov ernment for the cost of administration, and 80 per cent to the atato of Oregon, divided equally between the Irreduci ble school fund and tha road and ap portioned to the various counties. The following; resolution waa adopted and a copy ordered wired to Scott Ferris, chairman ot too house committer on public lands. Under an amendment proposed lu the house. 40 per cent of the funds will go into the reclamation fund and only 10 per cent to the school rund. The resolution follows: "Roaolved, That the Live Wires or the Oregon City Commercial club rec ommend to congress that all monies realized to the United States govern ment frou the sale of the Oregon-California land grant lands and timber thereon be divided aa follows: 20 per cent to the United States government to defray the cost of administration and 80 per cent to the state of Oregcn, or which 80 per cent one-halt shall be assigned to the irreducible school fund ot the state and one-half to the coun ties in which the railroad lands are re spectively located, for the construction of roads and bridges." Tho Live Wires heard brief reports from the committees on military af fairs and public buildings. B. T. Mc- Batn said that the secretary or the treasury made a favorable report on an appropriation of $10,000 for a ite and $55,000 for a building in Oregon City. Brief talks were made by Cap tain H. E. Williams, of the Fallsarlana. and E. F. Riley, on road drainage. Hurry Burke, a brother of Main Tunic Burke, of the Live Wires, was Intro duced. A movement on the part of the offi cers of the organization to legislate themselves out of office by holding un election a month 'in advance of the proper date was promptly quashed by the Live Wires. TO AVOID PENALTIES AMOUNT COLLECTED, HOWEVER, YET $75,000 LESS THAN COL- ' LECTIONS YEAR AGO. SUIT TO QUIET TITLE J. Lee Eckerson filed a suit in the circuit court Wednesday to quiet title to a tract of land In this county, nam ing Preston Pendleton, Michael Pen dleton, Hanna Whitney and all their heirs of the estates or the late John Pendleton. Elizabeth Whitney. Fran cis Pendleton and or Sam R. Thurston aa defendants. Hammond 4 Ham mond are the attorneys ror the plaintiff. Tax collecting in Clackamas couuty is $75,000 behind the amount collected by this time last year, according to Tax Collector George Harrlneton. However, during the last rew days the amount of money received haa teen increasing dally and Collector Harrington and hla deputies are un able to keep up with tho flood or mall and the ateady stream of taxpayer woo go to the courthouse. . After April 5 a penalty of 1 pel- cent a month on the first hair or taxes Is charged and this provision Is be lieved to be the cause or the sudden Increase in the amount or money re ceived. About $6000 is being collected dally in small amounts, while corporation! and other large taxpayers are being heard from almost every day. The Southern Pacific Monday tent In a check for $15,315.89. the taxet on right of way, eqnlpment and other property, excluding the grant land taxes.