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OHKdOX CITY, OltKMON, Friday, a mil U, 1910.
'IKIIIHTOItA.H.iriV
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tSTABLISHED 1M
FOR ANY TURN
CHS
E OF VILLA
10CW WILL BEGIN
ALONG DEEP CREEK
100.000,000 rin or TIMBER WILL
BC CUT WITHIN' NIXT
riw YEARS.
OINIRAL PERSHING II TOLD TO
BC ABLt TO MIIT ANY
IVINTUALITV.
jUUHOKlTY SAYS PRIMA IS
KOI 10 CALL NATIONAL GUARD
Additional Treop Will Be Sent
Ra Infarct Invaders Villi!
Back Town and Dtetrey
American Property.
to
WASHINGTON. A.nl II-turthir
Inrreaa 'if Ilia I'tilled State force in
Mexico I Main prominent In ntllc lul
cnaaldcrallnn. It wa learned tonight
that 1111 tlin rvlum here tomorrow of
Secretary Baker from Cleiehjnd (her
might be Important dcvelopmcnta
In Ihla connection 11 we officially
aald that General Pershing's future
motementa In the hunt fur Villa would
Include adequate preparation for any
eventuality.
( onfldentlal advice were received
lata today from General Kunalon, tin-
deratood to refer to the queatlon of
I hp linn of communication.
Concern of army official on the Ixir
di-r regarding movement of ('arrant
troop toward Caaaa Grande waa re
flected to aonie extent In official quar
ter! here tonight It waa officially an-
nuiinred thut General Funalon hail
complete authority for any movement
of troop on the border to safeguard
the Vnlled Hlatea' advance roliimna
and their line.'
I'eralatent report that iiaa of tha No
tional Guard aa contemplated drew
atatpuient on high authority that
1 tie prealdent wa not ronalderlng auri
atep.
Y.l. TA80, April 1J.-A band of VII
llalaa numbering aeveral hundred, and I
poaalbly 1000. haa sacked Sierra Mo
Jada. flva mllea acrno the Coahulla
A. J. )wver III aoon begin logging
operation along (ep rraek In th
eaalern part of Ilia county Tha work
III lie loiillntind several yiara an
niplument given to between 20 and
10 men during Ilia longing araum
The Ihirt helra on Ilia greater part
of tha property on whlih operation
III bo carried on and loo.ooo.ooo fei-t
of tlniler will be rut.
Th limber la altuated on the tier
linger apur of the I'ortlaud Hallway
l-lglit t I'nwer roinpanr'a line to Ka
U'ada The apur la about 3 mllea
long, but the renter of the tract la
only about a mile ftcni the n aln lint
of the, poer company.
The timber llt bo alilpvd to mar
ket over the Portland Hallway I.lglil
A Tower company
or
JHL
TIMf PHD
llliL lUA DILUiU
LOVE FEAST OF THE
LCADERB PLAN OUIIT CfTTO.
CtTHIlt ICIIION TO Pftt
pahi ron PRIMARIES.
T
1111
CORN RAISING TALK
CIORCI LAZELLC DISCUSSES
PREPARATION OP GROUND
AND KINDRCO SUBJECTS.
Clackamaa county Iieuux rutlc irad
rra am preparing for the blennual g)'.
together meeting when rirvanta
II. ea of that poltlcal faith will aann
bll', diM'uaa the good of their party
and finally aelert men who will run
at the prlmarlia In Mar- One of tho
moot prominent Iviuorrala In Oregon
City aii Id Turaday that the aeaalou
aould be lield at an eurly dat Jmt
when ha could not aay.
Iteiiiocratlc candldata, with that
mwleaty becoming a minority party.
ara not mailing forth with the vigor
(hat cliaratti rlrra the Itepubllcan of
fli 1 ace k era. Aa a reault thereof certain
of the more prominent inemliera of
that party are In the habit of holding
quiet lltt'o mcetlnge before each pr'-
mnry when they wlah upon each olh.'r
tbo honor of becoming candldatea.
At preaent the Democrat have two
avowed candldatea In the fleld-C. V.
Itlaley for county commlaaloner, and
(illlMM U Hedge for district attor
ney. Kven the office of aherlff. ao
long conaldered peraonal pmperty if
tue raitb. now baa no formal candi
date from the party, although aeveral
namraj have been mentioned there
with.
Not only will the'Hemwrata at thla
quiet little aeaaion aelwl aome etronn
man to run for aherlff. but will alao
probably get nt leaat one of their
party In the field for repreaentatlve '.a
the leRlalature. Several of the county
off leva. In which they connlder thoy
RIVEN CITS 17,000
. 4
The bouae of r. 1.1. ..-nlathea
Tuiadar paaavd the rivi-ra and
harbora bill, raroinii a total of 4
U.6K7.000 for pr).., ihS
rongreaalonal dbilrlit, according
to telegraphic Information r.
reived by The Ki.o rprlae from
(,'ongreaaman W. ('. Ilawley. In-
eluded In the Kama In (he bill la
4- on of 117.000 for the Improve. 4
ment of tha Wltiameite
above Portland '
river
GIVE CREDIT WHERE
CREDIT IS DUE IS
GiHEDGES'SLOGAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CORRECTS
' STORY OP BELLE HOTEL
RAID IN COURIER.
llna-and 80 mllea eaat of Jlmlnei. d- flly high achool atudetu wha nan J, 11 d
rovlng many thouaanda of dollar' charge of the acho il duruu thu Inxt
The Twilight Indualrlal club, fonuiil
of children of the achool. n.ei Krlday
afterooon and ail lntriitlc a-'aalon
" reauit. Ml. Kthel Naah.
prealdent of the nun, ailed the meet
Ing to order and prealded. after a duel. I have amall chanrea of dlalodglng thu
avaaion current evei.ta were illa- incumhent or of defeatuig the arrmv
ci'kaed and a talk u given on e.irn of etrong Itentrbllcan talent alredv
cmure iy ieorge M ijiielle. one of out. will probably be left alone.
lite polnma of the o hool. which waa
much enjoyod. Mr. IjkII lall.ed on
preparation of the ground, clover
or alfalfa aod for corn ground.
tlllier, teat, planting and ac'ectlon of
good ear a
Miaa Mona Iteed, tha recently ap-
.ointei tearher, gave k ahorf talk and
Miaa M area ret Thompn, the Oregon
m onn or American property and loot- month, mado a few remark. Mr.
lug the town of everything of value. ( harlea Newman, preeldept of the par-
f Thla reiwrt. which may prove to be 1 nt leachera aaaoclallon encouraged
of the hlghnat ImiKirtance. aa It bo- tha puplla In the varloua llnea of
t lleved that Villa hlmaelf may have arlool. Mr. and Mra. 'Iinirge M. 1 m-
,' lieen among the raldera. wna received xelle are niembera of the advunrv
VOTERS AT- BARLOW
WILL BE FORCED TO
REGISTER 2 TIMES
I e4
C L. Hadgaa' Suttmant e
OltK(M)N tITV. April 7.
(Kdltor of The Enterprlae.) In 4
an article publlahad Id the four-
f ler of the laaue of April 6, the r
atatement la made that Dlatrlct 1
Attorney Hedge waa among
llioae who made Uia raid on the
Hotel llelle. Thl la an error.
Sheriff Wilson and hn deputlea.
accompanied by ; my deputy,
Thomua A. Ilurke, made the raid
r and aecured tha Intoxicating -
liquor and brought It back to -e
Oregon city.
ITIor to the raid the aherlff
and hla deputlea were cloaeted e
In my office where the plana ma-
1 11 red for the raid. I d .-tired that
each man who participated In
making, or cuualng tha arreat of
the violator of the dry law r-
celve hla Juat credit, and I feel
that Sheriff Wilson la juat aa
much rraponalble for the aucceia
of the trip to Milwaukle aa I.
The aherlfTa offlc and my
flee are working together In per-
feet harmony to erforee the new
prohibition law. it u only
through harmony -that the law t
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
G.L HEDGES FILES.
SEEKS REELECTION
INCUMBENT IS FIRST DEMOCRAT
TO PlLl FOR PROSECUTOR
ANO COUNTY ADVISER.
I)latrlt Attorney Gilbert Hedgej
declared bla randlda'-y for reelection
on the Democratic ticket. He la the
flrat Democrat to enter the fare for
the office, but tha fourth man In lb
field. William M. Stone, K. W. liart
lett and O. W. Eaat bam, all Hepubll-
rana, having preceded him.
Dlatrlct Attorney Hedge waa ap
pointed to hla preaent offlre Novem
ber 7, IMS. under law paaaed by
the 113 aeaaion of tha leglalatur
and approved at a referendum elec
tion that full, giving each county a
dlatrlct attorney. During the time
he haa been In office, he haa brought
2 CO criminal raaea and haa handled A
appeala to the aupreme court of which
four were won by the county and
one ended in compromiae.
Ulnce he wa appointed, damage
aulta totaling In amounta aought 131.-
43t.l0 were brought agalnat the coun
ty. Excepting one caae which was
aettled for flOO. all of tbeae action
were defeated Ly the county.
"If I am nominated and ejected I
will, during my term of office enforce
the law fairly and impartially.' read
hi J declaration, which waa mailed to
the aecretary of atate Thursday. "I
ahall continue my policy of helping the
yountMul offender, seeking alway to
reform and make good rltlcena of the
youtha who have made rnlatakea.
hall ever regard the office aa a pub-
lice truat and ahall perform the du
tie thereof fairly and honaatly. con-
alatent with the best Intereita of the
people and with my oath of office."
Mr. Hedge took advantage of the
statute providing that :o may be flld
with the secretary of state Instead of
a petition.
ROLLER IS BACK ON
JOB AFTER PLUNGE
HEAVY MACHINE IS EASILY PUT
BACK ON SOUTH ENO ROAD
PROM WHICH IT PELL.
The 10 ton county road roller, which
Thursday fell Joo frt down a aterp
hill back of Canemah. la on the Job
again, none the worse for Ha ri pert-
ewe, beyond a ellghtly damaged fend-
er ana dented ah pan.
The roller waa at work on the Homh
End road which wind Its way up a
cliff back of Canemah. The road ga- e
away and the heavy machine fell down
tha cliff until It came In contact with
a large rock at the bottom. Kolrt
Mattoon, the engineer. Jumped aa trw
roller atartad on Ita downward plunge.
It waa a fairly eaay tatk to get lbs
roller back on the Bouth End road.
Bteam was raised and the roller
brought back to the South End road
over a branch that runs down Into Canemah.
IMPROVEMENT OF
E
1
t
PARK
ROD
IIUI
IS ASSURED
COUNTY COURT IS COMPLETING
ARRANGEMENTS POR PIRST
HARD SURFACE.
PEMEKTIOEX 0,1 OMI
COITTf ROADS IS LOTTID
Project la Dletlnttly County Affair In
Which County Paving Plant and
Equipment Will Be Uaed
Conference la Held.
here today by the representative u
one of the largest American minimi
roncema In Mexico and is accepiod by
III in aa authentic
The belief thut Villa hlniNelf may be
directing the operations of tin bun
dlts la supported by a report received
totluy from OJInaga. saying t hut Col
onel Kinjua, I lie commander them, had
Information thut llla hud doubled In
hla tracka nnd wua 200 miles oml;
eunt of thut town.
NEW HOTEL PLANNED
FRANK M'LEARN RETURNS AFTER
SEVERAL DAYS IN PORTLAND
AND OREGON CITY.
I'rnnk W. Mclicarn, one of tho own
era of tho Wllliolt SrliiKB, returned t.
Ills property Frliluy after spending sov
ornl days In tho county sent nnd m
Cortland, ninklni? arrangements for
building a new hotel.
The old Wllliolt Bprlims hotel, which
jvoit coiiHtructud about hulf a century
tiKO. was burned to tho ground last
February. Mr. Mcl.eurn told frlonils
here that ho Intended to rebuild ,tho
hotel, but tho structure will .bo only a
temporary nffulr, Intended to aecom
modulo tlieonilnir summer" business.
Plans for a pnrinanunt building will
probably bo niuilo within tlio next your.
Tho temporary hotel will contain
about .'15 rooms, which Is about tins
Humo us tho old building, nnd will
probably follow out tho Hnino KmiornI
plan. All the furniture was doHtroye,!
In tho fire, nnd itwlll bo nocesnry
or mm to tiny now furniture.
board and assist th pupils at each
meeting In preparing subject for the
next meetings.
CLERK HARRINGTON FINDS REG
ISTRAR LOST CITIZENSHIP
BY HUSBAND'S TRIP.
The often-changed cltlienshlp of W
The members of th.' dull nr Misses P. White, of llnrlow. has resulted in
rnrn iTH'MOn, rw cito CIHenlll llll
er. Jennie Thompson, Florence Holm
es, Klale Knsh, Florence lleullev. Vel
um Csnlrlll and Clureiice Olds, Clar
ence Weiseiihellnt r, ''Inrolien Holmes,
Clurenco Bcheer, Ka.vinond Holmca,
Kenneth Wplsenhelr.i-r. Deorge Dodds,
I.ydden Illngham and Krmll lllimlinm
an entirely new kind of rcgl'itrution
tang'e. effecting 80 voters of thut
town. County Clerk Iva Harrington
mode a trip to Harlow Monday to
piraigwen out the mess
tr. unite was born In England and
was naturalized here many yeura ago.
loiter ne spoilt seven years In Canada
The officers are Miss Kthel Nnsh. hore he took a part In Canadian tml-
president : Kimer Nash, vlce-presl- 'ca anu oouglit laud from the Cann
tieni; miss i.iuinn lloiiuen, secretnry; I man government. Ho wus not aware
Haymund Cnntrll, treasuror. The pro- of "o fuel that his activity In the
gram commltteo consist of Huyinond provinces to tho north revoked his
( untrll, Miss Elsie Nirtth nnd Clarence I cltlicnshlp to the United Stntea.
Rrhwr.
FIR8T ROSE IN WEST LINN
J. W. Draper, of West Linn, has the
first roso In bloom of the season at
hi homo ut that place, this being n
Mudum Alfred Carrier, and Thursday's
Bimslilne brought tho blossom out in
full bloom nnd Is unusually fraKrant.
Tho bush Is Rrowlni? on tho south sldo
When tho time came to appoint res-
Istrurs throughout the county'.' Cleric
Hurrlngton named Mrs. A. M. White.
ins wire, as roc strur. Mr. wiiiin nm.
. . . e-
nueca 111s haturailMtlon papers and
regiBtered. boliovlng that he was a full
ciuxon. Mrs. Whlto. acting In good
rami, proceeded with her duties us
registrar and enrolled the names of
Mi voters on the poll records.
Saturday Clerk Hurrlngton heard of
Mr. White's trip to Canada and of hlR
loss of cltizniiBlilp throuKh his nctlvi
of the house nnd In :io way protected.
Mr. Proper Is ono of West Unit's tics there. She appointed George Bora
prom nent roso Krowers, and ninny of registrar to tnko the ploce of Mrs!
........ -ni. ,iu lun mr 10111111 i ins White, ami It w II Iia i
home. He Is an 'etithualuvtlc mnniber register all the votera In the precinct
of tho West Unn Iloso society and -t m
each year exhibits many beautiful blos
soms from his garden.
TO
SUES TO COLLECT BALANCE
A. S. Pullutto hns filed a suit in tho
circuit court against the Northwestern
Trust company, Irnm M. Vosc and Ar
nold Von Wyl to collect $6250, alleged
to bo due on a series of notes, anil $500
nttorneys fees.
can be strictly enforced.
Yours truly.
G1L11ERT I.. HEDGES.
District Attorney.
t- 4 ? 4 4 S 4-
:p.C.8TARKVEATHER
ELECTED PRE1QIT
OF LOCAL AUTO CLUB
Guided by a spirit of fuirness. Dis
trict Attomoy Gilbert L. Hedges Fri
day prepared for publication a atate
ment refuting a itory appearing in
the Courier of April 6, In which that
paper says that the district attorney
was In the party and further Implcs
that he led tho raid. "Sheriff Wilson
and hla deputies, accompanied by my
deputy, Thomas A. Ilurke, made the
raid and secured the intoxicating
liquor and brought it back to Oregon
City," reads the district attorney's
letter.
A letter similar to the statement
appearing at the head of this story
has been sent by the district attor
ney to the Courier with tho request
that it be printed to correct their er
ror.
Sheriff Wilson and I are working
togother in hurmnny nnd we are en
forcing the prohibition law In Clock-
amas county to the letter,'1 said Mr.
Hedges Friday. "And, moreover, we
do not intend (0 relax one minute m
the future. Clackamas county will
be dry and is dry If the combined ef
forts of the sheriff and myself count."
COMMITTEE FROM ALL CHURCH
ES AT WORK AFTER ROUS
ING MASS MEETING-
ANNUAL BANQUET IS HELD
PORTLAND WOMEN ADMIT
TED TO MEMBERSHIP.
IN
FARMER 1$ HELD FOR
FOOD LAW VIOLATION
O. P. Nelson, a Wllsonvlllo fanner,
was arrested late Tuesday afternoon
on a charge of trying to sell meat
from a cow contrary to a state law.
Tho complaint was signed by O. H,
Fnllenwlder, a deputy state dairy and
rood coinmlsntoner. Nelson is alleged
to have killed a cow which was about
to die from natural causes.
SCHOOLS RECEIVE $3.50 FOR
EACH CHILD PLAN8 FOR
EXHIBITS ARE MADE.
HACKETT BUYS MUCH WOOD
E. A. Hackett Tuesday bought at 0
constable's sale 200 cords of wood at
$1.15 a cord and 100 cords of wood at
$1.30. The wood Is now on the New
man place near Now Era and can' be
hauled to town for not over $1.S0 a
cord, enabling Mr. Hnckett to have
the wood delivered to his yards here
at an unusually low cost.
County School Superintendent Cula
vun is making the spring apportion
ment of tbo county school fund, and
Is apportioning $3.r0 per capita.
He is also arranging to have an ex-
hllilt at tho coming county fair as
well as tho Oregon Btate fair, and w;ll
soon be ready to have his list K.udy
for ttin Clackamas county fulr. He is
planning to have a larger and better
exhibit this year, and will try nnd
have the Clackamas county schools
win one of the big prizes time are to
tie offered for tho Clackanuw county
rair as won as the Oregon stato fair.
Many of the students of the various
schools of the county are alresuy plan
ing to exhibit, according to Mr. Cala
van and School Supervisor Vedder,
who arc Interesting th children to
show their elders what they can do.
Some are to enter In raising goal
corn, for whlch-a prize is always giv
en by Judge Grant n. Pimook at the
Clackamaa county fair, and others are
to enter In the contest for raising
good potatoes, while others are en
tered for other prizes. i
WJ.S.
STILL SAYS GRIFFITH
PORTLAND, Ore.. April ll.-Elen-tion
of Franklin T. Griffith, president
of the Portlund Railway, Light & Pow
er company, to the chairmanship of
the Willamette Volley Southern's
bonrd of directors does not mean the
ausorption of the "farmers' line" by
1Mb nigger corporation, according to
ran urirtitn
"Inasmuch bb the Portland Railway,
i-ngni t rower company has guaran
toed tho bonds of the Willamette Val
loy Southern, I felt thut company
snouiu nare some cherk on cxpedi
lures of the compnny," Mr. Griffith
said today.
As a matter of fact, the Willam
ette Valley Southern Is an indenend-
eni line and win remuln so. We are
going to allow the 'farmers' line' to
demonstrate whether or. not a small
line can exist Independently of n
larger line and It If can we do not wish
to make the relationship anv closer.
The directors of the company, how-
ever, have had practically no experi
ence in railway financing, so that tliU
com
Bt of Its experience.
FAIR GROUNDS TITLE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FINDS ASSO
CIATION DID NOT HAVE GOOD
DEED TO PROPERTY.
A cloud on the title to tho Clack
amas county fair grounds at Canby
has been removed after two weeks of
woTk by Judge Grant H. Dimtck and
the work of transfering the property
from the association to the county will
being soon. The county will meet
$7950 In outstanding debts of the asso
ciation nnd in return will recoivetitlo
to the property.
Two weeks ago the county court re
ferred to the district attorney's offico
the papers in the matter, and a seri
ous flaw In the transfer of the prop
erty to the association was found. Un
der a strict ruling, the association did
not have a tlt'e to the property as in
an administrator's sale of the land,
proper service of a citation had not
been secured.
Judge Dlmlck of the fair association
was Informed of, the condition and he
at once secured quitclaim deeds from
Harvey G. Starkweather was elected
president of the Clackamas County
Automobile club at the annual ban
quet held In the Crystal room of the
Hotel Henson lu Portland Wednes-.
day night. Other officers ore: First
vice-president, L. D. Walker; second
vice-president, James Hoake; secre
tary, John Uusch; treasurer, Mv I).
Latourette. and governors, E. E.
Mrodle, J F. RIsley. R. C. Park, Hugh
S. Mount and W. J. Wilson.
Women w 111 bo ndmltted to member,
ship of the club, following the action
taken at the meeting.
Eighty attended the banquet, repre
senting a large part of the county.
Miss Rose Vptegrove, candidate for
queen of tha rose festival, was pres
ent ond the club pledged its support
Frank Branch Riley talked on
"Roads," County Commissioner Rufus
C. Holman of Multnomah county on
"Hard Surface," John B. Yeon on 'The
Columbia Highway." A number of
representatives of automobile manu
facturers were present and spoke.
P. T. McBaln was toastmaster of
the banquet. E. W. Bartlett, J.- W.
Read, C. W. Risley and C. Schuebl
mado short talks. A number of wom
en attended the meeting. The party
return to Oregon City before mid
night.
PORTLANDERS WED HERE
Walter C. McCrea nnd Dorothy Isa
bel Barnholtzer. both of Multr.onina
county, were married here Saturday
by Rev. W. T. Milliken, of tlw First
Baptist church. Mrs. McCrea former
ly lived In Oregon City.
EaUcada is aerioualy considering
the eatabliahment of a community
cnurcn, in which member of all de
nomination will worship, and a com
mittee la now at work on the plan fol
lowing a mas meeting held In the
eastern Clackamaa county town Iat
Sunday. The Eastern Clackamaa New
haa the following to say regarding
toe movement:
With the aid of sidewalk benches.
chairs from neighboring stores and
plank set upon empty boxe. suffi
cient aeatlng capacity waa provided at
the tstacada C. L C. room, laat Sun
day afternoon to accommodate the
crowd.
Tbe very tact that a large number
of people attended this meeting, is evi
dence of the interest taken In the sub
ject of the formation of a community
or federated church here.
The meeting waa called to order by
John Ely, who waa retained aa perma
nent chairman. Following an opening
prayer by Evangelist G. E. WJlllams.
the meeting reverted into a purely in
formal discussion pro and con of the
subject at hand.
in an, eignt denominations were
represented, being members of tha
Christian, Methodist, Latter Dav
Saints, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congre
gational, Reformed Christian and Cath
olic churches.
"During the course of the meeting.
extended or brief remarks were made
by John Ely. Walter Givens. F. R
Guthrie, W. W. Dilon. A. O. Whltcomb,
Mrs. D. M. Marshall; Mrs. John Page,
A. Demoy. Rev. Mr. Soiess. Lewis
Jones, R. S. Coop, W. H. Holder and
R. M. Standish.
"All speakers expressed a desire to
see such community worship started.
each realizing the 'advantages to be
gained, but many qualifying their re
mark by pointing out the obstacles in
the path of such a plan.
"In a few instances, matters per
taining to forms of worship and de
tails of theology threatened to dampen
tho ardor of the gathering, but the gen
eral opinion was that these matters
can be Biiccessfuly overcome and ar
ranged to the satisfaction of all nt
later date, following action by coin
mittee.
"Many matters came 110 at the meet
ing, which can best be handled throumi
a committee and until a thorough in
vestigation has been made of tho char
ters and ortlcles of organization em
ployed by other communities that have
successfully established community
worsnip, no definite action can be tak
en.' .
While the county court ha glt.ni
out no Information a to Ita plan of
Improving Clackamas county road
with bard surface under Harry Wora
wlck'a offer. It became known Wednes
day afternoon that the road to Pa re
place will be Improved and that the
county court now la completing ar
rangement for the work.
County Judge Anderson, ' Commia-
loner Knight. Road Supervisor Pope
and Mr. Worswick dlaeiused the mat
ter Wednesday afternoon. The Im
provement will be a mile and a third
long, IS feet wide and will contain II.-
; 920 square yard of surface. The cost
will be about $7000.
In order to comply with the stale
road law the county court la forced ta
go through the form of advertising for
bid. Bids will be opened April 29.
The Improvement la the first real
hard surface "work in the county. Ad
v orate of good roads In every sec tion
are pleased with the decision of the
court
The Improvement will be entirely a
county affair. The county will buy
and install a paving plant The coun
ty's road rollers wilt be qsed. gravl
from the county's gravel pita will be
brought to tbe road and the work will
be carried oa under the supervision of
the county. Ms. Vj'orswlck wittact,.
superintendent of tbe work, and he is
conslderel a practical nnd competent
man.
With a paving plant county property .
and with Mr. Worswick empoyed, It
la Intimated that tire county court will
at once begin to plan other projects.
but Just where this other work will
be done haa not been made public.
County Commissioner Knight aald
Wednesday that the court had not se
lected a site for the paving plant, or
completed arrangements for shipping
gravel from one of the county pits to
the road.
The court evidently Intends to take
full advantage of the summer weather
In putting down the surface. Super
visor Pope will prepare the road for
the graders, raising one part of It
north of the Southern Pacific tracks.
The road to Park place, because of
the heavy travel over it, haa been a
constant source of expense to the'
county in the past.
as.
WOMAN HIT BY AUTO
SET FOR APRIL 21
County School Superintendent J. E.
Catavon hns completed the arrange
ments for an arithmetic contest to be
held on April 21. He will be assisted
by Supervisor Brenton Vedder. of
Gladstone.
During the winter Superintendent
Ca'avan sent out to the teachers of
the various schools arithmetic ques
tions, and the pupils who rece'vod au
average of 90 per cent or better than
this were entitled to enter the con
test. The winners will be entit'ed to
compete for grade diplomas,
mks. MARGARET MARTIN AL
LEGES CAR WAS TRAVELING
TWENTY MILES AN HOUR.
Cnntemt ara in Ka hoist In
heirs of the late Aron Walte, in thijlritv Kein rnhv .nH mwi,1
way removing the cloud. He informed t 'n. r. hi ai.,... . . i.
the county court Monday of the sue-, renresented are No l 1M w in
34, 4, 4, 9, 77, 14, 301, 109. At Kelso
will be Nos. 19, 312, 50, 107, 46. 39; at
Canby, Noa. 86, 110, 59, 20, 112, 16. 36;
at Meadowbrook, Nos 101, 32 and 11.
The contest to be held In Oregon
cess of his efforts.
FIVE SCHOOLS VISITED
County School Superintendent Cala-
van spent a busy day Tuesday visiting City will be In the office of Mr. Cala-
ii vn Ftrnrwua in tha riar ti.ait . j &
nnv la trK-imr k u . " " 1 11 c j van. anu ne naa arranged so tnat th
Z JIJI'J "ne ,he ben- S,0.n' Dascus, Rock Creek. Union students coming to this city will be
anu Kkst Clackamaa. .aved aa much nMn .. nn.iht.
A suit for $5000 personal injuries
was filed by Mrs. Margaret Martiu
against E. F. and W. B. Portouw in
the Clackamas county circuit court
Saturday. The defendants own a Ford
car which Btruck Mrs. Martin Febru
ary 19, 1916, when driven by E. F.
Portouw, and seriously Injured her.
Brownell & Slevers are appearing as
Mrs. Martin's attorneys.
Mrs. Martin alleges that the Por
touw car was being driven on the left
side of the street and was
through the business section of the
town at 20 miles an hour. Instead of
turning a square corner when going
from Main street to the suspension
bridge approach, she alleges, the ma
chine cut corners and struck her.
She waa driven across the side
walk and against a railing on the out
side of the Beaver building.
New $?0,000 business block started
at Bend.
CLEAR CREEK PARK
PORTLAND PUBLISHER PLANS
SUMMER HOME ON TRACT
EIGHT MILES FROM TOWN.
The transfer of Clear Creek park, a
tract land of located on Clear creek
at Us confluence with the Clackamas
river, from Judge Jordon E. Hayes to
C. E. Jackson, publisher of the Oregon
Journal, was completed Monday. Tha
price was not made public, but Judg
ing from the war tax stamps on the
deed, the consideration was $5000.
ine property is located 8 miles from
Oregon City, and is a popular place
for picnics and other outdoor gather
ings. Judge Hayes held the property
for some time. Some time ago tho
owner and Mr. Jackson negotiated for
the sale of the property, but the two
were unable to agree on a price.
It is understood here that Mr. Jack
son intends to make the park his sum
mer home, and that he will soon begin
extensive improvements on the property.
BRIEF FOR APPEAL
Uriels in the case. Weyerbauser
1-and company vs. Clackamas count7.
an action which was instituted in tho
board of equalization by the land
company In an effort to beat down
assessments, are about ready to be
filed with the supreme court The
county U making the appeal from he
circuit court and (District Attorney
Hedges has prepared the papers in
the case. The action is Important In
asmuch as the county is fighting t
uphold the Nease timber cruise on
which all timber lands assessment
are based.
Newberg handle plant is to reopen
with receiver In charge.