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FIFTIETH VtAR. No. 71
OHMJON CJTV, OIMWON, MM HAY, JULY 1 J, VJW.
ESTABLISHED 1861
M M H I I I 4
The tnleipria I Iht
only ClMktma CuunXf
hipitlf that pflnl
all ix new of Ihi
(rotating County.
ENTE
IDE VARIETY Or
SUBJEC
OPEIII
SUE
6SESSI0
ALLIES IE
PRESIDENTS Or WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY AND KIMBALL COL
ltd OF THEOLOGY TALK.
m WILL END TODAY WITH
ADDRESSES BY PROMINENT HEN
Dr.. i. K. Hawktn of Local Church
Talk an Old fashioned Evangel
lam Slag Described at Beat
Way la Win Soul.
leader In Mainodlam from li
! (lila of lh KiJflii district gather
ed lu Orgon C'lly yretrrday, dleiueaed
lh Work of tha church, beard talka
from lha etale'e mual prominent nu n
In denominational work and generally
rrurwed old acquaintance and made
new nnr. Dr. T. II. Kurd, district an-pertnli-udml,
formerly pastor uf th
local (htiith, presided and dollvrred
ilia opening talk, "Tli Preacher'
Theme."
Tha paper read Thursday covered
wld variety of eul'Jecl. M. II.
Paroua.'glau, Huhday school mlaalon
ary of Ha'cm. dlaruaard "HuikUF
KiIkmiI Katenalou." W. It. f. Ilrowne
Hika un " KvunnellKin. Y. M. Jaa
per," of 1 1 rook i, ensealed varloiia
a a of denominational co-operation In
relieving over-churched communlllca
and Dr. I.eler Flrlda rrad paper
on Tli -I'aator and Ida Statistical
Hrooit."
Had of Inilltutiona Talk.
Ijmt night lha dnlegaloa heard
about lha Mrthodlat tnalltulloDa of
Ihla alnln. Iraldut II. J. TallMilt.
of tha Kimball College of Theology;
President Carl U. Doney, of Willa
mette University; and Mra. E. J. Hwaf
ford, representing tho Methodist Old
People' home. UlnrUKwd lha work of
llirlr respective Inalltuliona.
Tba aciNlon will end tonight with
an addrvaa by Frank l.oveland, D. D
of Portland, on "Tho World Problem.'
Tha meetings aro open and many In
te rested In church work attended, the
araalon today,
One of tho fcuture of yeaterdny'a
scmlon waa the puper wad by Dr. J
K. Ilawklna. paalor of the Oregon City
Methodist rhurrli. dealing wllh the
oldfaahlonrd revival.
1tt Ravlvallat Show In Hlmaalf.
"It la a fact In history that (0
yonra ago tho slinplo announcement
of revival nutting and the ringing
of the church boll waa sufficient to
tiling crowd to Ihe home of Hod to
hear Ihe gospel." ha said, "while now
In the largo contcra It tiikea aonipthlng
like a thiro-rliiKcd clrtua wllU two
or three alilonhowa, and ttie roinbln
ntlon of rliiKinuHler, clown. Juggler,
acrolmt and trngvdinn to moke a good
eviingellHt. All to bo enlivened with
a Worn hand and a choir of thoimum!
voire.
"I lieva no objection to loiuuitlonnl
niethoila In aiH'iirlng a hoiirlni;, and
hnve often thoimht an evnngnllHt
would be JumIICJimI In turning a aoin
erxnult before, an audtenro for effect
If I but would bring out tho mansci
to hear hla niemmgo."
Ijiler, Dr. Ilawklna dwlnred, "In
llw.u.. .Ini'u I linltnvn tlfillllnir klinl't nf
a kIi'KQ will occompllHu tho roHiilta
Hint gratify or lu ony docreo mtlnfy.
Hung on until them la molting down
in tli church and until tha Lord given
lie promlm-d power."
Concluding Ills tnlk. lie anld, "Tho
reiiteHt niutilfoNtntlona of God'a pow
j or (lint I liuvo ever been privileged to
acft'hnvn been lifter tho midnight
lionrl " . .
Many Attend Seaalon.
The liiurcliinen at tho rchhIoii yoH
terdny wore: Dr. T. H, Ford, dlHtrlct
animrlntendeiit of Siilem dlatrlct; John
P. Colenmn, Cliiclmimi; M. II. Pur
oniuiKliin. Sunday auhool inlHHlonnry,
SiiIimii; J. II. Talbott, n. P., Snloin.
pieHlilcnt of Klmlmll College of Tho
ology; Curl 0. Doney, proHldent of
Wlllmiietto University, Salem; Henry
Splemi, EHlncndn; C. E. Curtis, Mo
liilln; P. M. Jnaper, Hrooka; U C.
FURTHER
NTO LINE
CONTALM AISON, IMPORTANT IN
TfUTON DCriN8E. TAKIN IV
ANOLOrrtCNCH rORCtl.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN
Nt From Eatrn front, London Oo
Claraa, la Equally tatlafactory
from AIM' VIwD0lnl
German Report Put!.
I.ON'IKIN', July II. The rapture of
Ihe whole of Ihe Uennana lint aya
Irin of defeiiMi on a front uf U.ooo
yard Ineurly eight mile) after 10
da a and nlghta of ronllmioua fight
lug. I annoiinrrd In the official re
pot t from llrllUh headquarter In
Prance, The nuiulter of prlaonera
I l-IJEW HOUSES
ARE BEING BUILT
MIKITY
REVIVAL IN PAPER AND WOOLEN
INDUSTRIE BRINGSPROSPER
IT TO OREGON CITY.'
ESTIMATED INCREASE IN TOWN'S
POPUUTION IN 12K0KTHS IS750
KEN OF CWCKJUttS COL'NTK
NO. 1
Flfty-flv Nv Conntctlon With City
Water Main Mad line First of
Vaar Llot of Nv Horn and
Other Improvement Printed.
The revival In the paper and woolrn
Induatrlea lu Ihe tuat year ha hrouicht
about a general bualnea revival In
Oregou City and, liiridmtully, a re
vival In building aa well.
Klrven liomea are now under con-
atrui tlon, and a acore or more are be
ing planned for erection during thle
aiimuier or early full. Me reliant a, find
ing bualneaa Improved, are bettering
their atorea, but the hulk of money
going for conatructlon work here at
the preaent lime, alde from eaten
live Imprnvrinent at the pa-r mill,
la going for new houae.
It la aliiioat liupoaalblo to find a
vacant modern houae in Oregon City.
Btore which buve len vacant lor
1 yeara are now occupied. A acore of
taken eiceeda 7,(40.
Tlila waa anothe good day for the 'new bualneaaea have opened within
entente alllea, who are making a
ateady advance on all front. A atrlk
lug llluatratlon of the different In
the relative poalllon of the allied and
the Teutonic forrra, and of the r-
umrkablo change from the monoton
one trench warfare which characteris
ed the allied operation for so many
weary months until Ihe preaent sum
nier, la found In the number of prlaon
era and gun taken. Tbee for the
battle of Ihe Romme amounted to JJ,
OoO prlaonera and 104 guns raptured
from the Germans, while the official
figure fur the Huulan General Uniaal-
lore drive to July 1 are !TI.!0 pria
oner. 312 gunj end (fit mnchlne guna.
Today'a new la of auatnlned and
heavy 'fighting on almoat all the
frniita, the alllea making rnnalalent
progreaa, with only orcanlonul aet
backa. The HrltUh finally have cap
tured the fiercely contested town of
Conlalinalaon. aftor deaperate day and
alght fighting and now aro holding the
town agalnat all German counter at
tack. The Importance the Germane have
attached to Ihla poaltlon niay be
tneaaiired by the fact that they re
cently threw the Prosnlnn gunnl Into
the fighting at Ihla point.
The ltrltlnh commander-ln-chlof. Gen
eral Sir Douglna Ilnlg, thus suiiiniarlces
the reaulta of the ten duys' operutlnns:
Our triMips have completed the me
thodical capture of tho whole enemy's
flrat aystein of defennos on a front
of H.000 yards."
Tho newe from the enstorn front la
equally sallefnctory from tho allied'
point of view.
Much comment was cnuaod today
by tho German denial of an alleged
itiiNHlan asnertloti that rlnRk had been
evncuntnd, us no such claim yet hns
been in a do In tho Rmmlnn official dis
patches.
i (be last 12 month
Buelnee Houae Expand.
The sudden prosperity lu the paper
bualneaa. so sronriy In eontraat to
Ihe quletnea of two yeara ago. ha
bud a pronounced effect on local bual
neaa. Btorea are making Improve
liienla coualantly. Ilurmelnter k An
derson, locul Jewclera, are (pending
$',000 in doubling the alio of their
store which wilt be. when these Im
provements aro compluted. the largest
Jewelry stora In the stato outside of
Portland, live bualucs firm were)
compelled to move to give the firm
room for expansion.
It Is estimated," after a careful study
of local condition and of figure pre
pared by publisher of a county dl
rectory now going to presa, that the
population within the city limit of
Oregon City hae Increased about 750
within the last IS months. Gladxtone
West I. Inn, Cancmuh and othor nearby
town are allowing almllsr Increases.
Record Bear Out Estimate.
Records of the wnler department
bear out this estlmute of tho town's
population. Since the first of this
year, M. D. Ijitourette, secretary of
tho water board, reports 53 new con
nectlons have been modo, whllo many
who have made application tor con
nectlons with the city mains are
awaiting their turn.
During the year 191S, 14 now con'
nectlons were mado with tho water
mains and a majority of these were
mado during the last months of the
year. It Is true thut the growlug pop
ularity of Soutb Pork water muy be
rcsioiiHllilo tor soir.o of these new
connection during tho first six
rim
24,000 TONS OF
PULP STORED BY
2 LOCAL PLAUTS
WHILE MILL IN EAST FACE
SHORTAGE, MACHINES HERE
WORK AT CAPACITY.
1 mRFDCrA
I III III ll.V'iti;
I I 111 I.I II, Toorne
o mo
IIIMTOKWAI, MtMiKTY
y llldg. :d. Cor. Tar lor
I'nrtl.irM (ire
LfiUI U 10
500 TONS PAPEiuMAKINC MATERIAL
TURNED CUf EACH DAY BY 0. C.KHiS
Christian 8hubel.
The -oiid cartoon In The Knte
orlae S4-rle of "Men of Cla karnae
Couiity" la that of CUrlntlan HclmelH
lawyer, city attormy and mun of a
fair. Ho Is of Gemma titructlon,
but carrle Do hyphen While work
lug with bis band In (be paper mill
to make a living for bl family. 11
Hchutbel burned the uldtili;lit oil and
Induced the public to elect hi Juatlc
of the Pi-are. He afterward formed
a law partnership with W. 8. C Iten
and helped that getitleiiun cvolv
portlona of Ihe widely heralded "Ore
gon system. He served two term
In Ihe leglaluture, and is the author of
lite 10 hour taw Mr. fkbuebel takes
sn active interest in oax-asmem anu
taiatlon problems, and in military at.
falra. He la member of the Live
Wirea and hae always been a consla-
li-nt x rapper for hla principle. In
politic Mr. BchuelHtl I a Republican,
without airing". He I a liberal con
tributor to charltlea. HI fumlly con
slata of a wife and four daughters.
Along with his other accomplishments,
Mr. Bchuchcl Is one of the youngest
grandfathers among the citizens of
Oregon City.
Central Powera Lose 500,000 Man.
(Continued on Page 4).
I'ETROGRAD," vlu London, July 6.
Nearly a half million Austrlans and
GnriiiiiiiB liuvo been put out of coiiiiiiIh
bIciii alnco General IlriiflHlloff began
Ills great advance n month ago today.
The grand total of prisoners to dato
Ix, in round minrlicrs, 2:15,000, of which
4500 tire officers.
Without tho actual figures regarding
tha dead and wounded, careful chU
mates, bated on the boHt information,
place the hitter lit 200,000 to 220,000.
The Aiistrlnnu. proiloinlnuto nver-
whnlmliiKly among the prlaonera, Jint
among llin deud und wnuiiiled It Is said
that a fairly largo porceiituge aro
Germuiis. Tho Gorman ' Iohbch lu
stopping tho RusHiun advance on Kovol
uud In counter nttucks miiilo In solid
ranks were onorinous. ,
(Continued Ob Page 4.)
TO GET
E.
D. OLDS, OF OAK GROVE, SE
CURES CONTRACT FROM
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
COUNTY VILL 0 TO
MOIIITSSn
PAVING JOB ISY
TWO MONTHS OF STEADY WORK
IN NORTHERN PART OF COUN
TY ARE MAPPED OUT.
Charges Against
Mullan Dropped
ClmrgeB of liic.lmpntonoy, of fullure that Mullan would give work only to
to do his duty and of tialng IiIb office
for his political advnntngo mudo agalnat
Road BuperlKor 8. L. Mullan of dlHtrlct
No. J by 115 taxpayers will bo dropped
by the county court, It was announced
Friday,
Siiporlaor Mullan was nil nnsticcesg
fill candidate for the Itopubllcan nom
ination for county coinmlHHloner nt the
recent primaries. Ho was nppolntod
supervisor tho first of the year over
two other candidates for the offlco.
District No. 1 Is among the largest
In Ihe county and glvee ft supervisor
opportunity to distribute considerable
patronage, of which Mullun Is alleged
to have taken full advantage
The petition ankliig for his removal
filed with the county court charged
thoHO -farmers who were his political
friends, Unit ho nnglocted to make
needed Improvements and was waste
ful In handling tho dlHtrlct funds,
amounting to several thousand dollars.
, The county court hold a healing sev
eral weeks ago but took the matter
under advlsomont until Krlduy. It Is
understood that one of the court's reas
ons for dismissing the caso was the
fear of encouraging similar action by
disgruntled farmers of other of the 57
road districts In Cluckamas comity.
Miss Klorenco Hall, of Calgury, Can.,
hus arrived In this city, and will spend
the summer at the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. Angus McDonald. Miss Hall Is
the niece of Dr. McDonald.
' K. D. Olds, of Oak Grove, who holds
the stale agency for Rlchiuoudite pav
ing, ) lay n mile or more of this
new type of hard surface on tho Co
lumbia highway aoiith of Scappose as
a demonstration of tha quality of the
surface. . Ho was awardod the contract
by the Columbia county court.
Mr. Olds has offered a lay a mile
of Rkiimomllte In Clackamas coiluty
for 800, providing the county will pre
pare tho road for tho, surfacing. The
county has prepared a contract umlor
tho terms of which Mr, Olds will Im
prove Stool nvenuo at Mnldrum from
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company's station to the river road, a
distance of 1)00 feet, for 30 cents a
square yard. The Improvement Is to
be laid 16 feet wide, and guaranteed
for five years. The contract has not
yet been signed.
Mr. Olds claims thut Richmond He
will withstand heavy trnffleo as well
a a thicker pavement, backing his
statement with the experience of the
city of Richmond, Cnl., whore the
pavement originated.
The county paving plant will be In.
stalled at Ihe Will's gravel pit near
the Clackamas-Multnomah county line
and ready for work by Monday If the
plana of Headmaster T. A. Roots ma.
ture.
Tho county has mupped out two
months of .work on roads leading Into
this county from Portland. The Mil
watikle-Seilwood road, at present one
of the roughest In tho county, will be
the first Improved with a five-Inch
coat of asphaltic concrete. Then the
county will take up tho improvement
nf the road leading lato this county
from Eighty-second street, Portland,
Improving It for a distance of about
two miles.
I.ack of money to do further work
will probably prevent improvements
In addition to these this Beason
However, the work of the Inst two
months has demonstrated to the sat
isfaction of Rondmaster Roots and tho
county court the practicability of a
county owned and operated paving
plant and a busy season in 1917 Is
forecasted.
'Many of the special roud levies
this year specified that the money
should go for oil bound macadam and
under the stuto law it Is Impossible to
change tho kind of road to be built
with money from n special district
tax." said Roadm.ister Roots Thurs
day. "Uut by next year we expect
to receive considerable help from
these district levies and will be busy
from early spring until late in the
fa'l, providing only that the wenther
permits.'' .
In Improving roads in district No.
1 with hard surface about $5000 of
the expense will be met with money
from the district funds.
Only Inability i Secure Bleach Env
barratae Hawley and Crown Will
amette Companlto Pulp Mill
Ar Shut Down This Month.
While mill in Ihe east and in many
part of the middle west are facing a
shortage of pulp, particularly those
plant engaged In manufacturing Ihe
higher grades of paper, Oregon City
mill are turning out paper at capacity,
without the fear tbat the pulp famine
will force them to curtail their pro
duction. Stored on the bank of the Willa
mette below the falls, like email moun
tain, are 24.uvw ions of pulp. All the
pulp mill In the nation working at
capacity 24 hour. It I estimated, can
produce. about Hi.ftoo ton of pulp. It
would take all the mill In the country
about 34 hour of ateady work to turn
out a pile of pulp equal to the reaerve
aupplie of the two local companies,
the Crown Willamette Paper company
and the Hawley Pulp aV Paper com
pany.
SOO Ton Daily Capacity.
These two companies can produce at
tho helghth of the pulp making season
500 tona of ground wood and sulphite
pulp in 24 hours. The pulp mills are
closing down this month on account
of the usual lestx-ulng of power of this
season, but the reserve supply will be
enough to run the paper machine
through the summer months.
The Crown Willamette mill lead In
the production of pulp, making enough
of thla material to supply the mill at
Camas as well as the machines located
here. The following table present tb
situation in a nutshell:
Hawley
Mill.
35 tons
35 ton
57 tona
CROSSES
ATLITIC
Al
LHAUTAUQUA
VIE FOR HONORS
KEKUKU HAWAIIAN QUARTET, a
A. R. PROGRAM AND JUVENILE
ACTORS ALL ARE POPULAR.
200 VEJEMS Of CIVIL WAR
GATHER IN BIG AUDITORIUM
SUBMARINE MERCHANTMAN IS
ENTERED AT BALTIMORE AS
COMMERCIAL VESSEL.
FULL INSPECTION MADE
Captain Foraec No Difficult) in
Making Return Trip Other U
Boata Being Built For Trart
Atlantlc Commerce
Dr. Sutcltff Advise Chautauquana lo
Deepi Nobody Comu Player
Fiatur Tiday'a Program at
Gladatono Park.
(JLADSTONK PARK, July II
(Special.) Three thing helped make
the blKgeat day In year at Gladxtone
Park today. The Kekuku Hawaiian
quartet, the O. A. R. Patriotic day
program, and Mlas Noll Crleli and
her Junior rhautauqua'a presentation
of King Arthur' court, all vied for
headline honor among tho ihautau
quan. Folks rame for miles around
to enjoy one or a'l three of these fea
ture and more than 5,000 were In at
tendance. Tor the first time In year the II
o'clock Korum hour program filled the
big audltoriuh. The G. A. R. boy
had the time of their lives a gueta
HALTIMORE, July 10. Tbe during
German seamen who brought tbe sub-
til aa r-l n vnssuk ss n t rrt a m V umlaehlan .1
aero, the Atlantic slept quietly to-J of chulu'l"
night aboard their vessel, which lay
C. .
Mill.
320 tons
110 tona
160 tons
Dally capacity
Wood pulp ..
Sulphite pulp.
Am't used dally
Amount stored ..4.000tons 10,000 tons
Bleach Famln Serious.
While there Is no possibility of the
local mills facing a shortage In pulp
or pulp making materials for years to
come, the Inability of the companies
to get bleach is causing worry among
paper manufacturers, the country
over. This bleacn, w uicn was aecureu
from Germany before the war. Is now
almost (mosBnle to secure even at
tho present price ninny times over the
quotations of two or-three years ago,
and newspaper manufacturers are
compelled to turn out a product which
Is much like the pulp in color.
moored to a carefully screened pier
guarded by a strong squad of Haiti
more police. Captain Paul Koenig, the
skipper, had delivered his papers to
the North German Lloyd office, en
tered hla vessel at the custom house
as a commerce carrier, and had pre
(sentel to a German embassy official
a packet o correspondence' for Count
von Henistorff.
Now the submarine is ready to die
charge her million dollar cargo of
dyestuffa and take on board for the
return trip to Germany metal and
rubber needed by the Emperor'a arm
lea and navy.
Tbe return merchandise la waiting
on the dock, and the time for leaving
port will depend largely on plana for
eluding vigilunt enemy cruiser ex
pected to be waiting outside the en
trance of Cbespeake Pay for the re
appearance of tbe vessel.
One or Captain Koenig's first acts
after he moved his ship up the har
bor from quarantine early today was
to announce that the Dcutschland was
only one of a fleet of mammoth sub
mersions built or building for a reg
ular trans-Atlantic freight and mail
service.
The German captain submitted bis
craft to a thorough Inspection by the
surveyor of tho port and nn agent of
the department of Justice. These of
ficers agreed that there was no sign
of armament of any description on
board, and that there was no doubt
In their minds about the boat's being
H..ih nf the local comnan es are rm""--u lo " sijuus ol BQ oruinary
turning out paper at capacity, and , '"ennamman.
Oregon City ranks up well when com-1 The captain asserted that his voy.
pared with ony of tho other cities in age had established the fact that a
the country in which paper Is mami- submarino of the type of tho Deutsch
factured.
T-
E
GOVERNMENT PAYS TWICE AS
MUCH FOR FOOTWARE AS BE
FORE WAR IN EUROPE.
CANBY PAIR GET LICENSE.
Married Guardsmen Freed,
WASHINGTON, July 6. All army
departmental commanders have been
authorized by Secretury Iluker to dis
charge enlisted men of the National
Guard in the Federal service who have
one br moro dependent relatives. The
order aelso enjoins department com
manders to Instruct recruiting officers
to avoid acceptance of recruits who
have relatives dependent upon them
for support
A marriage license was Issued Tues
day to Josephine Uruilford and Clif
ford Hurgess, of Canby.
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i-'VILLA IS REPORTED AT
THE HEAD OF BANDITS.
$ SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 8.
Francisco Villa's reported reap- ?
pearunce In Mexican military af-
'airs was followed toduy by the
? receipt st the border of a new $
$ version of the injuries he is sup- ?
v posed to have received. Accord-
lug to tills latest version. Villa $
was shot through both legs and
only recently recovered enough to $
retake command of hla men.
? The report that Villa has been $
operating southwest of Parrtil, 4
was transmitted to General Funs-
toiiJrom El Paso today, the ssma
report bearing tbe'ncw account of S" J
$ the nature of his wounds. $
.... $. .4 . .Si $
Rush orders for ldO.000 pairs of
shoes have been placed by the United
States government. This business, in
addition to the animal contracts for
110,000 pairs Of shoes, was placed
without the usual procedure ot so
liciting bids and is believed to be
the harbinger of other business which
it is expected will aggregate .100,000
pairs. This footwear, It Is understood,
will be supplied to the National Guard
contingents summoned to tba Mexi
can border.
The prices charged for these shoes.
K, average about double the cost prior
to the outbreok of the European war.
Since then leather values have boon
soaring, owing to the advancing
tendency of raw hides and the scar
city of tanning materials and dye-
stuffs used to give the desired color
to shoes.
Although here is now -aa apparent
danger of war with Mexico, never
theless it is expected the troops sent
to the border will be. there for a long
time and this fact is looked upon
as a guarantee that prices df foot
wear will be still higher.
land could travel cnywhere that the
ordinary vessel could go, 13,000 miles,
it . necessary. He had no fears, he
said, of his ability to eludo enemies
that might be waiting for him off the
Virginia capes when he starts his
return trip.
During nearly the entire voyage to
America, said Captain Kocntg, the
Deutschland traveled on the surface.
Once sho submerged for 10 hours, and
lay during that time on the bottom ot
the English Channel to escape Rriilsh
destroyers.
ALIENATION SUIT NON-SUITED.
on a great program with Dr. C. K.
Cllne. of Portland, aa the speaker.
In addition tbe famoua drum corps,
the veteran's male quartet and the
Kapella Ladlea' quartet of Portland
rendered musical numbers that caught
the fancy of the big audience.
Dr. Cline'i talk was popular one
with chautauquans. Ho hit the funda
mentals of real Americanism, praised
our schools, urged absolute non -sectarian
school system, advocated a stiff
tightening up of Ihe primary law and
lastly urged his hearers to cut out
the hyphen with one fell swoop In
these days of international turmoil.
Dr. J. E. Hall, department comman
der of Oregon, also made a strong pa-'
triotic appeal. Tbe old boys, some I'OO
In number, made a most impressive
appearance on tbe big platform of the
auditorium and were given a great
ovation by the chautauquans.
Children A re Actor..
Misa Nola Crictx, who has had
charge of the Junior Chautauqua, per
formed somewhat ot a miracle. In her
presentation of "King Arthur's Court"
this afternoon. ,
With one week's training she had
the kiddles wonderfully schooled and
the beautiful pageant went off with
out a hitch, Miss Crietz reading the
legend as the pantomine progressed.
Little Miss Emcllo Meihel made a big
hit with her dancing numbers, as also
did Master Haldane Halned and Violet
Montgomery. All are Portland chil
dren. One of tbe finest numbers of tlut
present assembly was tbe appearance
of the Kekuku Hawaiian quartet this
afternoon. Tho dark-skinned musicians
were given a great reception by tho
great crowd present, and were forced
to give an extra half hour's program
before the audience would let them
The troupe is undoubtedly one ot the
best of its kind in the United States,
go. They were on tho program again
tonight and were even more popular.
Dr-Sutcllffe's 10 o'clock hour today
was devoted to a discussion on Henry
VanDyke's "Footpaths of Peace." He
said in part:
Despite Nobody, Advice.
"We are told by VanDyke to despise
nobody. There are no Dagos In the
world, but millions of Italians. When "
the Anglo-Saxon race can produce
Caesars, Duntes, Angelos and Raph
aels it can afford to treat with dis
dain the humblest immigrant from
the land beyond the seas.
"Spend all the time possible with
spirit as well as body in God's out-of-doors.
There would be far less
Sabbath desecration if we hud in every
The $25,000 alienation suit of Ger
trude Scott asainst Charles and Lulu
Scott, of the Scotts Mills district, was
non-suited in the Marlon county cir-j
cult court Thursday on motion of at
torneys for tho plaintiff. She alleged
that Mr. and Mrs. Scott, parents of her ( city a Wednesday or Saturday half
husband. Merle Scott, wore the cause j iuy closing In every store and factory
of his filing a suit for divorce. Walter , Peace of soul cannot be bought; it
A. Dimlok, of this city, and John A. ! must be wrought out by living."
Carson, of Salem, represented tbe do-1
fnse. I (Continued . on Page 4.)
Methodist Pastor
Accused of Fraud
75,00fl kv WfltPetitlon.
" OLtMPIA. Wash.. July 6. Today,
petitions carrying 75,000 names In snp
port'of initiative No. 21. which auth
orizes the operation of breweries and
sale of beer direct to consumers, were
filed with the secretary of state.
It Is estimated that 50,000 of the before completing the deal. After the
petitioners will be found qualified to transfers had been mrde, they allege,
sign, while the law needs only 32,000 1 they found that the lots were located
signatures to place on the ballot. a mile from the Medford railroad sta-
Nicholas Welter, a Free Methodist
minister of New-berg. Ore., wns sued
Tuesday in the Clackamas county
circuit court by Wyutt S. George and
Gertrude E. George, alleging fraud
In a real estate trade. The plaintiffs
ask for $1000 damages and costs. The
Georges traded property in Polk
county for three lots in Medford.
Dlmick & Dimick and Will L. Mulvey
appear as attorneys for Mr. and Mrs.
George.
The plaintiffs did not go to the trou
ble to examine the Medford property
tlon Instead of a tow blocks, as they
charge Rev. Mr. Welter told them:
that the lots were rough and the soil
inferior, while the defendant Is alleg
ed to have claimed the soil was fer
tile and the ground level; that the
streets in front of the property were
not improved, ulthough the Rev. Mr.
Welter Is said to have claimed they
were; that there were liens against
the property, while the defendant Is
claimed to have said they were free
from Incumbrances.
Rev. Mr. Welter, tbe plaintiffs
charge, claimed the lots were worth
$C00 each, while they are not worth
over $200 each.