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The Inlarprlse
only Clackamas
Naapapar (hat
all ( iha nawa
growing County,
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1 OREGON CITY ENTEUP
H(4tuM4
Tha Wttkly EMtrpnta
la worth ha ifiti Cam. -
aar it wntn lhtr( and
than abtriba.
FIFTIETH VI AH No. IV
OKIidON CITY DNTKIM'JMKi:, KIM DAY, HKI'TJiMllKU !, I'lltf.
ESTABLISHED IMS
THREAT TO STOP
PAY OF MEN ON
fRCHAN
DEMON RUM lllf;
BEGISTRATION fdfl HI
JUDGE ANDERSON
FICiESCOSTOF
IES
I
E
ARE 0Cfi!iT0
TAKEN OWN
LIFE
former Oregon city man and
BOOKS CLOSE OCTOBER 7, AND IT
PREMIUM LISTS ARE OUT ANO
MANY SPECIAL PRIZES
ARC OFFERED.
Ml BOTHER ATTEMPT TO
CANOE THROUGH RAPID!.
IS BETTER TO BE ON THE
ROLLS EARLY.
mil
RISE
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SANDY M
110 IITTOHAV
OSWALD WEST IN
MILITANT
HOOD
IWJ H E ROAD
BORDER
ALLEGED
ALMOST LIFELESS ooov of faed
GLOCKNER It FOUND ON
ROADSIDE,
MURDER THEORY IS REJECTED BY
OFFICIALS AFTER INVESTIGATION
Coronaft Jury la Named and Body la
Vltwad, Bui Inquest la Not Con.
tlritrtd Llkaly Murdtr Mo
llva la Lacking.
Thr ill. I, uliI story nf a married man
tailing In lux' with u woman niliKr
than hla wife l Ix-Iiik uncovered by
liuckninaa riimily officials who Mini
ray uliiil completed two daa' Investi
gation of I lie Hi) ntTltUB death of Kred
Ulix -knrr, prospermia Humly merchunt,
who waa found almost dead on Hip
ro.ulld ii in r Kamly lust' Wednesday
iiiuriiliiK Mm. Mniiiln Zutirl-klf, Ihn
woman III Ilin ram', U held hero aa an
linioriittit witness, lnil Deputy District
Allonii'y Hiirkv mil. I Muinliiy night
I tint If Ilin rlii'inlral analysis of lilock.
ncr'a stoma, h allowed Dial he (Hit dle
from Ilin efforts of liurlil nn poison-j
iiik, aim win nn ri'iiNinrii.
t.lnrklicr waa lakrn In Ilin Handy
lintel ahrrn In' received medical lit
li'lilliiii iinlll r'rldiiy iimriiliiit when hn
waa taken to a hiwiltul In Portland
Hp died al 1 30 o'clock Hun. lay morn
ing ami at 3 o'i lot k a xit mortem
-lamination waa lii'ld. Itefore Ihla ex
amination, lilockncr'a dcuth aa be
lieved In have been caused liy mor
phine hlrli. It was thought, h hail
taken from Out drug atom of It. K
KuM'ii In Handy the night before lin
Wat found oil (tin roadside.
Chamlcal Ttata Mada.
At Dm pout innrnin oamlnutton Ir.
William II. Ham. who conducted llm
examination, noticed holes In Ilin
stomach, not llm result of iiionitilii
poisoning. Tim Blutiiui Ii wua k vt-ti
rhrmlcnl Inula liy K. 1'. W. Harding, a
rortluml chemist. Monday In order loi
determine Hit) exact ranan of ell-nth. J
Thn result of Ilin teat will probably
not Im known here iinlll today. Mr.
HnnlliiK refused to reveal tint ronultn
of hi work ovit Ilin telephone IiihI
night.
Mm. Maude Zahrlsklo, aged 33 yeal'-i,
employed by Mm. Allt'o Scales lit
Sandy, im n domestic, was tuki'ii Into
riiKlody at her room In a lodging
houan, 37.1 Taylor street. Portland, um
brought lnro n h nn IniiMirtnlit witness
Sln was lit ImiKl a cIiimo personal
friend of lllnckncr and aiiya hIiii ri'
ii'lvcil u Irlli r frnin lilm the niornliiK
hla liiKly wna found on tliu road nldn
In which hn anld hn Hlolii the morihlnn
mill wua koIiik tu lakn lila own lift'.
Slii'rlff Wlliion, Ai'IIiik Coroner Slnv
em and Hopuly DlHlrlct Attorney
llurko wrrn In Hamly Monday iiIkIU
ami nwoni In a Jury wlilrh viewed the
hody. The funerul will Im held today.
Inqueat la Not Probabla,
The Jury wiih Kworn In altlioiiMli
llirre will prolmlily lie no ImiueHl.
However, In cane tnvttlmttliM with
in the next week revealH thn poNHllill
Hy of murder, thn local authorities
will have a Jury ready for an IimiukhI
which will have Heen tliu hody.
All of the two dny'H work Indicated
that (ilockncr took hla own life, al
IhoiiKh (here urn aeveral point m,
which ure not cleared up hy any
meaiiH. Dr. II. II. Ilacheliler, of Sandy,
who attended (Ilockncr from the time
the alinoHt llfeleHii hody wiih found nn
thn roailHldn until I'Vlday mornlnc
when he wiih taken to Cortland said
today that In" pumped a liquid from
(ilockner'H hIoiiiiii'Ii Hint contained
heavy traccH of inorphlne. Hn Ih of
the opinion that pneumonia wiih a
colli rlhnthiK rnmin of (Jlnrknnr'B
death.
MIhh Ada l.oiiKtiecker, the nurun
who attended him at Hie Onod Hnmiir
u I In hiiHpltal, wart positive in her as-
Herllon that there wail morphine in
(ilockner'H Hyiilcin.
Several Threata Made..
Moreover, iihIiIii from the medical
import of the ciiHn, the mildlenl theory
Ih HtroiiKly homo nut hy rcmarka over
heard durliiK Hi l oo or four duyH heforn
(ilockncr wiih found. "I feel like drlv-
t'oimlileialile i niniiii lit upon thn al
li inpt of linorna and Waller ll'Hia. n
I'urt IhikI, to laiinn HiroiiKh (Vlllo rap
Ida on Ilin ('nlmnlila l"l Hunday hua
hi-i n liiadn hy (lii'Kon (Hy people who
read of l lie drowning of the former in
llm tiuimltoiia watera of thn river al
Ihla point llolli Hie Kooa Imya were
formerly reaidenta of (he county ai-ut
and I'te well known and popular
'Hie feal of am i naafully liiukllij; llm
paaavtiii of t'llllo ruplila III a (Unix
la anld lo he ohe tliut would have at
lrri. (hem, and. ainiill aurprlixi In
rireaaei Dial (hey tried It.
Mmli reitret hua In i n voli I'd ni r
lh IjCI that the utteinpl waa iiiiain
ceanful, un.l many frlenda of (ieorKe
KiNia iiioiir hla death. When llm two
hoya wern halfway throiiKli thu raplda
their canoe lupalted, ulid thoiixh Wal
ter waa aide to awlm through llm i ro
I'lirnnla and reach thu rocky ahore.
(ieorKe wa a wept under and drowned
In a whirlpool.
RAILROADS MAK
E
READY f TEUP
SET FOR MONDAY
NO HOPE OF SETTLEMENT WITH
MEN IS HELD BV OFFICIALS
OF RAILROADS.
EXCOVERNOR MIMICS BILLY SUN
DAY IN SPEECH MADE BE
FORE DRY WORKERS.
WILBUR AND BOYSEN, OF RESORT
FAME, COME IN FOR HOT ROAST
Though i'ilt a iiuiiihur of Clai ka
Inaa lounl oli ra appanntly haven't
known It, rnxlalratloii iM.ka ara open
al Ihn rourtlioiiMi for thn enrollment
of lotera alio liKhted to rnKlatnr
l.eforn Ihn prlniarlr Tim lxka will
rlmn 30 da lf(im Dm NivmlH-r
lei Hon, and totera who dealrn tu cant
a hallot at that time li.ul l,.ti.-r hie
Iheniaelvea lo the i oiirlliouan and aen
that ihelr namea are on Ihn hla; Ixmka
Kully guurlor of the qualified ol
J. Sang.r Fo. of Portland, Pr.ildta ,,n roiiuty have not rt-icl.ter.-d
Matting and Maktt Apptal for
Funda With Which to Fight
Agalnat "Brawtrt' bill."
aa ynt, and time la itrowlnx ahort. In
order lo vole Ihla year, elector muat
hn reylaternd Ihla )ear, and Ihoae
who did not al'' Urn rolls lu-fore thn
prlmarlea ahould do ao at thn parlleat
opIMirtunlty.
When It loinea to deallnit with llm " r-r to aaalat votera In fenlater-
hiMin queallon I in an I. W. W. "ik', ( oiirity ( lrk Ja Harrington but
heilnvo In direct action. I hope to live "'"l h-IU'ra to Ihn different dlatrlH
until I aim llooe In hell." relitntrara. iinili.K tti. ni lo n l out
Thean were Mime of the atulc lunula amniiK Ihn p-pln of their nHhlior
inoiln hy ri-tiotvriior Weal, In real li'xxla and aee Uiat their namna are
Hilly Hunday faahlon, at the opening I IripTly wordi d. Iti RlMrallon books
OUTLAY FOR LABOR ANO MATER
IALS ON iCLLWOOD MlLWAU.
KIE PROJECT IB iVA
COST 43 CENTS A SQUARE YARD
Aaphaltic Coneratt Hard Surface la
Laid on Old Macadam Foundation
Grading, Alrtady Dona,
Cult Down EiptnH.
will rloae October 7, and It la better to
be mglatered early than to hive to
ruah In at the luat minute.
LAND ON BASIN IS
meeting held at Willamette hall, by
Ihn t'nlon liry coiiimlttee which la
making a atale wide campulKn lo do-
feat the ainalleil 'Hrewera' Amend
meiit," and alao In behulf of a bill
for ahaolute prohlbillon In OrvKon.
i Know aa uiui n about boom aa
any man, audi (iovernor Weal. "1
have handled aa muny dninka aa any
man and have aet-n Ihn effecta of the
Muff In all ila phaaea."
la Eagir to Fight.
Mr. Weat declared Ihut he hud
walled a long time fur tho opportunity
to flklil aKulnat lMMize.a It wua hla
dealrn, he declured, to aee the Kale
of OrcKon aa dry aa a bone. The
brew era, he aald, w ere entitled to no
ronalderutlon, aa they did not give the I POWER COMPANY, HOWEVER, IS
PUBLICPROPERTY
Cliu kamug county'a a-coud alretcti
of hard aurface county road, laid by
county employea with county machin
ery, will coat between 43 and lA mnU
a aijuure y.-, according to flgurea
compiled Thuraday by Counly Judge
II. H. Anderwin. The exact coat of the
road will not be known until early
next month, aa aeveral bills charitable
to the road are ynt to be received
uy tne county. However, the bounty agriculture courae.
1h annual Kaal (ai kama fair tlill
year will I held () (ol-r 4, I and I
and thn directum of Iha fair aaaorla
lion are already buy arranging for
hut thny delar 'wll I the mo'
ui i eaaful In Ita hiatory.
Hemral hundre'l dollaia In ih will
bn dlatrlliUttMl and ajx-i lal piix-a ara
being offered hy thn 1'ortlaiid Hallway.
Light I'ower company, the 1'ortland
I'nlon rlt'Kkyarda, Judge (irant II
IMmick, of Oregon City, tha Columbia
Kupply company, of Cortland, and oth
era. In thn county budget Ihla year It
an Item of tM tor thn Kaat ( lk
mat fair, a fact whhh will make Ih
financing of thn fair ihla ar much
eatler than before.
rrnmiuin llala of the fair are now
being diatrlbutnd, and a atudy ot the
anU offered ahowa that the fair
thla year baa Increaaed lit n opr. A
special feature ihla year will be t'j
Juvenile hog Judging conleat, open to
Ixiya or glrlt under the age of
yeara. who are not graduatei from any
CHAPLAIN THIRD OREGON SAYS
OREGON CONCERNS WANT
TO GO BACK ON PLEOGE.
KEN ARE PRAISED FOR CONDUCT
IN SOUIHERN CALIFORNIA CAKP
Charge If Mada That Butlntta Mtn,
Onct Banting of Thtlr Support
of Militia, New Art
Backing Down.
THE COURT HOLDS
EMBARGO PUT ON PERISHABLE
FREIGHT THROUGHOUT NATION
EXPECTED TO APPEAL TO
HIGHER TRIBUNAL.
TRIANGULAR TRACT IMPORTANT
IN DEMI WATER WRIGHTS
One High Railroad Official Attributta
Situation to What Ha Ttrmt
"Unreasonable Arm
ganct" of Man.
(Contlnuod on Pnga 4).
nill'AW). Aug. 30. ThrouBhoul
thu entire country today the railroads
guthervd their forces to nppoan the
alrlkn net for next Monday.
A aummary of the hIIiiuHoii made
hy K. T. Hlpley. prt'Hldent of the At
chlholi, Topeka & Santa Ke, who waa
a tiiemlier of thu committee which
conferred with President WHhoii, In
leliHlfied thn h'HhIiiiIhiii felt here.
Mr. Hlpley nKNcrtcd that the rail
road h can now nee no hope of u act
tlemeiit before Labor Hay and aro
iiiiiVIiik every preparation for erentu
al It let. !
rractlcally every Important railroad
In thu country gave notice of cm
ImriioeH, or won preparing to itlvo
thein, They uffect pcrlnhalilo frelKht
and HvuHtock which at present coiiHtl
tulu about one-third tho freight traf
fic on miiKt weHtern roadn, and pas-
Henger agentH everywhere were in-
Htrucled lo warn pnnHcnKcrH of delayg
and not to accept any pcriHhalilo
frelKht which could not normally ho
delivered before September 4. In most
ciihch the date wiih net for Saturday,
thn Hccnml, or Sunday.
Mr. Itlpley'H face hud fight written
all over II iih he worked hla broad
Hhouldcr through the crowd at tho
Htatliin, and thn uxprcHHlon translat
ed itself Into words In his subsequent
statements.
He gave Ihreo statements. Tho first
statement was Issued formally iih tho
expression of tho party which return
ed from WiiHhlngton; the second was
addressed to employes of tho Santa
Ku and warned thoso who might obey
thn strike that they would loso ull
rlghtH of seniority mid of benefits
from Insurance mid pension fund,
The third wiih Mr. HIpley'H plan for
meeting thn Htrlko and an mialyBls
of tho railroad s hUIo of thu contro
vorny.
The thren constituted n blast of
tleflanne to tho lirothurhoods, to
wIiohu "unreaHonalilo arrogance" he
attributed the situation.
boy a of thu slate or nation any con
Iderallon. He declared that thu brew-
era could not be aijuure, and that one
could not deal with them, lie aald the
brewer and the naloonman waa against
every man In office who fought for
clean measures
"There were hrewera In this statu
jwho did obey the law," ho declared.
'It Is due them that I say ao. Hut
where you found one brewer who waa
honest, there were 100 others who 8trlP on Southern End of Main Street
would not obey the law." Aftorda RlgH.!. W.tarwPow.r
mMt an 10 rieip. I
Ho appealed to hla audlenctto give p,,1 Awalta Settlement
Home of Ihelr time to the cause, and
aaked them to urgo their neighbors
to put their shoulders to thu wheel
i neiievc in comenacKH.- no said. Oregon City won Hi first legal bat
' If you don t help In thla fight now. te Monday in tho fight for municipal
p"1,,r dlrwtl- 'llrectly rlghtH at the falls of the Willamette.
of Question.
you will Buffer.-'
Circuit Judge Campbell held that a
Tho brewers, ho wild, hud promised triangular atrip of lund at the south-
i.iu....y n.r uie suite ii n snouiu go ern end of Main atreot. bordering on
dry. Ho asked Ms hearers what Ihoy th8 northern wall of the basin, is now
had experienced slnco tho dry law had and always was a part of Main street
.ecu enncieo. ai a visit lo mo poor and that the I'ortlund Hallway. Light
....... ... um.umau county, mr. osi & iower company has no title, right
......... ...... , ,e pt.()r minis gono or Interest In the property
in-i ii.ioe nicy couiu secure noining to
drink. At thu county hospital, he
said, hn found that not ono alcoholic
case had been treated during; tho year
1916. He told of the I'lsgah humo,
which had been founded to assist the
poor derllli'tH of tho boo.o traffic. At
the present tlmo they had only three
Inmates.
Mllwaukle Men Rapped.
Mr. West said that ho knew Wilbur,
Although small In area, the triangu
lar track Is Important In determining
power rights as It affords what is
known legally as right to water. The
strip borders for a distance of about
50 feet on the basin from which water
for power Is taken by paper and, wool
en mills. I
The power company claimed that It
held title to the land through continu-
Stnto fish hatchery to be creeled.
Southern Pacific Wl
arns
Public Of Strike And
Prepares For Big Tieup
The Southern Pacific Ih preparing
for a possible strike, which would tie
up traffic throughout tho nation. Wed
nesday II. 1). OIhoii, local agent, re
ceived tho following Instructions from
officials of tho road which shows tho
seriousness of tho situation:
"Notify passengers that, unless they
can reach their destinations by Sun
day night, September 3, 191l, they
may he subject to delays."
Although few railroad men live In
Oregon City, a prolonged railroad
Htrlko would seriously effect tho town.
Officials' of the Hawley Pulp & Paper
company hnvc said that they would
havo to shut down their plant if tho
strike liiHts several wuekH, as they are
dependent upon railroads to Rend their
product to their customers. The Crown
Willamette mills, however, aro affect
ed differently. They ship most of
tholr paper by water.
Iloth of tho companies must receive
many supplies from the east and a'
strike would add to the expense of
operating tholr mills. ,
As far as foodstuffs aro concerned,
Oregon City need not fear a famine.
The Wlllumettc and Columbia afford
easy and quick transportation. ,
the proprietor of tho Mllwuuklo tavern 0118 aml undisputed possession of tho
now known an the Friar's club. Ho lanU for nmnv yeor8 wlllle tllB clly
suld that Wilbur "couldn't bo straight contended that before tho flood of
if ho wanted to be." Iloth ho and lloy- 1891 ,ho mlbUc I,88eBln of tho land
sen should bo in tho peiiltentlary, do- WM W)l disputed and since that time
dared West. tno Pwor company has acquired no
J. Sanger Fox nroHlded nt il. n...ot. tltl0 o Property.
Ing, and told of tho plans of the or- An appeal to the state supreme court
ganlr.atlon, which ho declared wng ls considered almost certain by local
formed us a clearing houso to draw l'y officials.
mo v . l . i . v., under whoso auspices The proposal that the city erect and
tho meeting was held last night, and operate a munlcloal Dower and light
tho prohibition forces, together, so plant awaited a decision of the courts
that they might do tho greatest amount concerning the rights of tho city at
of work with the least amount of of- tho falls. The council several months
fort. Ho made an appeal for funds to ago took the stand that it would be
:-nrry on tho work of tho orgnnlza- poor business to erect an expensive
Hon.
plant and then find that the city had
llttlo or no rights along tho basin.
It will probably be a year before a
decision is received from the higher
tribunal, but then, If the city council
nncl the mayor are of tho same mind
as tho present council, the issue of a
municipal electric plant will probably
bo referred to tha voters.
The suit, in which a decision was
handed down Monday, was filed in the
DECLARATION OF BALKAN STATE circuit court early this year. The ac
IS SOON MET BY DECLARA ' tlon w8 l 1,10 form of a 8"'t to quiet
TION FROM GERMANY.
ON SI OF ALLIES
Judge suld Thuraday that the coat of
the road would go only a few rents
over 43 rents a yard.
The first stretch of county lald hard
aurface, the Oregon City Parkplace
road coat Hi 4 centa a yard. Including
grading and the coat of many new
part for tho plant.
h'3d 18 Fctt Wldt.
The aecoud projitt undertaken, tbe
coata of which were figured Thursday,
la tbe Milwaiikle-Sellwood road, con
taining 9.310 yurda of aaphaltic con
crete. The bard aurface la 18 feet
wide and averagva four Inches In
thickness. It Is laid over an old bit
uminous macadam surface put down
in the fall of 1914.
Thla old bltumluoua macadam road
waa not acopted. by the county until
August, 1915. A crushed road road
way 16 feet wide and six Inches thick
was put down. Two inches of the
top waa treated with asphalt The
cost of this road was $12,500.42, or
more thnn the cost of tbe aspbaltic
concrete surface. This Is explained by
the fact that a large part of the $12.
500 waa spent In cutting through the
rock Muff near Johnson creeKand In
making a fill. It waa nccetWy to
open tho road to travel during the
winter of 1914-15, before the road waa
completed, because It offers the only
practical route between Mllwaukle and
Portland and tho heavy traffic over the
fresh cut and fills damaged the road
greatly.
Actual Cost la $3,756.31.
The labor and material of the Mil-waukle-Scllwood
road, according to
Judge Anderson's figures, cost $3f
756.31. New equipment, including
fuel tanks ?nd a pump, wan bought at
a cost of $t.t)9.S5. Although this equip
ment will be used as long as the conn
ty does its own paving, one-third of
the cost was charged against the Mil-waukie-Sellwood
road.
Ucal officials believe that the per
yard cost of the Milwaukle-Sellwood
road represents nearer the actual cost
of county laid paving than the Park
place Job, as It was not necessary to
do heavy grading on the Mllwaukle
road and the county had the benefit
of Its experience on the Parkplace
project In tho second stretch.
County Plant Working Steadily.
The county paviTig plant Is now lo
cated at the Will gravel pit near the
Clackamas-Multnomah county line and
the Eighty-second street road and two
miles of this road, one of the main
highways leading from Portland Into
this county, will bo Improved this year.
With these three hard surrace pro
jects fompleted tho Parkplace, the
Milwauklo and the Eighty-second
street roads the highways south out
of Portland are among the Tiest In the
state.
ANOTHER COUNTY
WA TO 10
OFHARD RFA
E
CORVALLIS EDITOR AND ENGI
NEER INSPECT CLACKAMAS'
PAVING PLANT.
VISITORS FAVORABLY IMPRESSED
WITH LOCAL ASPHALTIC CONCRETE
Officlala ot Lant County Expected
Har In Few Days to Learn How
' paving la Laid For Under
Dollar a Yard.
OF
title, the Portland Railway, Light &
Power company being plaintiff.
LONDON, Aug. 28. Houmanla is t
war with Germany and Austria.
Houmanla declared war on Austin
last night. Less than J2 hours later
Horlln declured war on Roiimiinln
1 urkoy and Ilulgarla are exDocte.l to
ronow t.ermany without delay.
A Roumanian army has crossed al
ready Into Transylvania and la encaif-
cd in bi.ttle with the Austrians In the
mountain passes on the southeastern
frontier of Hungary.
CHICAGO. Aug. 28. Wl.lenlne nf
tho European war rone today sent
wheat prices tumbling almost as If
tho 'market had no bottom. The n
trcme fall In prices wag 11 cents.
It was the view that the end nf
the war had perhaps been greatly has
tened that in the main brought about
today's big drop In quotations.
Ilrcwstcr valley,
have a creamery.
OF
Coos county to
MILWAl'KIE, Ore., Aug. 29. Wal
ter L. Toozc, acting for tho National
Hughes Alliance, effected the organi
zation of a branch In Mllwaukle and
obtained 25 names for the charter list
of the branch. Mrs. Philip Strelh was
elected temporary chairman: Leo
Shlndler, vlce-c'.ialnnan ; J. W. Hart,
secretary, and Mr-. Maggie Johnson,
treasurer.
The mimes of the 25 charter mem
bers were sent to New York, where a
charter will be obtained. On receipt
of the charter the bronch will hold a
meeting and elect permanent officers.
Mr. Tooze expressed the opinion
Clackamas county would give Hughes
a majority of from 2,000 to 2,500 this
fall.
IS CAUGHT . AT LAST
ONE VICTIM IDENTIFIES BIRDS
ON FARM OF FRANK SCHMIDT,
OF MAPLE LANE.
M. J. Ilrown. editor of the Denton
County Courier, and City Engineer
Porter, of Corvallis, spent Saturday in
Clackamas couhty Investigating county-laid
paving, its cost and quality.
After half a day at Will's gravel
pit, where the county plant Is now
working, and a talk with County Judge
Anderson they declared they were
highly pleased with the paving and
will probably return to Corvallis with
the recommendation that tbe city buy
and operate Its own hard surface
equipment
Paving Superintendent Harry Wors
wick Bhowed the visitors how the mix
ture was made and laid. They traced
the work of laying the asphaltic con
crete from the time the various ma
terials went Into the plant until it
was laid n the road.
Judge Anderson showed Mr. l5rowD
the cost figures of the two projects
which the county has completed. The
Milwaukle-Sellwood road will cost be
tween 43 and 50 cents a yard, while
the Parkplace job cost 9S Vi cents, in
cluding the costs of several cuts and
fills.
Clackamas county's experiments
with hard surface, laid without con
tracts, havo attracted state-wide at
tention and several counties are seek
ing Information. John U. Smith, rep
resenting the Granges and Farmers
Union of Yamhill county, was In Ore
gon City a week and a half ago to
Investigate the local methods of doing
road work.
Judge Anderson expects a visit from
Lune county officials next week. They
have written for information and have
shown much interest in the county
laid hard surface.
The comity is installing testing
equipment at tho paving plant. Engi
neers who are instructing county em
ployes In the use of the equipment
declare that the hard surface laid by
the county is of the best quality.
Ilend: Mist castings made In new
foundry building erected here.
IMPERIAL URACIL Cal, Aug. 27.
(Htaff Correspondent I Chaplain Gil
bert, in hla sermon to the men of the
Third Oregon Ihla morning, branebnd
off from hla usual Hunday morning
lecture long month to lake a punch
at the mills and factories of Oregon.
He mentioned no flrma in particular.
but he rame close rnough to let It be
known of whom he spoke.
It awms th.i flrma In the north
have either written or sent word
through others to men on tbe border
ho were emplo)ea of notifying tbem
that unleaa they were returned borne
soon, or rame home through effnrta of
their own, they would discontinue to
pay them part of their wages aa they
had promised when the regiment left
Clackamas. These men have appealed
to Chaplain Gilbert asking of blra
what ran be done. Naturally. It baa
aroused him a great deal. He aald:
"I have been greatly chagrined,
during the laat few weeka, at tbe at
titude ahown by some of the Oregon
basinets men. A short time ago Ore
gon waa boosting to the world that ahe
would make up the salaries of tbe
employed men who were on the bord
er. Now, before two months have
gone by, certain commercial clubs,
mills and factories of Portland and
vicinity have taken It upon theniaelvea
to ask. or. In fact, demand that the
president of the Vnlted States send
the aoldlers home. They are asking
that, now, when our military efficiency
la at atiiker when we hare ckance
to abow I'ncle Sam that the Oregon
National Guard should be a perman
ent organliation worthy of praise.
"When a man openly and willingly
promises anything, and especially with
to much faith as did some of the
business men of Oregon who are now
trying to get the men to come home,
and then backs out, I haven't much
faith in anything he does. But a man
who will make a sacrifice, especially
for his country, and then stick to it
with a smile Is the man for me.
'The men who are on the border
are not any more to blame for want
ing to go home than are those at home
who are demanding that they come
home. A man at home. In a position
as are some of Oregon's business
men, are doing their country a service
when they do all In their power to
keep the soldiers on the border. Gut
they are not doing a service when they
do all In their power to get them
home."
It was said yesterday by military
officials that as fast as applications
were filed for discharges they would
be taken care of. All men who have
discharges pending will be Bent home
as soon as possible. No more delay
will be made than is possible to get the
necessary papers. The purpose is to
get those home that are determined
to go and get the regiment In a solid
condition. Most of the discharges,
of course, have been issued and the
men have gone home, but there are a
few that will continue to pound away
at headquarters until they have gone.
After that, it is hoped, there will be
no one discontented. As far as the
entire regiment goes. Chaplain Gil
bert said, it is the most contented
and well behaved army of men that
has ever been his luck to fall In with.
"As far as boozing goes," he said,
"they certainly have got it over all
of them. In my 22 years of military
experience I have never associated
with a better class of men. Only six
cases of drunkenness were reported
by tho guards. Usually, after pay day
In the army, every soldier must cele
brate before he bus enjoyed himsolf
he must get drunk. That is not tho
(Continued on Page 4).
Frank Schmidt, alleged to be a rob
ber of chicken coops throughout the
Maplo lJine district, was arrested
Wednesday on a complaint issued In
the court of John Sievers and 15 chick
ens, taken from his yard and said to
be the property of H. M. Robbins, arc
held as evidence. The arrest came
after four weeks ot work by Sheriff
Wilson and Constable Ftost.
Schmidt was bound over to the
grand Jury by Justice Sievers and was
given until this morning to raise $150
ball.
In the presence of the sheriff and
constable Mrs. H. M. Robbins Identi
fied a large number of chickens on the
Schmidt farm as her property. Most
of the chickens said to have been tak
en from the Robbins farm were
marked on the foot and 15 of them
are held as evidence In the case. The
birds taken from the Robbins farm
are the Idaho Rhode Island red variety!
and said to be worth $2 each.
Samples Of County Paving
Believed Stolen By Some
Contractor To Make Test
Clackamas county authorities are
hunting for the person or persons who
stole a piece of the new county-laid
Milwaukle-Sellwood hard surface road.
A piece of the surface about five
Inches square was cut from the middle
of the road near the Mllwaukle ceme
tery within the last few days.
"If ye can catch the person respon
sible we will prosecute him to the
limit," said Deputy District Attorney
Rurke Tuesday. "The statute provid
ing for a fine and imprisonment for
destroying a public highway will teach
( such persons that roads are not laid
. merely to be cut up."
The story that some paving com
pany, anxious to secure a test of the
county-laid paving, is responsible Is
adfanced by local authorities. The
plan of a county laying Its own hard
surface has met with decided opposi
tion from the camps of the paving
contractors, who are said to be anx
ious to test out the paving.
Recently an unsuccessful attempt
was made to drive a steel rod through
one stretch of county paving.