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OKKdO.V OltW.ON.HWMY. JANUARY 26, 1917.
FIFTV FIRST VEAR-N. 4.
,)RB HWOHirAI. H.m IKTY ESTABLISHED 1U
$1,500 PUBUCITY FID IS
RAISED BY COIiCIAL U
Aunuunrt nixnl that a I.5M ptilillc
II y fit ml had Ihx-ii rnlad by Hi" Oregon
City Commercial luh to Iim hiiI dur
In k Dm unit yuar was wad by I'real
id nl (I. I). Kiir In Ma annual address.
Ho luM .Monday llmt meeting f
'thou lm auUcrlhwl to Dili fund
moulil Ihi held nl o arty dill, and
plain dlaounaed to aplid II.
Mr. r'.by'o annual liiwnnC follow.
In part:
"urln yar Jour board of gov.
rnori boa mdeavored lo work In ro
operation with th county ruiirt cif
Claikamaa county, and with lb farm
I it at niintnunltlra In an endeavor lo
bring limit prinaiiciit system of
ruad ronitrurllon and In llila con na
tion bav cooperated with tha Port
land Autniiioliyit club and other Pro
grvaalv cluba and organisation along
Ihes line with tha result that w
bav bwn In touch ltd tha modern
road movement of Multnomah county,
hlih hav brought about tha con
struction of tha Columbia Highway,
and thereby ar In bi tter poalllon
to comprehend tha road altuatlon and
to taka advantage of modern thouhghl
and experiment In bringing thha aya
tem of good permanent roada, which
It la evident to all thinking person
la near at hand, and your committee
ara now engaged In an earnest effort
to eatabllah the permanent location of
tha Pacific Highway on tha aaat aid
of tha river from Halem to Oregon City
and then to Portland on tha writ aide
through Oswego, and IhrouKh tha aid
of our county court and our Htuto
Highway commission both largely a a
aimed by federal aid It la hoped that
within the near future a pnrnmnitnt
hard aurfara road will ba nmntrurted
over thla route. In connection with
thla permit ma to ay, that our club
but co-operated with (lift county court
In securing two additional niilla for
permanent road work thla year, and In
addition to what hu been said concerning-
tha 1'aclflc Highway we ear
neatly hope that our court will be
abla to construct aomo permanent
roada on tho main hlghwal lending In
to tho Interior of tha comity.
"On Muy 37, I Din, the minimi Rooster
day event waa held under tho auspices
of tho publicity committee' of tbn club
at Oregon City, but thla year wa took
a wider view of the situation and In
vited our portlund friends, who took
advantiign of tho Invitation nnd at
civic cluba and oriinliiitloiiarnifwyp)
ulteiided largely tlirouiU lUuir, iwrfll
civic cluba and orKojilwU'n'J: InclurJ
dm tho Itoynl Itoaiirlnna lit "tUtUorma
with their band who were apprWl
nlely ttitcrtnlnod nt luncheon, making
tho dny both In gully appearance and
In co-oparutlon result the beat ever
held.
"Aa prcaldrnt of your club, It nffordn
mo pleasure lo report to you that ar
rangements have Junt liei'tt completed
whereby the publicity comniltteo of
our club hnvo again' secured tha co
operation of our huHlnom pooplo with
contributions with which to curry on
tho work for tho coining year, and
that mora than $1500 has been lull
acrlbod for thla purpose, tluia secur
ing a moro actlvo progrnm of publicity
und In connection therewith n greater
opportunity for co-operation with our
neighboring counties and cities in
securing luiprovemotitn and legislation
to our mutual Interest and benefit.
"Within tho luHt ton days mutters
of local IntorcKt to us have transpired
In rapid auccesHlon nnd among those
tlilugs I mention tho following:
"Ijist week a bill wits Introduced
In Congress by Jloprenontntlvo Haw
ley of this dlHtrlct appropriating tho
sum of $80,000 for tho purpose of deep
ening the government loins at our
falls, and considering tho fact that
tho dredging of the lower river has
brought about tho condition requiring
thla doopnnlng, It scorns Imposslblo
that such appropriation should not bo
made.
' Only yostorday tho bill appropriat
ing 170.000 by our National Congress
for a public .building at Oregon City
passod tho House and we nre Informed
that It will encounter llttlo difficulty
In tho Sonato, nnd It soems that our
long continued effort for a public
building will at lant be crowned with
success.
"At our proHont sokhIoii of the Ore
Harry I Morse, a member of a prom
inent Milwaukee, Wis., family, was
taken Into custody by Shorlff Wilson
Satarday and his slBtor, Miss Marlon
Ester Morse, nnd his father, Honry
Pratt Moroo, will come to Oregon City
as soon as possible. Young Morse's
mind eldontly Is unbalanced, evident
ly caused by a nervous breakdown.
Morse wandered Into the office of
District Attorney Hedges Saturday
morning. "I want to take up with you
the matter of school lands at Drain"
he stld.
Mr. Hedges explained that Drain
waa In Douglas county, and out of his
Jurisdiction. However, he offered to
give Morse a letter to the district at-
Morse was taken to Sheriff Wilson's
office and given a desk. He spent
the afternoon writing out Imaginary
orders and Instructions, bellevelng
that he was In charge of th work of
SON OF PROMINENT MILWAUKEE
ATTORNEY IS HER
gon l"gUlulure an effort la being Made
to annei Oswego Including 13 sections
of land, to Multnomah county, and
another i-fofrt la being inuilo by cer
tain rltliena of Katncada to form ('aa
cade rounty out of t tin eaatern portion
of Clui kuma county.
"Our club bus stood behind the or
yauled effort to cipKafl the in ao
urea, and on the IXth hint., ap lul
train of alHiut "S t-IIUniia of Oregon
City and Clackamaa county waa taken
to Hclem where a public hearing before
the proper rotnmlttea vai had.
"Tr.klng the altuatlon aa a whole
w feel that our club and our city and
county ahould face the future with
optlmlam. As shown there baa been
a aubatantlal growth of our bualneas
Indualrlea which baa brought about a
rorrraiMindlng growth and Increasod
demand for rvaldenca property with
the reaulla that rents hive been In
creased, more new resldcncae are be
ing constructed resulting In sub
stantial Increaaa ot real estate valuea,
and In addition new biialneaa almo
in res are In contemplation along Main
street and there exlata a general con
dition of btialueas prosperity and I
feel safe In saying that Oregon City
Is by far the beat city ot Ita altu on
the roast.
"I desire at thla time to recommend
for the consideration of the members
of thla club, the following:
"That we continue our policy of co
operation with other cities and com
munities and with the furmlng and
rural communities of our county In an
effort to bring about a system of per
manent roads.
"That our club lend Its efforta to the
end that Oregon City may eecure title
to a tract of about 13 acrea of land
known as the Indlun Camp In the south
end of the city, that tho same may be
transferred Into a public park.
"That If pflanlhla the club should
have an assistant eecretary to take
charge of the many duties of a public
nature which naturally fall upon the
president and secretary and who un
der their Instructions run work out
tho details and attend to the many
things which a club undertakes and
does. This secretary should also have
charge of the publicity work of o.tr
club, and might also be secretary of
our county fair. All of this work dove
tails logi'ther-nnd the rli;ht man could
hniutlo It nil under proper supervision
Of tha officers of tho club, thus saving
tht-U4.li great deal of tlmi devoted lo
Jctull wirknd ( believe more would
liare.!0,Vhhed III tho end.
'Ytie yMnof tho parlors of our club
i!hvj beW'kluliifil on account of tho
leaKu lu thi roof and I recommend
that tlit'iiu Iraki) should be repaired
through : proper authority nnd the
wulls knlclr.iliied so tho Biimo muy pre
sent a better and moro cheerful ap
pearance." STUDY POOR FARM NEED
County Judge H. 8. Anderson Tues
day named on a commltteo to study
tho poor farm situation John H. Wal
ker, of Oregon City; John Outfield,
of Mllwiuiklo; Jacob Stcinmnn, of Cur
rlnsvllle; 11. J. Rustall, of Molalla, and
J. W. Smith, ot Macksburg.
JudKo Andornon'a action grows out
of a discussion ot the annual taxpay
ers' biiKdet meeting last Docomber.
Tho county Juilce then was oskod to
nnnio a committee ot flvo to look In
to tho matter, nnd consider tho advlsl
blllty of a county poor farm.
DELEGATES ARE NAMED
O. D. Eby president of tho Commer
cial club, Wodncsday nppolntod County
Judgo II. S. Anderson, E. E. Iirodleand
Charles W. Klsloy dulobates to the
meeting of tha Stuto Taxpayers' longue
nt Snlem Friday of this wock.
E,
a number of detectives. Sheriff Wil
son telephoned to Miss Morse at the
Ilutlor Hotel, Seattle- Wash., and Bhe
loft at once ror Oregon City.
District Hedges telegraphed to the
tornoy of Douglas county. Morse, nev
ertheless, launched Into a lengthy de
scription of the matter, and Mr.
Hedges soon saw that the man was
not sane.
young man's father, whose offices are
In the Cudahy building, Mllwaukle,
and late Saturday afternoon received
by wire $25, and word that Mr. Morse
would be on his way to the coast as
soon as possible. Local authorities
were aoked to take good care of him.,
Morse Is about 27 years old, Is
slightly built and well dressed. He
shows he has been well educated by
his speech, and frequently Illustrates
what he has to say with quotations
from classics. For the last 18 months
he has been teaching music at Drain.
S
PROBABLY
NSANE
SENATOR DIMICK
LEADS FIGHT. Oil
ANNEXATION BILL
COMMITTEE AITUBNt TWO RE
PORT WITH MAJORITY OP
POSINGl BOUNDARY CHANCE
CASCADE COUNTY SCHEME STILUS
PENDING BEFORE KOUSE C0MM1TTEI
Another Eaeurslon io alsm Thursday
to Present Facta "d Flguraa
Concerning New Ceunty Plan
May Ba Made.
BAl.KM. Ore.. Jan. II (BperlaJ to
the Kntcrprtec) Kollowlnf an attark
of ovur an bour'a duration lead by
Senator Walter A. DUnl'k on the
l-awls lllll lo annei the Oswro dis
trict to Multnomah county, the senate
today defeated the measure tiy an
overwhelming- majority. The bill came
from tha coimnlttno with two-reports.
Chairman Orton, of Multnomah county,
favoring the passage of the hill, and
Dlmlck and IJunenweber oppoalni It.
The final vote was 25 against the
bill and 8 for It. With Olson and
lUiiKham absent, only Moser, Orton
and I-o Is voted for It
Kenator Dlmlrk nu:de a strons pl a
aKalnst the mesnuro. and obtained an
attentive hearing Three members of
the Multnomah county delegation
voted In fawir of the Clackamaa sens
tor's attitude.
Following the defeat of tho Oswego
annexation plan In the senate, the
Oregon City Commercial club and all
others opposed to a split of the county
are now centering their efforts ou Es-
tncada's proposal to creute Cascade
rounty out of the eastern part of
Clackamas.
"We hove r.tlll one flcht beforo us.
even thoiiKh we have defeated the Os
wego annexation plan." said O. D. Eby.
president of the Commercial club,
Monday. "The member of tho Clack
amns delcgrtlon lu tho legislature who
nre opposed to a split of the rounty
told mo over the telepbono toduy that
wo should not relax our efforts. It Is
needless fur mo to say that we are
much pleased with tho senate's vote.
The bill to create Cascndo county
has been Introdured In the house snr
Is now before the commltteo on conn
ties. A crowd of anti-dlvlHlonlsts will
probably go to 8alom Thursday to at
tend a meeting of tho commltteo.
NAT
'5
S,
6ENAT0RS CLIMBON BANDWAGON
WHEN THEY SEE EVIDENT
TREND OF EVENT8.
SALEM. Ore., Jan. 22. (Special to
tho Enterprise) Tho bill drnwn by
Sonator Dlmlck's consolidation com
mltteo to consolidate the tax commis
sion and tho public service commission
was jammed through tho senate by
Dlmlck this aftornoon desplto consid
erable early opposition.
Ab the sonators saw the evident
trond ot events thoy began to climb
on the band wagon nnd tho bill finally
carried with almost a solid vote.
Senator Dlmlck announced tonight
that tho belli consolidating the state
land board and the desort land board
will come from his committee tomor
row. iBKTOMPLETED
COUNTY JUDGE 8AYS HARD SUR
FACE PLANT WILL START
UP NEXT MAY.
County paving will probably .begin
In May at the point on the Eighty-second
street road where work was
stopped early last fall, said County
Judge H. S. AndorBon Wednesday.
The county Improved between one
and two miles of the Eighty-second or
Grays Crossing road leading south out
of Portland when monoy appropriated
for this purpose was exhausted and
work stopped. The plant Is located
at the Wills gravel pit near the Clackamas-Multnomah
county line.
The county court has not worked
out Its road program for tho spring
and summer. The budget provides
enough money for considerable work,
and much hard surface will be laid.
Portland: Improvements on North
Bank, Oregon Electric, Oregon Trunk,
and United railways lines for last 12
months have totaled $500,000. '
COUNTY TREASURER DUNN RE
CEIVES MONEY FROM SECRE
TARY OF STATE AT SALEM '
County Treasurer M K. Dunn Tues
day received $1,000 0 from Hreratary
of Ktute Hen W. Oliott. this county's
share of money rollc-tH lj Dim stale
from th sale of motor ihlle and
chauffeur license durlr.g I'sK.
A statement prepartd by Ilia sm r.
tury of state shuws tliat the total r
relpla from thla county was IM7S, t
whli b $K7it2 was used to buy Herns
plates and to pay iff Ire tipt-iii-a.
Clackamas county la slith of the coun
ties of the state In tba amount of
money rslocd by tha sal of automo
biles and chauffeur licensee.
STEPHENS APPflliVES 6
PER CENT LIMITATION
ITIXESJF ALIUS
REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDS ALL
MEETINGS OF WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE,
SALEM. Ore, Jsn. 20. (Special to
the Enterprise.) After two weeks In
the joint ways and means committee
wrestling with fiscal affairs of the
stuto, JtoprescnUtive II. A. Stephens,
of Clackamaa county, declared him
self highly satisfied with the six per
cent limitation amendment passed by
the people at tha lam general election
and asserted It would result in many
beneficial aspects to the slate.
"While it limits Uie eipcnnes of tho
state and at first glunce may have
seemed to many aa Imposing a hard
ship on som of the Institutions I am
satisfied It will not have that arfoct,"
said Stephens todsy.
"I find that It will not put the state
up against any harder proposition than
that experienced by tho Individual In
his own private business who every
year or so Is required to call a halt.
ttike an Inventory. IfiJilct his busi
ness affairs and readjust himself to
meet the conditions. The legislature
Is culled upon, and future legislatures
will bo called upon to do that very
thing under the amendment and I he
llcvo It will have a salutary effect.
"Tho amendment will teud to do
away with necdlvs appropriations.
cause decreases In salaries and re-1
quire Institution heads and officials to
scan their estimates carefully before
they pluco them before tho legisla
ture for final action."
' Representative Stephens, as a mem
ber of the ways and means committee,
has visited about half of the state Insti
tutions now and has gono over them
carefully, not only Inspecting thera as
to their condition, their sanitary sur
roundings and investigating their
needs and betterments, but also as to
tho financial aspect of their affairs.
Representative Stephens so far has
satisfied himself with Introducing tho
bill to create Cascade county In hlB
endeavors along actual lawmaking
Hues and states he does not expect U
Introduce many more bills than that
Perhaps the one bill may be the limit
for him this session.
As chairman of the committee on
counties he may have somo rather
heavy weight as fur as his Cascade
county bill la concerned, particularly
In getting It before the house.
Speaking ot his plans as a member
ot the ways and means committee he
declared himself favorable to giving
to the institutions all that they need
to properly care for the wards of the
state but he will Insist on seeing that i
estimates which may be considered
for unnecessary and useless expenses
be pared to the bone. Representative
Stephens has a 100 per cent attendance
record nt ways nnd means commit
tee meetings being one ot the very
few members of the join, committee
that has attended every session and
he states he plans to keop that record
(maculate during tha balance ot the
sosslon.
FIVE FIELD DEPUTIES
Of the 13 deputy field assessors,
County Assessor W- W. Everhart has
named five. They are: L. M. Davles.
of Beaver Creek; W. B. Barksdale, of
Oak Grove; W. H. Holder, of Esta
cada; Julius Paulsen, of George; and
William Morand, of Boring. These
men will start work between the mid
dle of -March and the first of April. In
the next month or six weeks, Assessor
Everhart will name the other eight
flold deputies.
EASTERN SOCIALIST COMING.
The Socialists of Estacada have ar
ranged a lecture to be held In Boner
theatre January 31, at 8 . They have
obtained as speaker, Mr. Victor J.
McCone, state secretary-treasurer of
the Oregon Socialist party and editor
of the Oregon Herald, the official Soc
ialist paper of Oregon.
T O C ACKA AS
LS GET A
COUNTY JUDGE'S SALARY WOULD
BE FIXED AT $100, COUNTY
TREASURER'S, $1400.
rWMTIONS OF BUDGET
mu m CARRIED OUT
Senator Dlmlck Introduces Mtssura t
Provide for Tptrt' Commltts
To B Appolnltd Annually U
Study County Epana.
a
BALKM. Ore. Jan. 2J. Bprtal to
Enlrrprtoe) flrpresetilatlv GeorM
C. Itrownell today introduced a bill,
fixing th aalary of th Claxkamas
rounty judic nt 1100 and of tha coun
ty treasurer at IU09 a year. II also
Introduced a bill prohibiting bucket
shops and all dealing In future.
Senator PI mirk Introduced four bills
today, as follows: ftovldlng that
local Insurant agent b given pref
erence in writing policies over general
accnla; extending the jurisdiction of
th justice courts o.er labor laws;
amending th rounty budget law, pro
riding for a commute of from IS to
21 citizen to be named by th county
judge In July, to investigate the coun
ty budjeet and report at th taxpayers'
meeting.
The bill consolidating th (tat land
board waa Introduced In the senate
by Dlmlck'a consolidation commute.
The bill Introduced by Representa
tive ItrowneH providing for an In
crease In the pay of tho rounty judge
follows out the recommendations of
the tax pay era at tho annual budget
meeting last December The county
judge, the head of the county govern
ment and judge of juvenile and pro
bate work, at present receives less
than some subordinate officials.
The treasurer receive $1000 a year,
although he bandies all the county
money.
A year and a halt ago Clackamas
county had a taxpayers' committee to
investigate the county budget, along
somewhat similar lines to the bill In
troduced by Senator Dlmlck. Tho com
mittee called county officials before it.
checked over each Item carefully and
reported to the taximyers.
OF THE HER HOUSE
SPEAKER STANFIELD CALLS MRS.
ALEXANDER THOMPSON TO
PLACE OF AUTHORITY.
SALEM. Or. Jan. 24. Woman has
come Into her own lu the Oregon legis
lature. For the first time since that
ancient and honorable body began to
worry the days and nights of the
capital city, a member of the gentle
sex ascended the speaker's desk this
morning and wielded the gavel over
the usually turbulent and unruly mem
bership ot tho lower house.
Speaker Stanfleld, who Is always
chivalrous and who just now has de
veloped a sore throat trying to keep
the house business running smoothly,
called Mrs. Alexander Thompson of
The Dalles, the lono woman member
ot tho assembly to the chair, turned
the gavel over to her and entrusted
the business ot legislation to her fem
inine sway soon aftor the house began
Its morning grind.
At first the members, following
long habit, addressed the chair as "Mr.
Speaker;" but the frowns of their seat
mates told, their, of their error, and
throughout the morning the record will
show that Mrs. Speaker" kept the
house. And the 59 men working on
the floor, either from long habit at,
home or from the force of their society
manners, ditched their clgnrs, spoke
softly and pulled off one of the most
docile and harmonious sessions the
old chamber has ever witnessed-
OF
At the meeting of tho Mllwaukle
Grange No. 2(5i neld at uie Mllwaukle
Grange hall Saturday, tho following
resolutions were passed:
RESOLVED.that wo, the members
ot the Mllwaukle Grange No. 268, In
regular session assembled on the 20th
day of Janur.ry, 1917, believing It to
bo for the best Interest ot tho state, do
most respectfully request the honor
able legislature of the state ot Oregon
to make adequate provision for the
maintenance of the Industrial field
work, which has been carried on for
several years past through the office
ot the superintendent of public instruc
tion." The people of Clackamas county as
well as the granges have become great
ly interested in the manner in which
the school children have taken up this
work.
RISE
UNDER
Cortland-
UIVEOINSUIT
WESTERN IRRIGATION POWER A
LUMSIS) COMPANY .CLAIMS
LABOR LIEN FAULTY.
Thirty sis mile of lelepbon Una
(,- t-n Handy and (iovurnment Caw?
at the U m of Mount II io1 are Involved
In the suit of Wr(f-rn Irrigation
I'uwr A I.uiulx-r company against th
l'i iflc Trlephonn A Telrffrapb rota
puny tried U-tnr jur.to mpt-l In
lh Clrrult court Monday. All th U-tl-mony
waa Introdured and th taoa will
b arguad Hatunlar
Tb lln was built by th Wt'-n)
I it! ration Tower A Lumber company
and sold on a labor Hen. tb I'silOc
Telrphon A T'lTraph company tak
ing over tb property In 1)13. The
plaintiff claims that tb Urn was
faulty.
DEFINED IN TOE BILL
REPRESENTATIVE H. C STEPH
ENS' MEASURE TO SPLIT COUN
TY STILL WITH COMMITTEE.
SALEM. Or. Jan. 2J (Special to
lb Enterprise) Th bounartes of tba
proposed Cascad county ar defined
In Representative II. C. Stephens' bill,
now before the houi comalttee on
counties, as follows:
Deginolng at th corner common to
sections nine, ten, fifteen and sixteen,
township two south, range three eaat;
thence rant tracing the section lines
seven mills, more or less, to the cor
ner common to sections ten. eleven,
fourteen and fifteen, township two
south, range four cast; thence south
tracing the section lino betwe-n sec
tions fourteen and fifteen, said town
ship and range to the corner common
to sections fourteen, fifteen, twenty
two nnd twenty-three, said township
and range; then tracing the section
lines to the east boundary of township
two south, range four east; thence
east continuing along the section lines
across township two south range flvo.
six and seven east to the easterly
boundary of said township two south,
range seven east, said point being al
so the southeast corner of section
thirteen, township two south, range
seven east; thence due east to the
eastern boundary line of Clackamas
county; thence In a southerly direc
tion tracing the easterly boundary line
of said CUckamas county along its
lines and courses to the southeast cor
ner of the said county; thence west
tracing the southerly boundary Hue
ot said Clackamas county to a point
near the source of Itutte creek, from
which point a rock 7x-lx3 feet above
tha ground marked X B S bears north
65 degrees east 0 22 chains, and from
which point another rock 4x3x3 feet
above ground marked X B S bears
west 0.35 chnins, which said point Is
13.40 chains south and 14.75 chains
west of the quarter section corner be
tween sections eloven and twelve In
township eight south, range three east
of the Willamette meridian; thence In
a northwesterly direction down said
Butte creek crosses the section line
Butte creek chesses the suction line
between sections one and two, town
ship eight south, range three east;
thence north tracing the section line
to the northeast corner of section
eleven, township four south, range
three east, thence west tracing tho
section line two miles, more or less,
to the corner common to sections
three, four, nine and ten, township
four south, range three cast; thence
north tracing the section lines eleven
miles, moro or less, to the place of be
ginning. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.
Clerk Iva Harrington Kionday Issued
a marriage license to Emma Bell and
Jake N. Gross, of Alrlie, Ore.
36 MILES OF TELtraunL
HARRY WORSWICK TO LEAVE
TO!! NORTH; PAVING PUN HIT
Harry Worswlck, ex-county paving
superintendent, announced Monday
night that he would leave in tho next
week or 10 days for Canada to accept
a position with a paving company, and
with him will go a glimmering the
city's plans to own and operate a mu
nicipal paving plant unless the city
council can find someone else equally
versed In the business.
Mr. Worswlck came here In 1915
with the Standard Paving company,
which laid a six-Inch surface of
asphallc concrete on Main Btreet . The
following spring he Induced the coun
ty court to buy a paving plant and
soon under bis superlntendency the
first hard surface was laid on county
rlads In Clackamas county, and for
the first time in the state a county
owned and operated Its own paving
111 TO MFATF
fim av viikiii a-a
REPRESENTATIVE H. C. STEPHENS
INTRODUCES MEASURE TO
SPLIT CLACKAMAS.
SLNATOR DIMICK EXPECTS ADVERSE
REPORT ON OSWEGO MUM
First Consolidation Bill Passaa Sto
ats on Sacond Rtading Brownttl
Mskss Vitriolic Attack on
Fish, Cam Commission.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 1 (Special)
Representative . C. Btophens today
Introduced In the houae 1)111 No. 165,
creating Cascade county out of por
tion of Clackamaa county. Under th
description In th bill th dividing Una
between Caw ade and Clackamas coun
ties mna on mil east of upper Col
ton, one nil cast of th Highland
achool, on mil west and on mil
north of Barton.
Estacada will le th largest town
In the new county which also will In
clude Highland. Representative Steph
en estimates Its population at 5500
with a voting strength of 1200 and th
proposed county Include 600 square
mile approximately. Should tho bill
bocom an act th law la so changed
that all temporary officers ot the coun
ty shall be appointed by the governor.
Th tempoiAry county acat will be Es
tacada. and the question of the per
manent county seat will be submitted
at the next legal election when. If a
majority of all voters favor Estacada
the county seat shall be so adjudged,
but if not the question then shall be
submitted at the following gencrul
election when the decision shall he be
tween the two points receiving th
highest number of votes.
Cascade county shall be In the 16th
representative district rnd the 12th
senatorial district, these being the
representative and senatorial districts
formerly constituted by Clackamas
county alone. The records are to be
delivered to Cascade county by Clacka
mas officlr.ls within 30 days after the
laws go into effect.
Cascade county will be attached to
the fifth judicial district, and the terms
of court are to be the third Monday In
march and the first Monday In Octo
ber of each year.
Salarlea Are Fixed-
The salaries of the officers follow:
County Judge, $600; county clerk and
recorder, $1000; deputies $600; sher
iff, $1000; deputies, $S00; county av
sessor, $900; deputy, $400; county
school superintendent, $1000; county
treasurer. $250; coroner to be also
county physician and health officer,
$750; surveyor $5 for each day actually
employed; county commissioners, $3
a day and 10 cents milage; district
attorney for 1917 and 1918, $900 and
thereafter unless changed by law;
$600.
The county Judge shall contract with
the lowest ot the best bidders the work
of transcribing all the records ot
Clackamas county affecting real es
tate in Cascade county, provided that
Cascade county shall be allowed to bid
upon such work.
The county Judges ot Clackamas an I
Cascade counties with a third i erson
mutually agreed upon are to be a board
of commissioners to determine the
value of the county buildings ot Clack
amas county and the amount ot money
to be due to Cascade from Clackamas
as its Bhore in such buildings. In case
of a vacancy on such commission the
governor shall appoint a third mem
ber. Either county may appeal frem
the decision of such board to the
Clackamas county circuit court
Defeat Is Forecasted.
Senator W. A. Dlmlck stated today
that the Oswego bill would come from
the committee Monday, probably with
an adverse report He declared, how
ever, he was satisfied that the senate
will defeat the bill after ascertaining
the general feeling among members.
(Continued on Pag 4.)
plant and laid hard surface without
paying one cent of profit to a contrac
tor or one penny bb royalty.
While Mr. Worswlck was In chargo
the Oregon City-Parkplace, the Mil-waukle-Sellwood,
the Eighty-second
street and smaller stretches of sev
eral other road 8 were Improved. He
was a member of G Company, Third
Oregon, and spent some time on tho
Mexican border.
He recently suggested to the coun
cil that the city own and operate a
paving plant, and prepared an estimate
showing thhat a small plant could be
assembled for about 1425. The coun
cil was considering acting favorably
on the plan, but the departure of Mr.
Worswlck will force the council to
postpone, or even drop, the scheme
altogether.
CASCADE mm
IS BEFORE SE