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OREGON OTY ENTEKfl Th CftUrert i nl Clukimct Cunty Ntwasap thai print all f th Mw ftf Ihl arewlng County. 4 TO Th WMkly tutor I f.iirnty worth trt '. Cm par K wKM tUter an 4 than uorib. pirtv riniT viah-no. m. OREGON CITY ENTEIU 'RISE, fit IDA V, JUNE 29, 1917. KSTAtLltHIO M4 DEBATE 1$ BITTEREST ON LIQUOR FEATURES WAHIIINdTON. Juim 23 Th ad iiilnlatratlott food control Mil, kIIii Ilia prealdent liruuil authority lu oi I nil Ilia dUtrlbutlon of food, feed end fuel for war ptirpoM- nil approprlst Ini ll.i.too.tM0 for Ha enforcement and administration, waa pusscd by Hi houae lU tonight after farreecbtu nrohlhlthm orovlalnna hud been writ Inn Into It. Th vote wa SCO to Ave. Iteprraen live Wol-emor. Hlayden and I'outi, of Tela, Democrat, and Meeker, Ml turl, and Ward. New York. HepuMl rana, voting In lha negative, Tbn Webb amendment, authorizing th president to lake over all alcohol and dltllU'd aplrlla In lha country for ar purpose If he deem It advlaable, waa addud to the bill Juat before II aa paaacd. The Webb amendment conlemplli' the solium of any dlatllled lluuors for rvdUllllalkm to oliUIn the alcohol Few niembera oppoaed It. Itirai'iitullve llarkley'a amend inelit to tli food control bill, bleb vould prohibit the u of food, food luaterlul or feed for the production of alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverngi'i during the war was adopted by the bona today. 133 to 111. There wus a hot debate over the pro hlMtlon feutiire. Wet and dry ac rimed each other of unf&lrnesa, and Itepreacntallve Mnel.er. of Mliiourl Itopiibllrnn, and Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania, Democrat, got Into ch a row that their friend sur- rounded them to prevent a physlca en counter, and then bad the word tbey ex-hanged stricken from the record An amendment waa adopted provld Ing that all persons employed In the admlnlHtrntlon of food law, except thoo aervlng without coiuponaatlon ahall be apHlnted under the Civil Ser vice taw. In the senate virtually no progreii waa mado on the bill during ths day. Tha loader woro unable to hold a quorum and consented to an adjourn ment after a abort icailon devoted mostly to routine. SALEM, Or., June 26. In an opin ion written by Justice Moore the su preme court toduy hold thnl the board of control la logully author Izcd to Ihhiio bonds itador tho lloun llnrrntt law, to mutch federal appro priations for highway construction, and Issued a writ of mandamus com inuudliiK It to Ibhuo tho bonds, totaling $491,967.11, to match a like sum now uvullubto from tho government. Tho decision was the result of man dumus proceedings ItiHtltuted by tho stnto highway commission against tho board of control, to compol tho lattor to Ibhuo bonds In tho foregoing amount. Several highway acts woro passed by tho lata legislature, and uftor a con ference tho commission and tho board reached tho conclusion Unit It was ad vlBublo to institute a friendly suit to clear up all ambiguity resulting from tho passago of this legislation. State Treasurer Kay has ad vuncod tho contention that the board of control could only Ihbuo bonds tin dnr tho Ikmn-Harrott law, If sufficient funds wore not avullnhlo undor the highway commission act, and the at torney genoral was Inclined to agroe with him. The court hold today that the tax raised undor tho highway act must be oxpended for the purposes enumerated In tho act, and the automobile funds must bo expended to pay Interest on the bonds Issuod undor tho $0,000,000 paving bill. The legislature, It hold contomplated that the federal appro priations should bo met by tha Issu ance of bonds under the Denn-Ilarrett law. Pershing's Advance Army is Safely Overseas, Trained and Ready to Enter Allied Ranks WAHIII.NUTON. June 17 -The ad v in ce guard of the mighty army the I'nltrd Hlate U preparing to tend agalint Germany I on Frenih soil tonight. Ill defiance of the German siib- niarliira, Iboua.mds of waaoiii-d ft ul.ira and marlim. trained fUhtlrig men with the Un of long ervlc on the Mellon border or In Haiti or Hon Ikmiliigo, ll on their fk r. bav been hastened oterwa lo fli:lil be mil., the Krenih, th lirtttah. the il glan. th lluaalan, the I'orttigui-ae. and the Itullan troop oq the writer n front. New of tha safe arrival of th troop rnt a nrw thrill through V.'aalilnxton. No formal anuoiinrpiiirnt ram from the war deportment. Nona will coma probably until Major (ieneral IVrahlng'a official report haa been re ceived. Thrn there may ba a state ment aa to the number and composi tion of the advance guard. I'rea dispatch from Prance, pre sumably aent forward with the ap proval of (ieneral Pershing' ataff, how that Major (ieneral Klhert, on of tho new major gnm-ra'a of the army, hss been given command of the flrt force cent abroad, under (l.-neral IVinhln aa rommnnder In ihl.f On thing ttalida out sharply. , nee and iitnisnii" darmrrt that Tbl i farad them the plan of th army I that American enlorprla baa Kl a new record for the traiuportatlon of troop. CoiKldrrlng the dlitam to be cov ered and lha fa I that all prepara tion bad to be int-da after lbs order lame from th While lloua lb night of May IS, II 1 practically certain that never before baa a military t- general ataff have g'"e thrvigh with i ln kllka prw iilon. When the order Ciiim to prepare Immediately an t-iKdilloriary for for frame, virtually all of the men now aero lb sea ere on the Met. I an border. Th (amp sllee kaa been leleetrd and detalla of the Biul training to be 1 It Ion of thl all been aaaeuilU-d. , given before lb Uio Ui the front be- (ontejaj and landed without ttiUbap'gln bav been worked out and th lu ao abort a time by any nation. j ipeatlon of aupply and tranaportatlon The only rival In magnitude I th J line itudled. Iteglnieet of th Na moveiiient of lirltlab troop to Houtb , llonal army rompod of rallaay work Africa In th lloer war, and Ibat ertatid engineer, will aid In that work made over aeaa that were unhain- j They, too, have been created In a few pered by aubmarlnea, mine, or other, week' time. obataclea. Tb war deiartment haa no an The American force will be a net J nouncement to make aa to General gain to the allla. It will throw no . I'erablng't dlapoalllon of bl forces. i .. i ,u ... i equip-, rreaumahly that ba been left to blin ment upon them. Tb troop will be to decide In conference with the fed, clothed, armed and equipped by f'rench general ataff and with official tb United Hlate. Around them at the ramp on Kremn aoll tonight are being stored supplies that will keep them going for mouth and more will follow. (ieneral Prmhlng and hla stiff hate been buay for duys preparing for the arrival of the men. Despite the of the planned campaign ennniiou . dlnlcultle of prepared- that oueatlon. of the lirltlab army. The American troops will be an Inde pendent force, cooperating with the allies. It haa been sufr.rated that the American forces might be placed be tween tb French and lirltlab force aa a connecting link, but the exigencies ill govern TWO DEAD RESULT OF COLLISION AT HOGAN M'AOOO 18 4 APPRECIATIVE 4 WAHHINUTON, 1). C, June Z5. (To the Kdltor. Mornlna- Knter- priae ) The Liberty Loan cam paign waa eisentlally one of edu cation, and without the generoua and patriotic eupport of the pre of the Nation the hope of thoie' In charge that It would be a pop- 4 ular loan would not have been 4 realised. The untiring effort of -t o the newspaper throughout 4 the campaign were a constant Inaplratlon to the varlou other groupa of workers. At a time when new space waa at a preml- 4- urn the Liberty Loan waa fee- 4 tured at length. Newspapers and magatlnea. In their news, editorial, and advertla- 4 Ing columns, fought for the the 4 success of the losn every step of the way. The foreign-language press, In 36 languagea, gave dally 4- proof of the undoubted loyalty of peoplos of foreign birth. 4 WILLIAM 0. M'ADOO. Secretary of the Treasury. District Attorney Hedges Wins Decision Before the Supreme Court on Appeal . is TO r to a A- R. BURIES NEGRO CORVAIJUS, Or., Juno 27. ' Uncle Loulo" South worth, aged negro, for mcr slave and Iloguo Illvcr war veter an, died Sunday at his home In Cor vallls. He waa 87 years old. SALEM, Or., June 25. Cheater Moores, automobile editor of the Ore- gonian. Is scheduled to succeed Oeorge sinter Putnam aa nrlvate aeoretary Governor Wtthycombe, and If the prosont program Is carried out he will assume his duties September 1. The resignation of Mr. Putnam will become offoctlve August 1, and In the Interim Miss' Esthor Carson, asalstant private secretary, will be secretary. Mr. Moores Is the son of C, B. Moores, formerly chairman of the state Republican contral committee, and who was a candidate agnlnst Secretary 01- cott at the 1916 primary eloctlon. He Is a son-in-law of Judge J. C. Morolnnd, who Is clerk of the supreme court. Ho was a candidate tor the secretaryship whon Mr. Putnam was appointed. Miss Carson sorved as private secre tary when Mr, Putnam was in service on the Moxlcnn border. Because of the capable manner In which Bhe hnn dlod the work, It was believed until recently that Bhe would be permanent ly named to succoed Mr. Putnam. LOCAL RAILWAY LOSES HEAVILY IN PAST YEAR SALEM, June 27. Tho Willamotte Valley Southern Railway company, which operates a line from Oregon City to Mount Angel, did a losing busi ness In 1916, according to the com pany's annual report filed with the public service commission. Operating expenses for the year amounted to $62,166, while operating expenses ran up to $69,227. After taxes and Interest and other Items were paid the total loss for the year amounted to $61,457. The reversul by the supreme court Tuesday of the circuit court decision In the rase of the appeal of the Weycr- haeuner 1-and company marked the cloae of a cat that has been watched closely by the timber lntereata of the entire I'aclflo coaat Tueiday'a decis ion la a clean cut victory for the dis trict attorney's office, and Is the sixth successive victory won In the state supreme court by District Attorney Gllbort U Hedge. Tho Weyerhaeuser appeal waa argued before the state supreme court by Gilbert L. Hodgea representing Clackamas county and C L. Starr, for the land company. Hedge waa as sisted by deputy district attorney Thomas A. llurke and It. II. Heckett while Starr had the assistance of Lit tlefleld and Magutre. County Aaseasor J. E. Jack and Deputy Assessor G. F. Johnson also assisted the county In securing tho reversal. A petition was filed by tho Weyer haeuser Ind company on September 19, 1914. with the board of equalisa tion of this county praying for a reduc tion on the assessed valuation of about six sections of land valued at $1SS,- 145 by the assessor. Following the denial of tho potltlon by tho board, .tho company appealed to tho Clnckomaa county circuit court which flxod tho valuation at $92,502. It was from this decision that the ap peal was taken, which was mot by the argument that the land was assessed nt ItB tmo value whereas all other property In tho county was assessed at only 58 per cent of iU value- Tho crulso In this case was made by Mr. M. G. Nease, employing M. L. Stoddard, C. A. Hurt, U Clarke and L. W. Olingor aa cruisers. The court sustained the assessment and county crulHo only on two of tho parcels of land covored by (ho potltlon, and in thoso two cases the county erulso wns p 71 . x DI8TRICT ATTORNEY GILBERT L. HEDGES approximately tha same aa the high cruise of the other men. District Attorney Hedges said in part In the brief of the appollant: "This whole matter is of the most vital im portance to Clackamas county, and al so to tho other timbered comities in this state. If tho assessments placed upon timber lands are to bo overturned upon such flimsy and Inaccurate evi dence as Iihb been Introduced In this ciise, then the county officials might Just as well turn over the assessment books to the timber companies and permit them to make their own assess ments and valuation." District Attorney Hedges Tuesday afternoon expressed considerable grati fication over the outcome of the case and said that It was a "victory for the email land holder." "I always have held and still hold" he said, "that unless the timber barons pay the assessed valuation the money must come from some place and the small holder Is the one who must pay." BEFORE THE SUPEK- Boot Case Is Bomb; Filled T OF 1 STATEFrtA PoWtior SALEM, Or., June 25 Tho caBe of Julius Wilbur, owner of the notorious Frinrs club at Mllwauklo, was argued In the supremo court Wednesday after noon by Attorney General Brown and District Attorney HodgeB of Oregon City, representing the stato, and Attor ney C. W. Fulton representing the de fondant. Wilbur was arrestod and con victed for soiling intoxicating liquors. He appealed to the supreme court from the conviction on the grounds that the indlctmont against him was faulty because It did not name the per son to whom the liquor was sold and that the court erred In charging the jury that the principal could be found guilty for .an act of his servant FORT SNELLING. Minn., July 27. Sentries at Fort Snelllng found 60 sticks of dynamlto hidden in a beer case on the reservation today. They saw a mysterious person running along the brush- some distance away. He escaped. Investigation revealed the case of dynamite, enough to shat ter the entire camp. The alleged dyna miter wore shabby khaki and is be lieved to have mado his way Into the reservation disguised as a soldier. R. C. Llndney, aged CI, ws almoat Initially klllad. and Mr. Llndsey us lalnad Injuria from which b dld two hour later, when th automobll In which they were riding with their granddaughter. Mis Helen Metzger. wis struck by a Portland Railway, Light and Power company mall train at Hogan station, Just east of Green- am. Mr. Llndsey suffered a fractured skull and a fracture of both legs. Mrs. Llndsey'a Injuries consisted of a frac ture of the skull and a fnctur of the left leg. Mlaa Mdzger alao baa a fracture of th skull and ber condition la consid ered serloas. Mrs. Llndsey and Ml Metzger were rushed to Portland by the Ambulance Servk company In an unconscious condition, and Mr. Llndsey died with out regaining consciousness. The party were returning from Ml Metzger'a home where they had been visiting Mr. Grace Quick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Llndsey. They bad crossed a bridge across Johnson creek and were going down the slight grade. At thla point the view of the track la partly bidden by the station house. Miss Metzger was at the wheel and It Is thought that she became confused when she saw the train bearing down upon them and lost control of the car. The automobile waa struck squarely on Its left aide and carried about 400 feet The automobile waa completely wrecked and the gasoline tank waa torn open, spreading the oil over the mail car. Before any attempt could be made to quench It, the car was a mass of flames. The victims were buried beneath the wreckage, but were not Injured by the flames. Motonnan Vanhan, lo charge of the car, waa nearly suffocated by the fumea and Is In critical condi tion at hla home In Mllwaukle. The trail car was cut off and backed to a point of safety, but the front car waa burned to the truck. Dr. H. H. Hughes of Gresham was rushed to the scene of the accident and administered first aid. The Injured were taken from the wreckage to the home of W. H. Black and were later taken to the Good Samaritan hospi tal. Mr. Llndsey was 64 years old and was formely In business in Gresham for a number of years. He retired sev eral years ago and became a success ful contracter at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Llndsey were residents of Gresham tor a number of years and were highly esteemed in that city Miss Metzger has lived with her mother, Mrs. Quick, on a farm, which they had recently rented. They had purchased the automobile only last week and Miss Metzger was just learn ing to drive. Miss Metzger waa to have attended the wedding last night of her aunt, Miss Elsie Metzger, to O. E. Mllllson. of Overland, Kan. The train was operated by Conduc tor J. J. Shipley and J. A. Vanham, mo tonnan. The train waa not thought to be traveling at an excessive rate of speed, according to Mr. Black, who is the only witness to the accident, be sides the train crew. Among the passengers on the train at the time of the accident were: Wil liam Jones, of Estacada; J. C. Stan ton, 390 Vancouver avenue, Portland, and H. E. Sylvester and wife, of Clackamas Coroner Smith has taken charge of the bodies and will hold an inquest on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Llndsey are survived by two dnughters, Mrs. Grace Quick, of Gresham and Mrs .Pearl Erlckson, of Warren, and a son, Ben Llndsey, who is In the automobile business at Nam- pa, Idaho. OSWEGO KHTACADA, June 2.rourtn au tomobile rolled Into Katacada early Tueaday evening, and rolled out again at a lata hour, aftr a dinner at the Estacada hotel and a talk feat that Included everything from patriotism to pig. Ever alnc the Llv Wire of th Commercial club commended their va rlou pilgrimage to country districts, thy had Estacada a their ultimate ob jective, and (S of them took th trip. Th roads ere fair, the weather Ideal, and the dinner satisfying. IS TO BE THE CENTER OF 1ST? PORTLAND, Or., June 2t-Tb old blast furnace and amelter plant of tb served, tnsny member of the Farmer and MrchanU' club of Eastern Clack amas, and their wive, being preient Walter Given, be of the silver tongue. presided, and promptly turned the meeting over to O. D. Eby, president of the Oregon City club, who In turn, prevented th orator and near orator of whom th Falls City boatta. The Live Wire carried through their routine report and Grant B. Dimlck made a real speech, full of humor, re plete with funny atories, coupled with com serious advice along agricultural Une The wbol affair waa calcu lated to make a better feeing between th people of the county seat town and the residents of Eastern Clackamas. IN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN One hundred and fifteen people were Oregon Iron and Steel Company, oc cupying five acre of land along the Willamette rivr at Oswego wr pur chased outright yesterday by WUI liam Plgott. of Seattle, head of the Pacific Coast company lntereata In thl section, with tha pro pec t that It will be placed In ahapo within about (0 days for th manufacture of pig Iron, This development la of grett signi ficance to the shipbuilding Industry of Portland and environs as th making of pig Iron la the very baal of the teel laduitry. At the present tlm Pueblo, Colo, 1 tho only city west of Duluth and Chi cago which 1 manufacturing pig Iron, and a a result of thla situation great quan title of manganese ore, mined In southern Oregon, ha been sent all the way to Chicago to be smelted. There are a number of ateel roller mill on the Pacific Coast t Lo An- gele, San FrancUco, Sacramento, Se attle and Vancouver, B. C and the Pacific Coast Steel company recently purchased 10 acre of land along the Willamette river below Portland, at WUlbrtdge, where a roller mill will undoubtedly be erected ultimately to handle the pig Iron to be turned out at the Oswego plant The big blast furnace at Oswego, which at the time of It construction was the only plant of It kind on the entire Pacific Coast, ha not been op erated since 1894, when the discovery of the Mesaba range ore In Minnesota reduced the price of pig Iron so much that the Oswego furnace could not be operated at a profit The plant la of modern construction throughout and waa built at' a cost of about $300,000. Mr. Plgott said last night that perbap $100,000 would be spent In Improvement before the plant la placed In operation, and that the renovations and Installation would probably require about CO days. W. M. Ladd, president of the Ore gon Iron A Steel Company, and A. S. Patullo, general superintendent were laying plans recently to tear the Os wego plant down in order to sell the Iron In its construction at the prevail ing high prices. About that time Mr. Plgott came along looking for a plant site and looked the property over with the result that the deal for the pur chase of the entire holding was con cluded yesterday. Mr. Ladd is understood to have sold the property at a reasonable figure with the understanding that the plant would be operated In the Portland ter ritory and benefit the newly created shipbuilding Industry. The total subscription of Clackamas county for th Red Cross fund wa not available at a lata hour last night tor contributions were still being received. The amount reported to headquarters Is about $12,000 with the amount In Oregon City forming about $7000 of tils. There are over a hundred districts that have not filed complete reports. Among the subscriber Tuesday were the Elk Lodge, $100; Masons, $25; Rebekahs. $10; L O. O. F, $25; W. O. W., $20; Commercial club, $50. The reports of the committee to date follow: Dtat S, Canemah, $44.17; Dlst 4, $39; Dlst 20, Macksburg, $122.50; Dlst 26, $38.60; Dlst 15, Beaver Creek, $101.90; Damascus, $112.26; Dlst 31, $40; Dlst 37. $39.50; Dlst 46, Sandy, $317.50; Dlst 48, Parkplace, $103.20; Dlst 55, $100.50; Dlst 63, $61; Dist 64, Clack amas. $221; Dlst 73, New Era, $100; Dlst 81. $36.30; Dlst. 92, $60.05; Dist 107, $36.70; Dlst 305, $48.50; Stafford, $70.50; .Oak Grove, $316.17; Logan (parUal), $29; Bull Run (partial), $28; Oswego, $636.40; Estacada, $1,026; Concord, $109; Lakewood, $130.25; Redlanda, $117.80. Dlst. 32 (partial), $13.75; Dlst. 38, $66.50; Dlst 42, Cherryvllle, $1.00; Dlst 43, $82.50; Dist 62, $53.75; Dist 78 (partial), $13.50; Dlst 84, Mulino, $S3.70; Dlst 94, $50.10; Dlst 107. $36.70; Dlst 121, $25; Dlsts. 34 and 105, (partial). $500; Dlst. 1, Mllwaukle, $30.75; Dlst 87, $3. The following districts have Increas ed their amounts to the following: Dlst. 3, Canemah, $55.02; Dlst 4, Lo gan, $67.50; Dlst 28, Concord, $117.10; Dist. 46, Sandy, $344.50. ACKERMAN IS AGAIN Sheridan starting hard-suface good roads paving plans, and demanding that only the best be laid aa being the cheapest In the end. Lebanon Paper shift July 1. mill to add extra FRED WILSON OF THE DALLES IS CIRCUIT JUDGE SALEM, Or., June 23. Governor Wlthycombe today appointed Fred W. Wilson of The Dalles as circuit Judge for the Seventh judicial district, com prising Wasco and Hood River coun ties, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge W. L. Bradshaw. Mr. Wilson was formerly district attorney for the Seventh district SALEM, man was Or., June 21. J. H. Acker reelected president of the State Normal school at Monmouth Wednesday for a three year term by tho board of regents, who held their annual meeting at Monmouth. Mr. Ackerman has been president of the school since 1911. Contracts were signed for the con struqtlon of an extension to the main building, for which the last leg islature appropriated $25,000; and for a cottnge dormitory for women, which will cost about $10,000. The money for this dormitory comes from the savings of Miss Todd, superintendent of the girls' dormitory, during a long period of years. It is the "profits" from the domitory. ED FORTUNE IS PRAISED FOR HIS WORK AT CONDON THREE AERO SITES CHOSEN WASHINGTON, June 27. Three additlonel training camps for army aviators will be established, according to a war department announcement, at Fort Worth, Dallas and Wichita Falls, Texas. CONDON, Or., June 26. The race meeting given by the business men at Condon recently was a most successful one In every respect. The weather was ideal and the crowds much larger than a year ago. But best of all, the races were top-notchers straight Fortune, who managed the meet, aroused the proper enthusiasm among the local people before the races opened and the town closed up for the occasion. They put up liberal purses and were out to see the events and brought their friends all with them. As the business men put up the money to make the events possible it Is there fore only right that whatever money is spent by the crowd go to these finan cial backers and under Mr. Fortunes's policy the usual horde of cheap fakers were barred out and every firm in town enjoyed a fine run of extra trade. Tho races were well contested. Some of the best horses In the coast coun try partlclpatd and M,r. Fortune was emphatic in his praise of the horsemen for the manner In which they sent their entries to the wire and made the start. There were none of the long waits for races to start that have marred so many meets. UNION OIL AIDS RED CR088 SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. The Union Oil Co. voted $30,000 to be ap plied to the Red Cross campaign fund.