The Enterprise li the
only Claokamat County
Nswspapar (hat prlnta
all of tha nawa of thla
growing County,
r
Tha Waakly Entarpriaa
la worth tha prlca. Com- a)
para It with othara and
than aubacriba.
FIFTY-FIRST YEAR No, 84,
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500 OF STATE'S
7 1 7 FOR ARMY
ALREADY CERTIFIED
I'OUTLANI), Or., Auk. IS.-Oregon
will tin fully ready ahead of Hum to
turn over to the federal government
Ita quota of 717 men for the tint draft.
Thla In spile of a hanillcnp of five
liny In llm starling of tha draft in a
chlnery In thn atatn, dun to dulay of
thn poatofflcn department In deliver
liiK the offlclul Hula of draft numbers
to Adjutant Uenmal George A. White.
Report from all but two of tha 22
counties In the atnto that muni furnish
quotas on tha first draft show that
morn than half th number of men re
quired have already been selected.
Tha lot nl exemption boarda of these
counties hava certified to the three
district appeal board tha names of
600 men who hava been called up for
mlltury service and are not exempted
or discharged.
In other word, these men have been
passed by tha local exemption boarda
for military service, Tha number of
roitran, Includes many whose appllcn
tlona for exemption or discharge have
been denied by the local boarda.
Home of thoHtt men. the greater nuin
bar. In fuel, have taken their "medi
cine" stoically and have tint decided
to appeal.
Others hava appealed to the dlatrlct
bonrda, whoite functlona In audi caaea
are tboae of appellate bodle. Bo rig
Id la the policy of the dlatrlct boarda.
however, aa to tha questions of grant
ing exemption or discharges that only
a amall proportion of the COO aland
much chance of winning their appeala.
On the other bund, a lurge number
of claim for exemptions or discharge
on the grouud of dependency that have
been granted by tha local board are
automatically appealed to the dlatrlct
boarda for review.
The dlatrlct boarda bava adopted
the policy In auch caaea of requiring
that It must be abown that a dependent
will become a burden on the communi
ty If the man for whom the exemp
tion la asked ahould be drafted, before
they will grant the claim.
The dlatrlct boarda alao paaa exclu
alvely on all clalma for induatrlal ex
emption, Including employment In
agriculture. On thla aubjnet, too, the
boarda have agreed to excuae no per
son whose labor la not ahown to be
urgently roqulred.
So, of BOO men of the 717 required
In the atate'a flrat druft quota already
certified to the dlatrlct boarda aa not
exompted or discharged, It la conser
vallvely oattmated that at least 400,
or more than half the quota, will be
held.
The mobilization regulations juat Is
auod by tbo war department require
that only 30 per cent of 'he flrat draft
quota will be taken In tbe flrat call,
which la to be made September 5.
TO
THE DISTRICT BOARD
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 16.-Tb.e fol
lowing appeals from the local board
of Clnckamna county are to be con
sidered by the dlatrlct board here Sat
urday: Ward C. Barnes, residing near Wood
burn, Or., who seeks exemption bo
cuuhb he la a farmer.
Gilbert Henry Hanson, of Clncka
mna, who Books exemption on the
ground of boing a furmer.
Robert James Mattoon, who Uvea at
Soventh and Main streets in Oregon
City, who seeks a discharge bocause he
Is engaged In operating a machine for
the Chaae & Linton Gravel company.
Edward Charles Bowen, of Mllwau
kle, Or., on the ground of having a de
pendent wife.
BURGLARS PLACE
A COUNTRY BANK
OUT OF BUSINESS
RIDGEFIELD, WoHh.. Aug. 2t Bur
glars muHHod up the Rldgeflold bank
lust night to Buch an extent that the
cashier says the Institution will be
unable to transact any business for a
couple of days.
The burglars stole drills and a shot
gun from a hardware store and drilled
through the bank wall Into the vault.
There they worked on the steel safe
and though they Jammed the combina
tions and ruined the locks, the strong
box resisted their beat efforts to force
to force entry, The workers left no
clue.
SEi
DRAFT 1L NOT BE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-A full sta
tlHtlcnl report ou the operations of the
draft law will be prepared by the pro
vost marshal general' office aa aoon
aa the mobilization of the first Incre
ment of 687,000 men of the natlonul
army has been completed some time
eurly In, October.
Pending the preparation of the re
port no stuns toward calling a sec
ond Increment to tl.o colors will be
taken. General CruwUer suld today
that tbe call for tbi ao nd Increment
never hud been counsel ml at any con
ference at which he was present and
that he bad no Indication that It hud
been taken up in any way by President
Wilson or Secretary Baker.
The first Increment will fill all the
training ureiis 16 national guard
cumps and US national army cantonments-to
capacity and there will be
a aurplui of men beside those asalgnod
to the regular army. The regular
are now 12,000 above full war atrength
by voluntary enlistment and the na
tional guurd la In a similar situation.
Training facilities already are taxed
to niuke ready for the men now avail
able and It la regarded aa unlikely
that organisation of an additional 500,
000 men of the national army can be
begun until the early aprlng of 1918.
Inequality of an unavoidable nature
will be shown in the atatistical report
which will probably reault In some
amended regulations.
It ia suggested that some provision
may be made whereby all the aons of
one family will not be taken, aa well
as a new definition of the status of
married men. President Wilson's re
cent letter to Senator Weeks Is taken
to Indicate that a more liberal policy
may be found desirable. At present
actual dependency must be established
to obtain exemption. The condition
of marring!) in Itself Is not considered.
Another problem Is the status of
aliens. Still another is the case of
men who have pussod beyond draft
age since being called and of those
who have become of draft age in the
meantime.
YIELD IS SLIGHTLY
BELOW LAST YEAR'S
W. F. Harris, one of the prominent
residents of Beaver Creek, Clackamaa
couuty, and well known stockman, was
In Oregon City on business Friday.
Mr. Harris Btates that the grain yield
In his section of the county is bettor
than was anticipated by the farmers
owing to the continued dry weather.
Mr, Harris states that a portion of his
grain was threshed on Thursday with
the result that ten acres of wheat land
produced 400 bushels. His oats, of
which there were ton acres, went 46
bushels to the acre, while the barley
went 40 bushels to the acre. All was
good quality grain.
There still remains to toe threshed
on the Harris farm many more bushels
of grain, but owing to the grain ripen
ing unevenly this year, it was neces
sary to thresh in two sections. Mr.
Harris believes the remainder of his
grain will be ready to thresh within
the next woek. The oats In that sec
tion of the county are going about 40
bushels to the acre, heretofore, when
there has, been plently of rain, the
grain went about 50 bushels to the
acre, or sometimes BB bushels. Mr.
Harris says that the farmers of his
section of-the county think that they
are lucky to reap the crops they are
now harvesting, as the weather has
been so unfavorable to crops during
the past few months. 1
Mr. Harris Is to exhibit some f hiB
Berkshire swine at the fairs that year,
and ia now engaged in getting them
Into shape. He has some prize winners
that will be exhibited at the Oregon
State Fair. He has also some Black
Langshangs, that were awarded first
place at the Clackamas county fair of
last year.
Bandon: Sunset woolen mills have
commenced operation,
Queen Wiihe!mim'
" I v1 wwlll'll li I lift!
M 00Slf LIVES TRYING TO
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! . V'iM0$-W:XWi 'I G. E. BAKER, PORTLAND k -
k--' . .rrkskf li r mnmm mimic : '
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i
Klnco Dutch ships carrying food to Holland have been held up by the r efusal of the British government to
puss them, there have been food riots In Amsterdam, and this photograp h shows soldiers with their guns guard
ing tbe palace of Queen Wllhelmlna. .
1
SAFE IS
AT
i
BY
paid out thla week to the producers
The Willamette postofdee. robbed of milk over $2000, being based on a
of over $300 worth of stamps and price of 44 cents per pound for butter
stampod envelopes Just a month ago,) fat. .
was robbed again Monday night wbenj Hereafter the price paid for milk
burglars forced an entrance to the 1 should be much higher, as many ex
grocery store of H. Lehman, post- j penses were met during the first month
master, and blew the door from the!
safe. j
At a fate hour Tuesday postal inapec-j
tors from Portland had failed to reach
any conclusion to the amount of the!
loss. The recorda of the office were in !
the safe and were destroyed with the
contents when the safe wss blown.
According to neighbors, the robbery
was committed at about 1 or 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning. The robbers used
nitroglycerine and poured it through
a crack of the safe, for no drill holes
are In evidence. "
Several sacks of sugar nlled about
the door of the safe to deaden the!
sound of the explosion were thrown
15 feet across the room, as was also
the door of the safe. Two bottles of
ammonia had been placed in the safe
by tho postmaster, as a precaution
against safe crackers, he alleges. One
of these was broken by the blast but
the other was not
Entrance to the store was gained by
breaking a pane from a door In the
rear of the store. Several picks, taken
from a road repairing outfit nearby
were used by the men in an effort to
force the door without havIngHo break
tha glass.
Sheriff W. J. Wilson, as well as post
al authorities from the Portland office
are at work on the case.
NEUTRALS ARE
NO LONGER THE
ALLIES' FRIENDS
LONDON, Aug. 20. In principle the
British government Is of the opinion,
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of Block
ade, told the house committee today,
that neutral shipping which has been
persistently assisting Great Britain's
enemies should be treated after the
war on the same footing as enemy
shipping.
TWO UNITS GOING
NO DATE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Two army
divisions Instead of one, comprising
a total of at least 38,000 men, probably
will make up the first contingent of
the national guard to go to France.
Although no official confirmation
was obtnlnable, there were evidences
today that the composite Forty-second
division, who organization recently
was announced, will be accompanied
abroad by the Twenty-sixth, made up
of New England guardsmen. No New
England states are among the 26 hav
ing representation in the composite
division.
The commander of the Twenty-sixth
is Major General Clarence Ewards,
now actnig as commander of the de
partment of the northeast, and it Is
presumed he would go to Europe with
the division. The Forty-second Is com
Palace in Amsterdam Guarded in Food Riot
.-&m- -m ci:iPi ws BRIDGE
ESTACADA MILK
t COMPANY PAYS
I 41 CENTS POUND
ESTACADA, Or.. Aug. 22.-
The Es-
! tacifda Co-operative Cheese, associa-
tion, after Its first month of operation.
of operation, which later will not be
current All stockholders and con
tWbutora are well pleased with the
showing of the organization to date.
OF FEET
OF LOGS ARE BURNED
G SHERWOOD EIRE
SHERWOOD, Or., Aug. 22. Fire,
i whlch 'rted late today in the hold-
ings or the Appondort Lumber com
pany, six miles south of town, tonight
had burned 2,000,000 feet of logs, a
$4750 donkey engine that bad just
been purchased, threatened the com
pany's $20,000 mill and endangered the
lives of a number of the fire fighters.
Women tonight were fighting the
fire with the men, relieving their hus
bands and brothers, when they be
came fatigued. A chemical apparatus
was sent from Sherwood to assist the
fire fighters now In the woods.
The loss from the destruction of
the logs Is placed at $25,000.
Fighters who were attempting to
save the donkey engine were almost
caught by the flames ,but escaped as
the engine was enveloped.
BARRED FROM BAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. Attor
neys O. P. Stidger and Henry C. Ken
nah, of San Francisco, have been dis
barred from practice at all iramgra
tion stations In the United States, It
was announced today, because of the
charges growing out of the recent ex
pose of an international Chinese smug
gling ring here.
AMERICAN DROPS ENEMY
PARIS, Aug. 22. Walter Lovell, of
the Lafayette flying squadron, has shot
down a German airplane.
OF SAILING NAMED
manded by Major General W. A.
Mann.
A report was current today that suf
ficient shipping will be available for
forwarding two divisions within the
time fixed for the departure of the
Forty-second and that the Twenty
sixth had been selected to ,go because
itc omo9 from a compact area and is
composed for the most part of regi
ments of high rating and representing
states whose troops were left out of
the composite division.
The Forty-second division is being
mobilized at Mlneola, L. I., under the
new European standards, which re
quire that the strength of the individ
ual infantry regiments be Increased
more than 50 per cent. The process
necessitates the addition of some units
not Included In the original order, for
FARMER, KILLED BY A
Mllo Lantz, well known farmer of
Molalla, was almost instantly killed
when a derrick hay fork fell 20 feet
through the air Thursday morning,
piercing his heart The accident oc
curred about 10:30 o'clock Thursday
morning and there were no witnesses
of the tragedy.
Verda Cooper, a 15-year-old neighbor
girl, was driving a team of horses for
Lantz, but was on the opposite aide
of the barn when the accident hap
pened, according to information gained
by Coroner W. E. Hempsted.
Arrangements for the funeral, which
is to be held Saturday morning, are
now being made.
Mllo Lantz was born at Bloomlngton,
Illinois, nl 1S6S. Thirteen years ago
he married a Miss Mary Lantz, and
coming to Salem, Oregon, resided In
that city for some time, before taking
up his residence at Molalla, where he
has lived for the past eight years.
Mr. Lantz is survived by his wife,
of Molalla; three brothers, Sam and
Fred Lantz, of Molalla; Elmer Lantz,
of Salem; two sisters, Mrs. Barbara
Eurell, and Mrs. Mary Eurell, both of
Corvallls. His parents died some time
ago in the east
DAVID CARL MOOSE
OF
David Carl Moore, of Gladstone, a
deputy in the office of County Clerk
Iva M. Harrington, enlisted In Com
pany A, Oregon engineers, Thursday.
This company is expected to move to
Clackamas soon, and from there it is
said that it will be ordered to Palo Al
to. Mr. Moore is well known In Oregon
City where he has been employed for
tVie past several years. He has been
clerk of the circuit court since about
June 1.
ABROAD
where one company of infantry, for
instance was to have come from any
state, two companies have been con
solidated to give Ee 250 men neces
sary. ' Thus hundreds of men have
been transferred to fill up the regi
ments selected to go. All the other
national guard divisions will go
through a similar process on their ar
rival at their divisional camp.
No hint has been given as to the
probable time it will require to pre
pare the Forty-second for embarka
tion. As it is a wholly new organiza
tion, It Is logical to assume that it will
take some time to get Into working
shape. The question of equipment also
enters into the fixing of a sailing date.
The same considerations apply also to
the Twenty-sixth.
-daMUOKVasI I ' ... ,
TWO WfllMPM I nor
Clarence E. Baker, 5624 88th street
8. E., Portland, who was drowned be
tween Baker's Bridge over the Clack
amas river, and the mouth of Clear
creek Sunday afternoon, is survived
By a widow, Elizabeth Baker, and a
daughter two years old; a mother, a
sister Mrs. Blanche Carlson, of Port
land; and two brothers, Charles Baker
of Lents and Walter Baker of St
Johns.
Baker, in company with Dr. and Mrs.
David Nelson, of Lents, motored to Ba
ker's bridge Sunday afternoon. While
fishing in a spot where the water was
about knee deep, the flood gates at the
Cazadero power plant of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company's
plant were opened and an lS-Wh wn
of water swept down the canyon, cans-
ne Baker In ,oion- a
uu 6V
under.
For a distance of a 100 yards or
more, he fought the current, trying
vainly to make a landing on the Bleep
bank of the river. Dr. Nelson, stand
ing on the opposite hank, was power
less to help hla companion, who finally
was forced to give up the struggle with
the current
The body waa recovered about an
hour after the drowning, and Dr. Nel
son, aided by Constable Jack Frost, of
Oregon City, worked feverishly In an
effort to restore life to the drowned
man, but to no avail.
The remains were taken to Lents,
where they are helng held pending fu
neral arrangements.
MT. HOOD LOOP ROAD
BY $501)00 ALLOWED
SALEM, Or., Aug. 21. Three post
road projects and the start of a num
ber of forest road projects probably
will be paid for out of the first $400.
000 worth of Bean-Barrett bonds, which
were sold yesterday by the state board
of control.
The first three post road projects
Include what is known as the Wolf
Creek and Grave Creek project of 4.9
miles on the Pacific highway In Jo
sephine county, to be constructed for
$83,606.50. This has not been finally
approved. Another of the three is
from Canyon Creek pass to John's
Creek, 2.3 miles, on the Pacific high
way in Douglas county, to cost $23,
680.60, and the third Is from Myrtle
Creek to Dillard, 10.8 miles, on the
Pacific highway, to cost $173,648.60.
These projects represent a total esti
mate of J2S0.935.60, of which the state
pays half, or $140,467.80, the federal
government standing the balance.
The first three forest road projects
which have been approved are the
Medford-Klamath Falls, the Mount
Hood loop road in Clackamas county,
and the Mount Hood loop road In Hood
River county. For the Medford-Klamath
Falls project $95,000 has been al
lotted, of which Jackson and Klamath
counties stand $3500, the state $45,750
and the government $45,750. On the
Mount Hood loop in Clackamas coun
ty the allotment is $50,000, of which
the government and state each stand
half. The allotment for the loop In
Hood River county is $175,000.
A number of other projects have
been outlined and recommended, but
those mentioned will probably be the
first actually worked upon.
The $400,000 will be divided among
.these projects and others that are
started, the work to cover a considera
ble time, and before the first of the
projects is finished other money prob
ably will be available from the Bean
Barrett bonds for completion of this
work and the start of other work.
RICH DODGING TAXES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Charges
that the government of the United
States has ben defrauded out of fully
$300,000,000 in Income taxes by the
wealthy were made in the senate today
by Senator Lewis, of Illinois, who de
clared the treasury had the proofs.
Its the easiest thing in the world
for a woman to manage a man if
she isn't married to him.
ESTABLISHED W69
The drowned are:
1 Mrs. Clemmle Falrhnrst
formerly of Welser, Idaho, but
& who since May has lived in West
fr Linn. '
Mrs. Florence Smith, age 23, of
West Linn, who leaves a two-
t year-old daughter.
Minnie Sandy, age 15, a sister
& of Mrs. Smith.
The drowning of three women,
members of a party of eight, crawfish
ing on the banks of the Tualatin river
about four miles from Oregon City,
marked the tragic close of a morning's
outing on the river Wednesday.
The drowned women are Mrs. Clem
mle Falrhnrst, aged 22, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs: D. W. Farmer, of Wil
lamette; Mrs. Florence Smith, age 23,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Sandy
of West Linn, and Minnie Sandy, age
18' ,lstCT of.Mr8 Sralth' 'ho ,lve w,th
1 ucr Vreni8 ai wesi una.
Mrs. Smith leaves a two-year-old
child, whose father, L. H. Smith, ac
cording to Hattie Sandy, a sister of
the drowned woman, has not been seen
since his name was published as among
those liable for conscription. The of
fice of the Clackamas county local
board has no record of Smith having
been called for examination, but bis
name may be included In the first 300
in order of liability for service.
The drowning occurred at about 1:15
o'clock on the Tualatin river near the
Dan Coulson farm. The Hardestlne
Logging company has a crew at work
near there and it was near the skid
road of this company that the drown
ing occurred.
Mrs. Falrhnrst evidently trying to
find a spot where the crawfish were
more plentiful, waded far out Into the
water, when suddenly in plain view of
the party on the bank, she went down
in about 25 feet of water. Minnie
Sandy, who besides Mrs. Fairhurst
was the only member of the party who
could swim, plunged into the water
In an effort to save her companion.
Finding that she could not reach her,
she cried for help, and Mrs. Florence
Smith, despite the fact that she could
not swim, boldly entered the current
In an effort to save the two drowning
women.
Mrs. Ethel Cotfman, who Is camping
on the banks of the river at this place,
hearing their shrieks for help, ran to
the donkey engine crew of the Har
destlne Lumber company, and Charles
Koski and Frank Witten, employes of
the company, came to the aid of Mrs.
Coffman.
A boat was secured and after about
45 minutes the body of Mrs. Fairhurst
was recovered. The body of Minnie
Sandy was next recovered, but it was
over an hour and a half before the body
of Mrs. Smith was taken from the wa- -ter.
All attempts at resuscitation
tailed, despite the efforts of members
of the logging crew and County Coron
er W. E. Hempsted, of Oregon City,
who hurried to the scene. At no time
was even a faint sign of life'shown by
any of the women.
Mrs. Fairhurst is survived by her
husband, Cad, her mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Farmer, of Willam
ette, Mrs. Fay Bridges, Gladstone, and
Mrs. Gertie Jones of West Linn, Bis
ters; a brother, P. M. Farmer, of West
port, Oregon, and a sister, Fernie Far
mer, who was with the party.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Sandy, of West
Linn; her husband, L. H. Smith, whose
whereabouts are unknown, and a
two-year-old daughter, Charlotte; two
sisters, Helen and Hattie Sandy, and
a brother Frank.
The bodies were brought to Oregon
City where they are being held pend
ing the completion of funeral arrange
ments. WIFE MURDERER
SERVING A LIFE
TERM, ESCAPES
SALEM, Or., Aug. 22. Another es
cape occurred at the state penitentiary
last night Jans M. W. Hassing, sent
to the prison in 1911, for the murder
of his wife in Portland, left without
bidding any of the officials good-bye.
He was a trusty and was sleeping in
the garage outside the prison walls.
Discovery that he was missing was
made at 5 o'clock this morning. When
received at the prison he was under
sentence of death! but the sentence
was commuted to life imprisonment.