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riFTY-riRST YEAR-NO 48.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917.
ESTABLISHED 186S
ITALIANS
BRAVELY
STAND OFF
ODDS 4 TO 1
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-IIovlly
rlforced iiihhxk ot Autro-German,
putlinutoil at 20 division, vainly try
ing to break the Italian defensive
lino, hart filtered great losses, ac
cording to official dispatches today
from Home, and between the I'iave
and Hrenu rlvcri aluno have worn
out six division.
The Httllttn soneral when Inter
viewed apoke of the condition or the
troop and the splendid fight they are
making against heavy odd it,
The general estimated these oil da at
four or Ave to one, baited' on report
ranching htm, Attacks were almost
continuous at one point or another,
but the Italian wore always ready to
ri'Hpond and had not only repulsed at
tack, but had driven the enemy back
after a aerlua of heroic charge.
ARE NUMEROUS
L In the ault of Joe Wlckcrath vh. An
ton! LukHHxnwaki, a jury In the circuit
court Saturday brought In a verdict
for the plaintiff In the aum of f 100 and
costs.
II. 8. Uoldmun ha filed an amiumed
business name certificate, under the
name of the Oregon Junk company.
The 1 lull Lumber company has filed
a notice of material lion against D. It
Artimtrong and C. T. Howard for
981.91.
Judgment htia been entered for the
plaintiff In'tho aum of $174 In the'ault
of l'eter Wilson va. Emll Alt.
Circuit JudKe Campbull on Buturdoy
dlHcbargod the Jury from further at
tendance until December 10, when the
cnae of Iloxfcrd v. Howell la aet for
trial. Meanwhile, the court will hear
equity canes,
A. J. MorrlHon ha filed a petition
to be appointed admlnlHtratnr of the
eiitate of the lute Catherine Morrison
The value of the estate la $990, repre
nted by caMh in a bunk. William
Hammond la attorney fo rthe estate.
Food for Allien ii ammunition
the flrt line of defene.
for
COURT ORDERS MAINTAINANCE,
An order waa signed Thursday by
Judge J. U. Campbell ordVrlns Jauie
K. dirt to pay the aum of $50 to County
Clerk Harrington for the maintenance
of Grace C. Girt during the pendency
of a divorce ault which waa filed by
her aeveral day ago.
Good Roads Construction In -Clackamas
Will Be Aided By
$100,000 In Special Levies
An unprecedented era of good roads !
construction will follow the special
levy meetings held lu various parts of
the county Saturday, when forty-four
of the eighty road district voted on
the question of additional road levies
for 1918. Up to a Into hour Monday
evening, fourteen districts had report
ed the carrying of the apodal levlo.
In but one dlHtrtct, Barton, did the
Hpoclal levy fall to carry In the return
to date. It Is safe to predict that more
than $100,00000 will bo used In road
work under special levies during the
coming; year.
The Clackamas district No, 1 voted
a 6 mill levy, for hard surface pave
ment, which in silver dollars means
that the taxpayers of that district will
spend just $13,000 over and above the
general levies for the coming year.
With six miles of pavoment in tholr
district already. No, 1, can plan tor big
things next year.
District No. 47. the Oak Grove dis
trict voted fiisoo I - a 10-mlll special
and halt ot this sum is to be used In
hard surface on the main road, Logan
district voted a 7-mlll special and
axkod thut the $3000 represented by
this vote, be spent In pavement on the
Clackamas-Baker' bridge road. Other
districts voting specials were: Cher
ryvllle, $1900; Sandy, 10-mills; Clack
amas Heights, $2000.00; Damascus,
$3000; Marquam, $2000; Macksburg,
$950; Hog Hollow. 10-mlll; South End
district. 10-mlll; Holcomb district, 7
mill; Wllholt, 6-mlll, about $7000; No.
(3, between Wright's bridge and
Mucksburg, 10 mill; Oatfleld road dis
trict No. 38, 7-mllla; Boring. 5 mill, or
about $2800.00; Cnnby. B-mllls; Glad
stone. 10 mill, or about $4000.00.
Loral officials were ot the opinion
Monday evening that practically every
district carried their special. The un
Uflual Interest In the good roads pro
gram Is duo largely to the county's
activities during the past two years
In attempting to carry out a definite
road policy, coupled with unusual suc
cess In maintaining and operating ltl
plant. Many of the districts voting
this year bad never voted a special
levy before while others came back
strong and doubled their levies of tor-
mer years.
"The reports that came in today
were certainty moat encouraging" said
Roadmnster Tom Roots Monday even
ing. "It means big things for the coun
ty during the coming year In the good
roads campaign. I have only heard ot
the failure in one district so far, and
believe that practically every dlHtrlct
voted the special levies."
As Oak Grove, Clackamas, Gladstone
voted special levies the road situation
between Oregon City and Portland,
the Oatflold district and Parkplace all
should be solved next year without any
difficulty.
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FORCES ON WESTI
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and take their places. The our men
rejected ere Robert Rosneau, Clacka
mas, David Humphry's Thomas, Cane
mali, Gilbert Henry Hanson, Clacka
mas, and Ma Adolph Hollmann, Bea
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These two picture show scenes in
the Germans are now approchlng.
It as they treated some French cities
north from San Giorgio IbIudcI, and
Venice with its gondolas, the most beautiful city of the world, which
There la apprehension in the whole world as to whether they will treat
which contained works of art. The larger photo shows a scene looking
the smaller gives a spot of the Grand Canal.
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The great war came to Oregon City
Thursday night.
The realisation of the mighty strug
gle between the forces of democracy
and autocracy was brought closer to
the people of Oregon City than ever
before.
Before an audience ot 1500 people,
who packed Busch's ball to Its doors,
Dr. W. T. Foster, president of Reed
college, told, In simple language, ot
some ot the horrors of the Prussian
system of waging war. In his capacity
as an official observer of the Red
Cross commission from America be
obtained first hand information .and
he told his story graphically, force
fully, eloquently, with words that
stirred the hearts ot his auditors to
tholr depths. He said the people of
this country have no conception of
what this war la, nor what It means.
He declared that no tale of German
atrocities was too Improbable to cause
him to believe, after what he had seen
with his own eyes and heard with his
own ears. In England, In France and
in Switzerland, In the months of his
very recent visit in Europe, he has
talked with thousands ot people of all
sorts and conditions, and he has come
home a changed man a man with a
duty to perform in telling the people
of America plainly Just what is before
them.
Dr. Foster, a year ago, was one of
the most outspoken of the noted pa
cifists of this country. He abhorred
war. He thought It was unnecessary.
He considered It a sin against human
Ity. He was a disciple ot peace, but
out of his personal Investigations has
come a deep-rooted conviction that we
must win the war to bring German Im
perialism to Its knees.
Conditions in France were described
in detail. The speaker told of the trail
of the Hun. He spoke ot the erenlty
ot the French people, who, after three
years ot death and desolation, are still
firm In their undying determination
to drive the forces ot Prusslanlsm
from their soil. He paid a high trib
ute to the women of France, who are 1
doing the work of their husbands, their
fathers and their brothers In the fields,
In the workshops, In the factories and
In every department ot labor.
"I visited a munition factory where
12,000 women are working," said Dr.
Foster. "They are doing the heaviest
kind of men's work and are turning
out 1,000,000 bullets a day, but you
don't hear a word about strikes in
France. I have no patience nor sym
pathy with the man who, when his
country needs his best efforts, will re
fuse to work when work is offered him.
I have no consideration for the men
who, with plenty of work to do, will
stand in picket lines to prevent their
fellow men from doing their share. In
short, I have a single purpose, and that
is -to win the war. Nor have I any
more consideration for the men who
will take advantage of such an oppor
tunity as may now exist to squeeze ex
tortionate profits out o fthe people of
this country."
Dr. Foster ridiculed the reports in
circulation to the effect that warm
and knitted clothing is not needed in
France. He emphasised the statement
that what may not be needed by Amer
ican soldiers will be welcomed by the
soldiers ot France, where the people
have given their all. ,
H. Q. Starkweather, of Concord, in
his introduction of Dr. Foster, referred
to his splendid patriotism. F. J. Tooze,
chairman of the arrangement commit
tee for the lecture, presided, and mus
ic was furnished by the high school
orchestra. The boy scouts acted as
ushers.
' Dr. Foster, with . Mrs. Foster and
members of the committee and their
wives were entertained at dinner by
the Live Wires of the Commercial
club, under whose auspices the lecture
was arranged. M. D. Latourette was
toastmaster and Dr. Foster made a
brief talk to the Wires before going to
Busch's hall tor the main lecture.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Nov. 27. British have made
another advance in the Cambral area,
and according to the latest reports,
have worked their way forward
through the onrthwestern part of Fon
taine Norte Dame, which they cap
tured at the beginning ot the attack
last week but subsequently lost They
are now said to have advanced almost
to the main street which runs east and
west through the center o fthe village
The British troops last night con
tinued to bore their way forward
i through the Hindenburg support line
!west of Moeuvres. There was vigorous
fighting at close quarters In this re
gion, tend as a result the British today
we're in possession of a further section
of support trenches 2000 yards long
running east and west Just sodth of
Pronville and Inchy-en-Artois. The
British advance in the last -few days
had made this section o fthe line vir
tually untenable, and the Germans
were forced to withdraw when
pressed by a new attack.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES In
THE FIELD, Nov. 26. The sixth day
of General Byng's great drive today
saw Cambral and Queant both wob
bling from the great crack In the
Hindenburg line and the ever lusting
battering of the British troops,
The Crown Prince Rupprocht'a gar
rlHon at Queant, head of the "switch
line," is entirely emperlled. The town
is almost surrounded.
Cambral Is useless to the enemy.
Today It had been cut off from Queant
by the British hold on Bourlon vil
lage. The Queant defenders there
fore had only a precarious line of com
munications to the north.
The dominating neights of Bourlon
have been saturatod with. German
blood spilled In mad assaults to take
this promontory.' Whoevor holds
Bourlon wood holds a constant menace
over the land for miles on either side.
The wood itself has been literally
blasted away.
The village is a crumbling powder of
rains.
The whole German sector is rocking
with the shock of impact of the Brit
ish kattertng ram.
attack over a front of more than two
miles. The ground taken was in a
highly important sector of the enemy
lines between Samogenux, north ot hill
344. Strong fighting was reported in
progress today.
Along the British front, Byng's war
machine was still forcing the fighting
around Cambral.
Spurred by Hindenburg's demands
that the all Important high grounds
around Bourlon be retaken at all costs,
Crown Prince Rupprecht was violently
counter-attncklng the British advanc
ed lines there. Positions have been
taken and retaken, held and lost halt
a dor.en times around here but the
British grip on Bourlon wood itself
was unshaken. The less Important
village of Bourlon was halt German
and Jialf British, with desperate fight
ing progressing over its ruins.
Field Marshal Halg reported today
that since the utter failure of the Gor
man , attacks at midday yesterday
around Bourlon, the enemy had not re
peated the assault there.
LONDON, Nov. 20. General retain
backed up Field Marshal Haig today.
While Germany was desperately
combing her lines for reinforcements
to stem the tide of the British advance
on Cambral, France Btruck a sharp,
sudden blow out of Verdun. First anil
socond lines of enemy defense posi
tions and 800 prisoners captured were
the net results of this highly localized
PARIS, Nov. 26. Complete consolt
dation of all galnB over first and seo
ond German lines between Samog
rioux and Angolmont, taken in the of
fensive of Petaln'a troops yesterday,
was reported today. All German
counter thrusts were repulsed.
The war office reported active artll-
lerylng on both sides in the whole
right Mouse bank sector, particularly
north of Hill 344.
Around Bezonvaux a German ratd
was repulsed.
GET-COMMISSIONS
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Six Clucknmas county boys secured
commissions out the second training
camp in the Presidio. Not one of the
men who went from this county failed
to make good in the camp, and two ot
them, Wallace B. Caufield, youngest
son of Charles II. Caufield, obtained
a first lieutenacy in the coast artillery,
and Ren L. Holsclaw secured a com
mission as first lieutenant in the field
artillery.
Andrew Koerner, for many years a
BETTER SAVE YQUR STUBS
THEY NEED 'EM IN FRANCE
NO. SISTER, NOT GIGARETS
A large number of friends of Miss
Alice Stone, now serving as Red Cross
nurse in France, are saving pieces of
lead pencils to forward to the soldiers
in the hospital in France. Many of
these injured men are unable to use
a pencil of length, owing to their weak
ness, and have found much enjoyment
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SPECIAL TAX LEVY
TO IN MANY
ROAD
DISTRICTS
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OF COAST ARTILLERY
Wesley and Frank Milliken, only
sons of Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Milliken,
have enlisted in the Third Company,
Oregon Coast Artillery, stationed at
Fort Stevens, Oregon. Wesley Mill
ken, who is 21 years of age, arrived In
Oregon City Saturday, enjoying a
twenty-four hours furlough with his
parents, and was accompanied back to
Fort Stevens by hia brother, Frank
aged 18 years, who has just enlisted.
The brothers desired to be in the
same company. These young men
are general favorites among their
friends. They arrived in this city
with their parents, about six years ago
from Detroit, Minnesota. . Their father
Special tax levies were voted Satur
day in many sections of Clackamas
county by road districts, assuring the
expenditure of many thousands ot dol
lars and the construction ot many
miles ot road next year. In District
No. 1, comprising sections of Milwau
kle, Harmony and Clackamas, a 6-miU
tax was voted, and as the assessed
valuation o fthe district is more than
$2,000,000, the district will have In ex
cess ot 12,000 to spend on the road
leading from Wichita station toward
Sellwood, the road running east from
Milwaukie toward Clackamas station
the road running east toward Baker's
bridge from Clackamas station, and on
the Sunnyslde road, beginning at Mc
Nickell's corner and running east. On
the latter road there will be $3000 ex
pended on a water bound macadam Im
provement, because of the hilly char
acter o fthe highway, but the balance
of the special tax will be used for hard
surface road improvement.
In district 12, whlcn connects with
No. 1, a 7-mill tax voted, and all of the
money will be placed on the r oad be
tween Clackamas station and Baker's
bridge.
Road District No. 11 voted unana
mously a five mill tax.
The county budget, practically
completed Saturday provides for $544,
998.69 to be raised by taxation, an In
crease of about $18,000 over last year.
This is due largely to the increase In
all sorts of materials needed by the
county. The new items In the pro
posed budget, which is to come before
the taxpayers Saturday, December 22,
for consideration, include $1500 for the
ccunty agricultural agent, $500 for
fairs, $500 for fruit inspector, and $10,
000 for registration and election. The
estimated expenditures In the general'
fund amount to $165,626.50, including
$14,368 for bridges and culverts, $28,
735 for state cooperation in the per
manent improvement of roads, and
$14,368 tor county paving. It is pro
posed to levy a 2-milI general road tax
and a 7-mlll special road tax, as was
done last year. The 7-mlll tax will
produce an estimated revenue ot $201,
145, ot which 30 per cent, or $60,
343.50, will go to the general road
fund, and 70 per cent, or $140,801.50
wui ne expenuea in ine aisincis wuere
i it Is levied and collected. Most of the
budget items are practically manda
tory, including $98,000 for school and
library fund, and $98,000 tor state tax.
The total estimated disbursements are
$562,771.50, from which is deducted es
timated receipts of $17,772.81, for fees,
fines, rentals, etc.
The county court has placed in the
budget items of a roadster tor the
county school supervisor, and the sus
pension bridge tund, but has indicated
no amounts to be set aside for these
purposes. The purchase of a small
automobile for the use of school sup- ,
ervisor has been recommended by the
county educational board as promoting
the efficiency of that department, and
it has been stated that a pew suspen
sion bridge across the Willamette
river between Oregon City and West
Linn will soon be an actual necessity
and the taxpayers will be asked to con
sider the matter, with a view of deter
mining how the new bridge is to be
financed.
Following are estimated expendi-,
tujes in the general fund, aside from
the general roads:
Agricultural agent $
Assessor
Auditing accounts
Care of poor
Cattle Indemnity
Circuit court
Coroner
County court
Court house
County clerk ...
County physician
Damages .-.
Election and registration..
Fairs
Fruit inspector
Forest fires
Health officer
Insane .
Insurance
Indigent soldiers
Jail
Justice courts ..
Juvenile court
Printing and advertising..
Recorder 4,732.50
1.500.00
6,775.00
500.00
14,000.00
500.00
9,000.00
1.200.00
4,020.00
3,500.00
5,890.00
840.00
1,000.00
10,000.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
2,000.00
300.00
500.00
480.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,800.00
Surveyor
3,000.00
425.00
9,005.00
4,888.00
writing to their relatives and friends
resident of Oregon City and youngest by the use of the "stub" of a lead pen
son of the late Rudolph Koernor, was cil. On Saturday there were collected
commissioned Becond lioutenant of in-, for these injured Boldiers 70 small
fantry, as waa J. L. Taylor a son of pieces ot pencils in the courthouse,
I. D. Taylor. and these are to be forwarded immedi-
Hurley Fellows, son of Orlando Fel-ate,y t0 France in care ct Hs8 Stone, is one of the best known pastors of
lows, ot Highland, was commissioned ! wnoae euuress w uenerai HospiHu,
a second lieutenant of field artillery, I Brltlsh Expeditionary Force, France,
and is a nephew of Mrs. D. E. Frost iWar offIce' London- EnSland, Harbard
and cousin ot Miss Iva M. Harrington, I Surgical Unit. By sending these dl
county clerk. He is a former student !rect t0 Mlss stone the proper Persona
of the Oregon Agricultural college, and
spent the summer of 1916 on the Mexi
can border as a member of the Corval
Ha company of the Oregon National
guard.
Clyde T. Spooner, of Jennings Lodge
will receive them.
Y. M. C. A. FUND OVERSUBSCRIBED
NEW YORK, Nov 26, The Y. M. C.
A. fund for war work exceeds $50,000
000 or $15,000,000 more than was asked
has been commissioned a captain of In-' for. More than 2,000,000 persons sub-
tantry. scribed
this city, in the Baptist church
Wesley Milliken has the distinction
of passing the best physical examina
tion of any man at Fort Stevens this
summer. He was one of the well
known football and baseball players of
the Oregon City high school while a
student of that Institution.
Frank Milliken has taken an active
part in athletics while a resident of
Oregon City.
Both young men are graduates from
the Oregon City high school.
PENITENTIARY- BUT
Charles Barto waa on Saturday sen
tenced, following a conviction for non
support of his wife and child, to one
year in the penitentiary, but was par
oled on the condition that he pay to
his family $25 each month. . This is to
be paid to the county court for the
support of his child. .
Mrs. Barto was formerly Miss Leo
na Bierman, and she was married to
Barto in 1914. Mrs. Barto was 16
years of age at the time of her mar
riage. Barto, before being paroled was giv
en a "curtain" lecture by G. L. Hedges,
district attorney, also by Judge Campbell.
Sealer of weights
Sheriff
School superintendent
Runabout, for school super
visor Tax rebate
Treasurer
Veterinarian
Widows pensions 12,000.00
Wild animal bounty 500.00
300.00
400.00
600.00
TWO AMERICANS
ARE KILLED IN
RECENT BATTLE
OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 23. Ameri
cans named in the last Canadian casu
alty list include:
Killed:
R. H. Quick, Oak Grove; state un
known. R. R. Lloyd, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Among the wounded was R. J. Barry
Portland, Oregon.
DIVORCE SUIT FILED
-A suit for divorce was filed with the
county clerk Thursday by Genevieve
Elam against Lemuel E. Elam charg
ing desertion.. They were married at
Cottage Grove June 22, 1916, and have
no children.