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FIFTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 60.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917.
ESTABLISHED 1868
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Governor Refuses to Call
Out Militia In the Face of
Existing Peace Situation
Tlutt tho presentation uf llio peti
tion to Governor Wlthyciml)ii Wed
nesday unking htm 1 1) ml! exit the
nillKlii, wuh an unnecessary step at
this 1 1 tn ii, wan tint opinion uf local
ami ntiitu official who huvu bon
liHiitlllnif tlio Itmttlnn during dm past
week,
Tim past fiair tluy m hnvo seen no
violence of tiny kind, suy the officials,
"There hitVti been no complaints what
ever till week" said Mate Officer Joe
Keller Wednesday evening, our mn
urn li it v In k no trouble whatever with
the strikers, lit fml It linn looked
to tin that their actions for tlm pimt
week have been moid commendable,
Whllo mid ir aotmt rlrciimittnnces n
might bo necessary to make such u
niovo, I Imllcv,, Governor Wlthycotnbe
I right In refusing to take any such
measure at thin time.
"The b,ost of feeling htm prevailed
between the striker unil tlio officer
not only th lute of flclulH, hut also
Hherlff Wilson and lilt men and the
city authorities n well. We have
found the union men played I'tuure
In their promise to observe tlio Iuwh,
and a cull-out of tlio mllltln at this
time, In my judgment, would only
probing tlio ilny when tho mutter I
flnully udjiistcd."
SAI.KM, Or., 1 12.Folowlng tho
receipt today of petition currying
HlKiiuliireH of approximately SCO cm
ployed of the Oregon City paper mllln
ii n (I asking for tnllltlu to suppress a
"ciiniptilKH of frlghtfulim" which It
Ih alleged Ih being conducted hy the
KtrlketN, Governor Wllhycomhn auld
that bo would not comply with the
request iiiileHH all other means of en
forcing law titid order should full.
"1 will not cull out the militia, un
less all other mettiiH of enforcing luw
and order should full," niild tlm exe
cutive. "At present th mayor of Ore
Kon City and the sheriff are co-operating
with thin office which Iiuh
special agents on the aceno under
('uptiiln Keller, who are. maintaining
order. I am hopeful that the media
tion commission appointed hy me will
succeed In olvlng the difficulties lie
tween employes and employer. Pres
ent reports are favorable iu.J condl
tloiiH of (inlet are now prevulllng at
tho mills."
In all, five petitions were received,
and the language In all of them la
Idetitlcul. After reciting that the em
ploye of tlio mills Htruck on October
and tho positions of tho strikers
huvo been sullafitetorlly filled by tho
mlllH, the petition!) declare a "cam-
pulgn of fright fulness' was Inaugur
ated by tho striker.
"Said strikers, realizing that they
have lost their strike and that many
of them cannot regain their positions,
have started a campaign of frightful
ni'HH, which campaign tho regular po
lice and the sheriff's department, it
seems, are unable to combat." read
the petitions In part,
Continuing they ask for the mili
tia that the strikers, some of them de
clared to he "nothing better than ban
dits, be forced to remain on their
premises if they do not cure to seek
employment."
EXECUTIVE
ASKS LOCAL
III TO 1
SITUATION
COUNTY SEW CONTRACT
fill! GRADING OF HIGHWAY
FROM COALCO TO CANEMAH
Competing with several private pav
ing and contracting firms, Clackamaa
county awarded the contract for the
completion of the road bed from
Coaleo to Canemnh, by the State High
way commission Monday.
The strip of road bed is about 2
miles long and lies just south of Ore
gon City on the new water grade high
way In course of construction. The
county bid 134,800 for the Job of fin
ishing up the roadway exclusive of
the paving contract, which has already
been lot. The nearest bidder was a
Portland firm which estimated close
around the $11,000 mark.
The roadway completion will neces
sitate a largo amount of blasting as
60 per cent of the work Is solid rock.
About 35 per cent is Intermediate grad
ing and approximately 15 per cent
earth. The county has been success
fully operating Its own paving plant
for the past two years and the officials
are of the belief they will handle the
contract and break even at least on
tho Job. Work "will proceed shortly
after the holidays, It Is understood.
OUT QUESTIONNAIRES
The questionnaire prepared by the
government for all of those subject
to selective draft cun bo filled out by
the parties themselves, or with the
assistance of tho lawyers of the
couty.
There Is an advisory board consist
Ing of Grant II. Dlmlck, chairman, O.
I). Kby and J. E. Hedges. This ad
visory board Is authorized to call to
their assistance all of the luwyers tn
the county, and this had been done.
Headquarters have been opened la
th parlors of the Oregon City Com
mercial club, and one or more of tho
lawyers will be there at all times, and
If work becomes too strenuous the
applicants will bo sent to the prlvato
offices of Inwyors In the city.
All parties Interested are request
ed not to delay the filling out of their
questionnaire utul must do it Immed
iately upon the receipt of the same
from the local board.
REDUCED $197,372.73
HOWELL LOSES $1800
talis
While the state tax commission has
reduced the assessed valuation on the
property of public Bervlce corporations
in Clackamas county $197,372.73 from
last year's valuation, a deficit has been
avoided through the normul rise in
valuations of property assessed by tho
county.
The nssossed valuation of public
service corporation holdings for the
year Is $5,697,017.94, as against a total
for last year of $5,894,390.67. The big
reduction Is on the holdings of the
Portland Hallway, Light & Power
company. The valuation of the South
crn Paclflo property In the county has
also boon lowered. Mutual telephone
companies and other small corpora
tions have, In most cases, been In
creased In value. This Is notably the
case In connection with tho valuation
of the Oswego Light & Power com
pany.
The county court has estimated its
receipts from all sources for the com
Iiik year at $562,771.50. exclusive, of
course, of special district road taxes
To this total will be addod a balance
from tho present year of approxl-
mately $10,000. Direct taxation will
produce $544,998.69 of this total and
from sources other than direct tax
ntion $17,772.81 will be collected, ac
cording to the estimate contained In
the 1918 budget.
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ELECTED PRESIDENT
STATE ASSOCIATION
County Poor Farm M
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At
Live Wire Conference
Gilbert L. Hedges was unanimously
elected president of the State Dis
trict Attorneys' association at their
annual convention In Portland Wed
nesday. District attorneys from about
16 counties of the state were in at
tendance at the meeting.
George Ncuner, Jr., of Douglas
county, wag chosen vice-president and
Max Gehlar of Marlon county was
elected secretary-treasurer of the or
ganization.
The association met Wednesday
morning tn the district attorney's of
fice in Portland and held an Interest
ing session discussing the work of
their offices, and the strength and
weaknesses of the criminal code. The
election was held at the conclusion of
the meeting last evening.
The state county judges and com
missioners are also meeting in Port
land and Judge II. S. Anderson and
Commissioners Knight and Proctor
and Hoadnuister Roots attended the
sosslon. Mr. Hedges delivered an
afile address before the convention of
county courts on "The Relationship
of the District Attorney's Office to
tho County Courts." lloth conven
tions are being largely attended by
officials throughout tho state.
Governor Withycoinbe Saturday af
ternoon took definite steps to bring
about a settlement of the paper mill
strike affecting the mills of the Haw-
ley Pulp & Paper company, and the
Crown Willamette Paper company at
Oregon City, by the appointment of a
mediation board; consisting of Circuit
Judge J. U. Campbell, County Judge
II. 8. Anderson and District Attorney
Gilbert L. Hedges.
The strike has lasted more than six
weeks and has Involved more than a
thousand men, who walked out when
the mills declined to grant their de
mands or to agree to arbitrate them.
The strike was first called on the
Crown Willamette Paper company, and
within 12 hours the Hawley Pulp &
Paper company accepted an order for
the manufacture of 10 tons of paper for
the Crown Willamette, and the Hawley
union employes promptly walked out.
During the last six weeks the mills
have succeeded in Importing enough
skilled workmen to operate most of
their machines, and hundreds of their
former employes have obtained work
In the shipyards, while at least 150
others have been Idle.
From the very beginning of the trou
ble, the governor has urged a settle
ment, on the ground that the condition
of the country demanded the activity
of every man. In announcing the ap
pointment of the mediation, committee
Saturday the governor issued the fol
lowing statement:
"This committee is appointed with
the hope of settling the Oregon City
strike. As a patriotic duty the em
ployer and employe should be willing
to make any reasonable sacrifice to
avert Industrial strife when our coun
try Is In such great peril.
Considerable interest was manifest-
ed Tuesday at the Live Wire luncheon
by a discussion of the merits of a coun
ty poor farm, which has been recom
mended by the Live Wire committee,
of which Harvey G. Starkweather Is
chairman. In the budget for 1918 there
has been $14,000 set aside for the
county poor, and It Is believed by 'some
that the establishment of a poor farm
would be economy.
County Judge Anderson and Com
missioner Knight, however, who were
at the luncheon, took issue with the
views of the committee. The court
does not favor the establishment of
an Infirmary as a matter of economy,
but Indicated that such an Institution
would make the care of the feeble and
helpless more systematic. It was
stated that probably 60 per cent of the
destitute cases could not be sent to a
poor farm, for one reason or another,
and In that event, there would still
have to be an appropriation made for
their care, in addition to the main
tenance of the Infirmary. .
It was explained by Judge Anderson
that the budget Item of $840 for a
county physician was really a part of
the expense of caring for the poor, as
It Is necessary to have some one to
make investigations and pass upon the
merits of applications for aid. This
Is a work, said Judge Anderson, that
has no connection with the health offi
cer, whose duties are largely those of
looking after contagious diseases and
matters of the health of the commun
ity. The judge said, in relation to the
care of poor, that Clackamas paid less
per capita than many Oregon counties
where poor farms are maintained.
Commissioner Knight indorsed the
position of his colleague. In reply to
a question, he said the money from the
Oregon-California land grant taxes was
not placed in the budget, as it was not
on hand when the budget was made
up, and it was stated that this money
had been handled as other delinquent
taxes and would be expended in the
manner and for the purposes originally
provided when the taxes were levied.
Judge Anderson said a sinking fund
should be established for the construc
tion of a new suspension bridge across
the Willamette river at Oregon City.
The Live Wire committee indorsed the
item of $1500 for a county agent and
recommended that $500 be appropri
ated for a roadster for the use of the
rural school supervisor. Mr. Stark
weather gave his warm approval to the
proposed appropriation of $1800 for the
county commissioners. He said the
work was large enough to demand
practically all of their time.
GRAND JURY GRIPS
OF
all put forth our supremest efforts for
the largest possible production in all
lines of industrial activity. This is no
time for strikes, but a time when we,
as red-blooded, patriotic American
citizens should stand as a unit, back
ing our government, our president, and
our brave boys at the front"
The strike is no nearer a settlement
than it was three weeks ago, and with
in the last month there has been vio
lence on both sides, which has taken
up the time of the courts and has re
sulted in several men being arrested
on violation of the state law. In order
to preserve order in Oregon City, the
governor was obliged to appoint 14
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Tom Carlson and Sam Finucane,
I well known paper mill strikers, were
bound over to the grand Jury in Judge
Sievera court Monday morning, fol
lowing their preliminary hearing with
Floyd Hogan, on an assault and bat
tery charge filed by Frank Miller. The
action against Hogan was dismissed
by Judge Slevers on the grounds that
there was insufficient evidence to hold
him.
The case Is the outcome of the
bridge riots which took place on the
suspension bridge as the mill workers
were returning to and from their
labors pre pa to ry to the midnight
shift change, on the night of Sun
day, December 2. Witnesses for
We should i the state claimed that the trio
NEW WATER DISTRICT COVERS
PRACTICALLY ALL
GLADSTONE TO
TERRITORY
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By a vote of 174 to 147, a water dis
trict, made up from the precincts of
Oak Grove No. L Oak Grove No. 2,
Jennings Lodge, Concord and Milwau
kee Heights, was formed by a special
election Monday. The district runs
district, and to spend money, up to 2
per cent of the assessed valuation in
securing preliminary plans and in mak
ing surveys to determine the cost of a
water system. The district is also per
mitted, by a majority vote of its legal
were guilty of the assault on Mill
er, which was one of several to take
place during the night At the pre
liminary, however, they were unable
to Identify Hogan,
Christian Schuebel represented the
strikers and put on no evidence at the
hearing. The state was represented
by District Attorney Hedges, with O.
D. Eby appearing for the mill com
pany. The bonds of the two bound over
were fixed at $100 which they furn
ished immediately. The hearing drew
a big crowd of spectators, most of
whom were from the ranks of the pa
permen. The crowd was entirely or
derly during the hearing.
Drafted Men Must Comply With
New Ruling This Month, Else
Forfeit Claims to Exemption
from Gladstone to Milwaukie and cov-; voters, to authorize bonds, up o 10 per
era all of the territory between the j cent of the assessed valuation, to se
Willamette river and the hills east of : cure water, including the construction
the Oatfleld road, except a section of a distributing system. The 10 per
around the open air sanitarium and cent limitation applies to all of the
the Hollowell tract west of Gladstone. money expended. Including the cost of
J. Dean Butler, John F. Risley and H.J the preliminary work. J. Dean Butler,
C. Starkweather were elected commis-i of Oak Grove, said Monday night that
sioners, defeating W. I. Blinstone, John i the preliminary cost would not ex-
Overbach and William Jacobs. j ceed 1 per cent, leaving 9 per cent to
The proposition carried a favorable cover the cost of securing water, in
vote in every precinct except Jennings . the event that bonds should be voted.
Lodge, where the vote was 36 to 117. j It has been proposed that the district
In Milwaukie Heights the plan car-' BnouW 0DtaIn water from eltner the
ried by a vote of 23 to 12, and in Con- 0 .u n .
. . , . . ' ' . : South Fork source, from which Oregon
cord by a vote of 48 to 12. The- vote ...
was favorable in Oak Grove No. 2 by ;clty and We8t Unn secure their sup-
a vote of 39 to 5, and In Oak Grove No. ; Ply. or from the Bull Run system. Ne-
1 by a vote of 33 to 3. gotiations will probably be entered in-
TJnder the 1917 law, the commis- j to with the cities govering the two sup-
muuers arc perraiuea 10 organize me piles. ,
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Supplies In great numbers are being
received by the local board each day
from the war department, preparatory
to the sending outof the "question
aires" to every registrant of the coun
ty under the draft act
The mailing, according to Clerk Iva
M. Harrington, will start December 15,
unless government " orders are re
ceived in the meantime to the con
trary, and pursuant to the regulations
one twentieth of the total number
which is around the 2500 mark, will be
sent out on that date. Ijach day there
after a like number will be sent out for
19 days. This system of mailing is in
accordance with governmental instruc
tions and will be followed to simplify
the tremendous amount of work in
classifying and tabulating the re
turned questionaires.
The government imposes a strict
duty on every registered person, to
properly fill out and return the ques
tionaires within seven days from the
date on which they are mailed from
the clerk's office and not the date of
reception by the registrant. In case
the registrant falls to get a question
aire it is made his duty to apply to the
local board for a copy of the same, and
It is specifically provided that failure
to give notice or receive the question
aire will not excuse the registrant
Any person who fails to return the
questionaire within the seven days will
be deemed to have waived any claim
to exemption he might otherwise have
and shall stand classified as belonging
to Class 1, which means the next call
for service. Failure to return the
questionaire means that the registrant
is to be picked up by the proper author
ities. The government places the bur
den on the registrant entirely and it is
up to those who registered last June to
be on the look-out for their question
aires any time after December 15. The
registrant is also held responsible for
any change in his address made since
June 5th last, and the burden is on him
to keep the local board notified of any
such change.
A verdict for $1800 damages was re
turned in the circuit court Tuosday
evening, after a two hours' deliberation
of the case of Ilertha M. Hosford vs
Anna Howell nnd E. M. Howell.
Tho complaint asked tor $5175.96
damages by reason of fraudulent rep
resentatlons claimed to have been
made by E. M. Howell, of Oregon City,
to Captain Hosford of Portland, at the
time of an exchange of property bo
tweon tho two. Ho well is said to
have represented there were 32V4
acroB of land In the tract ho sold to
the llosfords lying along the banks of
tho Clackamas river on the Ilakor's
ferry road. A subsequent survey
showed the land contained but 27
acres. Howell, In his dofonao, set up a
counter claim alleging misrepresenta
tions on the part of Hosford as to cer
tain Portland property that went In on
the exchange.
The case was bitterly fought before
Judge Bagley of Hlllsboro. J. B.
Hodgos and O. W. Eastham represent
ed the defendants while John F. Logan
of Portland and H. F. Cross acted
for the plaintiffs.
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TO HELP KELLER
The Crown Willamette Paper com
pany will absolutely refuse to listen to
a proposal to arbitrate the paper mill
strike, even though such a proposal
comes from the federal mediation
board, according to a fresh statement
emenating from the office of A. J. Lew-
thwaite, resident manager of the con
cern, Friday afternoon.
Mr. Lewthwaite is talking with the
authority conferred upon hiin by the
officers and directors of his company
and is emphatic in his statement that
the position of the company is un
changed and that so far as the Crown
Willamette is concerned, there is noth
ing to arbitrate.
The basis for the statement made
Friday is due to the rumors that have
been current in Oregon City and Cam
as for weeks. The leaders of the strik
ing mill workers have repeatedly told
the union men that there was ground
for the belief that the assistance o! the
federal mediation board would be in
voked in bringing about a settlement
of the strike. When the board was in
Portland two weeks ago, a committee
of strikers was given a hearing and on
the following day the commission
heard the representatives of the mill
owners. The mediation board has
made no definite statement since these
hearings were held, and the members
of the board let t sPortland without in
dicating what their action would be,
if any. This situation has had a tend
ency to encourage the strikers, who
still believe that the board will induce
the companies to consent to arbitra
tion. In view of the strong statement of
Mr. Lewthwaite, mediation can come
only by insistent action on the part of
the federal board, and individual mem
bers of the board indicated, while they
were in Portland, that they might take
up the matter, providing both sides of
the controversy would agree to submit
it to arbitration. The general policy
of the federal mediation board has
been to mediate only where it could
obtain an agreement i for arbitration
from both sides of a labor controversy,
and in view of this condition, it ap
pears that hope of securing federal
mediation in the present difficulty is
rather remote. '
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Deploring any and all violence and
desiring to co-operate with the officials
in the enforcement of law and order,
the paper mill strikers Friday ap
pointed a special police committee to
work with State Officer Joe Keller.
The union men further instituted a
plan of furnishing picket identification
cards to their members on picket duty.
Under this scheme all union men do
ing night picketing will carry authori
zation cards from union headquarters
which will identify them at all times
when accosted by the officials. The
union men feel that this measure is
one for their own protection, so that
the responsibility of the activities of
their men may be centered and that
acts by those outside of the union and
unauthorized by the organization can
be taken care of in the proper manner.
The officials will demand these
cards after twelve o'clock at night, and
unauthorized persons, and those who
are unable to give a satisfactory ex
planation of their appearance on. the
streets will be sent on their way or ar
rested on vagrancy charges. The
scheme meets the approval of both
the officials and strikers as it is .
rumored -that outsiders, unaffiliated
with either the union or the strike
breakers, have been hanging about the
city, lured by the news that a strike
was in progress.
The union men say they are perfect
ly willing to assume responsibility for
their pickets, who will be carefully
selected each day, but they do not feel
they should be held responsible for the
acts of unknown loiterers.
Officer Keller stated Friday evening
that his policy was not to Interfere In
any way with the picketing and that
he would not ask that the unions limit
the number of pickets. "As long as the
union boys give them identification
cards and choose responsibile men for
the task, they need fear no interfer
ence from our department," said Mr.
Keller," The new plan applies only at
nights and will be Invoked to keep ir
responsible and unaffiliated loiterers
from getting themselves and the un
ions into disrepute.
Port of TJmpqua will levy new tax to
extend jetty.
Batesville, Baker county, is new saw
mill town grown up in a year.