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FIFTV-8EC0N0 YEAR NO. 8.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918.
ESTABLISHED 188
OREGO
ANTI-WAR
PEDAGOGUE
IN NEW ERA
IMS JOB
Mr. K. Jennie Peterson, who
teaches a. Clarkainaa county school at
New Kra. five mlla south of Oregon
City, poaltlvoly refuses to assist In the
Thrift 8tamp Drive" which la going
on among the other puplla and touch
era throughout the county.
fihe lost her Job Thursday night.
On complaint of members of the
board that Mrs. Peterson waa reluc
tant In supporting the Thrift Stamp
campaign, Supervisor Vedder visited
the school Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Peterson refused to assist In any man
lier with the work, on the ground of
religious convictions, claiming aho
could not conscientiously do anything
which would tend to prolong the war.
Mrs. Peterson la married, and her hus
band la said to reside In Portland.
Deputy United Statea Attorney
Knrle C. Latourette. School Superin
tendent Calavan and Sheriff Wilson
went to New Era Thursday night and
Mr. Latourette conducted a hearing
before the achool board, composed of
Elmer Veteto, chairman; Joseph An
dre and Mrs. Minnie Anthony. George
Brown la clerk of the board ,and he
and tho chairman hnve boon notice
ably patriotic In their utterances and
acts si lire (he outbreak of the war.
Mrs. Peterson told the official she
hod offered to resign three weeks ago
because she believed her attitude was
not popular. In reply to a question
from Mr. Latourette she said: "I am
not a cltlann of this or any other coun
try on earth. I am a cltUen of heav
en," Sha does not believe In war and
declared she would not defend her
children. If they should be attacked
by a robber, If such defense Involved
bloodshed." Iter letter of resignation,
which was arcepiel by the board
Thuraday night, follows:
"New Kra. Or, Feb. 14. 1918. Mr.
George. It. Hrown. secretary school
board, New Era, Oregon. Dear Sir:
This Is to tender my resignation from
your achool, Inking effect on February
15, 191S. My reasons are on the relig
ious grounds that I cannot participate
In the selling of war stamps and other
wise enter Into other activities of the
war expected of public achool teachers
at the present time.
"Very truly,
MRS. E. JENNIE PETERSON."
TOS MOUNTAIN"
A. J. Hart, JoTm Kaler and James
Roblnnon, thr o good citizens of tho
"PcHtes'a mountain" country out wuh(
of Wlllnuietto. started a thrift stamp
drive Wednesday morning.
Thla morning thoy showed up at
Chalrnmn Culavon's offlre with
$1182.18. representing 2SC "baby
bonds" and 4 thrift Btampa. There
nro but 131 pioplo in the dlatrlct and
thequota which will be easily com
plntod during the next tew duys, Is
$2C80, or $20 00, per capita.
Telephone Company Denied
Increase In Rates Between
Oregon City and Portland
POUTLAND, Feb. 20. (Spoclal)
Followlng a hearing on the new long
distance rates of the Pacific Telephone
& Telograph company, which wont
Into effect January 1, the Public Sor
vice commission today ordered early
restoration of tho old rates in effect
prior to January 1 between Oregon
City and Portland and Salom.
E. E. Brodte and M. D. Latourotte,
of Oregon City, appeared thla morn
ing before the commission on be
half of the Oregon City Commercial
club's Live Wires, and Mr. Brodle pre
sented verbally a protest against the
lncroaae of what is known as the 2
number rate of 10 cents between Ore
gon City and Portland. He explained
to the commlBBion that the Oregon
City business men use the phone free
ly because of the low rate that hus
boen In force for a number of years,
that 2500 2-numbor calls were trans
mitted through tho Oregon City office
last Docomber and that the proposed
rate means an increase of 100 per cent,
which would be a burden on the busl
noss interests of Oregon City,
Restoration of the old 5-cont flat
rato for telephone service botwoon
Portland and Milwaukle and Oak
Grove, and for no extra charge for ser
vice from these two surburbs to Port
land, was demanded by tho commla
alon. J. D. Stevens, of Milwaukle, was
covers won
LOCAL SECTIONS
BALKM, Or., Feb. 18. (Special )
Interesting statistics bearing on Clack
aniBS county forest 11 res and Are pa
trol work during 1917 are Included In
the annual report of State Forester
Elliott just issued. The report ahowa
that Clackamas county had It Art
wardens, of which number five were
employed by association; three by the
state under the Weoka federal law;
two by the forest service; one served
without compensation, and one waa
employed by the state. In Clackamas
and Marlon counties, which are In
eluded under one head In the report
covering expenditures, $0689.41 waa
expended In patrol and Improvement
work, of which 14520.73 waa expended
by the association patrols; $141( 63 by
the state patrol and $662 under the
federal Weeks luw fund. Much Im
provement work waa done in the two
counties. Including the opening of 406
miles of old trail at a cost of $40155.
Twelve miles of new trail were built
at cost of 1255 S3. Ten miles of
telephone lines were built and 23V
miles repaired, at a total cost of
f 50.1 34. One cabin was built at a cost
of $34.30, and on tool boa erected at a
cost of $7.71.
There were 93 forest Urea reported
from Clachanjae county, which did a
total estimated damtge to buildings,
logs, equipment and Improvements of
$2170. These Arcs burned over 202
acres of merchantable timber; 843
acres of second growth timber and
4705 acres of cutover land or old
burnt over lands.
The report shows that the amount
of $2642.57 waa expended In Clacka
mas and Marlon counties on fire fight
ing work, of which $2201.150 wsa spent
on Individual patrols; and $141.07 on
association patrols.
Tho Clackamas Marlon counties Fire
Patrol association, whose secretary la!
Hugh Henry of Portland, patrols 175.-!
047 acres of lands, the report atatea,
of which 139. 4S0 la taken care of by Ita
members and 35,567 by the state.
Clackamas county's share of the
foront Are patrol expense from 1911 to
1915 was $1205.99, and for 1916,
$2fi3.S4; while In 1917 Its share was
$262.79. The district warden for
Clacknmns and Marlon counties la
J. W. Ferguson, Jr., of Estacada, while
the report shows that James Ruther
ford, IToff; Ray Wilcox, Estacada and
Ewln Woodwoith of Molalla, are pa
trolmen pnld under tho Federal Week
law fund.
SCHOOL BOARD
WOULD REVOKE
STATE PAPERS
SALEM, Or., Feb. 18 Miss Lillian
M. SchlasHcn was given a hearing bo
fore Superintendent Churchill Satur
day In d fonce of her achool certifi
cate, which tho directors of School Dis
trict No. 19, at Kent, are seeking .to
have revoked. Tho directors allege
that Miss Schlassen violated her con-
i tract by leaving tho Bchool before her
teaching term was ended.
Miss Scliliiason presented the do
fi'nHo that Rho was un:ible to find a
pluco to board In the locality, and if
she could not ent she could not touch.
Mr. Churchill has tho matter under ad-vlHomcnt-
present to voice his protest of what
ho termed the "petty larceny" tactics
of. the telephone company, lie de
clared that he had been overcharged
15 cents, and the commission ordered
the compnny to reimburse him. Ed
Olds asserted he had been overcharged
5 cents on the war tax ,and the com
mission likewise ordered his "jitney"
returned to him, after company offic
ials had Investigated hia complaint
charged.
The rate as ordered by the commis
sion of 5 cents for two-minute service
between Portland and Milwaukle and
Oak Grove places an additional 5-cent
anu round that he had been over
j charge for each additional five min
utes. For service between Milwaukie
and Onk Grove to Portland there will
be no charge for the first fl
of Bcrvlce, but a charge of 6 cents for
euon additional three minutes. The
new rate, adopted January 1 by the
company, was 10 cents for throe-minute
service.
A number of women from both Mil-
I wnukle and Ook Grove were in attend
ance at the hearing and promised the
commission that telophone gossip
would be taboo In the future. They
agreed to be moderate In their de
mands against the telephone company
in view of the relief granted by the
commission. ,
British Transport
fate
att
The British transport Tuscanla, former Cunard liner was sunk by a German submarine off the north coast
of Ireland while she carried 2,179 A merlcan troops. Despite alt the efforts of the Germans to prevent the
landing of American troops In France and England this is the first transport they have succeeded In sinking.
And the loss on this vessel was brobably fewer than one hundred men.
MOTHER IS
8herifT Wilson balked Wednesday,
and (or the first time stnea entering
office positively and abolut-lee refund
to do hia duty.
The sheriff, armed with a warrant,
a court order, and an anxious mother
who had located her child at the home
of her former husband In Maple Lane,
hind himself out to that community,
found the father, Clarence Dowler, for
whom the warrant was Intended, and
found the child for the anxious mother.
The child, however, waa suffering
with a severe attack of measles, so the
sheriff calmly Ignored the stern orders
from a Portland judicial bench and
himself decreed that for the time be
ing at leant the youthful Dowler
should remain at the Mohaupt home
in Maple Lane.
The Dowlera secured a divorce back
east, and the mother, It la understood,
has the custody of the child. The
father however, had the possession of
the youngster, and brought it west
just a few days ago. He was taken
to Portland to answer a non-support
charge.
IF MKT OF
WASHINGTON STREET
The disgraceful condition of the
highway entrauco In to Oregon City
from the county pavement north of the
Abernethy bridge caused the Live
Wires of the Commercial club, at their
weekly luncheon Tuesday, to authorize
the appointment of a committee to ge
before the city council and ask for the
1 Immediate hardsurfaclng of Washing
ton street from the bridge to Fourteen
th Btreet and Fourteenth street to
Main.
The distance ia only five blocks, but
these few blocks are in worse condi
tion than any of the county highway
between Oregon City and Portland on
the river road, with the exception of a
stretch through the town of Gladstone,
which la due for hardsurfaclng im
provement this . year. Last year tho
street was improved with macadam,
but the heavy traffic, within a few
weoks after the work waa completed,
loft it In a condition that wold cause
motor traffic to avoid it, were It not
practically the only exit from the city
on the east aide.
H. S. Toda, representing Suki & com-
pany, with headquarters at Seattle,
made a very interesting talk to the
Wires. His firm la one of the largest
In Japan, the central office being at
Kobe.
Grant B. Dlmlck rend some amusing
bits from a printed Oregon statute un
der date of 1843.
M, D. Latourette and E. E. Brodio,
representing the Wires, will go to
Portland today to attend the hearing
on the proposed long distance rates of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company.
Dayton: Farmers' Union declines
to affiliate with Non-Partisnn League.
Tho Union is a co-opsrattve organiza
tion and does not believe in state own
ership of Industries.
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THREE PUPILS 8 ELL 50 4
WORTH OR WAR THRIFT 4
SAVINGS 8TAMP8. 4
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Three Clackamas county school
pupils, Alice K'raeft, Oregon City
No. 2; Carl Wilson, Milwaukle.
No. 1, and Ruth Chlnn, No. 1,
have sold the requisite $50 worth
of thrift stamps and are entitled
to the "ach lev anient pin" which
goes to the a first 1000 Oregon
achool children aelllng $50 worth 4
'ot stamps or ovr. There Is little
doubt but that he youngsters are
within the first thousand, and
they are eagerly awaiting their
Insignia..
FOREST RESERVE
SALEM, Or., Feb. 20. (Special)
While Clackamas county ihls year will
receive a credit of $2414.74 from the
CLAIM S HIS
ton re. v , recelpU tor the year1 10 8hW 100 PCr CeDt Amerlcanlsm ,n eek were released by the board Mon
eX June 3.0 lT w. receive 8lding w" "-t the marines.
no actual money, but will still have
been overpaid $1856.70. This amount
is to be made up to other counties by i
applying the receipts for the year end
ing June 30, 1918; and what difference
is left will go in cash to Clackamas
county, after that distribution is com
puted. The computation of the divis
ion of forest receipts has Just been
completed by Secretary Olcott and has
presented a Jumble of figures suffic
ient to give an expert accountant a
Beries of headaches.
Baker
The difficulty arose when
county last year tested the state law, Lmeef George E Swafford weii known
which did not parallel the federal act,,resldent of 0regon city lsgued a form.
and the courts held with the county. al announcement Friday of his candi
It became necessary for the last legis- dacy for county clerk at the pr,mary
ilature to amend the law and as a re- electlon May next, He a R h.
I suit all of the former divisions of for- llcan
lest reserve receipts were knocked in- M; Swaff0rd wa9 born ln Oregon
It0 a cocked hat hnd a readjustment clty ,n 1SS1 and has a wlffl and three
jwas required. Many counties, under chUdren. He was educated in the
me om system, were over paid, and
many were underpaid. The old divis
ion was made by lumping the receipts
from all the reserves and then pro rat
ing them to the counties according to
each county's forest reserve area.
Now the division is made on a basis
of the area of forest reserve within
each county, but the receipts for each
reserve is computed by Itself and the
division made accordingly.
I Consequently Clackamas county had
coming to It all told $2,414.74 from re
ceipts from the Santlam and Oregon
forest reserves for the year ending
June 30, 1917. Out of the 607,099
acres ln tho Santlam reserve, 914 are
in Clackamas county and that county
receives 76 cents of the $501.55 re
ceived as receipts from that reserve.
Out of $1,031,926 acres ln the Oregon
reserve, 525,352 acres are ln Clack
amas county ,nnd that county receives
$2,413.98 of tho $4,741.67 representing
the total receipts from that reserve.
But Clackamas had been overpaid
$4,271.44 after the receipts for the year
ending 1916 had been divided, and
thus is given a credit only of $2,414.74
for tho receipts from the year ending
June 30, 1917. It still owes $1856.70 to
the other counties, which will be paid
by crediting that amount against the
next receipts to be divided, and if
there is any excess In that amount the
1 county will receive It In cash, and
j thereafter will he given cash for all
soucceodlng receipts that are due the
county.
The money is to be divided between
the road and school funds of the var
ious counties, the road fund to receive
75 per cent, and the school fund 25 per
cent of the amount.
Portland: Wllllamette Iron & Steel
company, has contracts for 165 boilers
for ships
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GIVE ALL
TRAITORS
DEATH SAYS
GOVERNOR
SALEM, Or., Feb. 19. "Any man
s guilty of being respopalble, tor putting
ueiecuve ateei into snips endangers
the lives of thousands of young Amer
ican sailors, and should be placed
against a wall to face the firing squad.
Any person guilty of putting ground
glans or poison in candy to reach the
soldier or sailor boys of the country
should be shot down like a dog," de
clared Governor Withycombe today.
The statement was part of an inter
view Issued by the executive calling
upon shipyard workers and employers
Pledging, if nominated and elected,
ia clean, business-like and economical
!rtmtriitrnHnn nf ha affairs nt tho
public schools of Mount Pleasant and
Oregon City and at Pacific university.
Since he was 17 years of age he has
made his own way in the world, and
has had business training and experi
ence in Condon, Elgin, Eugene and
Oregon City, where he is now connect
ed with the Huntley Drug company.
Mr. Swafford has never been a candi
date for public office. He has a host
of friends here, wheie he was born
and reared, and has long been a mem
ber of the Masons and Elks, being sec
retary of the local Elks lodge.
IED
DIECKMAN VS. JAEGER
SALEM, Or., Feb. 14. (Special)
The supreme court yesterday affirmed
Judge Campbell of Clackamas county
in the action of ejectment brought by
Emille Dleckman against Gust Jaeger.
The action revolved about a deed
made by Henry Carl Dieckman before
his death, in which he transferred cer
tain lands in Clackamas county to
Emllie Dieckman. The deed was left
with bankers at Wilsonville to be
filrnflfl nvfli tn TflmlHfi fllpplrmnn nftpr
:Dieckraan.g death. xha Buprerae court
holds with Judge Campbell that the
delivery with the bankers constltued
a good delivery of the deed and that
there was no extrinsic testimony giv
en to indicate an intention on the part
of Dieckman to retain control of the
deed when he deposited It with the
bankers.
NUNNHAS COSTS
0 STATE ROADS
III IS COUNTY
SALEM, Or., Feb. 14. (Special)
The annual report of State Highway
Engineer Nunn just Issued to the State
Highway commission to cover the fis
cal year ending. November 30, 1917,
shows an estimated cost of $75,000 for
the Canemah-New Era section grading
in Clackamas county, with $10,383.51
expenueu iu wai uaie 01 wnicn $8,-J.,
131.73 was for construction a"-' O&Y .oit'appeared before
25178 for engineering. On a0?&f? oard for Clackamaa county
gon City-Canby paving Job tb.fi wIUl the onugua, and rather
mated cost la $160,000, with l;jeS onlqua request, that her husband. WaV
expended to that date. The report ter E. Hickok, be placed In Class 1.
shows an estimated cost for the Ore- Hickok had been placed In Class 4 by
gon uiiy-vswego wora oi o,fuu, wun the local uH on his claim of de
$961.39 expended on surveys to that I pendency.
nata ' i n o r nrmar l m 17 tntiaa in
length. The Marion county project
from Salem to Aurora, the report
atatea. Is to be constructed at an esti
mated expense of $375,000, of which
$479.41 had been expended to Novem
ber 30. That project ia 22 miles In
length.
The report shows an estimated total
cost of construction for all work now
planned, Including bridges of $7,930,
150, of which $541,974.33 has been ex
pended on construction, $143,633.91 on
engineering, or a total of $585,613.24.
The engineering cost la 2.1 per cent ofl
the estimated cost on all of the work.
The total amount expended np to No
vember 30 on administrative and engi
neering supervision cost was $34,
130.80. The total estimated cost for
bridges designed up to November 30,
1917 is $555,300, while $399,300 worth
of bridges were started under way up
to that time.
Class One Men Enlist
Draft Bogey Beaten
;
Dozen Enter Service
Albert and Sam Martin of Clarkes,
two Class 1 registrants, have enlisted
in hte spruce division of the aviation
A .. . ) 1,.H .
ucimuicui ttuu icn. lur lautuuiei sam, attnoug& he did not particularly
barracks Monday. (fancy his wife's methods of getUng
Estill Howard Smith, another regis-1 him into active service In all proba
trant, departs for Ft. Leavenworth, to j bllity he rill enter the spruce service
enlist in the land division of the avia-iat once, as he took his physical exam
tion department.' I ination Wednesday.
Roy Alvln Jones and Oliver Edgar,
They leave at once for Mare Island.
This makes a total of approximately
a dozen Class 1 men who have been
permitted to enlist in. the branches
now open.
JESSE I4EREL JONES YOUNG
HNO FARMER CONFESSES
TO C0NSPI1CY WITH WIFE
Jesse Merle Jones, aged 22 years, a
young farmer residing near Mulino,
confessed Friday afternoon that his
wife chopped off the "trigger" finger of
his right hand, in an effort to disqual
ify him from military service. The job
being done at the solicitation of the
husband. He was turned over to the
United States marshal Friday even
ing. Jones' and his wite reside with his
father, W. H. Jones, a pioneer farmer
of Mulino country. The father and
son were subpoenaed to appear before
the board Friday, following a report
from the Mulino country to the effect
that you'hg Jones, recently placed in
Class 1, had mysteriously sustained
the loss of a finger. Their statements
were taken In the office of Deputy
District Attorney Burke before state
and federal officials and were so con
flicting that young Jones was placed
in jail to await further Investigation.
Late Friday afternoon the young man
broke down and admitted that state
ments made Friday morning were
false, making a complete confession to
Deputy Burke, Assistant U. S. Attor
ney Latourette and Clerk Harrington.
On tho 22nd day or January, accord
ing to Jones, he asked Mrs. Jones if,
sno wouia cut on ms nnger. xne wire:not received until after the operation.
agreed to do the task, and he says he
held his finger of the right hand on a
chopping block, while she severed it at
the second joint with one blow from a
hand-axe. Mrs. Jones then dressed 1
the wound temporarily, and young
Jones came to Oregon City where Dr.
Strickland gave medical attention to
the injured hand. In his first state
ment made Friday morning he claimed;
me injury was accidental, ana mat be Attention was first brought to Sher
sltppped and fell, reaching out his .iff Wilson about ten days ago, and sev-
hand to a log to catch himself, just as
his wife struck the blow.
The father made a statement under
oath Friday morning that he had cut
his son's finger off accidentally. The
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SAYS SI II
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Mrs. Hickok based her reason for
the change on the fact that she was
no longer ependent upon her husband
for support, and that, acting on in
structions from him, which she claim
ed were made Tuesday, to the effect
that she must support herself in the
future, she Immediately obtained a
lucrative position at the Oregon City
Woolen mills.
In furtherance of her claim, Mrs.
Hickok made an affidavit before the
board to the effect that she was forced '
to keep her two sisters, who were
each paying her board, and thus help-'
lng take care of herself and her three-year-old
child. That her house rent Is
obtained free of charge by taking care
of the Infant son of an Oregon City
widower, and that she Is not mainly de
pendent upon her husband for support,
nor does she intend to be.
Hickok was granted Class 4 classi
fication by the local board, on the
ground that his wife and baby were
dependent upon him for support Mrs. -Hickok
claims that since making the
questionnaire her husband's status
has changed.
Walter Edward Hickok, whose wife
appeared before the local board Tues
day witu a plea that her husband's
classification be changed to Class 1,
was placed ln the first claaa . by, tne
local board Wednesday, following a re
opening of the case.
Hickok himself appeared before the
hoard Wpdnnrfav anri inoUfort that ha
, wag perfectly willing to fight for Uncle
. .. . .
Mrs. Hickok made an affidavit be
fore the board that her husband's
status had been changed since filing
his questionnaire, and that she was
no longer mainly dependent upon him
for support. She obtained a place in
the local woolen mills and began work
j Wednesday.
conflicting statements resulted in
Jones' detention and he was placed
in jail. Friday afternoon" Assistant
Latourette and Deputy District Attor
ney Burke confronted him with the
father's statement, and young Jones
confessed the truth.
Jones claimed he had his wife per
form the cold blooded operation be
cause her felt he could do more good on
the place than at the front. He stated
that he had read that married regis
trants, who had married after war be
gan, were subject to Class 1. He was
married only a few months ago at
Vancouver. Mrs. Jones is about the
same age as her husband.
A relative, also within the draft age,
first suggested this method to Jones,
he claims In his confession, stating to
him about two months ago, "You chop
my finger off and Pll chop yours." The
officers are investigating this state
ment. After the wound was properly dress
ed, jones says ne Duried the finger.
But one blow was struck and the
wife's aim was good.
The notice that he had been placed
in the first class arrived the day the
linger was cut off, Jones claims, but
he stated to the officials that it was
He bad been placed In the first class
by the board.
Jones recently was called for physi
cal examination, and made the state
ment to Dr. Mount that he had in
jured his finger and that it had been
cut off by the physician he claimed
was attending the case. He made the
statement during the examination that
the wound bothered him considerable.
erai neighbors were secretly visited
by the sheriff, and the suspicious cir
cumstances led to the issuance of the
subpoenas for the hearing Friday.
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