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flFTY-SECOND YIARNo. 1t
WILSON IS
IN FIELD
AS SHERIFF
OF COUNT!
Hfcei-IIT "Hilly" WIInoii officially
hurled klii hut Into the polltlml arena
Monday wliii n bo filed (or the Hr pub
lican nomination for Kb drift to succeed
hliUMlf, It bun been whispered about
fur eow time that the sheriff would
b candidate. In fllliiK for offlco.
Hherla WIIhoii Issued tbo following
ulRleunat:
"Oaly at the urgent request of my
frlnada from all pnrtu of tbo county
who feel that this la no tttite to make
a change In the sheriff's office, bare I
rimaented to again enter tbo race. !
bare gives, my beat nfforta for the past
four yearn and my record In office
ahoald leave no doubt In the voter'
mind aa to my position on the various
Iiroblema which confront the executive
department.
"In reality, there Is but one Issue
thin year and that la t ho war. First,
Inst and all the time I want It under
etood I am 100 per cent Amorlcau
without compromiae. And ' I want to
add farther that any candidate who
trie to dodge the war issue, by Ignor
ing or otherwise camouflaging thla all
absorbing laaue, la not n fit mini for
any public office.
'The voters ought to know my aland
oil prohibition enforcement by thla
time. I havo chimed tbo dlvea and
dlvekeiipora out of bualnean and the
public may rent aaaured they will nev
er reappear In thla county while I am
on the job. I have eternally ami ever
lastingly chased tbo oootlegger and
my uncompromising attitude toward
tli la parasite baa brought letters of
highest commendation from law abid
ing peoplo all over the state. I aak
your support on direct action and re
aulla not hot air.
"Certain political opponents are
aproadlng the malicious canard that
my office I expensively conducted.
Look up the records and you will And
one of the flrat things I did upon en
tering the sheriff's offlco four years
ago, wr.a to cut off a mnn from the pay
roll. I could not do otherwise and feel
I was playing a square gms with the
taxpayer. There bus been practically
no expense at ull In my bootlegging
arrests, as comparison of results ob
tained with costs will clearly show. I
Invite a rigid Inspection of the records
of my department. Don't take my word
for It auk tho men who pny the bills.
Further: My books were nil audited
the flrat of the year by an expert ac
countant employed by tho county. In
reporting to tho court thla man filed
the following statement: 'The sheriff's
office collects the liugent amount of
taxes with tho least expense of any
county I know of.
"There are no strings to my candi
dacy, I belong to no organization or
clique and I nm not attempting to
'salvo' olthor side In thot present In
dustrial troublo at Oregon' City. There
la but one stand to take and that Is tin
nncotnproinlHlng attitude for strict en
forcement of tho law, Irrespective of
who or whore It hits.
"I probably will not have time to
make a county-wide campaign. Your
Uncle Sam has honored me with the
chairmanship of the local war hoard
for this county. Few people realize
the enormity of this work a thankless
task at best and yet a duty I am
proud to perform. I have one boy In
France and two youngsters at home
'rorln' to go,' and I would be a slacker
Indeed, were I to lot politics lntorfore
with any Job Undo Sam wants at this
crucial period."
A cowardly uit or vandalism was
porpotrulod Tuesday night nt the
home of .lack ltuHcli, a Crown-Wll-liunotte
e-mployeo- living on the west
aide, wlion unknown persons r.ilnod
n now auto just purchased by Mr.
1 hi sell,
Tho mlBcreants entorod tin) shed
where Mr. DuhcIi kept tho car, and
with a sharp knife, or other Instru
ment completely destroyed two new
tires, the uphostery ou the seats, and
the entlro top and covering of tho
car. The car was standing In a naw
garage, vrhlchi was not qulto com
pleted, and the perpetrators of tho
doed broke In through canvaB doors
which Mr. Busch had placed tempor
arily In tho front of tho structure.
Local officers ara working on the
case, and If the parties who did tho
Job can be located they will be pros
ecutod to the fullest extent of the
law.
Mr. Buach has been an employee ot
the local paper mills for somo tlmo.
Exports declare Oregon and Wash
ington can supply 400 to 500 Owoodon
ships In 1018.
ON AUTO IN WEST LINN
ROADS TO START
According to County Itoadmaator
Thomas A. Hoots, (iufiuimu coun
ty's spring drive In 'paving activities,
will bo Ntnrted In the not far distant
future. Tho paving plant at lloll ta
Hon Is being overhauled and III aev
erul parts of the couly work Is al
ready atnrU'd on tho I'll 8 Improve
intuit campaign.
.Just what strip of roadway will bu
favored with the first application' of
the county's homemade "hot-stuff"
wns not made public by the official
Saturday but ho admitted that elabo
rate preparations are already under
way for an actlv campaign.
Within the next few days thecoun
ty will begin tho grading work ou
the road lending from Oswego north
to tho Multnomah county lino. This
road Is to bo pnved early this spring,
If the present plans of the court are
( arrlwl out. Tho county la to do the
grading work only and tba Slate High
way r din mission will bo nked to do
the paving work. This Job was an
nounced by Comity Judge Anderson
Saturday and will be rushed along
this spring. ,
On Monday the rock crusher was
Instnlliul on tho south end road. The
announcement was also made by Mr.
Roots Haturday afternoon that this
road from the top of the hill below
Oregon City on through to New Era.
will bo ritturfucod and placed in
II rut class condition. Just below the
south end road, down unci, r the bluffs
the county is uuiklug steady strides
on tho grudlng contract for tho new
l'mlflc Highway, and a visit to tho
scouo of these operations by the
court and roud mauler revealed most
aiitlafactory activities.
Out at Usher's mill a rock crush
ing plant has been Installed by the
county and this will start up at once,
so tlmt several roads In the Logan,
rtedlunds and Hprlngwater country
can be resurfaced
The prediction was mode by Mr.
Hoots that by tin. flrat of April the
county a good road program will be
well under way under way for a rec
ord year, ,
1 TOP MA BANG
(ia kumits county school kids went
clear over the top In Superintendent
Culavan's "dlahrag" drive today, nnd
at closing lime tonight, the superin
tendent's offlco resembled an over
stocked dry goods store. As near aa
could be 'estimated Mr. Caluvan h:id
on he.ndon hand something like 2.000
clean, white, dish towels, which will
be shlped soon to Franc;.
."When you want direct action,"
stated Mr. Culavan Saturday after
noon, "leave It to tho school chil
dren" Ten days ago the youngsters
from ull over tho county were In
structed through their teachers, to
send dish-rag to his office Saturday,
March 10. They began to arrive
promptly on schedule and 32 bundles,
each containing from 25 to 75 towels,
nil "washed and ironed, with edges
properly bound, were received during
tho day. This number represents but
a aiiiull portion of tnV county's school
districts, and It Is thought that by
Monday evening there will In enough
dish-towels In tho superintendent's
orilco to wash and dry all the mesa
plates In Franco.
A low estlmato of the number Is
placed ut 5,000 by Superintendent
Culuvan. A personal letter from the
superintendent to his teachers, writ
ten because Mr. Culavan overheard a
lady deploring tho fact that dish tow
els were wanted across the sous, was
the Inspiration behind the big drive
whliHi begun today. ,
CIRCUIT JUDGE
SETS DOWN WRIT
IN MILLER CASE
JudgQ Campbell will hoar argu
ments in the writ of review of Taiil
Miller against tho City of Oregon
City on March 28. Miller is review
ing the action of City Recorder Lo
iter In sentencing him to a 10 days
Jail sentence for u violation of Ordi
nance 100 of tho city charter, provid
ing a penalty for obstructing streets
and sidewalks. The defendant was
found guilty by Recorder . Lodor a
few days ago, and wns permitted to
go on his own recognizance ponding
a settlement of the review which Is
holng taken by Mr, Loder's attorney.
Miller was on the -picket line a few
days ago and the complaint charged
that ho refused to move on when told
to do so by Patrolman Surfns.
CLASS I MAN ENLISTS,
Edward Elmer Ilronnor, a ciass I
roglstratrant, has enlisted in the
322 Field Signal Battalion, with the
consent of tho county local board,
and will depart at once for Immedi
ate training at Camp Lewis. Mr.
Brenner Is an Oregon City man.
No further information has been re
ceived as to the personnel of the 15
men to depart for Camp Lewis on
the 29th of this month. Clerk War
rington stated the only thing really
certain was that they would be drawn
from the registration list, la accord
ance with the order numbors.
' DISH TOWEL DRIVE BY
CALAVAN GOES OVER
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH
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These are believed to be some of the boys who are In the Lorraine sector,
who have seen hard lighting In tho past few da;s.
Arrangements were practically com
pleted Saturday afternoon for the
third Liberty Ixmn llond drive in
Clackamas county. Mr. D. Latourettc,
chairman of the county organization,
held a conference at tho Commercial
club with T. S. Robinson, of Portland,
special organizer of the stute central
liberty loan committee, and with rep
resentatives from the seven banking
dlsrtcts In Cluckamas county.
Tha drive will start April 6. It Is
proposed to sil bonds throughout the
I'nlted States to tho amount of seven
billions by June 30. Oregon's share
will be $5,000,000 and It is probable
that Clackamas county will be assess
ed for $700,000. The bonds will bear
1 per cent interest and will run from
5 to 10 years.
In each banking district an assess
ment committee will bo named, and
this committee wil card index every
body. Methods or proceduro will be
quite different from former cam
paigns). A yellow curd will register
the refusal to subscribe and this card
will be, delivered to the government.
Any person (subscribing an amount
less than his assessment will ba regis
tered on a red card, and a bluo card
will bo given those who buy bonds to
tbo amount assessed to them. The
county will be given credit for sub
scriptions from foreign corporations
having holdings here, to the extent
of such holdings proportionate to the
whole amount subscribed. County
Judge Anderson, chairman of tho
county council of defense, was pres
ent at the conference. K. E. llrodio
was appointed chairman ot the Clack
atnns publicity committee.
Em h of tho seven banking districts
will be assigned a definite quota, bas
ed on tho bank deposits for the re
spective districts. Those present at
tho conference as district representa
tives were:
Cunby V. IT. Ralr, George A.
Urown, O. W. Scranilin, H. M. Ded
man. Estaeada IT. C. Stephens.
Molalla Wlllurd Robblns, . P. O.
Chindgren, Herman Chindgren, Harry
Fruzier, G. V. Adams, V. J. E. Vlck,
John Ridings.
Mllwauklo Philip Strelb, Jumes P.
Shaw.
Sundy W, A. Proctor.
Oregon City O. D. Eby, William
Andreson, S. O. Dillman.
WilsonvUle O. U. Cansel.
WASHINGTON, March 15. A daylight-saving
bill was passed by the
House today and now goes to the
President, The plan Is to set clocks
forward one hour at 2 A. M. on Sun
day, March 81, aud set them back an
hour at the Bame time on Sunday,
October 27, each year.
The vote was 252 to 40.
This plan was adopted last year In
England, France, Germany, Italy, Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal,
and this year in Australia and Iceland.
The Canadian government is consid
ering it.
The bill has had the support of
practically all the large industries in
the country, and its proponents have
argued that It will result In -a great
saving ot fuel and benefit wage earn
ers in that they will have more time
for recreation during daylight hours.
Riddles Warren Construction com
pany to build tramway from ouarrles
to Calcite of S. P. line.
UUSMHGB
EFFECTIVE !IM
CANBY II
DESPONDENT; HE
Chester Wills, well known Cauby
resident, took his own Ufa at his borne
In that town Wednamy afternoon. He
ended his life with a uot from bis
revolver about 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon and his body was found
several hours later. He left a note
attributing his act to ill health.
Wills had been sick for a long while
and bad not been out of his house for
months. He was In the Oregon City
hospital last fall for an operation. At
ono time be bad been an Inmate of the
state hospital. His mother commit
ted suicide many years ago.
The unfortunate man left a wife,
who runs a confectionery store at
Canby.
BABY ROACH AND
During tho recent tire at tho Iowa
rooming house the clothing of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Koach and their
little four-months' old baby Robert,
wns entirely burned, and during the
tire Mr. Roach had his hands badly
burned in trying to extinguish the
flames. Little Robert has been pro
vided with two dresses by kind wo
men of this city, nnd any, other cloth
ing for the baby as wjII as the par
ents will be gladly received, and ap
preciated by this stricken family. Mr.
Roach was able to go to work this
week, but the poor man's bunds are
covered with blisters, but he is trying
to muke an honest living for his wife
nnd babe.
There are many residents of this
city who have articles of clothing
that have been laid aside, and these
can be made use of by this little family-
Mr. Reach before coining to this
city to secure employment, had just
recovered from an accident when his
leg was broken, mul his wife was in
a hospital for some time.
Baby Robert Is a cheerful little
fellow, not dreaming of his narow es
cape from being burned in the little
one-room apartment. During a visit
of an Enterprise reporter Thursday
afternoon he was happily partaking
of his bottle of milk, and his big
brown' eyes were enough to appeal
to any one for sympathy.
COUNTY ROAD TO
GO OVER TRACKS
OFW.V.SO.RY.
SALEM, Or., March 15 (Special)
Permission has been given by the
Public Service Commission to the
county road over tha Wllliamette
Valley Southern tracks to that county
In connection with the establishment
of the H.' A. Bates Road, Nd. 914 to
that county.
Flllll DEAD
PARENTSBURNED
CLOTHES NEEDED
22, 1918.
Trenches
arrive showing them Is actual proof.
and they may have been among those
CORNPVIEAL POISONED
IN SEATTLE IS REPORT
What is believed to have been a de
liberate attempt at poisoning food,
supposed to have been done in Seat
tle, is under Investigation by county,
state and federal authorities, and
should the chemical analysis 'show
the presence of strychnine, there will
be a government house-cleaning in a
certain Seattle Soaring mill.
A few weeks ago Ellis Urown, a sun
of George Brown, prominent New
Era farmer, purchased - a sack, of
cornmeal. Last week Mrs. Brown
made some corn-bread, and it was
eaten at the evening dinner, Mr. and
Mrs. Brown and the hired man all
participating. The three were taken,
seriously ill during the night and Dr.
Dedman of Canby was galled- Mr.
Brow,n was the most seriously ill of
the three, aud there was strong evi
dence ot strychnine poisoning. Tha
flour was purchased from a local
firm, which had obtained it from a
Portland company. It is said to have
been originally ground in Seattle.
Sheriff Wilson, Deputy !trict At
torney Burke and Assistant U. S. At
torney Latourette visited New Era
Monday, and obtained samples of the
cornmeal which will be analyzed with
in the next few days, No one had
access to the meal, and as the fam
ily used some from the top of the
package, it is the belief that the pois
oning was done when the meal was
originally packed in Seatle. The of
ficials would not make public the
names of any of the rirni9 involved.
Two cases of ground g-ass poison
ing have been reported to the author
ities. One of these was run down by
the officials Monday afternoon and It
was found that the reports were not
well .founded. They will make fur
ther investigation in this" case, and
also in a case of reported glass in
breakfast food, which they have been
quietly working on for some time.
MEETING OF PUBLIC
IB
BE
P.
SALEM, March 19. (Special) The
Public Service commission has set
April SO at 10 o'clock p. m., with Ore
gon City as the place for holding a
hearing on the question of tho appli
cation for a franchise for the Clacka
mas County Driving & Rafting com
pany under the boom law of the last
legislature.
One hearing has already been held
in this matter but formalities as to
the application were not altogether
satisfactory.
Local Children
From Clackamas
Are In Rainbow
SALEM, Or., March 15. (Special)
Included to the names of the third
100 children enrolled to the Second
Junior Rainbow Regiment by Superin
tendent Churchill are Henry and Emll
Zivney ot Oswego; Lynn Lortx, Ore
gon City, and Paul Bauge, Milwaukls.
In northern Marlon county the fol
lowing children went over the top:
Bennie Brusch, Harold Grlbble, Gladys
Gribble, Leona Graves, of Aurora, and
Homer Langdon and John Painter ot
Hubbard.
CLACKAMAS WILL PROVE
EFFICIENT SAYS JUDGE
"A peaca now would spell
disaster to this country".
Arthur M. Churchill, Ch'
Food Conservation
uregon, oeiore a large v,o
large oVng of
the Clackamas County " Defense
League, Thursday In tha Circuit court
room.
"A peace now would mean 170,
000,000 people for the German mili
taristic system, a population which
within a few years of organization
and preparation, could undoubtedly
dominate the world."
Tha meeting was the most enthusi
astic gathering of Us kind hsld since
war began. County Judge Anderson
presided, and representatives of tho
Defense league from all sections were
on hand to do their bit in the forth
coming conservation drive. In addi
tion to Mr. Churchill's talk. Miss Mil
an, the government representative,
spoke.
That Clackamas county will prove
to be 100 percent patriotic and effi
cient in food conservation work this
spring, was the opinion of County
Judge Anderson following the meet
ing. The purpose of the gatherinjj
was to awaken emissaries from all
parts of the county to tha dire neces
sity of food conservation, so that they
in turn, could take up their work in
the various localities, and "see that
in each district the conservation plan
is carried out strictly In acordance
with the government's wishes. Mr.
Churchill mad3 two brilliant address
es, one to the forenoon and another in
the afternoon, and Miss Milan not
only spoke twice at the general meet-
ings, but later talked to the women ivelopment of the state, to bring about
alone. j the construction of good roads, to
The school children of the gram-!emPna8,ze the Portance of educa
mar grades and a large delegation tiott and especially to maintain at
from the High school was also pres- wnite heat 0x9 Jeotion ' tne People
ent to hear Chairman Churchill's af- t0 010 reat cause of llberty and de"
ternoon talk.
The need for conservation was
brought most forcibly to the atten
tion of his audiences by Mr. Church
ill. He insisted that practically all
of our 'wheat must be conserved for
use in France, if we would keep our
army and the French peonle from
actual starvation. He emphasized ths
need ot willing, untiring co-operation
on the part of every man, woman and
child, if we would meet tfi"e problem
of supplying our boys and our allies.
Miss Milan not only "emphasized
the need of conservation, but discuss
ed the food values and combinations
that would prove economical and at
the same time carry on the conserva
tion idea.
Counting the school children prca
ent there were probably between 500
and 6;-:t people heard and thoroughly
enjoyed the lectures. There was a
spir.t of patriotic enthusiasm pres
ent th-a spoke well for the red-blooded
membership of the Clackamas
County Defense League.
$10,000 IS WANTED BY
Rosalind Gibson,
of Wichita, filed
suit for 110,000 damages against the
Continental Realty and Improvement
company and L. J. Barber, alleged
losses sustained by reason of the de- development should be supported, but
fondant's failure to live up to a realty! at 'his tirae wnen our country la en
contiact existing between them for the 'gaged in the most terrible war In the
sale of the "Holladay Acre" tracts.
The complaint charges that the
really company, a San Francisco cor
poration, gave tho plaintiff the rlsht
to hin lle the salea ot tha Holladay
trar.j e nsisting in all ct some 21.5
acres. That the plaintiff attempted to
proceed wi;h the sales after the execu
tion of th') agreement, but that she
was continually blocked and "lulled to
sleep" by the actions of the defend
ants, and finally was compelled to get
an extention of time subsequent to
January 1, 1918, the time set for the
expiration of the contract under the
agreement.
During the 30 day extension finally
agreed upou between the parties the
plaintiff, who is the wife of John Gib
son, a prominent Portland realtor,
sold tracts amounting to $12,152.00.
The contracts were sent south for the
company's "O. K." only to be "repudia
ted by the company, which refused to
honor them.
The complaint further charges that
the company officers, conspiring with
one L. J. Barber, fraudulently trans
ferred the property to the said Bar
ber and recorded the deed in the coun
ty records, with full knowledge of the
existing contract for the sale of the
property with the plaintiff. This
deed, plaintiff asks to set aside, and
declare void and of no effect, and that
the defendants be compelled to pay
the plaintiff the sum of $10,000 by
reason of Its actions In the matter.
Grade Crossing
At Garner For
Pavement Plant
SALEM, Or., March 15 (Special)
To give access to a rock quarry and
paving plant in Clackamas county, the
Public Service Commission has issued
an order allowing the establishment
of a temporary grade crossing at the
Garner road crossing of the Southern
Pacific.
ESTABLISHED 18SS
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itfl 11 lill .1 - A
iiiiiuunuoj
CANDIDACY
James WIthycomlje, the first Repub
lican governor elected by the people
of Oregon In recent years, on Wed
nesday aanounced his determination
to become a candidate for reelection.
His platform is characteristically pa
triotic. Governor Withycombe has
served the state nearly four years, has
made aa able official, and is entitled
to reelection at the bands ot the Re
publicans of Oregon. His declaration
follows:
"If the people ot Oregon are of the
opinio that I have served them faith
fully I should be plecsed to receive a
vote of confidence at their hands.
"The Governor of the state has the
ear of the people. It is therefore in
his power to assist In creating and
maintaining a healthy public senti
ment on. the many subjects which
make for community welfare. I have
been mindful of this fact, have min
gled with the people and have done
j all In my power to promote the de-
mocracy for wnicn tne country is
fighting. If re-elected I Bhall continue
to do everything I can to accomplish
these ends.
"Oregon has. given twenty thousand
of her sons to the great world war.
These men are the flower of our
young manhood and we have no clear-
er duty than that of loyally supporting
them, providing for their health and
comfort and safe-guarding their mor
als. I shall continue to render them
every service In my power.
""Under our form of government the
conduct of a foreign war devolves on
the President of the United States,
who is the commander-in-chief of the
Army and Navy. I shall do- every
thing to my power to assist the Pres
ident in making the power of this
'country effective in the great world
'conflict. " I shall particularly exercise
'every power and authority which I
possess to promote a maximum effic-
lency in our local industries wnicn
are related to the war activities. No
other duty is so pressing or at this
time so Important as that of winning
the war. No sacrifice is too great If
jit loolfe to the triumph of the forces
i battling for international righteous
(ness
j "I shall stand to the future, as In
! the past, for rigid law enforcement
and for a cleaner and greater Oregon,
j "Oregon is firmly committed to the
principles ot prohibition and equal suf-
t rage, and, while they are no longer
issues in this state, I shall continue
to give these causes my full support.
"Every legitimate phase of state
world's history the most rigid econ
omy in state expenditure should be
observed.
'We have state problems of great
i magnitude to be worked out for the
increase 01 uesiraoie popumuuu, iur
the encouragement of manufacturing
enterprises; tor the enlargement of
flocks and herds ot the best b eeds;
for the eradication of fruit po ia and
other destructive agench s in orchard
and farm; for the general enqpurage-
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IS
Attorneys for the Weyerhauser
timber corporation Monday turned
over to District Attorney Hedges
their check for $393.86, payment in
full of all costs accrusd in the long
legal battle waged against the coun
ty by the corporation in their suit
for reduced assessments. The case
was started in their appeal from the
ruling of the board Of equalization,
and went clear through the supremo
court of Oregon, which finally sus
tained the original assessments made
by the board. The check was for all
court costs, Including interest. With
the payment of the costs, the final
chapter in the celebrated timber
cases is closed.
$ WE CAN SPARE SOME.
.
$ ABIL1NE, Tex., March 18.
$ All Abiline churches will begin a i
series of prayer meetings to pray
$ for rata this week and continue 8
$ until the extended drought Is $
broken. -