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only Clackamaa County
Newapapar that prlnta
all of tha newt of thla
4 growing County.
Thi Weakly Enterprise
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than subsoribe,
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918.
flfTY-SECOND YEAR No. 13.
ESTABLISHED 1866
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ALLIES IE
HOLDING A
FIRM LINE
OVER HUNS
OTTAWA. March 27 British
airy baa been In action and
athiefud a brilliant victory. ,
cav
ha lJNIWN, March 27.-Tonlght's'
news from the buttlo rroni confirms
the hopeful Irapreaalon formed early
In the day thai tha Hrltlah now ap
puar to be on line they ar able to
hold firmly, at least on the Homme
ami the Auere rlvera.
PARIS, March 27. With frcab
troops the Oermana todny attacked
tho French line east of Montdldler,
and although their assaults were re
pulatwl aeveral times they succeeded
In making aomo advance. Around U
almiy and Noyon powerful enemy at
tack were broken up.
UNIK)N, March 27. Tho Urinal)
front U standing firm along the
whole line, which appears to bo the
atroageat it baa occupied since the
buttle began.
AMSTERDAM, 'March 27. Knor
mouHly Ion a ambulance tralue are
paaalng through Llego and Namur,
Belgium, on their way to AlxlaCbap
and other parta of Germany,
with wounded Germans from . the
French battlefrunt, according to the
TVlegruf frontier corroHpondoiit. Many
of the wounded have been detained at
Namur. says the correspondent, who
add thut the hospital! In Northern
Franco have not sufficient aecommo-da-tlona
for the great atreum of suf
ferers. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
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The drive for the third Liberty Loan
will atart at midnight on Friday, April
r.th, and that nlglit there will be an
Initial rally In Oregon City, for which
preliminary plans worn made Monday
night at the Commercial club lit a con
ference attended by representatives
of tho committees from the Oregon
City banking district, one of the seven
districts of the county. Mrs. II. IV
Curtlldgo and M. P. Lntourette, heads
of the womeif's and men's organiza
tions, renptftlvely, Tor Clackamas
.'.ounty, were present.
One of the features of the campaign
will be the eHtulillHhment of an infor
mation booth In Oregon City, centrally
located, which will be' kept open dur
ing the entire drive.
Next Monday afternoon there will
be a conference in Oregon City of the
captains of the women's division for
the county.
10. 0. Caufield, chairman of the Or
egon City district, presided at Monday
night's conference, and Mrs. I. Adams
acted as secretary.
FREE FROM CUSTODY
Jerome Hill, taken into custody
tor investigation by xeueral author
ities last Saturday following his
atntement in Judge Stovers court In
a state case, that ho was born In 1896,
was released from' ctrntody Tuesday
on recnlpt of advices that - he was
not within draft age.
Hill stoutly maintained at the trial
that he was born in 189G but had
failed to register, thinking ho was not
within the age. A telegram was re
ceived from the local board In south
ern California where Hill formerly
resided, stating that an examination
of the Bchool census, together with
his parents' statemont In the matter,
revealed the fact the young man was
not of draft age. He was immediately
released by Sheriff Wilson and left
tic once for his work in Hood River.
INTEREST 414 PER CENT
Washington, March 26. The third
Liberty loan will total $3,000,000,000
and pay 4Vi per cent, Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo announced Monday.
H0AD0BJECT0R8
ClitPRH
WORK IN MARION
8AI.K.M. Ortj,, March 27 (Special)
The avalanche of protests from thla
end of the line anulnut starting the
big road Improvement on the Pacific
HlKhway from the Clackamas county
lino and work south ao there will be
a three mile gup Immediately North
of Salem, will prove unavailing, ac
cording to a statement coming from
the HlKhway Department today and
tho overweening ambition of til
Salem clique will not be gratified.
The Immediate eauae of the docla
lon to atari work near Aurora In
atead of near Salem la the fact thut
the department doea not wish to axk
the government for a change In lia
original plana. The department found
tlmre would not bo enough money
available to put the Improvement wuy
throiiKh for the 2 nillea and ao ae
cured government approval for the 21
mllea. but with the understanding
that only 18 mllea would be completed
at thla time. The government ap
proved the move to start the work
at the Clackamas County lino and
with the rather ticklish altuatlon that
the whole highway program flnda It
aelf In tho department official be
lieve It would he little short of folly
to auk tho government to make a
chunge which would be considered
trtflllng by the government offlclula,
and probably be "further considered
by tli 'in In the light of pure political
manipulation.
There la little doubt now that the
work will go ah etui from the Clack-
amaa County end aa originally planed
and Salem will huva to wait for the
last three utiles until a mora proplt
iotia occasion.
HOOK AND UNEUNSOLVED
SALMON HAY BE
W FOR FOOD
Salmon caught by hook and line
In Clackamas county may be sold. So
holds District Attorney Gilbert L.
Hedges Chapter 147 of the laws of
1917 to the contrary notwithstanding.
The 1917 legislature passed a law
making It "unlawful to sell or offer
for sale within the State of Oregon,
during any season closed to com
murctal fishing, any salmon taken
from the waters of said state, by hook
and line, commonly called angling."
Tho stutement In the act is held in
definite by District Attorney Hedges
and is therefore void for uncertainty,
on the ground that there are differ
ent prohibitive seasons throughout
the state.
Delng a general law of application
throughout th state, the tarm "closed
season" Is therefore meaningless, in
the particular act.
This Interpretation will be welcome
news to hundreds of hook and line
fishermen of the county who annually
combine pleasure with business and
at the same time do their little bit
In helping solve the present food
problem.
"Any other construction of the
act," declared Mr. Hedges Tuesday,
"would place a premium upon sport
at the expense of the home, would
strain the rules of statutory Inter
pretation, and would be a direct slap
at our friend Herbert Hoovor."
LEAVE NEXT SPAY
FOR All
Clackamas county's 15j embroyo
warriors will depart for Camp Lewis
next Sunday evening at 9:38. This
change Is made through governmental
ordors setting a later date for entrain
ment. The boys are to report here
Saturday. ..
Chester Carrothers, one of the regis
trants, Is down with the measles, en
Joying a somewhat aggravated case,
and in all probability his place will be
takon by one of the alternates.
WOOLEN WEAVER WEDS.
Harry Weston, a weaver In the local
mills, obtained a license to wed Anna
Schultz from Clerk Harrington Moir
doy.
Americans in the
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Thla ta one of the first photographa o arrive in United Stales showing Americana on the fighting line. These
boys are in the "chow" camp, Just having gone back from the trenches for aome warm food while they are
within firing distance of the Germans their "chow" camp is screened ao the Boche cannot see It
POISONING
On receipt of analysis showing
the corn meal samples free of poison
ous substance, tho mystery of the
recent poisoning of the E. E. Drown
family near New Era is still un
solved.
Reports were received Wednesday
afternoon from State Chemist A. S
Wells, showing that the flour, which
was presumed to have poisoned
Brown, hlB wife, and the hired man
was free from all trnccs of strych
nine, bl-chlorlde of mercury, pots-
slum cyanide, and other poisons which
were suspected.
Drown ,who Is a boh of George,
Drown, prominent New Era farmer,
purchased cornmeal several weeks ago
from the New Era flouring mills. It
was nsed for a time by Mrs. Drown
without any unusual results. About
two weeks ago, however, corn bread
was made, and she and her husband,
and the hired man, were all taken ser
lously 111. There was strong evidence
of poisoning and aome indications of
strychnine. They were seriously sick
for a day or two and were under tha
care of Dr. Dedman of Canby.
On receipt of the reports Mrs.
Brown was Immediately, notified of
the results of the test by tha district
attorney's office. The balance of the
sack purchased by Mr. Drown, to
gether with samples taken from flour
at the mills, was all sent down for
analysis. These samples were all pro
nounced O. K. by the state chemist.
The mill people assisted the local
officials in every way and hajlped
trace the cornmeal back to the place
of manufacture which was back In
the middle west. The flour was pur
chased by the mill people from -a
Portland job and was neither grourra
nor packed hera.
Some peanut enndy -,fclch was pur
chased In Portland by an Oregon
City housewife, was also examined by
the state chemist for ground glass,
but no traces were found of either
glass or grit. Another case from the
west side was found to be unfounded,
where It was first reported to of
ficials that ground glass was found
in breakfast foods.
CONSTANTINOS
VASELEU GOES
IN U. S. NAVY
Constantinos Vaseliu, for the last 8
years a resident of Oregon City, where
he has been an industrious shoe-shiner,
left Monday night for Bremerton,
Washington, having enlisted in the U
S. navy. He is a native of Corinth,
Greece, and. followed the sea before
coming to America. Vaseliu is an ex
ceptionally tine physical specimen of
manhood. -
AT NEW ERA
ISWSTERI
"Chow" Camp Back of
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Meads Fish Catcher
Appeals
to Piscator
Brings Home Bacon
"Speed Cop" Meads and E. B. An
derson, having the spring fever dur
ing the paRt week, hunted up thalr old
fishing poles, secured their tackle and
aome bait that jrser guaranteed to
"catch 'em," and sCUrtea out in the
Anderson automobile Thursday morn
ing. Their destination la a secret, as
they went where they knew fishing
was good.
Meads has the reputation through'
out the state of being some "speedy"
cop when it comes to tackling the
automobile speeders, and not being
satisfied In catching them. Is now
"tackling the trout." He is just as
lucky getting the fish as ha is the
automobile speeder. Luck seems to
run his way when It comes to "catch
ing thinps". The first fish of the sea
son from the brooks of Clackamas
county were brought tfl tha city by
these men. Several of these speckled
beauties measured 18 and 19 inches
In length, and after being on display
for a day, the fish were devoured by
the confectioner and his family and
the ''speed cop."
BY AGEHCY HEAD
W. L. Kadderly, . assistant county
agent leader for Oregon, arrived in
Orepon City Monday for the purpose
of making a crop, labor and livestock
survey for Clackamas county. He
will be here tor about ten days and
will make his headquarters at the pro
motion department of the Commercial
club.
The survey will be conduoted under
the auspices t the department of ag
riculture, and is is planned to secure
the closest information obtainable on
the various crops that have been and
are to be planted In this county. It
Is also proposed to secure the kind
and number of livestock now n hand,
as compared with that of one year
ago. Blanks that are being sent out
to the farmers all over the county ask
ing for the following information:
(1) size of. farm; (2) acres cultivat
ed; (3) acres planted to each crop
in 1917 and also in 1918; (4) kind
and number of livestock on hand now
and also on hand oneyear ago; (5)
livestock wanted and for sale; (6)
seed wanted and for sale, giving va
riety and amount In each case; (7)
help wanted now, during haying, and
during harvest.
Every farmer in the county will be
aBked to fill out the blank, in' order
that Intelligent plans for conducting
war emergency agricultural work may
be made.
Clackamas In the only county in
Oregon where this work has not been
completed.
ITALIAN WOULD BE CITIZEN.
Application for citizenship papers
was made Monday by Fedele Marasco,
an Italian laborer residing near Esta
cada. Marasco came to the United
States in 1909, landing at New York,
from Soverla, Manndli, Italy.
CLACKAMAS CROP
SURVEY
STARTED
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HIDY HEADS
NEW GUARD
FIRST ROLL
CALL HELDIcontestbrings
More than 300 residents of Oregon
City attended the first roll call of
the Home Guard last night in the
Moose Hall. Captain Hldy was elect
ed captain of the First Company by
vote, who- In turn selected C. L. St.
Clair, 1st Lieutenant and Ben L.
Beard 2nd Lieutenant. I
The rank and file of the First
Company, which under present plans
will be uniformed and fully equipped,
subject to the call of Sheriff Wilson
to meet and cope with any emergency,
will be selected after two weeks of
drill. The non-commlssloned offcars
will be selected by the officers of the
company, from a list of members of
the organization that have seen act
ive military service.
Guards will number between 65 and!for ufe lnt the Sreat
100 and the remainder of the mem-i
bera of the new organization will be;e ?eat masf terial, some of
trained as a reserve corps.
Approximately 15D men signed the
roster of the organization last night,
making the numarlcal strength of
the company more than 300 members.
Captain Harry E. Williams, former
ly of Oregon City, and now stationed
at Camp Lewis, made a brief talk
to the members of the new organiza
tion, telling them that attendance at
every drill and strict attention to all
commands of the company command
or were necessary requisites to an ef
ficient company.
Young men should be selected for
the first company, he said, for the
training they would receive. Tills
preliminary Instruction he said
would prove valuable If they entered
the ranks of the army, as he predict
ed all young men would before the
present war ends. w
Captain Williams told the Guard
that he expected to be transferred
soon to the spruce division of the
army, stationed' In Portland, and . If
this change was made in his station,
he would be glad to come to Oregon
City on Guard drill nights and co
operate as fully as possible.
County Judge Anderson promised
the Guard members that he would do
all possible to secure financial aid
from the county for equipping the
First Company. He said if the county
would not permit the financing of the
new project, steps would be taken to
secure the necessary funds by priv
ate subscriptions.
FORECLOSURE IS ENTERED.
A decree of foreclosure was handed
down by Judge Campbell Friday In
the suit of Wm. Corcoran against Wm.
R. McGarry, Wm. B. McKlnney, et al,
foreclosing a $500 mortgage on the
East half of the Northeast Quarter
and the East halt of the Southeast
Quarter of Sec. 22, T. 8 S.. R. 7 E.
containing 160 acres.
SENATOR JONES
MAKES CRITICAL
TALK III SENATE
Washington, March 27, Failure of
government agencies to co-operate In
the prosecution of the war was laid
to President Wilson by Senator Jones,
of Washington, in a speech In the
senate today, in which he charged
that the president had shown no dis
position to seek the advice of con-
gresa on the great problems confront
ing the nation.
'The president ought to co-ordlnats
himself, and the sooner be doea it
the sooner will governmental agen
cies be most effective," said Senator
Jones.
"Members of congress are ready
and anxious to co-operate fully with
the executive and the president
should not only welcome but seek
their counsel and advise -upon the
great problems which confront him,
but he" does not do ao. I do not say
that this is any captioua spirit. It is
the statement of a fact, a most
lamentable fact known to all here and
regretted by all."
Senator Jones asserted that It the
president and congress co-operated
as they should, "a feeling of patriotic
unity throughout the country, that
I fear is lacking, but which ought
to exist, would be created."
Senator Jones also took President
Wilson to task- for permitting the
continued use of grain and foodstuff
In the manufacture of wine and beer
and the use of transportation facili
ties for the shipment of beer and
wines, to the detriment of the move-
mint of foodstuffs.
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PORTLAND. March 22. (Special).
Winners of the $50 Liberty Bonds to
be awarded for the best slogan and
device submitted in the recent slogan
contest have been decided, and will
be announced at the Liberty Temple
in Portland on the opening day of the
Third Liberty Loen Drive, . Saturday,
March 6th.
In this contest, contributions were
received from far and wide over the
entire state. From nearly every city,
small town and county, the offerings
to win the war, poured in. Out of
the slogans which seemad especially
good to the committee are: "Open
Your Furse Help Kill the Curse," by
Miss Hazel McCoy cf Dufur; "Buy a
Bond that Binds Democracy", by W.
P. McMasters of Mills City; 'Liberty
Loans ara Liberty's Stepping Stones",
by Mrs. J. D. Slater, La Grande.
From Newberg, Miss Nettle Page
Schofleld submitted , "The Kaiser
Groans at Liberty Loans", ' while
George A. Barden of Grants Pass goss
one farther and says, "Bury the Kais
er with Liberty Bonds." "Uphold the
Colors with Liberty Dollars," is the
contribution of Mrs. Edward Hill of
Marshfield, and H. K. Donnelly, of
Salem reminds us that "Over There
are 'Watching.' . "Break Liberty's
Liberty's Chains Invest Your Gains",
cries Buena Fisher of Dallas, and
Miss Elva S. Hall of Vanora says,
"Sow Bonds Reap Victory." From
Junction City, C. E. Logsden writes,
"Build Freedom's Foundation with
Liberty Bonds." T. P. McAndrews
of Baker waxes poetical and says,
"Count That Day Lost, Whose Low
Descending Sun Sees Nothing Done
to Beat the Hun."
"Your Little Mite May Win the
Fight," is the slogan submitted by
Mrs. Mollie E. Straight of Oregon
City, while Miss Lonna Powell of
Baker suggests, "Protect Your Homes
with Liberty Loans." Mrs. H. M. Mc
Kenna of Astoria says, "Buy a Bond
Bridge the Pond," and with some
what the same idea, Miss Eva Dull
of Eugene writes, "We'll Bridge the
Pond with Liberty BQnds."
MILL WORKER KILLED
Vancouver, Wash., March 26. H. A.
Zumwalt, 30 years of age, was in
stantly killed this morning when ha
fell on the drive belt of a large "bull
wheel" In the plant of the Crown
Willamette Paper company at Camas.
He Is survived by a wife and one
child.
IRFRTV
Kllliifl
AN CO MS
rifANTLI
KILLED ON
I.V.S.RY.
E. P. Dunlap, a section hand em
ployed by the Willamette Valley
Southern, was Instantly killed at
Buckner Creek station Monday morn
ing, when he slipped and fell from a
gravel car.
Dunlap, with several employees, was
shovelling gravel from a slow-moving
flat car. Upon a sudden stop of the
train he was thrown to the ground be
tween two cars and his neck was .
broken by the impact. Several of the
other men were also thrown down but
all escaped injury by clinging to the
car. His death was immediate. A
coroner's Jury was held at Holman'a
undertaking parlors, conducted by Act
ing Coroner Sievers.
Dunlap was a widower, about 46
years of age, and leaves three minor
children. He has resided for the past
two years np Abernethy creek about
two miles from Oregon City and form
erly was a resident of Gladstone. He
has been employed by the Willamette
Valley Southern company for several
years.
The deceased was among the 147
patriotic Americans who signed up
for home guard duty at Busch's hall
Saturday evening.
The coroner's Jury, consisting of E.
T. Mass, George A. Green, R. T. Stew
art, L A. Rail, E. L. Johnson and W.
R. Wentworth, brought in a verdict
Monday night in accordance with the
ftcts and exonerated the employes of
the traction company of any careless
ness In connection with the accident.
If FILED TO FORCE
HS0.RY.T
sALEM. Or., March 23. (Special.
Ralph A. Coan, Portland atorney, has
filed with the Public Service Commis
sioner for several Clackamas county
farmers, a complaint against the Wil
lamette Valley . & Southern railroad,
asking the commission to force the
railroad company to drain consider
able tracts of land in that county
which are said to be made unfit for
cultivation by the road.
It is alleged that along the south
line of the farm t Lydia and Silas
Wright the company cut an excava
tion and constructed an embankment
for a long distance with the result
that the water gathers on the Wright
and adjoining farms and destroys
much of their usefulness as far as
cultivation is concerned. Repeated
complaints to the railroad company
have been without success the peti
tion states, further than an agreement
to construct a culvert which would
not be satisfactory. The petitioners
are Lydia, Silas and Pierce Wright,
J. W. Cole, Mrs. Louise C. Cole, M.
V. Mackinster, A. E. Mackinster, O.
H. Wright, Fanny E. Wright, M. E.
Wright and A. L Lovell.
Tl
E
Uel Parker of Hood River was
bound over to await action of -the
next session of the circuit court on a
statutory charge preferred by Mlas
Erma Fish, who lives with her par
ents near Sycamore station. In de
fault of 11000 bonds fixed by Judge
Sievers, he was placed In jail.
The complaint was filed under tha
1917 law providing for the support of .
illegitimate children. The defendant,
who is a married man, with a family,,
has been working at Hood River for
some time in the fruit packing houses
where Miss Fish was employed last
fall. Under the 1917 law the accused
Is arraigned in the justice court
where he may interrogate and cross
examine the complaining witness per
sonally. The court either dismisses
or binds the defendant over direct to
the circuit court, and no grand Jury,
action is necessary.