OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY. MAY 10. 191 8
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STEP INTO SERVICE
TO GET KAISER BILL
WATCHING THE MILLIONS
That a penny saved Is a penny
earned. Is a maxim which applies as
surely to the millions of dollars shell
ed biennially Into the coffers of the
state, aa It applies to the struggling
crossroads store, or the small rancher
giving his days and nights of labor to
eke out an existence.
The maxim, If applied generally to
stabs activities, would be the greatest
of boons to the small merchant, the
struggling farmer, the clerk or the
artisan, becauss tt would mean elimln
atloa of heavy tax burdens, which fan
upon all alike. To say that the artisan
or the laborer does not assist in sup-
" porting the state govemmenL because
his namo does not appear on the as
Stssment rolls. Is far from the point.
When the artisan pays renL buy.
groceries, purchases a pair of shoes,
or otherwise aids to keep himself ana
his family alive, he Is paying his bit
into the state treasury, aa surely as
the heavy taxpayer pays his assess
ment which appears to glaring figures
on the books In the office of the tai
collector. He may rest assured thai
his rent high enough, his charge
for shoes high enough, his cost of groc
eries is high enough, to cover the
taxes that are paid by the landlord,
the shoeman or the groceryman, ana
so they all pay, and all are equally
interested In seeing the cost of stats
administration cut to the bone, com
patible with an efficient handling of
public affairs.
Taxes can be held to the minimum
only by competent public servants. In
selecting a competent public servant
the voter, whether he pays taxes di
rectly or not, is assisting in curtail
ins his own personal expenses.
' Experience shows who Is the highest
and beet type of public servant to
eelecL Experience has shown that
our Clackamas county comrade, Judge
Thomas F. Rytrt has made good in the
office which he now holds and whlcn
he has held for seven years past Ex
perience shows that he will make
good If he la elevated to the office of
State Treasurer, the nomination for
which he la now seeking on the Re
publican ticket
To reject a tried and trusty servant
who has taken the talents given him
without burying them nnder the
sands of waste and extravagance,
would be to reject one's own best in-tenets.
The moral should be plain to every
Clackamas county citizen, be his name
written In large letters on the tax
rolls, or he hu province In life an
eternal grind to provide the where
withal for his wife and his children
There can be but one just answer,
and that is to keep that steward who
has always his master's house In
readiness.
there should be clerks enough so that
the address can hs supplied and the
letter dispatched within 24 hours.
The matter, however, Is not so
simple as it looks. There are too many
German spies In our departments.
How far have they wormed their way
Into our postal service? It would not
do them much good to learn that John
Smith belongs to Company A, of the
71st regiment But if they learn where
the 71st. regiment Is now located, that
is the kind of thing they want It Is a
problem to get a Bmooth working sys
tem without letting out Information
that the enemy wants. A big force of
clerks will be needed, but the loyalty
of each will need careful sifting.
Probably a lot of letters will be
sent to France to men who hare gone
by way of Engtand and bare been held
there. After the boys get located In
France, the work of reaching them
wUl be simplified. It will take a lot of
clerical work to keep the records. .
OBJECT LESSON
IN SOCIALISM
THE KNITTING PAYS
Six more Clackamas county boys,
skilled mechanics In various Hues,
have been permitted to enlist for im
mediate service under Pershing In
France.
The men and their calling are:
Richard Johnson, Canny, No. 1,
locomotive fireman; Andrew Jackson
Batyt Oregon City, locomotive fireman;
Warren T. WrlghL Milwaukle, No. 2.
fireman; Eugene W. Fisher, Mil
waukle, locomotive fireman. All of
these lads ars to be sent to Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, lnd.
Earl C. Hunter, of Molalla, will de
part for Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas,
to begin service as a cook, expecting
to go to France Immediatsly. Anton
Sanetel, of Oregon City No. 6, has
enlisted as a brakeman, and he Is to
report at Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indianapolis, lnd.
Carl Lester Brown, former ship
yards worker, has departed for Am
erican Lake, his order number hav
ing been passed while hs was In the
emergency fleet. Under the selective
draft service regulations registrants
must leave at once tor cantonment,
upon leaving the ship yards work.
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PORTLAND PAPER TAKES
$ NOTICE OF PATRIOTISM -N
OF ENTERPRISE
1 Portland Telegram) w
According to an announcement
-A of M. H. Latourette, chairman of
e the Ctarkatnna county third Lib-
-P erty Loan drive, the Morning En-
terprtae. In this city. Is the only -P
P commercial organization within P
the county which has answered P
President Wilson's challenge to
P match him In the purchase of a -P
P Liberty Bond on the Installment -P
plan with a 100 per cent showing. -P
P On Saturday every on of the 13 P
P employes bought an additional -P
P bond on the $5 down, $3 a month -A
v- plan. . , -p
For many years the soap box ora
tors have been telling ua what glori
ous things would happen It the work
ers would only seize the Instruments
of production, and establish our in
dustrial sjBtem on a communistic
basis.
'; A good many people have been some
what Interested and half credulous
about it But they have had sense
enough to want to see some one else
try it out first and find how It would
work. Now they have the opportunity
of seeing. The Russian Bolsheviks
have aet ont to try out Just this Idea.
The asoendency of this party in Rus
sia was called by our Socialists a
great triumph for humanitarian senti
menL - The Bolshevik minister of finance
in Russia who certainly would not
be prejudiced against this proposition,
made a report to the central com
mittee of his party a few days ago,
that showed about how glorious the
thing la up to date. He reported that
the operation of the railways under
Socialism was costing 120,000 rubles
per verst (two thirds of mile) as
against 11,600 rubles per verst pre
viously. He pictured industrial condl
tions In Socialistic Russia in the black
est terms. The locomotive works were
turning out only two locomotives a
day whereas formerly they produced
eighteen a day.
It was reported that the minister's
speech was received in dead silence.
This does not look much like the
Socialistic heaven we UBed to hear
About, where people would work only
three or four hours a day, and every
one would have an abundance of the
lururios of earth.
A little more of this Socialistic
elyslum will be likely to sicken even
the bewhlskered Bolsheviks. Now if
some deluded people in our own coun
try will only take the pains to learn
how the thing works in practice, they
will save themselves a lot of disap
pointment,' and our country a great
deal of futile agitation.
Some people have been Inclined to
sneer at the fever; of knitting with
which our patriotic women have been
seized. Theoretically It might teem
more economical to have all this work
done in factories on labor saving machines.
But practically, the following com
putation points in an opposite direc
tion. One woman says she has knitt
ed 41 sweaters. The only cash ex
pense about it was $75.00 for material,
$1.83 per sweater.
Now one of those sweaters would
be aa comfortable to wear as one for
which yon would pay $6.00 to $3.00 in
a store. It might not be knitted quite
as evenly. But probably it would have
better material. There is a temptation
to adulterate In a factory made ar
ticle.
Of course when you buy a sweater
at a store, you have to pay retail
prices, while the governmsnt could
buy at wholesale. But when you con
sider that the factories are driven
with war work, the government would
not get a low price. It is difficult to
believe that these sweaters could be
bought for less than $3.00 to $4.00
apiece, and they might cost more.
Hence it looks as it voluntary labor
was by far the cheapest way to pro-
ride the men with the knitted goods
that will add enormously to their com
fort in cold weather. And it helps pay
for the war as we go along. If the gov.
eminent bought all this material, the
cost would have to be added to our
war debt, and we would be paying
interest on it for many years. Fur
thermore, the materia gets to the
boys quicker than if it went through
the rushed factories and government
red tape.
So it looks like good business in
every way, for the government to
look to the kind hearts and ready
hands of voluntary workers for this
form of supplies. The number of wo
men seen knitting everywhere is
splendid response on the part of the
women of the nation to this call.
That Clackamas county's herd
working farmers haven't much
time for the paper mill strike agita
tion in Oregon City is indicated by
the action of Logan Grange, taken
May 4th, in answer to the paper strik
ers 'appeal for grange co-operation.
The resolution follows:
"Logan, May 4, 1818,
"Whereas the paper makers' union
has sent a communication to our
grange asking for cooperation in
their strike;
"Whereas out nation being at war
needs the united efforts of all our
citizens;
"Therefore, Be it Resolved by Hard
ing Grange In regular session as
sembled this 4th day of May. 1918
that we are as loyal Americans are
opposed to and condemn the action of
any order or organisation that causes
strikes or creates dissension detri
mental to our government
"LOUIS FUNK.
"LAURA L. KJRCHEM,
"FRANK WILSON,
"Committee.1
AUTO SPEEDING PROVES
T
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OREGON'S WAR GOVERNOR
Governor Wlthycombe has announc
ed himself as a candidate for renom-
Ination. He will attend to the duties
of his office, as usual, leaving the
campaign in the hands of his friends
Governor Wlthycombe has served
this state as chief executive for more
than three years. During the past
twleve months he has met responsib
ilities greater than have been im
posed on any governor of Oregon since
the Civil War.
How has he met these responsibilit
ies? Let the record, which every
citizen of Oregon knows, make an
swer. In every call made upon the
chief executive of this state the re
sponse was instantaneous, vigorous
and Intensely patriotic. As a war gov
ernor, he has proved himself In every
way most efficient.
In the present crisis is it not the
part of wisdom to retain him as head
of the government of Oregon? It is
certain that the war will continue
through next year. How much longer
no one knows. Governor Withycombe
has abundantly proved his high pur
pose, his resolute determination, his
good judgment and his unswerving
loyalty. He has been a distinctly safe,
sane and courageous executive. On
his record and high character, he Is
entitled to the nomination, which
means, of course, reelection. Even
ing Telegram, Portland, April 23, 1918.
IIQME RULE BILL
FOR IRISH SOON
TO BE DRAFTED
PEOPLE OF THIS STATE
SALEM, Or, May 3. Secretary of
State Otcott today received from the
State Council of Defense a copy of a
bill creating an emergency war fund
during the period of this country's war
with Germany. The bill la to be placed
on the ballot by Initiative, and a copy
was submitted to Olrott for transmit
tal to the attorney general, who will
prepare the ballot title.
The billl provides for an annual tax
levy of one mill on all taxable proper
ty In the state to raise the emergency
war fund, whleh ahalt be disbursed by
the state board of control. Taking the
1917 property valuation of the state
as a basis, the one mill tax would pro
duce $928,605 annually.
'The state treasurer shall credit
each year under this act," says the
proposed bill, 'the funds so provided
to the Oregon state board of control
emergency war Bind and all suras of
money raised by said tax and placed
in said Fund are hereby appropriated
for the-protection of life, liberty and
property during the porlod of the war
and for the payment of all expenses
incident tnereto, connected with or
In aid of the government of the United
States within the stnte of Oregon
The administration of said emergency
war fund hereby shall be and is here
by invested In the Oregon state board
of control and said board is hereby
authorized to disburse and pay out
moneys from such fund, for any of the
purposes herein specified as and when
said board or a majority of the mem
bers thereon shall determine.
"From and after the termination of
the present war by a treaty of peace
proclaimed by the president of the
United States no further taxes shall
be Imposed by virtue of the levy here
by made.
''All moneys remaining In the emer
gency war fund after the expiration of
the war and after payment of all sums
properly payable out of said fund shall
constitute a part of the common
school fund of the state known as the
irreducible school fund."
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Auto speeding proved a popular and
paying p a s t 1 m e for Clackamas
county Sunday.
Roy Smith, with six gentlemen
guests, speeded down Oak Grove
hill at a furious pace, and contributed
$25.00 and costs for the maintenance
of county roads, Monday. Smith claim
ed his brakes were broken, but casual
remarks dropped were largely res
ponsible for the size of his fine.
A. S. Stoke, of Hillsboro, was in a
tremendous hurry to catch up with
the Velio w who had just passed him,
he stated, but at the psychological
moment Speed Officer Meads, who wag
also in a tremendous hurry, dropped
In and spoiled the fun. He was fined
$20.00 for his rush.
J. Baldwin, rushing back from the
Milwaukle dance Sunday afternoon,
wag met by Officer Meads somewhere
around the Multnomah boundaries,
and told to appear In Oregon City
Monday. He parted with $25.00 re
luctantly. S. Stefani, a Canby lumberman,
was traveling along at a lively clip
Sunday afternoon. He, too, ran up
against the law, and la to report
bright and early Tuesday morning for
a little conference with the judge.
Stefani claimed to be rushing back
to Canby "to catch the Astoria train."
He was Interrupted long enough for
Instructions from the speed cop.
MAKES 167 GARMENTS
IN UST TWO WEEKS
The Loyalty League of Willamette
was. organized last Friday evening,
with a membership of 270, of which
there are 100 adults and 170 children,
The meeting was addressed by John
W. Loder and J. E. Calavaa and was
one of the most enthusiastic that has
been held. The following officers were
elected: H. L. Morrell, President; T.
B. Wilson, vice-president; R. A. Junk
en, Secretary and Ewald Lelsman,
treasurer.
A report of the Red Cross was
read at the meeting stating that 167
garments had been made by that or
ganization In the past two weeks,
which are to be sent to the Belgians.
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STEPHENS ON COUNTY DIVISION
Plans for a grand review of nil
tome Guard units in the state in
Portland In connection with Oregon's
first war conference en May 23 and
23 are being formulated by Col. John
Hlbburd.
Although It la not yet certain that
all of the 64 companies In the stats
will pass the review, It Is almost cor
tain that a large number will bo In
parade. In addition Col. lllbbnrd Is
arranging for a sectional meeting
where delegates representing each
Home Guard company In the state
may work out a uniform plan of oper
ation In the state.
Amadee Smith, manager of the Port
land chapter of the American Red
Cross will leave todny for 8enttlo to
attend the general conference of Red
Cross workers of the Northwest which
convenes this week. While attending
this conference Mr. Smith will secure
number of prominent R:id Cross
leaders aa speakers for the Red Cross
sectional meeting at the war confer
ence,
Word has been sent all county chair
men In the Food Administration of the
state to atend the war conference.
Arthur C. Churchill, of the federal
food administration for Oregon has
also Invited all workers in his divis
ion to come to Portland to attend the
meeting.
Mr. Churchill it endeavoring to se
cure a speaker In Washington for his
division and in addition will have a
number of prominent local men who
will go over the entire Food Admlnls
t rat Ion work with a view of outlining
the work which will be necessary
during the next 13 months.
Other divisions of war work in this
state are preparing programa tor the
various sectional meetings to be held
The State Council of Defense, nnder
whose auspices the war conference
will be conducted, has received word
Candidate For Representative to Abide
By Decision of the People
Goorge, Oregon, May 6. (Editor of
the- Enterprise.) There has recently
been brought to my attention the (act
that my position on the question of
county division, us sot fbrth In my
platform, has failed to reach many of
the people; this, perhaps, arises from
the fact that, as a, general thing, there
are -but two people who read a candi
date's platform- the one who writes
tt and the one who seta it up,
My announced position, before any
candidate made any announcement on
the subject, at a time w hen 1 did not
expert to again be a candidate, was
that It was unwise to bring before the
legislature any question which would
arouse sectional strife or any discord
which it was possible to avoid. For
that reason I felt that the question of
county division should not hs brought
to the legislature at the coming ses
sion; it we lose the war, we won't
care whether or not the county le
divided ; If we win if, at win It we
will if we all do our part, we will
have countless yeare In which to
decide the question. The one great
duty of the next legislature will be
to so shape lbs fluanclul affairs of the
slate es to best help In the winning
of the war and yet keep wlllilu the
six pur cent tax limitation. Because
i fnlt that my business exprlenee as
well as my legislative experience on
the moat Important flnnnclal com
mittees or the lust House will be of
service to the slate, I am in the race.
I understand, however, that the
question Is lo bo placed on the ballot
this full' for vote of the pwi-lo at the
general election. My position, lu that
event, la that I will abide by the de
cision of the people as expressed at
the polls, and should It not be placed
on the ballot, I will leave the matter
as it stands until after the war.
This does not mean a change of
thought Bum my position on the quea
Bon lust year, aa 1 believe that I then
did the iblng which wus right for me
to do, and the thing which any man
with real red blood In bis veins
would have done had he been similar
ly placed. My only thought Is that any
extraneous question may well watt
until we are through with the war,
U. C. STEPHENS
SAYS KAISER IS A MEAN MAN.
Sergeant Kent L Moody Writes to Mother
From France.
Tiin iVllAUHnew In I f AM tinea listen en wen. i
from Washington that the following civd by Mrs. Harry 8. Moody from
her eon, Sergeant Kent L. Moody, of
the 162d Infantry, now in France:
With the A. E. F.. France.
Somewhere In France.
March 1. 1918.
My Dear Mother;
Just this one more month and I will
have been In the United States Army
on your. After you are in a year you
are no more a recruit, but a seasoned
soldier, and I am on active service
with Pershing in France.
Sure I am glad I enlisted when I
did. There Is aa much difference be
tween being in the United States and
with Pershing in France, at being a
Home Guard and being In the United
States Army in America.
J iat at present I sure have a good
assignment, that Is, I have good quart
era and "eats" but the duty places lota
of responsibility on me, but I am
learning many things that will be of
great advantage to me In civil life.
I was picked out of all the serg
eants In my company for this duty by
Lieutenant John May, and I am very
thankful to him and am trying to do
my best to cut the mustard for him.
My office la in the city ball of this
town. I have made many friends
among the different city officials, al
so the pretty bookkeepers, but really
they don't compare with the girls in
good old United Stat-s of America.
By the way, while I was walking
around lust night who do you think 1
met? Well It was Captain Frank New
ton, of Oregon City. He Is In charge
of the quartermaster's storehouse
here. He sure was glad to see me, and
I am going to meet him tomorrow and
we are to have a little chat on Oregon
City.
men will be in Portland to address
the great assemblage of war workers
Lieutenant Paul Perigord, Guy Stan
ton Post, representing the Committee
on Public Information; Dr. J. A. B.
Scherer, of the National Council of
Defense and George Brinton Chandler,
who also represents the National
Council of Defense.
Reduced railroad fares on the cer
tificate plan have been secured on
all railroads for those wishing to at
tend the conference. Indications point
to an exceedingly large crowd and
plana are being made to accomodate
more than 6000 at the Auditorium
where the conclave will bs held
Mayor Baker of Portland has re
ceived advices from the majority of
mayors of the cities of Oregon as
surlng him of their attendance at the
war conference. The mayors' and city
attorneys' conference was postponed
from the early part of the month so
that It could be held In conjunction
with the war conference. A special
plan to force all Idle men of the etate
,o work will be formulated at this
conference and a number of other 1m
portant war measurers will be dis
cussed.
DUSM ON STEAMER
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H 100 SOLDIERS
THE SOLDIERS' MAIL
Complaints keop coming In of non
delivery of mail to soldiers. Or else
it takes so long to deliver letters that
the soldier gets down hearted. If the
matter of soldiers' mail was ever re
garded as unimportant and a trifling
detail, it is a great misconception.
Red tape at Washington hindered
the start of the system. A great many
Imperfectly addressed letters have
been coming in for soldiers, without
giving the military organization to
which a man belongs. Such letters had
to go to Washington'. There an inad
quate force has been straggling to
keep up with the pile of work ahead.
With Incomplete records, it took a
lot of searching to find whether or not
a man had gone to France. Or If not,
at what cantonment he was located.
The department has been working
With an inadequate force on a card
catalogue that would locate promptly
each man. When an imperfectly ad
dressed letter gets to Washington,
INEFFICIENT SERVICE
SALEM, Or., May 4. (Special)
E. G. Robinson, president of the Mol
alla Elictric Company, of Canby, has
written to the Public Service Com
mission relative to complaints as toj
service of that company, that some
trouble has been experienced lately
due to repair and betterment work.
Hie states no complaints have come
from any section but Hubbard, and
that he will be in Salem soon to ex
plain the matter in detaiL
The complaint filed was from a
number of citizens of Hubbard, in
cluding the Mayor, who objected to
"poor and inefficient service."
The company not long since install
ed new lines and eqlupment and in
writing to the company the commis
sion expressed surprise at the .com
plaint, following on the installation of
the improvements.
SEATTLE SLACKERS
NUMBERING 213 ARE
SECURED THRU RAID
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Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Duatin, of New
Era, are p receipt of a letter from the
former's son, Curtis W. Dunlin, dated
at New York, April 28. He lays he
had a fine trip returning to New
York, but It has been bad going over
at times.
His boat brought back 100 soldiers
to help out the Third Lonn. All of
them bad six months in the trenches,
and had been wounded. They rare
can tell some tales of the war.
T haven't received any mail yet
this trip, and I'm on 48-hour liberty,
so will not receive any until Monday
"This Is the seventh liberty day I've
had In 55 days, and 48 days at sea
We are certainly kept busy."
So glad to hear you were In Calif,
and having a good time. When I know
you are all right It makes U much
Hazier for me over here. So get In
and have a good time.
Toduy la Sunday, and It sure la a
bountiful day. I am going out for a
ride with the French chief of police.
He la a very fine man and speaks
very good English; also hat a very
nice daughter. We are going to drive
through the parks. Ho has a fine team
of horses and carriage.
You can never really know what a
mean man the Kaiser la until you see
this wonderful country so beautiful
and peaceful, and then see what he
has done to the land and people In
some parts of It.
Mother, those poor Belgian children
are to much llk American children
so clean and well r.mnered and good
looking. They think an American sol
dier is about the greatest thing that
ever happened.
Thank God, I am able to come over
here to light so some day they can go
home to their own country, which
they love so much, snd they will too
for there Is no doubt that America
can get the Kaiser all alone In an
other year. The American soldier has
been found superior In oil ways to
any other In the world. Thla la not
"hot air," but facta from the front
from men who know. But Just wait
until the "Wild West" Division geta
up to the front. Good night, Mr. Ger
man, Now mother get In and have a good
time and Just remember that It won't
take us long.
, Your loving aon,
SOT. KENT I.. MOODY.
Hdqa. Co., 162 inf.. A. K. F.. Franca.
BIT! SETS FUTURE USE
TO HER IN DECISION
SALEM. Or., May 7. (Special)
State Engineer Lewis has given his
approval to the application of Oregon
City for the use of 20 additional feet
of water from the South Fork of the
Clackamas River for use as a municip
al water supply.
Under the terms of the revised ap
plication as approved work on the im
provement is to start April 1, 1922,
and to be completed by April 21, 1923.
The estimated cost is $460,000. (.
The application places the popula
tion of Oregon City at 6,000, with an
estimated population of 15.000 in 1930.
The proposed improvement con
templates a pipe line 24 miles long,
with a dam 22 feet high and 80 feet
long. A 24-inch pipe Is to be used for
a distance of 13 miles and the re
maining ll14 miles will be covered by
a 22 Inch pipe.
It Is understood that the applica
tion is largely to protect the city from
the possibility of a future difficulty
in securing additional water supply.
By securing the approval of the per
mit at this time the danger of the
available water supply being taken
up by other claimants is obviated and
the supply will be ready to tap at any
time the city feels in a mood to do it.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 6. Two
hundred and thirteen alleged I. W, W
disloyalists and slackers, are In th3
city Jail here today awaiting Investiga
tion by federal authorities, as the re
sult of one of the most sensational po
lice raids ever seen In this city
Squads of police armed with heavy
carbines and others with night clubs
conducted the raid last night on the I.
W. W. headquarters in the southern
part of the city. The crowd of more
than 400 was sifted carefully by the
police and those who were not I. W
w. ana were over the draft age or
those who could show a reglstratloi
card, were released.
It took until early this morning to
complete the work. The building has
been locked and a police guard will be
maintained over It for some time. Fif
teen thousand persons gathered In thfc
Btreets around the hall while the raid
was In progress and it was with dif
ficulty the police kept the mob within
bounds.
Girls Do Their B i t
" "
Enlist in U. S. Navy
Umatilla fomenGo
PENDLETON, May 6. Two Pendle
ton young women 75rKiv iu
in the naval reserves as yoowomen,
second class. They are Thelma Rich
ardson, stenographer for the Matlock-
L'aatz Investment company, and Myrtle
Wllsey, a senior In high school, They
will be called to Bremerton soon
along with 11 young men who have
enlisted in the navy in the last few
days. . .
IT COURT
Threatened litigation which has
been brewing among the heirs of the
lato Frank Jaggur estate, has boon
averted by an order of the county
court entered this afternoon.
IE
Teeming with "Kultur" or soma
other mysterious outcropping of
Kalserlsm, the following letter from
M. Bauer, a prisoner of war ah the
American Internment camp at Doug-
Miss Cora Jaggar, a daughter of the, lass, Arizona, has been received by
former .well known capitalist of Clack-, Sheriff Wilson. Bauer was arrested
amas county, was given the sum of
at Gladstone Park about six weeks
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Stafford have
Just received a letter from their son,
J. Roy Stafford, who Is with Company
"F," 18th Engineers, A. E. Fw France,
telling them he Is well, and vary busy.
Roy says, they are having a little
r.aln, which puts the blink on things
and causes the big trucks to go Into
the ditch, but the boys say they have
no kicks coming, as they have had
seventy-thne fine days out of ninety,
Roy Is driving a four-ton truck end
says it Is nice to bowl along a good
country road, nnd look things over,
The American troops are well known
by now, nnd all of the children line up
and salute as the boys go flying pust
The salute Is universal "over there'
but the Yankees only nod. ' V
The 18th Engineers regiment Is
known the world over, but when the
work Is done, all tha men expect the
people to give a lot of praise to the
colonel, as they are doing a fine Job,
and all take pride in it. ,
$10.00 under the terms of the will, j ago and turned over to fedoral author-
while four other children were each
bequeathed a 44 Interest in a $140,000
estate laft by the deceusd.
According to th order authorizing
a compromise among the heirs, niou
today, threatened litigation has been
undar way by Miss Cora Jaggar and.
It Is Intimated In the document that
the compromise Is made to avoid a
suit by Miss Jaggar to break her
fathers will. Under the terms of the
order Miss Jaggar la to be given un
equal share with the other children,
Clyde, Alfred, Florence and Roed. The
widow, Janctte Jaggar, was glvon a
large portion of the deceased' pro
perty prior to his death.
The order filed Saturday authorizes
the widow, as guardian of the two
minor children, heirs of the estate, to
effect a compromise for them.
OF $15 PER MONTH
U. OF W. CUTS
TRACK EVENTS
FOR THIS YEAR
SEATTLE. Wash., May 6 The
hoard of control of the student or
ganization of the University of Wash
Ington last night decided to cancel all
track events for this year, on the rec
ommendation of Track Coach C. W.
Vander Veer. The reason given was
that the attendance at the university
has b3en bo depleted by the war that
It will be impossible to form a team.
ALBANY, May 6. The teachers in
the Albany schools were given a raise
of $15 each by the school board at a
meeting held Tuesday night, and 'at
the same time the faculty for the var
ious schools were selected. Several
changes have been made in the per
sonnel. In all six teachers have resigned
from the high school, two of them go
ing to war, two from the Junior high
school, and two from the grade
schools. So far it has been found Im
possible to secure instructors for the
commercial, Latin, physical education,
and art.
ties by Sheriff Wilson. He was In
terned. The letter follows:
"Sir:
' "The recognition of tho fact that
every man begins his Individual ex
istence as slmplo cell, Is tho solid
foundation of all research Into the
genesis of man. From this fuct we
are forced In virtue of our biogenetic
law to draw the weighty phllogonotlc
conclusion In order to receive my he
longlns consisting of German Brand
Honltel razor, a pockotbook and aome
of my private study of various types
of history pirat and previous, a note
dook unu omnr coniainings to con
sider closely the Impregnated process
which produces It.
"I have been arretted as alien
enemy when remember March 1st to
5th at Gladstone Purk by Trlvuto Po
liceman Webster, searched and taken
to Oregon City jail, transferred over
tho bullevnrd to Portland registration
station and kept there for two weoks,
where I have lost a fountain pen, value
$2.60; then to Vancouver, Wash., and
Interned for Salt Lake and forgotten
since. Its my prlvllego to Inform you
concerning of above said parcel to be
forwarded.
''Compliments I romaln,
"M. BAUER,
"Prlsonor of war."
Sheriff Wilson has sont the letter
on to Portland where the U. S. of
llcluls have his possessions.
"P4PPP44t44A4p
4 THREE YEARS AGO j
O WASHINGTON, May 7. The 8
nation's capital, bent on aveng- $
ing the horrors of the Lusitanla, t
4 let the anniversary of that trag- $
edy pass almost unnoticed today. 4?
v The D. A. R. observed it fitting-
4 ly, but officials of the government
did not pause in their work. -