OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
Published t very Friday.
E. C. BROOlE, Cdlter and Publisher.
tend at Orgoa City, Oregon. Postofflce M moi4Uh natter.
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BLOOMERS FOR WORKWOMEN
Theodore P. Shonts la a man ot
courage. Initiative and force. He has
Met tremendous problems In the
course ot his management ot New
York's car line and ha has settled
many of them. He has been a ttorm
center of criticism and has thrived
pon It. He U needing all his courage
and experience a a traget All the
titorma ot previous years lr M
banght compared to the one now
bursting over his head.
For Mr. Shonta decreed that his
hew women Conductors should wear
bloomers. And the old line conserva
tives, ot course, arose and shouted
that the costume planned by him was
rot modest To them he replies as
follows:
"Compared with the distorted figure
of the days of tight lacing, the un
sightly bustle, the unwieldty hoop
skirt and pantatet as welt as the
present what ahall I say near-waist-lesa
party ot theatre gown, the cross
saddle riding habit the average sum-;
trier resort bathing-suit the peek-a-boo
shirtwaist, the short street skirt
with its tarshort-of-reachlng high top
shoes, I repeat, as compared with
these, I oonsider the neat business
like uniform ot our conductors, with
its knee length semi-military coat.
Closely buttoned collar, easy fitting
iiloomers and putes covered legs a
(.ptendld example ot s modest, practi
cal utility dress.
It In favor of common sense and
(ttrioUam, women nave courage to
aweep aside hidebound conventions
lhat they may the better do their bit.
why should we attempt to handicap
tbem with false notions of modesty
bout dress?"
Mr. Shonts makes out a pretty good
case. And, really, isn't bejight? Mod
esty In dress Is largely a matter ot
Intention. Much of the dressing of the
past few yearn has been deliberately
Immodest Neither short Bklrts, ot
the trim and sensible variety, nor
bloomers used for working uniforms
come under this indictment Skirts
on the conductor of a subway train
Would subject herself and other pas
sengers to constant danger by catch
ing In Closing doors. The description
gives by Mr. Shonts Is that ot a well
planned and womanly costume.
The one final standard ot any cos
tuming Is that it shall be suitable to
the occasion when It Is worn. It wo
men are to do men's work they must
dress as the work demands.
LOCAL PATRIOTISM
etaoin shrdla cmfwpy vb-gkqj vbgkqjth
It is singular how a mob ot people
will yell themselves horase rootiug
for the home ball team, who would
not give a dollar to establish a new
industry at home, nor would they
take the trouble to suggest to friends
contemplating a removal that this
would be a good town to live in.
The Intense partisanship manifest
ed at any athletic sport In behalf of
Che home team indicates a consider
able sentiment of home loyalty. It Is
an unselfish sentiment. The man on
the bleachers does not get a nickel
Addition to his wages on account of
the victory of the home team.
Ot course in many cases he may
have money on the game. But our ob
servation Is that the better is too wor
ried to cheer. It is the man who wants
his home team to win for simple
home loyalty that makes the noise.
Why is it that this sentiment is so
abounding at a time when it does no
one really vital good, and so lacking
wb.en there is some real need for its
expression?
The towns that have grown popul
ous, powerful and wealthy, that have
become great centers of industrial
life and cherished locations for res
idence, have become so because some
small group ot men loved the soil of
those towns, they had faith in their
future, they had the self sacrifice to
keep rooting all the time for the home
city. Such men spend little time in
there criticism.
And the mainspring of this action
Is' usually a home patriotism differ
ing only from that of the crowd at the
ball game, in having a wider and more
vitl field for its expression.
We may not all of us do large thing
for our town. Not all of us can be
resident of Commercial Clubs and
hind new industries. Rut if everyone
of us took every possible occasion to
say that this city is a corking good
place to live aud do business in, or
using some more formal expression
if be object to slang, a wide spread
ing circle of patriotic sentiment
would be set loose, the reach of which
would be incalculable.
TWO TYPES OF MERCHANTS
In every community you will find
some merchants who would never con
sider any kind of an advertising prop
osition. It is a matter ot temperament
end grows out of a man's personal
characteristics, not from business cir
cumstances or local conditions.
It is the nature of some men to
tajce what comes naturally and let the
rest go. They are built on the -"Let
well enough alone" policy. They run
along in the same rut year after year.
These people rarely advertise. It is
not the desire ot The Enterprise to
say a word against them. Many of
them are very honorable, faithful, and
reliable men. But they lack the spirit
of enterprise and hustle, without
which no business can permanently
bold its grip in these times.
Other men are always reaching out
lot bigger and better things. They
are not satisfied with holding the same
trade year after year. They are at
vvaj's reaching out for more. The news
yapers does not have to use any long
winded arguments to convince such
enea about advertising. They believe
in tt already. The only thing neces-
sary is for the solicitor to convince
them that his particular propostton is
sound and worth the money he asks.
The advertising merchant Is the
best one for the public to patronize
because ot the temper and character
lstics revealed by the fact that he
does advertise. This shows that he is
not satisfied with things as they al
ways were. The same spirit of enter
prise that urges htm to seek new trade
by advertising, leads him to seek bet
ter bargains, higher values, and more
satisfactory service.
So it our readers wish to know
more or less to blame. To accomplish
ends worthy ot national efficiency we
have got to get closer together and
work more for common ends.
Tou cant fight a war if a lot of our
people hate their fellow cltiiens
worse than they hate the Kaiser. For
tunately a truce tor the period of the
war seems to have been patched up
between capital and labor. But the
old hostility Is there. It has got to be
removed If we are to accomplish
things.
NEW8PAPER SUCCESS
Many suggestions as to how a man
can achieve success in the newspaper
oustnes are found in the career or
the late Jame Gordon Bennett whose
death has been followed oy interest
ing reminiscences of his journalistic
methods. Perhaps the most telling in
cident relates to the occasion when
a copy boy was in such hurry that
he ran Into the pit of Mr. Bennett's
stomach. Mr. Bennett was so pleased
at the energy and speed the boy was
showing that he rewarded him with
a gift ot several dollar.
There is a lot of suggestion m that
incident Most men who have won
out in the newspaper game, have
manifested the same energy and ab
sorption that that copy boy display
ed. There Is a great deal of hard
work In the newspaper game. There
is an incessant pursuit of an Infinity
of small details. No man who is not
capable of untiring effort is any use
in the newspaper field.
Although Mr. Bennett made his
home in Paris, yet he kept his news
paper at a high standard of achieve
ment and he did It if the closest
scrutiny of every bit ot matter It
published from day to day.
Many newspaper men have the Idea
that any old kind of writing Is good
enough for a newspaper. They use
j wretched grammer, they write In a
ramming ana aisconneciea manner,
with no attempt at force or style.
Newspaper writing is done in a hurry,
so that a certain amount ot unfinish
ed work is inevitable. But no good
newspaper writer, ever regrets the
time he takes to cut out useless
verbiage, to put color and life and
quality into his words. The public
may not quite he able to define the
difference. But it Instinctively recog
nizes good writing when it sees it
and values the man who can produce
It
THE
BEST ANTI-SUBMARINE
WEAPON
The destroyer is still the best weap
on for beating the submarine. The per
fecting ot the depth bomb and of the
listening detectors, have faciliated the
campaign against the U boats. A
smaller craft can now be used. The
500 ton chaser can handle depth bombs
as well as a larger craft, and It can
use the detectors with equal results.
One of these small chasers can be
built in one third the time of a larger
vessel. Also it only costs one third as
much.
Henry Ford Is supposed to be work
ing on an order for 100 chasers of this
size. But it would be a wise policy to
have a lot more of them. Secretary
Daniels is understood to favor it. The
Scientific American has investigated
and has learned that 250 more of these
small chasers could be built addition
al to those already authorized, with
out upsetting any existing contracts.
It would seem that the navy would
make a big mistake not to have them.
Just now the construction of ships
scarcely equals the sinking of ships
by submarines. If Germany should
have a streak of lutk with her U
boats, we would be In a bad hole. We
need a big increase of shipping so
that as quickly as a load of freight is
piled up at the docks, there can be a
ship waiting to take it over.
We never can know when Germany
will pull a new stunt. The waters
where the U boats operate should be
so thoioughly patrolled with destroy
ers, that they can scarcely show their
wicked heads without being treated
to a depth bomb.
The place for those damnable viol-
otors of all law, humanity, and decen
cy, la the bottom of the sea, where the
vile pirate bones of thetr crews can
rot where they belong. But it iwll
take a great fleet of alert patrols to
put them there.
8TREET LITTER
One of the worst propositions in
town life is the tendency for old pa
per and other litter to collect In the
streets. People buy bags of candy,
chewing gum, cigaret boxes, fruit, etc,
and throw away the paper and paste
board covers in the street. They seem
to think that the tax payers have a
force of men hired on purpose to wait
on them and pick their leavings out
of the gutter. Some of these careless
people should not be blamed to severe
ly. Perhaps they come from homes
where the broom is not popular and
they know no better. They cannot be
expected to keep the street In better
order than they do their own homes.
But there are others who do know
better and should be ashamed of their
heedlessness. Also In most towns
there are a few merchants who think
the correct thing to do with dirt on
their floors Is to sweep it into the
street.
One ought to have th same feeling
ot pride In the appearance of. his
town that he does in the looks ot his
home. The appearance ot many other
wise attractive communities is ruin
ed by the carelessness ot Its people.
They may have fine public and busi
ness buildings. But If their streets
are scattered with refuse, no visitor
looks with admiration on any evidence
ot wealth or prosperity. It all takes
on the look ot a dingy and slovenly
decay.
It you have waste paper or litter
In your hands, place It In some recept
acle for the same, or put tt tn your
pocket and dispose of It at home.
Every time you throw waste
home. Every time you throw waste
Into the streets you ellher Increase
the taxes for street care, or you help
make your home town look like a
slum.
WHERE INFORMATION LEAKS
The American people are naturally
so frank and open hearted that It has
been very difficult for us to realise
the danger from spies.
Formerly anyone could visit any ot
our forts or arsenals. The Germans
have no doubt complete plans ot all
our defenses and ot all war material
plants.
As regarding the leaking of inform
ation about war plans movement ot
troops, etc, there are abundant chan
nels of Information. One ot the most
Important Is at Washington. Diplom
ats have always called that city the
most loose tongued capital In the
world. Well guarded state secrets
have always had a way ot leaking out
with a speed that astonished the
heads of departments.
According to tradition, many ot the
spies who get the secret stuff are wo
men. They are pictured as being ot
a fast adventuress type, who tancin
ate men in a position to know things,
and drag information from the secret
recesses ot their minds.
Probably very little leaks out In
that way. A good deal Is said to come
from Innocent young women who hear
their husbands and fathers tell Im
portant things, and repeat them un
thinkingly to people who are listen
ing for a purpose.
Some Information Is said to leak out
at dinners where public men gather.
All is sedate until champagne flows.
Then some of our wise men begin to
let their most secret thoughts to
plausible people whom they have Just
met.
That kind of thing is not confined
to Washington. We have many thous
ands of men who know the things the
spies want to find out. They should
be careful about Ingratiating strang
ers. Also they should look out with
whom they go out to dinner, and what
refreshments are served.
WAR PROBLEMS A DEFENSIVE
CAMPAIGN
"Why don't the allies go ahead and
do something?" asked a woman the
other day. "1 am sick of this waiting
around. Why don't they go ahead and
march to Berlin?"
ThiB is a kind of talk that one hears
frequently from people who are not
studying the war news with any care.
The allies for the present are hav
ing to contend with the great army
that was liberated from the Eastern
front by the yellow collapse of Rus
sia. A million troops were thus set free
to fall on the French and British line.
In" addition 600,000 new troops were
secured, mostly from boys just come
of draft age. For the time being this
has given the Germans a big reserve.
This reserve they can transport to
any Bector, and can fall on the Franch
and British and push them back by
superior numbers."
. But they probably used up 400,000
of that 1,500,000 in the drive begin
nlng March 22. Half as many more
will go in the attack started on the
Aisne. The weekly casualty list can't
be under 25,000 men. It is easy to see
what will become of that 1,500,000
men by next winter.
For the time being there seems lit
tle tr the allies but to conduct a de
fensive campaign. The loss of ten
miles or so by such an attack as that
of the Aisne amounts to little. As
long as the allies are swapping two
of their men to three of the Germans
it is all to the good. When that re
serve has gone, when the Americans
finally get 2,000,000 men over there
armed and equipped, there will be
something doing.
The only loss of territory that can.
amount to anything will be territory
lost on the part of the line next the
channel ports. Behind that line great
reserves are held ready. Elsewhere
the allies can keep retreating in per
fect confidtnee so long as the game
of two men for three goes on.
FALSE HOPES
The rising cost of wages, equip
ment replacements, fuel and other
operating expenses has the same in
fluence upon steam railroad Income
as it has upon street railway Income.
There is now Government control
of the railroads. They are operated
as a unit Various economies have
been put into effect such as elimina
tion of unnecessary trains, consolida
tion of ticket offices and wlthdarwal
of solicitors. Other outgrowths of tfie
competitive system are to be cut off.
Still a deficit is in prospect, and it
Is now recommended to Director-
General McAdoo by his advlcers that
passenger and freight rates be In
creased 25 per cent.
This increase is deemed necessary
in spite of the fact that the volume
of traffic has greatly increased, Just
as the volume of traffic has greatly
Increased on the street railways.
case oi tne railroads proves
the claims of many utility companies
such as street railway, water, light,
gas and telephone, that increases
are absolutely necessary to maintain
their solvency.
A man Is either a fool or a hypocrite
who would argue that utility rates
can stand still when the labor and
material entering into their produc
tion have all Increased from 25 to
400 per cent
BUILDINO 20,000 AIRPLANES
tiers Is the airplane situation ft It
developed at a recent conference of
technical men. What Is needed Is
fighting plane In tremendous numbers
The way to ge grcHt numbers of any
thing Is by machine work, turning out
great quantities of standardised parts.
The European machines are made
with a great deal ot hand labor. This
produces a splendid quality of work,
but tt Is a slow way ot getting tt done.
In this country we have plenty of
skilled mechanics that could be train
ed to make them. But we have taken
hundreds ot thousands of that class
of help for munition factories and
ship work. Could we find enough of
them to turn out airplane parts by
hand as you would nails?
So our airplane makers went ahead
on the theory that the parts must all
be standarlsed so they could be turn
ed out by machine tn vast quantities.
The delay Is due to the fact that this
standardisation has taken longer than
was expected. It does not prove that
the idea was wrong.
It is generally conceded that the
meu In charge did not realixe the big
ness ot the Job, which has taken far
too long. There needs to be a man at
the head ot the slxe ot Mr. Schwab,
who is to direct the shipbuilding.
It would have been better had this
situation been frankly explained to the
public.-The delay tn bulldtnug the
planes has seemed interminable. The
crepe hangers have said we would
never wake up and get Into the war.
While production has been bitterly
disappointing, yet it Is not fair to
assume that tt is a failure and that
our hopes ot a preponderating air
force are going to be disappointed
The eagerness with which the Kaiser
Is trying to end the war before on:
forces get there, suggests that he
knows what Is going on.
WAR AND FARM LABOR
At last the Department of Labor
will permit Importation of laboring
men for farm and war work from the
American territory ot Porto Rico!
Mexican farm labor and laborers
for the war Industries can only be ad
mitted by suspension of ihe Illiteracy
clause oi tte immigration laws.
Japanese and Chinese labor that Is
freely admitted b- Hawaiian Islands
and the Cuban Republic and to France
and En t 'aud to work in war Industries
are excluded from our country.
The ranchers of the great western
states have begged for admission ot
farm labor with no avail, they are not
supposed to know what kind of labor
tricy want
But (be Department of Labor has
decided that there Is no menace to
organized labor tn admitting Porto
Rican native negroes because they
ar afc-evly part of the United States.
This is a precedent and is to be
welcomed as relief from the labor
lumine and relief from the food tarn
ir.e that ' sure to follow in its wake
if the farmers cannot be supplied
vith an aoundance of cheaper farm
labor.
WHY ADVERTISED GOODS
T' RELIABLE
ARE
It Is no mere blind faith In printer's
Ink that leads the public to have faith
in advertised goods. It Is because the
public knows that when the merchant
calls attention in type to a certain
proposition, he knows that It is
! good one.
A merchant who should Invite peo
ple to bis store to buy an article that
he knew wouldn't gave satisfaction.
would be s fool. He knows that when
he solicits attention to It In this pub
lic way, he must have something that
a customer will be satisfied witn.
Advertised goods are indorsed
goods, guaranteed by the seller. He
does not give these goods that Indorse
ment to a thing he knows nothing
about. He advertises stuff be has tried
out and knows its value.
EFFECT
OF BUSINESS
TRATION
ADMINIS-
Since the appointment of steel mag
nate Schwab to the head of the Ship
Building Board there has been an In
crease of about fifty per cent In pro
duction. '
Seventeen wooden ships and one
concrete ship, besides a number of
steel vessels in seventeen days in
May was a bample of speeding up in
dustry by reeding down politics.
Men Hke Ryan of the Anaconda
Copper Company at the head of the
Airplane division, and Jackling at the
head of the Munitions Board mean
great things in production.
Business efficiency has It over po
litical inefficiency by about fifty per
cent and then some, and the political
agitators, Investigators and yowlers
generally might as well quit.
HANG ONTO 'EM
People who have purchased Liberty
bonds can do themselves and the na
tion a good turn by trying to maintain
those bonds at par value. Don't offer
your bonds for sale unless absolutely
compelled to do so. If you hear of any
of your friends who are embarrassed
and who contemplate disposing
their Liberty bonds, offer to take the
bonds at par, thus preventing their
sale at less than paf. Thus you will
malntan the value of your own bond
and support the credit of the govern
ment.
what merchants can fairly be expect
ed to give them the most for their
money, In quality, style, service and
price, they can do no better than
make up a list of the merchants that
advertise In The Enterprise.
MAD ALLEMAQNE
And now It Is Bismarck who is cit
ed as having said that the Kaiser is
crazy. Alienists of many races have
also thought the same thing. And
much of the world is now convinced
of it But his mental condition mat
ters little so long as the German peo
pie are ready to follow him. That Is
the dangerous element in the situa
tion; and In the face of it there are
those who persist In declaring that we
are not fighting the German people.
BUYYOURWINe'SFUl
1
THIS WEEK IS REQUEST
SALEM, Or, June 1 Today marks
the beginning of fuel week In Oregon.
It has been officially proclaimed by
Governor Wlthycombe as the Urns for
all oitlient to order their fuel supplies
tor winter's use.
The weok wilt not be one tor brass
bands and parades, according to Fuel
Administrator Holmes, but rather one
tor serious activities designed to fill
the fuel wants ot people and Industry
early, and to the end that the strain
on already overburdened railroads can
be relieved.
"The beat procession I can Imagine"
said Holmes 'Is one ot cltiiens on the
march to the fuel dealers, and a line
ot fuel wagons delivering their eon-
tents to the homos ot Oregonlana."
"The people will help themselves
and the government a lot by ordering
their fuel now. With orders booked
dealers will be In position to make In
teltlgent estimates as to the wsnts ot
their patrons, and the administration
in turn will be able to secure proper
fuel distribution.
"The prospects for a shortage this
fsll are such that every cltiien will do
welt to heed the warning and not de
lay. Thousands, I am glad to lay, have
already goes their fuel ordered and
delivered. Others should do the lame
or chance heatless days later."
Fuel week la being observed
throughout America on request ot the
nsttonal fuel administration.
10
The committees ot the Red Cross
workers tn tbe various departments
of the Crown Willamette Paper Com
pany's mills at West Linn are ting
ing up patriotic workmen to work
July 4th Instead ot having the usual
Fourth ot July picnic, as planned,
the men to donate their day's wages
to the Red Cross, and to ask the com
pany to donate to the same good
cause the money usually spent for the
celebration.
The movement was strated at a
meeting of workmen held Tuesday,
May 21. this being a big patriotic
rally, when Lieutenant Rolston ad
dressed the mlllmen. It ts reported
that over half ot the men have al
ready agreed, and that not a single
workman has been found who has re
fused to help the worthy cause.
Choice Bull to
Go to Highest
Bidder on June 8
J. A. and J. T. Rlchey announce
that they will donate a flve months
old bnll calf to the Red Cross. Calf
can be sold to highest bidder at auc
tlon. at the Clackamas County Guern
sey Breeder's Picnic at their farm,
June 8, 1918.
This calf Is eligible to register and
a fine individual. His sire Is Emigrant
Lad, a direct descendent ot the noted
sire Jethro Bass, he being sired by
Imp. King of the May, and bis dam
Dolly Bloom, dam of Dolly Dimple
whoBe record at three and one-half
years was 13458.8 pounds milk, 906.89
pounds of fat. This record was mude
more than eight years ago and still
stands as a world's record for the
breed for that a?e.
This calf should make the lucky
purchaser a fine herd header.
Trains arrive from Portland at
Boring at 12:00 M., and return to
Portland at 5 P. M. Autos will take
care of the visitors to and from the
train.
Those going from Oregon City and
vicinity take river road to Barton
and proceed there to farm, about 1W
miles. '
Bring your family, your friends, and
a well-filled lunch basket and have a
good time.
An excellent program Is promised,
also inspection ot a first cluss herd
of pure bred Guernseys.
Remember the date and attend the
picnic, June 8, 1918.
y
E
A Loyalty League was formed at
Echo Dell, Sunday afternoon, June 2.
The meeting was opened by the aud
ience singing "America." This was
followed by two selections by the
Junior liberty Quartet. One selection
being, "There's A Service Flag At
Our House." John Loder gave an ex
cellent address that was appreciated
by all present. After this the Junior
iQuartet sang "Long Bok" and "Am
erica," "Here's My Boy." The music
furnished by the boys' quartet was a
rare treat
After the program, the Loyalty
League was formed and all present
Joined. The following officers were
elected: President, Miss Laura Bren
ner; vice-president, Mrs. Laura Bar
ney; secretary, Mrs. Towne, and treas
urer, Mrs. Walter Hornshuh, The ex
ecutive committee is Mrs, Ward N.
Clark, Mrs. Henry Olser. and Mrs.
Walter Hornshuh.
A meeting was called for the after
noon ot June 17, when the charter
will be closed.
IN WOULD IRK
JOHN II. FRASER
Spends Sonic Time
Midst of
Mrs. 8, J. Jones, of t'nrkplace, re
ceived an Interesting letter from her
nephew, Corporal John It. Fraser, of
Parkplaee, who enlisted lust Septem
ber In Company B, 88th Engineers, or
ganised In Portland. Fraser Is tit Bon
of Mrs. Flora FrHor, of parkpluce,
and is a graduate of the Oregon Agri
cultural CoIW'ko, where he took a
course In engineering.
The letter Is as follows:
April 33. 1911
Dear Aunt and the Host:
1 will try and answer your totter,
which I received a day of two ago,
and was glad to get It si totters are
not the most plentiful thing In the
world, and so the letters from home
are especially appreciated to write
often. It Is often quits Impossible to
write, especially when you have to
leave your stationery behind for
Frits to contemplate and figure what
Yank has so hurrluly left that he
didn't bother to tafce his souvenirs
along with him.
We, that is, three nore and myself,
Just returned from the British
front where things were more than
Interesting, and was glad to see our
own "pals' again, as ws were up there
alone among the Tommies, and when
I get back I'll tell you what tt seems
like to go over the top with all kinds
of fire-works going on and the whim
of machine gun bullets' passing on
BOYS OVER HERE-OVER THERE
Interesting Facts Ahout Oregon City Boys
In Service
James Mlckteson, who was former
ly the Jeweler of Burmelster ft And-
resen Company, In this city, and who
enlisted some time ago In the army,
is stationed at Camp Cody, New Mex
ico. Mlckleson ts a motorcycle dis
patcher, and writes to friends In Ore
gon City that he longs for Oregon
climate. He says there ts nothing
down whore he la stationed but wind
and sand. HA Is anxious to "go over,"
ti.it says that he wilt watt his turn if
the United States government nevds
him In New Mexico, he wilt be pat
lent and remain there.
Mark Sturgis, who has been con
nected with the Jones Drug Comjany
for the past seven years, has resigned
his position, and left Monday morn
ing to take up his duties In the navy.
Mark has been efficient In his work
with the drug firm. He wilt bo tn tbe
medical department. Sturgis Is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sturgis, of
Sixth and Jefferson Street
.William A. F. Leltenmolr. who has
been employed at the Oregon City
poBtofflce for the past four years, was
among those to leave with the drafted
men for Fort McDowell Friday even
ing. Iltenmcler makes the fifth man
to leave The postofflce to Join the
colors. His position Is being filled by
B. C. King, of Mount Pleasant, who
Is not In the draft. Another star will
b0 added to the service flag at thvJt)rug Company. His brother. Charles
piHHomce lor Miuenmciw. wiiy was
always an accommodating young man,
and his familiar face It missed by the
many patrons of the postofflce.
C. N. Harlow, a former Oregon City
boy, Is stationed at Stillwater, Wash.
Mr. Harlow Is with the spr.ice divis
ion at Camp 3, Squadron A.
Walter (Bud) Kelly, who left with
the drafted men for Fort McDowell,
California, had made an effort several
times to enlist, but failed to pass the
required examination. Bud has a host
of friends here, who went to the train
to bid him farewell. From all Indica
tions he was one of the most popular
young men In the bunch, as he was
laden with boxes of good things tr
eat. His father, Charles W. Kelly,
presented the boys each with a flag
to wear on their coats while making
the trip to California.
Edward Vondorahe, stationed at
Seattle, "Wash., spent Saturday and
Sunday In Oregon City, where he visit
ed his sisters, Misses Kathryn and
Marie Vondorahe. Edward Vonderahe
enlisted some time ago in the navy,
and is taking up radio work at the
University of Oregon Training Camp
Mortgage Cases
Come to Circuit
Court In Pairs
Mortgage proceedings were Insti
tuted by Anna Jones against Belle P.
Rntter and husband, J. M. Rutter, and
Mattle Spencer Zuinwalt and John
Zumwalt, her husband, to foreclose a
SI 50.00 note given In 1907, covering
real property In Canemah.
Carl Japes has filed mortgage fore
closure proceedings against the Wil
lamette Land & Development Co., and
Mike Arndt and wife, to collect a
$2000 note given by the Arndts, se
cured by a mortgage on 200 acres ot
land in Sec. 17, Township B 8. R. 3 "E.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.The Un
ion Iron Works unit of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd., has
acquired 160 acres ot land adjoining
Its plant in Alameda, a trans-bay city
and is preparing to begin work imme
diately on 10 new shipbuilding berths,
It yas announced here last night. It
was believed the keels of the new
vessels, each ot 20,000 tons, will be
laid by next November.
Hood River new cannery Is rushed.
Will employ 200 women and girls this
summer.
GOES 0 V E R T 0 P
on British Front in
Battle
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all sides and "then some," as paper Is
a place that little expression can bo
made of the exact feeling and etc.
The Tommies sure treated us fine
to say the least, and now 1 miss iny
five o'clock tea, which I had become
to think was a fine thing.
I've been In Paris three times, and
tt Is a wonderful city, to say the
least, and I can talk French to a pretty
fair advantago and so have hud a
number ot talks with the French
Mademoiselles, and say they sure
are sums class and dress. 0, (hie, they
can sure dress to beat the band. I
don't wonder they get their stylo
over there from Paris and thereabouts,
I don't think there is any place In
France I haven't been since I've been
over here, and altho It la a very pretty
tn places I prerer Oregon scenery to
any 'vs seen yet, altho at that I'm
gaining weight every day, and as toon
at I get around to tt I'm going to
have my photo "extracted" and show
you that Bill Smith would look like a
skeleton along side ot mo now.
The climate agrees with me any
wty. Well Ml close for thla time so
write toon and tell me alt tht news.
Your nephew,
IIKNRY.
Corp. John Hi Fraser, Co. I. !9th
Kng.. F. and S. Sections A. P. O. T14
American B. F. France.
t Seattle.
Frances Hastings, nephew, and adopt
ed ton of Mrt. Fred 8. Baker, of
Eleventh and John Adamt Street Ore
gon City, passed through Oregon City
Thursday evening on hit way to Mare
Island. Hastings wat In company with
a number of other young men en
route for Mare Island. Ho made his
home with his aunt tor twelve years,
and about four years ago left for
Montana, where he has been with hit
brother on a homestesd they are tak
ing up. Hastings Is welt known here
and at Gladstone, having resided fcere
most of hit life. His father and mother
are dead. The young man wat not for
Rotten when leaving for th0 touth, at
he wat loaded down with many good
things to eat while on the trip touth.
Frank Betxet, of Portland, wat In
Oregon City Monday. Mr. Betxel tayt
he and his wife have Just been sdvlsed
by their son, Irvln Betzel, stationed
at Petersburg, Virginia, that he hat
received his appointment as second
lieutenant, but hat Dot yet been as
signed to hit company. Irvln Betxel
hnd much military training at the Ore
gon Agricultural College, and from
where he graduated with honors. For
the past three years Lieutenant Betxel
has been an assistant Instructor at the
Oregon Agricultural College. He Is a
former Oregon City boy and was at
one time connected with the Jones
J. Betxel, also formerly of this city.
Is In the navy, and Is at present time
In Alabama, and another brother. Dor
Ian, Is also In the navy, stationed at
San Diego for the present The BeUel
family formerly resided here. Lieu
tenant Betzel was stationed at Camp
Lewis from January 6 to April 2, and
wat In the training camp. He wat In
Virginia a short time after his ap
pointment Mr. and Mrs. J. Mulligan received
word from their son, Ijiwrence, Mon
day saying he was on his way East,
but did not know his destination.
Lawrence Mulligan has boon stationed
at Camp Lewis for several months.
Before enlisting In the army h0 was
special weight agent and auditor of
the Transcontinental Weight Bureau.
He Is now with the Unit Base Hospital
No. 46. Mulligan was also for a num
ber of years connected with the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company, and
for some time In this city.
Clair Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Miller, who has been stationed
at Camp Lewis, Is among the men
now on their way East. He Is with
Unit Bast Hospital No. 40.
A. Fleming, appealing from a decis
ion of the local Justice court sentenc
ing him to 30 days In Jail and a fine
of $50.00, was today fined $50.00 and
costs by Judge Campbell In the local
circuit court
Fleming was arrestod sevoral
months ago charged with carrying
concealed weapons. He was an em
ploye ot the Crown Willamette mills
and claimed to be carrying a gun for
protection against strikers. He plead
ed guilty in the city court and was
fined $50.00, and the state also filed
similar charges against him. His trial
In the Justice court resulting in a
conviction before Judge Slevers.
On payment of accrued costs In the
case, Judge Campbell remitted the
fine.
St. Helent-Another bank to be es
tablished here. Known at the First
National.