OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918.
SANDY DEPARTMENT
Mr. Blanch R, Shetlsy Rprntatlv.
CHILD DIE! OF BURNS.
The twenty two month' old ion of
Mr. mill Mr. A limn KtddurbUHh,' of
Bundy, waa to severely burned Mon
day afternoon, Out It died In a tow
houra. Tba mother had left tha three
little children playing around the yard
hold o fmutchoH and et the little onei
to anther wild blackberrle. The iup
while aha wenj a abort dlatanca away
iiiHltlon la tbut the oldeat child got
clothoa afire. Hearing; the acreama ot
the children, Ibe mothor run to the
houae, but tha chlld'a clothing wa
burned off. Medical aid waa sum
moned, but death came ahortly after
midnight. The parent! have the ym
pathy of the entire community.
SANDY MAN WRITES FROM
FRANCE.
Mr. and Mra. J. Brule, or Handy, I
In receipt of a mot Intereatlng letter
from Wllllm I'helpi, who la with tha
mnrlne.
"Prance, June Zl, '18.
"My dear friend : It haa been
ome time since I have written or
heard from you, but you people at
home probably don't reallie that when
at the front we are more laolated from
the world than people back In the
mountalua from Bandy. We don't aee
a paper, we don't hear aa much about
the real ot the battle front aa you do
acroaa the ocean, and we have to
carry everything we uae, ao many
time we are out ot writing material
and actual necessities, Plnce we have
been taken out ot the trench and
thrown Into the actual battle, we have
"peeled" down more yet. and during
our recent engagement, two-third of
the men lixt every peraonal poea
Ion. We threw our pack off and
waded In, and many never found them
again.
"1 auppoe you read about our vic
tory and, while It waa email compared
to the great Homme offensive, atlll It
hnd aome decisive result. Pint, It
waa the flrat retrograde move the
Iloche had been compelled to make In
hi drive on Pari, and he la (till bold
and being puhed back.
tnken up with' aome engineering work.
Road a couple ot magazine artlclo to
daythe flrt I have read alnce land
ing in Prance. You may read knock
about the war office, but believe me,
we are doing thing; and on tuch a
huge scale that It 1 hard tor an 6rdi
nary pron hero to form any eti
When the torm brouk and It I
mate, much In people In the U. 8.
uroly gathering the war will end a
uddnly a It begun. Many will atay
here, I presume, to rebuild France,
and to take down a great deal that will
have no further una after the war."
SANDY BOY WEDS.
Adolph Dohren, of Sandy and Ml
Wattle Burbank, of Alrlle, Oregon,
were married lat Saturday and came
to Sandy, where they will make their
home.
day in Portland, the gucta of Mr.
Byke' grandmother, Mr. W ,T. Cros.
Hazel Deer and Jean Proctor were
Chautauqua vUltors Sunday.
Mr. and Mil, UMdogrove, of Flrwood,
returnel home Monday after a brief
wedding trip.
The many friend of Mr .and Mr.
George (leer are congratulating them
upon the arrival of a baby daughter,
born July 12.
MImm lone Browne, ot Sheridan,
Mont., I the gueet of her coutiln, B.
Jykes and family.
Mamhall Davie ia reported a Im
proving. ,
Mr. and Mr. Walter St. John, of
the head work, were In Sandy Monday.
SANDY LOCALS.
WIT AN
ACT Hf MINER
AT CKAUT
qua program state that the number
eheduled to appear throughout the
balance ot the Week are ome of the
Leal on tho Chav.Uuqua circuit ot
the country. The Zedeler' Symphonic
Orrhctra, a quintette of artists who
handle the stringed Instruments with
niHNter touchea, appear on both the
afternoon and night program today.
Their number a.e augumented by
tho addition, of an especially con
Htrneted reed-organ, whoe tone are
ald to blend mot harmonlouly with
the other Instrument In Ahe act.
Nlcolal Zedeler, organizer and di
rector of the musician, la aald to be
one of the very few mauler of the
vlollncello. With them appear Em
ma Bruce Beck, a vocal soloist of
wide reputation, and remembered by
many as a leading figure In the Chi
cago Grand Opera Company.
MRU
Hugh Eon and family, of Portland,
were gueU at the R. E. Eon home
lent Sunday.
M. A. Denton and family, ot Port-
land, were Sunday gueata at the Hoff
man home.
Jume De Shater and family and
Ml Dorothy De Shater, motored to
Dlllny Tueday to vlett relatlvee.
Dr, Eon, of The Dalle, accompan
ied by Hugh Esaon and family and the
Mle Meuter, ot Portland, were
guet of Mr. Edna En son the 3rd of
July.
Ml Margaret KHen, who ba been
at the Scale home tor ome time, left
8unday afternoon for Centralla. Wah.,
where (he waa called to take care of a
very alck uncle.
Mr. Dave Douglas and children,
are on the ranch at Cherryvllle, for a
few week.
Mini Lillian Averlll, of Cherryvllle.
was a Portland visitor last week.
Percy T. Shelley returned home laat
Sunday after a week's atay In Hood
River.
Mmea. Eon and Scale made a
bulne trip to Portland Wedneadny.
Mr. II. N. Wood wa taken to the
Second, It Good Samaritan hospital Sunday even-
proved that the American la a fighting Ing.
fiend, and tola engagement proved hlj Ulady Mitchell returned home Sat
mettle. We had been under shell Are urday from Oregon City. Mis May
BEST LOVED ENGLISH POET
AFTER THE YEARS
By WALLACE A. MARTIN.
)vwwvwwwwvvvvvvvvvs)
(Coprrlfkt, Una, bj Wtr Hmpr Csloa.)
"Everything satisfactory, Mr. BlissT
"Better than that You've done won.
derfully fine. Twelve thousand dol
lar! out of an Investment of four!
What's your Mlir
The.nsnal fire per cent on the orig
inal capital"
John Bliss pocketed the draft that
had Just arrived from New York by
man, and drew out hi own check
book, filled oat a blank and handed It
to the broker.
"Oh, say!" In sincere surprise ex
claimed the latter "a thousand dol
lar!" "Ife worth It to me," averred hl
generous client "There's a restrio-
Thomas Hood Mad Hia Reputation as tlon I want to make: I don't want the
Humorlav-Wrot Clever
Vra.
Heroic Father Glad
That Son Made Good
public, and especially my wife, to
know of this transaction. Of course.
It was open and above board, and
Thomas Hood was probably one of , and legitimate, but I don't want
the beat loved of the English poets and
Mitchell accompanied her.
Adolf Aachoff, of Marmot, left laat
week with a party of Mazama for an
In aome of the quint vector ot the
Irene-hen and had Just been taken to a
rear camp for a rest, when there came
an order to get ready to move. Soon 'extended trip thru Yellowstone Park.
we were on a hundred mile ride In I Mr. J. E. Pomeroy and on, of Port
auto truck and al aoon aa we got land, were guests of O. B. Pomeroy
foot on the ground were on the way to 'and family at Marmot the flrat of the
the battle front. Mind you, our eating .week.
and everything wa done on tho run I R. P. Dlttert made a business trip to
and there were evwal daya of very , Portland Saturday
few houra deep, and that under diffi
culties.
"Our boy stopped at nothing' and
oon Heinle waa wildly flying, leaving
all klnda of equipment behind. We
took many machine guna and turned
them on their owner.- On one point,
there must have boon a mad panic. We
found coals, shirts, canteen, rifles,
helmet, revolver, field glasses, let
ter, in fact everything one was liable
Another committee dance the 27th.
Dr. Wllllama and W. J. Wirti, mo
tored to Portland Saturday evening.
Cyril Gray returned from Ft Mc
Dowell Sunday morning.
Pred Wentsel, ot Bull Run, dropped
a casting on hla foot lost Friday, hurt
ing It severely.
In a letter from Ed Hoffman, re
ceived Monday he says, from Some
where In France: "We are up where
to carry. At thla point we took about, thing feel pretty warm."
forty machine amis and nlle of am- Mr. J. C. Schultz. ot Boring, waa a
munition. Sandy caller Tuesday.
' "I hope you are both well and happy
Heat wishes to all friends.
"Sincerely,
WM. II. PHELPS.
SANDY MAN HEARS FROM
BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Percy T. 8holley received a letter
lust week from Thomas C. Rathbone,
who la with the 318th Engineer In
Prance. Mrs. Rathbone waa formerly
Miss Hope Shelley.
Mr. Rathbone. says In part:
"Everything is going lovely so tar.
I am quite well and enjoying the
army game. Prance la Just about the
same sort ot country as I hnd pictured:
Quaint, picturesque, chateani, villas,
rolling country, scattered clumps ot
trees, cultivated all In botwecn, plonty
of grain, hay, but few cattle.
"Am acting flrat eargonnt of my com
pany and what spare time I have is
Olenn Laundree, Lex Schmltz, Ted
Gray. Henry Junker and R. S. Smith
visited Columbia Beach last Sunday.
Mrs. Alt Bell is reported quite ill.
The Misses Junker, Leta Beers, Mar-
gret Klein, Messrs. Frank and Lex
Schmltz and Al Edwards, attended the
dance at Bridal Veil last Saturday
evening.
Another Are ha broken out at Clear
Lake, about 41 miles from Sapdy. A
blaze of no mean proportion has been
raging on Deep Creek, about Ave miles
from here.
C. Junker and son, Pred, and Miss
nte Junker motored to Portland Tues
day. Mrs. C. D. Purcell has been on the
sick list
Mrs. Glenn Mclntyre, Mrs. J. Wall)
Mrs. II. Larson and Mrs. Ray Murry
of Cherryvllle were In Sandy Tues
day. ' B. E. Sykes and family spent Satur-
"Preacher, noet. nrevarlcator " ao
I Mertln, the famous humorlit, self
styled. And at hia appearance yester
day afternoon at the Chautauqua
pavilion he surely lived up to at
least the poetic Implication. ma taw
waa full ot zest, and carried with it
a world of information on bow to be
happy. Marshall Louie Martina is a
preacher, who spread the new gospel
of living with your own concloune
after first making that conaclousnea
fit to live with.
To a large sized audience he ap
pealed mightily, and hi message to
the Chautauqua folks was a message
of good cheer. Hla storle were orig
inal, and funny, and his wealth of ex
perience In the Southern states had
aptly fitted him for the work of bis
selection. A humorist through and
through, and with the faculty ot dli
emlnatlng his happiness through
his audiences, Mertlns Is also a mas
ter of the pathos. His references yes
terday to the war were replete with
hoart-stlrrlng phraws, and showed a
keen Insight into the conditions
abroad. In telling of his years ' of
work on the platform as a lecturer,
the speaker said, "I love my work,
and I would not trade my Job for any
of the kingdom of the world, for
Chautauqua lecture will endure for
ever and the kings and kingdom will
soon be thing of the past. Democ
racy shall reign the world over, and
I expect to be still with the Chautau
quaa at the age of 80 years, a pat
rlarch with flowing beard."
The Morrison-Smith Company, a
delightful pair ot artists on the piano
and harp, appeared in both the after
noon and evening, and gave beauti
ful selections from a variety of the
claaalca. One ot the pair la an expec-
tlonal reader and vovalist, and charm
ed her lUtener with her several
numbers. Both the young ladles. Miss
Mildred Morrison and MIb Alice Gen
evleve Smith, are recognized lyceura
and Chautauqea stars, and their offer-'
ingB here but added to their laurels.
In the evening, Judge Roland W.
Ilnggott, an eminent Ohio jurist, gave
his splendid lecture on "The Juvenile
Court In Action," and fathers and
mothers in the audience were put in
close touch with the workings ot
this great Institution. The problems
of the boy and ot the girl are as an
open book to the judge, and he . not
only knows the remedies for the ills
and evil which beset the youth of the
land, but he has the recommenda
tions, which if followed, would work
as a preventative of a large per cent
age ot the cases of where the im
proper Influence has been allowed to
overshadow the good. Hia talk was
listened to by a large and appreclat
ive audience, as the reputation ot the
speaker had preceeded him to Glad
stone Park. His long experience in
the juvenile work has jnade him
figure of national prominence.
Those In touch with the Chautau-
humorist, though often classed among
the "minor English poets." But every
one knows his "Song of the Shirt,"
which brought out forcibly, though
poetically, the wasted Ufa and early
death of the overworked women, the
unfortunates ot the poorer classes. His
"Bridge of Sighs" la equally effective.
These are named as his best works,
yet his reputation was made as a hu
morist. He was the son of a book
seller, born in London. His father died
when he was young and his mother
moved to Islington, where Thomas
studied under a delightful old vicar.
He tried to become a clerk, but such
work disagreed with him so much so,
Indeed, that he had to go to the coun
try to recuperate. While away he be
gan contributing light humorous
sketchy to magazines and papers, and
after hla return to bia beloved London
he was made subeditor of the London
Magazine.
This position brought him In contact
with ail the brilliant men of his time.
DeQulncy, Charles Lamb and others.
Later he started the Comic Annual, In
which he caricatured the people and
events of the day satire done so deli
cately and cleverly that the events he
made fnn of will live solely because he
made them of importance.
The last of his life was spent on a
sick bed, and it wa during this period
that he wrote bis two famous serious
poems above mentioned.
Japanese Village.
Pew people realize that In the United
States there is a village composed en
tirely of Japanese, who live their live
just as they did before leaving the
Flowery Kingdom. This quaint spot
of Interest Is north of the long pier,
a mile from Santa Monica. . Here Is
the home of a number of Japanese
fishermen. Their native dress, food
and the dally routine of their lives are
carried out as though the little vil
lage were on the far shore of Nippon.
On Sundays are to be seen the native
sports of the Japanese. The geisha
girls serve tea and bonbons to visit
ors, while the young men display their
prowess at wrestling, jiu-jitsu and
other oriental pastimes.
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to be classed as a speculator. It
places me at a point I've been trying to
reach for years. I Intend to make
things a little more comfortable for
Nance. Comfort HI make it luxury
If the dear thing will let me T
It bad excited and enthused him to
make a big stake all tt once. It bad
warmed his heart to think of Nancy.
They bed been married for thirty
years. Their oaly boy had Just en
listed for the war. During the thirty
years, husband and wife had been real
workers. For ten years both bad set
tled down Into s routine existence.
With daylight John was at his farm
work. Before daylight Nancy was up
and around, preparing breakfast and
starting the manifold household du
ties of the day.
Bo it had come about that greetings
had become purely informal, and com
panionship unconventional and com
monplace. Ee had long since forgot
ten to kiss her, and she had accepted
the lack of demonstrative affection as
latent sentimentality obscured by
pressing demands for labor. She was
firm at times, stern, but never cross
or perverse, while he valued her ster
ling qualities of sacrifice and toll at
their true worth.
But now w!th a positive relief from
the fear of old age, penury, a new
spirit was born In John. He was quite
gny and light-footed as he proceeded
to the bank to deposit his draft He
was clear-eyed and smiling as he en
tered the house, Inspired with secret
plans for giving Nancy the surprise of
her life when the right moment ar
rived. Sho was keen-minded enough
to note his unusually jubilant mood.
"Letter from Arnold," he announced.
"Just got it at the post office. He's
been promoted to s sergeantcy."
"He deserves it, and won it I am
proud of the boy," commented Mrs.
Bliss, with feeling. By the way, Miller
was here today with his estimate for
painting the house."
"Well let the man we sell it to ar
range that," observed John, and Nancy
stared at him.
"You're not thinking of that, are
youf she Inquired, eyeing him closely.
"Why, yes. Tell you, Nance: rve
been saving up and accumulating. I've
had a. little buslnessvi1ndfalltand J
see my way clear to bufltf on the" vil
lage lot It's your right girl, to have
It a little better and easier. You've
done more than your duty all these
years, and I want to see you have a
little comfort and happiness."
Her faded cheeks glowed mo
mentarily. The lines of her face soft
ened. H hnd not called her "girl" for
twenty years 1 His hand rested ca
ressingly upon her arm and she quivered.
"Fd like to have some of our old
friends to a sort of party, soon," pro
ceeded John. "Well have to go out
more than we do, when we live In
town, you know: and get Into the new
house."
"Don't eo beyond your depth," she
said.
"Ell not; did I evert I'm thinking
of how you will enjoy having a little
rest from the grind, and a hired girl.
and the right kind of clothes. You
ain't as youne as you once was, but
you're as straight as an arrow, and,
I always held, was a pretty woman."
"Nonsense I" derided Naney, but the
compliment was sweet to her. Then, a
week later, when some dozen or more
friends passed a social evening at the
old farmhouse, and John danced
twice, bright nnd sprightly, with two
of his boyhood flames, Nancy expert
enced quite t pang of Jealousy, and
was duly startled at the growing high
spirit of her usually preoccupied help
meet
One day she rested a hand on his
shoulder to reach over and adjust a
window shade. Her cheek was tempt-
incrlv near to him.- He uttered a
chuckle and kissed her.
Smack l ne drew back with a ting
ling cheek from the Impetuous slap.
Poor soul 1 Innate modesty, prim dis
dain of sentiment through twenty
years had made her take even the con
genial salute as an unwarrantable lib
erty l Then, overcome with a mighty
revulsion in feeling, she burst Into
tears.
He caught her hand and pulled her
to his knee. "Reckon I deserve It
neglecting you so long, Nance," he said
In a low, Intense tone; "but that dear
cheek is Just as velvety to me now as
when I courted you In 1885, and I love
you ten times more I"
She hid her face on his shoulder
with a sigh of Ineffable rest and trust
Her Hps rested upon the still tingling
cheek and soothed It, and the old love
awoke like some new spirit of delight
in her lonely soul.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 17.
"Quentin's mother and I are very
glad that be got to the front and
had the chance to render aome
service to hla country and to show
the stuff there was in blm before his
fate befell him."
This statement was issued by Col
onel Roosevelt today after press dis
patches had furnished confirmation of
earlier report that his on, Lieuten
ant Quentln Roosevelt baa been kill
ed In an aerial battle in France. ,."
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INTEREST OF MEMBERS
N. C. Maris, industrial field worker
of the state department of education,
ha arrived In Oregon City and with
the assistance of County Club Work
er Brenton Vedder, they are prepar
ing a circular letter to be tent to the
students- of the Clackamas county
school. These letters, which will
reach 1QO0 students, are of the co
operative extension work In agricul
ture and home economics for the
state of Oregon and Clackamas coun
ty, have question blank to be filled
out, and are In the interest ot rais
ing corn, potatoes and vegetable.
The prize offered Is an achievement
pin or badge of honor.
Mr. Maris and Mr. Vedder are to go
to Estacada today, where they are to
address an assembly at the Porter
schoolhouse, this being In the vicin
ity of Estacada. The subject of their
addresses at that place will be on the
War 8avlngs Stamps, explaining tho
object of the recent drive.
At the present time there is much
work to be done by Mr. Maria and
Mr. Vedder, and among the young
patriots offering his service for work
In addreasing envelope ia Dean Ved
der, of Gladstone, aged 13 years, son
of Brenton Vedder. This lad has com
pleted his task of addressing over
300 envelopes from Tuesday afternoon
to Wednesday morning. , -
J. H. Calavan, county school super-
intendent ha been assisted by some
of the patriotic women duiring the last
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Inasmuch as the plain tailored salt
Is a garment of perennial popularity,
the woman whose wardrobe holds one
ahould in these days of fabric scarcity
and high prices take Just aa good care
as possible of her suit a fashion au
thority states. She ahould provide
charming new accessories for it The
fact cannot be too strongly or too fre
quently reiterated that accessories or
the lack of them may make or mar a
woman's appearance. Detachable,
washable collars and cuffs should nev
er be worn the second time, and, ex
cept In rare Instances, a blouse that
will go into the wash tub and come
forth like new should be made to work
only a day at a time. Blouse styles do
not change radically very often, and
there is no economy whatever In. strug
gling along with an insufficient number
of these garments.
This season separate vests hare
been and are very much the fashion.
These are made in sheer cotton fab
rics, with ruffles, tucklngs, puffings,
etc.. In plain white satins and silks.
In pique and linen and in combinations
of plain and printed silk or crepe. The
REGISTRANT INJURED.
Frank Baker, "Home Run" Baker,
famous batter of .the New York
American League club, who had a
slump for , two years, after he left
Connie Mack in Philadelphia, ,. has
Oliver Hendreff, one of the boys
scheduled to leave here on the 24th
with the draft contingent, has been so
seriously injured as. to prevent his
answering the call at this time, says
a report from the local war office.
Young Hendren, who lives at Estaca
da, was employed in the hay fields, and
come uacay He made nls . one-huna- wnue running mowing inacnine in
reth hit for the season at New Yorkome manner fell onto the sickle and
v , ... . .... . . . j had his lower limbs severely lacerated.
July 8. Moreover, ho. la, the first )lg substitute will he selected to replace
league player to make, ; one hundred !,nim and he . will be exempt until a
hits. ...iVvi fcV?,':1 U complete recovery Is effected.
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MOORE SHOT BY PlJLIGE
AT Si FRANCISCO
With the arrest of three youths at
Daly City, near San Francisco, yes
terday on a charge of stealing an auto
mobile, the police believe that at least
one of the rings of automobile thieves
that have been operating in Oregon
City and Portland haa been broken up.
Thomas Moore, of Mt Pleasant
aged 19, was shot in the leg by the
constable at Daly City in an effort to
escape from the automobile when the
officers stopped the car. The other
boys, who gave their names as Curtis
Tucker and George Melster, are be
lieved to be Muriel Hare and Joe
Meyer. '
The trio are accused of stealing the
automobile belonging to W. A. Long,
of Oregon City. The car waa driven
to Ashland, where it was abandoned
after it was wrecked. It waa the the
ory ot the police that the youths con
tinued their way Into California.
A warrant for the arrest ot Moore m
was Issued on June 25,, when Mr.
Long's car was stolen. A telegram was
sent to the authorities at San Fran
cisco yesterday to hold the three boys
for the local officers after their cases
have been disposed of there.
Two other members of the ring
were arrested by Inspectors LaSalle
and Maloney, of Portland. One of
them, Cliff Emmerson, is being held
in the county jail on a larceny charge.
The other was paroled and alnce has
enlisted in the Navy. . .
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merely vests, and which must be
pinned to the suit Jacket of which they
torm a pan.
The sketch gives a suggestion for a
modish tailored vest or sleeveless Jack
et that may be made of pique, linen,
faille silk or satin In white or some
preferred light color. This little gar
ment would be easy to fashion, and
would be a charming addition to
plain tailored suit.
The well dressed woman is the one
who buys carefully and economically
the major items of hec wardrobe, and
who buys as carefully but with a lav
lsh hand the minor items, such
gloves, veils, hats, shoes and neck
wear. A pair of shoe trees for every
pair of shoes is also another necessity.
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smooth out the election machinery
Incident to the enactment ot the con
stitutional amendment that municip
al elections shall be held at the same
time and with the same election of
ficers as county and state elections
were filed Tuesday in the office of the
city recorder by City Attorney George
L. Story, and will be submitted to the
city council at its next regular meet
ing and ordered placed, on the ballot
at the November election, as it is un
derstood the amendments have been
drafted to meet the wishes of the
members of the council.
No radical changes, are contemplat
ed by the amendments. Contrary to
general expectations, the present sys
tem ot electing councllmen from
wards is left unchanged, though the
number of councllmen is reduced
from 9 to 8, and the number ot wards
increased from three to four, and
the boundaries made to conform with
the 11 precincts used for county and
state elections. City Attorney Story
said, in explanation ot this amend
ment, that it is proposed to make such
changes in the boundaries of wards
from time to time to conform to pre
cinct changes ordered by the county
court. Students of the effect of the
constitutional amendment believe
that the ward system will not be
workable, and that It will ultimately
be necessary to choose councllmen
at large.
The proposed amendments give the
council authority to fix the salaries of
the city attorney, recorder and treas
urer, and corrects the charter to pro
vide for the election by the people of
a city attorney, instead of a city pros
ecutor. Under the present charter it
is necessary for the council to etect
a city attorney, and last year the
election by the council ot Mr Schue-'
bel, when Mr. Story had been chosen
by the people for city prosecutor
nearly precipitated a recall election.
The proposed charter' also removes
the qualification that members of the
police force, except the chief, shall
have been residents of Oregon City
tor more than one year.
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