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TWO BAD BILLS
The Oregontan prints elsewhere, on
tills page, the resolutions adopted by
the Oregon State Editorial Associa
tion, at its recent annual convention,
in opposition to the two Initiative
proposals on the November ballot for
the regulation of legal and delinquent
tax notices, respectively. It is a sub
ject in which the Oregonlan has only
a limited interest, but which is of
moment to the country press of Ore
gon and to tho people. The papers
are entitled to fair play for service,
and they will not get It under the
new bill as to legal publications. In
deed, the clear intent is that they
shall not get It. The motive behind
the measure is spite and replsal, for
it is but the newest phase of the long
standing controversy between the
Portland Journal and the state press.
The measure affects the smaller news
papers, for no metropolitan journal
is, or could he, a competitor for busi
ness of the kind.
The second hill is of Immediate con
cern ta the taxpayirig public as well
as to the smaller papers. Its osten
sible purpose Is to change the policy
of the delinquent notice statute so as
to substitute the mails for the news
papers. In other words, there shall
be private, written notice of individual
tax delinquencies, and not notice by
publication through the papers. The
real effect of the change in the law
will be to throw the process of delin
quent tax collection into confusion
through failure to give adequate and
complete notice of the delinquency
either to the public or to the recal
citrant owner.
Tax collection is not an affair of
private negotiation and arrangement
between the property owner and the
collector. It is primarily a public
function carried out through official
agencies; and the interest of the state
is to collect its taxes. It is clear that
any law which impedes reasonable
facility in tax collection Is a bad law ;
and it is equally clear that any law
which expedites it is good law.
It Is pretended, with much show of
sympathy for the sad lot of the realty
owner who is not able to keep up his
tax payments, that he is entitled to
commiseration and protection and
that his failures to meet his proper
obligations should not be exposed to
the public view. So the ways of the
non-payer are to be made easy, and
the state or county is to take the load
from him, and await his pleasure In
clearing up his arrearages.
The state has no such duty. It has
the larger and more imperative duty
of imposing its tax burdens with exact
impartiality and of giving no prefer
ences to any one, particularly not to
the taxpayer who does not pay as
against the. taxpayer who pays. For
if the amount of delinquencies is to be
increased through laxness or leniency
to delinquents, the deficit must be
made up somehow and somewhere;
and it will be done by the taxpayer
who pays.
The Oregonian admonishes the tax-
paying public that the two tax bills
represent not merely a quarrel be-
tween the newspapers more particu
larly one Portland paper and many
state papers but is a larger matter.
The people should be, and doubtless
will be, suspicious of any tax bill
emanating from a notorious single
tax source; and will be likely to think
that it Is part of a far-reaching design
to make all accepted taxation meth
ods odious so as the sooner to reach
the goal of single tax. Portland Ore
gonian .
THE I. W. W.
One hundred and six members of
the Industrial Workers of the World
were tried and convicted for alleged
interference with the war work. Thej
testimony is worth reading. The Am-
ericftn people are allowing dangerous
forces to gather. We should stop and1
think what we can do to alleviate this
social unrest. If allowed to grow un
checked it will threaten our national
efficiency and discourage business en
terprise .
Literature issued by the I. W. W.
denies that employers have any right
to exist. It regards them as parasites
to society, who must be driven our of
their business, and their private en
terprise must be destroyed.
No doubt the organization Includes
many well meaning but ignorant men
who have Joined it as the only way
they could see toward redressing real
or fancied grievances. In many cases
they suffer from wrongs that should
be righted. Many of them would not
themselves do lawless acts. They are
largely foreigners who have little
knowledge of American institutions,
and are ealsly inflamed by fantics and
visionaries.
Business can not prosper and pay
good wages In communities where the
wage earning elements profess the de
sire to destroy business.
It is a pretty hard outlook for any
enterprise when it has to depend on
the labor of men who belong to a so
ciety that seeks to destroy the con
cern that gives its members their liv
ing. However in a good many West
ern communities, the I. W. W, has
nuch a grip that not other labor can
be found.
Th wide spread of this anarshic
doctrine results largely from the in
difference our people have felt to the
education of aliens. If we had taken
more pains to teach them to read, to
rive them American ideas, a destruc
tive society like the I. W. W. would
never have secured any such grip.
AMERICANISM OR PATRIOTISM
In a recent great speeoh in New
York state. Theodore Roosevelt
struck some ringing olows for the
principles of American democracy and
Initiative.
Regardless of political affiliations
one cannot but admire Mr. Roosevelt
as a fearless exponent of his convic
tions. First, last and all the time he is in
favor of national preparedness and
pushing the war to a successful fin
ish. He took up another subject of vital
Importance to tho American people.
He is against ''government owner
ship."
A "discreet' politician would not
have spoken thus at this moment,
when the government is assuming
control of utility after utility and there
is no end to what it is proposed to
take possession of as a war measure
But Colonel Roosevelt differentiates
between what is a war necessity and
the instinct of the nation in normal
times. He is for any justiflcable act
that will win the war in the quickest
possible time. But we are conducting
a great war to save individualism and
prevent the citizen from becoming a
mere cog in the state wheel.
His economic presentation is not
different from what it has beon in
the last decade. The war has not
changed his individualism. He is for
private ownership and governmental
control: bis: business for the sake of
economy and a firm centralized hand
upon it from Washington.
Colonel Roosevelt struck the key
note in his speech as this issue must
ultimately be decided on the clear
cut line of Americanism or paternal
ism. THE SINGLE TAX COLIC
California is to be subjected to an
other spasm of colic In its internal
affairs by being forced to vote on a
Single Tax amendment.
All such propositions in the past
have been voted down but the .ad
vocates keep coming back, hoping by
much agitation to wear out the op
position.
Nothing could demoralize state
credit or discourage revenues and re
sources so much as a radical change
to the Single Tax or Henry George
system.
Large corporations, owners of
personal property and sky scrapers
may welcome such a change as taxing
land only.
A handful of theorists can subject
a state to expense, delay Investments
and development.
Of course, there Is some satisfac
tion in knowing thai there is a whole
some tendency to vote down Innova
tions.
THE COOS BAY COUNTRY
The Coos Bay country, in the inter-
nation Pacific Northwest, is an em
pire within itself, self-contained and
self-supporting..
It has in adundance the four great
basic forms of wealth agriculture,
lumber, minerals and fish.
It has wonderful scenery in great
variety, pleasing, majestic and inspir
ing.
It has its sandy beaches. Its rugged
coast line, Its Inland lakes, its forests
and woodland glades, the touriBt at
tractions of a continent. It has a ell
mate that is temperate, healthy, rest
ful and invigorating.
But its greatest asset, says Herbert
Cuthbert, is its people, warm-hearted
optimistic, aggressive, hospitable
an unostentatious hospitality that is
most delightful, who have a faith in
their district and its resources, ad
vantages and possibilities that will be
a great factor in its Inevitable future
development and prosperity.
David J. Lewis, who has been se
lected to run the government tele
graph and telephone systems never
had a day's experience in running the
smallest fraction of either, but he
was deemed the best man in the
United States, or. rather, the best
man in the Democratic party, to run
the largest wire system in the world.
AH this talk about the value of ex
perience is evidently popycock in the
opinion of the adminitsratlon.
Word has been received in this city
that Alvln Wlevesiek, who has been
stationed at Camp Taylor, Kentucky,
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant. He entered the service In
April, and was sent to the training
camp, where he has been training in
the heavy artillery branch. Lleuten
ant Wleveseik has not received his
orders yet, but a number that were
commissioned at the same time are to
be sent to Camp Lewis, and he Is hop
ing that he will be among them.
MOLALLA PAVING COMPLETE
MOLALLA, Or., Aug. 24. The pav
ing of Molalla avenue, Main street and
Third street has been finished and all
streets will be open to traffic in about
three weeks. Molalla avenue is the
automobile road used by Portland
people to go to Wilholt Springs, and
is now open except at the corners
where It is necessary to make a small
detour.
SOUTH FROM YAQUINA
IER CONSTRUCT!
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jones return
ed to Oregon City from Newport Mon
day. Mrs. Jones has been spending
several months at that resort, ami
was recently Joined by Mr, Jones,
who thoroughly enjoyed his stay by
the sea. Mr. Jones says much work
has been accomplished by Uncle
Nun's men in the spruce division at
Newport and at Toledo, as well as
through the entire section of eouutry
lying between those two cities.
At Toledo a large aeroplane plant
is under construction, and here Is a
force of 600 men working like beavers,
Civilians as welt as men in the army
are also engaged In this work. Mr,
Jones saw among them several young
men from Oregon City, Maxwell Tel
ford, John Albright, William aud Her
man Rakel. They are making their
homes for the present at Newport, and
their families are with them. A rail
way line is also among the Improve
ments being made. S. A. Cobb, a
former civil engineer of Oregon City
who had charge of installing the
water system of West Linn, Is direct
ing some of the construction work in
building the railway line.
There has already been constructed
40 or 50 miles of railway line from
Newport south to Yaha'.z, while there
has been 20 miles constructed to the
mouth of the Siletx river. There have
been about 500U soldiers employed
there during the summer, and some
have been transferred to other spruce
camps. It is probable there will be
about 1200 retained there for the
winter to complete the government
work.
LOYALTY LEAGUE IS
The American Loyalty League will
handle the war fund campaign in
Clackamas county for the Salvation
Army, is was decided Tuesday night
at the meeting of the county execu
tive committee. The drive starts Sep
tember 13 and calls for the sum of
$1340 from the county. The league is
arranging for a '"war fund' 'which will
be subscribed to by their several
thousand members here, and which It
Is planned will take care of the num
erous other campaigns scheduled for
the remaining months of the year. The
money will be subscribed and deposit
ed in the bank, subject to the check
of the executive committee, on au
thorization of a county convention. In
this manner, all the drives will be
handled under one head, and the ne
cessity of soliciting every few weeks
will be overcome.
The fund will be a permanent affair,
and it is expected that enough will
be subscribed within the next few
weeks to take care of the Salvation
Army, the Y. M. C. A., the Knights
of Columbus, and the various other
campaigns which the government has
authorized.
A visitor to Oregon City Monday In
the person of R. E. Madison, a des
cendant of the late President Madison,
was the object of much curiosity,
this being due to the young man's
height. Although but 21 years of age,
Mr. Madison's height is seven feet
and six Inches. His father, S, E
Madison, measures bIx feet and two
Inches, while his mother's height Is
five feet and one half Inches. A broth
er and sister are six feet In height.
Mr. Madison was asked while In this
city if he was able to occupy a berth
while traveling, and laughlingly re
marked:: "Well, If I did I would be
covered with 'berth' marks, so I pre
fer to occupy the chairs of the car."
Mr. Madison gays Nebraska has pro
duced two big men William J. Bry-
an and himself.
The visitor was here representing
the State-Wright War Pictures, and
Is for the present making his head
quarters at the Hotel Portland. He is
making his first visit to Oregon, and
is so Impressed with the climate that
he will remain for an Indefinite time,
CHAUTAUQUA IS
SCHEDULED FOR
MOLALLA DATES
MOLALLA, Or., Aug. 24. The Rad
cliffe chautauqua wlll'tipen a three-
day engagement in Molalla nex
Thursday. The meetings will be held
In a tent near the four corners
Among the speakers coming are Col
onel G. A. Gearhart, who lectures on
the first day; Miss Abby A. Flint, on
the second day, and Miss Flora Brad
ford, of Pittsburg, on the third day
Dr. J. Q. Robinson, of Cedar Rapids
will be the chautauqua director and
will give two lectures. Music -will be
furnished by the Neapolitlan quartet
on the first day, Metropolitan Concert
'company of tha second day and the
David Dugglns company on the third
day. This Is the first chautauqua to
be held in Molalla. All of the net pro
ceeds will be turned over to the Red
Cross.
SENATOR M'NARY WILL NOT
CLAIM EXEMPTION
UNDER DRAFT t
WASHINGTON, Aug. 34.
$ Senator McNary lias made It
known that when the new draft $
N law hits become effective he will
-i not claim exemption because of
his official position,
$ This means that If ho shall be
placed In a deferred class or gtv- 4
$ en exemption it w ill ha by act of
-N the exemption officials on their
N own motion and n.it hv his re-
quest. $
VETERANS OF CI
I
RATE OF 100 A DAY
There are 298,000 names of veterans
or their widows on the Civil war pen
sion rolls now and $200,000 000 will be
paid them by the government this
year, according to Gaylord M. SulUga
her. United States commissioner of
'pensions, who attended the O. A. U.
encampment.
Mr. Saltzgnber, who Is also a Civil
war veteran, came to Portland front
his headquarters at Washington and
Is In the city for the purpose of meet
ing veterans.
He has .been commissioner of pen
sions for five and one halt years and
lias attended live encampments as
such.
According to Mr. Saltzgaber, the
government now is paying pensions to
veterans of four wars the war of
1S12. the war with Mexico, the Civil
war and Spanish-American war.
On June 30 there wore 616 893 pen
sioners on t erole, an Increase of ap
proximately 27,000 over 1917. 01
these, 29S.226 were Civil war veterans
or their widows, 99 widows of .men
who fought In 1812, 3064 widows ot
men who fought In tho Mexican war
and 289 men who were In it pnd 27,
513 Spanish-American war veterans.
'At the present time Civil war vet
erans are dying at 'the rate of 30,000
a yearalmost 100 a day, and their
widows are passing nt a rate, ot 20 000
a year," said Commissioner Saltzga
ber. "This rate will increase rapidly
from now on because tho average age
of Civil war veterans now is 73 years."
LIMEC0STISS4.75
PE
F.O.B.
Letter has been received by Coun
ty Agent Seoti from the secretary ot
tiie state lime board giving further
information on lime. The plant is ex
pected to be In operation by Sep
tember 1, and a charge of fl.Ta per
ton will be made f. o. b. Gold Hill. If
the actual cost of getting out the lime
is lesg than this a refund will be made.
The freight rate will be a little less
than 1 cent per ton mile for a haul of
140 miles or over. This will make the
lime cost about $1.75 a ton at Oregon
City. The lime will be loose In the
car, and it will be necessary to either
sack It before hauling away, or to have
a tight wagon box. The limit is two
cars to any one purchaser, but It is
doubtful if anyone In this county will
want to get as much as that without
first trying it out on a small scale.
It would be better for a number of
farmers to go together In the purchase
of a car. The county agent will be glad
to receive the names of those who
want lime.
IS REPORTED MISSING
I.S.
Lyle Dalley, son of Mrs. Emma
Dailey. of this city, has been reported
missing In action In a telegram re-
ceied from government authorities by
his mother yesterday. Lyle has been
with the U. S. Infantry In France,
and is reported as missing on July
18. Before enllbtlng he was a movie
operator In a local theatre. His broth
er, Arthur, is also In the service.
Chris Finds Cinch
Only $5 For a H o m e
Cheap Mountain Lot
Chris Schuebel, attorney, legislator
and sportsman, caught a bug Wednes
day. He had been up to Mount Hood, wlLh
his family, chasing the luclous huckle
berry, and there he found a find.
Much of the great vacation ground
around Mount Hood Is in the Forest
Reserve and one may lease a lot from
our Paternal Uncle Samuel for the
paltry sum of five bonee per annum
and then be may build himself a house,
or a shack, or a summer palace, and
live content.
"Five dollars a year," shouted
Chris. "Me for It!"
Wednesday afternoon Mr. Schuebel
went to Portland and leased a lot on
Still Creek near Rhodendron. This
morning he goes to Mount Hood to
find his lot, and Friday, to celehmt
his discovery, he takes his machine
and his family to Cannon Beach to
listen to the sad sea waves for a while.
WARPASSAWAYA
BOYS OVER HERE-OVER T II E R E
Interesting Facts About Oregon City Boys
In Service
Several Interesting letters huve boon
received from Clackamas county boys
the lust week, One of especial In
terest is written by Will J. Watts,
who nr. been with a Canadian am
bulance corps since the beginning of
the war. Tho letter has been receiv
er by Mrs. It. L. Badger, a former
neighbor of the writer, who say In
part :
July, 1918
Dear Friend:
Many thanks for your letter ami the
copy ot "Happy Homeland Echoe"
which you so kindly sent. I'm saw
It will be appreciated by nil the boys
who receive It. We are all elated with
the news today. We learned officially
that the U. S. army In conjunction
with the French have made n big
coup way down south somewhere, and I
that u great number of puna have beon
taken. This part of tho line Is rather
unlet now, I came down last nUtit,
and the whole of tho time I w "up
the lino" it was almost u picnic, How
ever, one never know how soon
something wilt start to smoulder and
then break out. I was happy to find
unite a bunch ot mall u wall lug my
return last night and I may say, that
the best thing a fellow gets here and
the thing he looks forward to most l
his mull. I have been here Ion?
enough to find that out. The folki
back there sho.ild realize that if
they huve anyone over here. I hnv
been fortunate In that respect, but I
am one of the minority and I don't
want that to happen to others. Re
turning your wishes a thousandfold,
I am
Sincerely yours.
WILL J. WATTS.
to M to
Another son of Mr. und Mrs. Watts,
who are residents of the Heaver
Creek district la with the American
forces. In a letter to Mr. und Mrs.
R. L. Badger from France, he says;
This country looks much us I ex
pected It would, but there Is a big
difference between It und what wo
see In the States. Nearly nil the
houaea here are old und built of stone,
then tho streets In the biiiuII towns
are very narrow nothing like our
streets at home.
Tho first thing I saw after landing
ou this side amused me. They wero
the little box curs used hero with the
French sign painted on saying they
would carry forty men or eight horses.
It wasn't very long before I had the
pleasure of being one of forty men to
rido in ono of them. Maybe I hadn't
ought to say It was a pleasure though.
We named the box cars "side door
Pullmans'' after we hud taken our
ride.
I have met ono of tho boys here
from my home town. He Is Sheriff
Wilson's son, of Oregon City. He Is
the sergeant In charge of the hospital
where I am working, so you see I
am working under an Oregon City
man a long way from homo. Pleuso
remember nie to any who ask about
me.
Yours truly,
PRIVATE GEORGE W. WATTS,
Medical IX'tch., 31Sth Engineers, A.
E. F.
to m to
Eldon Alldredge has written homo
from Fram e telling of his one glimpse
of General Pershing. His letter fol
lows:
France, July 31.
Dearest Mother and all:
I'm feeling great and am sufe and
sound. Had my first llttcrty In a long
time yesterday and certainly enjoyed
the day. Had some real Ice cream
and four big tomatoes. May sound
powerful hungry for those things
when he- hasn't had them for six or
seven months.
It's real summer here now, Juat
like home the haze over the river
and hills, the crickets and katydids.
Looking up the river here nights looks
just like It does from the old canoe
coming down the river. A string of
lights like those In the sawmill. It
walk and the bridge; a string on the
west side, a blank space and then
likhts like those in the sawmill. It
sure makes one homesick.
On my liberty yesterday I had a
good time at the Y. M. C. A. and
while there I had the pleasure of see
ing at very close range Generul Persh
ing. He gave a little speech and went
on his way. It sure was a pleasant
surprise, and Is probably the first,
last and only time I'll get to see him.
The rest of the afternoon I spent
roaming around the parks and church
es both of which are beautiful al
though unkept because of the war. I
went through one big cathedral like
the big Catholic one in the East.
Only this was a dozen times more
beautiful and at least two hundred
years old. A fellow feels about as big
as a minute when he is on the Inside
of it. Big pillars 90 or 100 feet high
and eight or ten feet thick. Marvel
lous statues of the saints and a grand
pipe organ that was playing when I
was there.
Have to say finis,
Lovingly yours,
ELDEN M. ALLDREDGE,
In care U. S. Naval Port Officer
Cardiff, Wales.
to to to
James H. Johnson, son of Mrs. El
la Johnson, of Oswego, is serving on
the U. S. transport Calamares. He
has made four round trips between
America and France, and likes the
work. He serves as a first class fire
man. His address Is P. 8. Cala
mares, New York, In care Postmaster
His brother. Alfred Johnson, Is at
Camp Fremont, Cal having gone Au
gust 6.
to to to
Lawrence Mulligan, formerly col
lecting auditor for the Southern Pa-
cine, has arrived in France according
to a letter received here by Miss Edna
llolman. lie describes the trip over
in the letter which follows in part:
AJtor leaving Camp Lewis we were
out to an onNtern camp to embark.
Tlio trip across the states was made
In live days, everything being of tho
best, standard pullmnn and the
like. Almost every small town show
ed up and fed us cundlci and cats.
Only six days In ramp and then we
sailed, Our trip took several days for
we had to dodHO ;ih. Had one day
rest In England. Saw Curly Arm
strong at that camp. Our trip across
the ocean was fairly good, not men
getting onsle. After leaving Arm
strong we sailed ami lauded In France,
we did Homo traveling before settling
down, I Hint know if this Is our per
manent place for we huve moved so
often, Wo have beon working day and
night handling patients. I work on
ambulances and letters most of the
time. The French people nre very
pleasant und very eager to make
friends. My French Is limited but by
using my hands I get by. Can't tell
you how near we nre to the front, but
Svvafford and those fellows are many
miles behind us.
My very best regard to all.
As over,
Mt'l.LY.
Pvt. L, F. Mulligan. Base Hospital
til. A. E. F.
to to to
Curl Troxcll, son of Mrs. C, A,
Troxel. has arrived at Camp Fre
mont, according to letter received a
few days ngo by his mother. The young
man Is taken with urmy life. He Is
a member of Company K, 12th In
funtry, t S. A,
to to to
Grnydon Pace, youngest sou of Mr.
und Mrs. J. L, Puce, who recently
left Oregon City to enter the service,
has been transferred from Company
K, 12th Infantry to tho Medical Corps,
Hospital No. 32. He Is stationed nt
Camp Fremont, Calif., nud prefers the
hospital work to that first given hlni
when entering camp. His brother.
Guy, Is with the V! S, Marines, und
Is stationed nt the substation In New
Loudon, Conn.
' to to to
George 1'oty, of Motion, has none to
Bremerton, Wash., for training. Be
fore departing he was entertalued nt
his home, when many friend cniuo to
bid 111 m farewell.
to to to
Private Jihi M. Blssberxer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Ulssbcrger, of
this city. Is now with Company B, 318
Signal Buttullon, and his address Is
A. E. F., A. P. O. 770. vln Now York.
Ho Is a sctf-mude young man, and
has a host of friends In this city und
In Vancouver , He started when b it
a mere lnd to take up telegraphing,
and wuh advanced rapidly In this Hue
of work until he became malinger of
tho Wpstern I'nlon In Vancouver,
Wash., where ho enlisted some time
ago.
to to to
Lloyd Ulchea has received a letter
from his brother, Hnrold Riches, who
Is with Company I, 102 Infantry, In
Franco, telling of n recent ulr raid
by the Bosches. Riches has been over
seas about a year. Ho Is stationed at
Coutres, France.
to to to
John Lewis has just written bis
parents und friends In Oregon City
telling of his safe arrival In Now York
from Franco. He bus made several
tripe to foreign luntf. but prefers the
old 1?. S. A.
to to to
William Monk, ot Oswego, has gone
to Cnmp Lewis for training.
to to to
Sergeunt John Bunch, who Is en-
Joying a furlough In Oregon City visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Busch, Sr., will soon leave for Camp
Pike, Arkansas, for further training.
Sergeunt Busch has been at the of
ficers' training camp at Camp Lewis
for some time. John makes a fine ap
pearing soldier.
to to to
Private Hal Roach, of Battery C,
65tn Artillery Regiment, C. A, C, Is
over In France, according to letters
recolved by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Roach. He has written a num
ber of interesting letters to relatives
and friends, and sent a number of
handsome gifts Including a hand
embroidered sofa pillow covers, be
sides many useful articles and souven
irs. He was a student of the Mllwaukle
high school when enlisting In the
Coast Artillery Corps, which left Fort
Stevens for overseas the latter part
of February. While at Fort 8tevens,
he was promoted to second class gun
ner. to to to
-ergeant Hans Wyttetiberg, a well
known Clackamas county young man,
serving his country over seas, writes
his parents at Clackamas, snylng he
Is suffering from wounds on the head
caused by discharging shrapnel,
to to to
P. S. Finnucane recolved a brief
letter from his son Dan a few days
ago, saying he was improving from
the effects of gas. He is still In the
hospital, and says his lungs are still
painful, caused by gas. Dan Is one of
the Clackamas boys whose lotter of
cheer and a rembrance In the form of
a greenback, has been forwarded by
the. committee of the Women's Pat-
rltolc Edition, It Is trusted it reaches
Its destination before he leaves the
hospital, so he will enjoy some of the
delicacies from the money..
to to to
Ralph Mandevlllo, son of Mr, and
Mrs, William Mandevllle, of Canby,
is stationed with Company L, 28th
Infantry, in France. He, too, Isamoni?
the Clackamas county boys who will
be remembered by a gift from the Wo
men's Patriotic Edition of the Enter
prise.
Private Albert Johnston, of Clack
Minus, with First Company Uortur
Battalion., First Division. Am. Train,
writes his imrmu und nay l l
joying life In tho army, and that he
lias seen Homer Kranshurr and How.
nrd Green.
to to to
Ernest T. I loo, turn of Mr. mid Mrs
K, F. II oo. of Canby, I with the V.
8. Navul Air Station, yueenslowit,
Irelutid, and Is among Ihe boy to
whom the Women's Patriot In Kdltlon
committee will send a loiter, and a
remembrance. Over 42 huve linen went,
nud tho committee ! desirous of re
ceiving more names us soon a pos
sible. Ernest lloo enlisted before
Christ inns, and went to Ihe truliiln
caini ut San Diego, and leU for France
over three months o, mid ha been
lit queeustown about six weeks,
to to to
, Gilbert Morris, former employe of
the Huntley Drug Company, enlisting
about six week ago, passed Uiro.iKli
Oregon City from California Sunday
morning on the Marine special train.
Ho wa on hi way to Bremerton,
Wash., for further training. Mr. Mor.
rl was greeted hi Portland by his
parents, Mr, und Mrs. J. K. Morris,
and hi wife, A stopover for about
20 minute was nuule.
to to to
Corporal Arnold Schneider, well
known Clackamas county boy, who
was stationed ut Camp Lewi for iiiuiu
time, has written his mother, llrs,
EmiiHi Schneider, of Oregon City,
Houte 2, that he has arrived wufcly In
Franco, Corporal Schneider I with
Buttery D, :ittl Field Artlller. In
France.
to to to
Itegltmld Halt, soil of Mrs. Nettle
Halt, has mndn his third trip ovor scum.
Ho I one of the popular Oregon City
boys, who Is In the navy, lie Is on
(he V, S. S. Finiilund, ntld hi ad
dress I In care of the postmaster of
New York. HI brother, Furl Hall,
youngest son of Mis. Hall, who has
been stationed at Camp Fremont for
the past your, will probably leave
soon for Sllierlu, according to a letter
written by the young man. lie I only
19 year ot age, und Is with the Hos
pital Corp No. 11. Ho ! been a
tnemlter of the Medical Corp foMlio
past year, and has become motst pro
ficient In the work. Ho celebrate hi
20th birthday anniversary this month.
AT BARCLAY SCHOOL
Instructors, well prepared und
thorough In their work, lecturer,
w ith enthusiastic well taken talks, und
teaiher that formed an Interested,
umbltlou audience, characterized the
Summer Normal, which closed yea
terdry after a two weeks' Knlon nt
the Burclay school.
After the close of the session yes
terday afternoon the teacher and In.
structor wont to the Red Cross head
quarter where they assisted In the
sphagnum mos work and keplthlugs
lively with songs.
Instructor for tho geslon with sub
ject they taught were: F. J. Tooce.
arithmetic, geography, hygiene; I.IIU
Schmldll, x nun mar, history, reading;
Ida May Smith, rending, arithmetic,
eoogruphy und spelling for the prim
ary grade; and In the home economic
department. Miss A. Grave Johnson
und Miss Mary K. Koll gavo two
periods of work a day.
S (teakera for the lecture hour In
cluded Superintendent E. F. Charle
ton and J. A. Churchill of tho slate
department; Professor Barrow of
O. A. C Drs. De Busk and Schaofer
of the University o Oregon; A. C.
Seymour, state club leader; Mis A.
Grace Johnson of 0. A. C, and W. R.
Kirk, city superintendent of school.
The enrollment for the normal
reached 130. Eighty-five of tho teach
ers enjoyed a trip through the coast
shipyard In Portland last week.
REAL E8TATE TRANSFERS
Joacph Allgler and wlfo to Oscar
Allgler, lot 72, Jennings Lodgo; $10.
Emma E. Cook and R. J. Cook to
George F. Thompson, lot 12, block 23,
Falls View; $10.
George F. Thompson to Emma E.
Cook, lot 20, in Bonrdman'a addition
to Jennings Lodge; $10.
Martha Bock et al. to George
Schnellor, lot 10, block i9, Oregon
Iron & Steel company's first addition
to Oswego; $10.
John Bennett and Esther Bennett to
J. A. Vanderflute and Sohpla Vander
flute, the southeast one-quarter of
the northeast, one-quarter of Boctlon
li, township D south, range 3 east; $1.
Carrie Arnold to Grace 8. Whit
comb, lot 0, block 38, Gladstone; $13130.
Oregon Iron & Steel company to
Henry P. Reese, Helen Payee, Reese
Stevens and Fred II . Reese, block 14,
Uko Vley Villas; $10.
F. II . Reese et ai. to Mary Agnes
Reese, block 14, Lake View Villas;
$10.
It. A. Zollner and Ottlllo E. Zoll
r.T to Frank Kopel, 13,66 acres In sec
tion 14, township 6 south, rango 2
east; $10.
JameB E. Stewart et al. to George
Kulb, 31.43 acres In section 16. town
ship 4 south, range 1 east; $4210.
Martha and George Beck to George
Schneller, lot 10, block 29, Oregon
Iron & Steel company's first addition
to Oswego; $10.
NIPPON PREPARE8
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.A11
over Japan the war drum are 4
3 beating. In camp and cantonment, S
t and barrack yard and study hall,f-
a great mobile army of 29 corps 4
$ la getting ready to prove its
3 prowoss against the Hun.
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