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OKE-yON Y ENTERPK The Weokfy Enterprise worth the pries. Com- pare It with other and than oubioribe. Enterprlao to the Clackamas County Nowopapor that prtnu k " J I il of ttie mwo of this ng County. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 16, 1919. riFTY THIRD YEAR NO. 19. ESTABLISHED 186 I ft. Hi ML BE FURCtD TO SIGN PEACE PACT PARIS, Miiy 14.lminedlnte mm urct tending id the further nubJUKu lion nf Germany If lis delegates r fuse (o sign the peace treaty wure In (I lea I ml by the unnount'omniit that Marshal Foch hud been sent to the Rhine liy (hit cimiicll of four to take HiK'h art Ion as may bmime necessary III tho r Vflit that the treaty Is tint sinned. I Tho cmmi-H of four of tho peace conference appointed this afternoon a sub-commltte" comprising one mem ber from eah of thn flvo great pow vr (Great Britain. Kranue, Italy, the I'nltixl Stale and Japan) to with objections and proposals from thn German pence plenipotentiaries, Tho answes of tho council of four to tho German noma on prisoner of war and labor subject weft deliver ed thtta afternoon. WELL REPRESENTED IN E Tho 4 t h annual session of the Ore gon Slate Grange will convene nt IttUHlioro Tuesday. May 20. at 19 o'clock A. M. and will continue four day, cloning Friday evening. On tho standing committee a number U Clackamas county resi dents aro represented. These are at follows: Credentlala-Mary 8. How ar.1. Mullno; finance Mary I Wll mol, Oswgo. Uouto 1; R. ft, Wltmot. Oovko. Route 1; division of labor Mm. Bertha H. Duble, Canby. Route 1; forestry P. W. Canning, Boring; resolution T. P. Campbell. Uoring. Route 3; transportation Mra. Edith Mlghulls.Oregon City. Route 3; mile age and per diem T. II. Davlos, Can by. Route 3; agriculture O. F. Mlghells, Oregon Cityjtoute 3; as eaament and taxatlonfl. R. Aahby, Canby. Route 1; Mra. J. iL. Byrom, Tualatin; good of the order Mra. J. L, Tlyrom, Tualatin. ASSOCIATION PLANS AT Hankers of Group One, Oregon State Hankers' association, are antici pating a profitable session at Seaside next Saturday. A special car to ac commodate the bankers and their wives, sisters and sweethearts will leave Portland at 8:15 P. M. Friday, and returning will leave Seaside at 6 P. M. Sunday. The HWel Moore has been opened especially to entertain ,the members of the party. There will be an automobile trip to Elk Creek and Cannon Beach re sorts on Sunday. Presence of the women folks will contribute material ly to the Interest and assures a largoly Increased attendance. Officers of Group One are J. A. Thornburgh, Forest Grove, chairman: C. H Vaughn, Hood River, vice chnlrman; T. II. Wost, Portland, secretary; Percy Caufleld, Oregon City, treasur er; Paul S. Dick, Portland; Sherman Miles, Saint llolens; L. U Paget, Sea nldo, and Will T. Wright, Oregon City, members of executive committee. The three banks in Oregon City will be represented at this meeting bv- Hank of Oregon City, Percy Cau fleld : Bank of Commerce, John R. Humphrys; First National Bank, D. Latourette. c. Telepl ione nates Ordered Lowered SALEM, May 14. In the case of the Home Independent Telephone company of La Grande against sev eral telephone systems operating In Northern Wallowa county, alleging that the defendants In the town of Flora charge and collect unreason able rates for transmitting long dis tance messages to and from the con necting lines of the complaining com pany, the public service commission yesterday issued an order finding in favor of the plaintiff, The defendant lines were the Three Ridge Tele phone compuny, of raradlse; the Tar adlse Telephone company, the Flora Telephone company and the North End Telephone company, the latter having its offices at Troy. Too Many At a road meeting in Estacada Wednesday night County Judge Anderson and Roadmaster Tom A. Roots referred to the advisability of consolidating some of the road districts in Clackamas county. They argued that 57 districts are too many by far, and that more effective road work could be done with fewer districts. They further contend that with 57 districts it is impossible to map out and carry out a program of road construction. All right, gentlemen. The Enterprise said this five years ago, and about that time the county court took the bull by the horns and eliminated two road districts. JVteanwhile the court has wrestled with the hydro-headed problem of 57 districts, bucked against the 70 per cent district fund law, and has been brought face to face with the impossible task of building a highway system in Clackamas county with 30 per cent of the road money, and with 1 400 miles of road and about 400 span bridges to maintain. It is up to the county court to solve its own problems, when the state law has distinctly clothed them with au thority, and it may be assumed that the court is prepar ing the people forthe shock. The state law provides that county courts, at the September term of each year, may fix the boundaries of road districts to their liking, adding to the existing number or eliminating down to one district if they choose. We shall watch, with some interest, the action of the Clackamas court at the September term upon the ques tion of the number of road districts to be maintained for the year following. GROCERYMEN Will FIGHT ON BREAD PRICES The grocerymen of Oregon City have won their fight to lower bread prfees recently increased by the Port land bakea. This Increase was made without warning and reasons given were that the bakers had been given an In crease of $1.00 per day and other ma terials for bread had also Increased. The local merchants decided the Increase unnecessary and thought it bordered on profiteering as this In crease of wagea only meant a few dollars per day and the one cent on each loaf of bread meant several hun dred dollars more Income to the bak ers. The merchants decreased their bread orders of the Portland product and used local products and also ad vised their customers to bake their own bread. Mr. Rtttman. a Portland baker, came to this city to try to Justify this Increse but the merchants were firm and refused to handle any more Portland bread that possible. The Portland bakers have lost on the deal for the home product hod beon placed on tho market more firm ly than ever and the people are satis fied with it and will continue its use. ELECT OFFICERS AT BORING MEETING Tho Cla?!'.2!itas County Teachers' association met at Poring Saturday. The principal addresses were deliver ed by Miss Julia Spooner of Port land, who described the boneflts of toachers' organization, and W. S. Arant, principal of the hlnh school at Oregon City, speaking on the best methods of getting and keeping young people In the hlfeh schools. The principal items of business were the election of officers and the reorganization of the association along more progressive lines. The new officers are: W. S. Arant, presi dent; Miss May Erlsco, vice presi dent; Mrs. Grace Otto, secretary; Mrs. Altman, treasurer; publicity editor, Mrs. narpum, retiring presi dent. The new plan of reorganisation calls for a division of the county into six zones, each with a teachers' or ganhatlon properly officered and represented by a member on the ex ecutive committee. The zone head quarters and representatives are: Sandy, Mrs. Nelson; Estacada, Prin cipal M. B. Signs; Gladstone, Mrs. C. E. Shaw; Molalla, Miss Rosa Ten Eyke; Canby, Mrs. H. B. Cartlldge; Wllsonvllle, Professor Chester A. Lyon. " The plan calls for closer coopera tion with the county, superintendent and It is desired that the meetings of the association be held in connec tion with the local institutions out lined by him. PROBATE COURT ' Emallne Turner Myers filed Mon day for probate of the will of the late Amanda Turner, who died In this city January 12, 1919. The estate consists of real property valued at $700 and there are several heirs. ; ' , , TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Districts Tl After a protracted heating Friday afternoon, the county court took un der advisement tho question of which of the two roaas leading Into Glad stone on the North should be paved this summer. Tho question is of more than local interest as either road forma a link In the main highway along the river road from Oregon City to Portland Tho matter before the court In volves the expenditure of special road money, along with general funds, levied by Road District No. 47, running from the Milwuukle section to Gladstone, and residents of the district, except tho-e living In the vicinity of Jennings Lodge, Mel drum and Glen Echo, argued that It was the intention of the taxpayers to provide for the Improvement of Steel avenue in a westerly direction, con tinuing to the botto nof the Hollo well hill on the river road. Gladstone residents, however.' who have provid ed for the paving of Portland ave nue this year, want the court to im prove the road running from the eastern part of Steel avenue, coming south and connecting with the north ern limits of Gladstone at Portland avenue. The river road from near the bot tom of Hollowcll hill Is in the cor porate limits of Gladstone, but the people living west of that section of the road are a part of Read District No. 47, and have paid a 10-mlll special tax for the last six years. They have the backing of taxpayers who live at points near the center and further north In the district, and hope that the court will not only authorize the improvement of the river road to the limits of Gladstone but will also continue the paving on tho river road up the Clackamas riv er. connecting with the paving laid in Gladstone lsft year from the Clack amas river bridge to Portland ave nue Tho river road through Glad' (.tr ne is In a bad condition and Coun ty Judge Anderson, at the conclusion of the hearing, pointed out that Glad stone had done nothing to keep the road in condition. OREGON TROOPS ARE WELCOMED ON HOMECOMING PORTLAND, May 8. Exactly on the 8 o'clock dot this morning the special carrying the 316th sanitary train arrived at the Union depot From the time It was seen out near Troutdale, whistles and sirens blew, folks all along the way waved flags and aprons, hats and brooms. It is hard to tell who were happier, the boys or the home folks. Three hundred and elghty-Beven of ficers and men were on the train. Nearly all are Oregonians. The units were the 364th field hospital and 20 men of the 364th ambulance company, in command of Major Karl J. Swen son, of Portland; the 361st field hos pital and a few members of the 362d ambulance company, In charge of Major Robert W. Clancy of Medford; the 863d ambulance company, In com mand of Major Harry B. Moore, of Portland; the 363d field hospital, un der Major John Hunt, of Seattle; the 361st ambulance company, Captain D. F. Miller commanding; a part of the 316th supply train, under Lieutenant K. L. Cooper, of iThe Dalles, with Lieutenant R. L. Sabin, Jr., of Port land, second in command. Two other officers, Lieutenant F. C. Campbell, of Tacoma, and Lieutenant L. M. Ellis, of The Dalles, came across the conti nent on the Beaver special. DUES ITALY LANDS MIL1TARYF0RCES NEAR FIIIIIE 1X)ND0N, May li.-The Italian are landing large military forces at Zara and 8benk:o on the coast of Dalmatla (near Flume), according to a Router dispatch from Belgrade, the Serbian capital. The troop are being moved eustward and are fortifying the ridges and passes. PARIS, May 14. The council of four of the peace conference appoint ed this afternoon a subcommittee committee comprising one member from each of tho five groat power (Great lirltaln, "France, Italy, tho United States and Japan) to deal with objections and proposals from the German peace plenipotentiaries. M I Coroner Ed Johnson was called to Milwaukle Thursday evening at six o'clock by the suicide of an unidenti fied woman whose body was found floating in Johnson Creek. Mrs. Arlghl of Milwaukle, saw the stranger cross the bridge about 5:00 o'clock, and afterward notified the coroner of this after the body was dis covered by two men on the 5:30 car, who were standing on the platform and noticed it in the river. After tho woman crossed the bridge she descended a very steep bank and removed her shoes, hat and gloves. She wore a heavy black veil and this was left on when she committed the deed. The scene of the suicide was about 400 feet from the railroad bridge and the body was evidently not in the water long for it had . only floated about 200 feet When tho body was discovered by the two men they got a boat and se cured It so that It could not tloat away and notified tho -ronor, who recovered It and turned it "over to llolman & Pace of this city. No papers of any kind were found that would identify the body and the purse contained 1103 and a torn handkerchief. The handbag was of an old beaded design. The suicide was dressed In an old- fashioned black coat, low shoes with white tops, a black skirt, a small black hat and white gloves. She was a small woman and was very grey haired and was a cripple as she walk ed with a crutch. She wore three rings, one worn very thin and evidently a wedding ring. One of the others was a band ring and was engraved with the wording: "A token of friendship." The third ring contained a setting and was also badly worn. I A moonshine still that was com plete and In full operation was dis covered Tuesday on the Tualatin rtv er about one mile from the main high way, and the officers, Special State Officer A. .J. Bell and three federal men demolished the outfit, This was on the property of Ulsky brothers, a farm of about 40 acres. Bell had been watching the place for the past two weeks and when he had the evidence called the federal officers to assist In the raid. The officers first went to the house and found an outfit for making the mash in the barn. There were about 60 gallons of this ready for the still. After further search of the place Bell led the party to the river where a boat was found. This was taken and the, party crossed to a small Island. The brush was very dense over the bank but a landing place was found and a trail leading into the woods. After a short distance this trail wid ened into a good road and the house where the still was located was found. This house was made of heavy pulp felt and completely covered with brush. It was so well hidden that any one not loklng tor It could easily pass without seeing it. Two complete stills were found in the house, both in operations. The operators had run as soon as they knew the ofifcers were after them and had made their escape. The stills consisted of copper boil ers, oil stoves, colls and there were several barrels of mash in the house. The officers found about 25 or SO gallons of whlBkey ready for use and confiscated enough for evidence and destroyed the rest. The still was located about four miles from Oregon City and not far from the famous "Crawfish House." Bell spent three nights near the place In hla search for evidence and as Boon as he co' ild get ready made the raid. The officers estimated that the still had only been on this place for about a month but the apparatus haB been used for some time and It is .thought It has been moved recently. Bonding For Roads The Enterprise does not propose to give its unquali fied endorsement to any road bonding scheme that may be proposed in Clackamas county. The question is not at issue and it it should become an issue here, and we antic ipate that it "will, this newspaper proposes to form its judgment upon the question at that time and upon the merits of the particular measure to be submitted. But there is a constitutional amendment before the people to be voted upon at the special election June 3d that Clackamas county should be deeply interested in. The legislature has submitted an amendment to the peo ple, providing that any county in the state may vote bonds for the improvement of its roads up to 6 per cent, of its assessed valuation. The present constitutional inhi bition is 2 per cent, of the assessed valuation. This amendment carries no appropriation with it, and ought to be adopted, as it is manifestly unfair for the people of one county to deny to the people of another county the right to incur indebtedness for permanent road construction, if the people of any county choose, by their votes, to assume such debt. The amendment imposes no burden, nor does it force public improvement upon unwilling counties. It costs nothing, and it confines the application of the privi lege to the counties electing to apply same it is the con cern only of the county desiring to use the opportunity. This is purely a local option measure; no county need assume burdens unless it desires. The amendment is the first on the ballot at the special election, and it is numbered 300, yes, and 301 no. The amendment should be adopted, so that the peo ple of any county may proceed with their road program in their own way. FORPAVI F! Paving of the old macadamized link from Main street to the Abernethy bridge will be undertaken by Oregon City early this summer. Washington street from the bridge to Fourteenth street and Fourteenth to Main will be hard surfaced out of the city road funds. t The council will soon ask for bids tor thig improvement on an open bas is as to types of pavement, leaving 'A to the bidders to specify the char acter of pavement to be provided. It is understood that a local contractor will offer to pave the two streets with six Inches of concrete for about $1.50 per square yard, and that pave ment will be laid to a width of IS feet Some months ago the city proposed to lay asphaltic concrete, to be put down at cost .with the county paving plant, but it is possible that the pav ing program of the county may not permit its handling the city job, and it Is not considered likely that any paving concern would, care to come here and undertake a comparatively small job. The county has agreed to pave for the city to IMlwaukie, at the cost of the Foster road hill. The pavement extending f"om the Southern Pacific ove-head crossing at the west end of the city, the main street of that town will run north as fr.r ss the available money of the city will permit OREGON BOYS OF ENGINEERS ARRIVE TUESDAY Companies D, E and F, of the Eigh teenth Engineers arrived in Portland Tuesday and were royally received and made guests of the city. About two-thirds of these veterans are Ore gon boys and the majority of them wear three gold stripes, Indicating 18 months service overseas. The boys were ' entertained w-ith dances, shows, clubs and banquets, and in the evening were taken to "Jazs Canyon" at the auditorium whore they were royally entertained. Among the Oregon City boys in these companies are: William M. Strohmeyer, James R. Stafford, Blake J. Rowland, Albert E. Ford, Wallace J. MeCord. Carl Martin, William H. Folger. George E. Mead, Stephen Mead, Charles W. Nichols, and Leslie F. Holllday. of Mullno. Many relatives and friends of this city met tt boys in Portland upon their arrival and gave them a rousing welcome. The soldiers will go to Camp Lewis to be mustered out of the service. Sandy Boys Are Drowned Saturday PORTLAND, May 12. The body of Robert Ruther, one of the two canoe ists drowned in the Wllalmette river near the Inman & Paulson Lumber company's plant Saturday evening, was recovered Sunday afternoon by City Grappler Brady and turned over to the coroner. Search for the body of Walter" Krebs, who was drowned with Ruther, continued all day, but with out success. Both boys came from Sandy, Oregon, and were employed in local shipbuilding plants. Ruther's body was turned over to relatives and taken to. Sandy for burial. HOLLAND DENIES SHE W I L L GIVE IIP EX-KAISER ; THE HAGUE. May 14. The Dutch government denies that tt has decid ed to surrender former Emperor William. The question at present. It contends, concerns only Germany and the entente. WASHINGTON, May 14. There la no international law by which the great powers can require Holland to surrender the former German em peror for trial by an international court, according to authorities here, and if Holland elects to refuse to deliver him to such a tribunal or to the allied and associated nations, there exists no principle of law which authorizes the applicaUon to Holland of compulsory measures. IS PROPOSED FOR NEXT FALL AND WINTER Negotiations are in progress, which are expected to be completed today, for a Lyceum course in Oregon City next Fall and Winter, with a course of four entertainments. Mark Sulli van, former editor of Colliers, is the headliner. Burnell R. Ford, electrical wizard, and who has an internation al reputation as an Inventor, and Rus sell Conwell, whose lecture "Acres of Diamonds" has been delivered more than 5000 times, are to be featured in the course, and the Welsh Glee quartet is the fourth entertain ment. An effort is being made to se cure the names of 20 local men to guarantee the expense of the course, and it is proposed to sell season ets for the four entertainments $2 each. at GIRL SERIOUSLY HURT TUESDAY BY AUTOMOBILE Helen, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lambert, was severelv injured Tuesday afternoon at o'clock, when she was struck by an automobile at Sixth and Main streets. The driver of the oar was W. C. MciNeil, who was traveling at about 12 to 15 miles an hour. The little girl started across the Street to the drink ing fountain and when she saw the car coming oward her Btarted back. She imemdlately stopped and started across again and in spite of the ef forts of the driver, she was struck by the fender of the car and thrown to the pavement. The force of the blow threw her away from the car and clear of the wheels. Bystanders carried the little girl to tht offices of Drs. Mount, wnere an, examination revealed a fractured skull and -several minor bruises. '; " '" She was taken to the Oregon City hospital for treatment and was In semi-conscious condition late in the evening. AIRPLANE ARE READY FOR TRIP OVERSEA HALIFAX, N. 8., May 14. The United States navy dirigible C-5 pass ed over Halifax on her way to New Foundland at 5:50 P. M. HALIFAX. May 14. The hydro-airplane NC-4, third of the American naval planes to alight in the harbor here on its way to New Foundland for the start of a flight to the Azores and thence to Englaad, arrived - to day from Chatham, Ma&s., after a speedy trip. Favored by a brisk south wind, the seaplane covered the 340 miles in 3 hours 51 minutes and came down to the water here at 2:05 P. M. LieutenantCommander Albert C. Read plans to start at dawn for T re pa g gey, N. F., to Join the NC-1 and the NC-3. ILC0IC011S1 SALEM, May 13. W. L. Whittle say has been selected to succeed O. C. Letter, resigned, as chairman of the Oregon Welcome commission in New York City, according to infonna-. tion Just received by Governor Olcott from Miss Peggy Curtis, secretary of the commission. Mr. WhitUesay, who was a former Oregon newspaper man, has continuously devoted himself to the work of the commission since the inauguration of the Oregon headquar trs in New-York--' Only about 16 per cent of the Ore gon men in service overseas have been returned up to this time, ac cording to Miss Curtis' letter, but the commission expects the final debarka tion of Oregon troops during Septem ber, providing the peace treaty is signed within the next 30 or 40 days. Oregon units have been landing in New York almost daily. Miss Curtis states, and the welcome commission is doing everything possible to make the returned fighters understand the spirit in which Oregon has provided for their first reception. COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE ENDING YEARS V The schools of Clackamaa county are enjoying the holidays, many of whom are to assist with farm work in the rural sections, and others will seek employment in other vocations. Among the schools that have al ready ended the work for this term are Elliott Prairie, F. P. Sherwood, teacher; Lower Logan, Violet Frank lin, teacher; Stone, Dorothy Schmidt, teacher; Needy, Estella Crlswell, teacher; Cherryvllle, Lillian Ten Eyck, teacher; Holcomb, Hazel Alt man, teacher; George, Carrie Hannah, teacher; Colton, District., No. 72, Adelle Lovell, teacher; North Logan, District No. 117, Antonia Lust, teacher; Eby school, Kate Hefner, teacher; East Clackamas. Charles Lewis, teacher; will close Friday of this week. Harney school will also close Friday. Miss Bable McLean is teacher. Gladstone school will close May 29, and the Oregon City schools will close June 6. Canby school will close May 23. All the schools are to hold exer cises at closing time, except the Ore gon City high school, which will be held June 10, at the auditorium. CAPACITY OF PAPER MILLS IS INCREASED The Hawley Pulp & Paper com pany has let contracts to the Hurley Mason company, Portland contract ors, to Increase the capacity of their wood pulp mill 40 per cent The ex penditure on this work will be $150,, ooo. , " This Improvement was necessitat-" ed by the increased volume of busk ness of the paper company and In ad-, dition to the work now being done to the sulphite mill, on which $100,000 is being expended. The work on the sulphite mill will be completed In .Tune and' that of t wocd pulp mill by October 1, , .. With these two improvements the output of the Hawley Pulp & Paper company will be greatly increased and more business brought to Oregon City.