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OKEQON CTY Th tnttrprlM l tfc Jy Clackamas County Nwppr that print all f the hw tf thl rwlng Caunty. riPTY-THIRO YKAR No. 40. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919. IITAtLltHf O 1CM ENTEIK ACTION IS TAKEN TO GEIIOUT OF r cn At a matttl.. u. ilia Oak Grove Com munity rlub, hld at tho Ouk Grove school bound Monday nlKbt, a reaolu Hon waa unanimously adopted favor ing the annexation of the Oak Oroya and Mllwaukle tnrritory to Multno nub county, accord In to Information brought to Orgon I'lty Tuesday by K. I). Olda, well known resident of that auction. It la supposed tho prop osition will bti submitted to tha legla lature, perhaps at the tipeclal session nest January. Tha people of that district are an (try over tho outturn of tha recent road bond election, as they will have to help pay tha principal and Internal on bond to tho aihount of $1,700,000. thouKh none of tha roada will ba laid In that dhttrlcl. the proponent of the bond measure believing tha dlatrlct. already well paved, bad bn assisted by taxpayer from rvory other socttoit. Mr. Olda auignatml that tha county court appoint, at thn January term, a deputy mad master In that district ho would attempt to reconcile tho differimce between that auction ank oilier parti of tho county. Member of Advlaory Body From All P'rti of Clackamai County Meat Saturday Afternoon Preceding the dinner nt thn com mercial ( 'lib tendered the good roads enihiiHiiiHts of Clackamas county on Saturday nllit. the men composing ihe iidviHory committer of the eleven n;ul districts of the county met with the county court at thn court house, and held a formal get together and Ket-aequalntcd meeting. There were some (il persons from all sections of the county In attendance at thin meet ing nt wlili Ii County J ml no Anderson presldeil. While no action taken ut this meet ing could In ii nv sense be binding ui on tho county court, the mooting was of Immense value to the court In get ting a blrdseye view of the concensus of opinion of the people of ihe- county upon a number of Important matte; In connection with laving out tho pro gram of building some 111 miles of hnrd surfaced roads In this county hh a result of the recent election In which, the people voted to bond the county for 11,700,000 for such purpose due of the provisions of the bond 'proposition was that after the elec tion meetings should be held In each j of the eleven road districts for the purpose of voting n special 10 mill tiu levy to bo used for preparing the base for the proposed system of hard surfaced hlghwny and for the fur ther purpose of appointing a commit toe of three men from each of the eleven districts to act In an advisory capacity with tho county court dur ing the building or the bonded high ways. On the Saturday following tho bond election these district meetings wore hold and tho committees wove appointed and the meeting on Satur day was tho first meeting of those commit tees with the county court. Tho meeting at tho court hnuso was held late in tho afternoon and was tho scouo of much animated discussion. The principal thought seemed to bo now that tho bonds had been voted how soon would the people of tho county be ablo to travel over tha fin ished roads, nofore the meeting ad journed the members of tho commit too realized fully that it would be several years boforo tholr desire could be consummated. It was shown In the mooting, by County Roudmastor Compton that no matter whether the county adopted bltullthtc, asphalt or cement paving, the county would have to finish a number of paving plants and much other machinery, such as trucks, scrapers, gravel bunkers, rock crush ers and snmllor tools, There was quite a divergency of opinion as to what width the finished highways should be. Some parts of the county were strong for 18 toot roadbed, while other sections were just as earnest In their desire tor a roadbed of 10 toot. Near the close of the mooting a vote was taken by roll call of the various districts as to the choice of tho district committees with, refet enoe to the building of cement or as phalt pavement. Upon the announce ment of the vote it waa shown that out of 27 votes cast in the meeting 23 voted tor cement pavement while three preferred the asphalt pavement. Y ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 000D ROADS MEETS WITH COURT U. S. Consular Agent and Penitentiary in Which Mexicans Held Him Prisoner Till photograph ahows tho federal penitentiary at I'liebla, Mexico, where William O. Jenkins, United State consular agent, wua Imprisoned, In the Insert la seen Jenkins, whose deien- "SEND ME RACK," SAYS ESCAPED CONVICT TO SHERIFF WILSON Man, Half -Frozen, Conies Into Sheriffs Of fice to Give Himself Up Halt frozen, hungry, and with a wot. hnono look up-m hi face, Jobn Tucl. escaped convict from tho peniten tiary wood camp near Aumsville. walked Into Sheriff Wilson's office Tuenduy afternoon and gave bimnelf i up. Tuel escaped from the camp Mon day morning, when the crew of 20 convicts sta Ul out for, th,4y.Jn the woods t- cu timber. !l claimed . thai tho first day he got as fBr as frm one to five years and at one New F.rn, where h l.il i out In thin time was paroled. Ho broke his pa brush all d iy bum without food or I role by attempting to leave the state. wati r. The next nlxht. he traveled for sev eral hm rs towards this city, but was compelled to make so many detours, that he arrived here almost froxen Tuesday afternoon. Ills clothing was a muss of Ice and snow. ii4id the only coat he had on was that furnished by thn state to convicts whl! work ing In tht wood camps cutting wood. "I suppose you have my picture handy." Tucl said, when be stepped Into the sheriff's office. The sheriff looked around on the walls of the of fice, and spied Tuel's picture In the "art gallery" with a notice of f50 re- Motor of Wrecked Airplane Salvaged in Mountains as Huge Rolling Snowball i- 1 ;'; ( I 4 Wv.. Yv i wS'f k?r-ln . ' lfa'',,,,, n i I When Lieutenant W, G. Golds borough and Lieutenant Wales were flying over Wyoming their plane crashed high In the mountains. Al though Injured himself, GoldsbOrough struggled four miles through the snow covered wilderness to get aid for his companion, who waa piuned down by the wreckage. This photograph shows J 1 't 4 t :! ! . ' )i If 1 .5 ii il t L, . ... P-. . ii 1 ' i Hon resulted In atralnlng the re lation of the United Stales and Met Icq to tho breaking point. Jenklna waa hold la a large room, formerly an office, on the second floor. word for the miin. "Yea. ! guess we are looking for you," replied the sher iff, a he led Tucl Inside of the rail ing to get warm. Well, I thought there waa no une In trying to get away in this weather," Tuel, "so I thought 1 might as well give mvself up now, rather than get caught Inter." Tucl was sent up from Multnomah county, on lM!cembr 17, on the charge r.f burglury. He was sentenced and was sent hack to the nenltmitlm-v iuci i nuns iiu.t ne is well ac qiiiiintid with Ed. Covall. who was Riven 20 years by Jmke Campbell lal summer for ripe. Covall is working in the s.-me wood camp ns Tucl, who claims that Covall does more work In th camp with his mouth than with his hands. She iff Wilson took tho escaped prisoner out and pave him a big meal and had him shaved, before turning him over to the state officer from the penitentiary. He was sent back hint night, and seemed to be contented with his lot. i " V ' "Jt u Wn-,5 :t Jl' M " t,Wr the unique method employed to sal vage the. 1,500-pound motor.' It would have been the work ot days to cart or drag the heavy machinery down the mountains. Instead the motor was rolled about until It was heavily coated wit hsnow and then, the huge snowball was rolled down. . V TO ELECT SENATOR i Governor Olcott'a anion In announc ing a apeclul election of the Oregon leglalnture may precipitate special election In Clackamas county for the purpose of filling the vacancy caused by the death of Bute Senator Walter A. Dlmlck. Under ordinary conditions tho placo would have remained open, as the va cancy would have beon filled at the general election In November of next yenr In time for tb newly elected senator to take bl Mat In the legis lature at the regular session In Jan uary, 1971. The constitution provides that In the event of a vacancy In the legisbv lature, tbe governor shall Issue a writ to the district affected for a special election to fill sucb vacancy. The governor said today over long distance telephone that his attention had been called to the matter and that he had given It no thought, and would later determine what course to pursue Should he call tbe special session upon 10 day notice, as was done by Governor Chamberlain, there would be no time to Issue s call for a spe cial election. If the vacancy Is not filled by a special election. howeer, Clackamas county will be without representation In the state senate at tbe coming spe cial session, except sucb representa tion as Is afforded by the senator who represents Clackamas and Mult notnsh jointly and who Is a resident of Portland. Representative flchuebel. In the event of a special election, will prob- , ably resign from th house and b a candidate for the annate, and Grant 1 n. Wmlck. a cousin of the late n- ator, la also expected to be a candi date. In the event of a special elec tion, the'vacaucy In the houxe due to Mr. Schuobel's resignation, would al.no have to be filled.. r 1ST LINN FI --NEW-FMLL Fire Compmles 3 and 4 Hold House Warming L.t Saturday and Have Fin Time Numbers 3 and 1 fi e companies of West l.Inn dedicated their fine new fire engine house on Sunset avenue, Hill section, of West I.lnn Saturday evening. The building, of modern construc tion, is 2ix"0 feet, and of two stories, nnd this was well filled with a happy crowd of firemen and friends. The 'ric'it Ushts, the warm rooms and tables loaded with tempting viands, made it a mis-t attractive placa to spend the evening. The near coal famine, or the "H. C. I.." were not taken se:iously by tho iollv crowd in attendance. President M. E. Clancy, in a few well chosen remarks welcomed the "n"5ts after which cards and social conversation were enjoyed. P. J. Winkle was master of cere monies and during the-evening Fli man Carl fiuse, Toastmaster Ed. I'edrlchs. T easurer Harvey Farmei entertained the listeners with innum erable stories of some of their hunt ing and fishing cxpe Jit ions, telling rl many narrow escapes they had and of the fine strings ot fish they caught. These men are experienced with hook and line and gun. and their stories were greatly appreciated. Pee.etnry Joe Mnencli acted as steward, while Jake Endrea was the Mend chef. Dick Hittncr and Kd Moore looked after the welfare of the guesU and Inslstted on everybody taking ' just a little more." Frnnk Miller with a quintet ot f cellent voices, ami composed of young men from the finishing department of the paper mill, sang a number of se 'ectlons of high class, nnd respmded to many encores. The quintet was composed of Messrs. Huerth, Zirble, flower, Zadiker and Fren Wlnkol. The oarty lasted until shortly af ter midnight, when everybody, happy and nlonspri, departed, having a most en joyable evening as guosta of the fire department. There are about 40 members be longing to these two departments, and are always ready to tight fte when thoir services are needed. The West Linn section Is well equipped with fire apparatus, each company having about 400 feet of hose, and hydrants established at each block In the resi dence section. Regular meetings are held each month, and all firemen take an active Interest In these, No. 4 meets at the headquarters on the first Monday ot each month and No, 3 the first Tues day. POINDEXTER IN RACE PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 9. The name if Senator Miles Polndexter of Wash ington will be on the primary ballot next March as a candidate for the presidential nominatio nln this state. Beautiful Snow We may expect a rush of poetry to follow the most severe snow sUrm that Oregon City has experienced in four years. Spring poets and beautiful snow poets are ever with us, bless 'em, and they see light and all sorts of fantastic shapes in the whirling flakes. There is a serious side to a snow storm, however, in the Willamette Valley, where snow is so unusual. In the East, where snow begins to fall in November and re mains on the ground until March, people become accus tomed to annual conditions that are a part of the winter. But out here, where snow is infrequent, there is no de light, except from the youngsters to whom snow is rare. Unusually severe weather injures business, blocks traffic, keeps people from following their daily pursuits and tries the patience of the average westerner. He can stand a deluge of rain, because he is used to it, and if he is a true Oregonian, he feels better for it, but as for snow, he would have none of it. In the winter of 1 9 1 5-1 6 snow fell in Oregon Cit y and stayed on the ground for about three weeks. Its coming was viewed with some apprehension and its dis appearance caused general rejoicing, even though we waded through deep slush during the thawing period.' Snow may be termed beautifu by the poets, but a little of it goes a long way with us. ED BIRDS NOW; FARMERS FRIENDS NEED Feathered Creature Are Nearly Up Against It in This Snow and 8adly Need Help It has been requested from the members of the Clackamas bounty Humane society and other lovers of birds that care be taken ot the little creature during the present weather conditions. Many have already be come weakened from the lack of food, and a large number of housewives hsve placed out crumbs and grain. At the Flrady Mercantile company's 'tore James Prarfy, tfee big hearted nroprtetor was neard saying on Tues .y to one of his employes: "Feed hf-sp noor little pigeons and othr hirls that are standing by the door, is the--e Is p'enty of grain in that bin f"r the little feathered creatures." The birds were fed, and even ate out of the proprietor's hand and were given a nfficieney. Thi was witnessed by a member of fie Humane society, and Prady did not know he was heard Jim has made mnrp friends in the city A few days w, before the snow made its appear ance, a small bird belonging to the Riarrow family made its appearance at the Prady store. on!-im imo me irom aoor u nsse' customers and went to the re-r oi me counter wnere ne secured an amnio supply or cread crumbs. He hai called eitoh day and always gets his "fill " Mrs Oo-lnnd Wanier is another norson who would make a good mem W of the Clackamas County Humane society. During Tuesday she had res etted a large number of little birds 'h't had lost, their way in the deep n"w in the Warner yard. She cars f'll'v picked each one up, carried it to he house, where she has a large box. nic and warm with cqtton batten ss a bedding and plenty of good thing3 to eat Py even'ng she had gathered in a bunch of these birds which are per fertly contented, but will be given their release after the snow disap pears. Mrs. William . Hammond, whose hnme is at Gladstone, and knows more nhout hirds than any woman of Clack amas county, has arranged a feeding 'llnce for the birds. This is protected from the storm, and the birds have again, gathered at the Hammond home this winter, know ing that the big hearted woman is to look after their wants. Mrs. Ham mond was among the women desiring to have mentioned the care of the little birds through the columns of the Enterprise. If you have any love for the birds, just remember them on these stormy days and place food and water whea they can get it. In the spring and summer you will be rewarded with their songs and cheer in your yard. WOMEN ARE ARRESTED Night Patrolman Ed Surfus, placed under arrest on Saturday three worn en on the charge of conducting a dis orderly house. They were registered as Mrs. Lessier, Mrs. Alice Skeen and Elenora Doe. They are to have their hearing be fore City Recorder John W. Loder at 2 p. m. on Tuesday. The complaining witnesses are Cap O'Donnell and the husband of the Skeen woman. They are charged with running a house ot ill repute In a Main street rooming house. On Sunday night Patrolman Surfus arrested two young men giving names of Helns and Parsons on a charge of shooting craps in the Fifth street res taurant They pleaded guilty and were released under a suspended sentence. DEPUTY STATE FIRE MARSHALS STILL HERE MAKING FIRE SURVEY Thi Week Will Conclude Work of Fire Deputies Here Investi gating Conditions Horace Sykes. deputy state fire mar shal, who has been tor the past week visiting the various business houses and also schools, where he has In spected the buildings as to the con dition to prevent any conflagration returned to Oregon City Monday morn ing to resume bis duties. No business house Is "passed up' and a number of Interesting notes wereTlorrd In' the book and sever, of the proprietors advised of the dan gerous condition in which the build ings have been kept. Much gasoline was found at the rear of several of th establishments, much more than was needed, and in other cases where debris had been carelessly throw near the furnace. It is the intention of Mr. Sykes to address the children of the schools of West Linn today, several of the rooms having been visited Monday, and on Wednesday he will address the chil dren of the Gladstone school. Mr. Sykes says "I am delighted to talk to the children on the 'safety i f,rst' in the schools and at the homes. With Christmas drawing near and many of the children have plan ned to have their Christmas tree brilliantly lighted with candles, many of these, children have changed their plans owing to the great danger. The child-en of the public schools here have been greatly interested in these talks, and the addresses given by Mr. Sykes have done much towards in forming them on the danger of fire. Some of the owners objected and In giving addresses before the schools where he has visited, Mr. Sykes tells of instances where, if prop er methods had been used, and u cases of carelessness fires have orig inated causing much loss of life. In a school recently - visited, Mr. Sykes says a number of the boys ana girls told him it was their plan to have Christmas trees, but believed their stockings were just as good, and held all the presents they were to get, and if they didn't hold all there was plenty of room on the table be side the stockings. . Mr. Sykes, Mr. Allen and Mr. Stokes will complete their work here the lat ter part of the week, and many other cities are to be visited after leaving, here. SCOTT BREAKS BONES E. W. Scott, a contractor, tell Tues day morning on a slippery sidewalk on Fifth and Jackson streets and broke the bones of the left wrist Dr. C. H. Meissner attended the Injury. , The place where Mr. Scott tell was covered with Ice from a small atream. . This is the first accident reported during the snowy weather. CANBY FUNERAL HELD The funeral services of the late Mrs. Helen M. Smith, mother of Mrs Charles V. Prouty, of Canby, were held Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the Prouty home. Rev. Edwards. pastor of the Presbyterian church, of ficiated. The funeral services were largely attended. Mrs. Smith was born in Kentucky August 24, 1844, and came west some time ago. She has been residing with her daughter, Mrs. Prouty, recently moving to Canby with the family. Ilolman & Pace, undertaking estab lishment had charge ot the arrangements. CHICAGO LEADS AS CHOICE OF G. 0. P. HEM WASHINGTON, Dec 9.The place: Chicago. The time: June 8, 1920. This Is the forecast for the holding of the republican national convention, based on the private opinions of re publican leaders arriving in Wash In g ton for the meeting of the nation al committee tomorrow, which will decide the matter. The choice lies between Chicago and St. Louis, with 8an Francisco and Arbnry Park, N. J., trying to horn In with allurements of ocean bathing and scenery en route as chief stock in trade. GASOLINE ENOUGH TO BLOW UP THE CITY The deputies from the atate fire marshal' office who are here con ducting a fire survey ot thi city, state that they have found some quite risky fire hazards, particularly in the matter ot gasoline and electric, haz ards. '' "" , They say. they have a number of case where people are storing on their premise as much as 50 gallons of gasoline on top ot the ground; whereas the state law will only per mit the keeping ot five gallons of gas oline in such exposed condition. They also state they have found a good many houses which are exposed to fire risk through faulty electric wir ing. In a number of cases the Inspec tors have notified the people ot such risks and also the gasoline risk. Such notice gives people 90 days In which to comply with the laws after which time arrest may be made. The deputies say they are progress ing with their survey according to schedule and that they are being met with a hearty cooperation from the people. Deputy Harold Sykes la en gaged in visiting the various school rooms of the city and giving talks to the children on fire protection and fire prevention. As a result of this work, the high school has organized a fire team, as was announced by the Enterprise on Friday morning. This Is said to be. the third Instance of fire teams or ganized in the schools In Oregon. At the Catholic parochial school, the Benedictine sisters In charge have assured Mr. Sykes that they will In corporate in their sixth grade work a regular course of study on fire prevention. Mr. Sykes gave out the following Interview Friday covering conditions as he has found them: "The worst ha.ard yet encountered is the defective electrical wiring, and the gasoline. In a number of cases enough gasoline is being kept above ground to blow the entire town up if exploded under favorable condtions. These fire hazards are serious and must be removed if Oregon City is to be made anything like fire proof. In view-of the present Inefficient con dition of the fire department it Is to the interest of every person in the city for the sake of their own safety and that of their property to take every possible measure to prevent the occurrence of fires of any nature. The representatives of the fire mar shals department ave giving their services to the city absolutely with out expense, and for the benefit ot the city to discover and point out these hazards, and if the people will cooperate and assist the movement by removing them, they will be doins themselves a great service and also their neighbors. No person has a right, or should be premitted to maintain on his premises any thing or condition that In any way endangers the property or lives of his neighbors. The golden rule should be strictly applied in this re gard, and no one wauts to be burned out by his neighbors' carelessness. Oregon City is badly In need in every line ot defense. The first line is the prevention. It needs to be strong, because the nature of the town, old frame structures, etc., if the enemy breaks through and the fire occurs, the reserve forces, which t the fire department, and fire fighting equipment, will have some fight to save the day and save the town. The reserve force for fighting the fire should be very much Improved. It is time Tor Oregon City to throw off its swadling clothes and Install a real fire department. It is not logi cal to assume that because the town has been lucky in the past that It will continue to be. Under present condition a fire not only may occur, but is likely to, that will wipe out the town. TWO DEAD IN RAID ORWELL, Ohio., Dee. 9. In a gun battle early today, two robbers were killed, a third badly wounded. A posse Is searching for a fourth member ot the bandit gang, wbo es caped. ' -