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FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR No. 7.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920.
ESTABLISHED t61
OREGON
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HOUSES IN
PROSPECT
WHEN FUND
IS SECURED
Only f'Jtimi lit between the actual
commencement u f a houNlng program
for Oregon City. With a definite plun
mapped out by tho Commercial Club
and Live W'lrit housing committee,
Hiid 117.0(H) In subscriptions already
obtained, thn commltlcu announced,
Tuesday it reiidlneifii to proceed with
operations m soon as $2fl,U0U had Lmm-u
subscribed. U U proposed to form a
company nnd Incorporate (or $r0.000.
The eomm.'ltee hu obtained proposals
for four nnd five-room houses, with
half basements, at a construction cost
of from $2.'i00 to f:iU00, Includlna
Nit, and It In protiosnd lo build about
10 houses nnd offer them for rem or
for sale. A fimt hh they are sold,
revolving fund will be established nnd
other houKim constructed.
A, R. Jacobs, chairman of the houit
committee nnd president of thu
Oregon City Manufacturing company,
bun announced bin Inti'iifon of absorb
ing nil of the, competent labor oflercd,
n fast at It can be obtained. The
labor ttbortag,, forced the woolen mills
of which he I tho bead, to establish
a brunch garment factory In Portland
several month ago, nnd It In under
mood that the manufacturing depari
ineiit of tho concern will operate ex
clusively m Oregon City whenever
there ppeiir to be sufficient lubor.
Thlg I underntood to mean thnt the
branch factory will be transferred
back to Oregon City when conditions
make It possible.
Edgar M. ItwiruH, a Portland archi
tect, appeared before thn committee
Monthly tv'Kht. nnd offered to construct
twivMory brick apartment houses
here upon n guarantee of tenant for
one-year's occupancy. Tbeiie proponed
npnrtment house will be financed by
Portland capital
Wlllam II. Cook, who has been ap
pointed county assessor to fill the
unexpired term of W. W, Everhnrt,
wIioho resignation went Into effect
February 9, took up hln duties Tups
duy morning. Mian Gertie Wilson,
who bus been appointed chief deputy
by Mr. Cook. Is III at her home, and
will take up her dutlen tho latter part
of tho week. 81m hus been connected
with tho office for several years.
The new assessor wag born In
Clackamas county, and has resided
most of tho tlmn at Huzolla, his birth
place. Ho has always tuken an active
Interest In county affairs and ban
been one of the men of the county
promoting fairs and livestock shows.
If was largely through hla efforts
that Chicknmas county won first
place at the OrcRon State fair.
Mr. Cook Is well versed ' on the
property values of Clackamas county.
Ha has been deputy assessor for the
punt three years, and for seven and
one-half yearg was a civil engineer
with the Pacific Railway & Navigation
company botwoen Hlllsboro and Tilla
monk He has also engaged In farm
Ing, and Is thoson of Mr. and Mrs.
.Tames P. Cook, pioneer residents of
llnzella.
Though beaten In debate at Orogou
City Friday night, the' local high
Hchool team won the triangle and has
boon Reloctod to meot some other suc
cessful county team to be designated.
The question for debate through
the entire state Is "ReBolved, that Im
migrant km ahouldl be prohibited tor
five years.". The Colton toam debat
ing In Oregon CHy Friday night took
the affirmative, securing the decision
by a vote of 2 to 1. The brogpn City
nfflmatlve toam won by a unanimous
vote of the Judges at Molnlla, am,l
Colton negative won at home by a
vote of 2 to 1.
As a 'result of the triangle, Oregon
City has 12 points, Colton 10 and Mo
lulla 2. Alfred Boatle a'nd Carl Muou
der have the negative, and Kathryn
Long and Eugene Vedder the affirm
ative. CANADA HAS 8,835,102
OTTAWA, Ont., Feb, 6. Canada's
population la estimated by the cenBus
branch, of the trade and commercial
department atJj,83B,102.
WILLIAM B. COOK !S
ASSESSOR OF COUNTY
SUCCEEDING EVERHART
Situation
Berlin's reluctance, which may amount to a re
fusal to agree to the terms of the armistice in delivering
over for trial by an allied commission, several hundred
Germans who are held responsible by the allies for the
war, creates a situation that may involve both Germany
and the allied countries in war. The German govern
ment has, as yet, given no direct refusal, but it has inti
mated that the arrest and surrender of war chiefs is al
together incompatible with their notions of German
honor, and it is seeking to have those terms of the
armistice modified. Field Marshal von Buelow has de
clared he would never place hmlf at the disposal of
the entente nations; that he ttt did his duty to the
fatherland and that extraditions!!. is an ignominy to
which no German would volup.'Sy submit.
It is not unlikely that
manders who are wanted will ? .?tvth&l they may re
gard as a safe haven in other co ss. The ex-Kaiser
himself is in Holland, and the I ?i government has
i s ii i i .it i 1 l
informed the allies that he will
Former Crown Prince Rupperch
as several other minor officers ot
are now in Switzerland, and
federal authorities will follow the precedent set by Hol
land. It is a fairly clean cut and established rule of in
ternational law that persons charged with political
crimes may find a refuge in neutral countries.
It may be that the diplomatic toe of the allies has
been stubbed, but the situation is bound to become tense,
for the allies cannot afford to back down. They would
become the laughing stock of the civilized world. They
have set out to punish the men who are believed to
have a direct responsibility for plunging Europe into a
sea of blood, and failure to press the demand on the
central powers would be looked upon as a confession
of weakness and an acknowledgment that responsibil
ity lies elsewhere than has been charged.
RING FULL OF HATS AS
Clackamas county citizens with
political aspirations, have fell the
arm breath of spring the past week
and many a hut has been reblockcd
.iiul made ready for the ring. .Several
would-be ruiidU'cles are finding It
hard to choose between tho call
to
public service and the call to tne
flmpK I'fe cf the farmer. Some of tne
( unty lTict-i- H'em to lnve a peer,
lar clinrm tnd prospective nsplra t
r.warm iirctii,-l 'hem '.ke bees wh."
Hy firt fl :! of srrlnR burnt v.- te
b'oom
The Republican Line Up
The office of sheriff has a peculiar
charm, and for the Republican nom
ination already lined up for this office
la William J. Wilson, who la round
Ing out hlg third term; Ed I.. John
son, at present completing a term as
county coroner, and 1). E. Frost, form
er deputy fherlff and probation of
ntr and uuthor of the antl-clgarette
bilL
For county Judge, the candidate.)
nirendy announced are L. I,, porter,
of West Unn; E. U Pope, of Park
plnee, with a strong probability tnat
Harvey E. Cross will hear the call lo
service. W A. Proctor, of Sandy,
present county commissioner, who
is also menUoned as a possible can
date, has so far failed to commit
himself.
For county attorney the only entry
so far announced la I.Ivy Stipp.
For county assessor W. H. ( Hill)
Cook, former deputy under W. W.
Kverhnrl, and present assessor by
appointment, hng a clean field.
The county dork, Fred V Miller,
present Incumbent, la the only can
didate mentioned.
For. treasurer MIhs Alberta Dunn
la unopposed for the nomination
J. E. Calnvan, county school super
,'ntendent, la unopposed In his ds!re
for ree-lectlon, as Is H. H. Johnsou,
county surveyor,
J. G. Noe, county recorder, has not
yet declared ns to what course ho will
take but will doubtless be a candidate
for a second term.
This week will no doubt see several
announceemnts of candidates 'o
aucceed W. A. Proctor as commtfi
aloner. W. H. Counsel!, of MUwaukie,
Is expected to be a candidate.
Charles Krause, of Oswego, has been
mentioned and Commissioner Proctor
may conclude to ba a second torm
candidate.
Democratic Ticket
The Democratic candidates as yet
are not numerour. E. T. Mass, former
sherlf.f will have a clear field for
the nomination.
Gilbert l. Hedges, preesnt district
attorney, will doubtless be a candi
date for re-election, There will un
doubtedly be other flVngs as presi
dential year will make it advisable
that, a full ticket be placed In the
field.
0. D. Eby Is mentioned as a pros
pective candidate for state senator
nnd for county Judge and rumor has
It that he will be a candidate for
one or the other of these places.
EBY APPOINTED CORPORAL.
Marvin R. Eby, son of Mr. and
Mrs. 0. D, Ely, a student of the Uni
versity of Oregon, ha been appoint
ed corporal of a student military
company.
Eby la a graduate of the Oregon
City; high school
is Tense
maoSo! the German com
0. be surrendered.
t Bavaria, as well
extradition list,.
it is reported that Swiss
HOTEL IUMFS FP
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TORTLAND, Feb. 7. Walter Mar
lon Seward, proprietor of the Seward
hotel, wfclle suffering from a mental
disorder, resulting from long Illness,
eomnvttea suicide by leaping from a
window on the fifth story of the
hostelry at 7 o'clock this morning.
Evading a nurse who made a dar
ing attempt to halt Seward's deter
mination at self-destruction, the hotel
man threw himself from the window
and crashed to the roof of a two
gtory building below. He was dead be
fore he could be reached.
Seward, aged f0 years, had been
suffering for some time and had been
under the constant care of nurses.
At 7 A. M. he locked the door to his
room, during the temporary absence
of his niirae, Mlsa Ellen C. Berglund,
316 Thj'rty-second street north, and
climbed from the window to the ledge
from which he leaped. The nurse re
turned to find the door locked.
Rushing to another window she
climbed to the ledge and grappled
with Seward, but Just a moment too
late He broke from her grasp and
dropped down four stories to the roof
of a small building on the south, side
of the hotel structure.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. S. J. Barnes,
27 years old, of 1191 Front street, Is
In St, Vincent's hospital In a prob
ably fatal condition with a bullet
lodged beneath his heart. Charles
Foater, 32, la being held In the city
Jail for investigation.
Barnes was shot at Fifteenth and
Morrison streets shortly after 1:30
this morning by Motorcycle Policeman
Wiles, when he refused to obey the
policeman's command to halt.
An emergency call had reached the
police station from Mrs. Clara Manas,
141 liownsdale avenue. Tht men, ap
parently drunk, were smashing down
the doors to her apartment with the
avowed intention of getting her, she
reported. . .',
SECRETARY LANE RESIGNS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Secretary
of the Interior Ijane has forwarded
his resignation to President Wilson
and It has been accepted, It was an
nounced at Lane's office today.
Ye That Have Corns
Cut Off Little Toe
Treatment Is Heroic
HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 6. J. C.
Davidson, Upper rancher, had an In
curable corn on one of his small
toes. He had frequently removed the
painful corn, only to have It retujn
and worry him. Wednesday Mr. Dav
idson declared he would suffer no
longer. Today he is minus the corn
and the toe that reared it.' He went,
to his family physician' and had the
1) ).lri)t natmtrfJ f 1 1
MUNICIPAL LIFT
TO BE REPAIRED
IN BY WATER
The municipal elevator, which has
been closed down alniut two mnnths
on account of Injury to the machinery
during the cold snap, will ba repaired
and operation will then be resumed
with water power.
This was the conclusion of the pub
lic meeting; at the council chambers
Tuesday night, after a vote was taken
upon the repair of the ('ft, or the
electrification recommended by a
committee, consisting of Councllmen
Groen, Tobln and Ilrldges. Sixteen
people voted on the question, nine
favoring the repair of the holm and
even voting for its electrification.
There were 29 , people present, and
the members of the counr,'! committee
nnd of the water board were excluded
from voting. There were 13 of those
present who did not vote at all.
After the report of the committee
had been presented, there was con
siderable discussion, Jos. E. Hedges
and H. C. Stevens leading the argu
ment for the repair of the lift. The
latter urged the establishment of a
small totl to cover the maintenance
charges Mr. Hedges said the council
had nothing definite to offer and no
money to finance the electrification.
W. H. Howell, a member of the water
board, atated that he favored the
preesnt method of operation, but
would be aaVsflcd with any agreement
that was made. Mr. Hedges attacked
the report of the water commission.
which placed a value of $'j0,000 on the
pumping station in the south end of
the city, and M. D. Uitourelte, sec
retary of the board, contended that
the figures were reasonable. ,
After the meeting. Councllmen
Green and Tobin stated that the re
pair of the elevator would be resumed.
This will require about one month for
completion
LL PORTER IS
CANDIDATE FOR
COUNTY JUDGE
L. L Porter, who announces his
candidacy for county Judge, has been
a resident of this county for over
30 years. He has served Clackamas
and Marion counties as state senator
in the Oregn legislature and has
been actively connected with the cty
government of West Linn since Its
incorporation some six or sevep years
PORTER
ago, and In Oregon City before that
time. He prides himself on the work
he helped to do in getting West Linn
to put in some cement pavement that
he believes to be the best pavement
for the county and believes that hs
town of West Linn is in the front
rank for good roads.
Mr. Porter has been a member of
the Joint water commission between
Oregon City and West Linn since its
creation and is now its chairman.
Thi8 commission built the p,'pe line
into the mountains to the south fork
of the Clackamas river,, which sup
plies the water to the two towns and
is one of the big works of the county.
This pipe line cost close to a half
million dollars but the commission
built It and saved some of the money
that the people voted them with which
to do the work, A rather unusual mat
ter in municipal financing.
It was largely through his efforts
that the state was prevailed' on to put
up $50,000 more on the Oregon City
and West Linn bridge after the state
highway commission had refused to
contribute it, in ths way saving to
the taxpayers of the county tills
'amount.
He has always taken a keen interest
'n good roads and any other matter
that makes for the better social con
dition of the community, like getting
good water for the two towns and
stopping typhoid, which was epidemic
before that time. Mr, Porter Is a
32nd degree Mason and a Shn'ner.
AMERICANS SAVE THOUSANDS
VIENNA, Feb. 6. Three hundred
thousand Viennese children under II
years of age are Insufficiently fed,
according to V'ce urgomaster Winter
of Vienna. He said that 100,000 had
been saved from starvation and death
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L. L.
Pedagogical Advice
Every once in a while some high browed gentle
' man, who sits in a comfortable chair and draws a sal
ary from an educational institution, makes a speech
on political ecohomy and has a sure cure-all for the
evils that affect our body politic. We have with us to
day Professor M. A- Magruder, of the Oregon Agricul
tural College, who, in an address at the Salem library,
recommended a single legislative body of 1 00 members
to sit in continuous session, performing the executive
as well as the legislative functions of the state govern
ment and drawing salaries of $5000 a year each.
Magruder would also hold national, state and county
elections on separate years, to eliminate confusion in
the minds of the voters.
The idea has the merit of being rather original, but
we cannot say as much for it from an economical nor
efficient viewpoint. One hundred men at $5000 a year
each means a half million dollars per annum, which, in
these days of tax burdens, is not likely to have serious
consideration from the taxpaying public. We believe
in paying good salaries to men in public offices of
responsibility and we know that most of our state of
ficials are underpaid. As a matter of fact the state has
been very fortunate in securing capable men " at the
meagre salaries paid. We certainly cannot subscribe,
however, to a policy of employing 1 00 men to conduct
the affairs of the state, with the army of clerks and em
ployes they would need to assist them.
The matter of holding separate elections for na
tional, state and county officials is only another burden.
If we should amend our state laws to provide that county
officers should hold office for four years, instead of
two years, as many of them do, we would make the of
fices more attractive and partially solve one of our pub-'
lie servant problems.
ICES OF
NECESSITIES LOOMS
WASHIGTON, Feb. 6. A big
drop in prices of necessities Is only
a few weeks away, government of
ficials agreed here today, if the pres
ent record low levels of foreign ex
change rates continue.
England, France and Italy will be
forced quickly, it wa8 predicted, to
curtail their purchases In American
markets. TU's means a reduction
in the volume of American exports
and the dumping of goods into the
American markets.
Breadstuffs, meats and dairy pro
ducts now are being shipped abroad
at the rote of nearly $4,000,000 a day
by American growers, packers and
exporters, government reports show.
Dumped suddenly into the domestic
markets, such a vast quantity of food
would quickly force down prices, of
ficials said
!CAT
IS
E
BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 6. Sena
tor Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, in an
address last night declared that the
United States is suffering from auto
intoxication He prescribed the rem
edy ag more work and less extrava
gance, more old-fashioned American
ism and less high pressure living.
Fourteen Oregon
Warriors Get O
EUGENE, Feb. 6. Between halves
of the Oregon-Washington State
basketball game last night, the
Order of the "O," an organization of
all Oregon letter men, held initiation
for fourteen athlets who have won
their first Oregon emblems.
The new initiates to the order and
tho sport in which their letters were
won, follow: Clifford ("Skeet") Man
erud, of Eugene, football; Mart
Howard, Portland, football: Newt
Estes, Eusene, track; Vance Jocob
berger, Portland, football: Leith Ab
bott, Ashland, track; "Prink" Calli-
son, Eugene, football; S,' .Starr. Dal
las, track; John Gamble, Portland,
basketball; John Houston, Klamath
Falls, baseball; Bill Rhlnehart, Sa -
lam, basketball; "Spike" Islie,
Marshfield, football; "Jlggs" Leslie,
Marshfleld. baseball: "Busher" Blake,
lone, football, and Mort Brown, Los
Angeles, Cal.. tennis.
HENRY ALBERS MUST
E
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9l The
United States district court, of ap
peals here todai affirmed a decision
of the federal district court or fon -
tana, ure., imposing a line oi iu, -
000 and, three years imprisonment on
Henry Albers, a racmc coast miner
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Judge Thomas F. Ryan will be a
candidate for the office of state sen
ator, entering the race tor the pri
mary nomination on the Republican
ticket.
Grant B. Dimick, who has been
mentioned in connection with the of
fice and who was expected to be a
candidate, has definitely stated he
will not run, and said Saturday night
that at no time had he intended being
a candidate.
Unless some other aspirant ap
pears, the race for the nomination
will narrow down to Judge Ryan and
Representative Christian Schuebel,
who has served two terms in the
house.
Judge Ryan has been active In the
politics of the state and county for
many years He was deputy state
treasurer for efght years until Janu
ary. 1919, and was for eight years
county judge of Clackamas county.
He has Berved as mayor of Oregon
City, director and clerk of the Ore
gon City school board and recorder of
Oregon City. He is past grand master
of the 'Odd Fellows and has long been
prominent in fraternal circles. He
was a candidate for state treasurer
in 1918 and lost the nomination , to
O, P. Hoff in a heart-breaking finish
by less than 200 votes. He is the
.president of the Bank of Commerce,
of Oregon 0,'ty, and lives on a farm
at Gladstone.
PORTIAND, Feb. 7. IndicaVons of
a mysterious murder were brought to
light this afternoon, when portions of
the lower part of the body of a man
were found in Sullivan's gulch, just
east of the Grand avenue bridge.
Deputy Coroner Goetsch, who took
charge of the body, declared that the
man had apparently not been dead
more than five days. "
The dismembered corpse was wrap
ped in two different packages with
a newspaper, and was discovered by
Louis Desanos, 5522 Fifty-eighth
avenue Southeast, who works on the
section gang for the Spokane, Port'
land & Seattle railway. Desanos djid
not report his find to the police until
he was relieved from duty late today,
, The parts of the body found in
cluded the lower portion of the trunk
j the upper portion of one leg and the
i lower portion of both legs. There
were no feet. Each portion was sev-
' ered from the rest and all bore indica'
i tions that a saw and other, rude in-
I struraents had been used to cut up
the man's body. All the
badly mutilated
parts were
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. Mrs.
Marie Donoho, secretary of the Re
bekah lodge in San Francisco, was
;j)urned t0 deatu ,!n a tlre w1icu de.
; stroyed the Berkshire apartemnt
; nmlge here today.. Thirty-two lodg'
era firemPn anrt policemen were In-
$50,000
PRICE PA
FORMER
01 EIGHT
Hogg Bros., local furniture dealers,
have purchased the Weinhard build
ing on the northeast corner of Eighth
and Main streets for (50,000. ,
The sale not only embraces the
building, the lower floor of which Is
occupied by Hogg Bros, and the Hank
of Commerce, but additional ground
to the rear of the building.
The two-story brick structure cov
ers 66 foot frontage on Main street,
and has a depth of 110 feet, but Hogg
Bros, obtained a depth of 180 feet on
Eighth street for future expansion.
The firm does not plan immediate
construcVon of any additions, but as
soon as the Bank of Commtrce vacates
the corner, which will probobly be be
fore the end of the present yarr that
portion of the building will also be
occupied by Hogg Bros., who will re
model the Tront of the building.
Hogg Bros, have obtained a tena
porary ltase of the upper floor of the
building on the opposite corner, form
erly the rooms of the Commercial
club, for a salesroom, and will use It
until they can secure all of the lower
floor of the building they have just
purchased.
.Attorney W. L. Mulvey represented
the firm in closing the deal, negotia
tions having been under way for sev
eral weeks.
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LATE CANDIDATE EOR
SEGHETiUnr OF STATE
Henry J. Schnlderman, corporation
commissioner, has announced his
pandidacy for the RepubVcan nom
ination for secretary of state. Schul-
derman is an appointee of the late
Governor Witbycombe, who first nam
ed him corporation commissioner In
1915 to fill an unexpired term and
again appointed him in 1917.
Schulderman will have plenty of
competition for the place. Ben F.
Jones of Lincoln county has already
announced his candidacy as have
Sam Kozer, now filling the office as
acting secretary of state; Chauncey
Butler of The Dalles, who has tenta
tively announced his candidacy; Eu
gene L Coburn, county clerk of Jose
phine county; M. Vernon Parsons, of
Eugene, who has informally entered
the race, and A. H. Lea of Portland,
who presumably will announce in a
few days.
U.S. SOLDIERS ML;
' BE0UT0F1EI
G
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Secretary
of War Newton I). Baker told the
house foreign affairs committee to
day that all American soldiers would
be out of Siberia by April 1, There
are 5000 American troops still in
Vladivostok, he said, but all a
regulars, the drafted troops having
been withdrawn. Of the latter 2000
are now on the way to Manila, Phil
ippine Islands. -
"American troops In Vladivostok
are in no danger from Russian forces
and are not subjected to hardships,"
"The Siberian forces control Vladi-,
vostok and have set up there an
rtnlorlw anil funHnnlnir 1vtl ffYWAI-TW
ment There are about 60,000 Japan
ese troops In Siberia. The Japanese
and United States governments are
wArt n or In anwH nnrl wlfh linflfilV
standing," the secretary declared. ,
RECEIVE NEARLY ONE
SALEM, Or., Feb. 6. Approxi
mately $883,400.22 is available for
distribution to the thirty-six counties
of Oregon during 1920 out of the
market road fund, says a statement
issued yesterday from the offices of
the secretary of the state highway
department. WMlo a glrcn' sum S3
mentioned as available to : the re
spective counties only such amount
will actually be turned over to any
nn.,, na U ...111 w,t,.l,