OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1920. an A suit case, belonging to Elme" Scott, shipbuilder and laborer, was found upon the banks of the Wil lamette river near hers by several small children, who wore playing in that vicinity at the time. The child ren took the suit case home wit them, and the parents notified Sheriff Wil son of the find. Upon Investigation by the sheriff of the contents, several pairs of socks, underwear, book, an Insurance policy, time keepers' book, and other personal articles were, found. Th Insurance policy was taken out in 1918 from the Oreon Surety & Casualty Co., for the sum of J.100, and the beneficiary named was Smith's daughter, Nellie Hyland, of Astoria. The- policy read that "Smith was a laborer, residence in Portland, and was employed by Grant Smith Porter Shipbuilding Co., Port land A photograph of a young woman signed Mamie Scott, of Wil lamina. was also found In the case. Two letter were found In the suit case addressed to Elmer Scott at Gcrvais and Salem. Oregon. From all appearances, It looks like Smith had jumped into the WUlaraet te river, as the suit case was found close to the water's edge. The of ficials here are trying to trace the man since being employed by the shipbuilding company in Portland, but are having little success. What has become of Smith, or where he is at present, is a mystery, and all re latives have been notified of the find ing of his belongings here. JTOR IS REG! F0REVERY14 PEOPLE IN UNITED STATES According to statistics recently compiled there was a total of 7,901. 271 motor car and truck registrations in. the United States. This means that there is a motor vehicle foi every 13.5 persons in this country. Present available figures indicate that before the first of next year there will be mora than 8,000,000 motor vehicles in use in the United States. In the percentage of increase in reglsta-tion from July 1, 1919, to July 1, 1920, Oregon was fifth in the list cf states, Califor-lia thirty-second and Wa:-hing:on forty-second. With a material increase In the. registration figures there will come a large increase in total fees at the end of the year. With the presiden tial election over and the country en trenching itself more and more on a Deace-time basis we should witness next year a banner year In the move ment towards pemanent road, all of which means more motor cars and trucks a the time goes on, which brings up that oft-d'.scussed question of "saturation." IT PORTLAND, Oct. 29. Ray wm'l ton, truck driver of Marmot, is In the county jail charged with driving with out lights, and Thelma Hunt, a cler't in Robe-ts Bros." store at a '.ate hour Thursday night was still unconscious at St. Vincent's hospital a3 the result of an early morning collision on the Columbia highway. The accident oc curred a third of a mile west of ,hi Sandy river bridge, at the Automobile club, at 2 A. M., when Hamilton ran Into a moto-cvcln ridden bv tho cirt and l-overne Longhee of 511 Ea?t Fortysixth street north. Miss Hunt was riding in a side car on the motorcycle, which was headed MYSTERY SURROUNDS for Portland, and the machine wasj gave gticn as rnnv ne considered corr just rounding a curve when the crash J mon t0 an ner sex. Yet. Inoompre- came. Hamilton la alleged to navs had no lights on his truck. The bla machine crushed the smaller vehicle and tho side car was so wrapped around the girl that she had to be pulled ut- Longheed escaped with a few bruises. The couple were giver first aid by a doctor at San Vista and an ambulpnce was called. It was found that the girl had been cut on one leg and her head wag seriously injured. USES GUN TO FORCE I Frank Robinson, Of Portland, was to Oregon City Friday on brought charges of using a revolver to force J. W. Kraft, a farmer of Aurora, to take bim to Portland in Kraft's car after Robinson became stalled In the mud near the Kraft farm. Kraft clairaej that he was called by Robinson, who after displaying a revolver, rodered him to haul his car put of the mud. Kraft said that he was unable to do this and that Robin son froce,i hlra. to take him to Port land. There were three sacks o chickens in the Robinson car, Kraft said, but when they were moved a rattling of bottles could be heard, he thought On the road to Portland Kraft al leges that Robinson aske him if he would take a gallon of moonshln whiskev for his pay. After saying that he would Kraft claimed that Rob inson promised he would brine the liquor later, Kraft complained to Sheriff Wll on. who with Deputy Long, brought Robinson to Oregon City, where he is being hew. 1 1 I i ' i i ; a mi w- - wr U1' 1 Pi I 5r CHAPTER ONE The Street of Strange Faces. I. THE DARK CORNER. The way of the thing was ever the same: It befell without warning; or rather, the girl had never learned to take heed of signs which seemed plain enough in retrospect, when she sat alone and piuzled her pretty head with the dark riddle of this shadow life which set her so widely apart from every girl she knew and. Indeed, from all the rest of humankind. . . . She had a day of restlessness, whose every hour brewed its new pe culiar mood, whose every mood was purposeless, with times of almost feverish gayety, causeless, fitful, fugi tive, and other times when for no rea son In her knowledge she caught her self sighing long fluttering sighs that shook her strangely. So might one's spirit sigh In weariness, faint with the burden of Incessant strife with some great antagonist of unguessable Identity. Toward nightfall all these were soothed away Into a feeling of serene poise and self-possession ; and sat urate with consciousness of the rich, strong wine of vitality that quickened her. she thought of life In the likeness of a wide placid river, wherein she drifted like a fearless swimmer a stream whose waters were warm, sweet and calm with a penetrating quality of delicious calm she never dreamed could be disturbed, so abso lute It seemed, so permanent, so Im perturbable. Only the sighs persisted oddly, as If her spirit knew moments of melan choly of which her mind knew noth ing. And insidiously the tranquil surface of that contentment was flawed by ap prehensions of nameless danger, of peril Intent, stealthy and Implacable ; as though the swimmer snrm'sed some monstrous shape of evil SKiilking un seen In those opaque deeps or felt herself subtly ensnared by a current whose IrresistiMe set was altogether toward destruction. Now at length perceiving what was to come, panic paralyzed in her the Instinct of self-preservation : though horror brimmed the cup of beini. she made no effort to fight free but. as one who knows that strops' In 5 must prove vain, resigned herself and let the baneful current work its will with ber. Fascination, too. was at work, deep within her a mad desire to go again that wild w-ny she had so often gone, and once more he, and do, and see. ... Sotlt is, so it mut he. with those to whom a drug has inaje itself a thing of Life and Penth. On ahem!, like n bend in the rlvpr. waited that turning In her psychic life which she knew as the Dark Tur ner: while she lay passive in the grasp of that power which so obscure ly had Its rise in her yet was repug nant to her, being at once tier Will and her Necessity. And as the Dark Corner drew momentarily more near, the transfusion which she termed the Change was effected by what may only be described as a convulsion of her very soul, after which came lassitude, a vast enervation in which all linger ing traces of reluctance were obliter ated. Now she was no longer herself, but another woman than the one she knew, a strange woman clothed in her own flesh but in no other way akin to her Self of everyday, having no thought Impulse or emotion with WDjCh that Self could sympathize. hensibly, consciousness of the old self-Identity survived ; and though (as she conceived It) dispossessed from Its tenement, her Self continued hy her body's side, observant, critical, in trigued, something amused. . . . In this wise rounding the Dark Cor ner, she passed Into that place which she had named the Street of Strange Faces: and the enigma of this confu sion of Self with noi-Self was forgot ten In the rush of exotic sensation and emotion, excitement and lawless Joy, which Invariably accompanied definite and final commitment to re newed pursuit of these transcendental adventures. II. LEONORA. Together with the Faces, Its win dows made the Street, being of many sons, to each its own significant illu mination : hard plate glass masks of saloons beaming false fellowship, mean shop fronts of ingratiating shine, windows of homely golden glow, others through whose latticed shutters filtered sinister gleams bespeaking the unspeakable others again that gave only dull reflections In begrimed panes of naphtha flames flaring lurid ly above pushcarts arrayed In un broken lines along the curbs. Through tills welter of light and shadow, la the sidewalk channels, the Faces passed and repassed, lurking darkly in forbidding doorways, seek ing brazenly the brightest glare, com ing and going without rest, In uncouth carnival: kind and brutal, cunning and naive, wicked and Innocent, swarthy, fair, unique, commonplace.; feces that disgusted, faces that al lured, faces that meant nothing, that were mere empty mouthing masks; faces of oriental cast, yellow and red and brown ; negro faces In every shade of quartering. . . . She knew them all: they all knew her. The sense of strangeness ebbed ; with every step, with every look Rroundi wlth every breatn Bhe dreWi I LniiKJnLtnlitnirp JY Author of "Tru false luce P I- "Trio Lone Wolf." Etc. Illustrated by Irwin Hyers Copy njht 1420 by th Author she was losing touch with her other Self which had so singularly renounced Its authority and faded Into impotent. at the Park Corner, hut which still kept step with ber. clung to her more closely than her shadow, and like a wraith of tlie living, wntyhed, noted and compared while taking part In ac M.ins wholly foreign to its nature and experiencing reactions obscure to It :ind tm.ntelliglMe. New the girl moved swiftly, with j ea-e and boldness, even with a hint f nnvgsioe: giving the Faces look for look, smile for smile, frown for frown; laughing Impishly up at a tall policeman who knitted black brows over Indulgent blue eyes; flinging racy retorts to the banter of a knot of men emerging from a giu-mlll; chill ing with glance and won! the ad vances of those who fhould have known hotter; chaffing hucksters who bawled In her ears the tawdry virtues of their wares ; pausing now and again to exchange more kindly per siflage with folk who held title to her liking; cutting an Impudent figure, as confident and unabashed as a colt turned loose In borne pastures. Her sharp perceptions took In every thing; not one considerable detail es caped their remark. And she liked It, she liked it all, she was curiously per meated to her very marrow with de light In sounds and sights and smells familiar to her senses since time be yond their earliest record. The Street, never wide, was the nar rower for Its double rank of pushcarts. Between these an occasional automo bile or horse-drawn vehicle went gin gerly to spare the multitude of urchins, half dressed and less than half washed, of every age and almost every nationality, that swarmed upon the asphaltutn. Tenement house their fire escapes converted Into bal conies lavishly draped with candid bedding and still more candid women drew confidential heads together on high, leaving visible only a slender ribbon of cobalt sky. In between the air was sluggish, thick with unnat ural haze, and rank with many odors ; an nnholy alliance of garlic, fried fih, boiled cabbage and stale heer main taining debatable ascendency over the native aroma of a stratum of society which holds soup les necessity than luxury. And the night was tumultuous with screams of children at crude play, howls of baliles wallowing In neglect, bawling of street vendors, each striving to outyell his nearest competitor, clatter of tinny pianos, blare and whine of Jaded phono graphs: all relieved against a Vholly normal nndertone of Incessant gossip and bickering. The girl hugged to herself the Joy of living; th's was to her the brenth of life: even more. It was enterprise, adventure, the very stuff of Romance. She went her way smiling, with a conscious smile bred of knowledge that she was dressed in her best. In her very'newest best at that, garments of n cut and oot and quality such a the Street seldom saw. Nevertheless, her show of noncha lance cloaked circumspection; If her looks were free and roving, they were likewise keen and watchful. Though the width of the Street was between them, she was well aware of two plain-clothes men who turned to stare when she had gone by and conferred together concerning her craftily, after the absurd manner of their kind, out of the corners of their mouths. But that was a minor circumstance, more fun than reason for worry. They couldn't Jug a girl for wearing good clothes, even If they didn't know where she had got tliem or how. , . . The stress of her attention was due to considerations far more weighty; and when, of a sudden, at a crossing, she descried Its cause, she checked In unfeigned dismay, with startled pulses. III. THE MAN MARIO. On the far corner a tall man, sim ply clothed, composed of habit, stood stirless. hands clasped lightly before hlro In a gesture with which the girl was well acquainted, head and shoul ders lifting above the crowd. Against the tawny flames of naphtha torches his profile was sharp und black, the silhouette of an ascetic, gravely fine; but none better than she knew how its austerity was belied by bauiited eyes whose sincerity could wring truth from Hps that moved to frame a lie. And he was looking for her; she knew that, too. In a flurry so real that It touched her anger, she swung aside Into tire oy-street, a grim street that led any where but the way she wished to go. i Yet she welcomed Its sullen gloom and went swiftly, heedless of every thing but the necessity of escaping, knowing In her heart she could not escape. ... Her name was called In a voice of resonant timbre: "Leonora! I beg of you . . . It Is I, Mario!" She stopped and swung round with a specious show of surprise subsiding Into Indifference. Tone and manner were discouraging; but ber heart was faint. "Oh! hello! It's you . . The man paused, hat In hand, his attitude one of pleading and reproach, yet Informed ' with an Ineffaceable dignity, "You saw me, Leonora. Why did you run from me?" She tossed her head. "What makes you think I dldr "I do not think ; I know. You turned tip this street to avoid me. Leonora, why?" "If you thought that that I want- d to be left alone why'd you follow mr The man lifted hi hands palm up permost, and let them fall. "You know ... I love you. 1 make no secret of that. I have told you how many times--a hundred? Yea" Wm wm "You Know... I Lov You I Maks No Secret of That" his enunciation grew more rupld "and you are not Indifferent to me. You never said s but ... I know." "Oh, I like you all right" "No; more than that; too much to wish to hurt me. is It not so?" "Why, 1 don't want to hurt you, of course. But If you've got to know 1 was In a hurry. I've got a date and I'm late." "And I am detaining you! Forgive me hut let me go with you a little way." The girl shot hunted glances right and left; then, since nothing In sight promised diversion, said ungraciously: "Nobody can stop your walking with me." "Nobody but you. Leonora. One word " "One word from me and you'll do exactly as you plcae." With a nerv ous laugh "Oh, come along !" she turned back, walking hastily, the man Mario falling In at her side. "I'd Just as leave you didn't come nil the way, though." "You do not wisti me to know where you go." He nodded sober confirma tion of an unuttered guess. "I see "You see a terrible lot!" The girl hed a spasm of Irritation. "You're al ways seeing things. Well, what do you see now:" "You go to meet those others" his tone was sad "those whom I have so often begged you " "(iness it's mjr business who my friends are." t "Certainly you give me no right to make it mine. That cannot affect the truth that such associations are un wise." "Maybe I'm best Judge of that, too." "Leonora; why pretend to me? De ceive yourself If you must and can hut not me. not one who loves you as I do. Io not attempt It, even. It Is SO useless " With a courtesy the more gratifying because It was so novel. Mario put his hand under her arm. lightly piloting her through the human mazes of the brawling Street, which they crossed squarely and quickly left behind. After a little while, being In the wrong, she said sulkily: "I don't see why you're always making out I'm try ing to put something over on you. I never promised . . ." "True. Rut you know what these friends. of yours ate. and their ways, whither they lend, their Inevitable end You know, if you persist, your f u te must be as theirs." "I guess what's good enough for my friends Is good enoi gh for tue " "No, Leonora ; you are too good for that or I could no' love you." ' The man paused, end his hold on her arm drew the glr1 to an unwilling pause with him. uii'way down a dark, dead block of ii.i ustrlal bulldingi, with a wlndowie-iJ wall beside them und not a aoul ne.. 'by to hear. The girl was distressed, more than a lltfie humbled in her own esteem by thU revelation of on affection more endur ing and generous end frank than any she had ever known "1 am not a common man." Mario wa stating simple fact. Innocent of conceit. "I know the world outside the one you know, and 'he men and wom en who live In It. Where I go. I look about me, and relied on what 1 see. I am seldom mistaken In those who in terest me. And you whom I love . . . I tell you. you are no more of this life than I. and you do a wrong thing, a wicked and cruel thing, when you trample down that which Is good In you and might bring you to a splendid destiny." Impressed In spite of herself, touched, and flattered, too, she looked uneasily away, twisting her hands to gether, her tongue faltering. "I suppose you know what you mean "And you also. I mean, you could love me If you would, and In my love, In the life I offer you, become the self that today you hide away so Jealously your real self, a woman fine and strong and true, not this adventure-loving companion of rogues and vagubonds and worse!" He cave an Imploring gesture. "Ah, Leonora, If only you would give them up I" She looked up with wistful eyes, all effrontery abandoned, only the woman remaining, the woman whom this man alone hud the secret of perceiving In her. In this, Indeed, resided the true reason for her fear t meeting Mario: he was disastrous to her peace of mind, her self-complacence; when she listened to him, satisfaction departed and in Its stead came Inquietude, with the wish to he what be would have het to be, what Intuition told her she could be If she would but set herself to overcome her own resistance. She searched bis face In wonder. When he disturbed her so profoundly, why did she like him so much? What was It that gave him power to charm her wits away, discontent her with all that had othtiWlso seemed excellent and complete, make nothing of the steel of her set purpose? Was It his love alone? He loved her, she was satisfied of that, but with such forbearance, such consideration, tenderness and under standing as left her Incredulous, In the Street love was another thing en tirely, a fiercer, cruder business, brusque and seltlsli without dlsgnlstt something open, direct and casual, hut as essential as moat and drink, Hut this was dliTcrent, this love Mario had for her. Yes; and It was true, what he as serted, he too wtts different ; there was no onollka him. mi geatle and strong and lirave, fastidious, reserved, and thoughtful. In her world he ninda a figure striking mid Incongruous. Yet he lingered on obstinately, In part (he told her) because It was his passion to study every side of life, hut mostly because he loved ber and never would willingly give up hope of winning her He would never leave, he protested, llll she went with bltn. "Leonora !" he pleaded. "Come with me . . ." In a moment of determination she tried to put sentiment aside with a hard little laugh of scorn, "1 guess you don't understand: Red would kilt me If I chucked him!" "He would never find you where I would take you. to my home In Spain; er If he ever did, he would not dare lift, eyes to you, or know In you. a lady, moving In the world fur which she was born, ttgirl he knew as Leo nora and loved after his fashion with whatever feeling It Is be culls love! Come with oie, Lcoiioru, and he your true self. Life can he beauti ful . . lie played shrewdly on her most De ere t weakness: she was fond of believ ing herself semewtiHi better than her milieu, through dome romantic accb 'lent superior In point of birth as well ss. what win iimleiiluble. In spirit and Intelligence. Vista of powerful se duction opened to her contemplation. At heart an arrant egoist, hc tiw herself primitively as she had seen other women. In her excunootm Into the haunts of the wcll-todo, radiantly hegowneil and furred and Jeweled, loll. Ing Insolently In a limousine car. Murlo at her side "dressed like a gentleman" (Concluded Next Week ) COUNITlo.aF. MEMBERS MEET IN COVENTJON The ClacKunms County lMstrtct Convention of the I. O. (). K. Order was organized in this city ut the Masonic hall Friday, when the roll call was responded to by lihi mem bers, these being from varlooua sec tions of tho county, who represented their orders. Tho session commenced at I o'clock, when the meeting was called to order by the noble grand Of Ore. gon No. 3. Th election of a tern Irary chairman, temporary sec re tary, the adoption of con-tl'nM"i '"! bylaws, perfecting n permanent o ginl.atlon were among the Import ant features of the afternoon. Tho elective officers chosen were Chris. Schuehel. of I. O. O R Udg N'o. 3 president: William Moran. o' Horlng. vice-president; 1,. A Kiuvli e-ty. Molalla, No. 1SI, secretary; A C. llaumback. Sandy, N'o. 19'. treas urer. The appointive officers are II. 3. Jones, Warden, Kstacada; K. L. Hoi comb, Kstacada, conductor; (!. A. I. Tank, Mllwauklo. I. (1 : It II C.lbhs Oro-diam, O fi.; T. C. Howell, (Hud stone, chaplain. Tho next meeting will be held at Molalla on the third Saturday In April. At 6 o'clock a banquet was served In 'he dining room by members oi I ,n" Hebekah l-odf-e, tho committee in etiargo being composed of Mrs May Waldron, Mrs. Flora Morris, Mri. Blanche Mailt,, Mrs. Susan llogan, Mrs May Yonce, Miss Harriet I'hlpps, Mrs. Uau, Mrs. DeMoss, Mrs. Jauette Scott, Mrsf. Minda Church, Mrs. Kvu Mathowson. The evening session commenced at ?,0 o'clock, when tho address of welcome was made by Judge Thomas P. Ityan, past grand master, of 1. O. 0. V. jinKn 3, and was responded to hy Adam H. Kniht, of Canby, who Is past gr: id representative, I lie. l.iidleH Quartet gave several seduc tions, responding to a hea-ty encore Ambrose Johnson, of I'ortland, grand master of Orogoti, gave an address, followed by another selection by th adies' Quartet. The evening pro gram closed with an address by Kev. J. A. Ilennett, of Sllvnrton, Silver No, 21 Lodge. During the evening C. V. Henkcl, of Portland, who is a member of the local order gave a number of selec tion on -a talking machine, one of his own Invention. Many of the latest selections by the popular composers wore thoroughly enjoyed. Tho following members of the orde were In attendance; C. Schnebel; W. Kayser; K. O. I)Moss, Thomas V. Ryan, L. H. Foaster, Oregon City; L. A. Haugherty, E. L. Palfrey, George Reatchford, W. H. Stclnlager, W. H. Rngle, J. B. Mason, Molalla; John MeKenzIo, Needy; Arthur A. Schneid er, Woodburn: J. O. Noe, Oregon City; C. Zwellfel, Portland; Alvln Perdue, Hubbard; J. K. Morris, 8. S. Walker, Oregon City; It A. Palm quist, Grosham; F. B. Palfrey, L. L. Hu-ghurdt, Lew K. Wallace T It. Vlck, V. H. Ihtnton, Gorge T. Krazer, Fred II- Hums, W. J. Jack, C. Wal lace, John E- Stears, Glenn Martin, Mack Hattenhauer, Molalla; C. K. Forshnor. J. L. Waldron, W II. Howell, Oregon City; John Scott, Scotts Mills; Ii. E. Slckler, L. C. Hax-te-, Gladstone; E. L. Sawtell, II. It. Welch, F. H. Park, Molalla; M. M. Oswego; W. II. Schuebel, O. A. Tropcl, Oregon City; U N. Levy, A L. Funk, Rivervlew Lodge; Silvester Hall, J. A. Abel, H. Bruns, H. C. France, Cecil Duke, Sandy; J. C. Duke, Gresham; J.- O. Haylman, Estacada; O. Naroney, Randy; J. II. Hadley, M. It. Cooper, Oregon n William Morand, R. B. Ksson, Sandy; J. Duggerm. Boring, P. J. Schneider, 1 SI Haircut Threat Chin SafVtvs Scrapes Up G e t 1$ o o s t ClUOAdO, Oct." 2S.- Haircut and shave, $l.;io, This Is tho "Happy New Year" greeting s;oo t'liUago barber plan to hand customer January 1- They voted yesterday to rwilse tho price of a haircut to $1 and n shave to "M cents. Laundering of towels and Ionics coat more, barbers sulil In x pinna lion. I turners opposing h0 lucrenso say It means more men will shave them selves. OYSTKU HAY. N. Y.. Oct. 27. - The t'l'nd birthday of Theodore ItiHisevell was commemo,-itiHl today by repix .tentative of various sucletles unit nilat Ions, who planted a while oak tree near hU KHivo, Many prominent men and womei. took part in the tne planting and the first shovelful of earth was thrown upon the roots hy M.-. Thorn as A. I'M I son lit Mi.ilf of her luu hand. Others whb attended were Lord and Uidy Hiithrreodau of th. Hrltldi detonation to the tercentenary coin (ration of tho lundltiR of tho I'll grlms, who placed a wreath upon the grave. The tre planting launched a move tueut Initiated by (lis organKatlnti have trees planted throughout ,t!. country upon Mr. Roosevelt's birth day In memory of the ex -prMdnt and other lllusl-ous Americana, MOUNTAIN VIEW NOTES MOI'NTAIN VI I0W. Nov. I Scouton and IVstlo Martin, f. -lends In Portland Thursday Alibi." hi led Mr. nnd Mrs. Ilell, who spent th" summer on their ranch In Katern Oregon relumed Saturday and spent Sunday at Ihu homo of 'I. t" Marker Mrs. Mill-It and buhy of I'o-lluitd woro guests of Mrs. George Kvorharl' several days hist week Mrs. Maggie Utwry and children of Cotton spent lait week ni her mother Mrs. Miry Kdgromhe, on Imiiane est ret. Mr. an,j Mr, lteniieti moved from Heaver Creek to I'uane strict, wtl.t Mrs. Hi'tmetts parents, Mr. and Mrs Unrtun. Mrs t'-uwford nnd Mrs Hickman wero calling on friends Wednesday. I William put In u new cement walk lait work. Walter Hrtindt. our new sexton motea hU family In the seston re! denco at cemetery last week. K T. Heverlla and family ntotureil I. Koteis! f.rovc Sunday where they visit d with frb'nds. Clyde May U visiting his father, Kd May. Mr IMehnrd.i from Washington Ixmtrht th" St roan property recently pu chased by K. T, Jleverlin. On October 27, an enjoyable cv. nlng wits spent tit tho home of Mr. and Mrs. James Shelley oj Mountain View, when meinlM-rs of th- family and nelghltors whose birthday rani" during the month of October and their families, were Invited to attend the evening. Those whoso birthdays wer celebrated wen Mrs. Mary Shelly, Harry Shelly, Kva Currin, Ahhi Scouton. Desdo Martin, Dan William s, Stella darker and Marlon Shlppley. Those present during tho evening were Ilr and Mrs. Henry Menrlel, Waller llenrld, Claude llenrlcl, Mi and Mrs. Harry Shelly of Portland, Eva Currin, !"ll Shelly, Dessie Mat tin, Abblo Scouton, Oeorgo Scouton, Mvtlo Kggennan, Mr. and Mrs. I). Williams, Mr. and M- Scouton, Iteuhen Scouton, Mr. and Mrs. Ed May, Clyde May, Frank Shipley, Mr. ami Mrs. T. C. Murker, Mary nnd Stella Marker, 1-e.wls Shipley, Lloyd Shipley, Mrs. Collins ami Caroline Jones, Gordon Jones, I'.llly nnd Jean luirpee nnd Mr, and Mrs. Shelly. The rooms were beautifully decor ated with dahlias, the evening was stient in games. A delicious supper was se-vod. All depart",) wishing nil many more hap py birthdays-. PBTZOLD SELLS OUT. Richard Pet.old, who has been In the meat business In this city for many years, has disposed of his mar ket to William Huconlch und John Hop pell, who have taken possession. Mr. Potzol,! will retire from active business. Ills successors are well known young men, Mr. Rueonleh hav ing been associated with Mr. Por.olil for about twelve years, and Mr, Hop poll, has also been employed In the markets here before taking up hit residence at Astoria. Mr. Petzobl Is a member of the city council, and has always taken an active interest In the city's welfare since making his home here. ADJUDGED INSANE. John Wright, of "this city, was ex amlned Friday and adjudged Insane and was taken to the asylum the same evening. Wrigh( Is accused of molesting women of this city and witnesses claim that he made attempts on sev e-al occasions to pick a fight with people. LICENSE TO WED. The following were granted mar- riage licenses here Saturday: Prank J. Meyer, 38, of Oregon City, and Edith Smith, 32, of Oregon City; Jay W. Meyer, 22, anj Gladys Blount, 21, both of Gladstone; Hans Merg seth, 30, and Mabel Ilaughlum, IS, both of Boring. Needy; Fred Llns, Henry Joyner, Estacada; D. A. Voder. Paul Bany. Frank , Zlellnskl, John Bany, Canby. $ 39.000 IN DAMAGES ASKED OF PORTLAND I loon Cason on Nov. 1st, brousht an Involved suit In federal court ak liiK damages totaling filtl.noo for th death of his son, Wayno Cinton, who was killed In the lobby of pollco heiidqiiartors Ap-ll i, In roitbuid. Canon nk thai tho bonds of Mayor (leorgo l linker, Chief of Police I.. V. Jenkins ami iVilrolmeu Junto H. Smith, John W. O'llalhintn. Hubert K. lirnke and Kaymoud ('. Linton bo forfeited and paid to It I in. Th American Surety company s uIko mado n defendant. Tho suit Is brought. by "the city of I'ortland. for us and benefit of IWwin Cuson. administrator of tho estate of Wayne Cason, deceased." but. lice-"', lug to tho city attorney's office, lh city will not be placed In the position of prosecutiutf it own mayor and chief of nolle,, unless the council rives tint city attorney epeclflc In st ructions to do so, Instead, It Is tpecled that tint city attorney will he luHtructed to defend Mayor linker and th otho- defend, ants. Tit" complaint cluitaes thai Waytto lVon was arrested without a war rant, beaten by officers and finally hhol during- a stnufglH In police liead quarters. It nccuies O Hiillortin of staking tho boy over lh load with a blackjack. ihreeIITnIied forbank failure MKDFUUH, Or, IH-t. Z'i - rllirl.H.n Indictments we-n returni-d hy lht iirnnd Jury late lust night as n remill of tho failure, of tho Hunk of Jackson ville and wero madti public ycrtnrduy. Myrtle lllakely, country troasu'iT. In wo Indictments wore charged with utaleasaiice In ofdttt and aiding nnd aliening the cnihler to make a faUn statement to tha hank 'tainlimr. II. D Hilton, half brother of W. II. Ji-hnson und vic president of the do furct Institution, was tho subject of elf-ht Indictments, four charging knowingly fajslfytng item, ml to tho bank uttiklns-, threo charging receiving desponds in n known In Htdrent bank biij on alleging certi fying a chock when known drawer did not hate the money to bU credit. W II Jiilinitoit, president Uiid cash. I- of Ihe hank, In threw Indictments was charred with receiving money when Urn hank was known to 1m In solvent. Juhhnoii and I linen worn ar raigned thin morning and will plead Saturday morning at !:i!o. Hlnes' bull was fu-d at ll'toni) nnd r .'forts Wele begun by ),ls uttirtiey iin,) filetuli to obtain ihe sum. County Treaannt." Hhik ! was ar raigned, entered pica (t not guilty .hd re'eif-ed on her own recogalanc. The Indictments agaiti' t the county treasurer i iiiih at a mirp-lno nnd her friends maintain that the It '"th goat." None believe her quilly of any criminal Intent, but nil dechiro that she s tho victim of n chain of clrctim dances ;-:im hs nn wf Iho bust know n women in Jack tun county, with a wide clrclo of friends. AUTOMOBILE LICENSE SALEM, Or., .Nov. 2.- In Ihe draw lug for 1!C1 automobile llcotiMfl num bers held In the sec tary, of state's office here, H, W. Potter n'f Mikluilo, Gilliam county, was awards Hceiue plat" Nt I. C W. l'eteron of Ilea verion, Washington county, drew 11- etiM.t plate No. L!, and ('tis Kerouil das of I'ortland license No. 'j;i. Hum I. Howe nf Portland was awarded li cense plate No. UK). Approximately 2'.'oo numbers wore d awn. Ilecaus,, or tho fact that approxi mately 115,(100 automobiles Hre In tho Ktato at ihe present I Into, and Hint In previous years less Iban fiO per c- of the owners made application for licenses up to January 1. the secretary or state tins year sent out npulp! ttloil blanks m;:rly a month earlier than In former years. Shoe Wholesalers Deny Third Gut ST. LOCIS, Nov. 1 Phil A. Mocker, president or the Western Association of Shite Wholesalers, Issued a state ment tonight denying reports recently circulated that wholesale prlcr of shooH have decline an average of 35 per cent since last May. Mr. Mocker asserted that a fair estimate of tho average decline would be between 15 and 20 per cent. There has been no decline In the price of rubber boots, he added. FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. l.-In a statement today, President Lyday of the Toxas Farmers' union, denounced the recent roouest of Governor Parker of Louisiana that all cotton gins (dose for a month to raise the price of the staples, "Such a policy would moan finan cial ruin for Texas farmers," salj Mr. Lyday. "Wo still have a million and a half bales of cotton to gather, while in Utulsana most of the crop has been picked, I understand." Geo, It. Gardner was elected to the chair of Esteemed Lcyal Knight of tho local Elks last night ut the re gular meeting. Mr. Gardner has rteen active n L'lkdom for some time past, and was formerly squire of the lodpe before being unanimously elected to hl present office tn the order. MAYOR AND OFFICIALS