OREGON OTY ENTHlPftttS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1920.
CANBY AND SOUTHERN CLACKAMAS
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PIONEERPASTORIS
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CANIIT. Dec. 15, Funeral services
et the 1st, Rev. A. J. Josslyn. pioneer
nitnlsler of Oregon, and well known
resident of thlt city, war held from
the Metholdat church Baturday, and
langely attended. Doth old and younf
attended, and tht church waa filled
with his many friends.
There were five ministers conduct
Ing tht service . Rev. Melville T
V1t, paator of th Methodist church
la Oregon CUf ! Rev. It B. Meyer, of
Woodburn; Rev, W. lloyd, paator of
tha Matliodlat church of this dty;
Rev. E. R. Gilbert, superintendent of
the Ralera district, and Rev.C, It Car
Ua, former paator of tha Methodlat
church of thla city, now of Forest
Oroya, took part In the Impressive
iMtrrlca.
"Rock of Ages" a favorite selection
of Her. Josslyn, wu among tha muni
cal numbers of tha quartette.
Ai Rev, Josslyn waa a veteran and
member of Meade Post tha caakot
waa draped with tha National colon
and many handsome flowera were
placed on tha g-ave (n tha Zlon cntiuv
tery. A large number followed tha re-
malna to thetr last resting place.
NEW FOR CANBY AND VI.
OINITY.
Any newa for tha Canpy edl-
Hon of tha Oregon City Bntar-
prtaa may he left at tha Cottage
Hotel, which will ba called for by
Miss Nan Cochran Tueaday after
nom will ba greatly appreciated.
If you have any church notlcee,
property tala, parties, lodge
newa, locali and any other new
of Intereat to tha public, theae
will ba gladly mentioned in tha
Oregon City Bntarprlaa. We
have a large llat In thla section
of tha county, and all art Inter-
eated In newa from Canny and
vicinity.
CANBY LOCALS
Smallest Arrow Head
Is Found Near Canby
CANHY, Dec. 15 H. N. Cook, who
owna a place near thla city, haa un
earthed an arrow head probably the
smallest and la Perfectly cut. Thla
waa th, art work of aoma of the
earliest Indiana of Clarkamaa county,
and waa discovered a few daya ago at
the Cook home. Mr. oCok haa var
ious alied ar-ow heada and apeara
made from flint and rock, unearthed
while Improving- hla place, moat of
which wer found near a aprlng on
hla place, while aeveral were under
old ln. Ha beltevea that tha Indiana
In tha early daya would gather In the
cool place and davota their tlma to
making thwe weapona. Several
graves were found on th place, but
these were not disturbed. Mr. Cook
aaya "let the dead real In peace."
CANDY. Dec. 15. Mr. and Mra
Charles llatea, Jr., and daughter,
Arllne, of California, bava arrived In
Canby, where they ara vlaltlng rela
tive. They will remain here until
kfler tha holidays.
MUa Inet Olmataad, after vlaltlng
at tha honvt of Mra. R. Roper for aev
eral daya, returned to Seattle tha flrat
of tha week. Mlaa 0 In) stead apent
her vactlon here thla aummer, where
he made many frlenda. She expects
to make her home In Portland In the
near future,
Dr. Ulllard baa gon to California
where he haa bean summoned by the
critical Illness of hla uncle.
MUa WlUon, whose home la In thl
city, but who la employed In Portland
apent Tueaday In Canby vlaltlng rein
Uvea.
PAIN
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G
RS OF CANBY
JUDGE ANDERSON
TALKS ON ROADS
AT CONFERENCE
Tha following addreaa waa gives
by County Judge Anderson before the
meeting of county Judges and com
missioners of Oregon held In Port
land Monday. Believing it will be of
Inte.'eat to Clackamas county tax-pay-era,
we herewith publlah tha addreaa
In It entirety: '
CANBY, Dec. 15. Ue A. Rtrong,
chlof deputy quarantine horticulture
officer, of Bacremento, Calif., waa In
Canby Thursday, where ha Inepected
number of strawberry grow era'
vines. Ife waa met bore by O. E. Fray
tag', of Gladstone, who la state horticul
tural lnepector of Clackamas county,
and A. F. Finnegan, prealdent of tha
Oregon Strawberry Plant Growers of
Clackamas County, an organization
recently formed In Oregon City and
also leading strawberry plant grower
of Oregon City.
Since there la a quarantine on
strawberry plants, tha object of Mr.
Strong's visit here, waa to allow the
growers to ship their vines from thla
section where vine are not Infected.
So far there haa been no trouble ex
perlenced with infested plants.
Som of the finest berries grown in
th county ara produced from thla
section of the county, and the growers
have always taken an active Interest
In their vines .and have requested
that tha chief deputy quarantine of
floor vtalt here.
Mr. Ptnnnesn la also among those
Interested, fur ha Is among the exten
alve growers of the county, having
one of the largest starwberry beds In
the county. Mr. Finnegan ships
msny of his plaola each year to Call
tornla market. Where there la an
unusually large demand. At thla time
of tha year hla shipments are In their
holaht. but since the ban has been
Miss Albertlna Ollmore, who la suf
fering from Injuries to the foot while pieced on all growers from shipping
SOCIAL EVENTS FOR HOLIDAYS
CANHY. Dec. 15. A number of so
cla event are being planned tor the
coming holidays. Among these will
b family reunions and a big ball on
Ch-lstmss. On Chrlatmaa night the
ball will be given In tha theatre build
Ing under tha direction of Waller
Adrian, manager of tha "Movie" pic
tur house.
REVIVALS AT NAZARENE CHURCH
CANHY, Dec. 15. The revivals con
ducted at the Naxarene church In
thla city ara largely attended. A mini
ber of oonverta have been secured,
Among these ara a number of young
people.
CAN SY OREGON CITY
Stag Tlma Table
iiTAOR LHAVBS & MINUTES BE
FORaj 8CHBDULHI) T1MK
WEEKDAYS
Lv. Caaby
T-.2G a. m.
1:58 a m.
11:06 p- in.
4:15 p. m.
HXTRA
8; 55 p. m.
1:15 p. m.
Lv. Canby
7:55 a. m.
1:56 a m.
ll:w p.
4:15 p.
6:15 p.
7:55 p.
Lv. Ore. City
1:00 a m
11:00 a m
3:00 p. m
5:00 p. m
TRIPS SATURDAY
3:35 p. Ill
7:00 p- m
SUNDAY
m.
m.
m.
m
Fare 25c
Uf. Ore. City
8:30 a. m
11:30 a. m
2:00 p. ni
6:00 p. m
7:00 p
10:45 p. ra
alighting from a atreet car In Port
land, haa been brought to her home
in this city, where she will remain
until ah recovers sufficiently to re
sum her position. She is able to be
about the house with tha aid of
crutches.
II ugh Amsbury, of Portland, apent
Sunday In Canby, where ba visited
frlenda.
Mlsa Delia Newstrom and Miss
Rena Hutchinson spent Wednesday
In Portland. While the- they vUlted
tha latter's sister, Mrs. George Alt-
man, formerly Hazel Hutchinson, of
thla city.
George Zlmmer, who la employed In
Sllverton, U spending a few days In
Canby vlaltlng hla father and son.
Miss Yeary, a teacher In the Par-
rott Mountain school, haa arrived in
Canby, where aha is visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Yeary. Before re
suming her position aha wll Hake tha
teachers' examination
Mra. Ralph Mandevllle, teacher, la
one of those to take the teacher'
examination.
Mr. and Mra. Elmer Grlbble, prom
inent poultry breedera, engaged In
breeding the While Leghorns, are
smong those from this section to visit
the poultry show In Portland this
week. They will devote two days for
the sbow, Thursday and Friday.
Dt, and Mra John Fuller visited
Oregon City Tuesday.
R. J. Zlmmer, of Macksburg, was
among those to transact business In
Canby Tuesday.
Judge and Mrs. Charles Walte and
Mr. and Mrs. Cha-les Bates, Jr., the
latter of California, spent Tuesday
In Oregon City as jrueats at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Haas. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Bates, S- also accom
panied the party to Oregon City.
I, N. Hurford, of Portland, waa in
Canby Friday and Saturday, where ho
t-ansacted business.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Curry, whose home
is at Seattle, Wash., were among
those registering at the Cottage dur
ing the. week.
N. Davis, of Everette, Vanh., was
anions the Canby visitors Friday and
Saturday.
owing to the quarantine, there la no
doubt but the work will ba reaumed
aa In former years. His as well as
those of thla section, have always
been free from disease.
OOZIER FAMILY PURCHASES
PLACE.
CANBY, Dec. 15. Mr. and Mrs
James Dozlar have purchased the
place recent jr bought by Cbarlea
Bate. Sr., about one mile from
Canby. Thl was formerly owned by
the Steffinl family. It Is the plan
of Mr. Dotter to make a number of
Improvement on both places, and will
occupy the property he has Just pur
chased. This consists of four acres.
CHRISTMAS TREES FOR
WAAIAN ISLANDS
HA-
CANBY, Dec 15. A large shipment
of fir trees tor tha Chlrstmaa trade in
San Francisco and Hawaaian Island
haa ben made by W. H. Balr, a com
mission merchant of thla city. These
wer sent on their way about a week
ago, and were of special site.
WE
MEET THE
THE
PRICE OP
CATALOGUE
MAN
Furniture
Co.
AND
DELIVER
FREE
WITH OUR
MOTOR VAN.
CANBY. OREGON.
LOGAN. Dea 13. The recent
"breeta" hit this part o tthe map too,
but little damage done. Some divis
ions of the telephone service suffered
most.
Mrs. K. W. Hutchlns who underwent
a serious operation at Good Samari
tan hospital, was able to come home
this week, and is getting along nicely.
As this is "open season" for drives,
first for the Red Cross. Aa the Christ
ine districts are being canvassed
mas season la a time tor remember
ing the poor and needy, there are few
who cannot spare a dollar for so
worthy a cause as the Red Cross.
Many braved the Inclement weather
and attended the play given In the
new Carver hall Saturday evening.
Evrythlng was up-to-date and a suc
cess In every way. Those taking part
had labored diligently for Its success
and deserve much credit for th fine
entertainment After the program
lunch was served free. Something
over $100 was taken In.
District No. 4 Is making some need
ed improvements on the school hall
and playshed. The open space on one
side being closed to make It warmer
for the children. The hall has been
ceiled overhead also a Christmas pro
gram by the school, will be given Fri
day afternoon before Christmas.
The ladles of the Upper Logan
school are giving an entertainment at
the grange hall Saturday the ISth to
raise funds to purchase new seats for
the school house.
Mr. and Mrs. Wlllford Hutchlns and
little son who have been visiting his
parents left this week. The former
for their home near Redmond and the
latter to visit her parents near Eu
gene.
PHONE 6SX2
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CANBY, OREGON
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DODGE, Dec. 13. The Kaake and
Jubb sawmill has started up again
after being closed down for two weekB
while the nteiv were repairing the
road.
D. Horner and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Horner and family spent Sunday eve
ning at the G. W, Keller home.
'in is district experienced quite a
wind storm Flrday evening. Several of
the school children could not gt to
their homes because of falling trees
so had to stay all night with neigh
bora.
The school la preparing to have a
prog -am and Christmas tree at the
school house on Friday evening, De
cember 24.
J. W. Marrs was visiting In Ore
gon City and Portland on Sunday and
Monday.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
CLACKAMAS, Dec. 15. Th Meth-
odlst Sunday school of Clackamas is
preparing a Chrlstmoa program of
recitations, class exercises and songs
to ba (given Chris tm ad-eve, Friday,
Dec. 24, at 7:30 o'clock at the Metho
dist church. Tha church will ba dec
orated, there will be a tree, and candy,
and other interesting things to de
light the hearts of Sunday school chil
dren ot all aces from 3 yean to 70
yean.
TUB ROAD XND THE LOAD
Road building has bad a prominent
place in tba Una of public activities In
recent years as every one knows.
County Judge and County Commis
sioners especially have been made to
feel tba insistent demand for roads.
mora roads and better road a.
All iha money and means and in
cenulty at tha command of officials
has been drawn upon to tha limit to
construct mora miles of road that
may be osed tba year round.
Indeed so all absorbing has been
the struggle to construct miles ot
roads that tha maintenance of roads
has bean too often forgotten or at
least neglected.
Tha man who vociferously and pug
nsclously Insists that be has psld tat
for 30 years and haa no road at all.
has generally managed to keep the
other man In tha background, who.
complaint Is that th road you built
at such a cost to us taxpayers a yeai
or at most a few years ago Is going
to pieces.
With a certain and limited amount
ot funds to draw from it la often
mont perplexing question whether to
maintain roads or use the funds or
at least the greato? part of them In
rebuilding roads ot a more permanent
type.
It would seem that It would ba
reasonable and logical thing to do be
fore spending large sums of money
for roads of any type to ca-efully con
sider the use to ba made of the road
or rather the teat of strength and
permanency to which it will be sub
jected, and Just here Is whe-e a large
element of uncertainly eaters, into
the calculations. .
If tha conditions of traffic change
a rapidly In the next 20 years as in
the frtst 20 years of this 20th Century
It Is very certain that we have as yet
devised no type ot public highway
that wll 1st all meet the requirements.
A It U now tha load is too heavy
for tha road. The roads and bridges
doslgned for horse drawn vehicle ot
moderate weight and slowness of mo
tion can not be maintained or made
to endure tha grind and Impact o.
swiftly moving, motor vehicles, of
great welghL
It would seen that two differing In
terests ara at work on the transporta
tion problems. The road builders,
whose aim Is to construct roads and
aa many mtles as possible, that will
carry the vehicle of moderate weight,
the paarcnger car for Instance or
truck designed for the delivery of
moat of the netxasltles ot life, such
ss th bakers sad butchers, the
laundry and tha grocery truck, the
gardener and fruit growers truck.
etc i
Thla class of road users and it Is
by far the most numerous class, de
sire a road that affords an even or
smooth surface that may be driven
over at a reasonably rapid pace and
without danger or damage to the
aforesaid vehicles or their content
And then there Is another class ot
road users who always manage to
keep in advance of the carrying cap
acity of roads. No sooner do they
find an Improved road for ordinary
traffic than they plan to put It to ex
traordinary use, with the result that
the road t""1 could have been main
talned under a Two or Three ton
traffic goes to smash under a traftlc
of 5 to 10 ton loads.
In good railroad management there
is always a proper relation between
th track and rolling stock. It would
be a shortsighted and disastrous rail
road policy that would double the
weight and speed of locomotives ana
frelpht cars without Increasing the
weight of rails or the strength and
solidity of the roadbed, or that woulil
construct trackage suitable for 20
ton locomotives and then put 80 ton
locomotives upon tt, for the stock
holders of the railroad have a fin
ancial Interest in both the road and
the load.
It is different with the Highway.
The people whose money has built
the roads are not the same people
who uae the road for heavy truck
work as a rule, but are people whose
onl Interest In the road Is for a 11
mlted termi such as moving to ine rail
road a piece t timber or other raer
chantable mate-ial. This done the
road is no further concern of theirs
and the luckless taxpayers who had
by self-sacrifice and hard labor con
structed a road which they had rea
son to believe would serve them for
years with moderate expense for
malntalnance ilnd themselves ma
rooned when the rainy season seis
In by reason of a rutted and ruined
road bed which has been subjected
for a short time to a weight of traf
fic which It never waa intended to
bear and which the user very well
knew it would not bear, but he, the
operator of the rolling stock having
made use of thla road way tor a snort
tlma and ruined It 1 at liberty to
move his rolling stock to some other
-oad and repeat the process. This Is
bad management or rather lack of
management
It Is true we have lawa which limit
the loads on trucks but when an en
terprising agent has sold a 5 ton truck j
to an enterprising customer, assur
ing! him that tha truck la capable of
carrying a load much in excess of
Its raiting and that customer buys a
stat license to onerate the truck, he
goes out uoon the roads fully con
vinced In his own mind that he has
a rirht to be there; and as a matter
of fact be has a pretty good argu
ment in his favor, and nsually it Is
not nntil the road is ruined that any
thing is done about it and then tha
only thing ia to try to repair the
danutge.
The point we wish to make in this
is that tha parties interested in the
-od and thnee Interested in the load
ave almost entirelv separate Inter
Mts. The trade owner wants to de
Mw as manv tons ot frelrht sa
cn dnring tha year, to pv for his
party's main interest is to maintain
a road which ba and his family may
usa for ordinary light traffic tha year
round. Now what support have these
two Interacts T We would say those
In charge of maintaining tha road
way have tba present laws restricting
traffic and th right or power to
amend them as aeenu necessary.
They have police and courts tor
enforcement of law. The right also
to impose llcensea and tax upon all
property for the upkeep of roadway.
On tha othe r band tha vehicle manu
facturer have unnumbered millions
of money invested in plants for mak
ing and selling machines and number
less agents whose business 11 la to
m1I those machines to purchasers.
That there will ba a clash between
tha Interests represented by tha road
and the load In tha legislatures of
many states this year Is quite evi
dent
For the purpose ot securing uni
form traffic :swa a national associa
tion has been formed with of floe In
New York and a proposed uniform
vehicle law has been prepared with
tba purpose of ubmlttlng It to the
d Iff went State law making bodies.
A study of this proposed Uniform law
In regard to the weight of loads and
speed is Interesting to say the least
The proposed restriction as to
weight is 28000 pounds or 14 tons
gross, not more than 22.400 pounffs
on one axel which of course would
mean 1-2 ton on one wheel. The I
tire limit la 800 pounds per Inch on
any wheel. The speed limit is 25
mtles per hour pneumatic tires and
15 miles for solid rubber. It will be
observed that the proposed Uniform
law allows an increase In total
weight increased weight per Inch ol
tire width, and Increased speed, over
the present Oregon State Law.
The plioa of making traffic laws
uniform In different states may have
some advantages but climatic condi
tions vary so greatly In different sec
tions as to make its utility doubtful.
Any traffic law should bo subject In
some measure to local conditions and
take Into account the road as well as
the load, and we do not believe that
roads of sufficient strength are be
ing built In this state or in any state
to endure vary long under such limit
ations aa ara proposed. In fact we
are quite aura that public economy
call for a revision of the scale ot
traffic weight downward not upward.
We believe that restrictions that
would eliminate the truck aa a com
petitor of railroads in freight hauling
other than tor short idstances would
be good economy. Why should we
undertake to keep up so many
systems of freight, transportation?
The railorad has been In the past
and will be in the future the main de
pendence ot the country for moving
freght
Tha carrying capacity ot the rail
road freight train, which la simply
a long string of trailers drawn by an
enormous motor upon a steel roadway
is vastly greater than that of any gas
driven conveyance yet contrived. In
the development ot the railroad sya
tern, an adequate and Improved road
Is always prepared before an extra
burden of load la placed upon It But
not so with freight traffic upon high
traya Tha factories are turning out
thousands ot trucks yearly designed
to carrr enormous loads upon the
wheel and to operate on roads made
for the light traftlc of the past. And
the result can not be other than dis
aster to the roads and bridges and
generally to the truck and its owner
ss well. People say "Oh the truck
has come to stay" we must build
roads for it No doubt the truck has
come to stiy and the light truck Is a
vast improvement in the matter of
conveyance from farm and orchard
and dairy to the market or the rail
road over the horse-drawn vehicle ot
a dozen years ago, hut neither the
light truck or the old fashioned con
veyance can operate over light roads
that have been built tor them, but
which have been ploughed up by
heavy loads that the roads were never
designed to carry. The vehicle law
enacted by the legislature of 1919 is
In the main a good one but we are
Inclined to the opinion that it would
be better to use the combined or
gws weight of truck and load upon
which to base the maximum weight
per Inch of tire width, and this is
the rule in most states in fact only
five states base the weight upon the
combined tire width is used, which
permits the entire load to be carried
on the rear axel if so desired.
It ia quite apparent that th9 dis
tribution of the weight is more essen
tial than the actual amount ot It In
other words each axel should carry
vveight corresponding to the tire
width supporting it, and no mora
The third change in the law which
we would suggest, and we believe it
Is the most Important and mose neea
ed one: is there should be a different
rating for earth or graveled roads
than is permitted on hard surfaced
highways. So far as we know only
one state IOWA makes this dii
tinction. In that state only one halt
the weight Is permitted on earth or
g-avelled roads that is allowed on
hard surface highways. This Is a
step in the right direction of making
the road the first consideration and
we believe It Is a step in the interest
of Justice and right as well as com
mon sense.
In Article Six, of Section 30 of the
O-egon Vehicle Law, authority is
given to the State Highway Commis
sion and to County Courts to further
limit the loads generally permitted,
under the law when In their Judge
ment It la to the best interests of
the County or State.
We believe thla Is a wise provision
and that some concert of action
should be agreed upon by the com
mission and, fth (different County
Courts in the Interests of the ordinary
Country Road and an attempt made to
preserve some sort of equlllhrum be
tween the Road and the load.
i
Lea B. Strong, chief deputy plant
quarantine officer ot Sacramento,
Calif., will arrive in Canby today
(Thursday), according to word re
ceived by O. E. Freytag, local plant
Inspector, from the president of tha
state board ot horticulture. Mr.
Strong Is coming to Clackamas coun
ty for the purpose of Inspecting
strawberry vines in this vicinity and
h will be assisted in tha work by A.
K. Flanagan, president of the Clack
amas County Strawberry Plant Grow
ers association, recently organized.
After a thorough Investigation of
plants in the county, a meeting will
take place In tha county agent's of
fice in Oregon City on Friday morn
ing at 10:00 o'clock, whan tha grow
ers of Clackamas county will ba in
vited to attend.
OREGON CITY
BOY WEDS FAR
OUT AT SEA
The first marriage at sea to be re
corded In the office of County Re
corder Gilbert Noe, was that ot Carl
Barney, of this city, and Miss Dorris
McTimnlonds, of Lebanon, which
took place on the steamer Rose City
December 12, 1920. T. 3. MacGenn,
captain of the ship, performed the
marriage ceremony while the steam
er was on Its way to Portland from
Ban Francisco, off Fort Rosa The
ctremony, which occurred at 8:20 p.
m., was witnessed by First Officer R.
Rlngdale; Third Officer Alton A. Mc
Coy, and Pearl M. BufordV and Mrs
W. H. Pitt wood, passengers.
Barney is well known in Oregon
City, and la the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman Barney. He was bora and
reared in Clackamas county, and is
a brother of Postmaster Barney, of
West Linn. He is a representative
for the Advance-Rumoly Machine
company, and employed as a tractor
salesman, and la an ex-service man.
The bride Is one of the popular girls
of Lebanon, and daughter of Tracy
and Sarah Tlmmonds, of Lebanon.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney will make
their future home near this city.
GAS COMPANY
FIGHTS FOR A
BIG INCREASE
ROBBERS TAKEII
WHILE LOOTING
MAIN ST. STORE
Two robbers wars caught red hand
ed about 3:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning; by Night Officer Surf us as
they attempted to leave tha C. C.
Store on Mala street here with about
200 worth of loot Tha yeggs gained
entrance through the door at the rear
ot tha store by breaking la tha glass
and reaching the lock. When ar
raigned before Judge Btlpp later in
the afternoon, tha robbers gave their
names as Joa Larkt and Epataclo
Duarte and said that they resided la
Portland. They ara being bald la
the county jail awaiting sentence.
Officer Surfus, when making hla
rounds about 3:00 o'clock Wednes
day moralng, discovered the men la
the C- C Store piling goods from tha
shelves onto tha floor ready for a
get-away. Surfus waited until tha
men attempted to leave the building
with tha goods and nabbed them as
they came out tha rear entrance. Tha
men had all sorts ot articles from
the store packed in a large bundle,
including sweaters, coats, silks,
scarfs and rain coats. The officer
placed the men in jail and this morn
ing they were turned over to Sheriff
Wilson and the district attorney's of
fice. J. C. Cochran, manager of the C. C.
Store was called in to identify the
loot and after checking over tha
articles taken, estimated the value of
the goods at about $200." A 340 fur
coat was placed npon the floor ot the
store by tha -yeggs, who filled the
coat with all manner of silks, etc.,
and after making a bundle of tha gar
ment, left It lying where they had
placed it probably meaning to come)
back and get the handle, or an ac
complice was in the neighborhood at
the time, who would pick it up.
Earlier in the day, a clerk at the
C- C. Store noticed the men in the
store looking around, and notified
Cochran, the manager that they were
acting suspicions. Another man ac
companying the other two, was stand
ing outside of tha store at the time
waking for them to coma out It la
thought that he made a get-away at
the time Surfus nabbed the other
two.
PORTLAND, Dec. i5. Few op
ponents of the rate increase asked by
the Portland Gag t Coke company,
at the hearing which openud yester
day before the public service com
mission, objected to the new tar
iff on the ground that an Increase is
not justified by present conditions
and the price of crude oil, but con
fined their criticisms largely to the
classification ot rates, alleging that
some were unfairly proportioned.
HOLIDAY RUSH
IS ON WITH
RAPID BUYING
The merchants of Oregon City re
port that the Christmas trade this
year is better than tor nve years
cast, and that holiday stocks are
rapidly disappearing from their shelv
es. Windows of the Main atreet
stores are a riot of color with Christ-1
mas displays and the business section
is crowded with holiday shoppers
from early afternoon until late even
ing.
ALSEA BUREAU
ACCOMPLISHES
BIG THINGS
The Alsea, Oregon, farm bureaa
program and achievement bava been
heralded over the state and much of
.the United States as the ideal of
what a community miy undertake
and do for Itself. Eleven months ago
after two years of unsuccessful ef
fort, the , community asked for and
received the message of better farm
ing and farm life from the agricult
ural college extensoin service. The
-.peclalists took things exactly as they
were in the district and with the aid
3f local farmers and county agent
worked out one of the best programs
of community betterment ever pro
posed by a rural community. Re
ports at the end ot the first year
-how that all goals set have been
reached. All work mapped out - is
shown by official report to have been
accomplished with no more than
minor changes .and several import
ant additional things have been accomplished.
EDWARDS HELD
ON COMPLAINT
ISSUED HERE
A warrant was Issued Wednesday
afternoon from the justice court here
for one Carl E. Edwadrs, charged with
writing a check on the First National
Bank ot Oregon City without suf
ficient funds to cover the paper. The
warrant reads that Edwards wrote a
check In a city in California on the
bank here, and that he was awart
that sufficient funds were not to his
credit in the bank at the time to
cover the check. Edwards is now be
ing held by the Portland police.
CANNERY GOES
UP IN FLAMES;
LOSS $35,000
ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 15. Fire early
this morning raized the Brownsville
fruit cannery, destroying the plant
and its entire contents, according to
word received In Albany.
Three carloads of fruit was . de
stroyed. ,
The loss is estimated at approxi
mately $35,000, and is believed to
have been entirely covered by insurance.
GIRLS SERVE 395.
The high school girls of Coos coun
ty served lunches to 395 persons at
the annual teacher's Institute, and
under the direction of the home dem
onstration agent cleared $115. The
lunches served warenutritlous and
easily prepared as hot lunchai In
rural schools. Extension Service, O.
truck and his license, the other A.C.
To J he People of Oregon City
and Vicinity
The next time you go to Portland get
off the car at Second and Morrison
streets, and come in and let us give you a
free examination of your mouth. We
specialize in all branches of dentistry
and have restored our rates to a pre-war
basis.
ALBA BROS. Dentists
245', MORRISON STREET,
PORTLAND, OREGON
Two-story Building
Ovsr Moyar Clothing Company.