OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1920.
FOSTER DEFENDS
FIRST CHARGES
MADE RECENTLY
Prize PuPU Who, at 13,
GREAT EFFORT
PUT FORTH BY
DRIVE LEADERS
Berlin Children Making Public Appeal For Food.
INVESTORS HERE
Enters Teachers College
LOSE IN BOND
HOUSE FAILURE
MIN'SKAIVUf. Minn.. 1'0. IT.
J.
ASTORIA. Doc 27. (Editor of the
Enterprise.) I have ttotlced with In
terest some of the press reports of a
statement atrlbuled to me, concerning
he social condition throughout the
State and otherwise. Please allow me
to aay that the statement I referred to
at theluneheon of the Commercial club
was given me by a man who at the
time was a member of a school board
ia the City where these conditions are
said to hare existed. I wrote the
statement down as he repeated It and
while the percentage may be too
high, I am still of the opinion that my
informant gave a correct statement of
what he heard at that convention.
This la corroborated by Superintend
lent Cooper's reply to Superintendent
Kirk's letter. He says that he is not
at all surprised by this and, "This
tale you bring to me is only slightly
raried In form from many others that
have com to me." Surey there must
be something more than gossip for
the one referred to. I do not say that
our high schools are as bad as this,
bat I do say that every father and
moth or shood toe man concerned
about tbetrchildren and help to destroy
the deadly monster that is undermin
lng more of oar homes than most peo
ple are aware of. Let us stop and sec
whether or not waring signals should
be erected. The Pacific Coast Rescue
t Protective Society for the year of
1119 handled 42 girls and 62 men
were Involved. The Salvation Army,
the House of the Good Shepherd, the
Crittenden Home, the State institu
tion for gMs and other organizations
have handled large numbers of these
unfortunates to say nothing of the
multitude that have fixed matters up
at horns rather than suffer the dis
grace of publicity.
Immorality must not be confined to
the womanhood of our Country,
(even tho society brands it so,) Here
are som9 of the press reports from
our sister states: "In San Francisco
two girls were taken to the hospital
after being brutally befouled by two
men"; "Another girl was found bouad,
gagged, and dragged in a California
town. She tad been criminally at
tacked": The arm of one woman was
broken and her sister thrown down a
stairway when attacked by a man in
an Oakland rooming house"; "An in
jured girl was found in the nude lying
on a beach near Lost Angeles follow
ing assault by a man with whom she
had gons riding'; "In Colorado two
girls were taken for an automobile
ride, attacked, severfy Injured and
left on the road, milos from home".
These ae stories constantly carried
in the day's, news. The instances all
mentioned occurred on the same day.
They are happening every day.
Only a few days ago two Portland
girls were asted to be driven hpme by
t wo young mem who closed the Sedan
door and drove to the country. They
were being criminally attacked when
I heard the little girls cry and ran to
their rescue. The Pacific Coast Res
cue & Protective Society were press
ing prosecutions in six different
courts of Oregon in one week last
month. Ia one court three men were
Involved In which one man received
a 20 year sentence and the other two
received seven yeare each. Some may
think this severe punishment but
what about the suffering, shame and
disease of theea twelve and thirteen
year old mothers that are left for the
public to support?
Are we to keep silent while th
lives of young girl a. (who know not
what is before them) are being
wrecked and ruined by these beasts
of human prey, who continue to break
our laws and give vent to their un
speakable inclinations? I say Nay
Let the guilty share some of the suf
fering along with the innocent. The
moving pictures may be cited as one
of the causes. Many pictures present
to the child's mind something it does
not understand, and the older tries to
Impart it's knowledge, which always
deals mV.h. the bright side. Then
comes the dance with all It's modern
' Jazzs, turkey-trots and shimmies,
which suggest anything but moral
purity. The automobile with its Joy
rides and many other modern lnven
tions (enemies of virtue), all tend to
, destroy the social purity of our young
Again I say with all earnestness,
with no other thought but the protec
tion of our rising generation, "Par
ents, STOP, LOOK & LISTEN". It
there is no sign post at the cross
roads, let's put one there. In these
days of speed and greed, we must be
careful to avoid wrecks in character
building as well as in commercialism
During the last two years I have visit
ed nearly every nook and hamlet in
"Western Oregon, and many times
when the unconcerned perents were
slumbering the sleep of the
just (?) I have gone with the
night Marshalls and found condi
tions which might be unlawful to ut
ter. In most every case the Marshall
has felt reluctant to do anything
toward moral reform, for the reason
that the parent do not believe and
even tho they do, they seem to feel
that the officer is too personal, and In
many cases, try to create public sen
timent against him. This ought not
to be, and what we need are parents
that will give instructions to their
children as soon as the child Is old
enough to understand. There are
many curves and cress roads In the
paths of our children, and our respon
sibility will never cease until me have
planted the danger signals and finger
boards pointing to the path of virtue.
We may leave them wealth and earth
ly possessions, but they may be taken
away. They may gain a reputation
which other people may destroy, but
a moral character is a posseslson that
no man can destroy without the will
and consent of the possesosr.
' CHARLES IL FOSTER.
B. O. Powell, representative-elect
from Polk county to the next state
legislature Is visiting at the home of
his nephew, W. L. Grant in the Mt
r!.n Hitrfot Mr. Powell ln -
m atav in h r.ttr nntll after
o.. KntMnni.
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Hunter College is where New York
girls go when they decide that they
want to teach the world what it ought
to know. This is a photograph ot
Helen Koch, thirteen years of age. the
youngest pupil who Mas ever been
permitted to take up studies there.
School officials have observed, her
during her elenwntary training de
clare she is a marvel. She skipped
four of the higher grades. Helen ex
eels particularly In mathematics.
Broke a World's Record
in Flight of 500 Miles
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By flying the 500 miles between Ar
cadia, La., and St Louis in fifteen
hours, ths Darby winner, shown her,
broke the world's record for "yearling
pigeon." The bird, held by little "Bli
lie" Schacht of St Louis, just after
the finish of the long flight has been
presented to the' Arcadia Chamber ot
Commerce. Its reward was a gold
leg bracelet
Bum Voyage, Fatty
Not that we wish you seasick
ness, Mr. Arbuckle, but a man of
your proportions Is seldom a good
gallor. Still, by your Paramount
pictures, you've earned your vaca
tion in Europe and we're glad to
have this last look at you abaft the
mlzzen of the Aqultanla as she
pusses out through the Narrows and
on to Europe. Au revolr In a
month, then, Roscoel
YEA. BO
We don't see why so many people
should wonder at the companionship
between Hen Ford and Jack Bur
roughs. Each has something he can
iteacn the otner. jacit can teaenneu
r nature, and Hen can teach Jack
I' American History.
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Many of the outlying districts of
the county have completed the drive
in their sections to raise funds for
the European Relief fund and the
greater portion of Oregon City has
been solicited, all with gratifying re
sults. Those districts that have not
yet reported are still working and ex
pect In each ca!H to raise their quota
Arthur Heattto, conducting the Ore
gon City campaign, divided the res
idential section with Mrs. Eva Kmery
Dye arid Mrs. Pr. A. McDonald a
captainsv Xf teams. The following
ladies served on Mrs. Dye's teams:
Mrs. ' William llrown. Mrs. John
Snover, Mrs. Hoehler, Mrs. Morris.
Mrs. Walk. Mrs. Gleason, Mrs, G. I!.
Rahns, Mrs. Loughary, Mrs. Dr. Kras
sig and Mrs. Arthur Beattie, Mrs.
McDonald's team was composed of
Mrs. Rlntoul, Mrs. Collie, Mrs. Can
non, Mrs. Rert Morgan. Mrs. Duanns
Ely, Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. O. D. Ehy.
Mrs. Marie Anderson, and Mrs. S.
McDonald. The work was carried on
in spite of the ratu and the pressing
Christmas duties and about $'5 'J
rais?ed in the residential section of
the town.
The outlying districts that have re
ported since Saturday are: School
district No. 50, Douglas. W. R. Wood
le. Chairman, f 13.50; Dist No. 92,
Yoder, Mrs. Pertha Rittenhour, chair
man. $20.00; Dist No. 90, Haaeldale.
Alven Trafton, chairman, $3.50; Dlst
No. 20, Mackshurg, Chas. Kraxberg
er, chairman, $57.25 (quota $30): Dist.
No. Ill, South Highland. Richard
Sirams, chairman, $13.86 (quota $10);
Dist. No. 2, Elliott Prairie, Mr. R. R.
Graham, chairman, $20.33; Bstacada.
H. C. Stephens, chairman, $149.00.
The Oregon City Woolen Mills and
The Hawley Pulp and Paper Co, have
each donated $150.00 toward the
drive.
BIDS ASKED FOR
BUILDING OF MT.
HOOD LOOP ROAD
SALEM, Or, Dec. 23. Bids for
grading of the Clackamas county sec
tion of the Mount Hood Loop high
way will be asked by the state high
way commission at Its Februaiy
meeting, in case arrangements can
be made to finance the project ac
cording to announcement made by
the state highway department
This project extends from the Mult
nomah county line through Sandy to
the forest boundary, a distance of
24.3 miles. Considerable difference
of opinion resulted over the location
of the route of this highway and It
was only recently that the commis
sion decided to build the road by way
of Sandy. This route was favored
ty many Clackamas county residents
who appeared before the commission,
while the Portland water board and
other residents of Multnomah county
preferred the Bull Run route. The
ultimate decision of the commission
In favor of the Sandy route was bas
ed on the saving of distance, cost of
construction and service to the great
er population.
Two miles of the project, covering
the section between Sandy and Fir
wood, is cow being improved as a
market roadl by Clackamas fcounty
Multnomah county has agreed to con
struct Its portion of the highway be
tween the Multnomah county line and
Greshara, a distance of 5.12 miles,
and also has let it be known that it
will appropriate $85,000 for the con
struction of the Clackamas county
section of the project
In view of the recent favorable de
cision of the Bupreme court in the
Clackamas county road bond case
there w-ill be considerable money to
be derived from this bond Issue
available for the project. It was esti
mated that the total cost of grading,
vlth permanent concrete bridges,
will approxiate $150,000. In addition
to this there will be considerable ex.
pen se In surfacing the road.
During the past two years the for
estry department, in co-operation
with the state department, has im
proved that section of the Mount
Hood loop from the forest boundary
to Government Camp at an aggre-
ate cost of $223,678.81, which was
defrayed by the state and forestry
department on a 50-50 basis. The
improvement of the section between
the Multnomah county line and the
forest boundary will provide a more
ready access to Portland markets to
farmers in that section of Clacka
mas county, as well as provindlng an
Improved highway the entire dis
tance between Portland and Govern
ment Camp. It also Is expected that
this improvement will greatly stim
ulate tourist travel to Government
Camp during the summer months.
PA WT A CTT TTTTT7
DISHES" SAYS
COLLEGE HEAD
"With your arm around your moth
er after you have eaten your Christ
mas dinner, boys, tell her to go Into
the parlor and rest and you'll wash
up the dishes," said President W. 3.
Kerr In extending Christmas veil
wishes to the O. A. C. students Just
before the holiday vacation. "Eat
your Christmas dinner at home 1' you
can possibly do so, and show annunci
ation of the sacrifice your family is
making to give you the advantage of
college education. There never was
Just such a dinner as mothor pre
pared for you, and there never will be
anothr like it Characterize your
Christmas visit by service to rur
parents and your communlt?."
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scrlutlnn "Kinder In
ren in need)
THE
Office Cat
By Junius
LOVE'S LABOR UST
She stood beneath
The mistletoe,
But her fond hope
Was blighted;
Beaus6 the poor
Girl didn't kuow
The fellow was
Near-sighted.
BROWSINGS
A real diplomat Is a fellow who can
persuade his wife to buy him a pipe
and a Jar of his favorite tobacco
when she Is determined to get him a
pair of embroidered house Bllppers
or something equally unessential.
Do you remember your emotions
when you were a little kid and got a
tin flute and red mosquito bar with
three pieces ot hard sugar candy
from the Sunday school Christmas
tree?
Not that we wish to recall bitter
memories.
One of life's worst paradoxes. The
young lady who can't sing, but does.
A contemporary tells about the
woman who asked another if she had
seen "The InsWe the Cup." She re
plied she hadn't but she never used
to have an aunt who told fortunes by
coffee grounds.
We don't know whether to feel
flattered or offended when somebody
slips us a squib with the remark,
"Here's a good one for your column,"
anj then find, upon examination that
it's one we run two or three weeks
back.
Well, anyhow, the reformers are
rapidly making the world unsafe for
cranks.
DISILLUSIONMENT
Backward, turn backward.
Oh time in they flight !
And make me a kid again
Just for one night;
For Christmas ain't near
As much fun as it was
When I fell for the bunk
About Old Santa Claus.
OUR OWN DICTIONARY
PIECE D' RESISTANCE Boarding
house beefsteak.
CRISIS A fat lady with an arm
load of Christmas packages, trying to
get through a revolving door.
FOURFLUSHER The man who
carries a Bible under his arm on Sun
day and spends his time during the
sermon figuring out a way to put one
over on his, brethern the next day.
WHISKEY (sobs) The stuff
which once enabled saloonkeepers to
wear diamonds as big as walnuts
while their customers wore patched
trousers.
CHIEF TASK
"What is your boy doing at college,
old man?"
The Chicago leddy who returned
from a. shonnlne tour to find her
portable bungalow missing probably
will agree that, after all, woman s
place is in the home.
These days when one reads about
the "thlnly-clads" one never Knows
whether the writer refers to athletes
or what.
ill
BEAUTIFUL LADY
Justine Johnstone who has often
been proclaimed "The most beautiful
woman n Amftrica" has lust been
acclaimed by Paul Helleu, the fam
mm Frenrt, etcher, as "the most
beautiful woman he has ever seen.
Miss Johnstone waa dining at the
Ritz the other night when Helleu,
who happened to be dining at a table
nearby.' SDled Miss Johnstone, asked
the head waiter for hls chart, and
proceeded to draw a rapid two minute
sketch of Miss Johnstone. When be
hA romnletAri It hn went OVer tO
Miss Johnstone's table and present
lng her with the sketch, told her she
waa "the most beautiful woman he
had ever seen."
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ritn rhllilren marched recently F- .. ' i )'-. f I . 1 '1
sh th,. strHi of Herllu bear, f- V . x V I - . J J ' , T1 fe A
grewsome placards showing k , M t Vs. J X '" J f7 t' ! v V . 'ti
it will be t'letr fate uiiIom food. , ; v, X , ' . V v( k ' I ' 1 , , 1 A
Inlly grain Is iwun'd at once, ,ii ' , " V J ' S. , T. i ' .
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Boxing matches, fireworks ami
athletic games marked the cotobra-
tlon of Founder's Day at Eton Eng
land's famous school for boys. Rola-
tlves and students witnessed the
placing of a wreath on the statue of
Wanda Hawley is spending her
time at the Restart studio clUnblng
back and forth from fire-escape to fire
escape connecting two apartments
which are the locale of "All Night
Long," the Philip Bartholoae farce sa
I? doing as her latent Realart Picture.
The production U said to offer a
remarkable display of up-to-date and
altogether - fascinating lingerie.
Listed among the circus celebrities
who gave technical advice during the
Waking of 'The Little Clown," Avery
Hopwood's "Big Top" atory for Mary
Miles M Inter, were Bert Leo, Alice
and "Mike" Brahn. Bert Leo waa an 1
especial "find" for the Realart, as Mr.
Ieo Ig one of the most famous clowns
In America, having played over
eighteen years with the Rlngllng,
Hagenback-Wallace and Al G. Barnes
circuses. He Is the originator of the
famous "Mother Goose" act and he
brought with him the famous Mike, a
trained goose who had been seen In
every portion of the globe. Mike Is
seen In the picture, prominently In
support of Miss Mlntor. Also with
Mr. Leo wag his famous dog. Queen,
which he uses to burlesque the well
known horsepostng acts
. Alice and "Mike" Itrahn are Inter
nationally renowned circus riders who
have been recently with the Hagen-beck-Wallace
Circus. They brought
with them, their horse, one of the best
"principal act" equlnes In the bust-
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Photo shows Prince Nicholas of
Roumanla (at left) sparring with his
Instrurtor In the gymnsxlum durlujj
the ccli-brntlon.
news. (Principal act" manlnx
horita trained to allow acrotmU ou Us
back.
Rimer Harris, now Supervising dir
ector, West Coast Realart studios,
opines that wtlh ho coming of cold
weather, a few of our male picture
"stars t-an heat their hons's with a few
old friends.
Ijont 'a the wimi'U around Big Bear
La'-", California! Fires to guide the
(al.erlng footsteps all In accordance
wt.h the technique of the best dime
novels.
II this actually happened to Babe
Dun lei 1 while on location In "Ducks
and Drakes," lur lattwt production for
Realart. till strayed away from
camp and was lost nearly ten hour.
"And I couldn't get a bit of sym
pathy," mourns the Realart star.
"Everybody who hounn the story looks
wico and nays, "Ah hah, another press
agent yarn!"
There's hardly "First night" In New
Yoi'k at which Justine Johnstone is
not wen. The beautiful Realart star
1s very fond of the theatre and she
makes It her solo recreation. Miss
Johnstone curiously believes that one
can learn as much from a poor play
as from a good one that Is leurn
what not to do.
Constance Blnnoy la heeding the
"call of the country" now that she Is
on a brief vacation. She Is spending
most of her time hiking, horse-back
riding, eating and sleeping out In the
great outdoors so an to be In perfect
trim when she starts work on her
next picture. Shu has Just completed
her newest Roalart picture, "Some
thing Dlfforent."
John I Klherldgit, x-prnMiiiint i
Motlin llroi., bond dtlirs. whose
house at Portland, Hnitirt ait.i !
coma Old not open today, was ar
routed bore htlrt Motulsy by Iim-hI
pollen wt the rt"i'iiit of I'ortlntid
authorities.
Ktlieililse ws tk"'i from, trnlii
hero. It v. mi nld 1m wni on UU W:
past to Hike bout fur ICiiRland. lie
wim held ponding tho arrival of t
i'ortlmid officer to tiikti hint buck It
that elty.
Tim police mild Kthrtd bad $ll.-
000 In currency oil hU permiil and
about $7S,ooo In liond. J, F. Klkr,
Kiiperhiteitileut of ptilloe hero notlflit.1
1'ortlnnd ot the srrest tnlsht. Kth-
orldiw and hU w!fo were both hold,
With tho ehwlii of Us doom, thn
MorrU Bros., boiullng house mused
a seucjuum m i-oniiiiiu, ana over m
cntlro Northwest Moudsy nveiilnn
It U nnM tlmt tho firm wilt hiifn a
deficit of $1,000,000,
KthcrltlK. It In alleged, ban tnlimp
proprltel funds which mused the
downfall of tli premie? bond houno,
and lntt Monday eveivlnit n wiiriunt
for hi timt won u.n from th
district attorney's offtcn at l'ortlsn.1.
Nut only Portland und vicinity
been iiffected by the fllur of the
firm, but several local luventurn have
been catiKht In the net. It Is report
el tbst two men In DreRttiv City h.d
placed lioiio etuii In the h'il, of
Morris Itros , for thn purpciM o tniy
lng tx)iul which bud not artl"i at
tho office there, and todav inn
men bold a receipt only f- i,,
money,
Many ponHlbilltle and ruiii. shtve
arlwn over the firm's fall urn, stid
with John I EihrlttK' prlon retnird
unfurled bofor the eyes of the world,
mm maimtter of the company, al. 4 1
eye are turned and thn spot ll f
rested l'n tho fugitive. flguratU
spoaklng, ThouHAndu Monday nu
lng clammorod at the stwil dmirs ,
th company for admittance, but thn.
were mot by Iron faced officers, who
ttood miard over the closed doorway.
Morris Bros., bond house ws
thought to ha one f thn aoundrtst
organisations on the Pacific ctul.
and when the news that Kthortdge,
the manager and president of theflrro
had absconded, and when tha report
was verified, th entire tat sat up
and took notice.
On December S3, BtherldRs cam
to Oregon City and had hi place,
which Is situated on the Clackamas
river near hers, transferred. A deed
to the property was tranfrnd to
Henrietta A. Morris. wtf of one vf
tho Morris of the firm, and the Iran,
aaotlon was executed In the protumce
of M. It Klnpper and Ma A. Ornlrv
liiK, and wn acknowledged by Nora,
Mininr. .
TAFT ACCUSES
HENRY FORI) OF
VICIOUS CHARGE
CIUCAOO. I)i. 2a.-The allereil
irotocols of tho "wise men of Zlon."
printed In Henry Ford s Dearborn In-
dependent, have their only counter
part In literature In the fanciful '
Tale f Baron Munchausen." form
er President William Howard Taft
declared tonight in an address on
anil Houittlsm before the Antt !e
ruination league, founded by H'niU
Brlth.
"One of the chief causes of suffer
ing and evil In the world today Is
race hatred, and any man who stimu
lates that hatred ha nuu h to answer
ror. Mr. Tart said. "When he docs
this by the circulation of unfounded
and unjust charges ond the arousing
of mean nnt groundless fears, his
fault Is more to bo condemned.
'How much of tho article is dun to
Mr. Ford's Initiative ono cannot say.
i.ut or course he Is responsible for
the effect."
TEACHER LOOSES
HIS LICENSE FOR
BEING ABSENT
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 23. Tho teach
ers' certificate of Donald G. Gnlnv.
manual training limtmctor In the
Albany high school, has boon revok
ed because he failed to nttund tho
timchors' Institute hold hero recent
ly. A report that ho hud fulled to
comply with the law and attend tho
Institute was mudo by Mrs. Ida Max
well Cummlngs, county school sup
erintendent, to J. A. Churchill, state
superintendent, and the latter has
revokod the certificate.
VERY FEW
ATTEND MEET
AT LIBRARY
The Community mooting held at
Ihe library building Wednesday even
ing was what might bo called a
"Fiasco" as far as attendance was
concerned. It Is reported that about
five attended, and the speaker of
the evening, H. W. Arbury, repre
senting the Community Service, will
leave for California soon. The ob
Joct of the mooting was to interest
this community In recreation meth
ods, and the comparty represented
by Mr. Arbury was prepared to furn
ish Ideas and suggestions for the
movement for a stated sum.
Agnes Commercial
Club Incorporates
SALEM, Or., Dec. 28. The commer
cial club at Agnes, Curry county, has
Med articles of incorporation with the
state. The Incorporators are F. W.
Hlondoll, Joseph Hajtonstall, Frank
Vernon and Jack Murray.