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6-s--yY - Back week tfee Enterprise carries a toll resume et th most important happenings s throughout the state and nation. It's worth your sub- scriptlon. To bay a4 Re II the 4 at or uaHsnal seeds of farm lag people requires 8Qcb a medium as the col- $ - tunas of tke Enterprise. Try a classified ad. S t OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 7. 1921. FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 1. ESTABLISHED 1846 OREGON COTY ENTERPR SE V I, I $1 I t Jr i i 1. 4. t f i 'X' - NEW ROAD PLAR HOT FAVORED BY LIVE WIRE CLUB At the regular weekly luncheon of the Live Wires of the commercial ,.ih held in the Masonic building Tuesday, the Question of endorsing a r Tncr hetwpfin Ore fro n City and Gladstone was raised, but, after discus tt w5, laid on the table. The main argument against the proposed new' road was that the club's support of it might divert the state highway commission's aid from the new bridge to be erected across tbe Willamette river here, and as this has neen a pei measure of tbe Wire's for the past several years they decided to not jeonardize their chances of securing rit by advocating a new route t Port land via the river roaa. M. D. Latourette and others, how- wpr in favor of the route, ivhlfh would parallel the electri' linn out Main street, and cross the a bridge to be built alongside the steel bridge now -csed by the street cars. The new road would necessitate considerable filling, estimated by Grant B. Dimick to cost $125,000, but is would save practically a mile in the distance, eleminate one grade crossing over the S. P. tracks, and give an all-year thoroughfare. The present road through Parkplace is now inundated with three feet of water, preventing traffic for the past three days, and sponsors of the movement to chan re the route declare that a f la. 3 grade on the highway now . J d Is impossible, due to the lownus-c uf tLe ijand through which it passes. ' nhria Schuebel was the suongest 1 opponent to the proposed plan, label- ing it as extreme folly to expend mrmpo- nn a tiBW road, when, the t" farmers need better access to the city . tiio rrn.lR already built. After the discussion the club decided to 1 center their present road-building on f the Pacific Highway bridge here, for I which. a bond. isue has-been vyotel. faild wh-ftsfwill be cooperated in, by Lilt? SjM3.Lt: vui"""""" Tftf committee on securing a new .sdepot for Oregon City reported that they nad niea mi.uriijM.uii i state public service commission and f that a hearing would be held, iQ this T ity at some future date,to ; decide , the advisibility of asking 'the S. P. x-ompany to erect a new structure. R. VV. Kirk, reporting for the committee ijn moral conditions in the city, stat- - A , 1 mfirtiTicr -With UlC fee i(l I,: nit Liitjy t:i " l" Social Hygeme Society ana Ji that, they would have a definite re ' .port to make next weeic. itereafter the club, reverting to an old 'rule of the organization, will have lu"t one man on committees, except- mg tne noujiuaLiiig comprise three, members. The next meeting to be held January 11 will be election of officers. REWARD MONEY PAID TO LOCAL 4 MEN YESTERDAY Con.-tabio Fortune and Ed. Rich ardson, oi this city, received their re ard money from the Small estate 'vesterday evening Portland for the capture of thei famous John Doughty The money name in the form of -a -heck and was on the Canadian Bank fit P6rtland. -t FVirtune received $7,000, and Rich erdson the same amount, , aitnougn Phirns Detective Agency, of Port- ;'lnnd. attached $2,500 of Richardson's tehare of the money. Richardson al rt,;,t hB Trill fierbt the Burns 'Aeencv to the limit in the courts. Ed. Shaw, formerly chief-of-police Jor Oregon City, received $1000 of the ic;nnn offered for the capture of Doughty, for watching the man dur: insr the day time while the Toronto rn-Af-of-Trlic was on his way here .inn Canada. ' ' -- Just what Fortune will do with his share of the money-has not been da cided bv "Ed." although there is V rumor that he will invest in Canadian tr.i. Richardson and the Burns agency will the matter out m wthi court mah county soon. at Richardson lgal talent at of his interests to trial. lallege that Rich r after the cap- Iring to give the ireward money. i allege in their lardson, filled a refused later to it promised and le $2500. tUn Asks for Unpaid Alimony Pauline Sampson has filed a com- fclaint here against her divorced hus- and, alleging that alimony ordered Jby the court ha3 not been paid by fhim, and thai; the sum of $355 is now slue. The couple was divorced in Minnesota, and at that time the pre siding judge ordered the husband to MANY AIR VIEWS OVER DIVISION AT MILWAUKEE At a meeting held at Milwaukie Mondav nisht a desire to lopp off about one-third of Clackamas county and annex it to Multnomah was ex pressed by a vota of 74 to 23, less than half of those present voting. Harvey G. Starkweather presided at the meeting and in his opening re marks he expressed the pinion that both that part of this to be en nexed and Multnomah ."e bene fitted by the change. $ that the annexed part of Clac. "Qould have better roads and that Q'Jj.'.o ple residing in Portland ? chase homes in the new addit viding they were still in Mult. county. He said that these p. desired homes in the country that they wished to stay in Mui nomah county and not divide tneir interests. Mr. Starkweather saiatnat at least 20 times as many people from the proposed annexed territory went to Portland as did to Oregon City and that their trading was done in the former city. He said that tne growta of that' section of Clackamas was be ing retarded and that it would be re cognized and greatly helped by the annexation. The speaker saw xnai the Mount Hood loop road should be in Multnomah county and that the annexation would put it there. John Reveneu, of . Sandy, followed the chairman and m no uncertain tones expressed his opposition to the change. HefT aid that the people oi Sandy wanted to "st.ayr.ia Clackamas county and expressed their desire al most unanimously at a meeting held last week. He said that Multnoman "unty was not able to build the 1; -i Ixjop and that that coun v -lied taxable land twice as is up, ;id Clackamas. . . . ' ...... V t t -:i - -i A n W TlO has long been a booster for county division, has not changed in the least and expressed his opinion that Clack amas should be divided and now was a good time to do the deed. He said that the people of Estacada seemed to favor' a union with Multnoma'1 anc3 expressed that opinion at a meeting last week by an , unanimous vote. weeK Dy an unammuua yulc. . s i, , o t, was another opposing the change and said that he could not see where the annexed part would benefit. He said that that part would be worse off then in regafds to roads and that some of the roads in . -Multnomah county were a disgrace to any com munity. "This ia just the first step toward making the proposed annexed section a part of Portland." the speak er said, "and then where will your taxes be." They will be a great deal higher than at the present time and you will not receive the benefit you should. This. is . not a matter for ths legislature to decide but one tor tne people of the territory involved." Albert Horger, of Barton, Mr. Reed, of Gladstone, John Snyder, of Milwaukie; Chas. Junkey, of Sandy, H. E. Lawrence, of Springwater, E. B. Maulding, of Boring, R. E. Gearld, of Kelso, J. Paulson, of George, John Oatfield, of Concord, Fred -Mattison, of Jennings Lodge, R. S. MeLoughlin, of Harmony, Pauld Dunn, of Sandy, and Fred Harris of Oak Grove, al) spoke on the matter and opinions were about equally divided. Justice Parry, of Milwaukie, follow, ed with 'an address that was full of warning and good advice. He advised tbe voters to consider carefully the benefits to be derived and also what Multnomiah and Clackamas counties would do for the section to be an nexed. "Pe careful that you don't make bricks for Multnomah county and furnish your own straw. Look where you will land before you leap. Multnomah county has miles of roads to build and in place of them helping you you may have to help them. Soon a part of Washington county will be annexed by Mult nomah and then you will have to helo build their roads. There is a tunnel to be built through the mountains in that county and you may have to pav our share and you have as much use for that tunnel as you have for one through the moon. The chairman was instructed to ap point committees on boundary, fin ancps and to draft the bill for an nexation. GLADSTONE HAS DIVISION MEET FRIDAY The county division meeting which was scheduled to take place at Glad stone on Friday evening was attend ed by about fifty residents and tax payers of that locality and Jenning3 Lodge and Oak Grove. L. A. Reed acted as 'Chairman and Harvey G. Starkweather addressed the gathering and gave figures and illustrations in favor of Gladstone being annexed to Multnomah county. Harvey tu. oross, countv iudge. also gave a talk, and said he -was decidedly opposed to the annexation scheme. A committee consisting of Frank Barlow, H. C. Parish, F. E. Goodman, Mrs. Frank Nelson, L. T. Mumpower, Frank Nelson and E. P. Carter, was appointed to represent Gladstone at the Milwaukie meeting to be heldon Jan. 3. 5 " " ' ' ' ' Japaris Viscount Ishii officially declared at Geneva that Japan cannot consent to any limitation of her expendi tures on armament as long as there are other nations out side the League of Nations and not subject to such limit ations, "especially one certain great power." This puts the responsibility for disarmament squarely up to the United States. r The Assembly had made considerable headway. The members seemed almost unanimously in favor of a proposal to limit military and naval programs for the years 1922 and 1923 to expenditures not in excess of those contemplated' for 1 92 1 . The British delegation was enthusiastic. Then Japan, though Britain's ally, demurred, serving notice that as long as the United States continues increasing its armament, ' she feels o ri i crFr fr rr f-rif camA tKir-irr Here is the whole problem in a nutshell. Every nation increasing its army and navy has always argued the same way. In most cases, nations have: doubtless been sincere about it. There is no need to" question Japan's sincerity in this case. She is simply doing what America would do in her position. The situation puts the United States in an embar rassing spotlight. This country has always advocated the limitation of armament at international peace gath erings, and severely criticized Germany before the war because the latter would not agree. Now it is the Unit ed States that is placed in the position of preventing a start toward lessening the biggest'load now piled on the world's back, and a load that is coming to weigh almost as grievously on our nation as on those less wealthy. It is not necessary for America to be in the League of Nations in order to cooperate in this great reform. The League has invited the United States to participate independently in the disarmament discussions. Presi dent Wilson has refused, no doubt from a'; sense of delicacy that is natural enough in the circumstances. But as matters stand, should any sense of delicacy be allowed to interfere with the launching of a reform of which the big majority of Americans have always ap proved and approve today? Austen Chamberlain, English Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces that the unpaid interest on American loans to England now amounts to $314,500, is nnn LJ f M J l I 5 whpn tririRf rtrrpnrt won - K amounting to about $4,200,000,000, would be reduced. Meanwhile the American people have got to meet the " interest on that huge sum, and the rest of the $ 1 0,000,- 000,000 allied loan, by taxation. There must be some unexplained streak in human nature that instinctively loves a king, regardless of cir cumstances. Look at those Greeks ! It's the same old question, whether the Sabbath is going to be adapted to man, or man to the Sabbath. "Trimming the sails," advocated by a big business man, is certainly better than trimming the consumers. W. WEISMANDEL HOME ROBBED OF $400 IN GOLD Robbers entered the home of Wm. Weismanclel aU 11th and Center streets Friday night and secured about ?400 in gold, which was hid in a closet in the house. The robbers entered the home through a window and used a "jimmie" "to force the ltx:k. After they secured en trance, they unlocked the back doer, which was locked from the inside, and left the residence by that way. Mr. and Mrs. WeismanSel were away from home at the time and Mr. Weismandel's brother, who stays in the house, had returned about 9:00 o'clock in the evening, and found clothes scattered on the floor from the closet. He notified Weismandel, who immediately informed the police. As near as the officers can judge, the yeggs gained entrance to the house between the hours of 8:00 and 9:00 o'clock. According to Weismandef, the rob bers knew something of the lay of the interior of the house, "and also knew that he had some money stored there. Nothing else was disturbed, outside of one bed, which the yeggs searched carefully, even searching the mattresst The money, which was in gold pieces, was in a jar in the closet of the house, and hid among articles of clothing. No trace of the thieves has been discovered to date, although the sheriff has been working on the case since last night. NEW COUNTY OFFICERS NOW ATTHEHELM New county officers who were sworn in yesterday were: Harvey E. Cross, county judge; D. T. Meldrum, county surveyor; Livy Stipp, district attorney. Emery J. Noble, attorney, took up his duties as justice of the peace, and Dean Butler, formerly de puty district attorney, will resume his private law practice, as will Gilbert L. Hedges, formerly district attorney. Armament in cplf-iAfAriQA . j. j. . . i-t iH or whpn h riTinnna How Hidi Are Tliey? Are Not High Enough Ask 6Billy Wilson If anyone sees "Billy" Wilson, of the W- J. Wilson firm, ask him how high his carburetor is on his Mitchell auto. Last Sunday afternoon, "Billy" was driving from Astoria, and when he arrived near the high water cover ing the road near Parkplace, he step ped. A Ford had just gone through the water and Wilson hailed the machine and asked the driver how high his carburetor was. After meas uring the Ford's carburetor, "Billy" saw that the Mitchell's was several inches higher. Away he started for the water, and just as he arrived in the deepest part of it, his car stopped. Nor would "she go" until a tin "liz zie" came along and it cost' ."Billy" something like"'$1.50 to be pulled out. SANDY TURNS DOWNCOUNTY DIVISION PLAN At a special meeting of the Sandy branch of the Clackamas. County De velopment league, a resolution was passed "that the people of Sandy and adjoining precincts are absolutely and unalterably opposed to the divis ion of Clackamas county as proposed by tlarvey Starkweather and others." The resolution asks the legislature to vote against any division measure. Commissioners Proctor of Sandy and Harris of Oregon City and Harvey Cross, county judge-elect, spoke. SUSPENSION BRIDGE IS POLICED The county court has appointed Jack Hamilton as a special deputy to watch traffic on' the suspension bridge. Hamilton's duties are to see that loads of vehicles do not ex ceed the limit allowed on the struc ture and to prevent accidents and confusion jnn thai weakened bridge. 3ion jrt MUCH DAMAGE CAUSED BY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS The high waters of the Willamette river have about held their own dur ing the past twelve hours, but it is predicted by "old-timers" that the waters will again rise today. Along the Parkplace road, the water 'has receded somewhat, but is still deep enough to stop traffic. P0RTLAM, Jan. 4. What storm did to Portland and the cific Northwest. the Pa Rise of river to 19-foot stage dieted by weather bureau. pre- Dam at Bonneville fish hatchery washed out with damage estimated at $9000. Section of roof, blown from phono graph factory, crashes through high tension wires and blocks traffic at Portland, Plate-glass window of Meir Frank store blown in. Telephone poles, blown over south Portland. & in Aberdeen, Wash. Roads flooded and travel made difficult. Hood River, Or. Columbia high way blocked by slide near Wyeth. Five inches of snow falls in valley. Seaside, Or. Gale and high waters endanger bridge near hv. Astoria, Or. Gale raging at rale of 75 males an hour. North Head also hit. Ellensburg, Wash. Worst storm of year raging in Cascade mountains. Snowfall heavy and wind high. Chehalis, Wash. Valleys of Che- halis and NewauRen flooded as re- suit of terrible storm and rain. Che halis streets flooded. , Vancouver, Wash. Columbia river at lo-foot stage and still rising while rain downpour continues. BIG INCREASE IN TAXES FOR THIS COUNTY The state and county tax levy for the 1920 roll for Clackamas county will be .0292 mills, which will be due some time in March. This tax ex ceeds last year's of .0222, and the in crease is chiefly due to the millage taxes voted by the people, which were exempt from the six per cent con stitutional limitation. The tax for Oregon City proper w;.ll be in the neighborhood of .05S2 mills which includes the county tax, and cf this amount, .0112 mills is school tax and .018 mills city tax, making a total tax for Oregon City exclusive of the state and county levy of about .029 mills. Another reason for the increase is that Clackamas county paid $149,907. 10 last year to the state for state pur poses, bu this year the county will pay $324,664.20 to the state, an in crease of $174,757.10. BRIEFS ARE EXCHANGED IN BRAKE CASE BrJafs in the case of Russel Brake, convicted in the circuit court here for the murder of Harry Dubinsky, and which case was appealed to the supreme court by Brake's lawyers, have been exchanged between the at torneys for the state and defense. It is rumored that the case will be con sidered in a few weeks. The respondent's brief, prepared by Attorney Gilbert Hedges of thiscoun ty, who handled the prosecution, has been printed, and the appellant's re ply brief will be out wi-hin a week or 10 days. After that, it will be but a short time until the case is consid ered, as criminal cases are usually ad vancad on the supreme court docket. ABOUT 9857 ACRES READY FOR SETTLERS SALEM. Or., Jan. 4. Beginning yesterday, and for a period of ninety days, lands of the Pacific Livestock company in Harney county, under a contract of settlement with the state are thrown open to purchase and set tlement by soldiers, sailors and mar ines who participated in the World war. After the expiration of th,e ninety day period te lands are open to pur chase by any person. The total amount of: lands thrown open is 9S57 acres, and the valuation of the whole agreed upon by the livestock company and the state land board, is $739,940. This is an aver age of a little less than $75 an acre. The ex-service men have the privilege of purchasing 160 acres each. GRAVEL PERMIT GRANTED The Wichita Sand & Gravel Com pany, of Wichita, has been granted permission by the court to dig gravel from Johnson Creek, near that place. NEW HIGHWAY TO GLADSTONE IS ADVOCATED A move is on foot ia this city to get the county court to build a high way between this city and Gladstone parallel with the P. R. L. & P., com pany's tracks. It is pointed out that the fill can easily be made along the tracks, and that the electric company will be willing to allow rightof-way for the new highway. This road would commence at the end of Main street at Green Point and continue until it connected with the Rive road in Gladstone, thereby eliminat ing two railroad crossings and also would be above the low water mark. The present highway by Pakplace 1s now under five feet of water in some places, and every year costly repairs to the hard surface are made. The county court it is said, is about ready to advertise for bids for a new steel bridge across the Clacka mas river, in place of the present structure. The sponsors of the new highway movement allege that this money can be saved by extending the present P. R. L. & P., Co.'s bridge so that it would accommodate traffic for the new road. If ' the road ia built as sug gested, not only would it be above high-water mark, but would be a dir ect route from this city to Gladstone, and connecting with the River road for Portland. If traffic preferred the S2nd street route, then it would be an easy matter to turn to the rigbt after reaching Gladsone, or to the left to wards Portland. The matter will be brought to the attention of the Live Wires today noon. It is said that the majority of the Gladstone residents are in favor of ' the new highway connecting this city and that" place, and are eager to see the project go through. GOV. OLCOTT ANNOUNCES HIS APPOINTMENTS SALEM, Or., Jan. 1. Fourteen firs t-of-the-year lucrative and non-lucrative reappointments! were announced to day by Governor Olcott. J. W. Ferguson was reappointed a member of the state industrial accid ent commission and T. B. Handley was reappointed state corporation commissioner. Mr. Ferguson was ap pointed by Governor Olcott July 1, 1919, to take the place of Harvey Beckwith and today completed Beck with's unexpired term. " Handley was appointed May 27, 1920, to succeed H. J. Schulderman, who was ousted by Governor Olcott following the pri mary election, and hasi filled out Schulderman's unexpired term. Other reappointments announced by the governor today were: O. S. Blanchard of Grants Pass, W. C. Fellows- of Sumpter, R. M. Betts of Cornucopia, W. B. Dennis of Carl ton and F. A. Olmstead of Portland, members of the Oregon bureau of mines and geology; W. D. Wheel wright, Mrs. Edmond C. Giltner and Mrs. Henry L. Corbett, all of Port land, members of the child welfare commission; Amedee M. Smith of Portland, member of the industrial welfare commission; G. M. Baker of Bend, member of the Oregon land settlement commission; David M. Dune of Portland, member of the state board of vocational education. PAGEANT HELD AT GLADSTONE IS BIG SUCCESS . The Christmas pagaent given at the Baptist church Thursday evening was a grand success in every way. The Highland Baptist church or chestra furnished music. Mrs. Ramsy, of Sellwood, sang "The New. Judea" and "O Little Town of Bethelhem," and Mrs. Blood, of Portland, sang "1 gave my life for Thee," Mrs. Hulburst led the chorus which sang "Holy Night," Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "Joy to the World." W. E. Hassler, Elvin Catto and George Hol lingworth, who took the part of the three wise men, sang responsively with the chorus "Watchman What of the Night" and "Three Kings of the Orient." Edna Rowan took the part as Gabriel, Lester Kerns as the "King of Judea," Mrs. H. C. Leete as "Mary," acted their p-" to perfec tion. Each one who assisted in the pageant deserves the highest praise, especially Dr. Keeny-Ferris and Rev. Ferris, of Sellwood. The offering amounted to fifty dollars and the Sunday-school gave twenty-seven dol lars, making a total from the church of seventy seven dollars for the Near East drive. ' NEW YEAR'S BABY COMES TO ESTES HOME The first and only New Year's baby to arrive in Clackamas county was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Estes yesterday evening. The little girl weighed nine and one-half pounds, and the proud parents: have" named her Anne Ann Elizabeth. The mother and babe are doing nicely under the care of Dr. Meissner. HY. COMMISSION ASKS HUGE SUM EROM COUNTY The Pacific Highway, from the Marion county line to the Multnomah county line, will cost Clackamas coun ty in the neighborhood of $443,673.05, according to figures compiled by an Enterprise reporter from the records of the county court . and Highway Commission. This amount includes $125,000 as the county's share for the new bridge across the Willamette river here, and $120,000 for the grad ing and construction of the highway between this city and! Canemah. According to the Highway Commis sion, Clackamas county now owes that body for work already done in. this county the following amounts: Tyron Creek bridge $ 5,526.36 Sucker Creek bridge 65,851.14 Grading between Oregon City and Multnomah county line, (Oswego route) 52,187.12 Canby to Aurora grading and construction 32,678.58 Molalla bridge .42,429.85 Of the above amounts, $90,000 has already been paid by the county to the Highway Commission, but work is now going on under the direction of the Commission, and the abov amounts will increase. A private hearing between' the Clackamas county court and the High way Commission will take place soon in this city, and matters are expected to be ironed out concerning construc tion and indebtedness at this time. It is said that the present members of the county court face no easy task in setting straight the highway pro gram in Clackamas and face a huge Indebtedness for the coming two years. FLOOD STAGE IN MANY PARTS OF THIS TERRITORY With sections of the Parkplace road under' five-feet of water, part of the paper mills shut down, and several homes in the low sec tions under water, the recent heavy rains have palyed havoc in this ter ritory. The only bright side of the floods is that of the falls, which are a wonderful sight and a roaring, plunging cataract. On the Parkplace road, on this side of tbe railroad tracks, the water is about five-feet deep, and motorists from Portland coming to this city to view the falls Monday, found them selves stuck in the middle of the sntall pond. "Tin Lizzies" with plenty of stout rope on hand, done a rushing business towing unsuspecting motor ists out of their predicament. Drivers were not aware of the depth of the water until they were "stuck," and it was up to them to call for assistance. The charges ranged from $1 to $5. The one dollar "Lizzies" did the larg est business. Crowds gathered during Monday af ternoon to witness drivers of auto mobiles attempt to make their way through the water. The last auto mobile to make the trip through the high water Sunday evening was that of W. A. Scnooley, coming through about 12 o'clock. The Chinese gardens in the north ern part of the city are partly under water. Several houses near that sec tion are now close to the water's edge, and the tennants are in readi ness to move if the flood continues to rise. Tha Abernethy is overflow ing its banks and the backwater is ' causing residents of Clackamas Heights some bother, for the road is r" covered in some sections, necessitat ing the use of row boats. One family , residing in the lowlands has moved to the second story of its nome, as the house is completely surrounded by water. The pulp mill of the Crown ' Wil lamette closed Saturday evening, ow ing to the high water, but the. re mainder of the mill is operating. Ow ing to the high water in the basin. Mill D, including machnes No. 2 and 3, have closed at the Hawley Pulp & Paper company's plant. Water entirely covers the road lead ing from the Eighth street dock, formerly used by the Oregon City Transportation Co., and Is high upon the piers of the suspension bridge Since Saturday afternoon, the river has risen at thia point over three feet. The upper river is about 14 feet above the low water mark and the lower river about 34 feet. The low lands on the east side of Washington street between Four teenth and Seventeenth streets are flooded by back - water from the Abernathy. The Clackamas river is a raging torrent, and debris of various kinds is plunging down stream. SUES ON NOTE. . William Bogynsna, of this city, has entered suit in the circuit court here to recover money alleged due on a note executed in his favor by Henry Cromer Sept. 22, 1920. The amount of the note is $95, and the plaintiff also asks $40 attorney's fees and In terest to date. ' '