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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 3.
OREGON CITY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 1 , 1 92 1 .
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STARKWEATHER
AND LOCAL MEN
CLASH AT CLUB
Harvey G. Starkweather, champion
of a scheme to annex a huge slice of
Clackamas county to Multnomah, ap
peared, at his own request before a
number of local citizens at the Com
mercial club Monday night and made
an attempt to convince them that
Clackamas - county would be better
off with the loss of 35 per cent of
its assessed valuation, amounting to
$10,428,000. Aside , from John W.
Reed, of Estacada, Mr. Starkweather
stood alone in his desire to cut loose
from the parent stem.
The suggestion came to us that
you might be interested in where the
boundary line should go," said Mr.
Starkweather, "when we came to do
the cutting. "We did not intend to go
beyond Jennings Lodge, but we found
a strong sentiment in Gladstone for
annexation, and " the sentiment is
practically unanimous in Oswego
Jennings Lodge, Milwaukie and Oak
Grove.' It has been our policy to take
in only such territory as the people
who are affected desired, and the
suggestion has come to me from
former county official that the ob
jection would be less if we came all
the way to the Clackamas river.
"f any cause is just and right it
does not need to fear the light of
day, and if I thought a cause I was
advocating would not bear the light
of day, I would not stand for it.
"There are five roads between Ore
gon City and Portland, the River
road on which I live, the West side
road, the Oatfield road, the Webster
road and the Clackamas or Eighty-
Second street road. Three of these
roads are nearly impassable. Our
own district raised more money by
special tax than any district of like
area in Clackamas county. Nine
tenths of the traffic over our road
originates in Portland, which pays
nothing for the maintenance of the
highway. Let Multnomah help us
build our roads, as they are wearing
them out."
Mr. Starkweather quoted Sidney B.
Vincent, a resident of Lake View Vil
las, as being a supporter of the an
nexation movement, and said Vin
' cent is connected with the Portland
Chamber of Commerce.
County Commissioner Proctor ex
plained that he paid $85 taxes on 40
acres in Multnomah county, just
across the line, while a neighbor with
40 acres, and with no better improve
ments paid $59 in Clackamas.
Harvey E. Cross, judge of the coun
ty court, made an extended survey
of road expenditures, and admitted
that he, while in the state senate,
had been responsible for the annex
ation of Clackamas in the Sellwood
district to Multnomah. He justified
his action on geographical grounds
He charged that the Gladstone meet
ing had a picked crowd of 28 people,
out a population of 1250, and decler
ea that starkweather hoped to es
cape the burden of taxation and pass
it to the millionaires of Multnomah.
He recited that the sentiment in Bor
ing and Sandy is unanimous against
annexation.
"I know," he said, "that a selfish
thought acuates some of the people
of Gladstone, who think annexation
will put money in their pockets. The
assessed valuations in Multnomah
are -double those of Clackamas. Let
me tell you that in the last seven
years the people of road districts
Nos. 1, 2, 38 and 47, have received
$31,142 more than all of the road tax
they have paid, and the total expend
iture in those districts has been $362,
0(58.64. In less than two years thi3
county has had to shoulder an ex
pense of $52,187.12 for grading, $65,
S51.14 for the Sucker Creek bridge,
and $5,526.36 for the Tryon Creek
bridge on the West side, and practic
ally all of this money has been spent
in the district that proposes to leave
us. In Multnomah county last year
only two miles of road were paved,
and the people of that county are
very liberal, when they can go in
debt for what they want."
J. W. Reed said that the vast
amount of roads and the area of the
county required too great a tax and
came too slow for road improvement
and R. P. Caufield wanted to know
from Mr. Starkweather why it was
that the annexationists threatened to
take a tremendous amount of virgin
forest and water power with no popu
lation. Mr. Starkweather replied he
did not draw the boundary lines.
"If Multnomah county should an
nex Mr. Starkweather and Mr. Reed.
we would be satisfied," said Caufield.
O. D. Eby, L. A. Henderson and
others flung a string of quearies at
Starkweather who observed sarcastic
ally that it was to be expected that
the attorneys, abstracters, bankers
and even the newspapers would op
pose annexation for monetary rea
sons. Mr. Starkweather was forced
to admit, however, that he owns
stock in an Oregon City newspaper.
Postal Savings Here
Total Over $26,000
Startling figures on the amount of
postal savings now deposited in the
local postoffice show that while some
are crying hard times, it would look
as if a few people in Oregon City
are pretty well off.
According to Postmaster Cooke, 73
depositors now have the huge amount
of $26,153 deposited in postal sav
ings to their credit. And to top this
off, the amount is on the increase in
stead of decreasing.
The United States postal savings
system is today marking its tenth
anniversary by issuing a new postal
savings card which will displace the
10-cent postal savings card which ha3
been use since the establishment
of -stem on January 1, 1911.
card wil be furnished free
of jVl' when ten 10-cent postal
savl ' "ps have been affixed to
it wis. .spted at any depository
office oosit of $1 or it may
be rede n cash. The outstand
ing featl. the new card is the
translatiOL twenty -four languag
es of the statement that the faith of
the United. States is solemnly pledg
ed to the payment of deposits made
with the system.
MEXICANS GET
3 YEAR TERM IN
PENITENTIARY
E. P. Duroti and Jo Sarkia, found.
guilty of entering the C. C. Store on
Main street here and attempting to
loot the establishment about two
weeks ago, were sentenced by Judge
Campbell yestercay afternoon to
serve three years in the penitenti
ary.
At the recent session of the grand
jury, a true bill was round against
them, and both men pleaded guilty,
after advice from their attorney.
Emery J. Noble, who was appointed
by the court to defend them.
Both Duroti and Sarkia are Mexi
cans, ana have been coniinea in me
county jail for several weeks to
await action by the grand jury. They
were taken last night to Salem by
Sheriff Wilson to start on their sen
tence for burglary of the C. C. Stora.
RESOLUTION FOR
NEW ROAD CAST
OUT BY RULING
The matter of relocating the Clark-
es-Highland road, which has caused
considerable agitation among the tax
payers of those two districts nd that
of the Beaver Creek, came to a head
yesterday afternoon, when District
Attorney Stipp, in an opinion handed
down, dismissed the matter from the
court. Attorney Stipp alleged the
resolution as offered in the case Jid
not state a definite starting or end
ing of the proposed road, and there
fore recommended that the matter be
closed.
The relocating of the road came up
when several taxpayers of the High
land and Clarkes districts asked the
court to change the present route to
a better grade from Buckner Creek,
and joining the main road about three
miles further on. This was advocat
ed, it is said, for the reason that the
new grade would eliminate two bad
hills just out of Beaver Creek by go
ing about a quarter mile east of the
present route. The proposed road
met opposition from the start and
about two hundred taxpayers from
the Highland, Clarkes, Schuegel and
Beaver Creek districts attended the
meeting yesterday at the courthouse
to argue the matter and get a resolu
tion adopted by the district attorney
and court.
It is rumoVed that the matter has
not been closed so far as the spons
ors of the new road are concerned,
and that a petition will be' circulated
among the taxpayers in the districts
concerned, and again presented to
the court to secure the new grade.
O. D. Eby appeared for the petition
ers, and Chris, Schuebel for the opposition.
Moon - Still - Shines
. a
In . and Around
Old Milwaukie Town
MR. LADD LEAVES
CITY; "SHADOW"
STILL AT LARGE
Another "moonshine" outfit was
raided yesterday afternoon, and three
men, who refused to divulge their
names, were taken to Portland from
Milwaukie by Constable Lowe and
Officer Reed. The operators were
making liquor in a delapidated shack
about three miles east of Milwaukie
when discovered, it is said, and each
man in the. party carried upon his
person a revolver. No resistance to
the officers was put up, however, at
the time of the arrest.
COUNTY HEALTH
ASSOCIATION IS
OUT FOR NURSE
)
WELL KNOWN
MEN WOMEN
HELP IN DRIVE
THREE MEN IN
JAIL ON CHARGE
"MOONSHINING"
What is considered to be one of
the nerviest attempts to manufacture
moonshine" in the history of the
local force is related by officers after
the capture of J. W. Wells, Johnnio
Mayo and T. Sattbia. The three men
were arrested yesterday afternoon
near Milwaukie by Officer Long and
Constable Lowe, and are charged
with running a still in the home ot
one Keene, who had left his res
idence unoccupied. It is alleged by
the oficers that the three men broke
into the residence, which was left
furnished, and started to manufac
ture liquor. About 3 pints of the
finished product and 20 gallons of
mash were taken in the raid.
The alleged "bootleggers" axe
charged with entering the home and
using the stove therein and other
utensils for "moonshine" purposes,
and have been domiciled in the house
for several days. Wells, Mayo and
Sattbia are now in the county jail,
and will have a hearing before Judge
Noble this morning at 10:00 o'clock.
Since prominent people of Clacka
mas county have become interested
in the drive for funds here for tha
starving children of Europe, ana
have been convinced of the dire need
of these waifs and orphans, no ef
fort has been spared during the past
few days to secure Clackamas coun
ty's quota. ' '
L. P. Holliday, an ex-service man,
employed by the W. V. S. Ry. Co., in
Oregon City, a man who has had
first-hand knowledge of the starving
population in Europe stepped in to
A. C. Howland's office yesterday af
ternoon and donated $5, without so
licitation. District No. 106 Springbrook
with a quota set at $20, made re
turns yesterday afternoon with the
total amount of $62.08. This district
was in charge of Mrs. E. L. Commons.
School district No. 309 Ladd Hill
turned in $10.88, through Elizabeth
Parrott, chairman of the committee
for that secton.
School District No. 8 Logan re
ported through the chairman, Mrs.
A. J. Johnson that $S.50 has been
raised there so far. The last contri
butor was Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett.
At a well attended meeting of th
I Clackamas County Health associa
tion, held in the Commercial club
parlors Tuesday afternoon, ofificers
for the coming year were elected and
business of the organization tran
sacted1. Several excellent addresses
were made by prominent people of
the county, and a review of the work
for the past year was included in the
program.
The association went on record to
retain the services of Miss Isabel
Burns, county health nurse, and it
was voted to send a committee from
the order to interview the members
of the county court for the purpose
of keeping Miss Burns 'on the Job in
Clackamas county. The county nurse
made a report of the work she has
accomplished during; tbie past flew
months in this territory, and the
figures and facts presented by her
to the membership were startling in
the extreme. Miss Burns is not only
a registered nurse, but has a diploma
as a social nurse as well.
It was brought out at the meeting
that the sale of Red Cross seals in
Clackamas county totaled the sum of
$1200 for the past season, and th
association here will receive 25 per
cent of this amount to go into the
local treasury. Last year,' the state
association financed the work in this
county and made an expenditure of
about $2,000.
Mrs. Orr R. Diiibar, secretary of
the state association, gave an ad
dress at the gathering. She told of
the work cf the organization and
what was expected of it in the future.
The following officers of the Clack
amas County Health association elec
ted at Tuesday's meeting are as fol
lows: Mrs. Geo. Wissinger, of Mil
waukie, president; Mrs. Berlinger, of
Jennings Lodge, vice-president; Mrs.
R. W. Kirk, of Oregon City, secre
tary, and Mrs. Fred L. Miller, of Mil
waukie, treasurer. '
YOUNG MAN
IS PAROLED BY
CIRCUIT JUDGE
D. E. FROST
ENTERS PLEA
NOT GUILTY
D. E. (Jack) Frost was arraigned
-. . . - i j .i .
Monaay morning ana ihcoucu uui
guilty to the charge of manslaughter
for the killing of Alex DeFord some
time ago. Frost's trail will come up
some time in March before the petit
jury.. Brownell & Seivers, Wm. M.
Stone and C Cchuebel are his attorneys.
'Five years in the penitentiary"
said Judge Campbell to Norington
Reed yesterday, when that young
man came up for sentence for loot
ing the Oregon City Foundry a few
days a?o. After the judge had let
the young man realize the enormitity
of the offense and after relating to
him the horrors of prison life, the
judge then paroled Reed on good be
havior.
Probably no young man ever
received so gruelling a lecture as did
Reed from the judge, and he left the
court room with tears in his eyes
and a promise on his lips that he
would walk the "straight and nar
row" road hereafter. Reed is to re
port to the judge every two weeks.
Carl E. Edwards, convicted for
passing worthless checks on the First
National Bank of this city, was sent
enced to one year in the county ja.ii
and assessed a fine of $250 by the
judge. Edwards started to serve his
sentence yesterday afternoon.
JURY CHARGES
D. E. FROST WITH
MANSLAUGHTER
OREGON CITY
HAS "SHADOW"
OF ITS OWN
Evidence which, is said to identify
"The Shadow," Portland's latest and
most mysterious criminal, as. "the
talkative burglar," fell into the hands
of the police yesterdav and investiga
tion by Ithe police of the daring extor
tionist was begun.
That there is great similarity be
tween the printed writing of "The
Shadow's" threatening letters to
prominent Portland men and the let
ter which the talkative burglar ad
dressed to Roscoe C. Nelson, one of
his victims, was admitted at police
headquarters.
Mr. Nelson declared that he had
been informed by headquarters men
that there was every indication that
the printed writing of these two bold
operators is the same.
After, the talkative burglar had
robbed the Nelson home recently and
conversed at length with his victims
during his burglary operations, he
mailed a package to Mr. Nelson corn-
taming much of the jewelry which he
had taken.
However, both "The Shadow" and
the talkative burglar have operated
under sensational methods, and the
fact that the burglary operations by
the man who talks have ceased since
"The Shadow" started his extortion
operations would strengthen the the
ory that they are one and the same
person.
Men all were lured into the chase
by the announcement of a $1000 re
ward for the capture of "the shadow"
dead or alive, as announced by Mayor
Baker Friday night.
One report in circulation was that
"the shadow" had been located in the
J. Wesley Ladd home, but this soon
was run to earth as a false report.
Another report was that Burns oper
atives had seen a suspicious stranger
loitering about the Ladd home. Be
fore a patrolman could! arive the
man had fled and has not been seen
since.
It was admitted by those in close
touch with Mr. Ladd that he had left
the city and that his whereabouts
will remain a mystery until the reign
of terror started by "The Shadow"
with its threatening letters has abat
ed. Mr. Ladd has been marked for
death by the extortionist because of
his failure to hand over $25,000.
The police . believe that "The
Shadow," if he intends to attempt to
carry out any of Is threats, will be
gin his letterwriting- activities again
today and that additional letters
might reasonably be expected tomor
row, if at all. The feeling persisted,
however, that the man came too close
to capture early Friday morning and
that he has no desire to continue his
game of hide and seek.
How Much Land is
Needed to Live On?
Tom Johnson used to live back in
the woods on a little clearing at Is
land Grove, Illinois. He was a good
hunter, a good fellow, and a good
philosopher. Once I asked him a ques
tion. All around the Smiths and
Browns had enormous farms, many
acres in extent. They fattened cat
tle, were rich and smoked ten-cent
cigars which they bought in a Jackson
ville. Tom Johnson owned only ten
acres, was poor, and smoked Killi-
kinick pipe-tobacco which he bought
at Doc Price's country store.
Once, I say, I asked him a question
"How much ground does a man need
to make a living?"
He re-lit his pipe, studied a minute:
and said, "Well, I reckon he only
needs about enough to stand on,
he knows enough.
I pass that on to you. It's worth
thinking over.
After you have chewed this idea for
a few years you will cease complain
ing of lack of opportunity. The real
opportunity is the man himself. My
real resources are under my hat. "Das
Kapital" is brains.
By all means let us have public
schools and universities, but, as Tom
Johnson would say, if I had sense
enough I could find out all about the
universe from, a piece of chalk.
"If I knew enough" I should tremble
as if by the breath of God when
saw a lilly-of-the-valley.
Tennyson said that if he knew what
the flower in the crannied wall is, he
would know "what man is, and what
God is.
I should like to be, of course, and
buy as many useless things as the
Smiths and Browns have; but the
poverty I lament most is my poverty
of ideas, my dryness of soul, my lack
of inward resources. Dr. Frank
Crane in Farm Life.
OLCOTT WOULD
LOWER TAXES BY
REPEALING LAW
INCOME TAX
POINTERS YOU
SHOULD KNOW
The grand jury yesterday afternoon
returned an indictment aganist D. E.
(Jack) Frost charging him with man
slaughter for the shooting of Alex
DeFord, when the latter attempted to
escape from Night Officer Surfus
some time ' ago. It is understood
that the trial of Frost will take place
in about a month. ,
Other indictments returned were
against E. P. Torio Duroti and Joo
Sarkia for burglary. These men were
caught leaving the C. C. departmeit
store with a large amount of loct.
Carl E. Edwards was indicted for
passing a worthless check on the
First National bank here. Edwards
entered a plea of not guilty, and was
remanded for sentence by Judge
Campbell. The two men Sarkia and
Duroti asked to be assigned an at
torney, and -E- J- Noble was appoint
ed by the court.
W. B. Haxby and Charles Thomas,
the latter accused of shooting sheep
in the Scotts Mills neighborhood, and
the former charged with stealnig
auto tires from the Fred Gio mach
ine, not true bills were found by the
jury against them.
The jury is still in session.
GLOVER WILL
HEAD GRANGE
COMING YEAR
At the annual election of officers
for the Pamona Grange of Clackamas
county, held in joint session with
Oswego grange, No. 175, at the grange
hall at the latter place last Wednes
day evening, M. G$Glover, of Boring,
was chosen master of the Pamona
association. Besides the annual elec
tion of officers, plans for the year
1921 were discussed and the decks
cleared for the coming year. v
CREAMERY AT
SANDY Wnx
JOIN LEAGUE
R. G. Scott is responsible for the
statement that in all probability, the
Oregon Dairymen s League will se
cure the control of the Sandy cream
ery in the near future. A meeting
was held by the producers in thai
section earlier in the week, and n
is understood that a favorable attitude
on the part of those present at the
gathering was recorded concerning
joining the league. Scott, who is
field secretary for the league, reports
that the organization Is making great
headway in Clackamas county.
The "Shadow" has nothing on the
clothes line thief of Oregon City, who
made his or her appearance again
Monday night, and got away with
several valuable articles of cloth
ing from the line of Mrs. K. G. Har
rington, 711 John Adams street. Mrs.
Harrington had put out the week's
washing to dry on a line strung on
the front - porch. Sometime during
Monday night, or Tuesday morning,
the clothes thief robbed the line of
several pairs of wool stockings; pair
of silk hose; two pairs of children's
under-dresses, and a suit of ladies'
underwear.
By the articles of clothing taken,
which were all ladies and children'a
garments, it is evident that the thief
is a woman. Several other thefts
have occurred lately on the hill sec
tion, and in -".early every case, artkl
es of ladies' wearing apparel hav.
been taken. The thief operates dur
ing the late hours cf the night, or
early morning, and so far, no chit
ha been discovered to lead to the
culprit.
The Harrington theft makes about
the third raid on clothes lines during
the past two weeks in Oregon City,
nd the housewives are up in arms
over the matter and are watching
their respective clothes lines with
"easie eyes." It is advised that
washings be taken in at night to pre
vent a repetition of the theft by the
thief or "thieftess."
Who? SingTe persons who had net
income of $1,000 or more for the year
1920; married couples" who had net
income of $2,000.
When? March 15, 1921, is the final
date for filing returns and making
first payments.
Where? Collector of Internal Reve
nue for district in which the person
resides.
How? Full directions on Form
1040 A and Form .1040; also the law
and regulations.
What? Four per cent normal tax
on taxable income up to $4,000 in ex
cess of exemption. Eight per cent
normal tax on balance of taxable in
come. Surtax from 1 per cent to 65
per cent on net incomes over $5,000.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 17. (Special to
the Enterprise) Before a joint ses
sion of the legislature this afternoon
Governor Olcott recommended that a
law passed a number of " years ago,
appropriating $520,000 biennially for
highway construction be repealed and
that $300,000 of it be applied on the
construction of a "Boys Training
School that would be a credit to the
state."
The remainder," he suggested, if
not needed for : any other purpose
could be left untouched' to lessen the
tax burdens of the people. Both the
House and Senate resumed work this
morning with a rush, and 17 bills
were introduced in the House and 14
bills in the Senate, at the first ses
sion since adjournment Thursday
noon. .
To remove an existing; unfair pro
vision of the school laws a bill was
introduced by Senator Ryan of Clack
amas, which will remove from cer
tain counties the cost of educating
high school pupils where the numbei
of pupils does not exceed ten. Sen
ator ' Ryans bill would make the ap
portionment equal for all high school
districts regardless of the number of
pupils in the school.
Senator Ryan also introduced
bill proposing a four year term of of
fice for county recorders and requir
ing them to furnish bonds.
HEAD FAMILY
TO GET $2000
EXEMPTION
Single persons, though required to
file a return if their net income for
1920 was $1,000 or more, are, if they
are the heads of families, granted a
special exemption under the revenue
laws. Such a person is defined by
Treasury regulations 'as " a person
who actually supports and maintains
in one household one or more indi
viduals who axle closely connected
with him by blood relationship, rela
tionship by marriage or by adoption,
and whose right to exercise family
control and provide for these depend
ent individuals is based upon some
or legal obligation." Such persons are
allowed the exemption c-f $2,000 grant
ed a married person. In addition,
they are allowed a credit of $200 for
each dependent under 18 years of age
or incapable of self-support because
of mentally or physically defective.
A married person living with hus
band and wife can not claim an addi
tional $2,000 exemption as the head ot
a family. His or her exemption is
based upon the martial status, irre
spective of the support of others liv
ing in the same household. The addi
tional $200 credit for dependents does
not apply to the husband or wife of a
taxpayer. For example, if a married
man supports a father who is incapa
ble of self-support, he Is entitled to
the $200 credit for such person. If
through fotroe of circumistances he
supports his wife away from home he
Is entitled to the $2,000 exemption al
lowed a married person, but not to a
$200 credit for a dependent.
A son who has left home but who :
sends his mother more than one-half
the sum required for her support is
entiled to the $200 credit, porvidert
the mother can not support herself.
Otherwise, the amount must be con
sidered as a gift, and, therefore, the
credit is not allowed. A son living
at home and supporting his father,
mother, or other relative may claim
the $2,000 exemption . allowed the
head of a family, but not the $200
credit unless such relative is under 18
years of age or incapable of self-sup
port.
HARDING WILL
ASSIST WEST IN
DEVELOPMENT
GAS COMPANY
ALLOWED BIG
RATE INCREASE
OREGON CITY
WORKMAN WAS
NOT "SHADOW"
SPRINGWATER
VOTES AGAINST
John KerntT, arrested in Portland
last Saturday evening accused of be
ing the "Shadow" produced an alibi
and was released by the Portland de
tectives. JCernal's alibi was a good
one, as he worked on the night the
"Shadow" was supposed to be oper
ating, at the Crown Willamette Pap
er company's west side plant here.
A revolver and several rounds of
ammunition were found in his rooms
in Portland when he was taken. The
"Shadow" is still at large, although
the Portland police allege that he has
left that city and gone to greener!
fields."
CLUB WILL
COUNTY SPLIT: HOLD ELECTION
JANUARY 19
What the members of the Spring
water Grange think of the county
division plan may be summed up in
a very few words by the following
resolution, passed by the grange at
its regular session on Jan. 8:
, "RESOLVED: that the Grange go
on record as being unanimously op
posed to county division and joining
Multnomah county."
SUES ON TAX LEIN
J. P. Cook has entered suit against
Margaret M. Weightman to jsecore
judgment to foreclose a tax lein
against lot 5, block 15 In the Oregon
Iron & Steel Co.'s Becond addition to
Oswego.
The annual meeting of the Oregon
City Commercial club will be held
next Wednesday evening, January
19, at the club rooms, and notices
have been sent to the membership
Reports of the officers will be pre
sented and three members of the
board of governors will be elected to
fill the places caused by the expir
ation of the terms of Ralph C. Park
er, John J. Cooke and Roswell. L.
Holm an. The members will also se
lect from the nine governors a pres
ident for the ensuing year. The board
of governors will later meet and elect
a secretary, treasurer and vice-presi
dent
Rates for gas service supplied by
the Portland Gas & Coke company
were ordered increased sufficiently
to take care of the advance cost of
crude oil necessary in the manufact
ure of the fuel, under a ruling of the
public service commission yesterday.
Under the commission's order, the
minimum charge, which includes the
co-called customer cost, for the small
user of gas, is 85 cents, while this
same charge, allowing for the same
number of cubic feet, is increased in
proportion to the larger customer un
til for box type meters the maximum
rate is $6.25.
The residential commercial sched
ule, as included in the order follows:
First 300 cubic feet or less mini
mum monthly charge of 85 cents;
next 9700 cubic feet, $1.35 per thou
sand; next 40.000 cubic feet $1.20 per
thousand; next 50,000 cubic feet, $1.05
per thousand; next 100,000 cubic feet
90 cents per thousand; excess over
200,000 cubic feet, 85 cents per thou
sand. The old rate for the first 25,000
cubic feet was $1; for the second
25,000 feet, 40 cents; for the third
25,000 feet, 80 cents.
The revised house heating and gas
engine rate schedule is:
First 200 cubic feet or less, 85
cents; next 4800 feet, $1.05; excess
over 5000 feet per month, 95 cents.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 Assur
ances that President-elect Harding in
tends furthering an extensive scheme -
reclamation development in the
west, in accordance with his cam
paign pledges, were received late to-
ay by Senator McNary of Oregon.
The next president expressed his in
terest in the subject of irrigation de
velopment in the arid west in a per
sonal letter to the Oregon senator
which arrived this afternoon.
The letter, which was in response
to one from Senator McNary address-
d to the president-elect a week ago.
invited the Oregon senator, who is
chairman of the senate committee on
irrigation, to a conference at St.
Augustine, Fla.; some time next
month to discuss a programme of
western development.
Senator McNary replied by tele
graph immediately telling the president-elect
that he will meet him in
Florida soon after February 10. Rela
tive to matters to be taken up at the
conference, Senator McNary asid:
"I intend asking Harding as presi
dent to get behind a general pro
gramme of reclamation which will
make possible the early development
of the entire west. I have several
carefully worked out plans to ad
vance, one of them being the Smith
Fletcher ' bill, now pending before
both houses of congress, which would
authorize the organization of irriga
tion districts and the use of federal
credit in the development of such
projects.
REVENUE MEN
COMING HERE
. TO ASSIST
J. J. Collins and O. "V. Roberts, de
puty collectors of the Internal Rev
enue Service, will be in the court
house from February 23 to 26, in
clusive, for the purpose of assisting
taxpayers of Clackamas county in
making out their income tax reports.
It is the purpose of the revenue of
fice to give as much assistance as
possible before the date the returns
should be filed, and citizens whose
incomes exceed the amounts allowed.
are urged to call on these deputies
for information desired.
Last year, one deputy made a few
day's stay in Oregon City for this
purpose, and many took advantage
of the service, which is free to all.
SUES FOR JUDGMENT
Anton Sovinsky entered suit in
this city against John T. Gross and
wife to secure judgment to the
amount of $2262.65, alleged balance
due from an old Judgment allowed
plaintiff in Idaho, according to the
complaint filed. Plaintiff asks for
the above sum and 1 per cent inter
est dated from November, 1920.
Growers Elect Scotts
Mills Man on Board
The executive commibteei of the
Board of Directors of the Oregon
Growers Cooperative association
elected at the annual meeting in Jan
uary is as follows: M. H. Harlow, of
Eugene, president; Gordon Voorhiea
of Medford, first vice president and
Allan Bellinger of Scotts Mills, second
vice president. The other two mem- ,
bers are George Zimmerman of Yam
hill and R- A. Busenbark of Roseburg.
The committee meets monthly.