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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1 92 1
GOOD INVESTMENT
OFFERED BY P. RY. L
8 P. CO., TO PUBLIC
S SET ot the 1)601,16 1 NEW ORDER
The Portland Railway. Light and
Power Company in 1920 purchased
$1,345,885.00 worth of materials and
supplies in Oregon. It paid out In
-wages and -salaries during last year
a total of $4,494,919.47, and it paid in
taxes and bridge tolls during the
same period a total of $798,453.35.
These are some of the important
facts relating to the importance oi
the activities) of this public service
corporation in connection with its
present issue of $1,000,000, 8 per cent
five-year Gold Notes which, it is now
offering to its employes, customers
and the public. The company is
frankly desirous of having as many
of tts employes and those who are us
ing its service financially interested
In it as possible for the reason that
it will thereby enable the company to
extended and improve its service to
meet the urgent and growing needs oi
the many communities served by it.
The following are some of the ad
ditional impressive facta about what
this company is doing to help the
prosperity of the district it serves
It serves a territory of over 800
square miles.
It renders) a useful public to a
population of over 330,000, embracing
nearly 40 different communities.
It has 9 large hydro-electric and
steam power plants.
It has 18 sub-stations.
It has 40 miles of high tension trans
mission lines.
It has 6363 miles of distribution
wires.
It has 32 city street car lines.
It has 4 interurban lines and con
trols another.
It has 2743 employes on its, payroll
It paid out in wages and salaries
during the year 1920 a total of $4,-
494,919.47.
It paid In taxes and bridge tolls
last year a total of $798,453.35.
Its purchases of materials and sup
plies in Oregon last year totaled $1,
345,884.00. Its gross earnings for 1920 were
$9,564,612.25.
It gives continuous car ride of 19
miles, for a single fare.
It owns and operates 186.63 miles
of city car lines.
It owns and operates 109.45 miles of
' interurban car lines.
It operates, but does not own, 11
miles of city lines.
It controls an additional 35 miles, of
interurban lines.
It has 543 city passenger cars and
65 interurban passenger cars.
It owns 9 electric locomotives.
It owns 321 freight cars.
In 1920 it carried 96,852,120 pass
enger3 on its city lines and 3,851,723
on its interurban lines, a total of j
100,703,843 passengers.
The capacity of its 9 power plants
is 114,783 horsepower.
In 1920 it sold 167,374,143 kilowatt
hours of electric energy.
t It had 53,285 light and power cus
tomers Dec. 31, 1920.
The purpose of this issue of Gold
Notes is explained in the following:
To keep pace with the rapidly ex
panding requirements of the district
served by the company, this company
has steadily increased its invested
capital' to provide the facilities with
which it is rendering public service.
In the past these additional invest
ments of capital have come from out
side the Portland district. It ia the
purpose of the company to continue
to give good service and to expand
its facilities to meet the increasing
demands upon it. To accomplish
this large additional sums of capital
mut be procured. Investment in
these notes by the people of the dis
tricts served would be mutually ad
vantageous, in that the funds so in
Tested would be expended at home
and aid in the further development
of this territory, and would also pro
vide an attractive Investment. The
company frankly wishes to have fin
ancially interested in it as many as
possible of those served by it. The
expenditures for betterments and ad
ditions to the property of the com
pany during 1921 will exceed the
total amount of the note issue nowj
offered.
The company conducts a mosit es
sential business and by reason of
diversity of the demands for its ser
vice, its operations are not subject to
the violent fluctuations frequently ex
' perienced in the conduct of business
with a less diversity of use. The pub
lic generally throughout the nation
now recognize the essential nature
of the business conducted by public
utilities and the principles of regul
ation now in force are Intended to as
sure the public of adequate service at
reasonable rates and to protect hon
est investment competently managed.
Regulating authorities concede that
Supplementing this statement Presi
dent Franklin T. Griffith adds the
following in a letter just issued:
"The laborer is worthy of his hire.
This corporation is the most import
ant laborer in Oregon. Its operations
directly affect, benefit and serve near
ly one-half of the population of the
state. Its success depends upon the
character of its service' and the con
fidence reposed in it by the people it
serves. To possess and to merit that
confidence is and should be the aim
of every man and woman employed
in public service. Therein lies not
only the satisfaction of properly di
charging our duties to the public, but
also the certainty that if the public
Is satisfied it is willing to pay this
great laborer an adequate wage.
"There is always a demand for the
service to be rendered. That demand
is constantly Increasing. Our growth
and the growth of the communities
served hy us go hand in hand. We
must at least keep pace with the
demands for our service, and.
If possible, our facilities should al
ways be somewhat in excess of the
immediate requirements. This means
that additional investment must be
made steadily and continuously.
"Our operations provide steady em
ployment. They are not subject to
the violent changes frequently ex
perienced in other industries.
"We have passed through a critical
period. The costs of operation have
enormously increased in the last few
years and relief was slow In coming,
but I think we may now confidently
say that there is a wide-spread recog
nition of the right of such corpora
tions as ours to receive from the us
ers of their service an amount equival
ent to the cost of that service, and to
day there is also public recognition
of the principle that investment hon
estly made and competently admin
istered is. entitled to a fair return. Wo
may look forward, therefore, with
confidence that we will receive fair
treatment as long as we deserve it.
"Money to finance this company has
heretofore been sought principally
outside the state of Oregon. It is be
lieved that it would be mutually ad
vantageous if we, who are employes
by the corporation, and also the peo
ple directly served by the corporation,
should be financially interested in it.
With that purpose, the corporation Is
now offering to its, employes, its pat
rons and the public generally $1,000,
000 of 5-year Gold Notes bearing 8
per cent interest. The new invest
ment for additional facilities to be
made during the year J1921 will
materially exceed the amount of the
note issue now offered."
ADOPTS OLD
CLUB RULES
At a meeting of the reorganized
Jennings Lodge Communitv club held
Friday evening at tha? place, it was
voted to adopt the by-laws and regul
ations of the old order, which was an
active factor in the development or
the community at that t;m.
The following officers were elected
for the year: C. E. Meldrum, presl-
ident; Edwin Pierson, vice president,
Fred B. Madison, secretary; Mrs. O.
Bobbins, assistant secretary; Mrs. R
Thompson, treasurer.
A membership committee of six
was appointed as follows: J. A. John
son, A. W. Meyers, J. Hole, H. Babler,
Mrs. R. Thompson and W. I. Blin
stone.
The following were named to serve
as a program committee for three
months,: Mrs. W. W. Woodbeck.
Edwin Pierson and Mrs. Bertha Haru
The next meeting will be held at
the school house Wednesday evening,
Feb. 23 at 7:45 o'clock.
CLUB LEADERS
ON INSPECTION
TOUR HERE
GAME WARDENS
MANY ARRESTS
HERE SATURDAY
E. H. Clarke, district game wardeu.
and H. E. Meades, deputy game war
den, swooped down on Clackamas
county Saturday and made several
arrests of local men who are accuses
of shooting and trapping deer out of
season. The first raid by the game
wardens occurred at the Scott cabin,
on Pine creek, when Tom Scott and
Melvin Kay were arrested, accused
of having fresh venison in their pos
session. The officers took away sev
eral hundred pounds of the meat from
the cabin, it is reported, and both men
will appear for trial Monday afternoon
before Judge Noble, Oregon City.
They are now out on bail.
The next alleged violator was H. H.
Gregory, of the Mulino country, and
the" wardens claim that four hearts or
deers were found which had been shot
recently and also several pounds of
fresh venison were found. Gregory
will appear for trial Monday also.
Both wardens, Clark and Meades,
allege that fresh deer meat has beeu
coming into Portland for several
weeks from Clackamas county, and
that they have been watching this
district for some time to nab the men
who are responsible. Saturday morn
ing the wardens arrived in Clackamas
and began their arrests and investiga
tions. One whole auto load of veni
son resulted from the raids of Satur
day, it ia said, and the officers allege
that about twelve deer have been shot
and trapped in this county during
the past two week3, and the venison
sold ia Portland by the hunters.
Miss Helen Cowgill, assistant statfe
club leader, in company with Romney
P. Smedeker, county club leader, win
visit a number of the districts sup
porting boys and .girls clubs in Clack
amas county during the coming week.
Demonstrations of various projects,
including sewing, homemaking, and
canning, will be staged at the follow
ing ,places: Monday forenoon at
Stafford, afternoon at Wilsonville;
Tuesday forenoen at Clairmount, af
ternoon at Ardenwald; Wednesday
forenoon at Liberal, afternoon at
Teazel Creek; Thursday fore-noon at
West Linn and Bolton, afternoon at
Claekamas and Sunnyside, and Fri
day forenoon at elso, and afternoon
at Sandy.
MAN, 50 YEARS
IS MARRIED TO
FORMER WARD
BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 15.
George Roche, 50 years old, of this
city, started ten years ago to wait un
til Katie Slaughter, then eight years
old and a pig-tailed schoolgirl, grew
up. Monday he procured a marriage
license to marry Miss Slaughter, now
18, and willing to become his bride.
"I'm marrying him becausel love
him," she said.
He's a lot older than me," she con
tinued, "I know, but I'd rather have
a man who works and knows his dut
ies as a husband than a young fel
low that goes, to the theater or bums
around on the street corners and
leaves his wife alone. If I got a young
fellow, I guess I'd have to work and
support him."
COMMISSION AND
LOCAL NET MEN
AGREE ON BILL
A Lofcal"
-V
Pall-bearer
.1 -r t
e tne jon
But Was Agreeable.
A story is going the rounds on
Main street of a prominent local man
who is always, called upon to act as
pall-bearer. He ( hated the job
as it always depressed him for sever
al days afterwards. However, once
when he was called upon and could
not escape, he fortified himself with
a lange quantity :of home-brewetr
hootch. Yet he got along all right at
that until, in the last moment, th
minister sprinkled some earth on the
casket and repeated "Ashes -to ashes
dust to dust," wheni the local pall
bearer called out in a loud voice:
"That's fair enough!"
MORRIS HELD BY
FEDERAL MEN ON
FRAUD CHARGE
SHANKS AGAINST
MORE PAY FOR
COUNTY OFFICES
FIRST TAX
PAID IN 1921
HUGE AMOUNT
The first taxes to be paid for the
year 1921 to I. D. Taylor, deputy coun
ty tax collector was received in the
office yesterday and amounted to
$1,922.00. Some of the tax receipts
have been received by the office, and
Mr. Taylor is rapidly making out the
blanks, inasmuch as the tax depart
ment is" way behind caused from the
lack of 1921 receipt from the printer.
1
99
says the Good Judce
That gives a marr more
genuine chewing satis-;
faction than he ever got'
out ot tne ordinary kind t
Smaller chew.lastslonger
so it costs less to chew
this class of tobacco.
And the good, rich to
bacco taste gives a world
of satisfaction.
Any man who uses the
Real Tobacco Chew
will tell you that.
Put up in two styles
W-B GUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
RIGHT GUT is a short-cut tobacco
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.. Feb.
10. (Special to the Enterprise) As
the result of a compromise agreed up
on today by representatives of tne
fishermen of Oregon City, the State
Fiah Commission and the IT. S. Bur
eau of Fisheries, Senator Ryan's will
to change the fishing regulations af
fecting the Willamette river at Ore
gon City, will be amended in several
radical particulars.
Senator Ryan's original bill provid
ed that the dead line which since 1917
has been at the Clackamas county
line near the Oswego bridge, would
be moved to a point 600 feet below
the old fish ladder at the Oregon City
falls, and that the closed season
should extend from April first to May
tenth, and from June fifteenth to Dec.
first. Commercial fishing- south of
this dead-line would be prohibited en
tirely under the Ryan bill.
As a result of the compromise ef
fected today, the dead-line will be
fixed at the suspension bridge at Ore--
gon City and the closed season will
be from March fifteenth to May tenth
and August twenty-fifth to December;
in other words according to the fish
ermen, they have traded about two
and a half miles of open river for ten
days fishing, and while this is not en
tirely satisfactory to the fishermen,
they have agreed to abide by the de
cision. Undoubtedly the bill will be shot
through the senate without great oi
posftion but it was said tonight that
the sportsmen of the house are must
ering their strength to defeat the bill.
The main reason offered is that thfc
present laws were established by the
vote of the people and that the fish
ermen of Clackamas county should
not attempt to change them in the
legislature.
SALEM. Feb. 11. (Special to the
Enterprise) The Clackamas county
delegation, consisting of Stone, Shank
and Hammond agreed last night on
a salary increase for county super
intendent of schools here from $1400
to $1790, one-hundred, dollars more
than was originally asked for.
Other increases in salaries of Clack
amas county officials was turned
down by the delegation, however,
and the superintendent's raise will be
the only one asked before the salar
ies committee of the house and sen
ate. ...
It is expected that the bill will ap
pear soon before the house and will
be passed upon recommendation bi
the Clackamas delegation and salar
ies committees.-
SUES ON NOTE.
M. D. Latourette has entered suit
against Lizzie Nichols, J.JI. Mte and
J. A. Hite, to secure judgment in the
sum of $211.90, alleged due on a note
executed in plaintiff's favor by the
defendants in 1916.
When the Clackamas county dele-
fation of teachers arrived at Salem
yesterday evening for the purpose of
urging the passing of a bill favoring
a raise In salary of the county school
superintendent here, the delegation
ran up against a snag in the form of
Representative Shanks.
The teachers committee from here
was supposed to have met with the
Salaries Committee of the house, but
at the last minute, the chairman of
that committee was unable to attend
the meeting, and the delegation met
with Stone, Shanks and Hammond,
representatives, to talk things over.
The split occurred when an amend
ment was proposed to incorporate in
the salary bill of the superintendent
a clause raising the salary of all the
county officials of Clackamas. Fred
Miller, county clerk addressed the
gathering and gave statistics why the
salary of the clerk should be raised
here. Representative Shanks made a
fiat statement alleging that he was
opposed to any raise in salary out
side of that proposed for the county
school superintendent, and would not
favor an amendment to the bill in
corporating such items. Representa
tive Stone also did not favor the sal
ary raise of countyl officials, and Ham
mond was for the amendment saying
that the salaries of the county of
ficials f Clackamas were not equit
able.
Grant B. Dimick was present at the
meeting and spoke in favor of the
proposed amendment. County Clerk
Miller, Assessor Cooke and several
others also spoke. Representative
Shanks told the members of the teach
ers' committee and county officials
present that he -was in a very tight
place on the subject, but neverthe
less, would stand by his guns and de
feat any move to raise the salaries
of Clackamas county officers.
Mrs. Millie B. Altman, of Jennlng9
Lodge, was the spokesman for the
teachers before the Clackamas county
delegation aud made a strong plea in
favor of raising the county school
superintendent's salary here. Not ex.
pecting a monkey wrench to be
throws into the original bill's mach
inery, the teachers committee receiv
ed a jolt when the amendment was
proposed for the bill.
It 1st understood that the salaries
committee of the house and sen
ate, with whom the matter was
to have been discussed last night,
told the Clackamas county solons
that whatever they endorsed in the
way of salary boosts weuld be pushed
through. However, Representative
Shanks remains firm in his decision
and with Representative Stone, the
two will eventually kill the bill for a
larger salary for the school super
intendent, if an amendment is insist
ed upon carrying advance in salaries
for other county officials here. '
The amendment which caused the
split in the Clackamas county dele
gation would raise the pay of the
county judge from $1600 to $2400
county treasurer, from $1500 to
$2000; county clerk, from $1800 to
$2400; county recorder, from $1500 to
$1800; sheriff from $2100 to $2300;
assessor from $1500 to $1800. The
original bill carried a raise for the
county school superintendent from
$1400 to $1600.
The members of the teachers com
mittee and other county officials who
were present last night at the meet
lng with the Clackamas couny dele
gation, will remain overnight at Salem
and try to get action before the salar
ies committee this morning.
PORTLAND, Feb. 10. Fred S. Mor
ris of the wrecked bond house of Mor
ris Bros., Inc., was arrested on a se
cret indictment returned by the fed
eral grand jury, charging fraud ,in
connection with the naturalization of
John L. Etheridge, ex-president of the
firm. Shortly after his attorneys) haa
been notified ' of the federal action
Morris appeared at the United States
marshal's office and deposited bail
in the sum of $2000. He made no
comment.
A second secret indictment, also of
general public interest, was that re
turned against E. W. Ellis, ex-presl
dent and general manager of the
Hazelwood company, which was re
cently defendant in. federal prosecu
tion for the misbranding; of butter.
The Hazelwood company, dealers in
produce, is in nowise connected with
restaurants or other business con
cerns of the same name. Ellis, who
furnished bail of $1000, is charged
with selling adulterated and mis
branded butter, with full knowledge
of its nature.
Both Morris and Ellis will be tried
in federal court at dates later to be
announced. The secret indictments
against them were returned Wednesr
day, but action to arrest the two de
fendants was delayed until yesterday.
The charge against Morris centers
in his participation ia the naturaliza
tion proceedings whereby John L.
Etheridge, then his employe and busi
ness associate, transferred his citizen
ship from Great Britain to this coun
try. Three separate counts are nam
ed in the indictment. The first
court alleges that on March 1, 1918,
Morris "willfully, unlawfully and
feloniously" aided Etheridge to be
come a citizen by giving false testi
mony as to the moral character of
the applicant. It is charged that Mor
ris;, fully cognizant of the prison rec
ord of Btheridtge, failed to acquaint
Federal Judge Bean with facts relat
ing to the applicant's imprisonment
in New Jersey.
Oh, Come With Me
To the City Bastile
Nay, 'Nay, Pauline
According to report, Oregon City
has about as much protection at night
from rowdyism on Main street as a
cardboard house in a tornado.. Last
Saturday night about 11:45 o'clock,
a scene was enaoted at Seventh ana
A: surprise was sprung upon sup
porters of a proposed market road
that would tap a section south and
west of Wilsonville and divert busi-
Main streets which caused consider-Lne 4 Sherwood instead ot sending
able excitement and wonder. -. LI"iu' wuea several wuson-
m Ule aenaea tne meeting at
..uu.u,o ov. nutuuiiojuuus Tj,j Hill lasf ?n n.ioxr
man hit nnnthpr on thA yin antl !
knocks his onoonent t tnQ The meeting, presided over by C. C.
walked in front of the Falls restaurant a Hiu merchant, was at-
The night officer on the beat attempt- 8UUi larmers ana dusi-
ed to arrest the man who wn nit ness men- and for a time the diacus-
and was starting for the city jail with
his prisoner when he was stopped hy
the man that started the fight. After
considerable argument with the of
ficer, someone grabbed the prisoner
from the arms of the law and beat a
hasty retreat, leaving the 'cop with
nothing to show for his trouble.
It ia said that the 'cop' grabbed his
gun and started In pursuit, but didn't
si on waxed warm and excited. The
Wilsonville representatives made
such strong) pleas against the move
ment that the people of the locality
decided -upon two other proposed
routes, either one of which will take
the desired market road through Wil
sonville to connect up with the coun
ty's propsed hard surfaced road to Os
wego, where it will join with -the Pa-
It is understood that the county
court of Clackamas county will
shortly view the two proposed routes,
unless the residents affected should
get together and settle definitely up
on one as the route to be made Into
a market road.
WOMAN'S CLUB
HAS LINCOLN
DAY PROGRAM
CALAVAN NOW ,
BUSY WITH
CLUB WORK
J. E. Calavan, of the state depart
ment of education, was in Oregon
City the first of the week, visiting this
family. On Wednesday he left for
Washington county, where he goes
to organize clubs for boys and girls.
Mr. Calavan has been for the past
two weeks in Columbia county, where
he has been engaged in club organiz
ation work.
While engaged in his duties at
Rainier, Mr. Calavan secured 60 mem
bers for a club. A large number of
the boys are to join the cooking class
there.
CAR NEARLY
PLUNGES INTO
WILLAMETTE
It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. White, of this city, while motor
ing past the board walk between here
and Canemah on the highway road
narrowly missed being drowned when
the machine they were In glanced oft
the electric track and came near go
ing into the Willamette river. One
of the front wheels of the car caught
in such a way as to throw the auto
mobile towards the basin and had it
been traveling at a faster speed, the
car would have plunged over the
board roadway into the waters above
the falls.
Seats were at a premium at the
Woman's . Club Lincoln program
Thursday afternoon when in addition
to the club itself thirty-two members
of the Grand Army of the Republic
and the Relief Corps were present as
guests of the day. Mrs. T. E. Beard
gave the principal address, "Our
Debt to the Mother of Lincoln," Mrs.
L. L. Porter gave a review of Drink
water's famous play, "Abraham Lin
coln," that has taken London ty
storm, and Mrs. W. A. White showed
"The Hand of Lincoln in Currem
Events."
Other speakers were Mrs. Frank
Moore, Mrs. A. B. . Rintoul and Miss
Stanton, of the Eastham school, who
read Walt Whitman's; "O Captain, My
Captain," on the death of Lincoln.
Mrs. W. P. Bennett presided at the
piano, while all joined with the vet
erans in the familiar battle hymns of
Lincoln's day. i
The club went on record as oppos- j
ing any division of Clackamas county
and registered a vote of thanks to
the Oregon City Enterprise for its
money-raising campaign for the starv
ing children of Europe. Among
those present were Mrs. Bowers, of
Canemah whose father was a boy
with Lincoln; Mrs. D. C. Latourette
whose father knew Lincoln in Illinois,
and another lady who had often visit
ed in Lincoln's old home in Spring
field. Two old soldiers were- with
Sherman "Marching Through
Georgia."
run far and came back to where tne cific highway leading to Portland.
crowd had congregated. After mak
ing several unsuccessful attempts to
find out who his prisoner of a few
minutes was, and the identity of the
man who had stopped him from mak
ing the arrest, the 'cop' evidently
came to the conclusion it was no use,
and gave up in disgust.
However, the crowd took hugh de- T" A fTTTTT? C f TTT
the officer and caused a lot of hilarity
by the witty remarks and jokes pass
ed to and fro.
It is said that the entire police
force Is looking for someone respons
ible for the affair, but up to date,
haven't caught anything but ""a cold."
STIFF FINES IN
j JUSTICE COURT
PORTLAND MAN
OPPOSES BILL
Tom Scott and H. H. Gregory, ar
rested last Saturday by game wardens
Clarke and Meades for. shooting deer
in closed season and having 'fresh
venison in their possession, appeared
for trial here yesterday afternoon be-
frwl-a - Tnil ova TuVVil a Qst was Fl r
AGAINST JAPS 150 and costs, and refusing to pay
ine money, was piacea in me county
jail where he claims he will lay the
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or., Fe fine out at the rate of $2 per day. as
10. Interest in the anti-Asiatic legis- allowed by law. He began his sen
lation now pending before the house tence yesterday afternoon,
appears to have been heightened by h. H. Gregory, who was arrested
the nature of the campaign against for having fresh venison in his pos
it at the public hearing before the session, was assessed $50 and costs.
house judiciary committee last night which he paid. Gregory alleges that
he did not kill the deer which was
found in, his home near Mulino, but
that the meat was given to him.
Melvin Kay, arrested at the same
time as Scott, will appear for trial in
At least one of the opponents of
the bill introduced by the war veter
an wing of the legislature to prohibit
the holding of land by Japanese in
Oregon managed to give the commit
tee a thrill Thursday night. W. D. the justice court next Thursday.
Wheelwright of Portland was the The poaching cases were the
one. I first that have been brouc-ht ni looal-
After explaining that in the ques-hy for some time and the game ward-
tion was involved the principle of na. ens allege that they intend to put a
tional faith, Wheelwright dwelt upon stop to the illegal hunting for deer in
the fact that Elihu Root once said. Clackamas county. Many spectators
that the Japanese always have kept were at the trial yesterday afternoon.
LONG GIVES
WARNING TO
AUTO MEN
According to Speedofficer Long,
automobiledealers of this county will
be promptly hailed into court if the
misuse of dealers' license plates are
used for any other purpose than stat
ed by law. Several cases wherein
dealers have used their cars for other
purposes! ,than demonstrations, have
occurred here, and it is pointed out
that the dealers' plates are for car
demonstration purposes only, and
that freight, accessories or towing
will not be permitted.
Archie Howell, of Estacada was ar
rested by Speedofficer Long yestet
day for the misuse of dealers' tag3
and was fined $15 in Milwaukie by
Judge Perry. B. E. Cicceich, of
Astoria also received a $25 fine for
the same offense. Both men weie
dealers and were violating the deal
ers' auto license platesi law.
MILLS LAY
OFF A NUMBER
OF WORKMEN
Over one hundred workmen of the
Hawley and Crown Willamette mills
were laid .off during the past few
days, and it is reported that about
thirty more will be laid off at the
end of the week. No reason, outside
of a dull season was given for the
suspension of the men.
Fined for Thro win";
Glass, Cans in Street
Mrs. A. L. Crawford of Milwaukie,
was fined in Judge Perry's court yes
terday for throwing glass and tin
cans in the streets of Milwaukie. The
complaint was sworn out against Mr9.
Crawford' by a man named Larue.
Under the statutes, a reward of $ib
will be given to anyone securing the
conviction of person or persons throw
ing rubbish or glass onto the streets
of any city.
every treaty with the United States
to the very letter of the law. Further
more, said Wheelwright, world trade
is much more than merely making
money, and amity - and friendship,
rather than hostility, make the world
peace.
Continuing, Wheelwright read a list
of the qualities of the Japanese as a
nation and remarked that these qual-
itiesk which to his mind made for the
progress of the Nipponese, were re
markably conspicuous for their ab
sence or underdevelopment in the
make-up of the average American.
"It is the amalgamated races that
are strong in the world," said Wheel
wright, "and maybe this strong and
virulent race ia just what we need in
this country."
The committee will ask that the
anti-Japanese bill, known as house
bill 102, be made a special order of
business for Tuesday at 2 o'clock and
on the floor of the house, without
recommendation from the committee.
the bill will be threshed out.
of Gregory and Scott and the justica
court room was crowded to capacity.
BLANCHARD
FUNERAL WAS
HELD FRIDAY
The funeral services of the late
Mrs. Jane Blanchard, wife of Thomas
Blanchard, prominent resident of
Oregon City, and pioneer of Clacka
mas county, were held from the Hoi--man
& Pace funeral chapel Friday
morning at 11:00 o'clock. Rev. M. T.
Wire, pastor of the Methodiat church,
officiated, when many friends - attended.
During the services' Rev. Wire
spoke highly of Mrs. Blanchard, who
had been a member of the Methodist
church for many years. A number ot
her favorite selections were rendered
among these being "It Is Well With
My Soul" and "Sweet Peace, The
Gift of God'a Love." The quartet was
composed of Mrs. Malva Bolle, Mrs.
Emma Johnson, Roy B. Cox and Gar
land Hollowell.
T 4.1.,. fAmtlw 1 ln
I A )i j A I (HA K(-rK Zion cemetery at Canby, and many'
friends and relatives followed the re
mains to their last resting place.
Pallbearers were George and Wil
liam Randall, Alvin and Halsey
Phelps, (nephews of the deceased).
Jud Kelland and Irvin Wheeler.
REV. CHANDLER
RESIGNS FROM
Rev. C. H. L. Chandler, rector of
the St. Paul's Episcopal church of
this city, has resigned and accepted
a charge of the Trinity church, Poca-
tello, Idaho. Rev. Chandler came to
this city four years ago and during
that time, has done much to build up
the local Episcopal denomination
here. He was an active member of
the Live Wires, of the Oregon City
Commercial club, and also took an
active interest in all civic and muni
cipal affairs of this community.
Bishop Sumner has ' consented to
Rev. Chandler's release from Oregon
and just what date he will leave this
city has not been announced.
ROBBERS GET
$130 FROM MAIN
ST. POOL HALL
The pool hall on Main street, be
tween Fourth and Fifth, recently
opened up for business, was robbed
Friday night of $130. The robbers
gained entrance to the building af
ter closing hours through a window
in the back of the hall. The money
stolen was part of the day's receipts,
it is reported, and had been placed in
ESTABLISHED a sack and hid under tbe c01"1181--
evidently knew the lay of the land
and had watched the proprietor place
the money away earlier in the even-'
ing. "
The F. H. Cross Harness shop, 7th
street, hill section, was again enter
ed by thieves on the same night, but
nothing of value was taken. The rob
bers cut a hole in the rear door of
AURORA WANTS
UNION HIGH
AURORA, Feb. 12. Zene Schwab,
chairman of the Aurora school board,
and business men of Aurora met with
the Butteville grange today to discuss
the proposal for a Union high school
there. State Superintendent Church
ill, Assistant State Superintendent
Smith and County Superintendent
Fulkerson were present. The Aurora the Crosg placei and nmng the latch.
uistnct nas voted jo.uuu ror a mgn opened the door .j waiked in. After
school and is proposing that a union ran.o-tinr th shon from ton to bot-
ouwi aiouici uo luiuicu auu i-uo I torn. the thrives left with nothing.
other districts to join in maintenance
and pupils to be transported from out
lying districts by truck.
Aylsworth Sues -
Constable for $100
C. R. Aylsworth has entered suit
against Ed. Fortune, constable of this
district to secure judgment in the
sum of $100 and costs of the case, for
the alleged attaching by Foftune of
nw.t'-';'3ses, several joints of stove
pipe, f '. .?e ml'er, two peavies and
other ar -.iclut Constable Fortune at
tached th-2 goods some time ago, and
Aylsworth has entered suit for dam
ages or the recovery of the goods.
This Is the second attempt to loot
the Crossi store during the past two
weeks, the former attempt resulting
in the arrest o fteh robbers, who are
now in the county jail awaiting the
action of the next grand jury.
Sherwood Lad Is
Slowly Recovering
Victor Bruck, seriously scalded sev
eral' weeks ago by boiling water, is
out of danger. Considerable skin
grafting was necessary. Bruck, who
is -8 years old, is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Bruck of Sherwood, route
No. 5.