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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 9.
OREGON CTEY. OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921.
ESTABLISHED 1866
To buy and sell the asu-
al or uausual needs : of
farming people requires
such a medium as the col- 8
umns of the Enterprise. Try
a classified ad.
TWO-DAY ROAD CONGRESS
CALLED FOR MARCH 7-8
Probably the biggest thing of Its
kind ever attempted in Clackamas
county will be the coming road con
gress or convention, which will be
held in this city for two days March
7 and 8. Through the efforts of Coun
ty Judge Cross, Commissioners Proc
tor and Harris, the entire organiza
tion of road foremen of the county
will assemble on the above date and
discuss ways and means to make the
road building program for Clackamas
efficient.
The Commercial club 'and . Live
"Wlres are cooperating in the affair.
and some of the best road and bridge
builders in this territory will address
the meetings. Not only that, but
road men from .Multnomah a.n other
counties are scheduled to give ex
periences and data, and the entire
program perfected deals with the
fundamentals of road construction
and bridge building.
Accommodations in the different
homes of the city will be given to the
visitors during their two-days' stay
here, and those in charge of the
event feel that after the con
vention adjourns, the road work in
the different districts in the county
will receive Impetus and become
more efficient. Following Is the pro
gram for the two-days' session:
MONDAY, MARCH 7th.
10:00 a. m. Session convenes..
Address of welcome, O. D. Eby,
Oregon City; response, Asa Thomas,
Bull Run; roll call and introduction
of road foremen.
11:00 a. m. "The old vs. the new,
are we making progress," Judge J. U.
Campbell; general discussion; re
miniscences. AFTERNOON.
2:00 p. m. Topic, making roads;
location and drainage, "W. F. Baker;
discussion, 15 minutes.
2:30 p. m. Making the grade; use
of modern equipment, E. L. Palfrey,
Molalla; Dug. (Dimickj Canby; dis
cussion 15 minutes.
a i R nm. Source, f quality, avail
ability and cost of gravel; R. H.
Walls. Smith Turner, M. H. Wheeler,
Chas. R. Livesay, discussion 15
minutes.
4:00 p. m." How to make a gravel
road; Albert Kitching, Estacada; dis
cussion, 15 minutes.
4:30 p. m. A good foreman; ef
ficiency; Nat Scribner, Herman Sie
bert, Abe Johnson; announcement,
Chris. Schuebel.
7:00 p. m. Wages and men; gen
eral discussion.
7:30 p. m. Market roads, Livy
Stipp, 'district attorney.
8:00 p. m. Efficiency of modern
road machinery; Mr. W. A. Eatchel,
road master, Multnomah county.
8:30 p. m. The care and repair of
road equipment. j
9:00 p. m. Engineering; wnen
does it pay and when not; H. H.
Johnson, civil engineer; discussion;
adjournment.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8th.
9:30 a. m. Rock crushers; number
and location; W. A. Proctor, commis
sioner; Rock crushers; efficiency;
Abe Gilbert, Supt. of rock crushers;
general discussion, 15 nfinutes.
10:30 a. m. How to make a mac
adam road, Henry Cromer of Logan;
jinnsiinn 9ft minutes.
UlBUiWIW"! "
B- I
gren, Mulino; E. L. Palfrey, Molalla;
Herman Fisher, Oregon City; Fred
W. Sohn, Aurora; R. F. Watts, Wood-
burn; G. E. Wyland, Hubbard; Roy
Ridings, Marquam; J. J. Eisner, Bull
Run; Dave Douglas, Cherryville; Wm.
Bosholm, Boring; D. L Erdman, Bor
ing; Henry Swalest Oregon City;
Charles R- ILivesay, Oregon City,
Wm. Braatz, Oregon City; Nat Scrib
ner, Oregon City; John Putz, Col ton;
Charles Duncan, Estacada; H. H.
Udell, Eagle Creek; O. E. Ferrer,
Molalla 'V. G. Randall, Oregon City;
Abe3 in, Canby; L. A. Rahl,
Wooa i. Rudolph Klaus, - Aurora
Frankn, Hubbard; Ed. John
son. V V. -A ."
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WIRE. TLL
GIVE jQUET
TO JD MEN
Plans for active participation In
the road Institute being sponsored by
the county court for the 7th and 8th
of this month were laid by the Live
Wires of the Commercial club at
their Tuesday noon luncheon, and a
committee of five has been selected
to arrange for an evening dinner and
entertainment for (the delegates to
the sessions.
At the meeting, which will cover a
three day period, will be road super
visors from every district in the
county, and a splendid program of In
structive entertainment has been
planned by Judge Harvey E. Cross,
and commissioners W. F. Harris and
W. A. Proctor, who will be in charge
of the meeting; Members of the
Live Wires are to provide accom
odations for about half of the super
visors while they are in the city.
EDUCATORS IN
CONVENTION AT
WILSONVILLE
Consolidation of rural schools,
standardization and methods, of mod
ern health crusades will be the main
topics of discussion at a meeting call
ed to take place at Wllsonville on
Frdiay, March 12. The meeting has
been called by Brenton Vedder, coun
ty school superintendent, and the en
tire rural organization of school
teachers and directors of the county
has been invited to attend.
Mrs. Sadie Orr- Dunbar, executive
secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis
Association, will be one of the prin
cipal speakers of the day, and othei
prominent educators of the state will
address the assembly. Representa
tives from school districts No. 23, 82,
67, 41, 60, 37; 309, 306, 305, 100 and 96
have been urged to attend the afflar,
and wide interest is already evidenc
ed among the county school organiza
tion in the coming event.
Following is the program, which
will take placei in the Wilsonvilli.
school house on the above date:-
10:00 a. m. "The Standard School,'
Mrs. Agnes M. Buckley, rural school
supervisor; Mrs. Minnie Altman,
principal Jennings Lodge.
Letting Sunshine In
i
Reports from the west and south declare that . the
growers of wheat, corn and cotton are getting over the
deep feeling of pessimism that prevailed a few weeks
ago, when the bottom dropped out of prices of these
agricultural products. Growers appear ready to "pock
et the loss" and try it again.
No attempt can be made to deny that the farmers
. have lost many millions of dollars by the slump from
prices which prevailed at this time last year, and it is
admitted that they have been asked to sell at prices con
siderably below the cost of production on the basis last
year.
Gradually the farmers are beginning to understand,
that losses due to market conditions are not limited to .
themselves. Manufacturers and business men also are
facing the problem of meeting losses in a way that will
not-impair the stability of their property. rThey were
caught with high-priced products on a falling market,
and they too must "pocket the loss." t
Government statistics show that the acreage planted
in wheat last fall is only about 1 2 per cent less than it
was the preceding year, and that is about the reduction
advised by the federal department of agriculture.' There
is no reason to believe that the farmers who grow spring
wheat will have a case of "nerves" over present condi
tions. Farmers will adapt themselves to conditions
forced upon them. One hundred million persons in the
United States must be fed, and American food products
will continue to be sent to other countries. .
American farmers have good business sense, and
when they get oyer the disappointment caused by what
they choose to call a little more than their share of the
national .slump, they will take heart and again demon
strate that they are willing to let the law of averages
operate in their case, as it does in industry and business.
If worry would make folks thin, many a fat woman
would soon cease to worry.
It is usually easy to put off until tomorrow what
you failed to do yesterday.
The way of the transgressor is hard, but many of
them seem to sidestep some hard bumps.
Some crooks will never be straightened out until
they get into the hands of an undertaker.
CORONER DENIES
ACTION TAKEN
IN DE FORD CASE
10:30 a. m. "The Modern Health
a. m.-nueu uu - Crusade," Mrs. Sadie Orr-Dunbai,
macadam roaa, neraiau JD" I
and
11:15 a. m. When and how to re
! TT.nn TSeli.
pair a macauam - I executive secretary, Oregon
er, cams; discussion, la mlnut;s- j culosis association.
1:30 p. m. wnen, now ana
repairing a gravel roaa, nuuoum
discussion, 15
Hit.""' Ol,
minutes.
2:00 t. m. Keeping roads in con
tinuous repair; is it practical or de4
oila arm how. Roy Riding, Wii
nam naniPis. P. T. Monroe, Adolph
rhorioo Thmcan: eeneral dis-
fiKtsion. 20 minutes.
3:00 p. m. Systematic bridge
h.iiiHno- an.! renairs. John Heft,
bridge foreman. E. D. Olds; discus
sion, 15 minutes.
3:45 p. m. Visit to Crown-Wil-lnmfit.tfi
PaDer Mills.
7-3ft n m Keeping cost, Jack
8:00 p. m. Efficiency of Portland
paving plant, commissioner A
Barbur.
8-30 d. m. Clackamas county
its experience in paving, W. H. Coun-
sell, E. D. Olds, Henry tiennci; gen
eral discussion.
w-TK tn. m. Facing : the future,
County Judge H. E. Cross; adjourn
ment.
EXECUTIVES:
HarvBT E Cross, county -judge; W.
tj nmmissioner: W. F. Har-
a. riui.wi, -
ris, commissioner; Abe Gilbert, sup
erintendent; John Heft, bridge fore
man.
ROAD FOREMEN:
(Frank Whitten, Oregon City; R. H.
Wales. Sherwood; Sam Mosier, Ore
gon City; WL F. Baker, Milwaukie;
Robert Rosenau, Clackamas; J. De
Young, Boring; A- Worthington,
Oswego; Smith Turner, Sherwood;
Paul Roethe, Milwaukie; H. W. Kan
ne, Lents; Herbert Seibert, Boring;;
W. H. Wheeler, Boring; E. R- Brook,
Boring; Asa Thomas, Bull Run; W.
A. Stone, .Cherryville; Chas. Krebs,
Boring; Albert Kitching, Estacada;
W. E. Mum power, Oregon City; Wil
liam Daniels, Oregon City; E. X
Lankins, Estacada; C. G. Wetmore,
Oregon City; P. T. Monroe, Estacada; .
Adolph Miller, George M. D. Chlnd-
In an article appearing in a Port
land newspaper last night. In which
it said that Coroner Pace of this city
was going to investigate the exhum
ation of the body ofAlex DeFord,
which took place at the cemetery
last Saturday afternoon under direc
tion of Portland physicians, the arti
cle is unfounded, and the following
statement was given an Enterprise
reporter for publication by Coroner
Pace:
"The article in question is obsolute-
ly false. A reporter for a Portland
newspaper interviewed me yesterday
afternoon about the- matter, and
told him that I had nothing to do
with it, and would not hold any kind
of an investigation in the matter, as
the state authorities gave the doctors
permission to exhume the . body."
BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB MOVEMENT
SWEEPS COUNTY
SOCIAL SERVICE
FOR COMMUNITY
IS NOW ASSURED
The Community service meeting
called to take place last night in the
Commercial club parlors was . fairly
well attended, and H. W- Arbury, re
presentative of the service accompan
ied by Miss Cockburn, leader of the
girls' service in Portland, explained
the system to the assembly gathered.
While many people do not under
stand just what the Community Ser
vice is. O. D. Eby, who presided at
the meeting; outlined it as follows:
It is a service whereby the boys and
girls and grownups gather in a com
munity and sing, go through athlet
ics, carry on programs of uplifting
and enlightening methods and con
gregate for the social betterment
of the community. A leader will be
in charge of the service, who will
outline the programs held frequently,
and assist by giving valuable service
es In the way of experience, etc.
Those attending the meeting last
night were enthusiastic for the ven
ture In Oregon City, and listened to
the program outlined with Interest.
A committee consisting of F. W.
Parker, A. J. Beatie, Miss Weiveslck,
Mrs. C. G. Miller, Mrs. W. J. Wilson,
Dr. H. W. Palgne was appointed to
incorporate .plans with the old com
mittee composed of O. D. Eby and
Arthur G. Beatie, and this body will
meet a representative of the Com
munity service in about six weeks
and start the work here. It is under
stood just what the Community ser-
stood that the Community Service
movement is sweeping over the coun
try and that wherever tried out, has
proved very successful for the better
ment of conditions socially, morally
and otherwise.
Mr. Arbury met with the Live
Wires of the Commercial club Tues
day noon and received assurance of
that organization's backing to the
limit.
EMPLOYEES OF MILLS
PRESENT B.T."M'
WITH FINE WATCH
r
B. T. McBain
AX WIELDED '
BT GOVERNOR
ON NINE BILLS
Tuber
11:30 a. m. Clackamas County
Teacher's association, W. L. Arrant,
president.
1:30 p. m. Program by the Wllson
ville school.
2:00 p. m. "Consolidation of our
Rural Schools." W. M. Smith, assist
ant state school superintendent.
MT. HOOD LOOP
MAY BE HELD
UP THIS YEAR
XJnless a contract is awarded soon
for slashing and grading this end of
the Mount Hood loop, nothing can
be done on the project this year. The
slashing must be performed and the
brush burned before summer in order
to prevent the fires spreading to the
adjacent forests. Clackamas county,
which won the decision as to loca
tion from the highway commission,
and offered to do its allotted share,
has made no further move. Until
Clackamas county acts, the commis
sion will not award the contract for
grading. Without the connection at
this end, the road which the govern
ment has built from Zigzag to Gov
ernment camp "is useless.
Next month the commission will
try to crack another hard nut find
ing a feasible way of getting the Par
cific . highway through Oregon City.
The least expensive way ghould be to
extend the Pacific highway up the
west side of the Willamette for a
few miles and then build a bridge
across, but this plan, of course, would
be strenuously opposed by the people
of Oregon City. Eventually, the lo
cation will probably go from the
bridge at Seventh street along the
bluff, on a 6 per cent grade, and
then dropping down off the bluff
on another 6 per cent grade. Oregon
Ian. - .
In reference to an article appear
ine in the Sunday , Morning Enter
prise, in regard to the exhumation of
the body of DeFord Saturday, the
following statement was given by the
seven doctors involved in the con
trover sey, for publication:
"We wish to correct the impression
created in your paper of Sunday
morning last, where you stated that
two Portland physicians representing
the city and county madical society
exhumed the body of Alexander De
Ford. It is true the one physician,
Dr. Menne, came from Portland, but
we deny he represented the above
society. He came to this city only
en the invitation of Pr. H. S. Mount,
and represented hhrt alone.
"We also deny Emphatically that
Dr. Menne upheld the finding of Dr.
H. S. Mount. Dr. Menne does not
claim DeFord died of septic peritonitis
as found by Dr. Mount, but that' he
died of. a gun shot wound to which
we all had agreed.
DR. O. A. WELSH,
DR. M. C. STRICKLAND, .
DR. A. H. HUYCKE,
DR. C. H. MEISSNER,
DR. W. ROSS EATON,
DR. C. A. STUART,
DR. G. E. STUART."
In a statment over the telephone to
an Enterprise : reporter yesterday
evening, Dr. Frank E. Menne, of Port
land, one of the doctors who made
the examination of the DeFord re
mains in the cemetery Saturday af
ternoon, said in connection with the
autopsy made by Dr. Hugh Mount:
"Dr. Mount's, autopsy was correct,
with a slight exception, and you may
publish this if you care to."
PICKFORD ILL
LOS ANGELES, Cal., . Feb. 24.
Jack Pickford, motion picture actor,
brother to Mary Pickford, 111 at his
home here with bronchial pneumonia,
was said by his physicians today to
be In a serious condition. They ex
pected the crisis to be reached today.
The boys' and girls' club organiza
tion for Clackamas county is rapidly
nearing completion, and under the
able direction of Miss Romney Sned
eker, county club leader, practically
every section in the county has
club organized. It Is hoped that b7
i March 15, the entire organization of
clubs wfll be completed excepting
those of the canning divisions. In
terest in the work among the young
people of Clackamas is unusually
fine and during last year, several or
ganizations here took many prizes
both in efficiency and on exhibit So
far, an enrollment of 341 members
has been .completed for the different
stardard clubs, and over 30 enrolled
as individual members in the various
projects. ,
. A county wide Jersey cattle club
for the boys and girls is to be or
ganized and the Guernsey club ot
last year will be reorganized and en
larged. A number of pig clubs are in
line for organization. From the
standpoint of numbers and the qual
ity of stock handled this Is to be the
most successful year for club work
that Clackamas County has had.
Backed by the new Farm Bureau
which is being organized, the club
members have an opportunity to ac
complish many things.
To date, the following clubs have
been organized.
Garden Club Garfield, Sunset.
Poultry Club Fernwood, Kelso,
Bolton, Douglas Ridge, Sunset,
Clarks.
Pig Club Boring, Sunset, Deep
Creek.
Sheep Club Currinsville.
Canning Club Bolton, Douglas
Ridge, Stafford.
Mome Making Club Stafford, Wil
sonville. Rabbit Club New Era, Douglas
Ridge.
Cookery Clut Boring, Liberal,
Ardenwald, Glad Tidings, Mt. Hope,
Oak Grove, Bolton, Estacada.
Sewing Club Sunset, Sunnyside,
Clackamas, Claremont, Boring, Kelso,
Sandy, Ardenwald, New Era, Liberal,
Mt. Hope, Teazel Creek, Stafford,
Hood View, Oregon City.
Estacada Man and
Cherryville Girl Wed
James E. Folsom, 24, of Estacada.
and Ruth A. Jpnsrud, 18, of Cherry
ille, journeyed to Vancouver, Wash.,
yesterday and secured a marriage
license.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 26. The veto ax
was wielded effectively by Governor
Olcott today, when the chopping
block was cleared nine measures pass
ed at the recent session of the legis
lature - had been disposed of. . The
short titles of the vetoed bills follow:
S. B. 374, by committee on judiciary
Establishing liability for abstract
ers.
S. B. 24, by Moser Providing foi
the supervision and regulation oi
transportation of persons ,and pro
perty for compensation.
S. B. 157, by Upton Providing! an
increase of salaries for officers of
Klamath county. .
H. B. 112, by Overturf Relating to
boards of directors of Irrigation dis
tricts H. B. 349, by joint committee on
ways and means Vetoed as far as it
pertains to appropriation of $350 for
payment of claim of DR William M.
Campbell for medical services ren
dered the Oregon military police
from April 11, 1918, to May 30, 1918,
inclusive.
S. B. 5, by Eddy To declare fran
chise contracts obligatory where the
product is sold to a municipality.
S.'B. 326, by committee on revision
of laws Relating to how conveyance
of land shall be made.
S. B. 375, by Strayer Relating to
eminent domain, irrigation and drain
age districts.
S. B. 327, by committee on revision
of laws Relating to failure ,of cor
porations, stock companies, etc., to
pay annual license fees, tax fees, etc.,
and barring same from taking action
in court.
CLOTHESLINE
THIEF AGAIN
MAKES HAUL
Mrs.
street.
clothes
visited
J. H. Walker of 603 Seventh
is the latest . victim of the
line thief and her line was
by the elusive gentleman or
lady (?) late Sunday evening. Four
large bath towels, a red sweater and
pair of black bloomers were taken
from the line, and according to the
recent activities of the thief, he or
she ought to have a complete ladies'
department sore' by this time. No
trace,- clue to the missing clothes or
anything else has been discovered up
to date, and the line-thief seems to
work at will, both on the hill section
and downtown.
The Walker incident marks about
the. twelfth robbery of .clothes lines
in this city during the past two
months, and just a few days ago the
line of Mrs. Charles Burns, of Green
point, was visited. In every Instance,
ladies wearing apparel has been tak
en, outside of blankets, bath -towels,
etc., which are necessary to either
sex. It has been proved beyond ques
tion that the thief is partial to lad
les wear, and probably is a woman.
The only way to protect your clothes,
it seems, is to take them off the line
at night and hang them In the house.
A committee or employees from the
Crown-Willamette, West Linn and
Oregon City mills called at the home
of B. T. McBain, formerly mill mana-
ager, at Portland, last Monday night,
ager at Portland, last Monday night
and presented him with . a handsome
engraved Hamilton gold watch and
monogram fob it was a gift from the
men who had been under Mr. McBain
for so many years.
Mr. McBain was so surprised that it
wa8 with difficulty that he could ex
press himself in appreciation. He said
in part: -
'You boys, and those you represent,
have done more for me already than
any one man could ever repay. Only
two years ago, when I was transfer
red from West Linn to Portland you
gave' me a wonderful Sterling silver
service, and now you come again.
don't deserve such attentoin and hav
only done for you what I have consid
ered my duty towards you and the
people who employed us all, what all
employers should do.
"When I left the C. W. P. Co., at
West Linn, I intended entering the
Banking business at West Linn, but
conditions did not break as I expect
ed and only a few days ago I gave
up that idea, though I surely would
like to be among you still and handle
your banking business for you.
"I didn't leave the company because
I wanted to get away from you fai
be it from that. I love every nail in
that old mill, and I love each and
every one of you men who helped me
build and operate it, as well as those
who so loyally and nobly stayed by
me in my hour of trouble during the
strike of 1917-18. I wish you all sue
cess and promotion in your work, and
hope some day to be with you on the
coast again. .
"If nothing happens, Y expect to take
a trip east during the month of March
where I can gain experience under
other conditions and old masters tak
ing a sort of post graduate course,
and some day we will not only bej
working together but as honestly and
loyally as we have done in the past
"You are working for good people
The Crown Willamette company will
treat you right, and so will your new
manager at West Linn. I know you
will be as pleased as I have been to
give everyone a square deal.
"Thank the boys one and all for me
from the depths of my heart, not only
for this gift, which I shall always
treasure, but for the thought that
prompted It- I hope that when I later
give out my new address . that I will
hear from all of my old friends at the
West Linn and Oregon City paper
mills."-
GOVERNOR BY
VETO, HALTS
APPLICATIONS
SALEM, Or., Mar. 1. In anticipa
tion that Governor Olcott would sign
the bill passed at the recent session
of the legislature retaliating: auto
mobile transportation companies,
numerous bus lines of the state had
sent their applications to the public
service commission prior to last Sat
urday night, when the executive form
ally announced that he had vetoed
the proposed law.
Monday as many as a dozen ot
these applications reached the publi6
service commission. In almost every
instance they were mailed Saturday.
Inasmuch as the measure was veto
ed by the governor, the applications
will be returned to the senders.
LARGE AMOUNT
PAID IN TAXES
ON SATURDAY
Saturday was a busy day in the
tax department In the sheriffs of
fice for during that day over $600o
was taken In by Tax Collector L D.
Taylor, and his assistants. -
One woman taxpayer paid $1849,-
75 on- timber land, located in one oi
the timber belts In Clackamas; county.
COUNTY DIVISION
WILL BE TRIED
NEXT SESSION
Although the secessionists of Clack
amas county were not successful in
the recent legislative session, they
have not abandoned their plans, and
in the 1923 session they Intend mak-
ing another fight to be joined to
Multnomah county. Much was hap
pening on the last day of the session
over the Clackamas county division -
matter.
W. T. Hume, chairman of the sen
ate committee on counties, left for
Portland before the session ended
andi was accused of carrying the '
Staples division bill away with him.
Anyway, the bill disappeared and has
not been seen since. Senator Moser
made the accusation against Senator
Hume.
At noon on the last day David Lof-
gren, ex-representative for ' Multno
mah and Clackamas counties, had
lined up 16 votes In the senate for
the bill, which was being fathered by
Senator Staples of Multnomah, who
is also a taxpayer in Clackamas
county. Thirteen men in the senate
organization were ready to support
the bill, which was being opposed by
Senator Ryan of Clackamas. ,
From the ranks of the anti-organ
ization group Mr. Lofgren had ob
tained promises of support from Sen
ator LaFollett; Senator Porter and
Senator Gill, making the 16 neces
sary to put a bill through the senate.
Just at this time Senator Edwards
of Tillamook learned that there was
illness in his family and was anxi
ous to get away on the early train.
The secessionists urged him to re
main long enough to vote, and the
senator agreed, calculating that he
could wait for the bill to come up,
vote to support it and then get out
of Salem by automobile and reach his
destination as quickly as if he took
the train. Just when necessioK
ists had this adjusted developments
came which compelled Senator Ed
wards again to change Ms program
and take the train. This left the bill .
with 15 supporters instead of the de
sired 16.
The proposed Mount Hood loop fig
ured prominently In the discussions
of the proposed county division. Al
though Hood.- River county is as in
terested as Multnomah county in see
Ing the loop constructed, Senatof
Nickelsen of Hood River and Wasoo
counties withheld his support from
the bill.
It was pointed out by the secession
ists that if the loop Is to be built, it
will have to be taken care of largely
by Multnomah county, and in the
plan of separation all of the territory
Clackamas county through which
the loop is expected to go was trans
ferred to Multnomah county, thus .
placing within Multnomah county all
of the route of the loop except the
part which is in Hood River county,
Senator Ryan informed Senator Nick
elsen that after Multnomah county
turns over the large sum which it
has agreed to give to the loop, Clack
amas county will be able to finance
its own part of the enterprise. This
explanation was satisfactory to Sen
ator Nickelsen and he remained a
solid supporter of Senator Ryan.
Now the secessionists are planning
to take an active interest in the com
plexion of the next legislature, par
ticularly with a view to having
enough friends in the senate and
bouse to help in their plan to cut
loose from the parent county. Ore
FARM LOAN ACT
UPHELD; GREAT
FUND RELEASED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. The farm
loan act, designed to assist agricul
tural development by providing read
ily accessible credits to farmers
through federal land banks, was de
clared valid today by the supreme
court.
In an opinion, which Commissioner
Lobdell of the . farm loan board de
clared removed every shadow of
question as to the legality of the
banks or their bonds, the court held
congress had authority - to establish
the land banks and to exempt the
bonds from state taxation. 1
He announced there would be an
immediate issue of farm loan bonds
to finance the hundreds of millions
of dollars in loans approved by the
board.
"It will be at least 30 days before
funds are available, he said, "but
distribution will be begun as soon as
possible. The farm loan board is
hopeful that the market may absorb
these bonds equally with the borrow
ing demands of the farms."
The case was appealed from lower
court decrees refusing an injunction
sought by C. W Smith, a stockholder
in the Kansas City Title & Trust
company, to retain that institution
from Investing funds in land bank
securities. The contention was made
that the farm loan act was Invalid,
as congress had neither authority to
establish banks nor to exempt their
securities from state taxation.