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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. 13.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 1,1921.
ESTABLISHED 1866
To buy and sell the usu-
al or umasual needs of
CITY
EN
SE
WIRES AGAINST
ANY ROADS BUT
HARD SURFACE
The Live Wires went on record
Tuesday as opposing any part of the
$1,700,000 road bond issue being spent
for gravel, macadam or any other sub
stitute for hard surface pavement.
. This decision came after a discussion
took place, during which it was stat
ed that certain interests or sections
of Clackamas county had in mind the
construction of gravel or oil dirt roads
to be paid for out of the bond money.
The Wires contend that when the
bond issue was voted, it was the in
tent of the voters that the money
would be used to lay hard surface,
and that the construction of gravel or
oil dirt roads as substitutes for hard
surface (or pavement) does not come
under the provisions of the bond is
sue.
The members of the club also al
lege the bond issue was voted by the
people with the understanding that
the $1,700,000 would be spent for per
manent roads in Clackamas county,
and 'that if any other than hard sui
face, or pavement is laid in any sec
tion affected, it would invalidate the
whole bond issue as voted.
Rigl
SKENE SECURES
OPTION ON PARK
AT CANEMAH
D. F. Skene has secured an optiou
on what is known as Canemah. park
and at the Live Wire luncheon held
Tuesday noon, announced that he
would sell the ball grounds in the
park to the city for an auto camp
grounds, and that the consideration
would be the same pro ratio as he
paid for the entire acreage. It is j
reported that the consideration to be ;
paid by Skene for the park is in the
neighborhood of $25,000. The P. R . f
L. & P., company owns the acreage, f
During the past two years there has ' i
been considerable agitation over the
matter of an auto camp grounds for
Oregon C&'and the baseball section
of Car".ij -sMl park would make an
ideal " "$Tounds for tourists.
Nearly e "7. 'S$ along the highway 1
has an au ' Q-f, grounds for tour 5
ists, equipp .,ga3, water and
other conven. vThere is a cry- r
ingj need in 0 .&y for a camp
site for automoL rt-sts, an( tne
Wires have takei. ctene's offei
under consideration - -Ae inten-
tiuu vi ui lilting luc uiai-i
Oregon City council.
L'oefore the
COURT ASKS
FOR BIDS ON
ROAD BONDS
it to Serve
on Juries Asked
by Fair Sex
SALEM, Or., March 29. Inasmuch
as women are subject to all laws of
the state, and to prosecution in cases
of violation thereof, they should have
the right to sit in judgment of offend
ers, according to an argument filed
with the secretary of state Monday in
support of the constitutional amend
ment allowing women the privilege of
jury service.
The argument was prepared by the
Women's Legislative Council of Ore
gon and will be published in the vot
ers pamphlet. The proposed amend
ment was approved at the recent ses
sion of the legislature and will go
before thai voters at the special elec
tion on June 7.
"The women of Oregon, through the
organization presenting this argu
ment, are asking for the opportunity
of meeting this duty of citizenship, a
duty which rightfully belongs to every
voter of sound mind, of good char
acter, who has intelligence enough to
appreciate the principles upon which
our government has been founded,"
said the statement. "We need waste
neither time nor space to refute the
argument that women possess these
characteristic in less degree' than
men citizens.'
The county court is now askinb
bids on $250,000 worth of road bonds
of the $1,700,000 issue voted for
hard sruface paving by the Clacka
mas county voters.
The bonds are in denonminations of
$100 to $500 and bea rinterest at fivb
per cent. No bids will be received
less than par, and all bids must b
submitted on or before April 18th,
at 10:00 a. m,, with the members oi
the court to reject or reserve any or
all bids at their option.
It is the intention of the court to
place these bonds for sale with the
view that those districts that are ask
ing for hard-surface will possibly be
come instrumental in having some of
the bonds purchased, and thereby
gaining immediate action in the mat
ter of laying pavement.
Prompting a Food Product
One of the most interesting examples of business
success in promoting the use of a good product, has
been shown in the popularizing of corn as a cereal and
breakfast food. For many years the other grains were
much more popular for this purpose. Corn was used
primarily as a feed for domestic animals, and it was also
used largely in the form of corn meal, for "johnny cake"
"hasty pudding," etc. But wheat preparations with oat
meal and rice, were favorites for what has become
known as breakfast foods.
During recent years, more effort has been made to
popularize corn products for this purpose. This was
particularly marked during the war, when there was
such a. tremendous demand from Europe for. wheat,
and corn seemed less available for use overseas. Great
advertising campaigns were promoted to make corn
more popular as a cereal breakfast food.
The result is now seen. In any grocery store, as
you look over the package products displayed on the
shelves, corn flakes, hominy, and other brands from the
corn fields, have a very prominent place. This result
was accomplished by advertising on a nation-wide scale.
It could not have been accomplished in any other
way. Local advertising by stores helped a lot. The
result has been tremendously useful It has persuaded
millions of people to use corn freely, has developed a
market for corn products that did not exist before, and
has tended to keep down prices by popularizing a broad
er range of cereal products.
Such an experience goes to show that any good
and useful product can be popularized by the use of
publicity. People do what they are solicited to do, if
you can show good reasons for such action. The
same influence can be equally effective in directing
trade toward any store, the owners of which have the
enterprise to reach out and speak for it.
MULINO ROW
HAS ENDING IN
JUSTICE COURT
EDUCATORS TO
MEET APRIL 9
AT MOLALLA
On April 9, a meeting has been
scheduled to take place at Molalla,
when school directors of that vicinity
and teachers from over Clackamas
county will gather for an all-day pro
gram pertaining to school manage
ment and efficiency. Brenton Ved
der, county school superintendent,
has charge of the affair, which will
commence at 10:00 o'clock in thtj
morning. Several prominent educat
or3 of the state will give addresses,
including Mrs. Sadie Ord Dunbar, ex
secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis
association. The program for the
day follows:
10:00 a. m. "The State's Duty to
the Child," Mrs. Sadie Orr-Dunbar,
ex-secretary Oregon Tuberculosis as
sociation.
11:00 a. m. "The Future of the C
C. T. A. and the O. S. T. A.,'.' Lewis
E. Reese, principal Canemah school;
Mrs. Minnie Altman, principal Jen
nings Lodge school.
1:00 p. m. School program, Princi
pal R: V. Rose, Molalla, in charge.
1:30 p. m. Consolidation, of schools,
J. A. Churchill, state superintendent.
2:30 p. m. General discussion ot
consolidation of districts 35, 5, 6, 11
25, 36, 55, 56, 84, 87, 98, 112, 122 W.
W. Everhart, chairman Molalla board
of directors.
As the result of a neighborhood row
in the ;Mulino district, the justice
court room was filled to capacity Sat
urday afternoon to listen to the case
of Mrs. Harding, of Mulino, vs. State.
Mrs. Harding was accused cf usins
abusive language to neighbors, and a
warrant was issued for her arrest a
few days ago. The case came to bai
with Dimick & Mulvey, attorneys for
the defense, and District Attorne
Stipp and O. D. Eby for the prosecu
tion. The jury returned a verdict in
favor of the-defendant.
G. B. Dimick, in his opening re
marks, alleged that he would prove
that abusive language "was the cus-1
torn of the country" in the Mulino disv
trict, which caused the crowded eourv
room to heave in humorous convulsions.
WOMAN'S CLUB
AGAINST GAS-
PHONE RATES
At a meeting of the Woman's club
held Thursday afternoon, the club
went on record as opposed to the
present increased rates on telephone
and gas.
The meeting was pronounced an
"immortal hour" after the assembly
listened to the inspiring- address or
Miss Romney Snedeker, who is doin
so much for the boys and irls of
Clackamas county; the story of "The
Negro Moses," told by Mrs. Jean
ette Scott, describing Marcus Garvey,
who aspires to become the Washing
ton of his people, leading them back
to Africa and founding a Negro Re
public; the story of "Twenty Hero
ic American Doctors," who cleaned
up typhus in Esthonia by Mrs. Dr
Norris and the encouraging report of
'The New President and His Cabin
et" by Mrs. Emma Hunt, formerly
a teacher in New York and now a res
ident of Oregon City.
MILLER SAYS
REHEARING IS
BEST METHOD
HAWLEY CASE
WILL BE HEARD
EARLY IN JUNE
" SALEM, Or., March 25. The m
vorce action of Marjorie Hawley
against Williard P. Hawley, Jr., ap
pealed from Clackamas county, will
be heard early in June, according' to
an 'announcement made Friday by Ar.
thur Benson, clerk of the supreme
court.
The action originally was tried in
the Clackamas county circuit court
and a decree was awarded to the de-l
rendant. Mrs. tiawiey s oeraauus iui
large alimony, a division of property,
custody of a minor child and a liberal
allowance for its support were denied
by the lower court, with the exception
of alimony, pending disposition of the
appeal.
SALEM, Or., March 28. A rehear
ing of the case rather than recall of
the members of the public service
commission is the best remedy in
reach of the public for settling the
countroversy now centering about
the recent increase in the rates of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company.
This was the statement made t7
Frank Miller, of Albany, ex-member
of the public service commission, in
an address at the weekly luncheon or
the Salem business men's association
Monday.
GAIN AT STATE
PRISON IN 18
. MONTHS IS 102
STEERING GEAR
FAILS, FOUR MEET
DEATH IN WATER
3ALEM .March 25. The peak popo
lation at the Oregon State penitenti
ary for several years was reachea
Thursday when, with the arrival of
three Chinese gunmen from Portland
the enrollment swelled to 243, show
ing a gain of 102 during the last 18
months.
Warden Compton attributed the fast
increasing population of the prison lu
the crime wave prevalent in all sec
tion of the United States and the in
ability of the parole board to release
prisoners during the unemployment
situation.
Larkins Breaks Two
Ribs by Bad Fall
J. M. Larkins, one of the old time
residents Of Oregon City, fell near
his home on Sixteenth and Jackson
streets Monday and broke two ribe.
Mr. Larkins is now able to be about
but says the broken ribs are causing
him considerale pain
ASTORIA, Or., March 28. Four
persons were killed and one other, an
infant boy injured at 3 o'clock yester
day afternoon in an automobile acci
dent on the Columbia highway eight
miles east of Astoria.
The dead are:
August Donnerberg, about 55, of
Portland.
Gladstone Dawson, of Clatsop Plains
who died here later this afternoon
as the result of his injuries.
Mrs. Margaret Dawson, 27, wife or
Gladstone Dawson.
' Nan Dawson, 5-year-old daughter OT
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson.
The injured:
Mrs .August Donnerberg, Portland,
broken shoulder and severe bruises.
Eighteen-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, slightly bruis
ed.
The party was returning from Port
land in the automobile driven by Mr.
Dawson. It is believed the steering
gear failed as the machine reached
Mary's creek, between Burnside anl
Svensen. It was about to cross the
brook when it swerved from the road
crashed against the bridge and plung
ed off a 15-foot bank, landing bottom
up in the water and pinning the occu
pants underneath.
Amus Brix and W. A. Eigner, who
were also returning from Portland in
another automobile, reached the scene
a few minutes later and raising the
car, removed the victims!
August Donnerberg and-Nan Daw
son were believed to have been drowa.
ed, while Mrs, Dawson was fatally
crushed. All were dead when as
sistance arrived.
Gladstone Dawson was unconscious
when brought to the hospital here and
died within a few hours.
Mrs. August Donnerberg, while
painfully injured, was conscious and
the infant was practically unhurt. The
injured were brought to St. Mary's
hospital as quickly as ambulances
could be rushed to the scene.
Neither Was the 10th
Worse Than the 9th
or9th ThaVi10th, Eh
Nine local autoists appeared before
Judge Kelly charged with operating
thejr automobiles oa Friday night' in
the city limits without a tail lighr,
Judge Kelly promptly checked them
off and assessed each a fine of $
The tenth to come before the judfe-i
during the. day was a driver accused
of turning at the intersection of Sev
enth and Main streets.' . The judge,
having just fined nine persons a few
minutes before, promptly said, '$?
please," which phrase, no doubt, was
sort of "automatic" you know.
MRS. SETERA
WILL RECOVER
SAYS DOCTOR
According to the reports of Dr. Ros3
Eaton, attending physician, Mrs. Ann
Setera, who was shot four times by
her crazed son in this city a few days
ago, will recover. The injured
mother has gained to such an ex
tent that she has taken food regu
larly during tne past three days, and
her temperature is about normal.
GABIN M'NAB TO
ARGUE HAWLEY
DIVORCE CASE
Mrs. Marjorie Hawley, just return
ed from an extended trip in Califom.
ia, has secured as additional counsel
Gabin McNab, brilliant attorney of
San Francisco, who will argue the
Hawley divorce case before the su
preme court. Mr. McNab was . the'
attorney for Mary Pickford, moving
picture star when she secured her
divorce from Owen Moore at Reno,
Nevada, some time ago. He is con
sidered one of the ablest lawyers in
the country. Chris Scheubel and C.
Latourette, of this city, are the oth
er 'two attorneys for Mrs. Hawley.
Just when the case will come up
before the supreme court is not
known', as the docket has not been Is
sued, but it is rumored that the case
will be set for some time in Octo
ber. -
287 CITIES OF
U. S. HAVE THIRD
OF POPULATION
WASHINGTON, D, C, March 29.
More than a third of the country's
population in 1920, 37,770,114 persons,
or 36 per cent lived in 287 cities or
25,000 inhabitants ,pr more. censu3 bu
reau figures Tuesday said. There
were 2739 municipalities having 2500
or more inhabitants, with an aggre
gate population of 54,314,476.
Approximately half of the popula
tion of the United States is of voting
age, census bureau figures for the
states indicated.
In - Arkansas individuals more than
21 years contributed 49.5 per cent of
the i state's total . population, and in
Alabama they amounted to 48.7 per
cent.
The -bureau also was finding more
children in the country than in the
cities. Children under 15 years in
urban areas of Alabama constituted
29.6 per cent of the total population,
while in the rural territory they com
prised 41.7 of the total.
SLACKER HUNT
IN OREGON MAY
COMMENCE SOON
STUDENTS FROM
EIGHT COUNTRIES
IN HIGH SCHOOL
It i3 an interesting fact to note
the various nations and states which
are represented in the Oregon City
high, school.
Four per cent of the students are
foreign born, .57 per cent were born
in Oregon and 38 per cent were born
in other states. Of these 113 were
born in Clackamas county and 14
In Multnomah county.
The countries represented are:
Canada, 7, Austria 2, England, Hol
land, Ireland, Sweden and Wales one
each. The various states represent
ed are: Oregon 220, Washington 24,
Minnesota 13, Iowa 12, Kansas, Mich
igan, Missouri, 10 each; Nebraska 8.
Illinois 7, Colorado, Wisconsin and
North Dakota, 6 each; California 5,
New York and Oklahoma, 4 each;
Massachusetts and Ohio 3 each; Mon
tana, Pennsylvania and Texas 2 each,
and one each from the following
states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Geor
gia, Indiana, Nevada, Tennessee, and
Wyoming.
These statistics have been recently
prepared by Miss Godwin, ; librarian
of the Oregon City high school.
BLAST BREAKS
VOLTAGE WIRE;
1 MAN INJURED
Miss May Tobin, who has been
spending her Easter vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Tobin,
left for Mount Angel Tuesday after
noon to resume her studies at the
Mount Angel academy.
Auxiliary Takes
in Baby Member
Ten Months Old
A blast set off by contractors ex
cavating a sidewalk on the west end
of the suspension-bridge Monday morn
ing about 8:30 o'clock, resulted in a
rocK striking a hign-pov.ered wire,
breaking it in two, and causing con-
iderable damage. The accident oc-
cuired near Knightly's store, and the
vire, which carried around 11,000
oits, broken by a flying rock, fell on
to several telephone wires, 5.;hort-cir-
cuiting them and carrying the cur-
em into several homes connected.
The Weston, Montgomery and Shaw
homes in the immediate neighborhood
caught fire from the current trans
ferred from the high-voltage wire, but
the flames were soon extinguished..
Robert Downing was severe! in
jured when he attempted to cut our
switch from nig home leading to the
pole3. He heard a noise caused
by the singing of the overcharges
wires, and placing .a stool undei the
switch ' at his home, reached up to
pull off the current. He was knock
ed unconscious to the ground, and
the electricity from the charges
switch passed through his body and
badly burned his feet. His hands
were also severely burned.
Those who first heard the explo-!
sion, and later the high-powered wire
striking over the telephone and othei
wires, were powerless to attempt any
thing in the way of cutting off the cu
rent, and it is reported by the Crown
Willamette electricians that it was
a very lucky accident, inasmuch as
several people might have been killed
by the flying high-powered wires af
ter the blast had set them loose.
SALEM, Or., March 26. Prelimin
ary rumbles of an Impending' slacker
round-up have been heard at the ad-jutant-genarl's
office . here, it was
learned Saturday on inquiry ag to
the compilation of Oregon's slacker
list. It was stated by Adjutant-General
White that he confidently ex
pected to see the publication of the
whole list by ' the government at no
remote date. A round-up of the of
fenders will follow.
Telegraphic and letter requests of
the adjutant-general that he be au
thorized to cause the arrest of known
draft-dodgers were disapproved by
the government, it was learned, and
he was asked to refer all names to
Washington, D. C.
"Inasmuch as the ' government cred
its its delay to the long process of
checking every name against all the
army and navy records in order to
avoid errors, I think the delay is jus
tified if there are no other reasons,1
said General White. "We have tele
graphed the name3 of more than 60
Oregon soldiers found in error on the
list.
"In the meantime the government
has not been altogether idle. An Ore
gon slacker got his just deserts
short time ago. I would be breaking
faith at this time to give out his
name, but he belongs to an otherwise
honorable pioneer family. He plead
ed ignorance of the draft law, but
military court at Vancouver barracks
gave him 10 years at hard labor. This
waa reduced to 18 months by the
headquarters at San Francisco, and
the young man is now engaged in re
ducing large rocks into smaller ones.'
LAND IN OREGON
STAYS UP; DROPS
IN MANY STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.
The average price of' plowland per
acre in the United States decreased
about 7 per cent during the past year,
according to a report just issued by
the United States department of ag
riculture. The average value of plow.
land per acre on March 1 of this
year was 83.78, as compared to $90.01
in 1920, and $74.31 in 1919. Thr
statisticians of the department attrib-
uate the decline to , the reduction a
the price of crops.
The report shows that the heaviest
drop in the price of land is in the
Southern states where cotton is the
principal crop. In some sections of
these states there has been a de
cline of 30 per cent' in the price of
plowland during the year. The av
erage price of plowland in Georgia
this year is $36 per acre, while last
year it was $46 a drop of about 22
ier cent. The average in South Car
olina last year was $61, while this
year it is $50, a drop of 20 per cent.
Probably the greatest drop in any
one state was m Kentucky, and1 is
attributed to the decline in the price
of tobacco. In 1920, the average
price of plowland in this state was $70
per acre, while this year it is $53. This 1
is a decline of appoximately 24 per
cent.
Iowa is the state having the high
est price of plowland per acre. The
report shows that it is valued at $200
this year, as pomipared with S219 last
year a decline of about 9 per cent.
Illinois ranks second in the value o
plowland, according to the renort, the
price of plowland per acre is $26.
The western states show the least
decline in prices of land and in the
case of California, Oregon and Colo
rado, there is a slight increase ovet
last year. Plowland in California
was valued at $130 per acre last year,
while this year the average is $135.
rne report snows that Uifcre was a
rapid increase in the price of land
from 1917 to 1920, when the highest
price was reached. The decline dur
ing the past year is not as great as
the increase from 1919 to 1920. Land
prices are still higher than any year
preceding 1920.
LEGION POSTS
PLAN MEMORIAL
BUILDING HERE
The Oregon City and Molalla Le
grfon posts, including the Woman's
auxiliaries met in joint session at the
Moose hall here last Monday even-
Ing and voted to secure a permanent
Legion building in Oregon City for the
use of all posts and auxiliaries in the
county. The building under consid
eration will contain a marble slab
with the names of Clackamas county
men who died overseas engraved
thereon.
Funds for the building will be rais
ed by the Legion men and women of
the county and it is planned that the
structure to be erected will be of at
tractive architecture and design, serv
ing as Legion headquarters for all
posts in Clackamas county. An ex
cellent benefit program to start the
fund for the building is to be given
in the near future, with Mrs. Walter
Bennett) in charge of the entertain
ment. ,
The meeting held Monday night was
well attended, although Estacada post,
which was invited to attend, did not
show up. The program, gjven was ex
cellently rendered and after a discus
sion of the proposed memorial build
ing , and refreshments, dancing
was enjoyed until a late hour.
Those in charge of the refreshments
and serving as a committee were : -Mrs.
Minnie Donovan, Mrs. John Kent,
Mrs. Sophia Moody, Mrs. Tessie Scher
rette, Mrs. Erma Hogan and Mrs. Ai
Cox.
NEW DEPOT MAY
BE GIVEN CITY
BY COMMISSION
GER1MAN RIOTS
UNDER CONTROL
BY GOVERNMENT
ROSEBURG, Or., March 25. The
youngest member of the women's aux
iliary to the American Legion in Rose-
burg, and it is thought in the state,
is Miss Fanny Lou Wlmberly, the 10-
months-old daughter of Attorney and
Mrs. Carl Wimberly, of this city.
An application blank, properly filled
out for the tiny tot, accompanied by
her dues, was regularly received by
the secretary of the auxiliary Thurs
day, and she hag been voted a membei
in good standing and having, a vote
in settling all questions properly
coming before the organization. Tha
new member was qualified for admit
tance cn account of her father's serv
ice in the army during the world war.
JOHN DOUGHTY
FOUND GmLTY
IN TORONTO
TORONTO. Ont., March 24. John
Doughty, charged with the theft of
$105,000 worth of bonds from Ambrose
Small, wealthy theatrical magnate,
who disappeared more than a year
ago, was found guilty by a jury here
Thursday.
Doughty is still to be- tried on the
conspiracy charges to kidnap Small.
Doughty was captured in Oregon
City a few months ago by Constable
Ed. Fortunte and Ed. Richardson, wflo
received a reward of $15,000 for the
capture. Small, millionaire theater
magnate, whom Doughty is accused of
murdering, has not been; found to
date,n or has a trace of him been discovered.
BERLIN, March 26. Twenty rioters
were killed when the security police
in Eisleben repulsed an attack upoa
the Eisleben city hall Friday night.
The police casualties were two killed
and three wounded. Sporadic fight
: ing was reported Saturday from Hetts
tedt and Mansfield. Leuna was re
ported quiet.
Order was restored at Eisleben and
Hettstedt, it was announced by the
German government. The rioters at
Hettstedt blew up the railroad sta
tion, however, before they retired to
hills surrounding the town and set
up machine guns, which were report
ed to be firing at security police In
the city.
Halle was quiet last night, it was
reported, and municipal and utility
plants again were in operation. Or
ganizations known as "councils of ac
tion" were being organized at Bitter
field. Government troop3 have not
participated in the operation of sup
pressing communist rioting in central
Germany, it was officially declared.
and the work of restoring order has
been carried on by Prussian security 1
police and local organizations. j
Members of the public service com
mission and representatives of the
S. P. Co., Commercial club and inter
ested citizens met in the Commercial
club parlors Monday afternoon to dis
cuss the matter of a new Southern
Pacific depot for Oregon City. O. D.
Eby, speaking for the city, and Chris
Schuebel for the club, reviewed the
conditions and inefficient accommoda
tions of the present depot.
It was shown that Oregon Citv has
one of the poorest depot and freight
facilities in any town of its size m
Oregon. Statement after statement
was presented at the conference show-
ng that the unloading of both car
load shipments of stock 'and automo
biles caused unnecessary delay and
effort, anj that conditions were such
that draymen, automobile dealers
and stockmen hesitated In having ship,
ments come over the Southern Pacific
ines, on this account. Taking the
matter of unloading automobiles from
the cars here, it was proven that the
machines have to be talien across the
racks, brought down the line and on
to the street at Ninth, making several
blocks of congested and unnecessary
travel, expense and bother in the
task.
In the unloading of carload ship
ments of stock, it was also proven to
the commission that the animals were
compelled to be unloaded across a
platform, run down a stairway and
off Tenth street in order to get the
shipment clear of congested traffic.
The place at Sixteenth street, which
the railway company would haye usea
as an unloading station for carload
shipments of stock, has proven inef
ficient to the extreme, and that stock
men refused to unload by that route.
Representatives of the Southern Pa
cific company argued that with the !
advent of the auto truck and other
means of shipments .now in use, they
are losing money, and that the build-
ng of a new depot and freigt sta
tion in Oregon City would be a deaa
loss. Employees of the company
stationed here, backed up the argu
ment, although they acknowledges
that carlcad shipments of stock or
automobiles unloaded at the present
station, were done so inefficiently and
with added labor and congestion.
The members of the public servic.
commission left Oregon City, with the
statement that they would take the
matter under advisement. However,
the local boosters for the depot feei
confident that the commission will
recommend a new depot, and that it
was convinced that it is badly needed.
COUNCIL AT
SALEM URGES
REHEARING
SALEM, March 26. At a meeting
of the Salem city council Monday
night . a special committee was ap
pointed to inquire into the feasibility
of taking action in the telephone rat
case, and the district attorney was in
structed to work with the eommtr
tee. :
While the committee madea report,
Mayor Halvorsen said Friday that
he felt justified in instructing the
city attorneys and that he felt sure
the council would back him up in de
manding a rehearing of the service
rate case of the Pacific Telephone r
Telegraph Co.