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v men wac IBs arexj-pwaw carries a foil rwni a the - -hi i a CITY TEKP iwiBhOHt the estate aad 1 tioa. It's werth your sub- ription. OREGON GETY. OREGON. ' FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1 92 1 . FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. 21. ESTABLISHES 1866 - To buy and sell the asu- 3 al or unusual . needs . of farming people requires such a medium as the col- 8 ' unins of the Enterprise. Try a classified ad. & EN I 1 k. FRUIT GROWERS AGREE TO POOL CROP; SET PRICE Growers representing 32 acres ot strawberries adjacent to Oregon City agree,j to pool their product under the auspices of the Commercial club in. the club parlors Tuesday evening. A. H. Finnegan, of Can em ah, who has taken an active part in organizing the growers of the county, presided, and Walter Holt, county agent, acted c.s secretary. Of the several problems discussed, the pooling plan was endorsed una mously. An offer of $1.25 a crate minimum was made by Ben Goldberg, fruit merchant, for either the entire crop of the association members or the surplus crop, with any profit in excess of 15 per cent to be turned back to the grower. In the opinion of some Mr. Goldberg's plan was con sidered fair, while others insisted that they could not sell berries for $1.25 Unless a minimum of $2.00 was guar anteed, said one man, he would not pick his crop. Action on the selling price, how ever, was deferred until the report of a committee appointed io attend a meeting of growers and cannerymen at Salem next Saturday was heard. Those appointed to attend are George B. Frank, A. H. Finnegan, Floyd "Wil liams, M. H. Mulligan, and Frank Fish er. This committee will report to a meeting of all the growers of the county at Clackamas next Tuesday night. At that time will also be heard the report of the committee invest! gating the prices of boxes and crates, NET FISHERMEN WILL FIGHT TO KEEP RIVER OPEN The Willamette river will not be closed to commercial fishing without a legal fight, according to statements made here by representatives of the net fishermen. The state fish com mission has ordered the river closed after June 6. No announcement has been made as to the method to be adopted. It is possible that the com mission's .order may be attacked on a question of its sufficiency. Anoth er plan would be to wait until the or-, der has become effective and to make a test case in a criminal action. Local fishermen are of the opinion that the i order was issued in retaliation of the i trouble on the river during the clos ed season, though the commission di.-. , claims any such idea, the order being I based upon the necessity of closing ! the stream from the suspension bridge ! here to St. Helens in order to promote ' propagation. altogether 3' carloads, or nine thou sand crates this season. The plan of "juicing" the berries was discussed at the meeting with several growers favoring this meth od of disposition. It was said that a galon of juice, requiring about 11 pounds of berries, sold for $6 to $S, while the machine necessary for the operation could be purchased for less than $100. It was suggested by Mr. Goldberg that good money could be made by crushing and freezing the herries, and marketing them in the east to . confectioners, a price of 13 cents a pound being, offered this sea son. Last year, he said, dealers in crushed berries received 28 cents per pound and made lots of money. The scheme did not appeal to local .grow ers, however, as the varlou3 opera tions required and the expense of handling and stemming the berries represented too large a sum. O. D. Eby, special committee from the Commercial club, and County Agent Holt are assisting the growers to organize, and a large gathering is expected to attend the meeting at Clackamas Tuesday. MEMORIAL DAY FISH WARDENS HAVE TO USE GUNS IN AN ARREST OE FISHERMAN William Freeman and Charles Straight were arested about 4 o'clock Friday niornini by Wish Wardens Frank Murphy an-i W. K Johnson, after the latter was compelled to fire a shot from his revolver to compei Straight to drop a pike pole with which Straight was threatening John son, according to that oficer. Free man and Straight are facing three charges, of fishing on the Clackamas rifer which is a closed stream, failing to have licenses and not having their corks numbered. It is possible that a charge of threatening an officer will be filed against the two men. Carl D. Shoemaker, state fish warden, was in Oregon City Friday investigating the case. All arrangements have been com pleted for the patriotic exercises to be held on Memorial Day under the auspices of Meade Post No. 2, G. A. R., Women's Relief Corps, American Le gion and Women's Auxiliary to the American Legion. On Sunday, May 29th, tho Post and Relief corps will meet in front of Wil lamette Hall at 10:30 A. M. and pro ceed to the First Baptist Church, where Memorial Day sermon will be preached by Rev. W. E. Pettibone. On Monday, May 30th, the Post and Relief Corps will meet ia front of Willamette Hall at 9 A. M. where automobiles will be in readiness to transfer them to Mountain View cem etery. The following exerciser, will take place at the cemetery: Dirge, Drum Corps; Prayer, Rev. M. T. Wire; Crowning of Monument, Officer of Day; Roll of Honor, Adjutant; Lin coln's Gettysburg Address, Fred Tooze, Jr.; Unknown Dead, Rev. H. G. Edgar; Ritualistic Services of the Re lief Corps; Firing Salute, American Legion Squad; Taps. At 11 A. M. the Relief Corp3 pre ceded by Moose Band will march to the Bridge where, the Nr.val part of Memorial Day exercises will be con ducted. At 12 o'clock noon, dinner will be served by the .Relief Corps to mem bers of the Post, their wives and in vited guests. At 2 P. M. the Post, Relief Corps, American Legion, Women's Auxiliary. and all other patriotic societies, will meet in front of Willamette Hall and march to Busch Hall, where the fol lowing program will be given: Selec tion, Drum Corps: Prayer, Rev. W. E. Pettibone; Introduction, Commander; Logans' Address, Adjutant ; Reading, "Old Glory" Mrs. Frank Hammerlee; President of Day, Mayor Shannon;' Star Spangled Banner, Mrs. E. H. Cooper; Reading, Mrs. W. S. Bennett; The Veterans Last Song, Prof. J. 1. McFall; Tenting Tonight, Overseas Trio, L. Crawford, R. Castle. F. A. Mc- Connell; Musical Selection, High School Students; Address, Judge Wal lace McCammant; America, High School Students and Audience; Mar thai of the Day, W. R. Logus. Mrs. Amelia -Martin is chairman of of committee of the Women's Relief Corps to serve dinner to the old sol diers at Willamette hail and Women's Relief. Her assistants will be Mrs. Effie Junken, Mrs. Bessie Alldredge, Mrs. Ida Adamson. Mrs. Edna Carpen ter, Mrs. Etta Walker, and Miss Hattie Roman. These women have charge of the birthday dinners that are served each month, and have made a repu tation in giving such affairs. About Our Poet Edwin Markham has come and gone, leaving be hind him a genuine regret on the part of the business and professional men of Oregon City that he changed his hour from the evening to the afternoon, thus making an effectual bar to being seen and heard by all except the leisure class, bless 'em. We had our mind all made up to see and hear the Oregon City poet, but we are too busy to knock off work and attend pink teas. Had we been consulted we would have recommended the can cellation of Mr. Markham's $200 contract, which was. we assume, based upon the idea of his coming here at a seasonable hour. We think "The Man With a. Hoe" one of the greatest poems of recent years, though we ' never have agreed with the idea that a man wh wielded a hoe was necessarily a clod-hopper, believing that there is dignity in all labor. But Mr. Markham has a brain and we have a deep seated respect for brains, and we have no desire to be facetious, but we are privileged to quote from the Salem Journal, as follows: "Oregon sentimentalists slopped over shamefully on Edward Markham, crowning him as Oregon s poet laureate. Not being a poet, merely a wordsmith, and not being an Oregonian, Mr. Markham was duly disgust ed and lost no time in repudiating Oregon. "Mr. Markham declared in one of his Salem lec tures that he was an Oregonian by accident of birth and not to blame for it, and that as soon as he could, he left the state to remain away, for Oregon was a good place to get out of. "Apparently only the lure of filthy lucre brought the much advertised hirsute Hearst feature writer to Ore gon and having secured all the simoleons in sight, he will again demonstrate the superiority of his judgment by staying away." In a current issue of the sportive Gazette-Times of Corvallis edited by that keen-witted chap from Kansas, Mr. Ingalls, we find these sarcastic utterances : "Among the important things that happened in Oregon lately should be remembered the .fact that Ed win Markham has been crowned poet laureate of the state. He was crowned with a wreath of Oregon grape and the ceremony was performed by the mayor of Port land. When a real city starts out -to be silly it has a country town skinned to death. The news account doesn't say so, but the chances are that the festivities of the day closed with a game of drop-the-handkerchief and blind man's bluff in which the mayor chased the poet round and round and Tound. Captain Blanchard Passes at Boise Captain Lowell Blanchard, eider son of Mr. and Mrs. A. l. Blanchard, ot this city, died at Boise, Idaho, Monday morning, according to word received by the parents Monday, and the re mains are to be shipped to this city for burial in. the family lot. The young man will have a military fun eral and Willamette Falls Post, Amer ican Legion ,iwll have charge of the arrangements. 1 1 GROWERS OF SMALL FRUITS TO MEET SATURDAY NOON Growers of small fruits in the ter ritory adjacent to Oregon City will hold a meeting here at 12 o'clock on Saturday of this week to discuss plans for marketing their products. It is estimated that about 50 tons of straw. berries and other friuts will soon be ready for . the market, with no local receiving house available. The meet ing will be held in the Commercial club rooms and all growers are urged to attend. INTERSTATE BRIDGE CAPTAIN LOWELL, BLANCHARD (When Captain of O. N. G.) Captain Blanchard was born in Ore gon City, having resided here his en tire life, except for the time spent in the United States army. He was captain of Company G, O. N. G.. of Oregon City during the Mexican out break, and was in command of this company when ordered to the border. His company was considered one of the best drilled in the regiment, hav ing established its - reputation while at Camp Withycombe. Captain Blanchard left for the Mex ican border in June, 191U, and was stationed at Imperial Valley, Californ- ifor three months In April, 1917, he again entered the service of the United States army and in command of this company, was ordered to Mon tana for guard duty, and also was sta tioned at Idaho. He was later call ed to rejoin the old Third Oregon, and was stationed at Camp Green, North Carolina, and after being there for several months, left for over-seas ser vice. . After serving his country in England and in France." Captain Biah- cliard was sent to Russia in command of a company, where he contracted illness,- and never recovered from the effects of the same. Captain Blanchard wa3 a graduate from the Oregon City high school and before entering the service was chief of police for -seme time and made a most efficient officer of the law. After a long, hard trip up into the Captain Blanchard was favorably Scott's Mill country, Tuesday, Sheriff known throughout the state, and his Wilson was rewarded by finding a death is mourned by many friends and still and two moonshiners, whom he relatives. His wife was at his bed- had been planning on catching with side when death occurred Monday, the gooda and lost no time in bringing She waa formerly Misg Nina Street, them to the city, when he got the of Portland. still, mash and enough of the finished Deceased fs survived by his wife, product to convict them. Lee Perdue two little children. whos bomn has I and Mwara vvyiana were arraignea been in- Qak Grove and Oregon City; m justice court Deiore Juage inodhs nis Darents. Mr. ann Mrs. A. L. Blan- Tuesday evening and plead guilty to chard. of this citv: a brother. Lowell the charges and were fined $500 and Blanchard, residing in the east, who was also a captain in the army dur- m; the world war. He was the grandson of the late Mrs. Blanchard, recently dying at Eu gene, one of the well known pioneers of Oregon. SHERIFF WILSON GETS MOONSHINERS RAILWAY TRACKS ARE ENDANGERED BY FAST RISING FLOOD WATERS Portland's fuel supply and rail and highway arteries are being menaced by the flood in the Columbia river which continues to creep stealthily up ward and snd its backwater into the Willamette river to overflow into the vital centers of the community. With the river at a stage of 21.4 feet above the zero stage at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, it will only take a rise of seven feet more to place the gas company plant as Gasco out of commission. The gas company, like the oil companies in this district, are located on the low ground along the Willamette. The 'giant tank of the Standard Oil company at Oilton is also endangered The tank ' contains little oil at pres ent and a rise of 30 feet might cause the huge container to float away. But a speculative rise is not neces sary to cause worry for flood damage. as the present stage is causing enough anxiety. The particular stragetic point on which everyone has thei attention focused at present ig on the municipal dikes along Columbi slough. The rapid current pouring through the Columbia river gorge has spit and is sending a swirling and turgid part of itself through the Columbia slough The dikes are built only of loose mud and dirt anc were not intended to withstand a swift current. The result is that the walls and dike are crumbling away and threaten the embankment of the S. P. & S. railroad near the North Portland station. Rail road engineers are already preparing to fortify this fill should the Colum bia slough dfke break away. Flood conditions are likely to con tinue on the Columbia and lower Wil lamette river until well into June be fore the crest of the rise is reached in the opinion of E. L. Wells, district weather forecaster. The rise Tuesday is predicted to amount to .2 of a foot and this slight rise is expected to continue until Fri day morning when a height of 22 feet should be recorded. FAST WRESTLING UESATUVE WIRE LUNI HEON UST OF THE DAKOTA . i. -S.-;- costs. Future Orders On Canned Fruits Not Given Producers Dep ot Case Is ject of Order from Commission Subj The public service commission has promised to issue an order in connec tion with the Oregon City depot case by the end of next week, or within a few days thereafter, according to a letter received here Thursday by Wallace B. Caufield, chairman of the depot committee of the Live Wires. The Wires have made an application for an order requiring tho Southern Pacific Co. to construct a new depot at Oregon City, basing its application upon the grounds that the present depot facilities are hopelessly inade quate to take care of the freight and passenger traffic In and out of Ore gon City. There is no Intimation from the commission as to the pro bable character of the order. DIVORCE COMPLAINT A complaint was filed in the county clerk Saturday by Gertrude Beard vs. Sylvester Beard, charging desertion and askes the circuit court tot a dlv ores. They were married at Vancouv er, Wash., May 15, 1920. Sylvester Beard deserted the plaintiff during the month of July, last, she said. SALEM, May 24. The canning sit uation Is very uncertain, according to R. C. Paulus, general manager of the Oregon Growers' Cooperative associa tion. . Canneries have no orders for future delivery and hence have no means of knowing how much to can or how much they can pay growers for fruit and berries. Wholesale houses are not placing heavy future orders, buy ing on a hand to mouth basis. If this continues, Mr. Paulus says that the trade will be out of canned goods before another season and in the meantime 'considerable portions of fruit will have spoiled. Canners, bankers and growers are giving much thought to the canning proposition, Mr. Paulus says, and that some plan may be worked out, al though at present It Is difficult to say just what this plan will be. BUS DRIVER FINED $50 The case of Phil W. Liliaon, of 8S0 E. Ninth street, Portland, who waa ar rested for operating a bus within the city limits of Oregon City last Satur days was tried before City Recorder Chas. Kelley Tuesday and found guil ty. He was given, a fine of $50, but it was suspended by the recorder on the 'grounds that the act la never again attempted. Pavement at the menaced point on the Union avenue approach to the Interstate bridge had sunk about a foot Tuesday morning, according to motorists. Workmen continued their battle to save the fill from complete washout, although county officials gave no hopeful reports. Considerable current was flowing through! the tunnel that caused the trouble, it was said Tuesday morning. The water was reported to be eat ing severely into the sand on the down-stream side of the fill, which is not protected by concrete rip rap. Locally, the flood showed little dif ference from Monday, although the weather bureau official said they were still unable, to make any relia ble prediction of what would happen four or five days hence. A rise of six-tenths of a foot is ex pected within the next three days, ac cording to the weather office. The reading this morning was 21.5 feet in both the Willamette at Portland and the Columbia at Vancouver. The Columbia Is still rising. A 1.1 foot jump was recorded from Wenatchee and Vancouver showed an increase of four-tenths of a foot dur ing the last twenty -four hours. Committee To Frame Oregon History Course McNARY SALMON BlU- FAVORABLY REPORTED WASHINGTON, May 24. A Joint resolution requesting the president to negotiate treaties for the protection of salmon m Pacific waters off the coasts of the United States and Cana da, wa ordered favorably reported to the senate by the senate foreign relations committee. The resolution was sponsored by Senator MoNary. SALEM, May 21. At the request of the executive committee of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pio neers a committee has been named by J. A. Churchill, state superintend ent of public instruction, to prepare a course in Oregon history for the eighth grade in the elementary schools of the state. The committee, as announced by Churchill is composed of Dr. R. O Clark, oC the University of Oregon Harvey G. Starkweather, president of the society of Sons and Daughters of Oregon pioneers; Robert H. Down, head of the history department in Franklin high school, Portland; Mrs. W A. Barnum, teacher of history in the junior high school at Salem, and Miss Susanne W. Homes, county school superintendent of Jackson county. The committee has been instructed to prepare an outline covering the per iod of early explorations, pioneer im migration, . pioneer life, provisional government, constitutional conven tions- pioneer schools. Oregon lit erature .etc. The course will be of fered next year through the eighth' grade of all the elementary schools of the state and will take the place of agriculture recently dropped from tho course of study in that grade. PRINCE STOPPED SMOKING LONDON, May 25. When the Prince of Wales attended the London Working Boy's Clubs' boxing tourna ment, the secretary requested the audience to refrain from smoking. At the time the Prince was enjoying a cigarette. The secretary turned to the Prince and said, "Of course I except Your Royal Highness." The Prince laughed, and at once thrww away his cigarette. Three Buildings Will Be Erected at Chautauqua Park Three new buildings are to be con structed at the Willamette Valley Chautauqua park before tne opening day July 12th. The first i? a new gymnasium 50 x 90 feet in size, hav ing a good floor and covered with a rain proof roof.- The sides are to be left open to allow the free circulation of the good air that everybody camps at Gladstone to get. There will be a library building which the State Library will furnish with books. The plans for this build ing were drawn under the supervi sion of Miss Cornelia Marvin, State Librarian. They provide for e large reading room, cheerfully lighted and cosily warmed by a big fire place, al so a large outdoor screened in read ing room. The third building will be constructed by the Clackamas Coun ty Sunday School Association. In this building the State Sun-Jay School un der the direction of Miss Parker, State President, will maintain a vacation Sunday School Institute during the session. The old - secretary'a stand, which has been an unsightly building close to the auditorium has been removed, and headquarters will be maintained In the building formerly . occupied by the Symposium. The Smyposium will be held in the chorus building. It is hoped that next year will see the grounds equipped with a new sympos- um and secretary's building. CANNON BALL, N. D.. May 22. Pale faces joined with Sioux Indian tribesmen in paying solemn tribute to Albert Grass, 21, last of tie Dakota Sioux, who was buried here Friday afternoon. The young chief was kill ed in France in 1918 whils serving as a private in the American Expedition ary Force. American Legion members and 3.0IK) Sioux, attired in their native dress, at tended the funeral. The dead hero was buried on Holy Hill, marked by the last great Sun Dance of the Sioux, after Indian serv ices and Catholic church rituals were celebrated. OLD MINE COMES BACK BAKER, Or., May 24. Repeatedly turned down by mining experts, yet today a consistent producer of rich silver ore such is the "comeback of the Bay Horse mine at Huntington. The Bay Horse was only recently reopened and this in the fact of ad vice by some of the most competent engineers in the business. Today it is shipping ore at the rate of two car load? a week to Salt Lake smelters, and because of heavy production now in sight, negotiations are under way for the reopening of another smelter at Sumpter, Oregon. J. L. Magna, mining engineer of Spokane, is the man given credit for the comeback of the Bay .Horse. In spite of unfavorable reports, Magna advised that a final trial be made by cross-cutting from the six-foot wall of the mine. This was done. The crosscut progressed but a few feet when a six-foot vein of rich sil ver ore was tapped. ' The vein is said to be yielding consistently, and the Bay Horse property, once condemned as worthless, again hums with ac tivity. The wrestling matches at the noon luncheon of the Live wires were fast and interesting from the word go. The first match was put on by Ches ter Newton and George Tatro, result ing in Newton getting two out of the three falls, although it took htm near ly the full time to do it The first fall came in about six minutes. The second exhibition was between Clar ence Newton and George Dambach Newton, the second, was the winner of the match. Both of these match es were full of pep and the boys showed real sportsmanship in ' the work, and the friendly spirit in which they toot defeat or victory. The four boys won their letters in the local high school, which they are now attending, for their work on the mat. After the match the boys were invited to a special luncheon in the dining room and the Live Wires vot ed them their unanimous thanks for the entertainment. The regular routine of the Live Wires was completed before adjourn ment to the main rooms of the club, where the athletic show was pulled off. M. D. Latourette, special bridge committeeman, submitted , his, report which was accepted and the commit--tee dismissed. L. King gave a brief talk on the lo cation of the athletic field from the view point of the schools. Gram of Radium Presented to Noted French Scientist MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED ON THURSDAY Gustav Fred HaberlaCh and Doro thea M. Hetnick, both of Clackamas, took out licenses to marry, in this, city Thursday. Not Guilty Says John 'W.Todd to Federal Court PORTLAND, Or., May 23. John W. Todd, of Vancouver, but formerly su perintendent of public instruction at Salem pleaded not guilty this morning in the federal court to the charge of land fraud and asked to have a sep arate trial from Carlos Byron, who was jointly indicted with him Federal Judge R. S. Bean refused the request, stating- that "it is not a general practice of this court to sev er an indictment unless a very good showing Is made." The judge granted Todd's attorney the privilege of fil ing a written request for the sever ance of the indictment. Byron's attorney obtained leave for his client to have 10 days in which to enter his plea. Both men are at liberty under $5000 bond. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2L Madame Curie, eminent French scien tist, received, from the hand of Presi dent Harding Friday the gram of radium purchased for her by Ameri can women in the interest of humani tarian research. At the presentation ceremonies in the east room of the White House, at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon standard eastern : time, a. notable group of American .aiid JdipIOmatic; officials aad leaders of . science and philanthropy were present. Jules Jusserand, French ambassador, formally introduced Madame Curie, and she responded to the presidents presentation address with a little speech of thanks deliver ed in broken Englisa. In handing over the little phial the its precious contents, Mr. Harding de clared it represented In small part the gratitude of this nation for the dis covery of radium. Giving .thanks for the gift in the name of his government, Ambassador Jusserand said the occasion was one of many manifestations of the gen erosity of "a people who always are watching for an opportunity to do good " Mme. Curie's speech of thanks con sistej of only a few sentences telling of her gratitude and her regard for America. The radium, purchased at a cost of $100,000,. was locked in a little ribbon draped cabinet. After the ceremonies the guests were tendered a reception in the blue room by the president, Mrs. Harding and Mme. Curie. President Harding paid tribute to the personal attainments of the dis tinguished visito(r, to the spirit ot womanhood typified by her, and to the liationai traditions which lie be hind her native Poland and her adopt ed country, the French republic. We greet you as foremost among scientists in the age of science, as leader among women in the genera. ion which sees woman come tardily nto her own," said the president. We greet you as an exmeplar of liberty's vistories in the generation wherein liberty has won her crown of glory. In doing honor to you, we testify anew our pride in the ancient friendships which have bound us to both the country of your adoption and that of your nativity. It has been your fortune, Mme. Curie, to accomplish an immortal work for humanity. We bring to you the meed of honor, which is due to pre-eminence in science, scholarship, research and humanitarian sm. 'But with it all we bring something more. We lay at your feat the testi mony of that love which all the gen erations of men have been wont to bestow upon the noble woman, the unselfish wife, the devoted mother. "A number of years ago a reader of one of your earlier works on radio active substances noted the observa- tion that there was much divergence of opinion as to whether the energy of radio-active substances is created within those substances themselves or is gathered to them from outside ources and then diffused from them. The question, suggested an answer which is doubtless hopelessly unscientific. BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY Harold J.' Shell, John Brady and Neal D. James, arrested for stealing auto accessories had their hearing be fore Judge Noble Thursday and were bound over to the grand jury of Clackamas county.