OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1921.
Page 3
CANBY AND SOUTHERN CLACKAMAS
MARTHA LOWERY
KILLED AS AUTO
TURNS TURTLE
AGED CANBY RESIDENT
DIES FROM SHOCK
Blowout Causes Accident;
Mrs. Christ Jost Is
. Badly Bruised.
Mrs Martha Ellen Lowery of Can
by was killed and her daughter, Mrs.
Christ Jost of Macksburg was badly
bruised when the machine in which
they were riding turned turtle near
Macksburg late Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Lowery, Mrs. Jost ir.d her
three children, Clarence Lowery, 16.
who was driving and a lad whom they
picked up on the highway wefo
thrown, beneath the machine when a
tire blew out, causing the car to ov
erturn.
The party has just left Macksburg
where Mrs. Lowery has beea residing
. with her daughter, and werp on their
way to visit Mrs. Lowery's sen, John
Lowery at Canby. Mrs. Lowery was
at first rendered unconscious and tak
en to a nearby home where medical
aid was summoned. She died shortly
afterwards. Examination by Dr. A
H. Dedman of Canby showed that no
bones had been broken, the -woman
evidently dying from the shock. She
was just .recovering1 from a long ill-
nes with pneumonia.
Several of .the children received
minor bruises.
Mrs. Lowery was a native of Illin
ois, and would have been. 76 years of
age cn August 16. She has resided
in Canby since 1880, coming from
Colorado, but was also a former res
ident of Kansas before taking up her
residence in the former state. Af
ter arriving in Clackamas county she
first made her home in. Liberal and
then moved to Macksburg where she
was well known.
Mrs. Lowery is survived by a sis
ter, residing in Kansas, and five chil
dren. George and John Lowery of
Canby; Sam Lowery, of Toppenisli,
Wash.; Charles Lowery, of Macks
burg. She also leaves 22 grandchii
dren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the
church at Molalla Friday afternoon at
1 o'clock and interment will be in the
cemetery of that place.
NEWS FOR CANBY AND VI-
CINITY.
- Any news for the Canpy edl-
tion of the Oregon City Enter-
prise may be left at the Cottage
Hotel, which will be' called for by
Miss Nan Cochran Tuesday after
noon will be greatly appreciated.
If you have any church notices, !
property sales, parties, lodge
S news, locals and any other news
of Interest to the public, thes
will be gladly mentioned in the
S Oregon City Enterprise. We
have a large list In this section
of the county, and all are inter-
ested in news from Canby .and
vicinity.
ILLNESS IS FATAL TO
ANDREW KOCHER. OLD
CLACKAMAS PIONEER
Andrew Kocher, one of the most
prominent - residents of Clackamas
county died this morning at the fam
ily home In Canby, after an illness
of several months. He was 70 years
of age.
Mr. Kocher was born at Bethel, Mo.,
.April 26, 1851, and came across the
plains with nisi mother, Mrs. Cather
ine Kocher, arriving in Oregon in the j
same year. They make their home
at Aurora, Marion county, are of the
old colony that settled here. After
residing there for a number of years.
Mr. Kocher marrieed and later moved
his family to Canby, where he has re
sideed for the past 25 years.
Mr. Kocher has always taken an
active interest in the welfare of the
Prospects for Fair
At Canby Excellent
DavM Long, secretary c-f the Clack
amas County fair, who was here from
Hazelia, says that indications point
towards one of the most successful
fairs atTJanby. - With crops looking
moat encouraging at the present time,
whereby the farmers can. make a most
1 creditable showing in displaying
grain, that department will no doubt
De larger ana better than any year
heretofore.
A number of the granges -are "tak
ing notice" and contemplating to ex
hibit at the coming fair.-Among these
will be Harding Grange of" Logan;
Warner Grange, of New Era; Oswego
Grange.' Among those to exhibit for
the prize offered for the best commun
ity display will be Estacada, Hazelia
and canby. This is the" first time
that Estacada has made an exhibit for
a number of years, and Mr. Long says
that the people of that section are
taking unusual interest In the com
ing event, and will strive to carry
away the first honors. Several mem
bers of the Milwaukie Grtinge are in
favor of taking an exhibit to the fair.
County School Superintendent B.
Vedder and Mrs. Lee PurceJl. former
ly Miss Romney Snedecker, county
club organizer, who have been suc
cessful In handling the exhibits of
children, are working as usual in this
V Ct A
Obituaries
WORD OF DEATH OF
MARIE DAVIS RECEIVED
Word was received here of the death
of Mrs. Nancy Davis of Salem at 4
o'clock Saturday evening. Mrs. Dav
is was 68 years of age and her death
was due to a paralytic stroke. She
is survived by her husband, William
county, and was one of the active Dro- I Davis of Salem and three daughters,
moters of the Clackamas county fair, Mrs. I. W. Rowan, of Gladstone; M's.
Charles Fuge, of Oregon City; Mr3
Anna tsarnette, or saiem, and nine
grandchildren, Edna and Alfred Row
an of Gladstone; Mrs. Lola Living
ston, of Astoria; Weldon, Leslie and
Mildred Fuge, of Oregon City; Wen
die, Kennetth and Thelma Barnette,
of Salem and one great-grandchild.
Clarence Livingston of Astoria.
Mrs. Davis is quite well known here
and in Gladstone, having made her
Jiome for a year prior to her death at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. W-. I.
Rowan, and just recently went to. vis
it Mrs. Barnette,
Dedman and Knight
Reeleted at Canby,
CANBY, June 23. The school elec
tion in Canby resulted in the re-election
of Dr. H. A. Dedman, and William
Knight, pioneer resident of Canby.
Mr Knight was elected school clerk
5o years ago ,and has served in such
office except for the time of school
director and four years as sheriff of
Clackamas county.
Mr. Knight came across, the plains
bv ox team in the earlv davs and has
made his home continuously since that -Profusion and
and -largely through his efforts, the
fair grounds were secured at Canby.
For a number of years he has been su
perintendent of the poultry depart
ment at the fair, and was re-elected
as superintendent for the 1921 fair,
and was making arrangements for the
poultry show when takean ill. No
man in Clackamaag county was bet
ter posted on the poultry business
than was Mr. Kocher, and he delight
ed in this work of the county fair. He
was engageed in breeding ?ome of the
finest birds of tne northwest, ehoos-
ing the Rhode Island Reds and the-
'Plymouth Rocks, and never failed to
secure his share of prizes on his fine
birds when exhibited.
It was through his efforts that Port
land business men were interested ia
the poultry department at the fairs
held in Canby. He engaged in the
tarminig implement business for 25
years aj in insurance for eight years
Deceased is survived by his wife,
Mrs Ella Kocher, of canby, a son. Cal
vin Kocher, formerly of this city, now
of Portland; a brother, Henry Kocher,
of Canby, and a sister, Miss Christina
Kocher, also .of Canby, besides his
grandchildren, Arlene and William
Kocher, of Portland.
The funeral services, which were
largely attended, were- held in the I.
O. O. F- hall Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. It had been planned to have
the services held at the late home of
Mr Kocher, but owing to so many
friends an acquaintances desiring to
attend the Kocher home would not ac
commodate the large assembly.
The floral tributes were in great
beautiful, many of
time at Canby except for the fou;
years' residence in Oregon City
The clerk has the distinction of be
ing! school clerk longer than any in
the United States it is claimed.
CANBY LOCALS
CANBY, June 23. Rev. William
Boyd Moore went to Portland Wednes
day to transact business . He stopped
in Oregon City while enroute here.
Miss Edith Shull, of Portland, who
is employed in that city, was in Canby
Wednesday, where she spent the day
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Shull.
Albert Satha, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Satha, of this city, was stricken
with a severe attack of appendicitis a
few days ago, was removed to the
Oregon City hospital Tuesday evening
to undergo a surgical operation The
lad was in. a serious condition when
brought to the hospital, and from lat
est reports from the institution he is
dcing as well as expected since the
operation.
George Melum has been very ill for
several days. .
Miss Alene Olmstead, of Portland,
was in this city the first of the week,
accompanied by little Alene Altman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Alt-
man. The little girl will remain here
for the week and will be a guest of
her grandmother, Mrs. R Soper.
Henry Lowery, of Oregon City,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday ia
Canby visiting his aunt, Mrskinner.
which were sent from out of town
Among the large and handsome trib
utes were from the I. O. O. F. Lodge
of which Mr. Kc-cher was a member,
and from the Rebekah Loige. These
lodges were largely represented, when
the order from other cities were also
represented. . -"
The I. O. O. F. Lodge conducted the
impressive service at the hall and al
so at the Zion cemetery, where the re
mains were laid to rest in the famiiv
lot. Many attended the last rites at
the cemetery to pay their respects to
one who was highly esteemed through
out the county.
Pallbearers old time friends of Mr.
Kocher and were Thomas Hamilton,
Warren Kendall, William Heinz, D. R.
Dimick, J. F. Eckerson and Wilmer
Sandeness
L. B. PURKHISER
L. B. Purkhiser, of thi.-? city, who
has been engineer of the Oregon City
Ice company for three years, died at
the St. Vincent's hospital Saturday
morning, having undergone a surgic
al operation on Wednesday. His death
was caused by intestinal trouble.
Mr. Purkhiser was taken suddenly
ill while employed 'at the ise works
last Sunday, week, and the following
day was removed to the hospital in
Portland for medical treatment.
He ia survived by his wife and six
children, three daughters and three
sons, of Portland.
Funeral services were held from
the Finley chapel in Portland Mon
day morning; at 10:30 o'clock with
interment in Mount Scott cemetery.
Mr. Purkhiser was a member of the
Episcopal church.
Calling A Halt
The newspapers are full of stories of the defeat of
special tax levies. In Portland the people voted down,
by an overwhelming majority, a 3-mill tax, though no
body denies that the money was needed for expansion.
In Salem the people went to the polls-and frowned down
upon a proposition to make a material increase in the
tax levy. In Gladstone a $ 10,000 bond issue went
went down to defeat. In other cities similar action was
taken, and it is plainly apparent that the taxpaying pub
lic believes the time has come to call a halt in public ex- -penditures,
though the people are ready to open their
coffers to relieve the boys who fought for the flag.
On other propositions, however, they are obdurate.
They have been taxed for that and taxed for this, until,
in many localities, the tax levy has become an actual
burden. Roads have taken their toll from the pock- -ets
of the property owner, who sees ahead of him a huge
maintenance bill.
Schools of the common variety, as well as the high
er institutions of learning, have been rather liberally
cared for, though some districts have managed to get
along without resorting to high tax levies. In Oregon
City the school levy is far below that of many of the
cities in Oregon, and the city itself has had to keep its
expenditures down under the charter amendments that
restricts its taxation power, not even permitting the
council to utilize the six per cent plus constitutional
amendment. .
When taxes reach around five to six per cent on
the assessed valuation, it is time to call a halt unless the
contemplated expenditure is of an emergency character.
It is better to slow up a little until people have recovered
their financial breath. There are plenty of people,
with little or no property, who are always urging addi
tional expenditures, without regard to the necessity. The
man who needs a new suit of clothes must have the mon- .
ey to pay for it, otherwise he will wear the old garment
a while longer. We have just gone through an unusu
al war period when wages were high and the revenue
from all kinds of products commanded a maximum
price. But these same revenues are falling, and the
people upon whom tax burdens fall heaviest feel they
are entitled to relief from oppressive taxation.
HIGH COST MAY MAKE
CHANGE IN ROUTE OF
NEW ESTACADA ROAD
Connection With E-inH"g
Highway Proposed by
Engineer Meldrum.
The Estacada-Sandy road, the con
struction of which is contemplated un
der the market roads program this
! year, will be one of the most difficult
pieces of highway to be built by the
county, according to Engineer D. T.
Meldrum, who has charge of the mar
ket road work. In order to elimin
ate some of the difficulties which will
be encountered upon the proposed line
through Eagle Creek canyon, Mr. Mel
drum is figuring out an alternate
route which would cut down the cost
of construction.
An engineering party from the
county surveyor'si office is at present
engageed in running the preliminary
survey over the canyon, route. This
CONTRACT FOR
GYMNASIUM IS
LET BY BOARD
BID WITHIN AVAILABLE
FUND ACCEPTED.
Wiring Job May Go to Local
Firm; E. E. Brodie Is
Chosen Clerk.
Oregon City will have a new gym
nasium and manual training build
ing in time for the opening of schools
next September, the contract for the
line will be from nine to 10 miles In erection of the new structure having
length and will cross some of the most I been awarded by the school board
rugged rock formations in the county. Wednesday nieht to , Hm-rt.Ttr-.ir,
Saving Is Large I o
This survey, as ordered hv th. ,.n. ' "iuu. me general con-
ty court, is still being carried on, but tract went for 124,957, and the plumb
Mr. Meldrum has worked .out a "pa- lniS and heating contracts wera given
per location" for the road which would to Pope & Co., of Oregon City, the
cut the" cost from $40,000 to $50,000. plumbing figure being $1900 and the
He proposes to. follow the existing heating $4600. The lowest DroDo-
county road from Estacada to the steel sals in all cases were accepted. The
tiriage at igie threes, from there wiring contract was held up to per
four miles of road' would. have to be mit local firms to submit fieures. ojiA
built to join the Market Road Number Ihe same procedure was taken in the
SEVENTEEN WILL ASK
FOR NATURALIZATION
AT HEARING MONDAY
VANISHING VESSELS
Clackamas County Residents
Present Petitions to
Circuit Court. -
FRED TERRY
CARD OF THANKS.
w uesire io extend our sincere
thanks to those who sympathized with
us in our recent bereavement during
the Illness and death of our beloved
husband and father, and especially to
the members of the I. O. O. P. Lodge
and K.irJt Kebekah Lodge, also extend
our thanks for the beautiful floral tributes.
MRS. ELLA KOCHER,
CALVIN KOCHER.
THREE DIVORCES ASKED
CANBY OREGON CITY
Stage Time Table
STAGE LEAVES 5 MINUTES BE
FORE SCHEDULED TIME
WEEK-DAYS
Lv. Ore. Cityg Brown.
8:00 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
2:00 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
TRIPS SATURDAY
3:35 p. m.
Lv. Canby
7:25 a. m.
9:55 a.'m.
12:55 p. m.
4:15 p. m.
EXTRA
2:55 p. m.
6:15 p. m.
SUNDAY
Lv. Canby
7:5i a, m.
9 : 55 a. m.
12:55 p. m.
4:15 p. m.
6.-15 p. m.
7:55 p. m.
Fare 25c
7:00 p. m
Lv. Ore. City:
S:S0 a. mJ
11:30 a. mJ
2:00 p. m
5:eo p. mi
7:00 p. n
10:45 p. m
Three divorce suits were filed here
Wednesday. Margaret L. coats asks
a divorce from her husband Claude C.
Coats. Elsie Willey asks a divorce
from her husband, L. A. Willey, and
the custody of her - daughter, Vivian,
aged 3. Asking the custody of her
two children, Norval, 18, and Donald,
12, Generva Brown filed a complaint
asking a divorce from Harry R.
David Long Elected
Clerk at Hazelia
Fred Terry, former resident of Ore
gon City, where he has millwright at
the Crown Willamette Paper milla for
over 15 years, and for a number of
years residing in San Diego, Calif.,
where he has been employed by
railroad company, died Thursday,
June 9, and the funeral sei vices were
held the following Saturday, accord
ing to word received by Mrs. Terry's
cousin. Miss Am HensJey McCarv-
er, of this city, Saturday.
Mr. Terry suffered from an acci
dent while employed by the railroad
company over a year ago, when his
head was injured. Since that time
he has gradually fanea In health un
til his death on Thursday.
The deceased was about 62 years, of
age, and is survived by his wife and
other relatives. Mrs. Ten-y was for
merly Miss Minnie Hurley, whom he
married in this city, and who is a
daughter of early Oregon City pion
eers, and who is a cousin of Mrs. W.
W. Myers, Mrs. C. C- Babcock, Miss
Anita McCarver and Charles McCarv
er of this city. He leaves several
sisters-in-law in California, also form
er residents of Oregon City.
He was a membeer of the Knights
of Pythias Lodige, I. O. O. F. order as
well as the Wooernen of the World
which lodges had charge of the fun
eral services.
Before moving to California and
leaving Oregon City, Mr. Terry made
his home at Lakewood, near Milwaukie.
The school election of Hazelia near
Osweio took ; place Monday, June 10.
when David Long was re-elected for
the twelftth yeas as school clerk. Dick
..--jr wa neciea - mnrcior of the
in d. .- - -.." . .
H'.-.?ia has one of ihe n:ci u od
era school building?; in ' Clackamas
county, uiid the number of the district
is 37. - , -
HARTMAN FUNERAL
The funeral services of the late
George Hartman were held from the
Hoiman & Pace chapel Saturday
moring, the Beivices being- conducted
by Rev. William Kraxberger. pastor
of ihe Evaiigelical church.
A'.'.ny be . . 'Hi flora tributes sur-
ro:ided t.ts.?. --ket, and eomi.!f-tely
ered !i-s yire in. t'n ntw plot
' Mountaii " . ' w ce-uc-"fcry. hc.-e
interment took place.
Pallbearers were L. A. Nobel. L. It.
Nobel, David Scherruble, Alec Scher-
ruble. Richard Petzold and Uustave
Schsoerr.
Mr Hartman died suddenly at the
honit of his brother, ChrU Hartman
on Seventh end Center streets, his
death occurring on Thursday. -
Seventeen foreign-born residents of
Clackamas county will appear before
the circuit court Monday and petition
for naturalization. This date has boeu
set for the hearing of all pending pe
titions of those who have taken out
their first papers and where the re
quired time of residence has elapsed.
The applicants for naturalization
are:
Oregon City Elias James Williams,
England; Reinhold - Haack Russia:
James Dawson, England; William F
Pricbe, England; Elisabetha Poqi,
Switzerland; James Adams, England;
Carl Emil Larson, England; Franz Os
kar Gronlund, Finland and Henry
Watts, England.
Colton John Anderson, Sweden,
John Wicklund, Sweden. '
Milwaukie William Hennings, Swe
den; Andrew Buschel, England.
Boring Max Wunische, -Germany
Willamette James Robinson, Eng
land. HoifCarl August Moebnke, Eng
land. Parkplace Gustav Ratke. Russia.
HARDING WORRIED BY
PROBLEM OF JOBLESS
' .WoJst Spark Plugs -Moisture
on the exposed part of the
spark plug porcelain will often cause
the engine to misfire. This trouble cn
a wet day may be obviate by greas
ing the porcelain with vaseline.
WASHINGTON-, June 1 6. Having
been in the White House but little
more than three months and the great
bulk of patronage distribution yet an'
touched. President Harding s admin
istration already has come into open
conflict with six republican membeis
of the senate over the award of jobs
to the faithful and has encountered se
cret opposition from a number of oth
ers.
The "senatorial courtesy and con
sideration," which was expected
clear the patronage road of many
thorns for President Harding because
of his being a miemberof the senate
when elected to the presidency has
failed to work as smoothly as had
been anticipated
If the first three months, during
which only the surface has been tak
en off the patronage dish, can be tak
en as a criterion, it Decame apparent
Thursday that . more serious difficul
ties are ahead of the president in the
filling of thousands of places at his
disposal.
Pcstmasterships have not yet been
approaches an( there Is keen compe
tition for the Johs already apparent.
The placing of a majority Of the post
masterships under civil service mad'3
ihe president's task a great deal easi
er, but thre is still enough political
flavor to the jobs to) cause much
fighting.
Senators Spencer of Missouri, John
son of California, Willis of Ohio, who
occupies President Harding's old seat;
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Penroso
of Pennsylvania and Lodge of Massa
chusetts, .are among those who have
experienced patronage difficulliees .at
the White House, -Spencer, Johnson
and Willis openly and publicly fought
against the confirmation by the senate
of some of the president's selections .
Most of the difficulty can be traced
back to state organization fights.'
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 21.
Examination of their records Tuesday
led commerce department officials to
believe that a 'total of five ships have
mysteriously disappeared off Cape
Hatteras within the last few months.
This is in addition to the wrecking
of the Carroll H. Deerinig, a schooner
which sailed ashore with no one on
board except a parrot.
The mystery of the disappearance
of the -vessels . was the more tanta
lizing because it all happened a short
distance from Washington off Cape
Hatteras.
On a calm day and a clear weather
the iships disappeared, their crews
going with them.
A fourth ship, a schooner, ran
ashore in the vicinity of the cape, all
sails set, her cargo untouched.
A lone squawling parrot was aboard
the schooner.
The parrot and a bottle containing
a hastily scribbled note were the sole
relics of the schooner the Deering"-
which piled up on the coast January
31. The note said the Deering had
been captured hy an oil-burning chas
er and her crew" and captain made
prisoners William B. Wciraell of
Portland, Maine, was captain of the
sailing vessel and his daughter has
beeen instrumental in arousing of
ficials to an investigation of the af
fair. She has made an independent
search the country over for her fath
er.
- While four departments of the gov
ernment were officially concerned in
the investigation, other departments
were interested in the mystery and
romance of the disappearance. The
coast off Cape Hatteras is wild and
seldom approached.
It would not be impossible for a
twentieth century CaDtain Kidd to
I hide there with his band. It is sug
gested tnat sucn a pirate rangnt oe us
ing a submarine in his raids.
Throe, over practically level ground.
J'his road leads into Dover, Firwoood
and then to Sandy. .
uver tnis route, -jvir. Me:arum ex
plains, the distance would Do consid-
eably futher, but he favors it for the
reason that the construction, of a new
route would serve only eight addition
al hojss, and would place two market
roads within a short distance of each
other.
In the event that it were found n
cessary to open a road into tho Bissel
country, through which the presen
survey would run, a "stub" road could
be extended into this territory ar.d
still keep the cost of construction far
below the amount necessary for the
building of an entirely new Estacada
Sandy route.
Better Grade Planned
The grade line over the new route
would be much less uniform than that
secured by following the old roads
with the addition of one connecting
ink.
No change has been authorized but
from the results obtained by the pre
liminary survey this far, Mr. Meldrum
feels that' the cost of construction
throisgh the rocjj canyon will be pro
hibitive. The exact route through
the canyon has not been set, as the
crew is still working on this side.
The market roads program this year
involves the expenditure of more than
5219,000. Engineering work on the
improvement of a number of existing
roads is being carried on and plans
are being prepared which will be sub
mitted to the state highway commis
sion for approval, after which action
will be taken by the county court.
award of the contract for electric fix
tures, and finishing hardware. Tho
total of the building contracts Is weil
within the funds available, leaving
the board -nearly $1000 for equipment.
New Directors Seated
Dr. c. H. Meissuer and J A. Roake,
who were elected school directors last
Monday, were sworn in, and E. E. Bro
die was re-elected school clerk for
the next school year at the same sal
arly of $45 a month. Directors Pace
and Meissner and City Superintendent
Kirk were appointed a special com
mittee to have the manual trainins:
building, which is of a portable char
acter, moved from the high school
block to the Eastham -school grounds.
The new gymnasium will occupy the
present site of the portable, which
will be fitted up for a grade room.
Directors Roake and Cox were nam
ed as a committee tooon fer with a
special committee from the city coun
cil relative to the acquisition of play
grounds, and race and Roake were ap
pointed as a fuel committee. Eight
proposals for 275 cords of woofl were
referred to this committee, bids rang
ing from $6.25 to $7.25 per cord.
Chairman Not Selected
The chairman for the school board
will not be sleeted until an opinion
is obtained from the district attorney
as to the construction of he law tbat
provides that the chairman shall be
that director who has served the long
est under an election. Heretofore
the board has elected its owr. chair
man, but Director Hedges is now" the
oldest member, and it is possible that
he may automatically become the
chairman under the law.
NEW YORK LETTER West Linn Street
Car Rise Halted
NEW YORK, June 18. Anyone who
looks upon New York as a cold, mind-
our-own-business city, should talk to
Luncinda Flynn, of "Life."- No one can
tell the story like Miss Flynn, but it's
prety good even at secondhand. She
was lunching at a popular tea-room
the other day, when a brisk command
ing woman took the seat opposite her.
What It that-you are eating?" crisp
ly she asked. "Cheese souffle," mur
mured Miss Flynn. "It it oodl" "No.
It's cold and the cheese U too strong."'
"Really?" exclaimed the woman.
'And I notice you have eaten soup.
You shouldn't do that at luncheon. It's
really quite bad for you." Miss Flynn
murmured again to the effect that
she liked soup at lunch. "You seem an
interesting sort of person," said the so
ciable one. "Do you mind if I look at
you through my glasses?" "Not at all,"
replied the by-this-time-subdued Miss
Flynn. "Wouldn't you like to join my
luncheon club?" was the next startling
query. There are just twelve. But one
of the members died and I should like
to have you fill the vacancy." "Or,
I'm sorry, but I'm not a club-joining
person at all. I'm so busy, too. I'm
sorry, apologjized the member or
Life's staff. "That's quite all right.
Anv number of neoDle are verv anxious
Clackamas County to join i1 1)0 you ever -parade.
parade? By the way what is your
name?" "Lucinda iFlynn," sbe said
meekly. "Anj may I ask what ie
yours," thinking she would line to uo
something except answering the cat-
achism. "Oh! Really! Don't you know
me?" exclaimed the catechising wo
man. "I'm Mrs. John " Well, I
won't tell it, but it was an exceeding
ly well-known name in New York club
-sircles. "Will you join our parade?"
Again Miss Flynn had to murmur re
gretful declination and fled before any
more questions or exclamations could
be forthcoming.
Increase in the street car fare of
the West Linn line, running from Bol
ton to Willamette will not take ' ef
fect, pending a hearing before the
Public Service commission. This or
der was issued yesterday by the com
mission which suspended the raise of
from five to eight cents until Octo
ber 1.
Action to raise the fares on the
West Linn, Springfield and Salem
lines was instituted by the Southern
Pacific company July 1. The hear
ing before the commission is to be
held before the date of lapse of their
present order of suspension, October
1.
The new eight cent fare, proposed
by the company, provides tor the sale
of ticket books of 50 for $3.65, or six
for 45 cents.
Year's Fire Damage
Is Over $56,000 In
Fire damage in Clackamas county
during the year endin(g March 31
1921, amounted to $36,092.5S. This
figure is contained in the annual re
port of State Fire Marshal A. C- Bar
ber, which has just been issued.
rne damage to dwellings and con
tents during the same peri.d amount
ed to $20,146.76. Farm dwellings
were damaged to the extent of
$5033.50; farm barns, $2540;" manufac
turing plants, $5497; mercantile
houses and contents. $11,005.30; hotels
and apartments, $550; laundries and
garages, $5050; miscellaneous, $626'J.
These figures include only the fires
upon which insurance loss was paid,
but represent the major portion of tho
fire lamage done in the county dur
ing the year. The greatest amount c-f
damage, $16,312.99 was due to the ex
liosure of infiamable material?. Fires
of unknown origin caused $14,389.1a
damage and were 22 in number. There
were two rires or incenaiary origir.
which aid $1301.52 damage A total
of 97 insurance claims retristerod
from Clackamas count y during the
year
Injuries reported by the fire marsh
al totaled but two, with one death.
These however, were ' only in fires
investigated by the state office. Four
fires were Investigated and one case
followed by prosecution which lead
to the conviction and sentencing of
two men.
The insurance risk involved in these
fires was. $2,094,134.50. , The. total loss
over -the state for the same period
was $2,185,329.01.
Astoria Bids for
Battleship Oregon
ASTORIA, Or., June 22. Instead of
supplementing! Portland's resolution
asking congress to send the battleship
Oregon here, the city council of As
toria has asked on its own hook that
the famed vessel be stationed at the
new naval base. ..'
THRE CHINESE FINED
$50 IN LIQUOR CASE
Three Chinese, Wong BIng, Wong
Wing and Au Wong, were arrested
Thursday night at 5 o'clock by depu
ties Long, Sander, Hughes and Moore
of the sheriffs office on charge c-f il
legal possession of liquor. '
Seven quarts of rice and corn whis
key were found on their premises.
The offenders were given- a hearing
before Justice Noble who fined then
$oo apiece. '--
The raid of the Chinese gardner's
premises was conducted by the author
ities upon the belief that thej were
manufacturing) and sellinig both rice
and moonshine booze No still was
found.
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tomorrow may be too late.
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get quick relief by my methods.
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