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CANBYAND SOUTHERN CLACKAMAS
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HIGH RATES,
NO LIGHTS,
SAYS CANBY
COUNCIL ORDERS CUT IN
STREET LAMPS
Municipal Illumination Will
Consume One-seventh of
Former Load
The- municipality of Canby will be
all lit up in the future with just nine
street lights burning'. The number to
be used was reduced by the city coun
cil Monday night from 60. as a retalia
tory measure against the Molalla
Power Company, which put into opera
lion a 120 percent increase in rates
last month.
The new rate was put into effect
July 1, and effects Canby and the ad
jacent districts. It is based upon a
charge of $1.70 per 60 watt unit,
whereas the old rate was made on a
basis of 75 cents per 60 watt unit.
The action taken by the city coun
cil of Canby Monday night was the
result of protests that have been made
since the institution of the new rate.
The company, acording to the council
men, refused to lossen the rise, with
the result that the city decided that
it was neither economical nor expe
dient to use so much electricity.
The order of the council will cut the
municipal consumption approximately
to one-seventh of what it formerly
was.
Lents, Boy Drowns
At Pudding River
CANBY, Ore., August 2. Len
Reuben Merterud, 20 years old.
of Lents, lost his life Sunday in the
swiming hole at the Puding river
camp grounds south of here, and al
though his body was quickly recover
ed, attempts to revive the young man
were unavailing.
Young Merterud went to the camp
grounds for an outing yesterday with
friends from Canby. The party watj
enjoying a swim when the young man
was seen to be beyond his depth. He
could not swim and a companion
sought to bring horn to shore. The
friend found himself unable to effect
a rescue and struck out for shore.
Merterud sank, without again oomi;i
to the surface. It was thought he
succumbed to heart disease, as no
water was in his lungs when resusci
tation efforts were aplied.
There were 150 persons at the camp
ground when the drowing occurred.
The body was taken in charge by
Coroner Pace who brought it o Ore
gon City.
Citizens Protest
New Light Rates
CANBY, Aug. 5. A mass meeting
of tite citizens of canDV was hela
last night in the city hall. Citizens
or representatives! of Hubbard, Aurora,
Barlow and Donald were also asked to
be present. TJie incentUc for the
meeting was to discuss ways and
rneaiiis to induce the Molalla Electric
to reduce their Tecsnt , increase in
rates of electricity
Comparative prices of small and
larje amount of power paid under
the new ruling in Canby with similar
amounts and prices in Oregon City
and other surrounding towns were
shown and found, to be in most cas'js
from 50 per cent to 125 ptT cent loss
than the present charge in Canby.
Following the example of the city
council action in reducing the lights
used in canby, it was suggested that
a limited boyoctt b-? put upon the coni
panv by the consumers in the hopes
of forcing the rating to a more equal
bas'i.
Well at Canby Is
Down to 700 Feet
CANBY, Aug. 4. Peter Hornig, ex
pert well digger hired by the city of
Canljy to dig the city well reports
that up to Wednesday nicht the well
was practically 700 feet deep and that
water was rising in the pipes to with
in three feet of the surface.
At present the drill is passing thru
a long stretch of clay but the indica
lions are that the gravel is very near
and if this proves to be so water may
be expected at most any time.
The object of the well is to supply
Canby with all city water and if pos
sible to have a great enough surplus tc
supply irrigation to nearby districts.
CANBY OREGON CITY
Stage Time Table
STAGE LEAVES 5 MINUTES BE
FORE SCHEDULED TIME
WEEK-DAYS
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.
Lv. Canby
7:6S a. m.
9:55 a. m.
IS: 86 p- m.
-.IS p. m.
8. 15 p. wi.
7:BS p. hi.
Lv. Ore. City
8:00 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
2:00 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
3:35 p. m.
TRIPS
7:00 p. si
SUNDAY
Lv. Ore. City
8:30 a., m.
11:30 a. n.
2:60 p. n.
5:09 p. k.
7:M -m.
10:45 p. m.
Fare tie
.$; $jj.S$.$.8-.Ji3
NEWS FOR CANBY AND VI
CINITY.
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Any news for the Canpy edi- $
tion of the Oregon City Enter-
prise may be left at Dates Real 3
3 Estate office, which will be call-
3 ed for by Miss Nan Cochran
r Tuesday afternoon will be 'great-
3 ly appreciated.
S If you have any church notices,
property sales, parties, lodge
S news, locals and any other news ?
of interest to the public, these "
" will be gladly mentioned in the
$ Oregon City Enterprise. We
8 have a large list in this section ?
of the county, and all are Inter- "
ested in news from Canby and
" vicinity.
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.CANBY LOCALS
CANBY, Aug. 4. Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Pair of Canby left Thursday for a
motor trip thru central Oregon. ThJy
expect to take the trip leisurely stop-
ping at all the places of interes. They
will be away from Canby about a
week or ten days.
Mrs. J. R. Vinyard and family motor
ed to Portland for a days trip this
week
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Graham spent
Thursday evening in Oregon City trans
acting business.
Mrt. G. W. AVhite is confined to
her home ofr a few days by a slight
illness.
. AGEE IS FREE;
NEW CLEW SOUGHT
PORTLAND, ORE., August 2.
Following the acquittal Monday
night of Mrs. Ann Louise Agee from
blame for the murder of Harry Agee,
her husband, Deputy District Attor
neys Hammersly and Pierce were pre-
raring today to present to the grand
jury what evidence the attorneys for
the defense had presented in the ef
fort to fix responsibility upon J. H.
Klecker, Mrs. Agee's trombone teach
er. With this idea, investie-ators were
renewing their efforts to fix the owner I
ship of the bloody overcoat introduced
as the surprise of the trial. Who own
ed the blood-smeared hunting knife
which was found with the coat when
the venerable father of the accused
woman found the grim relics in a va
cant lot near the Druid street home
of the Agees?
Wiien these points have been clear
ed so far asi possible, the whole will be
placed before the grand jury.
A verdict of not guilty was re
turned by the jury at 1,1:15 Monday
night in Circuit Judge Morrow's court
that was instructed by the judge and
locked in the jury room at 10:30
o'clock. Jurymen beating on the door
of their room really announced the
verdict at 11 o'clock, but the court was
not ready to receive it for 15 minutes.
"I do not want any demonstration,
either of approval or disapproval, un
til court is adjourned," Judge Morrow
announced before the jury was brot
in.
And Mrs. Agee, the "grim widow,"
obeyed to the letter. Not a muscle- of
her face twitched, not a tear fell from
her eyes when the judge read, "Not
guilty."
Stern, unemotional child of the
Ozarks, she sat with her hands folded.
her veil drawn back from her white
face, until the judge pronounced her
a free woman and ordered court ad
journed.
William Stone and
Miss Brakel Marry
The marriage of William Stone, of
Oregon City to Miss Julia Christine
Brakel of Portland was solomnized
at the first Presbyterian Chu-c'J.
Portland, Oregon, Tuesdaj', August
2, 1:921. The wedding was private on
ly the close relatives of the couple
being present on. account of the ser
iousi illne)s of Mr. William. Stone,
Sr.
Mrs. Stone is the daughlLr of Mr.
and Mrs. S. H Urakel of Portland
but has made her home in Orogon
City for the past several months
wh-ere shehas been identified wi'h
the musical circles of the city. Mrs
Stone is an acomplished violinist
and has appeared before the public in
solo work and as a member of vari
ous orchestra organizations.
Mr. Stone is well known as an at
torney and attended the last session
of the state legislature as represen
tative from Clackamas county. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrst William
Stone, Sr., of 842 Taylor St., Ore
gon cty-
Clackamas Assessor
Marries Ethel Baker
Coming as a complete surprise to
their many friends thruout the coun
ty was the marriag-e of Miss Ethel
Baker of Hazelia to William B. Cook
r t A . .
-ego, sunaay, July si, 1921 at
i high noon. The ceremony was per
formed on the porch of the brides
home in Hazelia, the Rev. W. Boyd
Moore of Canby officiating.
Mrs. Cook 1st the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jfugh Baker of Hazelia and
has won considerable distinction at
tne state and conntv fairs fr.- y,ar
marked ability in the preserving, of
fruits and vegetables.
Mr. Cook the Clackamas county
assessor has been Identified with the
"Good Roads" programme for a num
ber of years.
Mr. and Mrst Cook will make their
home m Oswego-after a brief honey
moon at Manzanita Beach, Oregon.
Nose Dives
and
Tail Spins
By W. W. Woodbeck.
Oregon 1925
That's the date when most every one
Will be in this state -
And incidentally while
Time is passing
A lot of things could be done
In Oregon City
v
To attend the people
Of the right sort this way.
Every automobile
.
In Clackamas county
Ought to carry a banner
With
"Visit Willamette Falls"
Suitably displayed.
Clackamas county
m
With 40,000 population, at present,
Is capable, of supporting
A population of 500,000.
Should the city council
Or some of the civic clubs
Start a street cleaning campaign
The present season
And make equal progress
With the construction
Of the city hall
And the school playground
Oregon City would be
In first class shape
To be one of theshow places
Of the Pacific Northwest
In 1925.
If interest in the questions
Involving' two health officers
And two traffic officers
Can be maintained
The county will be able
To show pome fairly good
Health statistics
-'
As well as being
A safe place for travelers
P. S. Forty-two more days
Until the county fair opens.
Improvement of
Cemetery Started
, A meeting of the Cemetery Asso
ciation was held Wednesday after
noon in the phonograph room of
Burmeister and Andresen's, at which
9 report of the work for the past six
months was read.
The association has taken as its
object the cleaning up of the old
cemetery grounds of. Mountain View
Cemetery, that they may be as well
eare.t for as the new Cfainetery. In
order to show exactly what they
wish to do, they took a small area
of ground in the old cemetery that
was badly overgrown with weeds and
uncared for and had the pathways
cleared, the graves cleaned and in
several instances graves were found
that had been completely hidden by
undei brush and debris, and the whole
planted with grass
The result .Tias been remarkable
and it is the hope of the club to en
large the area and take in the sur
rounding plots. Subscriptions from
those who have seen and approved
the work has helped to make tnis
possible. The club has already had
two- surface cleanings of the old sec
tion and will order one more before
the winter.
A committee was appointed to in-;
terview the city council with the ob-
ject-of interesting the city to the ex
tent that they will provide the "ways
and means of putting the entire old
section into as good a condition as
the new and thus make the work oi
keeping: it in respectable condition
easy.
The club was organized in 1919
with a membership of 21 ; ?.n 1920
this was increased to 44 and at the
present meeting the secretary re
ported a total of 60 paid up member
ships.
DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED
Asking $300 damage and attorneys
fees. F. H. Woodward filed suit in
Khe circuit court Wednesday against
Charles Kleaver. The complaint al-
IRes ?at " Iast Tue,day- Clearer.
through careless driving-, struck and
injured Woodward's car. The acci
dent occurred two miles south of Mil
waukie. Woodward was run into
when Kleaver attempted to pass
ahead of another machine as the
former was coming In the opposite
direction.
PATRONAGE
SLATE HAY
BE CHANGED
HUNTLEY NOT ON WAY
TO WASHINGTON
Capital Reports Discredited;
Local Man Still Endorsed
For Revenue Job
Washington dispatches. which
would cast a, slight uncertainity about
the whereabouts of Clyde C. Huntlay,
candidate for the collector of internal
revenue, are discredited here.
The reports, however, indicate the
probable breaking of the patronage
slate which included Mr. Huntley.
Altho no word has been received
from Mr. Huntley, Harry Draper, his
partner in the firm of Huntely-Draper
Drug Company, stated that Mr. Hunt
ley was at cannon beach, on his va
cation, and that he had no reason t-j
believe that he had left for Washing
ton. The dispatch from the national
capital says that Mr. Huntley was
expected in Washington Monday
night.
Senator Stanfield apparently ex
pects Huntley to drop m any day and
talk over the patronage matters.
while Senator ' McNary says he is not
expected, and that he is like an Ore
gon sea breeze here in the summer
limo.
Huntley is indorsed by Ralph E.
Williams, Republican national com
mitteeman from Oregon.
It is rumored that the slate of fed
eral patronage, containing Huntley"s
name has been broken, and that he
was to go to Washington on this ac
count. Daily conferences have been held
between the Oregon senators, and it
has been expected that final an
nouncement of the patronage ap
pointments would be made before
this. '
Both senators are nonce nimital and
say that the announcement will not
be made foT several days yet.
Gladstone News
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bullock of
Mountain View were guests of the lat
ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs R. Solomon
during the week.
Mrs. Mable Larkins of Portland vis
ited with her grandmother, Mrs.
Chamberlin and Mrs. J. F. McKinney
the latter part of the week.
Friends of Mrsw N. W. Knapp will be
glad to learn of her improved condi
tion She was able to go to Oregon
City where she attended the birthday
dinner of the G. A R. and the Wom
an's Relief Corps of which she is a
member.' Mrs. Knapp is the mother of
Mrs. H.-W. Streblg
Edd Stovall who has been identified
with the Willamette Valley Transfer
Company of Portland has gone to Con
don where he will engage in hauling
wheat for several months.
Mis& Hazel Lankins of Viola is the
house guest of her uncle Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Simmons of West Gladstone.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wallace had as
their guests Friday Tom Gamer and
daughter Miss Ella Garner of Portland
Miss Garner remain for the week end.
Friends of the Garner family will be
glad to hear of the Improved condition
of their little 4-year-old son who wsi3
run down by a truck some four weeks
ago it will be remembered the little
felloe was unconscious for 72 hours
and no hope for his recocvery w
entertained at that. The formerly re
sided in Oregon City.
Mrt. Claude Bruuer is quite ill at
their home in East Gladstone. Mrs.
Bruder was thought to be improving
until Friday when she became much
worse and Mr. Bruder, who is employ
ed at Pulp Siding was sent for.
Mrs. E. Gladys Nash of this city
and Mrs. Kate De'l Marden of Hood
River have been chosen to succeed
Mrs. Laura Jones. Rawlinson with the
children's classes of the DunniDg sys
tem oi music in Portland. Mrs. Rawl-
inso;i, who has been head of the Dun
ling school, will go to Seattle where
she will conduct a normal class ."or
teachers, giving talks and demonstra
tions of the work in Tacoma, Bellins
ham, Everett and Seattle. She will
devote her trme exclusively to the
training of teachers. The territory
covered will be Washington. Oregon,
Idaho, Montana, Utah and California.
Later she will join Mrs Carrie Louise
Dunning, the originator of the Dunning
svstem of music, in New York and
both will return to California whero
they will spend the winter.
Miss Vivian Ranch who has been
the guet of Miss Eunice Ammer for a
week's comping on Oswego l.oge re
turned to ner home Friday and reports
a most enjoyable outing with but one
exception the time passed so quickly. 1
Word has been received here from
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Nilas and party of
their safe arrival in San Francisco and
was enjoying the extrt-me cold
weather was much appreciated after
th? extreme heat they experienced en
routa. Mr. Niles and his pirty expect
to visit Los Anseles before returning
home, which will be about September
1st.
Mr. and Mrs' Edward Eby and chil
dren. Flmo, Jack and Clenard attended
a reception given in honor of his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Eby, of Van
couver, Wash., at the homi; of Mr. ind
Mrs. S. F. Eby in Portland Sunday.
There were over one hundred rela
tives and friends of M. and Mrs. S. M.
EDy.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Menke, Mr. and
Mrs. William Menke " and children,
Kathryn and Margaret, Mrs. Clara Car
penter and Mrs. Ivan Menke who have
been spending th week at Crater
Lake will return home the first of the
week with the exception of Mr. ana
Mrs, William Menka and daughter who
will go to Seaside where they will ac
Trupy the Menke cottage for sevenl
weeks.
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I Income Tax Proposals
I The press of the nation has been flooded for more
than a year with propaganda urging the repeal of the ex-
cess profits tax and a modification of the income tax law,
j asking for a sales tax as a substitute. It was announced I
however, at the beginning of the present session of con- I
I gress that no consideration would be given a sales tax, I
1 but persistent efforts have been made to ditch the excess
. profits tax.
Rather astonishing propssals have been made to
1 the congress. One of them contemplates the removal of
the $2,000 exemption for corporation earnings, another
proposes a tax on automobiles and bank checks and an-
other suggestion would increase the letter postage rate
to three cents.
Agricultural interests in Washington and elsewhere
1 ares strongly antagonistic to these proposals, which they
regard as an effort to shift the federal tax burdens from
the rich to the middle and poorer classes-of financial ben
eficiaries. They are probably correct in this belief, and
are preparing to fight, in retaliation, for the retention of
the excess profits tax, which has been branded as a pen-
I alty against the wealthy captains of industry who are
able to enjoy properity in spite of it.
Cuts in wages and in the incomes of the poorer
f- classes of our people have not left them in a frame of
mind to appreciate additional income tax burdens. The
! three cent postage rate was justified as a war measure,
and it hit everybody. Automobiles are no longer a lux
ury and are still carrying a war tax, in'addition to a stiff
I price. A tax on bank checks would probably affect
bank deposits, resulting in a withdrawal of tremendous
sums from circulation.
The federal incomes tax law was hastily framed, in
an emergency, and it is doubtless subject to critical anal-
ysis, but the principle behind it is sound in the main.
Whenever a corporation's earnings are so great that they
I come under the excess profits tax clause, of the law,
1 then it is well able to pay what the government de-
mands and have plenty of money left. The congress is
1 apt to go slow in its modification of the present law, in
the light of the requirements of the government that
1 run into billions.
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Prof, and Mrs. L. A. Read and
daughter Miss Marjory, and William
Carpenter will leave for a week's out
ing at Crater Lake the firat of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A Burdon, Mrs. Leo
Burden and little daughter Marabel,
Misses Alice Freytag and Miss Fayne
Burdon left early Saturday morning
lor Seaside where they will enjoy a
two weeks' outing.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Legler and
dauzhter Mildred. Mr. and Mrs S. V.
Francis, Mr. and Mrs: Richard Freytag
and son Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. 1
Pace and daughter Pauline mtored to
Wilhoit Springs early Sunday morning
and served a basket lunch at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. E. Gault, Mrs.
Grant Olds and Rev. B. F. Clay motor
ed to Portland Friday evening where
they attended a Missionary Rally at
the First Christian church which was
in th-? form of a farewell reception for
l.he missiouarries who are leaving very
shortly for Japan.
A reception was given at the Chris
tian church Thursday evening in hon
Hendricks, missionaries, who will
leave -very shortly for Japan. Mr.
Hendricks is a former resident of
GladFtone and very well known here.
Mrs. Hendricks is the living link of
South Idaho Christian churches and
they are both graduates of the Eugene
Bible school and have spent one year
in the College of Missions in Indian
apolis. They will sail for Japan from
Han Francisco August 21 and will be
accompanied by their charming little
daughter Magaret. They will spend
two years at Tokio learning the Jan
rnefo language. Rev. B. F. Clay in
troduced Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks and
spoke very tenderly of their going
and expressed the good feeling of this
church is bidding them "Bon Voyage."
Mr. and AJrs. Henicks told in a most
interesting way what first lead them
into the work and of their plans and
hop for their future work. The
Gladstone Christian Church plans to
join with Portland churches to make
Mr. Hendricks the living link in
Japanese Miss:onary fields. Mrs. T.
12. Cault acted as chairman of the re
freshment, committee in serving deli
cious referahments to about one hun
dred guests.
Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Clay will leave
the ftrst of the week to spend a few a
few days with their son Mr. and Mrs.
B. f Clay of Cornelius, Oregon.
Elfzabeth Ann, the little eight year
old daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon
Swil'i entertained eight of her friends
it a most charmfng maner at her home
in East Glaustonf Saturday, July 30.
The occasion being the little lady's
f ighth birthday anniversaiy.
Mrs. Swift was assistea in serving
dainty refreshments to the little folka
by Elizabeth's grandmpthi-r, Mrs.
Martha Ross.
Games were played on llu lawn
I'lid a most enjoyable afternoon spent.
Tho present were Alice "Alirai-dii.
Borr.-thy N"eIson, Frnestine and Doro
thy Dickey, Mildred Legler, Maxine
Evens. Caiba and Kathc rin" Kyler and
Katherina v Jane Hessler.
Red, white an(t niue Tavjrs v.ere
given each little gueot ms ihey depart
ed for home, wishing Elizabeth Ann
many more happy Dirthdays.
2 Oregon City Men
Chosen by LO.R.M.
ASTORIA, ORE., August 3. Two
Oregon City men were elected to
high positions at the annual conven
tion of the Improved Order of Red
Men. which is in session here.
Charles W. Kelly was elected great
senior sagamore, and L. A. Noble
trustee for one year.
By an unanimous vote the great
council of Oregon. Improved Order
of Red Men, today selected Bend as
its text convention city and the
date was set for the last Friday in
July. 1922. .
MISSING IAD !S FOUND
ON RANCH NEAR NEEDY;
. WORKS ASFARM HAND
Dunward Clark Located After
Week's Search; Will Stay
at New Home
A philosopher once said that every
boy runs away from home at least
DUNWARD CLARK
Lad who was found on farm at Needy
Wednesday, after running away from
home. His disappearance over a
. w ePk aS sed considerable excite
ment.
once, even if he doesn't get any fur
ther than the garden walk.
But Dunward C. Clark, 13 year-old
son of Ward N. Clark of Maple Lan,
pot further than the front gate. He
got tome 25 miles away, had the po
lice, his family and their neighbors
worried and was gone over a week
before he was discovered.
The lad was found Wednesday.
Sheriff Wilson received a call from
a rancher who heard of a boy thai
was working on the Simmons farm
near Needy. It turned out to b
Dunward.
Simmons had never heard that a
boy was missing. He had hired the
voung fellow, who said he lived in
Molalla. and who went to Molalla,
Sunday, austensibly to spend the
week-end with his folks.
He ran away July 26, after start
ing out on his wheel to the main
highway a mile away, to get the fam
ily mail, began his globe-trotting ex
pedition and disappeared from sight.
He is making good on the Simmons
farm, and says he wants to stay. His
folks haven't quite decided yet, but
for lhe present will let him remain
The boy offers no reason for wanting
to go.
Artisans After Hide
of Papermen's Nine
With a shifted lineup, and several
players who have formerly worked in
the Camas nine, the United Artisans
will come to West Linn Sunday to
attempt to administer a drubbing to
the Crown-Willaniettes present lead
ers of the Willamette valley league.
Word to this effect has been re
ceived by the local playersw but they
refuse to be perturbed. At present
no changes in the papermaker's line
up are planned. Mohler and StonN
are scheduled to deliver. . "Trinks"
Rittenhaus, star hitter for the West
Linn aggregation will be back in the
garden.
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CITY HAY PAY
rUK BKUIltK S
"SERVICES"
M. D. LATOURETTE TO
RECEIVE $300
Council Starts Proceedings
To Give Commission to
Local Banker
M. D. Latourette wBl collect $300
from Oregon City for whatever part
he took in floating a bond issue of
$30,0(j0 last May, under an ordinance
that came before the council Wed
nesday and scheduled for final pas
sage on August 19.
Warrant Help Up
The ordinance was passed to its
second reading over the protest of
Dr. H. S. Mount, who declared that
while Latourette'si bank had taken
flO.COO worth of the bonds, the other
banking institution? had subscribed
for a like amount as a duty to the
city and had received no compensa
tion. He indicated further that La
tourette had not approached either
the Bant of Commerce or the Bank
of Oregon City in connection with
the transaction.
The ordinance came on the heels
of an order to draw a warrant for
Latourette at the July meeting of the
council. Councilman Mount called
the attention of City Recorder Kelly
to the charter provision that requires
an ordinance for amounts In excess
of $100, so the warrant was held up
and was not delivered to Mr. La
tourette, who stated In open council
Wednesday that he had not solicited
the business, but had been approach
ed by the finance committee.
Dr. Mount declared that the legal
proceedings under which the bonds
were voted are all wrong, according
to Portland bond attorneys, and City
Attorney Eby retorted sharply and
denied thle charge. The statement
was brought out that Mr. Eby re
ceived a fee of $5n from the city for
passing upon the legality of the bond
proceedings.
Agreement is Cited -
Councilman Bridges explained that
the finance committee were not In:
possession of knowledge that the
bonds could be floated without as
sistance from a broker, and the com
mittee had accordingly agreed to pay
$300 to Latourette.
"You are paying for something you
did not get," said Dr. Mount, but his
was the only vote registered against
the first reading of the ordinance.
Hunt for Driver Who
Hit and Injured Old
Man Near Oak Grove
Clackamas county authorities are
searching for the owner of a Paige
automobile that ran down and severe-
y injured E. Shupert, ago 68, on the
highway at Oak Grove Tuesday eve
ning and continued on his way with
out stopping to render assistance.
Shupert, who lives at Milwaukie, is
at thq Sellwood hospital with a com
pound fracture of the right leg and
possible internal injuries. -He was
taken to the hospital by John Busch,
of Busch and .Sons of this city, who
came upon Shupert lying in the road
a few minutes after he had been
struck.
Two women who were behind the
Paige car when it struck Shupert
stopped only a minute to see the con
dition of the injured man and then
gave pursuit in an attempt to get the
car number, but apparently failed to
get it.
Shupert lives with his invalid wife
at Milwaukie and has a daughter.
Mrs. c- B. Sarchet, 597 Eybee avenue,
Portland.
Man Acquitted on
Charge of Cruelty
Archie Hubbard, of Marquam, was
acquitted by a jury in the justice
court today, of charges of cruelty to
animals.
Hubbard was arrested July 29 by
State Humane Officer Rcss Churchill
of Portland, specifically charged with
inhumane treatment of a dog.
A number of witnesses called by
the defense gave testimony to the ef
fect that the dog, a large black hound,
which was in admittedly poor condi
tion, had become that way but re
cently. Their testimony further
showed that Hubbard had treated the
dog well, and that since the animal
became sick, asked several of his
friends to shoot it- He said that he
did not want to shoot the dog him
self because of the fact that he had
had it so long and had grown fond of
it. The verdict of not guilty was re
turned by the jury after little delib
eration. OLD SUBSCRIBER OF
ENTERPRISE PAYS 51st
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
Can you imagine a nicer com
pliment than to have a man take
your work and for fifty years
consider it worthy of his con
tinued patronage? This Is the
experience that the Enterprise
had Tuesday when Mr. Jas. Wil
kinson of 14th and Main Street
renewed hit subscription for tho
Morning Enterprise or his fifty
first year. Of course a large
part of this time the Enterprise
was a weekly paper within tho
last decade, but thruout these
fifty years, according to Mr.
Wilkinson it has grown a-
steadily better as It has larger.