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PLANS FOR COUNTY
FAIR NOW PREDICT
RECORD EXHIBITION
Grange Competition Will Be
Keenest of Many Years
Says Secretary
Indications for a larger and better
Clackamas County fair for 1921 are
favorable at the present time. Davie!
Long, of Kazelia, who is secretary of
the association, says that people desir
ing to exhibit thi-j year are hunting
him instead of him hunting them as
was the case of last year. The grange
as well as the community displays are
to have strong competition this year,
and the Warner grange that has oc
cupied its space for a number of years,
has asked for a different position in
ihe big pavilion, and this request will
be granted by Mr. Long
It is the intention of the members
now tc try and win the first prize over
Oswego grange. The latter was
awarded first place at the 1919 and
1920 fairs, and the competition be
tween these organizations alone will
be interesting.
Hazelia To Enter
The Hazelia Improvement Club has
carried first prizes in the community
exhibit, will again enter, and every
resident of that section is striving to
help the club again win first place.
The premium lists are being printed
in the office of the Morning Enterprise
and these will soon be ready for dis
tribution. There have been a number
of changes made from that of last year,
and a large number of special prizes
offered.
Mrs. Adam H. Knight, who will
have charge of the domestic science,
and whose home is in Canby, has se
cured a number of special prizes for
that department. Among these are
as follows: Canby State Bank, $3 for
best individual exhibit canned fruit
and preserves; First National Bank,
'Canby), $3 fcr best exhibit canned
vegetables
through the efforts of Mr. Vedder and
Mrs. Purcell, carried away first prize
at the Oregon State fair in the juve
nile department in 1920, and an effort
will be made for the coming state fair.
A special interest ia beng taken by
many children of the county to make
entries at the county fair, the pro
ducts of which will be moved to the
state fair.
There will be special prizes offered
for judging milk goats in the live
stock department, which will be in
charge of Ensley Gribble, of Gribhle
Prairie, who was in charge of the de
partment last year. The judging con
test will be held on Friday, Septem
ber 16th. Each club shall be restrict
ed to enterting one team of three mem
bers, who shall be chosen from a reg
ularly organized club. The first prize
will be $12; second, $9; third, $ti:
fourth, $3; fifth, $1.
Farm Produced to be Judged
The judging of the farm products
will take place Thursday. September
15, and these products must be grown
by exhibitor. Products must he grown
in 1921, but grain and products that
do not mature before the fair may be
products of last year.
Mrs. Bertha Hurst, of Canby, will
have charge of the floral display, and
Mrs. J. I,. Waldron. of this city, will
have charge of the needlework.
The program for the 1921 fair will
be as follows:
Wednesday, September 14 (Agri
culture. Dairymen's and Canby Dayi
10:30 A. M. Demonstration of
milk and cream testing, also gener
al lecture on dairving by dairy men.
1:0G P. M. Automobile paiade and
ball game.
7:00 to S:00 P. M. Band concert.
Thursday, September IZ (Oregon
City Dayl
9 A M- Judging in all departments
beings.
1 P. M- Ball game
Friday, September 16 (Molalla, Juve
nile and Farmers' Day).
10 A. M- Live Stock parade.
7-3o to 8 P. M. Band concert.
There will be many special features
during tbe fair days' that will be add
ed to the prgoram.
There will be motorcycle races and
other races during the fair,
will be as follows:
Rhode Island Red $3 for best hen,
rady Mercantile Comrany, cZ Oregon
Beautiful Highways
Epworth Leaguers
Convention Ended
There is not a tourist who drives through Clackamas county
who does not remark at the wonderful scenery. Motorists who
look over the river and the falls from canemah exclaim at the
grandeur of the landscape. Those who drive through the in
land roads of the county, and over its hills and lowlands go
their way with a v.-rm feeling in their hearts for the scenic
wonders of the west.
The building of highways involves more than a mere road
surface over an even grade. A paved thoroughfare across a
prairie presents but little attraction to the pleasure seeker.
In the east, states are spending large sums and employing
high class engineers to study the beautificatioh of their roads,
'and scaping, planting of trees and reforestation are some of
.he methods employed along the roadside to make the high-
ways and by-ways more attractive.
With all that man can do, the best he can hope to attain is
an immitatiou of nature. In the west, nature is still in Itjl pri
meval state, man s eforts at beautification are aided by natural
growth and natural scenery.
In the building of roads, it is a mistake to destroy all the
shrubbery and woods along the sides. California has started
aggitation for a law to compel lumbering concerns to leave
standing timber and wooded growths on both sides of the roads
throughout the state in order to preserve the
natural appearance of the country.
In Oregon, and Clackamas county, where:
the natural scenic advantages are probably
unsurpassed, more thought should be given to
the preserving of what already exists so that fu
ture generations will not have to spend the
time and energy which has been necessitated
in the east. Preservation now will save re
ha imitation in the future. "Little do we know
our own blessedness" said Kingsley, "for it is
better to travel hopefully than to arrive." In
the construction of scenic projects it is
well to remember that the attractiveness
of the road alone; which
CLACKAMAS GLfERNSFY
BREEDERS HID PICNIC
AT REDLANDS FARM
the motorist makes his way
is as important as the
charm of his ultimate destination.
MEMORY OF GEORGE BROWNELL
COMMEMORTED BY COLLEAGUE
The eighth annual convention of
the Epworth league institute adjourn
ed at Jefferson Sunday after a week's
session.
The Epworth league Institute is a
school of instruction in the various
departments of the Epworth League
and Methodist Episcopal church, such
as tvangelism. Sunday school meth
ods, home and foreign missions, and
Canby Hardware Imple-1 Epworth league methods
ment Company, pyrex baking dish fcr
best three pies, J. R. Vinyard, dozen
quart jars (winner's choice) for best
canned fruit exhibit; Carlton & Rosen-
kraus Company, aluminum tea-kettle
for ' best four jars canned meat or
fish; Columbia Milling Company, 19
pound sack of flour for best loaf fif
potato yeast bread ; 20-pound sack
flour, second best loaf, and 10-pound
sack flour for best yeast rolls.
Cash Prizes Offered
There will also be a cash prize of
$2.50 for best canned vegetables, with
$1.50 second prize, and $1 as first prize
for best sweet pickles and SO cents
for second prize.
For several years the late Andrew
Kocher was in charge of the poultry
department, and since his death C. R.
Quinn, of this city, has been appoint
ed superintendent of the poultry de
partment, Mr. Quinn is also familiar
with the poultry industry, as was Mr
Kocher, and he has secured a larg.
number of special prizes in addition
to the regular prizes offered by the
association. Among the special prizes
City; $5, best pen, Judge Grant B.
Dimick, Oregon City; $1.50 merchan
dise order, second cock, Portland
Seed Company; $1.50 merchandise
order second hen, Portland Seed Com
pany; $1.50 merchandise order, second
cockeral. Routledge .Seed & Floral
Company; $1.50 merchandise order,
second pullet, Routledge Seed & Flor
al Company.
Poultry Prizes Up
Bared Plymouth Rock $5 best male
bird, First National Bank, of Oregon
City; $5, best pen, Judge Grant B
Dimiek; $1.50 merchandise order, sec
ond cockeral, Routledge Seed & Floral
Company; $1.50 merchandise order,
second pullet, Routledge Seed & Flor
al company.
White Leghorn $5, best young pen,
Carver State Bank: $2.50, best cocker
al, Bank of Commerce, of Oregon City;
$2.50, best pullet, Bank of commerce,
Oregon City; $1.50 merchandise order,
second cockeral, Routledge Seed &
Floral Company; $1.50 merchandise
order, second pullet, Routledge Seed A
Floral Comrany.
Miscellaneous Pr.ultry Specials $5.
champion male bird of show. Bank it
Oregon City; one sack cratch feed,
champion female bird of show, A. L.
Beatie, Oregon City; one sack laying
mash, champion female bird of show,
A. L. -p,eat:e, $i.5o merchandise order,
second White Wyandotte cockeral.
.Portland Seed Company; $ ."0 mer
chandise order, second White Wyan
dotte cockeral, Portland Seed Com
pany: $1 50 merchandise order, second
White Wyandotte pullet, Portland Seed
Company; $1.50 merchandise order,
second White Wyandotte pullet, Port
"and Seed Company; $1.50 merchan
dise order, second White Plymouth
Rock cockeral, Portland Seed Com
pany; one sack egg ina?h, best pen
Japanese Silkies. Farr Brothers, Ore
gon City; one sack Olympic egg build
er, prize winning female showing high
est utility; one sack Olympic scratch
food, egg test, Portland Flouring Mills;
one sack Olympic buttermilk grow
ing mash, champion female in show;
one sack Olympic growiiy scratch
food, Portland Flouring Mills
Boys' and Girls' Exhibit Planned
The boys and girls will, as usual
have their d(jpai tment. and will be ir.
charge of County School Superinten
dent Brenfon Vedder and Mrs Romney
Snedfcker Purcell, club organizer of
Clackamas county. The county court,
which meets Monday, wlil consider the
apportionment to be turned over for
this department.
Besides the classes, were many
events of a social and recreational na
ture, including hikes, swimming,
games, basel.all, volley ball, croquet
and horse shoethrowing. There were
240 Epworthians present representing
all the northern section of Willamette
valley.
The delegates from Oregon City
were Misses Elva Linton, Maude
Davio, Messrs. Sidney Warner and
Edgar Brock.
NEW YORK. N. Y.
July 12, 1921.
Editor Enterprise:
A late issue of your valuable paper
was sent me in which you so well
treated of the death and life of
George C- Brownell. I knew him,
and though years have gone since I
saw him last, the news that he is
dead reminds me that I loved him.
His character was one of the most
interesting and elusive ever endowed
to a man. I remember his first ap
pearance at Oregon City; in the year
1891, was it not. I had begun the
t'tudy of law and one day saw and
heard this impressive stranger in the
office of Judge Hayes. His grace
tion This man, excepting his ambi
tion in politics, appeared to be abso
lutely unselfish, and stranger yet he
was, with no exception, totally free
from malice and without levenge. Mr
C. D. Latourette comments in your
interview, that he seemed to lie
awake nights thinking how to make
somebody happy. If ever active man
loved, and thereby undermined, his
enemies, he did.
His early days of conflict wer;
sometimes bitter and discouraging.
for there were those who distrusted
an Eastern new arrival, and some
even impugned his integrity. Pained
though not daunted then, he lived to
the day when bankers, judges, fellow
Papermaker's New
Pitcher is Success
Crown wilamette stepped up an
other peg yesterday and walked
across the Kirkpatricks at West Linn,
10 to 6. Lorene Stone, who took the
mound for the paper makers for trie
first time, sent eleven men back to
ihe bench. Score: R. H E
Crown-Wilamette 10 15 ."
Kirkpatricks 6 8 1
Batteries Stone and Kracke; Bo
land and Feldman.
Sherwood triumphed over Hills
boro yesterday :n what almost
amounted to a whitewashing contest,
but ended in a 13 to 1 score. The
score: R. H E.
Sherwood 13 15 2
Hillsboro 1 8 7
Batteries Myers and Baker; Gray
and Krietz.
of manner, his voice, his beaming lawyers and citizens vied to certify
eye, with the warmth of spirit behind his high repute.
Bill For 1925 Fair
Is Up To President
WASHINGTON, July 28 The state
of Oregon and Portland will get their
exposition and President Harding may
sign the bill authorizing the United
.States to extend invitation to foreign
governments FrTday.
The bill passed the house by a
four to one vote in exactly the same
language as it passed the senate and
will be sent immediately to the pres
ident for signature.
it, all worked their charm of fascina
tion upon my youthful mind and now
hat I am older it is not lost. In pub
lic and in private he was equally
vivid and captivating.
He is the only man I ever saw who
showed those qualities just mention
ed as well upon the platform to an
audience, as to the individual sitting
in a room by his side.
I recall that Mr Brown ell's politi
cal career in Oregon opened just af
ter the decease of that other great
character, Senator Easthavn. Before
the ensuing election I witnessed in
Pope's Hall the unwonted difficulty
which the Chairman of the Republi
can convention experienced in pre
venting this newcomer from receiving
enough votes to nominate him for
Senator, which office he was not yet
qualified to fill. Mr. Hayes was
named but the next term he gener
ously gave way to the advancing
hero, being himself elected to th
bench.
Mr. Brownell's political struggler
and professional combats are welJ
known to your readers and 1 allude
to them only to make a characteriza-
I remember once discussing Mr
Brownell's genius with Judgij Canp
bell, who remarked he would hav-;
been stonger had he acouried the ad
vantage of a university education. I
rather differed then, but agree nov
with the Judge: not that I ver dispriz
ed a college tuition, but 1 had to change
my opinion that Brownell's mind was
to be won smooth or his heart one to
be shrunken by a scholastic course
P.ut as it was he wrought we'd. Many
publie and private issues and many
men through these thirty years came
within his kindly influence, and few
young men would say they were nof
by this the' better fitted for their
lives
The philosophical Samuel Butler
thought the only personal immortal
ly assured to man was that result
ing from his influence, imparted dur
ing his mortal span of life to those
about him, and by them passed on
down the stream of humanity, while
our race shall endure. Upon that
view we may know that this "friend
of man" though dead, yet lives in
deed. EDMUND F. DR1GGS.
Local Boy Is Hurt In
California Accident
John Rayl and F'ank Milliken, form
erly of this city, were hurt in an auto
accident near Yreka. California, ac
cording to word received here. Driv
ing over a narrow bridge, a skidding
machine struck their motorcycle.
Rayl was taken to the Yreka hos
pital. The exact extent of his injuries
is not known, altho they are not
thought serious. His parents reside
on Jackson street of this city.
PLAYGROUND IMPROVED
When the kiddies go back to school
this fall they will have, at the Bar
clay building, a first class playground.
Joe Gallahan. ianitor of the school has
been busy for the past few weeks im
proving the grounds, adding swings,
and ''teeters" for the youngsters. The
Barclay school will soon have one ot
the best equipped yads in the city.
Phone Rates Held
Higher Than Taxes
Telephone service is costing some
users annually more than do taxes
upon their homes, according to the
public service commission Monday
when the telephorie rate rehearing
was resumed in Portland, after a two
i weeks' session in Salem at which re
presentatives of Clackamas county
and Oregon City subsidiary companies
and telephone users appeared in com
pany with other contestants through
out the state 1o fight the raise in
rates allowed by the commission.
Witnesses produced by ihe city not
only testified that the rates, in their
opinion, were unreasonably high, but
that in addition, trend of prices was
on the downward and they gave it
as their opinions that telephone serv
ice should likewise be on the down
ward path as far as prices are con
cerned. And these witnesses also testified
that service was not one whit better
under the increased rates1 than it
was when the rates were lower and
some testimony indicated that it is
worse.
Crown-Willamette
Watchman Stricken
Judge Puts Oswego
Man Under Bonds
Charles White, well known resident
of Oregon City, whose home is at 420
Fourth street, was stricken with
paralysis Monday morning while per
forming his duties as watchman and
river observer at the Crown Willam
ette Paper Company. Mr. white was
found by on of his fellow employes at
i 30 Monday morning shortly after he
had made the rounds at the mills, and
was sitting at his desk, unable to
move.
H's entire side was paralized,
and he was unable to talk First aid
was immediately given, and he was
carried on a stretcher to his home,
where he is in a precarious condition,
and litle hopes entertained for his
recovery. His brother, Marian White,
of St Helens, has arrived here, and
two other brothers, Louis and Elmer
White, of Jamestown, Kansas, are on
their way to Oregon C'ty. ajid wi,i
arrived here this evening, having beer,
summoned to their brother's bedside
Mr. and Mrs George McKin'ey, the
latter a daughter of Mr. White, were
on their way to Tillamoik beaches
where they had intended to enjoy an
outing, had gotten as far as McMinn-
villc, wnen they received a message ot
Mr. white s illness. They immediately
relumed to Oregon City. Mr. White,
who has been employed at the paper
mills for the past five years, was one
of the most faithful and popular em
ployes of the company.
Inspection of Herds and Big
Luncheon Features of
Annual Program
Clackamas county Guernsey breed
ers and their families, numbering
-nore than 100, assembled at Red Wing
farm, owned by Mr. and Mrs. J.
Hughes, Saturday morning, and in
connection with the annual meting
of the Clackamas County Guernsey
Cattle club, held an all-day picnic
with a bountiful luncheon provided
by the women and a series of judg
ing contests as features of the event.
An inspection of the Red Wing herd
of pure-bred Guernseys, one of the
finest in the state, was a feature of
the morning programme, and at noon
the Guernsey enthusiasts were sum
moned to a nearby grove, where
luncheon was served Addresses and
discussions follii-veu
Club's History Told
Mr.. A. I. Huijhas, secretary of the
ClacVa'nas county Guernsey organiza
tion cpened the programme with
Luminary o the club's history.
Walter Holt, county agent, who pre
sided, sr-ohe jf the active part takea
in ihe work, of the organization bv
the boys' and girls' clubs and said
that Clackamas was one of the lead-J
ing counties of the state ir. devel
opment of the pure-bred livestock in
dustry A letter from Clyde Kingo, presi
dent of the club, who could not be
present, suggested that the clu'j
adopt as its go-il at the end of thr
next four years the enrollment of 200
men.bers. owning 1000 registered
Guernseys. He also reported thu
plans were under way for exhibiting
som.i Clackamas county Cuernsoys tit
the iall shows, and that the boys' and
girls' clubs from all indications
would make a creditable shewing at
the Lt.ate fair -at Salem ard at other
fair.?.
Scientist Speaks
Roy Jones of the dairy division of
Oregon agricultural college spoke on
scientific feeding, using a series :i
charts to show comparative results
of right .:tid wrong feeling. O. M.
Plummer, manager of tie? Pacific In
ternational livestock expitioh urged
the Clackamas breeders, to get to
gether their best for exhibits at the
stock show at Po.rt'and in November
State Veterinarian T.vtle read a
paper on the importance o' proper
feeding and the care necessary f
guard against various cattle diseas-i
and Mrs. I. Purcell gave an interest
ing report of the work of the Clacka
mas county juvenile clubs, with a
prospectus of theii plans for exhibi:.-.
this fan.
Some 25 boys ai d girls, all owning
pure-bred calves, participated in a
series of practice judging demonstra
tions under the supervision of L. J.
llen of the Oregon agricultural col
lege extension work division, and n
adults present competed in a judging
contest, at which Mrs. A. I. Hugin-s
won first honors.
Al' officers of the club, on motion
of John T. Whalley, president of the
state Guernsey' cattle club, were
una-iimously re-elected. These arc
Clyde Rir:go, president; Mrs. A. I.
Hughes, secretary-treasurei , and 1 '. .
F. Boeckman, Charles F. Wagner. .'.
T. Richey. C. B. Sprague and L. t'".
Tenney, executive board.
HISTORIC SPOTS SHOULD BE
MARKED SAYS SPEAKER
Address delivered at the chatauqua
Symposium, Gladstone, July 2nd,
1921.
Mrs. Mary Barlow Wilkins
The Oregon Historical Society,
State and' County Pioneer Societies
:nd the Sons and Daughters of the
American Revolution are now keenly
alert to the importance of the pre
servation of data concerning Old
Trails and the Historic Spots to
which they led.
National Old Trails Roads are now
sponsored by dur Nation to the ex
tent of fifty per cent for their re
construction. The greater part of
hisRoad is known as the 03gou
Trail, which began at Iudependence,
Missouri. It branched at Fort Hall,
Idaho into the Northwest section
leading direct to the Oregon Country
and into the California Cut-off.
The National Society cf the Am
erican Revolution have asked the
privilege of placing appropriate signs
along the entire route from ocean to
Ocean.
No state in the union is more ro
mantic and interesting in its early
settlements than our own Oregon.
Clackamas, Wasco and Clatsop coun
ties are perhaps more replete with
evidences of the past than any oth
er counties in the state.
Historic Spots Marked
The most important of all Historic
Spots to every oregonian and to ev
ery American is old Champoeg in
Marion county. The monument er-,
ected there by the state of Oregon,
assisted by the Pioneer Association
marks the site of the meeting which
Country should be English Or Ameri
can. By a majority of one vote, the
decision was in favor of America and
Oregon existed for six years under a
provisional government with the per
tinent words of her seal heralded to
the world, "Birds fly with their
own wings." This slogan might have
been considered impertinent had it
not been for a saving clause; "Until
such time as the United States of
America sees fit to take Oregon
under her own wings."
Our own home town of Oregon
City is also replete with reminis
cences of historic spots of great in
terest. It excels all other places in
ttis respect and is above par in com
parison with Vancouver. Washing-
Old Graves to be Honored
Neglected graves in the pioneer
cemetery here should be henored
one that of Peter Skeue Ogden who
question whether this vast Oregot;
came to Lhe West in lfxo, itj
brought the survivors of the Whit
man massacre to Oregon Citv. .The
died here in 1S54 and his neglected
grave in the Masonic cemetery. The
grave of John Fleming, an early
printer and posi master and those of
several other early Pioneers remind
us that the memory of those who
had a helping hand in r.aking our
state should receive honor ,:t the
hands of those who now enjoy the
results of their work and sacrifices
On the hill above the Lasin, Sam
uel Parker standing under the tal!
fir tree still there uttered these pro
phetic words in 1SS5: "How long will
it be before the wheels of industry
will be developed from this wonder-
lul water-power.' Under this same
tree, t Molalla Indians ancl tb.
settlers smoked the pipe of peace
and buried the hatchet; here was
started the first road south from
Oregon City built by Peteu H. Hatch
This road should be marked here as
t will be in the near future by Chem
fketa Chapter talein at a point near
tbe state Capitcl. This fir and an
oak at the Dalles could be properly
nominated as historic treaty tres
for the state.
Bronze tablets on large stone
boulders have been placed by the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, on the Columbia Highway at
Mjltnomah FaUs dedicated to all
Oiogon Pioneers who came down on
the French bateaus from the Dalles
to Oregon. City; another at Rhode
riendron Inn. marking the spot where
the Barlow Road crossed t!S.? Zig
?ag river; the Sons and Daughters
of Oregon Pioneers and Multnomah
Chapter, D- A. R. are sponsors for
a marker in memory of Samuel K
Barlow at Government Camp as soon
as road conditions permit: the San
tiam route over the- Cascades is hon
ored by o monument at Coryell Pass;
one at Dallas marks the oldest road
in Polk county.
Monuments Erected
In Portland, we have the Sacca
jawea bronze monument erected by
the women of the state in honor of
the woman who guided Lewis and
ton. Both places were tne ncmes oi Clarke to the west: tnc large
Dr. John McLaughlin and many oth- j,ronze figures of an Indian youth
er Hudson Bay factors. The origi- ; ari(j j-. js aged father, symbolizing the
nal home of the chief factor, Dr. ; "Coming of the White Man' the elk
McLaughlin, is now so beautifully set I fountain, both erected by the D. P.
in the little Park above the Seventh j Thoripsou family and ihe MacMon
Stret Hill making the most artistic ; ,ljes fountain, all calling attention to
and the greatest scenic spot in Ore-1 tv,p spirit of the West,
gon City Dr. McLaughlin lived in Tvje time i. nor. far distant when
Five Year Old Son
of John Roth Dies
Casper Albert Roth, f ive-year-oh;
son of Mr. and Mrs John Roth, died at
the familv home at Troutdale, Oregon,
Friday night at 11 o'clock. The child's
health commenced failing two weeks
ago, when he was stricken with
diabitis, and was only seriously ill for
two days before his death.
The little fellow was born near Van
couver Wash., ana was tne second
child of Mr. and Mrs. Roth. He is sur
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Roth, sisters, Johanna. Jimmie.
Rosaline, and a brother, Mada.lene, of
Troutdale, besides many relatives in
Clackamas county.
Circuit Court Gives
3 Divorce Decrees
Three livoices were granted by the
circuit court Saturday.
Frances Richey was given a divorce
from Ellis Richey. The court granted
the plaintiff custody of Leona. aged
12, and $40 a month alimonr.
Anna M. King was given a decree
from Arvel King.
Jennie O. Roach was awarded a di
vorce from J. L. Roach ,and the cus
Saturday of Lola M- Roach, a nrir-or
child.
that house, died there and his bod
and that of his wife repose in a spec
ial annex to the Catholic Church in
this city, a spot sacred to all who
love the memory f those who made
the great Oregon country a valuable
part of the United States.
Old Press Comrremoraied
Other places of historic interest
in Cregon City now marked are the
site of the first printing press ir.
Oregon the hor of the "Specta
or." Also the tablet on the Aber
nethy Creek, erected by Willamette
cvenruallly decided the momentous
Chapter, designating the end of the
Foster Road, the connecting link be
tween the Barlow Road and old Ore
gon City.
Then yc-a Aave the first brick
house built here, the seoond one in
the state now the home of the Hon.
Georze A. Harding and family was
first occupied by its builder, LaFay
ette Cartee in 1S54. The Barcla
home built in 1S50 with lumber from
Maine and doors and windows from
England is still the home of the sec
on third and fourth generations of
descendants of Dr. Forbes Barclay,
the chief physician of the old Hud
son Bay company. The Holmes house
at Mt Pleasant is one cf the land
marks where the early officers of
the provisional, territorial ard state
governments and the F. F. O's of old
Oregon passed many a pleasant hour.
other societies and individuals will
add to this list in commemoraton to
groat achievements in the. Northwest
as well as adding beauty and inter
est to the natural scenic spots of
cur favored state
The people of the Dalles are keenly
alert to the importance of marking
their historic places. They will soon
erect a flag pole on the spot where
Lewis and Clarke unfurled the first
American flag in the then unknown
Northwest in 1805; the first court
house was built at The Dalles in 1859
and the present city-hall should tell
the story of a bronze tablet; the firt
wagon, tne --cnicK-ciiiciv-K.iii-R-n-'vi
kash" in Indian lore reached The
Dalles in a knocked-down condition in
1843; in 1S35, March the 6th, the Rev.
Jason Lee preached a sermon to a
mixed audience of whites and Indians,
from Pulpit Rock, ihe oldest pulpit in
the created world. A bronze tablet
was placed on this Rock by The Dalles
Historical Society.
All over Oregon, recollection of the
living should help secure data for the
future; what seems common place to
js now will be valuable history to the
netx generation.
Hon. Harvey Cross, president of
Clackamas County Pioneers, requests
all members to write the history of
their families and send them to him
for filing.
5 Traffic Violators
Draw Fines in Court
Third Son of Family
At Mt. Angel Killed
The third son of Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Himmer of Mount Angel to
meet a violent death died at a Salem
hospital Saturday as the result of a
fractured skull. The young man was
-A-orking on his father's silo, and fell
to the ground, where he later was
found by neighbors.
One of his brothers was killed in
an automobile accident some time ago.
while another brother met death as
the result of an explosion in Cali
fornia.
CHARLES WHITE DIES
Charles White, 63, a resident of
Oret'on City for the past eight years.
died at 1:40 o'clock this morning a.
the result of an attack of paralysis
The deceased is survived by his wife, j
two sons, four daughters, three
Clackamas county, I brothers and three sisters.
Carrol McFarland, of Oswego was
placed under $250 bonds to keep the
peace by Judge E. J. Noble, in the jus
tice court Thursday morning.
McFarland was arrested Wednes
day for threatening the life of Ed
mund J3ergholtz. It developed during
the case that an altercatio.i had occur
red, resulting in some unsavory words
on both sides. McFarland finally
threatened to do Bergholtz bodily
harm and injury to his property, and
the case was taken into court.
The hearing, started at 10 o'clock I these bonds are intended to be used
in the morning, consumed the greater for the erection of a new gymnasium
part of the court's day. as an adjunc to the high school.
W est Linn to Vote on
$25,000 Bond Issue
West Linn today will vote upon a
$25,000 school bond issue The voting
of the bonds was defeated at special
election July 2, but new petitions were
circulated and another election called.
The funds accruing from the sale of
Billion Is Wasted
Through IdlenessJ
NEW YORK. July 29. A billion dol
lars a year is lost in the metal trades
industry owing to idle men and ma
chinery, according to a repor; of the
Hoover committee on elimination of
waste in industry' of the American En
gineering council, issued Friday.
This estimate does not include the.
value of materials that would be util
ized if the productivity of labor were
increased.
The week-end's toll of traffic viol
ators totals five. Three were fined
in the justice court Monday, and two
in police court.
Judge E. J. Noble imposed a fine of
$25 on A. E. Eastlund, for driving at
the rate of 25 miles an hour. The of
fense was committed just south of
Oregon City, Sunday. This was East
lund's second offense of the same na
ture.
F. C. Veal, of Albany was fined $10
by the judge for speeding, and Frans
Gansneeder was fined $10 for trans
porting goods w'th a machine bearing
a dealer's license plate.
In police court Monday afternoon.
Mayor James Shannon presided as
judge in the absence of Recorder
Charles Kelley.
Jess Cartrell and Lewis Welch, ar
rested by Acting Chief of Police Wa
genblast were fined $5 each. CartneK
was charged with parking beside a hy
drant on Main between fourth and
fifth Saturday evening. Welch was
arrested Monday for backing a loaded
truck onto the sidewalk on eighth
street between Main and Railroad.
Pneumonia Fatal to
Mrs. M. E. Langdon
Mrs. M. E. Langdon, who has mad'J
her home at Carver for the past
month, where her husband has been
employed as wooa chopper, died in i
this city this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from pneumonia. Mrs. Langdon has
een ill with pneumonia for the past
two months, and was taken ill while
residing in Portland.
Deceased is survived by her hus
band, two children, a daughter four
years of age, and a son. 18 months
eld, besides two brothers, by the jiame
of Carver, who are employed at Car
ver Station.
Clackamas Farmers
Get Cheap Explosive
Picric acid, left over from war mun
tions. is to be put into commercial
form, and sold to the farmers of the
nation for use in clearing land.
An apportionment has been made
io the state, of which Clackamas
county will receive its share. Oregon
will receive 192,000 pounds of the
3.537.000 pounds of the explosive
available. The apportionment is made
by computing the relative amount ot
cut-over land in each state in the
union
Th:j distribution for the state is
handled through the Oregon Agricul
lural college extension service, and
ihe local handling will be undertaken
by tbe farm bureau. The explosive
will be shipred only in car load lots,
and will be re distributed among the
individual purchasers. Each farmar
is limited to 1000 pounds.
The explosive, laid down in Oregon
City will cost about 13 cents a pound.
Because it is approximately one-third
more powerful, and will hence require
a smaller charge than ordinary blast
ing powder, it will practically cost but
half of what powder is selling for at
the present time.
The picric acid will be put up in
capsule form. It is said tc be as safe
an explosive as is made, and as easily
handled as any, altho the concussion
requires a larger cap.
Poor Fund Pension
List Totals $518
A revised order covering pensions
from the county poor fund was issued
Monday by the county court.
The order shows that 31 persons
are receiving aid from the county, the
amount totaling $M8.
Tile individual amounts paid range
from $5 to $75, the latter being paid
m a case of a wholly dependent wi
dow who has a large number of small
children to care for.