OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921.
Pace 3
CANBY AND
T
I
CONSUMERS
WILL NOT USE
ELECTRICITY
Following the lead of the city c
Canby, which reduced its streetlights
to one-seventh of their former num
ber in retaliation for the recent rise
1n the electric rates, 100 citizens at a
mass meeting Thursday night ac
claimed their intention to order the
Molalla Power company to discon
tinue furnishing them electricity.
The mas3 meeting, held in Canby,
was attended by consumers from that
district, who met to decide .mftiis to
secure a rate more, nearly equal to
that paid hy other cities in this dis
trict The rise was allowed by the pub
lic service commission, effective the
first of last month, pending a hear
ing, a definite date for which has not
teen set. Taking the matter up with
the commission was talked, and City
Attorney Phil Hammond stated that
the matter was already pending and
that the hearing would be held some
time this fall.
Increased cost of operation is given
"by the Molalla Power Company as the
Teason for the increase. The com
-pany is now buying power from the
Portland Railway Light and Power
company; and the juice comes over
"the same iine which serves Woodburn
and that vicinity.
The recent rise puts electricity on
-a basis of $1.70 per 60 watt unit
against a basic charge of 75 cents for
the same consumption under the cl-l
Tate.
The householders, many of whom
-are farmers of the district, acclaimed
their intention to stop u?.ing eiectrt
city, and return to the coal-oil lamp
if necessary. August 15 was set for
the date when they intend to ask the
-company to cease supplying them cur--rent.
The municipality of Canby recently
took this form of action, reducing the
number of street lights from 60 to Sf.
This will cut their electrical ednsump--tion
six-sevenths of the former usage.
Theii bill was formerly $40 a month,
and will now drop to $9. Under the
increase, if the consumption was not
reduced, they would be forced to pay
over $100.
Two Cars Wrecked
On Road Near Canby
Two machines, one a total . wreck
and the other a badly scared and
mutilated looking specimen, mot their
fate on the highway just south of
Canby Monday.
A Grant six, belonging to a tourist
whom rumors say was a cripple, be
came dry and overheated causing the
Tjody of the car to catch fire, com
pletely destroying the body and nil
parts of the car that would burn. By
-some freak of luck, however the gas
oline tank did not catch fire and to
day there is still gasoline in the
tank The engine is apparently not
destroyed and can be repaired. The
wheels were burned to the ineal.
The second car, is a Marmcn,
owned by a Portland man. As he
was driving, a light car attempted to
pass and cut in at too sharp an an
gle, pushing the Marmon off the road
into a ditch where it rolled complete
ly over. The owner of the car when
helped out by passing motorists had
a small section of the steering wheel
in his hand, the rest having been
torn away. He was unhurt. The
driver of the light car did not stop.
As for the rest of the car, it was a
new model but after the wreck it
looked like a mass of rather shiay
junk. The wire wheels were bent
and broken, the top destroyed, the
fenders bent even with the car and
..the body scratched and torn. Tne
Marmon dealer in Portland who took
the car to that city on a truck says
the t-rgine is unhurt.
Rate Protestors
To Hold Meeting
CANBY, Aug. 10. A second mass
meeting to protest against the. new
flecri light skedule in Canby, Auror..
Barton and Barlow and outlying di:-:
ttricls will be held the end of the
week in Aurora.
Clarence Eid, stated Tuesday that
vevernl of the citizens of canby hal
applied to him for blanks on which to
notify the Molalla Electric Co., that
they would discontinue their lights cn
August 15. 1921.
Mr. Kobert3on, manager of the Mo
lalla Electric Co., insists that the raise
was a necesary one and unavoidable.
The case will be heard by the State
Board in the near future :n the mean
time discontinuance of lights is the
only measn of avoiding the raise.
CAN 3V" LOCALS
CANBY, Aug. 10. C A. Richardson,
who built the Molalla railroad was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Graha'i
for several days this week. Mr.
Richardson is now located in Sain
Francisco as Superintendent of the Pa
cific Fruit Express Co., having charge
CANBY OREGON CITY
Stage Time Table
STAGE LEAVES 5 MINUTES BE
FORE SCHEDULED TIME
WEEK-DAYS I
Lv. Canby Lv. Ore. City
7:25 a. m. 8:00 a. m.
9:55 a. m. 11:00 a. m.
12:55 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:15 p. m. 5:00 p. m. i
EXTRA TRIPS SATURDAY I
2:55 p. m.
6:15 p. m.
Lv. Canby
7:M a. m.
B:9S a. m.
12: IS p. m.
4:1 . m.
S8 . m.
7:99 p. B.
3:35 p. m.
7:00 p. m.
SUNDAY
Lv. Ore. City
8:30 a. m.
11:30 a. mx.
2: to p. m.
5:M p. m.
7:9 m.
10:45 p. m.
Far 25c
SOUTHERN
NEWS FOR CANBY AND VI
CINITY. Any news for the Canpy edi
tion of the Oregon City Enter-
prise may be left at Hates Real
Estate office, which will be call-
ed for by Miss Nan Cochran r
Tuesday afternoon will be great-
S ly appreciated.
If you have any church notices,
property sales, parties, lodge J
news, locals and any other news
S of interest to the public, these
4- will be gladly mentioned in the
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.
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of sending all fruit handled by that
company out of California. Several
Informal parties and trips have been
given in Mr. Richardson'? honor.
Clyde Newstrom of rortland visited
his parents, Mr and Mrs. Frank News
irom over Sunday.
M.- and Mrs. R. C Smith attended
buyer's wek in Portland. They statu
that ihe enterainment given them ws
of a high order and that the ideas
given in the various lecures valuable
Mh.s Edith Jahilaon of the Fir.t
National Bank, is on her two week?
vacationg, and is aLhome at present
G forge Wait of Portland was a week
end guest in Canby.
Mr. and Mrs W. H Fair, Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Lee and daugher, Lorraine
Lee, Ralph Knight. Mrs. Clyde Evans
and daughter Violtt Evans, all o
Canby left Monday on a ten day caitip-
ing and motoring trip through Centr:ii
Oregon The party will spend a few
days at Spirit lake, near Mt. Hood.
While enroute they will visit Bend and
the McKetizie Pass
Ber.uford Knight of Canby is spend
ing the week in Portland as the guest
of his aunt Mrs. Ethel N. Chetwood
Miss Edith L. Krueger of Seattle is
visit:nj: her sister Mrs. J. C. Kaupisch
of Canby for two weeks
Mi. and Mrs. Chas N. Wait and the
latter's mother, Mr3. Mary Kulzchan.
are spending the month oi August at
rheir beach cottage at Newport.
Mrs. Geo. Meeks and children of
Canby are spending the. ttcnth of
August at Rockaway.
Ben Burch, state highway engineer,
has taken the Astman icottage on
Main street. Mr. and Mrs Burcii
moved into their new heme the first
of the week.
A very enjoyable time was spent by
Mr. and Mrs' W. H. Bair, Mr. aDd Mrs
Eccles, Mr. and Mrs. 31-eldon, Mr.
and Mrs. Graham and C. A. Richard
son at the Bee Ranch on the Molalla
last week end. The party left Canby
on Saturday and while some returned
Sunday night, the rest of the party did
not return until Monday
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dodds left Sun
day for a week's motoring trip. Mr
Dodds is associutel with the Carleton
and Rosencrans Store
Mr and Mrs. C. H. Sheldon plan to
leave Canby about the 20th of th-3
month for a vacation at Newport,
Oregon.
2 Bodies Recovered
From Alaska Wreck
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Aug. 10.
The tank steamer Oleum arrived to
day with the bodies of J A. Morse,
Spokane, Wash., and Miss Ruth Hart.
Pendleton, Or., victims of the wre?k
of the steamer Alaska off Blunt'
reef, south of Eureka, Saturday night,
The recovery of these two bodies
with two additional dead washed up
last night on the beach near Eureka,
briny; the known dead to twenty an
the known missing to sixteen, accord
:ng. to the recordsof the San Fran
Cisco & Portland Steamship company,
owners of the Alaska.
The official government iiivestig:
lion of the Alaska's sinking Is sched
uled to begin todny before John K
Bulger, supervising inspector of hulls
and boilers.. - -
Bodies of five of the Alaska's dead
arrived here by train today from Eu
reka The bodies included that of
Mrs. W. J. Grimes, Portland.
W. B- Cook, county assessor i
again at his office in the court house
after returning from a weeks vaca
lion at Manzanita Beach. Mr. Cook
who was recently married to Miss
ciuei waiter or Hazeiia will live in
Oswego.
Federal Power Commission
In compliance with the Federal
Water Power Act (41 Stat., 1003)
notieeis hereb3- given that the Port
land aRilway Light and Power Com
pany, Portland, Oregon, ias filed ap
plications covering proposed power
deva'opments on Clackamas River auu
tributaries above a point approximate
ly in Section 21, T. 5 S., R. t E., W
M.; also a proposed transmission line
and road from said point to Cazaderc,
Orgon. Any objection to such appli
cations, or request for a hearing there
on, together wiih any briefs, reports,
or other data for which consideration
is desired, should be submitted to the
Exeutive Seretary, Federal Power
Commission, Washington, D. C-
Oregon' Higher Institution of
TECHNOLOGY
Eight Schools; Seventy Departments
FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 19. 1921
For informal ioa writ, to tk Rctfetrar '
Oregon Agricultural College
CORVALLIS
CLACKAMAS
FORD WILL HAVE TWO
BRANCH HOUSES HERE;
EXTENSION PLANNED
Oregon City Field Said Large
Enough to Warrant New
Selling Agency
PORTLAND Aug. 10. fSpecial)
The establishment of a second Ford
agency in Oregon City has been de
cided upon by the district represen-
atives.
Al rhough definite arrangements for
the placing' of the additional branch
house have not been made, tentative
negotiations are under way. The dis
tributing; agents here, while they con
firm the report that another agent is
to be placed at Oregon City will not
state definitely who is to handle the
work The decision, it is said, came
as a result of the conviction that the
Oregon City territory was larga
enough to justify iwo agencies.
It is understood that negotiations
have been in progress with two Ore
gon City men who were formerly con
nected with garages in that city. The
new agency is to be established in ad
dition to the branch house, the Paci
fic Highway Garage, which is the
only authorized Ford dealer in
the
city at present.
Date is Set for Civil
Service Examination
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the Cointy of Clackamas,
Oregon, to be held .it Oregon City on
Sept 10, 1921, to fill the position of
rural carrier at Hoff, and vacancies
that may later occur on rural routes
from other post offices in Clackamas
county. The salary" of a rural
carr'er on a standard daily wagoa
route of 24 miles is $ 1,800 per annum,
with an additional $30 per mile per
annum for each mile or major fraction
thereof in excess of 24 miles.
The salary on motor routes ranges
rom $2,450 to $2,600 per annum, ac
cording to length. Separate examina
tions for motor routes and wagon
routes are no longer held. Appoint
ments to both positions will be made-
from the same register. The examin
ation will be open only to citizens
who are actually domiciled in the ter
ritory of a post office in the county
and who meet the other requirements
pet .'orth in Form No. 1977.
Both men and women, if qualified,
may enter this examination, but ap
pointing officars have the legal right
1o specify the sex desired in request
ing certification of eligibles. Women
will not be considered for rural car
rier appointment unless they are the
widows of U. S. soldiers, sailors cr
marines, or the wives of U. S. scldiers,
sailors or marines who are physically
disqualified for examination by reason
of injuries received in the line of mil
itary duty. Form 1977 and applicat
ion blanks may be obtained from the
offices mentioned above or from tin-
United States Civil Service Commis-
ion at Washington, D, C. Applica-
ions should be forwarded to the com
mission at Washington, D. C, at the
earliest practicable date.
County Clerk Fred Miller, accom
panied by Mrs Miller and their, two
sons Dwight and Kenneth, left Wed
nesday for Seaside where they will
spend two weeks., Mr. filler is on
his vacation from the elerk's office.
C. A. Richardson of California, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gra
ham of Canby. Mr. Richardson was
the engineer in charge of - the con
struction of the Molalla-Canby rail
road and is well known in Canbri
where several informal parties and
outings have been given in his horor.
At present Mr. Richardson is the
Supt. of the Pacific Fruit Express Co ,
of California.-
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
By T.T.MAXEY
Western Newspaper Union.
THE HIGHEST WATERFALL
IN THE great hollows of that mighty
pile of granite known as the Sierra
Nevada mountains in California there
are many wildly beautiful valleys.-In
the very heart of this mountain world
Is a spot of unusual loveliness known
as Yoseinite valley a seven-mile-long
chasm in an 1,100 square mile master
piece of scenery.
Flowing gracefully over the rugged
sky line of these bold, towering, al
most perpendicular walls are a number
of cataracts which readily take first
place of all their kind on earth.
Greeting the sightseer from dizzy
heights these columns of water tumble
headlong down the sides of the can
yon to join the foaming river below.
Of the eight spectacular falls, by
far the tallest is the l"o,euiiie. For
merly this monster cataract un
doubtedly leaped in a single great
plunge. Now, this fall-, which normally
is 35 feet wide at the top, drops 1,430
feet in one sheer spill, followed by
cascades for about 600 feet and then
makes a final Jump of about 400 feet
a total distance of approximately half
mile.
The great Staubbach in Switzerland
is 1,000 feet high; there Is a fall lo
New Zealand said to be 1904 feut
high ; the Grand in Labrador is cred
ited with a drop of 2,000 feet. By a
considerable margin, therefore, the
Yosemlto dwarfs all other known
waterfalia.
CONSTRUCTION
WORK ON NEW
BRIDGE BEGINS
EQUIPMENT IS BEING
ASSEMBLED
Actual Operations Will Start
First of Next Week;
Piers to be Built
Actual construction on the new
West Linn-Oregon City bridge on the
Pacific highway will start the first of
next week.
Assembling of equipment on the
ground was commenced yesterday by
A. Guthrie company. Material is be
ing moved here and everything placed
:n readiness for the starting of opera
lions. The first work to be undertak
en will be to build the two supporting
piers, one at each end of the proposed
structure.
R. E. Farrow and C P. Richards,
bridge engineers from the office of
the state highway commission wero
on the job Wednesday doing some of
the survey work preparat-jry to the
building of the piers. The engineers
have established an office here and
will locate here permanently next
week, according to Mr. Farrow.
Pier Construction First
The pier construction is under the
direction of P. J. O'Brien, superintend
ent for the Guthrie people. Mr. O
linen is getting nis equipment m
order for the building of the pier on
the West side. This pier will have an
underwater foundation, while the- pier
on the east side will be above the wa
ter level.
A silgnt delay was experienced
Tuesday night when the scow derrick
to be used on tlje west pier work bo
came water logged and sunk. It was
so near the shore, however, that on
ly one side of it went under water. It
was allowed to stay submerged, in
order to swell the planking and yes
terday afternoon was re-corked and
pumped out. Material for the con
struction of the cofferdams is on hand
and the driving; of piling will- com
mence in a few days.
Mr. O'Brien was unable to stale how
long he expected to be in rhe con
struction of the west pier, due to the
fact that most of the work is under
waer The operations will not re
quire a large crew of men.
Conditions' Favorable
Conditions, Mr. O'Brien states, seem
favorable, although one never can fi
gure on what will happen below the
water's surface until the work is ac
tually in progress, x,
George Hamnan, one of A. Guthrie
company's superintendents will have
charge of the re-enforced concrete
and steel work. Mr. Hamman has been
here looking over the bridge site.
The bridge, according tc Engineer
Farrow, should be comploted within
ihe year and a half called for In the
contracts. The condition of the river
during the winter, he says, will havs
considerable effect upon the rapidity
of the construction work.
Change Asked by City
The plans for the bridge call for a
fill at the east end that would block
Seventh street and prevent its use as
sr parking ground for automobiles and
seriously impede the traffic at this
point
Recognizing the constant increase
in traffic and the absolute necessity
of providing additional' parkin.g fa
cilities in the down town district,
Oscar D. Eby, city attorney, yester
day communicated with the members
of the state highway commission
with a view to securing a chance In
the plans of the bridge that will leave
the apace under the Oregon City
end of the span open and free for nse
as a roadway or parking place.
While the contract has been let. r
is believed the change con be madf
without increasing the cost of the
structure.
Warrants Issued by
Clerk Total 1758
Warrants in payment of claims al
lowed by the county court were is
sued Wednesday, and despite the fact
that the number o? claims has fallen
off since last month, the number was
still heavy.
A total of 1,758 warraits were is
sued Last month this number was
nearly 900 larger. The decrease is
due to the fact that election warrants
were included in last month's issue
and that the road work was heavier
during .Tune.
3 Streets Vacated
in Jennings Lodge
Petitions to vacate three streets in
Hull's addition to Jenning's Lodge
were allowed by the county court
Wednesday. The ctreots are Willam
ette. Ovington and Abernathy.
The petitions were Bigned by the
property owners whose holdings are
r both sides of 1he streets. They
des're to make this district into a
tract which wiR not be cut by the
cit'"' roads.
The action is taken by the county
court for the reason that Jennings
Idge is an unincorporated town.
MONITOR-BARLOW ROAD CLOSED
A section of the Barlow-Monitor
road was ordered closed to traffic ty
the county court Wednesday, due tc
construction work that is in progress
there . -
The road which is closed extends
from the bridge across Butte creek
to the crossing of the Willamette Val
ley -Southern railway at Harding sta
tion.
All Oregon For 1925 I
The resolution of congress officially calling on the
president of the United States to invite the nations . of
the'earth to participate in the Atlantic-Pacific Highways
Electrical Exposition to be held in Portland in 1 925 re-
ceived the executive signature Wednesday.
The stage is set for the greatest of world's exposi-
tions, one that will completely eclipse the Lewis & Clark
fair of 1905 and will over-shadow the great San Fran-
cisco pageant held 1 0 yearslateri
Sixteen years ago Portland was the scene of a world's
exposition that brought a long era of unusual prosperity
I to Oregon. Thousands of people came here from all
sections of the country, they marvelled over the wonders
of this state and veritable hosts of them remained to call
Oregon their home. Many invested substantial sums of
j money that helped'to build a greater commonwealth,
and all classes of people prospered as a result.
Now comes an immeasurably greater opportunity. In
I 1905 the motor car was an unusual spectacle. In 1 925
j we shall have 200,000 of them in Oregon and a corre
1 sponding increase in other sections of the nation. In
1 905 Oregon was without beautiful hard-surfaced roads.
In 1925 there will be unbroken pavement from Wash
1 ington to California down the valleys, from the Idaho
1 line to the sea, and probably from the mouth of the Col
umbia along the shore of the Pacific to the southern
boundary of Oregon and perhaps to Mexicd. The Paci-
fic Highway will wind as a ribbon from British Colum-
bia to San Diego, and the motorist's paradise along the
mighty Columbia will call the people df the world to
Oregon.
Qur 1 925 exposition will mean a Greater Oregon,
I a golden chance to display our matchless climate, an ex
I ceptional opportunity to show the wonders of a state
I where development is a crying need, and where every
I dollar invested will be followed by a shower of wealth. .
Loyal Oregonians will enthuse over this great ex
I position and be prepared to welcome the strangers who
1 will come to see and admire our wonderful state.
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PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL -FOR
INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION IN 1925
Nation Authorizes Big
Project Planned by
State of Oregon
Fair
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 0. Presi
dent Mardine at 10:30 this morning
signed the act or congress autnoriz-
ng him to extend Inv.-itatsons to ra
tions of the world to pailicipate in
the Portland, Oregon, Atlantic-Pacitic
Highway and Electrical exposition of
J925.
Th- entire Oregon delegation in
congress was present when the presi
dent affixed his signature: Senator
McNary, author of the resolution.
Senator Stanfield, Congressmen Me -
Arthur, Sinnott and Hcwley and some
invited guests, including W. D. B.
Dodson of the Porthind chamt;er of
Commerce, who has been active in the
efforts of Portland to get this legis
lation enacted into law.
When the president finished mak
ing this bit of history by adding his
signature to the bill making it a law,
he handed the pen he had used to Sen
ator McNary for presentation to the
officials of the exposition.-
CONTRACT FOR STREETS
AT
At the meeting of the West Linn
Council held in the City hall, August
3, 1921, bids were opened and tha
contract let for the macadamizing of
Buck and Barlow streets in Bolton.
The low bid was that of H. Berdine
of Oregofl City, at $1971.00. Construc
tion on these streets will begin at
once.
A resolution against the Bolton
Sewer Co., was laid on the table, to
gether with a communication from E. ,
u. tauiieia on me sudj.-i.. i
brought up later for further consider-
a tion
It was also decided to allow
$4,612.49 and issue bonds for a like
amount to cover the expense of pro
viding Unit C. of Moody Addition
with proper sewerage.
A resolution was also passed on the
necessity and expediency of laying a
sewer pipe on Seventh Ave., Willam
ett Addition and the immediate vi
cinity. The city engineer was asked
for a particular description of the
district and the description filed.
The engineer was also asked for
plans and specifications on the lay
ing of sewers in district 25, with an
estimate of the cost. He gave
$12,000.00 as a total cost or $1.15 per
running foot.
A resolution asking the contrac
tors on the new Oregon City-West j
Lmn Dnage to use local taDor as tar
as possible, was also passed.
Routine business of paying main
tenance bills amounting to $890.55
was also attended too.
A report on the concrete road to
Willamette was read, and the road re
ported to be in the seasoning process
now. It is hoped to have the road
opened by the 25th of the month.
The road was constructed at a cost
of approximately $25,000.00 of which
Ihe county paid $11,000.00 and the
city the balance.
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OREGON CITY
INVITED TO
CELEBRATE
NATION TO RECOGNIZE
EXPOSITION
OlElUnET or Dill Or r air
by President is Signal
for Ceremonial
Oregon City has bejn asked to join
the state in celebcating the official
recognition by the government of the
1 1925 Exposition.
' The signing of the exposition bUl
i by President Harding, will be the oc
, casion of statewide observance of the
support profeired by the nationa
1
congress in authorizing the- big pro
ject and extending to the directors
the light to invite foreign nations to
participate.
Significance Statewide
Because the significance of this
recognition Is a matter of statewide
importance, the cemmittee has ex
tended, through the press,- the invi
tation to this city to participate. A
special program has been prepared
in Portland to mark the starting
point . of the exposition in its off
cial international activity.
President Harding is expected to
Fign the bill either today or Thurs
day. When the bill was passed by
the senate and the house, the presi
dent stated that he would sign tne
measure as soon as it came, to his
desk.
Finances Being Outlined
The directors of the fair at present
are engaged in working out the de
tails for the financing f tflt exposi
tion. The entire cost of the pfoject
will run well beyond "eight figures.
Economic conditions, the finance com-
mittee feels, will have been adjusted
by the Ume that the exposltion is to
take place, and the provision of
funds for the big fair at this time will
be in the nature -of an investment
which will reap large returns at" the
end of the present quarter-century.
One cf the features of the exposi
tion will be the exploitation of the
undeveloped hydro-electric power ot
the west, and the falls at Oregon
City will be used to symbolize th
commercial possibility as well as the
latent potentialities in the develop
ment of this great white power.
Already, in its national advertising
scheme, the exposition story embrac
ed Willamette falls. Descriptions of
the west include it as representative
of the water power possibilities
In extending to Oregon City the in
vitation to celebrate with the rest of
the state the international recogni
tion of the exposition the committee
rtates that this district is a vitally
interested in the fortunes of the fair
as anyone in the state which in 1925
will invite the world to be its guess.
Traffic Violation
Cases Are Heard
C. W. Kelnedy, of Portland, who
was arrested by Constable Fortune
upon a warrant charging him with
failing to keep on the right hand side
of the highway was fined $5 and costs
in Judge Noble's court.
Justice Noble set the trial of San?
Fagure, charged with failing to re
port an accident, for August 23.
Ray Hansen, arrested at Penninsn
la was fined $5 and costs for speed-,
ing.
REDUCTION
OF TAXES
IS PLANNED
FAMILY EXEMPTION TO
EE INCREASED
Government Slates Changes
in Levies; Many New
Ideas are Talked
WASHINGTON, Aug-, 10. Even
more extensive changes in tax levies
than -were agreed upon at the White
House conference between President
Harding and republican leaders of the
house of representatives were vote!
tentatively today by the majority
members of the ways and means com
mittee.' As summarized in a formal
statement, the committee action in
cluded: Repeal of the excess profits tax ef
fective January 1, 1921.
An increase of the income tax on
corporations from 10 to 15 per cent,
with the $2000 exemption retained, ef
fective January 1, 1921,
Repeal of all taxes on the transpor
tation of freight and passengers and
one seats and berths, effective Janu
ary 1, 1922.
An increase in the exemptions to
the heads of .families on acocunt of
dependents to $400 for each depend
ent, instead of $200 as at present, ef
fective January 1, 1921.
Repeal of the so-calied luxury
taxes on clothing apparel, effective
January 1, 1922.
Exemption from income tax of the
first .-$500 of income from stock held
in building and loan associations.
Paper Half-Century
Old Found in Cabin
A newspaper has many uses, by no
means the least or most of which ia
giving news to the public
While in Canby this week, Arthur
Graham of the Canby State Bank re
called a' new one or an old one on the
Enterprise. Last summer as he was
fishing down the East Fork of the
Molalla River" he came to what is
known as the "Dungeon." In the
olden days a hunter had a cabin' built
,on a tiny 'meadow there that was so
built that he could lie on his bed and
shoot the Elk and other game that
would come to water, and feed. Mr.
Graham being tired went, into the
cabin and lay back oa the bed and
in so doing glimpsed an old paper
that showed up from behind a tear
in a paper of a later dato which cov
ered it. His curiosity aroused, he
tore off the outer coverings and dis
covered an old Oregon City Enter
prise, of the year 1869.
According to Mr. Graham many of
the' names were familar to him and
one article in particular told of the
pland for a new structure to be built
by Pope's Hardware Store on Main
street. Papers of later years hava
done their duty of covering and re
covering the walls to keep the winter
drafts out, and it is likely that many
more interesting ones are buried be
neath the layers. The old hunter,
who at least was unique as to his ca
bin shows, is buried just outside to
the fide of the door step.
Action Scheduled
On Federal Jobs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Senators
McNary and Stanfield hope to reach
an agreement and make a definite an-"
nouncement as to federal patronage iu
Oregon within the week.
It can be stated on absolute author
ity now that Clyde G. Huntley of Ore
gon City, will be made collector of in
ternal revenue. Major Clarence R-
Hotchkiss, United States marshal, and
Asa B. Thomson of Echo, brother-in-
law of Senator Stanfield, will be given
an important place with the farm
loan bank with headquarters at Spo
kane.
Unusual delay is being experienced
in the settlement of the posts of cal
Iector and appraiser of customs.
Mother of Local
Man Dies in East.
Word of the death of Mrs. J. M
Armstrong has been received by her
son J. E. Armstrong of this city. Mrs.
Armstrong died Tuesday night at her
home in Ritchey Missouri.
Mi's. Armstrong is survived by her
husband J. M. Armstrong-, three sons
E.. A. A., and Charles Armstrong.
The latter two were formerly of Ore
gon City, but have moved to the ease
She is survived also by a daughter,
Mrs. Curtis York.
THAT CLASSIFIED AD
That "It Pays to Advertise"
is again proven by the following
letter that was received yester-.
day by the editor.
Bellingham, Washington.
I wish you to know that the
coin purse which I lost in your
city .ind advertised for in your
paper arrived here ahead of ma.
I wish also at this time to ex
press my appreciation of the
Auto Camp Park which your
city has established. I spent
several pleasant days there and
regard it as one of the besc
parks I visited.
With the kindliest of feelings
toward . Oregon City and its
honest people, I am
Ethel S. Nichols.
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