Peg 4 OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921, OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE Published Every Friday. E. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publisher. Entered at Oregon City, Oregon, Post office as 8eeend-las matter. imuwiiffinBmiiiwumwijitiinMinMW Toot! Toot! Subscription Rate: One year Six Months 11.60 .75 Trial SubeeripUon, Two Months .28 Subscribers will find the date of ex piration stamped on their papers fol lowing their name. If last payment Is not credited, kindly notify us, and the matter will reoeive our attention Advertising Rates on application. 64 9? BROKERAGE FEE THOUGHT UNJUSTIFIED It fs apparent that the finance committee of the city council acted hastily and without being . fully ad vised as to the disposition of the lo cal banking institutions inj making a deal under which it agreed to pay to M. D. Latourette $300 as a com mission for floating municipal bonds to the value of $30,000. The bank of Oregon City and the Bank of-Commerce were willing to take 20,000 cf the issue, leaving $10,000 to "Mr. La tourette's bank, but this fact was not known to the committee, which evi dently figured that the city was get ting off easy because a Portland bonding concern had asked $900 foi a -selling) brokerage. It is related that Mr. Latourette was perfectly willing to leave the amount to be paid him to the judgment of the com mittee, but there is no evidence to show that in order to earn his com mission that. Latourette induced the ether banks to take their quota of the bonds. Banks and City In fact John R Humphry's, cashier of the Bank of Commerce, was first approached by Dr. H. S. Mount, vicV president of the bank and a member of the council upon the theory that the local banks might help the city out of a hole by financing the issue. Mr. Humphrys' consented to such an arrangement, with the understanding that the other banks would bear their share of the burden, and he was amazed to learn that Latourette was to receive $300 for performing no service, other than that rendered by the Banjj of Commerce and the Bank of Oregon City, for which they re ceived no compensation whatever. The order to pay the commission of $300 and also a fee of $."0 to At torney O. D. Eby went through the council at. its . July meeting, but the Latourette warrant was held up and no delivery of it made when Dr. Mount protested " to City Recorder Kelly that the city had no right to pay a sum in excess of $100 without, an. ordinance. Mr. Bridge's explana tion of the action of the committee at the last meeting of the council was certainly based upon the belief that unless help was sought and paid to that the bonds could not be sold. Split Suggested Meanwhile the deal has been made and the finance committee recognizes a moral obligation to pay $300 to Mr. Latourette, who has made no sug gestion that he split bis commission three ways with the banks that came to the rescue of the city and who per formed the same service that he did. ine ordinance autnorizing tiie pay ment passe its nrst reading last Wednesday night and will come up for final passage at a special meeting on August 19th. Four councilmen, VanAuken, Bridges, Metzner and Cross, voted for the ordinance on its first reading, with Petzold, Albright end Krassig absent. It is presumed that Mr. Albright, who was a party to the committee arrangement, will vote lor the measure on its final passage, while Dr. Mount is against it, with Krassig and Petzold as uncertainties. The suggestion has been advanced that Mr. Latourette might refund the gift.lo the city to be used in defray ing the expenses of another city elec tion, in the event that such an elec tion shall be called to validate the bonds One of the local banks has been advised that the bonds are ille gal and if this is true, they will have to remain in the vaults of the Ore- J gon City banks until they mature, as j they would have no negotiable value and bonding houses would not touch them. Should (the validity of the nccunues De m question they ar useless for o-vlmarv The mayor of Oregon City has not yet taken to heart the example set by the mayor of Waukegan, Illi- I nois, who by some hook or crook stopped the whistling 1 nuisance. So the Espee continues to make night hideous and day uncomfortable by shrieking through the city at all hours, making telephone conversation wholly impos- sible for those who live within a block of the track. For the benefit of those who know not what real 1 whistling is like, we present a whistling schedule that we understand is endorsed by the interstate commerce com- mission. It's a work of art, and it may well be suggested that the waste of steam would pay the wages of a flag- 1 man at Oregon City. Stop, look and listen to this : 1 short whistle stop apply brakes. 1 " 2 somewhat longer whistles release brakes. I 1 long and 3 short whistles flagman go back and protect .rear of train. . 3 short and 1 long whistle flagman go ahead when headright expires or trains are stopped at automat- ic block signals on single track. 4 long, whistles flagman returns from the west. 5 long whistles flagman returns from the east. 1 3 long whistles when running means train has part- ed and should be repeated until answered. 2 short whistles is an answer to any signal not oth- I erwise provided for. 3 short whistles when train is standing back. I 4 short whistles is a call for signals. 1 1 long and two short whistles is to call attention of 1 yard engines, extra trains, etc., etc., to signals displayed !- for a following section. i 2 long and two short whistles, approaching stations 1 mail crane locations, etc. - . , I 2 short whistles close together, repeated three times 1 means air brakes are sticking. 2 short whistles and 1 long, transfer of air. i ' ' There are a few other whistle signals, all of them having a meaning, but this is not the Congressional Rec ord, simply a newspaper. ! iimnimiiiiinimiiiiiirainmiiiimmuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi iiniMmiiniiiiiimiiimmiimmmnimiiffliiiwmmimraraiiHW CLACKAMAS COUNTY MAKES BIG STRIDES IN RURAL, CLUB WORK transactions of the hands they are. "When the boys' and girls'' clubs ot Clackamas county exhibit at the Stace fair this year, they will enter nothing but pure bred animals. This, according to Mrs L. Purcell, is the first year that his lifts been the case. Mrs. Purcell is the county club leader and has charge of the activi ties of over four hundred boys and ' i girls who are engaged in carrying out the prescribed work in thirteen ditter ent projects. In one case, however, -grade animals will be exhibited, but this is in a class where the hogs are raised " for pork, and where pure-breds are not takec into the classification. The club work in the county has been very successful, says Mis. Pur cell, not only from the actual results accomplished, which have been credit able, but from the interest manifest ed by the older people as well as by the boys and girls. Work is National Club work is based upon national rather than local activity, and is . in charge of a central office, with head quarters in Washington, I. C. The country is sub-divided, the work being handled by county club leaders. In this state, the- Oregon Agricultural college does most of the advisory work. The club plan has a two-fold ob ject in view; the training of - the younger generation in the actual handling of stock and farm produce, and the teaching them of the value UOUlg JiU' . u . v . ..-..-, seed, and modern methods. "It takes as much brains to be a farmer as to be a business man or a professional man" saia jvirs. rur cell. "The successful farmer must lealize this and put his work upon a business basis." Three Divisions Made Club work is divided into three main .divisions; livestock, farm pro duce, and home economics. This latter classification is for the girls, commercial I altno tne.y art" not. V6"1 tro tal banks in whose Military Funeral Held for Veteran MOLALLA, Or., Aug. 8. The fu neral services for Elmer Damours, whose body was returned from, France, were held Sunday afternoon The sen-Ices were under the auspices of the Molalla post of the American Legion. The Woodburn firing souad assisted. Bugler Franklin plaved taps. Rev. A. T. Shoemake conducted the religious part of the ' ceremony, jGordon J. Taylor delivered an ad drress. Demours was a Molalla high school boy and enlisted early in the war. He was on the Lorraine front for 110 days. He fought on the Champaignc front and at the Marne and was killed in the St. Meheil drive. He was a member of the 117th engineers, 42d division. "OREGON" MAY BE GIVEN TO STATE WASHINGTON, August 5. The navy department is unwill ing to direct use of the old bat tleship Oregon as a training ship for reservists but will turn the historic .vessel over to the state ' of Oregon for preservation if congress will pass' the neces sary legislation for that . pur pose. This 5s the substance of a let ter received by Representative Sinnot from Theodore Roose velt, acting secretary of the navy. - ing part in the activities of clubs en gaged in working out any of the pro jects under the two former classifica tions. The projects embraced in the work are corn, potatoes, vegetable gardening, poultry, pork, calves, sheep canning, sewing, cookery," home mak- inlg, rabbits,, milk-goatsi, dairy herd record keeping and rural home beau tification. Clackamas county has ac tive clubs in all of these brancnea with the exception of the latter two. A number of the projects have sub divisions. In the calf classification, three sub-projects relate tc dairy and two to beef. Clubs are established with a min imum of five members. They are headed by a local club leader, who Is some older person interested in the project which the club undertakes. The club members meet together at least six times a year, and keep de tailed accounts of what they are ac complishing. The judging time comes at the county fair, when the clubs are rated upon their exhibit and their report. ' Stocx Purchased In a number of cases throughout the county, the club members have purchased their own pure-bred live stock borrowing the money from the bank, and paying for the animals out of what they have made. One lad bought four guernsey calves at $400 a head. He will pay for them in throe years time. The club members keep detailed ac count of the progress of their crops or stock. They compute their earn ings after figuring in even their own labor at a given rate per hour. The' are taught the value of modern meth ods of accounting so that they know exactly what their business is cost ing and producing, as well as how much more they receive from pure bred stock and good seed. Last year the clubs of the state produced products valued at $111. 584. t6, with a net profit of $55,942.90. These figures shew that the club work assumes the proportions of a good sized industry, altho it is scat tered over all of Oregon. In the United States there are over two million boys and girls engaged in club work, and it is estimated that more than seventy-five percent of those who start in with the work con tinue. May Take Work In Clackamas county, nine percent of the students of school age are en-j gaged in club work. This is in reali ty a larger percentage than would ap-j pear on the surface, as club work is j primarily intended for rural districts, and- a (good portion of the children of pchoo: age live in the cities. The work, however is open to the children in the cities, especially the home economics work which has cooking, canning, and home beautification. The Clackamas county canning team last year won the Oregon cham pionship at the state fair This year the local team will go to Spokane. where they will compete for the north west championship. The team is scheduled to leave Portland Septem ber Tth. Members of the clubs exhibit their produce at all of the farm shows of the state and northwest. Prepar ations are on hand now for the coun ty fair which is to be held in Canby next month. Following this the club members will take part in the state fair, as they will in,the Pacific Live stock show and Western Winter Poul try show, to be held in the state of Washington. At the fairs last year, the 313 clubs in the state won prizes io the total value of more than $19,000 Friends-Distant and Close . Distant friends do not know us well enough to becrabbed toward us, nor to take things for granted. They dare not tell us our faults, unbottle . to-:s their- troubles, . borrow our; uihbella, nor offer unasked advice. They walh "on thin icfc" "and, for this reason, show a certain courtesv and reserve. They must say "Please" and Thank you" and "By your leave.'' and be generally appreciative :ind af fable. Thanks be for di-t..nt friends! And yet they do not really "care a hang"' for us after all T;iey cpn laughingly say behind our back-3, "She's 'queer as DicR's hat band (how ever Queer thit mar have heen.i ; what a pity someone doesnt" tell her about it!" But not they for the courageous Ect. What is it to them? They can tolerate, or u&, or give us a wide berth at their pleasue. They would not go out of their way to do us a favor, remember us In ad versity, nor stick up for us among ih--se who are critical. They do not come to see us when we are ill, loan us money when we are. in need, cheer us when we art down, h:ve faith in us when we are ambitious, nor stand by as through thick and thin sometimes pretty thin. Verily the close friends who knows us and lovc-s us in spite of it is not to be despised is the greatest hap piness thnt can ccme to us this side cf heaven. Thanks be for close friends. i Smith generously avers, "It is an honor to the womanhood of the pro vince and not to me." OPEN DOORS IN BUSINESS WANTED NURSES Before the war we had only aboui six thousand nurses in service in America. Now there is a demand for fifty thousand additional. All the country is awake to our lamentable health conditions and determined to correct the neglect of health which was made apparent by the physical examination of soldiers. Public Healih Nurses are the means chosen to look after these health matters. There are immense opportunities open to .young women choosing U-i3 work, and a wide variety of specialties to choosen from. If you are interested apply to the very highest grade hospital you know 1 of, cr to the State Board for the Reg istration of Nurses. Either of these can direct you into the branch of the nursing service you desire. meal with sliced bananas. The oat neai can be cooked on Saturday and warmed in the double boiler, or can be put into the fireless cooker on Sat urday night. Eggs and ham are easily cooked if the family demands metre. A meat loaf may be made on Sat urday and for Sunday dinner warmed in the oven while the potatoes, which were cooked and sliced on Saturday, THE WOMAN CITIZEN The Highways and Unsightlir.ess A lady from Europe, visiting our country, lamented that such privat information as remedies for personal diseases was glaringly printtd in im mense letters along the shores nf the Hudson river, and that those who oaine to admire our beautiful scenery were forced to eonsioer bodily ills. As housewives, we would scorn to keep the mop and scrab-pail in the front hall; yet we complacently let all sorts of unsightly utilities make our streets ugly. We allow merchants to leave shabby awn ngs flapping in the breez.eto pro- ieel large and inartistic signs over our side-walks, to have wares clutter ed in front of their stores to attract attention. We permit the beauty of our open spaces to' be barred, by glar ing bill-boards. We grant telephone and electric companies the right to put up poles in our avenues, some- are being creamed. Fresh greens aid times injuring our finest shade trees Summer Drinks Iced cocoa is. a, delightful drink. Make it a little stronger than usual and cool it in the ice box. Add vanilla just before, serving, and put a dip of whipped cream on top. Egg Drinks To make Egg Lemonade, beat on egg, add fruit syrup too sweeten, the juice if one lemon and a cup and half of water. Milk-Shake, or Egg Nog, r? still more nutritious. Beat one egg. sweet en, add milk or whipped cream, flavor with nutmeg or vanilla or any desired flavor, beat with an egg beater and shake thoroughly. Acid Phosphate An acid phosphate is a nerve tonic as well as A pleasing drink The acid phosphate may be substituted fur lemon in any acid drinks. Root Beer In thp good old days folks used to gather their own Barasparillq, dande lion, yellow dock, hops and burdock and concoct their own root beer "trots the ground up, literally. Now we buy at the drug store the foundation for our root beer and add tc it the yeast, water and work, following the directions on the bottle. There is :t new fad among health seekers, which may have a solid basis of ncience, t-'j eating of yeast in some form daily to get the necessarj- vitamines. Root beer and Koumiss are vehicles for in troducing yeast into the system in 'i pleasant form: everything for the salad may be cleaned onSaturday and stowed away 'n the. ice box wrapped in a dp.mp cloth. If cans, of things are to be open ed this may be done on Saturday and the contentsi emptied in to a crock. Buns, made on Saturday, may be warmed for Sunday dinner by setting m the oven in a tightly covered pan. T.-.e desert may be prepared on Saturday. For summer, a tapioca pudding with fruit is appropriate. To the tapioca, cooked and cook, the fruit and whipped cream or egg white are added on Sunday. Nabiscos or cookies or cake are acceptable with the fruit tapioca. For Sunday night iuach, serve broth, made on Saturday, and wafers, eigg sandwiches, for which the eggs were hard boiled on Saturday, fruit, cake and candy. . With Sunday's menu written out and pinned up before us, we will find th.-.t the work it. requires can ba cb inked in with small extra effort while we are getting Saturday's meals. Double the amount of potatoes should be cooked, and the children dm f ted in to the service of running errands, cpening cans, and making candy. Chil dren love to get ready for events to come. Clearing up afterwards is a dif ferent story. in the process. We allow builders and diggers to Ieave piles of material for long time, in our roadways. We seem to fee! that what is everybody's business is not ours, and while we desire private beauty, we are content with public ugliness. But some cities are not like that. In many, Jie poles are giving way to underground cables in pips, the sign boards are disappearing, or are being made artistic, and all signs are pro hibited from extending out over the sidewalk. For those who really wish such in formation as signs give, there is sub stituted in some cities the artistic bulletin post with a directory arrang ed on four sides in such a manner that it can be easily found by those interested. SEVEN OREGON CITY STUDENTS TAKE WORK AT SUMMER SCHOOL University has 1 2 from This County; Enrollment For Term is Large Koumiss Ileal a quart of milk "hike warm add four teaspoons of sugar and dis solved yeast cake. Fill sterilized bot tles to within one and one-half inche3 of top. Cork and shake. Place invert ed bottles where they can remain at a temperature of 70 degrees !or lOhpurs Then put in ice-box and et stand 48 hours, shaking occassionally to pre vent cream from clogging i.iOuth of bottle. Auto Club Benefit Dance Clears $76 The T- C. K. Dance held at the Ore gon City Auto Park Friday night for the benefit of the Auto park grounds was a great success, financially and socially. The music was furnished by Greenwald's Orchestra -of Port land and was of the best variety of jazz and good dance music, apprecia tion of the same being demonstrate'! by the generous applause given each number. - Financially the club cleared $76.00, which will be given to the Auto Club directora. II the plan meets with the approval of the directors the mem bers of the T4 C. K. will give a dance each month at the Park, the money to be spent for a piano to be placed in the Park Hall. The party was full of life and fun and thoroughly enjoyed by both, the I sponsors and patrons. Oregon City Man's Brother is Dead Jack notified Trimble ot this city was Friday of the death of his brother Max Trimble at c'lflton, Ore gon, early Friday morning. Death was caused from heart trouble Mr. Trimble left at once and took charge of the body. After having- it embalm ed at Astoria he accompanied it to Cresent City, California, "where . the funeral will bo held, the Masons con ducting the services Mr Trimbleo wife died fourteen years ago and h'-s will be buried at her side in the fam ily lot . in the Cresent City Cemetery. The deceased is survived by one daughter, Miss Edna Trimble cf Grants Pass, Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. B. A. Williams and Mrs.Judg3 Crawford of Grants Pass: Mrs. Chas. D. Williams of Hillsboro. and two brothers, Chas. Trimble of Newberg! and Jack Trimble of Oregon City. Barley Water A soothing, astringent drink or one who has been suffering, from dysentery s barley water. Cook barley in a thin gruel. Strain off the liquid, add a pinch of salt, and cream; or add iemon and sugar. For anaemic children and invalids aaa egg, milk or whipped cream to such drinks as they will combine with supply a straw for sucking it through, and give it a fancy name, and the re suits are art to be satsifaccory. If they demand the fancy, colored brinks, such as the soda fountain furnishes, add a tint ot the harmless vegetable dyes which you use in tinting frosting. A sprinkle of nuts or a candied cher ry will complete the atractiveness. THE Brush and Comb Do you occasionally' have a guest who innocently asks, "Where do yon keep THE brush and comb " THE brush and comb, as though there were only one for the household and it common property, "common and un clean" as the Good Book most ap propriately links the two words together. Each individual should have his own brush "and comb as properly as his own tootn brush. One's hair is not washed daily, some people's only very rarely. It forms a harbor for germs and even when washed, cannot be kept T3 clear as the bare skin. Imagine, then, the unsanitary thing it is to u&e another's comb! No wonder so many men are bald. Few barbers are as careful . as tney should be about sterilizing combs. Dandruff and other scalp diseases are passed about by the barber s bnioh and comb. If one must visit the bar ber and be inocifiated with scalp germs from every TomM Dick and Harry he should at least hurry home and wash his head with a thorough disinfectant after each exposure. ThiJ is the only way our men can hope to escape becoming more and more baid. Brushes and combs should be steril ized frequently.- For this reason it is well to buy plain ones which soap and water will not injure. Ebony makes an enduring material for the body: The bristles should be well set It is a wise plan to have an extra. "company," brush and comb for the chance guest who inquires f.r "THE brush and comb." SMILES. "But me," says my kindly neighbor, "You may count ME as your friend. Though other folks may cut you, I'll stand by 'ill the end V'ou will find me ever faithful For I always have been true. I give you my word ot honor, . I always stick up for you!" Sign in a Baker's Window A quarter for an apple pie Like Mother used to bake; But fifty cents for one such as She tried but couldn't make. Lad Couldn't Swim; Goes Wading in the Clackamas; Drowns SS?.Sg$.gS --? S S 8 HAPPV THOUGHT Saturday's Work To have one in seven a "day if rest and gladness" and more or less dresi-ed-up-ness, It is necessary tt r . tl.n housewife to make and work plans In advance. This Is why Saturday tr rush day In the household. All the garments must be laid awny mended, the house put in ship-shape, 'he children's hair and shoes over hauled, and everybody gotten Into the bath and safely out on the other side. If we add anything more we will be too tired io eo' to rfiureh the nex morning and we wanted to suggest that Sunday's meals be prepared the day .before. But, by using our heads to save our heels, may we not provide the eats for two days with but little more effort than Is required for one? Saturday morning, the housewife should sit down a few minutes, pencil In hand. and make out Sunday's menus, choos ing" things which will be somewhat of a treat, and which may be prepared the day before. For breakfast ther might be oat- The twenty-five cent sack of sugar is growing bigger and better all the time. - ' WOMAN-I-TORIALS A memorial fund of $500,000 is be ing raised -by women as a Memorial to :Dr. Anne Howard Shaw, who spent al most fifty years of her life work'ng for womnn suffrage. With this fund a Voundntlon In Political Science is to b rtiibllHlifd at nryn M.iwr College un n Foundation In Preventive Medi cine At the Woman's Medical College of t'onnttylvania. Errol R. Sharp, 16 year-old son ct Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sharp, of Glad stone, was drowned in the Clackamas river at six o'clock Saturday after noon.. The body of the lad was recovered shortly after the mishap, but all ef forts of recussitatii.n were futile. . Young Sharp was unable to swim, and vas wading iR the river near the large eddy below the railroad bridge. Suddenly he sank, plunging head first into the water. The lads friends on the bank who saw his plight called for help, and Frank Murphy, who was employed on Billy Goat Island, con siderable distance away, jumped into the river and swam to where Errol disappeared. Securing a boat, search was made and Murphy recovered the body less than 15 minutes after the boy sank. Docto. McLean was called, and he worked over the lad for near ly two hours, without success. It is believed that death was due to heart failure rather than actual drowning. Clark is survived by three sisters and two brothers, all younger than himself. The family, which was liv ing in Gladstone park, recently moved here from Nebraska. Horace Greeley's advice, "Go West, young man" mlgnt apuy now De ap plied to the fair sex and there's a reason. While the Atlantic coast num bers more females-among its popula tion than males, the. reverse is true of tho west. Gary, Indiana, has 136 male to 100 females. In Wyoming, Montana, Nevada and Minnesota, nearly forty per cent of the population are unmar ried and. the bachelor men greatly out numbered the bachelor girls. Canada has a woman cabinet minis ter, Mrs. Ralph Smith of Vancouver, B. C. She has represented her pro vince In the legislature and so- success fully that she was returned at the la.st election by the biggest majority a can didate In that district ever had. Mrs Auto Hits Wheel; Lad Slightly Hurt Alvin Dietz, of Jennings Lodge was slightly hurt when he was struck ny an automobile at 1:30 o'clock Thurs day afternoon. The lad was riding his wheel along the highway when he f swung in front of a machine driven by N. Jones. Mr. Jones and his party were on their way west from Nevada. The accident was unavoidable. Mr Jone-i provided medical attention for the boy, and paid the expense of re pairs to. his wheel. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene. Aug. 3. (Special) Seven stu dents were registered from. Oregon City at -the summer term of the TJn ivrsity of Oregon which ended last week They were Carmen I. SchmiiJ li, Lillie Schmidli, Amos C. Stan brough, Maiid W. Cook. Lela Reed, Grace Snook and Cordelia Nievesick. There were five' others from Clacka mas county,- including- Naomi Bobbins R. W. Rose and Joseph C. Olson of Molalla; Leah Wagner of Wilsonville and Anna White Stillman of Oswego. Miss Carmen Schmidli and Miss Rob bins are both University of Oregon graduates. Twenty-six counties in Oregon, 12" states in the union and four foreign countries were represented by stu dents on the Eugene campus during the summer. term of the University of Oregon. A total of 342 students were enrolled in courses at the Eugene session and there were 514 more tak ing work in the extension center of the University in Portland. The en rollment on the campus was -57 per cent (greater this- year than t!at of the previous session. Many Courses Offered The 1921 summer term is declared by university authorities to have been the most successful ever held Courses were offered in 18 depart ments on tne Eugene campus and in 15 at Portland. The scope of the courses included are, botany and bac teriology, chemistry, economics, edu cation, English, geology, German, history, library methods, mathamatics music, physical education, physics, psychology, public speaking and dra matics, French, Spanish, and sociol ogy. A large number of the students en rolled in the summer term were teachers from all parts of the state and the school of education had one of the largest enrollments of any in the university. Superintendent S. O. Hartwell cf the Minneapolis schools gave courses in school administration and secondary education which prov ed particularly attractive to superin tendents and principals. Over fifty Oregon state educators were mem bers of the Schoolmasters' club which was organized early in the term. Sports Prove Popular The recreational program arranged by the school of physical education proved a most popular feature of the session. Besides the provisions made for regular sports a series of week end outings were planned. These outings included the Climbing . of Spencer's butte, Baldy mountain and a three-day trip up the McKenzie riv er to the heart of the Cascade moun tains. Among; the sipeakers at the daily assembles were President P. L. Camp bell of the university; Dr. Henry S. Curtis of Oberlin, Ohio; Dr. Joseph Schafer, former head of the universi ty history department and now direc tor of the Wisconsin Historical society Dr. Horace A. Eaton of Syracuse Uni versity, a member of the summer term faculty; Professor Harold Tut tle of Pacific University; Superinten ent S. O. Hartwell of the Minneapolis schools; and Dean Colin V. Dyment . V. ; : CONGRESS RAPS NEW TAXATION PROPOSALS WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Opposi tion to many -new forms of taxation proposed by Secretary of the Treas ury Mellon continued to grow today among house leaders. They planned to continue their fight to reduce the nation's tax bill by $500,000,000. In a statement published today Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the Republican leader declares' that in his judgment it is entirely practi cal tc reduce the total tax levy by $500,000,000 and still take care of the essential needs of the government. Representative Mondell also came cut" flatly against any increased post age and bank check tax. The Repub lican leader also has said that h doubted either the necessity or the advisability of the autorcobile levy He declared for repeal of the trans portation and soda varer taxes, the excess profits tax and the higher in come surtaxes, with additional reve nue provided throngh 5 per cent in crease in the corporation income tax. Decision in Hawley , Case Divorce Guide PORTLAND, Oregon, August 4. The precedent established in the de cision recently rendered by the su preme court in the Hawley . divorce case was fonrowed here today by Judge C- Court, of the circuit court who refused a decree in the case of Eldred R. Mooney versus Alice Orma Mooney. His decision was based on- the statement of Justice Brown in the Hawley case, that divorce should be granted where one party to the mar riage contract -was- at fault, and not where an equal wrong existed on. both sides. Government Will Investigate Wreck SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Aug. 9.. The United States government will investigate the circumstances sui rounding the wreck Saturday night off the California coast of the steame? Alaska, which foundered on Blunt's reef. Eighteen bodies had been recovered today. Agents for Frank H. Turner, Unitec States inspector of hulls and Joseph Dolan, inspector of boilers, today were summoning witnesses and ar announcement said the hearing would be held not later than tomorrow. Turner and Dolan will sit jointly at the hearing. EUREKA, Cal., Aug. 9. First an mission by an officer that the steam er Alaska was proceeding under full speed despite the heavy- fog, when she crashed on Blunt's reef Saturday night, was made last night by S, A. Carlson, third assistant engineer. Carlson said he was on duty when the ship struck.