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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 35.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 192K
FERRY ACROSS
WILLAMETTE
RIVER ASKED
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TAKE ACTION
TO
Committee Chosen; Change
In Bridge Plans to
Be Requested
Ralph c- Parker, Dr. L. A- Morris
and M. D. LatoureUe will represent
the Commercial club in an efofrt to
brine about the establishment and
maintenance of a ferry across the
Willamette river connecting- Oregon
City and West Linn. The highway
commission has agreed to order the
completion of the paving operations
on the Pacific highway between West
Linn and the Multnomah county line
as soon as a guarantee of a ferry is
made by the county court It is ex
pected that the bridge will be closed
about January 1, and that bridge traf
fic will be interrupted for at least a
year.
The Commercial club has appointed
Roswell L. Holman, Linn E. Jones
and William Andresen to endeavor
to secure an alteration in the plans
for the new bridge to provide open
arches under the Oregon City end
of the structure east of Water street
instead of the solid wall that is pi
vidod for in the plans.
A. K. Rusg, O. D. Eby and Clarence
Fair have been appointed, as a com
mittee from the club to arrang-
where possible, for the employment
of local residents on the construction
of the new bridge across the Willam
ette.
ANALYSIS OF
TRADE SHOWS
WAR EFFECT
Washington, Sept. 3. 'The official
analysis of our foreign trade for the
fiscal year ended June 30th, 1921,
shows clearly the effect of the world
wide trade depression that came as
an aftermath of the war," sajs the
statement which lias jut been is
sued by the Hon. Jonathan Bourne,
Jr. "Lower prices rather than dimin
ished quantities are to a great ex
tent responsible for the decrease in
exports from eight billion in 1320
to six and a half billion dollars in
1921.
For example, a compilation of ex
ported commodities reduced, so far
as possible, to a weight basis shows
weight increases f 34 rer cent for
the groups of raw materials and of
37 per cent for foodstuffs m 1921
compared with. 1920, with a decrease
of 4 per cent for such partly or wholly
manufactured articles as caii bJ
shown by weight. The final totals,
including; articles forming 69
cent of the value of domestic export3
in 1921, show a decrease in value of
19 per cent, but an increase in weight
of 23 per cent compared with the pre
ceding year. Department of Com
merce figures are- used
"Take cotton for example: Nearly
seven milion bales expored in 1920
brought a little under $1,400,000,000,
while 5.400.000 bales exported this
CIRCUIT JUDGE DENIES
DEFENDANT'S MOTION
IN $50,000 LIBEL SUIT
Ten Days Given for Answer
in Case Brought Against
Local Physicians
Motion of the defendant to strike
out portions of the complaint in the
$50,000 libel case of Dr. K. S. Mount
against seven local doctors, was
denied in an order from the circuit
court signed Thursday by Judge J. TJ.
Campbell. The defendants were giv
en ten days in which to file their an
swei- or to make a plea.
The suit for JoO.OOO damages was
filed here last February by Poctor
Mount against O. A. Welsh. M. C
Strickland, A. H. Huycke, C. H. Meiss-
ner, W. Ross Eaton, C. A. Stuart and
George A. Stuart, who signed a peti-
per I tion to the county court, asking that
Grading Contract
For Mt. Hood Loop
In Clackamas Let
SALEM, Sept.. 6. The contract for
the graveling of the Sandy-Cherry-ville
section of the Mount Hood Loop
in Clackamas county was awarded by
the state highway commission yester
day to E. A. Palmer. -
The contract price is $51,615, and
the section of tho road included is
6.7 miles in iength.
The commission further announced
that bids on another $1,000,000 issue
of the state highway bonds will bo
opened at the September meeting of
the commission.
the payment for an autopsy made by
Dr. Mount over the body of Alex De
Ford, be withheld, charging attempt
ed graft, professional inefficiency and
"profiteering reflecting upon the
medical profession."
In the course of legal action, fol
lowing the filing of the complaint
by Doctor Mount on the basis of the
charges , made in the petition, the de-
last year brought but $600,000,000, or fendants filed a motion, asking that
Brumfield Enters
'Not Guilty" Plea
7
Roseburg, Or., Sept. 6. Dr. Rica
ard M. Brumfield pleaded "not guil
ty" for the second time to the mur
der of Dennis Russell when his case
- was called here today before Judge
G. B. Bingham.
The dentist's plea was a technical
procedure, necessary to the transfer
ence of the case from Judge J W.
Hamilton, before whom it began, to
the jurisdiction of Judge Eingham
Immediately after it had been made
Brunifiefd's attorneys filed the appli
cation for a change of venue, about
which will center the first big legal
battle of the trial.
The change of judges was necessi
tated when the defense pleaded pre
judice on the part of Judge J. W.
Hamilton at the beginning of the
court proceedings last week. The plea
automatically required Judge Hamil
ton to quit the trial and ask the as
sienment of another judge to his
place.
Judge Bingham, who was named by
the chief justice, arrived in Roseburg
from Salem this morning. He con
vened court at 1 0 o'clock, and prompt
ly began thP removal of the technical
errors incidental to the change of
judges.
Grand Jury Meets;
Expect Long Session
With cases before them, the in
vestigation of which wil probably
consume the better part of the week
the Clackamas county circuit court
grand jury opened its session here
Tuesday.
There are only a few cases which
have been referred to the grand jury
by the lower courts this session, and
it is expected that these will be speed
ily disposed of. But from the large
number of witnesses who have been
called, a lengthy session is anticipat
ed. The members of the grand jury are
Bernard J. Berg, Wm. Feiltson, An
drew Graham, Robert Blanchard, John
Ellsworth, A. J. Morrison, Walter
Douglass and the baliff, J. C. Bradley.
First Applications
For Bonus Arrive
Salem, Sept. 2. A few scattering-
applications for bonus awards were
received at the office of the bonus
commission this morning, the fore
runners of a deluge that is expected
as soon as service men appreciate the
fact that applications are in order.
None of the applications will be
opened, however, until Tuesday, ac
cording to Captain Harry C. Brum
baueh, secretary of the bonus com
- mission, at which time all blanks
which have been received will ' b e
dumped into a box, from which they
will then be drawn for numerical po
sitions. Thereafter all blanks will ba
given consecutive numbers In . the
order of their receipt.
portions of the complaint referring
to the specific statements made in
the petition be stricken out.
The motion was argued by the law
yers several weeks ago, and Judge
Campbell, before whom the case was
heard, today denied the motion for
the alteration of the amended com
plaint.
to express it m percentages, there
was a decrease or per cent m
weight and of 57 per cent in value.
We exported 252,000,000 pounds of
dried fruits in 1920, valued at $42,-
000,000, compared with 112,000,000
pounds in 1921, worth $15,000,000,000,
Here again we have a decrease of
but 55 per cent, while the value fell
glassware, hides, tinplate, leather I Ultimatum tO Irisll
goods, meat and dairy products, naval
stores, lumber, and many other pro.
ducts show decreases in value out of
all proportion to the decreases i n
volume; while there are certain arti
cles which show an actual increase
in volume and a decrease in value,
comparing the two years. For ex
ample we exported 7S6,000,000 pounds
of oilcake and meal in 1920, worth
$28,000,000, and 846,000,000 pounds in
MILL TO CUT
PHODUCTION
20 PERCENT
Effective today, the Crown-Willamette
Paper company mill at West
SENDS OUT BLANKS
FOR APPLICATIONS
Big Administrative Force to
Handle Work Under New
Act, Appointed
Discussion Expected
LONDON, Sept. 5. Members of the
British cabinet will be called upon to
reach a decision on Wednesday either
to continue negotiations with Sinn
Fein Ireland on the basis of "the con-
Linn will curtail its production 20 pe
cent, go on a five-day a week basis
and close down two of its machines
This announcement was made Fri
day by A. J Lewthwaite, of the com
pany's office in Portland The rea
son for the change is that the mark
et is unsettled, and the demand for
piper has fallen off to such an ex
tent as to render the operation of the
mill on a maximum scale unprofit
able
The decision of the company will
throw approximately forty men out
of employment, and will cut down
the paper production abobut S50 tons
a week.
Notices of the change were posted
at the mill yesterday. According to
assistant .mill manager John Reams,
it will not affect the men working
at the pulp siding or on the construe
tion crews.
Under the new system, the Crown-
Willamette (will Jiave In operation
five of the nine machines. Two of
he machines were shut down some
) lime ago. and acording to Mr. Reams
ihe two closed down yesterday are
the two smallest that were still in
operation.
The Crown-Willamette has in its
sent of the governed," or issue an
. 1 employe more than. Sou men, a largo
1921, worth $19,000,000: and of cot-1 " , , : . . .number of whom will be affected by
tonseed oil we exported the preced- r . .
i ne reply of Jiamonn ae v aiera ana
ins- yezr 159,000,000 - pounds worth
$36,000,000, compared with 283,000,-
000 pounds worth $31,000,000 in 1921
"Thr Republicans forecasted a drop
in exports long before they took
place, and the Department of Com
merce finds that the drop did not be
gin to make itself felt appreciably un
til the last half of the fiscal year.
Aside from lower prices a number of
other causes contributed to slowing
up our export trade:
"We no longer had a practical mon
opoly on supplying many kinds of
merchandise demanded by foreign
countries.
The devasted regions of Europe
are again raising crops and are not
so dependent on us for food supply.
(This will doubtless; be offset con
siderably this coming year by the de
mands from Russia
! the shift to a five day basis.
It is understood tltat the new schv
Yiitn -n-ill romain -in AFrwj. na Inn 03
jhis associates to the latest note from " market conit:ons taroughout the
Prime Minister Lloyd George, made! the count do nQt justif furtner
Till M 1 nctrn Tracrorrigv H 1 1 n rl h.aaV 1
off negotiations with the British
government but it was admitted here
today that the situation had lost none
of its gravity.
There appeared to be no thougth
production.
t
LEASE IS RENBjWED
J. C. Penney & Co. have renewed
their lease on the building now oc-
of retreat expressed in the Sinn Fein cupied by the firm at 526 Main
street, until February 28, 1925. at a
rental of $250 per month. The property-is
owned by the Gambrinus
Brewing company.
reply to the prime minister, and . it
seemed the situation remained as it
was before the last exchange of let
ters between Dublin and London.
COMMISSION PREPARES NOW FOR
ROAD CONTRACTS NEXT SPRING
SALEM, Or., Sept, 1. (Special).
Fifty thousand blanks for making ap
plication for the Oregon State Loan
and Bonus which was voted to Ore
gon's ex-service men by the people
last June, are now being distributed
to every part of the State. These
blank forms, upon which the appli
cants must establish their eligibility
for the bonus, are beinar sent to Amer
ican Legion posts of which there are
104 in the State with the request
that the posts give them to all eligi
ble ex-service men
This action was taken by the state
bonus commission in order to save
considerable time in getting the bonus
and loan in the hands of the ex-service
men. The initial bond issue of
$5,000,000, already is being floated.
Bids are to be opened October 10th
and the commission expects to have
m.mey ready by November 1st.
By having the applications come in
early the commission hopes to have
a large number of checks ready for
distribution the moment the funds
are realized from the sale of bonds.
Steps have been taken by the com
mission to interest the bond buying
market of the entire United States.
The bonds are to be sold at par or
above and not to exceed six per cent
interest and the commission expects
to sell at an interest rate of about
five and one-half: per cent.
Th administrative force to handle
this big task of passing upon applica
tions has already been created in
ihe U. S. Kational Bank Eldg., at Sa
lem, headed by Harry C. Brumbaugh,
an overseas veteran. The necessary
funds for an energetic- administration
of the law have also been provided,
Commissioners say-that the Joan fea
ture, which appeals to a majority of
the ex-service men, necessarily will
be a slower process but that the com
mission will continue to follow its ,
past policy of avoiding any and 'all
avoidable delays.
Only an unexpected suit to lest the
constitutionality of the law will no
prevent payment of several thousan
claims in November. Such a suit ha
not been launched by the commission
ers because of their belief in the
constitutionality of the law and fa
ure of the bonds to sell alone might
make such a suit necessary.
rVvRE HISTORICAL
OKI" .jtnrium
public-:
1 Tlll.
SOCIETY
ESTABLISHED 1866
g Ut.liap.At
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!0lt0!l! Is
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HIGHWAY COMMISSION WILL COMPLETE ROAD IF
COUNTY COURT WILL GUARANTEE TO
KEEP TRAFFIC ON RIVER OPEN
DAIRY INDUSTRY IN
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Dairy and Food Commission
Tests Disclose High
Standards
Europe's pressing needs for raw! Bids to Be Let This Fall So That Material and Machinery
materials have been considerably as
suaged.
With exchange rates of foreign
currencies depreciated to a point
which made prices in dollars prohib
itive, with declining imports, the im
possibility of setting the balances al
ready due the United States in gold.
the difficulty of arranging' further
credit facilities, with cancellation of
orders, rejection of goods already
shipped, and collection drafts
honored, it was impossible for exports
to continue at the rate of $500,000,000
to $600,000,000 a month, to which they
had grown during the war. and for
which the Democratic Administration
had the sublime efrontery to claim
credit.
Yet, the trade for 1921 was not so
Can Be Put on Ground and Work Not Delayed.
Preparations for the spring drive
in road construction, has led the
state highway commission to prepare
to advertise for all bids this fall or in
the early winter, to enable contrac
tors to assemble material and ma
chinery on the job, in time to take
dlg J advantage of the first good weather
u v ecu-.
This program was . announced by
Chairman R. A. Booth of the com
mission at the meeting held August
30, at which bids were received for a
large amount of work over the state.
While expressing satisfaction with
the bids submitted, the commission
Seventh Street is
Opened to Traffic
irminnrfi Hvl v four rrr1 Tot'c fo.
unsatisfactory, all things considered. ferringr mcst of the bld3 lo Herbert
If exports declined 19.6 per cent, im- Nunn gtate nignway engineer. Mr.
ports also fell 30.2 per cent, thus giv- Nnnn's task ls to takp uu th-S(, hi(lg
ing some relief to our own industries. J with counties which are co-oper-That
we are getting back to normalcy atinr on the costs. In the matter of
in trade seems assured, and tho surfacing the Mount Hood loop from
passage of the protective tariff will tne Multnomah county line to Salmon
do much as a shock-absorber in fur- river. J. B. Yeon, commissioner, will
ther bringing this about." be the determining factor. Before a
contract will be awarded for grading
the first unit of the loop in Hood
River county a conference will be
held with the officials of this county.
Bonds Are Sold
How extensive the October lettines
Seventh street, from Molalla to I wjn oe ia deDendent on (he sta.t of
Monroe streets was opened to traffic j tn6 finances. The commission Thurs-
Saturday. . I day sold $1,500,000 bonds, bearine 5V.
The improvement, save for the per cent interest, to the syndicate
building of about a blocic of "aprons , making; the highest bid Tuesday. The
is completed. The street which, od offer was for 82.500.000 hut th wm-
June 13 the council ordered improved, I mission was not satisfied with the
was completed "nearly a month ago. j tenders and decided to dispose of
but the cement had to be left to get j oniy $1,500,000 and will offer the re-
its set. 1 mainine $1,000,000 this month.
The cost of the thorofare will he J A special meeting will be held
in the neighborhood of $7,000. Tha September 20 to consider bids for
contract price was $4564 for the lay- $1,000,000 of highway securities, but
ing Of the pavement, but the fact the next regular meeting will not
that the cement was furnished by the I be held until October. By the latter
city will add materially to the cost time the commission will have re
The pavement, is, 18 feet in width ecived a report disclosing the state
and covers 32G0 square yards of sur- of the finances and this report will
face.
WILL IS PROBATED
The will of the late Ella Skeen of
Molalla was admitted to probate Sat
urday, and names her son Cassie J.
Skeen, as the sole heir
W. L. Mulvey is named administra
tor of the estate, which is rained at
$10,500.
govern the amount of work to be
advertised at the Ocber session.
Highway to be Considered
Plans for completing the Pacific
highway and the West Side highway
i will be considered at the October
meeting of the state highway com
mlsison. and at the same time about
300 miles of road work In eastern
I Oregon will be dealt with. This is
m accordance with the policy envn
icated by the commission Thursday
to put all of next year's jobs under
contract this year. In line with this
plan, the secretary of the commission
has been directed to buy asphalt, to
be used for hard-surface pavements
and the commission has reasons for
believing that the price of cement
is due for a drop.
There is comparatively little to be
done to finish paving the West Side
and Pacific highways, but there
still a vast mileage of grading and
sur'acmg to be performed in eastern
Oregon, but more mileage of grad
ing and graveling can beobtained
for the same money than of paving.
Lake Road to Be Improved
It is the unanimous opinon of the
commission that the Crater lake road
should be Improved with all dispatch
The Jackson county court asked that
some of its bond money be applied
to hard-surfacing a section out from
Medford. The commissioners how
ever, pointed out that they believe it
is better to build the road on suit
able grade as far as Prospect, at the
park boundary, rather than have a
few miles of pavement and a lot of
bad road thereafter.
The highway commission- wants to
take another v big bite out of the
road beyond Trail. All three of the
commissioners predicted that some
day the lake road will be resurfaced,
but at present the main thing Is to
make a good road rather than a fin
ished one.
Parking Space Undecided
Within the next ten days the com-
misison promises to decide on the
Scoggin valley highway improvement
district, ' which is proposed. Commis
sioners Booth and Barrett have view
ed the ground and -Mr. Yeon will
make the trip' soon. As this is the
first project under the new law, the
commlsisoners are moving cautiously
in the way of establishing precedents.
Nothing of a - concrete nature de
veloped from the discussion of pro
viding parking space along the state
highways. Ai committee appeared,
but offered no definite plan. The
commission,, on its own Initiative, has
been working on this scheme for sone
tim9 but is open to suggestion-
is
Cultivated Area in
County Falls Of
County Assessor William B. Cook
has completed a tabulation of th
cultivated area of Clackamas coun
ty, the figures showing a slight do-
crease over 1920.
The acreage in winter wheat
10.988! serine wheat. ?294: oats
21.636: barley. 261: rye. 136: corn
2122; clover, 6582; alfalfa, 26; wilf
or marsh hay, 34; other hay crops,
8897; potatoes, 4752; other root crops,
321; field peas. 19; field beans, 14
hops. 318; applea, 1121; cherries, 81
peaches, 49; pears, 30; prunes, 809
walnuts. 107: loganberries. 205:
strawberries, 372; teasels. 20.
It is believed that Clackamas conn
tv in the only one on the Pacific
coast showing teasels grown as
commercial crop.
Mt. Hood to Adorn
2-cent 1925 Stamps
A picture of Mount Hood has been
selected to adorn 2-cent postage
stamps and "on of Crater Lake will
be placed on an issue of 1-cent stamps
in T-Acnenltlon of the 192S worms
fair, according to a telegram received
Friday from Senator Charles L. Mc-
v.n, at- Waahlnrton. views OI tno
mountain and the lake were present
master General Hays, the telegram
stated, and designs for appropriate
stamps will be worked out by artists
:n the bureau of engraving.
nrafor- TuVfl and Mt. Hood were se
lected as proper representatives of
Oregon scenery, adapted to reproduc
tion on postage stamps, after a care
ful study of the problem Dy a
special committee, according to Jul
ius L. Meier. A number of photo
whi vtawa of both the mountain
and the lake were submitted to the
postal department
Salem Man Is Beat j
To Death by Wife
SALEM. Or., Sept. 5. Angered at
oorv answer which he had given
r.' Mm. Alma Wurtzbarger, 39, beat
her' husband, Andrew Wurtzbarger, to
death with a hammer as he lay asieep
in the couple's home at Chemawa,
early Sunday.
The woman is in jail. A charge of
nlnvir win nrobably follow. Mean
while local officials are investigating
the woman's alleged relations, with a
Portland man, to discover, if possible,
whether the age old "love triangle"
prompted the killing.
The comparatively good condition
of the dairy herds and creamery
plants in Clackamas county is reflect
ed by .the fact that the quarterly re
port of the Oregon Dairy and Food
commissioner shows no prosecutions
for violations in Clackamas county.
Tests were made throughout the
county of products offered for sale,
and the results are contained in the
laboratory report appended to the
bulletin of the commission.
Only one test of buterwas made in
the county and the product was found
to be legal.
Twenty-five concerns were included
in Oregon City and vicinity in the
tests made for cream. In every case
the commodity offered for sale had
the required amount of butter fat or
a greater proportion.
Three tests of milk were made of
which only one was found to be be
low the required amount of butterfat.
"It is ji matter for congratulation,"
says the preface of the commission's
report, "that public sentiment is com
ing more and more to appreciate the
importance of and necessity for our
sanitary laws and is expressing that
appreciation by cooperating with this
department in the enforcement of our
food laws."
CITY HALL IS
TO BE LEASED
FOR 10 YEARS
Definite proceedings to lease the
old city hall building on Main str-jet
for a period of ten years, were star
ed last night at a special meeting
of the city council, at which the re
port of the finance committee, recom
mending terms for the lease was ac
cepted.
An ordinance, authorizing the lease,
was passed on first reading and or
dered published, to come up for final
passage the evening of September Xi
Under the conditions decided upon,
the city will lease to Ruconich and
Roppell the city hall building' and
the property as far east as the jail
The rental is to be $150 a months for
a period of five years, and the rental
after this time shall be decided by
the contracting parties, with the pro
vision for arbitration if the price can
not be mutually agreed upon.
Council Chamber Reserved
The city reserves the use of the
council chambers for a period of one
year, or unt'J such time as the new
city hall building shall have been
built and a council chamber therein
ready for occupancy. The city is
to carry $2,000 fire insurance upon
the building, and In case of fire if
the structure is not damaged to more
than the extent of the policy, will re
build. In the event of a fire waicn
is larger than the extent of the in
surance, the lease is automatically
terminated under the agreement.
In order to release the present
lease unon the hall building from
Busch and Sons, the city has agreed
to give them a ten year lease upon
a ten foot strip in back of the city
jail.. This is to be used as an alley
way, and is to M paved by Busch
and Sons with concrete. The strip
lies along the easterly boundary of
the city's lot, and will necessitate
the cutting off of the east wall of the
jail some six feet. This is to be
done by the city.
Ordinance Is Prepared
An ordinance for the final authoriz
ation of this lease will also come up
on the 12th of this month. The ten
foot strip runs from, the property
owned by Busch and Sons, adjoining
the city hall property, to the- alley
in block 24.
The committee's report, prepared
Thursday night at a meeting of the
council as a committee of the whole,
was unanimously adopted. Council
men Mount, Cross and Bridges were
absent. Councilman Krassig drew at
tention to the fact that the lease
made no stipulation to the effect that
the front of the building was to be
remodeled, but he was Informed that
tho decision had beeny reached that
this would impose too heavy a burden
upon the1 lessees and it -was -decided
merely to require that the building
be kept painted.
The paving of the Bolton gap on
tingent upon the county court's guar
the Pacific highway is now con
anteeing to keep traffic open during
the time that the Willamette river
bridge is under construction.
An order to this effect was made
yesterday by the State Highway com
mission, which instructed its engi
neers to prepare plans for the pav
ing of the 3000 feet between the end
of the present contract and the
bridge. The improvement is to be
made if the county will guemntee the
operation of a ferry while the old
bridge is being torn down ard the
new structure erected.
Railroad Considered
The order to prepare for the pav
ing is the result of the agitation;
which has been in progress for the
past, several months. When the
contract for the highway was let,
the route was not carried through as
ihe road crossed the Southern Paci
fic tracks, and it was not known
whether or not the railroad would
improve its contemplated main line
on the right of way there. ThiaS
head crossing. For this reason the
plans for the road did not include
the remaining half mile to the west
end of the bridge.
A committee from the Live Wires
of -the local commercial club took
the matter under advisement, and
was 5ntsrumental in getting the high
way commission to agree to continue
the road in return for the relinquish
ment of a $5,000 claim held by Ore
gon City, West l.inn. and Clackamas
county against the commission, for
work performed on a stretch of road
further up the highway. The original
lien was held by the coutny, and.
turned over to the two cities during
the negotiations to finance the. new
Willamette river bridge.
No Limit Is Set
Alrho the highway commission
agreed to pave the .remaining portion
of the road, no time limit was set
as to when' the work was to have
been complete, and it was understood
for a time that no action was con
templated this year, due to possib Hi
ties that the Southern Pacific would
improve. Because of the uncertainty
of the railroad plans, tho definite
routft for thp, pan in th mad was s-
I tablished although several lines were
Early this week, the Southern Pa
cific announced that no improvements
in the road was contemplated, whlcii
left the commission free to carry on
the work. Although the railroad may
lay in its main tracks on the right
of way at some future date, tho pres
ent financial and labor conditions
make it impractical in the near fu-
ture, their officials- say
The mater was then taken up
with the commission, again, and thru
the efforts of Lv L Porter, recorder
at West Linn, an agreement was made
whereby they would make the Im
provement if means could be guaran
teed to keep traffic open across the
river during the coming year.
Bids, according to the commission's "
order, are to be advertised for im
mediately. It is understood that an
effort is to be made to have the work
contracted , for before the construc
tion on the highway, which Is near
Ing completion, between Bolton and
Portland, is finished.
Altho the engineer's office has not
yet established the line which the
road is to follow, it is believed, from
statements made upon the floor at the
commission meeting, that it will be
laid approximately over the survey
of the existing road, with a surface
crossing with the present S. P. track. '
The laying of the pavefnent on the
Bolton gap, will give a completely
paved loop to Portland, as the River'
road is paved all of the. way.
rardner Escapes
McNeil's Prison
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 5. Roy
Gardner, California mail robber, es
caped from McNeil's Island federal
prison this afternoon. Everett Impyn,
Camp Lewis soldier, recently sent
up for life for a statutory offense,
waa shot and killed during the at
tempted jail-break in which he and
Gardner and Lawardus Bogart, also
doing life for the same offense as
Impyn, participated.
Bogart was shot and recaptured
and is in the prison hospital, pos
sibly fatally wounded. It Is believed
that Gardner also was wounded, al
though this is, not certain.
Warden Maloney and his deputies
were confident Gardner had not
escaped from the island unless he
had confederates who were waiting.
The jail break came during the
progress of a ball game this after
noon, when more than 250 prisoners
were standing around me pru"
yard watching the game. Gardner
was playing on the team. The three
prisoners are said to have made a
rush for the fence, Invpyn was snot
and killed almost - instantly oy tne
guards. Gardner got -'over the fence.