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    OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1 92 1 .
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CANBY AND SOUTHERN CLACKAMAS
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AT CANBY ESTIMATED
MOREJAN $25,000
Storage Building Used by Bus
Company Burns ; Cars are
Said Total Loss
CANBY, Sept. 6. Rstimates place
the damage of the fire at the "Wail
barn Sunday night at $25,000. Tho
three large busses and seven bus
bodies owned by George Rose ani
M. J. Lee of Canby, which were de
stroyed were valued at $20,000. The
barn "owned by postmaster C. N. Wait
and other property damaged will total
$5,000. j
The heaviest damage is sustained !
by Mr. Rose, one of the members of
the Canby Bus company. He recently j
reduced the amount of the insurance
that he carried upon the cars. The :
fire consumed one machine, valued at
$5,000, which had been sold but not I
NEWS FOR CAN BY AND VICINITY.
'
& Any news for the Canpy edl- &
tion of the Oregon City Enter-
prise may be left at Hates Real
$ Estate office, which will be call-
ted for by Miss Nan Cochran
? Tuesday afternoon will be great-
s- ly appreciated.
S If you have any church notices,
property sales, parties, lodge
S news, locals and any other news
of interest to the public, these
will be gladly mentioned in the
S Oregon City Enterprise. We
3 have a large list in this section ?
of the county, and all are inter-
S- ested in news from Canby and
vicinity.
Rev. O. W. Plummer has accepted
the pastorship of the Evangelical
church of this city, to fill the vacancy
of Rev. Abel, who has been transfer
red to Los Angeles, calif- Rev. Plum
mer formerly resided here.
CANBY THIRTY-YEARS AGO
BOO
ZE CAR IS
VVRECK;THREE
ARE INDICTEI
s-
Taken from the
Oregon City Enter.
11. 1891.
CANBY TO CONTINUE;
AGREEMENT REACHED
delivered. -
The fire occurred on Sunday night
at 12:30 o'clock, and when-first seen
seemed to have started from the sec
ond floor, where was stored a large
quantity of hay. It is believed that
tramps may have been sleeping there
and carelessly thrown a match, ignit
ing the hay.
The general alarm was sent into
the telephone office by Mayor Maple,
his home being close by. For some
time there were several buildings
threatened, and in many places the
dry grass caught fire from flying
timbers, but these were - soon ex
tinguished. Although the gymnasium
was but a few feet away, the build
ing was saved, and largely through
the efforts of Robert McClure, a 17-year-old-boy,
who made an entrance
into the building, and climbing thru
the sky light, directed the firemen.
Mr. Wait had no insurance on the
building, which Is a complete loss.
It was built some time ago, and had
been used by the Canby Bus com
pany as a storage building, while the
second floor was: used in storing hay,
but owned by other parties than tb03e
owning the automobile busses.
It was the Intention of Mr. Roae
and Mr. Lee to put on a number of
these busses as stages between Ore
gon Ciiy and Salem during the state
fair and also between Oregon City
and other points to Canby during the.
Clacamas county fair.
One large bus was out of repair
and was not in the building, at the
time of the fire, as was also a large
grey buss that had been in operation
for a number of years, and of less
value than those destroyed.
Highway Commission to Bear
Biggest Part of Cost
Of Paving Road
Vinyard Hurt by
Canby Fire Truck
CANBY, Sept. 7. Roy Vinyard is
suffering from three broken ribe caus
ed by an accident Sunday night when
he was run over by the fire company's
truck while on its way ' to the fire,
which destroye-1 the big barn of C- N
Wait in which the busses were stored
Ke was given immediate attention,
iind although is suffering Irom the in
juries, he is getting along nicely, but
will be on .-the look-out for the fire
wajoc net time, since Canby has
such a speedy company.
Decision on the part of the high
way commission to pave the portion
of the Pacific highway through Can-
by has been reached, and the en
gineers instructed to go ahead with
the paving. The work is being con
tinued upon the tacit assumption that
the city of Canby will agree to the
proposition made by the commission.
Remonstrance Presented
At the commission's meeting A.u-
gust 30, canby presented a remon
strance against having to pay such a
large amount some $12,000 for tbe
pavement. The matter was taken up,
and the commission suggests that the
city change its boundaries so as not
to include the highway between the
Molalla bridge and E. street.
Under this arrangement, canby will
only be required to bear 25 per cent
of the cost, amounting to $3,000.
The city at present, has $1600 ui
cash, voted for expenditure upon the
highway, and arrangements will be
made to provide for the payment of
the remainder by the appropriation
of 2 mills of their road money, or
$600 each year.
Court's Advice Asked
The financial arrangements will be
contingent upon the agreement of the
county court and the matter of chai
ing the boundary to as to exclude the
6n right of way, will be taken up at
the next regular election there.
When the contract for the paving
of the highwiy was awarded, the por
tion through Canby was let with the
stipulation that it might be canceled
if no agreement with the city was
reached as to the payment for the
work. Canby protested against be
ing called on to carry the expense of
all the portion through the city upon
the grounds that the municipal bene
fit did not justify the expenditure as
the road ran along the edge of town
and because sufficient funds were not
available.
EGG SHOW SEPT. 16.
Cantalope and Musk
Melon Crops Large
CANBY, Sept. 7. J. W Fawver, the
melon man of Canby, is daily shipping
his musk melons aiid canta'opes to
Portland. On Tuesday eleven crates
were shipped for the markets in th.it
city.
A. well known resident of Canby.
who came to this city about 14 years
2go from a melon state, says that a
delicious sweet butter may be ma;l3
from the music melon or cantalopes by
cooking dovn the interior of the melon
as- plums or other fruit. Add cinna
mon, and various other spices.
Mrs. H. C. Klcinsmith. of Hoff,
secretary of the poultry division of
the Clackamas county fair, announces
that there will he a caponizing demon-
tration for pou'try fanciers at the fair
grounds September 16.
This demonstration is to bt held in
the Poultrv Building and all poultry
( raisers are urged to entr
A nominal fee of 2o cents will be
charged and all c-g:3 irust be enter
ed by 12 o'clock September 14.
Those desiring further information
regarding this demonstration may ca
Beaver creek 2S-15J or 13:)M.
Mrs L. Gilmore has returned from
Portland much improved in health.
Charles Knight and W. O. Mack
have beec. painting their houses,
which, adds to the appearance of the
placo.
Charles Schmidt has his new mill
in running order. He lost a mill a
short time ago by fire, and it speaks
well for his energy and ability as a
business man that in so short a time
he is ready to supply the demand for
lumber.
The new four-room school house Is
near completion If will a.Id materi
ally to the improvement of the town.
H. S. C. Phelps, one of the soliJ
Republicans of this precinct, is build-,
ing a new residence. His pleasing
Countenance was seen on the streets
this week.
S. Burcham and Miss Mary Knight
were married August 1!, at the resi
dence of William Knight. They left
immediately for Washington county,
where they expect to reside. .
J. A. Cook is out thrashing. The
yields of grain In the vicinity Is good.
DR. J. P. GRAHAM
SERIOUSLY HURT
IS
J. L. Smith, Driver, Held for
Bond of $3,000 on Two
Separate Counts
Hazelia News Items
HAZEL. IA, Sept. 6. Miss Mary Wil
son will begin her duties at the Dun
thope school Wednesday as teacher.
Hugh Baker purchased a new Ford
the r-ast week.-
A few of D. Christansen neighbors
pleasantly surprised him on his, birth
day, September 1, by dropping in for
supper.
Guy McVey, champion, tennis player
of Hazelia, played at Oswego Labor
day with Howard Pettiniger at the
Cement Plant tennis court opposite
the Cement Plant team. The Cement
Plant keeping the cup.
Miss Evangeline Christiansen i3
spending the week at the beach with
Wm. Robinson family of Rosemount.
Many Hazelia friends actanded the
funeral of Mrs. Austin of Oswego Sunday.
Prof. John L. Gary was a visitor at
Hazelia Monday tnaking call3 on all
his students and making definite ar
rangements for their transportation
which will be furnished them to West
Linn high.
J. L. Smith, indicted by the
grand jury on charges of receiv
ing, possessing and transporting
intoxicating liquor, and driving a
car without being able to com
petantly handle it, was arraigned
in the circuit court late-Wednesday
afternoon and entered a plea
of not guilty.
Smith said last -night that he
expected to be able to furnish
bond in the morning. He uen!es
the booze charge and says that
the sacks belonged to the missing
third member of the party and
that he did not know what they
contained.
At the hospital it was reported
that Dr. Graham had gained semi
consciousness but that his condi
tion was still extremely erious.
CHANGE OF VENUE IS
BY JUDGE BINGHAM
Trial WiU be Held October
5; Defense, Motion
Is Overruled
SCHOOL BOOKS ARRIVE
WATER FOUND AT 140 FEET
CANBY. Sept. 7. One of the busi- j
est places at the present time is the j
drug store of Hunt.Icy-DTnper Drug
company, where the new school books j
are arriving, and Mr. and Mrs. C. II.
Shelc.on are busily engaged in mark- j
ing the prices, which remain the sanva j
as last year. School will start on,
Moniay morning, and there will be
many from outside of the district tak
ing advantage of the high school. WUh
competent instructors in branches in
the high school course, the preseiu
indications point to a larger attend-,
ance than last year. Last year was j
banner year for the high school at- j
tendance.
CANBY, Sept. 7. J. B. Plant, cf
Oregon City, experienced well driller,
is in canby engaged in drilling a well
on the five acre tract of land of
George Grover.
M: Plant struck water after he had
drilled 110 feet, and there ieems
good flow of pure water. He has
drilled many other wells in this sec
tion of the county.
Mr. Grover purchased the land after
arriving in this city from Los Angeles,
Calif., and is farming on a small scale
The -property was formerly owned by
the Gibson family.
QUARANTINE STILL. ON
CANBY,- Sept. 7. The three chil
dren of Jacob Geiger, suffering from
scarlet fever, are still tn quarantine
and by careful precaution of the physi
cian and heaHh authorities, there has
been no spread of disease. The chil
dren are'rapidlv improving.
CANBY LOCALS
CANBY OREGON CITY
Stage Time Table
STAGE LEAVES 5 MINUTES BE
FORp SCHEDULED TIME
J WEEK-DAYS
Lv. Canby
7:25 a. m.
9:55 a. m.
,,12:55 p. m.
4:15 p. m.
EXTRA
2:55 p. m.
6:15 p. m.
Lv. Canby
7:5 a. m.
9 : R5 a. m.
12:55 p. 'm.
4:15 p. m.
8:15 p. m.
7:55 p. m.
TRIPS
Lv. Ore. City
8:00 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
2:00 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
3:35 p. m
7:00 p. m.
SUNDAY
Lv. Ore. City
8:30 a. m.
11:30 a. m
2:00 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
7:00 v -n.
10:45 p. m.
Fare 25c
CANBY, Sept. 7. Dr and Mrs. John
Fuller, recently renting the "Cottage
lintel in this city, and going to Scotts
Mills, where they have been making
their temporary home, have moved to
Oregon City, where they are occupy
ing apartments in the Busch building
on Eleventh and Main streets. Dr. Ful
ler is to take up his profession in that
city, ar.d will be associated with D.r.
Purdy, of Portland. The new office
will be equipped for mechano and
hydry therapy treatment and the use
'of the vada pact which has been found
successful for rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Condit, of Vancou
ver, Wash., accompanied by their fam
ily ,were in Canby the first of the
week visiting at the home of Mrs.
Conilit's mother, Mrs. Mary Cole.
Leon Jacobson.who was injured last
week when riding a speeder of the
Southern Pacific Company, is improv
ing .
ROSEBURG, Or.. Sept. 7. Dr. R. M.
Brumfield, accused of the murder ot
Dennis Russell, will be tried in Doug
las county, October 5.
Judge G. G. Bingham this morning
overruled the motion of counsel for
the accused dentist in asking for a
change 1 of vepue to Lane county on
the allegation that their client could
not obtain a fair trial in his home
county, due to prejudice.
I believe there are many men m
Douglas county who have not talked
with thel witnesses, who did not at
tend the coroner's inquest and who
have not read full details of t b ?
case," said Judge Bingham in making
announcement, of h;s decision
Impartial Jury Said Possible
"There ire many in this county who
'an and will serve as impartial jurors.
"I have often visited this county.
People hfre are much like those of
Mari'ti county, my own home They
are good and upright citizens who be
lieve in fairness and will give it to
others.
"We have few foreigners in Doug
las county. The vast majority of !
persons are of good old American
stock, and 1 now that the defendant
will receive as fair and impartial a
trial here as anywhere."
After Judge Bingham had finished
his decision. District Attorney George
Nomner announced that the state wa.3
ready to proceed.
Tril Will be Speeded
A. N. Orcutt, of Brumfield's coun
sel asked for sufficient time to pre
pare the defense, saying that one wit
ness must be brought from canad.i.
several from Ohio and one from Cali
fornia. It is assumed that the wit
ness from Canada is the city phyt:i-
cfan at Calgary who examined Brum
field in jail and pronoimced him of
unsound mind.
Orcutt said the defense was willing
to hurry as much as possible, an 1
suggested the first Monday in Octo
ber.
Ori-utt s:iid the defense vas will'ng
to hurry as much as possible, and
suggested the first Monday in October.
LUMBER .
See Moehnke ' Brothers for
prices on all kinds of Rough' and
Dressed Lumber, Dry Shiplap.
Deliveries made promptly if
taken in truck loads.
Phone Beaver Creek 1-55 or 14-35 f
. Address Moehnke Bros. 1
Hoff, Oregon, Rt. 1
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Seriously injured, and perhaps dy
Ing, Dr. J. P. Graham, 706 1-2 Thur
man street, Portland, is in the Ore
gon City hospital under indictment
from the grand jury, on a count of re
ceiving, possessing and transporting
liquor.
J. La. Smith, chauffeur and auto
salesman, with offices at 228 Henry
building, Portland, is being held at
the county jail In default of $3,000
bail on a similar charge, and also on
the charge of driving a car "without
being able to operate the same."
A warrant for the arrest of John
Doe for a similar liquor offense is Jo
the bands of the local police.
Graham was injured early Wednes
day morning when a Hudson machine
in Which he was riding struck -the
bank at the bottom of the New Era
hill, and turned over on its side, pin
ning Graham beneath. Smith was
driving the car, which was laden with
booze. The sheriff's office confiscat
ed six sacks of bottled whiskey, be
lieved to total 75 or 80 quarts, which
were found in the machine.
Skull is Fractured
Dr. Graham has a compound frac
ture of the skull, his right arm rs
nearly cut in two. and he Is suffering
from a number of other injuries. He
had not regained consciousness at a
late hour Wednesday, but talked in
meaningless grumbles, according t j
hospital attendants. His wife was
summoned to Oregon City and
speaks nervously of the doctor's con
dition. He visited at her home in
McMinnville during the week-end,
and she knows nothing o -his trip in
Smith's machine.
Dr. J. C- Wiley, or Portland was
called to the case Wednesday morn
ing. Dr. k. L. Holt of Portland, a
friend of Dr. Graham's came here dur
ing the afternoon. Dr. E. F. Tucker,
of Portland, was called Wednesday
and a consultation upon tbe Injured
mans condition was held.
When the car, which judged by its
wrecked appearance in a local gar
age must have been traveling
at a fairly high rate of speed, ran off
the road at the bottom of the New
Era hill, four miles south of here, one
wheel was torn off in the ditch arid
it skidded into the bank, turning ever
on its' side
According to H. J. Forsyth, of the
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Air-
plan? company, when the machine
passed him about a half mile abovo
where it was wrecked, it was going
between B0 and GO miles an hour.
Forsyth and several friends were re
turning to Portland from a huntinig
trip.
Machine is Wrecked
A few minutes later, Forsyth came
upon the wrecked machine. SmiHi
jumped out to the road when the ma
chine stopped and exclaimed Every
th'ng's all ri?ht. I jvt want seme
water." Forsyth and his companion';
examined the ca.-, and discovered a
man's foot dangling from "vnder the
running board. The raan wa3 hleod
ing and gasping for brnath. Help of
passing autoists was enlisted and Dr
Graham released from beneath the
machine, and rushed to the- nospial
here. Smith was held until Sheriff
Wilson arrived.
The third passenger of the machine
according to the story, jumped out
when the car hit and" c.lled Smith to
follow. According to Smith's state
ment he would not abandon the f'.oc
tor, whom he said was a friend of
his. Smith refused to state who the
third member of the party was. The
officials are at present investigating
and refuse to make any statemeni.s
as to thier beiiets on tne identity or
tho third man. It is believed that ho
niioned to Oregon City for a car in
which he drove to Portland, after hid
ing in the brush during the t'me that
Smith was held anrl arrested.
3m"th was taken before tbe grand
jury hpre. and upon his testimony,
all. three men who were in the booze
car were indicted, ar-.d their bond
fixed at 53,000. In a statement to
Sheriff Wilson Wednesday morning
Smith said:
Blinding Lights Said Cause
"T don't care to fiay where we wer&
coming from or who was in the .cir
We were going to Portland. On the
New Era hill a southbound car, with
glaring headlights, blinded me, ani
in trying to avoid it, I turned in too
close to the side of the road. A pro
jecting rockledge struck the car and
we were thrown over to th outside
of the road.
A. Safety Valve Day
After reading the speeches of William Jennings
Bryan and Samuel Gompers delivered last Monday at
Chicago and Baltimore, respectively, we incline to the
belief that Labor Day is utilized as a safety valve for ora
tors. All over this great country men swell up until the
first Monday in September and then blow off steam.
Each speaker, in his own way, analyzes conditions as he
sees them, and it is amusing to note the contradictory
conclusions.
Bryan has probably made more speeches than any
other man in the United States. He is a gentleman of
initiative ideas, seme of them absolutely unsound, and
he has been repudiated on several occassions by the
people of this country. Whatever he says, therefore, no
matter how reasonable it may appear, must be carefully
scrutinized, and not accepted as truth. It should be re
membered that Mr. Bryan was talking last Monday to
labor, and he may have adjusted his thoughts for the oc
casion, so the peerless one took the retailer for his tar
get. "Woolen goods," he declared, "are selling at retail
1 00 per cent above the price they were before the war.
Meat on the hook, which the butcher buys, has reduced,
but meat on the block, which the butcher sells, has not
been reduced."
We cannot approve of Mr. Bryan's utterances,
which certainly are not based upon a study of retail
prices. Food and wearing apparel have not declined to
the pre-war level, it is true, but they have decreased mat
erially this year, while wages in some classes of employ
ment, have remained at the high standard established
during the war.
Mr. Gompers may be trusted to sow the seed of
class discord at all times. He holds his job that way. He
may be expected to assail the open shop movement, and
he took advantage of an opportunity to defend his polit
ical affiliation. He cannot excuse. labor for refusing to
follow the Cox flag at hjs Iictation, and he blames the Re
publican party for the unemployment of millions.
"Before election," he said, "I issued a statement in
which I stated the issues that were involved, and I said
that the people would get what they voted for."
The personal pronoun is in the ascendant, it seems. j
Compared with the analysis of Mr. Hoover, who points
out the inevitable slump following war-time prosperity
and the inevitable return to normal conditions, the rav
ings of Mr. Gompers are peevish and figidity.
POINT
IMPROVEMENT
DECIDED UPO;
COUNCIL WILL
$9,288.80
SPEND
Harrison and 15th Street to
Be Macadamized; Jail
Costs are Scored
8.M
,.S
and this made it impossible to steer,
and the machine turned over. Dr.
Graham was caught beneath it.
"The other passenger, whose name
I don't care to give, jumped out un
hurt, and yelled to me to follow him.
Then he ran off in the dark. The doc
to has been a good friend of mine,
however, and I decided not to leave
him. I was trying to get the car off
nira when the other machine came
along and offered help and took ui
to Oregon City."
After he was indicted Smith re
fused to make any other statement
save thnt he expected bis bondsmen
to post bail for him by evening.
Dr. Graham was taken tc the hospi
tal by Earl Matlock of Eugene, who
was returning home from Portland
Matlock's father, E. D. Matlock, and
aunt. Miss Ollie Marquiss, were killed
on the New Era hill, near the same
scene four years ago this summer.
when their automobile went over the
bank The road was not improved at
that time.
The speedy legal action in the case
the securing of indiotments, and the
arraignment and enterance of a plea
within little more than 12 hours after
the, arrest Is believed a new rfecovd
in prompt official activity.
ROY GARDNER
IS KNOWN TO
BE ON ISLAND
ORCHARD FOOTPRINTS
ARE IDENTIFIED
Bandit Believed Hiding
Impenetrable Brush
On McNeil's
In
Two Cars Smash on
Road at Gladstone
One wheel was torn off.
An automobile collision batweec a
light Ford delivery truck driven by A.
Flanham, of Redland and a man re
'using to give his name, but whose
.lumber was secured by Flanham af
ter tbe accident, occurred Monday af
ternoon at 4:30 o'clock as tbe Flan
ham party was returning from a pic
nic given by the Farm Kuieau a
Pladctone. The accident occurr-jfi
on a curve in the road at Crescent.
known by old time r-r5i dents of that
'secion as the Jones Mill road, and is
located about two and or.e-half miles
from Oregon City.
Mr. Flanham with his wife and Mrs.
1.. f. Johnson, also of Kedland, were
going townrds their home, wben the
truck laden with wood struck the
front v-beel of the Flanham car on
narrov rid hihiti made every
effort to avoid an accident by putting
on the emergency brake, but when
the two machines came together his
wife was thrown from the car and
down an embankment, while Mr.
Flanham an-1 Mrs. JchFon remained
-. -ith the car. Mrs. Flanham received
many bruises abrt;t fcr body and is
badly shaken up, but is reported as
'Tv-iT-iTing from her ir.-iuries
The driver of the wood truck of
fered to pssist in righting the wrecked
car and to haul it to Crescent a short
disarce from where the accident oc
curred, but it is said by Mr. and Mrs.
Flanham and Mrs. Johnson and wit
nesses to the accident that, he re
fused to pay any damages. The Flan
ham car wheel was demolished be
sides other damage done to t.he bed
of the car.
MCNEILL'S ISLAND, Sept. 7.-Roy
Gardner is still on McNeil's island.
t This became virtually a certainity
th's afternoon when bis footprints
were identified leading from an ap
ple orchard on the western end of tha
island, which he hadi raided during
the night.
The discovery was made late today
because of the fact that the searchers
were sent on a wild goose chase by
the report that a woman had seen a
skulking figure in her orchard. When
a 16-year-old lad reported tohavo'
seen a similar figure, little credance
was given the statement.
Posse Investigate
Sixteen foot concrete, without
walks, was last night selected by tho
council as the type of Improvement to
be put in on three streets to be paved
in Green point. A number of typea
of improvement were under consider
ation. '
The cost Of the improvement "will
be ?9.288.80. The detailed improve
ments are as follows: lStb street, six
teen foot concrete 6 inches thick,
$3972.95; 17th street, 16 foot concrete
6 inches thick, including walks on a
small portion of the street, $4239.85;
Moss street, 9 foot concrete, 6 inches
thick. $1076.
Resolutions were passed for the
improvement of Harrison street from
15th to 16th and 15th street from Har
rison to Division. Both improvements
are 18 foot macadam, thc former to
be made with walks and curbs, and
the latter without curb3, but with
walks. The cost of the HaVrison ave
nue improvement is estimated by J.
R. Stafford, in charge of the engineer
ing work for the city, as $1275.50. The
cost of 15th street is computed at
$7,061. The Improvement will have
to be advertised and ordinances pass
ed before the contract can be let.
Resolution was also passed for tie
improvement of Harrison from 7th to
Division by the construction of an IS
foot macadam surface with six foot
walks from 7th to 6th streets and
four foot walks from 6th to Division.
Resolutions to change the grade on
Railroai avenue from 7th to Sth
streets and the alley in Block 24
were adopted by the council last eve
ning. This action was taken prepar
atory to the improvement of the al
ley, now under contract to the W.
D. Andrews Company. Action Is to
be started to improve Railroad ave
nue, bringing it "to the required street
grade so as to connect with the alley
when the latter is improved.
Two Meetings et
Action upon a number of ordinances
which were passed on first reading
and ordered advertised, will be taken
at the special meeting September 17.
A meeting is also scheduled fjr
September 12, at which the matter ct
sewers in district 12 and 13 is to be
considered.
A petition was presented to the
council asking that the improvement
on 8th street between Main and Water
streets 'be changed from the contem
plated 6 inch concrete to a 4 Inch.
Worswich pavement. The county
court has agreed to lay the latter
type of pavement at cost, as it Is
one of the interested property own
ers. The petition, signed by property
owners on both sides of the street,
was filed by the council.
Receipts at the office of tiie city
recorder during the mcnth of August
amounted to $1213.01, according to
the report submitted to the council
last night by Recorder C- W. Kelly.
Vender licenses amounted to $127.
50. Peddlers licenses aggregated $24.
Collections under the vehicle law or
dinance amounted to $510.
Fines totaled $98 during the month.
Franchise collections totaled $310.
Other collections were: Cars for hire,
$18.E4; Popcorn wagons, $10; Truck
and transfer, $9.17; Laundry licenses,
$60; Woodsaw, $25; Milk license $1;
Miscellaneous, $20.
Tex collections amounted to $273.-
25, including cemetery, road and
special funds.
The report of Chief of Police Hart
ley for the month showed 21 arrests
. . , , . , j and fines amounting to $178, $98 of
?ate and one glance at the orchard I ... . , , ' .
changed their apavhy into wildcat Mr-
Mrs. A. T. Searson and children,
Jennie, Ruby and Edna, cf Mulino,
were in Oregon City on Monday and
Tuesday, where they visited Mr. Sear
son, who is employed at the paper
mills. They also visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Howell, oi
Bolton, Mrs. Searson is operating her
farm while bef ' husband is employed
here.
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citement.
One tree had been entirely stripped
of apples and footprints leading from
the ;ree into the brush, a hundred
yards away, were distinctly visible
I'pon examination thss footprints
were readily identified as Gardners.
They had been made by prison shoes
this was indisputable, as the heavy,
unbending soles with their rude nails
and blunt toes could not have been
mistaken and a closer check showed
tnat they were the same size as.
Gardner wore.
Old Tactics Used
It is now believed that Garaner is
pursuing exactly the same tactics He
has used on his previous escapes from
captivity that he deliberately refused
to do the obvious thing and try to get
off the island, and instead is lying
concealed within the very shadow of
the penitentiary, depending on his
wits to keep him alive until a more
propitious moment arrives for liU
trip to the mainland.
Hiding is Easy
There are many small caves in
which a fugitive might conceal him
self indefinitely.
If on the island the bandit, is as
sured of shelter and plenty of water
is obtainable from small springs. For
food, however, he must depend on
sallies into nearby orchards and
chicken houses.
"There is little use look'ng for
Gardner in tbe daytime," Warden Ma
lonny admitted tonight. "ItTs too
much like looking for a needle in a
haystack.
"About all we can do Is to keep ' a
ring around the island and make it
impossible for him to escape. At the
same time, of course, we can keep thel
country well patroled. In the hope
that -""we might surprise him on on
of his- forays for food."
which was paid, the remainder being
served out in jail sentences.
Hotel da Tuxe accomodations for
prisoners ir the city jail is not the
idea of the city fathers.'
Councilman Metznor at the meeting
last night drew attention of the coun
cil to the fact that meals for the in
mates of the municipal bastile wera
costing 40 cents each and that the
monthly bill ran to a considerable
amount. He did not favor running a
first class, free boarding house for
offenders picked up by the police.
Twenty-five cents, it was said, should
be plenty to furnish an adequate, re
past.
In order to reduce the cost, the city
recorder was authorized to advertise
for bids to see if meals cannot be
furnished at a more economical fi
gure ,
At a meeting of the W. C- T. U.
held in the rest rom on Tuesday af
ternoon arrangements were completed
for the holding of the state conven
tion in the Baptist church on Octo
ber 12, 13, 14. The banquet to be
served on the first day will be held
at the Congregational church, as that
building is better equipped to handle
the large number of delegates who
will be here. There will be over 230
in attendance from various parts of
tho state, and a charge of 50 cents
per plate is to be made. One of th
features of the big dinner will be
chicken, salads and other delicacies
that will be an inducement for many
to attend. A committee is In charge
of Soliciting for the banquet, and
various parts- of the county will do
its share. Already one of the mem
bers of the committee, Mrs.- B. H.
Stewart, of Redland, has solicited a
number of homes In her vicinity and
Is encouraiged over the liberal offer
ings some of . bar neighbors are to
make.