OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE,- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1 921 Pase 3 CANBY AND Countv Fair Opens With Fine Exhibits CA7JBY, Sept. 11 The big gates of the Clackamas County fair grounds swung1 open on Wednesday morning tn one of the best fairs that have ever been held on the local fair grounds. The day was ideal and the people of this ity took advantage of Canby day. The schools closed for half day, thus allowing the school children to attend. Ther was not one child who did not show the true patriotic spirit and toofe in the big show, patronizing the merry-go-round and the ferris wheels as well as visiting the various concessions on the ground The big pavilion is showing one of the best exhibits and Canby is doing ber part to show what can be pro duced in this section of the county. J. C. Kaupisch, who has not failed to do his part towards Canby and the fair, is again represented with many fine l products. His exhibit is a credit to the state of Oregon, and has attracted j unusual attention of the fair visitors, j Canby is also represented in the big : livestock barns, as well as in the poultry barns. " Mrs. A. H. Knight is in charge of the domestic scieneefdepartment, and Mrs. Bertha Hurst :s in charge of Ihe floral display, which is one of thf finest they have had. H. J. Bigger, fJoriyt of Oregon City, has' one of the finest collection of flowers he has ever exhUed at the and bis many ,af,nrr to m the blossoms artistically arranged in the general display and in his booth have added to the beauty of the big pavil ion and attracted much attention. The music furnished by tbe Mt. Angel band is one of the leading fea tures of this year's fair, and together with the music on the merry-go-round and ferris is wheel gives plenty of music. Real Estate Deals Reported at Canby CANBY, Sept. 14. Charles Bates, realty dealer, has closed several land deals during the past few days. Among these is the George Zimmer house and two lots in Canby sold to F. R Boardman, formerly of oMunt Pleas ant, near Oregon City. Mr. Boardman lias taken possesion of the property Another deal was closed was the O. A Eowland one miles south of Can by, which has been purchased by F A. Weygandt, the nurseryman of Caa by. Mr. Bates says that desirable houses for rent are in demand and that there is an unusual scarcity at the present time, several parties who are waiting for such homes. Even vacant rooms this week are in great demand, and many homes " have been opened during the fair week to accommodate the fair visitors. At the present time a large crew of men is engaged on the highway, and it has been found necessary to people of this city to accommodate these men as well Several places have made sleep ing porches out of their verandas in order to house the men. Unidentified Woman Is Struck by Truck While walking along the side of the highway at New Era Tuesday P. M. a woman, whose name was not learn ed was struck in the head by a chair, fastened to the side of an over-loaded truck that was going south. The woman, as soon as she had re covered sufficiently to go to a near by store to telephone to Canby, got in touch with one of the merchants, to look for the driver of the trucl but was unable to locate the man, as it was thought that he was driving to the Clackamas County fair grounds and would not come as far as Canby. When telephoning the accident over the telephone the woman said she thought all her teeth had been knock ed out, but after all she hadn't lost one, but her face is badly bruised and swollen. P Forest Fires Rae In Canby Section CANBY, Sept. 14. Forest fires have been racing' near Barlow, Liberal and other sections of the county in the vicinity of Canby, and the worst one reported so "far is that of Liberal near the D. R. Dimick farm. It had been found necessary to telephone for as sistance at the Dimick farm and the two fires at Liberal. Another fire was reported to be raging near the Evans farm. Fire fighters hastened to all points where help was needed. A NEW ARRIVAL CANBY, Sept. 14. Mr and Mrs. .Tames Hampton are reviving congrat ulations over the arrival of a daugh ter . The little one weighs seven pounds. Mrs. Hampton was formerly Miss-Dorris Zabel of this city. CAN8Y OREGON CITY Stage Time Table STAGE LEAVES 5 MINUTES BE FORB SCHEDULED' TIME WEEK-DAYS Lv. Canby Lv. Ore. City 7:26 a. m. 8:00 a. m. 9:55 a. m. 11:00 a. m. 12:55 p- m. 2:00 p. m. 4:16 . m. 5:00 p. m. EXTRA TRIPS SATURDAY 2:55 p. 6:15 p. A 3 : 35 p. m. m. 7:00 p m. SUNDAY Lv. Can by 7: It a. ra. :56 a. m. IS:5S p. m. 4:16 p. m. :1S p. m. 7:115 p. ra. Lv. Or. City 8:3d1 a. m. 11:30 a. n. 2:00 p. m. 5:60 p. m. 7:00 T 10:45 p. m. FVr 25c SOUTHERN 53$S$S83SiSSS.'5 8 NEWS FOR CANBY AND Vi- . CINITY. Any news for the Canpy edi- Q tion of the Oregon City Enter- prise may be left at Rates Real Estate office, wbich will be call- ed for by Miss Nan Cochran ; -5 Tuesday afternoon will be great- $ ly appreciated. If you have any church notices, 3 property sales, parties, lodge $ news, locals and any other news of interest to the public, these will be gladly mentioned Jn the $ Oregon City Enterprise. We have a large list in this section 8 of the county, and all are intr- eeted in news from Canby and vicinity. - JjOV JLlfflltS X OWaeri Face Badly Burned Earl McKenna, who is making his home at the residence of Mr. and Mrs; John Kopper, at Mark's Prairie, nu't with an accident Tuesday afternoon, when he lit some powder with a match causing an explosion. His face and eyes were badly burned, but it is believed that the eyesight can be saved according to the attending Pbysician, Dr. H. A Detasn. of Can- by. who was immediately summoned to the Kopper home. The lad is 13 years of age, and h3S been making his home with the Koi- per family for some time. " BUS LINE BUSY UAJNBi. sepi. ii-ine uan-jy i;ua company has an extra car to accom- modate the Clackamas County fair visitors, leaving Oregon City every hour. These cars will take the visi tors to fair grounds gate and will con tinue during the day and evening CANBY LOCALS CANBY, Sept. 14. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Knight and son, Beauford, were in Oregon City on Sunday, where they visited at the apartment of Dr. and Mrs. John Fuller, of Eleventh and Main streets. Mrs. Anna Cantwell, after visiting her daughter; Mrs. GuEt Croissant, at Lyons, Oregon, returned to her home the latter part of last week. She was accompanied to that place by Mrs Bailey, of LaFayette, Ind. Mrs. Bailey has returned to her home C. H. Sheldon went to Oregon City on business Tuesday returning in the afternoon. Miss Frances Hov, who has been on an extended eastern trip, cno aiso vis- ited her uncle, E. b Hov, or tnis cuy, has gone to Los Angeles, wDere sn3 will resume her position as a teacher in the public schools. Mrs. W. J. Arthur, who has been enjoying a visit at Seaside and Fort land, has returned to her home in this city. R. E. Cherrick and two tors, of Bar low, passed through Canby on Tuesday afternoon on their way to Oregon City. Mr. Cherrick went there on business pertaining to a check cashed on the First National Bank and forged by an unknown man. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Garrett, Mr. anil Mrs. Earl Hutchinson formed a- party to visit in Canby on Sunday, whero they were guests of Mrs. R. Soper. NOTICE To the citizens of Oregon City and vicinity: We wish to announce that we have located in Oregon City with office (and treating rooms at No. 1109 Main St. jn the Frank Busch building. We use the famous rack treatment introduced in the Northwest by Pr Lotus at Vada, Washington, who prior to his death, .gave successful treat ments to thousands of people from Portland, Seattle and intermediate sections. Dr. Lotus in his administration of this pock treatment, proved beyond doubt, that Rhenumatism and all nerve and ir V V ,MU"i .to this Hydrotherapy pack. ed poisoneous solutions in this treat- men but Its effect is realized by tbe patient at once, and is wonderful in results. In cases of old age and middle life .when blood pressure is high, circula tion is slu'gged. and poison3 rapidly accumulate in the system, this treat ment gives to one a feeling,as if ten to fifteen years vonngor in aee. Having had eight years practice In Clackamas county, with" more than one hundred and fifty chronic cases sucessfully treated at my offices in Canby and Aurora I will be glad to meet old friends from these points who may read this ad, and who, I known will be glad to give an encour- aging word to their friends, as to the hope they may have in this enlarge- ment of my work We make no charge for oonsulta- lion, or examination, and if symptona I are men that we cannot help you, we win frankly tell you so. Come in and let's get acquainted. Dr. John Fuller, Hydro and Mechano Therapy. 9-8-ltF Oregon's Higher Inttitutioa of TECHNOLOGY Eight Schools; Seventy Departments FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 19. 1921 For iaforautiM write la Ibc Rttittrar Oregon Agricultural College CORVALUS i i. mm CLACKAMAS HFTY-THREE YEARS AGO Taken from the Oregon City Enter prise Sept. 7, 1867. BASEBALL The boys of the Tuni- waier ciud m mis cuy cnarterea iri een.uor last fraxuraay ana gave an exrarsionto Portland. While there they ft"""3 -"e liwu-u vy ruin. GONE EAST Maxwcil Rambsy left nin Calf 1 n 1. a nUn TF1...-nJ.. TIM 1 .... tio fcjtm, J jane .ILJ I'll ..u,y evening on a visit to his old friends In Indiana. He will return to Oregon City next spring-. IN AFFLICTION We learu by a Portland newspaper yesterday that the wife of Phillip Saunders died jn 1he night of Wednesday. Only a few days before, happy at the birth of daughter, our friend was receiving the congratulations of all who knew him. Now he s sad. We offer our condo lence in his hour of affliction. He lo left alone, guardian of thre little chil- rrinary bladder, caused by tbe appli dren, and the world must seem deso- cation of some force which, from tho late to him. He needs the sympathy of his fellow men. CORRIDOR DOOR FOUND TAMPERED WITH Prisoners Taciturn; Act May r r i Have Been Performed By Cell-mate POSFTRTTRa fr 3rvt 1t An j.t. tempt to break jail was made last night by Dr. Richard M. Brumfield or J. R. (Chief) Balliet, cellmate of the oenust wno is neia on a cnarge or the murder of Dennis Russeli on tho night of July 13 last, according to Deputy Sheriff "Two-Gun" Hopkins, acting special jailer for Brumfield. Deputy "Hopkins discovered .early this morning that one or the other or both of the prisoners had made an ef fort to jimmy the steel door to their cel1- Following a strong plea to the cor Prisoners Make Denial. oner's jury hearing the case not to A short piece of iron bar was found prejudice his case by disclosing fur in the cell, Deputy Hopkins said. He ther evidence and in the face cf op does not know where the prisoners position from Coroner Leland, who obtained the tool and neither would insisted that the witnesses be heard, throw any light on the subject, the jury, after 15 minutes' deliberation On making the discovery, Hopkins ruled in favor of the district attorney, immediately confronted the two pris- Charge Is Considered oners and demanded to know how they had sprung the door, which he was unable to close. Dr. Brumfield ' denied any know!- edge of how it happened. Balliet, a half breed Indian, charg- ed with forgery, refused to say any- thin; Tne jailer then made a search of the cell and found the iron bar. Tria, Next Month Brumfield is to be tried next mnnrh 0n a cnarge of first aegree murder for the alleged killing, beheadine and burriimr of Dennis t?.ill i,.r. body -was found in the wreckage cf Brumfield's car at the foot of an em- DaoiRment on a country road near here. The killing was followed by a long controversy as to the dead man's identity. Mrs. Brumfield and numer rns friends declaring it was Dr. Brumfield's body that was found, ihiie others maintained that Russell was the dead man. Dr Brumfield later was captured in Canada while working on a farm and retvJned here. His defense has been that he suffered a lapse of memory from ihe Sunday preceding the death of Russell until after his capture. The prosecution Is proceeding on the allegation that Erumfield killed Russell and staged the automobile wreck with the view of either swin dlincj insurance companies or of ae- serting his family for another woman. More Bars Found. Deputies Hopkins and Webb later searched the jail cell and located two large iron Bars, n oak civ.c ana a quantity of wire. Balliet then ad mitted to the officers that he had attempted to break down the cell door. Brumfield still maintained a stol- " cui.xs break. said: "I had nothing to do wtih it." The night watchman stated that he heard no noise in the cell during the night. Had Balliet succeeded in opening the door, he could have escaped from the corridors of the jail very easily and so could Brumfield. Balliet will be confined in an interior cell tonight. DIVORCE IS GRANTED A divorce was granted Wednesday by Judge J. U. Campbell to Helen E. from Clark Achilles. Coleman Mark, prominent farmer of Clackamas county, whose farm is lo- rated at Mark's Prairie, was in Ore- g0n City on business Wednesday. Mr. Mark was accompanied to Oregon City by his daughjters, the Misses Vesta, Jewell, Electa and Cleo, who visited their aunt, Mrp. prant B. Dimick. Mrs. A. Herbert and daughter. Louise, were in this city on Wednes day. Mrs. Herbert is the wife of Mr. Herbert, florist of Jennings Lodge and says their greenhouse will be rt nresented at tha Oregon State fair this year, with a display of flowers. 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 Address Moehnke Bros. Hoff, Oregon, Rt. 1 I I j I j ! 4 FIRST LEGAL BATTLE' IN ARBUCKLE CASE IS WON BY PROSECUTION (Star Witnesses Not to Testify Before Coroners Jury is Decision of Court san pRANCTSCO. Sent. 14 For 1ha in,lrt tim within . week n CQe Q (Fatty) Arbuckie was formally ., fo tTl AMth of ATfsa Vlnrfnia T? a rvno VnrtHvn rvir1 iit nrfrpqs nr hn.i n kroner's inauest into Kiss Ranne's I ' I 1 death returned a change of man slaughter against him. The verdict read: "We, the 'coroner's jury, find that raid Virginia Rappe, aged 25, came to her death on September 9 at tho Wakefield sanitarium from a rup tured bladder, contributing cause, peritonitis. Arbuckie Said Responsible "And we further find that said Vir ginia Rappe came to her death from peritonitis caused by a ruptuie of tho evidence submitted, was aprlid by one Roscoe Arbuckie. We the jury, therefore charge the said Roscoe Ar buckie with the crime of man slaughter. "We, the undersigned jurors, re-- eh o ? po 1. ap . K "n ' corrmend that the district attorney, oers take steps to prevent a further occurrence of affairs such &a the one which caused this young woman's lKau,p s l"a' a rancisco will .ice .3 1 1 n 1 -. . , be 1"ade rendezvous of the de- "" e gangster San Fran-is; SRt,f ii-nktriM. Attorney Matthew Brady today wou a dramatic figttit to prevent Miss Alice Blake and Miss Zeh Prevost, two of his star witnesses in the prosecution of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckie. famous film comedian, charged with 'the mur der of Miss Virginia Rappe from testi fying1 before the coroner's inquest in the film actress' death San Francisco, Sept, 14. District Attorney Mathew Brady and Cantain of Detectives Ducan Matheson will hold a conference todav to consider I the choice they now have between prosecuting Arbuckie for first degree I murder or for manslaughter, followin the grand jury's action last night in indicting the corpulent comedian on the latter charge. Their final decision, Jiowever, was expected to ba withheld until after ihe inquest. "I am disappointed that the grand liyy did not indict Ai buckle for fint degree murder," Brady said when he came to his office this morning. "I still feel that that is what should have been done." Inquest is Late The inquest hearing was late in get ting under way again today. Coroner Leland said that be attached coilsid erable importance to the testimony of the two girl witnesses scheduled to be heard and would go fully into their stories Arbuckie arrived shortly after 10 o'clock and took his accustomed seat among the witnesses, flanked on each side by a detective. It was intimated today by persons close to the district attorney that the final decision in the matter may not be announced until Friday when Ar buckie will come up before Police Judge Lazarus for his postponed ar raignment on the murder charge sworn to by Mrs. Banibina Maude Delmone. Booze Trial Is Set; Case Up October 3 The date for the trial of Dr. J. I bnatb, indicted by the grand jury foi ,oiti' , L 5 toxicating liquor in their possession has been set for Monday, October 3. The three were in a liquor-laden auto wrecked at New Era. The trial of William Stephens, driver of the car that collided whn Mrs. Wright was severely injured. several weeks ago, has been set for Wenesday, October 5. L. Roadarmel, charged with receiv ing stolen property, will be tried Oc tober 7. These cases are part of the calendar of the session of the April term of the circuit court which will convene October 3. It is expected that the session will occupy more than two weeks, as an exceptionally large num ber of cases are pending trial Mr ami Mrs. Charles Mai tin, Mr f.nd Mrs. Merle Martin and baby daughter, from Kelso, Wash., motor ed to Parkplace on Sunday, where they were (guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Jones. Mrs. Gilbert Robbins, of Maple Lane, was in this city on business Wednesday. Also from that pi act were Mrs. Minnie Schambron and Martha Schambron. Mrs. Kraft, of Aurora, who under went a surgical operation In the Ore gon City hospital is improving. Mrs. Edith Truscott and Mrs. H. H. Emmons, of Jennings Tdee motored to Oregon City on Wednesday, and while here visited friends. Cecil Green has returned home from the East, where he has ben visiting his father and hi grandmother, and Is delighted to be back in pood old Oregon, saying there Is no place like t. SPECIAL CALL LOOMING FOR LEGISLATURE ACTION ON EXPOSITION FUNDS EXPECTED Rumors at State Capitol Run High; Other Matters May Be Talked SALEM, Ore., Sept. 14. To work out the tax programme for the 1925 exposition a special session of the legislature will have to be called, so that the required .bill and constitution al amendment can be referred to the people at the primary election in the spring. The prospect of a special session is beginning to intrigue the members and the veterans of the "third house." No one knows wben Governor Olcott will issue the call and statements even are made that no such call will be issued, but the method of financing the exposition will require, for speed, summoning the lawmakers to Salem. Once a special session is convened it can operate for 20 days. The spe cial session of 1920 ran one week, al though some of the members were quit.3 willing to extend it to the con stitutional limit. Once the members are called to order they can do as they please and cannot be confined to dealing) with the exposition bill alone. May Donovan Dies; Operation is Fatal Miss Myrtle May Donovan, young er daughter of Mrs. Minnie Donovan end of the late Frenk Donovan, died at the family residence on Niuth and John Adams street, after a six months' illness. Miss Donovan -was in the Good Samaritan hospital for fix weeks, where she underwent an operation and later returning to her home haa gradually failed until her death on Tuesday evening. Miss Donovan was a well known young lady of Oregon City where 3h. naa maae many- rrienas. she w:n n active member of the Congregation al church and member of the Satur day Club of that church She was born on March 14, 1896, in Algona, Iowa, residing there until 1902, when she came West making her home at Mount Pleasant, near Oregon City, residing there for one year and then at Oregon City and later at west Linn returning to Oregon City in 1901. Completing her course in the granv mar school, she attended the Oregon City high school for a year, later go ing to Portland to take a bu sines? course at the Holmes Business col lege in 1914. Miss Donovan Is survived by her mother, Mrs. Minnie Donovan of this city; her eflster, Mrs. Josephine Fors- berg, and a brother Robert. Harlan Donovan, an over-seas man of this city. Frank Donovan, father, died a year ago. Funeral Service For Mrs. MiUer Is Held Funeral services of the late Mrs. Sarah Miller, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M- J. Bolton, of Cenemah, with whom she had made her home for many years, were held from the chapel of Holman & Pace on' Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Morgan, pator of the Congrega tional church officiated. During the services Mrs. Walter Wentwcrth sang 'One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and 'My God My Father While I Stray." Many friends, of Mrs. ."Miller at tended the services and followed the remains to their last resting place in the Canemah cemetery, where the body was interred in the family lot. beside the remains of her husband. the late Captain Sebastian Miller, an old time steamboat man. Pallbearers were grandchildren of Mrs. Miller. These were Aiirea Jtsoi ton. Ernest Hatch. William. Martin, Edward Taylor, Charles warren, Ray Marttn. NOTARY COMMISSIONED A notary commission for Edwin Foster, of this county, was the clerk's office Wednesday. Little Eye Troubles often grow into big ones rapidly when neglected. Because I spec ialize on CROSSEYES and other difficult cases of EYESTRAIN is a good reason why you should bring your eye troubles to me at the first sign of weakness. In knowledge there is safety and you are assured of conscientious Bervice no matter how little or bow big your case may be. 18 years practical experience.' Reasonable Charges. Dr. Freeze, Eye Specialist 605, Main St. Oregon City Opposite Post Office Lenses ground while you wait. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY Taken from the Oregon City Ente' prise Sept. 4, 1891. T. F. Clark is having his residence completly renovated and chsnged. A new basement has been placed under the building, and the house to be re modeled to conform with a modern style of architecture. C. O T. Williams has removed his real estate and insurance office next door to caufield's drug store in the building formerly occupied by Hunt iay book store. Hon. George C. Brownell left for Tacoma Monday to attend tc an im portant Swiss extra diction case in which he has been employed as an at torney. . Dr. J. W. Powell's new dwelling on the hill is progressing favorably, an will be ready for occupancy within short time. Hon. Peter Paquet has been busy engaged in tightening up the suspen sion bridge, and repainting portions of the structure. Join Cooke and family have return ed from a ten days' outing at Wil hoi. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Harding lef yesterday for an outing at Yaquina Musicians Disband; New Band Planned Many songs have been written, an much ink has flowed from the p'jns of humorists, at the expense of tbe village band, but nevertheless that institution remains a factor in the community. The Oregon City band, through, var ious reasons, is disbanding, but the city will not loose all of its musicians A number -of then are members of the local branch of the Knights o Pythias, which order with its other musicians is organizing a new band The new- organization will be under the wing of the D. O. K. K. state band and will be tutored by Prof. Frani Maughn. The I- O. K K. is the sun shine rank of tbe Knights, and their band has won many admirers through out the state. When the big conven tion of the order is held in Portland in 1923, the Oregon Citv band will appear in conjunction with band3 from every state in the union. Vets To Be Helped; Local School tp Aid That the high schools of Clackami'.s countjy "will probably ba;' used a3 schools for vocational tra'ning. is tb-3 indication of information received by the local Red Cross office. The Fed eral Board for Vocational Training has sent in a request for information concerning one of the union high schools in this district The plan, according to Cis Barclay Pratt, secretary of tbe local office, is to place local boys in local instiUv tions wherever the facilities permit. There are a number of local men, dis abled during the war, who are an xious to secure a general education. It is with the view to caring for theso men tbat these arrangements are be ing made. A report of the county's district high schools has been made and is oe- ing forwarded to the headquarters cf District 13, embracing the northwest territory. Irish Note Held Up; Mystery Deepening London; Sept. 14. Mystery sur rounding the Irish situation deepened today when the Eritish government, after announcing that a consmunica tion from the Dail Eireann would bi made public at 7 p. m., suddenly changed its plans and announced th-s note would not be given out tonight A dispatch from Dublin indicated that the communication in. question is the reply of the Dail to Premier Lloyd George's Invitation to further conference beginning at Inverness on September 20. The Dublin dispatch t:aid the Sinn Fein parliament had unanimously approved tne reply a..m appointed a delegation headed b y Arthur Griffith, Sinn Fein foreign minister. j Masons Give Degree; Visit Molalla Lodge To install the M. M. degree at Mr !alla, members Of Multnomah Lodge Number 1. and Champoeg of Canb;', A. F- and A. M., went to Molalla Tues day night. The degree work was conducted by members of both lodges. The Ma ponic lodge at Molalla was just re cently installed. After the degree vork. the visitors were guests ft a sumptous banquet, . The members of the party from Oregon City were H. A. Rands, H.-G. Kdgar. W. M. Brown, K. 3. Noble, F. M. Wi'liams, Wm. Laidlaw and Wm. Hammond. Tire Thief is Tried; Convicted and Fined Ole Olson, arrested Jn Portland last nril for the t'eft of two automobile tire from Dr. Guy Mount, of this citv. was convicted in the Multnomah coun ty courts Wednesday, and fir.ed $250 The tires disappeared from Mount's j rar nearly two yeara ago, and last j .April were discovered in Olson's pos j seon He was arrested and charged J w,fn baving stolen pods In his pc? session .and was convicted of theft FIRE ON ROAD TO OATFIELD ISCONTROLLED ENTIRE DISTRICT WAS ENDANGERED Volunteer Fighters Check Blue and Prevent Serious Damage Volunteer fire fighters from Glad stone, asisted by folk from Glen Echo and other nearby settlements, spent the greater part oj Tuesday oattling a brush and timber fire along the Oatfield road. Wednesday they were relieved by other fire fighters, who carried on the work, endeavoring to confine the flames to the eastern side of the highway. The fire this morning had covered an area about a mile and a half long and from half a mile to a mile wide. Most of it was in brush and slashings, but some timber stands were being destroyed. The extreme dryness of everything makes the work of check ing the blaze extremely difficult. It is supposed the blaze started from a grass fire. The fire Tuesday night lighted the sky brilliantly, and- many people thought that it was a cdntinuation of the brush fire that started at Bell Station hill, on the Estacada line, near Portland, last Friday, and which has since been buring its way southward. The Oatfield road fire, however,, is separate from the other one, though 'he Bell station fire has already traveled over four miles of territory, and if not extinguished may sweep up into the Damascus country. GLADSTONE. Sept. 14. (Special). The slashing fire betwen the Oat "ield and Webster roads which got beyond control Tuesday night, was aided by the high winds and did much damage to the standing timber as well as totally destroying 350 cords if wood, most of which belonged to 5. Stevens, of Oak Grove. At eleven o'clock a S. O. S. call was sent to Gladstone. Many men responded and at l:3o it was thought to be practically under con trol and many returned to their homes when it again broke out. Thra he efofrts of Eugene Vedder, O. Froy tag, Dr. Nash, Attorney Hammond and Mr. Laidlaw, it was fought buck and the men returned to their hemes at 3:30 Wednesday morning. Several "arge trees fell across the road and much damage done to fences and girain fields. More than 150 ' acres was fire swept. The scene of the fire is about three and a half miles North east of Gladstone. Men were still watching to prevent another outbreak all Wednesday and Wednesday night. The j will continue the watch Thurs day. League Picks Court; Confirmation Given GENEVA, Sept. 15. The 11 judges of the permanent international court of Iustice were elected by the assem bly of the league of nations today and were confirmed by the council of the league, which met simultaneously with the assembly. The bench of the court chosen con sists of John Bassett Moore of the United States, Viscount Robert Fin ley of Great Britain, Dr. Vorczu Oi'a of Japan, Dr. Andre Weiss ofFrance, Commendatore Dionisio Anzilotti t Ttaly, Dr. Ruy Barbosa of Brazil, Dr. B. T. O. Loder of Holland. Dr. Antonio C. De Bustamente of Cuba, Judge I). Nyholm of Denmark, Dr. Max Huber of Switzerland and Dr. Rafael Alta- , miray Crevea of Spain. Dr. Graham Worse; . Condition Critical Doctor J. P. Graham, of Portland. who was injured in the wrerfc of tb booze car at New Era a week ago.is reported, in a yery critical -condition. Dr. Graham has been at the Oregon City hospital suffering from a com pound fracture of the skull. Meningi tis has set in about the brain, and thu pzttient has suffered a slight relapse from his former favorable condition. Dr. Wm. House, of Portland was yesterday called into consultation with Dootors Mount and McLean. Doctor House is a brain specialist. The consultation resulted in the dis closure of Graham's critical condi tion. Vehicle Law Copied; Local Taxis Model Copies of the Oregon City vehicle ordinance, regulating the tracks of- fering products here for re-sale, were sent to Coquille, McMir.nville and Newberg Wednesday by Recorder t. W. Kelly. The city attorneys of these towns have requested copies of the local law, Imposing . $?0 a quarter tax on all such trucks. They plan to draft similar ordinances. The legality of the Oregon City tux is at present involved ir a lawsuit, and is to be carried to the supreme court in a test case. The Good Garage We solicit your patronage. General Repairing. Our prices are 'right. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 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