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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR NO. 38.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 192ifl
ESTABLISHED 1866
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such a medium as the col-
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a classified ad.
OREGON
I urn UN U LLi U Lj Li T U ) )
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CLACKAMAS
SCORES AT
STATE FAIR
CLUB EXHIBITS GET
FOUR FIRSTS
Skeene Jersey Heifer Takes
Third Place in Open
Competition
A cleancut victory over the state In
the competition in two cattle divi
sions at the state fair was scored by
the Boys' and Girls' Club exhibits of
Clackamas county Tuesday.
The local boys and girls took four
firsts, placing with every one of the
seven heifers which were entered in
the contests.
In the jersey contests, in one divi
sion, the local exhibits took the first
four places all scoring above the
heifer which took the grand cham
pionship at the Multnomah County
fair. In the guernsey class, first3
were taken in each of three divi
sions. The individual recordsi were:
Division 1. Jerseys. Gean Skeene,
Oregon City, first; Rudolph Hensen,
Boring, second; Mildred Anderson,
Boring, third ; John Leighman, Ore
gon City, fourth. ' j
Division 1. Guernseys, Icelia Hughes
Redland, first.
Division 2, Guernseys, Frances i
Hughes, Redland, first.
Division 3, Guernseys. Kenneth
Hughes, Redland, first.
The heifer owned by Gean Skeene
was placed in open competition and
scored third place. ;
The Macksburg judging team, which
represented the county took fourth
place in ' the competition. The team
is composed of Roy, Wilmer and
Gladys Harms. The team had never
entered in a judging contest before,
with the one exception of at the
Clackamas county fair this year.
Their work in taking fourth place, in
competition with 13 teams, is consid
ered excellent.
The club exhibit, according to Mrs.
L. Purcell, local club leader, has been
very creditable this year. As a num
ber of the judgings have not been
completed, a detailed summary of the
standing of the county cannot be
made, but Mrs. Purcell says that the
stock entered from here ranks with
the best and that the children of the
county deserve much credit in the
progress they have made.
The entire fair, according to County
Agent W. A. Holt who returned from
Salem Tuesday night, is far better
than anything that has ever been
staged before. The livestock exhibit,
he hays, is exceptional, not only in
quality, but in the amount of stock
exhibits.
CLACKAMAS
SCORES BIG AT
GRESHAM FAIR
FEDERAL ACTION UPON
CREDITS NEEDED TO AID
FINANCE, SAYS BANKER
Huntley
tp
West Financier Comes
on Visit; Tells of
Conditions
Five of Class of 49 Dismissed j
Due to Claim for Alien
Military Exemption
The largest class to be examined for
admission to citizenship since the
opening of the recent war appeared
Monday before Judge J. U. Campbell
in the circuit court.
Twenty of the rorty-mne applicants
fnr fitJzenshin' were admitted. Five
of those applying were dismissed with I industrial . nancial adjustment
prejudice. These latter will nave to can be soly h the proper ac
wait from three to five years before tjon on the", q.$ e U. S. eovern-
they will be able to make another ap- ment, in deai i&'&o v the foreign
plication. The reasons for this ds- credits situatid. oninion of A.
-r I -
missal were tnat tney apnea lor ei- wildberger, vice resident of the Ka-
empuon rrom military service uu.".5 tional Bank of "Sydney, Iowa, who
tne war Decause ot me rai vislted Oregon Citv Saturday.
. .
were alien enemies. . tuv WiiHh0 r..ma uk ,
The reason for the large number of Hnm .,.,, r,owA
O
That 1 '-i- h 1, he great Droblem of
Gets Job
WASHINGTON, D. C,
IFOUR GENERATIONS
GATHER IN REUNION
OF PIONFER FAMILY
Sept. 27. Clyde G. Huntley Descendents of William and
of Oregon City as collector of Robert Bird Organize
internal revenue for Oregon
was confirmed by the senate
late this afternoon.
' Permanent Society
ing since the removal of the restric
tions which barred natives of the cen
tral powers and their allies, in the
late war from applying for citizenship.
The examinations were conducted
here by Walter L. Baurragartner, ua-
tuuaiization examiner, whose head
quarters are in the Portland .office.
Just at the close or the morning
session of the court. Judge Campbell
put a few questions to some of the
high school students who attended
the hearing. To the questions "What
number is the prohibition amend
ment?" and "What Is the initiative
and referendum?" he received no
answer, but when he -queried "D i d
George Washington sign the Declara
tion of Independence?" he received a
speedy affirmative answer proving
that the applicants, refused ' citizen
ship weren't the only ones shaky up
on their history.
The hearing occupied the entire
day, and ran past the closing hour of
the court. It commenced at 9:30 a.
and was not concluded until 7
o'clock in the evening.
The list of those admitted to citi
zenship, follows:
GERMAN? Jacob Endres. West
Linn; Leo H. Boguslauski, Oregon
City. Henry Endres, Wesc Linn; Wil
liam Buse, West Linn; Fred Steinor.
Hoff: Chas. Klci.e, Canby; Otto
Schmeiser, Oregon City and Frana A.
Thiess, Boring.
AUSTRIA Jicob Kristan, Molalla;
John Koblar, Oregon City and Joseph
Mottl, Milwaukie.
ENGLAND Geo. Otty,' Milwaukie
Luard L. Woodward, Oswego and Geo.
W. Shepherd, Oregon City.
RUSSIA Reinhold Haack, Oregon
City and Franz Oscar Gronlund, Ore
gon City.
NORWAY Edward J. Larson, Mt-
Angel; Lars S. Landsen, Mt Angel;
Antcn Maao. Mt. Angel and Hans
Westerberg, Woodburn
The five aplicants, who were re
fused citizenship, with prejudice, du-3
to their applications during the war
for exemption upon alien enemy
grounds or for other reasons, follow:
Joseph Nizich, Austria, Oregon City.
Frank Papsch, Austria, Damascus.
Emil Papsch, Austria, Damascus.
Wm. F. P. Kramer, Germany, Mil
waukie.
Louis Buss, Russia, Canby.
merce. He left Iowa last Tuesday and
the party came direct to Oregon. Mr.
Wildberger left the party at Portland
to come here to visit Mrs. Eva Emery
Dye, who is an old family friend. He
will rejoin Ihem today on their trip
Up ihe Columbia highway.
If instead of loaning money to the
European nations, America would ex
tend credit for the purchase of food
from the United States, the rehabili
tation of the old world would be ac
complished as well as the stabilizing
of farm condition here, he believes.
Mr. Wildberger bases his opinion
upon a knowledge of the financial con
dition of the country as it" is affected
by ihe market conditions. The inna
guration of a buying scheme for for
eugn nations would do much to
strengthen affairs here.
The conditions in the middle west
Mr. wildberger said look bad due to
the great drops in the prices of farm
commodities, as well as the short
yield this year.
As one example, Mr. Wildberger
cites the fact that corn, which former
ly sold at $2.00 a bushel is bringing
but 36 cents at present
The great trouble in this relation
is that much of the land was bought
under high prices at the time that re
turns from crops were at a maximum
height. Because of this the farmers
are unable to meet the high taxes aid
interest on their property at the pres
ent low scale of prices. This works
a considerable hardship, he says upon
the country at large.
Mr. Wildberger feels, however, that
conditions will ultimately return to
normal, and that this will come about
as scon as the period of international
adjustment is passed.
Mr. Wildberger will accompany the
homeseekers party through the Wil
lamette Valley,' returning to Iowa
when they leave for the journey east
The fact that the number who made
the trip is small is attributed by Mr.
Wildberger to the tightness of finan
cial stress and the fact that the ma
jority of the farmers at this time
have little to invest.
PACIFIC HIGHWAY TO
OPEN ON OCTOBER 20
Entire Construction Expected
: to be Completed on
November 1st
The Pacific Highway, from Portland
to Bolton will be open to traffic with
out break or detour on October 20.
On that date, according to the pre
sent plans of the engineer's office, the
last 3,000 feet of pavement will be
sufficietnly ret to bear traffic.
Pouring of the last concrete was
completed late last week. When the
road is opened, there will be a com
plete paved loop from Oregon City
to Portland with the exception of the
300 foot gap between the West' end
of the Willamette river bridge and
Bolton.
Completicn Expected Soon
The construction cf the rock shoul
ders will be finished up to the last
secrion by the time that the entire
road is ready to be .opened. Engineer
F. T. Young estimates that the shoul
der construction on this last piece of
approximately half a- mile will re
quire about ten days. This means
that the west side road will be en
tirely completed by the first of No
vember. Mr. Young was unable to state
what plans for other highway work are
contemplated in this section upon the
part of the state. The work on the
Pacific Highway from Canby to Au
rora is rapidly nearing completion
and when this is done it will leave
only the bridge to be finished in order
to end up the present improvement
program as far as the "state is con
cerned. Mr. Young says that his of
fice here has had no instructions re
garding work or estimates on either
the Bolton gap or the South End road,
and that nothing has been done from
an engineering standpoint other than
the preliminary surveys which were
ordered and completed during the first
part of the time that the state's work
was in progress here.
Hearing: on Doctor's
Protest Postponed
Registration Gains
In County Schools
The hearing called by the Industrial
Accident Commission, to hear the pro
tests of local doctors to the arrange
ments here for medical service, has
been postponed from next Thursday,
to October 6. .
Eight local physicians protested
np-jiiiistt tha pmnlnvmpnt nf the Doe-
tors Mount to do all of the work for session for an eight-month year.
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With the opening of school in eight
een districts in Clackamas county
Monday, the majority of the educa
tional institutions are now in session.
October 3 is the last date for the
opening of school when . 16 districts
will begin their terms. At present
321 school districts, including Oregon
City are in session.
The majority of the schools which
will open next Monday will remain in
the Hawley and Crown-Willamette
mill 8, as opposed to the former system
where the work was distributed
among all of the physicians on a fe3
basis.
The hearing w3 postponed due to
the fact that at the date first set.
neither W. P. Hawley senior or
junior would have been able to attend
to present the industrial plant's side
of the case.
Doctor's Recovery
Thought Possible
aiiuuus" practically no improve
ment is noted in the condition of
Doctor J. L. Graham, who was injure!
at New Era in the wreck of the booze
car more than two weeks ago, at
tending physicians entertain some
hope for his recovery.
According to Dr. H.' S. Mount, while
Graham's condition is still far from
favorable, he is showing no relapse
and will probably rally from Jiis in
juries in time.
The registration at the majority of
the schools is increasing. Reports
from the Canby district show that the
first enrollment, totaling 121 in the
high school surpasses the maximum
of 120 reached last year. An increase
in the grammar school, which at
present has 20o students, is noticable.
Canby high school has added another
teacher, the faculty totalling five.
Miss Myrtle King, daughter of Judge
King, formerly on the Oregon Su
preme bench, has taken over the lan
guage classes. She is a graduate of
Vocher, Baltimore, Md.
The Henrici school opened on Mon
day morning with Miss Hargreaves, an
experienced teacher, in charge. There
were 18 pupils registering on the first
day of school, with other? to attend
at a later date.
The Bird Reunion Association, com.
posed of descendents of the historical
pioneer Bird family, was organized
Sunday afternoon at Gladstone park,
when early 100 people, from the im
mediate families of old William A.,
and Robert Bird to the fourth genera
tion, met in their first annual assemblage.
Laura Kirchem was elected presi
dent of the association. Grant Corby
was chosen secretary-treasurer. Mrs
Kirchem, Mr. Corby, O. D. Bobbins,
Mrs. Ella M. Henrick and E. J. Noble
were elected to compose the executive
committee of the association.
A number of the older members of
the family, among them several of the
immediate Bird family, told of their
parents experiences in crossing the
plains and settling in the west. Their
memories are those of childhood, and
County Judge Harvey E. Cross is in several of the cases this meant
in receipt of a letter from the county I memories of nearly 30 or more years
USE OF FERRY FOR
SOLUTION TO RIVER
PROBLEM OFFERED
!
Multnomah County is to Let!
Clackamas Run Boat Not
in Operation Now
commissioners of Multnomah county,
tendering the use of a ferry boat,
owned by Multnomah county, for the
period during which the Oregon City
West Linn bridge is under construc
tion. The boat is now idle and can be se
cured by the payment of a rental of
$150 per month in advance, with
Clackamas county to provide for the
pay of the crew, which is to consist of
ago. Mrs. Ella Corby, of Salem; Mrs.
Rache Ford, of Tualatin; Mrs. Amelia
Robbins, of Logan, and W. M. Bii d
of Scotts Mills are among the oldest
of the present family.
Grant Corby, C. W. Corby, O. H.
Robbins, Mrs. Ella M. Hendrick and
Mrs. Laura Kirchem, were among1 the
speakers who told of the early days.
A list of the members of the family
was made Sunday, and one of the
the minimum number of men required features of the association as planned,
under the regulations of the United
States inspector of boilers and hulls.
Commissioner Holman estimates the
cost per month including pay roll,
rental, fuel and other incidentals in
the operation of the ferry would bring
the total expense to approximately
$2000 per month. Judge JDross esti
mates the expense necessary to pro
vide, suitably landing places would
cost approximately $6000.
As the period of construction for
the new bridge will consume practical
ly one year the installation of a ferry
if decided upon will cost Clackamas
county close to $30,000. The matter
will be taken up with the full court
The city councils of Oregon City
and West Linn have each appointed a
committee to confer with the court.-
FIRST TELEPHONE
CASE BRIEF FILED;
SERVICE IS PANNED
SALEM. Ore. Sept S2. Edward M.
Cousin, who represented the Oregon
Telephone federation embracing sub
sidiary companies and consumers of
Clackamas, and other affected coun
ties in the &tate in the rate rehearing
of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph jan 'ske, Molalla
company before the public service
commission during a large Dart of
July and August, is . the first repre
sentative of any interest lined up
against high rates to file his brief
with the service commission
Mr. Cousin's brief, a bound volume
of eighty-seven pages, was filed here
early today.
Many Represented
The organizations associated with
the Oregon Telephone federation and
which were represented in the har
ing by Mr. Cousin are the Oregon
State. Caterers' association . Oregon
State Grange, Oregon State Farm Bu
reau. Portland Apartment House as
sociation, and the Housewives Coun
cil of Portland
Mr. cousin lays strong emphasis on
the alleged inadequacy of the com
pany's telephone service, and he ac
cuses the service commission of mak
is the compilation of as complete as
possible a record. The list taken Sun
day by Judge E. J. Noble, who was
one of the originators of the reunion
idea, follows:
John Wesley Noble. Oregon City;
Mrs. John Noble, Fresno, Cal.; N. L.
Kirchem, Route 2 ; Mabel Kirchem,
Oregon- City; Elizabeth E. Crisell,
Portland; Elaine E. Kirchem, Oregon
City; Marie crisell, Aurora; Tobert
Crisell, Aurora; Elmer Crisell, Auro
ra; R. H. Crisell, Aurora; Mrs. C. C.
Robbins, Portland; W. P. Kircham,
Route 2 ; Irene Kirchem, Route 2 ;
Louise Npbla, Oregon City;. Paul Kir
cheni, Route 2; Wilford Ford, Port
land; Maxine Bird Portland; Allen W.
Crisell, Corvallis; Constance Thomas
Portland; Mrs. Irene' Jenkins, Fort
land; Helen E. Jenkins, Portland;
G. Vorheis,' Mrs. Estella Vorheis,
Chester C. Vorheis, Mirton M. Vor
heis, Nellie I. Bird Thomass Glenn E
Thomas, Hobart M- Bird, R. L. Bird
Portland; M. E. Hendrick, McMinn
ville: Allan S. Ford, Portland, W. W
Nelson, Newberg; Verona H Nelson
Mrs. V. H- Nelson, Mary Bird Rogers,
Miss M. Rogers, Portland; Josiah C
Nelson and son, Dorothy G Nelson
Newberg: Ray Bird Ferguson, Lera
Ferguson, Portland; O. D. Robbins
Route 2; W. M. Birch, Scotts Mills
Ben b- Thomas. Portland; Grant Cor
by, Salem; M. M. Crisell, Aurora
Mrs. Robert Bird, Portland; - Mrs.
Josephine Ford, A. A. Crisell, Henry
P. Ford, Portland: S. Weckert, Sher
wood; Rachel Ford Sherwood; F. J
Mrs. E. J. Corny,
Salem; Mrs. Dora Corby. Salem; N
N. Robbins. Route 2; Mrs. Amelia
Robbins, Route 2: Mrs. Ella L. Week
ert, Sherwood; Mrsi Molly Wyland
Molalla; Mrs. Sarah E Day, Salem:
Mrs. Lydia Bird, Portland; Mary )
Hedges, Sherwood, Millard Crissell
Florence Crisell, William Crisell, Glen
Crisell. Edith Cresell. Aurora; Fred
fl. Kirohem, Oregon C'ty; Jasper N,
Seelv. Sherwood: Roas Seely, Sher
wood: Jennie N. Belcher Mrs. Edna
Chucheltr E. T. Belcher, Portland ; El
la M- Hendrick, McMinnville; G. K
Bird, Portland and E. J. Noble, On:
gon City.
Concrete Work at
Mulino Completed
The concrete work on the road
from Mulino to Wrieht's bridge, a dis-
ng its previous order increasing rates tance of one and one-half miles, was
Lime Tariff Probed;
Low Rate is Found
Demurer Overruled
In Truck Load Case
The demurer filed by the defense
.in the case to test the legality of the
recent county court order limiting the
weight of trucks on the highways, was
overruled by Judge E. J. Noble in the
justice court Tuesday morning.
The attorneys for R. C. Kelsey, de
fendant,and driver for the Willamette
Transfer -company of Portland, served
notice of appeal.
The case is to be carried to the
supreme court. It is the contention
of the defendants that the state regu
lations should govern, and that the
county regulations, which prescribe a
lighter load, are therefore illegal.
Investigation into the existing tar
iff rates discloses the fact that the
charge for agricultural lime, from
Gold Hill, near N Salem, to Oregon
City and pointsi south of here is $2.a0
a ton.
Farmers in the county . for some
time were unable to purchase the
lime due to the fact that a 28 cent
rate per pound was believed to be in
vogue, making the cost of the com
modity prohibitive A further Inquiry
into the tariff rates was made and a
charge of 13 cents a pound was found
to have been allowed. Under this
tariff, lime can be, laid down in the
county ror $t.t0 a ton from the state
plant at . Gold Hill.
Two carload orders have. already
been placed from here. County Agent
W. A. Holt, is listing those who de
sire to purchase lime from the state
plant, so that when it is ordered, ?t
gan be secured in earload lots . .
upon a basis of rate inadequacy, and
avers that the commission misappre
hended the law in that order.
"Adequate Service" Said Need
'The primary requirement of a
telephone utility by the law of this
state is adequate service," declares
the Cousin brief. "There has been an
abundance of competent testimony,
not only at the rehearing." but at pre
vious hearings, that the service was
not equal to the requirements' and was
not 'fully sufficient,' the quoted words
constituting the definition of 'ade
quate'.' "The commission is bound by this
testimony," the brief says. "There
was no evidence to controvert it.
Some of the company's employes tes
tified that the service rendered was
good, but not one subscriber was
brought forth to confirm such state
ments. Many subscribers went so far
as to declare the service valueless to
them: In some instances, actual fi
nancial loss occurred to subscribers
depending upon telephone communi-j
cation and in others extreme annoy
ance and inconvenience resulted.
"The evidence as a whole proves
conclusively that the telephone serv
ice rendered by the company prior
and subsequent to the increase in
rates was far from adequate and suf
ficient, as required by law."
completed Saturday night. This road
was constructed under the bonding
act, being a portion of the 144 miles
proposed to be constructed from the
sale of bonds to the amount of $1,700,-000.
West Linn Council
Authorizes Sewer
The West Linn city council has
voted in favor of passing the ordi
nance for the construction of the Bol
ton sewer according to tlie plans pre
pared by A. B. Perrott, city engineer,
the estimated cost being $6000. The
contemplated sewer will empty into
the river at the foot of RandaiJ street.
Bids for construction will be asked
for in about one month, although con
struction is not expected to begin un
til next spring.
THREE DIVORCES GRANTED
Divorces) 'were granted in the cir
cuit court Friday to Aldina E., from
Joseph Cumberland; Marie E., from
Henry Holder and Mabel from Percy
Osburn. In the first two cases the
plaintiffs were given the custody of
their minor children. In the latter
case the plaintiff was restored the
use of her maiden name, Mabel Baars.
ARRESTS FEW
FOR ROAD LAW
VIOLATIONS
Officials Unable to Cope With
Situation; Clackamas is
Mecca for Speeders
That the arrests being made for
violations of the traffic laws in
Clackamas county are insignificant
when compared with. the violations
that are being made every day upon
the highways, is the disclosure of a
Burvey of the records of the justice
courts for the past few months.
Sheriff Wilson is the authority for
the statement that the- county law en
forcing machinery is at the present
unable to cope with the situation, due
to the fact that the sheriff's office
has no speed officer.
The records of Judge Parry's court
at Milwaukie show that the traffic
officer operating under pleasure ot
the county court, has made an even
20 arrests during the months of July,
August and September. Only half of
these are for speeding or reckles:
driving. The remainder are for min
or offenses such as parking improper
ly, etc. ,
Local officials are not particular
about the actual means taken to en
force the traffic regulations in the
county, so that some measure of pro
tection is given the public. But un
der the present system, with a man
serving under the court, and no equip
ment or officer for such work under
the sheriff, no efficient curbing of
violations is possible they contend
Only one or two arrests have been
made during the month of September
for traffic violations, other than those
made by the state men and by the
sheriff's deputies, when engaged i n
other work, they happened to appr&r
hend a speeder.
The record of Judge Parry's court
is augmented by one arrest, which
case was tried in Judge E. J. Noble's
court, credited to the speed officer
at present serving under the court.
Compared with this is the record of
as high as 31 arrests, many of which
were for excessive speed and reckless
driving, made during the month of
July. I
' During August the number of acci
dents reported in the county reachea
50 nearly two a day.
Due to the laxity of policing the
highways, Clackamas county is bo-
coming a mecca, for speeders; tran
sient autoists make no pretense - of
obeying the laws and the safety of
the general traveling public Is en
dangered, officials say. and the duly
constituted authorities are without the
means to stop the violations.
LINN I JONES
ELECTED HEAD
OFLIVEWIRES
PERCY CAUFIELD TO BE
SUB-TRUNK
Auto Park, South End Road
Up for Discussion at
Second Meeting
Cost Appeal Taken
In Hawlev Divorce
Marjorie Hawley, plaintiff in the
famous local Hawley divorce suit, has
filed a protest with the supreme court
against the court clerk's decision on
the expense money paid to cover costs
of her appeal.
The supreme court ruled that Mrs.
Hawley should recover $1483 from hei
husband Willard Hawley, Jr., to pay
the costs of appealing; the suit. Be
fore the suit was appealed, Hawley
paid his wife $1,000 toward the costs.
The clerk held, in collecting the
money, that the $1,000 should be ap
plied on the supreme court cost bill,
and Mrs. Hawley paid an additional
$483 only.
Under the law, an appeal can be
taken from the clerk'si decision to the
court.' Mrs. Hawley asks the payment
of $1483 in addition to the first sum
paid by her husband. A decision is
expected in a few weeks.
. Linn E. Jones, formerly mayor of
Oregon City and prominent in com
mercial activities was Tdesday elected
Main Trunk of the . Live Wires, in
ternal organization of the Oregon
City Commercial club. Mr. Jones is
also president of the Clackamas
County Business Men's Association,
newly formed in Oregon City. He
succeeds E. E. Brodie as head offi
cer of the Wires.
Park' Problem Aired
Other results at the quarterly elec
tion were, Percy Caufield for suh
trunk, over John R. Humphrys; O.
D. Eby for transmission wire, over
F. J. Tooze; A, c Howland, for guy
wire, over M- T- Wire; and H G. Ed
gar for insu'ator, over M. T. Wire.
Ralph C. Parker, reporting for tha
auto park committee, said that re-,
ceipts for the season . had been
$1380.05, of which there remains in
the treasury $140, or about enough
to maintain the park for another
month. The committee, said, Mr.
Parker, was debating whether or net
to 'keep the place open during the
winter, maintaining a caretaker for
the purpose of keeping the equipment
of the park in good condition. The
investemtnt in the park represents
about $3,000, and the likelihood that
this would depreciate greatly during
the winter would have to be considered-
Some revenue, like income
from football games on the park
grounds, or dances in the pavilion.
might be expected during the winter.
A resolution thanking the Crane
company of Portland for their dona
tions of plumbing supplies, to tho
water commissioners for their as
sistance,, and to the P R. L. & P.
company for tnelr aid, was passed.
. Committee Head Resigns
Wallace Caufield, chairman of the
south-end road committee asked that
this committee be discharged, and
that a new one be appointed to con
tinue with the work, which has been
conceeded to be the most important
project before the club this season.
Caufield stated as his reasons for
asking -release that the element of
personal interest (entered the con
troversy over routes, inasmuch as his
committee had endorsed Railroad ave
nue plan which took the highway past
the establishment owned by Caufield.
Other members of the club, it is un
derstood, accused the committee of
favortism. No action was taken, other
than to accept the resignation, . and
the problem is one that will confront
the new officers at their meeting next
week.
Memorial Planned
Drive Head Chosen
H. G. Starkweather has been ap
pointed chairman of the Clackamas
county committee for the Wilson
Foundation drive. A campaign is to
open October 23 for the raising of
$1,000,000 or more, $8,000 or more of
which is to come from .Oregon, by
public subscription with which to
establish a testimonial to the works
and ideals of the former president
of the United States.
The fund is to be invested in gov
ernment securities, and from the in
come, an annual award is to be. made
In tha individual nr BTOUO WHOH1 a
committee decides has, during a
specified time, rendered meritorious
service to democracy, public welfare
or peace. It is tne purpose i-
Foundation, not only to nonor me
wwulmtf Wilson, but to
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encourage and recognize public serv
ice in all generations.
scat officials, including c. -
Jackson, general chairman, Dr. C- J
smith, ohairman of the executive
committee, M. A. Miller, chairman ot
the speakers committee, and Robert
Smith, treasurer, nave been ap
pointed along with county chairmen
throughout the state.
Homeseeker's Trip
Plans Called Off
Quarter Taxes Filed;
Total 500,000,000
Washington, Sept. 22. Income and
profits taxes collected for the third
quarter of this year totaled $500,000,-
00, the treasury department an
nounced today An additional $25,
000,000 isi expected.
Conditions in the Middle West,
where the farmers are hard hit thru
crop failures, lack ct markets and
general hard times, has resulted in
the decision of the Oregon State
Chamber of commerce to cancel the
homeseekers' excursion through the
state including Clackamas county as
originally planned to begm September
22nd, according to announcement re
ceived Monday by the local realty
board.
J R. Heuring, representative of the
State Chamber, who has been adver
tising Oregon's opportunities in the
middle western states during the past
five months, reports conditions there
to be unbelievely bad, due to the gen
eral business depression which has
followed the good times of the past
two years. The great corn producing
states are the hardest hit, according
to Heuring. Corn which sold for two
dollars a bushel two years ago is now
being contracted for at thirty cents.
Large numbers of farmers promised
to come to Oregon on the September
excursion, according to Heuring; but
when the actual date of - departure
drew near only seven were able to
complete their reservations.
"Although we were n.-.t able to se
cure a large party to come to Oregon
this fall, I belive that the past sum
mer's work in the middle west will be
of enormous benefit to Oregon," de
clared Secretary- Quayle. "Heuring
personally interviewed more than
3,000 prospective setlers and distri
buted more than 25,000 pieces of de
scriptive literature. This cannot fan
to cieate a tremendous sentiment for
Oregon so that when conditions are
more favorable, this state will un
doubtedly receive hundreds of farm
ers as a result of this campaign."
LICENSE IS ISSUED
A marriage license was issued Mon
day to Guy L. Runyon, 50. and Mary
F. Cross, 48, both of Marquam.