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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 45
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 8, 1 92 1 ,
ESTABLISHED 1866
The Oregon city Enter-
s :prise covers the news field
of Clackamas county thor-
oughly. Live correspondents
from every section ketp the J
? readers posted every week s
of your neighbors activities ?
OK
ENTE
CITIZENS REFER
BRIDGE PROBLEM
BACK TO COURT
TEMPORARY SPAN I S
TALKED AT MEET
CHOSEN FOR DRIVE
. OF RED CROSS HERE
NTERURBAN
BUS
Local Campaign Will Start
During Latter Part
. - of This Week
FRANCHISE LAW
PASSED BY CITY
Taxpayers Inveigh Against
City's Paying $4,000 of
Structure's Cost
With less than a dozen favorabl i
votes, a mass meeting of the citizena
'. Cl2.1iar.-.r.3 county iefeated a ni
lioii. t- 2: t'.iv c:tv council to contri
bute $4,000 towari a t.pnpcrn.ry brid
ever the Willamette
structed a committee
the county court in an elicit to secu:j
a better financial arrangement.
No express'on from the county court
was given at the mass meeting. Judge
H. E. Cros3 and Commissioners Proc
tor and Harris did not attend. The
meeting acted upon the assumption
that the recent proposition made by
the court to pay but $4,000 and take a
similar amount out of the road fund of
Oregon City and "West Linn, making
a total of $12,000, stili stands. The
motion to authorize tjl e Oregon City
council to enter into this agreement
was lost.
Jones Heads Committee
The committee which will appear
before the county cour-. today is com
posed of Linn E. Jones, chairman, Wil
liam Andresen, Lou Adams.' M. D. La
tourette. O. D. Eby, Thomas Ryan and
Harry Greaves.
A number of business and profe.3
sioiia' men spoke at the meeting and
the general concensus of opinion was
that the county should provide the
finances to build a temporary struc
ture to take care of the Oregon City-
West Linn traffic during the time the
new span is building. A number of
the speakers stated that if the county
would not or could not pay more than
$4,000, Oregon r.ity should come to
the front and with West Linn, and
aided by voluntary contributions,
faolve the problem
City Recorder Charles Kelly out
' lined the finances of the city, showin?
that no money could bs spent, on the
temporary bridge without impairing
the municipal road building program,
which could even now only be carried
out through the voting of a special
mill levy. Chris Schuebel spok-j
on the legal phase of the question,
stating it as his belief that tUie city
could not legally make the appropiia
' tion. and pointing out the fact tha1.
the bonded indebtedness of the city
amounted to more than $720,000, ex
clusive of school debts and Bancroft
bonds. Judge Thomas Ryan drew a
parallel with a similar condition that
existed in Salem some years ago show
ing the utter folly of no', providing
adequate m:ans of caring lor the traf
fic. Need is Shown
Stating that the losses due to a tie-
up of traffic could never be recoverea
J. E Hedges said that the county
ought to build the bridge, but if they
couldn't he believed the city should aid
If this can not be done, in all events
the bridge must be buiit, he etjnclud
ed, even if it is necessary to do it by
private subscription. Dr. L. A. Morris
drew atjeention to the fact that the or
iginal payment to secure the new soaa
was i epres-ented . to be all that would
be asked of the cities. He also drew
attention to tine great need for im
mediate action in the securing oi a
temporary bridge. F. J. Tooze touched
uoon the necessity tor coping wuu
financial situation rather than the
need for the solution of the problem
which was generally eonceeded. Wil
liam Andresen drew the attention of
the meeting to the fact that the court
bad refused to be responsible for the
xtonstruction of the bridge, but would
merely make a donation toward it.
This matter was left to the hands of
the committee. Lou Adams, in order
1 o get the matter before the house,
proposed the motion that the city
stand the proposed portion of tfhe ex
pense. . This, after some aiscussion.
lost heavily, and the committee was
subsequently appointed, to make their
report back to the council.
It is understood that the majority
of the council are solidly opposed to
any payment to defray the cost of the
bridge, and it is expected that no move
to secure a city appropriation will
meet with success Informal opinion
of councilmen expressed last night was
overwhelmingly in favor of refusing
financial aid to a project, which they
said, they had already given fully as
much as should be asked.
In the absence oE Judge Cross, May
or James Shannon presided at th
meeting, and O. D- Eby acted as secre
tary. The attendance was more tnan
125.
Announcement of me :;ppoIntmei't
of district chairmen for the Fifth An
nual American Red Cross Roll Call,
has been made at the office of Secre
tary cis B. Pratt, of the local chapter.
So chairman for Oregon City has yet
been named, and it is not expected that
actuiil ol:citation will start for sev
t ral days. ,
The roll call opened nationally No
vember 11, to continue until the 21th
of the month. It was found necessary
in Clackamas county to delay the
ipemng of the oamnaign which is to
.
ver. and in- iais. $o,000 to guarantee the continu-j
to confer with l aiiee or tiie work nere for another
year.
Names Are Given
The district chairmen, named so tar
are-
Redland, Mrs. H. A. Allen.
Estacada, Mrs. J. W. Read.
Oak Grove, Mrs. Mary Sutler.
Lower Logan, Mrs. W. P. Kirchem.
Carus, G. R. Gwilliam
Twilight. Mrs Anna .Toehnke.
Sandy, Mrs. Jack Shelley.
Graeme, Mrs .. Jesse M. Say.
Browns, Mrs .Mary Antiony. I
Colton, Mrs. A. Wall.
Kelso. Mrs. Robert Jonsrud.
Claremont, Mrs. John Gaffney
Central Point, Mrs. William Randall
Jennings Lodge, Mrs. Bertha M.
Hart
Marquam, Mrs. O. M. Murphy.
Gladstone, Mrs. Grace Eby.
Sandy Ridge, Charles Krebs.
Milwaukie, Mrs. Geo. Wissinger and
Mrs. Maggie Johnson
Lawton Heights, Ward B. Lawton.
Wichita. Mrs. Wallace Miller.
The drive which is to contiue for
the remainder of this week and next
week is to raise $5,000 for the sup
port of the Clackamas, County Chapter.
Oswego, Milton Shipley
Marks Prairie, coleman Marks.
In response to the appeal from Pres
ident Harding, the Red Crosg work
was made a subject, from the pulpits of
a number of Clackamas County chur
ches last Sunday. "The American Red
Cross," said the President, "has kept
faith with tho principles which gave
it birth and with the obligations laid
upon it by Congressional Charter "to
act in matters of voluntary relief and
in accord with the military and naval
authorities as a medium of communi
cation betiween the people- of the
United States and their Army and
Navy"'; after a notable war service,
it, in conjunction with the 'Veterans'
Bureau and other activities, stands by
our veterans and ineir tontines ir. a
(Continued on ra.se Four.)
STAGE COMPANY WILL
FILE INJUNCTION
Action of Council Protested
As Unconstitutional;
No License Set
Yeggs Attempt to
Crack Safe; Money
Bag is Overlooked
Safe crackers blew the outer door
from the safe of the Ed Wheeler pool
room, Sixth and Main streets, early
Saturday morning, but were frightened
away before they reached the money
drawer cc-ntainiu? approximately $300.
The first shot jammed the inner door
and preparations were being made to
blow this when the yeggs were inltr-
rupted and fled through the side win
dow by which they had entered the
pool room.
The safe had been rolled to a small
room in the rear of the place an? cov
ered with blankets.
The esp:osion was heard by Charles
Schram. manager. of the Grand thea
tre, in the same building; who lives in
rooms in the theatre section, at 2:.0
o'clock Saturday morning. Specia
Night Officer Ed T. Mass and others
in the street also heard it and all
ushed for the poolroom scaring the
robbers away.
Investigation Saturday afternoon re
vealed the fact that tine would-be
yeggs in their haste had overlooked a
sack containing $45 which had been
left on the pool hall counter. In lock
Hg tip, Wheeler forgot to put the
money in the sate, Dut me formers
were so intent upon cracking the
trorg box that they did not make any
attempt to rifle the store. Local po
lice are conducting an investigation
CITY BUDGET EOR
1922 PREPARED;
AUTO, PARK AIDED
POLICE PATROL WILL BE
PURCHASED
For the Durur.se of restricting the
traffic cf interurban motor busses anif
freight trucks the city council Satur
day night passed an ordinance mak
:ng it unlawful for any such vehicle
to cper'Kc tnrough th" city wlthouc
first obtaining a franchise. .
That the city waa inviting litigation
which would resulc in an unfavorable
verdict was the statement of Phil
Hammond, attorney for the Salem
Po:tland Stage company, which was
also represented at the meeting by its
manager, E. W. Dent. That the ordi
nance was unconstitutional and in
confliction with federal and state traf
fic law:; was the statement, of Mr
Pent, and he declared that it was not
ihe intentioi of the city to issue any TVntirkTlfi ""f "WrkT-lrl
iranchise under the ordinance except ' x 1 """" Ul T U11U
at prohibitive licenses. On the other
hand, City Attorney O. D. Eby declar
ed that only a nominal fee would be
charged and that the main purpose
of the ordinance-was to regulate traf
fic which used the streets of ihe city
without contributing to their upkeep.
Mayor Shannon notified the bus com
pany that hereafter the driver of every
bus going through town at mere than
IS miles an hour would be arrested,
and Mr. Dent agreed that it would be
only fair, stating that his drivers havj
explicit orders to slow down to lf
miles in' Oregon ciy- denied tho
charges of city officers that his busses
were taking on and letting off pass
engers within the city limits of Ore
gon City, but was warned that the
next offense would mean arrest of the
drivers.
Bow in Honor of
Unknown Soldier
An. injunction will be filed by the
bus company, said Mr. HammonJ, if
they are arrested for operating with
out a franchise, but no action is ex
pected until Tuesday afternoon, b y
which time the city will expect the.
bus and freight lines to have complied
with the ordinance.
Other actions of the council includ
ed the first reading of ordinances as
sessing the costs of the improvements
of the jail alley and of 12th street,
from Main to Center, which amounted
to $741.16 aDd $3,S09.1S respectively;
first reading of an ordinance appro
priating $2,141.67 tc pay for tire de
partment bonds which remain unsold
and the first reading of an ordinance
paying back into the general fund tho
sum of $822.02 from the fire depart-
S q j o I inent fund, to liquidate loans made to
mg at otOCK SHOW maintain the department.
iuonuay nigni, win De Duuget meet
ing, at 7 o'clock, following which tho
council will attend the 'mass meeting
at the commercial club rooms to dis
cuss the bridge problem.
Willamette Boys
Mrs. Harry Gretavea, direetp- ct
the Boys' Whitman chorous of Wil
lamette, accompanied by Mrs. Bersey,
Mrs. Fred Baker and Mrs. Clara
Barthlomew, chaperoned the boys to
Portland on Sunday, where they ap
peared in the chorus at the Interna
tional Livestock Exposition.
Mrs. Greaves has done exceptionally
well as a director, and the boys who
have been heard in songs under her
direction, have been highly praised.
There were 32 in all, and the trip
was made in the big bus of the Canby
Bus Company with M. J. Lee as driver.
WASHINGTON, Nov 10. Moving
reverently through the shadowed ro
tunda of the national capitol, gray
haired mothers and high officials of
the government!, battle-scarred war ve.
terans and envoys of world powers
paid homage and tribute today at thd
bier of America's .Nameless Hero.
Among the most formal of the nil
grim age to his shrine of patriotic
valor was that . planned by the Brit
ish embassy. From the embassy
building there was arranged a parade
headed by Arthur J. Balfcur, head of
the Firitish delegation to Washington
I and former prime minister and Sir
Auckland Geddes, British ambassa
dor. Nearly a score of automobiles
formed the procesyorand two motor
trucks carried t" nowers
A wreath from Kin? George was
among them. Lord Cavan acting for
the king. It bore the legend:
"As unknown, and yet well known;
"As dying and behold, we live."
There was a wreath, toe, from
Canada, its inscription saying:
"But 'that which put the glory of
grace into:
"All that he did was that he died
of pure -
"Love to his country."
That from Premier Ll.yd George
said:
"Nameless, yet his name liveth
evermore."
Outline of Finances for Next
Year Completed; Public
Meet Not Yet Set
Monument Planned
to Pioneer Teacher
Appropriations for park and play
ground purposes and the decision to
provide for the purchase of a police
patTol wagon, were the outslanidng
features of the city budget for 1922,
which was completed by th budget
committee Tuesday evening after more
than a week of labor to whip iSie fi
nances of the municipality into shape
for the coming year.
A fund of $600 to aid in the provi
sion for the Canernah Auto park was
provided. For the ir-iprt vt-ment of
the city park on the south end or
Center street $100 was provided, to be
matched by an equal sum, either in
cash or labor by the Hill Improvement
Club. For the purchase of appartus
for school children's playgrounds, $400
was voted, and the sum of $725 for
the purchase and maintenance of a
light patrol wagon.
Administrative Expense Outlined
General fund expenditures for th
oming year will total $27,000. Read
fund expenditres will total S 15,000.
Taxes levied for special purposes, in
cluding the retirement of bonds will
imount; to $37,400
The general fund includes the ad
ministrative expenses of the city, and
s budgeted: Health and police (in
clusive of purchase of auto), $5,935,
Elevator expense, $2,680; Recorder's
expense, $1660, city Attorney's office,
$1,210; Treasurer, $400; Lights $5,50'),
Fire and water, $1,495; Printing, $500.
Appraisers. $C0; Elections $150; Enj3r
gency fund. $1,350. Estimated re
ceipts include $22,00 received from
ihe teven mill tax for this purpose
and $5,000 estimated receipts from
fines and licenses
Road Fund Short
In the road fund, the $15,000 esti
mated expenditure includes the pro
posed 2 mill tax The handling of
this fund involved considerable dir'f:
culty due to the fact that there wera
(Continued on rage Four)
FIVE GREAT POWERS
FAVOR PROPOSAL OF
U.S. FOR ARMS GUI
Naval Disarmament Meets
With Approbation of
Great Britain
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Nov. 15. The
sweeping American proposal for re
duction of naval armament became the
accepted fundamental policy of the
armament conference today by the un
animous assent of the five great powers.
Seconding the bold lead of tb'J
United States, accredited spokesmen
of Great Britain, Japan, Italy and
France rose in their places at today's
plenary session of the conference and
declared the readiness of their gov
ernments to acoept the American pro
posal in spirit and in principle, but
with the reservation of a right lu
uggest modifications of detail.
Details in Committee
BOARD
ORDERS
CONSOLIDATION
OF 2 DISTRICTS
MT. PLEASANT JOINED
TO OREGON CITY
Twilight School Not Included
in Order; Action is
Compromise
Survey of Traffic
On Bridge is Taken
Business Rests On
4th Armistice Day
Bus-iness was practically suspended
today in honor of Armistice Day, with
all business houses, banking institu
tions, postoffice, court house and news
paper offices closed.
Many from Oregon Ciy witnessed
the impressive parade in Portland.
Flags appeared on many buildings
in the city.
The big ball under the auspices of
the Willamette Falls Post, American
Legion and Women's Auxiliary was
given at the Busch halt The bi
ball room was filled wiih dancers and
many who were spectators.
P. O. Applicants for
OsWeffO -Are ClOSed P!iuently stopped, and state authority
" secured for Wagy. Lone has been rtv
Traffic Cop Arrests
Sheriff and Deputies
The clackamaa county sheriff's par
ty was pinched for violation of the
traffic laws Sunday night.
Sheriff William Wilson, accompan
ied by Deputies Henry Hughes and
Carl Long were returning to Oregon
City when the headlights of Hughes
car gave out, and he drove with only
the spotlight illuminating the road.
Traffic Officer Wagy, . who accom
panied by Constable Lowe had been
stalking stills in the Damascus! dis
trict, appeared on the scene and ar-1
rested the official party. Monday De
puty Hughes was given a hearing be
fore County Judge Cross and dis
charged with a warning "never to do
it again." .
The humor in the situation comes in
the fact that last July, in a squabble
over- the position of traffic officer.
Long was removed by the court undet
the plea that he was noti devoting his
entire time to the enforcement of
traffic laws but was accompauing the
Khcrift on raids. Wagy was appointed
by the court, and the sheriff refused
to deputize him. Long's pay was sub
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The list
of postoffice applicants for Oswego
was closed Saturday. The list includes
Ed L. Smoke, Walte
II rs. Etta M. Davit
idson.
ecurea ior wagy. Liong lias been re
tained as a special deputy by th3
sheriff.
lSS:: Divorce Asked by.
Grace Jorgensen
A monument io Mrs. George L. Cur
ry, who outside of the mission schools
was tihe first white woman teacher in
Oregon, is to be erected near Deir;.
Polk county. Mrs. Curry was at one
time a resident of Oregon CHy and
was a great grand-daughttr of the.
famous Indian scout. Daniel Boone
Miss. Chloe Boone and Ceorge L. C'.i
ry pioneer governor of the state were
married in Oregon City in 1848. Two
years later the family moved to tbe
La Creole country near Derry, where
Mrs. Curry started a school.
The move to erect a memorial is
s ponsored by George L. Curry, Jr., son
of the old pioneer. Recently he' and
his daughter, Miss Winn;fred Dixie
Curry, and Mrs1. Pearl Piatt of Salem
made an inspection of the neighbor
hood near Derry. but were unable to
determine the spot where the o'd log
schoolhouse stood, and will make a
second tyip in an effort to find the
exact location. Mr. Gurry Jr., has
spent 55 years of his life in Portland,
where he was employed for many
years as a bank clerk. Owing :o c
failure in health he has been living
on a homestead near Cleveland Rock,
east of Larwood, for the last five yeans
and has spent much of his time writ
ing a history of Oregon, which wi!l
probably be published in the near future.
Crusher Employee
Of Tualatin Hurt
Charles Casteel of Tualatin, is at a
Portland hospital as the result of an
accident at the Nyberg rock crusher,
where his hand was caught in th6 cable
which hauls the cars from tihe quarry
and three fingers were crushed. Mr.
Casteel previout-Iy suffered the loss of
"his left arm.
Health Association
Starts Linen Chest
Grace Jcrgensei:. who married Geo.
Jorgensen in Astoria September 1,
1920 has filed suit for divorce in Ihe
A linen chest, tjo provide household Clackamas County circuit court, alleg-
The
have
necessities to be loaned in case of
illness, is neing built up by the Clack
amas County Public Health Associa
tion The chest is for the purpose
of loaning articles such as layettes,
linens, and such articles to people un
prepared for illness and unable to
ing cruel and brutal treatment.
Jorgensens for the past year
been residents of Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. Jorgensen, who asks the return
cf her maiden name of Grace Ericksen,
states in hor comraint that her hus
band has been in tHe habit of using
provide such necessities. Donations I abusive language about her and thai
have been received from the Pythian he in various wave has rendered her
Sisters, P. , E. O., Kings Daughters, life burdensome. She asks $30 a month
Methodist Ladies Aid and Girls Re- permanent alimony, with $75 attor-
servo. iiey's fee-3 and costs of action.
Clackamas ;County
Dairies Rate High
That the dairies in the county of
Clackamas are complying well wifch
(he state laws regarding sanitation l:i
the tare of their product and the qual
ity of their milk, cream, and butter, js
indicated by the report just issued by
the Oregon Dairy and Food Commis
sioner. It shows that during the past month
out of ten inspections made cf local
ranches, not one was found selling
my commodity that fell blow the gov
ernment standards and in the majori
ty of cases the favorable margin was
largo. . Records of the commissi. -n
however show three convictions in the
local courts in cases where mercanUlj
companies have failed to observe pu-.'e
food and sanitation laws. These how
ever, are merely transcripts from local
records.
In 28 minutes, between 4:16 ami
4:44 p: m. a total of 289 people and
seven autos crossed the Willamette
bridge according to a survey made by
J. R. Grace, engineer for the Oregon
Engineering and Construction com
rany who has figured the amount of
traffic which will have to be taken
care of by a temporary bridge which
is planned to care for travel during
the time that the new structure be
tween Oregon City and West Linn
is being built.
Mr Grace has prepared tentative
plan for a light bridge, and is figur
ing the extent of tho traffic. He
figures to cover the average day
pbout 4:30 p. m., during whic-h t:me
there are approximately 90 people on
the bridge at once.
These figures, according to Mr.
Grace, demonstrate approximately the
magnitude of any plan to keep tra'.
open across the river while the new
bridge is under construction.
Then the probiem of these detail.--'..
which everyone realizes may yet oc
cupy the prolonged attention of the
conference and involve the success or
failure of the plan, was referred tor
preliminary examination tio a com
mittee of five technical naval advfcs-
rs, cne fro meach of the big fivv?
powers.
A. J. Balfour, head cf the British
delegation, announced the British ac
ceptance in a speech that stirred dele
gates and spectators and started a
discussion in which diplomatic cards
ere laid on the table in an unprece
dented manner.
Suggestions Made
The British suggestions are: First
-Reduction of the submarine tonnage
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan would be allowed to 'maintain in
the proposed limited fleets. Figures
in Secretary Hughes' proposal were
90,000 tons each in submarines for
Great Britain and the United States
und 54,000 tons for Japan. It was in
dicated Great! Britain would urge cut
ling this in half, to 45,000 tons for the
two powers and a similar reduction
for Japan. In addition the British
propose to limit the submarine units
in such fashion a-s to confine them to
defensive operations and make theii
unusable overseas 1
Second That to protect futur
knowledge and skill in capital war
ship construction, each nation retain
one capital shipbuilding yard capable
of producing a ship a year and scrap
all oiher warshipbuilding facilities.
Third That allowance be made in
the American replacement schedules
cf light craft, such as light cruisers
and gunboats., not of particular use in
any naval offeusive or defensive op
erations, for the adequate policing of
the seas.
Local Farmer Buys
Stock Show winner
Board to Consider
Joining Districts
Consolidation of Oregon City, Twi
light and Mt- Pleasant school dis
tricts, has been taken under advise
ment by the district boundary board,
which Monday afternoon conducted a
hearing on the subject. ' The board
took evidence for nearly two hours. A
number of the taxpayers of Mt Pleas
ant and Twilight were present.
The proposal is to consolidate the
three districts under the Oregon City
board of directors in order to increase
ihe efficiency of administrative of
fairs. A decision is expected within
about a week.
George Busch, whose home is at Mt,
Pleasant about two miles from Oregon
City, is among those from Clackamas
county making purchases at the Inter
national Livestock Show held in Port
land last week.
Mr. Busch has purchased "Melia
Ann's Victory Lad'' a nine-months old
bull, dark Jersey breed, registered
stock, from F. K. Blackadcr, of Til
lamook, Oregon.
"Melia Ann's Victory Lad's" dam
had a record of over f-00 pounds of
butter fat as a heifer, and 700 pounds
with her second calf. She is owned
by JMr. Blackador, who also owns the
bull's sire, "Victory Lad."
Mr. Busch started into the dairying
industry at Mount Pleasant about two
months ago, and is greatly encouraged
over the business he has already es
tablished. He has decided to change
front the Holsteins to the Jerseys,
and has about 14 head in all, with
even head of excellent grade Jersey
cows, but these will be disposed oi
later, when registered stock will take
heir place.
"Molia Ann's Victory Lad,' " winning
first prize at tho recent Tillamoo.t
county fair, will head the herd at the
Busch dairy farm.
Automobile Park
At Canernah Closed
The automobile park has been closed
for the season. An effort will be made
to havee the amount necessary for its
upkeep throughout the entire year to
rether with the salary of a keeper in
cluded in the city budget.
Mt. Pleasant Votes'
For Consolidation
Taxpayers of the Mt. Pleasant school
district Saturday night voted unani
mously in favor o consolidating with
the Twilight! and Oregon City dis
tricts. The district boundary board
is to consider the consolidation Mon
day afternoon. Petitions from the
three districts have been presented
in order to overcome an awkward ad
ministrative problem. Due to the in
crncD in tho ritv hmtnitaripu nflrt of
the Mt Pleasant students must at
lend Eastham school. The enlarging
of the school district would give the
local board control of the larger area
and permit the centralized handling
of the schools of this vicinity
J. F. Silsby was chairman of the Mt.
Pleasant meeting, at which bcnool
Superintendent Brenton Vedder spoke
regarding the proposed change.
Mt. Pleasant school district number
43, was joined to Oregon city Tuesday
through an order authorized by tho
district boundary board.
The consolidation is in the nature
of a compromise over requests which
have been pending for the past montn.
Petitions from Mt. Pleasant and Twi
light for consolidation with Oregon
City were presented, followed by a pe
tition from this city favoring the ac
tion. These two districts; adjoin Ore
gon City and the move was to secure
more efficient administration, a uni
form tax rate and better facilities for
the outlying schools.
Protest Recorded
Due. to the fact that the tax rate in
Oregon City was higher than in the
Twilight district, taxpayers there prc
fested agatnst the move, altho a num
ber favored it upon the contention
ihat the increased advantage would
more than offset the approximate 3
mill increase.
A hearing was held Monday and the
matter taken under advfsement. Tues
day the board held that the Twilight
district would not be included but that
the other two would be combined. Ml.
Pleasant is just to the south of. Ore
gon City, near Canemah.
Under this ruling the Mt. Pleasant
hoard of directors is abolished and 'he
Oregon City directors takes charge of
the administration of affairs. Mt.
Pleafant, has at present a four room
school, of which three are in use and
it is probable that the fourth will be
fitted out and another teacher added.
Bad Problem Solved
When the boundaries of " Oregon
City were enlarged, to include a pari
of Mt Pleasant, the latter's schoc-1
district was divided. "The boundary
line ran down the middle of the road
m front of the Mt; Plearant school.
Thus a number of the students living
immediately to the north of the new
line were forced to come into the East
ham school or pay tuition at Mt. Pleas
ant. The consolidation of the scliooi
districts alleviates this condition. Ap
proximately 25 students from Mt.
Pleasant are attending the Eastham
school, which is already overcrowded,
having an increase of 75 over last
year's registration.
Consolidation of districts SS and tO-t
was also ordered, including the aband
onment of tne latter, which has had
no school for five years due to the
falling off of the number of school
children below the number for which
u school could be maintained.
Tubercular Cattle
In County are Few
Corporation Papers
Filed by Two Firms
Articles of incorporation were fiied
here Monday by two firms The Ver-enius-Robinscn
Motor CorupariV, with
offices in Milwaukie, incorporated for
S25.000. The incorporators are Thorn is
Verenius, Herbert Robinson and Plow-
den Scott. .
The Oregon Land Company, with a
apital stock of $20,000 also filed pa
pers here Ihe incorporators are
George J. Pearce, Charles B. Moores.
W. Hodson, S. T. Richardson, H. J.
Lhuhorn and B. S Ccok. The main
offices of the concern are in Salem.
Testing of cattle for tuberculosis in
Clackamas and Linn counties is pro
gressing within a circumscribed area.
A delay in other counties desiring
this service has .ben caused by the
great number of calls made upon tlia
offices of the State Veterinarian and
Dr. Sam B. Foster, representing the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, for testing cattle to be exhibited
at county and other fairs.. Testing hz.t.
been completjed. n Polk, Deschutes,
and Crock counties. A Federal in
spector is now at worjc in Benton
county. Columbia and Lane counties
are ready to begin work and inspect
ors are to bo assigned there as soon
as possible.
Of the total of 11,754 heal pasted in
the state so far, 109 have been found
reactors. In Clackamas county 1,500
head have already been tested. 45 of
which were found diseased.
Several , tubercular-free areas have
already been established, reports E.
B. Fitts, directing the work in Oregon
as the representative of the extension
service The largest of thes? is Clat
sop county. Several other counties
are: engaged in the clean-up on a
county-wide basis and can FO"n be de
clared disease-free .
In Polk county 1921 cattle were
tested with 31 reactors. In Linn coun
ty 3998 were tested with only 14 re
acting a remarkable showing de
clares Professor Fitts. In Deschutes
county 15 out, of25 reacted. Of the
first 500 tested in Crook county not a
eactor was fov.nd.
Th;s is faid to be a fine tribute to
Oreacn cattle raising conditions. Id.
the eastern states a much higher per
centage are diseased, in one state as
high ss 17 per oent. At this rate Ore
gon would have had 1700 diseased out
of the 10,000 instead of about 100 ac
tually found.
BONUS CASE SET
SALEM. Nov. 12. Arguments on tho
bonus test case before the supreme
court has been set for November 22,
This means that the court's opinion
on the constitutionality of the act will
probably not be handed down before
the following Tuesday, November 29.