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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 192 1"
FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 49.
ESTABLISHED 1866
Tho Oregon City Enter-
prise covers the news field
-ot Clackamas county thor-
oughly. Live correspondents
f rsm every section keep the i
$ readers posted every week 4
of your neighbors activities.
OK
GUY
ENTEKPK
ROAD WARRANT
INDEBTEDNESS
TO BE REDUCED
COUNTY'S BUDGET FOR
1922 IS FRAMED
3 PER CENT, COUNTY'S
SHARE OF
T
Levying of Tax Awaits Action
Of Supreme Court Upon
Case New Pending
SALEM, Dec. 13. justice Harris of
the Oregon supreme court, in an opin
ion today held that the World war vet
erans' bonus bill as passed at the last
. Appropriation Is Included for session of legislature by the house
Repair of Jail; Market
Fund Is Increased
Inclusion of a $40,000 fund in the
county budget for the reduction of
the warrants outstanding against road
accounts, appropriation of $6,500 for
the rebuilding of the county jail, in
crease in the market roads appropria
tion and a fund for a new tax
record system are the outstanding
items in the estimated expenditures
of Clackamas county for the year ot
1922, as prepared by the -budget com
mittee. m
Next year the county tax will be
$562,055.96, an increase of six per
cent over this year. The state tax
" amounts for next year to $355,680.15
as against $324,664 last year. Added
to the county tax, this makes a total
of $978,989, to be raised by taxation.
was constitutional and that the sen
ate could only act upon the bill as it
was passed by the house.
Justice Harris, in thus upholding
the opinion of Circuit Judge Staple-
ton, brands the soldier aid measure
as immune against legal attack.
The supreme court opinion is the
outcome of a friendly suit brought by
Thomas Boyd of the Portland Ameri
can Legion post against Governor Ol
cott and members of the World war
veterans' state aid commission,- t
test the technical construction of the
bill
Boyd contended that the bill was
not properly entered, as its complete
contents had not been presented to
the lawmakers for passage. Justice
Harris, however, held that an identi
fying reference to the measure was
all that was necessary.
The bonus bill would give to Oregon
World war veterans a cash or home
loan, optional with the veteran.
Clackamas county will pay 3.7934
TOTAL EXPENSE GAINS
Tha Jotal exDenditures. inclusive of ner cent of the state tax for the bonus
state next year will amount to bill, according to the announcement
$1,126,503.48 as against $925,384.00 of the state tax commission. This
this year. This difference is account-! figure is based upon the county's pro-
ed for by the inclusion of the road portion of the total assessed valuation
warrant reducing appropriation and of the entire state,
a number or new roaa appropriations. TAX VALUE SHOWN
The difference between tne gross ex- According to the statement made by
penditure and the amount raised by
taxation is the balance on hand and
estimated receipts,
Under the new budget law, money
on hand in the funds December 1, '.a
the commission, the total value of the
taxable property in the state, as given
by al of the county assesors and equal
ized as of March 1, 1921, is $897,492,-
724.97, while the value of taxable pro-
deducted from the proposed expendi-l perty assesed and equalized by the
tures. This has allowed the court to 1 state tax commission and apportioned
include a larger number of projects by the state tax commission is $1,020,-
within the six per cent tax levy. It 804,197.10.
is pointed out, however, that as taxes Other figures given by the commis-
do not begin to be collected until sion in this connection are
March and the county must conduct Full cash value of taxable property
its affairs upon a cash basis, these I assessed by county assessor and equal
funds will become in debt for the first I ized by county board of equalization
part of the year, and warrants will be in each county, found by application
indorsed unpaid for want of funds, of county ratio, $1,374,848, 316.10.
until the depletion is made up As I Full cash value of property assess-
one example of this, the balance in ed and equalized by state tax commis
tha general fund is $49,213.84, but sion and assigned to the several coun-
according to the treasurer's estimates, ties (public utilities), $185,504,795.29.
FULL CASH VALUES
Total full cash value of taxable
property in each county, including
that equalized by the county board
of equalization and that equalized
and apportioned by the state tax com
mission, fund by application of coun-
ELK ROCK TUNNEL NOW
OPEN: FIRST TRAIN THRU
there will be but $3,000 in this fund
March 1. .
WARRANTS DRAW INTEREST
The road warrant reduction fund of
$40,000 is included in addition to the
$22,000 fund to. take care of the inter
est. There is $350,00q in these war- ty ratio to taxable value of property
rants outstanding, which are drawing therein, $1,560,353,111.39.
interest at the -rate of six per cent. Total taxable value of all property
Next year, the market road appro-1 in state equalized among the several
priation will be $49,428.17, an increase counties according to their respective
of $13,799.37. The state will match ratios, $1,020,804,197.10.
any sum paid by the county up to a
certain amount, and this is levied
this year,- in order to secure the max
imum possible under the state's al
lowance. This will give Clackamas
county a market road fund of $98,-
856.34 for 1922.
Appropriation for the new Willam
ette river bridge, representing the
first third of the $45,000 to be paid
by the county are included, as well
as a $4,000 apportionment to pay for
a share of the cost of the temporary
bridge:
Departmental expenditures for the
' coming year are practically the same
as for the past year, and altho the
general fund, of which they are a part
shows an increase of approximately
$80,000, this is because of the fact
that road funds, of various natures,
including the new bridge payments,
have been included under this head
this year.
A special meeting of taxpayers to
discuss and revise or ratify the bud
get, hag been called for December 30,
in Busch's hall at 10:00 a. m.
NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE
ENDORSES EXPOSITION
The 1925 Exposition was endorsed
Monday at a meeting of the Non-Par-
tisan league held at New Era. The
league, however, recommended a grad
uated income tax, based upon' all in
comes of -$3)00 or more, as the most
feasible method for financing the
fair.
A series of . meetings to be held
over the county during the month of
January was tentatively outlined.
The" meeting was presided over by
S. L. Castro. R. E. cherrick acted as
secretary.
The executive committee for Clack
amas county is composed of George
Coe, Oregon City, route 2; Hastian
Trabue, Clackamas; John Anderson,
Oregon City, route 4; E. Friedrich,
Molalla; and C- Hilton, Aurora.
Celebration of the completion o f
Elk Rock tunnel on the Southern Pa
cific electric line at Oswego was ob
served Tuesday morning. The first
train through was witnessed by S.
P. officials and representatives of the
Hauser Construction company. A
construction camp breakfast was
served to the officials.
Visiting and local officials of the
Southern Pacific in attendance were:
William - Sproule, president; William
H. Kirkbride, chief engineer, main
tenance of way; William Jackie, as
sistant chief engineer; Robert Nesbit,
secretary; E. L. King, superintendent:
C. W. Martyn, assistant superintend
ent; E. E. Mayo, division engineer;
Scott E. Gordon, resident engineer;
Fred A. Boss, field engineer; 'C. H.
iSpencer, chief dispatcher; C. H. Eva,
assistant chief dispatcher; G. W.
Rear, general inspector of bridges;
Walter Harris, superintendent electri
cal department; L. Hartwick, assist
ant; D. C. Harris, roadmaster; M. O.
Wallace, signal superintendent.
Representing the Hauser Construc
tion company were: Kenneth D.
Hauser, superintendent; D. A, McDon
ald, office manager; Eric V. Hauser,
president; H. H. Cloutier, secretary;
Oscar Folene, superintendent, and
Mrs. Scott Gordon, Mrs. Fred X Boss
and the Misses Margaret and Clara
Ahlberg.
EARNERS' WEEK
VISITORS HEAR
POULTRY EXPERT
POTATO MEN TO HAVE
SESSIONS HERE
Modern poultry raising methods,
and the reasons and proofs for their
success, were discussed before Clack
amas county farmers by H. E. Cosby,
extension specialist at the O. A. C.
in the first annual Farmer's Week
session which opened here , Tuesday
morning.
Mr, Cosby, who opened the morning
session is considered one of the fore
most authorities on poultry in the
country. He spoke also at the after
noon discussion). Hia meaning ad
dress, delivered to nearly 100 farmers,
dealt particularly with poultry para
sites and their control. During the af
ternoon, with over 125 farmers he
discussed the proper timing of all
operations during the rotation of rais
ing a chicken from the incubation
stage on.
COOPERATION TALKED
In the afternon, R. E. Sheriff, of the
Pacific Coperative producers associa
tion,' spoke upon the work of that or
ganization toward securing a uniform
product and maintaining prices up
on' a standard level, protecting the
buyer against an abnormal increase
and the producer against an abnormal
decrease. He pointed out that even
the non-members were benefited as
the local markets were - stablized
through the associations distributive
ability, and the fact that they placed
much of their produce in the east,
thus relieving congestion of the mar
kets here.
C. S. Whitmore, of the Producers
Cooperative Supply Association spoke
upon the subject of organized buying.
Members of Agricultural class of the
high school attended the sessions.
V -. .
E. E. DAVIS
INVESTIGATION '
OE NEW BRIDGE
DESIGN PLANNED
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
BY LIVE WIRES
Steamboat Men Enter Protest
Against Character of
Suspension Arch.
4 Greenhouses,
2 Autos Burned
In $12,000 Fire
Explosion of Lantern Starts
Big Blaze In Clackamas
Heights District
Paper Worker Loses
Fingers In Machine
F. G. Johnston, son of Mrs. Emma
Johnston, of Gladstone, lost the tips
of two fingers Saturday morning when
they were caught in a paper machine.
Johnston is first jumper on machine
nine at the Crown-Willamette, and
got his hand caught between the drum
and the reel. The accident happened
at six o'clock, and he was immediately
taken -to the local hospital.
CUTTING COROSION
Ammonia may be used to clean cor
rosion from connections and battery
terminals.
More than $12,000 damage was done
early Thursday morning by a fire at
the green-houses of J. T. Serres, of
Clackamas heights. A lantern ex
plosion in the garage on Serres' place,
about ten ofclock started the con
flagration, which destroyed the gar
age, 125 cords of wood, a Ford car and
a Standard truck, and burnt" down
four green-houses.
The fire started " shortly after ten
o'clock, and a call was sent to Ore
gon City for' the fire department,
which was dispatched under special
orders of the fire and water commit
tee of the council necessary because
Clackamas Heights is outside of the
city limits. The fire was under con
trol by 3 o'clock in the morning. Con
siderable trouble was experienced by
the department when the innitial sup
ply of water in the well was pumped
out, and the pumps became full of
air, destroying the suction. After a.
little delay a lower level was reached
in the well,' and the pumps put in
operation. '
One of the trucks, the greenhouses
and the wood is a total loss. Only par
tial insurance covers the automobiles
and the greenhouses. The wood was
not insured. None of the residences
were damaged, due to the timely ar
rival of the Oregon City fire depart
ment. During the time that the fire truck
was absent, an emergency truck was
stationed, in . the fire house, with a
large supply of hose. This action was
taken in order to protect the city, as
it was expected that the equipment
would be required at Clackamas
Heights for a lengthy period.
Exhaustive investigation of the con
tention that the new" bridge under
construction across the Willamette
here will be a menace to navigation,
was ordered by the Lave Wires of
the Commercial Club at their meet
ing Tuesday noon, preparatory to tak
ing definite action at their next ses
sion, which will involve either the
recommendation of some change in
the plans or the continuation of the
structure along the present lines. '
COMMITTEE CHOSEN
A committee, consisting pf O. D.
Eby, R. L. Shepherd, Jack Moffatt,
Ralph Parker and D. F. Skene, was
appointed to make an investigation.
The matter was brought up through
a request from Al. Price that the
Wires give a declaration of senti
ment for the'- benefit of government
men who are Investigating. L. A.
Henderson declared that he believed
the contention over the plans to be
purely an engineering matter and not
one In which the Wires should take
part. Jack Moffatt outlined the ex
isting condition as given by the
steamboat men, that their boats were ,
forced by the current to the west bank
of the river, where there is at pres
ent not enough clearance allowed by
the new span. He suggested a thor
ough investigation, stating that the
original oversight has been caused by
approval of the plans without suffi
cient consideration.
CHANGE IS COSTLY
The statement was made at the
meeting that the original plan as au
thorized by the- U. S. Engineers, had
provided for sufficient head clearance,
but that the span was shortened
which would necessarily crowd vessels
further toward the center of the
stream. It was p6inted out that to
take up the cement pier that has al
ready been placed, and to build a
new or a longer arch, would add some
$100,000 to the cost for the reason
that the steel has already been fabri
cated and shipped and any change in
the character of the arch would be
impossible with the present material.
The character of' the new bridge
was protested Monday at a meeting
of the steamboat owners whose ves
sels ply. the Willamette. At their
meeting held in Portland they voted
to take the matter up with the TJ. S.
Engineers at once in an effort to se
cure some change in the plan.
MARKET ROAD WORK IS IFSERVICE MAN
I II mm nw a iwr hit '.rfS
muutu m ujr mm MironFDFn
I UUHU I'lUllULIlLU
IN RANCH CABIN
Permanent Cbi.ttee Named
to Represent Body On
Highway Problems.
E. DAVIS VICTIM OF
BRUTAL KILLING
Commendation of the county court
for the program of highway Improve
ment inaugurated with market road j Motive JFor Crime Mystery;
funds during the past year, and the
recommendation -of further construc
tion over a wider range of ateries
during the coming 12 months, was
voiced by Grant .B. Dimick, newly
Man Little Known
Murdered . mysteriously perhaps
three weeks ago, his head cut complet
ely in two by the blow from an axe, the
hnrlv of Til FT Travis 5F waa fl inrtwr-
elected Main Trunk of the Live Wires, ed Monday in the bed of his ranch
of the Commercial Club at their reg- home, eight miles north of Molalla,
ular meeting here Tuesday noon.
COMMITTEE NAMED
A permanent committee to repre
sent the Wires in road matters dur
ing the next few months, was appoint-
between that city and Wilhoit.
No clew has been found to what
Sheriff W. J. Wilson and Coroner O.
A. Pace declare to be a clear case of
murder, save the discovery of a small
hand axe in the brush about 30 feet
ed, to consist of Hal Hoss. O. D. Ebv, from the door of the house. Boys of
and Wallace Caufield. The county Mghborhod identified this as
court next year will have at is dis- . Th, wa iaaf n in Mrwiaiin.
posal through the market fund, more November is. He failed to call for
than 5100,000 and it was suggested hia mall ter that date and it aecum-
that several of the main subsidary ajated atthe postoffice until the box
roads In the county be included under czme filled with papers and letters,
this improvement program. Special and som6 of the thingg addressed to
attention was drawn to the need of Mm were t box of Jolm
improving the roadrom Oregon City Newackf who called attention of the
to the Clarkes and Highland country, nnthnHt,-a to tho mndiMnnx. Warvev
the Abernethy road and the Canby- Everhart an undertaker, was called
Macksburg road. 0 trin .aa n th mt1o two
The Main Trunk appointed the reg- j room cabin on the ranch.
ular committees for the next term DEATH IS INSTANT
with the exception of the program j The door was locked and the shades
committee. These are: Feed Wire, drawn. Reeeivintr no answer from
R. W. Kirk; Contact Wire, L.. A. Hen
derson; Resolutions, A. Bankus.
HOSS WINS FLIP
Hal E. Hoss, by a flip of a coin, was
chosen Transmission Wire for the en
suing term. Hoss tied with John Ream
at the election last week, and a sec
ond vote was to be cast Tuesday, but
vigorous pounding on the door, a pass
key was used to gain entrance. The
man's body was found laying on its
right side. The head had been com
pletely cut in two, and it was evident
that the blow had come so suddenly
that death was . instantaneous. The
bed was only a few feet from the
ELK ROCK TUNNEL IS COMPLETED
Immigration Danger
Is Talked at Legion
STRIKER IS SHOT
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 9. The first
death resulting from violence in the
stockyards strike was reported this
morning. George Pile, 35 years old,
a laborer, died In the county hospital
Declaring tnat legislative means of
preventing immigration should be
supported, Reverend A. H. Thompson
Monday night addressed the regular
meeting of the American Legion up
on the subject of Americanism. He
pointed out the dangers of allowing
foreigners to flood the country, es--
pecially during times of industrial
stress when jobs are at a premium
for citizens of the nation, and there
is no room for aliens.
After the speaking, the Legionairres
held a pep-fest that featured a kan-
garo court, done in military style.
Wolfe and Robinson, two local lads,
of gunshot wounds received Wednes
day night. The police said that Pile I did a huskv thr-rmiTi . schnlann
a muwicj-cie policeman i and Newhouse stepped" the squared
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the Main Trunk made the discovery door, and it is the belief of the offi-
that state statutes covering similar j cerg that the murderer merely opened
cases, provide for the casting of lots, the door, hit Davis across the head,
and Reverend H. G- Edgar, pastor of threw the axe In the brush and es-
the Presbyterian church, flipped the caped.
deciding coin.
The municipal band committee re
ported that a fund of $50.75 a month
subscribed for the next 12 months, had
been raised among the local mer
chants for the support of a local mu
sicians organization. The committee
was discharged.
Judge Thomas Ryan, senator from
Clackamas county, following the re
port of D. F. Skene that the 1925 Ex
position Site committee had sent in
its questionaire upon Oswego Lake,
asked, the Wires for an expression of
sentiment to govern his action at the
coming session of the legislature. He
No motive for any crime has been
established by the man's connection
in the neighborhood. He is known to
have-had visitors from Portand, but
no information as to their Identity or
character has been obtained. They
would come at intervals, and the man
would often accompany them back to
Molalla. A plate of butterscotch taf
fy, about half of which had been eat
en, was" discovered, together with the
utensils In which it had been made.
This leads to the theory that the man
had visitors the night that he was
killed.
EMPTY PLfRSE FOUND
FJowio' tiro f y-V vrao m l'colri cr ort1 on
pointed out that the site is to be lo- " , '
c.,lt v empty purse was found on the floor
cated in Multnomah county, but that
he was not entirely opposed to such
a decision, provided it was backed
by local sentiment. Recorder C. W.
Kelly pointed out that as the majori
ty of the cost of the. fair is to be borne
by Multnomah couny the site should
be placed within their boundaries
Senator Ryan was unofficially in
structed to use his best judgment in
his action at the legislature, and was
unhampered by special instructions
LOOP ROAD CUT
MAY DELAY WORK
near the bed, but the remainder of
the house was untouched. The trunks
were filled and a number of good suits
of clothing, together with personal .
affects of considerable value had not
been molested.
Davis, according to a business card,
was at one time in the employ of the
B. F. Goodrich Rubber company of
Portland," located at Burnside and
Broadway. A notebook is filled with
garage addresses, accompanied by a
keyed series of check marks, indicat
ing that he was probably a tire sales
man.
The man was a member of the Elks
Lodge, number 193, of Helena, Mon
tana, and his card showed paid up
dues until April 1, 1922. His effects
included a Montana teachers certifi
cate, and an Oregon drivers license.
Letters found in his rooms were most-
First Southern- Pacific Electric goes through big cut near Oswego.
That the finding of the tax commis
sion, preventing Multnomah county
from malHner an SK5.000 ftrtnronriation
for the Mount Hood loop, will delay ly from ys father In Indiana. In the
the completion of the road unless posiomce cnere is a registered pac.-
mAana ar found vn brides this fi- age from Helena, wnicn arnvea snort
nancial gap, is the opinion of the ly alter nis last can ior nis man. tie
nhrVanun ponntv Mini as voiced bv was. a member of the American le
Judge H. E. Cross Saturday. The ma
jor portion of the sum pruned from the
Multnomah county budget, was to be
expended upon the portion of the road
in Clackamas county, and the repu
diation of the "gentlemen's agree
ment" under which work was started
by the state and this county adds new
complications to arrangements once
considered closed.
gion, and carried a $10,000 converted
war risk life insurance policy.
INQUEST IS SET -
When Everhart and those who ac
companied him discovered the dead
man, the house was immediately
locked up and Sheriff Wilson and
Coroner Pace sent for. They left
Oregon City shortly before three
o'clock Monday afternoon. . After an
invp-stiention the Bodv was taken in
Clackamas county has already spent harr hv Everhart
toward the construction of the road, jnil(, , th ,sidents of Molalla
aU but $46,000 of the $83,000 which and the vicinity who were questioned
was pledged when the original agree- nl t thmw anv iiE.ht nnon the
men betwen the two counties and the myst6ry. As far as couid Da deter-
state was made. Thirty miles of road, mlned he hag iad no reiations with
twenty of which traverse a fertile anyone of district which could
area, lie in this county. When the nav(. . t tronhl- an4 it ls not be-
road is complete, there will be within 1Ieved that he h&d sufficient money
tne Doraers or mis county, ji.uw.uuu to form the incentitive for robbery,
invested in the loop road. Thx immtni,.t. annearance of the
Judge Cross stated Saturday as his house in which Davis lived, the pres-
belief, that some arrangement would ence of carefully selected wearing ap
still be reached whereby Multnomah parel and the general appearance of
county could pay. its share of the cost the man has led officials to believe
of the construction of the loop. He
pointed out that the major portion of
the benefit will accrue to Multnomah
county and that Clackamas has al
ready performed its share in propor
tion to the good that it will receive.
I believe," he sad, "that Multno
mah county should, and will make
every effort to put the loop road n
shape so that t will be completed as
a drawing card for the 1925 Exposi
tion." It iorms one of the most at
tractive drives in the state, he point
ed out, and should be capitalized when
the nation's tourists come to Oregon.
Judge Cross was unable to state
exactly to what extent the work would
be delayed by the loss of Multnomah's
appropriation but he indicated that
every effort would be made to keep
construction in progress. -
that his deatn was not due Uy asso
ciation with bad company. Question
ing of residents of the district has
added little to the information re
garding his activities. He has been
on the homestead only a short time,
the people say, but no one seems to
know the exact date of his arrival.
MURDERER ESCAPES
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 9. Tom
Slaughter, murderer and bank, robber,
wanted in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri
and Pennsylvania, last night took
charge of the penitentiary here, lock
ed the warden, his family and guards
In cells, opened the gates and doors
of the prison, offered freedom to aU
prisoners, and after ruling the place
for five hours, escaped in an automo
bile early this morning.