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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 4.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1 922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
$100,000 DEAL
IN GOVERNMENT
TiBERJS MADE
Union Lumber Company, of
New Orleans, to Pay Cash!
for 47,000,000 Feet of
Fir, Pine and Hemlock
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SPENDS 18 MILLIONS IN
OREGON DURING 1921
BLANKET RATE OF $2
COVERS TOTAL SALES
Tract of 1160 Acres Will be
Logged Under Contract In
SALEM, Ore., Jn. 19. Records of
the state highway department cover
ing the year 1921 show a total of 1,
059.6 miles of highway improvement
during the year. Also the figures
show a total of 1363.2 miles contracted
including contracts carried over from
1920 and new contracts entered into
during 1921. Total expenditures of
the department for the year were $18,
245,821.37. ' The mileage of work completed
during the year was as follows:
"Concrete paving, 51; bituminous
paving, 125; rock and gravel surfac
ing, 433.9; grading, 449.7; total, 1059.6.
The mileage of work contracted was
as. follows:
Concrete paving Carried over
contracted
Corrnncr Ten Year Period fro1 1920 contracts, 21:8;
looming len I ear reriod. jn 1921 413. total 631
A timber deal involving more than
46,00,000 feet at a consideration of
nearly $100,000 has been consumated
in Clackamas county between the Un
ion Lumber company of New Orleans
and the U. S. Government.
The timber, mainly fir, is located in
the Estacada country in sections 17
and 21, township .4 south, range 5
east. Under the contract and the
government regulations, the purchas
er must remove all of the timber
within a period of ten years. Failure
to do this would allow the remainder
to revert back to the government.
TRACT IS 1160 ACRES
The tract, which covers 1160 acres,
is located in the boundaries of the
Oregon National Forest and is part
of the old Oregon and California Rail
road Grant, title to which was revest
ed in the government by the Act of
June 9, 1916, the courts having held
that the title was forfeited by the rail
road company due to a non-compliance
with the provisions of the grant
ing act.
The cruise of the timber involved,
according to E. P. Rand, government
engineer in charge of the O. &. C.
grant territory, shows that the tract
contains 44,670,000 feet of Fir; 1,330,
000 feet of Hemlock; 825,000 feet of
Cedar, and 20,000 feet of White Pine.
$2 PER M PAID
The consideration was $2 per m,
cash, which makes a total of $93,690.
The Union Lumber Company are
extensive operators in the South, and
as their holdings are pretty well cut
out they are looking Tor an operation
on the Pacific coast, and aside from
the government timber which they
have recently purchased they own a
number of sections of timber in that
same locality,'" which is between the
Clackamas river and the north fork
of that stream, some 10 miles above
Estacada.
The plana for logging will doubtless
involve the extension of the P. R. L.
and P. rail line on about four or five-J
miles from Cazadero, in order to tap
the holdings of the Union company.
A mill is to be established at a loca
tion not yet definitely determined,
and it is estimated that the total
holdings of the company will provide
cutting for approximately 15 years.
No announcement regarding the
commencement of operations here is
made by the officials of the company.
Their operations so far have not been
extended to the coast and this will
be their first venture upon the Paci
f ic slope. -
Just what effect present market
conditions will have upon the speed
with which cutting is begun, is only
conjecture. During the past year,
lumber has been at a low ebb, but
there is considerable improvement
noticeable. There are practically no
shipments going east from the coast
at the present time and the chief
movement is in red and white cedar
which is being shipped to the Orient.
A large portion of this is being ship
ped from the Coos Bay country.
Bituminous paving Carried over
from 1920 contracts, 36.7; contracted
in 1921, 12.5; total 158.2.
Rock and gravel surfacing Carried
over from 1920 contracts, 228.9; con
tracted in 1921, 326.5; total, 555.4
Grading Carried over from 1920
contracts, 174.8; contracted in 1921,
411.7; total, 5S6.5; grand total, 1363.2
Total expenditures for the year are
shown below:
State funds, $15,031,655.14; federal
government funds, $2,181,956.65;
county funds, $985,831.42; railway
funds, $46,378.16; total, $18,245,821.37.
Income of the department from va
rious sources is shown below:
Sale of bonds, $10,057,359.33; motor
vehicle license fees, $1,629,274.70; gas
oline and distillate tax, $948,509.66;
interest on bank balances, warrants,
etc., $14,992.71; balance from 1920, $1,-
822,589.86.
DEFINITE PLAN
IS HELD NEED ITO
LIGHTEN TAXES
Live Vires to Consider New
Suggestions In Connection
With Revision of Charter
for Local Administration.
$20,000 Damage Is
Done By Fire In
Local C. C. Store
PROPOSED CHANGE IS
DESCRIBED AT MEET
Local Speakers Touch Upon
Current Problems; Barbur
Unable to Deliver Talk.
TWO WATER PERMITS
GRANTED HERE IN YEAR
Renewed faith in the Oregon
1925 Exposition and the approval
of any method of finance adopted
by the state committee, was ex
pressed in a resolution passed
Tuesday noon by the Live Wires
of the local Commercial club. The
resolution emphasized the neces
sity of the holding of the world's
fair as a means of giving the state
the industrial and commercial im
petus so needed at the present
time. The resolution was intro
duced by M. D. Latourette, a
member of the state Exposition
board of directors, representing
Clackamas county.
SALEM, Jan. 21. During 1921, 452
permits to appropriate water were is
sued by Percy A. Cupper, State En
gineer, under which it is proposed to
irrigate 25,294 acres, of land, and de
velop 7740 horsepower with municipal
water supply. The permits also in
clude the appropriation of water for
domestic, stock, mining, fluming lum
ber, log ponds, etc., and the storage
Of 11,344 acre feet of water in 2S dif
ferent reservoirs. The incomplete es
timated cost for construction work
amounted to $2,6S9,000.00.
In Clackamas county, permits were
issued to C. W. Robbins, of Molalla, I urged that the members of the or
That the constant outcry for a re
duction in the burden of taxes is use
less, unless accompanied by an in
telligent method by which they can
be curtailed, was the statement made
before the Live Wires Thursday noon
by Grant B. Dimick, main trunk, in
a plea for some constructive thought
upon the subject.
NEW CHARTER TALKED
Judge Dimick's remarks were oc
casioned by a discussion of the pro
posed change in the Oregon City char
ter, which is under consideration by
an executive committee named by
Mayor James - Shannon. He pointed
out the necessity for grave consider
ation of the ever increasing load
which the the taxpayers are being
forced to carry and the necessity for
something to relieve the situation.
Judge Dimick rapped the demagogues
who constantly hammered away for a
cut without defining any concrete
items which could be reduced. He
showed how the costs of municipal,
state and county government had
been increased in recent years, and
Damages which will total more than
$20,000 was done on Tuesday night by
a fire in Knapp's hall building at 10th
and Main streets in which the C. C.
store is located.
The blaze, which started in the up
per story is believed to have origin
ated in a defective flue. It broke out
at the back of the building shortly
after 9o'clock.
The C. C. store dry-goods stock, val
ued at more than $40,000 was damged
by water to the extent of $15,000. It is
half covered by insurance.
The building, only lightly insured
was damaged about $5,000. It is owned
by John Knapp.
Although not able to make a defin
ite announcement at this time, Mana
ger J. C. Cochran, of the C. C. store
stated that he did not believe the fire
will interfere with the plans for the
rebuilding the structure. The top floor
of the hall is practically gutted.
The first of the year all of
the lodges who .had been meeting in
the hall were given orders to vacate,
and all lodge equipment was removed.
About $200 worth of mounts, belong
ing to the Hart Photo studio, which
was to occupy the top floor of the
building, were destroyed.
The blaze was discovered by A. W.
Buchanan, conductor on the P. R. L
and P. car, which was passing, who
telephoned from the Harding home
on the adjacent corner.
A fuller investigation of the pro
bable cause of tha fire is to be made
today by chief Win. Priebe. Due to
the darkness last night it was impos
sible to determine the cause with j
certainty.
The blaze was not of a spectacular
nature, and for the most part was
confined within the building. The
smoke blended with the dense fog,
and all that was visible from the out
side was a dull glow. The fact that
there was no wind prevented the
buildings adjoining from being endangered.
WEST LINN ASKS
DIRECT RAIL LINE
INTOJORTLAND
Southern Pacific Requested
To Bridge Gap of 3-4 Mile
On Electric Track to Join
Willamette thru Oswego.
IMPROVEMENT HELD
PROGRESSIVE NEED
Portland Gas Franchise Is
Taken Under Advisement
for Further Investigation.
BROCCOLI CROP
TOTAL LOSS, DUE
TO SUDDEN COLD
CITY THREATENING TO
ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAW
The traffic laws in Oregon City are
to be enforced again. This time the
authorities threaten real business, and
are to put on two special policemen
to keep tab on the autos, check up on
vehicles license? and curb the speed
ers. At the recommendation of Chief of
Police May two extra men are to be
employed as soon as directed by the
health and police committe in whose
hands the entire matter has been
placed by the council. Signs warning
the drivers as to parking and speed
limits, are to' be placed on Main street
before the ordinance is to be put into
active force.
covering the appropriation of waste
water for irrigation of eighty acres;
and to W. A. Bacon, of Portland, cov
ering the appropriation of water from
Trout Creek for fish pond purposes
in Clackamas county.
During the past year nearly $2,000,
000.00 were expended by Oregon irri
gation districts inconstruction work,
and work is now under way on four
irrigation districts which will Involve
the expenditure of additional funds
amounting to $700,000.00.
Irrigation district bonds in the
amount of $2,347,000 were certified
during 1921, and contracts were en
tered into for the payment of interest
by the State on irrigation district
bonds in amount of $4,375,000.
The U. S. Reclamation Service is
definitely committed to the construc
tion of the Lower Powder Valley Pro
ject for the irrigation of some 60,000
acres of land and during 1921 expend
ed considerable money o nthe various
units of the Klamath and Umatilla
projects.
l here is every indication that a
large amount of construction work
involving irrigation development will
be undertaken in Oregon during the
ensuing year.
ganization set aside a session for a
discussion along this line which may
lead to constructive criticism. Re
duction of governmental expenditures,
he said, which would not impair effi
ciency, is the goal toward which the
people should work.
CHANGE IS EXPLAINED
The proposed change in the charter
(Continued on Page Four)
Auto Registration
In Oregon for 1921
Goes Over 100,000
MRS. RYAN DIES
PARIS, Jan. 19. Mrs. Audrey
Creighton Ryan, 22 years of age, Cal
ifornia music student, who accused
her husband, Thomas S. Ryan of Mus
kogee, Okla., a writer, with forcing
her to swallow three bichloride of
mercury tablets at the point of a
knife, died in the American hospital
at Nueilly this afternoon. Ryan, who
wap arrested on information furnished
by Mrs. Ryan and her mother, denies
any guilt and contends that his wife
swallowed the poison with suicidal
intent.
Harding Praises
Highway Progress
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 20. No single
public improvement has done more
for the general good of the country
than the development of the highway
system, President Harding told the
delegates attending the National Good
Roads congress, whjch opened today,
in a personal message brought to Chi
cago by Colonel H. I. Bowlby, presi
dent of the American Road Builders'
association. The message said:
"There is now pretty nearly univer
sal agreement that no single public
improvement has done in recent years,
or will do in coming years, more for
the general good of the country than
the development of our highway sys
tems. "The task in an enormous one, but
better methods both in physical con
struction and in the relations of the
community to highway development
have been taking form in a most en
couraging way."
UNDERSTANDING, AIM
PARIS, Jan. 19. Maintenance of
close relations with America and an
uncompromisng attitude toward Ger
many are the salient features of Pre
mier Raymond Poincare's policy.
Poincare outlined his platform to
the chamber of deputies in a speech
today, just before calling for a vote of
confidence ip his ministry, formed
after the resignation of Premier
Briand.
SALEM, Or., Jan 13. During the
year 1921 a total of 118,-615 motor ve
hicles, including passenger and com
mercial cars, and 3164 motorcycles
were registered and licensed in Oregon,
according to a report prepared today
by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state.
During 1920 there were 103,790 mo
tor vehicles and 3517 motorcycles.
These figures show an increase of
14,825 in the total of motor vehicles
in 1921 over the number registered in
1920, and a decrease of 353 in the to
tal number of motorcycles registered.
During the year 1921 516 dealers in
motor vehicles were registered, while
during the year 1920 the number of
motor vehicle dealers registered and
licensed was 751, showing a decrease
of 235. The number of chauffeurs li
censed in 1921 was 8129, while in the
year 1920 the total number was 3394.
The license fees from all sources
that is, for motor vehicles, motor
cycles, motor vehicle dealers, chauf
feurs and motor vehicle operators
registered ,and. for transfers and du
plicate license plates, aggregated in
1921 the sum of $2,334,931.25. For the
year 1920, these fees totaled $2,0S5,
16S.50, -representing an increase in
fees for the year 1921 over those for
the year 1920 0f $249,762.75.
During the year 1921 the transfer
of 18,675 motor vehicles and 493 mo
torcycles was reported to the depart
ment, or approximately 16 per cent of
the year passed from the hands of the
persons by whom they were originally
registered.
Of the 118,615 registrations of mo
tor vehicles during 1921, 89,3S5 of
them appear to be reregistrations,
while 29,230 are the registrations
either of new cars or of motor vehicles
which have not heretofore been regis
tered in the state.
The broccoli c?p of Clackamas
county pi-acuc,aY.'uostroyed, growers
here stand to lose nearly $100,000 this
year due to the recent cold snap.
There are about 300 acres of broc
coli in Clackamas county, representing
a consineraDie increase over iwo
years ago. The normal yield is in
the neighborhood of 400 dozen plants
to the acre or a total of 120,000 dozen
for the entire county. The price of
broccoli is extremely variable, rang
ing from 75 cents to as high as $3
a dozen.
Due to the 7lTf"ease in the acreage,
it i3 extimated that the general price
this year would not reach a dollar.
At this rate the growers will lose
about $120,000. The exact extent of
the damage, however, cannot be esti
mated and it is believed that the loss
will not exceed $100,000.
The shortage in the crop, resulting
from the cold, is expected to boost the
market to nearly a maximum this
year, but this difference will not be
gin to cover the deficit.
The broccoli districts are in the
vicinity of Oswego, Hazelia, and Wil
Konville. There i3 some acreage near
Molalla.
Direct rail connections between
Portland and West Linn, on the South
ern Pacific, is the purpose of a move
ment launched at a meeting of the
West Linn council Wednesday night,
when a resolution was passed, urging
a connection on the electric line.
The provision for a bridging of the
gap between Willamette and Oswego,
was requested in a resolution present
ed by a number of property owners
and unanimously parsed by the coun
cil. The S. P. electric runs as far as
Oswego at present. The same com
pany also operates an electric line
in Willamette, and the laying of three
quarters of a mile of track would give
West Linn and the vicinity a direct
connection with the metroplis. At
present there is no immediate rail
connection with Portland, and the
people maintain that this is one of
the next vital steps in the develop
ment of the district.
No action other than a request for
the company for the extension of, the
service is planned at the present
time, but it is understood that a sur
vey of the district to outline the ex
tent of its passenger and freight po
tentialities, will be made.
The council also took under advise
ment the question of offering a fran
chise to the Portland Gas and Coke
company for the extension of their
mains to the west side. A movement,
sponsored by civic clubs of that dis
trict, has been on foot to attempt to
get gas service. Officials of the com
pany have already started a survey
of that part of the county to deter
mine -whether or not there would.be
sufficient business to justify the ex
tension. The council voted to inves
tigate the matter more fully, partic
ularly as regards to the rates to be
charged for the service, before any
definite action on the franchise is
taken.
Minor repairs to the Willamette
road were ordered. The council also j
purchased 500 additional feet of hose,
100 feet to be used for each of the
five departments. The price was
$1.10 a foot. The next meeting will
be February 1.
STATE TAKES APPEAL IN
WILLAMETTE FISH CASE
Opening of River Now Is Up
to Supreme Court; Knotty
Legal Questions Involved.
An appeal in the case involving fish
ing rights on the Willamette river,
known .as the case of the state against
Charles Gates, has been taken by the
prosecution. Formal appeal was filed
Wednesday by District Attorney Livy
Stipp.
Judge Campbell January 7 wrote a
decision which threw out the old fish
and game code restrictions prohibit
ing commercial salmon fishing in
this part of the river. The case was
heard upon appeal from the justice
court for an offense committed Jan
uary 4, and is to be carried to the su
preme court in the nature of a test.
LAWS CONFLICT
While Judge ' Campbells decision
was based upon the enactment of a
later law establishing closed and open
seasons on the river, other legal
phases are expected to enter into the
appeal. The contention of the de
fense is that the wording of the law
prohibits fishing for salmon and other
fish which are set forth in detail,
which have been "stocked in the
stream." It is their contention that 1
it is not illegal to catch fish naturally
coming up the river, which if upheld,
would practically throw the Willamet
te, open.
OPINION IS ASKED
District Attorney Livy Stipp has
written to Attorney General Yan Win
kle regarding this phase of the law,
asking for an opinion, as it has never
been fully interpreted. The decision
in this regard may have state-wide
significance, as a number of the reg
ulations are of this nature, and if the
contention of the defense on this
point is upheld, it would have a tend
ency to prohibit closing of any
streams except where the entire run
of fish -was from stocked supply, Mr.
Stipp explains.
It will probably be some time be
fore the supreme court hands down
a decision upon the case and in the
mean time the river, during open sea
son, is also open to commercial sal
mon fishing.
MOVE TO LEASE
CITY HALL BEGINS
ON THIRD CYCLE
Ordinance Drafted to Assign
Main Street Property, to
Justin and Montgomery for
Term of 5 Years Duration.
COUNCIL IS DIVIDEqoc
UPON new tT
Busch aoiSflST to Get Right
To Ten Foot Strip In Back
Of Lot Alongside of Jail.
MAN FALLS FROM
ELECTRIC TRACK;
INJURIES FATAL
HONOR SOCIETY ELECTS
OREGON CITY STUDENT
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
erann. .Tan 20. (Special) Gordon E.
Wilson is pledged to the To-Ko-Lo,
Sophomore honor society. Wilson is
a member of the Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity and was on the
frpshmnn fnnthall sciuad. He is ma-
ioring in business administration.
Gordon is the son of Sheriff and Mrs,
W. J. Wilson, of 1017 Fifth street,
Oregon City.
CLA-CSSGIMYTO.
GET SEAT IN TAX MEET
SHERIDAN, Jan. 20. (Special).
Apportioned upon the basis of their
membership in the Oregon Tax Re
duction league, Clackamas county will
have seven representatives at the
meeting of the clubs which has been
called at Portland March 20, to decide
on what measures to initiate to re
duce the burdens of taxation.
Clackamag county has a member
ship of 1200. or the fourth largest in
the state. She is one of eight coun
ties having a membership of 1000 or
more. It is expected that a county
convention will be held March 11, to
elect the delegates to represent Clack
amas county.
PETITIONS ASK
SUNDAY CLOSING
OF POOL HALLS
ENGLISH TROOPS LEAVE
SHIP POOL TALKED
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 20. A
conference of representatives of all
the major American Pacific ports,
looking to formation of a $30,000,000
pool to operate shipping board vessels
In trans-Pacific trade, got under way
here today.
DUBLIN, Jan. 20. Troop trains
filled with English soldiers arrived
this afternoon for embarkation on
transnorts. British military airplanes
are flying to England instead of be
mg removed on ships. Sir Neville
MaReady, commander of the British
military forces in Ireland, is expected
Petitions, asking the city council to
111LU1 IJKJl ttlC a. ill wC " V
hail ordinance, requiring Sunday clos
ing, have been started in circulation.
They are to be presented at the next
regular meeting when the ordinance
will be placed upon its fiual passage.
At the last meeting, the revised or
dinance was given its initial approval,
and there was considerable discussion
over the section which would have
kept them closed from midnight Sat
urday until Monday morning. Seven
councilmen were present and they ex
pressed themselves in favor of omit
ting the Sunday ruling, taking issue
with the mayor, although they com
mended his action in closing them as
an emergency measure.
Another matter that will probably
come up ror warm discussion wnen
the ordinance is considered is that of
allowing lunch counters in the pool
halls. There are at present two in
the city. A section of the ordinance
provides as to what the pool halls
may contain, and is construed so as
to prohibit the operation of any lunch
counters, or anything of this nature
other than soft drink fountains.
It is understood that the provisions
of the ordinance which would give
practically absolute police power to
the city council, are generally favor
ed even by the proprietors of the pool
halls themselves, who offer no ob
jection to regulations which make
toward peace protection. So far as
can be determined, no opposition up
on this point is scheduled.
i nomas .t inch, aged 34 years, em
ployed in the Crown-Willamette Com
pany's, mills at Wesf Linn, died in
the Oregon City hospital Monday
morning at 11 o'clock from injuries
sustained in falling down an lS-foot
culvert near Greenpoint.
Finch had been in Oregon City with
a brother, and decided to walk to his
home at Gladstone, leaving here about
7:15 o'clock. His brother left about
9 o'clock, and also decided to walk.
When arriving at the culvert of the
Portland Railway Light and Power
company's track a short distance from
Greenpoint, found a group of men,
and upon investigating saw his broth
er, unconscious, who had been dis
covered by the four men lying at the
foot of the culvert. Their attention,
they say, was drawn towards the
spot by the moaning, and climbing
down the embankment found the in
jured man. Bruises over the eye and
about, the head are believed to have
! been the fatal wounds.
The body was removed to the Hol
man and Pace undertaking parlors,
but Coroner O. A. Pace said Monday
evening he may hold an inquest as to
how the man came to his death. The
injured man was brought to Oregon
City by electric car, and taken to the
Oregon City hospital but never re
gained consciousness.
Mr. Finch is survived by his father,
J. O. Finch, of Gladstone, and several
brothers and sisters: He was un
maried, and had been a resident of
Gladstone but a few months.
Friends of the young man believe
that when walking along the path
that leads along the- electric car
line that Finch failed to see the cul
vert, owing to the heavy fog and that
he fell over the deep bank, striking
on his head. He also suffered in
ternal injuries.
The body was removed to the Hoi-
man and Pace undertaking parlors,
but funeral arrangements have not
been made by the family.
Oregon City's city hall ia leased,
again. .Maybe.
Such appears to be the status of
the affair following the action of the
council Friday night in adopting an
agreement with Frank Busch and
Sons, present lesses, and in passing
the first reading of an ordinance leas
ing the building to Justin and Mont
gomery for a period of five years, at
a monthly rental of $150 for the
ground loor.
.The agreement with Frank Busch
and Sons, who until a few months ago
conducted a furniture and hardware
store in the city hall building, calls
for relinquishment of their lease,
which is at a rental of $60 per month,
and has yet two and a nalf years to
run. In consideration of the re
linquishment, they ask the city to
grant them perpetual use .to a 10-foot
strip on the rear of the property,
which they might use as a passage
way for moving goods in and out -of
their new store building, adjoining
their old location on the south.
MORE REVENUE SEEN
The city sees In the proposition the
additional revenue of over a thousand
dollars a year, in return for the use
of a strip on the rear of the 105 foot
piece of property. It is asserted by
many who are interested that the al
ley thus provided does not detract
from the value of the location, and
the new firm .of Justin and Montgom
ery are willing to take an option on
the property at $20,000, with or with
out the 10 foot piece.
Principal objection to the proposed
deal was voiced by Councilman H. S.
Mount, who protested on the ground
that the city was signing away their
right to a strip of land which "in fu
ture years might have considerable
value. He suggested that the new
firm sub-lease from Frank Busch and
Sons for the perio dof their lease, and
then make a new deal witn the city at
that time. When the matter was put
to vote, those opposing it were Mount,
Jack and Cross; those favoring were
Bridges, Krassig, Metzger, and Pet
zold; Van Auken, absent. When the
ordinance leasing the property to
Justin and Montgomery was placed
on first reading, it was opposed only
by Mount. . Final consideration of the
ordinance will be given at the regu
lar meeting February 1st.
TWO ATTEMPTS MADE
Twice before ordinances along sim
ilar lines have passed first readings
and were lost before final passage.
The location has been sought by the
Simon company store, and by Rucon-
ich and Roppell, as a meat' market lo
cation, but all efforts to get the mat
ter through the council failed at the -last
minute.
The new firm is composed of Joseph
M. Justin and Willard Montgomery,
and it is their intention to put in a
haberdashery. Both young men are
natives of Oregon City, and have re
sided here all their lives. They have
been connected . with clothing estab
lishments during practically all their
businesg careers, both at the. present
time being associated with Joe
Swartz. The location, right in the
business heart of the city, is consid
ered by many as one of the choicest
to be had.
HEAVY CLAIMS LOOM
JAPANESE DENY
PLAN OF RUSSIAN
ENCROACHMENTS
MOSCOW, Jan. 23. Bolshevik dele
gates to the Genoa conference will
present reparations claims there
against various European powers and
the United States. If these claims are
made in terms of .bolshevik rubles,
new names for large amounts may be
necessary, for the familiar terms of
the decimal system will not cover the
staggering sums claimed by this coun-
to leave for England within a day or 1 try, which issues single bills for 100,-
two. - 000.000 rubies.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. A state
ment declaring that Japan has no ter
ritorial designs in Russia and giving
assurance that Japanese troops would
be withdrawn as soon as a stable gov
ernment should be established there,
was made today by the Japanese del
egation at the meeting of the Far East
committee.
Formal discussion' of the policy was
postponed until tomorrow, but there
was no indication tonight that any of
the "big five" delegation would op
pose acceptance of today's declaration
at its face value, or seriously dipute
the plan of continuing, for tlie pre
sent, Japanese occupation of Siber
ian soil. The general view was that
the whole Siberian problem touched
on today for the first time son would
be disposed of on the basis of the
Japanese pledges.
TAX COLLECTIONS FOR
COUNTY THIRD IN STATE
Clackamas county ranks third in
the state in the amount of delinquent
taxes outstanding. Only two coun
ties, Linn and Sherman, have a small
er per cent of uncollected taxes on
their 1920 assessments collected dur
ing 1921.
Clackamas county's delinquencies,
according to a report prepared by
State Tax Commisioner Frank LovelL
are 5.37 per cent of the total levy. The
average state delinquency is 9.89 per
cent The levy for the county upon
which this compilation is based, had
$81,2S3.40 outstanding December 1,'or
5.37 per cent of the total amount.
Multnomah, the heaviest populated
county, had a low delinquency rate,
5.90, while counties like Wallowa and
Jefferson were over 35 per cent be
hind in their collections.
SLAYER PLEADS GUILTY
CHICAGO. Jan. 20. Thomas F;
Catherwood, confessed slayer of his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Betty Sharpies,
pleaded guilty in criminal court to
dav trt the charge of murder and was
sentenced to life imprisonment by
Judge Joseph Fitch.