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gene, Feb. 3. A general guide to the
archives of Clackamas county, con
taining a list of all the old documents
from the time of the formation of the
county, then known as Clackamas
District, to the present time, has been
compiled as a part of the research
work carried on by the University.
The guide contains, beside the
names of the documents, complete in
formation as to where these docu
- ments may be found, a brief introduc
tion dealing with the early history of
the county and of the courthouse. A
description of the courthouse is in
cluded, and also maps showing the
geographical changes of the county
from the territorial period to the pres-
DATA COLLECTED
The data for the work were col
lected last summer by R. H. Down,
head of the history department of the
Lincoln high school of Portland, un
der the supervision of Dr. R. C. Clark,
of the department of history of the
"University. The work was financed
from funds granted the University for
research work for the year 1921.
The work has for its aim, Dr. Clark
points out, not only to put the people
in touch with the political, economic
and industrial history of the county
but to have the records preserved in
better quarters where they would not
be lost or destroyed..
Writing of the condition of preserv
ation in' which he found the docu
ments last summer Mr. Down says:
"The building (speaking of the court
house) stands alone in the center of
the court house block and is fireproof
from outside fires. The interior is
plastered. There are vaults of fire
proof materials in the offices of clerk,
recorder and sheriff. The treasurer
and surveyor have fireproof safes for
their records.
PROTECTION LACKING
"There is no protection save such
as the building affords for the other
couuty records. All the vaults and
safes are filled to capacity now ana
the cider and less used records have
been carried to the basement where
they rept.se in two roofns one in the
south basement and one in the west
basement.
"The west basement is of the same
dimensions Eg the clerk's vault, is
built cf stone and concrete and is
reasonably fiieproof. If the boxes
and rubbish were removed from this
baEement and suitable shelves put in
there would be ample room for all the
old records now in the south base
ment where they are covered with
dust and exposed to danger.
"The records in the offices are well
kept and in good order and arrange
ment. The filing systems in use are
of steel and are modern and dust
prof. There is much valuable mater
ial in the older records in the base
ments. They are not protected from
dust or mice and some of them show
evidence of having been water-soak
ed."
MORE FUNDS NEEDED
Dr. Clark states that further work
on the guide will be suspended until
the summer months and that publica
tion of the work will not become a
realization until sufficient funds can
be obtained. ,
The following bit of county history
is an extract from the introduction
written by Mr. Down:
"What is now Clackamas county
was organized as Clackamas District
at Champoeg, July 5, 1843, and as or
iginally constituted comprised parts
of the states of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana.
"The present boundary between
Clackamas and Marion counties was
established in 1856. The present
eastern boundary was established by
the creation of Wasco county, Janu
ary 11, 1854. In the same year the
northern boundary was established
by the creation of Multnomah county.
"In the year 1860 part of Yamhill
county was annexed to Clackamas.
A small portion of Clackamas county
was transferred to Multnomah coun
ty in 1893. With this last charge the
present boundaries were established."
Among some of the documents list
ed in the guide .are: Census rolls
which date back probably as far as;
1851, Journal A Oregon Provisional
Government 1845-1848, Marriage rec
ords of 1853-1859, McLoughlin Fire
Engine company, 1855-1865, member
ship and proceedings. Apportionment
of school fund and condition of the
common schools 1856-1874 and vari
ous legal documents of the U. S. Dis
trict Court,
The city council of West Linn and the local Busi-
ness Men's Association have gone oni record as favoring I
the employment of local laboring men on the bridge
work here. The reason for this movement is to aid in
relieving the job shortage and it is no more than right
that no outside labor should be imported for work that I
can be done by men whose homes are here.
The bridge contractors some time ago signified their
intention to employ local labor so far as possible, and
this should embody more than the placing of common
labor ; it should take in some of the skilled workmen who I
can be found in this vicinity, at present without j
situations. I
No one asks the contractors to do away with their
skilled foremen, long in their employ, but it is right that
whatever places are open should be filled by local men
wherever possible. The same thing is true of the county
and city. Municipalities should make a special effort to I
take care of their own labor mart through construction f
which they have under way. f
President Harding has urged the nation generally to
speed up building activities in order to make work for
many men who are up against it and are willing to turn
heaven and earth for any kind of job at reasonable pay. j
Clackamas county and Oregon City are pequliarly for- j
tunate at the present time in the large amount of road j
work and other projects contemplated. Work will pro-
bably be started in a short time on the new Oak Lodge
water district. Two new lodge buildings are planned in
Oregon City besides the many homes which will be built
during 1 922. Over $ 1 00,000 in market roads alone will
be spent within the county during the coming year. f
Unemployment conditions, while not so acute here
as in the East, are still a problem which the communities
must meet. The solution, to a considerable degree, lies
in taking advantage of our opportunities and supplying I
the local demand for jobs through the many construction
projects now under way or soon to be started! in this
district. I
SUDDEN RUSH
Manifested Thru Last
Three Months of 1921
FOR MUNICIPAL
Securities Which Hit
Highest Known Point In
BONDS IS OVER
By Robert E. Smith
MOL-ALLA FIVE WINS
Molalla defeated Canby's basket
ball team at Canby Friday night 18
to 10. The score at the end of the
first half was 9 to 1 in Molalla's
favor. Goodwin of Oregon City re
fereed. "
KRASSIG & HERNS
DENTISTS
Specialize in
Extraction of Teeth
Crown and Bridge Work
"Plates That Fit"
1M1-12 Andresen Bldg.
Oregon City, Ore.
President Lumbermens Trust Com
pany Bank, Portland, Ore.
The rapid advance of the municipal
bond market, which continued almost
without interruption during the last
three months of 1921, has come to a
temporary halt. The high prices for
municipal bonds brought out a great
many issues of states, counties and
cities, and the total for the year
amounted to approximately $1,300,000,-'
000, as against a high record of $800,
000,00 in any previous year. A large
number of the issues came out in the
final months of. the year and resulted
in overstocking the hands of dealers
in the East.
The Lumbermens Trust Company
on the day that this is written receiv
ed the following telegram from the
manager of its New York office:
Housecleaning Starts
"All salesmen are trying to clean
house of recent issues of municipal
bonds. Some of these municipal deal
ers are actually stuck high and dry
with large blocks and there is tre
mendous competition when any fair
sized order comes into the market.
The government soldiers bonus pro
posal has had a depressing effect on
the bond market. The situation leads
some to believe that funds will flow
into a second-grade issues having a
fair degree of safety with some specu
lative possibilities."
The slow bonds are those of Eastern
citieg and staes selling at yields of
4 and 44 per cent. County bonds yield
ing as much as 5 per cent are scarce.
and the relatively small amount of
Oregon county bonds offered by Port
land dealers are selling steadily. Very
few Oregon municipal bonds are on
the market except the county bonds
and city of Portland improvement
bonds, which are still to be had on a
5 per cent basis. The only sales of
new Oregon issues within the last
week were small blocks purchased by
Portland dealers from the cities of
Forest Grove and Cottage Grove.
Chicago Oversubscribed
That there is a strong undercurrent
in the bond market was proved this
week by the heavy- oversubscription
received for the issue of $30,000,000
Chicago, Burlington & Quinoy Rail-!
road Company 5 per cent bonds due in
1971, brought out by J. P. Morgan &
Company and the First National Bank
of New York. Portland bond dealers
received heavy oversubscriptions for
these bdnds which were offered at 97,
to yield 5.17 per cent.
The issue of $40,000,000 Dutch East
Indies 6 per cent bonds offered two
eeks ago has been practically clean
ed up. This is one of the best foreign
issues offered on the local market.
Other foreign issues which sold
promptly were the $3,500,000 8 per
cent bonds of the city of Porto Alegre
in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul.
Brazil, and the $25,000,000 7 per cent
bonds of the Department of the Seine,
France, which sold at a discount to
yield 7.95 per cent.
Pending financing embraces a loan
of $50,000,000 to the Cuban govern
ment and an issue of $30,000,000 to
$o0,000,000 for which the Argentine
government is negotiating with New
York bankers. The Interstate Com
merce Commission has approved a
bond issue of $30,000,000,000 to be
brought out by the Great Northern
Railway Company. There are rumors
that the Sinclair Oil Company Is plan
ning the issuance of $100,000,000 first
mortgage bonds to refund all its out
standing obligations.
sMoney Up Again '
Money is not quite so cheap. Bank
ers' acceptances such as were sold
two weeks ago at 3 per cent dis
count are now offered freely at 4 i
per cent. Call money is up again to 6
per cent. Merchandise paper is strong
at 4 to 5 per cent for the best names.
Continued strengthening of the
bond market is resulting in the weed
ing out of distributors from the lists
of Eastern underwriters. Almost
every flotation is folowed by the cut
ting off of one or more names from
the lists. Expecting actual violation of
syndicate agreements, padding of sub
scriptions is ranked as the most flag
rant offence. The dealer who, with
speculative intent, subscribes for more
bond than he can assimilate and the
unloads on the stock exchange as soon
as the syndicate is dissolved is in bad.
order. This class of ofenders is
found chiefly among the smaller bond
houses.
New Issue of Treasy Notes
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
this week announced a new issue of
$400,000,000 United States Treasury
notes bear interest at the rate of 4
and to mature March 15, 1925. The
notes bear interst at the rate of 4
per cent, payable semi-annually, and
may be had in denominations of from
$100 to $1000; they in bearer coupon
form and are not registrable.
The notes are exempt from taxation
by an state and are exempt from Unit
ed Staes taxes except estate or inheri
tance taxes, surtaxes and excess pro
fits taxes. They are acceptable to
secure deposits of public .moneys. In
vestors desiring to make investments
in these notes may file thetr subscrip
tions with any bank or directly with
the Federal Reserve Bank in Portland.
Secretary Mellon in providing grad
ually for the retirement of Victory
Liberty Loan notes before maturity
has announced that all Federal Re
serve banks will take these notes at
par. Inasmuch as they are quoted
on the market at a substantial prem
ium, it is not likely that the Treas
ury department will be successful .in
purchasing any considerable amount.
Federal Reserve Bank in Politics
The so-caled "agricultural bloc" in
Congress, together with John Skelton
Williams, former Comptroller of the
Currency, has succeeded at last in
pulling the Federal Reserve bank into
politics. Until now the bank has been
kept free from deleterious political
influence. The agricultural bloc suc
ceeded in getting a bill before Con
gress requiring that the President fill
the next vacany- on the Federal Re
serve board by the appointment of a
"dirt" farmer.
Ex-Comptroller Williams, who is
something Of a master of causistry,
has turned his guns on the bank be
cause of the program for the erection
of banking quarters in federal reserve j
centers . He has sought to convey the
idea that there was something hein
ous about this, and that the govern
ment was therefore being deprived of
funds that belonged to it. He speaks
of Federal reserve funds as though
they were government funds when in
fact the federal reserve banks are all
owned by member banks and no gov
ernment funds are employed, except
in the way of deposits.
President Harding has Indicated his
opposition to the bill to require tbe
appointment of a "dirt" farmer, but
to kill the bill it will probably be
necessary for him to agree that a
farmer will be appointed, although he
will not consent to the compulsion by
law. If a farmer is to be put on the
board, why not separate representa
tives of the labor unions, manufactur
ers, merchants, the railroad and the
newspaer publishers?
Schwab on Law and Business
The editor of Forbes' Magazine this
week quoted Charles M. Schwab as
having remarked to him. "If I were to
think only of myself and my own com
fort, I could turn whatever fortune I
possess into cash and invest it In tax
exempt securities. By doing this I
could treble my net income and be
freed from all financial and business
worries, for,' as the laws are now, a
business man cannot make financial
progress, but can only go backwards.
I don't take this step, because I feel
that my business activities have done
at least something for the develop
ment of American industry and Amer
ica's resources."
Just Like Finding Money
Banking institutions which faced
their losses boldly, and charged -pff
loans that at best appeared doubtful.
t Tw y j rr . , -
are beginning to reap the harvest of
this policy. They cut their statements
to the bone, and any salvage realized
Is lust like finding money. Some of
these loans that were charged off are
now being paid in full, and payments
on account have been numerous.
These payments go Into undivided pro
fits and will no doubt keep many a
bank from passing its dividend at the
end of the current year.
Using Our Dollars in Europe
Returning travelers report that in
Poland. Czecho-Slovakia and parts of
Germany farmers are refusing to sell
their produce unless they are paid in
dollars. Increasing use of the dollar as
money is reported throughout contin
ental Europe. In Paris, shopkeepers
prefer dollars to francs for their goods.
Cuba has no paper money and no
bank notes except our own, and has
not resorted to the printing pres s to
ease her economic distress. To make
the dollar legal tender for debts al
ready incurred would not be practi
cable in Europe because of the high
cost of dollar exchange ' in their own
currencies, but if new contracts pay
able in dollars were legalized they
would no doubt soon come into gener
al use .and American money would
supplant the discredited paper whose
fluctuations make foreign trade so dif
ficult and hazardous.
The idea is by no means ianciful.
Any great increase in the use of
American currency in Europe would
presuppose enlargement of our issue
at home, but our reserve ratio is so
high that there is abundance of room
for expansion. American tourists
abroad would assist in the distribu
tion. " '
Is Henry A B'U'lnaire?
In a recently published interview,
Henry Ford declared that he had cash
balances in banks of $125,000,000 to
$140,000,000; he did not know within
$15,000,000 how, much he had. He said
that his balances were worth $200,
000,000, his inventories as much more,
and he thought the whole works could
be capitalized for a billion. The sug
gestion that Ford is a billionaire is not
accepted by some financial writers,
and many think Rockefeller still the
richer man. John D. is not much in
clined to tell the public what he has,
but he has given away hundreds of
millions. Ford seems to have learned
the secret of remaining popular with
the proletariat while acquiring great
riches. Is he really our first billionaire?
MYSTERIES OF THE INCOME TAX
Department of Internal Revenue Prepares Explanations
On New Law Governing this Year's Returns.
Across the Pacific
From Oregon City to the
Mysterious East
By E. E. Bw
HONG KONG, China, Jan. 1.
(Special Correspondence). Dowr. the
China sea, past thousands of fishing
junks, over glassy water and under a
perfect sky. The Chinese are won
derful sailors, but one junk" obstinate
ly refuses to alter its course for the
big ship. We missed it by a hair and
as it swept along our 525 feet the air
was filled with the angry cries of the
yellow crew. We traveled 457 knots
yesterday in the 24 hours ending at
noon, keen on dropping anchor in
Hong Kong harbor on New Years eve.
Six o'clock came as we anchored
close to the outer rocks and there
we stayed till morning. The various
port officials did not come near us.
However, there are more than 40 of
us on board now and we had a good
time, sitting up in the smoking room
until after midnight. This morning
at 9 o'clock we were on shore, well
inside the frowning cliffs that seem
ingly render the island safe against
invasion.
The city is British, of course, with
typical English buildings, and life
size statues of royalty around the
squares. After lunch at . the Hong
Kong hotel grill, we drove, with Mr.
and Mrs. Finch of Manila, t6 Repulse
Bay where there is a new hotel, such
as one reads about but seldom sees.
The paved highway swings outward
and upward and drops ' down to the
blue waters of the beautiul little bay.
Aside from the well-beloved Columbia
River hiehwav. I have never seen a
road to equal this. The height af
fords one a dazzling panorama of
water, hills, deep curves unfolding
charming bits of nature and we go
on to the city by another route, drop
ping fast to the level of the bay,
where we take launch for our ship
There are no piers in Hong Kong ex'
cept for local craft, and shipping an
chors in the stream and freight is
handled bv liehters. Women, with
small babies strapped to their backs.
are doing a man's work. All Is bustle
and color. On shore we study the
movie signs, disdaining Nazimova in
The Brat, having seen it in the States,
and enjoy Flower Alley, a Celestial
show of many colors, and one of the
city's sights.
Many years ago a Chinaman, name
unknown to me. established a store
He desired to impress the public with
his honesty and sincerity, and so he
named th institution Sincere Co. It
is a department store, covering five
floors and hao a roof garden. In the
jewelry department Madame spotted a
pearl necklace and asked the price.
"Eight thousand dollars!" said the
salesman. We gasped and movea on.
With only 36 hours in Hong Kong,
we were unable to take the 60 mile
drive out of Kowloon, across the bay,
but we may come back here some day.
Leighton Hope, American consul at
Hong Kong, says the Kowloon drive is
worth while.
Hong Kong Is at its best at night
from the harbor. Hundreds or nomes
terraced in the cliffs show a wall of
lights and the effect is spectacular.
Monday afternoon we sail for Manila.
Thirty-two steam winches groan as
sacks of flour are lifted through the
hatches over the sides on the light
ers, and at six o'clock we slip from the
buoy and are on our way to Ameri
can soil in the Philippines.
INCOME-TAX FACTS
Thousands of letters have reached
the Bureau of Internal Revenue rela
tive to changes in revenue legislation.
I Taxpayers desire to know the benefits
to which they are entitled under the
revenue act of 1921 by way of in
creased exemptions, lowered surtaxes,
and allowances for deducutions for
business expenses, losses, contribu
tions, and badebts. , ,
The purpose of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue is to answed the ques
tions presented in a series of news
paper statements, of which this is the
first. Taxpayers are advised to pre
serve the articles as they appear, in
order that when they begin prepara
tion of their income-tax returns for
the year 1921 they may "have before
them a comprehensive summary of the
requirements of the new revenue act.
To the person of moderate income,
probably the most important change
is in the exemption, or credits. Under
the revenue act of 1921 a married per
son or head of a family whose net in
come for 1921 was $5,000 or less is al
lowed a personal exemption of $2,500.
If the net income is more than $5,000,
the personal exemption is $2,000. The
exemption allowed a married person
or head of a family under the revenue
act of 1918 was $2,000, regardless of
the amount of net income. Exemptions
for dependents, also, are increased
from $200 to $400. Thus, a married
man with three children, whose net in
come for 1921 was $4,000, will pay
this year an income tax of $12. On
the same income for 1920 he paid a tax
of $56.
Husband and wife living together re
ceive but one personal exemption
$(2,500 or $2,000 a8 the case may be.)
If they make separate returns, the
exemption may be taken by either or
divided between them.
NOMAL TAX.
To overcome the disparity in the
normal tax in the case of two tax
payers, one of whom is just within the
lower exemption of $2,000 (applying to
income of more than $5,000 )and the i
other just within the higher exemption
of $2,500 (applying to income of $5,000
or less), the lav provides that the
reduction of the personal exemption
for married persons and heads of fam
ilies from $2,500 to $2,000 .in such
cases shall not operate to increase the
tax which would be payable if the
exemption were $2,500 by more than
the amount of net income in excess of
$5,000. For example, a married man
had a net income for 1921 of $5,006.
Without the benefit of the above pro
vision, his tax, assuming he had no
dependents, would be $120.24 ($5,006
less $2,000 equaling $3,006 at 4 per
cent). His actual tax is $106.24 ($5,006
less $2,500 equaling $2,506 at 4 per
cent, or $100.24, plus $6, the amount
by which his net income exceeds $5,
00.) There is no change in the exemption
of $1,000 granted a. single person or a
married person not living with hus
band or wife. Nonresident aliens are
allowed a specific exemption of $1,000
regardless ot their marital status, and
are allowed no exemption for depend
ents. The normal tax of 4 per cent on the
first $4,000 of net income above the
exemptions and 8 per cent on the re
maining net income remains unchang
ed. This applies to citizens and resi
dents of the United States. Alien non
residents receiving income from
sources within the United States are
taxed to the full 8 per cent on income
from such sources.
SURTAX RATES
Taxpayers are reminded that the
surtax rates, which apply only to net
income in excess of $5,000, also are un
changed for the year 1921. Letters re
ceived by the bureau indicate the im
pression in the minds of the writers
that the lowered surtax rates are ap
plicable to net income for the calendar
year 1921. Under the revenue act of
1921, the surtax rates for that year
range from 1 per cent on the amount
of net income between $5,000 and
$6,000 to 65 per cent on the amount of
net income in excess of $1,000,000.
For the calendar year 1922, the surtax
rates range from 1 per cent on the
amount of net income between $6,000
and $10,000, to 5o per cent by which
the net income exceeds $200,000.
The period for filing returns (if the
taxpayer makes return on the calendar
year. basis) is from January 1 to
March 15, 1922. This year, as last, the
tax must be paid' in full at the time of
filing the return, or in four install
ments, due on or before March 15,
June 15, September 15, and December
15. Forms 1040A for incomes
$5,000 and less, and 1040 for incomes
in excess of $5,000, wiH be sent to per
sons who last year filed returns of
1920 income. Failure to receive a
form, however, does not relieve the
taxpayer of his obligation to file a
return and pay the tax within the time
prescribed. Copies of these forms may
be obtained at the offices'of collectors
of internal revenue, branch offices, and
banks.
The return, sworn to before a notary
or other person authorized to ad
minister an oath, must be filed with
the collector of internal revenue for
the district in wliich the taxpayer
lives, or has his principal place of bus
iness. Revenue officers will visit every
county in the United States to aid tax
payers in making out their returns.
Announcement of their arrival and the
location of their offices will be made
by collectors through the press. The
services heretofore offered city resi
dents will be continued.
MULTNOMAH TO
MAKE EFFORT TO
PAY LOOP FUND
Attorneys at Work to Devise
Means to Overcome Ruling
of Tax Commission and to
Give Highway Allotment.
PAVING WORK WILL BE
FINISHED THIS SEASON
Commission Chairman Lauds
Interest Shown by County
I n Aiding Construction.
MANILA, P. I., Jan. 6. (Special
Correspondence.) The broad spaces
between the pier and the Manila ho
tel fronting the bay seem cwrt and
inviting as wu drive aloag. The good
ship Pine Tree State has been our
home nearly four weeks. The immi
gration and customs are disposed of,
packing i8 over and the tropics are
before us. Our rooms on the third
floor overlook Manila Bay, dotted with
naval craft. The hotel is constructed
for the climate, with oyster shell win
dows, bare teak floors, and contriv
ances "for air and ventilation. It is
almost like living out of doors. J. P.
Kellogg, of Watertown, N. Y., who
joined the ship at Shanghai, is at our
table. He is a young chap, making a
hunting trip, and now that he has
done antelope and mountain sheep
along the Gobi desert, he is bound for
Singapore and has a thirst for tigers
and elephants.
Mr. Adamsen and his mother and
sister, and Sutra Palasiri have called
and stayed for tea. The latter has
been attending Boston Tech, while
the Adamsens have been living in
Berkeley, Cal., attending to the edu
cation of brother and sister. They
are on their way to Bangkok to join
husband and father, after an absence
of about ten years from Siam. Mr.
Palasiri has been in the States three
years and tells us a lot about the
Siamese and the customs of the coun
try. He and another Siamese boy are
traveling home with Captain Venable
of the United States army. The par
ty leaves Friday morning on the Taiyo
Maru for Hong Kong, thence to Bang
kok via Swatow, while we have eleven
days in Manila waiting for the Creole
State, which is on her way from San
Francisco and Honolulu and is to take
us to Singapore.
After dinner Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Kerby call. He is doing special news
paper assignments in the -Orient. His
wife was Ruth Duniway, a former stu-
den of the University of Oregon, and
one of the well known Duniway fami
ly of Oregonians. we attend a con
cert in the great open air dining hall
and sit around the table behind cool
ing drinks until after midnight. Oc
casionally we run to the rooms to see
that the kiddies are still covered with
mosquito net, suspended from a rack
and forming a complete covering, but
not touching the sleeper. We are
dining with the Kerbys at their home
176 Calle Buenaviste Friday night
and with the Adamsens on their ship
on Thursday evening.
Thursday, January 5, is our second
day in Manila. Judge Charles E.
Johns and Mrs." Johns have called.
She was Elizabeth Busch, a former
teacher in the Oregon City high
school. Judge Johns resigned from
the Oregon Supreme Bench last Fall
to take the Philippine post.
We are fortunate in coming to the
tropics in this season. The nights
are cool. Old Sol becomes a bit ir
ritated between noon and four o'clock
and then the little lizards come out to
play around the ceilings. They are
perfectly harmless and one soon
learns to pay no attention to them.
Somewhere between the walls there
Is a lizard with a voice and he pipes
up once in a while during the early
hours of the night. Thursday night
after dinner on the Japanese liner we
took an hour's drive around the town,
through the walled city and over the
new boulevards, old Spanish on one
hand and very American on the other.
Boys and Girls of
Clackamas Coimtv
Make Club Record
BONUS ACTION LOOMS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. A soldier
bonus bill carrying provisions for
raising funds for cash compensation
will be passed by the house within
two weeks, according to predictions
made today by Chairman Fordney of
the house ways and means committee,
following a conference with President
Harding at the White House.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 2. Clackamas
county had 18 of the 376 Oregon boys
and girls clubs which finished the
work of the year 1920-21, meeting all
the requirements of a standard club,
according to H. C- Seymour, state club
leader.
The requirements for a standard
club are to have five or more mem
bers working on the same project,
officers selected from among the
members, an adult club leader, defin
ite program of work for the club year,
reports of the work prepared and fil
ed in the office of the state club lead
er, at least six regular club meetings,
a local club exhibit, a demonstration,
in the community, a judging team
chosen by competition among the
members, at least 70 per cent of the
members completing their work and
filing reports, an achievement day
program held at the close of the club
year, and a membership in the farm
burpau held by the club or its officers.
' PROFIT OVER $66,000
The 6487 club members in Oregon
were organized into 724 clubs. Of
this number 376 met the requirements
of the standard clubs, while 254 of
these reported 100 per cent of their
members completing their work. The
total value of all products produced
this year by club members is $127,
359.68. This was at a total cost of
$60,581.13, making a profit of $66,
778.55 a profit surpassing that of the
preceeding year in spite of the fact
that the value of the products drop
ped. The value of the county club leader
is shown by the year's report. The
counties with leaders Klamath. Mal
heur, Multnomah, Tillamook, Linn and
PORTLAND, Feb. 3. Stanley My
ers, district attorney, was Thursday
attempting, at request of the county
commissioners, to devise some means
by which the commissioners could
keep faith with the state highway
commission and raise $85,000 this year
to be applied to the building of the
Mount Hood loop road.
The commissioners set aside $85,000
in the 1922 budget for this road work
but the tax supervision commission
struck out this item. On receipt ot
a letter by the county commissioners
from .R. A. Booth, chairman of the
highway commission, Commissioner
Rufus C. Holman urged that the mat
ter be turned over to Myers to figure
out some way whereby the money
could be secured. Booth's letter fol
lows: TO RUSH WORK
At a commission meeting held last
week we ordered the engineer to ad
vertise for our February meeting the
grading on all that part of the Mount
Hood loop between the Columbia riv
er highway and the forest reserve that
is not now under contract, and we
have instructed the engineer to push
this work as rapidly as he reasonably
can.
The commission is very earnest in
its desire to finish this season, by
grading and surfacing, -that part of
the loop road between the Multnomah
county line and the forest boundary
in Clackamas county. Clackamas
county has now placed in the com
mission's hands the amount of their
agreed contribution.
INTEREST LAUDED
, Appreciating the friendly and help
ful interest that you have taken in
the Mount Hood loop road, and high
ly pleased with your generous offer
of contributions amounting to $85,000
for each of two years, the commission
would be pleased to know from you
at this time what action, if any, your
court can take toward the fulfillment
of your undertaking as you now view
it, without contravening the limita
tions that the press states were put
upon you by the supervising tax com
mission recently created by law. It
has come to our attention, though
not authoritatively that the supervis
ing commission' did not specifically
exclude the $85,000 proposed in your
budget for the loop road, but that it
allowed a stated amount for road ex
penditure by your court for the sea
son of 1921.
QUESTION IS PUT
If this is true, is it within your dis
cretion to contribute $85,000 of ther
total sum to the loop road as hereto
fore proposed by you, and are you dis
posed to do so? Or to put it more
broadly, will there become available
from any source during 1921 revenue
to meet your obligation with the high
way commission?
The purpose of the inquiry at this
time is to carefully determine the .
available assets that may be applied
to the surfacing of the section of the
road referred to above, before letting
contract for the same.
This inquiry should not in the least
provoke in your minds the thought
that the highway commission, being
familier with the. governing circum
stances as reported by the press,
questions your good faith in the prom
ises but is seeking dependable infor
mation that must bear on the com
mission's ' action.
Very sincerely yours,
R. R. BOOTH,
Chairman.
Red Crown Quintet
To Play Willamette
The Red Crowns after a week's lay
off will get back in the fold again and
tackle the Willamette Independents
at the Parkplace school house on Fri
day evening. The Oilers lost their
first battle to this quintet 25 to 15 on
the Willamette floor and are after the
scalp of the West side boys m their
On Drunk Charge
Douglass have made a percentage of
completion of 81 per cent, while the i return fray.
counties without leaders made only t
45 per c,nhBC m . isTFn i Two Fined $5 Each
The list of Clackamas county clubs
who finished the year as standard or
ganizations and the names of their
leaders follows: Fernwood poultry
club of Molalla, Bert Palmer; Clarkes
poultry club of Mulino. Mrs. H. C.
Kleinsmith; Bolton poultry club of
wm.mitto aii-h Marv Cnesser: var-
. . illlllllVl-L,
us pig club of Oregon City, Margaret 9
Spangler; Deep creek uu JCiW . .
Charles Ely and V. Romo were fined
$5 each in Recorder Charlie Kelly's
court Monday on charges of being
drunk and disorderly.
(ltMtlttM,',,,,Mi,,"M"M,,,M,MM"WK
club of Boring, Carl Hanson; aner-
j i maVin? Tnza R. Wood;
wuuu uuiuv c, - m
Willamette H. S. canning, Mrs. iiugu- f
Jones; Four corners canning ciut or
Oregon City, Mrs. J. T. Fullam; Rain
bow sewing club of Clackamas, Hazel
Morley; Moiaua sewe,
sewing club of Sherwood, Marjorie
Knapp; Dickey rrai r"
of Molalla, Gladys Jane Evans Bor
ing sewing, M - r
rgetic cooking ciuu jl
Stanley Ray; Upper iogan coor,
club of Oregon uiy, v,.
Sprague: Aurora cooKery rauo uu
the Mt Pleasant cooKery uuu ui uir
ron City. Mrs. George Dawes.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The final
plenary session of the arms confer
ence was called today by Secretary
of State Hughes to meet tomorrow at
10:30 o'clock.
f GEORGE HOEYE I
CHIROPRACTOR
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