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About Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1922)
Oregon City Enter- - covers the news field t Ctaokamas county thor- "f.Wy. Live correspondents firem every section keep the readers posted every week t rear neighbors activities. -,-.. ON CDTY -ENTiEKiPK As an advertising medium to meet the rural needs. Hie Oregon City Enterprise Is " second to none. A snatl 8 classified ad in these col- urns will convince. Try no & today and watch tfca results. FlfTMlXTH YEAR. No. 7. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 7, 1 922. ESTABLISHED 18M LOCAL POSITION 01 WAGE SCALE AVERAGES WELL Redaction In Rates for Road Labor Is More Than Offset By Figure at Present Paid By, Oregon City Industries. DSCLINE IS SHOWN TO BE WIDESPREAD S tate Commissioner Gram Makes Report Comparing Pay During 1920 and 1921 to view of the large program ot road work whicii it is intended to carry this summer, the county ooant, as the result of a recent sur vey conditions in the local labor marfceta. bas fixed the rate for com mo labor at $2.50 a day, represent ing a reduction of 50 cents over the scale which had been in force for this class labor prior to February 1, the date from which the new rate was made effective. The character and scope of the road improvement pro gram wil give employment to a large Briber of men throughout the sum- ADDED CUT IS SCOUTED 1 present rate is the lowest point rrnntmi since the downward trend first started in June 1920, and it is not anticipated that there will be any further reductions in the immediate future. The decrease in wages has bee pretty general over all classes .of labor and a falling off of from 30 to 64 per cent is recorded in a com- pariaoa f wages paid to various forms of lfcor in Oregon compiled by C- H, Oram, state labor commissioner. Notwithstanding the general state of delation for unskilled labor the go ing rsiie in Oregon City is for paper mi!Kj 55 csxits per hour: sawmill f 3.00 per day. Skilled labor in this dis trict although not so seriously affect ed ae ordinary labor, has nevertheless suffers in the general cut. PAY IS READJUSTED Tka county rate for team and team ster lias been returned to the old figui of $5.00. This amount, though not b lugh in the aggregate, is pro- portioaately better than that which has beea paid during the last few years as it is exactly twice that paid a mam for eight hours work. During the wr, this figure was out of pro portion ta some degree, as a team and teaaf?ter received $7 while the com mon laborer was getting $4. The report which has been'publish ed by the state commissioner covers the peried from June 1920 to the end of December 1921 and shows that farm hands, who were receiving an average of $73.62 a month,v with board, in Jae, 1920, were receiving an aver age but $37.16 a month and board la &eeesiber, 1921, a decrease of al most SO per cent. ARPENTER'S PAY LOWER Osrpnters, receiving $7.14 a day in June, 1920, were receiving $5.19 a day in December, 1921, a decrease of slightly less than 30 per cent. Team ster's wages dropped in the 10-month period from $5 a day to $3.52; head fallers from $7.12 to $4.69; second fallers from $6.71 to $4.43; laborers from $4 Jo to $3.53; camp cooks from $137.68 a month and board to $96 a month and board; dishwashers from $77.25 a month and board to . a month and board: milkers from $88.33 a month and board to $50.23 a month and beard. The compilation shows the greatest percentage of decrease between June, 1920, and June, 1921. In the last six months tie variation has not been so great, except in the case of carpenters whose wages have been dropped from $6.18 a day to $5.19 a day. Wages of common labor show a slight increase in tit last six-month period, from S3. 23 a day in June. 1921, to S3. 52 a day fat December. SKELETON IS UNEARTHED BY WORKMEN ON FERRY Bones, Thought to be Those of Old Indian, Found Buried On West Bank of River. A human skeleton, buried probably during a flood stage of the Willam ette river many years ago, was un earthed at 4:30 o'clock Saturday af ternoon on the west side of the river bank. A crew employed in grading the approach for the new ferry which is to operate from 17th street, discov ered oractically a complete set of human bones at a depth of about seven feet in the soft river silt and sand. The skeleton, judged from the shape of the skull, is thought to be that of an Indian. The elongated skull, ac cording to Wm. Dutcher, the foreman, is evidently that of a native. The bones were uncovered by a scraper plow, which probably accounts for the fact that the finger and toe bones were not found. The body was probably deposited there several hun dred years ago, judged from the form ation over it, but such estimates are only guess. A theory has also developed that it might signify that the place was once an Indian burial ground. According to N. A. Boyd, a workman there, a number of stones, evidently used as mallets and other savage implements have been found in that vicinity. The nearness of the body to the river causes this contention to be scouted, and others hold the belief that it was washed onto the bank at a high water period. CLUB WORK TO CONTINUE WITH FEDERAL FUNDS Failure of County Budget to ' Provide for Local Activity Partially Offset by Aid of Governmental Contribution FARM BUREAU GIVES SUPPORT TO PROJECT Veteran Woodsman To Forsake Forest and Turn Plumber Operation Throughout Entire Year Is Not Possible Under Present Finance Shortage. her woif. im going After years of life in the forest, trailing and snaring the wolf, bear, cougar and coyote, A. G. Ames, trap per of Santiam national forest fame, is selling his dogs, traps and guns, and has declared his intention of turning to his long neglected trade of plumbing. Ames has lived In the forest since his earliest youth as, he says, since the age of 9 years "when he bought a one eyed hound and set out after coons.; Since that time his sole pur suit has been trapping and hunting. In the spring of 1917 he joined the government service, working under Stanley G. Jewett, chief of the Ore gon division of the predatory animal branch of the bureau of biology. From that time untill the present his "catch" totals 259 predatory animals, including wolves, cougar, coyotes, sheep killing bear and bobcats. He recently acquired considerable fame with the capture of a huge tim BY HEALTH ASSOCIATION A report of the work done in Clack mas county during the past four Notwithstanding the cutting of the appropriation for boys and girls club work from the county budget, the ac tivities of the local club leader will be continued, according to definite word received from the sate direct or's office Monday. Federal funds still available for the work in Clack amas oounty will be used, and al though they will not carry the club activities for the entire year, they will provide for a club leader during the period of organization which will pro bably extend until early summer. Added to the federal funds will be support of local people who are inter ested in the continuance of the agri culture club work. It is felt that by providing for the organization of the boys amd girls work this year, enough impetus can be given to guarantee the exhibits at the county fair late in the fall. Tbe juvenile department at the fair in 1921 was one of the biggest drawing cards of the week's period, Mrs. L. Purcell, who for the past two years has had charge of the club work here, will continue with the or ganization this season. State reports covering Clackamas county activities in this line show material gains dur ing the recent periods and an excep- to sell Trailer and Teenie" these being bis two dogs Trailer a cross between a bloodhound and a red nailer, and Teenie, half bloodhound and half Airedale. "I bate to do it, but I've been with the game long enough," Ames declared. His home is in Estacada, where he will make a strong attempt to break away from the lure of the woods. COMPLETION OF POWER PLANT IS NOW ASSURED Improvements On Clackamas River to Cost $10,000,000 Says President of P. R. L. P. months has been prepared by the J tionally high average of clubs com- LOCAL HEIRS TO ESTATE ARRIVE IN ISLE OF MAN Mr. and Mrs. A. E. King and their daughter. Miss Herminia, have ar rived tm the Isle of Man. where they have gone in response to a message that Mr. King was left an estate by his e9ter who recently died there. Tkl news was received by Mrs. Lawten of this city, who is a sister of Mrs. King. Mr. King and family left here early in January for New York Ciey, frem this point they sailed for England on January 14. They had or iginally planned to remain several days fa England, but decided to continue their journey and make their visit earonte home. This tsthe first trip Mrs. King and her daughter have made to the Isle of Man, emO. the first that Mr. King has made in many years to his former home. They have had a very pleas ant trip and expect to be gone pbout County Health -Associatfoit, prior to its annual drive which is to start here on the 14th to raise a fund of $2,000 to support its work during 1922. The report shows a total ex penditure of $744 during the four month period, a fund which accrued from the sale of Christmas seals. It says in part: "Clackamas county has, by actual count, 59 diagnosed cases of Tubercul osis between the ages of 20 and 40; the efficiency period of life. Its other living cases total 119. During the last four months the Public Health Nurse has made 15 calls in tubercular homes. According to the records of the State Board of Health, there were seven deaths in the county in 1920 and 19 deaths in 1921. "Visits have been made to the homes of poor people who have spent their last dollar trying to gain again, the health they have realized too late, was very precious to them. The Nurse hag gone into homes where Mothers, untrained for a too heavy burden, are trying, in a vague, well-intentioned way to care for a husband at the sa crifice of her own and her children's health. Children, whose parents have apparently given up hope of having them physically healthy, or have dis regarded their ailments in their strug gle for existence, has been, under the nurse's guidance, able to receive special care. "The nurse's work in the county has included the . routine physical in spection of school children, observing defects of posture, skin, vision, hear ing, throat and teeth and general appearance.- Under her supervision 1000 children have been weighed and measured; boards have been inter viewed in the interest of sanitary con ditions, various methods of health ed ucation have been introduced into the schools; 78 calls have been made in the homes of school children. "The Portland Railway Light and Power company and the "Willamette Valley Southern Railway company have given free transportation to the nurse. The County Court has donated office space." pleting the entire year'3 work. - The county appropriation for the club work was cut off at the budget meeting proceeding the definite out lining ef county finances for the year of 1922. Every effort to have the ac tivities continued has been taken by the county farm bureau which has aided materially in the independent support which is being given the work. LOCAL BONOS OFFICIALS TO GO TO CONFERENCE SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE OF PARTNERSHIP FILED Suit for a settlement over a 15 per cent interest in the store of Joe Swartz, was filed in the circuit court Friday by Joseph M. Justin. Accord ing to the complaint, Justin on March 30, purchased an interest in Swartz's clothing store with the condition that in event of the disollution of the part nership, he was to receive a settle ment of 15 per cent of the involved value of the concern. The partner ship, according to the complaint, was terminated February 1, 1922, but set lement refused. An order, restraining disposal of the property other than that neces sary in the course of business, has been issued by Judge Campbell. Justin and Montgomery were re cently refused a lease on the city hall property where they intended to start a haberdashery. Clackamas county officials who are connected with the administration of the so-called bonus act, will meet at Portland February 17, under orders from the war veteran's aid commis sion . The meeting is called for the express purpose of instructing the appraisers who are to pass on the valuations of the property put up as scurity for loans under the act. Appraisals of property and actual passing upon loan applications are expected to begin within ten days al ter the conference. This will mean, according to Phil Hammond, local bonus attorney, that ex-service men in Clackamas county will begin to get money on their loans by the end of the present month. The complete development of the power plant of the Portland Railway Light and Power company on the up per Clackamas is n assured, accord ing to the statement of Franklin T, Griffith, president of the company. The undertaking is being financed through a new plan of the corpora tion involving the sale of its securities in small blocks in the district in which the company operates. The improve" projects under way include the new Oak Grove power plant which will cost $10,000,000 when completed and add 80,000 more horse power to present facilities. The work will furnish employment to a large number of men for an Indefinite per iod and is expected to reduce the acuteness of the present unemploy ment situation. "The greatest need of the public utility industry at the present time," said Mr. Griffith, is new capital for the 'constructfcjrbf additional gener ating equipment, transmission lines, sub-stations, transportation equip ment, trackage, overhead construc tion, etc., so that plant facilities may be equal to the demands made upon them. "All the proceeds from the sale of our 7 per cent prior preference stock will be put to work right here in needed improvements and extensions as well as in the big new development on the Upper Clackamas river where we hope tp be able to furnish steady employment to a large force of men for an indefinite period. This large undertaking should help materially to reduce' the acnteness of the present unemployment situation in case our "Home Ownership" plan continues with the same degree of success with which it has progressed so far." CARVER LAD HIT BY FALLING TREE; DIES1NSTANTLY Amos, Fifteen Year-Old Son Of O. J. McQuaw, Is Fatally Hurt; No Inquest Will be Held, Says Coroner Pace. ERROR IN CUTTING OF TIMBER DISASTROUS Body Is Brot to Oregon City; Funeral Arrangements Are Not Definitely Completed. Amos McQuaw, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. McQuaw was in stantly killed by a falling tree Tues day afternoon, at Carver. The lad, after school was out, went to the edge of the timber where a number of boys were felling trees. McQuaw was caught beneath one that fell in the opposite direction to what the boys contemplated, and although he made an effort to get out of the way, waa unable to jump clear. The body was brought to Oregon City by Coroner o. A. Pace last night. .No inquest will be held. Funeral ar rangements are to be made today. The lad is survived by his father and mother, five brothers and two sisters. The family have resided in Carver about three years. ROAD EQUIPMENT PUT IN SHAPE FOR Ml WORK Extensive Repair ProgrL Contemplated; Tands, j Good Weather are Awaited. UM STREET HAVING PROGRAM FOR 1Q99 PI AM VII 1 JLLy 1 LXllt Molalla Avenue to be First Artery Considered; Aid of County Court to be Asked by City Council Committee. While the road building program for the present year Is still in the pro cess of formation, the construction de partment is rapidly getting its machin ery Into shape for the activities which will be commenced In the near future. Overhauling of all county road equlp- mpn. la wall under wfl v nrnnrrHnir n 1 Abe Gilbert, road supervisor, who is EIGHTEENTH STREET. 1" ,OUI. feJ VL ail III lv Uii I -w-m iri. rL ty-s repair and construction work. IMPROVEMENT LIKELY The work this year in getting the machinery into shape is being carried on to a far wider extent than It ever I I L r -! r j rr haa in th nnst Moh n. tha ,, use ot General Koad Funds A j 1 equipment has never been kept ac curate trace of, but during 1921 a num ber of new machinery buildings and sheds were constructed, which ot pre sent are housing more than $300,000 worth of machinery. As soon as weather conditions will allow extensive work and the 1922 tax funds have been collected sufficient to finance the operation of the crews, the work of putting the roads into shape .throughout the county will be begun. There are some 1,700, miles of road within the county and a large portion of these which will need atr tention this year. On Highways Tributary to Local Markets Requested. WOMAN'S CLUB IS TOLD COUNTY GAME WARDEN ATTENDS STATE MEET FURTHER STUDY TO BE GIVEN TO OLD RECORDS PORTLAND, Feb. 14.--To discuss district cooperation in observance of the game laws and to consider details of the game code and methods of en forcing the rulings, district deputy game wardens of the state gathered in Portland today for a two-day ses sion. The first session convened in room 612 of the Oregon building at 10 o'clock and was presided over by Cap tain A. E. Burghduff, state game war den. Another meetine convened at 1:30 p. m. and addresses were sched uled from "H. B. Van Duzer, president BSLi& Mr. Down. of the Chamber of commerce, and Dr. u. McFarland. H. E. Meads. eamf warden for That the records in Clackamas coun ty concerning the old census and. tax rolls will have a great value in the reconstruction of the history of the state of Oregon was the opinion ex pressed Saturday by Professor R. H. Down, head of the history department of Franklin high school. Mr. Down was in Oregon City where he spent last summer conducting research work among the old archives of the county. Mr. Down's work is part of an ex tensive program being carried on by the extension division of the Universi ty of Oregon in preserving the old records of the state. Similar work is to be conducted in other county seats this year. "I found the school records in Clack amas county particularly complete," There is however, Clackamas county attendance. district, was in 4 INJURED IN MOVIE PlRE need for the gathering together of all the old records, some of them of in estimable "value, and. placing them where they are in no danger of de struction. There is considerable more work to be done along this line in Clackamas county, and much 'of the i :i nn..rt1iDil from this study . .. . iiiulki uu uiii - is.ii.i.fau, Wash., Feb. 10. A blaze I . iay.ia contribution to the i -.: I wm vij!i.viuu mom oi tne voeue I nnnntrT ana hn state tl9t loot . " . niBUUIJ Ul U-o oiuxug at jt o ciock pre-1 . cipltatod a small panic, during which CLEANUP IS ORDERED j.nj. urBurge noover was hurt in the crush, and Haven Boomer, -operator wastttngTON. Feb. 10. Rigid at the theater and son of the proprie-1 review by the inspector-general of all tor, J. H. Boomer, and J. Meiszendahl. wo- ortment activities in Wash- who was In the projecting room, were ington to determine how many of the painfully burned in fightine the I .totSiv 110a officers on duty flames. Lo. ..n k maHn available for serv- The building, of frame construction Pa with ronn or In establishing the was savea irom serious injury by the organized reserve system has been fire-proof nature of the operating ordered by Secretary Weeks. "With room. Byron Oysters, a member of vni-iona nost-war aeencies completing the fire department, was painfully cut I their work, it is believed possible that when he slipped and fell beneath a from 200 to 300 officers can be ob- hose cart as the department was I tamed in this way for service in Douna lor the lire. corps area. A contract for the year of 1922 has been signed by the Clackamas coun ty Farm Bureau with the Moline Plow company for the purchase of farm im plements and machinery. J. J. Si mons, representing the company was in Oregon City Monday concluding the deal. Under the contract, which has been in operation for the past six months, members of the farm bureau are sold farm machinery for the wholesale price plus five per cent as handling charges. These rates are given only to members Of the organization. At a meeting of the executive com mittee which was held Saturday the annual meeting date of the farm bur eau was recommended changed from the last Thursday in February to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. This, as a change in the constitution, will be voted on at the j annual meeting February 23. The ex ecutive committee also outlined addi tional plans for the organization's membership drive which will include the appointment of district , repre sentatives to handle the membership work in their own communities. Plans for an extensive street im provement-program during the year of 1922 are being formulated by Ore gon city- First among the new pro jects to be inaugurated is the paving or a hair-mile section of Molalla ave nue, characterized by members of the city council as one of the most acces sary improvements toward which the city must bend its efforts in the com ing year. - , A committee of four to solicit the aid of the county court in the Molalla avenue improvement has - been - ap pointed. It consists of Councilmen R. Petzold, H. S. Mount, J. B. Jack and City Attorney O. D. Eby. SOME AID PLEDGED The county court has already agreed to give the city some aid in the im provement for the reason that the municipal limits extend east for a considerable distance and the street is practically a county road, tapping one of the rich farming districts, and at the same time being the only avail able artery into this part of the coun ty. The entire improvement, which is to include the preparation of the grade and the paving, will cost ap proximately $12,000. The county is MH.. atraigUt diseasaed fx6 expend added por- A general discussion of natural re sources, forestry, water power, scen ery and the greatest national high ways entertained and instructed the Woman's Club Thursday afternoon Mrs. Jeanette Fairclough Scott out lined the general direction of the Lin coln, Roosevelt, and Dixie highways the Columbia River, Pacific,. Wash ington and Olympic roads, with glimpses of their cbnstruction and plans of parking with trees indiginoua to the regions through which they -pass. Forestry and its influence on the fate of a nation, and Mrs. Rosina Fouts Evans predicted the future ofwater power in heating, lighting and warm ing the world. So great was the interest that one after another arose to relate personal observations along the Oregon coast where magnificient views have been wantonly slashed away, and in Call fornia where sawmills are rushing in to cut up the redwoods. It was de clared that Willamette Falls were not what they once were, and that people yet living remember a greater Niagara Falls. General approval was voiced for Governor Olcott's demand that no more forests be destroyed along the highways. TIMBER LANDS HERE ARE LISTED IN SHIPP ESTATE A valuation of $73,711 was placed on the personei and real property of the estate of Nicholas W. Shipp, form er Salem business man who died a short time ago, according to the in ventory and appraisement papers fil ed in the Marion county probate court. The real property consited of tim ber lands in Clackamas, Jackson, Douglas and Josephine counties, with property in Portland, and lots and email parcels of real estate in Mal heur, Lincoln. Tillamook, Linn and Marion counties. The Clackamas county property consists of the east half of sec! ion. 30 T 6 S. R 4 E, near Colton. It is as sessed at $5,750, and as the timber and land rating in Clackamas county is less than 50 per cent, its actual yalue is probably more than $12,000 COUNTY FATALITIES ARE SHOWN IN STATE REPORT . LOGGING TO BE RESUMED BY CROWN WILLAMETTE SEASIDE, Feb. 13. The Crown Willamette company s logging camp near here is to be re-opened in the near future, it was learned yesterday. The opening of the camp after its long period of idleness is expected to improve business conditions greatly in this locality. For some time repairs have been made to the camp and road beds. The company owns a large tract of spruce timber south of Sea side. Logs from the camp are used mainly in the manufacture of paper and pulp at the company's mills in Camas, Washington and Oregon City. FOREST FIRE LOSS CUT SALEM, Feb. 10. Loss from forest fires was minimized during the forest fire season of 1921, according to the annual report of F. E. Elliott, state forester. The report shows that while the number of fires exceeded by 30 per cent the number of the proceed ing year, they were controlled with little expense and a resultant loss to merchantable timber equal to only one-sixth that of the previous year. , SALEM, Feb. 13. Two of the seven fatalities in Oregon during the week ending February 9, due to industrial accidents, were in Clackamas county, according to the report issued by the state industrial accident commission. The victims were Frank L. Tref ren, logger, Butte Falls; Robert D. Parker, machinist, Cochran; Amos Nelson, engineer, Portland; Daniel Furrar, carpenter, Salem. Lloyd W. Bergstrom, powderman, Oregon City; Silas Adkins, barker, Mulino, and Clifford Weist, fireman, Portland. Of the total of 325 accidents re ported for the week, 302 were sub ject to benefits under the compensa tion act, 17 were from firms and cor porations that had rejected the law. and six were from public utility cor porations not entitled to compensa tion. tion of the general road fund tax paid by Oregon City. The general road fund is divided in to two portions. A total of 70 per cent goes back to thex district in which it is collected, but the remain ing portion is in the hands of the county. The local officials contend that with such an important improve ment to be made, the county can af ford to expend a portion of the 30 per cent upon a highway directly tribu tary to the local markets. 18TH STREET TALKED Another improvement which should be considered this year, according to Mr. Petzold, is 18th street. Its con dition at present, he points out, is dangerous, and it serves a large por tion of the people living in the Green Point vicinity as well as being a means of ingress and egress to the south end of town. 'Other streets in Green Point, the improvement of which was contemp lated in 1921 will probably go through the mill. "A big part of the work we will have to do the first part of this year," says Mr. Petzold, "is the finish ing up of the plans which were start ed in 1921." Estimates on the Railroad avenue improvement have been placed in the hands of the Southern Pacific com pany and it is expected that in a short time a decision as to the open ing of this thoroughfare will be reached. Local Couple Given Marriage License: A marriage license was granted Fri day to Fred J. Muhleman, and Cecelia j Birkholz, both of this city. PLEA ON LIQUOR CHARGE IS CHANGED BY BENNETT Walter Bennett, arrested on charges of being intoxicated Sunday night, Tuesday waived trial by jury, and pleaded "guilty before Judge Charles Kelly. He was fined $75. Appearing before Justice E. J. Noble he plead guilty to a joint charge of having liquor in his possession. He was fined $25 and sentenced to serve 90 days in jail. The sentence was suspended. STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND CONVENT!' Students of high schools in Clacka mas county who are connected with student publications or leading stu- dent body activities, have been tend- LOSS TO BROCCOLI CROP IS LESS THAN EXPECTED The loss to the Clackamas county broccoli crop during the recent cold spell, will run approximately 50 per cent of the total valuation of the pro- ered an Invitation to attend the high j duct, according to a report prepared school conference at Eugene. I by C. C. Russell and J. W. Savage, The Oregon High School Press Con-1 who passed several days in the rural ference which was originally to be I districts investigating broccoli condi- held in connection, with Junior Week- tions. end, the 12th and 13th of May, ' has As a .result of the unsatisfactory been advanced in the calendar three weather conditions, the report said week and is now definitely arranged the main part of the crop to be har- for April 14 and 15 at the school of journalism, At the same time high school, student body presidents will meet and leaders of girls' activities will come together for a conference. It is expected that three hundred high school delegates will be present. An interesting two-day program is being arranged. . vested will be late, and carload lots of the product will not be shipped un til early in March. - The monetary loss in Clackamas county due to the damage done the crop will not, according to the re sults of the report, aggregate more than about $15,000. Estimates at the time ran from $30,000 to $60,000.