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p Tho Oregon City Enter- 4 prise covers the news field of Claekanias county thor- oughly. Live correspondents from every section keep the 3 readers posted' every week a of your neighbors activities ' As an advertising nied'.un to meet the rural needs, tho Oregon Ci'.y Enterprise is fecond to none. A small x classified ad in ' these c;l- & urns wi'.I convince. Try one today ami wat.:h tha results. t 3 6 3 FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 9. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 31922. ESTABLISHED 1866 Y it fi ri S. P. WILL NOT MAKE EXTENSION INTO WEST L INN Connection from Willamette To Tracks Near Oswego Is Impractical Under Present Conditions Says Railroad. NO EXPANSIONS ARE CONTEMPLATED NOW Improvement of Main Line at Bolton Also to be Held Up For an Indefinite Period. No extension of the Southern Paci fic tracks to give a direct rail con nection from West Linn to Portland, will bo made at the present time. This word has been received by the city of West Linn following negotiations with the railroad to secure the exten sion. The city of West Linn, backed by other communities upon the west side asked the railroad to join the present Willamette line with the tracks ex tending to Oswego. Thi3 would ne cessitate construction of an addition al roadbed for about three quarters of a mile. Plan Is Old One The Southern Pacific at present operates a car line to Willamette through a subsidiary company and they also run a west side local line into Oswego. The move to secure the connection between these. two tracks and the operation of trains to Port land had its inception a number of years ago when the lines were first constructed. ' It was understood at that time that the link would be completed at some future date, and there have been periodical attempts to get the railroad to carry its plans on the west side to completion. A new attempt to get direct Portland service -wa3' niadb ivlt-ut two months ago. It is understood, that while the ac tual construction work itself would not involve a large expenditure, the company is not prone to make any improvements at the present time other than those actually necessary to the upkeep of the roads. Residents of V.Test Linn and vicinity claim that there would be sufficient passenger and freight travel to justify the ex tension bnt the railroad has made no survey of conditions, stating that re gardless of the individual case, no construction can be considered. Main Line Talked The Southern Pacific at present has a four t-ack right of way between Bol ton and West Linn. It is believed that ultimately the main line will be shiftei to the west side of the Wil lamette. At present it runs through Oreeon City. It is probable that plans for development there are being held up pending the inauguration of the larger project, although the company has indicated that no improvements, on the ibain line are contemplated at the pre Knt time. In tli a construction of the Pacific Highway, a portion from the west end of the bridge was left unimproved as it was believed that the Southern Pa cific might enlarge its present track3 along the main right-of-way, necessi tating an overhead crossing. The com pany however, assurred the hishway commission that no such work was planned and arrangements were made for the construction of a grade cross ing and the completion of the pave ment during the present year. City officials on the west side re gard these two statements of the com pany as an indication that no railroad development there is to be hoped for for some time. TAX REDUCTION LEAGUE HEAD NAMES OFFICERS Vice-Presidents Chosen for Clackamas County Division of State-Wide Association. Complete organization of the Clack-. amas county division of the Oregon State Tax Reduction league was an nounced Monday by Henry Thiessenof Milwaukie, Route 1. Thiessen was elected president of the local organ ization at a meeting held here last week and was authorized to name six vice chairmen to complete the person ell of the branch here. The following have been named: C. E. Spence, Eeaver Creek; Matt C. Glover, Boring, Route 1; H. G. Stark weather, Oak Grove; George H. Grov er, Canby Route 2; George Askins, Aurora. The sixth vice chairman, ac cording to the announcement, is to be named at some future date, but the work of the organization is to proceed with the present officers. A meeting of the organization, which is said to have approximately 150 members in the county, has been called for March 13, at 11 o'clock, at which a representative to the state meeting in Portland will be elected. ERECTION OF NEW SPAN u MAN'S SKELETON FOUND IN WOODS BARES MYSTERY Louis Larsen, Missing Since 1919 Known to have Killed Self; Remains Found Near Fisher Ranch at Redland. ROTTED ROPE SHOWS METHOD OF SUICIDE IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN IN INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE Watch Forms Chief Means of Identification; Friends Tell of His Despondency. Highway Engineer Condemns Report that Plans Made for Structure Here Are Unsafe. The south steal span for the new Oregon City-West Linn arch across the Willamette river, was completely erected Tuesday, and although there is considerable riveting to be done, it marks tho first comprehensive step in the construction of the new bridge. The north arch will b'e erect ed in one or two days as only a few more ssctions of the fabricated steel are to be placed. Engineers here express the opinion that the bridge will be complete'! well within the specified t'me limit, which means that it will probably ba open to traffic by January 1, 1923. DELINQUENT TAXES LOW The standing of Clackamas county in the matter of delinquent taxes is third lowest in the state. A commis sion, appointed to inquire into this subject have published a comparative tab'e showing that the total del in quences for this county are $81,283.40, or 5.3 per cent. Only Sherman and Linn have small er amounts delinquent than Clackamas. The delinquent tax problem has been the subject of repeated discus sion among the commissioners. Rec ords of the commission show that the delinquency is the greatest In the history of the state. This delinquency is one of the factors which is causing the increasable protest against high taxes aud which is spurring the com-m'-s'on on to find some relief for real property by a state income tax. Fisrures submitted Monday were to the effort that federal Information disclosed that under a property tax cn'y one-hird of those able to pav are ro"cei. The government statistics said that 37 per cent of the tixes came from property of all sorts, while 6"? Tfr cent came from professional people, salaries and the liie, reached under the Income tax. SALEM, Feb. 2S. Herbert Nunn, state highwa'y engineer, yesterday scouted at reports that the plans on which the bridge over the Willamette river at Oregon City is being con structed are unsafe. No question has ever been raised, Mr. Nunn declared, except with rela tion to navigation possibilities a t times of high water. This was raised by the Live Wires an organization oi Oregon City business men. "We consulted records,' said Mr. Nunn, "and found that the bridge as designed will admit of navigation for any height of water except a point it has reached just once in the last 40 years. It is impossible to raise the deck of the bridge so that it would admit of navigation at that stage, which would probably be a period of two or three days in the 40 years. The next highest point the river has reached, has been recorded eight times in the last 40 years, and the bridge will admit of navigation at that mark." "To check against our figures the department employed two outside en gineers to make an investigation rel ative to high Water. The engineers were S. Murray, bridge engineer for the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation company, and Forsythtt, who was recommended by Murray. They made a number of reeommenda- ftions, all of which we already had complied with except some minor ones that we couldn't agree with them on. "The bridge engineers of our de partment are considered the best in the state and have built 800 bridges, none of which has ever fallen down." Discovery of the skeleton of a man who had evidently committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree, is be lieved by local officials to have solved the mystery of the disappear ance of Louis Larsen, an employee on the Otto W. Fisher ranch at Red land and a twin brother of Peter Lar sen, of Portland. Larsen disappeared on November 14, 1919. He had been in the United States for four years, coming from Sweden where he was born in 1863. For two years he had Jived on the Fisher place. Despondency over ill health is believed to have caused his death. The skeleton -was identified by a watch and personal effects which had fallen to the ground when the cloth ing rotted away. The bones them selves were lying on the grass, with a piece of rope around the neck. The other end of the rotted strands was knotted about the tree. The remains were discovered Sun day by Fisher who was walking thru the woods about 200 yards from his home. The watch and a few other trinkets were identified by Albert Johnson, a friend of Redlands, with whom Larsen had lived for some time 1 after disposing of some property in Gladstone foi $2,000 which - was de posited with a Portland bank. After some investigation conducted Monday, Coroner O. A. Pace an nounced that the case was plainly one of suicide. The disappearance of the man caused considerable excite ment, and the officers made a wide search, but up to Sunday, no trace of him had ever been discovered except the fence tools which he had dropped when he left his work. Funeral services are to be held in Portland. LIGHT BRIDGE ACCEPTED BY CLACKAMAS COUNTY Inquiries from a number of differ ent states regarding the possibilities of settling in Clackamas county and requesting information upon this dis trict, which were presented to the Clackamas County Realty Board last night, are regarded as a sign of in creased interest in this locality. Al though information upon commercial conditions is requested, a desire for facts concerning the agricultural pos sibilities here took precedence. The letters were presented to the realtors by L. A. Henderson as secretary of the local Commercial club. The meeting, which was held in the Commercial Club rooms, was presid ed over by S. O. Dillman, newly elected president of the organization. Realty Standards Talked J. H- Mariels, vice-president of the Portland Realty board spoke on the value of organization among real estate dealers. He pointed out that the formation of boards had done an incalculable amount towards the ele vation of this industry, it had elim inated the unscrupulous dealer and afforded an opportunity for the hand ling of the problems which were in cidental to their profession. The need of more settlers in Ore gon and the. resultant benefits which would accrue to each community were shown by Mr. Mariels to be the main consideration of all realty or ganizations in the state. . He urged all members of the Clack amas county board to put their best endeavour inXo the effort to promote the well being of this community, which he considered would in time grow to be ,a formidable competitor of 'his own town. Auto Park Plan Advanced C. H. Brorkman, secretary of the Portland Kea.ty board ottered a sug cestion to the members with respect to the auto rark. Hi3 idea was that a member should be appointed by the board to attend at the park every evening during the tourist season and outline to the visitors some of the attractive features of Oregon City or the immediate vicinity. He also urged the members to pay due atten tion to the letters which had been read by the , -rotary and instanced an exam pTfji -r. i.s . own experience showing the value of attending to these communications. An expression of opinion from the members as to joining for the ex change of properties showed that they were unanimously in favor of this. move. Mr. Brockman explained that at the next meeting of the North west Realty association the question of this bureau would be brought up and that he was desirous of having the views of the Clackamas county body so that he could in turn p'ace them befor the Northwest associa tion. COURT REMOVES PROTECTION EOR ROADS IN COUNTY No Traffic Officer Provided to Succeed Wagy; Highway Open to Abuse of Speeders and Overloaders of Trucks. DISPUTE SEEMS TO REMAIN UNSETTLED Appointment of 2 Cops Held Impossible on Account of Action of Budget Meeting. Clackamas county is without traffic protection. The highways at present are unpatrolled save for the occasion al visits of men from the state office. This condition has existed for nearly a month, following the discharging of H. W. Wagy, who was serving as a state officer under the direction of the county court. As yet no successor to Wagy has been named and constant complaints are said to be coming in concerning the abuse of . the highways by speed ers and overloaders. The squabble over the traffic offi cership originated last July when the county court and the sheriff's office had a tangle over the official person nel. The court discharged Carl J. Long from the position, but Sheriff Wilson refused to remove him as de puty. The court then appointed Wagy, and the sheriff refused to de putize him. A state appointment as an officer' -was secured for Wagy, and Long's pay as a traffic offiecr cut off. Long was then retained for special work by Wilson. No explanation of the relieving of Wagy about the first of February is made. Wagy instituted suit for the collection of his pay, but no further warrants for traffic officer's service hjive "been issued by the -court..- It is understood that the court is to make an appointment in the" near future, but no hopes are held for more than one traffic cop as the taxpayers at the 1922 budget meeting cut the VEHICLE LOAD LIMIT IS CUT BY COUNTY COURT Vehicle Weight Is ReductJ' To 3,000 .Pounds; Certain Roads Only Are Affected. A new limit ' for vehicle loads upon certain roads in Clackamas county has been established by the county court, in an order which was filed here Friday. According to the order, the limit for auto loads .. is 2,000 pounds and the weight of the vehicle must not exceed 3,000 pounds. The 2,000 pound limit aplies to both loads and vehicles in the case of a horse drawn wagon. No horse drawn vehi cle carrying over a 1,000 pound load can have ' tires .narrower than four inches. The roads included in the order are Donahue and Oregon City road, Kelly Epperson road, market roads, one, three and seven, Beaver Creek Clarke3 road, Beaver Creek-Highland road, Eldorado-Canby road, Molalla Wilhoit road, Molalla-Russelville road, Bluff road in district 23, Molalla and Dickey prairie road and the Molalla and Meadowbrook road. CHIEF TELLS LIVE WIRES OF DANGERS FROM FIRE Veteran In Forceful Soeech Speaks on Remedy Needed To Protect Against Risk. . The necessity for active work in the prevention of fire, and the many- hazards which exist in every building and home, were shown Tuesday noon by Jay Stevens, chief of the Pacific Hureau of Fire Prevention in his talk before the Live Wires of the Com mercial club. From a lifetime of war against fire and from experience in actual fire work and the study of fire prevention methods, Chief Stevens, in a talk which was free from- incomprehensive statistics, told of the danger to life and property which existed through the carelessness of the ordinary per son. He dwelt particularly upon the loss of life throughout the nation, and 0. R. DAIPOT .,Lu HEAD 6 FARM UREAU Annual Meeting of Clackamas County Organization Held; H. H. Chindgren Is Chosen Vice-President for 1922. COUNTY AGENT WORK, CLUB LEADER LAUDED Compulsory Testing of All Cattle for Tuberculosis Endorsed by. Resolution. With the payment of the $4,500 subscribed by local industrial plants toward the temporary Willamette river bridge, the structure has been accepted by the county court. The heaviest contributor, to the fund for constructing the bridge was the city of West Linn, which gave $5000. Other contributions were as follows: Oregon City, $4500; Clack amas county, $4,000; Portland Rail way, Light & Power company, $1000; Crown-Willamette Paper company, $2300; Hawley Pulp & Paper com pany, $800; Oregon City Manufactur ing company, $400. The Crown-Willamette company paid the Portland Bridge company and J. W. Moffatt $150 each for work on plans for the structure, prior to the adoption of the design on which the bridge wag built. HISTORIC HOLMES. PARK SOLD TOLL KELLOGG E. E. Kellogg, of Mount Pleasant, whose home is about three miles from this city, has purchased eight acres in the Holmes D. L. C, this be irg the last of the estate of the late William and Mary Holmes, early Ore gon pioneers, who crossed the plains In the early days by ox team. This land, just purchased by Mr. Kellogg, extends from the head of Fifth street in this city to the road fronting the historic old home, known far and wide as Rose Farm, which is now owned by Mrs. J. A. Roman, and pur chased several years ago by the late J. A. Roman. The property purchased by Mr. Kellogg is known as Holmes' park, an ideal location for a city park, and has running water flowing through, forming a most picturesque place. LEGION HEAD SLIGHTED LOCAL TEACHERS NAMED UPON STATE COMMITTEE Three Clackamas county teachers have been appointed upon standing committees of the Oregon State Teachers' Association, which were announced Monday by President q. A. Howard, of Marshfield. John L. Gary, principal of the Un ion high school at West Linn has been named on committee on inves tigations. Mrs. Minnie B. Altman, principal at Jennings Lodge has been appointed upon the finance commit tee, and Mrs.'E. C. Shaw, teacher in one of the rural schools has been chosen as a member of the rural school consolidation committee. 3 LOCAL MEN TO SERVE ON FEDERAL GRAND JURY WASHINGTON. Fpb. 27. Presi dent Harding this morning declined to se Hanford MncNIier. national Commander of the American Legion, who came to the White "House to de mand that the present deadlock over the soldier bonus be ended. J. J. Hatton, Oregon, cty: W. W. Everhart. Molalla and John W. Kollis Scottq Mills, are among the names drawn for the new federal grand jury which has been called for March 6th at Port'and. District Attorney Livy Stipn has is sued a summons for the grand Jury of Clackamas county to assemble March 1. 1925 Site Disc"ssed The claims of Milwaukie as a suit able site for the Portland exhibition were dilated upon by Mrs. Maggie Tohnson who said that this particular part of Clackamas county surpassed in every point any of the proposed locations. Whilst admitting that it seemed as if the financing of the fair would have to be by bond subscript ion she still thought that the propo sition of raising funds by taxation was not altogether a lost cause. Mr. Mariels gave it as his opinion that the fair would be held without doubt and developments could be looked for after the primaries were held as at the present moment the fair was something in the nature of a pol'tical football. The chairman announced that the next meeting of the board would be held March 1. appropriation for two officers in half. I cou,d fee takeQ reduc3 tne menace. A number of illustrations gathered through actual experience, were thrown upon a screen and in simple and compelling language the veteran fireman showed the foolhardy risks taken through mere neglect. me particularly interesting case he described was where two reports had been received by his office of women being burned to death while polishing a cold stove. Investigation developed the fact that although the stoves were reallv cold, the tvpe ot CHAUTAUQUA OPENING TO BE JUNE 24 THIS YEAR The Gladstone Chautauqua this year will open its gates for the twenty ninth assembly Saturday, June 24, the earliest date in the history of the organization. This will give two Sun- ,iquid polisn USed"was inflamabie, and LOOP ROAD IS DELAYED BYSHORTAGE OF FUNDS day sessions. The earlier date is chosen in order to secure the thirteen day program of the Ellison-White Chautauqua system. Improvements contemplated before opening day will be an ornamental fence with iron gates for auto en trances along the west side. An en trance on Eighty-second street is. also considered. Mrs. Eva Emery Dye's symposium again will be one of the main fea tures of the Chautauqua, the hour from 4 to 5 o'clock every afternoon except Sunday being assigned for this purpose. One of the attractions for the eve ning of the opening day will be a magician. Opie Read Is also billed to appear during the session. the vapors had been exploded through the friction of wool or silk polishing rags. He then produced a sample of the polish, which poured on a paper napkin, was set on fire by being brought within two inches of a flame. A numDer or similar concrete ex amples followed. Mr. Stevens also spoke in the schools and at a local theatre. PORTLAND, Feb. za. Definite ac tion on the proposal to give $S5,000 toward the construction of the Mount Hood loop road was delayed yester day by the Multnomah county com missioners after Roadmaster Eatchel had submitted a financial statement showing that the road fund is ex tremely short of cash at- the present time. There is now but $290,000 in the road fund, of which $208,000 has been set aside for market roads. If the Mount Hood loop is designated as a market road, it is possible that the commissioners will transfer the $S5, 000 from this fund. The commission decided to get a ruling on this ques tion before taking further steps in carrying out the agreement with the state highway commission. Even though it is determined that the Mount Hood loop is a market road. there is no certainty that the com missioners win give nnanciai aid to the project, in view of the fact that the tax conservation commission eliminated this item from the annual budget. "I am not yet satisfied that we can't carry out our promise to the highway commission," said Commis sioner Holman. "I'm going to look into this thing and see if there is not some fund from which we can draw $85,000, or some part of it. The ac tion of the tax supervising and con servation commission in slashing the budget of $85,000 for the Mt. Hood loop has put us in a hole, but there may yet be some way out." LIBBY BOY IS SERIOUSLY HURT IN ACCIDENT HERE Clarence Libby, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Libby residing on Oak street, Oregon City met with a very serious accident Thursday while swinging on a rope near Farr's slaughter house. The rope broke and he fell striking the side of his face against a log. Drs. Huycke and Strickland were called and the lad was taken to their offices where he remained uncon scious for sixteen hours. Later he was remove dto the home of his par ents. The extent of the lads injuries have not yet been determined as he i3 still in a very critical condition. CENTRALIA MAN BUYS INTEREST IN LAUNDRY A. H. Prang, for the past few years a pari owner in the Oregon City Laundry has sold his interest to R. A Schofield, of Centralia. Mr. Schofield, who with his wife expects to make his permanent home "here in the im mediate future, was for some time connected with the Troy company in Portland. R. W. Knoefel will continue as half owner and manager of the plant. A new delivery car is to he added to ta"ke care of the' added business, but no extensions of the plant itself are planned as it was recently improved being equipped with the latest mo dern, devices. Twenty-Two Skins Furnish 856 Bounty To Molalla Hunters The largest scalp bounty, paid by Clackamas county in a number of years, was claimed here Friday by Leg Loobey and E. O. Russell; of Mo la'la. They collected a total of $56 on 22 pelts. The animals represent the result of the trappers activities in a district about 25 miles from Molalla, since No vember 1921. They killed four male coyotes, four female coyotes and 14 hbeats. On the bobcats there is a bounty of $2 each while on the male coyotes the county pays $3 and for the females $4. TWO FINED BY JUSTICE IN MILWAUKIE COURT Richard Smith .arrested a week ago at the Milwaukie arena on charges of possession of liquor, was found guilty in Judge Perry's court at Milwaukie Friday and fined $100. P. Benincasa, 6711, 46th street, Portland, was arrest ed for dumping garbage on 72nd street. He wag fined $25 and costs. 2 LOCAL MEN ELECTED BY RETAIL MERCHANTS Everman Robbins, of Molalla has been elected first vice president of the Oregon Retail merchant's asso ciation, acording to word received here following the annual meetin" held In Roseburg. F.' A. Rosecrans of Canby, was elected to the board of directors. O. R. Daugherty, of Molalla, was Thursday re-elected president of the Clackamas County Farm Bureau. Mr. Daugherty served as president dur ing 1921. At the annual meeting, H. H. Chind gren, of Meadowbrook was elected vice president. Mrs. John Gaffney, ot Claremont, was re-elected secretary of the organization. The executive committee is to be composed of the oficers and the fol lowing members who were also elect ed Thursday: N. H. Smith, Logan; Ed. Hart, Sandy; Mrs. A. I. Hughes, Redland; Homer Kruse, Wilsonville; D. O. Day, Oswego; E. C. Brown, Cams;1 H. W. Kanne, Sunnyside. The election of project leaders to have charge of the diferent improve ment activities of the organization for the coming year was left to the executive committee. Election ot heads of these departments was to have been acted upon, but was left over On acount of lack of time. The work of the county agent, Wal ter A. Holt, was commended in high terms by a resolution unanimously adopted. Greater cooperation with the activities of the county agent's office on the part of members of the bureau was recomended. The meting alsoK tiy; resolution, went on recordtas favoring the continuance of the county club work, which is being directed by 'Mrs. L. Purcell. The appropriation for this activity was curtailed the first of the year by the county court, but the work is being kept up through individual contributions and some federal money which is available. The farm bureau also endorsed the movement for compulsory testing of cattle for tuberculosis, as a means of protecting public health and for the betterment of the stock. A new plan of organization is to be followed as the result of action taken at the meeting. The county has been divided into nine districts, each one of which will represented by one member upon the executive commit tee. The representative will have .charge of all farm bureau activities in his district. It is hoped, acording to the members of the committee that this will provide a more efficient means of conducting the work of the date of the annual meeting was also changed from the last Thursday In February to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. LOCAL MAT MEN BEAT SALEM, Feb. 23. Lacking in sci- enc, Indian wrestlers of Chemawa lost the smoker bouts staged in the braves' gym last night to their oppon ents from Oregon City and Salem. The headline match between White of Salem and Howeattle of Chemawa fell to White who took two straight falls, the first with a scissors hold and the second with a headlock. How eattle could have made a better show ing if he had had a little more science. The bout between Newton of Ore gon city and Petellin of the Indians fell to the latter who succeeded in getting one fall through his superior aggressiveness. The first fall in the Evans-Russell bout was called a draw, but the sec ond was given to Russell, represent ing Oregon City because of his ag gressiveness. The winner, however. was unable to finish because of strain- ligaments in his elbow. The decision was given to Kream of Chemawa in the only boxing bout of the evening in which the bronzed battler met Dorman of Salem. If Kream would polish up a bit and get over' the amateurishness of his fight ing methods, he -would no doubt get on in the fight game. ' Two falls were obtained by Ginther from Charles Evans of Chemawa and with one bout forfeited by the Indians because of no entries, Jackson de feating Loudegren of Oregon City, the visitors went home with event won to 1 in their favor. MANY FIRES REPORTED PORTLAND, Feb. 24. Two homes were destroyed and two others dam aged by a spectacular early morning fire at East Thirty-seventh and Main streets today. During the past 24 hours the fire department has been continually on the jump and thous ands of dollars of property damage has been done by fires.