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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.