OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 3. 1922. Page 8 I 5? GLADSTONE NEWS . &umi iiiHHimiiiiiiiwmHNii GLADSTONE VANQUISHED BY BARCLAY'S FAIR FIVE One of the snappiest games of the. basketball season was played Wed nesday evening in the Oregon City hisrh school gymnasium, when the girls of the Gladstone grammar ; school lost to the Barclay grammar school girls 46 to 9. Miss Bernadette Evon was referee. Miss Genevieve Evon, coach, chaperoned the Glad- j stone girls. The lineups were: Glaa-' stone Forwards, Lulu Lee, . Lili . Lund ; guards, Elfie Sharpe, Dorothy j Kepler; centers, Dorothy Stroup and E!sie Sobezenski. Barclay Forwards Genevieve Lynch, Mildred Steen; ' guards. Rose Eib, Merlian Gaffey; centers, Grace Losh and Geraldine Sturdivent. Genevieve Lynch was Barclay's star. Miss Jessie Bowland and Miss Cordelia Wievesick the the j Barclay coaches. Officers Named by Endeavor Division The Intermediate division of the Christian Endeavor held a most enjoy able meeting at the church parlors Tuesday evening. The election of of ficers was one of the important events. The following officers were elected: Miss Grace Owens, presidena; Miss Leona Fox, vice-president; Robert Ellis, secretary. It was planned for the newly elected officers to hold a meeting In the near future and ap point their various committees. After the business meeting a get-to-gether social evening was spent. Mrs. Thomas E. Gault and Rev. Samuel Kimball were in attendance. Refreshments were served by Miss Mabell Whit combe, Miss Dorotliy Fox and Mi3S Doothy Barlow. Gladstone Council Transacts Business A special meeting of the Gladstone city council was held Thursday even- The t-iirpose of this meeting was ti-.e second reading of the ordinance to make the city reservoir waterproof and appropriating ?500 for this pur pose. It was agreed to employ Guy Lwiggins to patch up the leakage un der the direction of the council and not let the work by contract. The water commission brought in several recommendations as to the tapping of the cit7 mains. It was agreed that property owners, here after are to pay the regular fee when the mains are tapped regardless of date of commencing service from the same. , A petition from J. W. Williams of Fern Ridge to install a water meter in place of the regular monthly rates ws denied and he was permitted to get water from the City of Gladstone at the regular rates. All councilmeu except Dr. J. G Nash were present. The possibility of the citizens of Gladstone forming a corporation to sink a test well, to obtain better water was discussed, also the advisability of appropriating two hundred dollars for this purpose. At present no action was taken either way. Portland Man Is Honored At Party Mr .and Mrs. w- W. Leete entertain ed at their home on Clackamas Boule vard Thursday evening in honor of Jack Lyon Shaw o! Portland whose birthday anniversary occurred on that date. The living rooms were prettily decorated with cut flowers and ferns in baskets. The evning was devoted to music and spent in a so cial way. A delicious birthday dinner was served by the hostess, covers be ing laid for six. Schedule Made For Gladstone Library The Gladstone library will he on the following schedule: Tuesday, Mrs. F. D. Ellis and Mrs. Chester Parker: Friday, Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Edd Rauch; Tuesday, Miss Alice Freytag and Mrs. R. M. McGetchie; Friday, Mrs. Fred Hayward and Miss Francis Cross. Mrs. Frank Oswald, librarian, will still act in that capaci ty hut owing to ill health, will not al ways be at the library. Mrs. Oswald has taken an active part in the es tablishing of the library and has served as librarian for the past year and a half, doing much of the work now being done by her eight assist ants. Mrs. Oswald suggests that the patrons look up ther over-due books, saving much work for the libaran in charge. Special Meetings Planned for March Rbt. R T.. Dunn of Astoria, will hold two weeks of special meetings at the Gladstone Christian cnurch De March 12. Rev. Dunn has been working for the State Board of Missions in Astoria and has estab lished a Christian church at that place, in the future Rev. Dunn will be State evangelist. Rev. Dunn is very well and favorably known here, hav ing been pastor of the local church for several years. Miss Marjory Read of the Univer sity of Oregon is at the home of her parents. Pr. and Mrs. L. A. Read of West Gladstone. Mrs. Read is quite ill with lagrippe. Sam Lowe ct Vest Gladstone has disposed of his home in West Glad stone At present Mr. Lowe is exca vating for the basement of the new house being built by Karl Williams The officers and teachers of the Christian church Bible school met at th church Monday evening and plan " ned the general work of the school for the month. iiiiiiiiniiiinumimiiiiiiiimiiHiHii IHMIIMIintlH , Plans were also made for the Easter program. Mrs. Thomas E. Gault is superintendent of the Bible school. Miss Vivian Rauch, who has" been quite ill with a severe cold is much improved and plans to return to school at West Linn the later part of the week. Mrs. W. E. Rauch, mother of Miss Vivian, is confined to her room with la grippe. Chas. D. Legler, representative of the Oregon City Manufacturing com pany, left for Billings, Montana, Tues day evening. Mr. Legler expects to be away for about three months cov ering the northwestern states. Dur ing Mr. Legler's absence Miss Lillian Gillette of Mt. View, will make her home with Mrs. Legler. Mrs. John Legler, of Portland, grandmother of Chas. D. Legler, of this place is critically, ill, having suf fered a paralyletic stroke quite re cently. The new home that is being built on the banks of the Clackamas at Parkplace by Harry Peckover is near ing completion and has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Fred peckover of Ore gon City. Mrs. Peckover is connected with the J. C- Penny store and Mr. Peckover is identified with Hogs Bros. Contractors Wallace and McKinney are putting in the retaining wall along J-.e Krause property in West Glad stone and will-put in the inside walks for W. E. Rauch this week. W. W. Leete is also planning much concrete work about their home this spring. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shockley ot Silverton and Mrs. Shockley, Sr., of Mh. Pleasant, were guests of the former's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Simmons of West Glad stone Sunday. Mrs. C. Strickland, who recently underwent surgical operation on her throat is getting along nicely under the care of Dr. A. H. Huycke. The choir of the Baptist church met Wednesday evening at the church for practice -with Mrs. Eugene Noon-Good, music director in charge. The new home of Prof, and Mrs. J. W. Leonhardt is rapidly nearing com pletion, this is one or the many.beau tiful homes built in Gladstone by Con tractor F. P. Nelson. At the regular meeting of the Glad stone Rebekah lodge Monday night, plans for a social meeting to be held March 6 were completed. Mrs. Will Rivers, Mrs. Charles Dauchey and Mrs. Hugh Piatt were named to serv refreshments at this time. The pro gram to be given February 22, has been postponed on account of sick ness. Verna, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miranda is confined to her home with scarlet fever. The. family are quarantined. Miss Glenna, who is a student of West Linn hign school is staying with friends. Mrs. Alice Newkirk of Logan spent the week wth Mrs. L. H. Strickland and. her sister Mrs. Addie Nelson ot Portland. James Tracy, one of the oldest resi dents of Gladstone celebrated his eighty-third birthday anniversary Sat urday, February 25. Mr. Tracy is very -.veil known here and in the Logan district where he formerly lived on his farm- Mrs. Harley Frost of West Glad-1 stone had as her guest Wednesday, Mrs. C. C. Schumway of Willamette. Mrs. Clyde Green has been quite ill with la grippe. Dr. Frank Mount is in attendance. Miss Fayne Burdon is confined to her room with la grippe. Mrs. C. A. Frost is taking care of her. Mrs. F. A. Burdon, mother of Miss Fayne, is in the St. Vincent's hospital having un dergone a very serious surgical oper ation necessitated by an attack of pneumonia, at present Mrs. Burdon is doing nicely. Mrs. Nell King of Bend is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Chamber lin of West Gladstone and Miss Hazel Larson and her sister Miss Lena Park of Portland. Dr. J. Batdorf and Dr. Nettie Ben son of Portland were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Alexander last week and they formed a motor party and visited in Aurora and Portland. Mrs. Mary Closter of Barlow has re turned to her home after a course of treatments at the Electronet Healtn Home. Mrs. Closter is very much im proved. Mrs. Georgia Strickland who was recently operated upon for removal of tonsils suffered a severe hemorr hage of the throat Monday. Dr. Huycke and Mrs. L. H. Strickland, a trained nurse, are in attendance. J. R. Dallas, a prominent farmer of Carver was in Oregon City transact ing business Wednesdy and stopped over in Gladstone with his sister, Mrs. Ray Dunmire. Rev. B. F. Clay spent Friday trans acting business in Forest Grove. Rev. Clay was accompanied by his son,' S. F. Clay, former night editor of the Morning Enterprise and is now oper ating his farm at Cornelius, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Wmnlfred Kight and Mis3 Amy Peckover were guests or Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rauch Wednesday. ' Mrs. Gottlieb Schmid of Eugene was the guest of Miss ayne Burdon during the week. Mrs. Schmid was formerly Miss Muriel Mollert of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Catto and Mr. Portland Wednesday where they were and Mrs. G. J. Howell motored to guests of the later's daughter and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Eaton. Mrs. W. E. Rauch, who has Deen confined to $er home for the past week with a severe attack Of ia gnye very much improved. Parker .Wilson is confined to his home with a severe cold but hopes to be able to attend school next week. Mrs. A. B. Chapell, who has been quite ill with an attack of influenza is much improved. Mrs. Beacraft, mother of Mrs. Chapell is caring for her. J. F. Ketels, a prominent farmer or Clackamas Heights, was in Gladstone during the week to see hi3 parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Ketels. ' Mrs. George Green has returned to her home in West G'adstone from the Oregon City hospital where she re intly underwent a surgical operation. Mrs. Green is doing nicely and hopes to be out again soon. R. M. McGetchie, who recently un derwent a surgical operation at the Oregon City hospital is much improv ed and is at his home on Arlington street. ' Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Eby and chil dren spent Sunday with the former's brother, V. A. Eby and family In Portland. The occasion was Mrs. E. W. Eby's birthday anniversary. A delicious dinner was served In her honor by the hostess who was assist ed by Miss Ruth Berry of Hood River and Mis3 Ruth Eby, of Portland. Covers were laid for seventeen. The afternoon was spent in music and cards. Miss Fayne Burcou who has been quite ill with lagrippe is much im proved. Mrs. George North, mother of Fred North of this place, has returned to her home at Madras after spending the winter in Gladstone. The families of William Peters and Frank Miranda are quarantined with scarlet fever. J. W. Chandler is confined to his home with lagrippe. The Ladies Aid Society of the Glad stone christian church will hold their regular meeting Wednesday March 1, at the home of Mrs. Frank Nelson. Mrs. C. A. Frost is quite ill with la grippe. Mrs. Frost has been caring for Miss Fayne Burdon for the past week. Miss Burdon is much im proved. Dr. A. O. Alexander has been crit ically 111 as the results of an ulcerated tooth. Three doctors have been In attendance, and Dr. Alexander was j taken to a specialist in Portland. At present he is slightly improved. Mr. and Mrs. J. Errent of Boise. Idaho, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. O. Alexander during the week. Mrs. Charles D- Legler had as her guests over Sunday, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Francis, of Mountain View and her sister, Mrs. Mable Ger ber of Portland. Mrs. Eva Hardy has returned to her home in Gladstone after nursing in West Linn. JHvin Catto, junior member of the firm Freytag and Catto, is again able to attend to his duties at the store. Mr. Catto recently suffered an attack of lagrippe. Mrs. R. Solomon visited with her daughter Mrs. Ralph Bullock in Sell wood last week. Dr. and Mrs. A. O- Alexander were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Sunday. Parkplace News Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grien of Port land are visiting at the home of Mr. Griep's mother, Mrs. G. Unep, wno has been very sick for the past two weeks. Captain J. Sanborn and wife of Portland was a week-end guest at the home of Mrs. Sandborn's sister, Mrs Annie Apperson. Hmrv Nochand well known pioneer who has been critically ill from influ enza, is improving, but it wen De sev eral weeks before he will be able to leave his home. Blaine Hansell, who left fo rLewis ton, Idaho, last week was called back to Parkplace as his family and broth er, who are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Holmes, have been very ill with lagrippe. ATra T. ester Bninner. sister of Mrs. B. Hansell, has been unable to attend to her duties at school as she was al so taken down with lagrippe. Dunmire garage has put in a new glass front, making a large display room for their fixtures. Mrs. Daisy Ohear and Mrs. Bertha Keeley of Portland, were visiting at the home of their mother Mrs. M. Rivers over Wednesday. The masquerade party given at the school auditorium last Saturday eve ning was largely attended, followed by a basket social, proceeds of which are to go towards a play shed in the near future. Rev. Kay of Hillsboro, has been holding revival meetings at the church for the past two weeks. Abernathy grange No. 346, will hold their meeting today. It will be an all day meeting, so please don't forget the date. Ladies will serve dinner at noon. Arthur Felth who .has had blood poisoning in his hand has improved and is now able to attend high school In Oregon City. PREMIERS PLAN TEN YEAR TRUCE FOR ALL EUROPE BOULOGNE, Feb. 25. Lloyd George, in his private conferences with Premier Poincare, which began here this afternoon, will propose a 10 year truce in Europe, it was learned today. The British premier has a plan for limitation of land armaments somewhat similar to the Washington proposals of Secretary of State Hughes concerning navies, which he will urge upon Poincare if initial con versations which deal with the Genoa conference are successful. NAVY CUT OPPOSED WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. President Harding is understood to have told Republican members of the house naval committee at a White House conference today that while he felt some reduction should be made in the navy personnel, the total number of enlisted men ought not to be cut un der 80,000. The president also is said to have strongly urged legislation for conver sion of two battle cruisers into air plane carriers. While the question as to whether the 540 members of the first year class at Annapolis, to be graduated in June, should be commissioned, was not considered in detail, it was stated that the president advocated a sharp reduction in the number of men to be admitted to the academy each year in the future. SALES TAX IS KILLED WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The pro posed sales tax to produce funds for the soldiers' bonus is as dead aS a mackerel. In fact there is increasing doubt that any bonus legislation will pass both houses of congress for some months. ONE HURT IN AIR CRASH ARCADIA, Fla., Feb. 25. Sergt. Robert C. Washburn of ' Lansing, Mich., attached to the Carlstrom avia tion field here, fell 3000 feet to his death yesterday wh'le attempting a parachute drop frord an airplane. Appraising To make the best success of any en terprise one must know exactly why It exists, what is to be expected of it what are its ideals, what is it for? This is as true of the home as of any other institution and will make the best home-keeper who has all the specifications of her job clearly in mind. To arrive at a very definite un: derstanding of this why not sit down, pencil in hand, and ask yourself the following questions: Why i sthis home: Is it a place to rear children in? Is it a retreat of order and quiet for repose? Is it a base of supplies for outside activities? Is it the most important thing in life and all outside business merely a means to supply its needs? Is it for show? Is it a place to en tertain society? Is it a place to relax and seek comfort? Is it a work-shop? Is it a place for play and recreation? Hag it a social significance? Does it add to the dignity and beauty of the neighborhood? Is this home, for each member of the family, a place of joy; of develop ment; of love and ocnfidence and sym pathy; a place where one may bring his friends; where inspiration soars; where rest brings new strength; where big ideas are discussed and ; thought out; where real life may be lived to the fullest? If your answers to these questions are not satisfactory, there is a chance to remodel the home If they are, whether the house is a palace or a cot, whether or not it suits Madame Grun dy, it is Home Sweet Home and the dearest place on earth for each mem ber of the family. - THE WOMAN CITIZEN Give the Country Child a Fair Chance. For every hundred days of school ing received by the city child, the country child gets only sixty-five, and besides this city schools offer ad vantages which are not equalled by country schools. Is that one reason why the boys and girls leave the farm? The National Child Labor Commit tee explains this poor attendance at school by the country child. It is due to CHILD LABOR on farms and ranches. Do not blame the heartless manufacturer, fathers and mothers, if you let your own child be thus depriv ed. This child labor on farms and ranches causes as much absence from schools as illness, bad weather, bad roads, distance of home from school, and influence of parents and chil dren all combined. And this is not all, Medical inspection and Health Nurse care is. bringing up the health of city children so that they are healthier on an average than country children. Happy, independent dweller in God's free country, the farmer. But are you giving your children a fair start in life? How will they be able to compete with the city children who are getting forty per cent more and a considerable per cent better education than they are each year? What To Do For SCAB iiTThe HEAD, or TOO MUCH DANDRUFF. Moisten scalp with olive oil, rubbing into the skin. uet the scalp remain oily several hours, then wash with soap and some disinfectant. Wash brush and comb with soap and disinfectant whenever head is washed. y S ? S RECIPES V . 'J. vSs S- $ 4 ' Martha Washington Pie. This is an inexpensive and simple dessert. It will serve twelve or six teen persons. Beat two eggs until foamy; add cup granulated sugar and four table spoons cold water. Into a level cup of unsifted flour put two teaspoons bak ing powder and sift into above ingre dients. Use any desired flavor. Bake in two layers. Cream Filling. To a generous half cup sugar add three-fourths cup milk. Thicken with a tablespoon cornstarch and boil one minute. Flavor. When the cake is cold, put this cream filling between layers. On each piece when cut, put whip ped cream and a preserved cherry. Prune Salad Cook prunes until the liquid is syru py. Remove the pits and put in their place halves of walnuts. Arrange the stuffed prunes on lettuce leaf and serve with mayonnaise dressing over them. MRS. SOLOMON SAYS: S) fc a s ' - Fresh-Air sleeping is fine for the health, but, br-r r-r, it takes courage these chill winter months. Why waste bodily heat by retiring to a cold bed? Why not warm it up by artificial means so all you have to do when you get in is to cuddle up and go to sleep? A hot water bottle is a friend that is not to be sneezed at. Heels It is not often that Dame Fashion and Hygiea pull in the same direction, but this year they are working to gether to lower the high French .heels. Except in dancing shoes and slippers and with party frocks, the unstable high heels are tottering into disfavor i. hodI o i n i- not over I Lilts uiuai puiu ai '-' ' an inch and a half h'gh. It is not the I military heel, which is straight in line ! and wide, but i3 a substantial heel shaped for grace. This heel is found on house and dress shoes, while a lower and broader heel is worn for the Home street, business and sports. High heels may lead for the dance. But they are at the foot for the rest of life. Undergarments However severely tailored milady may step out upon the street, her fem inine heart delights in the finest ana daintiest of underthingsc. This is the time of the year when she is laying in her supply for the summer. These used to be passed over the counter in the "White Sales,' but to-day they are rarely white, but mostly pink, blue, lavender, black, navy and taupe. They were never so easy to make and many thrifty women are making two for the price of one; or are using left-overs from summer's dresses for chemises, camisoles and step-ins. If you are in a mind to make your own, buy a pattern according to your bust measure. Read directions carefully, then hold the pattern up to you to be certain it is the right measurement in every direction. If it must be shorten ed, fold a tuck in the pattern at the middle; if lengthened, cut in the mid dle and insert a piece of paper to make it the right length Materials are of the softest to cor respond with the long flat lines of the outergarments. There are silk crepe, radium silk, wash satin, striped silk shirtings, dimities of all paterns, ba tiste, fine handerchief linen, and the most practical as well as dainty nain sook. Buy just as much as your pat tem calls for. Straighten your edges, lay it on the table and pin your pattern to it taking care to. have folds and seams come on the proper sides and to have the pat tern lay the right way of the goods; mark notches .seams and folds; then cut out. Baste the garment together being careful not to stretch bias edges. Try it on and make any alternations neces sary to fit your figure. The felled seam is good for underwear. One side of the seam is wider than the other and this is folded under and hemmed down flat. Lace and embroidery are used this year, but the tendency is for the tail ored effect with bias strips of a har monizing color for trimming, or sim ple hems. Most of the garments are slipover or step in and' require no troublesome fastenings. A ribbon gathers the fulness at the top and an elastic holds it in at the waist. A new invention is elastic shoulder straps. These yield and permit freedom in athletics and keep the straps from slipping down over the arms as they have an annoying habit of doing. 8 HAPPY THOUGHT i S l " ' Lincoln's. Recipe for Happiness Do not worry, eat three square meals a day, say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good, steer clear ot bilious ness overrfse. eo slow and go easy. Maybe there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift. NEW DRAFT MADE OF RESERVATION ON 4 POWER PACT WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Another move for a compromise on reserva tions to the four-power Pacific treaty failed of immediate success today af ter it had stirred up a spirited debate in the senate foreign relations com mittee. Coming directly from a conference with President Harding, Chairman Lodge laid before his colleagues a revised reservation declaring in spe cific terms that the treaty does not contemplate "an alliance" and was drafted to take the place of the blan ket reservation to which a majority of the committee members previously had indicated their support. Those who had sponsored the orig inal blanket qualification immedi ately opened fire on the new reser vation, and the hour of debate whicli followed was described by senators present as the stormiest passage wit nessed in the committei since the days of the Versailles treaty fight. Without takine action the commit- tee adjourned until tomorrow, and various groups Degan coniereuues m the hope that more satisfactory ground for compromise might be found to prevent a long reservation debate in committee consideration of the treaty. Tonight the opposing elements appareiUy were no nearer I together than before. AIR APPROPRIATION CUT WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Con struction of any other large dirigibles by the army or navy will be strongly oTosed by Renresentative Madden, Illinois, chairman of th- powertul house appropriation .committee. Be cause of the Roma disaster. Madden after a call at the White House, said he had definitely decided to take steps through his committee to stop all appropriations for dirigible devel opment. MISSIONARY IS HELD PEKIN, China, Feb. 22. Mrs. How ard Taylor, wife of Dr. Howard Tay lor, noted British missionary, today appealed to British Minister Beilpry Alston to save her husband, who is held prisoner by bandits in .Northern Yunnan province. Mrs. Taylor herself was captured with her husband, but was released wUh instructions to carry to their 1 friends a demand for $20,000 ransom ! as the price of her husband's free j dom. I MOTHER OF 5 CLEARED (-.tltttat is, wash., Feb. 23. Mem bers Of the coroner's jury have sign- 1 COPYRIGHTED 5SS-s8sS-s8i',$:'&'S- WOMAN-I-TORIALS - New Mexico is making good use of its woman power. It has twentysix women serving on important State Bpards. - - Oklahoma girls, led by their Home Demonstration Agents, claim that darning and patching is as interesting as embroidery work. A few days millinery school has been held in many localities and as a result hundreds of homemade hats will blossom out this spring. Indiana Women's Clubs. The Federation of Women's Clubs in Indiana is stressing three lines of work; the loan educational fund for girls, aid to th blind in which In diana excells all the states , and the purchase of the Fauntleroy home at New Harmany, where the first Wo men's Club in America was organized. A Sign of Advancement The world is becoming better, less selfish, and more spiritualized . Evi dence of this is found in the fact that the public is no more so much inter ested to read in our news columns that the "Four Hundred Club met and the women were dressed in appropri ate clothes, as that the Progress Club met and discussed plans for serving a warm school lunch or giving a bene fit for the hospital. International Council of Women. Think you women are not organiz ed? If you do, you should think anoth er thought. Have you ever heard of the U. S. National Council of Women made up of more than thirty great national organizations and boasting ten mil lion members? Mrs. Philip N. Moore is its President. Have you heard of the International Council made up of the organized .Na tional Councils of twenty-five coun tries? It claims twenty-five million wo men members. Lady Aberdeen of Eng land is its President. It held its Quin quennial meeting in Christiania, last September. s i $- s g 4 s $ ? -S-i S SMILES $$&&&' S--S-" "May I call you by your first name?" asked he. "What's in a name," responded she, "Such trifles between us should be past, If you wish you may call me by your last." Too Good To Be True. "And each successive year," asked he, "Do I get a raise in salary?" "Provided your work is honest and fair." "Humph", there's always a catch some where!" ed a statement exonerating Mrs. Ed ward Rhodes from responsibility for the death of her five children, victims of strychnine mixed in Epson salts. The jurymen signed the statement as individuals after they had official ly returned a verdict fixing the cause of death as poison from some unex plained source. Neither the statement, nor the ver dict, or any of the developments in the case, however, appear to bring the mystery any nearer solution than it was the day the children died. 2 DROWN IN LAUNCH SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 23. Two men were drowned and a third al most lost his life when a launch, said by the police to have been a liquor runner, capsized off Apple Tree point sixteen miles north of Seattle, Sun. day afternoon. The men drowned were Edward Church, 27, Seattle, and Joe Joseplison, 35, Ballard. GIRL SHOOTS, MAN AT TRIAL WASCO, Texas, Feb. 24. While a crowded court room looked on in hor ror, J. S. Crosslin, on trial here for criminal assult, was shot and killed today by the girl who he is alleged to have wronged. The shooting occurred shortly aner Miss Marcie Matthews, 17. the com plaining witness, had taken the wit ness stand to tell her story of the wrong. Trembling and almost hyster ical, she drew an automatic pistol Tom a pocket and shot Crosslin three times. He fell from his chair dea d It was Crosslin's second trial for the alleged crime. At the first trial he was convicted and sentenced to 5?ne years in prison, but the convic tion was reversed by the criminal ap peals court and a new trial granted. TAX MAY CAUSE DEATHS VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 22. Peter Veregin, head of the Russian religious sect known at the douk hobours, today confirmed reports that he had suggested a plan whereby the children of the colony under 10 years of age, together with the aged and infirm,' be drowned as a protest against exhorbitant taxation. Once rid of those unable to travel, Veregin Pro"osd that his followers abandon their farms and wander over the country, preaching the coming o f ChriFt and living as the "vagrant working class." 6 Per Cent State School Money to Loan on Farms SCHUEBEL & BEATTIE Bank of Oregon City Bldg. Oregon City, Ore .....,..,.,. l MULTNOMAH TO MAKE GOOD UPOf LOOP ROAD FUND $85,000 Promised for Work In Clackamas County Will Be Paid Despite Rulings Of State Tax Commission. APPROPRIATION VALID SAYS LEGAL OPINION District Attorney Gives View On Question; Expenditure Included In 1922 Budget. PORTLAND, Feb. 23. Despite the action of the " tax supervision and conservation- commission in lopping from the proposed county budget $85,000 intended for construction work on the Mount Hood loop road in Clackamas county, the commission ers today expressed the intention of taking the money from other road funds in the budget and keeping their word with the state highway commis sion, if this can be done without too great detriment to the necessary road projects within the county. Doubt as to the legality of appro priation of money by the county for work outside the county, advanced by the tax commission as a reason for refusing the amount desired, was re moved by Stanley Myers, district at torney, whose opinion, read at the meeting of commissioners today, was that "the county commissioners legally may direct expenditures of Multnomah county's share of funds derived under the Oregon motor ve hicle law, or any money provided in the budget for road work, on said Mount Hood loop road." CHARLES MORSE IS INDICTED FOR SHIPPING GRAFT WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Charles W. Morse, New York shipbuilder, his three sons, Ervin, Benjamin and Har ry Morse, and eight others alleged to have been associated with him in con nection with wartime shipping con tracts today were indicted by the fed eral gr&nd jury in charges of "con spiracy to defraud" the United States and the emergency fleet corporation. Those indicted, in addition to Morse and his sons, were: Colin H. Living stone, ex-president Virginia Shipbuild ing corporation and president of the Boy Scouts of America; George M. Burditt, attorney for the Morse in-"" terests, especially the United States Transport company, Inc.; Nehemiah H. Campbell of New York, assistant treasurer United States Transport company. Inc., Rupert jyjl. Much, Au gusta, Me., assistant treasurer Vir ginia Shipbuilding corporation; W. W. Scott, Washington, D. C, attorney for Virginia Shipbuilding corporation, Philip Reinhardt, auditor for United States fleet corporation, at Alexan dria, Va.; Leonard D. Christie, treas urer Virginia Shipbuilding corpora tion; Robert O. White, assistant treasurer Groton Iron Works, presi dent of the United States Transport company. Inc. The contracts between the emer gency fleet corporation and the Gro ton Iron Works and the Virginia Shipbuilding corporation, on which the charges resulting in the indict ments were based, involved an amount said to aproximate $40,000, 000. OREGON COURTS WIN SUIT WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The su preme court today upheld a decision of Oregon courts giving the govern ment a judgment of $18,204.84 against Willard N. Jones, head of a home stead land scheme in Oregon. Briefs presented to the court al leged that Jones had a fraudulent scheme of putting old soldiers on homestead sites in Oregon and bind ing them up in contracts by which the land would ultimately fall to him. The judgment for the government represents the amount of money Jones is alleged to have received in his transactions. 4 INJURED IN AUTO SMASH PORTLAND, Feb. 27. Three per sons were injured, one perhaps fatal ly, and a fourth escaped unharmed when the automobile in which they were driving crashed into a Southern Pacific freight train standing across Grand avenue at Sherman street near the Inman-Poulsen lumber mills late last night. $8000 LOAD CAPTURED ST. HELENS, Feb. 26. A nervous truck driver, who appeared to step just a little too heavy on the acceler ator, exposed the contents . of the truck to the eye of a St. He'ens traf fic officer and lost an $8000 load of 1080 quart bottles of bonded whiskey, while crossing the railroad track on his way through St. Helens late Sat urday night. $100,000 IS CLAIMED McMINNVILLE, Ore., Feb. 27. One hundred thousand dollars is ask ed by Reta E. Cole of this city in the complaint mailed from here to the clerk of the Wasco county circuit court in her action against the O W R. R. & N. company for alleged injuries sustained by her in the wreck near Celilo December 1 last between westbound train No. 17 and eastbound train No. 12, of the defendant rail road. NAVY YARDS MAY GO wiSfflNRTON. Feb. 24. The con- i gressional ax is now hanging over I army and navy appropriations and is I l tj.,etr,-,snr the existence of . more I than half the navy yards of the coun i 1 try, it was said today by naval off i-. cials.