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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 10.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922.
.TTABLISHED 1866
Tho Oregon City Eater-
prise covers the news field -
of Clackamas county thor-
Dustily. Live correspondents
8 from every section ketp the"
readers posted every week
of your neighbors activities
sSJ.S..
PAY HELD UP BY
JUDGE'S REFUSAL
TO APPROVE BILL
Cross Will Not O. K. Claim
of 2 Deputy Sheriffs for
Par as Result - of Strife
Between County, Officers
PROCTOR'S ILLNESS
IS CAUSE OF DELAY
Court Splits Over Question
of Employment of Men In
Department of Wilson.
Two deputies of the sheriff's office
won't get any pay this month, as the
result of the disagreement between
the Clackamas county Judge and the
snertfl which has been rife for the
past seven or eight months. Carl J
Long and Henry Hughes will probab
ly go without jtheir warrants until the
next term of court because Commis
sioner W. A. Proctor is sick and
Judge H. E. cross refuses to sign the
bills.
- The action is an outgrowth of the
long friction in the courthouse be
tween the sheriff and the county
' judge. Since last July when the two
offices clashed over the personal! of
the traffic officer, Judge Cross has
refused to sign warrants for the pay
ment of Wilson's two deputies who
. operate out of the ofifce here, al
though he has o." k- 'd the bills of
other deputies over the county.
Under the ruling of the district at
torney, the approval of two members
of the county court has been suffi
cient to warrant payment of bills, and
Long and Hughes have been drawing
their pay through the approval of
Commissioners Proctor and W. W.
Harris. .
Mr. Proctor s illness made it im
possible for him to sign the bills
which wsre presented at the term of
court which opened Wednesday. The
judge refused to affix his signature,
so the pay has been held up, and will
not be issued until the April term.
unless by special court order or an
attachment.
The disagreement dates from last
July when the court attempted to re
move Long, who was then serving as
traffic officer. Wilson, who as sher
iff had sole charge of .the deputy ap
pointments refused to concur, and the
court put in its own man, securing
state authority for him. Long's pay
as traffic officer was stopped, but
the two commissioners agreed that
the sheriff could keep Long on the
job as a regular deputy and they
would approve the bills. Long has
been serving in this capacity, confin
ing his activities to the serving of
papers and booze raids. W. H. Wagy,
the court3 appointee as traffic officer
has been relieved, and the county is
at present without police protection
upon the highways.
BONUS TOTAL $460,000
FOR COUNTY VETERANS
Local Ex-Service Men Will
Receive Fourth Highest
Cash Payments In State
SALEM, March 2. A total of 185
ex-service men in Clackamas county
were included in the list of those to
whom warrants in payment for state
cash bonuses, were forwarded yester
day, according to the figures of the
veteran's aid commission. Clackamas
county is the fourth in the state In
the number of cash payments includ
ed in the first series of warrants is
sued. Of the total of nearly $806,000
which these payments involve, some
$460,000 will come to Clackamas
county.
The checks average $251, and will
go to every county in Oregon. Al
though the checks are not in large
amounts as compared with the loans
to be made later by the commission,
officials believe that the distribution
of the bonus money at this time will
do much to improve financial condi
tions. Multnomah county applicants
will receive 1038 of the first install
ment of checks. Harney county will
receive only one of the warrants.
Claims for cash bonuses and loans
after being aproved ' by the state
commission, are certified to the sec
retary of state for audit and payment.
The checks ready for mailing repre-1
sent several weeks' work on the part
of the commission.
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state
who has charge of paying these
claims, said today that it would be
his policy to act promptly "in the
demands of the ex-service men, In or
der that they may receive their mon
ey without any unnecessary delay.
Within a few days another Install
ment of 800 checks will be ready for
mailing.
POWER PLANT ON.
CLACKAMAS WILL
RANK WITH BEST
IMPROVEMENT IN
CONDITION OVER
COUNTRY IS SEEN
NeProjeect of P. R. L. & P.
To Make Use of Resource
Surpassed by Few; Work
Already Well Under Way.
COST WILL BE MORE
THAN TEN MILLIONS
Improvement to Open One o;
Most Rugged Sections In
West; Big Benefit Seen.
SPEEDY PAYMENT UPON "
STATE BONUS SCOUTED
Exception to published statements
to the effect that his refusal to sign
salary bills for two deputy sheriffs
was the result of friction with the
sheriffs office, is taken by county
Judge Harvey E. Cross. Friday it
became known that Carl J. Long and
Henry Hughes would probably get no
pay from the county this month, due
to the fact that one of the commis
sioners was sick, and the signature
of the other was not sufficient to war
rant the issuance of the checks.
Judge Cross for several months has
refused to approve bills for Hughes'
and Long's services, which have been
paid through the o. k. of the two
commissioners.
Judge Cross' letter, explaining hit
reasons for his action,, follows:
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY
COURT, Oregon City. March 4. (Ed
itor of the Enterprise). Allow me to
answer your article in Saturday's "En
terprise in which the assertion is
made that I am holding up the deputy
sheriff's' pay for February because ot
some strife which is -alleged to exist
between myself and Sheriff Wilson,
(Continued on page four.)
FIFTY-THREE ACRE FARM
NEAR MOLALLA IS SOLD
S. A. D. Hungate, of Molalla, who
was in Oregon City Tuesday has sold
his 53-acre farm which is located
about six miles from the city of Mo
lalla, the purchaser being Paul Horty-
chok, recently of Portland, but a na
tive of Russia, who, with his family
consisting of a wife and nine children
took possession of . their newly ac
quired property the first of the week.
The property was sold for $3500.
Twenty-one acres are under cultiva
tion, a portion of which is planted to
fruit trees. The land lies east of Mo
lalla and located on the main road.
It was formerly owned by Mr. McAl
pin, hardware merchant of Portland.
Mr. Hungate has taken up his resi
dence in Molalla, and may decide to
enter - the real estate business, to
gether "with, following his profession
as surveyor witb headquarters at that
place. .
With the first rush over the issu
ance pf the warrants for bonus pay
ments, the state office is being flood
ed with requests regarding the promp
titude with which further paymentu
are to be made. According to Cap
tain H. C. Brumbaugh, secretary ot
the commission, there will probably
be considerable delay in future' issues
due to a variety of causes, which he
sets out 'in an official statement, in
which he says in part:
"A large number of applicants
think all they have to do is to mail
their applications to the commission
and that the checks will be sent them
the ' next day. Few realize the work,
involved in checking "and . verifying
claims to comply with the require
ments of the bonus law and other
laws governing, the audit of claims
against the state.
The filing of the initial application
is merely the first step in the-process
of establishing the eligibility of any
individual to receive the benefits or
either the cash bonus or the loan.
From this Doint on. the commission Is
confronted with the problem of veri- I
tying beyond any question of a doubt,
the essentia? statements contained in
the individual application.
"Examinations are made at the rate
of about 300 a day. Experience has
shown, -however, that about 40 per
cent of the initial applications filea
must be returned to the applicants
for correction. This is due partly to
the applicant's own carelessness and
partly due to circumstances over
which the applicant has no control.
Out of the total number of applica
tions filed with the commission, about
8100 have been returned for correc
tion. No further action upon any
individual application thus returned
can be taken until the applicant has
furnished the data called for.
"Another cause for delay in finally
disposing of an individual application
lies in the fact that an official record
of every application must be obtain'
ed from the offices of the war or
navy department at Washington, D.
C. Now that the appropriations for
these departments have been minim
ized by congress, a long delay some
times ensues before the record In any
individual case can be obtained.
"Eligible veterans should read the
instructions carefully before making
out their applications, and before fil
ing them with the commission should
have them verified or examined by
their local legion post, Red Cross or
bonus attorney.
"Only by the fullest co-operation
on the part of the applicants can the
hope of the commission and of the
veterans themselves for a speedy dis
tribution of the funds be realized."
Work has begun on the 21-mllo
wagonroad on the way from Port
land to the projected Oak Grove
power plant on the upper Clackamas
river. Part of the road is through
rugged, solid granite bluffs; part of
it is through the heaviest of native
forests, and in all it is one of the
most notable pieces of road construc
tion undertaken anywhere in Oregon.
It is strictly a private road at
that, for it is to be the means of serv
ing the great Oak Grove power plant
of the Portland Railway,. Light &
Power company. Eventually it Is to
develop 80,000 horsepower, the whole
year round though the first unit to be
Installed will be of 30,000 horsepower.
As all the machinery will have to be
hauled in over this road, and thert
will be thousands of tons of steel used
in installing the great hydroelectric
plant, it will have to be a good road
Storage Dam to be B"ilt
Briefly, the project calls for a great
storage basin on the upper Oak Grove
fork, behind a 70-foot- storage dam.
This water, will be let out so as to
distribute the spring floods through
the dry summer and stabilize the pow-
er for the whole year. Another and
much greater storage dam, 130 feet
high,, is to be built across the upper
fork of the Clackamas, to impound
50,000 acre feet of water for seasonal
j distribution. This latter storage water.
and the whole current ' of the upper
fork as well, is to be taken through a
three-mile tunnel across to Oak Grove
fork. From there the water of the two
streams and reservoirs is carried in
an ei-ht and a half-mile conduit to the
new Three Links power site for
power development Here it is put
to work under the tremendous head
of 8C0 feet, which will give" it an oper
ating pressure of approximately 358
pounds per square inch. There are
hardly half a dozen places in the'
world where such an operating head
can be gotten. It is one of the finest
water powers known to man, because
of this tremendous head.
Cost Estimate Is Small
It has been estimated that the
great plant can now be built for ap
proximately one half .what some ot
the recent big high pressure plants in
California have cost during the war
period. The whole current is to be
added to the series now in use for sup
plying this part of Oregon with elec
tric current. The company already
has nine hydroelectric and auxiliary
steam plants, with an aggregate o
131,448 horsepower. It now serves 36
separate communities, and had 57,477
patrons on December 31, 1921. The
new current will come to- Salem,
along with every other community
served.
The upper works of this latest
power development are at an eleva
tion of 4000 feet, where the snow still
lies thick and cold. It is in ore of the
ruggedest portions of Oregon, in the
saddle between Mounts Hood and Jef
ferson. The total cost of this new pre
lect will be close to $10,000,000. Tho
company has been offering its prefer
red stock to its employes, with grati
fying results. The less than 300 em
ployes have subscribed for almost
$400,000 worth of stock.
WASHINGTON, D. C-. March 2.
Improved conditions during February
have furnished a."more hopeful pros
pect" for trade In the coming months,
says the monthly business and finan
cial review issued tonight by the fed
eral reserve board.
Changes in the various industries
during the month, the board asserted
have resulted ; in diminishing the ir
regularity and unevenness -noted dur
ing the last year. Price stability was
evidenced by current readjustments
the noteworthy advances in the prices
of agricultural-products in February
being offset by corresponding decline
In other lines of industry.
The readjustment process, the
board asserted, has apparently reach
ed the stage of inter-industrial price
revision, the advance in agricultural
values tending to facilitate liquida
tion of loans at "banks and the rapid
ity of movement of products to mar
kets.
More satisfactory marketing and
price conditions have included tobac
co and other products as well as
grain, the board said, although early
reports from - the southwestern grain
regions have not been altogether re
assuring. The better outlook, the board de
clared, has been partly offset by labor
and other difficulties in the textile In
dustry resulting in reduced activity,
although fairly good conditions in the
New England shoe and leather in
dustry were ' reported. Some increase
in the activity of steel mills was
noted, but business in the -chemical
industry was said to have received a
severe setback, as a result of future
uncertainty. Distinct Increase in non
ferrous metal production, especially
copper and the reopening dT mines
long closed, was reported.
Little modification in the volume of
unemployment was seen, although
continued improvement in building
operations were said to have in
creased the demand for labor in parts
of the country where the surplus of
unemployed would otherwise have
been larger.
COMMISSION WILL
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FORCE ACTION ON
SOUTH END ROAD
State Authorities to Insist
on Immediate Improvement
of Pacific Highway from
Oregon City to Canemah,
PLANS SUBMITTED;
NEW ROUTE TALKED
Cost of Construction Under
Present Prices 20 Per Cent
Less than First Estimates.
SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS
FOR OREGON CITY LOW
Tax Levy Is Among Smallest
For First Class Districts
- In Oregon, Report "Shows
ARLETA DEFEATS LOCAL
QUINTET IN FAST GAME
The Oregon City Athletic Club
basketball team was defeated Thurs-
y niffht bv the fast- Arleta auintet
in a game played on the local floor.
The score was 25 to 16. The local3
were handicapped by the loss of Good
win, their sta- forward, who broke his
nose when he fell during the first five
minutes of play. Tho Arleta squat.
displayed some exceptionally good
team work. -
FIND EAST ATTRACTIVE
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Harding re
ceived a letter yesterday from their
daughter, Mrs. Edward E. Brodie, an
nouncing their arrival in Bankok,
Siam, January 25, where Mr. Brodie
will serve as American minister.
Mrs. Brodie writes that they are
pleasantly located. The letter, dated
three days after their arrival, says
that the weather was not oppresively
hot. They had met a number of Amer
ican families connected with the le
gation, and were enjoying their new
experience In the far East.
WOMEN'S CLUB AIDS IN
MOLALLA PARK PROJECT
MOLALLA, March 6. The Molalla
Women's Civic club recently pur
chased an acre of ground adjoining
the city park. Substantial improve
ments are contemplated. The dub
ft raised near'y $700 In the past
14 months for Its city park project.
The president of the club, Mrs. Mary
t-v,v,-, Oregon pioneer, having
crossed the plains In 1852, is getting
excellent results, v
Only four of 23 first class school
districts in the state have a smaller
tax for school purposes than Oregon
City, according to a report prepaerd
by . State Superintendent of Public In
struction J. A. Churchill. The report
shows that the total school levy in
Oregon City is 11.4 mi'.ls. The lowest
is that of Portland which- is 6.7 mills,
while in Bend, which is first on the
ist has &n assessment of 32. Smills.
The levy for the county is consid
erably under the average of the en
tire state. The average for all of the
first class districts is 16.4 mills. Only
two cities, Portland and Salem have
levies under ten mills. -
Unless Oregon City and the private
interests concerned in the improve
ment of the. south end outlet on the
Pacific highway take immediate steps
toward the removal of what the high
way commission terms "the worst
hazard- between Portland and Ash
land," the commission itself will force
the issue, according to word received
by the count ycourt here.
In a leter addressed to County
Judge H. E. Cross, the commission
points out that they have exercised
considerable patience in the matter
but as yet they have been advised of
no agreement which will -result in
the completion of this portion of the
highway, joining Oregon, City ; and
Canemah.
They regard' the matter as one. of
the utmost importance as it is the
only gap in the entire road which is
unprovided for between Albany and
Portland. They "insist that early action-
be taken in the matter of. right
of way and construction," and point
out that "if the parties interested are
not now able to reach a conclusfbn as
to a new line, the commission will in
sist on the improvement of the pres
ent roadway to remove this hazard
which is the worst on the Pacific
highway between Portland and Ashland."
Three Plans Drawn by Engineers
The matter of improving the south
end road has been talked here repeat
edly by both the city council and or
ganizations of a civic and commrcial
nature. Three tentative plans have
been prepared by the state engineers,
the basin route along which the pres
ent road runs, and two routes over
the hill on a five per cent grade.
The local commercial club and the
city council have both gone on record
as favoring what is known, as the
Fifth street route, involving an un
dergrade crossing with .the Southern
Pacific, but no further action has
been taken.
It is understood that the financing
of the work still hinges upon the ex
tent to which private concerns vital
ly interested in that part of the city
will cooperate. - The city at present
(Continuea on page four.)
PARK BOARD DISCUSSES
PUNS FOR ca;
Operating Expenses for Year
Estimated $1400; Economy
Will Govern All Efforts.
...ukBAN eee
FOR AUTO TRUCKS
IS COMPROMISED
The question of secuirng a man to
look after the Oregon City auto park
during the .coming season was dis
cussed at a meeting of the park board
held Tuesday afternoon at the Com
mercial club rooms.
Payment of $75 a month "with house
light and fuel for tha neriorl wTian tho
park would be open was temporarily SCIENTIFIC DATA ON
deemed upon
License of $25 a Year Will
Be Inaugurated; Action of
Quorum May be Reversed
at Full City Council Session.
It was also agreed if
the right party could be secured the
privilege of house rent together with
light and fuel would be extended to
cover the time when the park would
be closed. An effort to obtain a man
under these conditions is now being
made.
Economical operation was the gen
eral tone of the board. O. D. Eby ex
pressed the hope that the grant of
$600 made in the city budget for the
park would not be needed. The stand
ardization of the various auto parks
which was agreed on at the recent
session, in Roseburg, provided for the
collection of a fee of 50 cents a night
from each -car making use of this
convenience. This collection together
with any revenue derived from the
pavilion is expected to offset the es
timated expenditure of $1400. Renting
of the pavilion for the purpose of
holding dances was discussed. It was
universally agreed that it any dances
were held the board would have to
CASE RATES LACKING
Representatives of Transfer
Company and Railroad tell
Woes of Present Condition.
A license fee of $25 a year for all
motor trucks and busses passing
thru Oregon City was decided on fcy
the council at their special meeting
in the city hall Monday night.
The vote which passed this mea
sure consisted of three for and two
against, as only five councilmen, a
bare quoroum were present. As it will
be necessary to decide each fran
chise separately in the future it is
possible that the vote of the mem
bers who were absent from this
meeting may reverse the decision of
be responsible themselves for their l10 quorum in-so-far as it applies to
proper conduct. rthe granting of each individual fran-
Thft nnflrn Hnn ff tho rwarlr' -ill nm. I CniSO.
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bably be from the beginning of April
to the first of Nevember though this
will be governed to a -large extent by
the climatic, conditions.
The next meeting of the board will
be upon the call of the secretary but
in the interval the members will de
vote some time to the matter of se
curing a park keeper.
HEALTH ASSOCIATION TO
CONTINUE FINANCE DRIVE
FARM BUREAU MAKING-
GAINS IN MEMBERSHIP
Organization work is proceeding
steadily and highly satisfactorily for
the Oregon Farm bureau, according
to organizer O. R. Daugherty, of Mo
lalla, who is one of the ffeld men in
Marion county. He himself has been
off the job for two weeks, but the
others are carrying it on with com
mendable success.
Over around Stayton, Sublimity
and north around St. Louis and Wood
burn, the signatures have been com
ing in large numbers. The fruit dis
tricts have usually been the most
anxious to see the bureau win out
and the least able to . pay up their
memberships, according to Mr.TDaugh
erty. In many cases the growers
find themselves financially obligated
so that they hesitate to take on even
the modest farm bureau investment
that they believe will help them.
The membership, however, is in
creasing steadily. In Clackamas coun
ty, where Mr. Daughetry has just
been re-elected . county presiaenp,
every member from his home locai
has paid in a three-years-paid-in-ad
vance membership.
Federal Farm Bank
Makes 188 Loans In
Clackamas County
Since the establishment of the Fed
eral Farm bank, 188 farm loans have
been made through the Spokane
branch to Clackamas county residents-
Two associations have been formed
In this county, one at Sandy, with
Leander Bartlemay as secretary, and
one at Macksburg, with H. Arthur
Graham as secretary.
Funds received have been used in
bettering farms and in the purchase
of blooded stock to build up local beet
and dairy herds.
FIVE DIVORCES GRANTED
IN CIRCUIT COURT HERE
Five divorce decrees were granted
Saturday by Circuit Judge J. U.
Campbell. They were -issued in the
following cases:
Eva against Forrest E. Packard
Plaintiff granted care of two children
and $30 a month.
Ina against Joseph Remington. .The
plaintiff's former name of Ina Franz
was restored.
Lottie M. against Wm. England.
Custody of one child granted- plain
tiff.
Alvina C- against Leon F. Robin
son, custody or one cnua granted to
plaintiff and $35 a month.
Joseph against Jed.wig Durer.
Suit for annullment of marriage
was filed by Wayne G. against Edith
Arnold. They were married in Port
land March 1, 1919 and the plaintiff
alleges that the defendant was mar
ried at the time and that she did not
receive a decree from her first hus
band until a year later.
COW AND CALF BURN IN
$600 FIRE AT MELDRU1
A valuable Jersey cow and her calf
were burned to death in a barn own
ed by Victor Erickson, of Meldrum
on Thursday night, when the barn
was destroyed by fire, the origin of
the fire unknown, and the loss about
$600. There Is some Insurance.
Neighbors close by were surprised
Thursday morning when finding the
barn was burned to the ground, for
no alarm was given. -
Workman In Mill Is
Hurt; May Lose Hand
Jedd Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
W. Taylor, of this city, is suffering
from an injury to his hand. While
working in the paper mill on Tues
day morning his finger was badly
crushed,- and every effort is betas
made by the attending psysician to
save that member.
The drive for. funds of the Clacka
mas County Public Health Associa
tion which was to have ended Feb
ruary 28, was extended until March
31, at a meeting of the association
Tuesday afternoon. Of the fund of
$2,000 which the association seeks to
raise to finance the work during the
coming year, i bout ten per cent has
been subscribed, but inability to com
pletely cover the territory due to sev
eral reasons, has necessitated the pro
longation of the drive.
The meeting also decided to coop
erate with the State Board of Health
in the matter of holding ' a "health
week" here during which time clinics
fer the instruction of the general pub
lic will be held. It is probable that
an attempt will be made to hold this
in conjunction with the Chautauqua
this coming June. The association
also granted the request of the state
board to allow graduates of the Uni
versity of Oregon nursing school to
take over the activities of the county
health nurse for a short time in order to pay at very much
$5 a Month- Protested .
R. Bishop appearing on behalf of
the Willamette Valley Transportation
company protested warmly against
the suggestion of Dr. H. S. Mount that
the amount charged for the use of
the streets should be $5 per month.
This sum he stated would effectually
destroy his business as at the pre
sent time he could not raise the rates
and remain in existence. He said
that he was willing to offer the city
$1 per month, a figure which he understood-
was acceptable to the .other
towns along the highway. -The pre
sent proposal he classified as being
simlliar to a system of toll gates and
in the nature of a discrimation against
the lawful efforts of a legitimate bus
iness. As to the damage to the streets
which the various members of the
council contended had to be paid for
from either the civic funds or a tax
on property, he pointed out that la
his native town he paid for the pave
ment as a taxpayer and yet there
were many others using it who did
it far more harm and paid no special
levy towards its upkeep. He said that
he was willing to do all in his power
to help the city out on their problem
but that the payment of $1 a month
represented the maximum and that
Insistence by the city on a higher fee
would be met by legal proceedure.
S. P. Counsel Speaks
Paul P. Ferrens, counsel for the
Southern Pacific, said that speaking
for the railroad who were possibly
the heaviest tax payers on the roll
of Oregon City, they were compelled
higher rates
to gain the required amount of prac
tical experience.
Miss Hilda Morris, county health
nurse, gave her monthly report, show
ing a varied field of activity. Her
work was highly commended by the
association.
than the council proposed for similar
privileges to those which the railroad
enjoyed In the city. Transportation
by motor truck had become a perma
nent feature ot the traffic situation,
he said but urged, the members not
to forget that at the present stage of
affairs many of the motor transport
companies were purely ephemeral,
and referred to the remarks of Mr.
Bishop that his company would be
compelled to go out of business if
they had to pay any larger amount
than SI, and stated that the council's
duty to the citizens would formd
them to Introduce any ordinance
The firsts- arrest "this year on I which would amount to a free gift of
charges of conducting a dance hall the right to tear up the streets with
without a license was made Monday heavy trucks.
when Frank Everhart was taken into No definite figures being5- available -
custody by Officer Long on a specific as to the cost of maintenance upon
charge of running a dance at Damas- which a base for the purposed- license
NO LICENSE, NO DANCE;
DAMASCUS MAN FINED
cus. He plead guilty Detore judge -JU-
J. Noble and was. fined $20 and costs.
A. G. Meyers, of Portland, arrested
by Long at Canby for " driving 30 j
miles an hour thru the city limits
was fined $10 and costs in the justice
could be established, O. D. Eby sug
gested that an adjournment be made
and a meeting be arranged with the
Public Service commission, at which
representatives from all towns in the
state which were confronted with a
court. Alfred Danielson, of Colton, similar predicament, could be present
paid $10 for driving a car without a Some of the members voiced the
license. . opinion that the matter was proper
Frank Smith, arrested by Constable jy a consideration to be decided by
Ed. Kt-tune in Portland, on a statu- the council themselves and accord
tory charge, was committed to the ingiy the motion outlined above was
eountyjail after a preliminary hear- put to the meeting,
ing, iir default of $1,000 baiL He is
to await the action of the circuit ioninrilT nmnhTO Jnf
cun ,. AbulULM KtfUKId RKL
EXPERT ON INCOME TAX FFW FI1R PAST MONTH
HERE FOR WEEK'S STAY -
During the month ot February a
total of 15 acicdents were reported
to the sheriffs office, acocrding to
the reports compiled by Chief Deputy
E. C. Hackett, This is a decrease of
2 over the similar period for the year
of 1921.
The report, however, is not taken
as an accurate indication of any de-
John J. Collins, official representa
tive of the department of interal
revenue, arrived in Oregon city Mon
day morning, where he is aiding in
interpreting the mysteries of the in
come tax.
Mr. Collins has made ' his head
quarters in the court-house, where he I crease, for the reason that there is no
is giving free assistance to any per- traffic ofifcer in the county and the
sons having trouble with the filing larger part of the accidents of a min
of their return. His hours are from or character are not heard of, despite
eight a. m. until five p." m- and he the fact that the law provides heavy
will remain in the city until Friday penalties for failure to make a report,
evening. His office is in the petit The list for the past month shows no
jury roem. - Injuries received in auto accidents.