As an advertising aediat to meet .he rural needs, the rl.'H "ly Enterprise id aOc " none. A small p J - ad in these col- & vill convince. Try "one -.ofiay and watch tha results. U - FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 11. OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 1 7, 1922. ESTABLISHED 1866 Thq Oregon City Enter- Vise eovers the news field of Cl&ekamas county thor- gtdy. Live correspondents foim every section keep ths $ reacters posted every week of roar neighbors activities o ON EDM MIL EXTENSION ON OREGON CITY LINE ISSTARTED Nine Mile Road Will Reach Virgin . Timber Holdings Near Molalla; Cost to be $30,000; Work Is Begun. OPERATION TO START LATE THIS SUMMER Route to Cross Clackamas at Baker's Bridge; Logs Will Be Hauled to Clear Creek. Btcteasion of the Portland & Ore gon City railway, commonly known as the "Carver line," from Carver, in Clackamas county, a distance of nine miles to Viola, on Clear creek, was .announced by incorporators of the Viol Halfway company, headed by Stepkea. Carver. The tew extension has already been started, one mile of the new rail line having been completed and the grade prepared for the entire dis tance. The total cost of the project is approximately $90,000. " Tfce purpose of the extension is to opea b the vast body of virgin tim ber situated on Clear creek near Mo lalla. Numerous holders are located in that district, including the Carvers, Spreckfes and Swifts. r $100,000 Is Capital Ptaa are being made to have the extension ready for operation late this Hmer, or even sqpner, accord ing to the incorporators, who are Stephen Carver, president of the, Port land and Oregon City line, C. B. Cun- BIRTH RATE ON INCREASE Figures for Clackamas County Given In Report .Compiled By State Board of Health. ningbam of the U. S. Mortgage and Investment company, and George F. are shown by Jhe report to be smaller Heusaer of R. E. Menefee & Co. The incorporation has a capital of $100, ooo. s . " Tie Carver line as at present con stituted is 27 miles in length, and has its Portland terminus at East Eighth street amd Hawthorne avenue. Rail road no tor car service is maintained regularly by the line. The rail line was originally constructed as a stand ard gaage route about eight years ago. In pmshing the line through to the new terminus in the timber, the route jwill be across the CJackamas river at Baker's bridge. For the ex tension, the timber owners are to supply their own ties. Mills to be Enlarged It is planned that the road when completed will haul both logs and milled timber. Several mills are lo cated in the clear Creek district, and the iaoerporators predict that en largement of .these mills and construc tion of others will follow the comple tion of the rail lines. Logs can be brought to the Willam ette river also, according to a state ment made by Heusner, who s.aid that the lbte has an extension for log dumpias purposes located between the golf links and the Oaks. An increase in the birth rate Jn Clackamas county and a decrease in the death rate, is shown in the latest available figures, incorporated in a report published by the State Board of Health, which has been received here by Dr. O. A. Welsh, county health officer. The statistics show an increase of .7 in the birth rate in 1920 over 1919, and a decrease of .4 in the death rate during the corresponding period. The 1920 birth rate was 16.4 per thousand which on a population of 37,698 amounted to 619. Clackamas county has the 28th highest birth rate in the state. There are 27 counties with a higher rate and eight with a lower rate. The highest birth rate in the state is 26.5 for Tillamook coun ty while Grant is credited with the lowest of 12. The average rate thru out the state for 1920 is 19, an in crease of 3.4 over the figures given for 1919. Death Rate Low During 1920 there were 382 deaths, representing a per thousand mortality of 10.1. This is the 14th lowest in the state and is slightly under the av erage which is 10.7. : The increase in the population of the county during the year from 1919 to 1920 was 386 or 10.2 per thousand. There was an excess of births over deaths of 194, which leaves a 192 in crease from other sources, showing that for that particular year the gain "was 5.1 per thousand population from births as well as immigration. The ratio of increase by births to in crease -by immigration between 1918 and 1919 bears a different proportion, being about 5 to 16 instead of 5 to 5. Flu Deaths Less Comparison of deaths caused from influenza during 1918, 1919 and 1920 E. L POPE WILL HEAD LIVE WIRES EOR NEXT Ml Arthur Beattie Is Elected Sub-Trunk; Hoss Is Chosen Transmission Wire; Edgar To be Insulation Chief. MORRIS, LATOURETTE TIE WITH 13 VOTES Banquet Planned for March 28th for Tax Discussions Wives to be Guests of Men in the last year cited then during any of the preceeding periods. ' Figures given respectively are 78, 23, and 8. The proportion of deaths to the num E. L. Pope, of Parkplace, was Tues day elected Main Trunk of the Live Wires of the local commercial club to succeed Judge Grant B. Dimick, who for the past term has headed the organization. Arthur G. Beattie was chosen sub-trunk. Hal E. Hoss was re-elected transmission wire and Rev H. G. Edgar was re-elected insulation wire. Mort Latourette and L. A. Morris tied for the office of guy wire, with 13 votes each. A coin was flipped and Latourette's choice of tails won, him the election. . : Captain James P. Schwerin, in charge of the Oregon division of the Marine Corps recruiting service spoke upon present condition of the army and navy service. He lauded the ac complishments of the armament con ference and pointed out the savings which would result from the limita tion of arms, though he decried the fact that the original plans for great er limitation had not been adopted Touching upon the matter of gov ernmental economy. Captain Schwer in, pointed out the necessity for not carrying curtailment of expenditures to a point where adequate service and protection wonld be impossible. As an example of the need for an effi- S. P. TRAIN HITS TRUCK; ONE MAN BADLY INJURED ber of cases in 1918 is 1 to every 15, j cient armed force he pointed to the in 1919, 1 to every 32 ana in x to every 43. A slight increase in the number of deaths from tuberculosis is shown since 1918 when there were 24. In 1919 there were 25 and in 1920, 28. The report indicates that there have been no striking alterations in the number of contagious diseases con tracted and deaths from such cases during the past four years which the figures cover. . T T Thrown from a truck which was struck fcy Southern Pacific south bound train 17 at 2:30 o'clock Mon day afternoon, A, La vine, 372 First Street, Portland, is in the -. Oregon City hospital with a broken leg. H. Lavine, his partner, who was driving the machine, escaped uninjured. Th accident happened just north of Oregon City where the east side high way crosses the S. P. track near Park place. II. Lavine, who was drivirife, said that he was not running faster than 15 miles an hour, but that the slight rise in the road at the crossing obscured his vision and he was just able to swerve the truck to the right, when the locomotive struck it a. glancing blow, tearing off the frame top, and hurling A. Lavine 'from the seat. The injured man was taken to "Ore gon City on the train. According to the statement of the engineer, th train had whistled before approaching the crossing, but the driver said that he heard nothing, probably because the wind was against him. j Examination of the injured man. made by Dr. H. S. Mount, showed a compound fracture of the leg. There was one break at the knee joint and one below the knee cap. At the hos pita Monday evening Lavine was re ported resting easily. The driver of the car was able to return to Portland with the somewhat damaged machine. They were on their way here from that city with a load of fruit on one of their weekly trips to supply the camps in this vicinity. PORTLAND, March 13. Eastern Oregon's problems in taxation and Eastern Oregon's suggestions as to their solution will be heard this week by the state tax investigating com mission n on tour of Baker, La Grande, Pendleton and The Dalles. On the return a hearing is expected to be held also in Astoria and a meet ing in Portland to prepare the com mission for attendance at the con vention of the tax education league here one week hence. Invitation to attend the four East ern Oregon hearings have -been sent to county courts, assessors, school su perintendents, mayors, legislators and taxpayers'; organizations to make complaints and recommendations. The commission was scheduled to meet in Baker today. La Grande to morrow, Pendleton Wednesday, and The Dalles Thursday. All sessions will begin at 10 a. m. Meetings in Portland Friday and Astoria Satur day wili follow. A tour of Western Oregon .is to be made later. I. N. Day, chairman of the commis sion, Walter M. Pierce, Coe McKenna, Charles Brand and C. S. chapman are taking the Eastern Oregon trip. Com missioners Henry E. Reed and Judge E. H. Smith, who are not going to Eastern Oregon, will take the West ern Oregon trip. At the present stage of its investi gation the commission is of the ex pressed opinion that the burden of taxes is unequally distributed, falling too heavily upon farm and town realty. recent actions in Haiti and told of the various activities of the marine force in guard duty of both a foreign and domestic nature at present. The keeping of -a suitable armed - force available has become the administra tion program, he said, which has cul minated in the combination of the state militia, or national guard with the regular army. . The Live Wires, at the suggestion of Judge Dimick, decided to hold an other meeting to take up the question of taxation. On motion of. Chris Scheubel, Tuesday week's meeting, March 28, will be set aside and a ban quet held at six o'clock, after which a general meeting for the discussion of the subject will be held. Wives of the members of the club will be in vited to attend. HAWLEY PAPER " COMPANY NAMED IN DAMAGE SUIT Suit for $10,000 damages for the death of their father, W. J. Gort maker, was filed here Saturday against -the Hawley Pulp and Paper company by the man's two sons, John and Henry Gortmaker. The elder Gortmaker was killed September 3, 1921, while in the em ploy of the Oregon City Manufactur ing company. He was working on t wooden flume of the woolen mill's which runs beneath the Hawley mill. An operator in the Hawley plant turn ed on a blow-off pipe. In front of which the man was standing. He was badly scalded, and died a few hours later. The accident occurred at 3 a. m.,' and Gortmaker, who was a carpenter by trade, was the only one of the crew of men who was Injured. Shortly after the man's death, a corner's jury investigated reporting that ". .carelessness existed on tne part of the Oregon City Manufactur ing company in not properly notify ing the Hawley Pulp and Paper com pany that men would be working near the vicinity of the blow-off pipe." They also recommended a system "of signals " to prevent further accidents. The Jury was composed- of W. C. Green, W. D, Honat, Carl Green, E. A. Osborne, Geo, Rath, and F. W. Cox. The attorneys' of the complainants are William Stone and Roland Glover. PREVENT DELAY, IS OPINION UPON SOUTH END! ROAD : . Oregon City Expected to Get Action Upon Building of Highway Outlet; Financing Of Project " Is Considered. TAX REDUCTION LEAGUE NAMES EIVE DELEGATES Convention Representatives To State Meeting March 20 Chosen; Platform Adopted; Non-Partisan League Is Hit. , a SINGLE TAX SYSTEM ' FULLY REPUDIATED Public Service Commission Recall Advocated; Cut In Official Salaries Approved. MUNICIPALITY MUST AID DECLARES MOUNT Bond Issue One Way Out Says Mayor; Commission Asked for Additional Information CONFESSKJO MURDER Charles Beebe Charged With Killing, Freed on Insanity Plea, Admits Double Crime. Oak Grove Pair Get License to Marry A marriage license was issued by County Clerk Fred A. Miller Tuesday to Ward A. Yoeom, 20, and Grave L. Moodie, 19. both of Oak Grove. The boy, betas under age, obtained bis mother's consent to the marriage. GRAND JURY RETURNS 17 BILLS; 5 ARE INDICTED bALLM, March- 9. Carson D. (Pete) Beebe, who arrived at the state hospital here a few days ago rollowing his acquittal in the Linn county circuit court on a charge of murdering John Painter, today in a confession made to Dr. John C. Evans a physician at the institution, admit ted that he killed both Painter and his son William and buried their bodies in a shallow grave soma dis tance from the Painter home. At the time Beebe was tried for the murder of the elder Paiater he denied the charge an dalleged that John Painter killed his son and then com mitted suicide. "For fear that, he would be implicated in the affair, Beebe told .the officers that he buried the bodies where they later were found bs searchers. The jurors, after hearing the testimony at the trial, acquitted Beebe on the grounds of insanity. GOVERNMENT EXPERT TO STUDY BROCCOLI CROPS Seventeen bills, four not true bills, five secret indictments and eight in dictments were returned by the grand Jury in the circuit court here Friday. Four indictments were returned against James Moore, 60 years old, of Clackamas Heights, on statutory charges- One Indictment against Frank Smith and three against Jess Poyser on similar charges were filed. Not true bills were given in the cases of Millard Francis charged with larcency of dwelling; W. H. Fergn son, non-support; Sidney Miller, lar ceny and R. A. Travers charged with embezzlement of $43.50 from W. H. Harris. The grand jury was dismiss ed to await the call of the district at torney. R. R. Pailthorp of the bureau ol markets, United States department of agriculture, is to investigate the broccoli situation in the Willamette valley and in southern Oregon. Mr. - Pailthorp is here to work out the problems of marketing broccoli without the occurrence of yellowing of the jackets surrounding the curd, which has met with much disfavor in eastern markets. Whether this discoloration is due to improper ven tilation, inadequate icing, unsuitable methods of harvesting and packing or variety of plants, will be some of the angles of the probem to be taken up. Investigators will be detailed to accompany shipments and to study the conditions surrounding broccoli in transit and at the unloading points. That there will be no procrastina tion on the part of Oregon City in se curing the improvement of the South End road, is indicated by Mayor James Shannon, and Dr. H. S. Mount. head of the street committee. - Negotiations regarding the im provement of the south outlet to the Pacific Highway were given consid erable added impetus by the an nouncement by the state highway commission that unless immediate means were taken to provide for the improvement, drastic action upon the part of the state would follow. Altho they, concur in the opinion that further. delay, must be avoided, they are not together upon the mat er of how the improvement should be financed. Mayor Shannon believes that the entire matter should be left up to the private interests as the city is not in a position to make any ex penditure for the work. He points out that under the present budget system, there are no funds for the work and that the only way that pro vision for it could be made would be to float bonds, which could not be done without a special election. Dr. Mount, who is also head .of the Commercial Club committee which has the matter in hand, feels that it is essentially the duty of Jthe city to take care of the improvement, though he believes that aid should be asked from the industrial .plants and other interests, to some extent. The new bridge appropriations, he points out, were -made in the face of the fact that no way appeared open for the expend iture, and he believes that a similar method can be worked out in this instance. If the matter Bhould come to a show down, he says, the commission would order the improvement made, and then, by taking it into court, could assess the entire cost to Oregon city- No action of this nature is expected. because of the fact that an adjust ment will probably be reached in the near future. A request has been forwarded toj the state highway commission for ac curate figures as to the revised costs of the improvement along the differ ent surveyed routes, and a definite expression as to what portion will be borne by the state. This Information is expected to form an accurate work ing basis for further negotiations. Adopting a platform embracing practically the same principles as those advocated by county branches throughout the state the Clackamas County Tax Reduction league held its organization meeting "here Monday, electing delegates to attend the state convention in .Portland the 20th of this month. " . The delegates are R. Scheubel, F. St. Clair, C. E. Spence, Henry Thies sen, Chris Scheubel and R. E. Cher rick. , The meeting passed a series of res olutions outlining the general policies that will be followed. The non-partisan league and the single tax system were repudiated. Reduction of ad ministrative salaries, the recall of the public service commission and gen eral reduction of governmental ex penditures were among the chief points covered. Tax reduction leagues over the en tire state were In convention during J the. past few days," preparatory to the state-wide meeting in "Portland. A general resume of the policies adopt ed, follows:" jt Recall of public.- service commis sion; opposition to world's fair by direct or indirect taxation; no person not a taxpayer should vote on any measure bonding the state, county or other municipality; revision of salar ies of state officials and members of the supreme court; to make the emer gency clause a judicial instead of a political question and giving the su preme court original jurisdiction Mn all questions involving the emergency clause; no measure appropriating money should be submitted to the people except at. a general election; $5000 urged as maximum salary for state officials and heads of institu tions of higher learning;. that no sal ary be increased during the term of the ' incumbent ; opposed to educating doctors and lawyers and maintaining buildings for their education at pub lic expense; elimination of some boards and commissions and consoli- dation of others; abolition of 6 per cent limitation; opposed to further bonding of state, and to disposition of bonds now authorized at less than par; in favoring of resubmitting mill- NEW COMMITTEE WILL ACT ON SOUTH END ROAD Body Lead by W. P. Hawley Has No Recommendations; Municipal Funds Lacking. Accepting the report of the South End road committee which made "no recommendations," the Live Wires of the local commercial club Tuesday discharged the committee and unan imously moved for the appointment or a new body of men to carry on the negotiations for the improvement of the south outlet from Oregon City on the Pacific highway. The south end outlet has been pend ing for some months, - and matters were recently brought to a head by the demand of the highway commis sion that measures toward its im provement be inaugurated immediate ly. There is no dissention over the routing but the matter of finance is to be arranged before any definite ac tion can be taken. Attempts are un der way to secure the cooperation of private industries in -that vicinity. The report of the committee, com posed of W. P. Hawley, A. R. Jacobs and W. Brown states that they had "Individually or collectively inter- viewed both the county and city offi cials, and find that there are no funds available for this improvement. In view of the existing circumstances, this committee has no recommenda tions to make and begs to be dis charged.'" v E. tt. Pope, newly elected Main Trunk of the Uye Wires will an nounce the new committee within the present week, it is expected. LICENSE IS GRANTED TO OAK GROVE DANCE HALL MILLS HERE LEAD PAPER INDUSTRY ON PACIFIC COAST Resume of Industrial Plants Plaes Oregon City High In List; Pay Roll One of Largest In Classification. POWER RESOURCES AID IN DEVELOPMENT Ease of Transportation Adds To Value; West Side Plant Installs, New Equipment. Commissioner's Action Taken . Over Head of Judge Cross ; Sunday Closing Provided. Controversy which has been rife for the past few months over the granting of a license to the dance hall at. Oak Grove beach, six miles north of here, was ended yesterday after noon when the two county commis sioners signed an order for the issu ance of a license over the head of county judge H. E. Cross. The license grants the application of H. Tregaskis and M. L. Hubbard for the operation of a dance hall there, and was awarded in face of a lengthy petition protesting against the moral tone of the beach. .Judge Cross, in view of the reputation of the beach last year and the com plaints which have been made, has refused to approve of the granting of the license. The application had been pigeon holed for such a length of time, that it -was" quite generally believed license 'would not be granted. TiiilffA Pmc ci citato? flint thA - mat- age, tax law that was enacted by the) ter nad not up while court was in session, but the commissioners people in 1920; in favor of higher ed ucational schools, except the state normal school. STATE HIGHWAY PATROL IS E Four Divorce Suits Filed In Local Court Four suits for divorce were filed In the circuit court here Tuesday. They are: Efula against Edward Ellis, mar ried in Portland March 18, 1920; Eula against J. Robblns, married in Port land in 1920; Susie against Jack F. Wilson, married in Portland April 24. 1920; Olive against Don Carlos Crad dock, married in North Dakota In 1910. The appointment of Floyd D Browne as. special traffic operative for Clackamas and a part of Marion county has been announced by- T. a. Raffetyr chief inspector of the state motor vehicle department. Browne who is a resident of Jennings Lodge, was formerly in the employ of the Pacific Highway Garage here. The problem of regulating the summer motor vehicle traffic Is expected by the department to be more extensive this year than in the past. To cope with the contemplated condition, the chief Inspector an nounces the dividing of the state into 11 districts and the assigning of a special operative to each district. The scheme as outlined by the state traf fic department is the most extensive highway patrol service ever attempt ed by the state. Mr. Raffetv said that courtesy to the public is one of the chief re quirements demanded by his depart ment. Each operative has been warn ed to obey the laws and render as-.j sistance to the traveling public when ever possible. Two Local Couples Get License to Wed Marriage licenses were issued in this city Saturday by county Clerk Miller to George Leneir Kruse, 11354 Alvina avenue, Portland, and Violet Martha Wettlaufer, of Hoff; Harvey Morton Barnes, of Milwaukie, and Vallie Brewer, of Milwaukie. The two latter couples will be married on Sun day, and the first couple was married on Saturday. . . . Another couple was granted a li cense on Saturday shortly after the clerk's office closed. This was Dave Sewerd, and Emma Hichhalter, both of Oregon City, Route 6, whose mat riage will take place today. j had signed an order prepared by local attorney when . the court was not in session. The license prohibits Sunday dancing and provides for special deputy sheriff, the expense to be borne by the operators of the hall. The pavilion as operated last year was the object of frequent complaints and strong opposition to granting license to continue operations the coming season has been voiced from the section in which - the hall is located. DATES ARE DETERMINED FOR FINAL EXAMINATION County School Superintendent Brenton Vedder has "sent out to all grammar schools of Clackamas coun ty notices 'giving the dates of the eighth grade final examination, also for the fourth test in arithmetic and spelling. The date of the fifth and last test in arithmetic has been changed from April 21st to April 14th. This has been found necessary in order . that County School Superintendent Ved der may make up his exemption rec ords for the eighth grade pupils in spelling and arithmetic for May ex amination. He is arranging special review questions in physiology, geo graphy, civics, history and grammar, and these will be sent to the gram mar schools of the county within a few days. There are about 13a grammar schools in the county where these questions will be sent to. Examinations win be given in antn- metic and writing on Thursday morn ing and on Thursday afternoon his tory and spelling', un 'iraay morn ing examinations will be in physiol ogy and language, while the afternoon will be devoted Jo geography, civil government "and reading. KAISER SAID DEAD That the paper making industry has grown to be one of the chief manufac turing industries of Oregon is a fact weU recognized in the trade, but lit tle known by the general public. Yet this industry now gives employment to over 3000 men in this locality. The great lumber resources of the Northwest, with wonderful water power, have long been recognized as ideal for paper making, and various kinds of paper have been made here for many years. It has, however, been chiefly developed in the last 10 years to the present important place that it holds. The greatest development has tak en place at or near Oregon City, where the Crown-Willamette Paper company developed two large plants employing about 1200 men, and where the Hawley Pulp & Paper company, established in 1908, employs about 600 men. However other plants have been built at Salem, at Lebanon and at Camas, Wash., that employ alto gether about 1200" more men. . Power Is Plentiful The chief reason for the large de velopment at ; Oregon City is the abundant water power provided there by the falls of the Willamette river, in addition to the water tranBporta- -tion available, and the raw material near at hand. . The plant of the Hawley company here vconsists of a wood pulp mill, a sulphite mill, and four paper ma chines. The plant produces news print for newspapers, fruit wraps in which apples, citrous fruits, etc., are wrapped for market, paper toweling, tissue paper and bread wraps. The product is largely used by Pacific coast consumers. Chough some ship ments are made to the Philippine is lands, and Hawaiian islands. The Crown-Willamette company plant at West Linn makes nothing but news print paper .at this mill. New paper machines were recently in stalled, built especially for this com pany and it has made what is be lieved to be a world's record for news print production, turning out on a continuous run as high as 1000 feet of finished peper per minute. New Machine Added This run was made on what are called the new "No. 9" machines, x About 300 tons of paper are produced every day. Sales of this paper is made to many of the leading1 papers of thg Pacific coast and some ship- ... ments are made.to the Orient. The Crown-Willamette company has a bag factory and paper mill at Camas, where about 850 men are em ployed, and where the company fills its orders for. paper hags and wrap pers. Here are made all sizes of pa- - per bags from the small envelope size to the large banana size, about five feet long. Fruit wrappers and tissue papers are also made at this plant. In the last year were produced at this plant about 100,000,000 fruit wrappers. The company also has a smaller plant at Lebanon for the making of wrapping paper or various Kinds. Here are employed about 200 men and use two paper making machines. High grade wrapping paper is sold from this plant all over the West. An other tissue mill Is operated at Floris- ton, CaL, where about 200 men are employed. This plant makes wrap pers principally for the California citrous trade. The Salem plant of ' the Oregon Pulp & Paper company gives employ ment to about 200 men and operates two paper machines. Other paper plants in the North west include the two large plants in British Columbia, one at Ocean Falls, which is one of the largest and most modern in the world, and one at Powell River. Smaller plants are op erated at Everett, Wash., at Spokane, and several other points. AMSTERDAM, March, 13. A re port spread through Holland today that the former Kaiser Wilhelm of Hohenzollern had died suddenly at Doorn. 2 ENTRIES LISTED FOR GLADSTONE POSTOFFICE WASHINGTON, March 13. Appli cation for the postion of Postmaster at three Oregon offices closed today. Gladstone, Shedd and Bay City were the three offices for which entries were received. Names submitted for the Gladstone vacancy were: Frank F. Barlow and Mrs. Carrie N. Park er. Examination to fill the vacancy at Hubbard postoffice is announced for April 8.