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FHTY-8IXTH YEAR. No. 13.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3 1 , 1922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
CLACKAMAS AUTO CO.
HAS $168,000 BLAZE
MANY PRIZES LISTED IN
PICTURE WORD PUZZLE
Burned to the ground by a fire of unknown origin, th
Clackamas County Auto and Tractor Company, located in the
Bueck building at the corner of 1 1 th and Main streets is a
total loss.
Hie damage is roughly estimated at more than $ 1 00,000.
In less than a quarter of an hour the flames which broke
out t 11: 40 o clock last night had the entire building beyond
possibility of being saved. The oil and gasoline in the building
and the inflamable character of the structure gave rise to an in
tense heat. The building itself was burned to the ground in
less than an hour.
The individual damage, estimated last night is :
Clackamas County Auto and Tractor company, $50,000.
This loss is two-thirds covered" by insurance.
Damage to private cars stored in the garage, $35,000.
Insurance unknown.
Busch building, $15,000. Partially insured.
Damage to Busch apartments, $ 1 ,000.
Damage to adjacent buildings, $500.
The alarm was turned in at 11: 45 o'clock. The flames
are believed to have started in' the driveway on the 1 I th street
side of the building. The entire building was engulfed almost
at once- When fire department arrived it was impossible for
the men to enter, and they concentrated their efforts on saving
the adjacent buildings.
Fire Chief Priebe was successful in confining the flames
practically entirely to the one structure.
Concentration of two hoses on the gasoline tank which
was buried in the front of the filling station to the south of the
building, prevented an explosion.
The fire was one of the most spectacular seen here in
years. The oil gave forth white flames, visible as far as Port
land. During the first half hour, there was little wind and a
number of the buildings in the immediate vicinity were jeop
ardized. At 12:30 a stiff south wind came up, blowing the
flames against the Busch apartment structure and endanger
ing the houses to the immediate north of 1 2th street.
Efficiency on the part of the fire department saved the
entire, district from being burned.
Local officials who made a hasty investigation while the
fire was at its height, were last night unable to ascribe any
cause to the blaze. Jake Risley, manager of the garage, be
lieve that-it.was impossible for any defective wiring or any
thing of that nature to have caused the blaze as it started near
the display rooms where there was nothing of that nature.
The Buech building was constructed '
sr yaZ trrr 'DESTRUCTION OF TOWER
owned by Busch and sons
MARKS END OF BRIDGE
which is i
located about ten feet north. Thomas
F. Ryan, president of the Bank ot j
Comcerce is also president of the !
auto company.
Ncuo of the occupants of the build-j With the lowering of one of the.
ing were endangered, and the flames j cables and the removal of its sup
were discovered in time to give warn-; porting tower the last phases in the
ing to an employee of the garage who demolition of the old bridge
slept in the building. There was very ; commenced Thursday afternoon. The
With this issue The Enterprise an
nounces a "Picture Word Puzzle" that
will prove of Interest to both young
and old alike, and not only will it af
ford much interest and amusement but
in addition to the fun derived winners
will be well paid for the time devoted.
On another page of this issue isa
picture of a typical village on a busy
day and in this picture are dozens of
objectsthat begin with the letter "T.
At a glance you will be able to see sev
eral of these objects and with' a little
close study many more will be found
The object of this contest is to find
the greatest number of these and those
who succeed in naming the most will
be the winners, the first may win
$50.00; second, $35.00; third, $25.00;
fourth, $15.00; fifth, $10.00 and the
sixth $5.00. Whatever you win depends
entirely upon yourself and the inter
est you take in the work.
You do not even have to b"i a sub
scriber to the Enterprise to e-M.er this
contest nor do you have to turn in a
subscribe'-. Yt-u may enter at any time
and without a cent of cost, tot evn
for the paper, but if you ao turn in
either one, two or three or "our sub-
scriptdns your winnings will be geater
than if you work on the puzle atone.
With one subscription the f;rst prize
jumps from $3.00 to $15.00, two sub
scribers, either old or new, the first
prize is $25.00; with three subscribers,
one to be new, the first prize is $35.00
and w'th four subscribers, two of them
new, the first prize is $50.00.
There are six prizes and all of them
increase with the number of subscrip
tions turned in. The rules are given
on the page with the picture and a
glance will show that they are oasy to
follow.
This content will not be a long-
drawn oir afiair, but will abjolntely
b- clope.l on the night of April IT and
thi winners will be named as nr. cs
possible to make the count. Just four
short weeks and this easy money will
be awarded to the ones who devote a
little time and energy to this pleasant
little game. All answers must be mail
ed by April 17 and any bearing a later
postmark will not be counted.
Get busy today. Study the picture
and find all the objects that begin with
the letter "T." The are all in plain
sight and tbere are dozens of them.
Read the rutes carefully and send in
your answer as soon as possible.
COURT DECIDES
AGAINST PARK AS
CITY HALL SITE
A permanent injunction, restraia
ing Oregon City from building a city
hall in McLoughlin park, was granted
by Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell Sat
urday. The decision was made in the
case of Mary Norrig and Mary Cau
field against Oregon City which was
instituted in the local court last Au
gust. The order of the Judge marks what
may be the termination of the first
cycle in the litigation over the muni
cipal building. Whether or not the
case will be appealed to the supreme
court is still in doubt as this matter
rests in the hands of the city council.
O. D. Eby, city attorney, said yester
day that he would not advise the
council to appeal the action other
than to definitely settle the question
of legal use of the parks as building
sites. He is not overly confident of
a reversal or the decision or the lo
cal court.
The decision was verbally given by
Judge Campbell in open court and has
not yet been written, but is based up
on the contention of the plaintiffs
that the original grant of the site by
Dr. John McLoughlin, was decided for
park purposes only and that the build
ing of a hall there would infringe up
on the patent purposes.
The $35,000 bond issue which was
voted in 1920 for the building of the
city hall is still unsold and cannot be
disposed of until the legal points of
question are cleared. There is no
dispute over the legality of the bonds
but the city does not desire to pay in
terest on a fund which is accumalated
for a purpose to which it cannot be
put. "
The next step will probably be tak
en at the coming meeting of the city
council April 5. A decision to appeal
would continue the litigation and de
lay any immediate steps toward the
securing of a new location.
RECALL OF ROAD
BONDS NOT TO BE
ON MAY BALLOT
Delay In Filing of Petitions
Will Prevent Action Upon
Measure Until November;
Activity to be Continued.
FIFTY PER CENT MORE
SIGNATURES NEEDED
Circulation of Papers Starts
For Repudiation of City
Hall Issue of $35,000.
REBEKAH LODGE HOLDS
16TH CONVENTION HERE
little loss to the personal effects of the
residents of the Busch apartment, but
some' furniture, owned by Busch and
Sons, which was stored in the top of
the garage building proper was losu
A crowd of several thousand people
gathered to watch the conflagration.
Two P. R. Li. and P. cars were un
able to get through to Portland. Short
ly after 12 o'clock, the guys of the
trolley wire which were attached to
the building gave way but the braces
on the east side kept the trolley wire
from falling into the street.
Estimates of the Carnage made last
night are believed to be well within
the limit but no official tabulation of
the loss can be made until today. So
intense was the heat from the build
ing that all of the cars stored there
will be a total loss, and the entire
salvage value will be nil. The brick
chimney of the furnace is the only
giant cable was lifted from the two
towers by means of the big derrick
which the contractors are employing
on the new bridge. The same means
was employed in the removal of the
tower which was first sawed through
near the base and then lifted bodily
from its foundation. With the de
struction of the remaining towers and
the removal of the other cable the
bridge of 188S will have vanished
from the annals of Oregon City.
BRAKES FAIL; 10 CARS
COLLIDE; 1 OVERTURNED
Defective brakes o n Lawrence
Webb's car were the cause of a col
lision at the corner of Fourth and
Center street early Saturday morning.
Webb was unable to slow up at the
corner with, the result that he struck
and overturned a car belonging to J.
W. White who was-proceeding down
Center street. Webb had come from
the direction of the hill and in turn
ing out at Center street his brakes
refused to act. Both cars were con
siderably damaged but no one was
jured.
White's car had both rear wheels
smashed and the fender badly crum
pled. Webb's machine had the steer
ing gear disabled and the front lights
broken. A wrecking crew from the
Capitol garage towed both cars to the
! garage where they are being repaired.
FOR TEACHERS MEETING
The program for t:ie meeting of the
teachers' institute to take place at
the Milwaukie hieh school April 1,
portion of the structure which is still has been ann0unced. Subjects up for
standing, a gaunt sentinel over a mass discussion will include the suggested
of black and smoking wreckage., re
duced to the level of the ground.
The entire building collapsed as a
whole, after the fire had raged but a
half hour. The oil in the building and
changes in the state course of study
both elementary and high school. The
county unit plan for school adminis
tration as it affects the teachers and
the taxpayers, will also be discussed.
the gasoline in the tanks of the vari- The program as prepared by County
ous machines, kept the flames fed so School Superintendent Vedder has
that even when the structure was been sent - to the various principals
razed, they reached a height of more and teachers throughout the county,
than 200 feet.
.None of the firemen were injured
.and all of the department's equipment
delivered 100 per cent. There were
no accidents or delays in the fighting
.of the blaze.
HEAVY SENTENCE
CLACKAMAS GARAGE TO
REOPEN BUSINESS HERE
The Clackamas County Automobile
and Tractor company, which suffered
a $90,000 loss in a fire in the Busch
building last Thursday night, will con
tinue business here as soon as a suit
able location can be secured, accord
ing to the statement of Jake S. Risley,
manager of the company. Definite
plans have not yet been completed,
but the company intends to hold all
of its present automobile agencies.
Damage to the cars stored in the
garage has been reduced from the or
iginal $35,000 estimate to $15,000. The
list of owners, practically completed,
is Steve Chambers, Harry Baxter,
Louis Barry, George McLoughlin, R.
Confers Bohs and Art Smith.
Thi reduction cuts the total damage
figure to $148,500. .
The tinge of Oriental humor which
prompted K. Suzuki to give the name
of the Japanese delegate to the peace
conference when he was arrested last
January, must have stood him in good
stead yesterday when, on a second li
quor offense, he was fined $500 and
given a year's jail sentence by Judge
E. J. Noble. -
Suzuki, when first arested, gave the
name of K. Kato. Japanese names
were all alike to the local officers
and no one questioned. But when he
was taken into custody a few days
ago, a driver's license belied his ef
forts to establish the same nom de
guerre.
The jail sentence was suspended by
the judge on condition that Zuzuki
leave the county.
FRENCH DELEGATE NAMED
PARIS, March 28. Minister of Jus
tice Barthou was today appointed
resident of the French delegation to
'he International economic conference
at Genoa.
DIES AFTER OPERATION
Mrs. Emma Day McKeehan, wife of
J. C. McKeehan, of this city, died at
Oregon City hospital Saturday morn
ing at 5:45 o'clock, where she was tak
en a few days ago.
Mrs. McKeehan had been ill for the
past eight months, and underwent an
operation at a hospital in Marysville,
Calif., and about two months ago, af
ter returning to Oregon, underwent a
similar operation in the St. Vincent
hospital, Portland, and was taken to
Ibe Oregon City institution for medi
cal treatment.
Mrs. McKeehan was born July 7,
1860, and came West about twelve
years ago, first settling in Central
Oregon, and came to Oregon City
about a year ago.
Deceased is survived by her hus
band, J. C. McKeehan, of this city;
four daughters, Mrs. Hoveta Endres,
ot Klamath Falls, Oregon; Mrs. Floe
Enloe, of Oregon City; a son Frank
O. McKeehan, of Oregon City. She
also leaves two brothers, William and
Charles Brown, of Colorado; a sister,
Mrs. Sarah-Bell, of Knob Noster,
Johnson county, Mo., died about a
year ago.
Mrs. McKeehan's parents, the late
Samuel and Sarah Brown, were early
pioneers of Missouri, making their
home for many years near Knob Nos
ter. Her father and the father of her
husband, Samuel McKeehan, were
school boys together, spending the
frontier days in Missouri.
ROBBERS GET HAUL
CINCINNATI, O., March 23. With
in full view of hundreds of passersby
and with a policeman directing traf
fic not a hundred feet away, three
bandits today held up the Liberal loan
office in the heart of the city and
escaped with diamonds and jewelry
estimated by Sam Sabin, owner of the
pawn shop, at $100,000.
The annual Rebekah convention of
District No. 2, Willamette Lodge No.
2, was held iu thj city on Saturday,
when Willamette "Rebekah Lodge was
host of the day. This was the 16th
convention of the district, and was
largely attended. Representatives
from Oregon City, Gladstone, Milwau
kie, Clackamas, Estacada and Molal
la attended.
Presiding over the meeting were
the following officers: Nellie Currin,
chairman; R. W. Brown, vice-chairman;
Eva Surf us, secretary; Grace
Robinson, marshel; Mary Echerd, con
ductor; Mrs. Be&vey, inside guard;
Cordelia Carter, outside guard; Mae
Waldron, chaplain; Izetta Albright,
supporter to the chairman; Lillian
Holcolm, right supporter to chairman;
Mrs. Pinnell, left supporter to chair
man. -The officers chosen for the next
convention are: Mrs. R. W. Brown, of
Milwaukie, chairman ; Mrs. Blatcb
ford, of .Molalla, vice-chairman; May
Esgelman, Estacada, secretary; Lucy
Tralue, Clackamas, treasurer. The
appointive officers are as follows: L.
Rivers, conductor; Myra Shannon,
left supporter; Mrs. Ridings, inside
guardian; Mrs. Ewalt, outside guar
dian; Mrs. Harrington, cnaplain; Mrs.
Benvey, right supporter to vice-chairman;
Mary Howell, left supporter to
vice-chairman.
The next convention will be held at
Milwaukie in the early part of 1923.
The convention opened at 10:30 a.
m. with the following program:
Snnp- "America:" Introduction of
Grand Officers; Address of Welcome
Christena Barber, Willamette; Re
sponse from Milwaukie Lodge; Roll
call of officers; Reading of minutes;
Appointment of committees.
Afternoon Session
1-is m- Song "Star Spangled
and reports ot
indues- Paner Proper terms and ex
pressions of Rebekah Oddfellowship
Lucy Trabne Shamrock, feoio muu
Lageson, Willamette; Procedure when
an Investigating scommittee - report
unfavorable Shamrock; Report of
committee on Memorials; Report of
committee on resolutions; itecogni
tion of past chairmen; Exemplifica
tion of examining and introducing a
visitor from another jurisdiction
Centennial; Solo Maude Lageson;
Paper How officers may make a
lodge meeting interesting Cordelia
Carter Centennial; Reading, Miss
Hargraves, Shamrock; Round table;
Unwritten work; Election of officers;
Report of committee on Press; Re
port of committee on Thanks; Instal
lation of officers.
Evening Session
7-30 Vocal solo Lyman Wornock,
Willamette; Address by president;
Degree work Willamette.
Among the visitors were the follow
ing presidents, Mesdames Gustine, of
Portland; Woodman, matron of the I.
OOF Home and W. H. Howell,
trustee of the I. O. O. F. Home; Past
Grand Representative, S. S. Walker.
There were also visitors from Wis
consin. Colorado, Washington Sham
rock Rebekah Lodge No; 113, of Clack
amas, was awarded first prize for the
best report of work done; Centennial
No 147, of Estacada was commended
for its fraternal work.
COAL PARLEY RESUMED
NEW YORK, March 27. Labor
members of the anthracite wage scale
subcommittee returned from Cleve
land today to renew negotiations
with the operators in an effort to
avert the strike called for April 1.
Failure to obtain the requisite num
ber of names on the petition to recall
the unsold portion of the $1,700,000
road bond issue precludes the possi
bility of the question being placed on
the ballot at the forthcoming prim
ary election. J. Dean Butler, attor
ney for the parties sponsoring the re
call movement, states that although
the question will not come up at the
next election, it is the Intention of
those promoting the recall to continue
the campaign for signatures so that
the recall can be placed on the ballot
at the fall election.
The petition as it now stands has
1215 names on it, this is 50 per cent
less than the amount needed accord
ing to County Clerk Fred A. Miller.
The clerk states that to put the peti
tion in such a shape as to qualify it
for the ballot the law requires that
it be signed by 15 per cent of the
county's voters or that it have in all
2496 signatures.
Besides the lack of names the peti
tion was not filed within the prescrib
ed time limit which in this instance
j should have been March 18 or sixty
ua a yi ior lu tu
Petitions for the recall of the city
hall bonds were being circulated Sat
urday. Conditions governing this
movement are similar to the road
bond recall except that in this case it
will be necessary to obtain 15 per
cent of the City's voting strength and
the filing of the petition will have to
be done prior to September 7th to in
sure the matter being placed on the
ballot for the fall election.
ACTIVE WEEK PLANNED
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FISH WARDENS ARRIVE
TO PATROL WILLAMETTE
Robert Stewart, Sr., and Frank C.
Brown, state fish warden, have ar
rived in Oregon City where they are
patrolling the Willamette river, their
territory being from Sellwood -to the
falls. These officers are to remain
here during the salmon fishing sea
son, and will keep watch on the fish
ladder when the salmon begin to
make their appearance during the
open season.
Robert, Jr., a student of the Aetna
school, who made a record for him
self when catching a salmon weigh
ing 15 pounds, in 1918, then a lad of
nine years of age, is enthusiastic as
ever over the sport, and is looking
forward to retaining his record dur
ing the coming season. A picture of
the lad and his salmon appeared in
the Portland Oregonian, and attract
ed Eastern publications, another pieJ
ture coming out in the magazine
"Forest and Stream."
The lad accompanied his father on
a patrolling trip a few nights ago,
and although unusually cold and wet
during the night, the boy was game.
PASSENGER ON TRAIN IS
HIT BY ROCK; HEAD HURT
Clyde Rogers, a passenger on the
Southern Pacific south bound train
en route to San Francisco, received a
scalp wound Thursday evening when
struck by a stone thrown by boys
take on passengers. He was able to
continue his journey, receiving first
aid from the members of the train
crew.
An elaborate series of meetings
ranging from demonstration lectures
to motion picture exhibits, have been
scheduled for farming- communities in
Clackamas county, during the first
week in April.;! The meetings are ar
ranged through the local farm bureau
and with the co-operation of County
Agent W. A. Holt
On April 4 and 5 Clayton L. Long,
extension horticulturist of the Oregon
Agricultural College will lecture on
spraying and general orchard pest
control. The lectures are the second
of -a series of four upon horticultural
problems, scheduled for Clackamas
county this year. The first lecture,
April 4, will be given at Carus at
9:30 a. m. On April 5, the lecture will
be delivered at the Garfield Grange
hall at 2 p.m.
A series of motion picture exhibits
prepared by theU. S. Department of
Agriculture wilt be in Clackamas
county during ? the week beginning
April 4. -Three kilms will be shown,
"Milk and Honey," dealing with dairy
culture, "Trails that Lure," a scenic
film of the Columbia River Highway,
and "The How and Why of Spuds,"
dealing with potato culture, based up
on developments in research in Aroo-
stoak county, Maine. Mr. Holt has
booked four of the six meetings at
which these films will be shown.
They are: Carus, April 4; Garfield
Grange, April 5; Union Hall, April 6;
and Cottrell Parent-1 backers associa
tion, April 7.
Arrangements have been made for
a series or lectures ana demonstra
tions here during the middle of the
month by George W. Kable, new
drainage specialist for Oregon of the
O. A. c. Meetings in cooperation with
the county agent are to be held and
it is planned to give practical aid to
the farmers in the solution of their
drainage problems. The definite date
for Mr. Kable's stay in this county
has not yet been outlined,- but the
county agent is already listing re
quests from farmers over the county
who are to avail themselves of Ka
b.'e's advice.
A seed potato lecture and demon
stration is to be given by the county
agent at Wilsonville on April 8. The
lecture, booked, for the afternoon, is
to be held at the grange hall. More
than 20 potato meetings have been
held throughout- the county during
the past few months, Mr. Holt reports,
in line with the project of the county
farm bureau for improving the crop.
Considerable interest has been mani
fested in the study of seed selection
ami treatment, as well as concerted
effi.r ioward the controlling cf any
potato pes-ts.
An ftlort is being made to stand
aidize the varieties of poti.ooj grown
in the county and to foster the use of
certified seed. So universal is the
demand for good seed becoming that
the farmers in a number of cases
were forced to go outside the state to
purchase seed of the desired quality
in quantities sufficient to satisfy the
demand here. Plans for cooperative
marketing are also being worked out
by the farm bureau to include the lo
cal potato crop.
This week a series of demonstra
tions upon the subject of sheep man
agement are in progress under the
direction of H. A. Lindgren, live stock
specialist of the O- A..C These meet
ings are: March 28 9:30 a. m., J. W.
Smith farm, at Macksburg; 2 p. m.,
S. A. Cordill farm, near Molalla.
March 29 10 a. m., Drexel White
farm, near Monitor; 2 p. m., Gust Jae
ger farm, near Wilsonville. March
30 9:30 a. m., W. W. Harris farm, on
Beaver Creek road; 1:45 p. m., C. B.
Sprague farm. Upper Logan.
M PUT OFF
UPON CITY HALL
BY LIVnvIRES
Resolution Against Recall Is
Tabled; Speakers Declare
Time Not Propitious for
Further Efforts In, Case.
PROPOSAL LAUDING
FIRE STAFF ADOPTED
Assembly Commends Work
of Department In Recent
Main Street " Conflagration.
Two Divorce Suits
Filed In Local Court
Two applications for divorce were
filed in the circuit court here Thurs
day. Isabel Young seeks freedom
from her marriage " to Joe Young
which took place at Goldendale,
Wash., November 28, 1917, alleging
desertion. Ramona Eugenia Wersch
kul files suit against Robert Frank
"Werschkul on the grounds of cruel
and inhuman treatment. The pair
were married at Salem February 17,
1921.
POSSES SEEK BANDITS
PORT ANGELES. Wash., March 27.
Armed posses today were continu
ing their search for bandits who have
'errorized the lodging camps of this
district with murder and robbery in
the last week.
LOCAL OFFICERS MAKE
.RECORD LIQUOR CATCH
What is declared to be the largest
liquor haul ever made in Clackamas
county, was effected by Sheriff W. J.
Wilson and his deputies Friday night.
More than 200 gallons of saki, or
rice whiskey, and 950 gallons of rice
mash were confiscated by the sheriff,
along with a complete saki press.
S. Suzikai, who is renting the farm
owned by T. W. Saggert, is in the
county jail, being held to await a
hearing before Judge E. J. Noble to
day. Suzakai was arrested January
23 by Deputies Long and Hughes and
Justice Moore of Tualatin. At that
time he gave his name as K. Kato. He
was fined $500, which he paid. Three
Japanese, with him at the time, were
deported by the Immigration authori
ties, as it was found that they had
entered the states after jumping from
a Japanese liner.
The liquor which was found last
night was in the same place in the
upper story of the house as the 100
gallons of liquor and the 800 gallons
of mash found in the raid last Janu
ary. UNLIMITED OIL IS AIM
DENVER, Colo., March 27. Oil to
supply the world for thousands of
years has been made available by an
invention said to rank with the steam
engine, the telephone, the automobile
nd the wireless.
The machine is a series of revolv
ing retorts which not only extract the
or at the rate of 100 to 200 barrels a
day, but also fractions the oil into gas
!':e. -iptioI snd other products of
" immc"cial value.
What might be construed as tacit
approval of the movement to recall
the $35,000 city hall bond issue, at
present unsold while the location of
the projected building is being clear
ed in the courts, was given by the
Live Wires of the local Commercial
club who at their meeting Tuesday
noon tabled a resolution calling for an
expression of sentiment against the
recall and the appointment of a com
mittee to further attempts to bring
about a settlement of the present con
tensions over the project.
Characterizing the present period as
not propitious for the erection of - a
new municipal building, Al- Price op
posed the resolution, favoring the pur
chase of additional fire apparatus in
stead of spending the funds for a new
building. He pointed to the recent
fire in Oregon city where the loss to
taled over $150,000, as evidence of the
need and dilated upon the predica
ment the city would have been in
without its present equipment.
A similar position was taken by O.
D. Eby who took issue with the wis
dom of added municipal expenditure
in building projects at this time. Rev-
erend H. G. Edgar urged a definite
expression upon the project rather
than sidestepping it for the time be
ing, as the recall petitions were "m
circulation.
The resolution was:
Whereas, the construction of a suit
able city hall in Oregon City adequate
to the needs of the city administra
tion, the police and fire "departments,
is an immediate necessity and
Whereas, the courts have decided
that the city hall cannot be built on
McLoughlin park and there is no
doubt but that this decision will be
sustained and
Whereas, the way is now cleared
for the selection of a new site, there
fore be it
Resolved that the Main Trunk be
and he is hereby empowered to ap
point a committee to further activities
in this regard, which committee shall
stand until the successful termnation
of their efforts or the appointment of
a new committee and be it further
Resolved that the Live Wires go on
record as opposed to the projected re
call of the $35,000 city hall bonds.
A resolution introduced by O. D.
Eby was unanimously adopted com
mending the fire department for their
showing last Thursday night when the
Busch building was burned. A number
of similar expressions of commenda
tion were made' from the floor.
Resolution as adopted is as follows:
Whereas, on the 23rd day of March
1922, a fire occurred at 11th and Main
streets of Oregon City, which entirely
destroyed a valuable building belong
ing to Frank Busch, and its contents
belonging to Clackamas CountyAuto
and Tractor Company, and,
Whereas, for a time it seemed that
said fire threatened to destroy all
other buildings in close proximity
thereto and would have destroyed the
same had it not been for the brave,
skillful and energetic work of the
Fire Department of Oregon City, Now
therefore be it
Resolved by the Live Wires, that
we express our sympathy for all those
who sustained loss by reason of said
fire, and we heartily commend and
praise the efficient work done by the
Fire Department of Oregon City, in
saving all other buildings and much
more property from loss.
PARTIAL TAX RETURNS !N
COUNTY TOTAL 1129,418
Collection of taxes on the first half
of the assessments due in Clackamas
county totals $129,418.28 for the first
period of 30 days, according to a re
port of I. D. Taylor head of the tax
collection department. The largest
single payment was made Monday by
the Weyerhauser timber company up
on their holdings in Clackamas coun
ty". The first half of their taxes totals
$10,970.26.
During the period from February
21 to March 7, a total of $35,127.56
was collected. In the three days from
the 7th to the 10th of March, the to
tal ran $39,539.05. From March 10th
to 22nd, the total was $54,751.67. The
first half of taxes become delinquent
after April 5. '
SENATE TO PASS BONUS
WASHINGTON. March 27. Pass
age of a soldier bonus measure by the
senate before adjournment oi
session appears to be assured.
this