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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 15.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 1 4, 1 922.
COUNTY PROGRAM
IN MARKET ROAD
WORK COMPLETE
State Funds to be Used This
Year Independent of Bond
TAXES SHOW REDUCTION
CLACKAMAS
COUNTY
State Survey Gives Local
Cities .Good Position In
1921 Schedule of Imposts.
Clackamas county was one of the
VlftnoTr. DAi: I r' -"in me state which saw a decrease
Money; Kehef to be Given in taxes this year over the assessment
to Present Bad Conditions . IZJLr0?111 ? figures avaU-
sor. Civic taxes in Oregon City in
1922 show a decrease of 14397.17 or 7
per cent from the amount collected
in 1921. Taxes levied in 1921 at a
rate of 18.00 mills totaled $65,223.17,
in 1922 the rate jumped to 19.1 mills,
yet the total collected evinced a fall
ing off to $60,826.
This ' condition contrasts favorably
with the fluctations in other towns
throughout the county. West Linn
of Grades Is Held Possible. wllere e rate remained stationary
nas an increase in or $4519 19 over
the 1921 collections, a percentage in-
a n a t - -i j i- t i
The so-called bond roads in Clacka- - "l . iuuwi,ulue lso 8UO"s
3 u liamd i mcrease nf 7 ner ,hnn?h this
mas county, which were to be im- may be explained by the increase in
proved through the expenditure of the rate from 10.90 to 11.5. Other towns
FEW DETAILS STILL
MUST BE ARRANGED
touting Changed on Some of
Original Lines; Betterment
SCENIC HIGHWAY
NEW PROPOSAL
FOR OREGON CITY
E. P. Rand Susrzests Route
For Road to South Over
Bluff from Northern End
of City On Good Grade.
AUTO PARK WILL
BEAR NAME OF
W. P. HAWLEY, SR
VALUE OF PLAN FOR
FUTURE IS OUTLINED
$1,700,000 issue voted in 1919, will be in tne state are listed as levying less
ui iMa tiia.ii i3ii uiougn in no in
stance is the decrease so great as in
the case of Oregon city.
Fiaures Are Compared
In contrasting the figures given for
county taxes imposed during the cur
rent year with those of the preceed-
ing period Clackamas county can be
credited with almost 1 per cent of a
decrease. This reduction analyzed on
the amount collected through state
and county sources shows that the
local assessing body effected a saving
of $45,000. This saving is more than
two-thirds offset by the increase em
bodied in the state levy, due princip
ally to the BOldiers' bonus levy and
state appropriations for new build
ings.
The actual figures for Clackamas
county are 1921, .$1,512,159; 1922,
$1, 498, 401. There "are but ten other
counties in the state where the de
crease is greater than in this district.
These counties in their respective
order are Morrow, Multnomah, Mal
heur, Columbia, . Clatsop, Sherman
a7irnej, uiiiiairc ana tsaKei . l ue ic
tals for Morrow county where the
greatest falling off is shown ar 1921
$544,681; 1922, $456,377; this repre
sents a decrease of 16.21 per cent.
Deschutes Increase Greatest
Deschutes county with a total for
1922 of $615,065 compared with the
1921 amount of $498,026 has the larg
est increase registered in the state.
This is approximately 23.50 per cent
and while exceeding any other county
is closely followed by Lincoln where
the 1922 levy is given as $428,568 and
the 1921 tax as $349,978 an additional
burden of 22.45 per cent.
Examination of figures available re
veals the fact that the increases reg
istered in all counties outside of
Clckamas county are directly attri-
butable to the local voters or assess
ing bodies. State figures are less in
all communities other than this dis
trict and the total for the state as a
whole indicates an average decrease
of 1.75 per cent. The biggest factor
in this showing is the reduction in
the college millage taxes which in
1922 was levied for one year only as
compared with the amount colletced
in 1921 which included the 1920 tax.
taken care of Independently through
the market road funds, for the pres
ent ignoring the bond issue which is
being held up through a complication
ofcauses.
i his decision was reached Satur
day by the county court, following
the consideration of the matter for
more than a year. Although the out
line of the exact expenditures to be
made and the roads which will be
recommended as market highways
will not be completed until next week.
the plan of action is definitely settled
Relief l Afforded
The decision, according to County
Judge H. E. Cross will amount to the
improvement of the roads as market
roads alone. In the event that the
bond issue can be made operative, it
will be used for the laying of the hard
surface pavement as provided in the
original act. If nothing can be done
with the bond funds, the judge points
out, tee districts in which. these high
ways He will be afforded the market
roads to relieve the present condi
tion.
The routing of a number of the
bond roads has been changed under
the market fund plan. The reason
given by the court forthis is that the
surfaced highways were laid in a way
that in many cases servedi directly
but a few farm houses An effort has
been made to lay the roads where the
majority of the people in the district
can be Berved. In several cases the
grades have been improved by these
changes.
One Plan Pending
The one road which is holding up
the isuance of the order is the Happy
Valley. The original bond road ran
over the Mount Scott line at a heavy
grade. By a 19 to 1 vote at a meeting
of the people in the district Friday
night it was decided to change the
road so as to run it from the Sunny
side school, northeast, dividing the
valley. Definite plans for this are
to be worked out by the engineer and
as soon as they are completed the
entire order covering the market road
situation in the county will be issued.
The road bonds are at present fac
ing the possibility of a recall. Initia
tive petitions are being circulated to
recall the unspent portion. Opposition
to the issue is based on the conten
tion that it is unworkable as the dis
tricts are forced to prepare the base
and the bond money is used only in
pavement. Excessive costs, it is said,
have made this impossible, and the
court has felt that the issue in its
original form could not be applied
economically.
Idea Held In Advance of All
Present Programs to Get
South End Traffic Outlet.
JUDGES ARE NAMED FOR
ENTERPRISE T CONTEST
Rev. H. G. Edgar, R. W. Kirk
And Philip Hammond Will
Have Charge of Awards
EX-SERVICE MEN PLAN
E
The first event in the campaign of
the local post of the American Legion
to raise funds for furnishing new per
manent quarters will be a grand mil
itary ball to be held at the Moose hall
Wednesday evening, April 26th. This
decision was the outcome of a meet
ing held in the Willamette hall Mon
day night. According to Julius C.
Spagle, secretary of the post, a move
ment is at present under way to pro
cure a permanent home and exclusive
club rooms and the dance is but the
forerunner of other novelties which
will be introduced in the near future.
The secretary announces that the
(post has recently received official
grave marker8 to be placed on the
graves of ex-service" men. This cere
mony will be held on Memorial day
and a large attendance is assured.
At the next meeting the local body
plan an entertainment for all veter
ans in the county; this to take place
April 24. At Monday night's meeting
a committee was appointed to inquire
into the Japanese situation in Clacka
mas county and to take whatever
steps they considered necessary. A
debate was also held on the question
of unrestrained immigration into the
"United States. -
A visit to the Molalla post at their
first meeting is contemplated by the
Willamette branch of the legion. .
Rev. H. G. Edgar, R. W. Kirk and
Phillip Hammond have been chosen
as judges in the "T" Word Picture
Puzzle and on Monday evening, April
17, will grade the answers that have
been .turned in by that time and will
name the winners of the big prizes
offered.
The judges will have absolute
charge of the choosing of the" winners
and no one connected with the En
terprise will have any action in, the
matter nor is anyone connected witn
this paper in any capacity permitted
to enter the contest in any .manner
whatsoever.
Answers to our "T-word" picture
puzzle are coming in at a lively rate
and the prospects are that it is going
to be an interesting and exciting
game at the end.
They are all working at it, it seems
the boys and the girls both old ana
young. But who is going to win the
prize? That is what it will be inter
e sting to see.
There is no game of chance about
this picture Duzzle. It is a test of
good eye and auick wits. ' And the
beauty about it is that the fellow with
a lot of book learning doesn't stand
much more show than the fellow witn
only a practical education in the
school . of hard knocks.
A new plan for the South End road
has been unofficially advanced, with
the intention of opening a way for
what i8 said by its proponent to be
tne possibility 'or one of the most scen
ic routes along the Pacific Highway.
B.rnest f. Rands is the originator of
the idea, which would start the ascent
of the bluff from the North where the
hill commences, taking it in a com
paratively even grade over the top of
the hill, and through Canemah.
Route la Given
"By reason of its rugged bluffs,
falls and manufacturing industries,
Oregon City possesses a setting for
one of the most scenic highways of
the state," writes Mr. Rands. 'Com
mencing at the northerly end of the
city, at the intersection of 14th and
Washington streets, thence proceed
ing southerly on an ascending grade,
following the contour of the hill thru
the blocks, bounded by Center and
Washington streets and between llth
and 14th streets, to the intersection
of llth and Center streets; thence
continuing southerly on an ascending
grade along the face of the bluff on
the easterly side of the Southern Pa
cific railroad,' crossing the present
pf-inf'" Jlil gvace.-ta the top oftho
bluff &ar the end of the 7th street
stairway. Thence along the crest of
the bluff on what is known as Bluff
street or Public Promenade to the
southern limits of the city to the in
tersection of Main street Canemah.
Details Yet Unsettled
While the writer is not prepared to
state off-hand just what, if any, en
gineering obstacles will be encounter
ed, from a cursory examination it
.would seem that a practical roadway
could be constructed along this route
on a grade of 6 per cent or less.
This boulevard or highway, if con
structed, would afford an unparalleled
view of the Willamette river, its falls,
the bridge, the lower part of the city.
West Linn, Willamette and Bolton,
and show off to advantage the great
industrial plants of the Hawley Pulp
and Paper Co., the Crown-Willamette
Pulp and Paper Co., Portland General
Electric Co., and the Oregon City
Woolen Mills.
All this and more would be present
ed in one sweeping panoramic view
to the passing motorist and would be
one of the great attractions of Ore
gon City. In thia way only could the
stranger within our gates grasp the
enormity of our manufacturing plants
as well as our scenic advantages.
While it is probable that this could
not be undertaken at the present time,
the opportunity to construct a great
scenic highway should not be lost
sight Of in the plans for the future
development of the. city."
A resolution, changing the name of
the Oregon City Auto Park to "Haw
ley Park," is bein prepared by the
city attorney and will be presented to
the city council at its next session,
probably on April IS. Passage of the
resolution is assurred as the council
at its last meeting, by a vote of 7 to
1, decided to instruct Attorney Eby
to outline the necessary legal to re
name the park.
Agitation for the change in the
name of the park was begun during
the recent movement of community
betterment started through the local
.commercial organizations. In a reso
lution addressed to the council they
asked for this recognition to W. P.
Hawley, Sr., in appreciation of the
pubic spirited work which he is doing
along various lines. His activity re
garding the auto park prompted the
decision to cast it as a memorial
which will bear his name.
As the auto park, which is owned
by the P. R. L. and P. is leased to the
city,' the action of the council will be
' sufficient to change the name. The
park lease, at $1 a year gives the
municipality compete control of the
bluff site, which has been removed
from the tax roll as in its present use
it is considered in the same class with
other public property.
The Commercial club Is planning to
inaugurate ' a movement for the im
provement of the park. The adoption
-of the state wide system for (park
fees will make the grounds self sup
porting, it is hoped, and the work of
the civic organizations, hitherto
directed toward upkeep will be to
ward the improvement of the location.
2 NEW BONUS RULINGS
MADE BY COMMISSION
HOODOO ON POSTOFFICE
AT LODGE THOT BROKEN
Mrs. L. Nordstrom Succeeds
To 111 Fated Appointment;
Jinx Tossed Into Discard.
XBLISHED 186
OPEN
TENDERS FOR ROAD WORK
SCOURGE CLAIMS FIVE
PORTLAND, March 31. Two more
children and one grown man were vlc
time today of septic sore throat which
has been epidemic on Portland
Heights and which has led to the tak
ing over by the public health bureau
of the Pleasant View dairy near Hills
dale. This brings the total deaths
since the disease spread to five.
The county court will again call for
bids on grading and macadamising
4400 feet of Market road number
situated between Carver and the bluff
according to a decision arrived at Sat
urday. In response to the county's
request for bids asked for on this
section some time ago, one offer was
submitted yesterday. This was from
John A. Powellof 4624 64th street,
Portland, and the figure quoted was
$8177. In view of the fact that the
engineer's estimate was only $6760,
it was decided by the court to reopen
the bidding.
L. A. Smith, of Oregon City, will
Jn all probability get the contract for
supplying rock from.Kruse quarry for
the roads in that vicinity. This fact
became known Saturday when the
county court opened the bids submit-
ed for this work. There were nine
tenders received in all and it is con
sidered highly possible that iSmith
will land the work, although final de
cision is not yet made..
The tender sent in by Smith quoted
a price of 97 cents per cubic yard f.
o. b. the county trucks. In addition
to this his bid contained other pro
visions which tended to create a fa
vorable attitude on his behalf.
The work entailed Is the quarrying
of approximately 6000 yards of rock,
mainly for use on the Boone s ferry
road.
CASH BONUS THREATENED
WASHINGTON, March 30. A move
will be made In the senate to elimin
ate completely the"cash bonus feature
of the soldier bonus bill as passed v
'he house, Senator Smoot, Utah, said
today, after a conference with Presi-
p-rit Hardline '
Two important decision3 regarding
the application of the so-called sol
diers' bonus law in Oregon, have been
handed down by the bonus commis
sion. Regulations regarding insur
ance of property ov which a mortgage
j3 slTfn in 64c.iT - foC a loi. an4
decision on the elegibllity of husband
and wife who were both in the serv
ice, have been made. These decisions
received yesterday by Phil Hammond,
local bonus attorney, follows
(Question: Are policies written by
the Oregon Fire Relief Association to
be accepted by the Commision equally
with standard fire insurance, policies,
on property mortgaged for soldiers'
loans?
- Opinion: Its policies contain the
.standard lorm of policy required by
the laws of this state. They all have,
and the law requires, a provision that
In case of foreclosure and sale of the
property covered by the policy, it be
comes null and void unless otherwise
specified by a condition written upon,
or attached to said policy. Policies
therefore acceptable equally with
standard fire policies.
Question: Where a man and wife
both in the service and both are eligi
ble for benefits under the law, can
their claims be pooled to purchase a
home or farm of sufficient value to
secure the double loan which, in the
maximum, would be $6,000.00, both
jointly signing the note and mortgage
and each of them, therefore, becom
ing liable for the entire loan?
Opinion: If the property is held by
them by an estate of entirety,, under
the decisions of our Supreme Court,
the husband and wife each have title
to the entire property which is so
held bv them: therefore, each can
eom-Dlv with the law by giving' secur
ity upon property which he or she
owns; or, if the title to the property
stands in the name of the husband or
wife alone, the other complies with
the law by giving a mortgage upon
property owned by his or her wife or
husband. It seems to me tnougn, mat
the loans should be evidenced by sep
arate notes of the parties since the
Btatutn limit the amount of-any loan
to $3,000 The underlying principles
are that each is entitled to the loan
of $3,000 and offers unencumbered se-
Another chapter in the jinx-pursued
career of the Jennings Lodge postof-
iice nas Deen closed with the appoint
ment of Mrs. L. Nordstrom as post
mistress. Six years of trouble, mark
ed by failures, robberies and fires,
during which time six people have
served in governmental capacity and
the bad luck believed broken with the
moving of the office back Into the
store building where it was originally.
Six vears nern C, A. ETlwaii wa, nnct.
nraster. The office was located in the
general store near the station El-
well owned and operated the store.
which he purchased from the former
postmaster. He owned the place for
two years when the building was
burned. Elwell was indicted for ar
son, and confessed. Later he changed
his plea and stood trial, being convict
ed and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary. The case is at present
pending before the supreme court.
Elwell was later arrested and con
victed on a charge of being short
$2,400 in the federal funds. He wa
sentenced to a year on McNeil's Is
land, but upon plea of friends, it was
changed to a jail sentence and he
served it in the Multnomah county
jail. During the fire, Elwell's wife
had barely time to escape, and in
leaving , the building fell, fracturing
her- hip. The injury leaves her a per
manent invalid. '
Alfred L. Barker rebuilt the store
where he served as postmaster for
two years. He suffered a nervous
breakdown during which period his
wife served as postmaster.. Treat
ment' at the state hospital failed to
save Barker, and he died January 13,
1922.
After Barker was incapacitated and
Mrs. Barker resigned, L. J. O'Brien re
ceived the appointment, employing L.
Nordstrom as deputy. Later O'Brien
DOWN TOWN 8JS&uUN CITY TO
ASK REDUCTION
' IN FREIGHT RATE
FOR CITY HALf IS
TO GO ON BALLOT
1
Main Street Property Looms
As Counter Proposition to
Offset Movement to Place
Building on' Hill Location.
BIG FIGHT IMMINENT
BETWEEN FACTIONS
Internal Discord Marks New
Contention Over Question;
Recall Plan Is Said Bluff.
Build the city hall on Main street
location where the old municipal
structure now stands: this in all Dro-
bability will be the counter proposi
tion suDmutea to the voters at the
May election to fight the issue of pur
chasing the Caufield property on 7th
street.
Action to fight the move to locate
the city hall on the hilL was taken by
the Live Wires of the local Commer
cial Club at their meeting, when a
committee was appointed to take the
necessary proceedure to place a down
town location on the ballot. L A.
Henderson, L. A. Morris and Willard
Hawley were named by Main Trunk
EJ. I Pope to select the location and
get immediate action Both Hender
son and Morris stated from the floor
that thoy favored the locating of the
new building on the present city hall
9property on Main street, Hawley is
also in favor of this location. As the
matter rests entirely in the' hands of
the committee, there is little doubt
but this site will be chosen.
The discussion before the Wires was
Commercial Club Will Send
Representative t o South
To Attend Hearing Before
Interstate Commerce Body.
RALPH L. SHEPHERD IS
NAMED AS COMMITTEE
Vigorous Clean Up Drive to
Be Undertaken; Stipp Will
Head Municipality Survey.
sold the store to Nordstrom and a dis-!"" wo" ure
he. was .to- attain to tb postmaster
ship under the agreement. -' O'Brien
moved the postoffice to the Atchley
building across the street, and there
was considerable controversy though
O'Brien, und.er the original appoint
ment, conducted the office.
A month ago, Nordstrom died. Since
then. Barker has resigned and Mrs.
Nordstrom has won out in the compe
tition for charge of the office. She
has moved the postoffice back to the
store building which was originally
owned by George A. Morse. And once
more there is peace in the postal af
fairs of Jennings Lodge.
APPLICATIONS FOR CASH
BONUS SURPASS LOANS
Of a total of 872 applications under
the bonus bill made from Clackamas
county, 543 were for cash and 329 for
loans, according to a report completed
by the bonus commission. In this
county the total amount of cash in
cluded In the claims is $135,750 while
the loans will aggregate $919,900.
Throughout the state as a whole, of
approximately 23,000 Oregon ex-service
men who have filed their bonus
claims with the state bonus commis
sion, 59.7 seek cash and 40.3 prefer
the loan.
The applications filed to date in
volve an aggregate outlay of $30,136,
500, including $3,412,000 ' cash and
$26,724,500 in loans.
While in the aggregate the cash ap
plications exceed those for bonus
loans, in many counties this situation
is reversed. For instance, in Gilliam
county but 20.7 per cent of the appli
cations are for cash, while 79.3 per
cent prefer -the loan. Virtually the
same percentage applies to Deschutes
the hill site. Price was instrumental
T at the last : meeting in holding tfp a
vote on a resolution calling for the
appointment of a committee to under
take the wrk of pushing the hall agi
tation. The resolution also condemn
ed the recall of the bonds. Main
Trunk Pope, in naming the commit
tee, placed Price as chairman. Price
refused to serve, saying: "Put me on
a- committee to see that the recall
goes on the ballot as a third issue and
I'll act."
The status of the city in the case
was described by O. D. Ebzy, city at
torney, who informed the Wires that
there was yet time to place a site on
the ballot if they desired to do so.
Prospects not only over a fight re
garding the location loom hotter than
ever upon the municipal horizon, with
dissention not only between the hill
and the down-town sections but with
disagreement between the two fac
tions.
There is considerable difference on
the hill over the purchase of the Cau
field property. Some maintain that
$8,000 is too large a sum to spend for
any property, and claim that the issue
that carried the McLoughlin Park site
was one of economy, and that the con
tention was more over whether or
not property should be purchased
than the exact location
Proponents of a site below the bluff
are divided on the Main street ques
tion. Some claim that the present
city hall site is not suitable for a new
building, because of its size and the
fact that it is located in the heart of
(Continued on page four.)
county.
Ex-service men of Columbia county
curitv to the amount required Dy tne are strong: for the cash provision, 74.2
statute therefor. The mortgage . be-1 per cent requesting cash, while but
ing signed by botn, suDjects tne en- 25.8 desire loans.
tire property to the lien of the mort- Of the 3463 non-resident applicants,
gage and the obligaton to pay the 3250 want cash,, and but 213 loans
same. The relations of the parties
makes It possibje for them to comply
with the requirements of the. statute
in this way while others probably
could not. Affirmative with excep
tion above noted with respect to the
note.
BIDS FOR REMODELING
JAIL TO BE CALLED FOR
Calif f -Cameron
Nuptials are Held
The marriage of Margaret Nannie
Califf to Lewie Hiram Cameron oc
curred Monday evening at 6 o'clocS.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Willis E. Pettibone at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bristow, 608 3rd
St. Thise witnessing the ceremony
were Mrs. O. P. Califf, and Mrs. Bri
stow, mother and sister of the bride,
Mr. Bristow and Bon, Walter Bristow.
Mr. Cameron is connected with the
Falls Bakery. Mrs. Cameron is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Califf
of Estacada, but has been residing in
thig city with her sister for some
time.
An ' application for their marriage
license, which was refused Saturday
due to the fact that Miss Califf is un-
;ge. was granted Monday when
lor motner gave ner couueni 10 ma
Bids, including competitive plans,
are to be received by the county court
during the May term for the recon
struction of the court house jail. At
the budget meeting in December,
$6,500 was included for the rebuilding
of the county bastile. The court, due
to the press of business, has so far
been unable to give the matter atten
tion, but it is expected to make the
arrangements in the coming term, ac
cording to Judge H. E. Cross.
15 YEAR OLD BOY HANGS
HIMSELF IN DUCK HOUSE
PORTLAND, April 11. Edwin Tay
lor. 15 year o'd student of the Aber
deen, Wash., high " school, committed
suicide by hanging himse'f in a duck
house in his father's ranch on Sau-
MIXED JURY WILL SERVE
UPON STATUTORY CASES
Jess Poyser, Facing Indictment
Of Circuit Grand Jury, Is
Admitted To Bail of $500.
Jess Poyser, awaiting trial on an
indictment charging him with a sta
tutory offense, was at liberty Satur
day on $500 bond. The bond was
placed by Charles Mann and John
Rain.
Poyser, who had been held in the
county jail, was released on an order
from Judge J.'U. Campbell, pending
the trial, but was re-arrested and re-1
quired to furnish bond. His ease,
and a number of similar offenses will
be heard in the April term of court
which opens on the 17th of this month
The juries will be the first in the cir
cuit court here composed of both
men and women.
CALL FOR GRAND JURY
ON APRIL 13 IS ISSUED
The circuit court grand Jury will
convene on April 13 for the last time
in the November term, according to
District Attorney Livy Stipp. At that
session, which Judge Stipp expects
will last about two days, the final,re
port of the jury will be made.
The new jury, to serve during the
April term, which opens next Monday,
will be drawn on that date from a
Oregon City will be represented at
the Interstate Commerce Commission
hearing in San Francisco, April 25, to
urge the allowance of revision of
freight rates on the Southern Pacific.
Ralph L. Shepherd has been appointed
a committee of one by the Live Wires
to take the matter of representation
up with the board of governors and
will in all probability attend the hear
ing in the name of the city, its com
mercial interests and the commercial
club.
The situation, as described by Mr.
Shepherd to the club, involves the re
duction of freight rates to meet water
competition. If it is not granted, he
says, the result will be the inaugura
tion of mileage rates, which would
establish a fatal differential In the
case of Oregon City, which is at pres
ent enjoying a low arbitrary over
Portland.
Readjustment of the rates, he point
ed out, would result in a considerable
saving on movement of tonnage to
main points in California and greatly
facilitate the shipping of local busi
ness houses and industrial plant's
tonnage.
Reception to be Held
Announcement was made by Secre
tary Sam Clay that a reception to '
new members and old fashioned house
warming is scheduled by the Com
mercial Club in the club roms in the
Masonic Temple on Friday night,
April 21. At the meeting of the board
of governors the whole matter of ar
rangements was referred by the board
to the House committee entertain
ment committee and executive secre
tary, to work out all plans and details
for the affair. Frank Cramer, chair
man of the house committee is at
work arranging the program of features.
The committee announces that ad
mission on that night will be by mem
bership card only. Any member of
the Commercial club in good standing
will be admitted to the inner circle of
enjoyment upon presentation of his"
membership card at the door. The -membership
campaign, while it is
over so far as the intensive drive" is
concerned, is still open, and the rolls
of the club await the addition of any
added members.
Clean-Up Survey Plan
A resolution was adopted instruct- -ing
the Main Trunk to name a com
mittee to further the clean-up cam
paign. - The committee is to make a
personal survey of conditions, report
ing to the property owners things
found which need rectifying, and mak
ing a final survey of the state of af-.
fairs, before the Wires at a subse
quent session. L.ivy stipp was namea
as chairman, with A. C. Howland and
C. H. Dye as joint members.
J. D. Lee, candidate for Republican
nomination for governor, spoke on the
early develpment of Clackamas coun
ty, of which he was one of the pio
neers, .tracing tne progress oi sumo
growth of the districts, he drew as a
moral the necessity of not despising .
small beginnings toward betterment
and improvement of conditions and
lauded the commercial organization
for the way it had undertaken the
aiding of the community.
Morris Duyera, secretary of the de
partment of service and organization
of the state chamber of commerce,
was present at the meeting, but did
not speak, deferring his address until
a later date. Press of discussion over
the city hall question so limited the
time that there was no room for the
program after the other matters had
been thrashed out. Mr. Duyrea, is
expected to address the Wires in
about two or three weeks.
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY LEGION AUXILIARY
The American Legion Auxiliary
held their regular meeting at the Com
mercial Club parlor? Monday evening.
"Mrs. Glen Eppler was elected sec
ond vice-president and Mrs. Leslie
Crawford sargeant-at-arms, Mrs. Blake
Bowland was appointed past-president
A fund to decorate the. graves of
our soldiers who fell on a foreign
field was established.
Plans for a joint social meeting
with the legion were made. Mrs.
Minnie Donovan was appointed chair
man of the refreshment and enter
tainment committee.
Several new members were elected
to membership, the initiation cere
monies will be held at the next regu-
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