Y
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 16.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 2I, 1 922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
COMPROMISE ON
CITY HALL SITE
ING ROCKS
Singer Hill Location Facing
Stormy Action at Council
Meeting Tonight; Proposal
Getting Scant Approval.
FILING TIME ENDS FOR
Al A. Price Only Democrat on
List; Judge Campbell to be
Unopposed for Bench Here,
ARCHITECTS ARE TO .
INVESTIGATE PLANS
Joint Measure On Ballot Now
Forecasted; Recall Not to
Be Considered at Present,
The Singer Kill compromise site
for the city hall in all probability will
neither be placed on the baot nor ap
proved by the city council. Indications
to this etiect loomed -yesterday when
it was found that a number of mem
bers of the council do not favor the
building of the hall on the bluff site
near the 7th street steps, and it is
more than possible that the project
will meet a deadlock when It is pre
sented to the city fathers ' at their
special session this evening.
Committee Meets
The Singer Hill location was ori
ginally proposed as a compromise be
tween the hill and town sections A I
committee appointed at the joint
meeting yesterday viewed the site, j
and in accordance with their instruc- j
tions will make recommendations to
the council this evening. Just what
form these recommendations will
take has not beeu'disclosed though it
is understood that a definite agree
ment has been reached.
The number of councilmen who
have expressed themselves as against
the Singt-r Hili site is not as yet suf
ficient to permanently block the mea
sure even if an attempt is made to
force ir through but it is practically
certain that the battle
ensue over the attempt -to build the
city h2.ll on the- oil mill site would
be such that the council would not
feel justified in taking action itself
and wou'.t submit the proposition to
the voters.
Ballot Is Talked
Probable action by the various com
mittees which are interested in the lo
cation of the city hall, indicates that
if any measures are placed on the
May ballot, the two, providing for a
hill location on the Caufield property
or the use of the old city hall on
Main street will be the only tw con
sidered. Any movement to recall the
At the primaries in May, local Dem
ocrats will have but one candidate to
place for the race for the state legis
lature. Al Price has filed his candid
acy for representative and Is the only
member of his parrty who will have
his name on the ballot.
It is considered as probable that
Matt Glover, who some years ago
made the race, wiH conduct a pamp
aign to have hia name written in on
the ballot.
The time for filing in the primar
ies closed yesterday.
George L. Story, of Oregon City,
did not file for Circuit Judge of the
fifth district. This leaves J. U. Camp- j
bell, at present presiding on the
bench, the only candidate for the of
fice. He seeks the Republican nom
ination. Other state offices, for which the
filings were made when the books
closed, are:
Representative, 16th District
Republican Phillip Hammond Ore
gon City; George C. Randall, New
Era; Robert Schuebel, Mulino; Isom
C. Bridges, Oregon City; M J. Lee,
Canby.
Democrat Al A. Price, Oregon
City.
State Senator 12th District
Republican F. T. Tooze, Oregon
City; William M. Stone, Oregon City;
R. E. Cherrick, Barlow.
FIRECRACKERS
START $12,000
FIRE AT
BORING
Half of Business District
Burns; Town Is Threatened
By Blaze; Bucket Brigade
From Gresham Gives Aid
$4,000 BCKZEAT
BARCLAY SCHOOL
HELD INCENDIARY
LIVES OF CROWD IN
THEATRE IN DANGER
Conflagration Under Control
After Hours' Fight; Wind
from West Helps In Battle.
$18,000 BONOS IS PAID
BY LOCAL WOOLEN MILL
Graduated Scale of Gratuity
Payments Said Unique Plan
Of Oregon City Industry, j
day by the Oregon City Woolen Mills
hich would i to their employees in the form of a i
BORING, April 13. (Special)
Wiping out half of the business sec
tion here, endangering .the lives of
more than 50 people gathered in the
local" movie show, and threatening a
large portion of the reseidential sec
tion, a fire, caused by firecrackers,
did between $10,000 and $12,000 dam
age here at 9:15 o'clock this evening.
Men, women and children were
gathered in the Boring theatre to
night when the fire started in the
pool hall below. They were warned
and all escaped before the flames
found their way to the upper part of
the structure.
All of the business houses on the
east side of Broadway street were
burned to the ground. Bucket bri
gades were only able to save the sur
rounding buildings, and were aided
by a westerly wind which kept the
flames from catching on the other
side of the street.
The movie hall, the Van Dolin shoe
shop, the barber shop, dance hall, and
Boring Truck company garage in
which two trucks were stored, were
a total loss. Moran's home and the
postoffice were saved, though the
! Moran house was damaged by water
and the windows broken.
A call was sent to Gresham for the
That the fire in the Barclay school
early Sunday morning was of incen
diary origin, is the theory held by lo
cal officials after a survey of the
scene of the blaze whicn broke out
in the building at Twelfth and Madi
son at 4 o'clock.
The damage is believed to amount
to more than $4,000.
The reason for the belief that the
blaze was the work of a fire bug is
that the start was gained in the in
terior of a cloak room on the lower L
floor which was entirely empty. The
blaze swept up through the ceiling,
the second floor and out through the
roof. There were, the authorities say,
no possibilities of the blaze being due
to defective wiring or anything of this
nature, and it bad been empty since
school let out Friday.
The blaze was discovered by Frank
Koenig, who had just returned with
his wife from Portland, where they
had attended a party. Mr. Koenig's
attention was drawn towards the
building by a light and he immediate
ly turned in the alarm. About 100
people were attracted, many of the
residents including some of the vol
unteer firemen not hearing the elarm
BODY OF VICTIM
OF AUTO MURDER
IS SAID IN RIVER
Corpse of Portland Musician
Put In Hop Sack, Weighted
With Rocks and Sunk, Boy
Confesses to Police Of ficiaL
HECKER TELLS STORY
OF FATAL INCIDENTS
FIRE DAMAGE IN BORING EO'i'liiON OF
IS PLACLM $15 ENSAD
NEED OF STATE
Loss from Blaze Found toJ
More than First Survey
Showed; Figures are Given.
Circumstantial Evidence Net
Leads to Breakdown of Lad
Who Faces Heavy Charges.
ALBANY, Ore., April IS. Russell
Hecker, confessed slayer of Frank
Bowker. Portland musician led a
and had it not been for the prompt ( party of Portland police and detec.
tives late today to the place where he
action of the fire department the en-1
tire building would have been destroy-
ed, when arriving they $ound the
flames had eaten through the walls
into several of the rooms, and up thru
the roof. The woodwork of rooms 6n
the south side of the building is badly
charred.
The damage amounting to about
$4000, is covered by insurance.
During the height of the fire Cap
tain Gerald Warner in company with
Joseph Beauliau, hoseman, was over
come by smoke, and almost sufficated.
He remained unconscious for about
one and one-ha.f hours, after being re
moved to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
S. M. Cox on Twelfth and Madison
streets, where Dr. Edward McLean
was summoned and gave medical at
tention. Joseph Beauliau also suffer-
said the body of Bowker, weighed
with stones and tied in a huge hop
sack had been thrown into the nrhd
dy, swirling waters of "the- Calapooia
river, two miles west of Albany on
the Albany-Corvallis highway.
Albany townsmen early tonight
were still grappling with improvised
hooks for the body of Bowker.
Complaint Filed
PORTLAND, April IS. Russell
Hecker was formally charged with
first degree murder this morning in
a complaint filed in municipal court
by Deputy District Attorney John
Mowry. City Detective Fred Mallet
swore to the information.
The complaint comes after an all
ered from electric shock, when com- j nieht investigation of the mysterious
ing in contact" with a live wire. He j
was also overcome with the dense :
smoke. Chief Priebe, Assistant Chief j
Freson and Al Cox, hoseman, who
v ere also fighting the fire in the at-!
tic, came to their rescue, Cox carry-:
BORING, April 15. Revised esti
mates the damage done by the fire
which swept half of the business sec
tion here Thursday night, place the
loss at $15,000. The original esti
mates were $12,000.
Four buildings on the east side of
the street were burned down.
S. E. Waller, owner of the building
which housed the pool hall, a barber
shop and confectionery store, was un
able to save any of his equipment. He
could not account for the origin of
the fire.
Waller's loss was estimated $4000,
with insurance on the building itself.
S. N Morgan, owner of the' Boring
theatre, placed his loss at $5000, with
nothing insured. His living quarters
above the garage building of W R.
iPelford w-ere also a total loss.
n,quipm.ent in a shoe shop occupied
by S. T. Van Donelen was saved, but
the building destroyed. A. Peterson,
proprietor of a s'tudio above the shop,
likewise saved his furniture.
The Boring Auto Truck company,
operated by Shaver and Yeon, lost a
truck and supplies valued at $3000.
Ernest Glarner's loss consisted of
a trUjfk valued at the same amount.
The home of William Morand was
damaged, but a bucket brigade with
reinforcements from Gresham, saved
it from destruction. The impassable
condition of the roads prevented the
Gresham fire department from re
sponding to an S. O. S. call.
Judge L. E. Bean, Candidate
for Governorship Speaks to
Live Wires; Income Tax Is
Advocated to 'Aid Problem.
CHURCH HEAD TELLS
NEED FOR OPTIMISM
Industrial Conditions Are
Held Psychological; No
Need of Depression, Claim.
MULTNOMAH REQUESTS
DECISION I LOOP ROAO
name appears on the payroll for six
j months is entitled to two and a half
'per cent of his total earnings. '
This arrangement continues until
j the worker reaches a point where he
! has an added amount equal to 15 per
j cent of his receipts. The object of
; the company in offering this induce
i ment is the establishment of a steady
personnel at the plant.
An official of the company stated
recently that approximately SO ptr
cent of the present force employed
were classified in the 15 per cent
i category, this would indicate that the
bonds, as a retaliatory measure, can-1 great majority of the present staff
not be maue until the November elec- had tQree consecutive years or more
tion unless -a special Danot is canea. j service with the company.
Definite action on the Singer Hill j Tne bonus scheme of the Oregon
location is expected to be further de-', city Wolen mills is said to be the only
.layed by the need for an expert opin- j one of Ug kind in the west.
' ion as to the possibility if using it as
a building site. It is probable that
bonus. Under the existing plan of j firB ,iMa, tment. bur tlm pnrine could
the company every individual, -vho.se j. not eoMe due to the condition erf the
roads. Three cars of fire fighters
however, were dispatched, and the
bucket brigades were formed.
The movie and the pool, hall were
located in the Waller building and are
both owned by M. E. Waller. His loss
was said tonight to be about $1,500.
The fire was under control at 11
o'clock toinght.
DANCE HALL LICENSE !S
CONDEMNED BY GRANGE
an engineer and architect will be em
ployed to investigate the proposition
from this angle.
The rosy path outlined for the com
promise position will probably never
be tread as a stormy session over the
matter is booked to commence in the
council chambers tonight.
The Singer mill site for the city
hall is to be investigated and reported
on by the city council. This was de
cided last night at a special session of
the civic body.
A petition which had been framed
as the composite work of the repre
sentatives from the hill and, the down
town section was read by the record
er and discussed at some length by
the council and various individuals.
It asked that the council investigate
the Singer hill site and if feasible, lo
cate the hall there. If this were
found unpractical, it was suggested
that the two measures, to determine
whether the Caufield property on the j
hill or the old city hall property on !
' Main street be used, be placed on the
ballot.
Dr. H. S. Mount in a plea to have
the. matter viewed from an economi
cal ' standpoint emphasized the fact
that the suggestion to have the com
promise site adopted was. made irre
spective of the financial loss involved
in the abandonment of the present
structure, the leasing" of which he
pointed out would be a very difficult
rrof.t?eding.
Cross Gives Opinion j
Councilman Cross scored the recent j
McLoughlin park case as an atempt i
-to hide "behind two women's skirts,1
OREGON CITY LEADS IN
FIRE LOSS FOR MARCH
State Returns Show Damage
In Busch Outbreak Biggest
A resolution, condemning the grant
ing of the Oak Grove dance hall li
cense wag passed at a -meeting of Pa-
mona grange, held Wednesday at the
Parkplace grange. The resolution
follows: .
Whereas, H. Tregastis and M. L,
Hubbard conducted a dancing pavil
ion at the Oak Grove beach in the
year 1921, and
Whereas, said dancing pavilion was
conducted in such a manner as to af
fect the morals of the people amend
ing and discredited the community
in which said dancing pavilion was
In Oregon for last Month. I Nereis, Twas necessary to
SALEM, April 14. Fifty-four fires
in Oregon, outside . of Portland, dur
ing March, resulted in losses aggre
gating $276,5S0, according to esti
mates computed by State Pire Mar
shal A.' G. Barber, upon reports filed
with his office. More than one half
the total is represented by the big
garage fire at Oregon City, with a
loss estimated at $168,000. Thirty of
the 54 fires were in dwellings, seven
in barns, seven . in mercantile and
ether business establishments.
WOMEN REFUSE TO ACT:
NEW JURY PANEL DRAWN
A new penal of 14 jurors was drawn
Saturday by the county clerk to au
gment the original list, from which
a number of the women have declin
ed. Eleven of the 17 women who
were drawn in the first venire, have
declined to serve. The remaining
ploy special officers to see that the
law wa3 enforced, and
Whereas, the said people in viola
tion of their agreement, conducted
the said dancing pavilion on Sunday,
and '
Whereas, a remonstrance was filed
against the granting of another li
cense for the year 1922, and approxi
mately 90 per cent of the residents of
said community were opposed to the
granting of such license and protests
were made by the residents of said
community by petition and in person,
now therefore,
Be it resolved, that we, the Pomo
na Grange of Clackamas County, Ore
gon, condemn the action of the com
missioners for granting the said li
cense against the protests of the cit
izens of the community and the Coun
ty Judge.
ing the limp form of Captain Warner : been discovered
uuwn a narrow lauuer ana out or iuo i
burning buildir . He was later re-1
moved to the Cox horned where he'wa3"
revived.
The sprinkler system in the base- i
ment aided in keeping the fire from !
entering that part of the building, but !
only one of the sprinklers was work- j
ing.
The origin of the fire is under in
vestigation. There had been no fire
in the building since Friday, accord
ing to the janitor, George Gallihan.
Owing to the condition of the build
ing, caused by :re and water, school
haa been dismissed until the building
is gotten into condition, and it impro
bable that the classes in a number of
grades will be resumed about Wednesday.
disappearance of Frank Bowker, a i
musician, who was last seen with
Hecker.
A net of circumstantial evidence
had been wovsn about the youth but
as yet the body of Bowker has not
PORTLAND, April 14. Effort, to
OREGON CITY STUDENTS
GUESTS AT CONFERENCE
RAILROAD WILL IMPROVE
CROSSING AT PARKPLACE
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, April 14. The conference for
Student Body presidents and secretar
ies of the high schools of the state
and the editors, managers and staff
representatives of the high school pa
pers opened today with, Philip Paine,
.Quenton Cix, Bud Baxter, Peter Laurs,
Dwight Hedges and Albert Grossen-
bacher representing the- Oregon City
1 T 1 1 '
high school.
While at the university Philip
Paine, Quenton Cox and Bud Baxter
are guests at the Alpha Tau Omega
house, Dwight Hedges at the Phi Gam
ma Delta house and Peter Laurs and
Albert Grossenbacher at Friendly
hall. The Oregon City delegates will
leave Eugene Sunday afternoon.
Over 175 students representing
more than 21 high schools had regis
tered at the university at the close
of the first day of the conference.
Hal E. Hoss, managing editor f the
Oregon City Enterprise, is also attend
ing the conference.
Coal Exports Are
Smaller than 1920
and stated that the real motive be- j nine wno have accepted service are:
hind the affair had leaked out, and
that it was disclosed as an attempt
Continuea on. page lour.)
JAPANESE SMUGGLERS
WOUNDED BY SHERIFFS
ST. HELENS, Ore., April 17.
Caught red-handed in an attempt to
smuggle whiskey ashore from the
steamer Kaiau Maru, two Japanese
sailors engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand
battle with three Columbia coun
ty deputy sheriffs at 9:30 o'clock this
morning. Both of the smugglers were
wounded.
Maggie G. Friel, Cherryville; Arda L.
Amrine, Hoff, Route 1; Lulu M. Flet
cher, Molalla, Route 1; Louise Kara
rath, Oregon City, Route 3; Augusta
B. Haberlaeh, Clackamas, Route 1.
and Dora B. Herring, Estacada.
The new list, to serve during the
term which opens Monday, follows:
Eliza M. Ingram, Oregon City,. Route
3; Mollie E.: Straight, 804 1th street,
Oregon City: Edna Essen, Sandy; R.
D. Wilson, 614 Water street, Oregon
City; Clara E. Anthony, New Era;
Olive A. Swallow, Gladstone; Paul
iCinzer, Hubbard, Route 2; John R
Boyd, Canby, Route 1; Jessie M. John
son, 312 Madison street, Oregon City;
Gertie L. Everhart, Molalla; Maud M.
Cameron, Aurora, Route 4 ; W. . F.
Hartnefl, Milwaukie, Route 2; Nellie
M. Alldredge, 216 Pierce street, Ore
gon City; R. L. Peake, Carver.
COMPANY TO BE QUIZZED
ON RAILROAD CROSSING
The top was torn from a truck
owned by Edmund Oleen of 294 North
Twenty-first street, Portland, at 14th
and Washington streets Wednesday
night by the overhead crossing of the
Southern Pacific. The owner es
caped uninjured except for a slight
scratch on the face.
Residents in the vicinity who heard
the crash assisted him in loading the
wrecked top onto the truck. There
have been several accidents at this
point caused by the low overhead
clearance. The matter will be taken
up with the city council and the
Southern Pacific company in an ef
fort to have changes made. Another
matter that will be brought to the
attention of the railroad company and
the public service commission is' fhe
grade crossing between the St Agnes
baby home and Oregon City.
The condition of the crossing on
the River road between Oregon City
and Parkplace will be improved by the
Southern Pacific company, according
to word received by J. R. Stafford, en
gineer for XJregon City.
A communication from Mr. Stafofrd
recently drew the attention of the
railroad to the fact that the planking
did not extend far enough to allow for
the aprons. Cars which were forced
lo pass on the crossing, were compel
led to get off the planks, and get
caught in the tracks, often baving to The exports of domestic bituminous
run down the ties in order to prevent coal from the nUited States during the
turning turtle. year 1921 amounted to 20,652,7SS long
tons, valued at $122,596,704 according
to a report of the Fuel Division of the
Department of Commerce. This was a
decline of 40 per cent, as compared
with the 1920 exports, which were 34, ,
390,254 long tons, valued at $304,2,3,
241. These figures do not include
bunker 'coal laden on vessels engaged
in the foreign trade, which in 1920 ag
gregated 9,362,178 tons and in 1921
amounted to 7,547,518 tons.
The decrease in the 1921 trade was
divided mainly between France, Neth
erlands, Sweden, Canada and Argen-
revive Multnomah county's participa
tion in the Mount Hood loop road fea
tured today's opening session of the
state highway commission, when
Chairman R. A. Booth called upon Ru
fus C- Holman of the county commis
sion "lo explain again definitely the"
county's policy.
The original agreement for the im
provement of the road was made be
tween Multnomah and Clackamas
counties and the state. Clackamas
has already expended the major por
tion of its share on the work, but the
Multnomah appropriation was held up
by the state tax commission which
claimed that they had no authority to
contract an agreement against taxes
yet unlevied.
Holman reiterated that the county
had in good faith included the $85,000
item for this year's installment of the
loop road fund in the annual budget,
which sum was stricken out as not of
paramount necessity by the tax com
servation commission. He said the
policy of the county board would be
to include the item in its annual bud
get until the full amount of $10,000
has been paid. ,
Booth asked if other county road
funds might not be divertecj to apply
on the loop project and to ascertain
if this can be done. Holman invited
Booth to canvass the county road bud
get and work out something.
The beginning of the end of the in
tensive state highway construction of
the last few years will be in sight
with the opening of bids today and
J Saturday on projects constituting the
j Hill J W I paii jl -1 J o -J " "
projects will embrace approximately
I 295 miles of construction, together
with a number of bridges. The aggre
gate cost is estimated at $2,500,000.
RIGHT TO CLOSE ROAD
IS DENIED BY COURT
VENUE CHANGE GIVEN;
OVERLOADER FINED $10
After applying for a change of ven
ue from the local justice court, T. W.
Sellwood was convicted Thursday in
the Oak Grove court before Judge C.
A. Lewis, on charges of overloading.
Sellwood was accused of overload
ing a truck 2400 pounds. He was
fined $10 and $40 costs after the jury
The Holcomb road where it crosses
the O. P. Collier place ig - a public
highway and cannot be stopped by a
gate, according to the decision - of
Judge J. IT. Campbell in the circuit
court Monday. In the case of S. Stanr I Une Qf' the tota exports of soft coal, j returned a verdict of guilty. J. Dean
ifer against Collier and Van Zant, his ( 12.4S3 550 tons or 61 went to Canada, j Butler was named as special prose-
lessee, it was held that the thororare, The 1921 exports, while below those' cutor for the state,
AnAlnnnA r f Tin rCH'Orf fr nnn .
ucun,ai,, .-i. , 0 ia20 were nevertheless auu.uuu tons
to the owners of adjacent property j above th6 average of the past nine
when the farm changed hands. The years Exp0rts to Canada were 500,000
place was recently purchased by Col- hw th ,,inn vpaP average and to
lier.
SAFE BLOWN; JANITOR
BOUND; $3000 STOLEN
1 PORTLAND, April 17. The safe of
the Pantages theater was blown and
robbed of between $3000 and $3500 at
2:30 o'clock this morning. The yegg
men have thus far escaped.
Sam Bagley, negro night janitor,
lay bound and gagged in a dressing
room off the stage of the theater for
two hour3 before he was finally able
to work himself loose and give the
alarm.
The office and the safe were
wrecked by the explosion of nitro
glycerine. The amount stolen represents the
Saturday night and Sunday receipts.
otner countries l.uuo.uuu tons aoove i-.
' Anthracite exports during 1921 were
about 650,000 tons less than in 1920,
the total was 4,176,221 long tons.
Coke exports in 1921 declined 66
per cent from the 1920 figure, exports
in 1921 being 273.SS8 tons as compar
ed with 821,252 tons in 1920.
NATURA
1 KILLED, MANY INJURED
BY
PORTLAND, April 17. J oseph
Woerndle, former Austrian consul
here, will retain his American citi
zenship. United State3 District Judge Bean
this morning handed down a decision
refusing to cancel Woerndle's nat
uralization papers.
E
CENTRALIA, 111., April 17. Seven
are dead, four are reported missing
and IS injured, following a cyclone
which practically wiped out Irvington,
111., today, according to reports reach
ing here over badly crippled wires.
4 KILLED, MANY HURT IN
KENTUCKY WIND STORM
LOUISVILLE, Ky April 15. Four
lives were lost and many persons
were injured yesterday in a rain, hail,
wind and lightning storm which swept
practically all parts of the state.
That the total debt of the state of
Oregon equals one-third of its known
wealth and that only 22 per cent of
the population are taxpayers was a
statement made by L. E. Bean, candi
date for governor, at a meeting of the
Live Wires in the commercial club
rooms, Tuesday noon.
Mr. Bean pointed out that the total
indebtedness of the state is at present
313 million dollars and the listed val
ue of its resources in excess of one
billion dollars. The inequaity of the
tax burden was ' illustrated by the
speaker when he pointed to the fact
that the output from the farms in the
Willamette valley little more than ex
ceeded the amount demanced by the
state in the form of taxation. As a
contrast to this Mr. Bean showed that
a sum of one billion dollars was tied
up in non-taxable bonds and securities
held by various individuals and cor
porations throughout Oregon.
Income Tax Favored
As a remedy for this condition, the
candidate for governor suggested
equalization of the burden by a form
of income tax which would be gradu
ated in such a manner that the collec
tion would be made ' wherever the
amount collected would offset the cost
or expense of the levy. Declaring that
the state had been deprived of some
five million dollars in revenue since
1916, Mr. Bean showed' that in 1S6C a
grant of land 29 miles in breadth and
stretching clear across the state
which was made to a certain railroad
for the purpose of fostering construc
tion had by an act of congress in 1916
been removed from the tax roll. An
other instance of loss of revenue in
the opinion of the speaker was ex
emplified in the setting aside of some
13 million acres of forest reserve and
although not wishing to suggest that
the conservation of our forests was
not a highly commendable scheme yet .
at the same time the fact remained
that this vast area was not contribut
ing toward the maintenance of the
many public institutions which were
dependent on state appropriations.
Optimism'Held Need ,
Eulogising the spirit displayed by
the business men both in Oregon City
and elsewhere, Rev. Spence, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Vancou
ver, spoke on the benefits to be de
rived from a concerted spirit of opti
mism. It was, he maintained essential
for the well being of the nation that
an organized state of mind typifying
expectant prosperity be universally
adopted. Good or bad conditions of
industrial life were largely physchol
ogical and to a great extent governed
bv mental attitudes he said. At
the same time this could not be con
strued as the sole thing necessary to
the production of better times de
clared the speaker, should not
lose sight of the fact that foreign
markets were needed to absorb the
surplus products and that the actions
of the government controlled the fu
ture of the country.
Prior to the regular addresses "a re
port was received by the main trunk
from the committee in charge of the
city hall site. The committee asked
for definite instructions stating that
the compromise was meeting with
considerable opposition. After some
debate between the members on, the
architectural problems involved a
resolution was passed that the com-
promise location be submitted to the
city council.
The main trunk reminded the mem
bers that this was book week and that
any donations that could be made
particularly in theform of technical
literature would be a distinct aid to
the library and community at large.
An announcement was also made
by Mr. Clay promising unlopked for
attractions at the forthcoming house
warming and stating that any mem
berg who had failed to receive cards
could obtain same by communicating
with the secretary.
TAX REDUCTION CLUBS
PLAN WIDE DISCUSSION
A series of meetings over the coun
ty' for the purpose of discussing the.
tax situation in an effort to clarify
conditions and propound solutins, are
planned by the Tax Reduction club of
Clackamas county.
The definite program for the,meet
ings haa not yet been made out but
it ia expected that the series will be
arranged In the representative communities.