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OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1922.
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 17.
ESTABLISHED 1866
OREGON
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LIVE WIRES 0. K.
COMPROMISE ON
CITY HALL SITE
Settlement Agreed On With
. Hill Body for Location of
Municipal Building Subject
of Report at Lunch Meeting.
CARVER CANNERY GEFS
READY FOR OPERATION
Management Has Secured Big
Order; New Machinery Is
Installed In Concrete Plant.
SALMON PROTECTION
TO BE INVESTIGATED
O. D. Eby Charges Depletion
of Willamette; Atheletic
Field Committee Is Named.
Endorsing the compromise site for
the city hall, inaugurating action to
secure a playground and children's
athletic field, and auoointing t com
mittee to investieate the planting of
salmon fry in the Willamette, the
Live Wires of the local commercial
club held a general discussion at their
session Tuesday noon.
The committee composed of L. A.
Henderson, L. A. Morris and Eci. 'h:
son, which was appointed to select a
downtown site for the proposed citv
hall, was discharged, after tha report
of Chairman Henderson regarding the
compromise affected with the hill peo
p'e, which would locate the municipal
building on the bluff at the head of
Eighth street. The action of the city
council in approving the bluff site was
endorsed by the Wires. Characteristic
-of the turn which has been taken in
the city hall agitation during the past
few weeks, there was very little dis
cussion. Upon Henderson's motion
the provision was made that the club
would not endorse a building which
would require more than the $35,000
bond issue. The draft for the plans
drawn for the building by Edmund
Bergholtz, of Portland, were submit
ted at the meeting. v
Packers Control Fishing
The question of protection for the
fish industry was introduced by O. D.
Eby, who charged that the fish com
mission was controlled by the Colum
bia River packers and that the Wil
lamette and tributary streams were
being robbed of their spawn to feed
the Columbia. "It is a fact," said
Eby, "that the fish, in four years re
turn to the stream in which they are
planted. The spawn is being taken
from the Willamette and after the fish
are hatched, they are planted in the
lower river The packers there are
reaping the harvest and the streams
in this part of the country are being
depleted."
Eby drew at length upon the value
of the salmon fishing here as a tourist
resource and as a source of revenue
to local fishermen. He pointed out
the great runs of fish which were no
longer a yearly evnt, and laid
R. L. Peake, of Carvel-, manager of
the Harver Canning ("omDany. accom
panied by the president of the com
pany, A. H. Ritzau, of Damascus, were
in this city Thursday afternoon, com
ing here on business pertaining to the
cannery, which is located at Carver,
about seven miles from Oregon City.
The company was organized last
year, before the fruit season- closed,
and this year's business is encourag
ing to the management, for the man
ager has already secured an order for
$100,000 worth of canned goods. It is
the intention of the management this
year to start the cannery into opera
tion as soon as the early fruit comes
on, and strawberries will be the first
fruit to be canned, to be followed ty
later berries, besides apples, pears,
peaches and plums. About 50 people
will be employed this season.
A large number of the farmers of
that section are planting land to fruit
trees, since the cannery was establish
ed at Carver, and will dispose of the
fruit to the manufacturing establish
ment instead of depending upon the
local markets to dispose of the same.
The cannery building is a substan
tial structure, being built of concrete
and tile, and having a dimension of
40x100 feet. It is well located and
near the Carver railway line, as well
as on the main road. iNew machinery
is being installed by Mr Peake and
Mr. Ritzau, having recently been pur
chased at a price of $7000.
The officers of the establishment
are as follows: R. L. Peake, manager;
A. H. Ritzau, president; H. Peck, vice-
president; John Miller, secretary and
treasurer.
WAGES IN MILLS
IN OREGON CITY
TO REMAIN STATIC
Local Industrial Plants Not
To be Affected by Cut of
ARMY CUT IS ATTACKED I HECKER TO BASE
BY SECRETARY OF WAR
Proposed Reduction Branded
as"Greatest Folly 'by Head
of Department's Statement.
WASHINGTON, April 25. The
., f in t-1 'i t a t f wnrlit offaira and thp
International Pay at L.ndj creation of new balances of power,
j such as the new treaty between Ger
many and Russia, were cited oy se
cretary Weeks today to show the ne
cessity of preserving an adequate
American army.
Weeks declared in concluding his
testimony before the senate appro
priation committee that he "could not
think of greater folly" than the re
duction of the army below 150,000
men.
of this Month, Statement.
SCALE TO BE UPHELD
SAYS W. P. HAWLEY
Conditions Here Will Not be
Changed, Is Indication of
Position of Paper Heads.
FIGHT UPON PLEA
OF SELF DEFENSE
Preliminary Hearing Held In
Portland Court; No Protest
Against Legal Proceedure
Made By Man's Attorney.
TWOARANT BOYSWININ
ENTERPRISE TJST
STATE FIGURES REVEAL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS PLAN
TO COMBINE MEETINGS
Deviation Is Shown Over Past
Year Tho Totals Expected
To Remain About Static
The apportionment of the common
school fund in Clackamas county will
be somewhat under last year and the
amount of the elementary tax money
will be in advance of the past period,
according to County School Superin
tendent Brenton Vedders figures for
the division which is to be made dur
ing the next three weeks. By the mid
dle of May the apportionment to the
different districts will be completed.
It is probable that the total amounts
will be approximately the same 'as
the j last year, despite the variations in
reason to the fact that they are not
being repientished properly.
Planting Difficulties Shown
Raymond Caufield and A. E. Rugg
pointed out the difficulty of planting
the Willamette streams, due to na
tural limitations, such as the fact that
in a number of the tributaries the wa
ter was so low when the fish were
large enough to go down stream that
they couldn't get over the falls.
Eby was appointed as a committee
to take the matter up with the com
mercial club for a full investigation
and if it is found practical, to inaugur
ate a movement here for the forma
tion of an organization to protect the
interior streams.
Rev. H. G. Edgar, Charles W. Kelly
and Sam Clay were appointed as a
committee to further the agitation for
an athletic field. The matter was
taken up some time ago and the at-
tempt to have the city and the school
board cooperate on the purchase of a
site, was lost by default when it was
sidetracked by the city, council. The
committee is to investigate a site and
report back to the Wy-es.
each fund.
The reason for the increase in the
elementary fund is that the state ap
portionment of taxes to the county
increased generally this year, result
ing in raising the quota for the ele
mentary two mill tax.
The common school fund is a coun
ty levy, and is curtailed by the inter
pretations placed by the county court
on the new budget law which becomes
operative this year.
The contemplated cut in the wage3
of paper mills to be made by the In- j
ternaiionai raper iiius luruugnuui
the East on May 1, will not affect Ore
gon City, according to the statements
made Monday by W. P. Hawley, presi
dent and Willard P. Hawley, Jr., man
ager of the Hawley Pulp and Paper
company.
The present wages will be kept in
force and no attention will be paid to
the scale in the eastern mills, Mr.
Hawley, Sr., stated. "The agreement
that the local mills would be govern
ed by the International scale, was not
made with the eastern mills, but with
our own men as a guarantee that the
wages would not go below the union
scale," he said. "The rate here has
been somewhat in advance of that
paid in the eastern unionized mills."
The wage at present paid for com
mon labor is 35 cents an hour, which
with nine hours work, makes the min
imum wage $3.15 a day. The average
shift wage is 73 cents. This reduction
was made December 1, and represent
ed a cut of 8 cents on common labor
and 5 cents on shift work.
May 1, 1921, the International mills
reduced from a $4.32 to $3.46 basic
wage for common labor, and a further
reduction put a scale in vogue a trifle
below the going wages here.
During January, a readjustment was
made in some of the .New York paper
mills. This affected neither the In
ternationa mills nor the local plants,
but it was announced that a readjust
ment would probably be made at the
first of May of this year when the con-
Cash bonuses to world war veter
ans in the state of Oregon total $2,
174,752.83 to date, according to state
figures received by Phil Hammond,
attorney for the local branch of the
American Legion. Loan applications
are said by the local representative
to amount to $30,793,922.00 and are
classified as follows: immediate, $21,
925,975.00.; defied, $8,867,947.00..
In numerical ternfs Initial applica
tions for bonuses are said to be 25,792
of which 15,125 specified cash and 10,
667 desired loans. The number of
loans passed by the state aid com
mission is shown to be 8,817 while a
total of 11,977 applications for cash
bonuses were favorably passed on.
The number of claims which were
returned to ex-service men as being
improperly filled out is reported as
11,433 while 12,264 have already been
prepared and mailed out to the re
spective beneficiaries. The state aid
commission are said to have approved
and turned over to the secretary for
state 8,106 applications and to have
rejected 500 claims.
A contrast betwen those desiring
what is termed by the commission
city and tarm' loans is provided in
the announcement that 1,403 applied
for the farm loan and 1844 for the city
loan.
The number of loans which have
been rejected by the commission on
the grounds of illegality as to amount
I T-o ntilu 11 no mmTwrp-l with 421
tracts w th the international expired. loang approved as to amount
The local mills, according to Mr. Haw- Ag m ag 1 853 appraigal order3
ley intend if possible to keep the . haye been sent ou(. from the state
scale where it is at the present time bureau and 224 title examination or-
" ' ders have ai been dispatched.
LOCATION FOR TRIAL
IS NOT YET DECIDED
Evidence Indicates Murder
Not Premeditated, Opinion
of Experts On New Facts.
Picture Pu-s' .1 Have
Diffic$. fo Verify
Liv.o a Near Tie.
"Thes
ys. Teach Thoughtful
Thoroughly Try Them-
PORTLAND, April 25. (Spec
ial) No decision had beep reach
ed definitely regarding the county
in which Hecker will be tried. It
is still considered probable that
Multnomah will conduct the case,
thouah a change of venue may be
asked.
PORTLAND, April 25. Sensation
seekers who crowded the municipal
courtroom to the doors yesterday
missed all the expected thrills in the
preliminary hearing of Russel Hecker,
charged with the murder of Frank
Bowker cn the night of April 16. It
was entirely devoid of sensation.-
Municipal Judge Ekwall went thru
the formality of' holding Hecker to
the grand jury. The defense declined
to show its hand and made no formal
legal protest to the court's action.
Persons familiar with the murder
investigation as it has developed dur
ing the week say that the facts that
the arrangements to secure the ma
chine and gun were hastily made, ap
pear to indicate that the slaying was
not pre-arranged by Hecker. If Hecker
had been planning to do away with
Bowker for his money, it is pointed
out, be would have made definite ar
arrangements toward procuring a
weapon before he was ready to start
on the fateful trip, and he also would
have an automobile in readiness in
stead of waiting almost to the very
moment he was ready to start.
WILLAMETTE POST SEEKS
LIST OF SOLDIER DEAD
ance of any action by the eastern con
cerns
DIVORCE COURT GRANTS
DECREE IN KELLY SUIT
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A decree of divorce was granted
here Thursday in the case of Michael
against Grace Kelly. They were mar
ried in Santa Rosa, Cal.. December
20, 1915 Suit for divorce was filed
by Dorothy against Thomas R. Eades.
They were married in Portland March
4, 1919.
A decree was also granted in the
case of Clara against F. E. Alleman.
They were married in Portland Au
gust 21, 1921.
Mr. Hammond advises that if there
are any veterans who wish to change
their application, or have altered
their address recently, they should
communicate direct wfth the world
war veterans' state aid commission
at Salem. He also points out that it
is not necessary to enclose discharges
but merely give application number.
ORANGE LODGE MEETS;
STATE OFFICERS ATTEND
Special Ceremony at Regular
Session Admits Large Class;
Salmon Banquet Is Feature.
e ERA MAN RECALLS
SHOPPING WITH OX TEAM
Lawrence Ferguson, of New Era
was in Oregon City on business Tues- j
day. Mr. Ferguson operates a little
store at New Era, and has resided in
that section since 1877. Mr. Fergu
son saystfie well remembers when he
used to drive his yoke of oxen to Ore
gon City to do his shopping and dis
pose of his vegetables from his little
farm. A man was considered well
fixed when owning such oxen as his.
Although he has resided in that sec
tion of the county since that time, he
hasn't been farther east of Canby
than one and one-half miles, nor has
ne ever visited Salem or Vancouver,
Wash., although not far distant. He j
is contemplating taking his first visit
to the capital city this summer for
his summer vacation one day. Mr.
Ferguson says in 13 years' time he
has 'been away but one night from his
place of business at New Era, but en
joys watching the motorists pass his
-place.
Being fond of flowers, he has plant
ed various varieties o nhis little place
surrounding his store near the New
Era station, and takes pride in giving
blossoms to his friends.
A number of the annual elections
and budget meetings of the different
school districts throughout the county
are to be combined this June, accord
ing to the announcement of Brenton
Vedder, county school superintendent.
The annual election of one director
and the clerk, is held each June and
the combination plan will save con
siderable detail and the necessity of
advertising a separate election.
Election and budget supplies have
been forwarded to all of the clerks of
the different districts, including con
tract blanks and all necessary forms.
$500 FIRE BREAKS OUT
AT PARKPLACE HOUSE
Fire, caused from a defective flue
in the home owned by Mr. Faubian,
and occupied by a family by the name
of Benz, located above the Parkplace
school house, occurred Monday after
noon at 5 o'clock during the absence
of the family, damagine the buildine
about $-0). There was no insurance.
The blaze is believed to have start
ed from a chimney in the kitchen, a
fire having been left during the brief
absence of the family. Had it not
been for the prompt action of the Ore
gon City fire department, the entire
building would have been destroyed.
The company made record time from
this city, after the call had been sent
in. The chemical engine was used in
extinguishing the blaze.
Neighbors were trying to extinguish
the fire by means of a bucket brigade
when the firemen made their appear-
1 ance on the scene. I
AFTER LENGHTY ILLNESS
Mrs. Matilda Hitchman, wife of
I Walter Hitchman, died at the family
residence several miles from this
city on Route 2, Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock, after an illness of several
months.
Mrs. Hitchman was born in Den
mark 62 years ago, and came to Amer
ica 50 years ago, residing in Clacka
mas county about 14 years. 4
Deceased is survived by her hus
band, of Oregon City, ,Route 2, and
five sons, Albert, Frank, Arthur, El
mer and Earl Hitchman all of Clack
amas county.
Bossy Out of Luck;
Running at Large In
West Linn Stopped
Bossy's liberal days of freedom and
gamboling on the municipal green, are
oer.
By a margin of but 22 votes out of
a total ballot of, 480, West Linn Mon
day voted that cows cannot run at
large.
The decision was reached through
the preponderance of strength in the
downtown district where the vote was
166 to 64 for keeping the bovines cor
alled. In the hill district there were
12 votes for the regulatory ordinance
and 57 against while in Willamette
there were 108 votes against the reg
ulation and 73 for.
The total ballot was 251 for; 229
against.
" The action is the culmination of a
long discussion, which ended when
the council refused to take action and
referred the matter to the people.
In order to ascertaiu the required
number Of grave margers for deceased
members, the Willamette Falls Post,
No. 5, ' American Legion, is making
every effort to secure the names, and
desires those people who know of
dead veterans, others than those re
presented in the list below to com
municate with any of the officers,
who are as follows: L. B. Harding,
chairman; M. R. Coper, vice-chairman;
J. C. Spagle, secretary; M. G.
Nobel, treasurer.
A sample of the marker is display
ed in the window- of the Jones Drug
store, it is of bronze, with polished
brass lettering, and bears the name
of the American Legion, while the
top is adorned with an American flag.
Tho marker is in the form of a five-
pointed star, having a circumference
of 21 inches, and seven inches in
diameter.
The following is the revised list of
the deceased members of the Post:
Royal Niles, Oregon City; Henry
Charles Ast, West Linn; Carl L.
Brown, Eagle Creek; Howard B. Daw
son, 512 J. Adams, Oregon City; Wal
do' E. Caufield, Oregon City; Carlton
L. Calif f, Oregon City; Loren Har
rington, Oregon City; Melvin' Ham
mond, Oregon City; Vernon G. Bran
land, Molalla; Joseph Allen, Oregon
City; Frank E. Kohl, Oregon City;
Emerson Hoeye, Oregon City; York
E. Hammond, Oregon City; Merle C
Bingham, Oregon City; Arthur E.
Schwerin, Willamette; Henry G.
Schwock, Oregon City; Harry Melvin,
West Linn; Harry Melby, Oregon
rit-tr .-,1 -T ,.! n tiri-ii ntl-v
T1 I ,fail LrliarailteeS Lowell J. Kent, Parkplace; Walter L.
neiiy, uregon tuy, lieorge -ii. cm
dow, Willamette; John A. Rogers,
Willamette; Wm. Hancock, Oregon
City; Frank Bruce, Oregon City;
Newtin Moak, Oregon City. t
Thinkers
selves."
Never was anything more true than
the above slogan, - used in the Enter
prise's "T" Words Picture Puzzle, and
not only did they make thoughtful
thinkers but they also stretched the
imagination of some to such an ex
tent that it is doubtful if they ever
get back to normal. (Ask the judges.)
Nevertheless we are pleased to an
nounce the winners of this tricky
bunch of tricks and we sincerely hope
that they enjoyed working on the
puzzle as much the judges did (?).
The winners of the first and sec
ond prizes were only one word apart
and the lists were checked several J
times to make suie of the winners, j
inira, tourtn and ruth prizes were
tied with 138 words each, while sixth
prize will be divided betwen two con
testants. The following is the list
of the winners with the correct list
of words and the amount of the prizes:
First Prize Donald and Willard
Arant, 141 words, class 2, prize $15.
Second Prize Elizabeth Howland,
140 words, class 3, prize $18.
Third, Fourth and Fifth Prizes
Mrs. Ernest Jones, Class 3, one-third
of $10, $5, $2.50. Prize $5.83; Mrs. W.
A. White, Class 2, one-third of $5, $3
and $2, Prize $3.33; Mrs. W. F. Cary,
Class 1, one-third of $2, $1.50 and $1,
Prize $1.50. Each 13S words.
Sixth Prize Barclay school, Sixth
Grade, Class 3, Prize one-half of $2
or $1; Mrs. H. H. Hulburt, Class 4,
Prize, one-half $3, or $1.50. Each 133
words.
The winners of the second prize re
ceived more money than will the win
ner of the first prize as the former
had turned in more subscriptions and
was in a higher class. Even those who
tied for 'places did not receive the
same amount as they were in differ
ent classes. In the ties the total sum
of the prizes for the class of the con
testant were added and the prizes al
lowed are on third of the total amount.
In a few days we will publish the
complete list of correct words as giv
en by the artist. Some large lists were
.turned in but -ith the incorrect words
and the penalties the lists were mater
ially cut.
STATE OFFICERS
ASKED TO AID IN
INQUIRfON FIRE
Local Police and Fire Men
Puzzled Over Cause for
Blazes Which Damaged 2
Public Buildings Here.
WORK OF FIRE BUG IS
STRONGLY SUSPECTED
Investigation of Conditions
In Buildings Adds Much
T o Incendarism Theories.
LUMBERJACK IS
CRUSHED BY LOG
Derry L. O, Lodge 154 held a special
ceremony at their regular session Fri
day night. A number of state officers
of the organization visited the chapter
here. One of the largest classes on
record was initiated into" the order
which is the strongest in Clackamas
county.
After the ceremonies a number of
visitors were guests at a 'banquet.
Royal Chinook salmon formed the
main course.
Charles S. Scroggins, employed at the
lumber camp at Camp McLane, near
Oswego, was instantly killed Monday
morning at 9 o'clock, whec a log roll
ed on him.
Scroggins with three other employes
of the lumber camp at the time of the
accident was engaged in loading a
large log on a train, when one at the
rear broke lose from its fastening, and
crushed Scroggins. His head was
mashed.
Scroggins was 30 years of age, a na
tive of Missouri and married. His wife
and he were camping at the lumber
camp close to where the -accident oc
curred. The man had taken the posi
tion as a logger about two weeks ago,
coming from Martin, Wash.
Coroner O. A. Pace, of this city, was
called, but held no inquest, owing to
the fact that the man's death was ac
cidental.
The remains were taken to Port
land by the coroner, and at the re
quest of the wife, turned over to the
Molman undertaking ' establishment
of that city.
Oregon State Bonus
Faces Court Action
SALEM, April 20 The Salem post
of the American Legion last night at
a special meeting voted to bring man
damus proceedings against the state
aid commission, which administers
the bonus and loan act for ex-servce
men, to compel the commission to au
thorize loans up to 75 per cent of the
appraised value of the property on
which the loans are made.
The statute provides that the loans
may be up to "5 per cent. The post
charges that the commission has cut
loans far below 75 per cent and has
refused to allow ex-service men to
see the records. The suit will lesr
out the law on the point whether the
statute requires loans of 75 per cent
of appraised value or whether the
figure is simply a maximum.
The members of the commission
are Governor Olcott, Secretary of
State Sam A. Kozer, Adjutant General
George A. White, Arthur C. Spencer,
of Portland and Captain Lyman Rice
of Pendleton,
The post also voted to file charges
of insubordination against any mem
ber who uses his connection with the
Legion to further the candidacy of
any aspirant for political office.
The commission invited the test
suit some time ago.
GUY MOUNT ARRESTED
IN SALEM FOR SPEEDING
SALEM, April 21. Dr. Guy Mount,
of Oregon City is cited to appear in
$:ourt here today to answer to charges
of speeding. He was arrested by Pa
trolman Parrent and his hearing will
be before Judge Earl Race.
Man Fined $250 for
Possessing Liquor
Tom Martin, of Oswego, Saturday
paid a $250 fine to Judge E. J. Noble's
court, after pleading guilty to charges
of having possession of liquor. He
was arrested late Friday night by De
puty Sheriffs Long, and Hughes. He
hed eight pint bottles of whiskey in
his possession.
GIRL BABIES INCREASE:
THREE ARRIVE IN CITY
Girl babies still outnumber the boy
babies in Clackamas county since Jan
uary 1922, and three more arrived at
the Oregon City hospital since Friday,
April 21. These are as follows: To
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vonderahe, of Mil
waukie. Route 1, a seven-pound daugh
ter, named Margaret Virginia; Friday,
April 21, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver John
son of Colton, iy pound daughter,
Sunday morning, April 23; Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Law, of Oak iGrove, daugh
ter, April 23.
Other gfrls were born in this city
and in other parts of the county dur
ing the past week.
VERDICT OF $237.33 IS
WON IN $2,000 ACTION
A verdict for, $237.33 was returned
Saturday in the case .of Blanche E.
Blatchford against the Oregon Stage
Company. Mrs. Blatchford was suing
for $2,000 damages, and me case was
based on an accident on the Pacific
highway, -when one or the Canby
stages, driven by M. J. Lee, former
manager of the company, struck her
buggy.
Lee, on the grounds that he will not
accept the compromise' verdict, in
tends to appeal the case.
Local officials have appealed to the
state fire marshal's office to take up
the investigation of the two myster
ious fires , which damaged a church
and a school building in Oregon Citv
1 during the past week. With practic
ally no workable clues, except what is
generally declared to be almost indis
putable evidence that the blazes were
of incendiary origin, the officers here
are at a loss to solve the reason for
the burning of the Barclay school and
the Presbyterian church.
Possibilities that a fire bug may be
operating in this district is being con
sidered as one of the possible answers
to the enigma and the police are tak
ing a.11 possible precautions to prevent
another outbreak, though they are
hampered by the small personnel of
the force.
Survey Is Made
A complete survey of the possibili
ties of fire in the Presbyterian church
on the night prior to the fire, has
been made and strengthens the theory
that the blaze was set. All fires in
the furnace were.out Friday afternoon
and the building was reported in per
fect condition by the boy scouts who
were in the structure until nine
o'clock. The fire broke out at 2 a. m.
The blaze, originating over the furn
ace, was in a place where it was com
pletely surrounded by brick or cement '
except above. Examination of the
wiring system showed that there was
no short circuit and the state fire
marshal's deputy who investigated the
electrical condition of the structure is
positive that nothing of this nature
was responsible for the blaze.
Statement Is Made
Similar conditions have developed
in the case of the Barclay school. The
authorities are positive in the state
ment that the fire could not have been
other than intentional for it origin
ated in a place where it could have
been due to no natural causes.
Police are at a loss to attribute any
theory to the Barclay fire. In the
case of the church fire there are two
possible clues. Dave Williams, a res
ident on Washington street, reported
that he saw a man running down
Seventh, across Washington to Fifth
and down Fifth street, shortly before
the fire was discovered. This theory
however, , is contradicted by the men
who reported an open auto standing
near the church, which drove away
when someone hurriedly entered.
Beside these two facts, the officers
say there is nothing tangible to work
on. They are further at a loss to ad
vance any reason why a fire bug
should attempt to destroy churches
and schools, unless it be the work of
some fanatic. A person however, in
such a deranged condition as to act
in that manner usually creates enough
notice to be reported, and nothing of
the existance of such a criminal has
been heard. .
T COMMENCEMENT
FOR COUNTY IS PLANNED
Eighth grade commencement serv
ices will be held in Gladstone Chau
tauqua park this year for the second
time. The exercises of the entire
county were held at the chautauqua
grounds last year and were so success
fully staged that County Superintend
ent Brenton Vedder has decided to
plan the joint eremony again this
year.
The commencement at the park
takes the place of all of the individual
events formerly held by the different
schools. One of the features this
year is the stress which is being laid
upon inexpensive apparel, especially
for the girls. White middy dresses
have been selected as the, standard
for all of the participants and the
school authorities are especially an
xious to' inaugurate a precedent which
will relieve the necessity for incon
venience Of parents at graduation
time.
Three Couples Given
License to Wed Here
Three marriage licenses were issued
Saturday. They were: Carl W. Fish
er, 21, and Pearl V. Howenstine, 17.
both of this city; Louis Charriere, 21,
and Henriette Martineau, 20, both of
Oregon City; Harry L. VanMeter, 30,
Oregon City, and Mabel Bears, 24,
Beaver Creek.