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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1 922.
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR, No. 21.
ESTABLISHED 1866
OREGON
TY
PETITION URGES
PACIFIC HIGHWAY
ON FIFTH STREET
Request for Relinquishing of
' Route on Seventh Follows
Statement Approving Act
of City on Alternative Plan.
COUNTY COURT BILL
IS HELD ERRONEOUS
Bids on Paving of Harrison,
Division, John Adams Sts.,
Discussed by Council Body.
Protesting against the proposed
route of the Pacific highway on 7th
street and commending the change
suggested by the council for the im
mediate grading of 5th street, Ben
Harding appeared before a special
session of the civic body Saturday
as the representative of petitions pre
sented covering these two points.
The petition against the Seventh
street route Harding declared was
based on the fact that the work en
tailed here would mean the demolition
of $40,000 to $30,000 worth of property
beside creating an awkward conges
tion of traffic near the elevator owing
to the sharp curvature involved. In
addition to this Harding stated that
the cost of the improvement would
have to be borne by the property
owners and that the commission could
not dictate to the city the route to be
taken within the civic limits, since the
highway board would not be called
upon to defray the cost of same.
A copy of the petition which bears
the signatures of the Hawley Pulp &
Paper company and the Oregon City
Manufacturing company will be for
warded to the Highway commission
ers according to the statement of
Harding. The petition to the council
was ordered filed by the mayor.
Fifth Street Urged.
The petition to improve Fifth street
which was signed by the First Na
tional Bank, R. L. Holman and others
was also supported by Harding, who
showed that the work required here
would not take very long and the
heaviest part of the improvement
would be a cutting of "approximately
ten feet at the railroad crossing
which would bring the grade to con
form with the grade of the highway
on the hill.
O. D. Eby pointed out that the life
of Fifth street was ten years and that
but nine years had expired so that it
would be advisable for the city to ob
tain from the property owners there
a written agreement waiving the re
maining year.
Figures already prepared by the
city engineer dealing with the exca
vation necessary were read and
agreed in substance with the conten
tion of the petitioners.
An ordinance providing for the pay
ment to the architect of the new city
hall a sum of $300 representing 1 per
cent of the estimated cost of the build-
ing was read for the first time. The i
ordinance provides for the making of
a contract between Edmund Berg
holtz, architect and the mayor and
for the payment of $300 from the
special fund until such time as the
bonds should be sold when the money
would be replaced in the special fund.
The question of paving the alley in
Block Four was referred to the city
engineer and the paving of Molalla
avenue was deferred at the sugges
tion of Councilman Metzner.
County Bill Disputed.
The recorder read a communication
from the county court urging the pay
ment by the city of a sum of $1500
which the county claimed was owing
by the city on the improvement of
Rosedale road made last August.
Councilman Petzold reminded th e
council that the county court owed
the city $6000 from budget appropria
tions in 1920 and suggested that the
recorder write the court to apply this
bill against the sum owing. In the
course of some debate on this debt.
Councilman Jack brought out the fact
that the sum billed by the court
should have been $1000 and this was
sustained by the recorder. Accord
ingly Dr. Mount advised that no liabil
ity in excess of the latter amount be
admitted.
Instructions were issued to the city
attorney to draw up a contract for the
letting of the paving on Division, Har
rison and John Adams streets to the
lowest bidder. Bids submitted on the
work showed that in the case of Divi
sion street the lowest bid was $2640.
91, and that of Harrison street
$3298.60. Both these tenders were
submitted by Fred Moray. The low
est bid on John Adams street was
$2129.60, this figure being quoted by
H. Archer.
The paving of Eighth, street west
of Main was discussed and it was de
cided to advertise for bids on this.
Dr. Mount spoke briefly on the ne
cessity for some economy In th ex
pense connected with the road work.
The assessments for improvements
were becoming an exceedingly heavy
' burden for the taxpayer and he was
of the opinion that a redaction in
outlay could be effected by combining
the position of street superintendent
and that of city engineer. No final
decision on this point was reached at
the conclusion of the session.
'MORAL RISK' WILL NOT
COUNT INBONUS LOANS
Decisions by Circuit Court In
Cases Testing Ex-Service
Advances to be Appealed.
SALEM. May 19. Ex-service men
are entitled to loans under the Ore
gon bonus law up to 75 per cent of
the value placed upon their property
by the duly authorized appraisers of
the bonus commission, according to a
decision handed down by Circuit
Judges Bingham and Kelly Thursday.
In overruling a demurrer filed by at
torneys for the bonus commission to
the petition for a writ of mandamus iu
the suit brought by Capitol Post No.
, American iegioii, cu lest uui umo
bonus law. The court held that the
commission has no right to consider
the ''moral risk" in extending loans
to ex-service men.
Appeal to be Made.
The decree of the circuit court, it
was stated, will be appealed to the su
preme court for final determination
of the point in controversy.
The manadamus action was brought
in the name of Edwin Steevens Wood
ford, a Marion county ex-service man,
in an effort to determine whether or
not the bonus commission could use
its discretion in extending loans or
must approve loans up to 75 per cent
of the appraised value of property
offered as security when that amount
did not exceed $3000. Woodford had
applied for a loan of $2170 upon pro
perty appraised at $2908. The com
mission allowed a loan of only $1000.
In handing down their decision the
court held that all rules promulgated
by the commission for the administra
tion of the bonus law were as binding,
upon the commission as upon the ap
plicant and that the appraisers' report
also is binding upon the commission
unless it can be shpwn. that there is
an attempt to defraud the commission.
More Cases Argued.
Three other cases involving phases
of the bonus law were argued before
the court. Jn one of these brought in
the name of F. M. Moore, it is sought
to determine whether a nus loan
can be used in tae purchase of Jjusi
ness stock. The commission has held
that the money might be used only in
the purchase of a farm or home.
A second suit brought in the name
of Cicero Hogan seeks to determine
whether property offered by a rela
tive may be given as security for a
bonus loan and the loan used in pay
ing off a mortgage on the property of
fered as security.
The third suit brought in the name
of ."William Faulman seeks to deter
mine whether a person recalled into
service after being1 granted a furlough
of nine months on his enlistment,
prior to the world war, is to be regard
ed as having enlisted or been inducted
into service as contemplated under
the bonus act.
All three cases were taken under
advisement by the court.
SLAYER CHARGES
BLACKMAIL WAS
MURDER CHARGE
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May 22.
Blackmail levies totaling $25,000 were
forced from Walter S. Ward of New
Rochelle, millionaire son of the head
of the Ward Baking company of New
York, before he shot and killed Clar
ence Peters, ex-sailor of Haverhill,
Mass., it was declared, following his
confession and arrest today.
This, with the announcement of
Sheriff Werner that he expected to
have under arrest within 24 hours two
alleged accomplices of Peters in the
blackmail plot, was the newest de
velopment tonight.
The shooting, according to Ward,
occurred after Peters and his two
alleged accomplices had threatened
to kill him, his wife and their two
children if he did not Pay an addi
tional levy of $75,000.
After surrendering himself t o
Sheriff Werner today, Ward, who is
31 years old, is alleged to have de
clared that Peters, whom he had
known several years, and two com
panions known to him only as
'Charlie Ross" and "Jack," had been
blackmailing him for the last six
weeks. He said they had forced from
him various sums. Sheriff Werner
said tonight these totaled approxi
mately $25,000. Last Tuesday, Ward
is said to have declared, he met
Peters by appointment near New Ro
chelle. This followed the receipt of
a letter and numerous telephone calls
from the trio, demanding a final pay
ment of $75,000.
PINCHOT'S LARGE VOTE
ATTRIBUTED TO WOMEN
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 18. A
steady increase in his lead over At
torney General George E. Alter for
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor of Pennsylvania was maintain
ed today by Gifford Pinchot, former
state forester, who was prominent in
the Progressive party movements led
by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 and
1914.
Women played a big part in the re
sult. Hundreds pf feminine campaign
ers were In the thick of the fight in
all sections of the state in the inter
est of Pinchot.
KRUSE IS GIVEN
NOMINATION FOR
COMMISSIONER
W. F. Harris Is Defeated by
Heavy Vote; Tooze Victor
In -Senate Race by Narrow
.Plurality Over Wm. Stone.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
RETURNS COMPLETE
Hammond, Randall, Lee, Lead
In Legislative Contests;
Ryan Polls Heavy Ballot.
In a race that ran practically two-to-three
over the entire county, with
the exception of about three precincts,
C. W. Kruse was nominated in the
primary election as the Republican
candidate for County commissioner.
With a vote of 3049 he defeated W. F.
Harris, incumbent, who polled 20S7.
The complete returns were checked
over Saturday afternoon from all of
the S3 precincts in the county.
F. J Tooze won the Republican
nomination for senator from Clacka
mas county by a margin of about 200
votes. He defeated William F. Stone
and R. E. Cherrick. Tooze polled a
vote of 2234, Stone 1930 and Cherrick
943. Yesterday a vote of more than
1100 was listed for R. E. Cherrick but
a cnecu snowed, mat an error or zuu
had been made.
Philip Hammond with the largest
single vote in the county lead the race
for representative nomination. George
Randall and M. J. Lee are his running
mates. I. C. Bridges and R. Scheubel
lost heavily.
The votes were Ham-
mond, 3172; Randall 2995, Lee 2648,
Lee 2648. Scheubel, 2089; Bridges
1929.
Judge J. U. Campbell, the only can -
didate for a nomination as circuit
judge carried a heavy series of votes
on the Democratic ballot.
A. A. Price is the only Democrat
candidate for the legislature who was
named on the ballot. The names of
Mrs. John Gaffney, and Ed. G. Cau
field, the former for the legislature
and the latter for state senator were
written in on the Democratic ticket.
The total vote in Clackamas county
was 43 per cent of the registration
here. The total vote for governor on
both tickets was 6768 and the regis-
tration in the county is 15,747.
The recall of the Public Service
Commission carried in Clackamas
county by a majority of approximately
two to one. A definite figure on the I
recall is not available for tne reason
that many of the boards did not un- i
derstand how to make out the totals '
on this ballot and the exact return '
will not be available until the county
clerk checks over the tally sheets. A j
number of the voters cast their ballot
for the recall and then voted for one
of the incumbent commissioners. This
has the effect of nullifying the ballot
but in many instances they were not
counted out.
BALLOT TITLE FINISHED
FDR PROPERTY TAX LAW
Attorney General Van Winkle has
completed ballot title for the proposed
property classification law .for asess-
ment and taxation, initiated by the
Oregon Tax Equilization association,
to be voted on at the general election
next November. The measure will
have the following title:
"To classify taxable lands for tax
ation; to assess land and the improve
ments thereon separately; to assess
land at one-half true value; to assess
dwelling houses and improvements on
farms at one-half true value, and all
other improvements, buildings and
structures at full true value; to cre
ate a classification fund levying an
annual tax therefor not exceeding 1
mill; to have lands and improve
ments thereon appraised every five
years by three appraisers; to require
all land owners to furnish assessors
sworn lists of their taxable property;
to limit millage taxes to the amount I
levied in 1921."
DEADLOCK REPORTED. IN
HARBOR STRIKE PARLEY
PORTLAND, May 23. Announce
ment by the state mediation board
of recommendations for the establish
ment of an employment bureau with
equal representation from both the
waterfront employers and the long
shoremen today brought about an
other deadlock between the two or
ganizations. The waterfront employers have
agreed to accept In part the recom
mendations of the mediation board,
but insist on an employment bureau
of eight men, four of their own num
ber, two members of the longshore
men's union and two non-union representatives.
Mount to Examine
Military Applicants
Arrangements have been made by
Dr. Guy Mount to examine, free of
charge, any local boys who wish to
go to the Citizen's Military Training
Camps this year. The physical exam
ination is required by the government
when the application is made.
SPEAKER SCORES
UNSIGHTLY RUINS
ON WATER ERONT
Ralph Shepherd, at Live Wire
Luncheon Asks Purchase of
Old Houses on River Bank
to Aid Scenic Value of City.
YOUTH SAID ANXIOUS
I FOR ARMY TRAINING
Captain Explains Objects of
Citizens' . Military School
to be Held at Camp Lewis.
That the barns and old buildings
along the water front between Fifth
and Sixth streets are an eyesore and
detriment to the beauty of the city
and should be removed was the state
men of Ralph Shepherd at the noon
i luncheon of the Live Wires Tuesday.
"With the new .' bridge completed
hundreds of tourists will cross the
river here and one of the first views
they get will be these old buildings,"
said Shepherd. understand that
j they can be purchased very cheap
and we could make this water front a
place of beauty that would be an hon
or to the city. I hope the Live Wires
i - wl" 1,c Lllls umB.l"7,u uc"
tween now and next meeting."
Vjd.l J U VV 1X1. lUUVUaPLUdU, VL Vitll-
couver Barracks, was the main speak
er and he fully explained the object
of the Citizens Military Training
Camp to be held at Camp Lewis July
27 to August 25. The speaker ex
plained that the training is for young
men between tne ages of 17 and 27
! who have not had military training
I and up to 35 years for those who have.
j "There, are hundreds of young men
j who are anxious to take this training,
j many of them who will have to have
j the consent of their parents," Captain
i McChapman said. "There will not be
any expenses whatsoever to those
taking the training. Transportation
to and from the camp, uniforms,
equipment, meals, etc., are furnished
by the government and the benefits
those in training receive are great,
The best of instructors are furnished
and the morale is of the highest."
Several visitors were introduced,
among them C. W.. Kruse, who won
out in tne recent election for com:
missioner.
As next Tuesday is Memorial Day
it was voted to dispense with the
regular Live Wires luncheon and the
next meeting will be held Tuesday,
June 6.
OREGON CITY NINE WINS
GAME WITH WEST LINN
The second game between Union Hi
and Oregon Cityv ended with Oregon
City winning on a score of 7 to 1. The
game was well contested throughout.
This is the second time Oregon City
has defeated Union High. The lineup
for the teams was as follows: Oregon
City Parry, ss; Sullivan, 3rd base;
Londergan, 1st base; Mayfield If;
Bingham cf; Bennett, rf; Locke, pit
cher; Criswell, catcher; Wilson 2nd
base, and Gardiner substituted for
Bennett in right field in the ninth in
ning. Union High Green, cf; Read
pitching at first and latter replaced
by Simpson who was playing short he
then taking short stop position; Pa
poon, 1st base; Donnelly, 2nd base;
Hickman, rf; Brown If; Brady 3rd
base and Moffit who was put in at the
last for a pinch hitjter.
SEA SCOUTS WILL COME
TO OREGON CITY BY BOAT
Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts will be
the guests of the naval reserves on a
boat trip to Oregon City, June 17, ac
cording to James E. Brockway, scout
executive.
Vessels will be donated by promi
nent members of the reserves, and
each of the 45 or 50 Sea Scouts in
Portland and one of his friends will
he taken to Oregon City and back to
Rock Island for the night. The re
turn to Portland will be made the
second day.
t The reservists,, to encourage inter
est in water activities, will give the
boys instructions in navigation and
also in throwing life lines and rescu
ing and giving first aid to drowning
persons.
OLCOTTSLEADIS
RAISED TO 356;
NO
NATION WON
Returns Reported Complete
In All But 16 Precincts;
Districts Yet to Hear from
Said to Favor Incumbent.
HALL IS DISSATISFIED
SAYS FIGURES WRONG
Marshfield Man In Statement
Claims that Official Count
Will Alter Election Result.
With returns official or unofficial,
complete from all counties, except
two, and but 16 precincts in the state
not reported, Ben W. Olcott has won
the republician nomination for gov
ernor. Disregarding the vote in the
16 outstanding precincts, which will
increase rather than i decrease
Olcott's lead, he was 356 votes more
than Charles Hall.
At Governor Olcott's offices in
Salem it was said last night that the
governor wrould make no statement
in regard to the results unail the of
ficial count is completed for the state.
Mr. Hall left last night for his
home in Marshfjeld, and just before
leaving said:
"I have figures which do not tally
with those published by the newspa
pers and I expect the nomination on
the official count; we will await that."
'Lacking the nomination what
then?" Mr. Hall was asked.
'I cannot discuss that," he replied.
"Iwould submit the situation to my
executive committee. 1 However, I ex
pect the nomination on the official
count."
Every county - in which Hall was
leading has reported its votes, official
or complete, so that there is nothing
left in sight which can offer a pros
pect of upsetting the present result.
G. A. R. Joins With Legion
In Preparing Schedule for
Exercises Planned Tuesday.
The program for the Memorial day
observances, to be held by the local
G. A. R. post and the American Le
gion has been completed with a few
revisions.
At 9 a. m. the post and relief corps
will meet in front of Willamette hall,
where automobiles will be in readi
ness to take them to Mountain View
cemetery, where exercises will be as
follows :
Introduction, Commander A. J. Hob
ber; Dirge, Oregon City Band; Pray
er, Rev. J. A. Cleland; Roll of Honor,
Aujutant; Crowning Monument, Offi
cer of Day; Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad
dress, Fred Tooze, Jr.; Unknown
Dead, Judge G. E. Hays; Ritualistic
Ceremony of Meade .Relief Corps;
Firing Salute, American Legion.
At 10:30 a. m. the post and relief
corps will proceed to the platform at
the foot of "Sixth street, where the
naval part of Memorial day exercises
will occur.
At 11 a. m. the post, relief corps,
the American Legion and auxiliary
and other Patriotic societies will form
on Main street, near Fifth, and march
to the Liberty theatre where- the fol
lowing exercises will take place:
Introduction, Commander A. J. Hob
ber; Music, Oregon City Band; Pray
er, Rev. W. E. Pettibone; Greeting to
Veterans (original), Mrs. W. S. Ben
nett; "Star Spangled Banner," Mrs.
Frank Schoenboni; Patriotic Reading,
Mrs. Arthur G. Beattie; Musical se
lection. Chorus from Eastham school;
Address, Rev. K. N Tully; 'Ameri
ca," Gladstone schooi children.
At 1 p. m. dinner will be served for
the post and relief corps at Willam
ette hall. Flowers for decorating sol
diers' graves should be left in front
of Willamette hall or on the library
grounds before 9 a. m.
OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE
NEW YORK, May 23. The drama
tic mystery surrouniding Walter S.
Ward, son of the millionaire baker,
confessed slayer of Clarence Peters,
alleged blackmailer, along a desolate
country road near White Plains, was
Investigated today by officials in an
attempt to check up and substantiate
or disprove the New Rochelle police
commissioner's remarkable story.
New York police, it is believed, will
be asked to throw the full force of
their investigating facilities into the
case to run to ground the alleged
$100,000 blackmail plot.
BLAZE AT CROSS HOME
BURNS TOPOFFira
0
Fire Said
f'aulty
Wi otoictric Iron Is
Occfct?o2of $300 Damage.
Defective wiring on an electric iron
is said by Councilman F. H. Cross to
have been the cause of a fire at his
residence on 18th street at 4 p. m.
yesterday afternoon. The damage,
according to Cross will probably
amount to between three and four
hundred dollars, and consists largely
of the destruction of the kitchen roof.
The alarm was turned in promptly
and the fire apparatus responded im
mediately. The loss is covered by
insurance.
Considerable inconvenience was
caused by the necessity of carrying all
the furniture out of the house before
it was seen that the fire would not
make much headway. The fact that
the fire was discovered at its start is
believed to have been the only thing
which saved the residence from com
plete destruction.
GLADSTONE, WEST LINN
VISITED BY MEADE POST
Patriotic exercises were held at the
Union high school building at West
Linn this morning and at Gladstone
school this afternoon, when the Meade
Post N. 2, G. A. R. and Women's Re
lief Corps attended in a body. At
each school excellent programs were
given suitable to the occasion.
There were 600 people listening to
the program given at West Linn.
At 12 o'clock an appetizing lunch
was served the visitors, with the stu
dent body members in charge, who
were Miss Mildred McKillican, Miss
Marie Bittner, Miss Sabra Neusbaum
and Miss Orilla Oliver. It was pre
pared by members of the domestic
science class under the supervision
of Miss Minerva Gleason. Others as
sisting in serving were members of
the faculty, who were Miss Dorris
Mace, Miss Margaret Dubois, Miss
Vesta Lamb.
The interior of the building was
beautifully decorated with flags and
flowers, and when departing the
Corps and Post were presented with
arm fulls of blossoms.
In the afternoon the program given
at the Gladstone school was also
thoroughly enjoyed, the teachers of
that institution acting as host and
hostesses to the old soldiers and Wo
men's Relief Corps. The auditorium
was artistically decorated with the
Stars and Stripes, wild iris and lilacs..
Flowers were banked around the
heroes of the Civil War, presenting
a most impressive sight.
As the old soldiers and Relief
Corps entered the auditorium a four
piece orchestra rendered a marjch.
The orchestra was composed of the
Patterson and Laidlaw children.
On Wednesday afternoon Rev. A. H.
Thompson was the principal speaker
at the Eastham school, and while the
old soldiers were on their way to the
McLoughlin school visited at the
home of Comrade G. A. Harding, when
abut 40' members of the W. R. C. and
G. A, R. were guests.
MOTION PICTURE
BIGAMY CHARGES
STAR IS FACING
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 20. Ro-
dolph Valentino, portrayer of roman
tic parts in motion pictures, was un
der $10,000 bonds tonight on a
charge of bisamy filed by the Los
Angeles county district attorney's
office.
Following: his arraignment in the
court of a justice of the peace Val
entino made a statment that his
marriage to Miss Winifred Hudnut,
at Mexicall, Lower California, a week
ago today "was prompted by the
noblest intentions that a man could
have." '
He said he had been advised that
a marriage on Mexican soil would be
valid, notwithstanding the fact that a
year had not elapsed since the time
his first wife, Miss Jean Acker, was
granted an interlocutory decree of
divorce in a Los Angeles court.
The complaint was issued by Depu
ty District Attorney McClelland up
on the receipt of a report from inves
tigators that they had inspected the
record of marriage at Mexicall, and
had found witnesses who were pre
pared to testify that Valentino and his
bride had passed last Tuesday night
at Palm Springs, a resort in an oasis
in a desert section of Riverside coun
ty, California. These circumstances,
according to Mr. McClelland, made a
prosecution for bigamy possible under
the California penal code.
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
II
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 22. The
Jury in the trial of Arthur C Burch
for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy
was discharged by Judge Sidney N.
Reeve today after reporting it was
Impossible to agree upon, a verdict.
PLAN ANNOUNCED
TO CONSOLIDATE
2 LOCAL BANKS
Oregon City and Commerce
Institutions to Combine;
Final Approval of Merger
In Hands of Stockholders.
AMALGAMATION DEAL
HANDLED BY HAWLEY
Will T. Wright to be Head
of New Firm; Old Charter
Will Not be Relinquished.
Announcement of the pending con
solidation of the Bank of Commerce
and the Bank of Oregon City was
made yesterday. The plans for the
joining of the two financial institu
tions will give Oregon City a bank of
among the largest in the state outside
of the metropolis.
The consolidation was launched
through the efforts ofW. P. Hawley,
Sr., who is largely interested in the
Bank of Commerce.
Notices have been sent to the share
holders of the two banks for a meet
ing to be held on June 1st to ascertain
if the merger can be effected to the
advantage of both banks. It is pro
posed to increase the capital of the
Bank of Oregon City to $250,000.00,
with a surplus of $50,000.00. The
combined capital and surplus of the
two banks at the present time is
$281,000.00.
Officers to be Named.
Upon favorable action being taken
at the stockholders' meeting, direc
tors and officers will be' selected and
reorganization effected so as to en
able the consolidated bank to occupy
the new Bank of Commerce building
after July 1st.
The name and, charter of the Bank
of Oregon City will be continued, but
the enlarged institution will occupy
the new building of the Bank of Com
merce when completed.
Will T. Wright, president" of the
Banic of Oregon City, will continue
in that office, but the lineup of the
other officers has not yet been de
finitely determined.
Thomas F. Ryan, presid.ent of the
Bank of Commerce, has disposed of a
large part of his shares and it is un
derstood that W. P. Hawley, presi
dent of the Hawley Pulp & Paper com
pany, has added to his holdings.
(George H. Brown, a wealthy Clack
amas county farmer, will continue to
be a large shareholder.
Present Staff Listed.
Officers of the Bank of Commerce,
besides President Ryan, now are:
Hugh S. Mount, vice president; John
R. Humphreys, cashier; K. E. Bauers
field, G. E. Hollowell and M. G. Nobel,
assistant cashiers, with these as di
rectors: Thomas F. Ryan, Geprge H.
Brown, E. P. Dedman, W. F. Harris,
J. E. Hedges, J. R. Humphreys, H. S.
Mount, J. W. Galong and W. P. Haw
ley.
Officers of the Bank of Oregon City
are: Will T. Wright, president; Geo.
H. Tracy Jr., and C. H. Caufield, vice
presidents; S. L. Stevens, cashier;
Percy P. Caufield and Raymond P.
Caufield, assistant cashiers. The di
rectors are: Charles H. Caufield, Will
T. Wright, George H Tracy Jr., C. D.
Bmun and S. L. Stevens.
The Bank of Oregon City was or-
'ganized in 1880 and the Bank of Com
merce in 1915. Both institutions have
grown steadily and are shown by the
state banking department to be in ex
cellent condition.
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT
FORMATIONJEQUESTED
Aldercrest People Ask Board
For Independent Ternrory;
Action Under Advisement.
The formation of a new grammar
school district, which would include
parts of three existing territorial di
visions, was petitioned for Monday by
a large delegation from the Aldercrest
country. The establishment of the
new' district has been taken under ad
visement by the boundary board.
The proposed district would em
brace parts of the Harmony, Clacka
mas and Concord districts and would
have a valuation of about $150,000.
The school census of the territory
which was included in the petitions
would be between 40 and 50 is es
timated, though school accomodations
for all of this number would not have
to be provided.
The establishment of the new dis
trict would force the construction of
a new one-room school building.
MOLALLA MERCHANT TO
MOVE TO OREGON CIIY
MOLALLA, May 19. Ray Pirtlehas
purchased the stock of the Watts pool
room. Watts has closed up and mov
ed to Oregon City.