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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 25.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1 922.
ESTABLISHED 1864
GIRL TELLER TIED
IN VAULT; $1,155
TAKENINHOLD-UP
State Bank at Aurora Is Scene
Of Daylight Robbery; Lone
Bandit Makes Haul While
Cashier Is Away At Lunch
CAPTIVE REFUSES TO
AID HUNT FOR BONDS
Young Woman Gives Close
Description of Man; Posse
Combing Woods By River.
While Miss Vera. Cutsford lay
' bound hand and foot in the inner
vault, a lone and unmasked robber
shortly after noon Friday robbed the
Aurora state bank of $1,155 in cur
rency after the youthful girl teller
had refused to divulge the location of
thousands of dollars in liberty bonds
kept in the bank.
The bandit entered the bank during
the absence of Zeno Swab, cashier,
who was at lunch. When the girl,
who was alone in the bank, accosted
the highwayman, she was immediately
seized, bound and dragged into the
vault. He attempted to browbeat her
into telling where the liberty bonds
were but received no answer. In re
sponse to the girl's pleas, the man did
not lock the vault door. ,
Bonds Discarded
The bandit picked up and fingered a
package of bonds, but evidently did
not know their value, and discarded
- them, turning his attention to the
loose currency on the counten. He
then ran from the building, heading
for the Southern Pacific railway
tracks.
Miss Cutsford, working loose the
rope about her legs, made her,wa7 to
the front office, where she was aided
by several patrons of the bank who
had entered, suspecting nothing
wrong. According to her description,
the bandit was comparatively young,
and with a large scar on the left Bide
of his face extending from his mouth
across his cheek. He was attired in
a dark blue jumper suit and wore a
grey cap pulled low over his eyes.
Sheriff W. J. Wilson was called
about 2 o'clock and left immediately
for Aurora to investisate.
Sheriff Bowers of Salem was also
- called to the scene and under the di
rection of the officers a posse waa
formed that has been scouring the
district. A watch was maintained
during the night, on the theory that
the man had headed for Pudding riv
er and was in hiding there.
Sheriff Visits Scene
According to Sheriff Wilson, who
returned from Aurora Friday night,
. the man had been around the cit7 for
some time. Just prior to the robbery,
he went into the bank, enquired from
Miss Cutsworth the exchange rate oa
Canadian money. Being informed
that she would secure the figures,
he left, seating himself on a bench
across the street from the bank. H-?
then returned and committed the rob
bery.
People over the district knew the
man for but a short time, Wilson
says, but although he was dressed
like a laborer, they say he in some
ways did not fill the part.
The affair. Sheriff Wilson believes,
may have some connection with a
robbery that was scheduled about
three weeks ago at Canby. The offi
cials here received a tip that the bank
was to be rifled during the night, and
were in readiness. But nothing hap
pened. It is possible. Sheriff Wilson
says, that the robber learned that his
plans were known and made no at
tempt, concentrating his efforts later
on the Aurora institution.
The theory that the robber escaped
in an automobile ia held since the dis
covery that Porter, an employe of the
White Garage at Canby, wag nearly
struck down by an automobile, which
drove through there at a high rate of
speed. Two men were in the car but
Porter failed to secure their descrip
tion. The machine had a California
license. According to Porter, the driv
er was making a reckless effort to
gain time.
The robbery of the Aurora . state
bank Ig the second there. On Friday,
March 5, 1920. Mrs. Emma Wlntree,
23, pretty divorcee of P. H. Wlnfree,
of Bull Run, who had been in the em
ploy of the bank, took $6,500. Arrest.
' ed by Sheriff Wilson and an operative
of the Burns Detective agency, the
woman signed a confession of the
theft. The major portion of the mon
ey was recovered, a large part of it
buried beneath her husband's cabin at
Bull Run. The remainder was secur
ed from Portland stores and real es
tate firms where it had been used in
payments made on the Bull Run tract
and for the purchase of personal prop
erty. Mrs. Win free, upon repayment of
the money, was not prosecuted. Some
days later she and her former bus
band were remarried here. She had
wanted to get the money as an in
ducement to her husband to return
borne, she told the officers.
new panel called for
russelLhegker trial
Campbell Orders New List
Of Veniremen to Prevent
Delay During Trial of Case.
A panel of twenty extra veniremen
has been drawn by County Clerk Fred
Miller for the trial of Russell Hecker,
charged with the murder of Frank
Bowker, Portland musician. The ve
nire was ordered by Judge J. U. Camp
bell, upon the expectation that the
present panel would be exhausted be
fore a jury would be secured. The
trial is scheduled to be commenced on
June 27.
The Danel is composed of Frank Al-
bee, Aurora, Route 2; Hugh Parry, Or
egon City Route 3; Lizzy Bonney, Or
egon City Route 2: John Alstad, -Can-
by; John G. Edwardson, Canby; Rob
ert Y. Appleby, Milwaukie Routs' 2;
Charles L. Horstman, Oswego Route
2; Ernest Berger, Mulino Koute a,
Walter Watson, Hubbard Route 2;
George Hicinbotham, Oregon City
Route 2; Fred Lins, Bissell; Steve P.
Lonarsran. Oregon City Route 3; Wil
liam E. Bonney, Colton Route 1; Wil
liam Boyd, Oswego; Charles R. -Hunt
er, Clackamas; Carl R. Barth, JViar
quam; Otto B. Young, Oswego Route
1; Gilbert Hauglum, Boring lioute i,
Dora L- Eby, Aurora Route i; ana
George E. Todd, Sherwood Route 5.
OAK GROVE WOMAN ASKS
$14,500 IN DIVORCE SUII
Verna Cederson In Complaint
Seeks Freedom On Grounds
Of Alleged 111 Treatment.
Suit, for divorce, asking a cash set
tlement of $14,500 together with an
immediate payment ot ?750 for ex"
penses, was filed in the circuit court
here Thursday by Verna Cederson, ot
Oak Grove, against her husband, Wil
liam J. Cederson, half owner in the
Enterprise Planing Mills of Portland.
The complaint, alleging , cruelty,
asks $10,000 as the wife's share of
Cederson' s personal property. The
sum of $2,500 is asked as a refund for
money the plaintiff invested in their
home at Oak Grove and $2,000 is ask
ed as attorney's fees. The plea for a
large judgment is based partially up
on the fact that the couple have an
invalid daughter, for whose care $75
monthly or the equivalent in
cash judgment is asked.
the
Jess Poyser Held
Guilty In Second
Statutory Trial
Jess Poyser, after three hours de
liberation of the jury in the circuit
court here Thursday, was convicted of
a statutory offense upon the - person
of Doris Hockman, 13.
Poyser was being tried on the sec
ond of three indictments returned
against him by the circuit court grand
jury. His conviction is the first in a.
aeries ot trials for statutory- offenses
field here during the past few months,
Witnesses are Called
In the case Thursday Doris Hick
man, Dr. Edward McLean, Florence
McKiruais, Mrs. H. Holman, Bemice
Davis, Frank Hitchman, W. W. Smith
and Violet McKinnis appeared as wit
nesses for the state. Poyser, his
wife, William and H. B. Marston ap
peared for the defense. The jury re
turned at 7:15 o'clock. It was com
posed of Louis Kamrath, C. A. Frost,
Aurie Draper, Eliza M. Ingram, Sam
Jones, Maggie Johnson, Emma Re
main, Augusta Haberlach, Fred C,
Gooderidge, Harry Greaves, Clara E,
Anthony and W. F. Hartnell. A num
ber of the jurors sat on the first case
brought against Poyser when he was
acquitted.
District Attorney Llvy Stipp last
evening was unable to state just what
action would be taken on the third In
dictment. Poyser, on that count, is
charged with a similar offense against
Violet ,McKinnis, sister of the girl
against whom the first case was
brought.
Bagley or Bench
The case was neard before Judge
George Bagley in the absence of
Judge J. U. Campbell. The passing Of
sentence has been withheld until a
later date.
In the empanelling of the jury,
Judge Bagley gave a ruling intended
ly In direct conflict with one of the
provisions of the new law providing
for the service of women on. the jur
ies. He held that the enforcement, of
the statute demanding six women on
a jury where the case involved a child
under age, could not be made to hold,
and instructed the court officers to
draw the extra venire needed to com
plete the jury without respect to sex.
Judge Bagley'8 ruling was based up
on the contention that the specifica
tion of the constitution of the Jury is
without the province of the law. It so
happened, however, that more than
the required number of women were
on the jury.
BIG STILL FOUND
IN UNDERGROUND
CACH WOODS
Sheriff Locates Booze Plant
Secreted In Heavy Timber
Near Estacada; Entrance
Into Side Hill Is Hidden.
WOMAN, THREE MEN
BEING HELD IN JAIL
2,400 Gallons of Corn Mash
Is Confiscated; Effort To
Destroy Liquor Prevented.
Concealed underground in a room
built beneath fallen logs on a side
hill, a 75 gallon still with a daily ca-.
pacity of 30 gallons of finished liquor
was discovered late Saturday night ;
by Sheriff W. J.' Wilson and his dep
uties. The plant was located in the j
dense timber at East Garfield, nine i
miles east of Estacada, and is said
by the sheriff to be one of the most )
cleverly concealed booze plants ever
located in this county.
Three men anr a woman1 are under
arrest as the result of the raid. They
are Mrs. Pauline Hager, J, E. Hager,
George Walch and Matt Parach. The
woman is being held in default of
$250 bail while $500 is asked fer
Hager and $1,000 for each of the
other two men.
The discovery of the still was made
after a search which took practically
all of the afternoon. When the sher
iff, accompanied by Deputies Long
and Hughes, went to the house, no
one was found. In their search along
Still Creek for . the booze plant, two
old still locations were discovered
The large operating plant was found
built in the side of the hill, with an
entrance made through the end of
the log, closed by a clever rustic
door The still, which was in a room
16 feet square and ten feet high, was
equipped with numping apparatus for
securing water from the creek. The
35ill itself was equipped with force
gas burners.
Parich was found by the officers
inside the still plant, engaged in pour
ing the moonshh.e liquor through the
floor. It is believed that the dogs
barking on the ranch had warded him
of the approach of the officers, which
was delayed in following the ill da
fined trail which lead -.o. the still.
A ten gallon jug of- moonshine was
confiscated and 2,400 galons of corn
mash, together with a large quantity
of corn and corn sugar, was destroy
ed. Returning to the house, Hager and
bis wife were found and taken into
custody. The remaining member of
the" party was located by the deputies
on Still Creek.
OLCOTT OUSTS K. K. K.
STATE BOARD MEMBER
SALEM, June 19- The removal of
Dr. R. C. Ellsworth of Pendleton as
"an acknowledged member of the Ku
Klux Klan" from the state board of
chiropractic examiners, was announc-e-l
by Governor Olcott this morning
"for the good of the service," and
Dr. D. T. Brown of The Dalles was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
The governor's move to purge the
state payroll of klansmen was started
immediately after the primary elec
tion, when C." E. Gates of Medford
was removed as a member of the state
fair board "for the good of the ser
vice," Gates being an avowed member
of the klan. it was intimated at that
time that the removal of Gates was
only the first of several klansmen
whose official heads could be expect
ed to fall under the sweep of the ex
ecutive ax.
ARE REVISED FOR
The state highway commission has
revised its call for bids on units Nos.
1 and 2 of the Mount Hood loop In
Clackamas county. The Multnomah
county line-Sandy section calls for 6.2
miles of surfacing with 15,000 cubic
yards of surfacing materials. The
Cherryville-Forest boundary section
calls for 10.7 miles of rock surfacing
wun zi.ovv cudic yards of materials.
The bids are to be opened at a
meeting in Portland June 28.
625 Cars Returned
During Three Years
During the past three years, 625
American cars 'and trucks valued at
$1,159,031 were reimport ed from
France and 1,801 valued at $2,819,633
were reimported from Great Britain.
No information is available as to the
proportion of military supplies sent
to Europe by this country in the
figures.
CODNTY SHARE IN STATE
FAIR FUNOJS 12000
Quota Apportionment Made
By Kozer Based on Millage
Provision for Special Taxes.
A fund of $2,002.82 for county fair
purposes is to be turned over to
Clackamas county by the state. Un
der the law for the purpose, Secre
tary of State Sam A, Kozer has ap
portioned to the thirtysix counties of
the state a total of $51,010.21 for 1922
in support of fairs, land product
shows, livestock, exhibitions for prem
iums and similar purposes.
The money is raised' by the levy of
a tax of one-twentieth of a mill upon
the taxable property of the state as
I last equalized by the state tax com-.
mission. There is a provision that I
no county shall receive more than. J
$15,000. Under the provision an.ex-j
cess of $2400.71 for Multnomah coun- ;
ty is divided, $66.6S to each county.
TIME ENDS FOR FILING
Payment of Loans In Next
2 Months To Be More Than
$75,000 For Veterans Here.
With the time expired yesterday for
the filing of cash bonus claims, the
action of the local bonus officials will
now be concentrated on the handling
of loans exclusively, according to
Phil Hammond, local bonus attorney.
No check on the amount of the cash
payments received under the state act
by veterans of this county, has been
made. The applications are not check
ed over here after they have once been
j tu the off jcjai figures are compiled by
the commission itself the extent of
these payments cannot be estimated.
Approximately. 30,000 in loan appli
cations are on hau l now, which is ap
proved . by the co.iamission and wait-1
ing for final completion of the apprais- j
! als of property offered as security and
the finishing of. other details. Mr. j
Hammond estimates that within the I
next two months, loans under the state I
act amounting to at least $75,000 will j
have been received here.
Tt had -nrAvinnsiv heTi estimated
that between 200 and 300 new homes
would bt constructed in this county
through the funds loaned by the state
under the soldier's and sailor's bonus
act.
School Director
Election Is Won
By E. T. Beverlin
E. T. Beverlin, by a margin of 77
votes. Monday defeated J. E. Hedges
for the position of school director of
District 62, including Oregon City and
Mount Pleasant.
A vote of 1008 was cast. The offi
cial count stood Beverlin 540, Hedges
463. Five ballots were thrown out by
the judges.
The election saw one ofrthe largest
ballots ever cast at any school elec
tion in the city. Last year a ballot of
slightly over 900 was cast.
Beverlin is elected for three years,
and the defeat o'f Hedges leaves open
the chairmanship of the board, which
Hedges had held. He had been a
member of the school board for 18
years.
Vote Is Heavy
The election was one of the hottest
contended in many years and the large
vote is generally attributed to the
acute interest in the race, rather than
the increase in the territory included
in the district by the addition of
Mount Pleasant since the last ballot.
The schools during the last year
have been considerably improved.
The new gymnasium has been built,
and two rooms added to the Eastham j
school. In spite oi m laning over cm.
the unpaid warrant indebtedness of
te Mount Pleasant district, the float
uig indebtedness of the local district
has grown le3s than $2,000 during the
year, according to the report filed yes
terday with the board by Alene Phil
lips, school clerk. The total cost of
operation of the schools was $75,126.77
for the year, of which $58,646 was for
salaries.
Indebtedness Given
The total indebtedness of the dist
rict is given as $125,240.56, of which
$79,500 is a bonded indebtedness, the
remainder, constituting the floating in
debtedness, being at a six per cent
loan rate. The bonds draw five and
five and one-half per cent.
The members of the school board,
beside Beverlin, who will be formally
installed at a nearly meeting, are O.
A. Pace, J. A. Roake, C. H. Meissner
and Roy B. Cox.
FURTHER DISARMAMENT
IS AIM OF JAP PREMIER
TOKIO, June 15. Establishment of
conditions which will permit still fur
ther reductions of world armament
-will be an aim of the ministry of Pre
mier Kato of Japan, the new premier
declared in a public statement today.
MAN KILLS SELF
FOUND HANGING TO
RAFTERSJN CABIN
Sherwood Farmer Discovered
Dead; 111 Health Is Thought
Cause of Act; No Inquest to
Be Held, States Coroner.
NEPHEW MAKES CALL;
DEATH IS DISCLOSED
Rancher Tied Electric Light
Cord Round Neck, Stepped
from Ladder; Time Mystery
Hanging from, the rafters of his
cabin on Sherwood, Route 5, the body
of Joseph Bruck was discovered at 7
o'clock Saturday evening by L. Bruck,
nephew of the Sherwood farmer.
i Brusk, who was 65 years of age.
. was last seen by neighbors on Thurs
I day night. Either shortly after that
i or Friday morning, he climbed up to
the rafters of his cabin, fastened an
1 electric light cord around his neck,
and stepped off the ladder.
The man's health, according to his
nephew, had been failing and for
some time his friends had despaired
fif his life. Bruck was a bachelor, and
had resided on his farm near Sher
wood for the past 15 years.
During the time he had been sick,
extending over a period of a number
of years, he would take.no medicine
and would not consult a doctor.
The man was a native of Germany.
Coroner O. A. Pace of Oregon City,
was called immediately after the dis
covery of the body. No inquest will
be necessary, Mr. Pace says. The
body is at the Holman and Pace un
dertaking parlors pending the ar
rangements for the funeral.
TITLES FOR GRANGE TAX
BILLS ARE PREPARED
SALEM, June 17. The ballot title
' and short title for the income tax
j bill,", which is being initiated by the
, Oregon State Grange, has been pre-
pared by Attorney General Van Win
kle and is ready for circulation for
signatures.
The purpose of the proposed mea
sure, as set forth by the -attorney gen
eral, is that of "levying graduated, an
nual taxes on incomes of all residents
of the state and all non-residents re
ceiving incomes from sources within
its jurisdiction; corporations, joint
stock companes and associations to
pay on their net incomes not other
wise taxed hereunder; corporate
bonds declared interests in corpora
tion; natural persons to pay on net
incomes of their business not other
wise taxed hereunder, or exempt, ex
cept pensions, inheritances, insurance
to amount of $10,000 not received dur
ing insured lifetime; making certain
exemptions from personal incomes
and exempting mutual savings, build
ing and loan, religious, charitable,
etc., associations; provides manner of
enforcement and appropriates $50,000
for expenses.
TAX REDUCTION LEAGUE
FAVOR PRIMARY SYSTEM
SALEM, June 17. An attempt to
abolish the direct primary in this
state will meet strenuous opposition
at the hands of the Oregon State Tax
Reduction league. This was made
plain at a meeting of the executive
committee here Friday, when two pro
posals for amendments of the primary
law were presented for discussion.
No action was taken on either pro
posal, but sentiment expressed at the
meeting indicated that a plan for the
inauguration of a state convention
system for the adoption of party plat
forms upon which all candidates
should stand for election, would meet
with favor in the eyes of many of the
league. Such a plan, it was made
plain, would have no effect upon the
primary system of nominations.
The committee decided to postpone
the fit n it- convention of the league io
be held In Salem from July 4 to July
5. At that time it is' understood the
league intends to place a guberna
torial candidate in the field, and ru
mor has it that J. C. Cooper, of Mc
Minnville. the league's president, will
be that candidate.
CARL BUSE ELECTED TO
WEST LINN SCHOOL BODY
At the West Linn school election
held at the Sunset school house on
Monday, June 19. Carl Buse was re
elected to serve as school director for
a three-year term, and Clyde Hughes
re-elected clerk. There, was no oppo
sition to either party.
SCAN RAIL ORDERS, IS .
Public Servicv tamission
Is Urged To Go To Meet
To Be Held In California.
Urging the Public Service commis
sion to protect the interests of the in
dustries of the state in scanning the
ordered division of the Southern Pa
cific and Central Pacific companies,
the Transportation department of the
local commercial club has urged the
state public service commission to at
tend the coming hearng n San Fran
csco. In his letter to the commission,
R. L. Shepherd, chairman of the de
partment, says: -
Letter Is Given
"As the recent decision of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court in the mat
ter of the Southern Pacific-Centra
Pacific lines "naturally affects our
community and industries, and if car
ried' out as decreed may prove a det
rimentto our present transportation
facilities, we feel the matter should
receive the most careful consideration
by your body, and the thought and de
sires of the communities and patrons
directly affected should have the op
portunity of expression.
"In view of the gravity of the situ
ation and. without prejudice, we ear
nestly request that the Interstate
Commerce Commission set an early
date for a public hearing in the above
matter, and that all concerned be giv
en an opportunity to be heard."
A subsequent telegram to the some
body follows:
. Telegram Is Sent . .
"It is the opinion of the Transpor
tation Department of our organization
that- the Public Service Commission
of our State should be represented at
conference wherein matters pertain
ing to the regulation or welfare of
public utilities serving our common
wealth are to be discussed. In this
spirit wesfeel that a member o your
body should be present at the confer
ence of commissioners in San Fran
cisco, June nineteenth, to discuss the
proposed separation of the Southern
Pacific Central Pacific lines. This
action was taken without prejudice in
the matter either for or against the
Superior Cour decision."
2 Portland Men
Swimniing Near
Here Lose Lives
Two young men. John Kaufman and
Alex Geltman, were drowned Sunday,
one in Oswego lake and the other in
the Tualain river.
Geltman, 20, of Portland, - was
drowned Sunday evening at 6 o'clock
when he slipped on a log and fell into
the swift waters of the Tualatin one
and a half miles west of Willamette.
There is a dam above the point,
where the young man tumbled into
the stream, and the water below rush
es past tumultuously.
Aid Was Distant
Geltman, who was an employe of
the Jacob Pot works, 5th and Oak
streets, had gone up the Tualatin with
a picnic party of about 20 persons.
He and other young men were play
ing ball on the bank of the stream
and the others in' the party were some
distance away when the accident oc
curred.
Screams from those by the river
brought the others running. One
youne man. whose name was not
learned, leaped into the river, but did
not succeed in getting the body out
until it had been in the water 15
minutes.
Resuscitation Fails
Efforts to start breathing by arti
ficial respiration failed. The body
was brought to Portland to the Hol
man & Son undertaking parlors. Fu
neral services will be held this after
noon from the residence.
Geltman came to this country from
Odesa, Russia, 18 months ago. He
has no close relatives in America.
. Kaufman, 19, was drowned in Oswe
go lake, while trying to swim across
the narrows at Lake Grove.
Heart Failure Blamed
It is believed he was stricken with
heart failure while in the water. He
had his clothes on and was about mid
way across when he sank. Boys saw
him go down and went to his rescue
dragging him out. He was still alive
when taken to the shore and his res
cuers obtained a pulmotor and worked
over him until other help arrived. He
died an hour after being taken from
the water.
Kaufman was a stonecutter by trade
and lived with his brother at Lake
Grove. He was unmarried.
Several years ago the Tualatin riv
er, where Geltman was drowned,
claimed three victims at one time, all
of -whom were residents ot West Linn,
two sisters and a woman friend being
the victims. One of these had gone
into a jump-off and the other two
went to her rescue; all went down.
A fourth person was prevented from
rushing into the deep water to endea
vor to rescue the women, none .of
whom were able to swim.
Couple Is Married
Before Judge Noble
A. marriage license was issued
Thursday to Fred York, 23, of Mil
waukie, and Edna M. Jones, 22, of
Glendale.
Sadie Starr and Peter Wayne, the
former of Portland, were married be
fore Judge E. J. Noble.
IHJSTORICPAGEANT
ioSUGGESTEDFOR
CENTENNIAL HERE
Adah Losh Rose, Dramatist,
Director, Visits at Oregon
City; Possibility For Big
Production Said Excellent.
ROMANTIC STORY OF
PIONEERS INTRIGUES
Eva Emery Dye Offers Aid in
Staging Affair; Right To
Use Books Is Volunteered.
"Of all the places in your state, I
don't know of another which has a
more wonderful historic setting than
Oregon City. Oregon is among the
richest in early lore and legend, but
one of the finest stories that a dram
atist could wish is woven, about this
spot."
This was the characterization of
the possibilities of the- history of Ore
gon City which Ada Losh Rose gave
when she visited here the first of the
week. Mrs. Rose, who is recognized
as one of the foremost pageant direct
ors in the country, and nationally
known as a dramatist, came here as
the guest of Mrs. Eva Emery Dye.
Experience ts Wide
Mrs. Rose wrote and directed the
pageant which was given in Portland
in 1919, in which mo.re than 2,000 peo
ple participated. She has done pag
eantry work for a number of. years
and Is extremely enthusiastic over
the possibilities of visualizing the
many early stories . which surround
the founding of civilization, on, the
banks of the WiJamette. -
, I have gone over the history of
this district very thoroughly," Mrs.
Rose said, "and I am convinced that
it could be handled beautifully. There
are many stories and incidents which
work and around the history of the
falls and the people who lived here
thfVTA rmilri hft rnnstmctp.1 nna ef the
finest dramatic spectacles that has
ever been' formed from the great story
of the West."
Need Held Great
The dramatist pointed out that the
perpetuation of the history of the city
and the country adjacent is something
which should be considered seriously.
The possibility exists at present, to
within the year begin work on a small
pageant. This could be based upon
some of the chief events, and become
an annual institution, characteristic of
Oregon City -as are some of the other
celebrations in states throughout the
country. t: . .
Year by year the pageant could be
enlarged, until by 1929 it would em
brace practically every- event of sig
nificance presented in' one of the most
attractive of dramatic forms. This,
she says, could form the nucleus' for
the centennial celebration that is al
ready being talked of for 1929, the date
which will commemorate the 100th an
niversary of the founding of Oregon
City by Dr. John McLoughlin.
Pageants Welt Received
The pageant recently established in
The Dalles by Mrs. Rose, has exceed-
ftvpnr iTTiprtfl t inn -i n A f i pAm.
munity has undertaken to make it an
annual event. At the first presents
tion, more than 1000 people partici
pated. It was established in 1920 arfd
is to be produced this - year for the
third time. This, Mrs. Rose says, is
demonstrative of what can be done in
this way, and the patronage that the
community has received due to this
annual event, has been inestimable.
The value of such a pageant to Or
egon City is far surpassed "- by its
worth in preserving an important
cycle in the development of the state's
history, Mrs. Rose points out. Oregon
City annually could become a mecca
for people all over the coast, and she
finds here the possibility of creating
an exceptionally dramatic story.
Club May Give Aid
It is possible that the local Commer
cial club will be asked to undertake
the establishment of the pageant here
the first year. The matter of ex
pense, Mrs. Rose declares, is Inciden
tal. At a cost of less than $900 the
Portland pageant was staged, and
through the natural sources of income
in an affair of such state-wide import,
a successful self suporting organiza
tion could be built up.
"Pageantry," said Mrs. Rose, "is
new ih the Northwest. It is only late
ly that people are coming to realize
the great value it has in crystallizing:
the history of the nation. An annual
and legend Is the finest basis for com
munity celebrations and the building
of community spirit, and nowhere is
there such a wealth of material as in
your own community."
Mrs. Dye Offers Books
Mrs. Rose for the present is visiting
In Portland. Mrs. Dye has offered
Mrs. Rose the privilege of dramatizing
any of her numerous works on the his
tory of Oregon and Oregon City. The
pageant work would necessarily In
volve a complete study of the early
history of this section and any plan
advanced for such an activity would
preclude the use of anything but the
best authenticated detail.
Mrs. Rosa exDecta tn return tn Orp.
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