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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 31.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1 922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
PERSECUTIONS BY
NEIGHBOR
CHARGE
OF OAK GROVE MAN
E. Schubert Declares Raids
of Home were Prompted by
Hatred; Action in Court
Is U. S. Attorney's Advice.
THREAT IN MYSTERY
' NOTE IS DISCLOSED
Complainant Declare Wife Is
Nervous Wreck 'As Result
Of Repeated Searchings.
E. Schubert, of Oak Grove, whose
home has been raided three times
within the past year, yesterday ap
peared before U. S. District Attorney
Baldwin, charging nialicin-! nersecu
tion by a neighbor. The federal offi
cials in Portland after investigating
the case have advised civil action in
the state courts, as a remedy.
On August 2, 1521, soon after Schu
bert had been sent to a local hospital
as a result of injuries received in a
traffic mishap, federal agents enter
ed his Oak Grove home on a warrant
sworn to by Webb.
In November, 1921, his home waa
raided by Clackamas county officials,
the informant being Webb. Several
days ago, a third raid followed, the
search warrant in this case bearing
Webb's name. In none of the raid3
was any evidence of the sale or man
ufacture of liquor found. The search
warrant charged Schubert with man
ufacturing moonshine.
Wife Is Invalid
Schubert declares that his wife,
who has been an invalid for the past
nine years, is almost a nervous wreck
'as a result of the frequent searching
parties which have visited his house.
He made no complaint against the
conduct of any of the officers, declar
ing that all had conducted themselves
within the law.
As a sidelight on this case, Webb
has turned over to Prohibition Agent
Price a threatening letter, which he
said enemies sent him. This missive,
sent in a black bordered envelope and
bearing' the traditional skull and cross
bones, warned him to leave the coun
try at once. It was signed . by th
"Committee of 131."' . Federal officials
have taken no action in this matter.
Schubert, after a consultation with
Attorneys Baldwin and Vsatch, was
advised that his redress lay in state
courts and the charge of perjury,
which he wished to place against
Webb, would hardly hold water in a
federal court. Schubert said that he
would follow the advice and begin civ
il action in Clackamas county courts.
GREEN'S FISH BILL MAY
BE FOUGHT IN COURTS
A suit to enjoin the secretary of
state from placing on the ballot at the
general election in November a pro
posed initiative measure sponsored by
G. G. Green, of Oregon City, and hav
ing for its purpose the regulation of
the state's fish hatcheries and pre
venting the use of wheels, traps and
seines in the Columbia river, prob
ably will be filed in the Marion coun
ty circuit court here within the next
week or ten days.
This was announced 'by Carl D.
Shoemaker, state fish warden; Chris
Schmdt and F. P. Kendall, members
of the state fish commission, and R.
E. Clanton, director of state fish
hatcheries, who passed a part of to
day in Salem, conferring with I. H.
VanWinkle, attorney-general, and oth
er state officiiafls.
. The suit, if filed, according to Mr.
Shoemaker, will allege that the pro
posed fishing measure initiated by
Mr. Green has no place on the ballot
in that the petitions contain the
names of hundreds of persons who
are not qualified voters of the state.
Other allegations of fraud will be
contained in the complaint, Mr. Shoe
maker said.
MAN IS ARRESTED FOR
THREATENING TO -KILL
Charged with threatening to kill F.
A. Hogan, W. F. Curry, of Estacada,
was arrested Saturday afternoon by
Constable Ed Fortune. Curry was
given a hearing before Judge E. J. No
ble in the justice court Saturday aft
ernoon and admitted to $250 bail pend
ing a hearing at 1:30 o'clock Monday.
In his report for the Past month,
Constable Fortune lists 21 arrests.
There was one arrest in the following
classifications during the month, lar
ceny, non-support, trespassing, seduc
tion, overloading and improper use ot
license plates. Seven arrests were
made on assault and battery charges,
two for threats to kill, two for failure
to report accidents, two for fishing
without licenses and two for substitu
tion of license plates.
SECOND BOOZE OFFENSE
BRINGS 60 DAYS IN JAIL
Earl Lollick Arrested at Oak
Grove for Having 4 Pints
Of Moonshine in Satchel.
A sixty day qah. sentence and a $250
fine was the penalty inflicted upon
Earl Lollick Monday in the second
booze offense here during the past
month. Lollick was arrested Satur
day night at Oafc Grove by deputy
sheriffs Hughes and Long. He had a
"boston" satchel, containing four pint
flasks of moonshine. Lollick was ar
rested on the night of July 1 by Long
on a technical charge of driving an
automobile while intoxicated. The of
ficer was attracted by the protests of
a young girl in the machine.
On the first offense, Lollick was fin
ed $1.00. On the second offense he
was charged with illegal possession
of liquor.
In the justice court Monday E. H.
Prehn and Joe Klauder were fined $25
each for violation of the game laws.
Prehn was fined for taking fish under
6 inches in length and Klauder for
fishing with more than one line.
O. L. Sherman, on combined charg
es of parking on a highway, having
bright lights and failing to have a
driver's license, was fined $50. W. E.
Spencer, arrested by Long for having
mash in his possession, was fined
$130.
Deputies Long and Hughes Monday
arrested Owen R. Atkin, who had
parked his machine in the middle of
the Molalla road. A half gallon of
moonshine and a quart of wine were
found in the car. The case will be
heard before Judge E. J. Noble Wed
nesday. The deputies also arrested
T. M. Mooney of Canby on charges of
illegal possession of liquor. A ten
gallon container was found buried be
hind the woodshed back of Nooney's
house, together with, some other li
quor about the premises. The case
has been set for Wednesday.
Deputy B. M. Marshall of Estacada
arrested Millard Saver on charges 01
driving a car while intoxicated. The
case is set for Wednesday.
LOCAL WOMAN IS HELD
BY PORTLAND POLICE
Ella A. Parker is Charged
With Responsibility For
Injury of Two in Crash.
Two men were sent to St. Vincent's
hospital with serious injuries as the
result of a collision between an auto
mobile and a motorcycle at Union av
enue and Belmont streets Tuesday
afternoon.
The injured men are Robert Bur
gess, 25, Gresham, head injuries ana
hurt internally; Ray Burgess, 24.
Gresham, severe cuts about the head
and face.
The automobile was operated by
Miss Ella A. Parker of Oregon City,
who is alleged to have failed to give
the right of way. Traffic police who
investigated the accident ordered
Miss Parker held, although the nature
of the charge to be placed against her
has not yet been "determiined.
Judges Allow New
Charge of Hall In
Recount Contest
SALEM, July 31. The first act of
Judges Percy R. Kelly and George C.
Bingham when the Hall-Olcott contest
opened today was to grant a motion
of the contestant that he be allowed
to amend the original complaint by
adding an accusation that Catholic
clergymen and other church officials
used undue influence in persuading
their parishioners to vote for Gover
nor Olcott as the Republican candi
date for governor in the May 19 pri
mary. The court modified this, however,
by explaining that it would not allow
the vote of an entire precinct to be
thrown out If it were found that some
votes had been unduly influenced, but
that only the votes so influenced
would be discarded. The contestant
asked' that the whole precinct be
thrown out.
The court allowed an amendment t
the complaint of the contestant where
by persons who changed their regis
tration before election day or on
election day will be" aocused of -doing
so for frauffulent reasons, although
the court has held re-registration to
be legal.
The court also allowed an amend
ment whereby irregular voting may
be charged in precincts and counties
not named in the origial complaint.
High Percentage of
Potato Acreage of
County is Passed
Seventy five per cent of the acreage
in Clackamas county which has been
listed for certified potato seed certi
fication, passed the'inital tefet a week
ago. accordipg to word from George
Hyslop, professor of farm crops of the
Oregon Agricultural college, who con
ducted the tests. Three hundred acres
have been listed this year. Two more
inspections later in the year are to be
made.
WORK ON LOOP HELD UP
BY MULTNOMAH COUNTY
Chairman Rudeen Refuses to
Give Guarantee of Funds
To State; $170,000 Short.
PORTLAND, July 27. Charles Ru
deen, chairman of the Multnomah
county commissioners, today held
back the work on the Mount Hood
loop. ' . " '
He refused to vote for the resolu
tion assuring the state highway com
missioners the promised $170,000 that
Multnomah county agreed to give for
this road.
Robert A. Booth, chairman of the
state commission, declared that it was
only upon the promise of this money
by the county and upon the insistence
of the county that the Mount Hood
loop be built that the state undertook
the work.
Other Counties Pay Share
. Other counties Have paid their
share, said Booth, and the grading has
been done; the contract for graveling
the road is ready to be let, having
been held back a month awaiting some
definite word from the local commis
sioners.
-"We have done our part," said
Booth before he was told of Rudeen's
negative vote. "The grade needs pro
tection, the people along it cannot get
out in the winter and since we acted
in harmony with your request we
want a definite promise that Multno
mah county will pay its share before
we let out any more work.'r
Then Rudeen announced that before
the highway commissioners came into
the room, he had voted against the
resolution to grant $170,000 of the
county's 1923' motor vehicle fund for
the loop road.
"It must go into the budget." said
Rudeen.
Money Must Come From Fund .
But Assistant Attorney General J.
M. Devers, who passes on road mat
ters for the state, declared that it did
not have to go into the budget on ac
count of being moneys taken from a
special fund and not affecting the tax
levy in the least.
Devers quoted from supreme, court
decisions to support his case. But
Rudeen would not agree to Multnomah
county promising to give on dollar
towards the Mount Hood loop road
that was built upn the urgent request
of Portland taxpayers.
Rudeen offered a substitute resolu
tion stating that the commissioners
would put the needed $170,000 in its
1823 budget and use its influence to
have the fax supervision committee
allow the appropriation to stay in.
"We would rather not have a reso
lution at all than this one," said
Booth, "'because it does not bind you
in the least. We believe, you when
you say you'll put the amount in the
budget, but that doesn't make us sure
of a cent."
Deputy Diistrict Attorney Sam
Pierce drew the substitute resolution
for Rudeen.
George W. Joseph, attorney, poured
oil on the troubled waters by suggest
ing that the two official attorneys get
together and see if the matter of the
vehicle fund cannot be worked out as
the highway commission thinks it
should.
Pierce says be cannot decide until
District Attorney Myers returns to
the city next Monday. Booth stated
that the matter of awarding the con
tract would be held up a few days
longer, but he greatly regrets the de
lay. MESS BOY ON STEAMER
DROWNS IN WILLAMETTE
Alfred Wilson, of Portland,
Seized With Cramp ; Search
For Body Is Unsuccessful.
Alfred Wilson, of Portland, mesa
boy on the steamer Anna Cummings,
was drowned in the Willamette river
at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Wilson was drowned while in swim
ming near Mill H of te Crown-Willamette
plant. He had left the boat, aft
er donning a bathing suit, and doye
into the river at the foot of the mill.
He swam out a short distance and
went down. No outcroy was made
and for'a moment the men nearby did
not notice that anything was wrone.
The fact that the lad went down so
suddenly and that nothing was heard
of him and he never again came to
the slurafce, lead to the Jheory that
he was seized with cramp.
Girls Enjoy Life
On Clackamas River
The Camp Fire Girls of this city
are enjoying camp lire on the banks
of the Clackamas river near the Hag
emann home in the "Logan section. Mr.
and Mrs. Hagemann have allowed the
girls the privilege of pitching their
tents on their place, which overlooks
the Clackamas. On Sunday there
were about 75 automobiles
on the
ground
Girls from various sections of the
state are camped at that place, and
the chaperones in charge of the camp
;
are enjoying life in the country
well as the girls.
as
HARDING'S OFFER
TO CURB RAILWAY
STRIKE REFUSED
No Indication Shown to What
Move Government Will
Take; Text - of Leaders
Reply Will Be Studied.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO
DELAY NEXT DECISION
Said
Silence of Officials
Move to
Avoid Publicity
l o
Controversial Points.
On
WASHINGTONV'D. C, Aug. 1.
President Harding had the rail strike
problem back on his hands tonight as
executives, at their meeting in New
York, to accept the administration set
, tlement plan so far as the seniority
issue !s concerned. There was no in
dication at the White House as - to
what move, if any, the government
planned to make in the situation. It
was considered probable that Mr.
Harding would study carefully the
text of the executives' reply and that
expected from the labor leaders'
meeting in Chicago . before reaching
i a decision
The tone of the replies and the
circumstances under which they were
made, it was indicated at the White
House, undoubtedly would guide Mr.
Harding to some extent, and there
was another intimation that publicity
could not always be helpful in the
delicate negotiations into which the
administraton has been drawn by the
industrial situation.
Russell Hecker
Denied Motion
For NeAV Trial
ivrntinn tnr- a t,aw riai fr,r r,,SHa11
Hecker, convicted murderer of Frank 1 of, the , attorneys to attend court re
Bowker, Portland musician, was de- suited in he continuation of the case
nied by Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell j untl1 Monday-
Monday morning. Immediate notice J
of appeal was served by Gilbert S. I
Hedges, one of the attorneys for the 1
defense.
The new trial plea was based upon
contentions of misconduct of the jury.
the separation of the women and the
men on the jury for a short period
during the process of their delibera
tion, was contrary to law and made
the verdict illegal. The women, who
numbered five, were allowed to leave
the jury box, and go across the hall.
,Judge Campbell ruled, that on ac
count of the nature of the court house
building, and in view of the affidavit
of Thomas Miller, bailiff, that the
women were under his supervision
while crossing the hall and that they
spoke with no one during- the time
they passed out of and into the jur7
box, fchat the action could not be con
sidered a separation of the jury as
provided under the statutes.
Hecker is at present in the peniten
tiary at Salem under sentence to be
hanged on September 22. He was
covicted of the premeditated slaying
of Bowker at Clackamas on the
night of Easter Sunday, for the pur
pose of robbing the man. The sensa
tional trial which lasted for a week in
the historic Clackamas Cunty court
house, was concluded on July 1. Heck
er's attorneys, under an extension of
time granted by Judge Campbell, have
until September 5 for the filing of
their bill of exceptions on appeal. It
is considered probable that a reprieve
will be granted in view of the appeal
of the case.
Dumping of Refuse
Upon Highways Will
Bring Fine of $400
Notices offering a $15 reward for
Information leading to the arrest and
conviction of any person dumpiig ref
use on any highway in the county,
have been posted by Traffic Officer
Carl Long. The notices declare the
fact that the law provides a $400 fine
for punishment of such offenses.
WORD RECEIVED FROM
A.E.
A letter was received from A. E.
King, formerly of Mount Pleasant,
who left for the Isle of Man early in
the spring to take over an inheritance
of $75,000.
Mr. King .states that he and Mxs.
King will leave for Oregon City the
last of this month. They are at pres
ent at Douglass on that island. On
their homeward voyage they will vis-1 of
it places of interest m England, Linn Mr w&ugl u Mra. Shanks'
Wales, Ireland and Scotland. uncie,
He complains of cold stormy wea-1 Last summer, while on an eastern.
.'Tin r. t T?tffc,l. Tnlnn h.tK r 1 r c 1 1
mci jjiovauiii iu lutj AJiAcioxx mica. n
and prefers Oregon to the over-seas
regions. ,
BODY OF YOUTH FOUND
FLOATINGDOWN RIVER
Corpse Found By T. Brown
Tuesday; Cramps Held As
Cause of Boy's Drowning.
The body of Alfred Wjlson, who
was drowned in the Willamette river
Friday afternoon, was recovered about
3 o'clock Tuesday. The body was
found by Thomas Brown, who lives in
a boathouse near the foot of Fifth
street.
Wilson's body came to the surface
and was discovered floating near the
boathouse. The arms and legs were
doubled up, indicating, it is said by
the undertakers, that the boy had the
cramP- The body was taken charge of
i by Justice of the Peace Noble in the
absence of Coroner Pace.
i - Doay 13 being held here pend-
. ing word from the parents, who Jive
in Portland. An attempt to get In
touch with them again is being made
by the authorities. Wilson's father, it
is understood, is employed by the
Crown-Willamette Paper company on
Young Wilson had gone in swim
ming near the steamer Anna Cum
mings on which he was employed as
a mess boy. After diving into the riv
er, he swam a short distance and sud
denly disappeared.
CHARLIE STRAIGHT GETS
$250 FINE INU.S. COURT
Man Pleads Guilty to Charges
Of Having Liquor; Federal
Agents Raid Domicile,
Pleading guilty to charges of hav
ing intoxicating liquor in his posses
sion, Charlie Straight was fined $250
in the federal court in Portland Mon
day.
Straight's home at Clackamas
heights was raided by the federal of
ficers under Prohibition AgentoC. R.
Stipe Thursday. V quantity of liquor
was confiscated, and Straight was tak
en to Portland, where he. was released
i upon bond to appear to answer to the
1 charges the following day. Inability
COUNTY WOMEN CLUBS
TO PICNIC AT OSWEGO
The Clackamas County Federation
of Women's organizations will have
an old fashioned picnic dinner with
the Oswego Women's club, Friday,
August 4, at 12 o'clock. Members will
meet at the school house. Bring
lunch. The regular business session
of the federation will be held at 1:30,
at which time affiliated clubs will be
represented, by delegates unaffiliated
,clubs are urged to be present. "Vale
na G. Benvie, president of the federa
tion, will preside and Miss Elizabeth
K. Matthews will report the state fed
eration meeting. Matters of interest
to the county will be discussed.
W. E. HASSLER SUED FOR
$397.60 BY ENTERPRISE
A demurrer to the suit to collect
$397.60, brought against him by the
Oregon City Enterprise, was filed by
W. E. Hassler in the circut court yes
terday. The action is based upon
amounts alleged to be due for work
done on the North Clackamas Report
er, a paper edited by Hassler, and for
printing of the Chautauqua programs.
for the past season, the finances of
which Hassler handled. The action
also charges failure to pay part ofa
series of promissory notes, included
in the net amount sued for.
Seventeen attachments on accounts
of the Reporter have been issued and
placed in the sheriffs hands for collec
tion In the case.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY!
PURCHASE SIX TRUCKS
Clackamas county will become the
owner of six new trucks, equipped
with cargo bodies, secured by the
county court through the United
States government, in a distribution
being made to counties. The trucks
will cost $500 each, this being the
amount necessary to pay freight
charges.
Canadian People
Visit " Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Waugh of Chat
ham. Ontflrin tiro irfaitnrs at the linmp
Mr . Mrs. D M. Shanks at West
iy, .u i . ana mro. ouaus were iuo
'guests of Mr. and Mrs. Waugh while
iu Canada. 1
THEORIES ON THEFT IN
PRICE STORE EXPi nnFn
-
Geo. Martin, HeVfo
Crimes, Not In&ed Is
Opinion of Chief May.
George Martin, alias George Strick
ler, who was arrested last week by
the Portland police for several rob
beres in, Camas, Washington, and con
nected with crimes in Oregon' City,
was not responsible for the Price Bro
thers robbery wu:ch occurred several
months ago, in the belief of Chief of
Police W. B. May of this citj Follow
ing the arrest of Martin, he was con
nected with the robbery of Eddy's
tore a month ago, through data sup
plied to the inspectors by Chief May.
Martin was examined by Sheriff
Wilson, and subsequently brought
here for examination by the chief of
police. Martin confessed to the rob
bery of Eddy's store, and to the at
tempted robbery of the Grand Thea
tre safe and the Wheeler pool hall
safe. But he denied connection with
the rotbery. of .the Price Brothers'
store, the chief" says. May believes
that Martin was probably not impli
cated in the affair, in view of other
information secured concerning the
theft. '
It s probable that Martn will nev
er be prosecuted for the Eddy rob
bery, as he is awaiting the return to
Washington state penitentiary to
serve a violated parole term, and will
then face the Camas charges- which
have priority over the Oregon. City
case. In any event, the. charge here
will have to be held several years be
fore any action can be taken.
TOURISTS ARE WAYLAID
AND ROBBED BY BANDITS
GRANTS PASS, Aug 1. Highway
men have instituted a reign of terror
for motorists in Cow Creek canyon
where several robberies took place
Sunday. Mem; ers of one party lost
everythiing of value they had with
them. v AuuthWr pu-ty , w sent to
Roseburg while .reports have it that
several other holdups were staged in
the same vicinity.
The highwaymen wore red -bandanna
handkerchiefs over their faces, ex
cept one, who appeared to be leader,
hid his face behind a white handker
chief. There were four of the high
waymen. The only thing overlooked by the
robbers in one party was a small gold
watch, worn by Mrs. Lama Dolbro,
wife of the driver of the car. Mr. and
Mrs. Dolbro were driving from Port
lalnd to their home at Reddng when
the holdupjtook place, about 10 miles
on the other side of Glendale.
The robbers then threw a sheet over
the heads of their victims, got in the
car and drove it to a point on this
side of the mountain. They took them
to a. secluded side road and then
proceeded to help themselves to every
thing of value. After robbing them,
the highwaymen cut the wiring in the
automobile and left them. Dolbro
managed to get the wiring together
so that they could proceed to Grants
Pass. -
PERMIT TO HAUL LOGS-
ON HIGHWAY REVOKED
The permit for hauling logs over
the Pacific Highway from the Boone's
Ferry road to the site of the old
smelter at Oswego, was revoked Fri
day by the state highway commission,
following four prosecutions for over
loading and the discovery that dam
age to the extent of from $5,000. to
$6,000 had been done to the new road
J. R. Bembry of Corvallis, arrested
at Oswego by traffic officer Floyd
Browne, paid a $250 fine for overload
ing a truck 3o00 pounds. The case
was heard before Judge E. J. Noble.
In Judge Savage's court at Oswego P.
W. Wentworth, R. H. Hopkins and J.
Campbell were fined $20, $25 and $50
on similar charges. The men were
driving for George Heusner of Port
land, whose permit to use the highway
for hauling was revoked. The driv
ers were arrested by state traffic of
ficers Griffith and Browne, who found
one of the trucks overloaded to the
extent of 9,400 pounds.
On the Oswego road, according to
Brown, the hauling has broken apart
practically all of the 30 foot panels on
the road so that they rock back and
forth for a distance of an inch- or
more. The pavement, or re-euiorceu
concrete, held to be the best in the
state, has been broken in many plac
es and the condition became so bad
that the people living in the district
protested.
Canby Man Has 700
Pounds of Cherries
CANBY, Aug. 1. W. W. Keebaugh,
of this city, harvested 700 pounds of
Late Duke cherries from fifteen
trees, and still has 100 more pounds
to pick. He received the market
price of five cents per pound for his
crop.
REVISION OF PLAN
d nronT nn
o.r.uLrui ur
IN PARLEY TODAY
Meet of Shippers and Oregon
City Business Men Called
As Preliminary to Final
Session With Rail Heads.
COMPROMISE UPON
FACILITIES LOOMS
Public Service Commission
Indicates Willingness To
Make Changes in Orders.
To discuss probable changes in the
plans for the rebuilding of the South
ern Pacific depot here, a meeting of
the shippers and business men of Or
egon City will be held at the Commer
cial club rooms at 1:30 o'clock this
afternoon.
The meeting is preliminary to a
session to be held with the Southern
Pacific to frame modfications of the
order entered by the Public Service
Commission last year requiring the
improvement of. the depot.
Extension of Time Allowed ,
The- order of the commission ori
ginally required the completion of the
improvements here by December 10,.
1921, but subsequent extensions of
time were allowed by the commission,
pending the revision of the terms of'
the order. The entire matter met de
lay after delay and the proceedings
were brought to a head when the re
tiring commissioners, just before the
recall went into effect, issued an or-'
der which required immediate action -
and informed the Southern Pacific
that a conference would be - called
here.
It is understood that the present
commission is agreeable to any
changes which can be arranged be
tween the railroad and the represent
atives of the business men and the
city. The meeting today will deter.
mine what plans the business men
will agree to. The session is called
by "Al Price, Main Trunk of the Live
Wires, which organization was instru
mental in securing the hearings which
resulted in the order for the establish
ment of additional depot facilities
here.
Arrangements Made With Body
Arrangements with the commission
wef6 made by Chris Schuebel, attor
ney for the Live Wires, and City At
torney O. D. Eby, who have been in
Salem in conference . with the mem
bers of th'e commission.
It is understood that the plans to
be considered will include .the open
ing of Railroad avenue, not as a main
thoroughfare but as an auxiliary
street in order to allow the construc
tion of combined freight and passen
ger facilities at,the depot.
Under the original order, separate
freight and passenger terminals were
to be constructed, necessitating the
purchase of more property by the
railroad. The S. P. is adverse to this
part of the order and arrangements,
it is expected, will include a compro
mise between this point and the op
ening of the street between Eighth
and Fifth streets.
Recount of Votes In
4 Marion Precincts
Reveals No Errors
SALEM. Aug. 1. Continuation of
the recount of ballots in the Hall
Olcott gubernatorial election contest
continued here this morning in the
contested Marion county precincts
without changing any of the results as
reported by the official canvassing
board.
- The recount, which began late Mon
day afternoon with the checking of
Horeb precinct, progressed slowly to
day, and at 11 o'clock only four pre
cincts had been counted. These were
Horeb, Champoeg, Englewood and
Fairfield.
None of the irregularities charged
in the precincts by the Hall forces
had been revealed by the recheck, al
though several irregularities had been
alleged prior to the opening of the
ballot boxes. In Champoeg precinct,
the contestant alleged, five ballots
had been erroneously cast for Olcott;
that two Republican ballots had been
cast by non-Republiicans, and that
two votes for Olcott were cast on the "
Democratic ballots.
CONTRACT FOR LAUNDRY
GIVEN TO LOCAL MAN
Knoefel & Scofield, owners and op
erators of the Oregon City laundry,
which was burned in a fire last week,
have let the contract for their new
building, which will be one story in
height and of cement construction.
The new building will be 40x93 feet
and will be ready for occupancy Sep
tember 10. W. G.-H. Krueger has been
awarded the contract, and the cost of
the new building- will be approximate
ly $6000. .". .