FIFTY-SiXTH YEAR No. 33.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922
ESTABLISHED 186
POLICE RECORDS
FLOODED; CASES
OF CRIMEA
V
Trial Of Charlie Straight Is
Expected to Draw Large
Crowd; County Courtroom
May Be Scene Of Hearing.
NEW CONFESSION IN
DRAPER CASE MADE
Young Mill Worker Admits
Stealing of Clothes and
Check Book From Auto.
The official registers, bearing the
curt stories of crimes of all sorts,
have been kept damp with ink during
the past week. What promises one
of the most interesting liquor cases
in months will be seen here when the
prohibition agents appear in court to
tell the story of the arrest of Charlie
Straight. More than the mere prose
cution of the one man may result
from the case, it is indicated.
Sherilf Wilson is firm in the belief
that the prosecution of Straight may
lead to other arrests, as it is believed
that the man is merely acting as a
vendor of whiskey and that he is not
making it, but securing it from some
where in the vicinity of his home.
Trial is Scheduled
Charlie Straight, Clackama3 Heights
rancher who was caught by state and
county officers Saturday night when
he attempted to sell the prohibition
agents some whiskey, will be tried be
fore Judge E. J. Noble on August 23.
Mrs. Charles Straight and Mrs. C.
L. Smith were formally placed under
arrest yesterday in connection with
the same affair. They will be tried
on the following day.
Interest in the case has become so
marked that it is probable that the
trial will be held in (he county court
room to accomodate the crowd.
le three were arraigned before
Judge Xoble Monday and pleaded not
guilty. Bonds for each were set up
at $500, and up to a late hour last
night none had been furnished.
Sheriffs deputies who Monday
searched Straight's ranch found a
. three quarter gallon jug of whiskey.
Second Offense Listed
: VS.traig-ht had been arrested by fed
eral inea. before and convicted. Sat-'
urday night when the state men call
ed at his ranch, stopped their car
near the trail below his house, and
honked the horn lightly, Straight ans
wered with a sharp whistle and came
up the line with four pints of moon
shine. The sale was consummated.
The officers revealed their identity.
One of the sheriff's deputies coming
up from behind flashed his gun and
relieved Straight of a heavy iron bar
he was carrying. The officers pro
ceeded to the house and purchased a
pint from Mrs. Straight. On hearing
that they were cops, Mrs. Smith, in
another room, broke two bottles of
moonshine, parts of which were se
cured for evidence.
New Confession Made
Lawrence Draper, 23-year-old Wil
lamette mill worker who confessed to
three robberies here and in Portland,
yesterday confessed to a fourth theft,
with which he was accused, according
to Chief of Police W. B. May. Draper
was charged with the theft of some
wearing apparel and a check book be
longing to J. L. Wallin, of the Port
land Journal. The things were taken
from Wallin's car, which was parked
at Gladstone park a week ago Sunday
Wallin, in Oregon City, yesterday rec
ognized Draper, and identified the
check book found in Draper's coat.
Draper, according to the chief, then
admitted the robbery.
R. T. Rickard, in jail here for the
past two weeks charged with the theft
of a California automobile, was taken
to the south to stand trial yesterday
by Sheriff J. W. Monroe, of Wood
land, Yolo county, California. Rich
ards was picked up here on the tech
nical charge of driving a car without
a license when it was discovered that
the machine had been stolen a"nd he
was held pending the arrival of the
Yolo county officials to return him
for' trial there.
HELD RECORD FOR STATE
Price of 101.81 Demanded By
Condition of Finances Here
Says Treasurer Everhart.
WILLAMETTE MAN
CONFESSES TO 2
ROBBERIES HERE
Clackamas county bonds sold last
Monday at 101.81, brought one of the
highest premiums on county securities
since the war, perusal of the bond
market figures reveals. The high
point reached by the bonds is attrib
uted by County Treasurer W. W. Ev
erhart to the condition of the county
finances in addition to the general
rise in the bond market in the east.
The sale Monday, Mr. Everhart
points out, involved the second block
of the only county bonds which have
ever been issued by Clackamas coun
ty. The block of $152,950 was in ad
dition to a former sale of $236,500, all
a part of the $1,700,000 issue voteu
in 1919. This, according to the treas
urer, means that the floating Donaea
indebtedness of the county is excep
tionally small. The bonds in addi
tion, he points out, are for short
Lawrence Draper Arrested By
Chief of Police May On
Theft Charge; Long and
Miller Cases Are Solved.
REVOKE CITIZENSHIP OF
ERS, IS PLEA
Action of Immigration Law
Would Aid in Curbing Of
Violations, Holds Judge.
19-YEAR-OLD WIFE
GIVES UP PLUNDER
Home Is Searched; All of
Stolen Property Will Be
Returned, States Culprit.
Lawrence Draper, of Wilamette, an
employe of the Hawley Paper mill, is
in the Oregon City jail charged with
terms, running from five to 13 years, i two local robberies.
They draw five per cent and are tar Draper, following his arrest Thurs
exempt. j day night by Chief of Police W. B. May
The desirability of the bonds, in ad- j sisaed a confession to the looting of
dition to the other factors, Everhart , the nome!l of W. A. Lontr manaeer of
says, is largely based on the financial
condition of the county. Although the
individual cities and school districts
are heavily bonded, the county proper.
which has the fifth highest assessed
the Liberty theatre, and Terry C. Mil
ler, organist at tne tneatre.
Draper; who is 23 years of age, con
fessed to the robbery of Long's home
July 22 and to Miller's house August
- i " L- ut 0 "UUO AUgUSI
valuation in the state, is in excellent 5 In botn cases articles of women's
condition, ne says, ine oniy riodnns wearing apparel were taken, together
debt other than the bonded indebted- with jeWelry and silverware The
ness is about $300,000 in outstanding j majority of the articles which were
warrants, one third of which will be; sfoien wrH fm,n(, t rirtir,.,. T,r
taken up with payment of taxes in
October. The standing bonded indebt
edness includes the payments made
on the Oregon City-West Linn bridge.
The securities, the treasurer says,
are being offered as among the best
municipal bond investments in the
state.
SCHOOL DIRECTORSHIP
CANDIDATES ARE LISTED
Election to Decide on Union
District For Canby
To Be Held On August 21.
Clackamas Couhtv
Moonshine Figures
In Federal Action
Information was received Wednes
day afternoon by United States At
torney Lester W. Humphreys that the
government had won the appeal taken
by Bob Lowe, alleged bootlegger, to
the circuit court of appeals. Lowe
was convicted during February, 1921,
by a federal court jury here, and on
March 3 was fined $1000.
The testimony was that Lowe jjujt
chased all the liquor made by C. A.
Worthi'ngton in a still operated near
Hog Hollow in Clackamas county.
The government even succeeded in
- producing a check for $187.50, with
which Lowe is said to have paid
Worthington for one delivery.
Lowe is well known in Portland as
the former proprietor of Bab's restaurant.
Eight residents from the territory
included in the proposed Union High
School district at Canby, are running
for the positions of directors of the
projected district, according to the of
ficial ballot completed Saturday by
County School Superintendent Bren
ton Vedder. The election is to be
he?d August 21 and includes districts
18,29, 22, 38, 63, 73, 81, 86, 91, 97 and
110.
The candidates from whom the five
directors will be chosen are J. Cole
man Marks, Marks Prairie; P. A. Web
ber, Union Hall, W. H. Livingston Oak
Lawn; D. W. Shrock, Ninety-One; R.
E. Cherrick, Barlow; F. J. Kraxberger,
Macksburg; C. O. Cole, Lone Elder
and George G. Randall, Central Point.
The election for the decision on the
Union High school question is the re
sult of a campaign which has been
waged in the vicinity of Canby for
more than a year. The plan is to in
clude the eleven districts which were
already" sending their students to the
high school at Canby, for the com
bined purpose of doing away with the
tuition fees, and placing the expendi
ture in a mor? equalized form of tax
ation, and giving the residents of the
outlying districts a voice in the man
agement of the schools which their
children are attending.
and the man, according to the chief,
has promised to disclose the where
abouts of the remainder of the arti
cles tomorrow.
Robberies Were Investigated
The two robberies have been under
investigation by Chief May and the
arrest of Draper followed several at
tempts to follow out other clues,
which proved nothing toward the so
lution of the robberies. Draper, how
ever, declared stoutly last night that
he was not to blame for a previous
attempt which had been made to rob
the Miller home.
The articles' which were stolen
were found by. the -chief and Officer
Hemmingway, who, armed with a
I search warrant, called yesterday at
Slated ' tne DraPer home. The search war
rant was laKen out aner ine cmei
discovered information implicating
Draper. The mans 19-year-old wife
was home at the time and admitted
that the articles had been taken. She
made no objection to turning them
over to the officers and stated later
that she knew of the thefts.
Confession is Signed
The confession was signed by Drap
er Thursday in the presence of the
chief, Officer Hemmingway, Chief of
Police F. A. Hammerle of Willamette
and W. A. Long. Draper, according
to Chief May, blamed a streak of klep
tomania for the crimes. The man, the
officer stated, had previously served
a term in the Oregon reform school.
Adam Hodel, arrested a week ago
on charges of manufacturing liquor,
was Friday sentenced to six months
in jail by Judge E. J. Noble. The sen
tence was given on a plea of guilty,
but the execution of the commitment
continued.
In sentencing Hodel, Judge Noble
cited the case as an example of many
where the immigration authorities
could aid in the stopping of the moon
shine traffic. Hode', the judge point
ed out, was a German, and had receiv
ed naturalization papers March 27 of
this year. At that time, according to
the man's own confession to the judge,
he was engaged in making booze,
though he swore upon obtaining his
citizenship papers that he was uphold
ing, and would uphold the laws of the
land. , .
"This," said the judge, "is nothing
more or less than perjury, and cases
of this kind, if followed out by the im
migration officials, should result in
the revocation of citizenhip papers. I
believe that this kind of legal action1
would have a big effect in enforcing
the prohibition laws."
Judge Noble drew the distinction
however, that the revoking of citizen
ship papers should not be necessarily
made on the ground of violation of
liquor laws alone but should follow
cases where the offense, or other of
fenses, involved directly the citizen
ship of the criminal.
In continuing Hodel's sentence, No
ble pointed out that both he and his
family would become charges on the
hands of the county and that a sus
pended sentence with potentiality for
immediate enforcement would be the
more effective way of preventing fu
ture violations.
DOCTOR MISSING
FROM HOME HERE,
SOUGHT BY WIFE
R
S. Smith, Chiropractor, Is
Gone, Says Spouse; Hunt
Is Made at Salem; Police
Of 2 Cities Aid Search.
DOMESTIC. QUARREL
THOUGHT TO BLAME
No Trace of Man Is Found
Since Thursday; Residence
In Oregon City Was Short.
HECKER TO JE JAILED
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
The Oregon City police have been
asked to aid in the search for Dr. S.
R. Smith, missing from here since
Thursday night.
Mrs. Smith, wife of the doctor, has
instituted the aid of both the local
and the Salem authorities. After his
disappearance, the man was thought
to have gone to the capital city.
Dr. Smith and his lamily moved
here about six months ago. The doc
tor had offices in the Beaver build
ing. The family reside at 604 Water
street. Smith is a chiropractor and
was just getting his practice estab
lished. The disappearance is believed to be
the result of - family altercation, fol
lowing which the man left the house
and according to his wife has not
been seen since. Saturday Mrs.
Smith went to Salem in an affort to
locate him there but has been unsuc
cessful. It was thought by the officers in
Salem who investigated the case that
Smith had been there but had left
the city before his wife arrived. No
Information, however, could be gath
ered concerning his probable destina
tion, ---.- ... , - -
THIEF IS GIVEN THREE ,
YEARS IN PENITENTIARY
Geo. Martin, Robber of Edv$P
and Price Stores, Found
Guilty on Camas Charges.
George Martjn, "23, alias George
Strickling, who was arrested in Cam
as, Washington, and confessed to two
robberies and an attempted theft in
uregon city, has confessed to mora
than 40 robberies and criminal rec
ords in five states, according to word
from the police department at Van
couver yesterday.
On trial in the superior court at
Vancouver, Martin was sentenced to
from three to fifteen years in the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla.
Martin pleaded guilty to the burglary
of three Camas stores in which he
obtained about $800 worth of mer
chandise several weeks ago.
Martin said he had served time in
the St. Cloud reformatory in Mis
souri, in San Quentin prison, Califor
nia, in Montana penal institutions, in:
the Multomah county jail, Oregon,
and had recently been paroled from
Walla Walla, where he had ht-Pti spnf
from Tacoma on a one to five years'
sentence for burglary.
Martin always stole more when he
got out of prison to make up for lost
'time, he told the court. He agreed
to plead guilty to burglary when he
was assured no habitual criminal
charge would be brought against him
He acted as his own attorney.
Martin was originally arrested for
three robberies in Camas, but a
quantity of goods stolen from the Ed
dy department store here was found
in his possession. "He confessed to
that theft, and also to the robbery of
Price Brothers department store as
well as to the attempted breaking of
the Wheeler pool hall safe. He was
tried only on the Washington charges.
The local cases are still standing
against him. . .
ENDOFJLEON
Lt TAX LAW
NOW SAID CERTAIN
Portland Wholesale Concerns
Pay Fees; Hedging About
License Provisions Will
Be -Discontinued, Is Hope.
USE OF LOCAL TRUCKS
IS UNSATISFACTORY
No Action Upon Interurban
Franchise Ordinance Is
Taken By Council Body.
Russell Hecker, convicted murder
er of Frank Bowker, Portland musi
cian, will be returned to the Multno
mah county jail in the immediate fu
ture pending the outcome of the ap
peal of his case to the supreme court.
Fourth Robbery
Now Charged to
Willamette .Man
NEW CLASSIFICATION OF
VEHICLES IS PROPOSED
SALEM, Or., Aug. 11 Oregons mo
tor vehicle plates will be under four
classifications next year, according to
announcement made here tonight by
Sam A.- Kozer, secretary 'of state.
Three of these license plate classifi
cations are now in effect, including
those designed for motorcycle, deal
ers and other vehicles.
The new plate will be designed for
trucks, and besides having the num
bers will have a letter T or some
other outstanding designation. The
new truck numbers will run from 85,-
000 to 100,000. Numbers for passen-
A fourth theft which may be attrib
uted to Lawrence Draper, 23-year-old
mill worker in jail here, was disclos
ed to the authorities Saturday. Drap
er is charged with the looting of the
W. A. Long and Terry Miller homes
in Oregon City and with the robbery
of the Wm. S. Holden residence in
Portland.
Saturday J. L. Walling, an employe
of a Portland newspaper, called up
Chief of Police May and asked if
Draper was in possession of a U. S.
National Bank check book. The chief
investigated, and on going through
the pockets of a coat brought to the
station by Draper's wife, - discovered
a check book on the Portland bank.
The check stubs tallied exactly
with a list repeated from memory t
Walling. ' The check book. Walling
toldjthe chief, was among the things
stolen from his car in Gladstone last
Sunday night. Walling had been
there visiting and had parked his car
on a dark street. A fur coat, two
sweaters, one of the garments con
taining the check book, and other ef-1
fects were stolen. . I
Chief May is practically convinced
that Draper was responsible for the
theft. The theory first held by May
and Chief Hammerle of Willamette,
that the young man was a victim of
attacks of kleptomania, is being 'dis
carded under the belief that someone
else beside Draper is connected with
the affair. Chief May is of the opin-
Charlie . Straight
Sells Booze To
Federal Officers
Charlie Straight is in jail today be
cause he sold some moonshine to the
The filing of the certificate of prob- wrong men. ihree gentlemen from
able cause, issued by Trial Judge ' Pocatello purchased four pints of
Campbell last week, in addition to booze from Straight Saturday night,
staying the execution of the death j But they weren't from Pocatello; they
sentence, will make it possible- ,for i were from tne federal prohibition of
Hecker to be returned to the place of j j Portland
The arrest was made late Saturday
evening when the three federal men
and Sheriff Wilson and his deputies
"called" at Straight's farm on Clack
amas heights. The prohibition offi
cers met Straight out in the field some
his original custody, according to Gls
bert Hedges, one of the attorneys for
Hecker.
Hecker, under section 1620 of the
Oregon statutes, will be returned to
Clackamas county, where he was
tried, according to Hedges. The loc- J distance from his home. They pur-
MAN FRACTURES SKULL
IN FALL FROM HAY RIG
Theodore Emil Kraeft Killed
In Accident; Fractious
Horse Is Held To Blame.
al authorities, however, due to the
condition of the county jail, keep
prisoners of any importance in the
Multnomah county jail, where Heck
er was confined at their request pend
ing the trial here July 1.
The principal reason for the re
moval of Hecker to Portland from
murderer's row in the state peniten
tiary is the fact that his parents are
in Portland.
Contract L e t By
State Body For
Loop Road Work
gers cars and light delivery vehicles
not designated as trucks under the , ion that further investigation will de-
traffic law, will run from one to 85,- ,
000 and from 100,000 to 135,000. The
plates have been ordered and will ar
rive here in time for distribution be
fore January.
The new plates for trucks was sug
gested by T. A. Rafferty, chief of
the motor vehicle traffic department,
as a means of assisting his officers
in enforcing the laws. It was sug
gested that special plates also should
be obtained for motor-busses, but this )
idea was abandoned following a con
ference attended by the secretary of
state, Mr. Rafferty and' representa
tives of the license" plate manufactur
ers here today.
The plates for next year will have
a Western Union blue background
and white letters.
velop the fact that the pilfering done
both here and in Portland was part
of a fairly well "organized burglary
scheme.
Man Married in '93
Asks Divorce Upon
Desertion Grounds
After being married since .Novem
Her 1, 1893, G. C. Giyens yesterday
began suit for divorce against Minnie
C. Givens. Givens resides here and
his wife, whom he alleges deserted'
him in 1919. resides in Salem. The
couple were married in Cassville, Missouri.
. Contract for surfacing the Mount
Hood 'oop in Clackamas county ha
been awarded by the state highway
commission. This announcement was
made Thursday by John B. Yeon, on
his return from a trip of inspection
of the loop work in Hood River
county.
ThQ surfacing job, 10 miles or more,
has been awarded to A. D. Kern. Fol
lowing the meeting of the Multnomah
countv commission last week, when
a resolution was adopted pledging to i have made
place an item of $170,000 in the 1923 agents.
budget for the loop road, to be paid
for out of receipts from the motor ve-
hide license fund. Highway Commis-j
sioner Yeon took the matter up with j
his colleagues, Commissioners Booth j
and Barratt.
Award of the contract was made as J
soon as the commissioners couia oo
located and consulted and the situ
ation in Multnomah county explained.
Most of the grade between the Mult
nomah county line and Zigzag has
been constructed. There are a few
gaps now being graded and a fill be
ing made. Much of the grade . was
completed last year and has been sub
jected, to travel. The traffic is so
heavy that the grade is being cut up
and would be destroyed unless pro
tected by a macadam surface. With
out rocks, the road will be impassable
next winter. . - .
chased the booze. Straight recogniz
ed his mistake when the men display
ed their stars.
The federal orficers then went to
the house, where they purchased, with
marked money, a pint of liquor from1
Mrs. Straight. As soon as the deal
was dosed they revealed their iden-
titv. Mrs. C. L. Smith, who was in
the next room, seized two pint flasks
of liquor and broke them. The offi-
1 cers intervened in time to take the
tops of the two bottles as evidence.
Straight was brought to Oregon
City and placed in the county jail. He
will be prosecuted here and not tak
en to Portland to the federal courts
according to the decision of Sheriff
Wilson last night.
Straight was arrested three weeks
ago by the federal officers in" a raid,
at his home. He was convicted be
fore Judge Wolverton and fined $250
He paid $125 fine and' on the plea o
his wife was given until the middle of
this month to pay the remainder.
The two women at the Straight
home were not arrested by the offi
cers last night.
At the house the officers confiscat
ed an iron bar in Straight's posses
sion7 recalling threats he is said to
against the prohibition
Theodore Emil Kraeft, aged 68
years, died in the Oregon City hospi
tal Thursday about S o'clock, from
injuries received at his home on. the
Red land road when he fell from a
load' of straw while at his barn. The
horses Kraeft was driving becoming
fractious while entering the barn door
caused Kraeft to lose his balance
from the load of straw and falling to
the ground struck on his head. He
suffered from a fractured skull and
lived but a short time after arriving
at the hospital.
Kraeft was one of the prominent
farmers of that section of the county,
where he had made his home for the
past 20 years. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mary Kraeft; his children,
Herbert E. and Alice K., of Oregon
City, and at the family home; Arthur
Kraeft, of Portland; Mrs. R. L. Vier
getz, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. O. F,
Wheery, of Portland; Alom A. Kraeft,
of Edmonton, Canada.
HECKER IS SENT BACK
TO CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Russell Hecker, 23, convicted of the
murder of Frank Bowker, Portland
musician, April 17, was transferred
from the state penitentiary to Clack
amas county custody Tuesday morn
ing to await the outcome of his ap
peal to the supreme court.
Hecker, who was sentenced to hang
September 22, was granted a stay of
j execution when his case was appeal-
ed to the higher court. Roy Kendall,
I prinoipai keeper, brought Hecker to
i Oregon City. Due to the condition of
The contractor has been directed to the Clackamas county Jail at Oregon
install his plant and equipment and I City, he will be confined in the Mult
"hit the ball" a3 soon as convenient so ! nomah county jail at Portland,
that as much rock as possible cal be J Hecker must now be resentenced by
spread before the rains set in ana stop trial Julge Campbell in case the ver
the work. diet i9 sustained by the supreme court.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
DATES ARE ARRANGED
The teachers' institute for the com
ing school year will be held October
11, 12 and 13, according to the dates
just set by County School Superin
tendent Brenton Vedder. The ar
rangement of the program is under
way. Among the speakers who have
accepted to address the Institute are
State Superintendent J. A. Churchill.
Schools in Clackamas county will
open beginning September 4. Differ
ent schools over the county have dif
ferent opening dates. The first date
of school for Oregon City students
will be September 18.
New State Bank
In Oswego Files
Incorporation
Articles of incorporation of the Os
wego State Bank were filed here
Thursday morning. The new bank is
to have an initial capital stock of
$15,000.
The incorporators are Charles J.
Sadlick, Portland, Emil Folda, Clark-
son, Calif county, .Nebraska; John
Bickner, W. B. Cook, Matt Didzun,
Frank Whittin, L. C. Newlands and F.
Van Puymbroeck, of Oswego. The
stock is divided into blocks of $100
shares. Sadilek holds 100 of the 150
shares of stock and Folda 26.
There is at present no bank in Os
wego. The city is located on the new
Pacific highway route, west of Ore
gon City. It has an assessed valua
tion of nearly $500,000 and is the cen
ter of a district of approximately $1,-
000,000 valuation, including the town
itself. The city has a population of
1860.
The controversy over the so-called
vehicle ordinance appeared yesterday
to have been finally ended with the
payment by a number of Portland con
cerns of the quarterly $30 liense fee.
The ordinance providing for this li
cense is a reenactment of a law
held unconstitutional by Judge Camp
bell No appeal of the case was tak
en but a new ordinance, overcoming
the difficulties, was passed. In order
to get around the statute, the Portland
wholesalers for the past four months
have been attempting to make their
deliveries here in round about meth
ods. Fee Is Provided
The law provides a license fee for
all dealers delivering articles here for
resale.' In order to avert the payment,
arrangements were made to deliver
goods from Portland to Parkplace and
have it taken here by local transfer
firms. Other arrangements were made
to have the Oregon ' City merchants'
delivery wagons call for goods at Park
place or transfer it outside the city
limits. Still other merchandise has
been shipped by freight.
This arrangement in order to avert
the payment of the" license fee, has
been found impractical. The payment '
of the licenses of Kerr Gifford and
Company and Albers Brothers Milling
Company, who were among those
holding out; is regarded as an indica
tion that the war upon the provisions
of the local charter is to be discon
tinued. New Clause Inserted
The first ordinance was passed
about a year ago, but was held to
be unconstitutional because it was
for revenue purposes only. The mat
ter was never appealed fcom the' de
cision of Judge Campbell. A second
ordinance providing the sae license
fees was then enacted, but included a
number of regulatory provisions and
it is understood that no court action
is to be begun against it because it
will hold water.
Negotiations on a second vehicle
ordinance, passed to regulate inter
urban busses, are at a standstill. The
"ordinance to tax the interurban lines
was passed, and a fight was institut
ed in the courts -by the Portland-Salem
stage line. An agreement has been
reached to withdraw the suit if the
city will arrange a license fee on
which the operators can agree. The
matter has been placed in the .hands
of a councilmanic committee, but no
action has been taken for the past
few months.
PER CAPITA TAXES FOR :
COUNTV TOWNS LISTED
West Linn Shows Drop ; Levy
For Oregon City in Past
Seven Years Shows Gain.
West Linn, which last year was
numbered among the highest per cap-'
ita taxed cities in the state, has fallen
coniderably in the 1922 roll, according
to tabulations of the condition over
Oregon. This year Warrenton leads
with the large figure of $84 per cap
ita. West Linn, still among the high
est in the county, is listed atl4.56.
The per capita tax in Oregon City
is $10.70. Others either in this coun
ty or in the vicinity of Oregon City
are listed as follows Aurora, $3.56;:
Barlow, $3.62; Estacada, $3.52; Ger
vais, $5.86; Hubbard, $6.50; Milwau
kie. $5.52; Oswego, $2.52; Sandy, $2.
54; Scottt Mills, .$2.06; Tualatin, $3.
71; Woodburn, $8.80.
Oregon City tax rates show a decid
ed increase since 1915. Figues given:
for 1915, 1921 and 1922 are: Oregon!
City, 10, 18, 19.1; Aurora, 5, 5.7, 5.3;'
Barlow, 5, 5, 5; Canby, 7.5, 14.2, 13.6;
Estacada, 5, 10, 10; Hubbard, 4, 10.4,
9.8; Gladstone, 5, 5.2, 2.8; Milwaukie,
8, 10.9, 11.5; Molalla, 5, 10, 10; Oswe
go, 10, 10, 10; Sandy, 5, 10, 10; West
Linn, 10, 27, 34.
Boring Couple Get
Marriage License
The first marriage license to be is
sued here in the past weekwas grant
ed by County Clerk Miller yesterday
to Jerome Brook, 25, Boring, Route 1,
and Louise Hemrich, 18, Boring,.
Ronfo 3.