OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922
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CONT
RACT IS LET
FOR CITY HALL ON
TENTATIVE BASIS
J. G. Smith and Company To
Start Work As Soon 'As
Bond and Alterations' In
Plans Get Final Approval.
OBJECTION MADE TO
DEPOT COMPROMISE
H. C. Stevens Warns Council
that Street Concession Will
Be Fought by Injunctions.
DEAN OF BRITISH JOURNALISTS DIES
The contract for me building of the
city hall was tentatively awarded by
the city council last" night.
The original plans drawn by Ed
mund Bergholtz", Portland architect,
will be followed, with some slighi
modifications. J. G. Smith and Com
pany have arranged for the posting
of surety bona for the construction of
the' building within the $35,000 bond
limit.
At the special session called for
the purpose of considering the plans,
Eergholtz presented a draft for a bond
for J16,000 with the Aetna Casualty
company to the effect that Smith
would undertake the contract and
carry it to completion within the lim
it given. The council had threatened
' previously to throw out the plans, and
call for a new design unless the arch
itect could guarantee that it be built
within his estimates.
Heating System Included
The contract for $35,000 includes
the building at Singer Hill, the wiringj
plumbing and installation of the heat
ing system. The $1,750 fees of the
architect are in addition to the $35,000,
and will be paid through interest al
ready accumulated on the unsold
bonds.
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LORP NOtCTHO-IFFE.
MADE BUSINESS OF MURDER
William Burke, Infamous Irishman,
Also . Instrumental in Adding
Significant Verb to Language.
The changes in the plan will in
clude the leaving of the first and se
ond basements unfinished. The base
ment proper, containing the jail cor
ridors, will be finished through minor
changes, in the elimination of parti
tions and heating fixtures in unused
portions of the space, will be made.
The construction in the main will
be unchanged. Tbe art store which
was provided on the exterior will be
done away with and brick facing used
in its stead. The scroll plastering
work in the auditorium will be elim
inated and smooth finish substituted.
Changes in the columnar arch con
struction of the doors and windows
will be simplified to lower the cost.
Conditions are Named
Thecontract is contingent upon the
arrangement of the bond satisfactorily
and the detailing of al of the changes
which are to be made in the design.
Wm. Howell, water commissioner,
objected strongly to the contract. He
objected to the site on which the
building way to be constructed, ob
jected to the changes in the plans and
objected to the bond as not inclusive
of the entire term of the contract. Dr,
H. S. Mount voted against the con
tract on the ground that the bond Is
sue required the entire construction
for $35,000 and that the payment of
the architects' fees in addition was
without the spirit in which the bond
issue was passed.
' Councilmen Metzner, Cross ' and
Bridges defended the location and
the contract, urging its adoption pend
ing the arrangement of all of the nec
essary details. Van Auken, the fifth,
member present, also voted for the
awarding of the contract. Carl Green
speaking to the council, urged the
completion of the hall at the earliest
possible period.
Depot Pli Protested
Indication that a fight may be start
ed over the plan for the new S. P. de
pot here was seen in the objection of
H. C. Stevens to the proposal to al
low the 41 foot extension of the pres
ent building, which" would take
small portion of Railroad Avenue and
Sixth street. "Any attempt to en
croach upon Sixth street will be met
with an injunction and the matter
carried to the supreme court," he
said. The statement was made fol
lowing a communication from the
Live Wire committee asking that the
council grant permission to the com
pany to make the extension. A com
munication objecting to this move
was presented by "Wallace B. Cau-
field, representing the Pacific High
way Garage. Both communications
were fiJed and no action taken, upon
the suggestion of Councilman Metz
ner, pending the introduction of the
necessary ordinances which would
bring the matter up for formal dis
cussion. A communication form L. T. Char
man offering the city a 30 by 65 foot
piece of property on Water" street be
tween Ninth and Tenth Was consid
ered. Charm an made the condition
that-the space be used for the -housing
of fire apparatus and that a suit
able building be built within a year.
As a further condition he would re
quire the- pavement of Water street
within that block without expense to)
the adjacent property. The tender was
rejected on the motion of Councilman
Cross, and an attempt to amend the
motion so as to refer the matter to j
the fire and water . committee, made
by Councilman Metzner, was ruled out
of order by the mayor.
The matter of the construction of a
new bridge across the Abernethy was
referred to the street committee and
city engineer forfplans and a tenta
Jiv outline of procedure pending the
arrangement of next year's budget. A
petition for the improvement of Hilda
street on the C. T. Tooze addition was
'referred to the same committee.
Burke and Hare were two notorious
"bod.v-siiatcliers. or resurrectionists,
who carried on their ' infamous trade
in Edinburgh. William Burke was
born In Ireland In 1792, and went to
Scotland as a laborer about 1817. In
1827 he was living in a cheap lodging
house k;t by another Irish laborer
named William Hare. About the end
of 1827 one of Hare's lodgers, an army
pensioner, died, and Burke and Hare
sold the body to Dr. Robert Knox,
an Edinburgh anatomist. Hare there
upon suggested body-snatching as a
business and Burke agreed. The two
men then started in to entice poor
travelers to Hare's or some other
cheap lodiong house. The victims
focated under mattresses, without
marks of violence. Doctor Knox took
the bodies and paid up to 14 ($00)
i for them. At least 15 people had
been murdered in this , way before
Burke and Hare were arrested. Hare
turned king's evidence, and Burke
was found guilty and hanged in Edin
burgh on January 28, 1829. Hare
found Scotland too hot for him arid
went to England, where he Is believed
to have died under an assumed name.
The verb "to burke," meaning to suf
focate, to strangle, to suppress, or tc
put out of the wrfv secretly, had Its
origin in Burke's method of doing
away with his .victims.
interest a good many booklovers who
have loaned their favorite volumes
not wisely but too well at any rate,
too generously, says the Living Age.
The estate of Mr. de Mattas was not
large, its gross value amounting to
less than 3.000 ($15,000), and many
of his bequests take the form of books.
He leaves books to many of his
friends. One volume In particular is
left to a certain ' friend and is de
scribed as one "which he borrowed
many years ago and has not returned.
Increased Tractor Power.
A new attachment designed to give
the small tractor greater bearing area
and Increased pulling power, re
places the round wheels with two
large sprockets, according to an illus
trated article in Popular Mechanics
Magazine. Outside of each sprocket
is a cast-steel arm which projects for
ward and downward, carrvine at its
were plied with liquor and then suf- , front end a smaller idler wneel. A
track tread passes around the sprock
et and idler wheed, giving the, tractor
Increased bearing area.
WHERE GREAT EXPLORER LIES
South Georgia Island, Tomb of
Shackleton, Lonely Spot in the
Great Antarctic Region.
An interesting picture of life in
South Georgia island, the "Gateway
of the Antarctic," where, Shackleton
was buried, was given by an explorer
who made a research expedition there
a few years ago. At that time there
was only one woman on the island,
and she was the domestic in the house
hold of Capt. C. A. Larsen, a former
Antarctic explorer who had settled
down as head of a Norwegian whaling
station on the island. "Below my soli
tary tent," the ci-rrespondent writes,
"the grassy bank sloped sharply to a
milk-colored glacial stream entering
an inlet of the sea only 50 yards away.
A quarter of a mile across the inlet
stood the perpendicular front of a
beautiful valley glacier, coming down
between peaked hills from the lifeless,
silent Interior. Penguins bobbed out
of the sea below the glacier and were
my most interesting callers, for their
curiosity could not resist a human be
ing. Sea elephants crawled uncon
cernedly up the stream below me and
went to sleep among the hummucks
on the bench. Above the tent, on the
plateau of the little promontory, seven
pairs of albatrosses carried ou their
courtship and nesting, along with
giant petrels, skuas, kelp gull3 and the
pretty little antarctic titlarks, the only
land bird of the Far South, whose
cheerful . song was almost the sole
homelike sound."
Lightest of Liquids
Many experiments here and abroad
have shown that liquid hydrogen is
by far the lightest of all known
liquids. Its density is one-fourteenth
that of water, and, curiously enough,
this happens to be ie same ratio of
density that hydrogen in the gaseous
state bears to air. For long the light
est liquid known was liquified marsh
gas, which possesses about two-fifths
of the density of water. Washington
Star.
POSSIBLY SLIM WAS RIGHT
Come to Think of It, His ' Inamorata
Hardly Displayed the Ardent Love
He Had Looked For.
Details Needed.
A woman, blessed with a masterful
disposition und considerable property,
died, leaving behind her a will in
whicH her husband was cut off with
a dollar, on the ground that he had
deserted her a year before.
The lawyer finally located the man
and broke the news gently", telling
him that he had received only a small
bequest.
"How much?" carelessly asked the
man.
"One dollar."
With the same carelessness, the man
turned toward the door. Just as he
reached it, however, a sudden thought
struck him.
"Say," he called back anxiously. "Did
she specify what I was to do with this
dollar?"
Funny how a guy makes up his
mind to enlist," remarked Slim, the
company lerk, to a bunch of his bud
dies in i... bunkhouse.
"What made you decide to take the
big plunge?" asked a buddy.
"It was this way," explained Slim.
"I had a little squabble with the girl.
and I told her I was going to join the
marines. Just to make it sound as If
I nie:int business I wrote a letter to
the nearest" recruiting station, and be
fore sealing the letter up I let her read
it."
"Did she say anything?" asked the
buddy.
, "Not a word. So I went out and
posted the letter. A little later I gets
the answer hack, saying I could enlist
for two. three or four years, and I
shows itv to the girl. 'There you are,'
says I, 'If yoti don't treat me different
from now on, I'll go straight out and
enlist for two years.
"'Two years.' says she. 'Two years!
Ah, don't be a piker. Slim, why don't
you make it four?'
"Come to think of It," concluded
Slim. "I don't think that Jane was as
bughouse about me as I calculated."
The Leatherneck.
RE?IUW!iD AS GREAT RULER
Roman Emperor, Trajan, Spread the
Boundaries of the Empire and
Governed Justly at Home.
The Roman emperor, Trajan, whose
full name "was Marcus Ulpius Tra
jauus. was born about the year 56
at Italica in Spain, which was then a
Roman province. He was trained for
a military career and gained' distinc
tion in the Parthian and German cam
paigns, and after holding - two civil
offices was adopted by the Enipta-or
Nerva, whom he succeeded on the
imperial throne in the year 98. The
greater part of his time asemperor
was spent in the field commanding
his troops. His first campaign was
carried on beyond the Danube against
the Daeians, whom he conquered after
a long struggle. in tne conquered
country he planted a Roman colony,
and the descendants of those colonists
are the Roumanians of today. Trajan's
next war was carried on in the East.
He made Armenia and Mesopotamia
into Roman provinces, but suffered
defeat at Ctesiphon, not far from
Kut-el-Amara, where a British force
was cut off and, compelled to sur
render during the World war. In his
rear the Jws of Cyrus and Cyrene
rose in revolt and made fearful mas
sacres, and disorders also arose in
the West. Trajan returned to the
coast and ,took ship for Italy. His
health was, broken and while on the
journey he died at Selinus in Cilicia,
Asia Minor, in August, 117. Trajan
found time to 'accomplish much in the
internal improvement of the empire.
He beautified Rome ; he constructed
canals, great military roads, and har-J
bors, and built up towns. Law-was j
enforced and justice fairly admin
lsteped.
WILLARD P. HAWLEY JR.
TOWED PORTLAND GIRL
Engagement to Daughter of
Phil Metschan Announced
at College Club Luncheor.
.T!.e engagement of Miss Dorothy
Metschan, daughter of Phil Metschan,
president-manager of the Imperial
Hotel, Portland, to Willard P. Haw
ley, Jr., was announced yesterday at
a luncheon at the University, club In
Portland.
Miss Metschan is regarded as one
of the mTJst beautiful and popular
young ladies of Portland's younger
set and was chosen as queen for the
1921 Rose Festival. She is 21 years
of age and is a graduate of Mills col
lege. Hawley is general manager of the
Hawley Pulp and Paper company, of
this city, and the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wijlard P. Hawley, Sr.. of Portland.
WOMEN'S TENNIS TITLE
FEARED BAD LUCK PERIODS
BY VIRGINIA SHAW
RSH MISTAKEN FOR VESSEL
Peculiar Appearance of Swordfish
Gave Rise -to Many Strange
Stories Concerning It.
" In the warm waters of the Indian
ocean there lives a strange mariner.
who is the cause of many tales among
the natives of the near-by coasts. They
tell of a wonderful, sail often seen in
the calm seasons, when not a breath
disturbs the water, and the sea rises
and falls like an Immense sheet of
glass. Suddenly a sail appears, ap
parently driven along by a mighty
wind. This sail glistens with rich
purple and golden hues. On It comes,
quivering and sparkling as if covered
with eems: then, suddenly, it dis
appears as quickly as it came !
Many travelers have listened with
unbelief to this strange tale, until
one day, this beautiful craft passed
directly under the stern of a passing
vessel, and it was seen to be a gigan
tic swordfish which is now known as
the ."sailor-fish." The sail was really
an enormously developed dorsal fin,
over 10 feet high, and richly colored
with blue and iridescent tints. As
the fish swam along near the surface
of the water this great 'fin waved to
and fro, so that from a distance it
was easily mistaken for a sail.
Father of Three Kings.
Charles Bonaparte, father of the
great Emperor Napoleon, was a hum
ble lawyer, with no very extensive
practice, in the sleepy liltle town of
Ajaccio, in the isle of Corsica. He
seems to have been a mast affection
ate and exemplary parent, and as the
father of three sons who became kings
(Joseph, king of Naples and Spain;
Louis. King of Holland, and Jerome,
king of Westphalia), and a fourth who
became the greatest military com
mander, monarch and king-maker of
modern times, he holds mi unique
place in history.
There were thirteen children in the
family. Napoleon being the second.
Charles Bonaparte, although hardly
well-to-do, strove to give his sons the
best possible education, and had he
not decided to send Napoleon (then
aged ten) to the military school at
Brienne, the whole course of the
world's history might have been
changed.
Miss Virginia Shaw won the wo
men's singles championship in the
Baraca Club tennis tournament by de
feating Mrs. Gladys Fuge 6-2, 6-0, and
A. Locke and J- Trimble defeated G.
Hankins and Virginia Shaw 8-6, in a
one set exhibition doubles match.
The tournament is drawing to a
close and although delayed by rain
during the earlier part of the week it
is expected that the final matches
will soon be played in both the men's
singles and doubles.
ORIGIN OF "BULL AND BEAR"
These Common Terms Go Back to the
Early History of the British
Stock Exchange.
So well established -have the terms
"bull" and "hear" become that they
are defined even in the least .collo
quial of dictionaries as "one who spec
ulates or wagers upon a rise in stocks"
and "one who speculates or wagers on
a fall." . The commonly accepted ex
planation of the use of the terms for
merly was that the bear claws or pulls
the stock down, while the bull tosses
it up, at' It were, on his horns. Bui
this is really nothing more than a
guess, and the real origin of the
phrase "bull and bear" is buried
somewhere in the early history of the
British stock exchange.
Here, says the Detroit News, it ap
pears that the earliest use of the idea
was in the proverb about "selling the
bearskin before one has caught the
bear," which was applied to all trans
actions on the exchange or elsewhere
where there was no immediate trans
fer of goods, but only a payment to
be made at some future time record
ing as the goods had advanced or re
ceded in price.
In "The Anatomy of 'Change Al
ley." published in 1710, occurs the
sentence : "Those who buy Exchange
Alley bargains are styled buyers of
bearskins," and in 1744 the terms ap
pear to have come into eommqn usage,
for the LondonMagazine of that year
refers to "bulls nud lears," while
George Coleman, in his "Man of Busi
ness," uses them in precisely the same
sense In which they are employed at
tlie present time.
Aztecs Believed That Evil Fates Ruled
World During the Last Five
Days of Year.
The Aztec calendar consisted of a
year of 18 mouths of 20 days each,
and a closing period of five days, into
which it was believed all the bad luck
of the year was crowded. No one
started upon a journey during these
five days, for fear some misfortune
would befall him ; no woodcutter ven-
tured into the forest to hew wood
during this period, lest wild beasts
should devour him ; the houses were
left unswept ; the houseives made
no pottery vessels ; children so un
fortunate as to be born on one of
these five days were by that very fact
predestined to misfortune for the rest
of their lives. " ,
The next, and among the Aztecs
the only time period higher than the
year, was the xihuitlmolpia, or cycle
of 52 yearsj It was held that at the
close of one of these periods would
some day come the destruction of
the world.
On the last night of the xihuitl
molpia fires were extinguished on
the hearths, and the inhabitants of
Tenochtitluh (City of Mexico moved
out of the city and took up positions
on the surrounding hills, waiting
feverishly either for the destruction
of the world or, in the event of sun
rise, the dawn of another xihuitlmol
pia. Once the sun had arisen, how
ever, great were the rejoicings. Fires
were rekindled and the crisis was
over for another 52 years.
LAD FALLS FROM BIKE:
E FRACTURED
Velmore Cox Hurt in Accident
With Wheel; Thrown from
Seat by Hitting Curbing.
Velmore, young son otTAr. and Mrs.
Roy B. Cox, fell from a bicycle whil
riding near Eleventh and John Ad
ams street on Tuesday evening, and
broke his right arm near the elbow.
The accident occurred when the
wheel of the bicycle struck a pear on
the sidewalk, throwing the lad to lie
pavement.
The child was removed to the Ore
gon City hospital, where an X-ray pic
ture was taken, but later removed to
the Cox home on Eleventh and John
Adams street, and reported to be
resting comfortably Wednesday night".
Dempsey-Breiman
Fight Prohibited
NONE CAN EXPLAIN "AURORA"
Northern Lights Said to Be Due to
Passage of Electricity Through
the Air.
The aurora borealis (or northern
lights) is occasionally seen in the
north temperate sone and frequently
in the polar regions. It is said to be
due to the passage of electricity
through the rarefied air of the arctic
zone. The name "aurora borealis"
was first used by Cassendi, who. In
1621, observed one In France, und
wrote a description of it. The "au
rora" is periodic In its manifestations,
the finest v displays being at intervals
of 60 years, and less marked ones at
intervals of 10 or 11 years. It Is
also asserted that these greater and
lesser displays correspond with the
increase and decrease of spots on the
snn. The phenomenon Is generally
manifested In the following way : A
dim light appears on the horizon
shortly after twilight, and gradually
assumes the shape of an arch, having
a pale yellow color, with Its concave
side turned earthward. From this
arch streams of light shoot forth,
passing from yellow to green and then
to brilliant violet. The name aurora
australis (or southern lights) is ap-'
plied to a similar phenomenon visible
Ic the vicinity of the South pole.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 16.
Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight
boxing champion, will not meet Bill
Brennan in a title bout at Michigan
City on-Labor day. Governor Warren '
T. McCray decreed today Acting up
on -an opinion rendered -by the state
attorney general, the governor de
clared the encounter would not be a
boxing exhibition, but a prizefight,
and as such is in violation of the laws
of the state of Indiana.
Chicago in Grip of
Heat Wave: 1 Dead
CHICAGO, Aug. 16 No relief was
in sight today from the heat wave
which held the ,lake states in its grip,
the weather bureau announced. One
death from heat prostration was re
ported here yesterday when the ther
mometer climbed to 90.
STAVTON, OREGON, FIRE
HOW MANY STITCHES IN SUIT?
Word "Lot" of Puritan Origin.
The use of the word "lot" to des
ignate a rield or plot of land, is uni
versal in the I'nited Stutes. It had
its origin among the Puritans, and
was the product of their strict adher
ence to Biblical customs.
Among the early settlers of New
England the extensive salt-marshes
from which the salt-hay was cut, were
owned in common, every man helping
himself to as much hay as he wished.
As the population increased this con
dition could not prevail with general
harmony, and It was agreed to divide
the marshes equally among nil the
families. This was done by the Bib
lical fashion of lot and the portion
which fell to each man was known us
"his lot." In a short time the word
canie to apply to any piece of land,
and finally reached the meaning of
any great quantity.
CALLS FOR NERVE AND SKILL
Sarcasm From the Grave.
The will of Alexander Louis Teix
elra de Mattos, the English transla
tor of FaT)re, Maeterlinck, Couperus,
Zola and many other -continental
writers, contains one bequest that will
Hunters of the Sword-Fish Find Their
Prey Altogether "Worthy of
Their Steel."
Sword-Fish schooners are the fastest
fishing-boats under sail in the world.
They have to be, for the sword-fish is
a fast mover. He is a tighter, too.
Often has he charged a ship and
driven Ms "sword" through her stout
planking.' When a school of sword-fish
is sighted, the spearman goes for'ard
to the end of the bowsprit and gets
into the "pulpit," an iron fitting at the
end of the spar, where he stands to
drive his lance into a fish. Theline
attached to the spear rushes out of
the tub in which it iSyCoiled, and the
fish aiakes'off, doubling his speed in
a vain effort to escape.
A good-sized fish will often fetch
as much as $40; but it is a hard
life, and it needs fine seamanship in
the chaee amid the huge seas of the'
Atlantic when bad weather prevails.
The swo ill is widely distributed
in the ocen... iiut is most common off
the North American coast. Its average
length is 7 feet, but some are 12 feet
pr 15 feet. The "sword" is used to
spear its prey, such as cod, tunny and
mackerel, and even to attack whales.
Survival of Old Roman Custom.
The custom of appointing promi
nent citizens to act as a guard of
houor at a great man's funeral is the
survival of an ancient Koman custom.
The name "pallbearers" also descends
from the old days in the "City of
the Seven Hills."
"Pall" conies from the Latin word
"palla." the long sweeping robes worn
only by priests and men and, women
of the highest standing. When a great
personage died his "palla" Was thrown
over his coffin and a number of his
distinguished friends were permitted
to ."bear the palla" to the grave and
to act as guard of honor io the dead.
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Some Patient Person Over in England
Has Estimated That They Num
ber About 45,000.
There are approximately 45,000
stitches In the average man's suit of
clothes, according to an announce
ment recently made in an English pa
per by some amazingly patient and
observing person, presumably a tailor.
This result Is reached by the follow
ing calculation :
To the average-size pair of trousers,
8,000 stitches are allotted. Of this
number about 5,800 are .machine
made, the rest being made by hand,
chiefly in the form of finishing work
to the waist, pockets and turn-ups, or
"cuffs."
In the vest or waistcoat there are,
he declares, roughly, 5,500 stitches.
The percentage of handwork is higher
in this garment than in the trousers,
the lining usually being put in entire
ly by hand-made stitches, as well as
the finishing work. The figures are
3,400 machine, and 2,100 hand
stitches.
But tt Is in the coat that the big
totals come. In that garment, he says,
there are, on an average. 30,000
stitches. The pockets and the large
number of seams account for much
machine work, while the lining and
reflnishing entail many hand-made
stitches. Of the latter there are more
than 8,000 In the average coat. There
are also to be taken into considera
tion the tacking and fitting stitches,
which, as above announced, brings the
total up to something like a round
45,000.
When Joking Is Dangerous.
Husbands, should be careful how
they spring jokes at the table. And
wives should be alert on guard against
the consequences of a surprise
that amounts to a shock in certain
cases sUch as that at New York re
cently, for instance.
Men who toss off jokes at the table
and cause their wives to laugh so sud
denly that they pull a piece of meat
into the trachea and choke to death
have a grave responsibility. Of course,
the habitual" Joker who gets a fresh
stock every week runs no such risks.
His wife is immune to laughter at his
"funny cracks," and stands in no dan
ger.
But fellows who are pleasant only
once in a long time, and who "pull a
joke" perhaps twice in a lifetime,
should time their efforts so that their
wives have not a mouthful of meat
handy to pull into their windpipes. For
that is not what windpipes are for, and
they resent intrusion of solids. Exchange.
STAYTON, Aug. 16. Fire . early
this morning destroyed a block in the
business district here, injuring at
least two persons and causing losses
estimated at $75,000. Incendiarism, is
suspected.
FOR SALE A good sound farm
team with, breeching harness and
wagon. A bargain at $275. Will
sell all together or each separately.
Address 354, Enterprise.
WANTED-No. 1, Old growth cord- i
wood in car load lots, call or write.
Rose City Wood and Coal Co.. 352
East Clay St., Portland. It. !
FOR SALE Pure blood Rhode
Island cockerels. Frank Sckmitz,
Sandy. Phone 51.
I have located in Oregon City. I ,
am an old hand at the business, I '
guarantee to get as much money for
your property as any man In the
state. Phone 510W for dates.
W. D. OVERTON,
1 ' Auctioneer.
LOST On Springwater Road, Friday,
Aug. 11, 31x4 Federal Cord TireJ
mounted on rim, Maxwell Tire cov
er. Liberal reward. Phone I. D.
McCutchari, Estaeada.
Joke on Famous Composer.
A certain newly rich person with
more money than culture called on M.
Massenet and said 'that he had seen
his photograph in a paper and had
read that he was "a clever pianist."
Would M. Massenet play a few pieces
at a little party? He would be well
paid of course !
The world-famous musician was
greatly amused. "Certainly!" he re
plied. "What night?" "Thursday."
"Thursday? What a pity! I am en
gaged on Thursday. But I can give
the address of a friend an excellent
pianist, who can play all the modern
dances beautifully."
So saying, Massenet gave the un
fortunate newly rich the address of
Salnt-Saens ! Obviously the victim of
Massenet's joke had never heard of
Saint-Saens, for he called on the dis
tinguished composer and was promptly
kicked out. Suint-Saens brooded over
the insult for some hours before he
saw the joke.
FOR RENT OR SALE Farm in Can
ada with stock and machinery.
Terms. Wm. Blischke, 115 - 17th
Street, City. -
Brcadened Obssr'vatibn.'
"A statesman has to be a profound
student."
"No doubt about it," replied Sena
tor Sorghum. "Time was when u
good campaigner could get by if he
kept his eye on the map of his own
state. Now you've got to be nr. ex
pert in the geography of the worid."
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World's Largest Reservoir.
In about two -years Iondon's reser
voir at Littleton will be the Ingest
artificial reservoir' in the world. If will
hold water to supply London for a
month, or 6.500.0XMXKt gallons. Its
surface will cover SOU acres.
"H.
'The Bello-Pacifist.
G. Wells is known in Europe
as a hello-pacifist, and truly his recent
peace 'articles have stirred up a lot
of bitterness and strife.
The speaker was Stephen Lauxanne,
the French publicist. He went on :
' "Wells reminds me of the can
tankerous Individual who was about
to be married. When he came to the
church on tbe wedding morning he
warned the minister beforehand that
he didn't want any fuss.
"He consented." however, to station
himself iu due form at the tlower
decked altar, but as the minister pro
ceeded wllh the ritual he got more
and more impatient. Finally, when
he was asked if he, Henry, did take
this woman, Jane, to be his lawful
wedded wife and so on, he gave a
snort before the question was half
through, and then turned to the con
giigatlon and said in a loud, jeering
Toice:
" 'Well, I guess I cume here with
tet Intention.' " - i
FOR SALE AT ONCE: Heavy work
team, weight 3000 lbs., gentle and
good pullers; also harness and wag
on. Price $250.00 for outfit. 1
miles southeast of Union TTall;
windmill on place. x W. Randall,
Route 1, Canby.
NOTICE
Bids for Wood
Sealed bids will be received by the
County Clerk for the County Court,
up to teu o'clock A. M. Wednesday,
September 5, 1922, for fifty (50) or
more cords of first growth wood, per
cord, said wood to be delivered to
the court house in Oregon City sub
ject to the approval of the janitor.
Dated this 14th day of August,
1922.
. FRED A. MILLER, County Clerk.
Belong in High Places.
As with the evergreens so it is
with all trees that dare the heights.
Some,, like the hemlocks, remain far
lelow. The little gray birches stop
in the pastures, of the foothills. The
high, clear air of the range is not for
thm. The yellow birches fare on to
the lower slopes of the high hills.
There they quit ; but the canoe
birches go on. The great trees of the
lower reaches of the bowlder path are
these, their paper-white bark showing
through all dark woods of the north.
Then climb valiantly. It is as If the
trees were thrilled with that eager
desire to reach the summit which
possesses all mountaineers.
Molalla Highway
Closed to Travel
ASSESSOR'S NOTICE OF MEETING
OF BOARD OF EQUILIZATION '
Notice is hereby given that upon
the second Monday in September, to
wit, September 11, 1922, the board of
equalization will attend at the court
house in Clackamas County, Oregon,
and will publicly examine the assess
ment rolls and correct all errors on
valuation, description or qualities of
lands, lots or other properties assess
ed by. the county assessor.
Dated at my office this 15th day of
August, 1922.
W. B. COOK,
County Assessor.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
The Oregon City-Molalla road was
closed to traffic yesterday for an in-
determinate period pending the con
struction of the new mile of cement
pavement whicb. is being laid. Traf
fic to Molalla is being detoured over
the Mt. Pleasant road and traffic to
Beaver Creek is routed via the Jones
Mill road up the Abernethy.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as executrix of the estate
of Frederick Schwartz also spelled
"Swartz", deceased has filed her final
account in the office of the County
Clerk of Clackamas County, Oregon,
and that Monday, the 18th day of
September, 1922, at the hour of 10
A. M. in the forenoon of said day, in
the County Court Room of said Court
nas been appointed by said Court as
the time and place for the hearing of
objections thereto and tho.
. '
thereof. .
Dated and first
18th, 1922.
Last publication
1922.
published August
September 15th,
EMMA SCHWARTZ,
Executrix of the estate of Freder
ick Schwartz, deceased.
WM. HAMMOND,
Attorney for executrix.