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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 34 OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1 922. ESTABLISHED 1866 WSSHOWNIN COUNTY SCHOOLS DURINGPAST YEAR Increase in Enrollment Is Said to Be Result Of Added Efficiency; More Students Complete Higher Grades, HIGHER SALARIES NOW BEING PAID Biggest Teaching Force Ever Employed Is Handled With Decrease in "Turn-Over. Although the past year showed the largest increase in school enrollment on record for any single annual per iod, the .remarkable feature about the growth is that it is indicative ol the holding of students through long er periods of schooling, rather than due to any great increase in popula tion, according to Brenton Vedder, - countv school superintendent. Ved der has just completed the annual re port for the school year which ended in June, 1922. It shows a total en rollment' in all of the county schools of 8468, an increase of 487 over 191 The increase in the school census from 1915, the superintendent points out, has actually been less than the increase in the enrollment, for tha perusal of the reports for the period of years show that the school census of .12,678 for 1922 is a gain of but 1039 since 1915, while the enrollment in that time increased 1313. The census includes all children in the county between the ages of 4 and 20. Meaning of Figures Shown "This means," Vedder explains, "that there are fewer of our students droppirg out of school. The effi ciency of the schools is being in creased so that more of the pupils! who start finish the high school. The gain has been appreciably in the in creased enrollment in the higher grade." Illustrative of this point, Vedder shows that in 1918, the earliest per iod at which segregated grade re ports are available, there were only 155 less students in the first grade than registered there in 1922. At present, however, there is a total en rollment of 1187 more than 1918. Iri 1918 there were 114 students in the senior high school classes of the county, while last year there were 152. This proportionate increase, it is pointed out, is found in all of the grades from the third to the 12th. Salaries Show Gain The report shows a considerable in crease In the salaries paid to teachers over the county, which the superin tendent explains as compatible with . the increased, efficiency of all the schools. The average monthly sal ary of the men teachers is $137 and1 the women, $103. In 1915 itwas $82 for the men and $61 for the 'women. The increase in salaries, hoVever, is not a development of the past year but, the reports indicate, a gradual growth which took its biggest leap between 1920 and 1921. The force of 319 teacher employed during the past year was the largest in the his tory of the county schools, but the figures show that there was a smaller "turn over," or change in the teach ing force than at any time in the past four years. Of the total number of teachers 95 hold certificates through graduation from normal school or university courses, as against 45 in 1918, the earliest period at which comparative figures are available. Bonded Debt Increased The bonded indebtedness of school districts in the county the has nearly doubled since 1915. .t is now $294,010 as against $162,200 seven1 years ago. This increase, the super intendent states, has been due to the extensive building and ground im provements which have been made over the entire county. It has also been partially due to the increase in the number of buildings and the en largements wnlch have teen madeT The report for the past year shows that four new school houses have been built since the opening of - the 1921 school year. The percentage of attendance increased from 95 to 95.35 during the year as against 92.8 in 1918. Boys continue slightly to out number the girls in the county though the number of girls' in the high schools Is above that of the number of boys, though the percentage in the primary schools is the reverse. Troops Not Paid in Vienna; Uprising is Said To Be Planned LONDON, Aug. 18. A military up rising is threatened at Vienna because the Austrian government lacks funds .with which to pay the troops, accord ing to reports received here from the Austrian capital. Grave fears over the Austrian outlook were expressed in British official quarters. It was said that the Austrian ministry has made preparation to flee. RATES TO BE PROMISED Attorney General's Office Plans to Push New Edict Of Public Service Body. SALEM, Aug. 17: The attorney general's office will "proceed in due course" to file a motion for an order to, withdraw the answer filed by the public service commission to the suit instituted by Robert G. Duncan of Portland, attacking the reasonable ness of 'telephone rates established by the commission under an order of February 28, 1921. The legal department makes known its readiness to follow the direction of the commission in this matter in a letter forwarded to the state regula tory body this morning in which, however4 It takes occasion to point out that it regards the attitude of the commission as somewhat at variance with the usual procedure in matters involving relations between a state department and the attorney general s office and makes it plain that it re gards the commission as assuming "all responsibility for the course pro posed to be pursued." 6 AUTO ACCIDENTS ARE TOLL HERE ON Mrs. Harry Wheeler Hurt In Main Street Smash; No Reports Made to Sheriff. There were six accident in Clacka mas county Sunday. Only two reports, and those incomplete, have so far been made to the sheriffs office. Two automobiles collided near Coalco, on the Pacific highway, Sunday after noon. One was driven Dy jonn w. Dozier of Canby and the other bore Oregon license No. 11048. Both ma chines lost a few wheels and were towed in to Canby. No report of the accident was made to the sheriffs of fice. Two other machines collided on the Milwaukie hill near Island. Smoke from a fire at the side of the road is sad to have blinded the drivers. The Milwaukie fire department was, called to extinguish the fire by the roadside. An accident has been reported from the railroad crossing at Milwaukie Sunday. Another smash took place at Clackamas, on which a report is said to have been mailed, but hadj not been received by the sheriff yes terday. Mrs. Harry Wheeler met with a very serious accident Saturday after noon, when attempting to board a Portland car on Main street. She was struck by a south bound automobile and knocked unconscious. She was taken to Dr. M. C Strickland's "of f ice and upon x-ray examination three ribs were found to be broken, a 5-inch gash cut in her forehead and her chin injured. Mrs. Wheeler was tak en to her home in Gladstone in an am bulance. At present she is reting as well as could be expected. Her mo ther Mrs. Li. H. Strickland, and Mrs. Eva Frost are in attendance. The driver of the automobile was not held by chief of police May, who witness ed the accident. New Paper Mill at Salem Being Built by Oregon Company SALEM, Aug. 21. Work on the third unit of the Oregon Pulp and Paper company's plant in Salem which will give to this city the only bond paper mill on the Pacific coast and add in the neighborhood of 73 men to the payroll of the company's local plant, was started yesterday. With the completion of the new un it, which with its equipment will rep resent an investment of $300,000 and bring the total investment In the mill to approximately $2,000,000, -actual commercial production of sulphite bond paper will commence on a large scale. - Married 50 Years, Man Asks Divorce; Cruelty is Cited After half a century of wedded life, with a large family grown to maturity, his wife began to abuse him and make his life miserable and burdensome, ac cording to a complaint filed in the local circuit court by Jesse R. Greene yesterday. Greene alleges cruelty on the part of his wife, Helen, whom he married in Elsie, North Carolina. No vember 11, 1877. Two divorces were issued by Judge J. U. Campbell here yesterday. They "ere In tha cases of Hazel . against Roland Richards, plaintiff granted ens tody of minor child, and Fred W. against Alice B. Smith. Suit for divorce was filed by Alice M. against Earl E. Wright, married in Vancouver October 29, 1921. WATER DISTRICT MAY ASK FOR AID fir I Fr ll ATI IRF! Ul LLU IOlH I U R L I Increase on Bond Levy For Oak Lodge System Is One Of Plans Considered; No Definite Action Is Taken. REPLY OF PORTLAND COMMISSION WAITED Progress On Plans Is Halted; Source Of Supply Is Big Question For Consumers The decision upon the plans to be followed in the construction of the main and distribution system for the newly formed Oak Lodge water dist rict, is being held in abeyance tem porarily, pending more definite devel opments along a number of tentative lines under consideration by the com mision in charge. A number of plans are being worked on to provide water for the territory between Milwaukie and Gladstone, but no definite deci sion has yet been reached. An accurate ciieck of the valuation of the district has "been made by J. Dean Butler, attorney for the com mission and county assessor W. B. Cook. The assessed valuation of the territory included is $1,181,115. The district, under the law. ,can bond itself for ten per cent of the as sessed valuation, and according to the engineer's estimates, this amount would pay for the installation of the distribution system without the con struction of the main to the source of supply. This has given rise to the consideration of going before the leg islature next January with a request for the passage of a special measure allowing a 15 per cent bonded indebt edness for this purpose which would raise $177,166. This change in the plans, however, is only being discussed and is con tingent upon other developments. The commission, however, has indi cated that the system to be installed will be of the best possible type, and no second class construction will be tolerated in order to reduce the initial expenditure. The place from where the water will be secured is not determined, re quest to Milwaukie for supply has not met favorable action. A request for permission to connect with the Portland system has been made but the Portland commission has held up the reply pending an inventory and appraisement of the system there. Portland for the time being has' re fused even to sign up renewal con tracts with those places securing wa ter at present and the indication, it is believed, is toward the charging of higher .rates. The connection with a Portland reservoir has complications in that the maximum height of the reservoirs is 411 feet while, an elevation of 450 feet must be served at Oak Lodge, in the vicinity of Oatfield hill. This would require a pumping plant, it Is pointed out. or the connection with the Bull Run main at a higher eleva tion before the reservoir is reached. The entire situation is now a ten tative one, Mr. Butler points out. In the event of taking the matter before the legislature nothing can be done until next year. The determination of a supply will a wait the decision of the Portland commission, and will j meet additional delay if further nego tiations become necessary. Until the supply is guaranteed no definite ac tion" can be taken on the outlining of a system, but it is felt that the com ing year will see the installation of a modern first class service compati ble with the needs of one of the fast est growing sections of the county. Teleplione Company To Protest Against Cut in Phone Rate? PORTLAND, Aug. 22. Intervention of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company in the complaint brought against the Increased telephone rate order of the old public service com mission by Robert G. Duncan and his associates was permitted today by Circuit Judge Evans. This brings another complication in the telephone rate battle which has been waged for more than two years and reveals a portion of the defense which the telephone company is plan ning against the withdrawal of the rate increase order. Judge Evans granted the interven tion on petition of the telephone com pany on the ground that while the Duncan suit was filed against the pub lic service commission, it was really directed against the telephone .com pany and that no defense in the suit was planned, since the two new mem bers of the public service commission had plainly conspired to repudiate the former order without a public hearing and not allow the telephone company any earning upon its investment. VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC STATUTES NUMEROUS Man Draws Heavy Sentence for Hauling , Larger Load Than Allowed Under Law. Hauling a donkey engine from Van couver, Wash., over the state highway without a permit, his truck overload ed 6,200 pounds for its tire size, and carrying 5,400 pounds more than tha heaviest load allowed on a state road, W. Josey, of 'the Oregon and Wash ington Transportation company, was arrested yesterday by Harry Griffith, state traffic officer- Jossey paid a fine of $275 or overloading and $25 for failure to secure a permit His drivers' license was suspended for 30 days." He was arrested on the River road near the Aberhethy bridge. Griffith also arrested G. B. Willy for overloading, who was fined - $25; W. Brewster for a similar offense, who drew the same fine, and J. Pash eo, for driving with improper lights. The latter case is pending. A number of arrests made by Traf fic Officer Long throughout the coun ty over the week end were heard in Judge Noble's court. Cases heard were: Mrs. C. M. Donaldson, wrong side of road. $5; Milo S. Smith, overload ing, $50; P. B. Howell, reckless driv- ing, $10; O. F. Toomley, speeding, $15; a T RrkTlri Ttri fail licrht jtn Tin nn. O. P. Bond, no tail light and no op erator's license, $5; E. Murphy, over loading, $25; R. F. Clark, speeding, $25; Antone V. Jensen, speeding, $10. E, George Roberio Slays . Alvin R. Price in Astoria Bus; Canby Boy Drove Machine. Harold Oathes, driver of the bus, is the son of; Mr. and Mrs. Noel Oathes, of Carby. He, is em ployed on the Astoria-Seaside bus run and was substituting on the Portland liner One man was killed, another wound ed and other passengers were thrown into panic and leaped from the ma chine when GeorgeRoberio suddenly opened fire on persons in the front seats of an A.storia motor bus which left Portland at 7 o'clock last night. Alvin R. Price, Kelso, Wash., was killed and R. Widing, 777 Burrard street, Vancouver, B. C., wounded. Widing was believed last night to have been mortally wounded. Reberio is held in jail at St. Helens and the authorities of Columbia coun ty believe he is insane. Man Sat With Driver The shooting occurred shortly aft er 8 o'clock at a point near Little Jack Falls, one mile north of Prescott in Columbia county on the Lower Co lumbia River highway. Price and Widing occupied the front seat of the bus with- the driver, Har old Oathes. Reberio had been in a rear seat. but after getting out at St. Helens to buy cigarettes he occupied the third seat from the front. Without warning he drew his pistol and shot Price in the back. The wounded man crumpled down against his fellow passenger, fatally shot. Widing turned and asked Reberio:, "Why did you do that?" Second Man Shot Reberio's reply was a shot which struck Widing between the breast bone and throat. A second shot struck Widing in the back of the head. The driver immediately applied his emergency brakes and every one in the bus leaped for his life. Reberio made no attempt to escape and informed the other passengers who gathered about him that he would await the sheriff. Oathes, the driver, got in a passing private car and hurried to Rainier, where he informed Marshal James Jesse of the killing. When Jesse ar rived at the scene about twenty-five minutes after the shooting Reberio had reloaded his revolver and was sitting in the bus waiting for the sheriff: He offered no resistance when arrested. Jesse took the pris oner to Rainier, where he was later turned over to Sheriff Wellington and' taken to St. Helens. Woman Flees From Captprs While They . Debate Punishment TULSA, Okla., Aug. 18. A dash for liberty from a masked band of 150 men was successful for Bernice Bal lard, who was kidnaped with five men to be punished for various offens es near Red Ford ' late Wednesday night. She was taken to one side by two guards while leaders of the hooded raiders debated her punishment. She escaped and hid in near by bushes She was accused of selling liquor in. . a soft drink parlor. The men were I charged with selling whiskey. Four of them were flogged by members of I tne band. . , JENNINGS LODGE MAN CITED FOR ALLEGE FRAUD Offer to Compromise Suit In Idaho Court Is Declared Gross Misrepresentation In Complaint Filed Here. JOSEPHINE GALLUP MAKES ACCUSATION $1,100 Is Said Paid Under Belief That Plaintiff Had Contracted for Settlement. Charges of fraudulent misrepresen tation in order to secure money are made against Shelton Bechtel, of Jennings Lodge, in a suit brought in the circuit court Monday. The action is instituted by Josephine Gallup, now of Portland. Bechtel, according to. the com plaint, secured the sum of $1100 from the plaintiff through alleged repre- I sentations that he could settle out of ' Q onit mhtnh nroo - 1 frVl f1 court a suit which was bought against Josephine Gallup by H. H. Gal lup in Latah county, Idaho, two years ago. The action in Idaho was instituted January 26, 1920. Bechtel, according to the complaint here, represented to Josephine Gallup that he was a friend of H. H. Gallup and that the man had offered to accept $500 in settlement of the case. The money was paid, according to the complaint, and eight days later Bechtel again returned, saying that the settlement had not been satisfactory and that Gallup wanted $1,000. The woman then paid $600 to Bechtel. Later, according to the action here, she discovered that Gallup knew nothing of making any such arrangement for any settlement, and was never offered or paid the $1,100. The suit asks for a judgment against Bechtel of $1,100 together with interest at six per cent from February 4, 1920. Bechtel was the defendant in a suit filed here July 11 by the same woman to collect $400. said 'to be due as the balance on two promissory notes. 2,000 Gather At Annual Picnic Of Woolen ills More than 2,000 employes of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, their fam ilies and friends, were guests of the local industrial plant at the Fifth Anual Picnic 'held at Crystal Lake park, Milwaukie, Saturday. Featuring a baket lunch at noon, a sports""pro gfam in the morning and afternoon and dancing during the evening, the affair was characterized as the most successful which hag ever been held by the local mill. Keen departmental rivalry added to the interest in the competitive events, especially in the sport program. One of the features of the athletic events was the series of baseball games played in the morning. The Carding and spinning departments team defeated the mill team 12 to 4. The women's baseball game was won by the weave room in a hilarious 21 to 2 fray with the mill team. In the departmental relay race, in which, eight teams entered, the weave room succeeded in besting the remaining strong men. The single tug of war was won by E. Kamrath and in anoth er classification the Shop and Sales tugsters were victorious. The latter team was composed of E. Kamrath, P, H. Selby, W. C. Green. E. A. Hodgkin- son, W. Rossman, D. Cressy, L. D Yoder, Fred Hayward, C. Barton and F. Kamrath. For the single events, $3, $2 and $1 prizes were hung up. The events and the prize winners in order were: Potato race: Marion Proffitt, Eva Jones. Women's cracker race: Carrie Lang, Florence Randall, Rose Schroethin. 50 yard dash for girls. Rose Schroe thin, Elsie Miebs, Carrie Lang. Mixed three legged race: A. Rothe and Miss Scherzinger, E. Bowles and Carrie Lang, Irving Moehnke and El sie Miebs. 50 yard dash for men over 45, Wil liam Bottemly, A. Weinberg, ,N. W. Covey. 50 yard dash for girls: Harriet Rob inson, Geneva Jones. Men's 50 yart dash: L. Kerns, A. Rothe, Frank Mortingate 50 yard dash for boys: Louis"Zalar tel. Earl Jones. 100 lard dash: Tom Murphy, A. Zalatel, Charles Clayton. Special 50 yard dash: Pearl Crow, Hazel Sanatel, Rose Schroethin. Departmental relay race: Team of Charles Clayton. Elmer Bowles, Elsie Miebs. Three exhibition boxing matches were staged, two of which were a feminine invasion upon the manly art. Elsie Miebs and Rose Schroethin were matched and Mayme Gaylor and' Carrie Lane battled Cecil Covey and Bill Gold did an exhibition bout. - SAWMILL ACCIDENT MAY OF EYE rxr rv" David Moehnke is Injured In Mishap At Beaver Creek; Taken to Portland Hospital, David Moehnke, prominent sawmill man of Clackamas county, is in the St. Vincent's hospital in Portland, suf fering from a lacerated eye, which may result in the loss Of his sight. Mr. Moehnke, who is a member of the firm of Moehnke Brothers' saw- mill at Beaver Creek, about six miles from Oregon City, was engaged iaj operating the big saw on Thursday afternoon, when the sharp edges struck a knot in the wood, a portion of which flew up and struck his face, shattering the lenses of his glasses. This caused a portion of the glass to penetrate the right eyeball. The eye ball was badly cut, and the injured man was immediately taken to the St. Vincent's hospital by his brother, Wil liam Moehnke, and Dr. Huycke, both of this city,, where he Is being given medical ttention.. Although Mr. Moehnke has been en gaged in the sawmill for a number of years, this is "his first accident. NOTED GAMB1 FR AT OAK GROVE T Harry Tregaskis, Adventurer And Promoter, Ends Days In Midst of Quirk of Luck. Harry Tregaskis was an adventurer and gambler to the end, and the last time he cast the dice with fate and lost he didn't squeal, his heart just! naturally broke. And he went out smiling. So say those who knew him men like Seneca Fouts, Manager J. A. Johnson of the Pantages theatre and Judge Henry E. McGinn. Tregaskis, 49, a miner, prospector, salonkeeper and hotelkeeper, died of heart trouble Saturday night""at 11 o'clock at Oak Grove, where he ana Mrs. Marie L. Hubbard had been run ning a beach resort for the last two years. A short time back they had trouble with the authorities, and limitations put onr them kept the crowds away. Few besides the orchestra came to the Saturday night dance, and Tregaskis, thinking of the free old days, died in that near solitude. "Harry was a leader in sporting cir cles in the city," Seneca Fouts said this morning. "He was always taking a chance winning, then losing. But his hand was always open; and if he had a dollar in his pocket he would divfde it with any' man who came to him hungry or cold. 'He was 49 years old, born in Piochee, .Nev. His father was a wealthy miner and freighter. He joined in the Klon dike rush in '98, and was in the north land for years, covering it from the rim of the Polar sea to Sitka, and he made a good stake. Then he returned to the States and later joined in the rush to the Nevada gold fields, where he went broke. "After that he came to Portland, where he was a saloonkeeper and ho tel man. He ran. the Alton, and when the country went dry he had the hotel and bar of the New Foster. He had been in poor health for several years before his death. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Barbara Cornwall, No. 424 Brazee street The funeral will be held today at 2:30 from the Holman parlors, with final services at the Portland crematorium. Legality Of Fish Bill Contended 'In Court Action SALEM, Aug. 17. Denial of anj knowledge of fraud in connection with the signatures appended to the peti tion initiating ' the salmon fishing measure is x entered by Secretary of State Kozer in his formal answer to the complaint filed by the state fish and game commission in an effort to enjoin Kozer from placing the meas-. ure on the November ballot. Kozer's answer to the complaint admits re ceiving the petition, but declares that there is no fraud apparent in the pe tition as presented to him. The measure is initiated by G. G. Green of Oregon City, who also is pdrty de fendant to the action. That the salmon fishing and prop agation amendment was not conceiv ed in good faith, but rather as a means of prostituting the initiative for private gain, is the allegation of the complainants who seek to keep the measure off the ballot by the in junction route. Carl D.. Shoemaker, master fish warden, has openly charged that aft er this initiative petition was filed "an offer was made by proponents of the petition, for a consideration of $10, 000, to point out enough illegal signa tures to invalidate the measure." Since the measure was filed, a check of the signatures is said to have re vealed enough evidence to warrant this action.. It is expected that testi mony in the case will be taken next week, Jgdf STRAIGHT v$v GIVEN YEAR TERM FOR MOONSHINING Clackamas Height Bootlegger Changes Plea to Guilty; Sentence Is Heaviest In Prohibition History Here. FINE OF $500 IS ADDED BY JUDGE E. J. NOBLE Trial of Two Women Taken' In Raid Pending; Delay In Hearing Case Expected. Changing his plea to guilty, Charlie Straight, Clackamas Heights moon shiner, Tuesday drew the heaviest sentence ever given for- violation of the prohibition laws In Clackamas county. One year in the county jail and $500 fine were imposed by jMdge E. J. Noble in the justice court. Straight was arrested at his ranch August 12, by Sheriff Wilson and his deputies, who were accompanied by three state officers. The state men had previously arrested Straight, who was convicted of the first offense m the federal court in Portland. Limit is Given In entering his plea of guilty. Straight was given the limit under the law for the second offense. Judge Noble has been consistently passing out about the heaviest sentences ir the state for the violation of the liquor statutes. "Mrs. Straight and Mrs. C. L. Smith, who were also taken into custody, are awaiting trial. Bonds of $500 have been posted for each of them pending; their appearance in the justice court Thursday morning. Trial May Be Delayed It is probable that unless their pleas of not guilty are changed, the time for hearing the cases - will ". be continued for a few days, according' to Livy Stipp, aTStrict attorney. Ina bility to call important state's wit-' n esses is the reason for the contem plated delay. The two women were arrested in th same raid, after Mrs. Smith sold one of the officers a bot tle of moonshine and Mrs. Smith at tempted to destroy several bottles of whiskey. ' " . Straight Tuesday began the serving of the year's term in the county jail. Iri"the event of the failure to pay the $500 fine, 250 more days will be added to the term. Penitentiary Is Declared Cure Of Moonshining That the making of violation of the prohibition laws a penitentiary offense is one of the surest ways of curbing the manufacture of illicit liquor, is the opinion advanced by Justice E. J. Noble. Yesterday in sentencingLaw rence Thompson, after his conviction on a moonshining charge, the judge stated that his regret waa that he could not inflict a penitentiary tern. - Thompson was given 90 days in jail and a $500 fine. In default of the fine he has commenced serving the sentence for both fine and imprison ment. Thompson was arrested last Friday night when the officers raided the vicinity near his homestead fourteen miles northeast of Estacada. The two stills were found about a mile from the ranch on which the man and his mother were living. - Two complete copper tills, one- of 50 and the other of 75 gallon capacity, were found in a building 14 by 19 leec In a larger building was the mash' house, in which six 50 gallon barrels of mash were found. The entire outfit were burned save the parts of the still which were brought here for evidence. The man said that ha had been using the first still for the manufacture of the booze and the second for a re-run. He had; sold it for $1 a gallon, he claimed, to a foruanaer named tsrown. The officers Sunday again raided the vicinity in the hopes of apprehend ing two men expected to come down from Portland, but were unable to find anyone. The trial of Charlie Straight, ar rested last week by state officers on charges of selling liquor, is to be held before Judge Noble today. Postoffice, Store At JIetolius Are Destroyed in Fire METOLIUS, Aug. 22. Fire of un determined origin, starting at 6 o'clock this morning, destroyed the Cowan & Co. store building and stock, the liv ing rooms and furniture of Frank Cow an and family upstairs, the Metolius postoffice and all mail. The total loss will probably reach $15,000, partly in sured. Cowan six years ago lost his store at Lambonta by fire. The post office here is temporarily located in; the Citizens' State bank, with furni- . ture from a newspaper office.