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.