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OREGON CITY, OREGON, 5 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1922.
FIFTY-SIXTHi YEAR, NO. 44.
ESTABLISHED 1SM
RECALL MANAGER
REFUSES TO TALK
FOR LIVE WIRES
Organization "Not Interested"
In Unbiased Discussion, Is
Belief of Percy T. Shelley;
Debate Offer Is Declined.
STATEMENT ISSUED
BY COMMISSIONER
Action of County Judge Cross
On Bridge Problem Flayed
By Harris; Figures Cited.
Upon the ground that the Live
Wires of, the local Commercial club
have already declared themselves up
on the matter of the recall, Percy T.
Shelley, manager of the recall commit
tee, Friday declined to appear be
fore that body to discuss the issues
and charges against county Judge H.
E.' Cross.
Elbert" Charman, program comittee
of the Live Wires, attempted to ar
range a debate between Cross and
Shelley. Shelley declared Friday
that in the light of the action of the
Wires in endorsing the judge, the
request for an "unbiased and open dis
cussion," subsequently came with
"very little grace upon the part of the
organization."
"It am willing to meet Judge Cross
in public debate at any time," Shelley
said,, "but I do not believe the Live'
Wires are interested in hearing both
sides of the question, in view of their
recent action.'
Staxem.ent Is Signed
W. F. Harris, county commissioner,
in a signed statement issued Fri
day explaining his contentions in re
gard to the recall' of the judge, at
tacked both the stand of tne official
- in regard to road matters and also
- condemned the Live Wires for their
action.
The statement says:
' Is it amusing to' pick up the paper
these mornings and read, at your
breakfast table, the resolution passed
by the live wires' and the petition
circulated, endorsing the administra-
tion of the present county judge, when
not more than two months ago the
- 'live wires' threatened his ' recall on
account of the delay in letting the last
and only contract tor concrete.
"Asto to the road program: I wish
to state' at)out the contracts let last
year: those were over the protest of
the county judge, and numerous ones
of the 'live wires' know it.
"It is amusing to read the petition
siened by Catholic and Protestant
jew and Gentile, all satisfied with
the judgqfsi administration. What
about the administration of Oregon
- City and the fire house location? Is
it. hnilt vet? fAsk Woodbeck, he
lives at Jennings Lodge).
Recall Reasons are Given
"As to the reasons for the recall.
This is one: That Judge H. B. Cross
told the county commissioners and the
council of West Linn, that Booth, the
chairman of the State Highway Com
mission promised to take care of the
the traffic across the Willamette riv
er while the bridge was under con
struction, but failed to have the pro-
mise made out in writing, the conse
quence was, it cost Clackamas coun
ty just $14,000.00. This is one item.
- "It is amusing that the good mer
chants here on Main street did not
know these things when they dug in
to - eir bank balance to maintain a
ferry across the Willamette river, and
that just a make-shift.
"Ask the 'live wires' to create bet
ter market conditions and better load
ing and unloading facilities for us
farmers. Ask them to take Estacada,
Boring, Molalla and Canby as sam
ples, where you can sell a load of hogs
or notatoes and ship the same.
"I would like to give Brother Wood
beck a lesson in the primary grade
on hew to raice cactus in the Dako
ta s " ' "
W H. HARRIS.
$50,000 Is Given to
University Medical
School in Portland
EUGENE, Oct. 26 Great impetus
was given the University of Oregon
campaign for $10,000,000 in gifts in
the next ten years by the receipt to
day of a check for $50,000 from the
general educational board of the
educational board" of the Rockefeller
foundation for the University of Ore
gon Medical schooj.
This is the second gift bestowed
npon the medical school by the Rocke
feller foundation. One year ago it
gave $113,000, which was matched by
the legislature for the construction of
the main section of Mackenzie hall on
the medical school campus in Port
land. This building has been com
pleted and is now in use.
Tha $50,000 gift, according to -Dr.
Richard B. DillehuntT dean of the med
ical schol, is for the purpose of pro
viding additional equipment and for
teaching and research facilities in scl-,
entific - medicine. J
SCHOOL BILL SUBJECT
OF DUAL ADDRESS HERE
Stephen A. Lowell and Dudley
G. Wooton Attack Measure
To Oust Private Institutions
Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pen
dleton and Dudley G. Wooton of Port
land, spoke to a large audience at
the Moose hall Saturday night on
the subject of the compulsory school
bill.
In part Judge Lowell said:
"This is not a compulsory educa
tional bill. We already have that on
oar statutes, and have had it for 17
years. This is a measure to prohibit
the maintenance of private schools
within the state. No finesse of lan
guage will disguise that fact.
'Can anyone tell me what harm the
old Portland Academy, or many other
kindred institutions once maintained
throughout Oregon, ever did in the
state? Is there a person living with
in our borders who will object to the
continuance of Hill Military Academy,
Z T V f, T ' Z y
School nt Pnrtland nr the Miisic - Edu -
cation Schol as entitles in our educa
tional system? There are some paro
chial schools within the state, some
schools maintained by different relig
ious bodies, notably St. Helens hall,
where many good women of Oregon
were educated. Is it for the welfare
of the children of the state that these
be wrecked?
'Sventy-five per cent of the Catho
lic children of the state are in the pub
lic schools." Over the twenty-five per
cent in the parochial schools. The
school exists ha-ve supervisory power
under the existing state law, to the
extent that the local school boards just
be satisfied that the same branch
es are there taught as are taught in
the public schools. It Is extremely
difficult therefore to understand why
the proponents of this measure desire
to destroy even the Catholic, schools.
"Can it be that the law was born of
hostility to all religion,? The Bible
is not taught in the public schools.
It has a place in the private schools."
Wooton said in part:
'The mob, who propose to destroy
this parallel system of private and
public enterprise In the field of edu
cation, are asking you to repudiate all
that has b.een achieved under it during
the last century tnd a half of our na
tional evistence, at'd to declare toy the
abolition of that system, and it has
been a fraud and a failure.
"The most striking thing connected
with this school bill is the consistent
deceit, duplicity and insincerity that
has marked the whole course of Its
sponsors and supporters from the be
ginning to the end of the campaign.
It was initiated by misrepr jseniaticn,
misunderstanding and actual . fraud.
There never vt!re but 29.000 signers t0
the initiative petitions in favor of the
bill, and 13,000 of these were reject
ed by the secretary of the state and
duplicated as illegal, leaving 16 000
valid signatures, which was c.ly 3,
000 "more than was absolutely iipres
sary to put on the official ballot. Up
pon investigation it has been demon
strated that thousands of the per
sons whose names were left on the
petition were induced tj sign by mis
representation as to the meaning nnd
purpose of the proposed law."
STUDENTS TO EDIT 1923
The staff of the Hesperian, annual
student publication -of the Oregon
City High School,, has been completed.
Announcement of the final appoint
ments is made by the e'ditor and busi
ness manager, who were elected last
semester. The editor and manager
are elective, empowerd - to ' appoint
their assistants. The - appointments
have ben aproved by the student coun
cil. -
Those who are to edit the 1923 edi
tion of the Hesperian, are: Editor,
Kathryn Kirk, assistant editor. Mar
guerite Jackson; literary, Mary Kessi;
assistant literary, Gladys Ward; dra
matics, Doris Maville; jokes, Fred
Gardiner; snaps, Stanley Blaue; so
ciety, Annabel .Hall; athletics, Quen-
ton Cox;- locals, Helen Harris; music
arfd organizations, Helen Toozef Al
umni, Lydon "Bingham ; art, Ronald
Gintber.
The business staff selected by Man
ager Albert Grossenbacher, are: Assis
tant manager, Ryle Reddick; subscrip
tion manager, Irene Kirchem; junior
subscriptions, Laura Kinzy; sopho
more subscriptions, Harold Sherwood;
freshman subscriptions, Marion Mil
ler. Wyoming In Grip Of
First Winter Blast
CHEYENNE, Oct. 30 The first se
vere storm of the winter was sweep
ing over nearly the entire state of
Wyoming luuaj. ear zero lemiiera-
ture and a heavy wet snow gripped J
Cheyenne and vicinity. Many auto
mobiles were reported abandoned on
the roads and the state highway de
partment was at work rescuing the
maroned occupants.
Wire comunication was interfered
with for several hours early in the
day. No loss of life had been reported
up to noon.
S.1 MCLAREN
IS ARRESTED FOR
HOLDING UP MAIL
Owner of Summer Resort Is
Held On Federal Charge;
Secret True Bill Returned
After Probe By Grand Jury.
DISPUTE OVER SALE
OF PROPERTY AIRED
Money Orders To Company
Are Stopped; Only Bills
Forwarded, Say Officers.
S. W. McLaren, postmaster and
owner of the Wilhoit Mineral Springs,
indicted by the federal grand Jury on
i Tuesday on the charge of deliberate
' . .
! ly and maliciously delaying the mails,
was arrested at Wilhoit Friday by the
federal postal authorities.
McLaren and his brother, R. Mc
Laren, "own the springs under the
name of the Wilhoit Water Company.
Several years ago they leased the
springs to the Wilhoit Mineral Springs
incorporated. McLaren continued to
live at the resort and to act as post
master. According to the federal authorities
considerable Ill-feeling grew out of
the cross litigation between the two
concerns, which is still in the state
courtsT The indictment charcges that
McLaren refused to deliver mail ex
cept bills to the new corporation and
allowed money orders to accumulate,
and returned money orders and re
mittances to. the senders with the no
tation that no such fir-m as the new
corporation existed.
TWO WORKMEN KILLED
IN ACCIDENTS AT CAMPS
Charles Youse who has been em
ployed at the construction camp of
Hurley-Mason company in the upper
Clackamas country, was instantly kill
ed on Sunday night while on duty with
the night crew.
Youse was assisting in clearing for
a road, when a rock fell from a 200
foot cliff, striking the man on the
back of the head. Men rushed to his
side, but found that death was instan
taneous. Coroner O. A. Pace, of this city,
was summoned, but unable to make
the journey during the night, started
out early this morning to cover the
50-mile trip extending into the moun
tains. No inqest will be held.
When taking up his duties with the
Hurley-Mason company, Youse gave
his age as 56 years. ' Nothing is known
of the man's relatives, and according
to O- A. Price who searched the poc
kets of the dead man, he was a mem-1
ber in good standing of the Moose and
Owl lodges of Lawron, Pa. His dues
were paid up to December, 1923. Corc
nor Pace has wired the lodges in or
der to secure some information regard
ing the dead man.
The remains of the late Orlo Robert
Chamberlain, who was killed at the
Larkins Mill near Beaver Creek on
Friday- night, have been shipped to
his home in aVncouver, Wash. Phe
funerai services are to be held in that
city.
Chamberltin, who had been employ
ed for some time at the Larkin3 Mill
had given a signal to the driver of
the truck to proceed while logs were
being loaded. Just as the big truck
started Chamberlain, who had stoop
ed to pick up a chain raised his head
to be caught between the rollway and
the logs. His skull was ,crushea, ana
death was instantaneous. x.
The deceased is married his wife
being in Vancouver at the time of the
accident.
CLOSING OF DANCE HALL
IS UNDER
The revocation of the license of the
Boring Dance Hall is under considera
tion by the county court. The matter
was taken under advisement Friday,
following - a hearing at which S. E.
Waller, manager of the dance ap
peared. Sheriff W. J. Wilson and De
puties Lone and Hughes appeared be
fore the court testifying that the dance
was being run later than z o ciock.
The license granted by the county pro
vides that the dance hall must be
closed by midnight.
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CaiarleS JvniltSOll
Estate Probated
The estate of Charles C. Knutson,
who died July 28, was filed in the
county court Saturday. A. S. W. Gra
ham was named as administrator. The
estate is valued at $10,000.
SLIGHT GAIN IS SHOWN
T TAXES
' An increase .of three-fourth of one
percent - in the tax delinquency in
Clackamas county over 1921, is shown
in the figures for the current year,
completed Saturday by I. D. Taylor,
head of the tax department. The de
linquency for the taxes collected this
year up to October 6, the date of de
linquency; was 8 per cent. In 1921
the delinquency on collections was
7.75 per cent of the total tax roll.
Collections ; this year totalled $1,
379,220.43 on the tax roll of $1,498,
401. 17r Amounts unpaid totaled $119.
180.74. iu addition to the regular roll,
$46,480.91 was collected on previous
delinquent taxes and $1,278.59 on for
est taxes, making total collections for
the county to October 6, $1,426,979.93.
The office this year issued 18,662 tax
receipts as against 18,183 for the year
previous. -
The fact that there was only small
amount of delinquency above that of
1921 is a good indication, Taylor point
ed out, as financial conditions this
year are generally regarded as more
pressing" than-in 1921; Crop condi
tions are not as favorable, he states,
but the average of payments is hold'
ing up well.
The increase in the number of tax
receipts indicates that the number of
individuals in the county who are tax
payers is increasing. Subdivisions of
land is said to be the cause of much
of much of the increase. -
Reply To Charge
. In Recall Filed
By Judge Cross
The formal answer to thee harges
brought against him by the commit
tee sponsoring his recall, was filed
Thursday by H. E. Cross, county
judge. -
Of the five charges, tnree are denied
point blank with no explanation, and
one cites the contention that in what
was brought against hif the official
followed the requirements of the law.
Upon the charge that the Indebtedness
of the county had been increased, the
judge cites figures to show that the
present indebtedness is below the fig
ure when he took office. He als
places upon th commissioners blame
for any increase in costs of opera
tion, of the county administration.
Tne answer, as it will appear upon
the official ballot, follows:
"A full and .complete answer to the
charges made against Judge H. E.
Cross in the petition for his recall.
They will be answered in order.
"1. Charge: 'He has increased the
indebtedness from $359,636.62 on De
cember 31, 192 to $426,297.72. Sep
tember 1, 1922.'
"Answer: Not a cent of Indebted
ness has ben increased, nor bill paid
without, the vote of both commission
ers. The report of "the county treas
urer shows outstanding warrant In- j
debtedness, October , 1922, $457,126.07.
Not collected on present tax roll, to
be applied. $111,109.21 Net indebted-
nes October first, $346,016.88.
"2. Charge: 'Autocratic and dis
courteous.' This is not rue and I de
fy anyone to prove it.
"3. Charge: 'Sentencing juveniles
without fair and open trial.' Absolutely
false and cannot be proven.
"4. Charge: 'Reducing mothers'
pensions and refusing to assist pau
rers.' I follow the plain law. The ac
cusation is pitifully false.
"5. Charge: 'Refusing to visit
roads as promised, etc.' All roads have
been visited and promises redeemed to
the benefit of public funds."
The notices for the special election
November 7 to vote upon the question
of the recall were prepared for dis
tribution ysterday by County Clerk
Fred A. HJiller. Although the recall
involves a separate election and will
require separate ballots, it will be
handled in conjunction with the regu
lar general election, and by the same
boards and officials, saving the ex
pense of holding an individual elec
tion which would cost about $5,000. j
Replying to the statemet issued
W. W. Woodbeck for Judge Cross,
stating that the judge would not con-
est the filing of the recall and point
.ing to the vote of confidence of the 112
business men who signed a petition
favoring the retention of the incum
bent, Percy T. Shelley - yesterday,
branded the petition which was placed
in circulation on the street as one
growing out of family ties and friend
ships. Replying to Cross answer to
the charges except that relative to
county indebtednes, Shelley made the
following statement:
"We live under a government ere
ated for the people and by the people,
and in order that his government
shall not perish from the earth' let us
strive on to finish the work we are
in. Let us be true to our convictions..
Class legislature and boss rule has no
part in the best government of our
county, state and nation. Let os insist
on oficers who serve the people, who
are not autocratic, not discourteous,
over-bearing or isrespectful, but kind
ani considerate, who act with honest
convictions." .
Sister Lucretia To
Give Lecture Here
BELINQUEN
'Sister Lucretia,' Is to speak in Ore- Main street. In response to the re
gon City November 6, under the aus- j quest for his authority or permit to
pices of the Orange Lodge. She will ! carry a weapon, he ' replied he had
deliver two addresses at ShiveOjy's none. Later before Judge E. J. Noble
opera house, one at 2:30 p. m. for he produced.a- special police, star,
women only and one at 8 p. m. for men grtthted by Chief May, and was re-
STOP NEW LEVIES
TOCUTBIIRDENOE
TAX SAVS M'NARY
"Indebtedness Holiday" Held
Only Satisfactory Means of
Reducing Assessment; New
Capital Is Declared Needed.
FARMER SAID AIDED
BY ADMINISTRATION
Present Tariff Lauded as Sole
Impost Giving Protection to
Agriculture;-Ask Support.
An "indebtedness holiday', during
which no new debts shall be incurred
and the increasing of the capital of
the state and nation through devel
opment of its resources, is the plan
advanced last night by Senator
Charles . McNary for the solution of
the present" tax situation.
Speaking to a capacity audience at
the I. O. O. F. Hall at Gladstone, Mc
Nary urged the creation of new wealth
through drainage, irrigation and devel
opment of water power and holding
oil of added tax burdens until the new
capital was created to aid in shoulder
ing the burden.
Urging support of the republican ad
ministration he stressed the election
of a republican governor to. safeguard
republican representation at Wash-)
mgion in case of an appointment ,10
fill a -vacancy. The republican admin
straton ,and the chief executve in par
ticular, have shown willingness to aid
the farmers, he saiid, pointing to the
emergency tariff, cooperatve market
ing bill, war finance corporation, con
trol of the grain exchange and stock
yards.
The tarif funder the Fordney bill,
the senator said, although the lowest
protective wall ever created, is, the
only one which has given protection
to the farmers ;nd provided protec
tion for agriculture. - - - .
'Tax burdens of the nation have
been cited froni six billions to three
and one half iiuons snce 1920," thj
speaker sail. The arms conference
allowed the redu tiVi of the navy ap?
propriations $213,000,000 since last
year. The administration has guar
anteed peace in the Pacifc, and
through its budget program Institut
ed an era of governmental saving."
McNary was introduced by Thomas
F. Ryan, Ed Johnson and Wm. Logus,
of the republican central committee,
are arranging a series of political
meetings over the .county, including
an address in Oregon City by Gover
nor Ben Olcott Wednesday evening.
PAINTER IS JAILED TOR
COMPLICITY IN MURDER
SAN FRANCISCO, CI., Oc. 2S Ad
rian Batchelor, a painter, was held in
the city jail here today, pending furth
er investigation by Portland, Ore., au
thorities of the mysterious poisoning
of Mrs. C. H. Pettibone, his mother-in-law.
Batchelor was taken into cus
tody during tht night.
"I went to Portland to kill myself,"
Batchelor declared today. "I had heard
my wife was there.
"I did not poison Mrs. Pettibone.
"My wife left me and I had heard
she went to Portland, so I secured
a piece of rope and left for the north.
I intended to find my wife and then
hang myself.
"When I arrived in Portland I went
to the home of my mother-in-law. I
had secured some sleeping powders
and put them in a cup. I left the room,
and when I returned I found Mrs. Pet
tibone had swallowed the contents of
the cup. She had not seen the pow
ders. """She then accused me of poisoning
her and ordered me to leave the house.
I did so and took the train immediate
ly for San Francisco."
Batchelor was found through infor
mation furnished police by his wife.
Batchelor had been sought far and
wide under an assault charge filed
against him by Mrs. Pettibone. moth
er of his wife, who has been found
alive and well in Oakland, Cat, after a
search had been made for her body
under the supposition that she had
been killed.
Grand jury indictment of Batchelor
is expected by the police so that Dis
trict Attorney Stanley Meyers can
order him returned to Portland for
prosecution.
Man Arrested For
Concealing WeaPon
Wesley Sumaul was arrested Satur
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Long
on charges ""of carrying concealed
weapons. Sumaul was arrested on
NEV SYSTEM ADOPTED
FOR BUDGET REQUESTS
Application for Funds
1923. Finances
oO
To Cornmittcfv writing.
The budget vdvlnlttee
VooVmlttee which is
framing the financial policy of the
city for the year of 1923, in order to
facilitate their work, will entertain,
no personal appeals tor tunas irom tne
city's coffers. All requests for funds
for quasi-municipal projects or sug
gestions for street improvement or
departmental changes, will be pre
sented in writing.
The requests must be in the hands
of the city recorder by November 15,
according to the decision of the com
mittee. It is believed that in this way
the mater of considering suggestions
of the people can be greatly facilitated,
and the time lost formerly over such
discussions greatly reduced.
Murderer Named
By New Witness
In Rector Case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 26
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of
the slain rector of the" Protestant
Episcopal church of St: John the
Evangelist, and her brother, "Henry
Steven?, have been named in the
sworn staement of Hrs. Jane Gibson,
self-styled eye-witness of the double
slaying of the Rev. Edward Rinehart
Mills on the night of September 14,
last.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 26
Investigation of. the mysterious mur
der Rev. Dr. Edward W. Hall,
wealthy rector of the fashionable
church of St. John the Vangelist, and
the beautiful choir singer, Mrs.
James Mills, reached its final stage
today when all the principals were
summoned to tell their stories to De
puty Attorney," General William A.
Mott, who is now in supreme command
of the probe. . ,
Mott intimated that arrests were
imminent without awaiting grand jury
action. - -- :
Mrs. Hall Quizzed
Those summoned to the courthouse
today included Mrs. Hall, widow of
the slain clergyman; her two broth
ers, Henry and William-.(Willie) Ste
vens; her cousins, Ewin and Charles
Carpenter; Mrs. Minnie Clarke; Jas.
Mills, husband of the dead choir sing
er; Charlotte Mills, 6-year-old daugh
ter of Mrs. Mills; Ralph Gorsline and
Mrs. Jane Gibson, wno is alleged to
have been an eye witness o fthe dou
ble killing.
The most important of the witnesses
were believed to be Mrs. Hall and
Mrs. Gibson, who declares that one of
the two women at" the scene of the
tragedy cried :
"Oh, don't," to the actual slayer,
calling him by name.
Solution Said Near
James Mason, in charge of the de-j
tectives said that investigation is now .
being carried on along several lines
that hitherto had been deemed toq
unimportant to follow up. He said he
looked for a speedy solution of the
baffling mystery.
The murder took place - just six
weeks ago today and in all that time
no person has been arrested upon
whom the charge could be fixed.
Mrs. Gibson it is reported now, said
she knew the man who did the shoot-
ting. She added also that the actual
shooting, was preceeded by a desper
ate struggle betwen the clergyman
an dthe singer on one and on another.
er.
Bodies Are Mutilated.
This statement was borne out by
the condition of the corpses when they
were found on the morning of faeptem
ber 16 beneath a stunted crabapple
tree on the Phillips farm the scene
of this dramatic killing. Both bodies
bore scratches and bruises. All the
skin was torn from Dr. Hall's knuckles
and Mrs. M?l face, neck, hands
and arms were scratched deeply as
with fingernails.
Mrs. Gibson fled from the scene in
panic during the shooting and could
throw no light upon the gashing of
Mrs. Mills' throat with a knife.
Mrs. Gibson identified the man s
appearance as follows: Heavy build;
brushy eyebrows and a thick mus
Recognltion is Maintained
At the time of the shooting, Mrs.
Gibson said, she did not know the
man who did the shooting, but later
she identified him at the courthouse,
where she had been taken to make a
statement. Mrs. Gibson said the wo
man companion of the killer did not
know her, but she (Mrs. Gibson) knew
the other woman, having seen her
once before at a rummage sale.
Mrs. Gibson also told of seeing three
automobiles near the scene of the tra
gedy on the nignt, of September 14
and said that the headlights of one
and flashlights, carried by the slayer
and his compaion assisted her to see
their faces.
Oregon City Girl to
Wed West Linn Man
A "marriage license was granted yes
terday to Wm. J. McLarty, 25 West
Linn, and Bertha D. Mault, 17, Ore
gon City.
RECALL FIGURES
SAID 'JUGGLED"
BY COMMITTEE
Actual Decrease In Warrants
Outstanding Said Shown by
Official Record; Statement
For County Judge Issued.
WOODBECK SCORES
2 COMMISSIONERS
Administration Extravagances
Declared To Be Work Of
W. F. Harris, W. A. Proctor.
That, figures submitted by the re
callers concerning the county indeb
tedness, blaming Judge H. eT Cross
for the aleged increase in the out
standing warrants, were juggled ,and
that the figures, which Cross suppor
ters state may be verified by anyone
who wishes to go through the official
records show and actual reduction is
the statement made officially for the
judge yesterday, by W. W. Woodbeck.
The staement directed to the re
call committee, and the two present
county commissioners, who are said
to be "aided by a coterie of disap
pointed seekers for jobs as road su
pervisors in the move to recall Cross,
follows: '
January 1, 1917, Commissioner W.
A, Procter came into office. One year
later the records show, the bonded in
debtednes of the county was $117,
360.57. Two years after Commission
er Procter came into office he was
joined by W. F. Harris as a member
of the- board. From January 1, 1918
to "January 1, 1921, under the joint
administration of these two commis-
sioners, (he warrant inOteltednesa
increased to $359,636.52.
'Will the members of . the recall
committee whose hearts are beating
warm for the taxpayer, explain what
of value the county received in ex
change for this increase of $242,275.93.
Which accumulated during their ad
ministration of county affairs when
they ' were unhampered - by ' Judge
Cross?
The sponsor of the recall submitted .
as one of their arguments why Judge
Cross should be recalled was that the
warrant indebetdnes had increased
under the Cross administration and
cited the fact that December 31, 1920,
the warrant indebtednes was $426,
197.72. "To have been of value for com
parative purposes, December 311922
sbolud have been selected. However,
the recall ' committee made a mis
take in their calculations and the war
rant indebtedness was $457,126.09, or
$30,928.37 more than their statement
indiacted. Since their figures were
published there has been one war
rant call issued and a second one
will' be made November 6th, which
will call in outstanding warrants to
the amount of $11,121.88, leaving a
total outstanding of $346,016.88, be
ing a reduction of $13,619.72. The re
duction will be further reduced by an
other call to be made in December.
"During the regime of the two com
missioners who are desirous of see
ing Judge Cross recalled, the ma
chinery of the county was allowed
to -stand exposed to the weather ne
cesitating delay in commencing the
road program in" the spring, and ne- ;
cessitating extra expense for repairs
and missing parts. The county now
owns a machine shed valued at $5,000,
where the machinery of the county,
valued at "$200,000 is stored during
the winter months, during which time
it is overhauled and made ready for
use when the season fpr road work
opens.
'Would the worthy gentlemen con
demn Judge Cross for this extra
vagance? Will you also explain your
reason for juggling the figures in
your statement to the voters of Clack-.
amas county?'
U S IS OFFERED SLAT
IN NEAR EAST PARLEY
PARIS. Oct. 26 France and Eng
land have-agreed to invite the United
States to participate in the Near East
ern peace parley to be held at Lausa
nue, on November 13, it was authorla
tively stated today.
The French government has backed
the suggestion of Lord Curzon, foreign
minister of Great Britain, that Amer
ica be asked to take part in the delib
erations because the Lausnue pact
will be a modification of the treaty
of Sevres which was drawn up at the
end of the World War with American
collaboration.
Curzon embodied his suggestion in
a note addressed to the French govern
mentr -
The object of the Lausanne parley
is to draw tip a plan of permanent
peace in the Near East.