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004M The Enterprise only Clackamii Newapaper that all of tho now g rowing County. s j 0 U OTY ENTE .fl ex- label. any numbers, f I -atari Attend to It now. mON: KPKD FORTY-FIFTM YtAR-No. 82. OREGON CITY, OltEGON, Villi) AY, DECEMBER 29, 1911. mm PHFFRQ HARlFV ICOIVING FIRES AT pum VIIVIII UIILLIIU IlflllVLI HAPUFViCPIimF AC PHI IDT FDFFO HIM "AKVtY IN5tUrrLt HO UUUIll IIILLO III!' ESTABLISHED ISM E BROWNOL HAKES MASTERLY PLEA FORMER PRISONER BESEIQED BY ' FRIENDS WHO OFFER CON. GRATULATIONS SISTER OF MRS. HILL FAINTS IN COURT. Declaring that nana of the evidence Introduced against tho defendant wu Incriminating, and that the prosecu linn bad fulled utterly to nuke out can aKalnat tilui. Justice of tho Peace Samson Tuesday aflornoon dls mimed tho complaint against Nathan II. Ilurvey. tho wealthy Mllwauklo nurseryman, chanting him with slay ing the Mill family at Ardenwald 8la Hon, June 0 luMt. Tho hearing, which was a preliminary one, hud been marked with dramatlo scenes through out, but when the Justice, of the peace concluded hla decision Wlllamelt Hall, where the case waa board, bord ered on bedlam. At least one-half of the crowd of 3i0 that waa packed Into the ball c hoe red and a acoro ruahnd to Harvey to congratulate him. Muny literally bugged blm. ' There waa cheering several tlmea during the addreai of George C. Hrow null, who apoke last and croaii examin ed the witnesses for the defendant, and while. C. M. Idloman, of cotinaet for Harvey waa iiitnmlng up Mr a. Charlotte do I'arque, a sister of Mra. Ruth Cowing Hill, fell from her chair In a faint, and waa carried from the hall by her brother, Thomas Cowing, and hla wife. She aoon waa revived but did not re-enter the room. A report waa current that the caao would bo taken before the Grand Jury, which will convene Jan. 10, but Sheriff Mass and Detective L. L Lev Inn, who have worked up the evi dence, refused to ay whether thla would bo done. Harvey Refuaea To Talk. Mr. Harvey refuaed to make atntement, other than he waa glad to he free, and that the newspapers had made mlatakea In previous report. Hla wlfo waa seated by him when tho verdict waa rendered, and "he waa congratulated Juat at profuaely aa her husband According to Doputy Dlatrlot At torney Stlpp, who appeared for the proaecutlon. In hla aummlng upalmoat the exact time of the crime waa running. When I put It on Ita back aa I found It It atoppod. Mra. Cowing got the aunie reaulta when ahe handl ed the timepiece." Croaa-exnmlned by Mr. Ilrowne Mra. del'urque aald abe and Mra. Cow ing went to the houau at 10 o'clock Hattirduy morning. The lawyer asked If there had not been a great many pnraona In tho bouao after the crime waa committed until tho arrival of the wiineaa and hrr alaterln luw. Anaw- orlng In the affirmative Mra. doParquo aald the clock wm to aomo extent ob- acurod from view; that It waa par tially under aomethlng. She laid ber alater bad told ber ahe waa going to NURSERYMAN SAYS LIFE WAS SAVED BY KNOCKING UP FOE'S HAND. II BULLET HOLES ARE IN WALL Brother Of Slain Woman Inalata He Shot At Floor Aaked Man Later Arroated Whoro Bodloa Lay. An aftermath of the frenln nf k. man H. Harvey, who waa charged buy a clock, and that her father had wltn storing the Hill family, waa tne found the bill for tho time piece In announcement Tueaday night by Sher the houae after the discovery of the) Iff Maaa that Thomaa K. Ouwlng, Jr., crime. a uromer or Mrs. Hill, had fired two "Mra. aerarque and myself went to iota while he and Harver were en tho Hill home on tho morning of Mged In a physical encounter on the June 10 to get aomo clothea," aald afternoon of December 1. Hurvey mra. j nomaa lowing, -we round the mowing tried to ahoot him. Co ciock lying arroaa the room from the mg lays he ahot at the floor. How tame wnere Mra. Hill had placed It ever, tne bulleta lodged In the wall It waa In a poaltlon ao It could not of Harvey'a office, at Mllwaukle, no rramiy aeon." wnere me encounter occurred. Corroboratei Clock Story. Sherltf Maaa aaya that Harvev told The wltneaa corroborated the teatl- nlm (-owing visited hla place about 5 monr of Mra. del'araue aa to the clock ciock the day of the itruggle. Har having atoppod at eight tnlnutee to I vey wl,n hla brother and another MM OF CITY H. T. Mcltaln received a letter Wed nesday from Congressman Hawler acknowledging the receipt of a photo- grapq or ine party taken on the steamer N. R. Lang when Mr. Haw. ley vlaltcd thla city recently. Mr, lawley wrote that If a river and har bor bill waa Introduced at the nres- ent M-aUon of Concress he would see that the interests of Clackamas conn ty wero taken ci.ro of. Ho will try to get un appropriation to dredge the river between here and Portland bo aa to provide for a dpth of elx feet the. entire year. Mr. Hawley aald hla vlMlt to Oregon City would long be remembered, and that the citizens oi thla city ano county -did more to aid him In Ma work than those of any other place he vial ted on hla trip tnroiiKh nia district. 1. and that It "would run when righted and atop when placed on Ita back. Ralph Willi, who Uvea near Arden wald Station, aaid that he left Port. land on the 12:05 o'clock car, having gone to that city to aee a Roue Festl- vai parade. "I did not aee Mr. Har vey on the car," declared the wlt neaa. "Hut when I got off the car I aaw the defendant atandlng on the platform. I alao aaw Howard Ruaaell there. I don't know whether tho car waa on time, but I Judge It got to the nation at 13:25 or 12:30 o'clock." The wltneaa said Harvey told him aa he stepped off the car to be care ful and not step on a board that waa there for fear It would throw hlra down. R .W. Goodale. a traveling tales man, iaii be got off the car before It slopped. He did not see anyone coming hla way, but declared ho aaw aeveral peraona at the station. Mr. Goodale testified there wero two ways man, was placing trees behind the burn. Ho says Cowing came to him and said he wanted to aee him orl- vutely. Harvey, according to the statement of the sheriff, told him he would have to wait until the work was finished. Thla done, he and Cow ing started toward the office when the latter aald, "I want you to go to the Hill house with me and show me how the bodies lav." Harvev InM him in wait until they reached the office and they could talk about the case. u declares Cowing demurred aKalnat wit tering the office with him. but flnallr did ao. Inside Harvey declares Cowlnc again Asked blm to go to the Hill houae and show how the bodies lav. Harvey gave some excuse, saying it was no use, or aomethlng like thaL whereupon according to hla atorv. Cowing exclaimed, "Do you refuse?" and at the same time drew the pistol, which .was of thirty-eight calibre. Harvey aays he solsed Cowlng'i hand MORSE IS DYING. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 A special in"" Atlanta says: "The truth about Charles W. Morse Is that he Is dying. '"Oh, I guess I am dying,' said Morse In responae to a question that was asKea. i aon t mind that ao much; I'm not complaining. But I wish to God some one would tell the President that I am not a felon. Bin AWARDED $110 DAMAGES ill i CHARGE DENIED BV U'REN SINGLE , TAXER DECLARES DID NOT RECEIVE $16,775 ' FROM FELS HE E WILL BE APPEALED fill IS CiipW OF MANY Mayor-Elect Is Accused of Making Misstatements By Ore gon Lsnd Tax Leader, case, tne doik bouse, where It was charged tbe ax with which the crime wai committed was obtained, would have to be passed. One wsy was about as long as the other, declared Mr. Goodale. "I saw a man on the platform and Into tho wall. Mrs. Harver. his broth- er and the other man were attracted and they took the pistol which had dropped from the man'a band as he was thrown by Harvey. The fiext day Harver teleDhoned OSWEGO PIONEER WINS SUIT AGAINST RICH HEAD OF CEMENT COMPANY. APPEAL TO BE TAKEN BY DEFENDANT x Brownoll Makes 8trong Point Showing Club 8a Id To Have Been Used By Moore Is Not Nicked. By a boy In tho station when wo got off Sherlff MaM that he wanted to see the car," testified John A. Marek. of M,"8 ent t0 tD Harvey home Ardenwald Station. Tho witness said and wa 'd the story of the shooting, he had been to Portlund to see the "arTeJr turning over the pistol, which parade, having been accompanied by. -ln alleged to have used. ahown. Witnesses testified that clock In the Hill homo had atopped at what waa thought the time of the' murder. Dogs had barked at the home of a neighbor about the time tho clock stopped. Harvey, waa scon at the station a short time before, and It was argued his movements had boen timed so he must have been In front or at the Hill home at the time the clock atopped and when the dogs barked. A subsequent act, the em' ployment of lawyers to defend him by Harvey, the prosecutor said, Indicate od a guilty knowledge. Sheriff Mass said after the trial that It was thought by him and his associates before the bearing that thla would be sufficient evldonce upon which to hold the de fendant. The first witness, Clarence W. Matthews, of Hlllsboro .who lived about 300 feet from the Hill home, testified that he saw Mrs. Hill In her yard lute In the afternoon of June 8, when he went by her home to stake his cow. No Response To Rrsps. "I rapped on the door of the Hill house the next morning when I went to stake the cow again," declared the witness and called, "Are you people not going to get up.' I got no re sponse and told my folks to see what waa the matter, as I had to go to Port land. I left on the 7:04 car, and my folks Informed me upon my arrival In Portland over the telephone of the crime. I got back at 10 o'clock, but did not go In the Hill houae, nor did I see the bodies. "I was awakened on the night of June 8 by the barking of my dogs. They barked louder than usual and kept It up longer. I got up and look . ed nut of the door and a window. I couldn't see the Hill house from the door, but I saw It from the window, I saw no one there. My mother's house obstructed my view from the door. The dogs barked five or ten minutes, and I concluded they were barking at something In a northerly direction. It Is north on the road from the Hill home to Ardenwald Station. Harvey's nous Is the next house south of the house In which we lived. Juno 8 was a bright tight" Cross-examined bv Mr. Brownell the witness said he did not see a man about five feet eleven Inches tall go by his house two or three times on the night of the murder. He repeated that he saw no one at the Hill home when he got up after being aroused. He said It was fifteen minutes to 1 o'clock when he went back to bed. Clock Stops at 12:52. Mrs. de Parnue, sister of tho slain woman, who sobbed at Intervals while she was testifying, said that she and Mrs. Thomas Cowing bad gone to the Hill hnme Saturday two days after the discovery of the crime to gpt some belongings' of her sister. She aald that the bouse was In disorder and that they found a clock on the floor In the front room near the conch of the little girl. "The clock was a new one." said the witness. '"It was lying with the face up. It, had stopped at eight mln ntea to 1. When I lighted It It began his wife and three children, and his sister and her husband. Reporter Tells Of Contract. rerry rornsiey, a newspaper re porter, snld that Harvey admitted the second day after hla arrest that he bad signed a contract with Dowerman ft Able, Portland lawyers, to pay them 120,000 to defend him In caae of his i arrest In connection with the case. The witness declared Harvey hod told him In tho presence of Sheriff Mass that Mr. Able and a detective named "I aaked Mr. Harvev If he did not Intend to have Mr. Cowing arrested," said the sheriff, "and he said he did not. Mr. Harvey told me iiat Mr. Cowing said after bc:ng overpowered mat ne aid not intend to kill him and was snooting at the around. Mr Cowing asked that the pistol be re turned to him, according to Mr. Har. vey, but the request was refused." The sheriff said the first nart of Cowlng'i story agreei with that of jiarvey s, i-owing says, however, that Mitchell had come to his home some- wnen bu Bskea the nurseryman to go time after the crime; had Informed lo lnB nome '"h mm and show him the "woods were full of detec- hlm how tne bodies lay, Harvey ex tlvei or sheriffs" and that he had bet- rlmed "Me go down to that place?" ter ao to Portland with hAm rmi. He declares Harvey then seized him ley did not romomber that Harvey said tno Rna. and he discharged the anything was said at his home about ""ooung bi me rioor. cowing Harvey employing the lawyers to de- a'a ller Harvey seteed him his first fend him. The reporter recited that thought was to get out the door. Harvey had told him he went to the T- F- Cowing, Jr.. lived In this city office of Mr. Able and there In the evera "eart and waa local agent for presence of Mr. Dowerman. Mr. Able ul eus-u argo Express Company and Mr. Mitchell he signed the con- moit of tne tlme- He has taken an tract or agreement, Farnsley said he act've part In searching for the slayer formed tho rnnrlnnlnn frnm Horvov'a of the Hills and donated the us nf statement that he (Harvey) Inttnded n,R automobile for sometime to Sner- to convey the impression that be was "l " ueiecuve livings, alarmed and went with the lawyer and Tne 'hooting at the Harve home detective In their automobile while occurred on the afternoon of the day in a confused state of mind. The ln" "ic-amara brothers pleaded guilty reporter said that Harvey toidV hlin ln ,nB Jes aynamtto case. that sometime Inter after conferring with hla wife, they went to the of fice of Mr. Able and saw the alleged contract destroyed. After the publication of the Inter view of the reporter with Harvey, Messrs. Dowerman and Able, In state ments ln the newspapers denied em phatically that either of them with a detective had gone to Harvey's home and taken him to their office. They said mat Harvey bad come to them at their office of his own volition, J and had retained them. Mrs. Hill's 8ltter Faints. A Jury ln Judge Eakln's court Sat urday awarded Joseph nichner. pioneer of Oewegrt, V-irdlct of-11,000 In a damage suit Instituted by him against Aman Moore, president of the Portland Cement Company for Injur les received ln a fight over a strip of property. Blchner, who sued for 110, 000, alleged that he was permanently Injured by a blow on the head. He said bla eyesight had been affected and he suffered from Insomnia. The plaintiff testified that be was attack ed without provocation by the defen dant Moore testified that Henry Dlchner. a son of the plaintiff, attack. ed him with a shovel, and that the father was wounded In the altercation which followed. Moore also has a dam age suit pending against Blchner. He announced after the verdict against him that the case would be appealed. The plaintiff was represented by George C. Brownell and William Stone. Gordon E. Hayes and John F. Logan appeared for Moore. Judge Hayes and Mr. Brownell summed up Saturday morning, both making fine speeches. Mr. Hayes declared Henry Blchner was the aggressor. Mr. Brow, nell scored with the Jury when be called attention to the fact that the club said to have been used by Moore had no nicks on It. The defense said Moore had warded off blows with the club struck by Henry Blchner with a shovel. $200.0u 6.35 800.00 282.32 368.30 991.28 400.00 FAVOR. OF WEST SIDE CANAL STATE TO VOTE ON ABOLISHING NOOSE (Capital Journal, Salem.) Mayor Grant Dimlck. of Orecnn City, was in Salem todav to arini case In the circuit court and Incident- ally stated that he thoueht the matter Mr. Idleman, who was first to sum of free locks and canal at the falls of up, said in evidence was not sufflc- the Willamette waa nractlcaiiv at. lent upon which to "hold a dog." He tied. He says the west side location placed great stress upon the state- will undoubtedly be adooted aa reenm. ment mode by the witness Wllla ihat mended by the state Canal board, and Hurvey naa cautioned blm as be step- that the price or $450,000 as agreed ped from the car to be careful not upon, while It Is higher than be would to trip on the board. have given himself, will be satlBfac- 1 hardly think a man contemDlat- tory and the best solution nf the mil. ing mis norrible, this heinous, this ter. He aays the entire camnalra aiiiiusi unoeiievauie crime". (At this made by the live wires was based on point Mrs. deParque fainted, causing the expectation of some of the Oregon a stir In the courtroom. She fell heav- City business men that construction of lly on the floor and was taken from new locks and canal on the east in me room.) -i nardly think, said the and would have meant a large expen lawyer continuing, "that a man con- dlture of money for labor at Oregon templatlng- a crime of a"uch an atroc- City, and would have been ruinous to loui character would have presence the prosperity of tho big manufactur ing concerns on that side of the river. He says that with H. EI Cross he stood almost alone against the east side location and it took a great deal of nerve and backbone to oppose them. Tbe Southern Pacific railroad now of mind enough to warn a man he did not even know, against a board, telling him not to trip over It" Deputy District Attorney Stlnn ln summing up said the evidence was sufficient upon which to hold the ac cused. He asserted that the testi mony showed that Harvey had "hung back" at the station while the others who came on the car went directly to their homes. "He should have been home by 12:40 o'clock," said the prosecutor. "He was not seen by anybody as he went nome. The Matthews' does barked at 12:45 o'clock; the clock In gets a large Income from hauling two train loads or logs to the paper mills every day In the year because there Is no towage over the rapids. Free locks and canal on the west side win force opening the river channel throngh the Clackamas rapids, and all that traffic will be bandied by wa ter. The people will save every year on freights all that the state has put tbe Hill home stopped at eight min-jnp for this enterprise." Judge Dimick ntes to 1. and Harvey was the man is an enthusiastic supporter of an who had been left behind.' Tbe prosecutor said no man (Continued on page 4) but open river and la glad the matter has been settled satisfactorily to all par ties concerned. SALEM, Dec. 22. (Special.) The question of capital punishment is to be submitted to the voters of Oregon at the next election and ln the mean time such clemency as Governoi West may extend capital criminals will be ln the form of reprieves, stay ing execution of sentence until the verdict of the voters of the state ! received. If that verdict be for bang' tngs, tho sentences of the courts will be promptly executed. In the bill to be submitted, and which will be recommended for passage by Governor West, there will be a provision for life Imprisonment for murder, with no power of pardon by the executive ex cept on recommendation of the Su preme Court. All this Is announced In a statement by Governor West, in which he aays: "Capital punishment is either right or wrong. I believe it wrong and I believe I voice the sentiment of a ma jority of the people of the state when I say it Is wrong and should be j abolished. When I stated before leav ing for the East, that there would be no hangings during my term of office, I did so because I bad. as i now nave, the firm belief that the people of this state would at the first opportunity vote to abolish It and it was my In tention, as it is still my Intention, to submit the voters of this state through the Initiate a measure abolishing capi tal punishment, substituting life im prisonment and permitting the grant ing of pardons In murder cases only upon recommendation of tbe Supreme Court In the meantime death sen tences will not be commuted but re prieves only Issued for the purpose of postponing the execution until af ter the people have declared their wishes." "If they declare for hanging, their sentence shall bo carried out to the letter ln each and every case, but I do not fear such a verdict, as I am firm In my belief that the people will abolish this relic of the dark ages and that there will be no more hang ings In this state." In a written statement Issued Fri day W. S. U'Ren denied tbe allegation or Grant B. Dimick that be (U'Ren) had received $10,775 from the Fels fund. "I am quite willing to leave to the readers of the Enterprise the question of whether Mr. DJmlck'i mis representations of what bo bears and reads are due to deliberate untruth fulness or merely to talented stupid ity,:' aays Mr. U'Ren. His statement follows: Surely Mayor-elect Dimick knows whether be Indulges in falsehood every day or not I will not say so, even with his kind of permission. He may have days when he neither talks, writes nor makes signs. But seriously, can Mr. Dimick read? He says. "I notice also on page 31 of said pamphlet Mr. U'Ren received out that millionaire manufacturer's fund, kuown as the "Fels Fund" the magnificent sum of 116,775. In addl Hon thereto he Is now receiving out of that fund a salary equal to that paid to tbe average circuit Judge ln tbe state of Oregon. My name occurs on that page only In the last lino of the following par agraph: Anna Hicks, rent of New York Club rooms Boston Mailing Company .... To Missouri, per Dr. Wm. P. Hill To Arkansas, per George J. King To Minnesota per F. E. Coul ter John Z. White, salary and traveling expenses, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. Colorado, per John H. Gabriel Oregon, per W. S . U'Ren, printing and general ex- . penses i . : .. . 18.T75.60 An itemized account of the ex penditure of this money ln tbe last campaign was filed with the Secre tary of State. I never received a dol lar from the Fels Fund. I have stated publicly my arrangement with Mr. Fels ao often that everybody who is Interested knows what it is Again referring to the same pamph let he says: I have read the pamphlet care fully and I notice that the whole pur pose of the Single Tax doctrine there in expressed goes to the exemption of taxe? upon the merchants and man ufacturers, and says nothing about the home-owner and fanner." On page 7 of that pamphlet there Is given to the work in Oregon and among other things the following Is stated: "All calculations were based on official figures, and thus farmers were shown that their taxes in 1909 would have been much lower under the land value tax than under the general property tax system. In the same way. It was shown that owners of Improved city lots would have profiited by the land value tax. that business and hbor would have profit ed by the change, whlla a much great er burden of taxation would have fallen upon franchise corporations and upon speculators in land and city lots." Can Mr. Dimick read? The object of the Single Tax Is to wholly exempt from taxation all labor and the value of labor products, and to collect all public revenues from the assessed value of land in proportion to Its value. A lot that Is worth $100,000 will pay 100 times as much tax as a lot that Is worth only 31,000, regardless of Improvements If this system Is approved by the voters, the public service corporations will pay about one-half more taxes than they now do in Clackamas county. As to-water-powers, it cost the Fels Fund about $800 to get the true value of those in use, and of the corpora tion franchises and rights of way for the Clackamas county Single Tax Assessment. This Is based on the earning power as shown by actuaf re ceipts and official reports. I men tioned only the P. R., L. A P. Com pany's water-powers, but Mr. Dimick Jumps Instantly to the defense of that corporation. I never hear of any rail road -company or other public service corporation advocating the Single Tax, contributing to the Fels Fund r paying for the circulation of Singl Tax literature. The Fels Fund Is supported by about 1,800 contributors, very few or whom pay more than $2C per year. With the foregoing I am quite will lng to leave to tbe readers of tho En- torprlse tbe question of whether Mr. Dimick's misrepresentations of what he bears and reads are due to delib erate untruthfulness or merely to tal ented stupidity. 8ALEM, Or., Dec. 27. For the sole purpoae of relieving the state of all danger from making the mistake in issuing warrant! for the appropriation of the University of Oregon, Attorney-General Crawford, has made prep arations to appeal the case of J. C. Friendly against the Secretary of State, in which the referendum petl tlon against the appropriations waa held to bo Invalid by the decree of Judge Galloway, of the Marlon Coun ty Circuit Court. The Secretary of State requested the Attorney-General to appeal the case and seenre a Judg ment from the highest court ln order to assure the state officers that the money Is available without further legal proceedings. Tbe id Deal based on the ground that the lower court erred ln holding that any per son may start an Injunction oroceed. Ing against the Secretary of State to prevent tbe placing on the ballot the title of a referendum petition after the same had been filed with the state, and that because a few names on the petitions are found fraudulent. tne entire petition is Invalidated. DIMICK ON CAMP 10 rare trail MAYOR-ELECT MAKES DECLARA TION THAT 8IGLE TAXER IS NOT FAIR. SPEECH AT BIG CONFERENCE QUOTED 'Some Peopl Doubt Mr. U'Ron'i Honesty Regarding 8lngl Tax,"!! Statement Of Lawyer. LIBRARY OFFERED CITY BY CARNEGIE IRONMASTER PROMISES $12,500 IF CITY WILL FURNISH 8ITE. $150 NECESSARY FOR MAINTENANCE Association To Meet Tonight For Consideration of Proposition Acceptance It Assured. TO OPEN JANUARY 2 W. L. Mulvev, county clerk, an nounced Wednesday that the registra tion books, for tbe nomination elec tion will be open on January 2, and those who fall to register will not be able to vote in the primary elec tion in ApriL The books will be open until April 9, and from April 29 to May 5. The clerk also announced that the declarations of candidates may be filed from January 1 to April 3. Andrew Carnegie will give 112.500 with which to erect a library in Ore gon City, A letter received here Wednesday from the private secre tary of the Ironmaster gave this in formation. The trustees of the Li brary Association will meet tonlgnt ln the Commercial Club parlor to consider the proposition. That It will be accepted la a forgone conclusion. The credit for obtaining this magni ficent oiler is largely due to Mra. W. S. U'Ren, Secretary of the Library Association, who made the suggestion that Mr. Carnegie be appealed to, and to 11. T. McBaln, ex-president, and one of the trustees, who Informed Mr. Cargenle as to the conditions existing in this city. At the annual meeting of the association held about one month ago Mr. McBaln was appointed a committee of one to "Obtain a Car- negie Library." The paper mill man immediately "got busy" and ln a let ter to the steel magnate told all about Oregon City and the Library Associa tion. He gave a full report of the receipts and disbursements of the association, explained how tbe city was growing, and called attention to the annually increasing fund through the Increasing assessments for taxes, A few days later Mr. McBaln re ceived a blank form asking tbe usual questions which be filled ln and re turned, and in due course a letter wa received from Mr. Carnegie's sec retary asking how the money for the maintenance, of the present library whs collected. Mr. McBaln replied that an annual Income from the as sessments of $1100 was assured, and 'hat members of the association con tributed $458 last year. A list of the officers and trustees and their occu pations was given. A letter received Wednesday from the ironmaster's secretary laid that Mr Car.negle would be pleased to do- note $12,500 for a building, the planb to be approved by him and tbe city to agree to give at least $1,250 a year for maintenance It has been suggested by Mr. Mc Baln that the section of Moss street. between Main street and the South ern Pacific track, which was recently closed, be donated by the city as a site for the library. L WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. A further heating regarding the building of the canal at Oregon City will be held by the board of engineers ln this city. Prices asked for rights of way on both the east and west aides of the river are deemed prohibitive, and if the Improvement is undertaken, con demnations probably will be neces sary to acquire righta of way. 39 TRY EXAMINATION The ' semiannual examination of teachers for county schools, conducted by Superintendent Gary at Willamette Hall, was concluded Saturday. Thirty nine tried the examination and It is thought most of the applicants will re ceive certificates. Mr. Gary will send tbe papers to State Superintendent of Instruction Alderman, who will do the grading. The class was less than one half the size of the one which tried the examination last spring. j "W. S. U'Ren has always conducted his campaign! along llnea that are absolutely unfair and from thla day I aball keep on that gantleman'a trail ln every move that he makes," la an excerpt from a statement by Grant B. Dimick Saturday In relation to the single tax controversy. The statement follow! : . I have carefully read the article of H. W. Stone In the Oreoi.Ian of De cember 21st, and desire to atate that Mr. Stone evidently misunderstood what I said regarding the $16,775 aa I only quoted from their own book entitled "Single Tax Conference," held In New Vork City November 19 and 20, 1910, under the auspices of tne Joseph Kels Kund Commission." and the last item of expense given in that pamphlet, at the bottom of page 31 Is aa follows: "Oregon per W. 8. U'Ren, printing and general expenses $16,775." Mr. Stone says: "My. Dim ick is mistaken In this. He did not see on page 3l or any other page in the report of that conference that Mr. U'Ren received $16,775. I wish to state for the benefit of Mr. Stone and other readers of the Enterprise that I did see on page 31 just exactly what I hare set forth above, and nowhere in that pamphlet Issued by "Fels Fund" Is Mr. W. H. Stone's name mentioned as treasurer or even baring anything to do with tbe single tax expenditures ln the sute cf Oregon. I do not believe anybody who claims ' to possess an ordinary degree of in telligence can truthfully say after reading my former article ln the En terprise that I said Mr. U'Ren receiv ed $16,775 for his own private use, but v he received It and used it in the single tax campaign In this state. - When Mr. FeU was in Portland a few months since an interview wltn blm was published wherein he stated that Mr. U'Ren did receive a salary from the "Fels Fund" and tbe amount of the salary was given at that time, and Mr. U'Ren has never denied it, except that be denies that he ever received any of that $16,775, but on page 31 of the pamphlet above refer red to. It says that he did receive "Oregon per W. S. U'Ren" the above amount, but I presume that the word "per" is a single tax phrase, indicating that W. S. U'Ren got nothing. Mr. U'Ren has a lengthy article pub lished in the Enterprise of December 23 wherein be states: "As to water powers it cost the Fels Fund about $800 to get the true value of those in use and of the corpora tion franchises and rights of way for the Clackamas county single tax as sessment This Is based on the earn ing power as shown by actual re ceipts and official reports. L men tioned only the P. R., L. & P. Com pany's water powers, but Mr. Dimick jumps instantly at the defense of that corporation." Now as a matter of fact Mr. U'Ren did not mention ln his former articles anything about the P. R-, L. & P. Com pany nor even mention Its name, nor did I jump Instantly at the defense of that corporation, or even mention Its name or have that corporation ln mind, and I am compelled to believe that Mr. U'Ren willfully Injected that into his article for the purpose of leading people to believe that I repre sented that company, when as a mat ter of fact I have conducted litiga tion against that company for more than two years last past, and all of which was well known to Mr. U'Ren. W. S. U'Ren has always conducted his campaign along lines that are ab solutely unfair and from this day on I shall camp on that gentleman's trail in every move that he makes. All of the work that Mr. U'Ren has ever done for direct legislation has been done with the single tax in view, and for fear that be might deny that statement I shall quote a part of his speech delivered at the Single Tax Conference and published on page 22 of the pamphlet above mentioned. "We have cleared the way for a straight single tax fight in Oregon. All the work we have done for direct legislation has been done with the single tax ln view, but we have not talked single tax because that was not the question before tbe House, now that question Is before the House in Oregon and we will discuss it" Some people doubt Mr. U'Rei's honesty regarding the single tax ques tion, and the purposes for which bo is working, while others think that he Is crazy on the subject and the lat ter, ln order to prove their assertion quote from his own speech at tbe Single Tax Conference, and published on page 21 of the pamphlet above re ferred to, wherein Mr. U'Ren sopke as follows: "I read Progress and Poverty in , 1882," he aaid "and I went just as crazy over the single tax Idea as any one ele ever did. I knew I wanted the single tax. and that waa about all I did know. I thought I could get it by agitation, and wis often disgusted with a world that refused to be agitat ed for what I wanted." Suit To Foreclose. diaries Mitchell has filed suit against Edward Grey to recover $209 on a promissory note and for the fore closure of a mortgage on Lot C, Tract 59, Willamette Tracta.