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f .v1 OREGON TY ENTERMS The Enlerprlit It the only Clackamas County Newspaper that print! P all of tht newt 0f title growing County, t 0' , tV at the label. A, .ould not mlM any Cv" our newt numbers, "Attend to It now. $ FORTY-SIXTH YEAR No, 14. AUTO HELD UP; l DEAD TWO OTHER MEMBERS OP PARTY ARE WOUNDED, ONE DANG EROUSLY LONE HIGHWAYMAN f IRES 4 TIMES Young Man On Way From Oregon City To Portland Surprised By Robber Police Search Fo Him A highwayman armed with a ttliot Kim after vulnly trying to hull nn niitiiiniilillit parly en pinto from Or'' Knit C!iy tn Portland Friday night, llretl four hIioM, futnlly wounding one iiini probably two men. George HaMlliiKs, u Hlmli-lit of Hid Culver. Hliy of Oregon Mi'illnil College, died kiioii after IkiIiik taken Id Portland, IHm lii'-'iil was nluiimt severed from his luiily, 1). M. Stewart, brolhcr of tlio oMiii-r ot tli n car is in it m-Hoiih coiiiii. tlo.i, ami but llltln ioio Ih held out for bli recovery. lr lit Luplou, uImd n Mimical of tlni t'lilvcmlty of Oregon Medical iK'inirlini-iit wag shot In tlio i Ik. til arm. Two oilier members of iln parly escaped Injury. Sheriff Miihm was notified of tlio Minuting him in lifter It happened ami wlih I pin y Sheriff Miles unil Dr. W. H. Kilily hastened lu u.i automo bile to tlm scene where the;" were Jollied by Sheriff Stevens mill H pimHU froiir Miilluoiiiah C'ou.ity. Tim sur t on ml I in; country mum scoured for the i!eHnr:iilii, but lit 4 o'clock this morn ing be bail Hot hee.i captured. Sev ral OrrKon City rcMilctits who went lo the li III of (lie, stricken niell, till ik Ihal Ih" highwayman win limaiie. The party bud spent tlio afternoon u nl early part of tlio evening In Ore Kii CHy mid wore going ut a funt rale of hi I when (bo machine, reached Klkrock Hill on the White House- road. The ascent bin) Just hee.i ntnrled when tho driver saw what bo thought wiih a woman In tho roinl. lie kooii hiiw however, that tho fix uro wan that of a man who carried a kuii. When the inuchlno reached the highwayman ho stepped to th Hahl of tho road mid hiiIiI: "Mult, or I will shoot.'' Stewart put on full Bed, mid it 8 the machine piiHiieil tho man bo lev i-lel bin win 10 id II rod. Tho llrut Hhot Ht ruck Hastings In tho heud and ho fell limp on tho floor of tho auto mobile. AlmoHt liiHtantly nuother Hhot wiih fired and Stewart cried out that lie had been wounded. The high wayma.i. who evidently had a pump Kim, fired twice more In rapid sue ceKHlon, the but Hhot puncturing tho rear tiro of the machine. 1 be high wiiymun the.i picked up tho curt rlilgcg which hud been thrown from tho kuii anil disappeared In the shrub hery ut tho Hide of tho raod. The autiiinolille was brought to a standstill, ami it wiih realized that llantlims mid Donald M. Stewart were HerloiMly Injured. Ilruce D, Stowurt a brother of one of the wounded ine;i took tho wheel and speeded I ho car to tho residence of Judgo C. II. Carey, whore the wound ed men wero cared for until the ar rival of nn ambulance. II. I Tulih, who IIvch lit tho Mult- iioinah Hotel, uHcaped Injury hut a Hhot pierced the aloovo of hla over- rout. Donald M. Stewart Uvea ot 23.1 East Third Street North, and Hruco D. Stewart Ih Hocrotury of tho Man.i & Stewart Company, 301 East Seven teenth Street, North. Mr. Tabu in employed In the Northern I'ucllic Freight Department. Tho Hcene of the hold up whs Blind ed by trees and Ih densely dark, but tho members of the party obtained a fair view of tho hiKhwayinun. He wore Cray trotiHors and khaki coat. The uuthorltloB tblak be Ih a resident of tho neighborhood where the hold up occurred, for they do not believe It likely that a man would carry a Hhot Rim a long dlstanro to tine for niiirderoiiH purposes. That he Ih probuhly Iiihuiui Is Indicated by hlH hIiooIIik after tho autolsts hud got by hlm, and he hud no chance of robbing; them, and by Bhootlg menac ed h Ih own life. Sheriff Miihh searched for the cart rldKefl from the Run, thlnklni? they mlKht give a clew to the Identity of i lie tn'in, but none wuh found, and he evidently picked up all of them. . Another theory U that tho high wayman fired flrt at tho driver, thinking that by klllliiK him the lua chlne would be ditched, and the mem berg of tho party would he at hla mercy. It is bIko thought thut the robber believed that by puncturing one of the tlrea which he did with the bint shot that the machine would be Btopped, but It was not until It had gone a quarter of a mile from the place of the attempted hold up. "We had Jimt croHBed the bridge between Oswego and Ulverdale," Bald Tabh, eBnd were ascending Elk rock Hill when wo saw the figure In the road. It looked for all the world like a woman, and one of the party said to Hruce Stewart to be careful not to run over her. Hut when we got a littlo nearer we saw that the ;er son was a man and that he had a giin. Hardly had we reachefl him w hen he stepped to the right side of the road, and commanded ns to halt. As we sped by and hardly before we could realize what was happening he began firing and Hastings Iell limp from his seat. Three more ahots werefir-d In rapid HiicceBHlon." It was thought at first that the rob ber used a rifle but when an exam ination of the wounds were made at the home of Judge Carey It was found that they had been inflicted with a gun loaded with buckshot. Sheriffs Masa and Stevens added to (Continued on page 4) Tl SLAYER H. E. ROBERTS HAS PUMP 8H0T GUN LIKE ONE USEU BY HIGHWAYMAN WORKED NEAR SCENE Of SHOOTING Buipect Aiked To Be Shown Way To White Houee Road Wadding In Gun Like That Found By Sheriff In the iirn-Ht of H. K. HobertH, allaa Jack KoliertH, twenty miles aoiithniiHt of Oregon City Tuesday aflernoon, Sheriff SteveiiH, of Miilluoiiiah Coun ty, believes ho has the lonu highway mini who fired upon an automobile party on tho White Hoijho road liiHt I'rduy nlKlit, killing Coorgo Huntings and Donald M. Stewart mid seriously wounding Irving l,upt:i. A pump Hhotgun answering tho do ricrptlon of the ouo HHed by tho des Jierudo i:;id twlnu cord, like that used on the Improvised iiiiiHk, which was found at tho hci-iio of tho attempted hold up, were .found In Roberts' pos hckmIoii. Tho man, who Is an ex tern vlct worked on a farm about two miles from where the men were killed until the afternoon before' the attempt ed hold up, liming been discharged liecuiiHo his employers did not like IiIh look, a belt which ho wore w hen nrreHted hits four Hhells mlHHlng, and the wads in tho other shells corres pond with those found by Sheriff Miihs ut the scene of the hold up. Sheriff Stevens has jirned that HobertH cleaned the gun Krldny after noon mid while workng on the farm nuked his employer tho way to the road where the men were killed. - He had frequently hi en there. before, hav ing been arrestud there several years before while working on a bridge. Huberts has been u prisoner 1.1 the Jails at Walla Walla, I'ortland and the Siilem poiitentlar;.! Sheriff Stevens was accompanied by Deputy sheriff Leonard mid 1'hllllpn, of Multnomah rimiity, when he made the arrest. Al thoiiKh the crime was committed In Clackamas County Sheriff Stevens did not Inform Sheriff Muss of the clew. SLAYER IS SILENT JACK ROBERTS DECLINES TO TELL WHERE HE WAS NIGHT OF CRIME TRIAL TO BE IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY Two Indictments Probably Will Bo Re turned Against Suipect Stev ens Explains Slighting Mass l'OHTLAND. April 3, (Special.) Juck Hoberts, the ex-convict under arrest on a charge of killing two mem bers of an automobile party on the White IIoiiko road last Friday night. although ''Hwcated" until lato tonight by Deputy District Attorney Fitzger ald mid Sheriff Stevens, refuHed to tell where he was the night of the mur ders. To every question that might Incriminate hlm he replied that he had nothing to Hay. He has not made any statement that would implicate hlm, although he knows for what crime he was nrreHted. After n conference this afternoon between Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald and Deputy District Attorn ey Sllpp, of Clackamas County, It was announced that the trial would be held In this city. It waa pointed out that tho crime was committed In two coun ties, ono of the men dying In Mult nomah County although he was Hhot In Cluckanios County. It Is probable that two Indictments will be returned by the grand Jury, one charging the murder of HiiHtlng and the other the murder of Stewart. Judge Stlpp Bhowed some feeling because Sheriff Mass, of Oregon City, was not taken along by Sheriff Stev ens when the arrest wos mado. Turn ing to sheriff Mass, who stood nearby. Sheriff Stevens told him If he had found a suspect In Multnomah coun ty, with evidence against him such aa Sheriff Stevens' deputies had against Hoberts, he would have expected Sher iff Mass to mnke the arrest at once, without spending time or effort to lo cate Sheriff Stevens. In the Multnomah county Jnll, Rob erts, who Is known also as "Jack" Rob erts and "Jugllng Jack," held to sul- on Bilence whenever the case waa mentioned. He talked freely to his guard on other subjects, however. Sheriff Stevens Is convinced that ne has tho right man. "I feel sure that Hoberts Is the fellow we want," said the sheriff today. "Our evidence aoems conclusive." One of the strongest circumstances against Roberts that has been made public la' the fact that 18 of the 21 oaded Selby shotgun shells found in his cartridge belt when he was arrest ed in a cabin in the Molalla valley yesterday afternoon, were loaded with No. 1 buck shot. This was the size shot which killed the two boys and wounded Irving I.upton whenthe high wayman opened fire on the automobile when It failed to stop at his command. The authorities are also In posses sion of Beveral Selby gun wads, found on the road near Brlarwood where the shooting occurred. The gun wads are of the same grade and texture as those (Continued on page 4) MAN lOUGHT AUTO SHtAHAN EAGER CAPTURED MAN CALLED AUTO OUEQON CITY, OIlEdON, Fit I DAY, AI'IHL 10 REGAIN LEAD HIGH 8CHOOL 8PRINTER 8ETTINQ FINE PACE IN BIG "CLUB" CONTEST MISS MC CORD'S FRIENDS ARE LOYAL Baieball Team, Lodges And Granges Have Excellent Chance To Win Big Ford Touring Car b t b -v l l 4 4 " STANDING OF CANDIDATES Ruby McCord 71.000 Joseph Sheahan 47,200 " Kent Wilson 28,;00 g : John llrow'n 15,000 ('buries Ileatla 0,800 ' John Weber G.S00 fc John Halestou C.000 & Mablo Marsh 1,200 McColly Dale 1,000 Kdtia Hutchinson 1,000 i Hoyce Drown 1,000 9 Harnett Howard 1,000 Delias Armstrong 1,000 Mablo ChUHe 1,000 1 Kthel Rlef 1,000 4, P 1 lurry Miller 1,000 .Fred Metzner , 1,000 t Frunk Uruce 1,000 4 v U-o Shaver 1,000 8 v Mablo Marsh 1.200 & A. U. Klndler 2,200 8 Kvery candidate In the big auto mobile contest Is striving hard thet.o days to land "Club" subscriptions, which if turned lu by Saturday, are worth extra votes. A ''Club of three subscriptions for a year each Is worth GOO free votes and for a "Club" of five yearly subscriptions turned In at once before Saturday, 100U free votes will be presented. Sheuhun, the young High School sprinter Is keen on re gaining his former position at the head of the list, which location Is now be ing helJ by MIhs Ruby McCord whose great popularity and willingness to work hard are causing a legion of friends to rally around her standard. The present special ten day contest for the $15 merchandise certificate Is also claiming the attention of every entrant out for the big black touring car. The prestn contest closes April 15 and the one getting the most votes between last Monday ad April 15 will be awarded the special prize. Every vote cuhI In the special content goes to help out In the grand totals for the $7X5 fore-door Ford, but the stand ings of the candidate previous to last Monday will have no bearing what ever In this special race. Thus It Is, that these i-vct;il contests present to every entrant the same chance to capture the honors na the award is based on the results obtained In the specified line. Tho "Club Offer" Is presented to the candidates at this tlmo as a special feature to help them In their efforts to win the automobile. The big road ster w ill go to the ono who works hard est and gets the best results; and the Club Offer" is merely one method of the contest managers to ahow their appreciation of tho work done by the candidates. The managers want all entrants to know that they are ready at all tlmea to give every poHslblo as slstace to help them secure more votes. Votes are given for every sub scription to the Dully or Weekly En terprls.', and renewals are valued the sumo art new subscriptions. The en tire county Is the field In the race which Is open to every resident in old Clackamas. Comparatively speak Ing the gntiio is still young and tho fc.n (Continued on page 4) CITY CANAL STARTS I'nder the direction of Assistant Engineer Thomson the work of test ing for a foundation for the new ( n crete wall to be built aa a menus of dviding the locks and canal on the West Side from the property of the Portland Railway, Light & I'ow er Co. was insttuted Tuesday. The government will keep a resident engineer here and will prosecute tne work of , practically rebuilding the West Side Ixicks, and as soon aa the agreement for the purchase of the prop erty from the P. R. L. & P. Co. Is regularly executed It is expected a large force of men will be put on. A pile driver has been towed to the locks and borings are to be made to deter mine the character of material below, the tests to serve as a guide in build ing the foundation. It is reported that the settlement of the controversy over the location of the new locks will be followed by ac tivity on the part of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Co. in deve loping additional power from the East side of the Willamette Falls. The company made plans several years ago to erect another power station on the East side. ARE OPEN AT NIGHT To give the millworkers an oppor tunity to register, County Clerk Mul vey Mondav announced that the reg istration books would be kept open until 7:30 o'clock in the evening all this week. Mr. Mulvey says the reg istration is a little above the aver age and he believes will go above that of last year by several hundred. The eRpublioans lead the voters of all other parties by about four to one 0. D. EBY NAMED LI EASTERN MAN THINKING OF STARTING BIG 8HOE FACTORY IN THIS CITY DISCUSSED Paper Mill May Construct Large Number Of Small Homci For Ita Men Milk Supply Pur The IJve Wires of the Commercial Club at ther monthly supper Tuesday evening elected officers for the ensu ing quarter and discussed a number of matters of prime Importance to the city and county. The following offi cers were chosen by unanimous vote: Trunk Line O. I). Eby. Sub-Trunk IJne U Adams. Transmission Wire Dr. Clyde Mount. (luy Wire E E. Brodle. It waa announced that Patrick W. Herlihy, who has been connected with O. D. Eby, a well known attorney, who waa Tuesday night elected to the po sition of Main Trunk Line or the Live Wires of the Oregon City Com mercial Club. t-hoe manufacturing establishments In the Ea: Is figuring on starting a shoe factory In Oregon City and that he has proposed to acquire the plant of the Capen Shoe Co. at Willamette and move It here. It Is understood that the plant of the Capen Shoe Co., which is in liquidation, can be obtained for a reasonable amount and Mr. Herlihy will bo Invited to come here next Tuesday and be the luncheon guest of the IJve Wires, who propose to ren der him whatever assistance lies In their power In the proposed undertak ing. Following a lively discussion of the the need of more houses In thia city for workmen, R. T. McCain, mill man ager of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Co., said his concern has had the mat ter In hand for several months, and that It is possible the Willamette Pulp & Paper Co, will arrange for the con struction of a large number of small houses that would be suitable for men of moderate means. Mr. McBain said he hoped to be able to report some thing definite at a later meeting. An echo of the typhoid fever scare that prevailed here a few months ago was beard in the statement of Dr. L. L Pickens who advanced the theory that cattle drinkng contaminated wat er would transfer typhoid germs Into the milk and from there Into the but ter. This statement waa promptly refut ed by M. J. Lazelle who aald it had been proven that typhoid fever In wnter could not be detected in milk from the cows that drink such water. He Bald typhoid bacteria in milk us ually occured in cases where the milk cans were washed with water from wells that had become infected. Mr. Lazelle ponted out that modern creameries and dairiea wash their milk cans with scalding hot water cr steam. The meeting of the Live Wires was cut short by the conference of the Commercial Club with a del gatipn from Eastern Clackamas and Just prior to adjournment It was stated that a majority of the owners of proper ty on Main street north of Eleventh and on Seventh street had signed pe titions asking for hard surface pave ment and this matter will be presented before the council at Wednesday night's meeting. DARLING STABLE "Dolly," the pet horse of F. M. Dar ling, the florist, who lives In Mountain View, was stolea from the barn Mon day night, with the buggy, harness, robe and an overcoat. Mr. Darling learned of his loss when he went to the barn to feed the horse. The ani mal had been a family pet of the Dar llncs for the past seven years. It is a light bay with a small atar in the forpheart and Is ten or eleven years old. Mr. Darling followed the tracks of the horse as far as possible. It is thought the horse was taken to Port land. Mr. Roee Taken To Asylum Mrs. OIlie Ann Rose of Jennings Lodge", was taken to the asylum at Salem Thursday evening. Mrs. Rose had been In the asylum before. VE WIRES' HEAD HOUSES EOR WORKMEN r n v if." ; - ; - ..-i: . . ' V .; . 5, 1912. SKN E E TIME FOR FILING DECLARATIONS ENDS AND BALLOT8 WILL 800N BE PRINTED HACKETT AND MASS FOR SHERIFF County Clerk Mulvey Opposed By Fur man Buzbee And Alienor Jack By Two Repub licans The time for filing declarations for county offices expired Wednesday aft ernoon, and the number of candidates for Republican and Democratic nomi nations ure about the same as usual. County Clerk Mulvey said Wednesday night thut the names of candidates who mailed their petitions In time to reach him this morning would be placed on the ballots. The candi dates for the republican nominations and their declarations follow: Representative Samuel O. Dlllman, "Statement No. 1. Will support the Initiative and referendum, recall, good roads for farmers;" F. W. Lehman, "Statement No. 1, the application of business principles in the enactment of lawa;" M. A. Magone, "Statement 1 No.l, economy, will of the people all the time;" E. D. Olds, 'Statemtnt No. 1, less taxes, roads for people not for automobiles;" Gustav Schnoorr, "Statement No. 1. against single tax and excessive appropriations;" C. Schuebel. "Statement No. 1, taxing appropriated water powers and fran chises and better labor laws;" F. M. Gill, "For Statement No. 1, will sup port Initiative, referendum and recall, good roads for farmers." County Commissioner W. H. Mat toon, "Improve all roads in all parts of the county." Sheriff E. C. Hackett, "A square deal to all." County Clerk Furman Buzbee, "Ec onomy, efficiency ana courtesy;" w. L Mulvey, "Business all the time." Assessor E. P. Carter, epr0gress- ive Republican;" James F. Nelson, "Just and Equitable Assessment for all." Recorder C. W. Strucken, "East em part of county should be repre sented." L. E. Williams, "Eniciency Treasurer J. A. Tufts, "Courteous treatment to all." Superintendent of Schools T. J. Gary. Coroner William J. Wilson, "Prompt attention and efficient service." Surveyor D. T. Meldrum, "Accur acy ad courtesy to all." Justice of the Peace Pleasant Hill, Tualatin and Union, N. O. Say; Os wego. E. L. Davidson; Milwaukie, Harmonv and Sunnyride, E. M. Kel- log; Oregon City, Abernethy, Cane- amas F. H. Bennett and W. H. Holt; Hammond and W. W. H. Samson; Oak Grove and Clackamas, George Bing ham; Canby and New Era, William Knight; Cascade, Cherry ville and Bull Run, J. E. Pomeroy; Klllen and Needy, B. F. Smith. Constable Oswego, J. C. Haina, Jr.; Oregon City .etc., George A. Brown and D. E. Frost; Oak Grove and Clack amas F H. Bennetht and W. H. Holt; Cascade. Cherryville and Bull Run, Bert Jonsrud. The following are the candidates for the Democratic nominations: Countv Commissioner George m. HIvely, "Economy and efficiency with out favoritism." Sheriff E. T. Mass, "Strict atten tion to official duties." Assessor J. E. Jack, "Equal ana uniform assessments." Justice of the peace Marquam, Mo lalla and Soda Springs, F. H. Dungan. Constable Marquam, Molalla and Soda Springs, J. V. Adams. JURORS EOR APRIL TERM ANNOUNCED The following Jurora to serve dur ing the April term of court have been drawn by County Clerk Mulvey: F. S. Baken Gladstone; Alfred Bell, Sandy; J. V .Harless, Molalla; James E. Wilson, Milwaukie: M. Huiras, Canby; Frank Hab.rlach, Clackamas; W .H. Bremer, Hubbard; Geo. W. Judd, Eagle Creek; Chris Muralt, Oregon City; John McGet chie. Gladstone: J. J. Wirfel, Barlow; Thos. McCabo, Sandy; P. L Schemel, Aurora; W S. Maple, Canby; C. W. Risley, Milwaukie; I. S. Mullan, Mil waukie: Jas Roake, Oregon City; John F. Wetzler, Milwaukie; Bert Mc Arthur, New Era; Thomas Mooney, Clackamas; W. B. Stafford, Oregon City: N. C. Mlchela, Oregon City; A. J. Lewis, oregon City; John Gahler, Jr., Aurora; Otto Aschoff, Mannot; Henry Githens, Estacada; F. F. Muel ler, Oregon City; Jack Monk, Oswe go; Chas. A. Bartlemay, Boring; Thos. Faden, Oregon City; John Heft, Ore gon City. HIVELY CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY COURT George M. HIvely has announced hla candidacy for the Democratic nomination for member of the county court to succeed William Mattoon. Mr. Mattoon Is a candidate for the Republican nomination. Mr. Hively formerly was a member of the Mil waukie City Council, and waa a rur al mall carrier for Beveral years. He is well known throughout the county a well IV u v - u iu, iu&uisui, mc ' nd has many friends who say he will i make a strong race. 0 LEILATUR LARGEST MILL PLANNED CROWN-COLUMBIA PLACE8 ORDER FOR MAMMOTH MA CHINE CAPACITY IS SIXTY TONS DAILY Definite Decision Not Reached At To Whether Plant Will Be Lo cated Here Or In Camas, Wash. The installation of the largest pa per mill for the manufacture of news print paper In the world at Oregon City Is contempl ated by the Crown Columbia Pulp & Paper Co. The order has already been placed for the machine and delivery Is ex pected within the next two months, but the company has not definitely concluded to Install the machine at Oregon City, having In mind Its plant at Camas, Wash. This machine will make paper 18S Inches wide, nearly 30 Inches wider than the largest machine of the Will amette Pulp & Paper Co., and will produce about CO tons of paper per day. The Crown-Columbia Pulp& Paper Comantalns paper and pulp mills at Oregon City, and a large amount of the pulp manufactured at Its East side mill Is transported to Camas, where it Is made into the finished product and sola as Washington paper. The cost of transporting pulp from Oregon City to Camas runs Into thousands of dollars annually, and the establish ment of another paper mill on the West Side, adjoining the present pap er mills of the Crowa-Columbia Comp any would mean that the raw pulp could be piped across the river from he pulp mill direct to the paper ma chine. W. A. Huntley, L. Adams, Frank Busch, M. D. Latourette and J. E. Hedges were on Tuesday night named as a committee from the Live Wires of the Commercial Club to confer with the officials of theCrown-Columbia Puln & Paper Co. with the object of bringing the machine here, as it Is j stated that tne employment ot annul 100 more men would follow. BOOSTER DAYITO SET NEW RECORD COMMITTEE DECIDES UPON .IN DUSTRIAL SHOWS INSTEAD OF CIRCUS VARIETY ALL EXHIBITIONS FREE TO PUBLIC Rose Society Committee Confers With Promotion Department Regard ing June Carni val The Publicity Department of the Commercial Club has decided to have the big horse show and booster cele bration Saturday, April 27. ine ad vertising and boosting, under the sup ervision of Marshall Lazalle, secretary of the department, will be started at once. The street exhibitions will be of an Industrial nature Instead of be ing furnished by a carnival company as last year. All the shows will be free to the public. The Portland Railway, Light & Pow er Company has promised to have an electrical show with demonstrators present, and the Willamette Pulp & Paper Company will have an exnimi showing how paper is made, it is expected that all mills will have dis plays. The merchants win be urged to have demonstrations In their show windows. The big horse and automo bile parade will be given in the morn ing, and all the vehicles In tne pa geant will be gaily decorated. Mr, Lazelle expects to Induce the man agement of the Oregoa Agricultural College to send its demonstration train to Oregon City that day. Mrs. A. C. Warner, Mrs. George A. Harding and Mrs. Roslna Fouts rep resenting the Rose Society met witn the Publicity Department and the roae show was discussed. The exhibition w ill be held in June, and all the stores will be asked to make the day a bar gain one. The Publicity Department will give a prize of $10 for the best rose exhibited, and will donate the front page of the June number of Or egon City Publicity to advertising the exhibition. Mr. Lazelle will prepare the entry lists and the office of the Publicity Department will be head quarters of the officers of the rose show from now on. The committee Is negotiating with the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company to erect a large electrical sign over the suspension bridge. It is the desire that the sign be at least 100 feet above the span o it can be seen by persona on steam and elec tric trains. The sign which probably will contain the words, "Oregon City," is Intended to be permanent and will be illuminated every night. PLANING MILL STARTS OPERATION IN THIS CITY The Adkins Lumber Company start ed its planing mill In the northerJ part of the city Wednesday, and there Is a crew of seven men at work filling orders that have been placed with the company. About $5000 worth of lum ber was shipped to tne company - " , , i plant this week from the Lower Col- I umbia river. ESTABLISHED 18M JAGGAR IN DEBATE RAPS SINGLE TAX ROAD BUILDER PROVES WORTHY FOEMAN OF W. S. U'REN IN ARGUMENT SPEAKER URCES LAW ENFORCEMENT Large Crowd At Opera House Heart Interesting Discussion Of Big Issue Before Voters In Ills debate Saturday night on single tax with W. S. U'Ren, Fraik Jaggar declared that there were enough laws on the statute books, the trouble being their non-enforcement. He scored the land tax theor and insisted that all. branches of in dustry should bear a Just proportion of the expense of conducting the var ious governments. Mr. U'Ren made me of the usual arguments for a land tax, and declared that it waa wrong to tax the labor of the people. The deoate was held at Shlvely's Op era House before a large crowd and both speakers were cheered enthusi astically throughout their addresses. Mr. Jaggar, although he has had but little experience in forensic oratory, demonstrated that he la a thinker and a student of economic questions. He made a fine impression. George Randall presided and Intro duced the speakers. Mr. U'Ren, In opening, arraigned the present sys tem of taxation, charging that It la a tax on Industry. He contended that when a man raises more stock or clears a piece of land, his taxes should not be Increased. The differ ence he said, between the value of raw land here and in the foothills is due to the community to the Increase in the population. It Is the same the speaker asserted with the lota in town Those near the centers of popu lation are more valuable than those on the outskirts of the towns. The theory, In regard to tnese valuations, Is that the owners are all Instrument al in making high prices and all should benefit from them. Mr. U'Ren charged that the present system is Justified in the eyes of many persons because each should pay all the taxes he Is able. He said that the merchants do not pay la pro portion what the farmers do. Many references were made to the single "tax roll prepared by Mr. U'Ren and others la which they attempt to show by comparison that single tax Is the "greatest good for the great est number. The assessments in the tax roll are taken from the valua tion made by J. E. Jack, county ass essor, except that under It personal property is exempted, and tne vaiue of the cultivated land Is made the same as that of the uncultivated land. In his argument Mr. U'Ren endeav ored to show that the corporations were not paying taxes in proportion to the farmers. When J. E. Jack, the county asses sor attempted to tax the money, notes and discounts, he could only find $104, 000 but when the report of the State Bank Examiner came la, said Mr. U'Ren, it showed la the Bank of Ore gon City, Bank of Estacada, Canby Bank and Milwaukie Bank a total of $476,000, Mr. Jack's integrity was not questioned but it merely showed the unpracticabllity of making a Just tax ation of all the moneys In the county, declared the speaker. It Is hard to tax things that can be concealed, he asserted. One point which did not aeem to please the audience was the admis sion by Mr. U'Ren that the Clackamas County Single Tax Bill would abolish the saloon licenses. In Oregon City alone, this would decrease the muni cipal revenue about $16,000 a year. Mr. Jaggar indulged in pleasantries at the expense of Mr. U'Ren by stat ing that they were as different as day and night and would probably never agree until they were both good Indians. In launching his argument. the Road Builder said that the Idea of not taxing labor sounded good, but questioned as to whether or not that was the Issue at stake. The trouble is not with the lawa at present he said, but with their non enforcement. If the present laws governing taxation were enforced, the state would be much better off. One big trouble said Mr. Jaggar is that all persons dislike paying taxes. . eour homes, buildings, stocks of merchandise and, in fact ell persoiil nroDertv. is protected by law by the expenditure of taxes which are real ized from them so why should they he exempted?" asked Mr. Jaggar. The speaker said emphatically that he wa3 never in favor of changing lawa.unlesa the people would be great ly benefitted thereby. The man who is never wrong, i never right, beace Mr. Jaggar wants to be shown. Ia exempting the personal prop erty from taxation, we would be mak ing a radical change which would af fect the very vitals of our govern mental system and before so doing we should go over the subject with care and thought," declared Mr. Jag gar. In refuting Mr. U Ren a argument condemning the holding of timber for speculative purposes, Mr. Jaggar con tended that the single tax bill wis rot the proper cure for the evil. U the timber were all forced upon the market at once, the slump would in jure the state. The land onwer, Mr. Jaggar tnougnt was entitled to a return on his origi nal investment, which he is now re alizing from the increased value or the lands Included in the grant giv en him. It was a poor corporation which did not make money at first he said but surely wa entitled to something for their gamble on th future prosperity of the Oregon coun try. When Mr. Jaggar came here in 1172 (Continued on page 4)