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OltEnON CITY KNTHIilMJISM, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1!)12. Oregon City Enterprise Publlthad Evtry Friday E. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publisher. Entered at Oregon City, Or., Poatr office aa second-class natter. Subscription Rates'. One Tear .$1.60 till Mentha li 1'rial Subscription, Two Months .26 Advertising Rates on application, the matter will receive our attention, Subscribers will And the date of ex plratlon stamped on their papers fol lowing; their name. If last payment Is not credited, kindly notify us, and the matter will receive our attention. Advertising Rates on application. WHAT ROOSEVELT 8AID Before his restless ambition got the better of his erratic Judgment, Theo dore Roosevelt was a Taft man. No where did the President have a warm er friend or more outspoken admirer. Roosevelt lauded Taft for the very qualities! that the Colonel lacks, chief of which Is, perhaps, stability. Taft Is the same man in 1912 he was In 190S, It is Roosevelt who has changed. Colonel Roosevelt at the Harvard Commencement dinner, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on June 25, 1902, spoke as follows: "An! Taft, Judge Taft, Governor Taft, who has been the head of the Philippine Commission, and who has gone back there Taft, the most bril liant graduate of bis year at Vale, the youngest Yale man upon whom Yale ever conferred a degree of L. L. D., a man who, having won high position at the bar, and then served as solicit or general at Washington, was ap pointed to the United States bench. He was then asked to sacrifice him self, to give up his position In order to go to the other side of the world, to take up an Infinitely dangerous problem and do his best to solve It. He has done his best. He came back here the other day. The man has al ways had the honorable ambition to get upon the Supreme Court, and he knew that I always hoped that he would be put on the Supreme Court, and when he was back here a few months ago, and there was a question of a vacancy arising, I said to him: mercy. His taxes now figured by the Single Taxers to be somewhat reduc ed will soon be higher than ever with the prospect of speedy confiscation, which Is Just what the Slnglo Taxors want. The officers and director of the ClacUamas Southern Railway deserve considerable pral?e and credit fur the manner in which they have up lo dnte handled '.he business of the company No line ever started U career with more people Knocking but notwith standing tho many onslaughts of the enemy the road Is now an assured reality. A large portion of tho road bed la now ready for tho ties and r:IU and by the beginning of winter Mo lallft corners will be in as close touch with Oregon City as Oregon City :unv is with Portland. This Is one .if tho greatest enterprises ever commenced In Oregon City. We waut to continue our record of never having started something we could not finish. It is only a little over a year that this mat ter was first mentioned at a Live Wire meeting since then, In one short summer two-thirds of the road bed Is completed. There is no better land In the world than that which lies along the right of way of this road and with a railway, the possibilities are beyond comprehension. This road also taps one of the richest districts of timber and mineral, all of which will be marketed throush Oregon City, Do you wonder that our citizens foster this new undertakng? We are pleased to learn that our brothers In the eastern end of our county are not displeased with the management of the county and with the treatment they have had at the hands of the county government We are from Missouri and if Estcada citi zens can show us that It Is for the best Interests of the entire population or the majority- thereof, that the county should be divided and a new county formed we will fall In line and aid the cause. At the same time, those cham pioning the new cause should consid er the task ahead of them, the great expense of properly advertising tne plan throughout our Great State, of abstracting the present county records in case the voters of the state see the matter as they do also, the fact that the world knowns Clackamas PICE AND MILLER DENOUNCE TRUSTS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR SENATE ADDRESS ENTHUS IASTIC AUDIENCE NEW HOMESTEAD LAW IS URGED Hot Lake Man Declares Cities Are Growing At Expense Of Coun tryIrrigation Is Needed i conn t v mid it has taken sixtv years "Governor, I think I ought to tell tfae tQ gpt the knowledge you that if a vacancy comes In the j A ma expense must fa on the Supreme Court (which I knew would , gmalJ popuIatloa witnIn the distrlct put mm ior me in a position wuicu secp,e ne wou.a especiamy i... ra cave,, i They may bj rlghtwe are goo(i uo DOl ee Uuw i i-uU.u i,B.u., 6.. ,isteners and reasonabIe, in fact, re- it to you. ior i neeo. you wrnere oujay convlncjbIebut we aIwaV8 8tand are. ne saiu. 10 , for wha). ,g bes f0(. tne patest num, "Mr. President, It has always been J l)er aItnougn of cour8e, also consld- my amoiuon to De on me supreme Court, but if you should offer me a Justiceship now, and at the same time Congress - should take away entirely my salary as governor, I should go straight back to the Philippines, nev- erlng ourselves. This county and state are among the greatest in the union. They have great exports and imports; they have great Industries and great natural re- ertheleess .for those people need me, I sources; they have great possibilities and expect me back, and believe I will not desert them. He has gone back as a strong friend among weaker friends, to help that people upward along the difficult, path of self govern ment He has gone to do his part, and a great part. In making the Amer ican name a symbol of honor and good faith In the Philippine Islands; to gov- and greater expectations; great men and great women have been reared here and we have great wealth among our numebrs, while poverty Is very lightly represented. ' But with all this greatness we need unanimity of ac tion greater trust in our neighbor. We need, further, some strong, think. ing, acting, wide awake, represents em with justice, and with fairness, tive citizeas (n tne state Leglsla- that absence of weakness which Is on ly another side of justice. He has gone back to do all of that because it is his duty as he sees It. We are to be congratulated as Americans, that we have a fellow-American like Taft." WORSE FOR THE FARMER The farmers of Clackamas County should remember they have to defend themselves by their votes against an ever present class of voters who, have little or nothing that is taxable, are always ready to vote for the bond issues and extravagant appropriations. Now, under the Single Tax laws, this class will be greatly increased for there will be many men, some of them very wealthy and influential and who are powerful In matters of Coun ty and State Goverment, who will have little or no taxes to pay. Under the present system, they are restrained from voting public extravagance be- j cause they have to help pay for It, j but with Single (land) Tax, they will become very careless, or worse. In their duty to keep the community out of overwhelming debt, ture real statesman for our commer cial bo lies cannot alone bring greater prosperity. The acts of our Legisla ture have a great bearing. Do your duty April 19. Ex-Senator Peffer of Populist fame, continues to work hard on an auto biography though one of his legs was recently amputated. Perhaps his ob ject is to admonish some of the ora tors of 1912 not to steal all the popu list thunder and add to It extravagantly. LAND TAX FALLACY EXPOSED BYj HAYES Gordon E. Hayes delivered a strong address at Stone Saturday night against single tax. Judge Hayes de clared that the adoption of the Henry George theory would be a severe blow to the city and county and declared that he did not think it would be come a law. He made many telling Tt. Tv., !,,., Points and was enthusiastically ap- D.u6.c - pIauad. E. rj. Olds, candidate for the that under their scheme this class Republican nomination for represent or men with little or no taxes to pay ' ative, urged a decrease In the state will be largely Increased attracted here because of the exemption of their property. So much the worse for the farmer. He will be still more at their appropriations and said if elected he would fight for economy. S. O. Dlil man, also a candidate for the Republi can nomination for representative urg ed economy in state government. It's a Pleasure To Work Eor You We will be pleased to attend to any business for our customers at the Court House thus, in many cases saving a trip to town. We make no charge for this service. School Clerks and Road Supervisors, especially, will find this ser vice of great convenience to them and we invite their accounts. The Bank of Oregon City THE OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY Walter M. Pierce and Milton A. Miller .candidates for tho Democratic nomination for the Inlted States Son. ate, addressed about forty democrats at Willamette Hall Saturday night. Although the meeting was arranged by Mr. Pierce he generously extended an Invitation to Mr. Miller to be pres ent and deliver an address, lloth can didates denounced the trusts and said they had grown great under republican administrations. Mr. Pierce declared that one half of the business of the country is in the hands of tho trusts which collect five times this percent age of profit. He declared that this condition means ultimate bankruptcy for the other half and asserted that the fight against the trusts to date had not helped the consumer or prod ucer. Mr. Miller who argued along tne same lines has been a member of the legislature for fourteen years, having been elected in a Republican county. He has always opposed large approp riations. Judge Samuel White, form erly of Baker City, but now of Port land, also delivered an address, which elicited much applause. Mr. Pierce spoke In part as follows: During the last quarter of a cen tury we have been unwilling witness es to a growth in our economic affairs, the trusts, where several corporations in the same line of business come to gether, either with a gentleman's agreement, or a hard and fast con tract limiting production, controlling prices, and regulating profits. The demands upon legislative bodies and the courts by this modern invention, the trust, has increased, and in al most every Instance their demands have been granted. Indeed, they have eone farther and have made rules and decrees far more effective than ev er a monarch of old, regulating the price of those articles whicn we nave to sell and of those articles which we hava to buy. until today practic ally one half of the wealth of the Unit ed States, actual valuation of one hun dred and thirty millions of dollars is in the hands of these trusts that ab solutely control their respective lines. Thev have repealed and established the natural law of supply and demand so far as law pertains to the articles they handle, until they can and do pay enormous annual dividends upon Inflated valuations of their property. The steel trust is the most striking example with its billion and a half rails, while selling to tne people oi Canada the Identical rail for twenty- one dollars per ton. The labor cost is $1.75 a ton. They nave manuiaci uredat a net profit of $11.00 a ton. No wonder they have made eighteen per cent annually. In 1907 that corporation was strong enough to go to wnat is generally called a great and brave president, and say to him. "Give as an immuni ty bath before we commit a crime. Pardon us before we break the law. Guarantee to us, Mr. President, that we will not be harmed for taking over the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co., our largest competitor with their proper ty worth two hundred million. We are going to give the stockholders thirt een cents on the dollar or twenty-nine millions for their property, not in goiu but in stock and bonds," and a great president, a fighting president, declar ed, "Delighted am I to grant you im munity for committing this crime and I am thankful you do not deem it best at this time to take over the rest of the property of the United States." Who ruled in 190"? Oh, if there had only been in the White House then a man of the type of old Hick ory. Seventy years oeiore, .iuiiuii Biddie told President Jackson tnat ne must not destroy the United States bank and that he must renew its char ter, anl if he did not he, Nicholas Biddie, would financially wreck the country. Old HlcKorys repiy was, "By the eternals, ir you have tnai much power It Is too much for any man or group of men. Do your worst." For years the White House was freed from the domination of the money power. Our cities are growing rapidly larg er, our country is beng deserted. One of the problems demanding immedi ate solution is how to place the land less man upon the manless land. Two- thirds of all the tracts on tne irri cation projects are abandoned by the original locater for tho reason that he has not sufficient money to pay the amount demanded by the gov ernment and make the necessary im provements. We should have a new homestead law allowing twenty acres of irrigated land to be taken by qualified home steaders and after the payment of the filing fees, the government to furnish to that homesteader water for Irriga tion free. After the homesteader has lived on and cultivated that land for ten years, allow him to make proof and receive his patent from the gov ernment. Five thousand homesteads i on nnirrigated land could be created I in Oregon for five million dollars. This is practically the amount that Oregon i lias donated annually to the ship building trust for years past. It is I half the cost of one dreadnaught. It is only twice as much as the state or Oregon has paid in the shape of di rect tax upon our sacks. It Is only half the amount due Oregon from the reclamation fund that should have been spent in Oregon before this. MALARIA headache, biliousness, In digestion, rheumatism, pimples, blotches, yellow complexion, etc, arc all signs of poisons In your blood. These poisons should be driven out, or serious Illness may msuIL To get rid of them, use Thedford'f Black-Draughti the old, reliable, purely vegetable, liver medicine, Mrs. J. H. Easier, of Spartanburjr, S. C, says: "I had sick headache, for years. I felt bad most of the time, I tried Thed ford's Black-Draught, and now I feel better than when I was 16 years old. Your druggist sells It, In 25 cent packages. Insist on Thedford's On Clackamas' Banks MAN CALLED AUTO SLAYER IS SILENT (Continued from pugo 1) Rush on wild Clackamas where syl van flow-era On shady bunks list to thy murmured speech! Rush ever on past bending forest bowers Where drooping branches toward thy ripples reach! From mountain brooks, aglenm in sunlit glades To broader vales I trace thy silve course. And onward yet where man thy peace Invades, Where greater waters dash on grand er shores. Tis bliss to dream In silent white ness, Where after turmoil calm thy surface lies When nature brighter smiles in mild er mood Through summer sunshine 'nenth the azure skies. Might not yet haut still primeval banks The forest gloom soom dusky sp'rit maids Relieve their loves their childhood plays and pranks, And dance to night wind tunes moonlit glades. In Or sing strange songs discordant to my ear, And yet harmonious with the lisp ing leaves. The falling waters and the echoes here. The wild bird's carol while his nest he weaves. Night visions flee when awns the morning light. And what I see is not the old time wild. But flowery banks and meads of pleas ing sight, Where plays prattles now the fair f:ced child. ANDREW FRANZ EN. TO DISSOVE SHIP TRUST FILED ' A Log on The Track of the fast express means serious trou ble ahead if not removed, so does losa of appetite. It means lack of vitality, loss of strength and r.erve weakness. If appetite fails, take Electric Bitters quickly to overcome the cause by ton ing up the stomach aQd curing the In digestion. Michael Hessheimer of Lin coln, Neb., had been sick over three years, tut tlx bottles of Electric Bit ters put him right on his feet again. They have helped thousands. They give pure blood, strong nerves, good digestion. Only 50 cents at all druggists. NEW YORK, March 30. United States District Attorney Wise filed suit In the federal court here today for the dissolution of the various steamship companies engaged in traf fic between New York and the far earit via the Suez canal. The companies. Wise asserts, have been pooling their freight rates and giving rebates to concerns to snip only by their lines. The defendants named In the pro: posed suit follow: The American & Asiatic Steamship company, the Anglo-American Oil company the China-Japan Steamship company, the Lancashire Shipping company, and its American agents, Howard Houlder & Co., Limited; Shewan Thomas company, the Aid rew Weir company, Houlder Middle ton company, the Barber company, Incorporated; the Rankin Gilour com pany, the Bucknall Steamship line. Limited; the Isthmian Steamship com pany. Limited; and 23 individuals. The petition recites that the defend ants signed agreements In London In 1S03, arranging a pool under the terms of which earnings were to be lumped, current expenses paid and the profits divided proportioately. It is alleged that the shippers pat ronizing those lines received a 10 per cent rebate. The agreement specinea it is said, that whenever necessary independent ships could be engaged. It is also charted that the business from London and New York to the far east was apjiortioned according to the number of phlpa owned by each line. It is alleged that meetings were held every week by representatives of five W steamship companies here, when freight rates were established. Simi lar meetings. Is U charged, were also l.eli weekly at Hongkong and Singa pore. The pettitlon charges that the Unit ed States Steel Corporation became dissatisfied with the situation In 1905 and through its Influence the Ameri can Manchurlaa line was established. In 1901 the American-Manchuran line was tanen Into the alleged shipping trust It is also alleged that the Isth mian line Is a dummy company and never owned a steamer, merely char tering vessels to keep overflow bus iness from going to the Independent companies. found In tho liliexploded shells bo binning to the primmer. "This Is what evidence we hnvo on Hubert 4 that can be. imido public now," mild Sheriff Stevens. "Flru wo can Hliow that Roberts got u postloii on n ranch lliroo fourths of a inllo duo west of the scene of tho crlimt on Wednesday, two days beforo tho murders. Ho was dis charged Friday noon but did not leave tho place until about three In tho itftoruomi. While working on tho ranch ho asked nil about tho roads In tho vicinity, particularly about the White limine road. In conversation with nniitlie, employe on tho ranch ho told tho mini, ' that ho was work ing on mi Invention, that ho Intended to patent It mid that ho must have some money to do so, milling that ho 'didn't euro how hn got It.' 'He left tho ranch whom ho worked Friday afternoon and arrived nt the mount. iln cabin In tho Molullu valley, 20 lullers or mom from Ilrlarwood, late Saturday night, cometlmo after 11 o'clock. Hastings and Stewart were shot a few minutes after 10 o'clock Friday night. This would have given him tlm to make tho Journey afoot. "Whn ho arrived at tho mountain cabin Roberta had on practically a dif ferent outfit of clothing. Ho had started out wearing li southwester slouch hat and brown overalls. Ho reached tho cablu Saturday night with a blacK tlertiy nat marked r r on tho hatband, which was too largo for him, and a pair of new blue overalls. Wo nr now trying to find wtiero lie made tho change. "Ho had washed out tho blue over alls, after ho reached tho homo of his friend Saturday, apparently trying to mako them appear old. His blank ets, which were new, had boon Benin bed also . "Roberts was thoroughly familiar with the scene of the attempted hold up. in r.'OU, arter ne nan osnipeu from tho Oregon penitentiary ho work ed several mouths on tho Oswego rail road bridge, then under construction, which Is almost opposite the place where tho boys were shot. We arrest ed iilm there and returned him to tho penitentiary nt that time. "The owner of tho ranch at which Robert! worked last week told us that tho fellow owned a twelve bore Winchester take down pump-gun. This same giin was found when ho was ar rested. Tho murdered boys were kill ed with, buckshot. Tho gun wads In dicated 'that Selby shells were used. Roberts' shells that we found In his cartridge belt were of the same brand. Four shells were missing from tho belt This point, however. I do not consid er material. We havo other evidence also." An examination of the pack Rob erts carried In a gunny sack In the sheriffs office disclosed a number of articles, among which was a package of cayenne pepper, w hich would have proved useful in throwing hounds off a scent had they been put on the trail, some bacon, four shotgun shells load ed with No C bird shot, two candles and a hmnll bottle of yellowish lliuld that looked much like nitroglycerine although It Is bellved that the liq uid was a preparation to keep guns from rusting. Deputy Sheriff lani ard handled the stuff carefully. It will be submitted to a chemist for analysis. A receipt for a railroad ticket Indicated that Roberts had trav eled on the Oregon Electric March 17, between two small stations. 1 ! Mm, Absolutely Puro Economizes Duller Flour, EOfls; makes the food more appetizing and wholesome The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream ol Tartar I DEAD; 2 IN AUTO HOLD UP (Continued from I'ago 1.) their possoh upon their arrival and they think tho man will bo captured. It In thought probable that after lenv lug tho road ho headed for 1'itrtlaiid thinking that It would bo easier for li 1 in to conceal himself (hero than In the country. CARNEGIE'S PRETTIEST GIRL TO BE MARRIED JAGUAR, IN DEBATE, RAPS SINGLE TAX (Continued from pugo 1) It cost seventy five cents to make a one way trip between Oregon City and Portland on tho boat. Now a rlilo twice as long, from hero to St. Johns, may bo made for twenty Ilvo cents. This Is beriuiHo tho corpora (Ions have efficient management and are coiMixiueiitly able to give good ser vice at nU;ht cost, ho Hiilil. During his rebuttal Mr. I"lt;i paid bis opponent u high compliment by Hiiylng that ho bellved If Mr. Jaggar voted apihiHt the hIiikIo tux bfll, It would bo I iiuso ho honestly believed It the right thing (o do. C. SCHUEBEL WANTS WATER POWER TAXED C. Schuebel has completed his pe tition as a candidate for tho Republi can nomination for the legislature. Mr. Scnnebel Is advocating the fol lowing laws: For the taxation of appropriated wa ter jiowers in Clackamas County rep resenting more than f 1 1 ,000.000 In In value which Is not now being tax ed under the present law. For the taxation of public service corporation franchises that are not paying taxes on their franchise val ue. For the amendment of the fish laws to deprive the Fish Commission of the power to set aside the law as placed on the statutes by the legisla ture and for the abolition of the Fish Commission. For a law giving the men In the mills an eight hour day. For the amendment of the slash ing law so as to permit the farmers to burn their slashings and clear their ground during the summer months. For strict economy In appropriations and the abolition of iisfcss commissions. Statements have been made to the effect that Mr. Schuebel was a be- iever In the Henry fleorgo theory of Single Tax. Mr. Schuebel states, however, this not a fact and says he has always opposed, and still opposes the Hemy George Single Tax. SHEAHAN EAGER 10 RECAIN LEAD I'lTSMURC. I'll , March 2S-It Is I (Continued from pngo 1) . generally rumored hero that MIm.h Vlr- glnla l-e, Andrew Carnegie's "pret- j t.-rptlso offers a woderfiil opportuni ties! girl In the world." Is already en , ' " ""'" ". I'y r Kill ... . . , , . , I to win u haiidioimi touring i iir. gaged to bo marrled-not to ( of , ,, t.nI11iual has tho th msands who proposed to her , , y,.t .,. mt n,,, n,,, r u, w hen Carnegie first tendered his coin-! any pcr.mii repteneiitlnK u lodge up pllment. but to a humble clerk with lM,ircd on tho borl.ou. It Is surprising 111111 HOII10 l UIO lillllll'll'lin KlilllK- whom she has been ''going" for some In tbU county havo not put forward time. Miss Ie will not say yes or j om, of ,hr rorii liit-nt members an tho no to the Interviewers. ! giunge'j entrant In bo Enterprise con- Mttle Miss I,oo .with her chestnut let I In this connection It might be wel balr. blue, eyes, and gnicefn, figur, i 'SuS. may n.it bo a "raving beauty, bit ; ,-. Ui. . im i mi nihil i ' u'' i hum i' om j the HtutlwitM of 111" HUti rfWtiml wmiM L I. .... ..t .11 ...I.. ".t lw.lt. Z ," i'", ,". . iM, . ,,i"P.ort their own candidate with half or (ilasgow; gallants would throng! around ,er nt any Caledonian bail on this side of the water. So It is not strange that t ho contour j of her face greatly resembles that of a certain philanthropist who arrived tin. ciiMMiMlnsni wlili li they show In their efforts to turn out a better Hes perian each hiiccchmIvo Issue, It would not be very long before their candi date would land well up ill tho lint. Thi $7.'i0 which the now Ford would undoubtedly bring would greatly a- In this country with a few shilling i,8t Hlll,..i ,l0(y , purchasing In his pocket mid who possesses a few hundred millions of dollars now. You could not walk a block along a street some tilings they dcHlie to buy for tho cso of the students. "In union there Is streni'ih." and If n united student In Dunfer.i.llno without meetliig a girl j )()1,y w,.r ;,rK.inl,(.d, tho result would ,"" "i-u " f , n' undoubtedly bo Inevitable Fifeshlre Is full of faces of this shape. In a word tho Ijilrd of Sklbo sees a face of this shape every time ho ties his cravat every time ho shave If he shaves himself. Whether or not Miss Virginia Is tho prettiest girl in the world, Mr. Can liegle owes her some nincniK For bis admiration of her, sincere as It Is, has been too, too public. j Miss Virginia's father. T. II. U-o, an , engllieel. met .Mr. Carnegie nt Hot1 IS AFTER SHORT ILLNESS John Kropf who Ived In El liott I'nilrlii, four miles from Hub- I. -....I .11.. .1 'I.., .u.l.,.. n Ul..... ill u..-l A-l, U- I.,.. th..ntu..l Mr " '"'"""J ' " """" '"- ) 1 V .i . i.i o i . . ,.' 1 '"'"H of pneumonia. Mr. Kropf with ( nruegie for tho opport in t es for li . , , .... .. education Miss VlrVl-.la had found at ; " l " ,r",mmlHH "(""r ! " r ,w""t the Margaret Morrison Technical H"''rd register eight days ago schools here-named ...tor Mr. Car.:1;1';1 ' h "nn. 'TV l"? negie's mother. Tho Ironmaster asked i " h, vh"H T1!n for Miss Virginia's photograph 11M,, ; -"'linon was n.or serious and a pliys :. . , , ' lean was Hiimmo iei . Ho grat i a ly then remarK-d to a reporter: ,.,.,,..,, frnm Mt , ,, Monday "If I were not married I would : n);hl )t WI1H fv,,.nt tMHt , r(j nt board the first train for I'lttsburg." ; recover. Mr. Kropf Is survived by I'p to that moment Miss Vlrgl ila : his wir and seven children, his sons bad been going quietly about her bus-: beng Harvey, Clarence, Cbauncey, liiens, wlilch Is taking shorthand notes nml Roy. Tho funeral will hn held at and transcribing tliein in tho office of , 2 o'clock this afternoon at tho .loa the liughbrldge Eglneerlng company, ! ( hnrch. Mr. Kropf was sixty-five In tho Oliver building here. I yours of ago. D. C. LATOURETTB, President. p. J. MEYER, Cashier The First National Bank of Oregon City, Oregon CAPITAL, $50,000.00. Transacts a General Banking Business. Open from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M- BEAKAIRIDGE LONDON, April 1. Finishing In a driving rain and hall storm, Oxford easily won today the annual boat rice with Cambridge on the river Thames here by six boat lengths. The result was never In doubt, the Oxonians winning as llur pleased. Oxford's time was 23 minutes, 3 seconds. The Cambridge crew started away at V) strokes to the minute after the Oxford captain had won the toss aud chosen the Middlesex side, which was partially sheltered from the wind. The chells ran on practically even terms for the first half mile, the Ox ford crew rowing ?,2 strokes to the minute to this distance and rounding the half-mile mark only three feet ahead of Cambridge. The coxswain of the Oxonians here asked for more speed, and the crew instantly respond ed by sending the craft away In tne lead. Cambridge hit It up to 38, but could not overtake the Oxford shell. At Herrods, the half way distance, Oxford was three lengths in the lead. The crew slackened Its pace, allowing the Cambridge shell to make a slight gain. At the three-quarters point Ox ford was still to lengths to the good. At this time a rain and hailstorm started and the Oxonians pulled away easily from their rivals, finishing six boat lengths to the good. Dements Best FLOUR $1.35 PER SACK AT ALL GROCERS. Careful of Your Property One of ihe secrets of our success in the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co. Phones, Office 50, Residence 1562 612 Main Street Office Both Pbonea 22 Residence Phone Main 2624 Pioneer Transfer Co. Established 1866 Sucesaor to C. N. Green man FURNITURE, SAFES AND PIANOS MOVED BY EXPERIENCED HELP. PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE. SAND, GRAVEL AND BRICK Rates Reasonable, Baggage Stored 3 Days Free of Chart Agency for the celebrated MT. HOOD BEER Trv It ana see now quicnij ii n. ,.-. ves relief. For wle by all dealers.' to Oregon City Saturday. I manner by Mrs. Aubrey Wood, and Mrs. C. N. Lannna, wen Known ai-;