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mm OREGON. CDTY ENTERPRISE & growing County, ' bacrlptlon t th label. A vt mii an A, number. It now. OUEGON CITY, OHEQON, Fill DAY, HEl'TKMBKR 20, 1012 ESTABLISHED 1S6 rORTY IIXTH YEAR No. SS. COUNTY TICKET IS NAMED BY PUIS fOES OF LIQUOR DECIDE TO MAKI ITRONQ FIGHT HERE DR. FORD IS ELECTED CHAIRMAN 0. W. Boring, Candidal For County Clark and F. Ramaay Candl oat for Bharlff Plat form Adoptad Dr T. II. Ford waa elected chair man of the Clackama County l'rohl tiltlun Cuininltle at lha County Con vention In tlila city Hnturduy aftei twuiii at which a County ticket waa hame'd. II. Uo Paget, tha former chairman of Iho committee, nt In hli resignation I1 campaign In iiiiimrt nf hla candidacy for Dulled Hiatea Honutor will occupy til antlra time. Dr. W. T. Milliauu maiia an in- irliiv and lnatructlva addroaa and proved an efficient chairman of tha ( V :, PLANS FOR POULTRY AUTO CLUB WORKS E Tim Kiariitlva Commlttea of the Clacknniua County Poultry Asaocla tlon met at Hi" oirice of Dr. M. C. Htrli kland In tlila city Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock, and arrangements for holding the poultry show were (llai'imacd. Tho allow will lie hold III January, and will tin a better ono Hmn Unit of laat year. Hi'voral of the leading poullrymin or tne state, are member, of tho organlxatlon. The officer of tho Association lire I'realdeiil, W. A. rlhewnmn; Vice- I'rraldxnt, deorge Hall: Hecreinry .,.,1 Tr,.Mim.r. M. J. ijiti'lle: Kxecu- live Hoard, Dr. M. C. Htrlckland. Kl- mer Dixon. Another meeting win o held after tho County Kalr la held at I'anhv miiiI further arranKemulit. will he mndo for the coming Poultry Hhow. LIVE WIRES TO AID ). A. Stlllman, Prohibition Candidal for Congr. In thli OlatrloL APPLE GROWING COMMITTEE-NAMED TO LEARN WHY FRUIT BRINGS INFER IOR PRICE HEDGES STARTS LIVELY DISCUSSION Bonded lndbtdnt of Orgon City Reach, Limit Council to ba Ur ged to Hav Vol on Queallon OR BETTER ROADS CLACKAMAS 10 YIELD CONTRACT TO BUILD LIBRARY IS LET SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL BE ASKED TO REMOVE POSTS AT TRESTLE CROS8INO PACIFIC HIGHWAY PLAN INDORSED Commltt I Named to Work In Con Junction With On Appointed Rfcantly By tha Llv Llv Wire The Clackama County Automobile ClubJ at a meeting Thuraday night, decided to aak tb Southern Pacific Railway management to remove the posts In the middle of tho atreet at SALEM, Or., Hept 13 An applica tion of (leorge T. Holcomb to appro priate 1000 feet of the water of Clu kamai River for power purpoae baa; been approved by the atato en Thli under the permit, will allow the generation of 15.000 borao Iiower. Vndur an application approv ed for D. P. Donovan, of Payette, Ida bo, recently, 15 000 horaepower ll alao to be generated' from that river. Tbeae two propoaed plana with the Cazadero and River Mill plan of the Portland Railway, Light Power Company will give an aggregate or 116,000 horsepower developed on that itream. Another application for the genera tion of 6,000 boraepower from the wat er of the North Kork of the Bantiam Klver ha alao been approved. A number of other application have been received and approved. Includ ing one from a farmer' organization the croaiilng at Twelfth Street. It beaded by F. C. Oxman, which aak alao wa decided to refjueat the city for water for the Irrigation of 1500 nllinrllLia tt il)itttttt In Mnolp IriA 1 . . " w.i.w. ""'crei mar uununmon. im'll 111 III11L L' II H II II U WCID ID- cently excavated for water pipe. At tention waa cauea 10 quagmire, in the roud north of Unk Grove and near Mllwaukie. It waa dnclded to aak the County Court to make the repair. Announcement wa made that the Court pin u tied to repair the road be tween till city and Oswego. W. R. l-ogua, John Itlaley and William Shea hnn were appointed a committee to cooperate Willi a committee named by the Uve Wires to work for the Improvement of the Pacific Highway. A report will be made at tne next meeting., The Chili li nleaaed with the Im provement made by the Southern Pa- ! rt imn Trt Anurm iw iu mta REGARDING RAILWAY JOHN 8HELLAY ' PROMISES TO HAVE STRUCTURE COMPLET ED IN NINETY DAYS COST OF BUILDING TO BE 510,350 Succeator of Mia Steinbaugh Will B Choen at Next Meeting Several Application R- . celved Convention. O. A. Rtlllman, candi date for Congrea apoke at the Con vention and alao made a public addre on the l-uea of the campaign In the evening. The Convention adopted th follow ing reaolutloiia: "The Prohibition Party I tho only truly progre.alve party aa evidenced by Ita broad plntrorm utterance 01 the pant, by It to year of uncom proinlHlng preaching and practicing of political rlglileouaneaa.lt ha made possible the prcaent progressive wave and demand for nntlonnl purifi cation. "We give our unequivocal endorfe ment to tho broad, progreaalve, Na lloiml and State Platform of the prohibition Party. "We today renew our demand that tho opponent of th Liquor Traffic get together In the only plnce where they can co-operato with any promlae of ucceaa a political party which opiMwe tho l.lnuor Tralllo. Wo favor the aultrnge of women upon the fnme term and condltlona aa for men. We declare for the deatrucllon of the "White Slave" traffic with It unapeakable evil, and aupport the enactment and rigid enforcement of Inwa BKilt the oclal evil. "We favor a vlgorou county cam paign and recommend the organiza tion of Prohibition Club wherever ponalble throughout the county. "We believe that the present terri ble condition In Portland and other cltlea a et forth In the report of the vice commllon 1 but the nat ural fruit of tho preaent license ya tern, a condition which obtain where ever a enloon exlata, and we call on the fathera and mother of Oregon City and Clackamn County to awake to the danger, that be.ot th. boy. '"'Weheartlly commend Governor Weat and other offlclala In their er forta to enforce the law. of the .tale of Oregon. We eapeclal commend the endeavor, to prevent the .hip v . .1 irrt Arv tflrritory. "We commend C. W. Clark for hi. untiring effort, to promow i v I" , nhlhlllon In Clackama. County and the .Jnte of Oregon. "Heiolved that the thank, of thl. Convention be extended to the Ore gon City Morning Enterprlae. and he mher paper, that hav. given u. the kind notice, of thl. Convention, and for their eourtcy In giving place to whatever matter we have preaented Tern for publication. WhU. .o. mlndedneaa In letting u. pre.ent our lido of public question.. "Heolved, that lna.much a. a Pro bltloiil.t I. a. much a citizen of hi. wind a. he I. of the nation we .hould encourage our partlzan. to work with every forward owmt leading to moral reform la the com- .mr"rdeT.ck.t wa. nToVn"Redpre.entatlveRobert Jomh rud Kelao: John R. Newton. Canby; c A I.wl., Oak Orove. or County Comml.loner-John Wl?o; entfsheHff-i. F. R.. 7XiJ Clerk-O. W. Boring. n0Forg'Aeor Ioren Tenny. For County Recorder-S. MacDon- aid. Oregon w . Bow. r or .uuhi.j erman. Sunnyaine. For County School Superlntendant llhe Club at Viola, Clackama Sta tion, Harmony, Mllwaukie, Sunnyalde, and other diatiict In Clackama f'nnniv hiva been aiked for a aoner- al conference meeting with the EaBt Sine llualneaa Men i mu oi run provenienl made by he Souuiern I-a- , of , cine at he croaalng between thl. city ' . connecUon wlth Port. That Clackama. County la dealln ed to le one of the beat fruit growing count!.-. In the .tate wa. the cou.cn u of opinion at a luncheon of tho Live Wire Tue.day. J. K. Hedge., who Introduced the .ubject. exhibited two apeclinena of Wolf River apple, grown In tbe Garfield .ectlon. Tho apple, were of good color and firm and were nearly perfect. Mr. Hedge, anld that tho beat price the grower of the apple, could get wa. forty live or fifty cent, a box. while Hood Ulver apple .old for 12 50 a box. Ho declared that the difference In price waa lurgely due to the better packing of the Hood Klver applea, and that there wa.certnluly not 12 difference In quality. Dr. I.. A. Morrl. .aid there waa little encouragement for the growing of fine apple In Clackama. County. He denounced many fruit gro-er for not caring for their tree, and .aid grower, who did were hampered by Ihoae who did noi. lie iu - ...i..i.i ...mv hla tree, and do every thing pomlble to obtain the beat re iult. and inaect. and other hilgh from a neighbor, orcnaro mm. not been given atiention wom alt In hi. effoft. being ' wa.ted. The apenker .aid that the, Inspection of orchard, could be 1 m ..roved, and urged that different meth od, be pursued. nr civde Mount cnlled attention m .. i ..1,11,11 in the Clnckamaa County dl.play at the .tnle fi.lr, de- during that many ponne horauM there waa a lack o packing. Llvy Bllpp m Id that he lood River growera had prodtod by experience and that the Clackama. County grower, would eventua y earn how to obtain the beat re.ulta and price.. A committee, compo.ed of O. K. Kreytag and O. D. Eby, wa apHnted to nmke an Inve.tlgat on and report at the next meeting of the Live Wire.. It wa. u"""""''' agreed that flrat cln.. applea could bo i rineknmae County, If P"P- er method were adopted. Mr. Hedge, .upplementlng the re- I,, viorri. Heclared that tne mama ui i---i - . condition. In Oregon City were deplor able He nld that many perau... had .mall orcbarda and cared for them .uffered becanae neighbor, did not care for their tree.. He-- cited .evernl in.tnnce. where dlaeued treea in a .mall orchard had bran ched Interlocking thoae of tree, well cared for in orchard, on adjoining 'The financial condition of Oregon City wa. alao dl.cua.ed. J. K. Hedgea announced that th charter provided the city could not have more than 150,000 bonded-Indebtedne. and the :. t.i i..- m.hail. He .aid 1-0.- Iiniil nau in - . 000. bond, would mature next year, and that .omethlng .hou d be Stlpp .uggeated that the people be Stlpp explained that the people be given an opporunlty to vote for an Amendment. Mea.r.. Stlpp and lied ge were appointed a commit ee to appear before the City Council and urge that an amendment be xoted upon at the December election. The Council probably will act at . meet Ing tomorrow evening. It Is neces- aary that tne preiinuna. taken sixty day. before the election. and I'arkplaco. The meeting wa. pre sided over by Dr. Hugh 3. Mount, President , Chnrle. Itlsley U Vice President aud K. C. Parker la tecre-tiiry. BADGERS DO WELL Mr. aud Mr.. R. I- Itadgcr of Hea ver Creek, were In the city on busi ness Suiurdny. They are owner, of a dairy ranch which they have named Sunny Knoll Jersey Farm. They have lomo of the finest reglatered cattle In the state, one of the cow. being "l-ady lies.." Three calve, have ar rived at the Badger home In the pa.t three week.. "Lady Hess" I. a great grandmother and she ha been a great credit to the ranch. "Dollle Dimple." "Old Hetay," "Hetlna", oth er cow on thl dairy ranch, are prov ing money-making cow. The aver age of "Old Itetsy" la about 40 pounds of milk a day. , land, and the meeting will be arrang ed for ome time in ucioner. ine plan 1 for each of these Improvement clubs, of which there are ten at pres ent, to .end two representatives to Hila meetinff and adopt Plan of ac tion looking toward ecnrlng an elec tric railway. Tbe work of collecting statistic and photographs showing the resource! and probable tonnage of the territory aa far south aa Wll holt Spring from Clackama. Station tin. been done and the club, are now nro na red to use the material gather ed to (bow that an electric line In that section will pay. That the Carnegie Library In Sev enth Street Park will be completed within ninety day. I. almost assured. The Library Committee, at a meet ing at the Commercial Club Tueday evening, let the contract for the build ing to John Shellay, of Portland, the coat to be 110,350. Mr. Boeuaj an nminroi ihnt ha would start the work at once and thought tbe Duliaing would be ready for ue by the Drat of next year or before. Th. cnmmltfpa did not choose a uccesaor to Miss Lenora Steinbaugh librarian, who has re.lgned on ac count of ill health and will visit rela I... in Kohmakl tn Tecutrate. Sev eral appllcatlona have been received - and It Is probable mat a uorarmn will be chosen at the next meeting of the committee. Andrew Carnegie ha. donated $12, 500 for tbe building of the library and the money remaining after the erection of the building will be ex pended for furniture and book.. The member, of the committee attending the meeting Tueaday evening were J. E. Hedge.. E. G. Caufield, Mis. Uura E. Heatie and Mis. Myrtle llucbanan. FINEST GRANITE IS AT Granite, Ju.t like tombstones, cor ner .tone, and street that bave heavy traffic I. made of, has been found at Mullno on a farm owned by V. .1 and A r Ititmplt ThMA men have had tbe rock analyzed and it I. pronounced lo be or superior quality. TIiaV will Iwt-ln aifravfttlnbr a. nnr tn determine the thicknea. of the strata. They report that the outcropping, of granite are found on more than half an acre and the ledge I. believed to tie at least four feet thick. The Meaara llnrnett whn llv at FftKlft Creek, have more than 160 acre, at Mullno, ana while most conservative In their views, think enough of the granite will be found to make quar rying pay. DEMOCRATS PLAN VIGOROUS FIGHT CROWLEY HAS STALK OF CORH 12, FEET HIGH FOR COUNTY FAIR In the real ei- office of T. Crow ley in the Oregon City Hank building la a sample of corn ralaed on the place of J. E. Hoyer, on Sixteenth and Dlvlaion ftreeta that i. attracting much attention. The corn .talk 1. 12i fee high and there . are .everal more .talk, that high in the garden, of Mr. Hoyer. The .talk wll be taken to the Clackama. County Fair by Mr. Crowley. O. E. Freytag, who will have charge of the agricultural exhibit at the coun ty Fair at Canby, September 25, 26, 27 and 2S, viBlted the Harveai tairai Vancouver, Wash.. Thursday after noon. Kr. FreyUg .tates that tne agricultural exhibit wa. exceedingly Hood. He made arrangements for five horsemen to enter hore. at the Clack amas County Fair. The.e horses are among f.e best that are now on the western track, and no doubt will add much to the attractions of the coming Fair. HAN HURT IN HILL CHS $2000 VERDICT ... in rirenlt Judse Campbell'. Court Friday awarded the plaintiff a verdict of $2,065 In the cae of Victor Waslljeff agalnat tne tiawiex ruiu -Paper Company. Th plaintiff sued for $10 000 for alleged personal Injur lea. The plaintiff, while In the em ploy of the defendant, .uffered .erious Injury to nis ngnt arm. no that th arm was caught In a pulley as the result of negligence on the part of agents of the company. Th company denied that It was negligent, and declare. Ita employe, were safe guarded as far aa possible. Dlmlck t Dimlck represented the plaintiff. GREAT CLUBBING OFFER The Weekly Enterprise and The Weekly Oregonian Both for per year CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY OFFI CES TO MAKE THOROUGH " CAMPAIGN ORATORY WILL HAVE INNING SOON Party Leader. Declare Nominee for Repre.ent.tlve In State Legis lature Will' B Elected The Democratic Central Committee at a moetlng at Willamette Hall Tuea day, decided to do some "Bull Moos Ing" that I. go out and ask the peo ple to vote for the Democratic candi dates In the county. There was a large attendance of members, candi date, and sympathizers at tbe meet ing, and W. C. P Breckenridge, Jos eph Clay Style. Blackburn or Wil liam Jennings Bryan never relieved themselves of any finer oratory than some of them exuded at the meeting. It was unanimously resolved Uiat thla win a "riemncratic year" and. being bo, there was no apparent rea son why the Democrats or uiacaa- mas County should not get all the slices of pie they wanted. County Judge Beatle, Chairman, presided, and after a few preliminary motions had been disposed of, favor ably, it was aeciaeu, unanimously, that the candidate, of the party for county offices .hould .tump tbe coun ty collectively and Individually. The Democrats have hopeB of electing P. S. Noyer, their candidate for Repre sentative, In the legislature. Mr. Noyer served one term In the legit lature and made a record as a cap able representative. Among the can didatea who will make speeches are Gilbert Hedges, nominee for District Attorney: J. E. JacK, nominee ior As sessor; Ernest Mass, nominee for Sheriff- M E finffnev. nominee for Recorder and George M. Hlvely, nom inee for County commissioner, ii Ala, la ATiiAtoil that nr Hamr Tjine. i candidate for United States Senator, Walter M. Fierce, one oi tne oeai ora tors in the state and a man of super lative, olillltv John M Gerrin and Senator Chamberlain will stump the county, ine Democrat, are going 10 mnka a harrl fleht they are confident of winning, and the Republicans must look to tneir laurels in gooa oia uiaca amaa. However, the Democrata al- ways win about two month, before election. GERMAN DAY TO BE FAIR FEATURE GU8TAV 8CHNOERR TO MAKE RE SPONSE TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME FINE PROGRAM IS EE1NC PLANNED Claekam. County Horse to B En tered In Big Race Oregon City Company to Pollc Ground. One of the big feature, thl year at the Clackama County Fair will be r:rman Dnv Hentember 26. when an excellent program will be given. It will be in cnarge oi uusiav oennuerr and O. E. Freytag, and there t no doubt with these men at the bead It will be one of the most uccessful day of the four day' session of the fair. The Hubbard llBnd one of the best musical! organizations of the state, with twenty piece and with Mr. Knight a leader, will furnlah A t V.J - f A Gustave Schnoerr, Who Will Respond to Addres. of Welcome at Clacka ma County Fair on German Day. This is just the price of either paper. Here you have a life time chance to get two of the best papers in the west for the price of one. This offer is for the renewal of old subscriptions or to new subscribers. .But you must act quick as this offer is for a limited time pnly. We will accept checks, postal order, stamps or cash. Address all letters to the Circulation Department The Enterprise, Oregon City. HORSE STOLEN IN THIS CITY RECOVERED The horse stolen last Monay night from the courthouse hitching rail was found Wednesday at Wllsonville, and Deputy Sheriff Miles went out and brought it to Oregon City. The horse Is owned by Dell McCormack, of Mount Pleasant, and was stolen by a young man aged about eighteen years who attempted to cross at the Wll sonville ferry on Wednesday without paying. After leaving the ferry he removed the saddle and bridle from the horse and turned the animal loose. Sheriff Mass recovered the saddle and bridle. the music. Many of the German So cieties of the state will be In attend ance. There will be races, baseball and other entertainments. There also will be a big" barbecue and po tato bake from IS to 2:30 o'clock. The following will be the program: ReceDtion and delivery of the key to the German Societies at 11 o'clock oration and response by Gustav Schnoerr; tong, selection In German and English: big barbecue and pota to bake from 12 o'clock to 2:30 o'clock. The afternoon program will commence at 2:30 o'clock with the following: Song. "Des ueutscnen va- terland " accompanied by the band; vocal and Instrumental selection. rviinmhin th Rem of the ucean , "Die 1st Der Tag Des Herren". by Arion and Turner; oration in German by the secretary of the German So cieties of the state, Edgar Winter, of Portland: "Die Wacht Am Rheln" (vocal and instrumental), selection, the Misses Hopp, of Oregon City, who recently arrived from Germany. There are three of these young wom en who have excellent voices; ap propriate remarks by Rev. A. Hllle brand !n English; Band selection. "Star Spangled Banner"; "Greeting fron Homeland," in German, Arion and Turner; humorous declamation. Professor Gus Ihle; "Yankee Doodle Pot Porle;" remarkable feats and gymnastics by Turner Vereln of Portlana; "America" multitude and band. The races will be among the fea tures of the day. There will be a fast trot, pacing and a mile run, and the Clackamas County horses will bo on hand for mixed races, this being free for alL This' will be exclusive for Clackamas County horses. Tho money will be divided as folllw.: sixty thirty and ten with best two out of three winning first money. A part of the Oregon National 'Guard Company of Oregon City will camp on the grounds and beside Its regular military maneuvers will po lice the fair grounds ana ouiiuius night end day. It 1. believed that miliary protection win oe a Brw" aid to the fair. Thl plan wa. used at the Lewis & Clark f air m rorv land, and proved satisfactory, and tha r tha Fair feels confi dent that the same resuls will be ob tained at the Clackamas L'ouniy iair this year. RAFT TIPS OVER AND BOY IS SHOT IN LEG Roy. the fourteen-year-old ton of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sprague. resid ing at Logan, Clackamas County, had a narrow escape from death by be ing shot Sunday. The lad. In com pany with .everal companions, was enjoying a ride on a raft on the Clear Creek. In some manner the raft tlp ed to one side and the gun which that hail In that- nnaoAaoInn waa ar- cidently discharged, the full charge passing tnrougn sprague. leg. L.r. C. A. Stuart, of thl. city, wa. Immed iately summoned to the Sprague home and it wa. n accessary to take four tltrhpa In the ralr of the lea- to close the wound, after It bad been thorough ly cleaned. There Is no danger of the lad suffering from any bad results of the gunshot, but will be confined to bis bed for some time. Couola Gta License A license was issued Wednesday to Christina G. Matblsen and John J. Holmes. COUNTY FAIR TO BE BEST EVER HELD O. E. FREYTAG WILL BE IN CHARGE OF EXHIBITION IN PAVILION BABIES SURE TO BE ATTRACTION Sample. Brought to Promotion Office Daily to be Used In Dl.play 8tat Fair Exhibit Moved That Clackama County will have It finest fair at Canby September 25 26. 27. 28 I. assured. O. E. Freytag. who ba charge of the pavilion, ia .paring no pain to bave the big building filled with product, of Clack ( Continued on Page 6.) prof. W. J. Joliey. rarapiw.-. (Continued on page 4)