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ON-CITY ENTERlMS ORE Ths tntsrprlsi li the only Claokamas Coun'y Newspjptr tint print! all of ths new 0' thie growing County, . " H11 your cubic p'redf Loo1 You she (c , my of y numbers. LI . now, PORTY-BIXTH YEAR No. 47. OPWJON CITY. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVUM MKlt 2'.), 1!M2. ESTABLISHED 1W II Mm mil WM RAILS BEING LAID BOY SLAYER LEADS K BY CLACKAMAS R.R SHIPMENTS OF STEEL ARE MADE IN SEVEN MILE INSTALL MENTS DIRECTORS PUSHING WORK ON ROAD CltKMifM Southern Will Provide Roul fur Farmer to Bring Pro- uce to Market (load Built by Independent Company 'I 'In- l)nl xli I p in . -ti t n tee lull (or I lu (iiiiimniaa Southern liuilroad r ih.. I hi Oregou I lly Tuesday mill the Inline Hill lid lull) lIllHll llllllll'llillll'l) , i" i Kn to plain lilt' Hint division (if tin' i "ill In opor.it Inn between (.iii'i.uii t it y mel Ivaver Crock. 'I li r.ill Imvn In', n iio lili .l fur Ml llllll hllllUIII'lllH be iiiikIo In i-ev.-u inilr Installments, thii tuiul dlr min i. being llilrl Inn mile. 'I ho riiiiii- tor tlin Hoiillii'rn Pa- 1 1 1 . : an. I lliu Ihii true Km (it I hi' Purl !.i tit li.illway. Light & Power 1'vm J inny In i hi- north end of tlm city. Worn iti.iilii In Hi-tittle, i"ij will arrive: ii r kiii City today. 'I In' nlii iij rninici t lug tin ' titt-kit in it a rtiiilllii'rti I .Hh iIik Portland Hallway, light & lower ' in pit 11 y ha lii't'ii put In mill j In unit being extended up through block 1 Thirteen 1 :i I . nii lie to nllow tin' ( liul ninim Southern sultih room of, lu emu fur Hit' etiinikii of U nil n I tin y urilw' In tlm lit), J Tin' ('"inpuiiy line I'lii'imli iiiiiiii'V kii : rlln d at Ml. Angel, Monllnf and ' cHier pi. Iiilii along Ilia, llun to rmnplrli' I tho gi.nlo 11 Ii J tlm hrHgi'H from Ilea- I , r Creek tu Mount An;;. I, tt ml tin' ' only fun. Iii 1.1. ii thn riiiiipuny I ciitn p.i'.nl to ralsu In nilillllini In tor the ' h Iiik ii' tin' U'ol uiiiI b.illaxlltiK III Hack. I It ll require a!. on I (lo.liuO to lay Mini hallasl tlin trin k lnluri'ii Oregon! City inn! IIi'bvi r Crook ami tin com ' I ii ii v I asking tlm proi'li' or Oregon; , !! to BHxInt In thai work. Tlm rum ; p.iliy ruhli.it lip tli liinii.,y autiscrllu'it lor urailnii and lirlilic tor tlm layliiK iIuhii mid linllimtltiK of that part of; ttio ro.nl lirtwt'.'n Orciinn lity and i l;i uM'rt'ri'ck.a tliclr milim rlpllon ciin-, trm l prmlil" Unit tlm fiitidhi'rittutort ' Hiili.ciilicil nlmll liucdfiri;riidi aiid 1 hrliUm liitwrcn OrcKon flty and ! Mount AnKd. Tlm directum of tlm I'lnckAtnn Houtlicrii linvn ilcvnliil a Kr.ut deal of tliiic to llil work without rompi'ii ruii.iii mid they have iii'ruiiiillKhi'd a ri t ileal iiiorp tlinii the avvraitu cit I.m ii cynr cvpiu ted. 'till I an Inili'iH'iidiiit road which I ImlliK titltt and flnmircd by Imln i)'iidi'iit ciipllal, and It K"' lu how what -.in bo ncroiuplUlii'd In a coin minify when an iiiterprltu la auppnrl ed hy Hume who wilt reap tho RP nti'ii! bi'tielll. It In trim that nntiiKoiilHtlc conipnti Icr tin ve fntiKlit thlH road from luccp t ii m. mid In (IoIiik o Hicy have ildn omit ruled that they did not w ant an Independent company lu enter any territory (ialincd by them. A n mutter of fiict thn enhance ment nf tlm vuluo of real property nli in K thl new line will he far Krent cr than ten times tho rout of thl In dependent road, and when a liimlneiia man tnkca Into conHlderiilluii tlm fact i hnt laiKe iniinn of money aIII mum from rortlanil Into the territory Ira verneil hy thl road In payment for ronl wood, lumber, ot and ) 1 1 1 1 1 K. mid a market will he afforded for a product that could not he placed In tlm market without thl line, and Hint Miiiic money will find II way tlirotiKh tlm channel of trade Into alnumt ev ery limine enterpiiim near tlin linn of tlm (TackamiiR Soul hern, At every meetlUK 'hut ha been held the ill rectum have labored to allow that tlm minimal' of the capital Block of till rompnny wiih one of the licet In vpHtincnl ever iireRcnted to tho I'eo- jile of Claeknmaa County. They allowed thut all wllil-ent feat ure had been eliminated by tlm cotu pnny n nil that every share of atock tumicd represented J.'iO.tlO, and Hint o atock wn n for promotion pur ioc or for nny other purpoim, except actual (oimtructlon work, and that when tho rnnd wan completed the total coal n mllo would not exceed $10,000, and that every Blockholder would he well competiHitted for every dollar of hi In vcnl meat. The cnrnltiK cnpnelly of tho road ulll he ureal on account of It nimiliiB through a thickly populated aeetlon of the atnt(, and lying (ioe to the fmithllla and the volume of freight will be very heavy which will lnaure liirne earnltiR 111 tho operation of tho rond. Thn company Intend to keep down nII unnecessary expense and place thn np'-rntlon of tho rond In the hand of a good, competent railroad man, o us to Met the heat result for tho tock holder out of their Inveatmenf and nt tho nnie tlnm clve to the pat ron of tho road aafa and ellielent lor vice. El n,000 flncerllngs of the blnck spot ted trout from the U. 8. Fisheries a Itosemnn, Montana, wore planted hy a committee for the Oregon City Com mercial Club. aBsUted by Henry O'Mal ley, superintendent of the U. 8. Fisher ies department for Oregon and South ern Washington. The delegation from tlm Commercial C'tili wore Gilbert L Hedge. Harry Draper and H. U Hoi man. The fish were planted In Clear Creek and Milk Creek. A. D. Eby alio had some nngerllngs which he planted at the same time. Willi liln right arm iiluinut turn rrnin lis body hy n iiiui'liliii., WIIIIiiiii Miller, nlvtv llvii year nf ki employed by tli. I ri'Kiin M a ii 1 1 Tu ' 1 1 1 rl n k ( 'niiipiiiiy, uliiil., lalli'd Willi mi Iliisnolilln, tup, i i n, I. nil, 'ill, mid asked Hint a phyal i in i l.n imumoiicd. ' I have limt my hiiii,' Im audi, point ! i k v. I ' Ii In l. ll liui l In hi elbow, In. C, II. Mi'luHiii-r wu called but In fi.m In arrived MIIIit uml liiich. in ! n u ill . .1 in In iiillrii, jr. Mols i it Im l tlm Injured iiiiiii tnkt'ii to Ilia Oiegmi Ctiy lliiHpllal In all Bulniuo-III'-. iii ' mm hii iiiiuiiiiiti'il In. low lli 'i.mil lir ami u, Ii ll' tin Injury wu Im In;: ilii'flNcil MIIIit Inlki'il with tint pliMliiiti uml ihiihi'H. Hr. MiilminT f.il'l I tint thn iiiiiii Hniilit ri'cuver. 1 In Hm k In C.iiiriiiiili. Mllli r runin In till iiiiiiiiry riii'iitly fnnn Orniuiiy ami li a liintln r of Mm. Iinriitliy itaki'l. COUNTY COURT AWARDS CON TRACT TO M. 0. NEA5E, OF PORTLAND txpert Give Bond of $10,000 to 8af flu.ird Owner Contractor to Get Eight Cent an Acre The county court, nt a mi'i tltiK Hut itrOiiy, tnti'ii'd Into n contract ith ,M. ti. .Ni'ii.ii', i t 1'orll.iml. to cnilm) tlm tlmlicr land (f tlip cmiiily, Tlm liinjniiiy of tlm ('iiiititlc nf tlm uliili' uml all u( tlm cnunilm of W'ubIiIiikIoii Iuiii In en crtiln il. Nut milv will tlin work lirlnu a Krcntcr r'ciui to tha county, lint II will Ii more tnl Ihfin i. cry to tlm onurm of tlmlicr Ininl. Dihtiirt Attorney TuiiKiie la cxpccti'il tu appro tlio coalr.ict. Mr. N.-am- will not only furnlali tlu aaaniaor with all I he InfiiriiiMtlim iii'i-rHii.iry to aimi'ii tlinhor limd. but tin will ili'lcnnliie tlin iiunllty of the soil and Kin' other useful Imformallnn Tim work will be finished July I, mid tlm coiitruior will be paid eight cent an acre, lie will be paid each mouth u per cent of tlm amount due mid the remainder when the work I finished. Tho rontriii-tor has given the court a bond of (lo.twti to HiifeKiinrd tlm her owner In raso hi cruise I not satisfactory. Complaint will be kiven "nrcful coiiHiilenitlnn by another crulae expert appointed hy the court nnd If Mr. Nease' work la found to bo Incorrect the coat will bo tukell from the bond. It It la found tu ho cor rect, tho complainant must nay the cost. Assessor .tniit, after a two year tudy of condition, hni recommended tho crnlsliiR system. The Ori'Kon & California Land Company, w hich owns much ;f tlin timber land of the county refused to pay the last half of tho tax In l'.uiti, which ntnounta lo $ lTi.OOO na a result of the Inferior method of iissessliiK valuations In ttio past. Mr. Nease will receive no payment for III service until March 10 next and hi bond will be in force until af ter the meetliiR of tho Hoard of Equal isation In 1 1 I :i. There are about i'.'iO. ootl acre of timber land in the county. 8AI.KM, Mil., Nov. 2(5. Joioph Kit or. Art ii ro Giovumilltl and Ant on In Cnruuo wero declared not guilty of Hie murder of Anna l.oplzto, a woman textile striker shot dowu on the street of Lawrence lust winter (lur llig tho progress of tho big ludiiBtrial Blriko there. Tho verdict wa reached curly lat night by the Jury, but was not receiv ed by Jiulgu (jaiun until court opened today. Tho defendant stood In tho Iron hatred cngo when the verdict wna returned. All three wept with Joy. "I thank you, gentlemen of the Jury!" shouted Glouaunittl ut the top of hi voice. "I thank you In tho niinie of Justice and clvlli.atlon." Caruso loudly proclaimed his Inno cence. Turning to the Juror, Ettor said: "I thank you, gentlemen, In tho name of thn great working class." At a nod from Judge Qulnn the cago wa unlocked and the trio joined the hysterical crowd which awaited tho verdict Just otitsldo tho courtroom. Cnrttao tenrfully embraced his wife, while hundred of excited Italian and other worklngmen grasped the hands of Kttor and Glovannittl. Immediately thereafter the three men were called before Judge Qulnn again. Caruao wa released on J 1 00 hall on addition nl Indictments charging him with riot ing during tho strike. Ettor and Olo- vonnlttl wore each released on bond of $."i0n on similar charges. It I ex pected thee charge will be formally dismissed later. When court adjourned the acquitted men wore plven an ovation hy their friend. Glovannittl wal particularly Jubilant over the outcome ot the trial. Administratrix Ii Named. County Judge Heatle Monday named Uzle M. Underwood administratrix of the eitate of J. E. Underwood, valued at $l.oo. TIMBER OF COUNTY WILL BE CRUISED SHERIFF TO GRAVE flODY OF D. M. LEITZEL IB EXHUM ' ED BY AUTHORITIES IN MOUNTAINS LAD NEAR COLLASPE DURING WORK tJcjd Man Carrier by Murderer Acrot Crgek Youth Covered Cravo With Several Log Tn mlilliiK inn! near collnpso (ileiin T. Caull, the I'.iyeur old layer of hi aleplal.nr I). M. U'luwl, bd Sheriff Mass, Cjroner Wllaun mid Aasi-aior Juck Salunl.iy to the :ravu of III vic tim. After llie boy luid pointed oul tlm i;ravu and stood with folded hands while I In- tartli wu beluit removed friim tlm body thero was a marked i liino:n If hi hearing. When the first apmle turn bed Hie Uiicollllied body the JiiiHliliil slayer stepped back and tho HMthorlliea feared ho would colliipee. The bl.ull wu ri uioverl by Coroner Wilson uml brouiiht to thl city. It was ciiikIii-iI on (he left side, It was a Ion; and tiresome trip that HhcrlT Minn, Coroner Wilson and As aessor Jack with Hi sclf-conii-Hscil niiirdi r.T made Hatiirdny. Tho roada were In poor condition ntid even mile of tlie Journey were made by the party afoot. The accused boy was familiar with the entire liclnliliorliood In which the crime was committed nnd led the uiil liuiitle to the linn's with out Hie slightest trouble. Il win aboil. l-'iO yard from tho bouse where th.i loan w-aa ahilti. The boy bad dragged I the I'ody across a creek mid KherlfT t M iss weiulered how he hnd streiiKth I ono'iiii to do It. Arriving nt Hie Iioumo Cault led the j Sheriff, Coroner, Asseasor and sever ' al resident of the nelehhorhood Into , the I It- hi n. 1 "I killed him In thl room', said tlm boy. "Ho tried to kill me with a knife and I struck lini with an ax. I then draui-cd the body across the crcok and hurled it. Then I draped legs on tho prove'. The slayer h-d the puty to the grave and after the log were rolled down tho hill It took only a few minute dig c.lng to unearth the body. Owing to I be fact that the party had walked oven ni'ie Coroner W'tlsou decided I but only tho akull w ould be necessary for use at the trial. I'pon returning to the house tho (layer regained hi composure and was in good spirit w hen Im w u returned to-the Oregon City J.iil. He was oon Joined by his mother, w ho will do all she ran to aid her ion. CORONER'S JURY FINDS D. LEITZEL WAS KILLED BY GLENN GOULT YOUTHFUL SLAYER SOBS AT HEARING Boy Sits With Head Bowed a Crush ed Skull Is Examined Mother Trie to Comfort Him The jury nt the coroners Inquest Monthly afternoon Into tho killing of l. M. l.elt.el. near Scott Mill, ren dercd a verdict that dentil had been caused hy several blow from an ax In the lunula of the man itepson Glenn Gault, niuletn years of age. In June, lull. The witnesses were tho boy, who surrendered lu Portland, mitklug a complete confession, hi mother, Mr. U. M. I-i-itxcl, and Sher iff Mas, who assisted In exhuming the body. The testimony wa virtual ly the s.iino as the detain of the crime and finding of the body a told by tho hoy and the aulhoritie before. Mr, l.eltzel. test Hied thut Bhe had not suspected her son of having com mitted the crime until last March when a Mrs. Fljher told her the boy wna suspected b) V'voral of the neigh bors. He was then employeeVnt As toria, and she went there and tried to get him to confess, hut ho denied all knowledge ot the crime, Insisting that his stepfather hnd gone to Ens tern Oregon. During the examination of tho skull the boy st with bowed head and sob bing, hla mother trying to comfort him. Dr. M. C. Strickland described the fracture ot the skull and said the man hud evidently been struck sev eral time. He said there wua evi dence that at one place the akull had been struck by a sharp pointed instru ment. Gault testified that he killed hi stepfather In self-defense, declaring the man was advancing upon him with a knife and he struck the first blow. He carried the body, which weighed 1C5 pounds, about 200 yards from the house across a creek and burled It on a mountain side. Sheriff Mass testi fied to having found the body where the boy said It was burled. The coroner s jury waa composed of J. I.. Bwafford, T. J. Myer. Harry Trcmhath. E. A. Smith, II. L. Hull and A. M. White. George C. Hrownoll and Gordon E. Hayes represented the de fendant and Gilbert L. Hedges exam ined the wit net, for Coroner Wilson It Is probable that the defendant will be given a bearing In Justice ot the Peace Samson's court today. STEPFATHER SLAIN BY LAD.VERDIC Glenn T. Caull, lilliteen year of age charged will killing M slcpfnthi-r, I). M. I.cll.el, mar Hc-'xtf Mill lu Juno Hill, wu bound otiT to the grand Jury Tuesday by Jinjllc of the I'eai.-e riiimson. lieorgo (', llrowni'll and (iordon E. Ilaye, reprL-seiiiinu; thn defendant waived examination, and tlm JiiHtlco of the jience Biinounced Unit be would hold too bid to await thn examination of Hie grand Jury, without ball. Tho iiccmeil, during the iicarlni:, at by hi tiioltier, who u ported M head, I" said after the In-arliig Hint be wu 'inlidi-nt of being aciiiltled. (lault Was much more cheerful at the hearing than at any time alnce he Burn-LO red. and declar ed that na had refoved heavy weight from hi Minsclence. Mrs. I.elt.el probably will remain in ' illy until niter Hi" trial. Khe say i will do everything to obtain the acquittal of her on., MAN BREAKS LEG. Kdword Klser, a young man, who! wu formerly employed In a local 11 v-' cry stnl e, fell Monday evening near ' I'iftli and Main Htreet and hi leg wu broken above the ankel. He wan i carried lo a nearby tore, after which j Or. H to wart wa auinniuin-d and dress ed the man' leg. ' CARPENTER ESTATE IS $15,500. Henry I,. Carpenter, of Minneapolis, Minn., heir of the late Herbert M. Carpenter, who left an estate valued nt liaiiiM, ha been assessed $79.31 Inheritance tax. The estate wa val ued at H.'v.uo. m i i i m mm w 'WmmMsm '7 few I Our Big Christmas Subscription Oregon City Enterprise (weekly), one year The Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer, one year Farm and Home, one year .... Big (226-Piece) Xmas Package Total Regular Price NOTE Address all orders and make all remittances payable to OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE .... EXHIBIT MANAGERS ARE KEPT BUSY 8H0WIN0 CROWDS PRODUCTS 1 PACKAGES OF SEEDS DISTRIBUTED Diplomatic Abilltie of O. E. Freytag and M. J. 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Every one who has or ever expects to have poultry should be sure to get the Poultry Annual. jro are afready a subscriber lo any one of these publications your time will one full year from the date of your present expiration: I'alry herd have been Improving In (iaekamaa County for the put year ! to a marked degree, the Jersey tak-1 Im; the lead, tho dulrle of the coun ty being made up almost entirely of t: i breed, but the other breed have t K ir anpeara.ice, the latest addition I 1 three One looking young Ayahlres, ! the unlmal being purchased by W. A. ; Hhewm.n, editor of the Western Ktock ! Journal of this city. They arrived lu Oregon City haturdny. There wa a great Interest taken i i t)m animal a they were driven through tne city, a they are undoubt- i edly the most notable of the breed i named ever arriving in this county. (II... U L.,.-ll.,,- 1 ..II l,- M ...I i and Canada, where they competed , ... . -ir. nr.ewman niane tne rinrennses International Dairy Show ot North Portland, clectlng 1 r-'!ari1 Eion, of R.-ed College. Ar them out of the W. J. Domes herd of ; th,lr " fhamljerlaiu, editor of the McCoy, Or. j i''rra Educational New, of San Fran- i cico, and Alabama Hrentoii. of tho PARKPLACE SCHOOL NAMES DEBATING TEAM The I'arkplace school will have the i "''blems of the Rural School," wa following representative In the d Mr- Chamberlain's sdbject. the speak bate to determine what three mem-1 fr Glaring that some of the text her shall represent the school In the ,,ook" la Oregon were Inferior. He Interscholastlc debating contest: A!rlal(, ,hat the uould be changed, and mative Minnie Hemrieh, Ellse Free-!"18 ruplls Bhould tudy aubjerts and land and Helen Hrunner. Negative i not u'xt book. All teacher, he ald, H'tth Hudson. Gwendolyn Jones and "Oiild he Impresied with the luiport- Harnr French. $1.50 1.00 .50 .50 ALL $3.50 1D3ESMIIEI1S DA. EDWARD SISSONS AND AR THUR H CHAMBERLAIN IN STITUTE SPEAKERS County Superintendent Gary Preddei at Educational Conference of High School Prin cipal i most successful Teacher' Institute lnH i.., vw.....wW muwus thu noted ed- i "'"'o" ho poke Monday were Dr. i Ktate Normal College. More than 200 I teacher are in attendance and the Interest I keener than ever before. bargain FOH ONLY be extended Oregon City, Ore. i (Continued on page 8) siji