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$ OREGON- CDTY ENTERPRISER rlptfon - The gntarprl I only CUokamas County A at tha labol. w mwtpaptr mat all or tht new o not mita any nowa numbtra. growl no County. II now. OREGON CITV. OHEQON, FIJI DAY, JlKCKMIlElt 6, 1012. ESTABLISHED ISM FORTY-SIXTH YIAR-No. 4 STREET BLOCKED BV LOCOMOTIVE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OPPOSES CLACKAMAS SOUTHERN CROSS INQ TRACKS THREE TRAINMEN ARE ARRESTED Omctrt of Now Company Daclar That Hoi Walar Orlpptd on Worker Banealh Trll Umrtii'd with obstructing alrunl Midi a liK'oiiiiidvn, i', K. Ki'llcy, K. A. Ulutiil ami ('. It. I, iv, who had f lmrK" of llin I'liKlnr, with nrruntt'd MomJ'ty inurnliig at llm IiiMiiiho of lirunt II. IMinlrk, Hprrotury 11 f tin' ('larkainii HiMiilinrn Itullway ('omimtiy, by K. I.. Him. It la allomd thai tho nii'ii hud uriMK.ly ntuptiitU thu lociiiuollvo ut lli Intrrnri'tloii of Kuii'.'iilh nnd d ti (it Hlii'i'tB In iiril.-r til prcvrul thu I in k u mm Houtlli'i'll from lu)IHK It IrHck Hiri tlm rUiulliiru J'nrlllr Irark. It wu ri'portt'd Unit llm Mouth i ni I'ai'IMi! Kimpi'i'li'd thut tho othiT mad would try to cro It track) Kuiuluy. V. M. tiwirt. a Ulrxrlor of th Cluck iiiiimii HnutliiTii. di'iili'd ( It it t tho com pany liili'iidml to luy th truck Hun liny or Moiiduy, and that It Irgully bud u rlnlil to do no any tlm It dcatrrd. It a also charc'd thut but wator Icaki'd from tho locoiimlovu on iih-ii working mi a iri'HtlM for thu Clink iiiai HdiiiIhtii t'oiinuiiiy. 'l lm nii'ii In rhurgu of tho trul n were held In Imiid by ItiH'orilcd Htlpp and will lie Klvi'ii a bearing at IU o'clock Satur day uiornliiK. JihIk" IHnilck, who U rijitoHi'iittiiK tho t'liickmniia Southern, declare that tlir Southern I'aclllc bun no rliJil to try to ini'iit the other company from rnninlnt Fifteenth Street. Ilu ny the Southern I'm IIU' hit no fntncliliie n ml U oi'eriitlui; miller a permit grant ed the Oregon t'eiilml Hiilhuiy t'nm p.niy by tho city In 1 hi;s. The illy counrll hm KiMUl iI the t'luikniuti Kouthern a f nini lilun to lay truck on crrtuln treet. Juduw Diuilck say the touipmy bi ropremnt will not even time to nk uruiltiluii of the Itullway t'ommlimlon to rrona the Southern J'ni'ltlo trncka. I At a meeting of the city council held In N'eveiulier Ihla yrur a rulu ( Ion declaring that tho Southern l'a rltle t'ointiauy h id no frnnchlae for a truck on a pol l Inn of ( enter Street mid th.it thn tr-m l ut Twelfth Street bit removed, wit adopted. It wan announced tlm I the Southern I'mlllc would Immediately proceed to secure a tKiuporary reinralultfji ortler In tb event of fn effort being mado by thn Clackamas Southern to put the crossing I;!. Jt ""lorti'd, but do ii led by the officer of the coinpiiny, thut the Clnrknmu Southern hud It phuia tiuiilu to elccl a Siindny aa the day to put In th crossing, knowing, that tho Southern I'nclllc could obtnln no Injunction on that day. II I evi dent that tho Southern I'liclHc Com pany will Hpnru no ex prune In placing every poHBlbli. olmtai'le In the way of j the Clut-knniaa Southern In It effort to croxa the Himtlu f n I'm lllo truck to get out of the city. MT. PLEASANT TO BUILD CITY Thn .Mount J'h'iiHJiiit linprovnmen f lull, ut a meeting 'luemlay rvcniliK deeliled lo recount met the aldewulk between thut place and Oregon City Work will bo atured In tho near fu lure. J he preanut walk la In aucli a poor condition thut It was deilthu It would bu iiiiwInu to try to repair It, III" Social Committee, of which Mr. (.. A. Ulckel chairman, reportod that It lulaed :u for tho proposed work Inst mouth, Tho present aldewulk cimt I IHii, tho ciumtnii'tliin havliiK h loin by reideiilR of (ha to III III I. Hlllpll Me wua elected i1'. retury of (ho linproveiiieiit roininltten vlcn Hert Clark, who hn moved from Mount I'leamiiit and tnatructed to buy $ .0 worth of lumber at once for uan In the nlitcwnlk. It 1 cipected that the remiiluder of the money will bo rained without trouble and tho rel- deiit of tho rlty will build tht walk aa before, I S. P. WOULD HALT tl CLACKAMAS f COURT ASKED TO PREVENT CROSSING AT FIFTEENTH AND CENTER A report mudo by th trenauror of thu orcKon City Comuierclul Club ut u IneetltiK of thu board of director, uhowa llm finance of the club to b In I'kct'llcni rondltlou, (here belnii mote ihuu Hou In the treuaury. A report of thu houe committee wa read. It ahowed thut there waa an liiireaKe In utteuduueu at tho club room die pt quarter. The iiouno committee wa Instruct ed to prepuro lor a full openlnc uud mnuker fur the meuihera to take place In lieoimher. Tho comuilllea ha aev eul urirlea In hand for till Miiuk er uud A la rue utteiululicu la expected. Thn coiirti-Hv of tbe ue of thu club room and parlor of tho Commercial Club wua extended to (he Kurmera of hiiuny, im oiKuiiUutlon which will meet III UrcKOIl City DtHellllier I'l. About lllty delcKiilea from vurlou part of the country nro exiiecrcd. The follow Iiik reolutlou wu adopt ed: "Wherciia: The liovernim ut of the i mien ritutr iiu aiiuoiincvd com inert n and nuvlc of (ho world; uud "Whcivua: Thla I au aicouipll!i uieiit on Ihu purt of the American people which every cllUeii I juatly prniid, uud "Whvreu: Tbe Couare of the l ulled Slute hu dcnlKiialed the city of S.iu KiuiicIhco a tho place for the IuiIiIIiik of a great lniernnllouul celiv brntlon In honor uf the event, and ha lialted all tho nation of tbe world to purllrlpute; and " In reu: The pride of our uullou III thla crent acbloveuieiil cull only be prupi rly exproaacd throtiKb the parti' dilution of all atatc of our t'ulou now, therefore, - 'lie it KcMilVfJ, '.hut our Senator mill l(epreneutiiliea lu tint atute Ia'K luluture be hereby inemorlulkcd to aupport Mich eK!:itlon a will Inaiire the participation of the atute of Ure- Kou at tho 1'unamu ruclllc Intcrnatloii ul KxpoHltlun lu a manner bclltiiiiK It Imporiiiuce and dignity In tho aU teihood of Rtale. H. T. Mc I in In and T. I'. ltnndull went appointed a a committee to confer with CotiKreKHiiinn lluwley re- KiirdiiiK thu work. It. I.. Ilolnian, who I on tho com mlttee, which bu cliHl'Ke of the (II trlhutlon of Ili.li In tho Bti'cuni of the county, reported thut 5u,(HlU IIhIi bud been planted III tho HreaiiiH of Clncka ma County by (he conimlttee, aaalHt ed by ilenry O'Malley, auperllltendunt of Klilieiiea for OreKon nnd Southern ahlilUKton. A liii'Ku uuniher of iniiKiulnea and putter which liuve ucvuinuluted were donnted lo the Library nnd will be de livered at once. RAILWAY TO DRIVE GOLDEN E" CLACKAMAS RESS TO SOUTHERN PROO- BE MARKED BY CELEBRATION LIVE WIRES ARRANCE fINE PROGRAM Luncheon lo b 8rvd at Commtrclal Club Nix! Tuday and Big Strati Parado Will b Htld OBSTRUCTION Of TRACK ALLECED Defendant Company I Instructed to Show Caue Why Order Should Not be Allowed Declaring that tho Clnckumna Soutu t-in la nttomptliiK to lay rulln acroaa Ita truck to thu detriment of It bus Iiii'hh and the hazard of Ita iiutrona, tho Southern l'nclllo Company Tuea- day tiled suit for a temporary restrain ing order amilnat thu defendant. Cir cuit Juilgn Campbell ordered tho old (lain of tho Clucknmn Soiilhern Hull way Company to uppear In court Mon day morning and ahow cuuho why tho reHtriilnltiK order ahoiild not be allow rd. It la alleged that the defendant coin puny hu thr. atoned to tear up the truck of the Southern J'aclflc Company nt the propoacd cronnlng at Fifteenth and Center Street In order to luy It rnlla. Thla charge la atren noiiHly denied by the offlcera of the Clackamna Southern. Tho plnintllT compnny, which avera that It ha leased the rights of way through the city of the Oregon & Cal ifornia Itullway, allege further that the Clackamas Southern la obsttuct Ing the track of the Southern Pacific Company, and that Ita business Is In jured and Its patrons endangered as a result. It further alleges that the defendant has made no effort to ob tnln a crossing through the stato rail way commission which la necessary under Section 69(10, I-ord'a Oregon Ijtwa. The plaintiff asks for a verdict of $1,000 for allegea damage. Grant H. Dlmlck. aecretary of the Clarkama Southern, aald Tuesday that the company bad not damaged the Southern Pacific, that It had been given a franchise by tho city council to lay Ita rail and operate tralna In thla city and that part of the routo (Continued on paa 4) Oregon Senatora Absent. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Oregon wna almost without representation In Congress today. Neither Senutor llourno nor Chanibeilnln nor Hepre scntntlvo I law ley hua arrived in Wuuli-Itigton. Plans Homestead Change. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Senator Koran will Introduce bills amending the homestead law by reducing the cultivation required to one acre at tho end of the second year and throe acres (ho third year. FELS' PAID AGENT IIOSTON, Dec. 2. The Kels Fund CommlKslon wns In executive session here all day. iTt tho conclusion, Mr. Fels said that the campaign In Ore gon and Missouri would bo continued with redoubled efforts, but Mr. U'Ken would no longer be a Paid agent of the cointn salon. Dr. VV. O. Eggleston continues with tho commission aa bo- tore. The reason for the withdrawal of W. S. U'Hen, Mr. Fele said, waa his caniiiiiucy tor Governor of Oregon. The founder of the Fols fund said that an Air. U Ken and Dr. Eggleston had done In tho late campaign was indors ed by the comnilss on. lu one of th sessions of the meet ings of the commission, a communi cation waa read from Portland aingle taxers who were not pleased with the manner In which tho campaign was managed there. Among thoae signing the letter were Henry Mack. Horace Gregg and C. L. Ooldberg, ail of Port land. They aald the campaign, ln- atead of helping, bad Injured thecauaq and that aingle tax prlnclplea had been discredited. After replying to the criticisms, Mr. U'Ken told the conference that bo would make hi campaign for Govern or of Oregon on a straight single tax platform. luesduy, December 10, will bo known In Oregon a "Golden Spike Day" for tho Clackuma Southern Itullway, and plain were formulated after the regulur Live Wire luncheon Tueaduy for a celebration, In which all the resident of Oregon City and t lac kumaa County will be Invited to partlctpute. It wu announced at the l.lve Wire thai five carload of rail hud n r rived In Porlluud. and (hat th money wa III the Hunk of Oregon City to pay for them, and after brief talk by W. A. Shcwmuti, t). II. Dim- ck. O. D. KUy and .T. W. Sulllvun, a committee waa lumed to arrange a program In obacrvmire of the cere mony of driving the flrat splk on the line that will mean tho greatest step r taken toward binding Oregon 'It y with (ho surrounding country. The membership of this committee Is D. I.atourette, II. K. Cross, A. A. 'rice. W. A. Shew man, K. E. Ilrodle and M. J. Hrown. and (hey lout no line, but held a meeting early Tues day uflernoon, at which teututlv bin were made to hold a mounter elel. ration In Oregou City next Tuea duy. Tho Comuierclul Club will hold open house, curving luncheon during th4 day (o vlsUon In (he city. M. D. Lat ourette. T. W. Sullivan and II. T. I'a I a have been named aa a coni mlttee on program, and a big parado will be held, covering Main Street from (he South end of tbe city to Flf- eenih Street where the first aplke will be driven with elaborate cere mony. The Oregon City bund will be engaged and all the buslne house will be asked to close their doors from 1 to 4 o clock In the afternoon. The committee on cloning the stores Is compoiied bf A A. Price. L. Adams, ieorge Itauiion and V. Harris. The parade will start at 1 : .10 P. M and In the line of march will be delega tion pt prominent resident of Mount Angel, Molulln, Marqiiam, Sllvcrton, Liberal. Heaver Creek, Mullno and other point along the route of the Cluckumti Southern. Every effort will be made to bring a lin go crowd to Oregon City. Adver tising and soliciting committees have been appointed, and a definite pro gramme w ill be prepared and announ ced within a few day. The driving of the II rut spike In (he Clackamas Southern marks an era In the prog- resa of Clackamns County, as the road la strictly a "made In Clacka mas" product and will tap a rich country that Is now without adequate transportation facilities to bring Its timber1, lime and farm products to the markets. Lv - mi i wmm JUDGE BEATIE TO EXPLAIN RULING MONEV FOUND ON CORPSE AT' OSWEGO IS CAUSE OF CONTROVERSY ; STATE SEEKS TO HAVE IT ESCHEATED y-1 usEision maos oy bounty juaga Dim ick I Vacated by Succaasor On Claimant la Dead OREGON CITY'S NEW LIBRARY The Carnegie IJbrary so long talk ed of la soon to be dedicated to the iibllc. The roof la now on; the con tractor are busily engaged on tbe nterlor and with nothing to retard the work the Association' books should be housed in January. With more than 2000 volumes to open and !uu appropriated for new works to be delivered before the opening, the pa tron will have much to be proud of. ' With the elevator assured, the peo ple from the lower part of town and the outlying districts will soon bave a means of easy ascent to the new building. This building represents the work of about one year on tbe part of the Library's committee but no expense whatever to the city or the Association membership. The plana and specifications are Just completed for the furnishings and as everything on the building must be "Made In Oregon," the entire equipment will be an exhibit of home Industry. E. E. McClaren of Portland laarchl tect. The committee consists of J. E. Hedges, E. G. Caufield. Charles Caufield. Jo'in Loder, W. S. U'Ren, Mary It. U'Ren. Mrs. E. Carter. Miss Myrtle Buchanan, A. J. Lewthwalte and I). T. McBain. Frank C. Hesse, representing the state, has filed suit asking tiat Coun ty Judge iieatle appear before Cir cuit Judge Campbell and explain bis ruling in the estate of a man, alleged to be F. A. Williamson, whose body was found near Oswego September 13, 1908. The body was unrecogniz able and in one of the pocket of thu clothing was found $Ci0 in gold. It la declared by Hesse that the body waa never properly Identified and tha money ahould escheat to the state,. Proceedings to this effect were at once Instituted, but October 31, 1908, Effle B. Robinson, declaring that the dead man was her father, obtained letters of administration, alleging that aba waa the only surviving heir. She waa represented by J. H.' Hitch ing. Bernard t Haist November 25, luux. In a petition asked that the let (Contlnued on page 4) "GOLDEN SPIKE" PLANS ARRANGED CLACKAMAS SOUTHERN PARADE TO BE ONE OF BIGGEST EVER HELD IN CITY MAIN STREET WILL BE DECORATED k s . (.tret I Pageant to Move In Afternoon from Third to Fifteenth Exercise to be Held In Busch'a Hall Next Tuesday will bo a gala day In Oregon City. An elaborate program In connection with the driving of the "Golden Spike" of the Clackamas Southern Itullway, was arranged Wed nesduy evening by a committee, com posed of M. D. Lntuorette, 11. E. Cross, A. A. Price, W. A. Shewmun, E. E, Ilrodle nnd M. J. Hrown, representing ttie l.lve ires. The committee arranged with the Acme Decoratflig Compnny to deco rate Main Street with banners, rib bons, bunting, etc. The parade will start at 1:30 o'clock In the afternoon at Third nnd Main Streeta. Dr. A. L lleatle. grand marshal!, will lead, with the Oregon City Hand next In lino. The first automobile will be occupied by Grant. H. Dlmick, mayor, and secre tary of tho Clackamas Southern Rail way Company; 11, T. McHaln, prea- lilent of the Commercial Club and T. W. Sulllcan, main trunk line of the Live Wlrea. County Judge lleatie also will he asked to be a member of this automobile party. The sicond automobile will be occu pied by Waller A. Dlmlck, state sena tor; F. M. 0111. 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