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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. VKTDAY.MAY23. 1913 Oregon City Enterprise Publlthad Evsry Friday. E. E. BRODIE, Editor snd Publlshsr. Entered t Oregon City. Or.. Port office as second-class matter. Subacrlption Rates: On Tear ! Six Months H Trial BubscrlpUon, Two Months .z Subscribers will find the date of ex piration 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. THE PURPOSE At a recent Investl OF THE LAW gatlon of city Jail tnothods In the fair city of Tacoma the police station matron expressed It as her opinion that " ths law waa " made to punish folks, and I dont be lieve In giving prisoners pillows and sheets." This matron, an excellent woman according to her lights, had the ancient Interpretation of ths law deeply Impressed upon her mind. Oregon City la fortunate In having some officials who differ quite radical ly with this matron of the old school. While they know that the law is de signed to punish evil-doers, they also appreciate that it Is designed to pro tect those who are trying to lead honest lives. Owing to this fact a man is today working in Clackamas county, and so doing his best to sup port his wife and child, who other wise might be lying Wle in Jail and indirectly forcing his wife to become a county charge. Because of certain features of the case more than usual credit is reflected upon the Oregon Citv and Clackamaa county officials who had the courage of their convic tions, and who made it possible for this man to step from behind the bars and Into a place that he is hew ing for himself in the social struc ture. The man once was convicted of wrong-doing, and was sent to prison. There by good behavior he earned a oarole. While in prison he learned trade, and upon his release he went to work at his trade. For reasons which must have seemed good and sufficient to the man he did not join a certain labor organization, and ac cording to his statement, the labor organization thereupon set Itself to work to make life unpleasant for him. In time he left his former abode left It 30 days before his parole period was complete. And in tlm- he came, to this county with his wife and child, and after paying down a sum of money upon his home, started in to earn his living, support his fam ily and pay the balance upon his lit tle place. Technically this man had broken his parole, yet he may have bad extenuating reasons for thus breaking faith with those who gave him his second chance in life. Be that as it may, he subsequently got into a quarrel not of bis seeking. and In defending his life against heavy odds, and what he believed to be desperate attack, used a deadly weapon. Inflicting a flesh wound up on another man concerned in th9 same fight The man was arrested, and at his preliminary hearing vas recognized as a breaker of his parole elsewhere. Friends stood ready to furnish a heavy cash bail for his ap pearance to answer trial for the use of a deadly weapon, but the man, knowing that his' past had been dis covered, refused to accept this bail, and gave himself up to the custody of the sheriff. News of his where abouts was sent to the prison from which he had broken parole, and ths authorities of that institution took steps to secure his return. Acording to the old Idea of the law, this man should have been sent back to prison, there to nerve out an extended term for breaking his par ole. His later good behavior. Ms ef forts to redeem himself, his life as a good citizen would have gone for naught The brand of the convict was upon him, and therefore he was damned. This man had friends, however, who did not have the old punitive idea of the law. They believed that this man was honestly trying to lead a new life, and that his second trouble was not of his own seeding. They rallied to his defense and aid, and by presenting a new legal angle MANY CHILDREN Have money on deposit in their own name in this bank. In a few years they will be old enough to know the value of money and appreciate a bank account. The parents realize this and are giving their children an early start on the road to wealth. Do your children have a bank account? Would it not be a step in the right direction to encourage the boy or girl to save. You may start them out with one dollar at this bank. The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY of the case brought him once again before local authorities. Ball money for the man's second offense was do noslted In court and County Judge Nestle, Sheriff Mass and Deputy DIs trie Attorney Stlpp were asked to do clde whether or not. In view of all the circumstances, this man should he returned to prison. Thess three offlclals of the law, in their several capacities, decided that in this case the man had done no Intentional and criminal wrong, that he had mads ev ery honest endeavor to live down the past and start life anew, and that it was the duty of the law to protect him, and not to persecute him. And as a result legal ways were found to brlug about his discharge from the peril of return to prison for further punishment ' The man. thus freed of an over hanging dread which must have warned his life, will now return to his work; and later will stand trial for his part in the second offense un prejudiced before his Judge. Oppor tunity presented Itself to temper Jus tice with mercy, and the legal offi cers of this county believed they were doing best to so Interpret the matter. That they have done th9 right thing there Is no doubt, that they have helped this man is certain and it seems probable that tlr ac tion will do more to makt this mac a belter citizen tnan would me oia style Mosaic law, which with Its "eye for an eye and tooth, for a tooth'' would have sent this man back to prison regardless of his efforts to re form. VALIANT THREE Less than a week SHOW DIVISION after the filing of their report on the matter of charges filed against the county court Messrs. M. J. Brown, R. Schue- bel and S. U Casto seem to have lost that tie of brotherhood that bound them so closely together in the com mon cause of "frame-up" and dis gruntled spleen. Particularly is Mr. Brown getting tired of the voluminous rampage against county officials, and already Is he showing signs of "craw fishing." The other day in conversation with H. L. Hull, commander, of Meade Post, G. A. R. a conversation In which Sheriff E. T. Mass also took a part this same Brown expressed his real opinions of the agitation so care fully fostered against Judge Beatie and the county commissioners. "I wish I hadn t gone into the blame thing," said Brown. "But now that I am in it, I suppose I've got to stick." And with these sentiments Brown is sticking. It must be pleasant to be a psuedo-reformer, and be forced to half-heartedly plug along at the bidding of some guilding hand. The cat that was forced to drag chest nuts out of the fire for the monkey doubtless wished it "hadn't gone in to the blame thing,"' too; but a stronger force kept it busy at its un pleasant task. Thus squirming unpleasantly In the grip of some stronger power, Brown Is doing his level best to exhibit an enthusiasm In the "frame-up," and la making a mighty poor job of it. His heart isn t in it, and he is beginning to see the rank injustice of the thing. So, when he Is forced to publish the report of the "committee of three," he breaks into It to expose its weak nesses and fallacies In the following words: "In fairness to all, the Courier wishes to interrupt the report at this point to say that since the report was made several taxpayers have reported to this office that Mr. Lazelle's dis trict had received practically all of its one-third of the tax; that be has no just cause for complaint as to the rest of- the money, and that the bal ance Is being held up because the tax payers of the other parts of the dis trict want it held up. The committee had not time to investigate this mat ter and many other like complaints, further than the official records bore them out Editor." "The committee had not time to investigate this matter and many oth er like complaints." What an admis sion! The committee of three bad not time to Investigate "many other like complaints." Of course, they had no time, those who participate In a "frame-up" seldom have time for anything else. But the report sub mitted to the Live Wires by Messrs. Kby and Loder shows that the com mute had time to Investigate some complaints that It found groundless and finding; Ihetn groundless, the val lant trio selected to head the "frame ud" had not even the manhood and courage to say that some of the com plaints were groundlpes. It Is too bad tor the sake of the "frame-un" that Brown wished he "hadnt gone Into the blamo thing,' and then let this wish Inadvertantly force him to make the admission "the committee had not time to In vestlgnte this matter and many other like complaints.'' BEAUTIFY Spoaklng at tho "neigh YOUR CITY borly call" meeting of the Oregon City and Molalla Com merclul clubs, O. K. Freytax urged members of the new organttatlon to devyte some of their energy, among other things, to making their town look attractive, so that visitors woukl be favorably Impressed with first view of the community. No reflec tion upon Molalla was carried In this advice. It was the simple statement of an axiom In city-building that Is too little recognized. The West has been so busy grow Ing and developing that In Its rush of achievement many of the minor things have been overlooked. But It Is one of the hopeful and promising signs of this great reach of country between the Rockies and the Pacific, that whenever a community once be comes firmly established It turns Its attention to beautifying Itself. How ever, while it Is "better late than never," the time to start being beau tiful is when the community starts growing. Portland Is having periodi cal excitements over the "city beauti ful plan" these days, when It Is not wrestling with politics, and Is resi ding that It made the mistake of not having these same spasms years ago. Any perron who contrasts, for la- stance, the narrow streets of Port land with the broad highways of North Yakima, must at once confess that the smaller Washington citr makes the better Impression. North Yakima was planned and laid out by the Northern Pacific railroad in a moment of peevishness against Yak ima City, and right at the start It was given 100-foot streets and park ing strips. For years North Yakima looked weird and vacant as a conse quence, for wide streets and parking strips do not harmonize with one and two-story shacks. But now that North Yakima has become a city of size, with business blocks ranging up to seven stories In height, the wis dom of its founders Is seen. Portland, on the other hand, has passed the stage where she can add to her beauty by any means less than the tearing down and destruction of hundreds of her edifices. She Is crowded for room, for light and for space. Her "city beautiful" pro- poganda has become a farce, largely because It calls for the arltrary cut ting away of whole blocks of her built-up territory. It Is true that Portland can still Improve in the out skirts, and Is doing this, but the main part of the city must remain like many other American cities crowd ed and ugly. Thus it is that the advice to Mo lallans by Mr. Freytag was excellent. It Is good advice for any community that expects development. It Is good advice for Oregon City. The appear ance of a town has discouraged manv a new-comer from the East from lo cating in a certain section, for no body wants to live in a city that one is ashamed to boast about. Laying out wide streets, providing for park ing strips and trees, assuring plen'y of room even In the business section, may all seem like a waste of prop erty when a city is In the embryonic stage; but with later growth it will be found of value. So will the plant ing of lawns, the keeping of grounds about houses In good order, and the plantin:; of decorative shrubbery In the place or picket fences. Many a town has gained its real growth an i succesa solely through its aesthetic appeal; and no town can ever fin.l Its development a matter of such pressing need that It cannot tako time to provide for the beauty, health and general appearance of It self in the future. MORE LIGHT The Molalla Pioneer BEING SHED of which O. J. Taylor Is editor, doesn't appear to think very highly of tha abortive recall agita tion that is being desperately foster ed by some row people wno nave axes to grind. The last Issue of The Pioneer says: "The petition for the recall elec tion which Is being circulated In this county has not met with a very warm reception in this section. There is a general belief that there has been nothing brought forth in facts which would warrant the expense of j an election at this time." I Aside from this editorial comment, The Pioneer, In its news columns, sheds some more light upon one of I the phases of discontent and spleen voiced recently In the county seat, j In an article referring to timber as j one of the chief assets of the Mo ! lalla district, The Pioneer says: j "One great resource of this sec : tion Is the timber, which must soon be logged off and manufactured Into j lumber to build a good sized city I here, Is but little advertised. Archie j Young, one of the county cruisers has just made a report of Jhe amount of j timber standing in Sec. 18, Tp. 6 8., R. 3 E., and finds that there Is 113- 000,000 on it. This with much more i Is but a short distance from Molalla and will eventually come this way. It can go no other. "This property belongs to E. C. Collins and was assessed last year at a valuation of $9,600. With a valua tion of fifty cents per thousand this will bring the assessment to 156.500 and the additional two dollars per acre will make the total assessment t.'7 TSrt If thi lew Is figured nt twenty mills this will make an nl dttlonal lax from this section of $;;I6.60. As the cost of rrulaing this iniirtv waa IM.10 It looks like a very good Investment for the county.' The Pioneer Is a roprosentutlvs pa per lu lis territory, and usually re flects the opinions and feeling of th-d cltliens. Annarently thr Is no wild enthusiasm,' then, In that dls trlct, for the "spite recall movement' AUTO CLUB FOLK GIVEN COURTESY Through the co-operation of Chief of Police Shaw, members of the Clackamaa County Automobile club have been placed on an equal footing with members of the Portland Auto mobile club In Multnomah county; and henceforth, should any of them he arrested for speeding or other violations of the law, they will not have to go to the police station and furnish ball, but will be released at once upon the surrvnder of their club membership card. When It was first determined to Is sue cards to members of the local club. Chief Shaw was asked It he thought it would be possible to ar range for the use of cards In plnce o fball money, In rase of arrest. I ne chief said he would gladly make such arrangements in his own Juris diction and volunteered to take the matter up with the Portland authori ties. He was asked to do this, and at once wrote to Captain Enoch A. Slover. acting chief of the Portland department Capt Slover s answer follows: May 16. 1913. "E. L. Shaw, Chief of Police, "Oregon City, Oregon. "Dear Sir: We are In receipt of your communication of the IMa Inst, relative to the Issuing of cards to the members of the Clackamas County Automobile club, and in reply will say that It will be satisfactory to me if they will Issue a slmllinr card to the Portland Automobile club, with the understanding that the club will assume responsibility for Its mem bers when cards are taken up as as surance of their appearance in court after arrest for some violation of our laws. "Yours very truly. "E. A. SI.OVKK, "Acting Chief of Police." DEBATE AT HIGH The sophomore class at the high school carried off the honors Friday night In their annual delate with the Juniors, winning the decision by a very dose margin. Th subject was, "Resolved, that the Phlllplnes should be an Independent nation." The win ning team defended the affirmative side of the question, and was com posed of Ted Miller, K-a Iy, Alvln Wiedi'slek. tabertta Sfhulxl and Alene Philips. The Junior tenm, composed of Joe Hedges. Wend dl Smith, Albert Schoth, Kent Wilson and Kll.ert Char man, put up a strong battle for the negative, but failed by Just a few points to gain the ducelslon of the Judges, who were O. D. Kby and the Itev. f)rs. I-nudtiliorough and Edwurds. For the Juniors Joe Hedges did par ticularly well; while on tin affirma tive side there was such general ex cellence that sp.-clal mention can hardly be made of any one contest ant. The winning team receives flv? dollars in void as a prize, and the school championship; while the los ers will have a consolation prize of two and a half dollars. The auditorium was wll filled by parents and friends of the debaters, and class enthusiasm was at a high pitch. Between the arguments and while th judges were reaching their decision, pleasing music was furnish ed by a number of the girl Btudents. The Judges awarded their decision mainly upon the excellence of de livery on the part of the sophomores, and upon the luck of adequate rebutal by the juniors. Aside from these points both t-ains were practically eveuly matched. CHURCH TO DEBATE ALIEN LAND LAWS Members of the Congregational Brotherhood will meet in open ses sion at the church next Tuesday even ing. May 20, to debate the ques tion: "Resolved, that aliens should be permitted to own agricultural lands In Oregon." While not purposely de signed to bring about a discussion of the California sitaution and tho Jap anese question, k Is practically cer tain tbat this phase, and only this phase, of the subject will be discuss ed. The debate will follow a banqu for members, and will be open to the general public. As previously announced the affirm atlve will be supported by Messrs. Dye, Edwards and Carter. Tho ncga live claims will be set forth by Gil bert Hedges, City Engineer C. S. Noble, and O. E. Freytag, manager of tlie publicity department of the Com merclal club. Following the debate the platform will be offered any In the audience who desire to express opinions upon the subject Considerable interest In the debate has been aroused, and the promin ence and public postlons of the sun porters of the negative side of the question will doubtless stimulate this interest still further. There is a g-neral Impression that the honors will be carried off by the negative side, and it Is possible that an effort may be made to put the Brotherhood on record 0n the question. MRS. ROCKWELL 18 88 ELIZABETH, N. J. May 20. Th Rev. Dr. Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell, who Is pastor of All Souls I'niUrian church in this city, quietly observed her elghty-elgth brthday an niversary today. Mrs. Blackwell is believed to be the oldest living advo cate of equal suffrage In America. She was one of the speakers ot the first woman's rights convention In Worcester, Mass., In 1849. OREGON COAXES EDUCATORS WEST I NIVKRS1TY OK OKKllON. Kl' IIKNB, May 18. The procurement of Dr. F. II. Hayward, Inspector of pub lie schools of tan-Ion, and Doctor P, P. flatton. I'liltod Slates rominls sloner of iKluraltoti, as lecturers at the oduiatUiiiHl conference whlcu I to be one of the features of the com lug session or summer school at tin I'nlveinlty of Oregon, has Insured the making of the week boKlimlnjc July 21. a notable one In the educational history of tho stale. An unusually distinguished faculty has been procured for thi summer school. Mnnv Eastern educators of national reputation enjoy visiting th Wit for the summer. It Is due to this lur of the Oregon country that So many noted men have been pro cured. A recent "popularity election" held by the senior class at Princeton Uni versity declared that Stockton Axson. nrofossor of literature, was regarded by the students as the most Hiulnr member of the faculty of that Itistl tutlon. Prof Axson. who Is a brother-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson will give courses In lltir'ature through out the summer session at Eugene. COLLEGE PROPHET Five frosts were forecast In April by weather prophet W. L. lowers of the Oregon Agricultural College. He made his determinations at 8 o'clock the night previous each time, and sev eral growers In the locality took pre cautions to start smudges. In unpro tected orvhnrda some delicate fruit was Injured. The total rainfall or the mouth was 2.76 In., which was .09 In. below nor mal. That brings the total deficiency since Jan. 1, to 6.SS In. Italn foil on 15 days, the greatest amount being .65 in. April 5. The mean rulutlv humidity was so per cent. The mean temperature was 49 de grees, which was 1.1 degrees below normal. The highest. 76 degrees, was on April 17, the lowest 28 degrees on April 2S. This temperature prevail ed for about 5 hours. The minimum on frosty nights averaged 9 decree below the dew point of the previous evening. The avuragi dew point at 6 p. in. throughout the month was 6 degrees above tho average niiulmuin temperature for tho month. Thus these figures agree with those of last year, and It may bo expected that on clear nights th minimum tempera ture will be 8 degrees or 9 degrees be low -the dew point of the previous evening when other conditions are fa vorable to frost. FRUIT INSPECTOR LOOKS OVER TREES O. E. Freytag. county fruit Inspect or, will go to Wllsonvllls and Wallace on May 23 to look over orchards In that vicinity, and to talk with ranch ers and fruit growers alKiut their trees. The following day h will spend In the Sunnysldn district, where asidu from general Inspection he will give fruit growers a talk up on methods of combuttiug the coddl ing moth. Any other community that desires the services of the county fruit in spector, or any ranchers who want his help In the matter of denning out pests, are requested to communl clte with him. Mr. Freytag snys th.it tho orchard of the county are, In the main. In ex cellent condition. With but few ex ceptions any parasites that afflict the trees can be easily be taken care of. "The main trouble has been with scale,- say Mr. Freytag, In speaking of his work. "A number of ranchers have come to mo and told me that they have killed their trees by spray ing. This in part Is true, though It was not the spray that hurt the trees. In acute cases of scale the use of spray has simply killed the scale, and part of the animals has been left Imbedded In the tree. Being un able to absorb animal mutter when It has decomposed following death, the tren has naturally been 'poisoned,' and has died. Of course. It Is the fault of the rancher to allow his trees to get in such condition. The only thing to do In case of ceute scale Is to cut the tree down and burn It." STATELY AT NIGHT Monday evening the new library was op?n for the first time after darkness, and with (he brilliant lights within presented a beautiful and Im pressive picture. The two brilliant clusters of lamp at the portico, as seen among tho heavy foliage of th surrounding trees, added to the stale llness of the building, and many peo ple paused to admlr-a the architect ural beauty of the structure a It was set off by the Illumination. With Us setting in the park, surrounded on all sides by the tender foliage of th) season, the leaves shimmering In the reflected light from the windows, the building so'imed like a structure from fairyland. Though not formally opened, the new library Is being used for circula tion purposes from now on. Hooks were transferred on Sunday and Mon day morning, so that there should be as little interruption of ths service as possible, and attendants are now busy arranging the equipment so that when everything I ready the new structure may be put to full use. Tb9 date for the formal opening will be set shortly, and after that all branches of the library will be main tained In the handsome buildlna- In the park block. NEW HAVEN, Con Uck of In terest In fraternity matters marked Tap Day" at Yale Thursday, and the annual election of candidates for the various secret societies was the quietest In years. Comparative Digestibility of Food Made with dilierent Baking Powders From a Series of Elaborate Chemical Tesh: An equal quantity of bread (biscuit) was made with each of three different kinds of baking powder cream of tartar, phosphate, and alum and submitted separately to tho action of tho digestive fluid, each for tho some length of time. Tho relative percentage of tho food digested is shown as follows: Dread made with Royal Cream of Tartar Powder l 100 Per Cent Digested Bread made with phosphate powder t 684 Per Cent Digested Bread made with alum powder l 167. PtrCent. Digested These tests, which are absolutely reliable and unprejudiced, moko plain a fact of great importance to everyone : Food raised with Royal, a cream of tartar Baking Powder, 1s shown to bo entirely diges tible, while the alum and phosphate powders are found to largely retard tho digestion of tho food made from them. Undigested food b not only wasted food, but it is the source of very many bodily ailments. TWO LETTERS The Kulerpriae prrsnuts tho following letters to Its readers vICM comment: Oregon City. May l. Editor, Tho Enterprise: In a recent Usun of The Euterprlse I read the following a part o( u editorial: The other day In conversation with II. U Hull, command, r of Mondo I'ost, (I. A. It. a conversation In which Hherirf E T. M m also took a part this same drown iprrsed his real opinion of the agitation so carefully fontcred sunlit! Judge Meatlo and the county commissioners: "I wish I hudnt gone Into the lilnmt thing," suld Ilrown. Hut now that I am In It, 1 suppuso I've got to slick." Iteplylng to this, would state that I personally wont to Commander H. U Hull, and ho denied ever having inudo the statement to your paper. M anyone who cares to further Investigate mny ask Sheriff Mtis. Ilezardlns the ma't-r of tha road fund held up, If you will n ad tti lomtnltjtoe's report to the mass mooting you will nolo It slates that found Mr. Iju-dle's complaint tnio "Insofar a the nimvy Is conn rnei" To definitely determine whether or not the money 'wn held up becauw thf majority of thi taxpayers wanted It held up would havo ncceltn! J c vasaihg every voter In the district. M. J. HHOWN, Oregon. City. Ore., May 20, 1911, Editor, Tho Enterprise: In reply to your question as to whether or not I ver denied to om M. J Drown the substance of a conversation I had with hltn, and which was published In your paper, I wish to formally state herein that I nrr denied suld conversation to Mr. Ilrown. nor did I deny to him that I M repeated the conversation referred to Is oneeflmocJo.Nfr. . . . T-..TIITIIT repeutcd the conversation before a representative of your paper. Tho conversation referred to Is ono In which Ilrown xpressed rejrt at having entered the factional fight analnst tho county court, and which was the subject of editorial comment In your paper. I have not d'oN this matter to Ilrown, nor have I told him I would deny It If asked about It Kespoctfully yours. - ii. u m ix. KERR 18 PAROLED C. 0. Kerr, who was Indicated by the grand Jury upon the charge of ob taining money and property under false pretence, nppeard In circuit court Saturday and entered a plea of guilty. Judge Campliell sentenced the man to two years In Jail, and then paroled tho prisoner with the under standing that he was to report to tho sheriff twice a month and was to ab stain from the us? of Intoxicating liquors. Kerr, who Is a young man, but recently married, was entsngled In a peculiar land deal In the Molulla district. Careful of Your Property One of the secrets of our success N in the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co. Phones, Office 50, Residence 1562 612 Main totd Offlcs Both Pbosss it RMld.so Psoas Mala W Pioneer Transfer Co. Established 1161 Bucmsot to C. N. Oresoaus FURNITURE, SAFES AJID PIANOS MOVED JIY EXPERIENCED HELP. PROMPT AJKD REUABLS SERVICE. SAND, GRAVEL AND BRICK Rates Reasosabis, Baggacs Btorsi I Days fres of Chan Agency for the otltbnted MT. HOOD BEER C. LATOTOSTTl, Prswldsot. . Ttc First National Bank of Oregon City, Oregon CAPITAL, IWW00.00. Transacts a Qsnsrsl linking tuslnssa. 1 RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS CINCINNATI, O., Muy 20 -Ths Si. t Inn a I assocltlon or Hallway Mill Clerk, one of to oldest and moit In fluential of organized labor lKdle. hewn Its annual convention in CI clnnatl today. Ths convention Iitst until th end of the week. Tlrt annual report show gratifying in membership and finance durtni the past year. A lively contest If for the ofTlco of national secretary l succession to George A. Wood. Portsmuth. N. II., who Is a canJIditi for re-election. p. J. MUTER. 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