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ggsq OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE.! CLACKAMAS COUNTY FAIR, CANBY, ORE, SEPT. 24, 25, 28, 27. eiVINTH YEAR-No. 25. MILLSBURG, ORE., OltEGON CITY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNK 20, 1913. ESTABLISHED 1S66 ATTEMPT MM TO BURN OREGON WOOLEN MILLS ...... ., ... lu h.ve been n it n !,, Cliy Woolen mill nrnlng tbr MnPt """ wf J,,,,n ,)"'fc,," Vhm n on 'h. river .Ma of th. V . . .... . h,. oncned flr upon r . .rv. after th" marauder Z nrrt fiil I'"'" Kntlin Liir r fi-r il"' Interchange nf SSTwM . k.HM,M soaked Tby"h. l...-.M..Ii1.ry In hi. flight. 'ftllo.lM H' rp.Hit wK-l.ll.lle L John Dlekcti. proprietor of the Wm-IMii. hotel. Im. l.0 acting . . of ibFM. and -rly Wodue.l.y onilnt fuiiiid man loitering about ,h, rrlln door of Ihe woolen BlIlL lUrkena rail"! lo the maraud r 10 account f hlmaelf, ""d ib nao 111 ffplv fir-(l .hot at Mm (n, t revolver which be c.rrled. ita IhM dh. il down . lwp rock tint to (ho river. Ilkcn drew hi. t,tolr to return tint fir, hut out of lour li" liiul In chambers, kt lo riplodrd when the hammer grarlt them. tap. d In Boit Allrmi'llnit to fire .t the fleoliw ta. and pursuing hlui. UU krli. My k kard Ike roan scramble Into hmi and mw rapidly out lino th HMD. IMrkrli.' Iu( ilot B 'lit tat I:t Hi" ln'Mt. but apparently fnt illil. Nolne of the .hooting at irK'i-d anni.l KimnU .ml the ulg'it kt'krmrn. and they lu turn .uuiiinn r4 Kkxrtrf K. T. M. d Chief of hillra fcd. Hliaw. The officer, m.do I tborouth Invr.tlKHilnn of thn rrnt ( th ihnuiiiiK. found n aslllir bullri iDiiu'diti-d 111 a fr.'lKlit cur .iu 1 lit on i he mill iidiiiK, and a roll of trrwn xuikril .i..r lytliK br.ld tbi path k'adlmt to thn rlvtr. ThoUKh ttddljr rnwxiiK'.'lom'd vrl tlnii'. arta the day, IMrki-n. K to tue an itnrr f Ilif nfl.lr, At Ike pilir .tutkui, htr Ida roll tl wni waa Inkcn, InvratlKOllon of lk Inland tori h . tii.dn Wrnliir.- 4it il'jriiocii. It tli-d .ccurnlv tuk kmr lln, and ronaltl of a nil of bulrW tuprr, In wblrh meat Ud iwniij' twn ki'pt. nrli.lii topr of riiiiidnjr Orr.onlun and Sundtjr Journal of Jiiim 8th. Mllb iMprri bad brvn torn Into nar mi Mrlpa, and tlK-n bound tocolhrr It the form nf a faxnot. Thn liartvl n tkurnuKhly ajiluralt'd with kr mt. Oarhnata Aid. Plot, Dlrkroa' dracrlpllon of th Incendl irj la nMKm, but thl. I. .rrount-Ml lor br the fart that It waa .till dark htn ib nan waa a-rn, owlun to th may fih,.r. Tho bullet found Ira Mdrd In tb frclitlit rani wa. of 38 rtllbrt, and had been fired from a rteap rmlvpr. thi-re Iwlnx no rifling upon It The Oregon Woolno Ilia mpojf a large foroe of women mi glrla. ami cri the .ubpect of at lorkal allac k ,jr .K-iallat .peaker ko h.-hj turvi meeting. In the cl'.y Hondmjr rttKht. A paculiar thlim about the evident Itmipt at InriMKllarlKin I. that tho mara'Hl.r pli-kcd ti, nio.t dlfflrult P' Iron the river to the plaon kfra he waa flr.t and that bad attempted to art flro to the plant the point wIuto he exchange ta with th watchman, probably m damae would have been done, aa lnd wna from the .outhweat at time, and thn nr nnM h.ve hH ork aKalimt the btt-eio. The .c of th. plant .elected for the lit. opt la of wooden ron.lructlon. but ' main mill, am of .tone and heavy nonry. A dmilla guard of dnputle. 'Ill watch ill no ...in. i.. ...... i. . " ...ilia miu lliuunlll WU tonlttht. Lolteraro Art Seen. noorily af.,r nilitniuhi i.,inn,luu niornln. nltsht patrolmen .urprlnod rroilD nf miu. ,. .. a u... it. ... ' tun nuiuiivi ii 1 '"ic trarka ncur the .w.inn miu. Iiu' they fl,Hl m ,v. ....u .i.- ZiT A"1'1" fr"ln h. "0 !" Mn ,b,'" ",,,,n ln I" city alnce Mondar nlKht. 'oo Woodbine botut. of which Dick "I. Proprietor, wa. made the head iri'ri by Portland aoclallat. dtir- miniii . f'"y ln 1,1 clt' Inl wek' J"dltely following the rioting In M Pap-r mm. u-k .u. 1..!. omn" ,,,,r"- '"a Portland a at the hou.e, and there ore the member, of hi. party. 'B h i inn,, i. i torpixlm-i were placed uiin the In Inrurbnn trnck, and were tploded by Hi night frelaht train. Member, of the train crew .ay they had no knowl edge of the. torpedoe. until they were a'.cli.rge4l. The report., .oiimllng like .hot. la the early dawn, .cut the officer, hur mug back to the mill ndKhborhoud believing that further .h'wtlng had taken place. Klndlng all quiet, they made a tour of the river bank, but round nothing, it ha. a I tic been our ml.ed that Iheae torpedoea may have been placed on the track to ronfuee lb officer, .mnmoiied by the f trait In terchange of .hot., mi that the In cemllary could have a better field fur eacape. A.ide from the lurch dropped by the Incendiary, a bunch of akelcton key. wi. alM found, and It I. believ ed thai the marauder Intended to utllU Ihe.e In effecting entrance in lo the mill .heda Once Inalile, It I. believed he Intended to bury hi. torc'i In raw wool, eel fire to one end of It, and then flee. Thla would give op portunity for e.c.pe before the flame, gained diffident headway to break out through the roof; and would alo have given the flro a good Hart be fore It. dl.covery. SOCIALISTS FREE, SPEAK AT NIGHT PORTLAND AGITATORS ARREST EO LAST WEEK ARE NOT PROSECUTED BURNS PROMISES MORE EXCITEMENT Big Crowd Attend. Brief Hoerlng, and Later Llaton. to Soap Boa Harr.ngu. by Out . aide Malcontent. Thorn. a Hum. and J. 1). RanaHy, eoclall.t leader, of Portland, and John Culver and Albert Julea, mem ber, of their party, who were .treat ed Wedneaday night of laat week hero when Hum. t tempted to bold a tritet meeting, appeared before City Uocord;T l.lvy Hlliip for trial todav, and were immediately dl.ml.aed bv reoueat of City Attorney William Stone. The proceeding, were exceed tnalv brief, and John J. Jeffrey, Port land attorney, who had accompanied the eoclall.t. prepared to fight their caae for them, did not get chance to gut In even word. The four men and their attorney. appeared promptly at three In the af ternoon. The courtroom wa. crowu- ed to the door, and they had aome difficulty In milking their way to the front. Immediately upon tneir tip pearenco City Attorney 8tone roue and .aid thnt the city dealred to withdraw the charge, against the de fendant., and a.ked that the cane be dl.iiilK.ed. Recorder BtlPP then form ally dl.ml.aed the action, and left the bench. Kor minute the crowd waited, not realising what bad occur red. and then everybody left the cou-t room. On the atreet Hum., who wa. the renier of attention, pauaed to chut with friend., holding a copy of we novel "Hypatia" In hi. hand., ana turning the page. a. If he wa. re- eelvlna Inaulrutlon from the book. Hpeclal police and deputies loitered near, while other officer, followed t!ie re.t of the party back and forth along the triHt. There wa. no dl.turb ance of any kind, and after watching the eoclall.t visitor., wbo probably numbered ten, the officer, went on their regular bent. In about half an hour. In the evening the wclallHt. held .treat meeting., both men and wom en .peaking. At theae meetlmt. they .old literature, but tnere wu no disorder, though a large crowd congregated to listen to what the speaker, had to .ay. Throughout the evening large force of deputies kept NEW CITY'S NAME wbbt BIDE FOLK PICK TITLE FOR MUNICIPALITY TO BE INCORPORATED BOUNDARIES ALSO TO BE EXTENDED lay nle;ll,u",'.l!"x... ."""We Mon- ,. Wth the crowd.. "The naner. .i" PR"i.. a Among the speaker, of the evening Vr. "tk ro'l,nll'le for the rioting That I. . ii. m flnil. ,. ' "ere was uu Z "'"""ver there waa. you in believe ihn. i ' fre reapon.lbie for It, and only "0 are . . .u. alien .ni " ,u oraauwe inu liheth" . .u om"n 1,1 th mllla here ... ' 1 ."" ' want to be organised or 'i. anl v.... k . . ... f ii. . ' . ' ,u,,en i nearo toe la.i I, ,hLPT0,le " olgnlflcance In mpt n the woolen mill.. , !nM ,lur''lh-d Plott.r.T V.Seuhr! foy by police Wei . i d""",l' of the .herlffs leada to thn hll..r ik.t mr. W In in n rnay have bw" concern fcin, l"e Hempt upon the woolen Mir k twen,jr nl'. artor I rn ,h"tlng, It wa learned, two ttCl'RSlON AND PICNIC ParJ ,n l9,l. Estacada rH'- .m'lnK- At!iletlc Bports, 0hi 25 c'nt to dance. of at , KnKht. and Ladle or Rnrlty. Th. m.i.n- i. . -me. nd have Tim a Prevail'. lh coffee." The be.t of order Jeff will make wa. Thorns. Hum., the Portland so cialist leader, who was arrested last Wedneaday night. Hum. assumed full blame for the disturbance In tho nUII. Tuesday of last week, and de clared that he and Ransloy had start ed the agitation. "And we're not done yet,' he con tinued. 'The men In the mill. M be org.nUed whether they want 'o be or not, and there will me more dolnga' In tbl. town before we are through." In the courae of the afternoon, while patrollng the .treet. on .pecla! duty and keeping the crowd, moving, Policeman I.ee French lost or "iad stolon from him a valuable Red Men s emblem, mounted upon gold stone. Kronen says he will appreciate It If the finder will leave It at the Enter prise office. CHILDREN TO SEE CANAL NEW ORLEANS. Ijl. June 14. With 1200 school children aboard, the steamship Atena. backed Into the river thl. morning and began her trip to Colon amidst the greatest demon stration of flag waving and cheering that has been seen In many dav. Thousands of achool children who could not make the trip gathered .long the hsrhor front to bid tholr fortunate little friend, bon voyaw. The children will spend a week In the Canal Zone and will be given every opportunity to see the chief featuroe of the canal across the Isthmu.. T.mpor.ry Officer. S.loctsd to Handl. Details of Preliminary Work Until first Elec tion I. H.ld It I. going to be "Mlllshurg." Th.l wa. settled Wednesday nlgM at a meeting of citizen, of Willamette llelitht., West Oregon City, Holton and other we.t shore communities, that are aoon lo Incorporate Into the new el'y of Mlllaburg. The choice of name wa madn by vote, Wednesday being the time filed for consider! it suggeated titles and awarding the ! prU.e to the iicce.sful sponsor. J. Nichols, secretary of the We.t Hide Improvement league .uggestod Mlllo burg, and woo the five dollars. Name, were suggested In great numbers. Home of Die title, came from Portland, many from Oregon City, and .till other, from nearby Communities. Karh name wa. con sidered .earately, and voted upon. A. a mattfh of fact the meeting votd all the name, down and then went back and recon.ldered Its action, and sheeted Mlllaburg as the winner. Among the titles for the new city suggested were the following: Helvlderc, Hlrmiiighnm, Dale, Kails- view, tlrwood, Klrland, Kir Cliy, liar riman, Hood view, Hllrvlew, Hillmount, Mill Kalis. Mlllbrook, Le Mcllab, City. Mcllalnvlllo. Moonlight. Mills- boro. Mlllshurg, Oregon View, Onk' wood, Parkfnlla, Richmond. Rosedalo. Itoaemere, Hose City, Hoaeellfr, Bun- set Cltv, Kunnyalde, Htrahorn, Twi light. Westlynn. Willamette Link., Wiloreton and Woodrow. After the matter of name .election had been di.m.ed of. It wa. deter mined to have Don E. Meldrum sur vey and pint the proposed Incorpora tor A temporary clerk for the or ganization having the Incorporation In charge was elected In the person of J. Nichols: and M. Mlchels wa. named temporary treasurer. It was also voted to change the proposed limits somewhat, first to m elude Magones Park, and secondly to extend the eastern limit, from the meander line of the Willamette rvlur to the middle of the stream. If tbl. latter change I. adopted aa legal, It will bring the border, of Mlllshurg right up to the western limit, of Ore gon City. corailSs ASSISTANCE HERE Following his return to Salem Thursday morning, after hi. visit here to review local condition, grow ing out of the Invasion by Portland agitator., (eovernr West prepared and gave out a statement to set at rest re ports that he was meditating state Interference In the Oregon City tangle. The general opinion ex pressed by those that have read thd governor's statement I. thnt he ha. no sympathy at all with the effort of outsiders to come here and attempt to run Oregon City affairs. The .tate ment follow.: "My trip to Oregon City was prompted by a desire to get the facts a. to the sit unt Ion. I found the local authorities had the matter well in hand. As I see it, there is nothing alarming about the situation. Practi cally all those under arrest had been for a short time In the employ or ono of the mill, and becoming dissatis fied with conditions, foolishly let themselves be led Into trouble by a few out-of-town agitators. Property damage amounted to Uttlo or nothing. "No one should Question tne ngu of an employe to quit work If he Is dlssatiefled as to his pay or condi tion surrounding bis employment, or hi. right to use every honorable means to bring about In every way a betterment of condition of his fellow laborers and himself, but It 1. not only unwise but dangerous for any bodv of men to attempt to correct an alleged wrong through midnight raids Intimidation or destruction or property. The door of thl. orrice aiway. na. been, and always will be open to any and every worklngman who having a grievance wishes our help ln bringing about a betterment of hta condition, but this office will not tolerate under any circumstances the destruction of property, and any movement In thl direction will be promptly taken care of. I have had a talk with the bo.s in jail, and most of them are pretty de cent looking fellow, and had they not been led on by agitator, from the outside, would never have got Into trouble. My advice would be to turn them loose and wipe the slat. If there are any differences to adjust, thl office will be glad to assist in ev ery way possible, but It Insists that such negotiations are to be carrlelxm by both skies In an orderly and law ful manner. Everybody, rich or poor, I going to get a quare deal. Loulal.na yVl.son Celebrate." NEW ORLEANS, La.. June 16: To celebrate the centennial of the .found ing of the Louisiana consistory of the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Masons, prominent member, or the or der from many part, of the United State, gathered here today for a four- day festival. Jame. D. Richardson, aovereign grand commander of tie national council. Is In charge or the sessions. COUNTY HAS FRIEND IN HILL'S OFFICIAL C. E. Arney, Immigration agent .'f the Hill linn, at Hpokune, I. a friend of Oregon City and Clackamaa county. Ever .luce he vl.lted the land .how at Ht. Paul, and .aw the both main tained by thl. county, be ba. taken a personal Interest in thl. section, and has sent many people here. It Is largely through hi. effort, that Pro fessor A. K. Chamberlain, of the Hill development aervlce, ha. been ant here to deliver a talk upon fruit grw Itig and marketing In the Commercial club this afternoon. HI. lecture will be rree to all, and It I. expected that a great many rancher, will be on hand to hear bl. advice. Though Clackamaa county I. not di rectly tributary to any f the Hill line., Mr. Arney has sent many set tler, and home seeker, here. A Mr. Sullivan, of Minneapolis, recently came here at bla direction, aeeklng rartn locations for lx Minnesota families. Thursday there arrived II. H. Ran dall, a farmer and capitalist of Alden, Minn., who 1. looking f0r a location In the Northweat, and who waa direct ed lo Oregon City by Mr. Arney a. a place that would satisfy hi. require ments. Mr. Randall la Interested In one of the Minnesota banks, and own a 41!0-acre farm a. well. He I. seek ing a lcation where the winter, are not .o severe, and on Friday will tour the county aa a guest of the Commer cial club, going out with a party of bauker. and farmer, from South Da kota, who will arrive from Portland at eight In the morning. These visitor will be met by mem ber, of the Oregon City Commercial club, with automobile., and will ue taken for a trip through the agricul tural and timber aection. of the Coun ty. They will be In this district un til noon, when tncy will leave and re turn to Portland, to continue their tour of the Northwest 1 ACTIVITY IS SUSPECTED MYSTERY IN CARVER APPLICA TIONS FOR FRANCHI8E MAY PRESAGE NEW LINE ROUTE LEADS TO BIC TERMINALS Op.r.tlve Right. Sought For Interur b.n Line on Eaat 8lde of Valley Arou.e .Much Speculation WORTH $1,120,214 The value of the mine production of gold, .liver, copper, and lead In Washington In 1812, according to C. N. Gerry, of the United State Geolo gical Survey, wa. $1,120,214, compar ed with 11.066.017 In 1911 and $968, 249 In 1010. The Increase wa. due principally to the marketing of cop per ore from Steven, county. The gold production wa. valued at $680,964. neraly the .ame aa waa giv en ln the preliminary pre., bulletin ln January, or $166,713 le.s than the out put of 1911. The decrease waa due to the fact that less ore waa shipped from Republic, where material was stored awaiting the completion of two new cyanide mill.. The .liver output Increased from 243,781 fine ounce, in 1911 to 413.5:53 fine ounces In 192, an increase of over C9 per cent, largely from the Chewe lah district ln Steven, county. Ore from thl. district also Increased the copper output from 318.207 pound. In 1911 to 1,086,010 pound. In 1912. Bet ter price, were received for both cop per and silver. There wa. a decrease of 721.197 pounds in lead output, making the total 127,387 pounds in 1912, and no tine was marketed. TREASON WITNESS STRANGELY GONE FORT 8TEVENS, Ore., June 13. Corporal Shade, the last of the Gov ernment', principal witnesses In the case against Waldo H. Coffman, the Socialist who la charged with spread ing treasonable propaganda among United States troops, ha. disappeared from the post here and the trial of Coffman has been baited, temporarily at least. Thl la the third witness for the fedoral authorities who ha mysteri ously dropped from view In a week, either on the eve of or during tae trial. The other mUsing witnesses are Private Crawford and Private Lowe, who started from the Presidio at San Francisco, to testify here, but who have not arrived. Considerable Interest ba. been rounsed In Oregon City and In towns between it and Portland by the ap parent effort of Stephen Carver to obtain franchise and right-of-way options for an Interurban line, which baa sometimes been referred to as an extension to the northward of the Clackamas Southern. Official and emphatic denials have been Issued by the Clackamaa Southorn that they are in any way Interested in the new line, and a. a result there I much specula tion a. to what Interests may be backing the apparently sincere en deavor to obtain operative rights for the road. Mr. Carver, who is stock holder ct the Clackamaa Southern. Is not say ing a great deal about the projected line, though he haa asked the Milwan kle city council to consider granting him a franchise, and ba. Informally taken the matter up with individual members ef the present Portland cU.y council. In Portland, however, It was thought better to defer definite action until the commissioners of the nw administration took office next month In the meantime public curosity is In creasing. The projected lino, as far as It ba. been outlined, is apparently planned to run Jn almost a dlrct line from here to Mllwaukie, and then to swing to the eastward, and enter Portland from some point In Woodstock. Sue l a route would cut through consider able territory not now served by In terurban service, and would probably be able to find plenty of traffic. En trance to the business section nf Portlsnd, It 1. understood. Is desired over the Hawfhorne bridge, which is the only one that carries track, of standard guage. Since Clackamas Southern officials have denied that the local line Is aeeklng direct entrance to Portland over tail route. It ha. been suggested that possibly Mr. Carver may be act ing In behalf or the Hill Line, ln Oregon in asking for franchises. The Portland outlet of hi proposed route would bring him within one block of the new Hill terminal ground, in Portland, and a the HUI people have announced that at an early date they would extend a line up the eastern side of the Willamette, many people believe that the new line wili eventu ally develop Hill characteristic. SCHUEBEL LIBEL SUIT DISMISSED On the day before the primary elec tion last year the Enterprise publish ed an otfenslve political advertise ment by Gustave Schnoerr. abusing Mr. Schuebel, not only of purely sel fish motive In being candidate for the legislature, but , also charging him with being corrupt and corrupt able. The editor of The Enterprise haa known Mr. Schuebel for many year and never believed any of the charges were true. Mr. Schuebel' integrity and public spirit are unques tioned among those who know him, and his useful and consistent conduct while ir. the legislature fully justify that confidence. Publication of the advertisement wa one of the unfortunate accidents that sometimes happen in newspaper offices, and the editor desires to dis own all responsibility for it The only redeeming feature of the accident Is that no one believed the charges and the publication did not injure Mr. Schuebel in the election that follow ed. It affords The Enterprise great pleasure to publish thla statement ln justice to Mr. Schuebel. Mr. Schuebel ha dismissed the li bel suit he brought against The En terprise because of the advertisement. MASSIVE CULVERT FINISHED 3 1 ;L'.t 4 5 "4hku'xl"i 1st' il Fj - ztr. On the Horland road on Saum Cr-ek in Road District No. 31 has just been constructed a new culvert that is a fine specimen of highway, build ing. The construction was In charge of R. DeNeul, supervisor of the road district, and the culvert talte. the place of an old bridge that wa. con demned last fall. Two hundred and eighty sacka of cement were used In the construction of the culvert, which was built below a 20 per cent grade. The county road on both side, of the culvert will be sloped gradually to it. The dimension, of the culvert are 10x12x40 feet Road Supervisor DeNeul 1. standing at the extreme right ln the accompanying illustration. HEARTY WELCOME FOR FRUIT EXPERT nooms or tne commercial were packed Friday afternoon by farmers, rancher and others who gathered to hear Prof. Chamberlain, of the Hill railroad development force., lecture upon tne care and .hipping of fruit. Prof. Chamberlain found hi. subject sufficiently broad to give him oppor tunity to incorporate In his talk many helpful hint upon the culture of the chief fruit of trado, and also those who biard him found the time well spent. At the close of bl lecture Prof. Chamberlain talked with many of those who had come In to the county a-.-at to hear him, giving each man some thought to carry away that will prove of benefit to him In his work upon the farm. Speaking for hint- self, Prof. Chamberlain aald that he wa. happily .urprised at his reception and that though Oregon City and Clackamaa county were out of the Im mediate territory of the Hill line., he had been greeted with the largest audience that he ha. yet met on 'il. present we.tward trip from St. Paul. DAKOTANS LIKE CLACKAMAS LAND POLITICA L RIVAL PRAISES BEAT1E HON. GEORGE C. BROWNELL 18 ROUSED TO ELOQUENCE BY ATTACK ON COURT PIONEERS MEET AT WRIGHT SPRINGS Inclement Weather Dots Not Deter County Founder From Hav ing Celebration In Park Near Mullne Columbua wa bailed as the man hp brought the pioneer spirit to Am erica at the big Pioneer Picnic - at Wright's Spring park, just beyond Mulino, Saturday afternoon; and to prove his point that this waa so the Hon. George C. Hrownell told of the march of American progress and de velopment steadily westward, ever since the day. of 1492, when bolJ spirits faced the unknown terror if an unknown ocean to discover tho great and new world that lay to the west Mr. Brownell was the orator of the day, and bl remarks, starting with Columbua, and sweeping his audience down to the very immediate present, closed with a striking tribute to one of his former political rival. Pnnnf. T . . n II 1 . 1 1 . ( - ..'- PAD-rv ftc Minnt c wear iwucqt -"use uuutci ikiio. cuuu- PARTY OF MIDDLE WEST INVEST-, sla,llc anplauae followed Mr. Brow nell remarks, and before be left the park mf.ny of those present pressed forward to congratulate him and " shake bis hand. Lowering skies and occasional showers, some of which were more like cloudbursts, did not deter tho pioneer and their friends and fam ilies from attending the picnic, an-1 there were more people present than could find seats ln the large dancing pavilion when the formal exercises of the iay commenced. They crowd ed into the doorways, however, and while Mr. ' Brownell was speaking, paid him the closest attention. Toe orator ol the day opened his remarks by praising the local band that was ' on band to furnish music, mentioned his pleasure In the earlier part of the program, greeted the pioneers aa oae of their number himself, and then plunged Into the meat of his dis course. In part he said; "We all of u ought to try to be more like the old pioneers, who with ORS EXPRESS 8URPRISE AT MANY RESOURCES VISITORS ARE GUESTS CLUB FOLK Automobile Trip Through Nearby Ag ricultural and Timber Regions Prove Eye-Opener to Their Judgement Over e score of bankers, Influential men of various communities and own era of vast wheat ranches in the two Dakotas visited Oregon City and the western end of Clackamas county Fri day morning as the guests of fie Commercial club. The party has been tourlna- the Northwest aeeklne a new I """" "u luB ulu wiiu .!. . . 6 wor,nwe8t-,eekmg a ew their ideal of true citi.enshlp fixed field of Investment and came here for half a day during their stay in Portland to witness the festivities of the Rose Festival. The party made the trip from Port land here by boat and were favorably Impressed by Oregon City's command ing position above the line of high wa ter. The contrast between this city's dry waterfront and the flooded docks of Portland was most noticeable, and was one of the first things commented upon by the members of the party. On arrival at the dock of the Oregon Transportation company the guests were met by Commercll club members who gladly offered their automobile to the visitors. There were many ladies In the party, and these joined tne gentlemen in thanking the local people for their courtesy. The investors were then taken for a spin through the nearby agricultural and timber regions of the county, and were kept busy ask ing questions and in commenting up on the evident variety of the resour ces oi the county. Particular inquir ies were made as to the prevailing prices of land, and different members of the party expressed themselves as surprised that such good acreage was to be had at such comparitively rea sonable figures. On returning to the city the visit ors were taken through the manufac turing section, and then up on the hills to the south, so that a good view of the falls could be procured. Lack of time prevented a visit to the mill 3. Before returning to Portland the party visited the exhibition rooms of the publicity department of the Com mercial club, and saw at a glance the varied resources of the county. They expressed special Interest in the grains that were on display, and ad mitted that some of them easily out classed the average grain grown in their native states. COAST TO COAST RAIL LINE PLAN? If the Union Pacific suceeds in its plan to dissolve the Harriman merger by trading $38,000,000 worth of its Southern Pacific holdings to the Pennsylvania railroad for $42,000,000 of Baltimore ft Ohio stock the ambi tion of tl)e great financiers to effect a transcontinental rail line extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific will have been realized. Such a line .while it might not be under one direct operating head, would have a common control of stock, and would extend from Port land on the west to Jersey City and New York City on the east. Although the Union Pacific officals deny that their plan of adding to their present holdings of Baltimore ft Ohio stock Is for the purpose of se curing control of line between Chi cago and the Atlantic seaboard, the fact remains that possession of this stock will be a controlling factor in influencing the movement . of trafllc eaat of Chicago. The Union Pacific s present control of the O.-W. R. ft N. company Is forced only through stock ownership. The new line, if completed, would consist of the O.-W. R. ft N., the Union Pacific throueh Denver to the Missouri river, the Illinois Central to Chicago, and the B. ft O. from Chi eago through to Philadelphia or New York terminals. firmly in their hearts, brushed mis fortune and opposition away, and al ways came up smiling and ready for more progress. Have you ever thought what that word pioneer really stands for? Don't you know that it stands for progress, for ad vancement for ideals, for a seeking of the best that there is, for sacrifice in the cause of others? Columbus was the first pioneer of our land. He, when all the rest of mankind believed that the world was flat thought it was round, and had the courage to declare that he could circumnavigate) it He had the desire to go West, and he carried that desire with him to the new continent which he dis covered, and left behind him the spirit of onward progress which has since marked this nation. "The people who came after him, those who- came in the Mayflower and who landed on the bleak New England coast found this same spirit abroad in the land.. It was pioneer ism that made them push on inland in the face of bitter opposition from Indian tribes, savages more cruel and more determined to beat back the white man than ever were the In dians that you old men and women here, and your forebears, ever en countered. The pioneers who cross ed the plains to the Oregon country had an easy time of it compared with those first hardy men who pushed In land from the Atlantic coast but the same spirit that sent them towards the West seeking a better land, also sent the men into the Oregon coun try, here to found and perfect tha great and glorious state we have to day. The pioneer spirit has always stood for progress, for eternal ad vancement, for betterment, for the new and the Ideal. "I want just for a- moment to recall to you, particularly to the young pev pie here, the spirit of self denial and the bravery of those pioneers. They were heroes, all of them, men and women. There are other heroes than those who fall in battle. To my mind the woman wbo left her borne ln the East and who left her own state by the sid a of her husband and side by side with him made her way into the wilderness, was a hero. The woman who today works over the washtuba, denying herself pleasure so that her children may have the things she know they ought to have, who prac tice eccnomy for their sake, is a hero, and is doing what she is doing because she is filled with the same pioneer spirit that hopes for a new and better world for her offspring to call their home. It Is men and wom en of this pioneer stock, and of this pioneer spirit who have driven into the very backbone of our state the morals, the purity, the nobility that today marks the grand Oregon coun try as the very fairest and best of our great nation. Honesty, integrity (Continued on Page 5.) GOOD TIME ON SUNDAY, JUNE 29 Klrkpatrick Council No. 2227, Knigbta and Ladies of Security, will entertain members and tht public with dancing, athletic games, etc.. at Estacada Park. The finest orchestra In Portland haa been engaged for special excursion and picnic, and plen ty of refeehments will be sold on the grounds. Admission o dance, ii cenis. Come and spend the day in Estncada, the beautiful city on the Clackamas river.