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OUEflON CITY KNTEKPJUHW. FUIDAY, JULY 11, 1913. T M E rprise Amm k Day A (TTi .Barga e I .... ' This is 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GUILTY There Was an liplJcmlc ot Backsliding By CLARISSA MACKIE mi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 lUillant will) happiness at Just bev t lcoie engaged to tli dearewt and text U-aiilirul girl In th whole world "redrrlck Ung. attorney and coun Mlor it law. dlmlnlned the crawllug levator mid !ihxh1 the atnlra to til offli? with aesthetic bulimia. Secluded In liU own private room, bt lluiiji anliir lint mid overcoat (lid ut duwu More the snapping wood Or to (Ireaiu It ull over agnln-lhe iweet wooing, Icudliig up to tint olo queut ini.jil, and tti loving tliouub ihj acceptance. It wan tin u Hint th specter of bl pt antl present urone and gibed tiltn. liereiiHiii Mr. Ung groaned dismally ind fur . lirlcf second forgot tli most bwiiilfiil Klrl In tli world. Id the dnya of lila early youth. rn hen be hud been a verdant freshman. Ms vll spirit hud suggested to hli re nVtlve mliiil Hint artful woman wa not esscnttal to mau'a happiness. This 'rocatloii came shortly after Lang bad burned with dreary rite bundl of pale blue letter and lock of un naturally golden hiilr. Singularly enough, uln of hla class mate tweume bitter misogynist about this time, and ou the very day tbat tbr golden Imlred beauty became tbe bride of a pronporou though possibly bunidmm iiierchnut Lang called meeting ut the nine woman batar. and thus the lluvlielor' club waa formed. They were a party of young college boy who In ten yeara would realise ,bow almurd were tli tow tbey were ow making. These vow were to nlngle with the aofter sex .oclally. nd even an oroaalonal flirtation would not be eonildorud reprobenalble, but to marry-never! deadly n tl object of depriving de ceitful and designing female of col He bred husband, the Bachelor' cTub flourished mlgtiUly Tor a fleoada The memlier were faithful to tbelr owa. and there were never ten more "appy. healthy, athletic peclmen of manhood, devoted to college porU In wneral. These ten charter member! bad ll nailed from the an me great eastern and aa each one Onlahed hi tniirne and departed from college and "n np hla shingle In the borne city w York became the headquarters of Hie RiiPhelora' club. To the credit of the meroter be It "1d tlmt nut one had been known to at a wistful eye toward "the gentler They did ther duty a on man H affairs not distinctly "stag." but invariably they gathered around the mnhogany table In the luxuripu club joom with relieved facea and lightened "art and tnlked golf and fishing and "lotorrnr until they yawned them e'vea homeward at midnight Frederic .niiB whNtled mirthlessly Hi be nomlen-d thee thing. He. the originaiuf of tbe club. It. "founder "d president, bad been tbe flrtf to "crumb to the lovellnea of woman "j1 rlrl-and now all women for ""lie were a matter for tendei "njixlderation and chlvalron regard. He rnrwd hl-u-elf fur green young no letter arterward. Hmillv he arte-Mnd. slipping Into hi I - - : THE WEEKLY ENTERPRISE This offer is not good after July will be accepted at this rate if before July 30th. your opportunity to save 75c and get the paper overeat, made Ills way slowly toward I be quartern of the Bachelors' club. Ung nodded ratlier grumpily to bl fellow club iiieinliers as b flung blm wir Into a rimlr. and. to his sun'rl. I hey as grumpily renMiiided On the table In front of htm lay small silver mounted gavel, a glaaa of water and the club register. The rap ping of thi' gavel drought the oaual miiiilhiy meeting to order. The erretry. one Wally Wlcka Or. Wsllniv Went worth Wlrka droned the dull routine of the Inst meeting and then Incltv nnsrrewed the top or nu flllltllln ell fjiiig wa very pale aa he arose and nstte-l tils tlnger tips on the table be fore Win "I have an announcement t.- nu. gentlemen, which may come I aiva an iNMontirKMitjrr to OKNTLEMKN. t arpn mn' of p ta fact-It wa urprlse o me." He paused and wiped bl brow nerv ously. . . There wa a nistle of Interest arouna the table a the niembera leaned for ward. . . Of course you are all familiar wltb. tbe purpose of our club. nd we can all bear wltnes to tbu loyalty of our memlier In year pant It ba been .... . that one I hinted to me-iiiineu w ---! of our niemlH-r U deslrou of wltb- I i-.l ut . ha lal drawing from " ciuo-u"- - - no louger eligible a a memlr." A sharp lgh weut around tbe table aa by one accord each man' eye tut- tlvely eought hi neighbor. "I uggeBt" continued Lang In i ugh"". . armer voire . - . ,.. .a ihm embarrassment memoer uw i-u,.- . of publicly proclaiming hla Infidelity to the ciud; luni , present bis reslgunU.m In writing to 0 secretary, to I thf nMt monthly Ji-tlnK. hl ,bMnc' from that meeting D me .7 -- nonneemeut of bl wnnaraw.. -will vote uion this resolution. It wa carried with enthusiasm and possibly scorn, while each one marvel d If the .uspected on wa known to the other, and not one jrv , thought foTlie TouHflnr oT tlie cTuT-U.. auHl-r. voung president himself. T Wlfen w.:iy WW. Ibla Inrmnt mutter upon the minute u.fure the noting. It was unnn ..omv ,v sd.or...d. nn.l with a .udden rej uro of spirits .be bu'belors gathered V around (lie lire. There wa no men tluu of the buckslldlng member. Un til the guilty tuuu's uuiue waa made public at the nett meeting by hla ab sence he should be treated with all the resot due to a member of tbe club, and IMs was an excellent plnn, because each man hud his own suspicion. "Henrd deuced funny tblnj todny," aid Jack Fletcher a be lighted a cigarette "My Inridlndy, old Mis Mar tell, asked me last week what brand of tea we used at the club. I told ber Kentucky.' "Never heard of It," replied tbe old lady. She asked me where we got It, and I snld at Gltrord,a grocery." A laugh went around the circle aa a suggestive gurglo. and a clluk of china came from the buffet where the club waiter waa preparing to brew Ken tucky tea poured from a bottle atamp ed with a gold acal. Aa the ladle of the punch bowl arraped mualcally Fletcher rontlnued: "Btopiwd In UIBrord'i today, and the man ld Mis Mnrtell bad Just called for a pound of Kentucky tea." Again they laugbed-ratuer absent oilndedly this time. Indeed, each man seemed more Intent on nis thought than on Fletcher" tory. When the punch bowl bad aerved Ita purpoae and they had parted for the ulgbt Lang, with one Inst regretful glunce around at the room In which be bad spent so many pleasant hours, there wa a filing of constraint that seemed unavoidable. The following month passed lowly Ung managed to postpone tbe an nouncement of bla engagement nntll after the next monthly meeting of tbe club, and when tbe day Anally dawned It found htm with bla resignation care fully prepnred aud addressed to Wally Wick a secretary. lie knew tbe wnitb and opprobrium that would be east upon blm when It waa learned that be waa the guilty man. He re gretted the pood friend he would lose, but be would gain Ednu. and tbat mnde up for everything. He dropM the letter n the post with .1Kb of positive relief. When the time came ror xu muu., -lng of the Bachelor." club to go Into session be would tie wuu n.uu. The tall clock In tbe corner of the clubroom ticked loudly. Tbe great Are on the hearth crackled noisily. The heels of tbe club servitor rapped .mart I, on the policed floor as be went briskly to and fro. On tbe large table . . . .i the club regis- retired a umnn ter and a sliver mounted gavel. Around the table were ten chair, but none of the member had arrived. The clock struck 0 At 1 o'clock the waiter tiptoed .cross the still empty room and peered leep lly at a little pile of letter which had accumulated during th evening. They had been brought by varlou meaaen ger boye. Ten In all. they were ad dressed to Wallace Wentworth Wick secretnrv. and one envelope Inscribed In Wnllv Wicks' own acrubby hand writing.' directed to "Tbe Secretary Pro Tern." A bnllv shame It I." grumbled the servant as be stored tue letter, and hook In a convenient cupboard. . hloomln- bally shame, to keep . man a-waltln' around 'ere 'alf the nigbt fer a meetln' nd not one of them gent ...howln- np! I never sees them .-do-In notbln' Ilk It before And I 'ope never to galn. I'm that bllnky!" He yawned drearily, moved to the buffet .nd qonfTed . liberal portion of tbe neglected "Kentucky tea nd snapped ont the electric lights. i mntim ten anility men bad ID HIT" r . i artims maidens, earn the dearest and most Iwantlful of her ex to nam a m.-t Imponjinc nay. Ureal w?i tjie tiilnrttv and rnanv (3 the Jukes when by niiiliiiil agreement all met "U'-e mure In the elnhrooius a month later Mnny lisists were offered and maiiv henltb drunk In the "Ken tucky ten ' Hefxre scnnmtllig It was voti'd thnl the inline of the association be Iimii'.-i"I fr.Mii itnchclorV to Married Men's club. But nu element hml been Introduced by miitrliiiMiK tlmt, gradually reduced the fre.iien v and I he enthiislnsm of the meelliii.'H t'ertiiln of the wive objew.il mill im-vnlieil upon their hu handM to reiiiulu nt hum on elub night. This reduced the attendance, .nd the club Dually disbanded, HE CAUGHT THE KHEDIVE. A Bresrv American Whe Made th Most o His Opportunity. When K. A.exuinlVr' I'owell waa the .nusiilnr reineiiliitlve of the L'nlted SttcM ut AietJiiilrnt lie reielvisl a call une iiioinliig fu'in tbe president or an Aiiierlcnii conivi'U engiigeO in mc uran- iifiu liire ot agricultural and well tinn ing uuielilnery. This mau eipiunn-a h,.i he hiis .wsxlng throngli bgypi and Hkeil If It would be poilble to olilnlii mi aiiilK'inv with the goeaive. i.. "iiie lvit Frontier Mr. IV wen gives uu aniiiHlng aii-ount of tbe luler- view: ..ri..,.ii.ir and Ita attendant prob lems of Irrigation and fertilization constitute the sole bobby ana amuse n,..nt iif me khedlve. He la conse- iiiently rendy and liberal purchaser of all Improved type or .gnciimnai miichlnerv. which be puta to prai-tlcal use on bis great estate. The request of my compatriot duly transmit ted to the grand master of ceremonies, and shortly thereafter . reply reached me that niimed the day and hour when bis blgliness would receive u. at the pn nice or Itas-el l ln Kns k mated and top hatted we drove to the palm on tbe day appoluted. were received by the ofiJclala of tbe houwhoid and sliowu Into tbe audi em room, where bla hlghnes stood awaiting ns. After . cordial greeting the khedlve drew tne down beuiae oira on a small sofa and motioned to my ......ni,,i. to take cbalr opuoslte us. It elves me particular pleasure, i becan. "to present Mr. K. to your hi7hnes& as be la an .utborltj on .grl cultural machinery. . .object In which your WiJliiieH!! Is. I know, mncn inter- Mte4l." m. khedlve." exclaimed my fellow ruiintryiiuiii. suddenly leaning forward i einiiiiiioixiiig every sentence iy waggling Ills linger under the khe- dlves august now. "1 ve got me urn. Lt mile uroiiositlon in well drilling machinery Hint ever struck this burg. nd ir voii don't jump ut the chance to get In on Ihe ground floor tnen an i ve got to snv la tuat yon re tnrowing wy tbe chance or your nieiime. Tbe khedlve. being oaturally . quite unaccustomed to this form of verbal assault and still more nuaccuatomed to having auy one waggle . finger un der his uoe. at first drew back haugh tily. Then tbe humor of tbe situation dawned upou blm. and aa the river of talk, which I one of tbe chler reli ances of the trained American alea iiiiiii. flowed steadily on be became In terested In spite of himself. Now and then lie Interjected a pertinent ques tion and ended tbe audience by giving tbe American an order for several ihoiinnnd dollars' worth of American machinery. wliii-U. when I last heard of It. wan giving excellent satisfaction on tbe royal farms. Ecuador and 8tovts. Ecuador know no market for stoves; Tbe native cooka declare that the heat from them cause, fever. FOR ONE flat 30th. Renewals your money is in Estacada and Eastern Clackamas E8TACADA, The celebration of 1913 will long be remembered as one of the best aud most successful celebrations Estaca da ba ever bad, and Oe Ladies' Civ ic Improvement club Is responsible. The weatlier was not aa favorable as ll might have been, but Old Sol show ed his face occasionally throughout the day and everybody wa. happy. The program started with a con cert by the band In front of Hotel Estacada, at ten o'clock, followed by the parade, which would have dons credit to towns much larger than Es tacada. First !n line waa the band, then came an automobile with the present mayor, Dr. Aden and wife and ex-mayor McCurdy aud wife. The next car contained the president of the Civic Club, Mrs. A. E. Sparks, the speaker or me day, itev, Simpson aim Rev. Browne and wife. Aether auto conveyed the Civic club', officer. Then there were other care, a large float with Misa uussie uivens, me carnival queen and a number of little girl., a float containing Just little tots, fire department with soon anu ladder and carts, squad of lady aud gentlmen horseback riders, represent ing Indians, and other nations, cow boys aud girls, decorated ouggies hnsiness houses floatsi consisting of the Estacada State Bank, McCurdy Hdw. and Lumber Co., Faiace Meai Market, etc. The exercises at the park after the parade consisted of nuislc, "Red, White and Blue" by the band and vnicon nrsver hv Rev. Browne of tbe Methodist church, oration by Rev. Simpson, of Portland, ana me sing ing of "America." in ha oftornrvnn there was dancing In the pavilion, minor sports and the ball game. Dancing commenced at 2 o'clock, preceeded by the grand marc'a In which over a hundred couples par ticipated. The dance continued unm imI was a most orderly and satisfactory part of the day's fe tfvittas. n-k D.w.bR-n rireva nf Portland. and the local team furnisneo two dii mi n . a a in tho mnrnlnK came, r-nin- cada won by a score of 2 to 1. The nft.rnnnn iroma was hotlv contested in twelve Innings, finally resulting In fovoe nf th home team, the score beinz 2 and 3. The prizes awarded to those taking part In the parade, were as follows: Moat unique float, MVCurdy Hardware Co.; best decorated automobile, Dr. Adlx; best appearing lady rider, Mis. Wagoner: best ' dec-orated bicycle, Morley Browne; best rough rider, Paul Morrow; best comic float, Thos. Yocum; best decorated baby and bug gy Mrs. Stubbs; most attractive lit tle girl and doll buggy, Lillian Dales. The new city council were sworn in Monday evening and Tuesday even w held their regular meeting, bu not very much business was tran sacted. The council la now composed of the following: H. V. Adlx, Mayor, C. W. Devore, recorder; Mrs. Jesse Harlett, treasurer; W. t. fyie, Marchbank, O. E. Smith. W. E. Straight and J. A. Sarpw. Mrs. Adallne -Miller, ot Vancouver, visited Estacada friends last week. Next Sunday the firemen of Portland have an excursion to this place. They will bring . band and have plans for a display of their ability to extinguish Among the out of town visitors here the Fourth were: Miss iernic m i u r vonmiivor- Miss HariMtt, Edgar Williams, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Rob ert and Harry William of Portland, who were guests at the fTazier nome. uua nicn Wells and friend Miss Woster of Boston and Dr. Wells were cuests of Mrs. A. K. Morton last FVt- A A Jolly picnic party composed of the Frazier family ana tneir compnnj nn.i vf I'nrlnn nr1 her cuests with "Bobble" Mor;on, went to GarfteM the YEAR that tells the facts day after the Fourth and had a grand time. "HobbU" Morton left today for the mountains to try ranging for a while. His brother Tom Joined the rangerj several wee':s ago. Ed Olds, of- Oak Grove, was an Es tacada visitor saturaay. Some of the Estacada boys went to Gladstone Wadnesday to assist the Logan bos In a game or nan. Pmf n Ford is at Gladstone this week attending Chautauqua. The tennis club were on hand Mon day evening for their first practice. The dancing school, which was con ducted by Phil Standish at this place, closed a series of lessons last Satur day night Mrs. Carl Cary left on Sunday tor Victoria, to visit relatives for a cou ple of weeks. Mr. Cary Joined her Wednesday to be absent ten days. Minn TreHste Hicks, one of Esta- cadas popular telephone girls, left for Raymond, wasn., sunaay ior a ic days' vacation. The fat and lean men ball game last Wednesday evening was a rather a "drawn out" affair, as the score board showed 18 to 19, In favor of tne u.. t the end nf the fifth inning. There will be another game in the near future, if tne -ooy. - gei aui eiently recovered from the effecta oi tha nrevlnllR contest. The game of ban anvertisea xor QnnHav ufternnnn WHS not Dulled off on account of the Oregon City club falling to put In an appearance. A permanent Rod and Gun Club has hn nrcnnlzed at this ulace. starting nt ulth a membershin of 23. The officers are: J. R. McCurdy, presi dent; W. A. Hyleman, secretary and Fred Jorg, treasurer. Avery Klrcbner vtslKsd in roruanu Tuesday. W. F. Cary transacted business It Portland Tuesday. Nearly five hundred members of the K. of P. lodge and their famlles, from Portland, enjoyed a picnic in our beautiful park last Sunday. Notwith standing a little shower, they all seemed to enjoy the day. Mrs. Adix was hostess to the bridge club Tuesday afternoon. J. I. Bunker returned Friday from a visit in Iowa and Missouri. The 50 in gold, given away by the MtCurdy Lumber and Hardware Co.. was won by Frank P. Wilson of Lo- K311- j ... C D Ul. Born, to Mr. ana inrs. "- man. June 26, a Doy. Atty. Devore was in uregon ti-j Monday. . , . w Prod Bartholomew, Drotnr oi mef jmo k r and C. C. Baling visited here the first of the week. B. R. Kimmel, wno naa oeen worn i . tho .nmenter trade at Clover- dale, spent the Fourth with his family- '-... ,. . E. D. Bartlett was in uregon on legal business Monday. Dr. and Mrs. Mavimna emmaiu . Mrs w I Cole and family rej, i , Q. UA Ai4 a w of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Heiding- er, of Spokane, last weea. KELSO. Tho farmers here are working over time to get their hay cut Toe hay is very heavy ana is not aamaiseu. t..i inrl is on the 1nrv at Oregon City and George Roberta of Dover Is cutting hay in his place. Mrs. Victoria Carlson ana inmiij visited with her parents, the Lind- holm's on the Fourth. n.L.M Tori nf Pnlifnmift snent the ua.iu ,.. w, Fourth in Portland and is expected nere soon. Some of our residents spent me r , . 1 . . nft i:MBh,ffl and other, at Sandy and Portland. - r .ii i r i . i bt r ... i m nun nu ... v . Wa'ter Riser had the misronune w ,.t k w rnixn.Ttso v lose one of his large tie horse, last -- Tbcre is little or no spraying doneS0LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS here and the writer thinks Mr. Frey- jtVJ, EVERYWHERE SSL'tLq tag wn find all of tha old orchards j WuD tlChlnntnt ItbiEO. in the same condition as the one he condemned June 11, and ordered it cut down. . Robert Jonsrud anJ frniily spent Sunday in Portland. EAGLE CREEK. We are again enjoying One weath er. Mrs. Viola Douglass and Mha Ed ith Charnian sp?nt the Fourth with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Howlett. , Mr. and Mrs. VH Douglass vere Estacada visitor. Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Held and Mr. and Mrs. Henry l'r!ell were the guests oi n. c. c-unrTi -n-; ir. Mrs. Viola Douglass .pent pleas ant day with her daughter, Mrs. James DShazer, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Githens, Visa Emma Dowty and George Douglas were picking cherrlea at H. 8. Gib son's Sunday. Miss Edith Chapman was a guest at the home of J. P. Woodle Sunday. Mrs. Roy Douglass went home to spend the Fourth with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. Moehnke. H. S.' Gibson Made a trip to Ore gon City the first of the week. - On coming home last Saturday even ing Mrs. Kitxmiler wa. very pleasant ly surprised by finding some of iitr friends and neighbors gathered at home to spend the evening with her In honor of her birthday. All enjoyad themselves playing game, on the lawn. A fine supper wa. .erved. D. B. Gibson sold a fine horse to Mr. Affolter on Monday. REAL ESTATE The Glenmorrie company to W. W. Bollen. southerly half of tract H, Glenmorrie; $2,250. R. S. Coop and wife to John F. Wiles. 15 acres in northeast pari of Sec. 21, T.3S..R.4E.; $900. B. F. Hart and wife to Eva R. Hart, north half of S. E. of S. E.. and the east half of the S. W. H of the S. E. of Sec. 29, T. 2 S., R. 5 E.; no. Eva R. Hart to Louis F. PrWemore, same; $10. Northwestern Trust Co., to Jess Os born, lot 7, block 1, Bell Height.; J160. Archie Meyer, and wife et al to Robert W. Aklns, all that part of the south half of the east half of the east half of Sec. 9. T. 2 S., R. 5 E., Iyin south of the county road; $10. Theo. Stelnhilber and wife to M. J. Duffy, lots 11 and 12, Arcadia tract; $1. William Munroe Hamilton and wife to same, same; $1. John J. Hattan and wife to H. U Patterson and wife, 2.855 acre, in Horace Baker and wife D. U C; $10. Oscar B. Hanson and wife to Erlck Chrlstofferson. 2 acres in S. W. Vi, Sec. 30. T. 6 S., R. 1 E.; $260. CLACKAMAS AB8TRACT 4 TRU8T COMPANY. Land Title Examined. Ahatnrta of Title Made. Office over Bank of Oregon City. CniCIIESTER SPILLS BRAND .JT, for cm-CWK-TB A i . . i. . k: n pn f A in &RB isd A - y i,a w.-v - - - - v v t cd .me !V WAMONO fAC i