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OREGON CITY Fit! PAY. S.WTKMHKU 8. 1013. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE Publlthtd Evtry Friday. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publisher. Entered at Oregon City, Oregon. Poatofflr aecondclas matter. 8ubacrlptlon Rates: $1.5.1 ,TJ .25 One year Six Mentha Trial Hitl.arlnidin Two Mnnth Subscribe will And the date or expiration stamped on their papers fol lowing their name. If Inst payment 1 not credited, kindly notify ua, and the matter will receive our attention. Advertising llatea on application. HEALTH BOARD'S Officially, the state board of health has taken the INVESTIGATIONS stanJ that the typhoid fever epidemic that ha so long baflled the health authorities of the city can he traced either directly or imlir. -etly, to the Star Dairy. Facts iat are startling, in the liht they throw on tlie way that disease may he spreat! through an entire community by the negligence or lack of information on the part of one man are revealed by the board's report. One-third of the customers of the dairy have fallen victims to the ty phoid germs. Practically all of the cases that have been reported are traced either directly or in a round-about way to that center of the scourge. , Wells have been tested and analyzed by the ofticers of the board. Some of them have have been found pure and others have been condemned. The board declares, however, that no wrll is safe even after it has passed the examination successfully. The first rain washes into the well the sew erage of the surface and again contaminates the water that is the supply for the families of the neighborhood. According to the board, there is no such thing as a surface well that is at all times free from the danger of dis ease. Now that the board has officially located the source of the contamina tion and has placed its ban upon the dairy, it behooves the people of the community to follow its recommendations to the letter and to co-operate with the city authorities in stamping out the epidemic that has raged so long un checked here. Only by giving to the city's authorities that co-operation that will nuke their work effective, can they hope to stamp out the disease in the city and to place the epidemic under control. Even with the most rigid adherance to the rules of the board, other cases will be reported within the next few" days until the epidemic is so completely under control as to gradually lessen the number of cases and finally eliminate thtm altogether. Mayor Jones has followed the suggestions that the board has made, and has called upon the people to study the conditions surrounding their milk supply; to boil every drop of well water that they use, and to wash their vegetables in water that has been thoroughly boiled. For more than a year, those who have fallen victims to the disease will be unable to work in any dairy in the county. The physicians tell us that typhoid victims catry about the germs of the disease that has afflicted them for a period of at least 12 months, and that they may again infect a dairy in w hich they work. Under the supervision of the health officers, a most rigid inspection of all of the dairies should be made. Though the board has accounted for the cases of disease that have appeared thus far, dairies should be inspected as a matter of principle whether there is the slightest danger of contamination there or not. The city' should, and doubtless will, see that the property owners keep their yards and surrounding buildings, in the best of condition, for there is no surer carrier of disease than the ever-present fly. An insect that lives and thrives on filth, it carries on its legs the germs of all of the diseases on the 'calendar and is responsible, in many cases, for typhoid and kindred epi demics that have spread through cities and have defied the most energetic efforts of the health authorities. "Swat the fly-" is a good campaign slogan for Oregon City, as it is fot every other city. The carrier of disease multiplies with amazing rapidity and spreads the contagion through communities whose milk and water sup plies are pure. The board's positive identification of the source of the disease and its determined stand for the purity of the city water is gratifying to those who have been, in the past, just a little skeptical. The officers have, rallied well to the support of the city in its emergency and have given it the use of all of the resources of the state in the campaign for the extermination of the disease source. Twice a week the city has called upon the officials of the state for re ports as to its water supply. It has kept sterlized bottles on the train most of the time either going to or coming from the state laboratory. The best known experts of the state have given the city's needs their time and atten tion and have devoted their best efforts to co-operate with the local author ities in bringing the source of the trouble to the light. Still, their work is not yet done. When Dr. Norris makes his reports every few days, they will trace down the sources of the contagion for each new case and will keep a constant check on the progress of the disease through the city. If the people give the officers their hearty support, if every energy is bent to follow the suggestions that have been made, if ev ery precaution is taken to prevent the spread of the disease and to clean up those sources that are now known, there is no reason why, in a few weeks, Oregon City should not come out from under the epidemic with flying colors and be free again from the demoralizing fear of the contagion. It means simply strict obedience to orders and a determination on the part of every householder, returaunt keeper, hotel man, and others that may spread a disease of this kind to follow out the instruction that have been given to the letter. The board has found the source of the disease. It now developes upon the authorities and people of the community to benefit by the information that has been placed in their hands. HIGHWAY Multnomah is to have a road expert in charge of its high SUPERVISOR way construction work. The commissioners will pay him a salary of $300 a month for what he knows. Samuel C. Lancaster has been appointed by the board and ample authority has been given to him in all matters of road construction in the county. THE TOP NOTCH IN BUSINESS All business is better for system, accur acy and safety. The check account gives each individual user these three ad vantages, and more. Not only will the use of the check account furnish you the best possible method of carrying on your present biuiness, it will also give you for the future a permanent record of your1 past business transactions. You can con duct whatever business you have with the least possible inconvenience by the aid of the check account. The Bank of Oregon City OLDIST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY Lancaster i revognircd an expert on road mutter. He knows a good road when he sees one, and he knows what a road ought to be and how to build it. He will organize the county' force of road uperiors and engin.ers and will Jlftvt them in the construction wotk that the county here atter undertakes. The appointment of the expert organize the force of supervisor into a compact company, woiking together along one et of plans, and with one purpose continually in view. It mean that one man will direct whatever road construction wotk or repair Multnomah doe hereafter, and that the ideas of man, instead of 50 or more men, will constitute the determining factor in the way that road in that county shall be built. Though Multnomah i perhaps the first county that ha made thi ex periment, others have thought of it and have considered the plan a good one. Eventually, all of the counties of the state will come to that plan a the best method that can be adopted for uniformity in road building. One i:t:i, with authority enough to get what he want and money enough to do what he sees is absolutely necessary, can accomplish wonder for any county and can so improve anil build roads that the taxpayer w ill save each year several times his own salary in the cost of the work done. Three hundred dollars a month seems to be quite a large amount of money to pay a nun to supervise the county road work. It would be a large amount were the nun not an expert in the construction of roads, i he tlid not know about roads what he must know in order to make him w orth that much over the old system. Hrains cost nviney now inlays, and an e .pert in any line of work saves every time more than the amount of money be is paid for his services. Uniformity in road construction is an important factor in the success of good roads in any county. With a one man power at the top, responsible only to the county court.bctter roads will be built, more lasting highways will be constructed, and the taxpayers will be saved money that, even by the best management, cannot be saved under the old system. The state law enable the county court to appoint a road master for all of its construction work. Multnomah has but taken advantage ot the pro visions of the statutes. Though it has but lOlX) mile of road inside of its lines, it plans to put those in better condition and keep thrm that way, and thinks that it can achieve more lasting success under a plan of this kind than bv anv other method. When the question came before the commissioner, each of them ex pressed his determination to get for the county a dollar's worth of value for , ,1 i . .1 i iii . . -i evry dollar expended, -lie meant mat unless ne could see mat tne county woi.ld reap a material benefit from the employment of the expert and that it wuild save money and receive better work on it roads, he did not pn poso to vote for the creation of a new office in the administration. That the board made the appointment and gave him the direction of the work is evidence that the commissioners of Multnomah county beliee they can save money for the taxpayers of their district and can, at the same time, produce better and more lasting work in the construction of the public highway. The logic of the contention is good. There is no reason win one man who knows what he wants and how to do it cannot get more for the money expended than 50 men with the same amount of funds at their disposal and with different ideas of how it should be used. The trouble that has always been, not only in this state but in even state where road construction is not under the supervision of a highway engi neer, is that each strip of road represents a different idea in construction. It is a picture of the mind of the man that built it, whether that man knows how to build a road or not. The result is that the county roads of many states are as different in construction and durability as they can possibly be made. CARRIERS' PLEA All through the session of the state asvxn'ation of FOR GOOD ROADS letter carriers, the story of poor roads was told over and over again and the plea made for better highways that would give quicker transportation between points both for the farmer and for the car rier of the government mails. No class of persons suffer-more from the lack of good roads than do the carriers of mail. Daily they ride over the rocks and dumps that infest many of the highways of the state and, in all kinds of weather, bring to the door of the farmer anything from a check for his last carload of hog to a circu lar from the big mail order houses. Through the carriers, the plea for good roads has been given a tremend ous impetus, ISetter highways would not only mean that the transportation cost would be cut for the farmer but it would add to the efficiency of his mail service, would cut down theime between deliveries, and would insure liim more prompt and thorough handling of his share of the bag of mail that daily travel over the highway of the state. ' Good roads are an important factor in the development of the mail ser vice as they are in the progress of every farming community and through those communities of every city in the state. Upon the development of good reads in Oregon, depends, to a large extent, the ease and facility with which the government handles its maiL Prompt mail service is almost an item to the farmer as it is to the business man in his office in the city. It means that he can save a day or two on the orders that come for his produce or his produce or his stock. All over the state, the farmers are as keenly alive to their business interests as are the men of the city to theirs. Producers of the food stuffs of the world, they learn of the market quo tations for their supplies through the columns of their papers or the bulletins that are regularly sent to thema at certain definite periods. To them, time saved in the delivery of mail means money just as much as it means money in the pockets of the city men. No stronger plea for better highways, not only in this county but in every county of the state, could have been made than was delivered by the carriers themselves at their annual convention. It was an unanswerable argument in favor of improved roads. Clackamas county has some good roads and it has some that might easily be improved. The recommendation for the proper use of the split log drag i5 appropriate and would be effective on some of the post roads for the prompt and easy handling of the mail, the farmers need roads to cut down the cost of transportation to the markets, the city needs good roads to secure for its markets the products of the country surrounding it and upon which it is de pendent. In fact, everybody needs good roads. Everybody wants good roads. Ev erybody sees the value, economically and from every other standpoint, for good roads. The time has come when some of those theories should be put into practice and when the county and every other county in the state should see that the money now wasted on bad roads should be saved in the pockets of its farmers. A CHANCE Three weeks from todav the Clackamas fair opens at Canby, FO SEE US and will afford people who visit it a first class opportunity to get acquainted with the marvelous resources of this section, and to see with their own eyes the things that are grown and raised in the county. Of course all residents of Clackamas county know that they live in the midst of a land of plenty, where corn grows 14 feet feet high and where wheat yields 84 bushels to the acre, and where hogs can raise mortgages ; and all that sort of thing. But they only know it by hearsay, and the fair will give them an opportunity to learn these things at first hand, and also to become acquainted with other marvels of the county and incidentally to have a good time. It is revealing no secret to say that all county fairs are designed to provide fun for those who visit them, so that everybody will be good-natured," and will be more inclined to buy the things that are offered for sale . The edu ! rational aspect of a fair is always a secondary, though none the less important, i side. And because people are usually at fairs and go to see what they can see, their minds are in an open and receptive state, so that they really obtain considerable information. This being the case, it behooves every true boos ter of Clackamas county to go to the fair, to be amused and made happy, and to learn of what the county has to offer' them and the rest of the world. Year after year the Clackamas fair has been improved, and plans for this year's exhibition include more original features than are to be found in any I similar display in the northwest. The exhibit of what is grown in the coun ty will alone be worth the modest price of admission, for it will be a better display even than that which attracted so much attention at the Chicago and St. Paul land shows last year. Aside from thi exhibit, prepared by the Ore gon City Commem'nl club, theie will be wonderful display of gniin, fruit, vegetables, livestock, and of people. And perhaps the people will be the most interesting, for there is no place that t reveals types a a county fair. City folk will there find the prosperous rancher, the farmer ami the youths and maid to whom the fair i the one big event of (he year; and will find all these people interesting. And the rural folk will also have a limine to see city people, sheath gowns, slit skirt and diuphonnus dienses, which be fore the fair they have only read about. The fair will be a great clearing place for idea and for the interchange of thought and the best part of it' is that everyone will be good natured and happy, and will be intent upon enjoying everything and seeing everything. Everyone should I enthtiMntic over the fair, should make it a point to support it with attendance, nnd should also invite friends to go and visit the display. A county fur, proetly oYg.tnied as this one vill be, i worthy of support, i something that should be seen, and that should be seen more' than once. The fair w ill he open for four day, and each day will have its special feature. The man or wo man who doe not visit it upon at least two of the four day cannot be classed a good, loul booster for the county; and the man or woman who fail to visit it at all w ill have miWJ an opportunity to learn thing that will prove valuable and most of H w ill l"v' missed an enjoyable outing. The mot ul of all of which i this; plan now to visit the Clackamas county fair at Canby on September 24. 25, 2ft and 27. T BITE KILLS GIRL' BETNER ROADS (Continued from Paga I.) NEW YOltK. Ann. 29 A few Jay bko a alrl of twelve year dl-d at ono of the hospitals of till city under clr-cumxtam-c which mahn her cause of considerable Interest to scleuc. About two month aito the lltila iilrl was hltti'it In th thumb by her pot do whllt plnyiiK with tho animal. Tho family dm lor as enllMl. ami, aa a motler of precaution, thoroughly end terlied the trivial wound. II tramm ed tho do but tho animal smcd per fectly healthy and normal and th doc tor did not fear for a mouieul that tho Injury would lead to serious con sequences. Hut tho mother of th itlrl hiul heard a Kreat drill about hydrophobia and her neighbor toKI her so many stories about mud doR. that nil be niK filled with the fear that th dot; whleh hai bitten her daughter w mad and her child would become a vic tim of th dreaded rnhicl. Attacked by Hystrl. To pacify th mother, her doctor called In a veterinary who examined the pet dot and aiuierted that th au luiul was perfectly healthy and bow ed absolutely no sign of th rabies. I'niler the strain of tho suggestive fear th mother decani hysterical and by her sustention her child al became possessed with the hysterical fear of hydrophobia. The family doctor called In other doctor, but their efforts to relieve tho hysterical condition of mother and daughter proved Ineffective. Finally th Rlrl began to manlfeiit simulated symptoms of hydrophobia nnd aflr considerable suffering; she died. The physician still adhere to th belief that the rlrl did not have hydropho bla, but died of hysteria, eupcrtmluecd by the excessive fear suggested by th hysterical mother of the child. rural patrons were the mads placei' In a better condition. Kvetl by tbi old fashioned spill log drag, the comll'lnn would be ma terially Improved, the carrier hell, and the roads would h at lest pas- Adam. I.. V 0 Y " i- '1 v J The Main Trunk l.ln of Wires. Mr REAL ESTATE T. C. Livingston and wife to Thomas R. A. Sellwood and wlfo. lots S and C, block 1, Qiilnccy addition to Mllwau kle; $11. Thomas II. Smith and wife to Mary A. Kewllng. N. E. 4 N. W. 4 and part of N. W. 14 N. E. 4 See. 2. T. i 8., It. 4 E.. 64 acres; laooo. Elizabeth LewU and husband to Thomas John Lewis. 63 acres In O. L. C. Isaac Kurr; $3000. King Spurgeon and wife to Charles L. Kuadarmel, lots one and two, block 17, of Murshfluld; $350. F. A. Knapp and wife to Grunt M. Huker. lots 16, 17. IS. J. I). Garrett I). L. C.. S.c. 31, T. 1 8., R. 1 E, three acres; $1050. Henry C. I'rudhonime company to Mary C. Daniel, 8. E. 14 Sec. 1, T. 2 8., R. 4 E.. northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 8ec. 7, T. i 8., R. 4 E 100 acres; $10. George H. Gregory and wife to Nut tie A. Taylor, lots 11 and 12, block 1, Gregory's firat addition to Molalla; $100. G. A. Cobb and wife to Claude lla'y and wife. 10 scr-a In southwest qua ter, southwest, quarter Hec. 21, T. 3 8., R. 1 E.; $:l00. R. It. Miller to H. P. Sutter 8ec. 2 T. 1 8.. It. 2 E., 30 acres; $5250. ' Nils E. Erlckson and wife to J. II Rellan and wife, tract in I). I.. C. of P. A. Hedges and wife, tjr.'e seres; $10. Joseph H. Hates and Mary K. llatea to Rose City Park association, the east 10 acres of southwest quarter of section 2C, t. 3 s., r. 5 e. one dol lar. Thomas John Lewis and wife to R. Pelreon, Isaac Farr d. I. c., sects. 28, 29, 32, 33, t. 3 s , r. 2 ., seven acres three hundred and fifty dollars. D. L. Trulllnger and wife to School District number 98, one acre in sect. 27, t. 4 s., r. 2 e one hundred dol lars. Sarah Ethel Stewart and husband to John E. Grabln, lots 19, 20 In block 14, Gladstone, ten dollars. Charles W. Cassldy estate to Tlrlen Barclay, northeast quarter of south west quarter of sect. 35, t. 2 a., r. 4 e., fourteen hundred dollars. John W. Loder an wife to Jessie K. Hums, lot six, block four, Ureenpolnt, one dollar. A. W. Rrlckley. and wife to C. C. Sargeant, lota one, two, 11, 12, bi t. 4, Hrlckley tract, .10. Gertrude Stone-Lewthwalte to John Lewthwalte, D. L. C. of Hugh Hums,, t. 2 a .,r. 2 e $1. Ida F. Huskier and husband to Inga Mary Robson sect 29, t. 3 a., r. 1 ., i $10. 1 i James D. Craig to Rebecca Craig. I lots 10, '1, 12, block O In addition to! Clackamas Heights, $1. H. A. Stevens to Frank Meeker and Brady Rambo sect, 3, t 2 a. ,r. 2 ., i east corner of southwest quarter, 1 $1800. Anson B. Spinney and wife to Carl i C. Oldfleld. nw 1-4, ne 14 sect 25, township four south, range one west snd tract In sect 24 of same township and range, $10. Ida M. Miller to O. E. Procbor, lot six In block 11, first add. to 8anJy, $126. sah'e even In tha worst of weather. The convention had Ktl registered delegare- from all parta of the stif sod mure than 100 were prcsnt at the dinner at Gladstone park. The following committees were re cess. Arrangements 1). F.Wbltemun. Oregon City. W. T. Smith. Oregon t'lty. ('. A. Andrus, Oregtm City. Ilayii.cn liernard. Oregon City. E. M. Woldron, Oregon City. Otto Lyman. Oregon City. Orval ('. Johnson. Oregon City. Credential W. II. Hoyd. Heaverton. Jamea O. IMtney, Junction City. II. E. 8cllH-k. Hoyd. Condolence James E. I.onp, McMlnnvlUe. J. E. Cutsforth, Jarvls. E. H. Cornett Albany. E. A. Tower. Junction City. R. W. Smith. Springfield. Good Roads J. A. Remington, Salem. W. E. Child. Boring. It II. Hoyd, Eug -ne. Andrew M. Kennedy. Heaverton. Finance W. F. Eberhsrd. McMlnnvlUe. W B. Grunt, Indian. John M. Kessler, Hanks. Resolutions Archie Parker, Independence. ( has. R. Flflel.l, Grunt Pass. Edgar E. Chapman. Greshain. John Chalmers. Hillwlale. Charlvmane Tower. Junction City. Organization C. W. Van Lee, Corvallls. C. J. Howard. Klrby. Stewart Grenfell, McMlnnvlUe. Anthony F. Iluber, Monmouth, Good of th Order James II. Kchram, Cleon. Arthur II. HnsmiiHncn, Portland. Jumes A. Remington, Knl m. Otto C. Huff, Hllverton. J. T. (".landler, The Dallas. THI CARRIIRr IT0RY was Once wlmn I man, Nnw ririanii year vt rs-nw iinai'ii year ago, 1 I Jollied th dly carrier f,ir,-. ! And hoped wlih It to ki-iiw I TwS tlli-ll a pretty .leciii lol, I . T Demerits were not known A If ...... I .. With ease you'd hold your om I Hut our benign superiors ' I Thought w had loo much . ! And they applied demerit ....'.? And savo us msny a sun..,.,,,, irampen in si reels. imi hol a 111 (1 If th Till blistered, sore, and Uin. I Then when could not wm,'w I fast, T They held ma up lo slinuie J Demerits soon began to .',,. I I was loo dreadful slow, .' T I soon would hsv my py T dllced J Or from th service mi I I'p Stairs, down stairs Hln hundrod times a day, I And thro they tell yu tn (ll T time T You do not earn your my 1 I read the signs, i txk tim tin I .". w i iii hi itniie No blister bother i feet, Demerit ar.t rut out. "or Of coitrae( my pay not m I HUH, I feel now nn remorse, I That I left the Imls of nurd,., s And Joined th rural fun. a John Jvasina, Portland, PALS SLIP Si (Continued from pg l) MARRIAGE LICENSES IS8UEO County Clerk Mulvey Issued mar riage license Tuesday to Emma May Jones and William Bertram og Mills City, Marlon county nnd Ralph 8. Freeman and Rudy E. Weller of I'ark Place. snd I'errln might have succeeded It getting away had out t!i sheiri (0904 one of th saw that had iur 0 (0, dour. Th Iron door opens out md Insld of It there Is a h-ivy r,A grating that opens Into th,. Jail cor ridor. Strict watch will hereafter t kept to see that IVrrlne's cnnfrd atcs hold no further rummutilniius with hlin. I'errln will lie arriilumil TumUr on the Indictment found after thi MU. ankle robbery. ARE MAKING 1 Oiegon Agricultural t'ol ese, t'ur vil li. Or., Sept I. Aft-r three erki of successful work in Western Or'goa the O. C. A. escurslon schools till tour Eastern Oregon during th second and third weeks of Hrpti-mlwr named, beginning September I. The agriculture, carrying nt.iff of fits professor representing the drt mcnts of domestic u li-nr.. -dairying, agronomy, horticulture snd poultry husbandry of the Oregon A rlcul'ural College, will hold sesilnnsli tmliler. Wallowo. Etiieriirlne, llilnts, Vale, Hrogan, Ontario and Baker. The sessions of this school will bs held In the various towns In the ordr named, beginning Sepb-mh- r $ Th school Is well equipped with labora tories and demonstration spparatu and material. Its lectures will sot merely discuss the most spprored rri'thods In farming and home mahlni but will demonstrate them aa vsH Tslk on Pur Food. The general welfare school rfti five Interesting and Instructlt bits, wl'h an Instructions! fore ot ill eiperts from the college, and lt equipment for demonstration In do mestic science and art, food adulter ation and other vital subjects, will visit the cities of Iji Grande, luktr, Huntington. The Dalles and llwd Itlver between the dutes September I and 18. Special stress la being placed upon the domestic science and art program. Aside from the demonstrations give there ar short talks on education. Tbs entire program Is general In Hi na ture and Its Instruction Is slnng tb lines of practical, every day llfs Is the homes of town and country. Ex-Qun Lllluokalanl Is 75. Honolulu. Sept. 2. Former Q Lllluokalanl reached the age of enty.flv yeara today. As h been btf custom for many years, the former Oueen held a formal reception whlf' was attended by American and Hawai ian officials and several thousand na tive Hawaiian Irrespective of rank or position. Hothwolt Avlson and Joseph Ilodjos left Saturday afternoon for Astoria. They will mak th trip by eanoa, and expect to apend three weeks os the Willamette and Columbia rivers. Careful of Your Property One of the secrets of our sucoess In the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co Phones, Office 50, Residence 1562 612 Main Stred CLACKAMAS ABSTRACT A TRUST COMPANY. Land TKIm Examined. Abstract of THI Mad. Offlc) over Bank of Orvgoa City. Offlc Both Pboa tf Rldae Phoa Mala S" Pioneer Transfer Co. Established llti 8ucor to C. N. Grosoas FURITITORE, SAFES AJTD PIANOS UOYKD BY EXPERIENCED HELP. PROMPT AXB RELIABLl STSVICE. SAAD, GRAVEL AJ5D BRICK IUtM Aaoncbl, Banagsj St red t Day fr at Chart Agency for te celebrated! MT. HOOD BEER C. LATOURBTTl, PrMidant T. J. MITBX Cask!' Tte First National Bank of Oregon Cfty, Oregon CAPITAL, ISA0OOM. ' TraMM a OMwrat MnMsig p) free t A. M. to I