Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194?, October 30, 1903, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr.H'M llUlorlortl Hooltj Oregon City Enterprise. OREGON CITY KSTKRFRISK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1003. ESTADLISIIED 18GG. VOUJMH 8(1. NO. ftl. A WORD IN ADVANCE AN APPEAL FOR a BETTER DAY IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY A CONTKACT HAS HKF.N MAI'K WITH TIIK OKKUON CITY KNTKIll'UISK, FOK Tlllri IJl'AKTKK I'AUK OK AM'F.UTIHIN'J bl'ACK, lull TIIK NF.XT TWO YKA1CS. IT IS VERY GENERALLY AGREED That Oregon Is on the threbhhold of a splendid de- velopment along material lines. Already our local capitalists, aided by abundant money from the cast, are erecting mills and factories, building railroads and projecting Improvements thut has and will go on qickening the business and industrial life of every community In the State. Immigrants with money to invest are rapidly buying up available lands, houses are being erected, farms are being opened up and Improved, orchards are being planted, good roads are reaching out Into every settlement and altogether a march of prosperity is on us and yet to come that will double the wealth and population of Oregon in the next five years. Portland is making giant strides in population and growth of commerce, every city and hamlet in the State has awakened to a new day and opportunity. Oregon City and Clackamas County must receive their full shari? of this in cominU t'ulo of trosierity. It will ho our part to aid in this great work. It will not ho expected our oH'orl will ho entirely unsuccessful, hut for every farm sold, far every now dwelling erected, for every new hank deposit, for every new wheel put in motion our whole community will he henefitted. The ponsihilities of Clackamas County in material development have heen hut scratched on the surface. With its lo(K) sijuare milcH of territory, houndless forests of timher and vast areas of tho richest clover land in Oregon, suitable for tho production of all varieties of grains, grasses, fruits and vegetahles peculiar to ahe Willam ette Yulley, wo could easily accommodate and profitably employ tho whole present population of tho Sta'u of Oregon. Oregon City with its great manufacturing plants ought to have a present population of twenty thousand people. Tho proximity of the garden, fruit and truck farms of Clackamas County to Portland, the market and distributing center of the Northwest Coast, means wealth and comfort to those who fortunate enough to take advantago of such opportunities. A great day is upon the people of Oregon. Wo are to grow faster in the next ten years than we ever grow in our lives before. Tho great boundless, limitless west has come to its own. It's for every man, woman and child to appreciate tho westward move, and get in step with the procession. There are riches and opportunities all around us, if wo have sense enough to see them. Let us line up for progress and all pull together fo Clackamas County. H. E. CROSS. IJOIiEKT A. MILLER ATTORNKY AT LAW L.ml Title nn1 Lund Office Munlnemu Hpeeliilty Will pructice in ull Courts of the State Kouiti 3, Wcinhnrd Bldg. opi. Court House, On-goti Citv. Orison L.rOHTKR, ATTORN KY AT LAW laariACTi or mrRTT rimHD. Ofllcs ucxt to Orcgou City Knunrl. KO. C. HKOWNELL, ATTOUNF.Y AT LAW Orison City, - - Oregon Will prsnties in all Hip courti of the alate. Otlloe in Cautleld building. Qt W. EASTIIAM ArTOKNKY AT LAW Land Tlllm Examined. Ahtract Mail. Deads, Mortgages Drawn. Money leaned own ovm Dank of Oregon City. Oriuor City, Ob. r I JUST RECEIVED A FULL LINE OF n" 71 i 1 a . A- ' "W STEEL RANGES W. 8. U'Saa 0 Bohstbsl U'RKN & SCIIUEBEL Attorneys at Law. Jcutfdjcr SlbwiJHat. Will lirartlce in all courts, make Collection! and settlements of Knliites. Furnish abstracts of title, lend you money and lend your money on Hint niorgsge. Office In Enterprise Building, Oregon City, Oregon. JIVY STIPP Attorney at Law. Justice of the Peace. Jagger Bldg., Oregon City J U. CAMPBELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MOM CUT, . OaseoH. Will practice In all the courti ef the state. 01 floe, to C.uflold bulldlua. Q D,4 D.O. 1.ATOUKKTT1 ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW Maim strut obioom citt, oriqor. farolih Abstracts o( Title, toaa If oner, Fore close Hortcsres, sot trsasect Ueneral Law Daslaesa. WILL GO IT ALONE CluckanuiH County Drniorratx Kefuso to Fuhp. For First Time In Twelve Tears Mln erlty i'urty I'ropoiei t Same Mislght Ticket. Tlie Democrats of Clackamas county expect to liave a straight party ticket id the field in the election next June lor tiie Ural tune in twelve years. This was the concensus of opiniun and practically the dta-mion reached at a meeting of the county central committee of the minority party held in this city last Saturday. It is the I I iff of tl Clackamas county Democrats that fusion and the placing of a hybrid ticket in the field is injurious to Urn best interests ol the party ana me party in the comin campaign proposes to Hand on its own merits and receive Hie united support of its own followers. Fourteen precincts in the county were represented at the meeting Saturday. The Iteuiocrats of Clackamas county have been needleitsly and excessively flattered by the showing that was made in the recent congressional election in tins county, when Heames, the Demo cratic nominee, carried the county by 2U1. Htrif among the Republicans made possibe such a result. Relying on this showing and the alleged unpop ularity of certain of the present Repub lican county ollice's. who will be up for re election, the Democrats hot to elect some candidste at the coming election. The otfu-es, legislative and county, to be filled at the June election for Clacka mas county, are: Three representa tives, one joint representative, one county commiNsioner, sheriff, clerk, re corder, tn-aeurer, assensor, school super intendent, coroner, and surveyor. With out one exception these offices are now filled by Republicans, who, with the potHible exception of the legislative can didates, are serving their first term and will likely fie candidates lor renoruina- tion and re-election. Hrroggin & Wortmaii, they express their gmtillcation that their papers, which are quite valuable, were not taken. PROBABLY Tilt NKWHERO RODHXH. It is the general opinion that the rob bers were the same men who attempted to get the contents of trie New berg bank at about the same hour last Monday. The work is practically the same with the exception that in the case here this morning one explosion was sufficient to secure the money while at Newberg nine charges were put off without anything being secured. A suspicion is current here that the men have been posing as respectable sightseera witb headquarters in Salem, as they drove ofT in that direction. The distance to the capital can be covered in a comparatively short time, as the road leading there is one of the best in the state. Kvery bridge and byroad along that route is being watched witb the hoie that the robbers may be inter cepted. The Portland police have been requested to be on the lookout lor me men, who may strike the railroad ana endeavor to get into that city. TO BEGIN MINING Company Formed to Develop Moliilla Mines. A Million Dollar Corporal fin Formed T Work Falrclonrn Property On Ogle Creek. Imam mmmmmmmmmmm MMaMMaMMMMMfaM If you nccil anything in tho wny of Hardware, Crockery, ,j4 GliwH-wiiru or (itanite-ware, I can supply your wants. Call and itiHpcct my ntofk. Complete line of new and second-hand FURNITURE carried. Let me supply you with a house- keeping outtit ja WAIL PAPER of he bent quality and latest styles at right prices, Attention, Here's a Bargain 6000 feet, l' inch first class Manila rope, In one piece, is offered for sale at a bargain for a few days. I. TOLPOLAR Main Street, Oregon City. y Brunswick House & Restaurant Newly Furnished Rooms. Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable. Opposite Suspension Bridge. Only First Class Restaurant In Town. CHARLES CATTA, Proprietor Oregon i$ Washington State Fair Victories ON BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Oregon State Fair 1002 l-a-3 on Cock rtirds, 6 in Competition 1st on Hen, loin Competition I-a-3 on Pullets. . . .40 in Competition and on... Cockerel 21 in Competition iston pen, 11 in Competition 1st in American Class Hin won 1 st on pullet, ths p.t S years. Stock fur sals, 'ft In stiaaon. Washington Slate Fair 1002 We only sent 3 pullets, I hen and I Cock and won on ?very entry but one besides specials, including best pen In the show. Prizes won 1st Cock, 1st Hen: 1st and 2nd Pullet; 1st pen. Exhibition Stock a specialty Sams (rand pullsts for sale. Efgs S3.00 J. MURROW & SON. Oregon City. Oregon. Federal Grand Jury IomtlKatett Frauds In Land Deals. lUltlMi KOBUERX AT SHIRIDAS Uundlts J)emollh Bank Safe and Es cape With 17000. Klieridan, Or., Oct. 26. Burulara en tered the banking house of bcropKinsA Wortman at this place at 3 o'clock this uiorninit. blew open the sate witn eiant powder, secured 17000 in coin and made their escape before the sleeping rest' dents o( the town could be aroused. The bank Is situated in a brick build ing in the center ot town, and was es tablished 12 years ago. Tbe principal duDositors are the farmers of the sur- t;,undiiitf country. Considerable busi ness had been transacted on Saturday, and it was generally supposed that a lame amount of coin was on hand, the robbers took tbe most opportune hour lor their work, as the town was deep in slumber and enveloped in a dense loir No watchman was on duty, as there never has been any need ot guarding property. HOHBKBH WC"KED Ul'IKTLY. The quiet manner in which the men worked enabled them to force the front doors of the bank and drill a hole near the combination sullicientlv lame to in Bert a heavy charge of giant powder and blow the door of the sale from its hinges hut not heavy enough to wreck the building. ONB MAN AWAKENED. The shock of the explosion awakened Mayor K. II. Kakin, who resides over his store, diagonally across the street from the bank. At first he was in doubt as to the cause of bis sudden awakening but, upon looking from his window, saw a man standing a short distance from the bank, and as Mr. Kakin noticed bright light through the fog from the bank building, the man, who was evi dently standing guard, quickly joined his companions and tbe entire party jumped into a vehicle and started to drive toward the soul 11. FIRED ON THE BOBBERS. In an instant the mayor realized that the bank had been robbed. He secured a ritle and tired three shots at the men as they disappeared down the road. The DriDgot the title anu me screams 01 Mrs. Eaizan auicklv routed tbe citizens snd in a few moments a number of armed men were on the streets. A hurried insuection disclosed the fact that the robbers bad made a clean job of their work, but had taken noth ing from the sate out money, many valuable papers were left intact, show ing that tbe only thing desired Dy tne thieves was ready coin. bobbers' tools found. Outside the building a sledgehammer and two picks were found. These tools hsd been used to force an entrance 10 me building, and had been dropped when thewoikwas completed, along with a larse chunk of putty, which had been nsed to deaden the sound of their blows, One of the picks has the stamp of the Southern Pacific upon it, showing that those tools were evidently stolen from the railroad. SEARCH IS BEOL'N. The bank officials at once notified all tMilnta that could be reached by tele- nhone north and south, and Sheriff 8 W. 8itton arrived here at 8 o'clock from McMinnville and began an investigation, From the fact that the men bad escaped in a rig and bad such a start on the offi cers, the sheriff did not organize a posse, but sent instructions in every direction to guard all bridges and intercept any strangers traveling by team. There were no suspicious characters noticed around tbe town yesterday or Saturday, but there was more than the usual crowd of people on tbe streets dur ing business hours Saturday. ALL TBI MONEY GONE. When the bank officials made their ex amination of the safe they found that all of the money placed in tbe bank Satur day, $7000, was missing, bat that none of tbe papers bad been taken. While the loaa of the coin will be Quite blow to USCLE 8AM IS AFTER THE. The investigations of the Federal grand ury into the timber land frauds promises to stir up a hornet's nest ol gigantic pro portions, says the Oregonian. Tbe bee of justice threatens to get busy in a good many bonnets, and it is estimated that not a few ot those numbered in the circle of prominent people of this city and state will he stung. In tact one 01 tne largest and extensive sensations in the bittory of public land cases in tbe state is prom ised. It is asserted that counts sufficient to till a large-sized book and enough to keep some men in tbe penitentiary for life if they lived a century have been found by the inspectors. Howevet, as the purpose of the law is to make an ex ample of miscreauts and not to persecute, only a lew of the coudU in each case win be prosecuted. It is said that a nuxber ot prominent and wealthy men will escape the dragnet of the law because of tbe statute of limit ations, which has afforded them a loop- bole of escape from trial, but will not protect tbem altogether from exposure. A John Doe mvslerv. which for the pres ent blankets an unknown actor in the affair, i- to be cleared np, and it is inti- m at ml that some banks are to be caiiea upon to produce paid checks, which will disclose some sensational facts, and form damaging evidence against men aho are not now supposed to be con nected with tbe alle ed frauds. Accord ing to the representatives of tbe govern ment, the men in Portland ana otuer nsrta of Oregon, who are sleeping upon unsssy pillows a the time tor the grand jury investigation approaches, are by no means lew in numuer. rresem in dication are that the grand jury is to be kept busy finding indictments, and the officers of tbe law will have their bands full throwing tbe lasso of the law about the necks of the guilty. It is be lieved by the officials that the jury will begin returning true bills very shortly after the investigation commences. As the time for the convening 01 me jury draws oigb, interest in tbe investi gation is becoming intense. The affair is being talked of on every bsnd. Guesses are being made as to the out come of the charges against those whose alleged implication is already Known, and every one is wondering who else will be caught in the web. The govern ment officers have been and are busy collecting evidence, and it is their be lief that they have strong cases against those implicated. The Utter, so far as they are known, protest that there ia nothing in tbe charges and they believe their names will be cleared when the esse is over. The investigation will commence witb tbe charges sgainst 11. U. Mcruniey, n. A. D. Puter, and Miss Marie Ware, who are accused of conspiring to defraud the government by false and fraudulent homestead entries, final proofs, and forg ing fictitious names forentrymen. This count embraces, in fact, two charges, one of conspiracy and another of forgery. Mr. McKinley and Mr. Puter are in the city ready to attend the investigation. Miss Ware ia expected here today or tomorrow. Mr. McKinley has been here for some days. Mr. Puter arrived Fri day from the East, where he went before the filing ot tbe charges against him. Though there was a warrant out for him some months ago, he was permitted to remain away under his and bis attorney '1 promises that he would be here when the grand jury was ready for him. Yester day he went before the United States Commissioner and gave bonds for his appearance before the jury. The grand jury will meet Monday morning, and it will be about two days before it will be ready for the business in hand. This case is set for Wednesday, how long a time it will occupy remains to be seen. A government official who will be ac tive in the prosecution of the matter said yesterday in discussing tbe situation : "I am not at liberty to tell the details of what tbe government has, but this I can say, that all the counts we have discov ered wonld fill s big book. If all tbe charges we have against single men, in some instances, were prosecuted, we would have them in tbe penitentiary for life if they lived to the age of Methuselah. But tbe purpose of tbe law is to furnish an example to others and not to perse cute, so only three or four counts will be pushed In each case. There are a num ber of prominent men who are just as guilty as tbe thief on the cross, but we cannbt charge tbem with conspiracy be cause of tbe statute of limitations. They are safe from tbe bars because of this fact, bat this won't free them from im plication. "There is a John Doe in the case, but it isn't wise for us to make bis identity known st present, lie is a man of prom inence, and it will create s sensation when tbe truth is oat. It is surprising bow "many prominent and wealthy men are entangled in this affair. The best of them have been caught in tbe net, and it will all out before tbe case is finished. Some of tbe most prominent men in the city snd state are involved, possibly hot directly, for they bare acted through In the organization of Tne Ogle Moon tain Mining Company, the initial step nave oeen uaen looking to the develop ment of the Ogle creek mining section in Clackamas county. With a capital stock of $1,000,000, the corporstion has been launched by the following-named incorporators: P. A. and John B. Fair- clongh, of Oregon City; J. V. Harless, of Molalla, and F. D. Kepkey. of Port land. The Fairclough Bros., of this city, dis covered the mines that assays disclose contain minerals in paying quantities and with the other two incorporators have tbe money needed for proceeding; witb the development of the promising property. Considerable excitement lo cally followed tb-- discovery of tbe Fair clough s until at this time every foot of the Ogle creek and adjacent districts has been staked out and located. The ini tial diggings of the Fairclough mine, which constitute tbe principal holdings of the corporation, have been surpris ingly rich and there are already on the ground many tons of good ore awaiting tbe milling process. The promoters of tbe company are enthusiastic over their holdings. Of rotten quartz is the forma tion and, imbedded in the decomposed rock, gold Is plainly visible. The par value of tbe stock is $1 per share and the corporation will tell 300, 000 shares at one, from the proceeds of which a stamp mill and all other neces sary machinery will be placed at tbe mine. THO ATTRACTIONS EXT WEEK. Manager Sblrely Bates "Uncle Josh Sproceby." Millionaire Trsmp." Oregon City theatre goers have ia store two laughable comedies for next week. "Uncle Josh Spruceby," a rural play of merit, will be presented by Frszee & Bates' Company of twenty people Monday evening and Elmer Walter's latest scenic sensation "A Millionaire Tramp" on Wednesday even ing. The prices for these two attractions will be 25, 50 and 75 cents. "Uncle Josh Spruceby" tbe first of the many rural plays now being presented in tbe different cities will be seen at . Sbively's opera bouse Monday evening. November 2. This production is said to be different from all other as it contains much comedy as well as pathos, and tbe realistic saw mill scene is said to be the -moit exciting and intense effect ever froduced. The scenes of the play are aid in Vermont and New York which gives ample opportunity for portraying the simple rustic characters in country as well as the many incidents that befall the simple country folk that visit tbe metropolis. The piece is stsged with every attention to stage realism. All the scenes are well mounted and acted. The startling "saw mill" scene is said to be the masterpiece of stage mechan ism. Many specaities are introduced and tbe superb solo orchestra carried by the company all go to make this a very delightful production. "A Millionaire Tramp," which comes to the opera bouse next Wednesday, Nov. 4th is the Walters' Brothers latest venture and to say it is the best produc tion by these well known managers, is only making it mild for they have got together a production that not only is s scenic revelation, but a dramatic wonder as it is not like any other "Tramp" show, it stands out more clearly and reaches tbe hearts. It was written with tbe view of pleasing all classes. Those who prefer quiet pathetic incidents will be pleased at their beautiful language and sentiment, and those who prefer to laugh certainly they in a large majority fill find a rich vein of humor in it. After attending the performance of "A Million aire Tramp" every one will only have words of praise for the play. Can't be perfect health without pure blood.' Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure blood. Tones and invigorates tbe whole system. some one else, using him as scat's paw. "Some of the banks may be called upon to produce some paid check that will disclose startling facts in connection with land frauds. There will be genuine surprise when these checks are brought forth, and people will know s great deal more about the extent of this thing than they dream of now. One man wrote his personal check for no less than 43 quart er-eections of land. And there are others." THE OLD RELIABLE ffln Absolutely Puro THERE IS K3 SUBSTITUTE.