OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1906.
ORDERS NEW
TO HAVE CAPACITY
OF 500,000 GALLONS
Water ooard decides on im.
PORTANT AND EXTENSIVE
IMPROVEMENTS.
Increaee Capacity of Plant by Half
Bought Now to Allow For
Delays In Ship
ping. The Imonl of water commissioners,
C. II. Caufleld, president; J. K, IIivIk
om, secretary; and T. L. ('barman, met
TiiiHilny evening nml decided on aa
important nml extensive Improvement
ti tho Oregon City water works. The
proMonl rapacity of the flltera In oa
million gallons ii iliiy. It was ordure
lay the board at tlii'lr meeting thHt
another filter with a capacity of half
ft. million Kiilloim should Im Installed,
thereby Increasing the present capac
ity liy half.
It In not likely that the Improvement
ll Im Instulled until about April al
diough tlio order Is to ho sent In Im
mediately. The board anticipate that
tark of adequate transportation fnctli
Una and the probable necessity ef
alight rhangns In the filter In addlag
tt to the. present plant, will cause de
lay until about thn time mentioned, the
Jatter part of March or thn first ef
April.
Itotitlne bushies In thr way of au
diting bill am account occupied thn
Uentlun of the Iioard for tho nnt of
tin; meeting.
COURT ROBIN HOOD
ELECTS NEW OPHCERS
CHOSEN OY LOCAL COURT, FOR
ESTERS OF AMERICA F.O.E.
SELECT LEADERS.
Court KoblnhiMid No. 9, Forester of
America, hold It election Tuesday rv
iflng. Refreshment were served af
T the business meeting and a aoelal
time followed. Grand Secretary A.
llrauor and Grand Treamirer taltnl
were gtjesi of honor at tho mooting.
Thn ulTlcorH elected woro tho fob
lowing : Taut chief ranKcr. J, T. Searle;
lof ranker. W. P. Rnhl; sub chief
ranger. W. A. Smith; treasurer, J
A. Moore; lliiiiiu-lal Herretary, (5. Nlch
ut; rocordltiR Rocrotnry, F. Knenlg;
iilor wiMidard, L. I,. Iluchlun; Junior
Hidard. It. Warner; senior beadle,
T. Kay; Junior beadle, Jess Crippln;
lecturer. Dr. M. C. Strickland.
Tho local aerie of tho Fraternal or
der of KbrIon ha elected tho follow
lag officers: H. L. Graves, worthy past
president; K. J, Noble, worthy prcsl
det; Thomas Murphy, worthy vice
president; W. Wilson, chaplain ; W. A.
INinlrk. secretary; G. II. Dlmlck, treas
urer; (iorge Simmons, conductor; A.
W. Nowmann, inside guard; l'aul
Newmann, outside guard; Dr. W. K.
t'firll. ihvMlcliin; K. I,. Ciroavoa, F. I-.
O.WHllI, I,. H. .IilllOH, tniHtoOH.
FORECLOSURE SUIT
AGAINST Y. M. C. A.
Jennie iriton v. The Young Men's
(ttirlxtlnn AnHoclatlon In the title of
a foreclosure citue boguti In tho cir
cuit court, Tuesday afternoon. Tho
oomplalnt alleged that tho association
executed n promissory noto and mort
gage; for tho face value of $2000 In
l'Vliruary, 1!04, for one yenr with In
terest at thn rate of (1 per cent. Three
amounts, $10, $so, and $10, are all that
nan ever been paid and suit Is brought
for tho $2000 and Interest from March,
1905, and $250 uttorney'a fees, togeth
er with costs. The tnnrtgngo covers
the property described as Lot. 1, block
8, Oregon City, the premises now oc
cupied by Phillips & Olds' roller rink.
CLACKAMAS GRANGE
HAS 5 APPLICATIONS
New Members Being Rapidly Added
Churchea Will Have Christ
mas Trees.
ClnMiHinita. Dec. 4. Grange 298, P.
of H., hold regular day mooting Sat
urday. After dinner tho regular order
of business was taken tip. Five appli
cations for membership wero received.
Tho now class wore. Instructed In the
first and ae.ond degrees, A motion for
a grange Chi'latmus tree was lost as
thn two churches have prior claim.
Tho HOfiHlon was an earnest nncl pro
tractod one, but all questions war
FILTER
illHciiMMod In a aplrlt of harmony and
good will.
Tho froo Thanksgiving dinner was
a very pleasant ufTalr. Over onu hun
dred patronx with their famlllea and
Invited gnoMta ant down to bountifully
Nproad tabloa.
The ilimco Thanksgiving evening
was held In Odd FollowH hall.
Tho church and Hundny hcIiooIh are
preparing program for Chrlstinaa ex
orcises. Hoth churches will havo
Christina Ireoa on ChrlHtmaH ovo., De
cember 21. This haa been thn ciiMtmi
ami both churches aro usually crowded
beyond Heating capacity,
John Howell, son In law of Mr. Oj
Her, la lying very 111 with pneumonia.
Tho family camn to spend thn winter
iiioiithM hero, and have hurd oxperlenco
with ali'knesM,
Thn Kpworth Ioagui) met at tho
homo of Mrs, Johnson Tuesday ev
ening. Ilev. W. H. Myera and wife enter
tained tho young peoplo of tho Congre
gational church Tuesday evening.
SUES TOR 25 YEARS
OLD SECURITY DEBT
A writ of attachment haa boon hp
cured by J. '. Jackson levying on
tho property of Robert Irvln, a resi
dent of WaHhlngton who baa property
In Clackamas county. Tho suit aris
es aa tho result of a not executed by
Irvln to ono A. T. Rehoep on which
Jackson wont security. Tho nolo was
for $100 with Interest at 12 per cent
and was given In 1 879. Jackson al
lege that ho paid $113 In 1881. He
praya for tho amount so paid by him
as auroty and Interest at 12 per cent
and cost of tho milt.
NOTE8 FROM CARUS.
Potato digging la being finished
since tho froHty weather haa como.
Mrs. Ward haa been staying In Oro
Kn City at hoi daughlor'a and la tak
ing earn of her llttlo granddaughter,
who haa been qulto 111 for somo tlmo.
Mra. John (irlfflth and bister apent
Sunday at Kd. Howard'a.
Mlsseg llello and Grace Hos of
Portland apent a few day last week
hero with relatives.
Cora Jagger spent last week with
her parents.
Mra. Humphrey Jonea apent Sun
day with Mrs. Charlotte London.
Miss Thema Howard left Monday
for a week'a stay with her grand
mother near Macksburg.
Mr. Hugh and aon havo sold, and
they expect to movo In tho near fu
ture. Will Smith made a business trip to
Oregon City, Friday, returning homo,
Sunday.
Rosenateln Clothing House Closed.
Tho KoHonsteln clothing stock was
taken over Tuesday by tho Union Fire
Salvage and Adjustment company of
Oregon. Mr. Hosensteln has been re
lieved of connection with tho estab
lishment, and tho atock will bo Invoic
ed and Its disposition rests with tho
Union Flro Salvage company. Mr.
kosenstein had lwiught heavily for the
holiday trade, several thousand dol
lars worth of new goods now laying
Ih tho freight depots at Portland.- An
arrangement of Home kind will bo do
termlned on within tho next day or
ho as to Just what atepa wll bo taken
fur winding up tho Hosensteln busi
ness. Tho stock being bo large, a
movo to Portland or Saettlo may bo
decided on, but If Oregon City Is deem
ed largo enough market, tho entlro
stock will bo sold at slaughter sale, on
the promises, either in a lot to one
party or a big retail Bacriflee sale.
FROG POND CROAKS.
Sharp Bros, have finished digging
potatoes. They had about one-half
a crop.
George Peters has como home again.
Dick Olenstadt was out hunting po
tato diggers Sunday.
There was a Thanksgiving dance at
Wllsonville. A good tlmo was re
ported. To Look After Llveatock.
William lluchner of Carus has be
come a county charge and A. J. Koln
hoefer haa been appointed to look
after his property which consists of
some Btock.
New Cure for Epllpesy.
J. U. Waterman, of Watertown, 0
rural free delivery, writes: "My
daughter, afflicted for years' with- ep
ilepsy, was cured by Dr. King's New
Life PlllB. She haa not had an attack
for' over two years." Best body cleans
ers and life giving tonic pills on earth.
2Cc at Howell & Jones' driiff store.
BROWNELL SAYS STORY
CLAIMS IT WA8 ALL THRE8HED
OVER FULLY THREE
YEAR8 AGO.
Ex Senator 8ays He Has Had All the
Politics He Wants But Prom
ises a Statement
Later.
ICx Senator Oeorgo C. Brownell
when Interviewed Wednonday relative
to charges printed In Colliers Weekly,
was Inclined not to treat the matter
very aerlously, declaring that all that
waa mentioned was old history, having
all been threshed over fully three
years ago. "I am not Interested," he
nald. "In tho outcome of any of tho
political flghta or controversies. I
havo had all the politics I want and
In duo tlmo will have something to
say, but at tho present time nothing."
The gist of the charge made In Col
liers Weekly Ih that a Hecret agree
ment was entered Into between Sen
ators Fulton and Mitchell and Hall to
secure Hall's reappointment aa Unit
ed States District Attorney. Hall was
to protect Ilrownell and Campbell
from Indictment and prosecution. To
support this Interpretation a letter Ih
printed from Senator Mitchell to Geo.
C. Ilrownell and Indorsed by Senator
Fulton. It Is alleged that G. C. Ful
ton offered Ttrownell $500 for this let
ter. Senator Fulton In an Interview says:
"Tho charge that I tried to protect
Ilrownell from Indictment and to do
so promised to aupport Hall for re
appointment on condition that he
would not prosecute Brownell, la ab
solutely and unqualifiedly false. Aa
concerns tho Mitchell letter It la not
Improbable that I did Indorse It."
Senator Fulton's brother, G. C. Ful
ton, branda aa a "deliberate and char
acterless lie" the. charge that ho tried
to buy any letter from Brownell.
The facts are the Ktory In Colliers
Is an old one peddled around In Wash
ington last aprlng and refused by the
nowspapera.
As far as J. U. Campbell ts concern
ed, It la believed here that, though an
effort may havo been made to have
him appointed district attorney, there
was no call for Immunity from prose
cution as there was no accusation
against him.
Renews His Objections.
Washington. D. C, Pec. 5. Tho
name of District Attorney Bristol was
referred to Senator Fulton today and
he sent back tho nomination to the
Judiciary committee with a note call
ing attention to his position in the
matter at the last session. The name
will now go to a sub-committee com
posed of Senators Klttredge and Fora-
jker, and It Is more than likely that
Bristol will be disqualified.
TRESTLE VICTIM
SLOWLY IMPROVING
Ed. Barrett of Redland Is Recovering
Personal News And
Notes.
Redland, Dec. 4. Kd. Barrett, who
was hurt while passing under the
trestle at 14th street, is slowly Im
proving. Will Stone, who is attending school
In Salem, spent the Thanksgiving va
cation at home.
F. Wilcox came home from Garfield
to visit his folks for a few days.
F. Allen has been'lll for some days
past but is now able to be around.
Several from here ate Thanksgiv
ing dinner with relatives In Viola.
A fine girl arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett a few days ago.
GROWERS WILL SPRAY
AT MARKS PRAIRIE
Marks Prairie, Doc. 2. Avon Jesse
returned to school at Forest Grove,
Monday.
A large amount of fall wheat is be
ing sown by farmers in this vicinity.
Macksburg was well represented at
tho dance at Aurora and the young
ladles from there were tho envy of
the Needy girls. The masquerade cos
tumes of the Macksburg ladies wero
superb.
Born to wife of John Goetz, twins.
Mother and babies doing fine.
Hen Wolfer will have his house lath
ed and plastered this week. R. W.
Zimmerman will do the work for him.
Oglesby Bros, will put up a picket
fence around the house and garden
this week.
Ralph Grlbble and Avon Jesse's
IS ANCIENT HISTORY
overcouts wero stolen at the Aurora
dance.
Mr. Hall killed a coyote near here
last week. There seems to be quite
a number around here thin fall.
Ogloaliy Bros, will give a dance In
their hop house In the near future.
The Misses Grlbblo wero at home
to Hpend Thanksgiving. They are
staying In Portland at present.
Wade Grlbblo Is attending a busi
ness college at Portland.
The Woodmen of the World at
Needy will have a special meeting
Wednesday evening, December 12, to
transact Important business.
Farmers are getting ready to begin
work on their orchards by pruning
and spraying them. J. K. Cribble
sprayed his orchard last summer and
has fruit equal to the fancy Hood Riv
er apples. It certainly pays to apray
fruit trees.
SLOW COACH MAIL
SERVICE TO STAFFORD
DAYS FOR LETTERS A FEW MILES
WEST TO REACH OREGON
CITY.
Stafford, Dec. 4. It seems of no use
to write Items aa it appears they never
get to the editor too late, since
our mall goea clear round Robin
i Hood's barn and stops all night at lit-
tie place called Sherwood. When we
;had mall direct from Oregon City, we
got It the same day, while now the En
terprise reaches us Monday or Tues
day of the next week. I remember
I said In last week's Items which have
not arrived yet, I suppose, and they
were sent Tuesday morning, Instead
of Wednesday as heietofore I said
If the citizens had any "get-up-and-get,"
there would be a change.
My wife says she Is minded to
start but a la Mrs. Woodcock to see
the President about It, but she adds,
i philosophically, "What's the use o'
fretting; things adjust themselves In
time, and we live In hopes of a better
mall service."
The children and grown people who
have been under the doctor's care for
lung and bowel trouble are all out
of danger. Little Mildred Howard's
broken elbow Is doing fine, Dr. Mount
says.
We are having pleasant days which
makes us all put on a smile that don't
come off, till the next protracted rain.
The conference meetings pt the Bap
tist church closed with an Illustrated
lecture.
Mrs. Ella Sweek, Mr. Gage's oldest
daughter, started for her home In
Burnes, Harney county, Monday morn
ing. Mrs. Holton, her sister, intend
ed to return with her, but received a
telegram when she got as far as Port
land, Sunday, to the effect that there
would be no more desert land claims
issued for six months, and as a claim
was what she was going for, and In
cidentally to visit her sister's family,
she gave up the trip for the present
and will soon return to her home in
San Francisco.
Mrs. Powell visited Oregon City
Monday. She caught a ride to the
car line with Mr. Howard, who was
taking his little daughter to Dr. Mount
to have her arm dressed.
Minnie Schatz of Oregon City came
home with her uncle Henry, Sunday,
and will stay a few days to help her
aunt, as the baby was so sick and
needs constant care, and the old grand
mother has been quite ill also, but Is
better at this writing.
Miss Bee Gage came from St. Mary's
to spend Thanksgiving with relatives,
returning to her school Monday morn
ing. UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
Letters uncalled for at Oregon City
postoffioe for week ending Dec. 4,
1!0C:
Minton, Mrs. M. R.; Magors, Mrs.
Jano; Marehard, Miss Mary; Robin
son, Miss M.; Arguett, Joe; Gray,
Hmmett (2); Heiser, R. C; Murdock,
J. L.; Paden, Arthur; Rassner, Rain
hold; Stelnhoner, Geo. Win.; Smith,
K.; Wormdahl, T. H.
The following statement by H. M.'
Adams and wife, Henrietta, Pa., will
interest parents and others. "A mir
aculous cure has taken place in our
home. Our little Child had eczema 5
years and was pronounced Incurable,
when we read about Electric Bitters,
and concluded to try it. Before the
second bottle was all taken we noticed
a change for tho better, ami after tak
ing 7 bottles he was completely cur
ed." It's the up-to-date blood medi
cine and body building tonic. Guar
nnteed. 50c and $1.00 at Howell &
.Toues' drug store.
UNCLE SAM'S
OR BUILDING LOCKS
. WILL BE DISCUSSED
BOARD OF TRADE WILL CONSID
ER IMPORTANT QUESTION
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
McLoughlln Memorial, Public Library
and Financial Report Among
Other Matters to Come
Up.
The Oregon City Board of Trad
will meet Friday night and take np
various matters of considerable Inter-
eat and Importance to the community
at lx'ge. For one thing the question
of urging the government to put la
new locks or else p.irehase the old
ones will be taken up and proper ate
taken to bring the matter to the notice
of the authorities.
The McLoughlln memorial will al
so come In for consideration and It Is
likely that some agreement will be
reached to suggest a suitable place aal
a suitable monument to be erected In
honor of the pioneer of this city.
The financial report will be brought
before the meeting, and will show a
clean record for the first time. Ther
Is no debt and new enterprises may
now be projected by the board.
It Is more than likely that the al
vancement of horticultural interests
will also be taken up and dlsoussel,
and ways and means devised of hell
ing matters along.
There Is a possibility that the boars'
may also look Into the public library
project and make some decision as
to the stand It will take in the matte
and what proposals would be likely
to meet with general approvaL
IGNORANCE AND POVERTY
Fandamcnul Causes sf the Social Evil
An Open Letter to Captain C. O. Bran,
son, Evangelist
Reverend Sir:
Your reply to my challenge has been
received. I waa surprised to find a
"man of God" bo llltempered and snap
pish. I was still more surprised to
note that you had "no time" to dis
cuss such a momentous question.
When a man occupying a position of
respect and reverence issues a pamph
let and delivers lectures to brand a
crtain cause as Infamous, and then
marshals evidence to prove his con
clusions, he must be sure that his evi
dence is reliable, and the institution
he assails is Inherently destructive
of the better side of human nature.
For In this free country of ours where
popular education has developed the
thinking capacity of the average man,
you will find Individuals who are not
anxious to swallow every pill prepared
by Doctors of Divinity who declare
they are always and positively right
(In their own mind), tho frequently
wrong by common consent.
Among the Institutions you so harsh
ly assail, In fact brand as one of the
devll'a twins, is the art of dancing;
and were it not for the stupendous er
rors you make In your assaults, it
would not be worthy of attention. But
knowing that your "glaring facts" are
untrue, and being uttered with your
characteristic ability produce false
Impressions, I believe In justice to
truth and that great majority of the
human family who believe in the
dance, someone however humble in
position, should take public exception
to your misstatements. It was for
this reason I desired to debato with
you on this question among the people
you have been trying to save.
You sny the greatest evil of the
ballroom is, that it is there that
young women take their first step
toward prostitution; that 85 per cent
of the fallen women today owe their
position to dancing; that it is the
mother of prostitution, etc. If this
were true, dancing ought to be abol
ished by legal enactment and des
troyed by the strong arm of govern
ment. But these statements are as
misleading as they are untrue. Close
every ballroom in the civilized world
In compliance with your wishes; de
ny tho harmonious action of body and
mind to the ennobling strains of in
strumental music, and think you for
one moment that prostitution would
be reduced 83 per oynt?
The statement is absurd. 1 say to
you, Captain, that ignorance on the
part of children, lack of training, pov
erty, unnatural passion due to parental
excesses, are the fundamental causes
of prostitution. Demand of boys and
men the same standard of purity you
BUYING
demand of girls and women, and you
take the first step toward protecting
the coming woman from the danger
that now threaten her welfare. When
a young man deceives a young woraaa,
the church tries hard to save the er
ring young man, but brands with in
famy the poor girl ho has deceived!
You tell us that 85 per cent of our
young women are led astray thrmglt
dancing. I have a paper before me of
I November 27, 1000, atatlng that con
jgrouHlonal Investigation revealH a
j shocking condition in trafTIc In girl
I through employment agencies; that
j 50 per cent of the agencies are licens
ed for no other purpose than to se
cure girls for houses of 111 fame at
$.'0 each! Yes, poverty, Captala,
causes no less than 75 per cent of
unfortunate girls to fall victims to
fiends In human form! Our wealthy
employers of labor and their sons are
one of the worst enemies of our sla
ters today. I would advise you to bay
a copy of Traffic In Girls and work of
Florence Crittenton Missions, and la
forra yourself of the true causes at
the evils you try to trace to the ball
room. A young man who harms a girl
In the ballroom dots the same thing
in church. This principal holds trao
In every position.
In conclusion let me say to yon that
if you will call the attention of par
ents to right living on their part, good
training of their children, and give
lectures on "Equal rlghU to all and
special privileges to none," you win
do more permanent good In this world
than you are now doing. Although
honest, you are deceiving many peopl
by your Inconsistency.
Oregon City, R. D. 4, Dec. 1, 1906.
ROBERT GINTHER.
MOLALLA NEWS.
Have you Joined the wolf club yet?
If so, you have aided In killing tea
coyotes and ten wildcats within the
last two months.
T. M. Cross haa been dipping his
goata. He thinks while It is Just the
thing to do, It resembles work mora
than anything he has tackled lately.
O. W. Robbins, Adams and son, and
W. J. E. VIck have been making a
showing on the new church recently.
Some wheat was sown In the foot
hills last week.
Plowing is going on In good style
again.
Grandma Dart has been quite 111
for the last week. Mrs. Dunton is
laid up with a broken ankle.
Frank Schatzman has a new plank
fence in front of his residence, horse
high, too.
Charley Thomas has been hauling
lumber from Trulllnger's mill to build
a new house.
It Beems like there Is a great deal
of procrastination about starting off
the county fair we heard o muca
about a year or two ago. Canby is
the most appropriate location in the
county for a county fair grounds, by
the nature of the soil, most easily ap
proached from all parts of the county.
Grounds should be secured at the
Junction of the Molalla Electric Ry.,
if it can be had, somewhere betweea
Canby and New Era and there would
be a good site for one of the model
orchards.
TWILIGHT GLEAMS.
Miss Eva Smith spent Thanksgiv
ing with her parents in Newberg.
Several visitors attended school
Wednesday afternoon to listen to a
well rendered program by the pupils.
Mrs. Martin was in St Johns several
days this week visiting her mother.
The families of D. L. Boylan, C.
Swick and H. Scheer, took dinner
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs.
Grimm. In the evening more guests
were invited, and a general good time
enjoyed.
Mrs. William McCord made a busi
ness trip to Portland this week.
In Praise of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.
There is no other medicine manufac
tured that has received bo muck
praise and so many expressions of
gratitude as Chamberlains Cough Rem
edy. It is effective, and prompt relief
follows its use. Grateful parents ev
erywhere do net hesitate to testify te
its merits for the benefit of others.
It Is a certain cure for croup and will
prevent the attack if given at the first
appearance of the disease. It Is, es
pecially adapted to children as it is
pleasant to take and contains nothing
Injurious. Mr. E. A. Humphreys, a
well known resident and clerk in the
store of Mr. E. Locke, of Alice, Cape
Colony, South Africa, says: "I have
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy te
ward off croup and colds in my family.
I found it to be very satisfactory and
it givea me pleasure to recommead it.
For sale by Howell L Jones.