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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1906.
GUILTY OF ELECTION
FRAUDS SAYS VERDICT
MAYOR J. W. REED OF ESTACADA
CONVICTED AT TRIAL IN
PORTLAND, FRIDAY.
Judge Characterizes Defense as Non
sensical and Delivers Sting
ing Rebuke to Counsel
for Defendant.
Penalty Provided by Law.
Mayor Hood and the other defend
ants In the Sellwood election fraud
casen were Indicted under section 1107
of Hellinser & Cotton's code. The
penalty on conviction Is: "Any per
son, upon conviction of a violation of
section 1907, shall he Imprisoned In
the penitentiary not less than one
nor more than three years, or shall
he lined not less than $100 nor more
than $1000, or shall he punished by
both such line and Imprisonment, In
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J. W. Reed, mayor of Estacada, , t ;"v , ; ' " , ,
banker, contractor and vote colonizer, 1 1' ovcr Ineligible to hold any of
Mas late Friday afternoon found flce ot trust or rrofU ln thls sfato'
guilty of participating In the election !
frauds In Sellwood precinct on June !
4, the date of tho last general election. ISMALL FIRE FROM
Tho trial of Mayor Reed began Wed
nesday before Judge Frazer lu Port
land. The jury returned its verdict
at 5:50 o'clock. Some 20-odd cases
are yet to be tried in connection with
tho alleged Illegal voting of 2G men
In precinct 37.
The trial of the Estacada mayor
moved along: smoothly until the de
fense attempted to prove through its
witnesses that the colouizlng of the
2C voter at the June election was
done upon the advice of the lato At
torney O. F. Paxton and upon the
Instructions of a circular issued dur
ing the campaign by the Brewers' and
Wholesale Liquor Dealers'
tion.
jury
OAK GROVE WILL ASK
REDUCED O.W.P. FARES
SUBURB ON NORTH WANTS FIVE
CENT RATE AND OTHER
PRIVILEGES.
DEFECTIVE PLUE
Roof of Charles Schoenheinz' Shoe
Shop Slightly Damaged Sat
urday Morning.
Fire in the shoe shop of Charles
Schoenheinz Saturday morning be
tween S and 8:30 o'clock was the
cause of the ringing of the fire alarm
and the calling out of Fountain Hose
and Columbia Hook and Ladder com
panies. The fire was caused by a defective
associa- j flue In the room just back of the shoe
The attempt to bring before the jsop anj which Is being used to store
evidence of this nature roused I stock. Fire had only been started
Improvement Association Formed
Work for Advantages Want
Crelghton and Center
Names Dropped.
to
iAnver traction line fares, electric
lights and telephone service were the
key notes sounded at a rousing meet-
kind will receive tho attention of tho
new association, whoso officers se
lected Thursday night are l.eo Paget,
tho Poit'and banker, president; 12. A.
Allen, of Allen's business college, Or
egon City, vice-president; tleorgo Mil
ler, tho Oak lirovo storekeeper, sec
retary, and Mr. lleltkemper, treasur
er. Another meeting will he hold next
Thursday night when the organization
i v t ! 1 bo completed by adoption of con
jstltntlon and by laws,
j The name of the community receiv
ed consideration Thursday night. Tho
station Is named Center, tho postof
lice Crelghton, while the school dis
trict and precinct Is known as Oak
drove, and that Is the name tho resl-
ESCAPE DEATH
BT ill
MARGIN
Ing of the clti.ens of Oak 15 rove, j ,,,,, d(!,,ro to ,mV), n,iopted by tho
Thursday night, that resulted In tho j a w. r.,r ,, tt,m ami 1v ,,.
forming of the Oak drove Improve
ment association.
About 10 residents of Oregon City's
thriving northern suburb attended
the meeting and everyone was enthus
iastic over the community's future If
equal privileges with other suburbs
could bo secured, and all were deter
mined that those privileges should
be secured.
Street car fare occupied the atten
tion of most of tho speakers. Twenty
ride Wxks to Portland, eight miles , spelling
away, now cost $1.70 or SVj cents a
postofflce.
Oak drove Is a town of tho last
few years . About l'.'j families reside
there now and the town Is growing
rapidly
STRENGTH AND WEIGHT 8AVE
MAN AT PAPER MILLS THIS
AFTERNOON.
Mr. Eppler's Sleeve Caught In Shaft
ing Tears Coat In Shreds
In Keeping From Being
Mangled.
AFTER DINNER
TAKE
TROY GOLDENSEAL
DYSPEPSIA Tablets
Relieves .inJ Cures
INPIOKSI'HiN
IIUAIU'IHIKN
loss oif AiTicrm?, if.t
50 Chocolate Coated Tab
lets 25 cents
A SAMPLE FREE
CM ARM AN
& COMPANY
CITY DkU(l 5TORI2
The Mexican government will take
control of the principal railroad lines
In thnt country.
Judge Frazer, who, with some show a short time in the stove when the
or feeling, not only ruled out this line smell of smoke Issuing from the rear
of evidence, but delivered from the;room was noticed. The Que In that
bench a stinging rebuke on Attorney
Mulr.
Practically No Defense Offered.
Trouble for the defense broke out
room had been badly repaired and
sparks soon set the wall paper afilre.
A stream of water from a garden hose
was brought to play on the flames
during the morning session, and it , an j the Are was extinguished, w hen
came so thick and fast that practically laome excited young man rang the fire
no defense was offered. Lawyers ! bell. Smoke was still issuing from
Muir, Moody, Martin and Wolf elect
ed to try the case upon the fact that
Reed, In getting the 20 men into pre
cinct 37 to rote, had done so because
a lawyer had said that all that was
necessary for the voting of the 2C
men was to have them sleep one night
in the precinct in which they were to
Tote. This line of defense was based
upon the allegation that the attor
ney, now dead, and gone, had given it
as his legal opinion that this was all
that was necessary to establish legal
residence, and on the liquor dealers'
circular. Attorney Moody had called
A- Crofton, manager of the Wholesale
Brewers' and Liquor dealers' associa
tion, as the first witness. When the
court saw through the line of de
fense His Honor very promptly sus
tained the objection made by District
Attorney Manning and his deputy, G.
C. Moser. Attorney Moody then took
up almost an hour in citing authorities
in defense of his point and it was at
the close of his argument that Judge
Frazer said:
"The charge against the defendant
has been sustained so far as the evi
dence has gone, and I cannot allow
so nonsensical a defense to go before
this jury. The court cannot believe
that any such advice could be given
or even believed by any lawyer. Ev
erybody knows that such a thing
would be wrong-. It is a fraud on its
face and the District Attorney has
well said that if this defense can be
justified in this way there would be
IjO protection for the people in admin
istering their affairs in their o.vn
way."
The result of the court's ruling was
that Crofton, beyond acknowledging
the circular, did not get a chance to
testify. This was also the case of
the attempt to have other witnesses
testify along the same lines. The oth
er witnesses were Reed himself, I!. F.
Boynton, ex-assistant superintendent
of the Oregon Water Power fc Rail
way company, and County Clerk Fields
who had been solicited by the liquor
men for a decision on the question of
establishing a residence.
When tin: counsel for the def-'-nse
were met at every direction with ob
jections which were sustained by the
court, the defense was dropper!, atl,i
after introducing a number of charac
ter witnesses, the defense offered no
testimony. Mayor Reed in answer to
the few questions that were allowed,
admitted calling up the hotel-keeper
at Sellwood and making arrangements
for the meals and sleeping quarters
under the roof when the department
arrived, but Chief McFarland soon
had a hole in the roof and with a
small stream of water put out the last
spark of the fire.
The only damage reported Is the
holes In the roof and gable and a
soaked floor.
Roosevelt has yielded to public
opinion and will give up "simplified"
ami hereafter public docu
ments will be spelled In the old way.
ride. This It is believed should be re-1111' ' n"1 ,,u' rst '" " l been
diired. worsted by Webster.
Twenty ride books from Onk Grove
(or Center as the station Is called) to
Oregon City, only four miles away,
This certainly should bo reduced to
at least 5 cents.
Lights, telephones, sidewalks and
other Improvements of a material
Beauty More Than Skin Deep.
Kvery one who wants a good healthy
color, and a clear skin free from bil
iousness, sluggish liver and chronic
constipation should get u ackngo of
Dainty I.axakola tonic tablets, nuturo's
sweet restorer. Huntley llros.
Mr. lCpplor, who Is employed In tlm
saw mill of the Willamette I'aper &
I'ulp mills, hail u narrow escape Sat
urday afternoon. While reaching for
one of tho set screws Ills coat sleeve
were caught by a shaft of tho machin
ery ami ho was thrown to tho floor
with tremendous force.
Tho fact that Mr. Kpplor Is a strong
and heavy person Is tho one reason
that ho dlil not losu his life.
Whon his coat sleeves heenmu tangl
ed In tho machinery ho tried to extrl
rnto himself with such strength that
all the clothing of tho arm was tora
Into threads.
Ills arm and face wore badly bruised.
French restaurant proprietor In
San Francisco admit paying Abo
Ruef money for protection. More In
dictments
Bom.
will be found against tho
Want Watch
Satisfaction
If you expect n watch to keep
time, buy It from u rcl'ahbi
Jeweler. Mall order hoime i mill
department stores hmr clump
watches ami cheap clucks, uiul
cheap clerks who know Ilttlo or
nothing about wtittlies to wait
on you. If they iniiktt a sale
ami the watch ticks till yon K''t
home, nil well ami gisitl, they
don't care, you will always have
to pay for repairs they make no
matter If kim,I or bad. You
pay exprottH charges too. Tlit'lr
motto Is Get the Money. Its
different when you buy of
Wm. Gardner, Jcwclcr
Watchrt, Cloc, Jewelry
OVERSTAYED HIS
LEAVE PROM ARMY
Veteran Regular from Vancouver Bar
racks Is Arrested in Local
Saloon.
I
Sicmund Clark of Company E, ltth i
Regiment, stationed at Vancouver,
Wash., was arrested Friday night on
charge of deserting the army. Clark
was taken to Vancouver Saturday by
Chief of Police Burns, who placed
him in the custody of the officers in
charge of the station.
The deserter w as found in a saloon
and upon being questioned readily
gave himself up. The army uniform
had been exchanged for citizen's
clothing in order to make the escape
more certain.
Sigmnnd Clark had served in the
United States army for about 12
vears and after being placed in the
'jail over night was willing to return
to the barracks. His regular term will
expire soon.
The Standard Oil company claims
it is as innocent as a new born babe
because its lawyers have found a
technicality in the passage of the rate
law. "Ain't it a shame" how people
persecute poor old Rockefeller?
i
Andrew
tance tax.
Carnegie favors an inheri- !
Guaranteed Remedy for Indigestion.
Interesting Statement by Huntley
Brothers.
When a man comes into this store
ami calls for any particular indiges
tion remedy, we give what he asks
for, but in case he leaves it to us wo
usually recommend Pepsikola tablets.
Here is a preparation we havi been
selling right over the counter for years
and from actual observation we know
it, must be good, and really does re
lieve and cure indigestion and dyspep
sia or there would be a steady stream
for his colony of voters. lie also ad- people, coming back tor their money,
milled paying the bill by check. ,as ('V('r' -" cent box Is sold with the
understanding that you must be do
Icidedly benefitted or there is nothing
Two attempts on the part of the it() !'"'
defense to have the court instruct the Von simply try
Jury Promntly Convicts.
jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty
were overruled.
George Eanford was made foreman
of the jury, and in less than an hour
a verdict of guilty was returned.
When the jury had rendered its
verdict, attorney Martin moved for
3 days' time in which to ask for a new
trial.
Pepsikola tablets
wtli the undt rstandiirr that they will
steady your nerves, improve your ap
petite, relieve wind belching, coated
tongue, sour stomach, fullness after
eatiiig; weakened energy, and other
symptoms of indigeslvin or Huntley
Bros, are ready at any tme to pay
back your money without the least
argument.
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IS. ; mm. $9.50
I Combination Case Writing Desks ! 7 ; j
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FRANK BUSCH
The Hoascfurnisher
HOLIDAY SALE NOW ON
.
Distribution of good furniture under prices such as
the community never heard of.
FULL LINE OF TOYS!
OUR BIG A
IN CHAFING DISHES
$3.50
m A TT?Q Finished in Golden
O.Z!lVC 0a'.( Cobbler Seat
$6.00 for set of six
Couches $5.00 '
ROCKERS Hife $1.75
Kitchen Treas $2.75 to $5
Folding Tabk
$1.25
COMPLETE
Assortment of rugs
at prices to suit
n , j h.i.Ly,J4Ai-v,.- -it,.
euv t yv
or
your purse.
Rogers Solid Nickel Silver
28 pieces with fancy lined display
case. These are Rogers solid nick
el silver goods except salt and
pepper, which are silver plated on
nickel complete $5-
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Pictures and Picture
Frames. See our
DISPLAY
Extension Tables
$4.50 to $30
SEE our Display of Pancy Mission Purniture