OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
THIRTYTHIRD YEAR NO. 13.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH t 1907.
ESTABLISHED 1888
LINCOLN STEFFENS
VISITS THIS CITY
Famous Graft Exposer Was in Town and Talks of His Mission To
Oregon and What He Expects to Find
LOOKS UP GOOD AND BAD POINTS OF OREGON
Was in Oregon City as Guest of W. S. U'Ren to Talk over
Initiative and Referendum and Other Reform
Measures Interested in Local Affairs.
"I haven't found any craft In Ore
gon City," tuud Lincoln Sleffowi, the
fiitiioiiM Kraft eposer, to Till' H'l'AU
liiHt night.
Mr. HtefferiH arrived In Portland
yesterday morning and yesterday af
ternoon mil In Orison t'lty to Inlk
with W, H. I' lli n on Urn Initiative ami
referendum mi'l kindred tili-H.
present feature of graft connected
with the government of the people. I
mIi all not confine my Investigation to
the fault of Oregon, though. You
know I sometime write pleasant
thing n well a unpleasant one."
Atkt About Oregon City.
Tln-ii Mr. Steffcit turned Inquisitor
ami Inquired aliout Oregon City and
There Is probably no better known it government,
writer In (lu. country than Lincoln j "lUvu you not any Kraft?" he ask
Stiffen on the subject of graft an an 'ed, Blid It bad to bo admitted that wo
economic factor. Hit Ih famous for .bad noL
hi exiioHiirc of Milwaukee, St. Louis, "Havo you got a Ikimh?" wb tho
Philadelphia and other graft renter, ,M.t queatlon, and again It had to bo
and ha wielded IiU muckrake tut-'unHwcred that we were without one
sparingly In the .Intercut of reform ' lncn the direct primary law went In
In Koverntnenl. Wherever be goe It 1 1 operation.
Ih expected Hint bin iiiIhhIoii la to dig Then he asked about the spirit of
up corruption In politic and govern-; the city, whether Mm citizen wore
mi nt, and by the aid of the publicity j wide awake and progressive, and
which hi forceful pen can give, to about the county and It reaotirce,
help remedy the evil. At preKeiit ho ' hIiowIiik hi Intercut In all that con
In editor In chief of the American ; rented Oregon, Rood or bad.
Mugiulnc. the policy of which I for j Mr. Steffen took dinner last night
r' ,,,rm i wllli Mr. U'Ren. and left in tho ev
Why He ! Here. jcnlng for Portland. He will remain
Influenced by Mm general Imprc- . in the Mate Mr omo tlmo studying
hlon that obtain a to Mr. Htcffcn j condition,
work, the first question put to him I
EARLY BASE BALL.
Bunday afternoon there will be a
baMoball game botwoen Elyvlllo and
Maple Lane at Mm Elyvlllo ground.
Thl gamo wan scheduled for last
Bunday, but wan potponed on account
of tho Inclemency of tho weather.
WANTS WORDING, CHANGED.
Mary Robbln. through her attor
ney C. P. and I). C. Latouretto, ha
brought ault against W. Madltton to
foreclose on proporty put up to so
euro a note of $700 given In 1904. Tho
forecloHiire of tho mortgago la asked
aa woll a a decree allowing tho word
ing of tho mortgage to be changed to
conform to tho Intention of tho partlo
Interested.
STRIKE FAR
FROM OVER
Portland Industries Tied up
Worse Than Ever By
Striking Mill-men
LOCUINC ('AMI'S ON COUJM
HIA CLOSKD-THOUSANIIS
AUK OUT OF WOHK.
rortland. Or., March 14. Neither
Mm mill worker nor the employer
will consider nt all tho advisability of
referring their trouble to Mayor Lane
lot anyone else for arbitration. Both
Hide are firm in their intention to
fight out their difference.
Three of the largest ntili are work
ing day mIi If t h In their determination
to keep open in up I to of tho Ktrlker.
Two thousand are thrown out of
work by the cloning down of 73 per
cent of the logging ramp on the Col-
pimbla river.
Every mean ponlblo will bo tried
, WORKING ON HIS STORE.
Workmen are busily engaged re
modeling tho store In the Caufield
building formerly occupied by Thom
son's Bargain Store. Tho two dis
play windows and the apace .between
thero will bo combined Into one large
window, and tho store room made
ready for the paint department of
Huntley Bros. Co.
Bridge Whist Club.
j
; Mrs. John P. Keating was hostess
U the Bridge Whist club Wednesday
afternoon. The honor of the game
were carried off by Ml Mary Holmes
and Mr. E. P. Rand. A dainty lunch
wa served,
HUSBAND IS
A SPENDER
Takes Money From Sale Of
Wedding Gifts And Leaves
Wife And Child
REFUSE TO ARBITRATE WIFE WANTS DIVORCE
MAPLE LANE GRANGE
INSPECTED BY MASTER
Special Meeting Held at Which Austin T. Buxton is Present And
Speaks To The Grange
GRANGE HALL DECORATED FOR THE OCCASION
Flowers and Ferns Together with Interesting Program make
the Meeting Most Successful. Fine Dinner is
Served by Women of Grange.
was lu rcKurd to hi tnlnMon to Ore- . RIOTERS IN LOUISVILLE.
irt.it ntiit u t.t.l t ... I
nneartl ' '""'"vlll... Ky., March 14.-Serious " " H'loyer and Ktrlker to
I (..il.... .i i . . . iKtitimlt their illfTrti.nr,-M 1t n hfinrrl it
"""iik urn- 'Him i ncri' nn a reuii i------- ----
the lllterent of my miiKnlne." replied
Mr. Hleffeti.
: arbitration romiNmed of Mayor Ijine
LOU1SK IM'SSKLL FILES suit
ASK I NO HKLKASK FUOM
UM'LKASAXT LIFE.
Iulu Emma Wolf RusBell has filed
a ault with County Clerk Greenman
anking for a divorce from her hunband,
Robert Nephl Huhkc-H.
The bill of complaint alleges that
ti e couple were married in Salt Lake
City, February 0, 1901. and that there
Is one child. Louine Willamette Rus
sell, aged five. There is a long recital
of the treatment the plaintiff Is al
Uged to have received at the hands
of her, husband, and the complaint
specifies some of the language used
wl.en Russell was in fits of temper.
It Is also alleged that he subjected the
A called meeting of Maple Lane
grange was held at the grange hall,
Tuesday, March 12, beginning at 10
a. m., especially for instruction In
grange work by tho Supreme Master,
Austin T. Buxton and State Secretary
Mrg. Mary S. Howard. Tho Supreme
Master gave the grange members an
Interesting talk for the good of the
order and the name of Mrs. I. T. Dick
enson was balloted upon. ' She was
elected a member of Maple Lane
grange. An Initiation exemplifying
the work was then held, the candi
dates being Mrs. I. T. Dlckerson and
her and a cordial visiting of the mem
bers and visitors. The dining table
was decorated with bouquets of Jon
e.uils and purple wild-wood flowers,
the hall In sword ferns, cedar branch
es and cut flowers. Among the vis
itors were Supreme Master Austin T.
Buxton, State Secretary Mrs. Mary
S. Howard, Worthy Master 0. L.
Clyde and Mrs. Ida Kent, Worthy Ov
erseer of Abernetby grange, Park
psce; Captain Apperson, Mary In
gram, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Shank, Ab
einethy; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Mil
ler; .and Miss Ella Chapman, Rlver-
Cbarlos Forbes, c. w. Swallow, wn-1 view, Wisconsin, wno is mailing a
liaro Beard and E. A. Seeley were ap- i visit of several months with her cou
sin Mrs. T. E. Beard.
The afternoon program of lectur
er's hour was composed of the follow
ing entertaining selections:
Song, by the company, Mrs. T. E.
Beard presiding at the organ; reading,
(Continued on page 8.)
pointed a committee to draft resolu
tions of respect on the death of their
lato brother N. W. Richards and the
a'rar ordered to be draped in mourn
ing thirty days. The resolutions were
atferwards accepted. Then came the
noon recess Including a bounteous din-
"I mil iiiitkltitr n torn- ..f iI.a u-..m i.
" - ..t ... . t .. .
. in lilt' nf iiiiiiii ill ni. Miri.i.f r-t.i- n. . iti
'..n,.v t u,rii,.. ..... .... land anvone else who will ho accent-'complainant to much personal indig-
1, , . nr..- onirvv iMrilfll'in iu run lis ' ' - - i
nnvo never worked, .... . . . . ., Bi.iu nltv and In addition to swearing at
liefore fmtliiT iwi nm H.. nn i . j
by the rocks thrown at them, and the
I wunti'il to ci. mi. i. nt I,, it,.. ',..,u,
""d lieeome familiar with comlitlons I""' " "'" "h 'h mnb WIPE STICKS PAST
itl It li lull n n I.. (.... I 1. t
out tier ' ... indiij y,i-m HijiiMMi ny iicinK
Mr. Hterr-nn 'mentioned hi. trip i,"IU!'t'tl1- 11 ""'"' "t there
tbruuKh California. apekln of ,h. w"r" ov,"r 1 rioters In tho mob.
'her, failed to provide her with food
jti'.il cUithinj?. She calls him a spend
! thrift, says he would not pay his debts
recall, or the iHtwer of the tieoiibi to i
remove from !,,, any n who u! GRAND DUKE GENEROUS.
leemeil liu'onipi'ii-ut or unlit to hold i ' I't'tershurg, March 14. M rand
the olllr,. to which he him been elect- ,,M," l(-,-"'l. brother of the emperor
ed. ban announced a gift of $100,000 for
8ometlmft Writes Good Things. ,l" l"'n,,,lt ,,f "l0 famine sufferers, lie
"In Um Angeles this power bus bei-n : 'M ,n" I'easiuits' Hunk l-..",-used
but mice," he mild, "The law is . ,M,rt f Hcreiigi? In bis estate
in operation lu Los Angeles, I'imnde- 1,10 l,m(,,,,,ds from which are to be
im, ami other California towns, and "v,,r ,0 ,ho ""fferers.
it linn been found that the cxNlencti 1
HUSBAND LAUGHb'f'n'5 clalms that he fl-Krantly ,isre-
jgunled the marriage vow.
j As an Instance of his general shift-
essness, it is stated that the wire
! The wife of one of the well known
'men in town thinks her husband is a ;of,on p!,a(W1 w,th hlm ,0 reform
i brute. She would spell It with a big i01"' thut he Promlsod but per-
III. too. Kven after giving the old zinc r flllfilU'(1 hls ,od lnt(,nll,n8- At
;buth tub a coat of nice white enamel on, timp- ,ht' complainant states, he
to pleane he,- she was not satisfied, Promised If she would sell some of
ifor when she vvu.t to take a bath, and ,t,u w, ;1,inS Presents to get money,
sill down In the tub, she stuck fast.
hv would settle down.
Then was when she found out that i e. ib bhi-bu. wmu me pres-
b i bosl,.....! . brnto nf mlrn Pail- th r,'Ilf- bought some ftirni-
, : h 11 b aMIAILXL
iia r or m
slm screamed. Who wouldn't if be
turt and made the home attractive.
Wk fast to a bath tub? Her hus-tT,'en ,ho hoos ,,r th Ousting wife;
of this power of th lieonlo has been ' TROUBLE IN WYOMING.
, , . ,,,, , . ,, siucK i nst iii a nam uin: iter nus-, t -z
Kllmrletit. Where It run bn ii.u.,l K Slier (bin. Wviiiitinir Mnrh 11 . . v i-v.. ilnlwxl for n.iuu,.tt tnnh u-ta I -. :--.
..,., . .... " imiui came. I hen lie laughed. Tho I j r-s'
rnddom has to be. . I lie situation hero between the sheep I K.,r ,,.,, ,ho h .,f left of the money and decamped. ,
.Mr. Merfens will observe the work- ,nn.l cuttle men Is crucial. The sheep K ,hp f,lsU,r B,)0 HtU(,k Flnally This, the complaint states, was
lugs of the Initiative and referendum nu n have been told to get out of tho I ..i, mn,, 0,,rt ,vnl ,..', 'h Lake City, in July. 1905.
inn iniiiT nun -in tiiiniijiii-MU i i. . iiiiniir iniri (it inuiiiiot . ...-.r.. a .
.. - " " ' ' " u' frrni' her unplensiint predicament, nl
though rumor has it that she will
armed and
in operation In Oregon. . ko. They are heavily
"From my work In the past," w trouble Is cspected.
said, "people think I have no other '
object than to dig up grnrt atul ex- J HOTEL MAN KILLED.
pose It, My Interest In graft Is only I Kn,.m., (),., M,,r, H.-aHmtI Mo-!
as It. Is nn element in the corruption Poland was caught under a falling
of government, draft as a studv by1"'''1' "ml lns,1,ll,l.v killed today while
Itself has no Interest for me. I Hhnll "f,W"rk s"K'ntt,w- ws f,r'""
., , , , , , . , , r'.v pioprietor of tho Hotel Oregon,
go Into your land frauds because they :i Springfield. "-b1-".
She asks for a divorce, the custody
of the child and $100 a month ali-
; prefer standing to sitting for a time. nu,1-v' She lso NVan,s 1150 attorneys
COLLEGE HAS PILED
fies and says that Russell is woll able
.,) pay.
SUIT TO POUECLOSE rLOOU Af PITTSBURG
IS WORST IN YEARS
Faiins to lu listed with us,
WHY?
BECAUSE
Wo advertise extensively.
That, gives us a market,
BECAUSE
Wo have many Inquiries.
That gives us customovs.
BECAUSE
Wo go nftor business.
That helps us to sell your farm.
BECAUSE
Wo are wldo awake.
That brings quick returns for you.
Cooper & Co,
o--
McMlnnville College has filed a fore
cW.suro suit through attorneys C. D.
an 1 1). C. Lntourotto. against James j Pittsburg. Pa., March 14. This (lis- i
N. Eaton, Alice R. Armstrong, Ella trlct is In the throes of the greatest!
Armstrong, Course, Rlsberger and , flood that has been here In years. It
Aim Rlsberger to recover on a note.is expected that the water will reach
of 1200 given by Mahnla Eaton and so- Jtho highest point that it ha3 been for
cured by a mortgage on lot C, block ' 7", yours.
,07. Oregon City. Tho niortagor died; So far 15 lives have been reported
leaving tho surviving defendants, as lost, and many families have boon
James N. Eaton, Alico Armstrong, driven from their homos. The flood
I'.Ua Armstrong, while tho defendants ' (Uo to heavy warm rains that have
George Rlsberger and Afra Rlsberger j melted the snows, and swollen all tho
Imvo certain interests in the prop-1 streams tributary to the Ohio.
erty and a contract to purchase tho ! Reports come fiom the Ohio valley
Rivmo. I that, conditions are Dractleallv tho
same. Much suffering will result
from the high water.
I KiSf Alum
if
CULVERT TO BE BEGUN.
Harry Jones was awarded tho con
tract for laying the culvert on Fifth
street to contain tho crook that flows
through that neighborhood. Mr. Jones
will commence work on the culvert
as soon as ho finishos the work of ex
cavating and laying tho sewer for tho
Masonio Templo. The proposed cul
vert will run about two hundred feet,
beginning near tho Rambo residence.
ABERNETHY GRANGE APPROVES.
Abernethy Grange has endorsed the
resolutions adopted by the county con
vention Invoking tho referendum on
tho compulsory pass bill.
NEW REAL ESTATE MAN.
Albert H. Griessen has entered in
to partnership with W. A. Schooley
to conduct a veal estate business. Tho
firm will continue in tho offices now
occuied by Mr. Schooley with tho
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
SUES FOR GOODS SOLD.
George Redaway, through his at
torneys, U'Ren & Schuebel, has
brought suit against George Gadko
and Kate Gadke, his wife, to collect a
bill of $133.00 alleged to be due him
for goods purchased at his store.
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iniiffl iii? mMn -w-rmrtrfnt P. sQ'''&:-zM'-'&
in food causes
injury to health.
Following the advice of medical ' J-- - A
scientists, England and France have v - viil
j-:-6,-':f--T-rid
passed laws prohibiting its use
in bread making.
American ho. use wives
should protect their house- f
j holds against Alum's wrongs
J by always buying pure Grape
L.ream 01 lartar uaKing
rotter. mmm
n - r r H : n-.- j..-:.- .
tjl i urc vjrapc vream or
s:' to
4V-
vj n tr&xrt " i
Tartar Powder is to be had MWii!
for the asking
Buy by name
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