OREGON CITY ENTERJ&i IS E
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR-NO. U.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FFilUAY, MARCH 411907.
KA3LISHED 1868
SWINDLER
ARRESTED
John King Who Tried to Buy
Up This City Caught
at Salem
W00D8URN BANK BITES
Leave Here (or Woodburn and Con
tinues Crafting Operation! Un
der Another Name Rentt
Dutlneit Block.
Salem. March 27. William Hell,
alluM Jnliii King, was arrcHtod here
on complaint t,f tlm Hunk of Wood'
burn,
On arriving In Wooillitirn, he Identi
fied MiiiNcir at once with prominent
members of secret societies In the
town, anrl posed ii h a wealthy capital
IhI from Montreal, Ho commenced
hlH operations by leaaiug t ho new Ma
Minlc bullilliiK fur a term of year,
giving n check on the Dank of Mon
rtoal for $750 to bind the Ion gain. Hu
gavr, nut that IiIh mm would arrlvo In
tho city nhortly to open a furnishing
ato.e, and mated that ho and hla son
woald mako their future home In
that place.
ll succeeded In getting a check
for fifty dollura cashed by the Hank
of Vtaidhurn Ih snbl to have taken
In Odior bilNliiesa houaca In Die town.
Whu be attempted to place on de
salt In the Hunk of Woodbtirn a
check for $i'0.(W() drawn on thn Hank
of Montreal, the local bank oftlclaU
became attHplchm and telegraphed to
Montreal, receiving a reply to the of
'ect Hint William Hell bad no funds
on deposit in that bank.
Tuesday morning Hell left Wood
burn and came to .Salem, atrMng h.-ro
armed wim l.tt, i f introduction to
linimliieitt Elk and Mason. Ho w.nt
to Goorgo lllngham, who bad drawn
tho lee for the Masonic building at
Woodliurn with a letter of Introduc
tion, and nimiii after was arrested by
Chief Gibson on Information from tb
Woodliurn bank.
He will be held on a charKo of oh
talnlng money under false pretenses,
but It will be necessary to aeud to
Montreal fur witnesses.
Hell la the nmn who, imihIuk h a
well dressed Englishmen, tried to
work QrcKon City for hla sustenance
and succeeded In pasalng n worthies
check on Imla Nobel for $20. Ho
gave out that he waa a wealthy capi
tally from 1.oh AiiKelea, and opened
llenotlatlona for the purebKe of the
AlbrlKht property on Main utreet, ten
derliiK a worthleaa check for $7uo to
W. F. RchiMiley, throunh whom the
deal waa to hi' coiiHummnred. I.ust
Friday be went to tho home of Thom
as Undmiy, alioe Canemah. and atay
ed at his farm nil day, represent Injr
that he waa looking fur n farm to
buy. Ho not. nothing from f.lndHay
but an umbrella.
Haturday Nobel awore out ft warrant
for bin arrest, and Chief of Police
Ilurna telephoned It Ih doKcrlptlun to
aurroundliy? towna. If tho charge
aKiilnat him at Woodliurn Ih not push
ed ho will bo brought here, for tho
nunkera' Protective aHaoclatlon hua
WMlTEi
Farms to bo listed with us.
WHY?
BECAUSE
Wo advertise extensively.
That gives us a market.
BECAUSE
We have many Inquiries.
That gives us customers,
BECAUSE
Wo go after business.
That helps us to sell your farm.
BECAUSE
We are wide awake.
That brings quick returns for you.
Cooper
KhMlilltod Hit Intention (if pushing I tin
Cmio iiKiilnat lilni, aa ho U thought to
bo a dangerous awlndlor, who ban
been working In iniuiy towns on the
COftst.
TAKE8 CARBOLIC ACID.
Special to Dully Bfnr.
Foreat Grove, March 27.Mra. Win.
Heard, living niiiir Green Mountain
took carbolic nclil yesterday afternoon
with suicidal Intent. Thla mornlriK
ln was Mtlll alive, but her recovery Ih
(loilbtflll,
APPOINTS CHAPERONE.
Riili'in, Oregon, March 27. Govern
or Chamberlain today announced tho
iippdntiiiout of Dr. Win. IlorKfall aa
phyalclon of tho GliT Drill Team that
will represent Oregon at the James
town Exposition. Lydln K. Ilorafal, hi
wife wan appointed chief inuaiclan ami
chaperon.
ciner docs not use
LEFT HANDED WRENCH
Chief Itucoiilch of tho fire depart
inetit malntaliiH that bo la In thn right
of the question of tho flrn hydrants
that were out of commlHHlon. Ho
Maya thnt all statements to the con
trary notwithstanding, bo can Intro
duce proof that certain hydrant were
entirely uai lesa, Tho chief la rather
Indignant thnt hi ahould be aecuaod
of using a left handed monkey wrench
to pursue bla Investigation Into the
condltlona of Oregon Clty'a flrofight
lllg reaourcea.
He la not Inclined to mako tho mat
ter a personal mm, and makca no
chnrgoa and accuaea no one for the
condltlona In which aomo of tho hyd
riinta were found.
FINOS SKELETON.
Special to Dally Star.
Walla. Walla, Waah., March 57.
The skeleton of a young man waa
dug up here near tho fair (trounda to
day. It la thought to bo tho remain of
a young man who died about 25 yeara
ano. Thla may bo a murder mystery
or tho work of tho vigilante.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES.
The norvlcea at St. John'a church
during the three daya before EaHter
will bo aa followa:
On Holy Thursday, aolemn high
man at 9 o'clock a. m.. In commem
oration of our UnV laat supper. In
tho evening at 7:30 tho lamentations
of Jeremiah tho prophet will bo aung
by John Flnueano, Michael Mlckela,
the paator and tho choir, alao praypra
and aermon In honor of tho Pleased
' Sncrament.
j On (lood Friday, tho Veneration of
the Crosa and tho maaa of tho presan
Mined will be offered up and the Pan
jalon of ChrlKt according to St. John
will bo read; thla aervlcea will bo at
9 a. m.
In th evening at 7:30 tho stations
of the Crosa. aermon on tho death of
Christ and Lamentations as on tho
evening before.
On Holy Saturday tho aorvlcea will
j commence at 7 a. m., consisting of
jtlie blessing of tho Raster Fire, Fast
er and Haptlsmal Water, Faster Can
! die and Mass.
On Faster Sunday and Saturday tho
I pastor will bo assisted by Rev. Ur
jhim Fisher, O. S. H. of Mt. Angel.
! Faster Sunday morning the first mass
! will be at C a. m., the second at S
ja. in., and the third, high mass at
H):3rt. Particular announcements for
Faster will be made Inter.
& Co.
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BUILD UP
THE CITY
Scheme for Public Wharf Start
ed Again This Time
in Earnest
DREDGE RIVER CHANNEL
Informal Board of Trade Meeting Lis
tens to Plans of Government En.
glneer for Development of
City and County,
A few of tho members of tho board
of trado who could bo gotten at were
hurriedly summoned fur a special
meeting of "tho board Tuesday aftor-
noon by Frank Hunch, In tho offlco of
ho secretary.
At thla informal meeting a project
that will bo of tho utmost Importance
to Oregon City and Clackamas county
was dlscuHKcd and although no de
finite steps could bo taken, tho ball
waa set rolling for an Improvement
that means more to the city than any
thing that baa been undertaken In a
long time. .
There were present at the meeting
Captain E. W. Spencer, Captain Hos-
ford and Mr. Marshall of Portland,
ami Colonel 12. D. Roesler, a United
States t-UKineer, who Is connected with
the river and harbor work. Tho mat
ter of a public wharf that has boon
apoken of for the past twenty years
waa discussed fully, and plana were
mentioned whereby tho wharf could
be made one of tho greatest factors
In the development of tho county.
Colonel Hocslcr proposed a scheme
by which some of tho appropriation
of the government for rivers and har
bors might be utilized In dredging
out a channel In tho Willamette from
the deep water near St. John's catholic
church down through Meldrum's bar
and pnst tho rapids at the point where
tho Clackamas empties Into the Wil
lamette. There was a largo appropriation
passed at the last session of cong
ress, and It is understood that at
least $ri0,000 of this Is available for
use on tho Willamette.
The advantages of this step to Ore
gon City It Is stated can hardly be
told. This channel would do away
with the fall of seven feet at tho rap
Ids, and besides making a gcxid chan
nel for navigation all the year would
add seven feet to the power of the
falls. Colonel Uoesler estimates that
It would cost only about $5000 to
dredge a channel eight feet deep
and 200 feet wide extending 4000 feet
through tho gravel bottom of the riv
er to a point below the rapids.
Aside from tho Increased power
that would bo given,' the danger to
Green Point and the lower part of
town during high water would be
greatly abrogated, and would Increase
the valuo of tho property in that part
of town.
The proposition of a public wharf
that might bo free totany boat on the
rKer has been agitated for many
years. Frank Ilusch has been espe,c-
Inlly active In advocating this, as has
Harvey R. Cross. Some twenty years
ago, when there waa talk of a rail
road up the valley of the Clackamas,
this step was deemed necessary to the
welfare of the city, and evor since
then It has been spoken of at Inter
vals. At this time when the railroad
up the Molalla seems a certainty, It
Is again being spoken of, and the ad
vantages to the county are being put
forth.
Tho Ideal place for this wharf Is the
river bank at the foot of Eleventh
I street, wnere Eleventh and Moss,
streets merge. If It were located here
the two streets would give two ap-'
proaches, and they could be graduated
so that they would be of easy access
at any stage of tho river.
Whether the cost of constructing
this would be borne by the city or by
the city and county co-jointly Is a
matter of opinion, but that it should
bo done Is universally believed to he
the best stop that could be taken for
the development of the city and coun
ty. -
Money to Loan,
On real estate, $3,000, $1.000, -$500,
$300 and other Bums to suit conven
ience of borrowers. C. H. Dye. 13-ml
SETTLES
DISPUTE
D. E. Keasy Takes Matter of
Boundary Line Into His
Own Hands.
WARRANT SWORN OUT
Allefled That Keaaey With Fifteen
Men Tears Down Fence Put
up by H. A. Andrews
on Agreement.
Deputy Sheriff Chas. Ely of this
county went to Portland Wednesday
morning to serve a warrant for ar
rest on D. E. Keasey of Portland, on
complaint of H. A. Andrews.
Keasey is agent for a certain wo
man In Portland who owns the prop
erty adjoining that of Andrews near
Hlsley. There has been some dispute
between Andrews and Keasey over
the boundary lino between the two
places, and about two monthes ago
tho two parties together hired Hal
Rands to survey tho tracts and locate
the correct boundary. After the sur
veying, the parties agreed to erect a
wlro fence on the correct boundary.
Andrews building the fence and Kea
sey paying the sum of fifty dollars as
his half Interest In the fence.
Tho fence was recently completed
and Sunday Keasey, with a party of
fifteen men, arrived from Portland,
and without giving any apparent rea
son for their action they completely
destroyed the fence by cutting It to
pletes.
Andrews objected to this and swore
out a warrant for the arrest of Kea
sey Monday. Deputy Ely Is expected
to arrive In this city this afternoon
with his man, who will appear before
Justice Stipp to have a date set for
bla hearing.
WANTS CARE OF CHILD.
Judge Gordon Hayes filed a suit
with the county clerk Wednesday
morning on behalf of George A. Rail,
who wants a divorce from his wife,
Hattle Rail.
The complaint alleges that the coup
le were married In Portland, Decem
ber 10, 1900, and that about two years
ago Mrs. Rail deserted her husband,
leaving him with the care of their
two-year old child. He states that
tho womon Is not a fit person to have
charge of the child, and asks that
tho court free him from his bonds
iand give him the custody of little
Delman.
BASKET BALL TEAMS.
The students of the Eastham school
are talking of organizing two basket
ball teams. As there are no accom
modations for this game at the East
ham school, the students have made
arrangements with City Superintend
ent M. C. McKee for the use of the
Harclay school gymnasium. Mr. Mc
Kee readily agreed to let them use
the gymnasium two nights every week,
but Is has not been decided yet as to
Just what evenings they will use It.
A practice game will probably be
played Wednesday evening. This will
bo more of a tryout to enable the
captains, who are to be chosen at
this meeting a chance to get a line
on tho candidates.
FRANK BUSCH INJURED.
Frank Busch had the misfortune to
step on a wire nail and drive It Into
his foot Wednesday morning, while
at work In his warehouse. The nail
penetrated the foot to a depth of a
quarter of an Inch, but the wound,
while painful, is not thought to be
dangerous. Dr. Sommer attended him
and cleansed the wound Immediately,
GIRLS' LITERARY
SOCIETY NAMED
The girl's literary society of the
Barclay high school has at last adopt
ed a name. At a recent meeting held
in the school building, it was decided
that hereafter the society will be
known to the world as "the Veritas Lit
erary society of the Barclay High
school. It will meet every Friday af
ternoon in the high school rooms and
the work will be of a literary and
musical nature. Debating will also
bo a feature of tho meetings.
The arrangement of tho programs
will be In the hands of a program
committee consisting of three able
arid popular students: Misses Alice
fioettling, Isabell Gregory and Gene
vieve Capon.
GERMAN CHURCH SERVICES.
The Rev. Lucas of Portland, pas
tor of tho German Evangelical church
here, Is holding meetings In the
church every evening this week be
ginning at 7:30. Good Friday ' will
bo observed with a sermon by the
paiitor at 11 a. m.
REBEKAHS MEET HERE
IN CONVENTION
A district convention of the Rebek-
ah Lodge waa entertained by Wil
lamette Rebefcah lodge No. 2 of Ore
gon City In W. O. W. hall Wednes
day. Although these conventions have
been held for some time in the state
of Oregon, this was the first of this
district.
Tho convention was called by the
vice-president of the Rebekah as
sembly, Mrs. William Galloway of Mc-
Minnvllle. The lodges of the dis
trict to participate are Milwaukle No.
150; Estacada 147, Oswego 71, Clack
amas 113, Molalla 159. The object of
the convention is to asslxt weak lodg
es In gaining strength; to promote
fraternal relations among lodges and
to discuss measures for the welfare
and progress of Rebekah lodges
throughout the district.
A large attendance greeted the ini
tial meeting and the forenoon was
given up to organization. After
luncheon a continuation of the busi
ness session was followed by a pro
gram of vocal and piano solos, read
ings and recitations, from the various
lodges represented.
The members of Rebekah were
banqueted at six o'clock and then
went to I. O. O. F. hall for a special
meeting when three new candidates,
Mr. Francis and the Misses Iva and
Pearl Harrington were Initiated in
to the order, displaying the excellent
drill work of the Willamette staff for
the entertainment of the visitors A
reception followed the work.
I. O. O. F. hall was simply but
effectively decorated in ivy for the oc
casion. Both the entertainment com
mittee, with Mrs. S. S. Walker as
chairman, and the program commit
tee with Mrs. J. J. Cooke as chair
man, are to be congratulated upon
the success of the affair with the
short time at their disposal for ar
rangements. BASEBALL MATTE R.
The rainy weather of the last week
has seriously Interfered with the
practice work of the Barclay base
ball team. However this does not in
any way dampen the spirits of the
6tudent body, as they are confident of
winning by a large score from the
Parkplace team.
Manager Blanchard recently receiv
ed a letter from, the manager of the
Mount Angel college baseball team
desiring a game with the local school.
It Is not known at present whether
a game can be arranged, the sched
ules of both teams being nearly fill
ed. ADMINISTRATOR.
Frank Nicholas has been appointed
administrator of the estate of Alfred
Nicholas who died In July, 1902, near
Highland. The estate consists
property worth about $2000.
of
ABSOLUTELY PURE
DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF
TARTAR BAKING POWDER
It doQS not contain an atom of ptos
phatio acid (which Is tho product of hones
digested In suphurio acid) or of alum
(which Is one-third sulphuric acid), -healthful
substances adopted for ether ba
king powders because of their cheapness
TRACING
THE GRAFT
Grand Jury Getting; Down to
Disposal of Money Paid
for Franchise
CLOSING ON SUSPECTS
Home Telephone Company' Graft
Bought Franchise Being Probed
and Offenders Brought
to Light
San Francisco, March 27. The pros
ecution Is getting close to the passing
of the bribery money from the
Home telephone company. Step by
step the sack has been traced from
the capitalists who constructed it till
it reached the bank In Los Angelea
which transferred It to the Empire
Construction company. This is the
company that did the work for the
telegraph company and paid the money
to Ruef and Schmitz to avoid suspic
ion being fastened upon the real In
stigators of the graft
The afternoon session' of the grand
i'lry is being spent in tracing the
course of the $300,000 that was spent
in obtaining the franchise of the tel
ephone company. It is expected that
several indictments will be returned
today.
VOTED fOR HIGHER
TAXES AND PORGOT
The force of the sheriff's office is
being deluged with communications
from the residents of the Marquam
j neighborhood, who write in all sorts
of ways concerning the rate of taxa
tion in their district The general
tenor of all the letters, however, is
to the effect that the taxes are too
high.
Sheriff Beatie is replying to these
with the gentle reminder that Mar
quam voted a school levy of fifteen
mills, which has evidently escaped the
minds of the indignant Marquaraltes.
He says that if people vote for higher
taxes it is not his fault if they get
what they want
MAKES APPOINTMENTS.
Salem, Or. March 27 The State
board of agriculture in session today
appointed W. H. Downing to succeed
himself as president W. S. Matlock
of Pendleton, was appointed secretary
to succeed Jasper Wilklns, deceased.
The board adjourned to the fair
grounds to look over the new stock
buildings for which an appropriation
of $20,000 was made by the last legis
lature. THAW TRIAL ADJOURNED.
New York, March 27. The Thaw
trial adjourned until Monday at which
. time a lunacy commission that was
appointed will make a report.