OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
8Ui UalwtltJ
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 34.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1907.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
HAYWOOD
FREE MAN
Hurries to His Mother's Bed
side Then to Wife
And Children
OPINION OF COUNTRY
In Accordance With Lw nd Evidence
Say Impartial People Rejoic
ing Amog Worklnu,men
Everywhere.
Holm, July :'! Win. I). Haywood
wiih acquitted (if (lie murder of ex
(iovcruor Htili-lii'liliorK by tlu verdict
returned by the Jury a few minute
before H o'clock, Hundny tttortiliijc
Tho white envelope wiih handed by
tint fiiri'inuii (o llm Judge, and was
torn open mid tlm verdict read
"State of Idnlm HKiiliiHt William I).
Haywood: W, the Jury, In tlm above
entitled cause find the defendant, Wll-
Hum I. Haywood not guilty. Thomas
II (CHH, fol'ClhllU "
Then came l Im congratulation f
Haywood, In the luldMt of which
Judge Wood unlit:
"Thi defendant will lie discharged
nil the jury itlniiilned fur the term."
First Theughte for Hit Mother.
Haywood tlii thought wan df hU
aged mother, who on Saturday ha
auffered a complete nervous break
diiwn after the Jury had retired. Leav
liiK In rmiipany with Attorney ,Nu
Kent he walked down tho Jul! portion
of the hiilldlnic KhakliiK hand an he
went with employe and friend who
had arrived on the scene, lie bade
farewell to Mover, who, when he
heard the verdict, Kuld, "Tbut's Hood,"
and never toppcd shaving, and to
I'ettllHine, whom Harrow dcHrrlhed to
the Jury ax "ft sort of "Happy Hooll
Kan." and who called: "Give my re
gard to Umadwuy."
Then Haywood walked to St.
Luke's Hospital, and unnnnoiinced
niahed tutu li Im mother' room. So
great wan the tunic upon the elderly
lady that today she win up and
about and happy. Next Haywood
went to the little rottagu where IiIh
wife and dungfltcr have been stay
ing Ho had purled with Attorney
Nugent at the hospital Kate, and,
left alone In Holse, not all but lout
and had to Inquire IiIh way from a
passerby. At home Haywood auld:
"I want to thank the people of
liolHe for (heir klndnemi to my wife,
my mother, my family and my
frlendH."
There has been widespread gym
pnthy here for Mr. Carruthors, the
prisoner's mother. Senator Hornh,
for example, when flrnt apprised of
tho verdict raid:
"I feel glad for Haywood mother."
In Jury Room.
The firm ballot by tho Jury resulted:
Not guilty. 8; guilty, 2; blank 2.
The third ballot resulted: Not
guilty, 10; Kullty, 2. Here the Jury
remnlned at deadlock for 12 bourn.
Finally at break of dawn Sunday
morning another bullot wan taken
nnd Jurymen Thomas pun-oil and
Samuel (illninn, rancher, who had
been holding out, voted with tho ten.
Juror J. Robertson, (he good nnturod
Bcotehinan at whoso house here In
HoIho Governor Stounonborg boarded
for more than two years said:
"I couldn't reconcile myself to vot
ing any other way than with tho do
fonso from tho very first nnd I think
that under the law and tho evidence
there was nothing else for us to do.
Tho lust fellow who held out against
acquittal belongs to the Haunt frater
nal organization that I do. There was
Homo talk of a compromise on a
second degree verdict, but wo wouldn't
stand for that It cither had to bo
acquittal or I would have stayed
there forever,"
.furor Samuel F. RuhhoII, tho senior
member of tho panel, said:
'Thoro wns nothing ngalnst Hay
wood but-suspicion nnd Inference nnd
when we enmo to dovetail tho ovl
donco In the juryrooni It didn't seem
somehow to fit."
Praise for Idaho.
Ono nnd nil of tho counsel praise
tho fair treatment accorded during
tho trial nnd the general sentiment Is
Htnted by Attorney Richardson, liny
wood's lending counsel: "Idaho lins
covered herself with glory."
'Haywood Issued a statement thank
ing tho , worklngmen of tho country
for their nioriil nnd financial assist
ance, Ho hiijh he liu no 111 will
ngnliiMt anybody and wll return to
lii-nvi'i- mid take up his work where
ho left off.
Governor Gooding Is im vindicative
a ever ii j i ' 1 declare the prosecution
of I'idtllioni" and Moyer will be
pushed, though there I no evidence
against them except Orehnrd, Mc
Piirtliind & Co' Wiiisy tlMHiie of 11cm.
Applientlon for bull fur Moyer and
PetUbono will be nwiilo today,
HOW VERDICT RECEIVED.
1'rcHldent (iouipcr of American
Federation of Labor, said verdict wan
certain from beginning; there wan
no motive for the minor' leader to
kill Kteiinenberg u ii d not scintilla of
evidence connecting them with It ex
cept tlm cray paid lie of Orchard,
and "upon audi ti-Httmony It Im un
fliliikuhlo thnt a Jury of houcHt Airier
lean citizen would hang even a yel
low dog."
A thousand men paraded at Ilutte,
Mont , Sunday night a an expression
of their Joy at Haywood' acquittal.
The t'nlted Trade and Labor Coun
cil of Cleveland Invite Haywood to
make the chief address there on La
bor day, and the Socialist endorHO
him for prcNldcnt,
There will bo a big Jollification meet
ing by worklngmen Monday night In
Portland. There will be a parade head
ed by n band and many thoiiHund will
be In line. The meeting In the Plaza
wilt be addrcxHcd by T. K. Ijitlmer of
Seattle and several local speakers.
General Sherman Ilell, who gained
, undying Infamy for brutality during
;the lnlr war In Colorado, ha cxperl
en I a change of heart or I no long
er drawing pay from the mine own
!ern. He mi y of Haywood' acquittal:
"Haywood never wan legally, tech
nically or criminally guilty of the
murder of Stcunenbcrg, In my opin-
jlon. but wa tmeuklngly and In an un-
American manner officially transport
ed from Colorado to Idaho, held In
Jail for over a year, and tried for
the murder of Stuenenberg on general
prlnclpleH by a lot of political and
otherwise coward from ('(dorado,
who did not possess the brain or tho
necessary nerve to carry out their
part of the deal, but fudged the Whole
business on Idaho, which U now hold
ing the nack."
General Ilell say Congress should
deprive ('(dorado of statehood and
"make her a territory under some
appropriate name for her minded."
4 MONTHS BRIDE
WANTS DIVORCE
Wilbur F. llrock has Instituted di
vorce proceeding agalnt Kiln llrock
charging desertion. They were mar
ried in Tacoma, Wash., April 8, 1S93,
and havo one child, a boy 13 years of
age. llrock Hays he was deserted
June 2(1. Iltu5, and since that time he
J has provided for his wife and child,
i There Is no property Involved, and
;the couple have provided for tho
child.
It has taken one woman less than
four months to find out what a
"brute" the man she married Is.
This ono Is Jennie L. Rowers, who
nsk separation from A. M. Rowers,
whom she married at Pendleton,
Match 31, 1907. April 10 Rowers
came home "with the slops on" and
since thnt time hns been drunk sev-
jernl times, and acquired tho habit of
staying out. 'He also began to act
In a sulky manner toward her, and
once, w hile his brother-in-law accused
I her of being partial to other men, ho
refused to take her part and she was
forced to defend herself.
Rowers has failed to provide for
her nnd Hhe was forced to cook for a
painting outfit on tho O. U. & N.
Sho was deserted on July 21. Mrs.
Rowers asks the court for a decree,
nnd the right to resume her maiden
name, Jennie L. Wllloughby.
WAR CHIEF SAM
VISITS OLD FRIENDS
John Sam, an Indian, one tlmo chief
of the remnants of a tribe of Indians
In this vicinity, is visiting old, ac
quaintances in Oregon City.
With tho coming of the white sot
tiers tho trlbo wns disbanded, nnd
John lived hero till about 20 years
ago, when ho nnd hln family left for
eastern Oregon. Luck "favored him,
and today ho Is tho owner of a tine
Htock much In the Cascades.'
John is acquainted with nil tho
enrly settlors, nnd recognizes nearly
all of them at first sight. Ho is be
ing shown the town by Joe Snlsnp, a
former tribesman, who la imo of Ore
gon City's characters.
SURVEYORS
GOOD CROP
Civil Engineers Plentiful In
The Molalla, Scotts Mills, '
Marquam Country
LINE TO NEAR CANBY
Conneeti With Old Survey to Oregon
City Local Promoters Encour
aged by Attitude of Lot
Owners,
David Lorlng, chief engineer of
the United Hallway company, ran a
preliminary survey last week from
Hcotta Mill to a point one rnllo east
of Cunby on the Southern Pacific rail
way, saya the Tribune. The line cam
.In pnMt Mundorf school houxe.
The survey from the intersection
jof the rullroud to Oregon City has
(heretofore been made, and It practi
cally parallels the Southern Pacific.
Thl I the "forty-eleventh" survey
made Into the Molalla, Marquam,
(Scott Mill country within the lost
I few year. A few we.-ks as, a line
was run from Wood burn, and nu mor
ions survey have been made from
New Kra, Cunby, Harlow and Aurora.
'.Not one In ten were ever Intended
for anything but bluff.
Will Give Right of Way.
The promoters of the O. C, B. C.
& M. railway are encouraged by tho
attitude of some of tho lot owners In
Oregon City, who are saylug, "Send
your man around, we'll give him the
right of way."
The road will go up the Fourteenth
street canyon where the ends of the
lots crossed by the road are now
wholly valules and would ever re
muln so, Tho building of the wad
however will add value to the parts
of lots on level ground.
It is still the hope of the promo
ters to build the road as far as Ely
vllle or ML Pleasant thl fall.
Appeal for Lower Fares.
There was a lively time at the
Oak Grove Improvement association
meeting Saturday night. Tho prime
purH)se of the meeting was to ar
range, for an appeal of the O. W. P.
fare question to tho state railroad
commission. The cash fare Is now
15 cents; by ticket 8 cents. The cit
izens want cash fare of 10 cents with
transfer privileges. The traction
company says no. Some pointed re
marks on service corporations and
banks were made. Oak Grove will
get lower fares when the fare to Ore
gon City Is reduced and that will be
never says tho O. W. P.
! MOYER RELEASED
ON $25,000 BAIL
Rolse, July 30 Moyer has been re
leased on $25,0(10 bail, Butte Local of
tho 'Western Federation of Minora, one
of the richest unions In tho country,
depositing $25,000 In the First Na
tional bank of Rolse, and the officers
of the bank signing the ball bond.
Tho state objected to Pcttihone be
ing released on ball, and his trial was
set for October 1.
Haywood Is still receiving congrat
ulatory messages from all over the
country. He will go to Denver next
Thursday.
STREET NOT IMPROVED.
There has ben much unfavorable
comment of late regarding the tniprov
nient of Eighth street both sides of
Main. Tho block between Main and
the railroad track is all cut to grade,
nnd while the street Is level, there are
tunny evidences of harm resulting
from lt,:
The rond running along tho alley
back of this street Is rendered unap
proachable from Eighth street owing
to tho incline leading up to it being
cut away, and there Is a perpendic
ular fall of about three feet between
tho level of the road and that of the
street. Tho gates and fence of the
property of Mrs. Philip Rods on this
street nro from two to 'about, three
and one-half feet above tho now side
walk, and the earth has been cut
awny so perpendicular that It Is liable j
to cave In nt any moment. j
The Improvement on the side or-'
en pled by the Welnhard building has
left, the concrete gutters raised eight
Inches above the street, and It will
not he possible to drain the street
as well as heretofore.
Between Main and Water streets
the work is at present unfinished and I
the street as a consequence Is In the
greatest of confusion. j
The stairway leading to the offices i
of Jimce Cury and Thomas F. Ryan j
will be torn down, and one Is being I
built through a portion of Ilolinan's
office to replace It. j
A new concrete curbing Is being j
made on V. Harris' corner, and the j
sidewalk to Water street will h
much wider.
KILLED A RATTLER.
W. A. White, city engineer, recently
killed a rattlesnake on Madison street
In Falls View.
This Is the first occurrence of the
kind In this city, according to sev
eral old timers, who say that Ore
gon City has alwyas been free from
the rattler.
Tho snake killed by Mr. White
measured about two feet In length,
and jKissessed two rattles. A snake
wa seen on Jefferson street near
Tenth and those who saw It say It
was also a rattler.
BETTER ROUTE FOR
DA An Trt lifll HAITi,ioutie an(1 Dr- Stuart attended him.
IWrtU IV niLliUil
MOLALLA CORRESPONDENT AD
VISES FOLLOWING WATER
GRADE INSTEAD OF HILLS.
Molalla, July 31 The disagreeable
dust must bo endured. The idea of
rain has been given up for six weeks.
Harvest is well along. The bum
of the threshing machine will be
heard next week.
Clover hulling la well under way
and will be a short Job this season.
Kayler and Herman got a new feeder
for their clover huller last week.
having bursted the old one.
About this time of the year much
thought is expressed about the im
provement of the Soda Springs road,
because of more jieople realizing the
need of a road to Wilholt with a bet
ter grade, on account of it being "my
horse" that has to make the 600 feet
lift. Just to hold you back ,'C04" feet
while you are going down. Now the
natural and horsesenslble way to
reach Wilholt, which Is at the head
of Rock River canyon, is to follow
along the water course as close as
possible, especially when such water
course lies in the direction you call
the shortest distance between the two
given points. It is human nature, if
I have a farm on the summit or in
the canyon to want the very best
road built up to my residence. Let
the traveling public go over and down
the best way they can, so long as
they are out to travel let them
travel. Rut in this age, the public go
to get there, six) by least wear of
horse rather than climbing and fall
ing down with foaming horses at
the end of the road. Refore the coun
ty expends very much more funds on
extreme grades on either of the Soda
Springs roads it would be wise for
the county court to look out a better
way because the best route makes it
possible for a good road to Wilholt.
If it is in Oregon City to do any
thing In the way of building an elec
tric railway to Molalla now is the ac
cepted time. Delay will go on re
cord as another lost opportunity.
You talk of tho right of way being
the only obstacle in the way.. Assure
the people that you mean to build a
railroad In a substantial manner, and
you will get the dirt to come on.
The people want to know that there
has actually been a determination to
build within a given time.
ENDORSE BILL TAFT.
Columbus, July 30 A resolution
endorsing tho candidacy of William
II. Taft for president was adopted by
the Republican state central commit
tee today.
HORSES RECOVERED.
All six of tho mares supposed to
have been stolon from pasture at
"William Lillie's, six miles up the
Clackamas," Monday night of last
week, have been found. Three wore
in tho corral at Flrwood as reported
a few days ago, and the other three
were found in thiit neighborhood. It
is now believed the horses broke tho
fence down and strayed out.
OVERCOME
BY HEAT
Elderly Gentleman Prostrated
First Case Ever Known
In Oregon City
WEDNESDAY IS COOLER
Some Relief From Hottest Wave In
35 Year Rain or Westerly
Winds Are
Wanted.
William Price was overcome by the
heat Wednesday morning and fell
from the steps of the Portland House
to the sidewalk, bruising and cutting
his face considerably.
Mr. Price, who Is about CO years
old, was crossing Main street when
the heat affected blm, and for the
time blinded him. He groped his
way to the steps of the Portland
HoUse and sat down there to recover,
but becoming weaker he fell over with
the above result. He was removed
to his home, Just lack of the Portland
He is reported
as recovering very
nicely.
This Is the first Instance known ol
a person being overcome by heat In
Oregon City.
"Is this weather warm enough for
you?" was the unfailing question ad
dressed to sweltering Oregon City
residents TueBday, and In no way
did it tend, to cool them. Several
heard the time worn phrase so often
that they are thinking of Introducing
a bill in the legislature forbidding
the asking of useless questions.
Tuesday was certainly hot enough
for anybody, and a number of degrees
too torrid In temperature for many.
a number of thermometers in Hunt
ley's window registered 102 in the
shade. The mercury in the one at the
Southern Pacific depot climbed still
higher, and for a while showed a
temperature of 10C.
A wind from the north was burning
hot and in no way helped to cool the
atmosphere. The soda fountains prof
ited by the wave and all day were
busily engaged in serving iced drinks
to .thirsty patrons.
In the evening the porches in the
residence districts wer.e filled and
the principal topic was the weather.
Many thought of a dip in the river,
and the banks of the Willamette were
lined, whole families enjoying a swim.
Retween 10:30 and 11 at night peals
of thunder could be heard and at in
tervals the sky was brightened by
vivid flashes of lightning. To this
was ascribed the cooling of the air,
and many hoped for rain but their
hopes were blighted, and the streets
are as dusty and hot as ever.
The newcomers in the city say that
if this is a sample of an Oregon City
summer they will move out, but old
timers shake their heads and say
that this is the worst ever in this
vicinity, and is unnatural.
Memory is a poor weather recorder
but the official figures in the weather
bureau office at Portland bear out
statements of the oldest citizens. The
highest temperature ever recorded in
Farms to be listed with us.
WHYf
BECAUSE
We advertise extensively.
That gives us a market.
BECAUSE
We have many inquiries.
That gives us customers.
BECAUSE
We go after business.
That helps us to sell your farm.
BECAUSE
We are wide awake.
That brings quick returns for you.
COOPER & CO.
that off.ee was 102" on July 23, 1S9I,
and Tuesday that mark was again
touched for the only time In 35 years.
The higher humidity of the atmos
phere made Tuesday probably the
rnoMt oppressively hot day ever known
here.
The weather sharps say the high
temperature was caused by tho ba
rometer being low over the Wlllam-
,ct.te Valley and high over Eastern
J British Columbia, and for this reason
(the winds blow from the Interior of
j the continent and not from the ocean
jas Is usual at this season of the year.
Winds from the interior are always
hot, in midsummer. The barometer is
rising off the north California coast
and it is expected that the pressure
will continue to increase In that aec-
, tiwn nu.j i-o'inu uj3 WIlJtlB ill VCMt-
erTl Oregon and Washington to again
i blow from the west, when the temper-
ature will Immediately fall to nor
mal. Weather for 35 Years.
With everyone sweltering during
these closing days of July, what
freaks the weather may possibly show
during the month of August Is of
more than ordinary interest. What it
has done during the last 33 Augusta
Is shown in the report of the Weather
Bureau at Portland:
The mean or normal temperature
for 35 Augusts was 66.3. The warm
est August was in 1897 with an aver
age of 71.1'; coolest was that of 1899,
average 61.5. The highest tempera
ture recorded was 97 on the 22nd,
1891, the 5th, 1898, and the 10th, 1902.
The lowest temperature was 43 on
the 28th and 29th, 187G.
There Is little chance for a good,
soaking rain Judging from the past
The average precipitation for 35 Au
gusts is .61 of an inch. In 1899, two
and a half inches of water fell during
August but in 1885 not a drop fell
during 31 days.
COMPELLED TO
SUPPORT FAMILY
LaGrande, July 31 Robert Wor
sham, whose home was formerly at
Union, and whose wife, with three
small children, was left unsupported
by Worsham since about a year ago,
was recently arrested in Clackamas
county and brought to La Grande for
trial under the new law. Judge Craw
ford allowed Worsham to go under
$250 bonds. He is to pay the Judge
$20 every month toward the support
of the deserted family. Previous to
the time of the desertion the young
man was considered a good citizen,
industrious, frugal and upright.
WOMAN IS INSANE.
Mrs. Minnie Strese was examined
as to her sanity by Dr. Mount before
County Judge Dimlck Wednesday and
pronounced insane. The unfortunate
woman is 32 years of age and resides
in Oregon City. This is her second
attack and as the symptoms are of a
violent character it is necessary to
send her to the asylum at Salem.
ELECT LAY DELEGATES
O. F. Olson was elected a delegate
and C. A. Williams alternate, from
the First Methodist church to the
Lay Electoral conference to be held
in connection with the Oregon Metho
dist conference at Portland Septem
ber 25. The election was held in the
church Tuesday evening followed by
an Informal social meeting. Refresh
ments were served.