OREGON
CITY
ENTEEP
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 35.
OREOON CITY ENTERPRI8E. FRIDAY, AUGU8T 9, 1907.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
IrlTsE
MILWAUKIE
CLUB CLOSED
Order From Sheriff Beatie
Causes Big Gambling
Games to Cease
MOURN REVENUE LOSS
Cltliens of Town Deplore Action of
County Officials Ministers Re
joice But Give Prete
Credit.
Tito Mllwaukto Country flub clotted
Indefinitely Saturday night at It
o'clock, obeying au order given by
HherllT Jlcatlo mm week before. All
games were stopped, tin' gamblers
hurried out of tho plan. lights wore
turned out and doom locked. ThU,
everyone except realdonU of Mtlwau
kit. hope In tlm last that will over bo
hoard of thn notorious gambling hidl.
"Tho order wan given after consult
ing with District Attorney Hedge.
on Haturdiiy. July 27
me day before j
action was taken by tho churches and
two days before I received any letter
Informing mo of tho action of tho
churches ott July ZH," ald Sheriff
lieatle, Monday. "In the first order I
Kiivi' mom one ween, or 10 uim nuuir-
day night at 9 o'clock to close. I
went down there Saturday night to
see If the order was obeyed and It
was."
There was a general spirit of re
joicing In the churches Sunday over
the news that the club was closed.
One or two ministers spoke of it be
fore their sermons and one, Itev. K.
Clarence Oakley was Inclined to be
lieve siiNM-nslon was only temporary
and tho place would re-open as soon
as the storm blew over. However
as far as the Congregational church
was concerned tho storm Is not to
blow over. The commiU'o wg con
tinued, Mr. Oakley did not give the
district attorney and the sheriff any
credit, claiming they acted because of
public opinion. Ho said the credit be
long.! to the press, to the Dally Star,
the Evi-nliig Journal, the Oregonlan
and Evening Telegram. Ho especially
pralsi-d the first two named, and said
tho other two, Oregonlan and Tele
gram, did a little. At the union ser
vices 1n the park Sunday evening,
Rev. Oakley ngnln referred to tho
closing of the club.
There Is one place In the county
where there Is no rejoicing and that
Is Mllwaukb'. The citizens there are
In the dumps, for It begins to look
K uiem an .1 w.ey won,., navP u, Ko
down In their pockets and dig up the
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necessary few hundred dollars run
nlng expenses for the village govern
ment. They have been living so long
on a rake-off from the gambling tables
they can't abide to pay out honestly
earned money for such things as
street lights, sidewalks, etc. A let
ter appeared In a rortlnnd paper, ad
dressed to Mayor Win. Schlndler, giv
ing the gambling den a good, moral
character and endorsing the action of
Mayor Schlndler and the city council
In permitting the club to exist. Tho
letter was signed by more than 100
residents almost every voter in the
village, und Including all the promi
nent citizens, - church members and
moral models.
Tho relationship between tho club
and city was most Intimate, financially
but in no other way. Ono of the stipu
lations In it being allowed to contlntio
was that no MllwanUIo clthten, young
or old, was allowed to enter the club
house. "Tt paid $1200 license or fines
and $(!oo a year liquor license, In ad
dition it was the heaviest subscriber
to all local nffajrs. It gave $100 to
tho new grange hall, bore the big end
of the Fourth of July celebration,
fought for the town with tho traction
company and won where tho town
failed. In short it has been a regular
Lndy Bountiful as far ns paying wns
concerned. In return It asked only to
bo let n'one, nnd stole the citizens'
self-respect, without nsklng.
That's why Mllwnukle is sod today.
Next week or next your, when tho
people f. their self-respect back,
" thoy will lie glad the chvb was closed.
YOUNGEST OPERATOR.
Thomas Gcrber, the youngest tele
graph opentfer In Oregon, If not on
tho Pacific, coast, is now in Albany,
In tho employ of the local Western
Union Telegraph office, tfttys tho Al-
luiiiy Dally Herald. I In Im taking tint
place (if Operator Koyco, who loft yes
terday evening for n two weeks' vaca
tion In Kui Francisco. Mr, Koyco was
accompanied by his mother hikI sister,
TlMmitiH Gorlnr, who takes Mr.
, Noyce's place tit the key" Is only II
'years old and entered the, employ of
,11111 telegraph ronijiiiny two years ago
III l)rKOtl City, WIM'II) IllH IlOIIlO M,
(JtllckllCSH f COIIIll'l'h('IIHlon l.'llllbll'll
IiIm to intHlcr llin key n ml ho row now
handle wires with tho ability of a
veteran. .Last week ho hud complete
jchiirgu of tho Oregon City office, dur
ing tho absence of tin mini In charge,
und MIli'il tlio place to tho satisfaction
of till.
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES.
Tho summer normal after a pleas
ant unit profltuhlo session will close
Friday with a picnic at Willamette.
Tho district boundary board will ap
point truant officers for tlm county
thlM Week.
Miss Alice Hill who taught tho
Yoder school near Needy lat winter,
will enter tho Han Diego normal thin
fall.
PLANNING LABOR
DAY CELEBRATION
The members of the Willamette Im
provement and Devi lopment league
are greatly Interested In the work of
arranging fr tho labor Day celebra
tion to be given In the purk at the
springs near Willamette on that day.
Tho (). C. T. company will run a
special boat from Portland and ar
jrHriK,.u.tt are being made wlih the
Willamette
Falls Railway company
by which the car service will be great
ly Increased on that day.
Gordon K. Hayes will deliver an
addrcxs and the members of the
committee are trying to secure State
l.ubor Commissioner I lorn m to speak
also.
Two baseball games will be played,
one In the morning between the Grays
and another fast amateur nine not
selected, and one In tho afternoon be
tween tho Wistdhtirn and St. John's
teams of the' TrI CIty league, There
will also bo a number of foot races,
egg races, sack races, potato races,
and other unbpie contests. Tho park
is especially inviting and many will
eat their lunches In tho shade of Its
sheltering trees.
The Oregon City band will furnish
music. A pavilion will be erected and
there will dancing during tho after
noon anl evening.
PORTLAND DOCTOR
DROWNED IN SEA
1mg Reach, Wash., Aug. C Dr.
James M. Smith, who ha.i an ofllro in
the lluchanan building In l'ortland,
, ,n)Wn,Hl hm, ,hH morning about
jn,30 ().cU)cK whlu, trylng tt) Bave hi
;son Lester, aged 12 years. The hit-
tcr was finally brought to shore by
Harry Tinker, hut while every effort
Is being made to resuscltato tho Isiy
It Is feared the work Is In vain.
Lester was In bathing and was
caught by tho undertow, lie screamed
for help anil his father, who was bath
ing near by in company with Mr. and
Mrs, George Harvey, swam to his
assistance, was caught by tho under
tow and dragged under before help
could reach htm.
ASTORIA GAMBLERS
ARE SCARED SOME
Astorln, Aug. c lilie rumors tiro
rife hero that tho gambling houses
will he closed, nothing definite Is
Known, The city will not close them
for they are running under city
authority. If they are closed It will
I..V 1,1, llll,.l A tt., II...I,.A., ,.f I
hit VJ I'inii lit. Al hm ill j I ii-ura ML
Oregon City. His deputy here, J. C.
Medio, had received no closing or
ders from Mr. Hedges up to noon.
Mr. -Hodges when seen Tuesday re
fused to give out InfornVatlon ns to
his Intentions. Ho Raid ho would
tuko up the several duties of Ills
office In order nnd when he was ready
to move thero would bo no newspaper
nourishes as accompaniments.
ROYAL RESTAURANT SOLD.
Jesso Goorgo sold his restaurant
Monday evening to W. J. E, VIck and
A. E. Joy nor, both well known young
men. Mr. George will leave In two
weeks for Walla Walla, where he will
probably enter Into
business ngnln,
tho restaurant
WAS LEU A
MURDERER?
Portland Police Believe That
New Era Suicide Killed
Alexander Huber
MYSTERY CLEARED IP
Light 8hed on Aetaeilnation of 8wl
Dairyman a Tew Weeks Ago
Seek Montana
Facte.
I no roruanu ponce neneve vne hui
fide of Jack I,ou, whoso body was
....,.... .... .1..
discovered by Frank McArthur, hang-!
Ing to a limb of a tree, one mile east
of New Era, Sunilay, clears up tlie
mystery suroundlng the murder of
Alexander Huber, tho Swiss dairyman,
who was Mint from ambush at night
on tho Cornell road July 17.
Buoplclon had always
lyou as the asKBssin. and the police
now assert that responsibility for the
crime is fixed.
i.n ,iuiii,i!.I.ri,t tlm nitrht of Wed -
ncsday, July 17-the day the body of
Huber was found on the Cornell road,
Ho was shot by a concealed foe. One
(bullet entered from the front and the,
other from the back.
The murder was the outcome of a
row In the Gruetli saloon, Front and
Yamhill streets, two nights previous -
ly. Leu and Huber were the prlncl-
pals In the affair, and Leu was sound-
ly trounced by Huber.
Loti was a powerful man, physically
th largest member of tho Portland
Swiss colony. Huber was undersized,
From all that the pollco have been
able to learn, nothing prior to this
fight had ever occurred to mar the
friendship existing between Leu and
Huber. It Is therefore believed that
I am was st mortified at his defeat at
the hands of Huler on that occasion
that he murdered Huber and hanged
himself to escajKB posslblo punishment
by the law. ,
Huber's body was discovered by his
partner and a younger brother at
daylight Wednesday, July 17. They
notified tho police, and Detective Ser
geant Baty t(sk charge of the case.
He 'worked on It continuously until
nearly every member of the Swiss
colony hod been Interviewed by Chief
Gritzmacher , who speaks the lan
guage. Among those taken to head
quarters was Jack Ijou, against whom
suspicion was at once directed. He
was questioned at great length by the
Chief, who released him and seemed
satisfied that Iai had no connection
with the case.
Leu. meantime, had brought charges
against Huber and others, alleging
assault and battery, as the outgrowth
of the saloon trouble. He appeared
In the municipal court the morning
the Isniy of Huber was found to pros
ecute his alleged assailants, but the
cases were postoned, pending the out-
come of tho investigation into thehas surrendered his lease and will
murder mystery. When the day fur j discontinue business while a five story
tht hearings, came, it was found Leu brick is being erected to cover the
had disappeared, and it was later J quarter of the block on part of which
learned ho had fled from Portland the; the "Bismarck" stands.
day the body of Huber was found.
The Portland police were complete
ly mystified. A seeming alibi was at
tempted to be established for Leu by
certain Swiss. The finding of Leu's
body has made it all clear say the po
lice. Because of the almost Incredible
thought that the murder and suicide
could have gixnvn out of so trivial a
thing ns the fight between the two
men In the saloon, the police will
make still further Inquiry ns to Leu's
past, and will endeavor to ascertain
his record In Montana,' where he Is
said to have lived at one time.
The letter found in Leu's pocket
was from Mrs. Anna Wollenvelder of
Butte, Mont., nnd was dated June 22.
Only $1.15 was found In the pockets
of the dead man. Leu had taken a
piece of telephone wire from the gate
at the McArthur home, twisted it
around his neck and was strangled.
Leu disappeared from Portland the
night of July 17, and It is supposed he
committed suicide about July 20.
Vandalism In Knapp's Park
Editor Star: A city Is known by Its
parks, and Mr. Knapp is mst surely
entitled to much credit for the inter
est ho has taken In the park that
bears his name
He has had planted
a number of nut henrlng trees and
ornamental shrubs, and he went so
J far aw to import from Germany a new
I dower originated there culled tho
!f!trt...u. ...(.. 1,....MI t.. ir..l a
.i'r'llif innil Id, A IIITUMMUII ll'JW-
wring shrub which wan Just beginning
to bloom and Mr. Knapp had hopes of
having weed enough to give some to
bin friends this fall. Hut an uHual
some one, unknown to our pollco force
wan unkind enough to destroy all
biiKheH In tho park.,, Mr. Knapp is
thankful that they havo left tho park
and th other fibrillin and trees.
BEAUTY LOVER.
GOING TO GRESHAM.
A largo number of fans will aocom
pany tho Grays to Oresham, Sunday,
where tho Oregon City . aggregation
will play a return game with the home
('am. Tho find, game between theae
'teams, played July 21 in thla city, re-
suited In a victory foT the local nine,
the score being 8 to 4. During the
game, Catcher Hanlin of the visitors
broke his finger and was forced to
havo tho game, and the Greshamites
maintain that this accident cost them
ftin At.nlnul
wui-jni.
GREAT AMERICAN
4 RINGED CIRCUS
The following Is some of the red
hot parts of a toast by W. R. An-
polnted to'drews of Grand Rapids, Mich., In an
anneal to tho FiilDlnos:
I You Filipinos don't know what youJbe crected at once- So "P'e l
iare missing by not wanting to become jEada wanted the ew one placed
vitimm r,f hi trrun, ntuintrv i.t .i.ra ! nearly one-half mile down stream.
j You ought to send a delegation over,Amher faction objects strenuously
there to see us the land of the free
j land of fine churches and 40.C00
licensed saloons, bibles, forts and
guns, houses of prostitution, million-
i aires and paupers, theologians and
'thieves, politicians and poverty, Chris-
j Hans and chain gangs, schools and
scalawags, trusts and tramps, money
and misery, homes and hunger, virtue
land vice, where we have men in con-
gross with three wives, where some
!men make savages out of their wives
land others want to eat them alive,
where we make bologna out of dogs,
canned beef out of horses and sick
sows, and corpses out of tho people
who eat It, where a congress of four
hundred men make laws and a court
of nine men set them aside, where
newspapers are paid for suppressing
the truth and rich for teaching a lie,
where preachers are paid $23,000 a
year to dodge the devil and tickle the
ears of the wealthy, where business
consists in getting property any way
that won't land you in the peniten
tiary, whero niggers can vote and wo
men can't, where a girl who goes
wrong Is made an outcast and her
partner flourishes as a gentleman,
where we have prayers on the floor
of our national capltol and whiskey
in the cellar, where we put a man in
jail for stealing a loaf and In congress
for stealing a railroad, where the dev
il laughs from every street corner.
Come to us, Fillies! We've got the
greatest aggregation ever (exhibited
under one tent..
SELLS LEASE FOR
BIG, ROUND FIGURE
C. W. Kelly, proprietor of "the Bis
marck," on Alder street, Portland,
It is understood Mr. Kelly received
rttlvantageous terms as he had quite
a long lease and his was tho only one
that stood In the way of clearing
the site for the new stiucture. When
the new building is completed Mr.
Kelly will get a choice room, and will
be the only soloonmnn In tho uuild
ing which will be occupied by 350 ten
ants and their office help.
Ex-Fire Chief E. L. McFarland, who
has been working for Mr. Kelly ever
since he opened last winter, and Mr.
Kelly nnd his family will leave Thurs
day for a month's stay at WUholt
Springs.
135 Tons of Berries.
There were 12,050 crates of logan
berries shipped from Brooks station,
Marion county, during the season re
cently closed, About 9,000 of these
were 24-box crates and the balance
IB, making a total of about 270,000
pounds of berries alone, or 185 tons.
TORNADO IN IOWA.
Mason City, la., August 7 A tor
nado swept over this - section Inst
night, killing four people, Injuring a
large number and doing nn immense
amount of damage to property. The
whole Mississippi valley has been
swept by fierce windstorms for the
last 24 hours.
OLD SITE
RETAINED
County Court Will Probably
Not Move Location of
Estacada Bridge
EXPENSIVE TO CHANGE
Structure Would Cost More and New
Road Need Be Built Accept
Constable Ely's Resig
nation, The county court considered bridge
matters Wednesday forenoon but did
not vote definitely on the proposition
to change the site of the county
bridge across the Clackamas at Es
tacada. There Is slight doubt, how
ever, said one member of the court.
: 1 1 ,. .1. 1 - .. v i . it.. t
""y. oriuge
win ne piacea wnere me oiu one is.
Tho Estacada bridge is in a dan
gerous condition and a new one must
to changing the site. The new loca
tion would necessitate building a
road to the bridge, and the structure
itself would cost more as it would be'nasco, where Dominica, content with
40 feet longer. These facts cause the
court to view with disfavor the pro
posal to change the location. The
new bridge will probably be a wood
and Irgn stnjcture, using the Iron In
the present bridge.
Accept Ely's Resignation.
The resignation of Charles F. Ely
as constable of district 4 was accept
ed Wednesday by. the county court
and the office declared vacant.
The petition of David Caufield, ask
ing for appointment as constable to
fill vacancy caused by Ely's resigna
tion, was passed until the September
meeting.
Annie Corrigan was granted a re
newal for six months of her license
to sell liquor at Barton.
The Straus Lumber company was
granted the use of a county road for
logging purposes.
The petition to change the plank
to corduroy In the Highland road, was
denied.
DROPPED DEAD IN
THE HARVEST FIELD
While working in a harvest field at
Beaver Creek, Tuesday morning, Ed
win R. Jones, a well known young
man, was, suddenly stricken with
heart disease and died before assist
ance could be offered. A brother of
the deceased died of the same dis
ease several years ago, being found
dead in bed. j
Deceased was 29 years of age, and
was born at Beaver Creek where his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey
Jones, reside.
Xo funeral arrangements have been
made, pending the arrival of a sister
from the East, but It Is thought that
the services will be held Friday or
Saturday.
WANTED
Farms to be listed with us.
WHY
BECAUSE
We advertise extensively.
That gives us a market
BECAUSE
We have many inquiries.
That gives ua 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.
HEAR REFERENDUM CA8ES.
Salem, August 7 Appeals in tho
threw referendum cases from Marlon
! county, Judge Wrn. Galloway, are be
ing argued before the supreme court
! today. Two of the cases are the In
junction suits to restrain the secre
Itary of state from accepting the ref-
jerendum petitions on the Multnomah
I sheriff's act and the compulsary pass
I act, while the other Is the mandamus
J suit against the secretary of state on
i the university appropriation petition,
jit is thought a decision will bo given
before the fall recess is taken the
j latter part of this month.
4 MORE DIVORCE SUITS
Miamated Couples Seek . Clackamas
Circuit Court for Severing of
Tie That Binds Too
Tightly.
Four divorce suits were filed in the
circuit court during the last 24 hours.
Business had . been slack la County
Clerk Green man's office recently, and
this little spurt was like old times.
Dominica Barbara, whose maiden
name waa the euphonious Dominica
Monga Lolfo, Is very, very sorry she
ever left the bright skies of sunny
Italy. She lived very happily there
in that southern land, and her cup of
Joy was filled to the brim when the
!Pd priest married and blessed her
and stalwart and manly Bartholemew
Barbara, on February 23, 1904. This
happened In their native village, Ve-
little as long as she bad Bartholo
mew's love, wquld gladly remained,
but the lure of gold drew them to far
off America, where If you get up
early enough you pick up money in
the streets.
Now comes a change in this true
tale, for Dominica says ever since
they came to America, three years
ago, Bartholemew has treated her
with great cruelty, that on July 4 a
year ago, he was "excessively Intoxi
cated" (which are two big words used
where one short one would be better),
and locked her out of her home and
told her never to return, and called
her such awful vile names that they
can only be indicated In the complaint
by letters Joined with dashes, and
too vile to even do that In a news
paper. Bartholemew also accused her
of being untrue and unfaithful to
him, and of having intimate relations
with male friends, all which she says
were absolutely false. Bartholemew
has also contracted the American
habit of slopping over in his drink
ing. She says he has become a habit
ual drunkard, getting drunk at regu
lar intervals of not more than one
week apart. During such times he is
so cruel she is forced to leave the
house. Dominica asks permission to
Hosinma f Iso T Jil f airoln
( Alice iewuy bsks iur uivorce irom
. 1 . 1 . 1 . M J, - M
W. L. Newby, to whom she was mar
ried at Indianapolis, Oct 26, 1884. She
says he deserted her on Feb. 23, 1905.
She wants to resume her maiden
name, Alice Stuart.
William O. Wimer asks for divorce
from L. Delia Wimer. They were
married at Stayton, Or., Aug. 14, 1892,
and he says she deserted him at Port
land on New Years day, 1906.
Frances F. Ross is seeking a di
vorce from John E. Ross. They were
married In Multnomah county, Sept.
11, 1884, and she alleges he deserted
her April 30, 1S99, at Portland. .