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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 46.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1907.
ESTABLISHED 186S.
OBEGON CITY EMTEEPB
BAD
BANK
FAILURE
KNICKERBOCKER .TRUST .COM
PANY, OP NEW YORK, GOES
TO THE WALL.
GOVERNMENT GIVES AID
Tn Millions Sent to New York to R
tors Confidence Morgan and
Rockefeller Alao Aid
with Fundi.
Tlw failure of tho Knickerbocker
Trust Company In New York fur tunny
million canned a commotion In that
city Wednesday, At flrwt It wan feared
that the failure would priTlpUm o
tho downfall of several other Inxi I
tutloiiN, but llm other banks rallied
to the support of those needing aid
and no far there, have beu no more
failures.
The charge In mad by the Clearing
jIoiik that th Knickerbocker was a
wild cat Institution and ao tho Clear
InK Hoiixc. would not aid tt. John 1)
Rockefeller and J. 1. MorKan came
out Into the ojien to assist In savliig
disastrous panic, and it In believed
thiit confident" la now restored.
Many wild charges were made that
the Wall Street KkliK i at the but
torn of the trouble, that th munlpula
lion of t It m imxl few weeks were an
effort to freeae out small holder and
secure large amount of storks be
fore voting trm? at a miiirII flKure was
what led to Da' trouble, and thut tin)
"pinch" fixed up for the ltttle follows
rami? near dragging down aoim of the
larger fry. Hut these rumors are easy
to mart and the failure may have
been simply the result of frenzied
finance.
It Is chared that the men buck of
tho Knickerbocker would buy up one
Institution and morgan It to secure
fund u buy another, thus accumu
lating chain or banks, and thut the
chain became spun out until It was
too small to stand the strain, The fail
ure of the Knickerbocker Is said to
1h a bad one. however It came about.
Secretary Corielyou Joined In aid
InK the banks to weather the storm,
but It woh given out that no money
would be supplied to aid Wall Street
In any plans for a clean up, and the
big Wall Street manipulators prom
ised. If the Government came to the
resucuo, that they would be good. It
Is ssld that the tSovernment furnished
0,(MH),0o0 with which to reclaim pub
lic confidence.
About the same time- of tho trouble
In New York the Wcstlnghouse Inter
est In Pittsburg; were being turned
over to a receiver. Tbls Institution
has been so financed In the at that
It escaped many of the financial Ills
to which large corporations are neir,
but this woek It wns made necessary
for a receiver to try hi hnnd In un
tangling the financial difficulties In
to which the company has ben drawn.
And all this time the West Is bowl
ing along with IJttle or nothing to dis
turb the calmness of Its financial
waters, Prosperity Is not all In the
Eat; the bountiful crops of the yenr
make It possible for the people of the
West to meet obligations and continue
to make Improvements and prosper.
BIG FIGHT IS
BREWING IN ALASKA
CLAIM MADE THAT TRUSTS WILL
TRY TO SECURE THE
COMPLETE CONTROL.
The hottest political fight In the
history of Alaska will begin when the
Republican convention for tho District
of Alaska Is called to order In Juneau,
the capital, the second week In No
vember. Governor Wilfred 11. Iloggiut
has the hardest fight of Ms lire on
his hands, and If he comes out of the
convention retaining his office It will
be because he has outgeneraled his
opponents, for (hoy have framed up
a strong combination. ' t
Territorial government Is the point
on which the big fight Ih to be made.
Coventor Hoggatt Is opposed to home
rule on the grounds that Alaska Is too
thinly populated for a territorial form
of government and that the taxation
under such a system would be a bur
den horno by a few He declares
that the taxation of the business In
terests, with county and state ollic
tills to support, would be a burden en
tirely out of proportion to the popula
tion of tho territory. ,
For his stand on this question, the
majority of tho delegates to the con
vention have been Instructed to de
mand of President Roosevelt the Im
mediate removal of Hoggatt, charging
that he Is the tool of the trusts fight
Inn for control or Alaska under Us
present form of government. The Se
ward Peninsula delegation la solid for
territorial form of government, and
for tho removal of Governor Hoggatt;
48 of tho 00 votes from Nome are for
territorial form of government and the
removal of the territory's present ex
ecutive; tho Hkagway delegation has
been Instructed to take the same ac
tion as the Nome and Reward Penin
sula delegations.
The present returns show that llog
gatt will go Into the convention with
the delegations from his own division
divided on both questions. Just how
many votes he will be ahlo to ob
tain from the other sections of Alaska
remains to tie seen, but It U certain
ln will b unable to obtain aid from
Wlckershiun'a delegates,
The Howard delegation will go to
the convention Instructed to vote for
Thomas t'alo for District Representa
tive In Congress. In caso It Is found
Impossible, to nominate, him, It will
go for District Judgo W'lckersharn,
Tho strange alliance Is one. of the
real urea of tho bitter political fight.
Many of the men who are members of
tho Howard delegation were formerly
bitterly opposed tw Wlckersham and
were responsible for the partial fli;bt
iiiado ugulnst him at the Alaska con
vention lie Seattle two years ago.
Judge Wlckorsbam has been men
tioned as a candidates for the Repul
llcun nomination as delegate, and some
of his friends have declared that his
resignation from the Judgeship, which
has been accepted, whs partially due
to his lutein nn to make this race.
WOMEN ORGANIZE
TO FIGHT SALOONS
OFFICERS CHOSEN AND 8ECOND
MEETING TO BE HELD TO
ADOPT PLANS.
Seventy five of the women of Ore
Ron City met In the Baptist church
Thursday afternoon to consider tho
best means of securing tho passage
of lb new temperance ordinance pro
viding for an excise board and the
placing of restrictions on tho ssloou.
Tho principal restrictions hoped fur
by Oregon City temperance people
are the doing away of curtains,
screens, blinds and other obstruct Urns
to public view, the banishment of
chairs, tables, cards and all forma of
recreation, and the scaling up of the
saloon Saturday night to stay sealed
until Monday morning.
The ultimate object of tho present
agitation Is to put the saloon out of
business. It Is claimed the new ordi
nance will close half of tho present
saloons, and that the Impetus thus
gained will enable the temperance
people, a little later, to make the
county a dry one.
Attorney Schuchcl made a short
address In explanation of the ordin
ance, certain of tho ladles wishing to
bo more fully Informed before com
mitting themselves In the matter. Ho
further urged the ladles. In case, the
saloonlsts organized for the fight and
as 'against business men who were
willing to support tho measure, but
were deterred through fear, that the
ladles organize to support those who
would vote with them against the
salon and put a boycott, practically,
on those merchants who would not
Tho principal object of the meet
ing was to organize permanently.
This was done by choosing the fol
lowing olllcers: President, Mrs. T.
E. Gault; secretary, Mrs. E. A. Story;
treasurer. Mrs, Wm. Andreson. A
vice-president was chosen from each
of the evangelical churches In the
cliy. as follows: Congregational, Mrs.
Norrls; Baptist, Mrs. I). C. Latour
etto; Methodist Episcopal. Mrs. Ran
dall; Presbyterian, Mrs. Green; Unit
ed Brethren, Mrs. Prlndle; Episcopal,
Mrs. Kelley.
The organization will hold another
meeting a few days later to consider
plans of operation, and In the mean
time plans under consideration will
bo perfected and the ladles hope to
bo prepared to settle on something
definite at the next meeting.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC '
VIOLATED ORDER
VA dispatch from Salem says; The,
Southern Pacific Thursday violated
the order of the Railroad Commission
directing that a special train be run
from Roseburg to Portland when train
No. 12,. the afternoon passenger, la
two hours late at Roseburg. The train
wns four hours and a half late, but no
speclnl was run. Tho company re
cently asked the commission to sus
pend the order, hut tho request was re
fused. The commission will probably
begin a prosecution. The company Is
liable to a fine of $100 to $10,1)00.
90 DAY STAY IN
PACIFIC WATERS
Washington advices rend: It wa.3
learned here that President Rosevelt
has 110 Idea of leaving Admiral Evans"
fleet In the Pacific, but Intends to or
der Its return within 90 days of its ar
rival on the California coast. One Im
portant conclusion is to bo drawn from
this newly established fact that tho
fleet la to return as soon ns the great
ships can bo cleaned up, replenish their
suppllse of coal and provisions and
otherwise be made completely ready
for the 14,000-mile return cruise.
The conclusion is that the executive
feels absolutely no apprehension re
specting the possibilities of war with
Japan.
PUNISHMENT FOR THE
DISHONEST RICH
r.. , j
Roosevelt Says He Was Turned on the Light,
But Hod No Hand in Producing
Dishonest Conditions
President Roosevelt strikes a key
note nearly every time he speaks In
public, lie sisike In the Auditorium
In Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday to an
Immensn crowd, at which time he gave
Utterance to the following:
"There has boon trouble In the
stock market, In the high financial
world during, the last few months.
The statement ha frequently been
made that tho policies for which 1 i
stand, legislative and executive, are
responsible, for that trouble. Now,
these policies of mine can be summed
up in one brief sentence; they repre
sent the effort to punish successful
dishonesty. I doubt if these policies
have had any material effect In bring
ing alxiut the present trouble, but If
they have, It will not alter In the
slightest degree my determination
that for the remaining 18 months of
my term these policies shall be perse
vered In unswervingly.
"If to arouse that type of civic man
hood In our nation It were necessary
to suffer any temporary commercial
depression, I should consider the cost
but small. v
"All we have done is to unearth the
wrongdoing. It was not the fact that
It was unearthed that did the damage.
All I did was to turn on the light. I
am responsible for turning on the
light, but I am not responsible for
what the light showed. It Is Impossi
ble to cut out a cancer without mak
ing the patient feel for a few days
rather sicker than he felt before. No
material well-being can save this na
tion If It loses the lift towards higher
things.
"I will permit neither the dema
gogue, upon one side, nor the reac
tionary on the other, to drive me away
from the course of policy which I re
gard as mot vital for the wellbelng
of this nation. And the thing most
Important to remember is that that
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
BIG SUCCESS
SPLENDID PROGRAMS
WITH ENTERTAINING
STRUCTORS.
t
DAILY,
IN-
One of the most profitable teachers'
Institutes ever held in Clackamas
county has been In session since Wed
nesday. The list of Instructors em
braced well known teachers and lec
turers and the subjects assigned were
well up with the spirit of the tlnjes.
The Institute was held In the Bar
clay building with three sessions dally.
Two hundred teachers were in attend
ance at the outset, and as the day ad
vanced that number was added to.
The Institute was held under the di
rection of Superintendent Gary.
Instructors on the program were H.
D. Sheldon, University of Oregon; E.
I). Bossier, president Oregon State
Normal; Cornelia Marvin, Secretary
Oregon Library Commission: W, K.
Newell, president State Board of Hor
ticulture: J. II. Akerman, superintend
ent public instruction: W. J. Kerr,
president Oregon Agricultural Col
lege; R. V. Robinson, superintendent
Multnomah county; Miss Anna Knox.
Portland instructor; Dr. Hugh S.
Mount and P. L. Campbell, president
University of Oregon.
The soloists for the occnlon were
Mlssi Louise Huntley, Mrs. Imogen
Harding Hrodle. Dr. George Alnslie,
Miss Dorothea Nash. Miss Alice Goett
ling, Mrs. Richard Clark Ganong, Miss
Morlcta Hickman, Miss Ellen Brobst
and Miss Ono Renner.
Tho several lectures were listened
to with much interest by the many
teachers in attendance. Superintend
ent Gary Is greatly pleased with the
outcome of tho Institute and expects
great things from the good It is cer
tain to do to the cause of education in
Clackamas county.
ROOSEVELT'S PLAN
FOR THE FUTURE
If Secretary of War Taft or a man
of tfie Roosevelt typo be elected
President next Fall, President Roose
velt may, under certain conditions, go
before the New York Legislature in
190!) as a candidate to succeed Thom
as C. Piatt in the United States Sen
ate, with the Idea of leading the sup
'port of administration policies In the
upper branch of Congress. This ex
ceedingly interesting information has
come to close friends of the President
since the lattor's returni fronr'thls
Western and Southern trip.
If Mr. Taft or somebody of the sanu
recognized type bo not elected Presi
dent, Mr. Roosevelt will under no cir
cumstances seek a seat in the Senate,
for the renson that he would not 4ie
In a position to give hearty support to
the administration, and at the same
time would fool the Impropriety ' of
taking an official part In criticising
his Immediate successor In the White
House.
policy has two sides. It would Indeed
be an evil for this nation If we ever
permitted to grow up a. spirit which
would discriminate against the hon
est man who achieves business suc
cess, "There Is nothing meaner than the
hatred of tho man who prospers hon
estly simply because he has prospered
and I challenge the spirit of every
good American when I say that the
bonost railroad man, the honest bank
er, and the honest business man who
makes a fortune because his excep
tional business ability enables him to
render exceptional service to the
community, Ib entitled to It
"If ever there should be any tempo
rary gusts of popular feeling that de
mand what Is wrong, what is unright
eous, the true servant of the people is
the man who disregards that tempo
rary wish of the people to do evil.
(Great Applause.)
"No man will stand more strongly
than I will In the defense of property,
so long as it is honestly acquired and
honestly used. (Cheers.) I will
stand against crimes of brutal violence
Just as I stand against crimes of un
scrupulous cunning.
"There are certain gentlemen who
say that I have talked against men of
wealth as such. These gentlemen are
blind if they see the facts In that
light. I will protect In every way In
my power honest property. I will pro
tect the honest man of wealth to the
extent of, my ability and in no way
can I ultimately protect the honest
man of wealth so effectively as by do
ing everything In my power to bring
to Justice his dishonest brother of
wealth. (Grest applause.) Our whole
movement Is simply and solely to make
the decalogue and the golden rule of
some practical moment In the business
life of the community." (Great ap
plause and cheers.)
HAWAIIAN WOMEN
: ARE ENTERTAINED
THE YOUNG LADIES SING AT
BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.'
Oregon City people have heard
much lately concerning the Hawaiian
girls who are touring the Pacific
Coast under the care of Mrs. Edith
Weatherred. The young women were
successful contestants in a newspaper
prize trip, similar to that organized
by the Portland Telegram last spring,
and they are seeing and being seen
through Washington, Oregon and Cal
ifornia. The young women, sixteen In num
ber, were guests Thursday of Mrs.
Eva Emery Dye, of Oregon City. But
Mrs. Dye. wishing her friends to have
the pleasure of seeing and greeting
these interesting young ladies,
planned for them to appear and sing
at the ladles' gathering at the Bap
tist church and also at the teachers'
Institute in the Barclay building. This
they did In the afternoon of Thurs
day, from the Barclay building going
to the home of Mrs. Dye, where they
were entertained at an Informal tea.
The young women made a very fa
vorable impression with all who met
them, and undoubtedly the people of
Oregon City made a very favorable
impression on these young women of
Hawaii.
FARMERS' INSTITUTES
FOR THIS FALL
The plates for the Farmers' Insti
tutes in Clackamas county, arranged
for this fall have been set, and the in
stitutes will begin with a session at
New Era on November S. Next comes
the one at Maple Lane, November C,
and after that Beaver Creek, Novem
ber 7; Needy. November 8, and Macks
burg, November 9.
The programme for the sessions
have not been completed as yet, but
the speakers, with the exception of A.
J. Lewis, county fruit inspector, will
be from the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege
Dr. James WilhvmmhA 'will
speak as usual on the general subject 1 tion nt Canby. The meeting was
of "Diversifed Farming," but the other I Prftslded over by W. H. Blair,, presi
four members of the faculty who will ! "ent of the Canby Development
address the fanners are not decided ' keagne. assisted by. Judge Wait, as
on. I secretary. Addresses ' were', made by
The fall circutl of the Institutes is i Mr- B,alr- JIr- 'Coe.' director of the
to be held in the "Diversifed" sectl in ! nresent Fa,r Association :Judge Walt
of Clackamas county, and Needy hftg ! and others. It was decideifthat Can-
been added to the list for the first
time this fall.
SAYS CHICAGO MUST RUSTLE.
Build Larger Hall or Kansas
Gets Convention.
City
n -
it out for both the Republican and
Democratic National Conventions of
1908, Chicago will win only on con-
(iltion that a darger convention hall
be provided than the Coliseum and
belter arranged. Thomas D. Knlgbt,
president of the Hamilton Club, de
livered this message Wednesday night
at a baantlet of the "Old Guard" of the
club In Chicago, lie had Just returned;
after a consultation with Chairman
New and other Republican National
leaders at Washington:
"Chicago must provide a hall which
will comfortably seat 14,000," said Mr.
Knight. "That is the foundation stone
of the demands of the National Com
mltee, and must be met by Chicago or
the convention goes to Kansas City,
where there Is a hall seating 20,000.
Already many Eastern committeemen
have pledged their support to Kansas
City, which has made a strong cam
paign. The Coliseum, as at present
arranged, does not answer nearly the
demand. We will strive to arrange a
system of new galleries, Mr. New will
be here In a short time to see what
we can do. We are considering urg
ing the rapid construction of the new
Seventh Regiment Armory, which will
be adequate ,or falling in that, to build
a temporary wigwam. Chicago must
hustle to land both conventions."
Lyda's sawmill, situated on Dairy
creek about four miles north of Forest
Grove, was Entirely destroyed by
fire, October 13. The origin of the
fire Is thought to be Incendiary as
there had been no Are In the engine
room since Saturday.
BIG CORPORATIONS
AND ASSESSMENTS
COMPARISON OF LEVIES MADE ON
BIG CORPORATIONS IN
1902 AND 1907.
The big corporations of Clackamas
county are being called upon to pay
their share of the taxes, and so far
as known little or no objection Is be
ing raised outside of the S. P. rail
way and its managers. To show the
people of Clackamas county how the
tax matters stand in regard to the
corporations and their taxes in the
county we print a comparative state
ment of assessments In 1902 and 1907,
using the Bve big corporations as an
example. Assessments made:
1902
1907
Southern Pacific
lands $151,333
Weyerhauser Co. 23,750
Portland G. &.
E. Co 252,240
Portland G. &
E. Co., lands..
Willamette P &
P Co 93.000
Crown Paper Co. 29,000
O. W. P. Ry Co. 18,800
O. W. P. Ry Co.
lands
956.290
230,530
617,350
66,030
360,050
130,000
614,105
63,315
524,420
O. & C. R. R. Co. 104,097
Total $672,222 J3.501.060
This makes a raise In the taxes of
five big companies of $2,760,525.
What Were Scripture Animals?
Gambler Bolton has written a little
book on the animals of the Scriptures.
The unicorn, he concludes, was the
Europeaii bison, and the behemoth was
the hippopotamus. That eagle which
"stirreth up her nest" was the griffon
vulture. The chameleon was the mon
itor lizard; the true chamelon figured
as the mole. Mr. Bolton maintains
that the apes of Solomon's courts were
the bonnet monkeys of Ceylon "or of
the land of Ophlr." The fowls that
crept upon four legs were bats, or at
any rate beasts or mammals, not fowls
at all. The "doleful creatures" and
"speckled birds" were hyenas. The
deaf adder that stopped her ears was
the Egyptian cobra, while the cocka
trice was only a yellow-streaked snake.
The leviathan is said by Mr. Bolton
to have been the crocodile.
Judge George Grey of Delaware at
the recent dinner of the Farmers'
Club at Senator Cameron's farm near
Lancaster, Pa., talked of the former
American fondness for titles. "It Is
a fondness that has now almost dis
appeared," said Judge Grey. "We have
become a more cultivated peonle and
we have learned to value titles ct
their real worth. But in the past It
was different. Take my own title, the
title of Judge, for instance. I was
traveling in the country lu my youth,
and one day at a hotel table there
sat beside me a man whom everybody
addressed as 'Judge.' Yhn the Judsre
got up and went away I pa'd to my
neighbor on the other side: 'Is that
gentleman a United States Judge-or
a local judge?' 'He's a local Jedge, sir,
was tne reply. 'He was jedge of a
hoss race last week.' "
A special dispatch from Canby says:
The location of the Clackamas Countv
fair was discussed at a meeting of seeing mac iogan was Daaijj wouno
Canby citizens Wednesday night, and en". be gave up the Idea of pursuing
it was decided to endeavor to have the bandit, and turned his attention
: the permanent location of this exnosi
by could provide the accommodations
needed and raise all funds necessary
for the successful conduct of the fair,
and committees were appointed to ar
range the matter.
It is proposed to erect buildings
and hold the fair on land owned by
Judge Wait In the adjoining town. All
the hind necessary, Including, a grove,
, lni-e cjuiiib aim ampie room lor a
racetrack, also right of way for a
1 sidetrack from tho swhem Purify
to be held under a ten-year lease,
were offered on very liberal terms.
BRYAN AND
ROOSEVELT
AGREE ON 8UBJECT OF CURBING
POWERS OF THOSE WHO
AMASS GREAT FORTUNES.
NORAILWAYCOMMISSION
Feasible, With Its Great Power for
Evil Bryan Wants States to Con
trol Our Local Affairs.
At a meeting in New York city Mon
day night William J. Bryan spoke be
fore an audience that filled Cooper
Union, while' many thousands were
turned away. The meeting was under
the auspices of the Progressive Demo
cratic League, and Mr. Bryan's subject
was "The Democracy of Today." He
was Introduced by Augustus Thomas,
president of the league. On the sub
ject of National control of corporations
Mr. Bryan said:
"The President suggests the Nation
al Incorporation of all railroads en
gaged In Interstate commerce. .Not
since the days of Alexander Hamilton
has such a doctrine of centralization
been advanced as this suggestion by
the President. It would practically
place the government of the states In
Washington.
"The Democratic doctrine is that the
Federal authorities attend to Federal
affairs, and leave the states to attend
to their home governments. The Fed
eral authority should be added to state
authority, not substituted for It."
He said the Federal government Is act
ing within its present powers to curb
the trusts.
"Let Congress," he said, "say that
when any corporation In Interstate
commerce wishes to control 25 per cent
of the output of the product it deals In,
tt must take out a Federal license, the
license to be so safeguarded that the
stock of the corporation cannot be
watered. Then the corporation will
be under the eyes of the Federal gov
ernment"
Continuing, he said: "The President
has done one thing and I regard it as
one of the most important things he
has done. He has called attention to
the matter of amassing wealth. Who
has those swollen fortunes? Not the
wage-earner, not the strongest men of
the Nation, but the men who have de
bauched legislation, gained control of
the taking power, disgraced the homes
of the land, corrupted business and
brought odium upon the church of God.
It Is this kind of men who mthe Presi
dent has seen fit to point out as ft
menace to the country."
At & regular meeting of the Oregon
City Rose and Carnation Society Mon
day evening Mrs. George B. Harding
gave a short account of her recent
trip through the East There was a
large attendance. The Portland so
ciety promises to send some one to
meet with the Oregon City society and
give a talk on rose and carnation cul
ture In the near future.
THUGS SHOOT PORT
LAND ENGINEER
POLICEMAN WHO WITNESSES
SHOOTING AFFRAY FAILS TO
CHASE THE ROBBER.
Harry M. Logan, a railroad engin
eer, was shot and fatally wounded
about 1 o'clock Thursday morning on
the Fourth-street bridge, by a lone
highwayman.
The thug had ordered Logan to
throw up his hands, and the engineer
In reply made a swing at him. The
hold-up man then turned and shot
Logan, one bullet striking him above
the heart and the other in the elbow.
Logan, barely able to walk, totter
ed to a near-by saloon, and, falling
through the dor, muttered:
"I'm shot."
Patrolman Anderson, who wa9
about a hundred feet south of the
bridge, saw the flash of the revolver,
and ran to the aid of the Injured man.
- . to the victim
The partol wagon was called and
Logan was removed to the Good Sa
maritan Hospital, where his wound
were dressed.
Logan had just left the Bridge sa
loon at 643 First street ,and was on
his way home at the time of the as
sault." He had traveled no mors than
100 feet when approached by the
thug. ' ,
In a dying statement Logan said:l
"I had just stepped out on the
bridge, when a masked man stepped
up to me and said:-
"Throw up your hands!"
"I hit at him with my right hand,
and then he fired. All that I know
is that I ran to Ragoni's saloon, and
called for help. I could not describe
the man." -'
Patrolman Anderson was an eye
witness to the whole occurrence. -