OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1907.
THE COURTS
There has been little doing about
the Court House since the Governor's
proclamation was received. At the
County Recorder's office no papers
are being filed; they are received for
safe keeping and will be placed on file
Monday. At the Clerk's office mar
riage licenses are Issued as usual, but
other papers are simply taken care of
for those who wish them filed and will
be filed soon as the "holidays" are
over. Sheriff lleatie has received
some little money for taxes, and la not
loth to accept a "boarder" where the
public good la to be conserved through
his keeping "under the ban" some one
ho is prone to wander from his own
fireside Into "pastures green but not
hisn."
But aside from the "works of ne
cessity" the Court House officials are
not striving to do business.
Circuit Court will not convene un
til Tuesday, allowing Judge McUride
to complete a case on trial at the time i
the proclamation caused a halt In the
proceedings.
Mrs. Charman Wants an Accounting.
Mrs. Lena Charman has brought
suit against George H. Wlshart, C. H.
Caufield and T. L. Charman. execu
tors of the estate of the late Elmer E.
Charman, husband of the plaintiff, to
foreclose a mortgage on a lot 80 by
210 feet, on the corner of Main and
Ninth streets. On June 10, 1S90, she
loaned E. E. Charman $3000, taking
his promissory note and a mortgage
on the lot, on which there is a house.
Mrs. Charman claimed and was allow
ed the property for a residence, and
was permitted to live there by order
of the County Court She asks that
the property be sold and the proceeds
be devoted toward the payment of
the note and for $500 for attorney's
fees.
Charges Husband With Desertion.
Norah Tunney. who was married
September 16, 1895. to J. F. Tunney,
has filed a suit for a decree of di
vorce, alleging that Tunney deserted
her. They have two daughters,
Frances, aged 7 years, and Mamie,
aged 11 years. Mrs. Tunney Bays her
husband left her in Troutdale in 1904.
She also charges him with using in
toxicants to excess so that he became
an habitual drunkard, and failed to
support his family, and she was ac
cordingly compelled to go out and la
bor. Her maiden name was Norah
Alexander, which she desires to resume.
Minnie Carblener was married to
Jacob Carblener In Oregon City May
28, 1901, and she charges hltn with
cruel and Inhuman treatment and
personal abuse. He owns forty acres
of land, valued at $2500, and personal
property worth $1400, and she asks
for a restraining order so that he mny
not dispose of It. She wants $2!0 of
him as temporary alimony pendente
lite. They have one. child, aged five
years.
John W. Robinson has stolen a
march on his wife. He went to Canby
Sunday and secured his two children,
Earl aged four years and Helen aged
seven, and went away with thorn and
his whereabouts is unknown. Mrs.
Robinson sued her husband for a di
vorce Friday on the ground of non
support, and asked for $20 a month
alimony. She says her husband earns
$2.50 a day logging, but has always
spent his money In the gratification
of his own tastes and desires.
Circuit Court convenes next Tues
day, instead of Monday.
Andrew Mickey has filed a suit for
divorce against Doretta M. Hickey, al
leging cruel and Inhuman treatment.
They were married about five years
ago in. Portland. Mrs. Hickey Is said
to have left, Astoria October 11, 1907,
for Los Angeles, and Is now residing
In that California city.
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Court Notes.
Lucy May Sargent has filed a suit
for divorce against Draper C. Sargent,
to whom she was married in Durango,
Cal.. Feb. 25, 1892. She alleges that
her husband deserted her In Salt Lake
City, Utah, in June, 1900.
William H. Addington and Cynthia
Fox were married in Vancouver,
Wash., December 8, 1902, and went to
Portland to live, remaining there un
til March 3, 1903.. Cynthia wants a
divorce. She charges William with
Intoxication and (failure to support
her and desires to resume her maiden
name.
William B. Tait asks for a legal sep
aration from Virginia Tait, to whom
he was married January 2, 1901.
Katherine Jones was married to Ca
leb Jones. December 31, 1897, and on
September 14, 1906, he informed her
that he no longer cared to live with
her. She wants a divorce.
Isaac F. Beales was married to
Katherine Beales in Vancouver,
Wash., August 29, 1906, and he
charges her with desertion, and wants
to resume "his maiden name."
Ida M. Robinson, who was married
in Pleasant Home, Ore., October 19, 1
1899. to John W. Robinson, alleges
cruel and inhuman treatment. Thev
have two children, the eldest aged 7 i
years, and Mrs. Robinson says her
husband spends his money gratifying;
his own tastes which forced her to
wash, scrub floors, and wall-paper
houses. She charges her husband
with threatening to take her children
away from her and asks for divorce ,
and $20 ner mo"th alimony.
Edna Huehes has filed a suit for a
decree of divorce against Charles E.
Wughes, to whom she w married In
Clackamas county Novell he- 26. 1902.
They have one child. Walter, aged 4
vears. Mrs. Hughes charts her h"
band with failure to supnnrt her and
her child, which forced her to en nut
and work. She av further that he
used profane language.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company has filed notice with the
Board of Equalization of Baker coun
ty that It will not pay taxes on the
assessed valuation of $27,500 a mile,
saying this amount is excessive, un
fair, unjust and illegal,. It will not
pay more than $13,000 a mile, so It
says. It alleges that the Board of
Equalization Is illega.1 and has no
power to sit as such body.
A new organization was formed In
Salem last week. Its chief purpose
is to "boost Salem." and help with the
Industrial development of the city.
Butter Is hitting the high places
and apparently straining Itself to
keep up with labor prices. It started
In at 75 cents a roll recently, went to
80 cents In a day and a half, and touch
ed 90 cents soon afterward, with
prospects of hitting the dollar mark,
along with wheat
Lincoln county has formed a pio
neer association.
A hypnotist talked Mrs. James Ald
erson out of $480 at Independence
recently.
Governor Chamberlain Monday
granted a pardon In favor of Morton
Douglas, a young man residing in
Lane county, who was recently con
victed of burglary his offense con
sisting of taking a hatchet from an
apparently deserted cabin In which
he slept while on a hunting trip in
the mountains.
From Albany a carload of clover
seed was shipped one day this week
its destination being Minneapolis. It
is valued at $12,000. The clover seed
Industry will soon be an extensive
one in this part of the state.
The Oregon High School Debating
League, organized during the past
summer, is meeting with hearty co
operation from all parts of the state.
Fifteen of the larger schools have
signified their intention of Joining the
league, including Pendleton, Baker
City, La Grande, Ontario, The Dalles,
Astoria, Salem, Eugene. Rosebtirg,
Klamath Falls, Bedford, Grants Pass.
Bandon, Marshfleld. North Bend. The
state has been divided into four dis
tricts, and a championship team will
be chosen from each district. The
final debate will be held at the Uni
versity of Oregon. A handsome silver
cup will be given to the winning team.
A Bend. Or., man got 49 potatoes,
weighing 19 pounds from one hill.
Deer have been destroying fruit
trees aroiid Ukiah, one man having
thus lost all but 125 out of 1000 cher
ry trees.
Eugene High School defeated the
football team from Albany College at
Eugene Saturday by a score of 21
to 0. The Albany team was strong in
the line, but the High School, played
a much faster game, and scored de
cisively In both halves.
Arrangements have been completed
for holding the Pacific Coast cham
pionships for amateur boxers and
wrestlers in Portland next April. After
considerable correspondence It has
been agreed on Portland as the place
for holding the bouts, and next April
the fiht fans will have an opportun
ity of again witnessing as clever an
aggregation of youngsters perform as
was seen at th3 tournament at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
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Hundreds of shoppers from outlying
districts are pouring in to take advant
age of the stupendous bargains we are
offering, the sale is meeting with
such success.
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The jstore is overflowing: with bargains.
Come early. Mail orders promptly filled.
The Polk County Poultry Raisers'
Association has fixed the dates of the
annual poultry show for December
2G, 27 and 28. The show will be held
In the Implement room of Ralph Ad
ams' new store building, Dallas. The
Observer says: "Elmer Dixon, of Or
egon City, who Is considered to be
among the best poultry authorities
on this coast, will act as Judge."
The appointment of Dr. Robert Lee
Steiner to the position of Superinten
dent of the Oregon Insane Asylum la
very pleasing to his many friends In
Dallas, where he practically began his
professional career.
The Oregon State Dairy Associa
tion will meet in Portland December
19-20. The Commercial Club off era
two gold medals, one for butter and
one for cheese, while the Portland
Flouring Mills put up a purse of $100,
In cash for the best general display.
U. of O. Correspondence School.
The demand throughout the state
for the correspondence work now be
ing offered by the University of Ore
gon Is greatly surpassing the expect
ations of its most sanguine supporters.
In a number of towns the teachers
are forming clubs and carrying on
work-under the direction of the Uni
versity Instructors. The interest is
not confined to teachers, however, for
many young men and women who
have found It impossible to attend
college are taking the work. To be
gin with, only a small number of
courses are being offered, such as
English Classics and Shakespeare,
English History, Pedagogy, Algebra,
etc., but others will be added from
time to time.
According to the latest Chinese In
vestigation, the number of Chinese in
other countries was as follows: Ja
pan 17,073, Russian ABia 37,000, Hong
kong 314,391, Slam 2,775,000, Burma
134,500, Java 1,825,000, Australia 34,
405, Europe 1700, Korea 11,500, Amoy
74,500, Maylasla 1,025,000, Annam
197,000, Philippine Islands 83,878, Af
rica 8200, and America 272,829, Th
total number Is 6,892,639.
A Philadelphia girl who decided" ft
the last moment not to marry-sent
back $50,000 worth of presents. That
Is not bo slow.
Two New Teachers for Eastham
Building.
Miss Josephine Lester, of Arleta,
has been elected principal of the
Eastham school building, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Claude Turrell. She taught last year
In Vancouver. Miss Daisy Estolla
Spauldlng has been elected teacher of
the sixth and seventh grades of the
Eastham building, to succeed Miss
Stella Pennlck, resigned.
The Republican National conven
tion next year will have 992 delegates
with 497 votes necessary to a choice.
The South will send 332 of the total
number.
During the month of September last
the postal authorities found $5,251.74
In dead letters and $4,371.04 was re
turned to the senders.
BUCKING AN ICE FLOE.
An Incident In One of Peary's Arotio
Exploration Trips.
One of the most striking passages In
Robert E. Peury's "Nearest the Pole"
Is bis description of the nctlon of an
Ice floe which threatened his ship. lie
writes: "Its slow, resistless motion
was frightful, yet fascinating. Thou
sands of tons of smaller lee which the
big floe drove before It the Roosevelt
had easily and gracefully turned under
her sloping bilges, but the edge of the
big floe rose to the plank sheer, and a
few yards back from its edge was an
old pressure rfdgc, which roso higher
than the brldgo deck. This was the
crucial moment. For a minute -or to,
which seemed an- age, the pressure
was terrific. The Roosevelt's ribs and
Interior bracing cracked like the dis
charge of musketry, the deck ifmld
sblps bulged up several Inches, while
the main rigging hung slack and the
masts and rigging shook as In a vio
lent gale. Then, with a mighty tremor
and a sound which reminded me of an
athlete lntuklng ulsbreath Jorjtsif
rente effort, The ship shook herself
free and Jwnied upward till her pro
peller showed above water. The big
floe snnpied against the edge of the'
Ice foot forward and aft and under ns, I
crumpling up Its edge and driving it In-j
shore some yards, then came to rest,'
and the commotion wits transferred to
tho outer edgo of the floe, which crum
bled away with a dull roar as other
floes smashed against It and tore off
great pieces In their onward rush,
leaving tho Roosevelt stranded, but
afo."
On another occasion It required thlr-ty-flvo
and a half hours of incessant
strain and struggle to clear a way
through the obstructing Ice floes to the
open water beyond. Mr. Peary says:
"Tho Roosevelt fought like a gladlutor,
turning, twisting, straining with all
her force, smashing her full weight
against the heavy floes whenever wo
could get room for a rush and rearing
upon them like a steeplechaser taking
a fence. Ah, the thrill and tension of
It, tho lust of battle, which crowded
days of ordinary life Into one! The for
ward rush, tho gathering speed and
momentum, tho crash, tho Upward
heave, tho grating snarl of the Ice as
the steel shod stent split It as a ma
son's hammer splits granite or trod It
nmler or sent It right and left In whirl
ing fragments, followed by tho violent
roll, tho backward rebound and then
tho gathering for another rush were1
glorious." I
At sucb times the physical tension
was Intense: "Every one on dock hung1
with breathless Interest on our movc-l
ment, and as F.nrtlett and I clung In'
the rigging I heard him whisper!
through teeth clinched, from the purely
physical tension of tho throbbing ship
tinder us: 'Olvo It to 'em, Teddy; give
It to 'em!' More tliiin once did a lire
man como panting on deck for n breath
of nlr, look over tho nlde,- mutter to
himself. -'Hy thunder, she's got to go
through!' then drop Into tho stokehold,
with the result n moment lator of an
extra belch of Hack smoke from the
stack and an added turn or two to the
propeller."
IMPROVEMENTS
HOPED FOR
The Portland Telegram of Wednes
day has tho following to say regard
ing projKised Improvements by tho O.
W. P.:
The people of Willamette are Inter
ested and excited over tho pretence of
a party of surveyors who have been
at work since Monday morning. Thuy
have made a survey for a spur to run
from tho present track between Ore
gon City and Willamette, along tho
low, level ground near tho banks of
tho Willamette River, covering tho
site that will be offered for a county
fair.
It Is understood that tho Portland
Railway, Light. & Power Company,
which Is tho parent corporation of tho
Willamette Falls Company and the
Portland (ienoral Electric Company,
Is planning to place In the open mar
ket tho vast acreage tracts between
Oswego and Willamette. This pro
perty was acquired by tho late P. V.
Morey, who was president of tho com
pany, but little of tho land has boon
developed or utilized, and It Is be
lieved -that the company will try to
dispone of H, retaining only a small
amount for specific purposes,
Tho surveying party Monday com
menced work between West Oregon
City and Oswego. If the surmise that
the company Intends placing Its ex
tensive holdings on tho market, In
true, It follows that the country ef
fected will rapidly bo built up, and
tho residents in that section are re
joining over the prospect.
The possibility of the construction
of a spur running along tho river bank
means that logs for the mills will bo
taken cure of by rail.
Tho next fpiallfylng examination
for the Rhodes scholarships for this
state will ho held at the University
of Oregon, Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 21 and 22, 1908. Tho arrange
ments for conducting the examina
tions will follow closely those of last
year, with tho exception that an ex
amination fee of $5 will bo charged
all candidates.
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