OEEGON CITY ENTERPRISE
F0RTY-8EC0ND YEAR No. 7.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908.
ESTABLISHED 1861
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DEMOCRATS
FOR BRYAN
COUNTY ORGANIZATION 13 EN
THUSIASTIC OVER CANDIDACY
OF NEBRA8KAN.
TIME SET FOR BANQUET
Members of the Faithful Will Eat,
Drink and Be Merry March B and
Will Name Delegates to the
8tate Convention.
('liirkumim County Democrats are
lriuiiiiK to cut u wide swath In l
lltlfiil circles iiml will hold their bi
ennial banquet In thin city Thursday
evening, March 5. Tim affair will sa
vor of wmilno JuffcrHonlan Dcmocra
cy. and every iiii'iiiImt of thu faithful
hand win bo entitled to alt down nt
tint groaning board for f 1 per idato, or
fl per Democrat. Tlio committee In
charge Is Harry E. Draper, J. 15. Jack
and Dr. A. L. Itcutle, and upon thciu
will devolve Ihtt Appointment of sub-
MISS NEIVA GREEN.
committees, who In turn will secure
the "big guns" for speakers. It Is ex
pert. d that Governor Chamhe-'.aln,
Charles V. Calloway, cierk of the
State ljind Hoard; Colonel Robert A.
Miller. Frederick V. IfolniHn, Judge
Foley, Judge James H. Haley, Mayor
I jinn and other greater or lesHer lights
will gruco the oitiihIoii with their pres
ence. It is probable that the ban
tiiet will take place In Willamette
Hall.
The Democratic County Central
held a special meeting last
Saturday in the office of O. 1). Khy.
secretary of the committee, and after
an informal dlscuxHlon, adjourned to
meet In Willamette Hall In tho after
noon. There were 211 committeemen
present, representing more than a ma
jority of the committee, and they were
all chock full of enthusiasm for Wil
liam JennlngH Bryan for President.
The sentiment In favor of going out In
the highways and byways of Clackn
inns and hunting out strong men for
candidates for county ofllces wos heart
ily voiced.
The county convention of Clackamas
Democrats will bo held in Oregon City
at 10 o'clock on the morning of the
banquet. Primaries will be held In
every precinct to thlB convention,
which will name delegates to the
State convention in Portland.
Tho Democrats two years ago elect
ed H. 11. Heatte Sheriff and J. K.
Hedges State Senator, and this was
the nrst time they have had a look-in
on county olllces In Clackamas county
for several years. Senator Hedges
holds over, but Sheriff Heatlo Is a
candidate for re-election. Lane Grlb
lilo, of Mucksburg, Ih freely mentioned
as a candidate for County Clerk.
HURRY OREGON BUILDING.
Beaver State Exhibit to Be Placed Be
fore Opening of 8eattle Fair,
Tho Oregon Stato building for the
Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc Exposition at Se
attle will bo finished and the exhibit
Installed when tlio Legislature meets
next winter, according to tho state
ment of W. II. Wanning, chairman of
the Oregon Commission.
"It Is not our pur pose to enter Into
LIGHT REGISTRATION.
Tho total registration to
date, as complied by Deputy
Clerk Mulvey, Is 800. Whllo
registration has been very light,
the voters are now coming In
to doclaro thomsolves at a fast
er rate. Notwithstanding the
the fact that the existing law
was in effect lust year, mnny of
the voters are apparently not
aware that It is necessary to
register In order to partici
pate In the primary election
which will be held about the
middle of April. Only men.
who register as Republicans
S . or Demoprats nifty take part In
S the primaries. Of the total
$ registration of 800, about 550
? .of this number have recorded
? their political faith as Republi
? 'can.
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a building context with other State,
but wo huvo decided to Itavo Oregon's
exhibit In place several montliM before
Dim exposition opium. Whim every
thing U In reudlnuHH wo mIihII bring tho
fact to tlm attention of our Legislature
and auk for un additional appropriation
of $50,000 to iimliu It better. The up.
proprliillon already made Ih $100,000,
one-half of which will bo used In erect
ing a building.
"K. W. Itowo and 1 liave been Iwk
Inn ovci the unwind allowed to Oregon
for ItH exhibit mid wo are Imuioimoly
pleuHcil. Tlio Hlto Ih on Nome Circle,
JiiHt opposite tlio WaHhliiKton State
building, and tlio locution could not
havo been morn favorable. We Khali
Immediately arrange for letting tho
contract. According to our prenoul
plaiiH, blila will bo opened March 1,
and the work on tho building will be
Hturtoil by March 15."
FI8H CULTURE FOR JAPAN.
Expert From Chrysanthemum Empire
Studying Method.
Mr. S. Fujlmura, of llokkuldo, Jap
an, representing the finherlcs of tho
(-liryHiiiitheuiuni country, wah In thu
city Monday and spent the greater
part of tlio day at the ClackamuH H lo
tion, In company with Henry O'Mulley,
superintendent of tho I'nlted States
Ilttreaii of Fisheries. Mr. Fujimura
comea from the north of Japan, and
Iiiih been traveling over Europe, mak
ing an exhaustive atudy of the propa
gation work In foreign countries He
Ih enpeclally Interested In nalinon and
desired to become familiar with the
work and tnethoilH pursued on tho
Columbia and Wlllutnette Rivera, un
der Superintendent O'Malley's direc
tion. The Japanese, government Ih
aorloiiHly couHldurlng tho introduction
of tho Chinook Hiilmon Into the waters
of northern Japan, where they now
have only the dog Huh Hftlmon.
HOP ASSOCIATION
GETS A HARD FALL
KREB8 WITHDRAWS AND LEAVES
PACIFIC COAST UNION IN A
SHAKY CONDITION.
That the Pacific Coast HopgrowerB'
I'nlon Is a fullurc anil thot every grow
er hereafter will have to "puddle his
own canoe," -jo far as an Oregon asso
ciation Ih concerned, is the opinion of
Conrad Krebs, of Salem, one of the
ment in Oregon.
lie says the association has tabulat
ed 20,152 acres among 1424 growers,
an average of lg4 acres to a grower.
Eight hundred are not tabulated. The
acreage owned by tho signers of the
by laws Is 9112, or 34 4-5 per cent., not
counting those not tabulated.
He attributes the failure to growers
waiting for others to Join, nil He the
price and then non-members would
reap tho benefit. The members re
fnso to be worked and consequently
the organization will be abandoned.
Mr. Krebs says the present acreage
Is double what It ought to be and that
the snrpliw now Is 1(10,000 bales. 70,000
of which are 1906 hops.
If Oregon produces normal crops of
six bales to the acre, thero are 100,000
bales. Adding to the probable yield of
100.000 bales from California, 50,000
from Washington, C0.000 from New
York, and there Is a total of 3C0.O00 for
1908. With tho surplus of 1906 and
1907, the viable supply Is 620,000
bales, while tho requirement Is only
240,000. If growers export 80.000 and
!mHrt 40,000 bales In 1908. there will
be a surplus of 210.000, which Is all
the brewers could uho for 1909.
He also iIIhcuhhus the wave of pro
hibition sweeping the country. Jo
Heph Haunigartner, of Salem, admits
tho situation to be shaky, but thinks
If money can bo raised, tho organiza
tion can yet be saved. The directors
probably will meet next week.
Ellia Caae k Reversed.
Tho Supreme Court haa reversed
a decree by Judge A. L. Krazer, grant
ing a divorce lu favor of Mrs. Goldio
U. EIIIb and against her husband, Jo
seph T. Ellis, a Portland lawyer, wh.i
Is well known here. The reversal
Is based uikmi the evidence, which the
Supreme Court declines to believe.
Mrs. Ellis brought suit for divorce on
the ground of cruel and inhuman treat
ment and Judge Fra.er evidently be
lieved her testimony and that of her
fester mother.- The Supreme (Court
says that the 'plaintiff's admissions of
Misstatements, as well as the mar.-
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ier, iuii2ui(;u nun ttiuuiHoiuiin ui Jit-r
foster-mother, show their testimony Is
not worthy of credit. For that reason
the cise Is reversed.
"Cabbage" King Comea Home.
W. S. (Cabbage) King has returned
from Yuma, Ariz., where he has been
for the last'threo months. Mrs. King
is still in Arizona, and will remain
there until the commencement Of thq
summer monthB. Mr. King's presence
was necessary here by his large prop
erty holdings north of Oregon City.
Ho says that during his stay In Ari
zona hs witnessed two showers anJ
throe cloudy days, and the average
yearly rainfall In thnt section is two
Inches. Ho brought with him some
ripe tomatoes that he picked out of
doors lnst week.
Take Wlrea From Main Street.. ,
i The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company and, the Portland General
Eloctric Company are arranging to re
move their cables and wires ifrom
Main street, In order to comply with
the -wire ordinance. The wires will
come In from Water street and .Rail
road avenue,, with leaders from both
streets, and while the time Is too lim
ited to allow the companies to get the
work completed' oefora March J, the
transfer of tha wires will not foe de-'
layed, but will be pushed to a speedy
conclusion. . ,'
ENTERPRISE CONTEST
STARTS AUSPICIOUSLY
Seven Young Ladies Busy Getting Votes for, the
Piano, Diamond Ring and Talking
Machine to be given Away.
The flrHt voting contest ever at
tempted by the Enterprise has al
reudy been entered into by six
bright young ladles of Clackamas
County, and the progress of the con
testants for the few days they have
beon at work has been extremely grat
ifying. The Oregon City girls are all
good friends of each othrr and a good
natured rivalry Is manifested by the
fair contestants. - ;
The result of the first count of votea
will be In the nature of a surprise to
tho young ladles of the metropolis of
Clackamas, for JS-ye&r-oId Nelva Oreen
of ICstucada, leads by a handsome ma
jority. Miss Green is a cousin of Miss
Ethel Green, of this city, who won a
trip to Jamestown last year, and Nelva
pruhably Inherits some of the vote-
getllng faculties,
Carrie Lilt, who Is In tho race from
MISS CARRIE LUTZ.
the Falls View district, haa certainly
been busy this week, and if she lands
half her many acquaintances, that
piano will be hers. She is tied for
second honors with Mlsa Lizzie
Schoenhelnz of Willamette. Lizzie
was a little late starting, but look out
for a "Garrison finish." She didn't
even have time to get her picture
taken soon enough for this week's pa
per. Miss Hazel Dlgham, known to her
friends as "Dade," starts out In-third
place a very fine Bhowlng, for when
"Dado" hasn't been busy at the Oregon
Dental offices she has been busy with
a very bad cold. 1
Agnes Justin didn't get Into the con
test until Tuesday, but she got busy
right away and shows up with a fine
bunch of votes.
"Dunnle" Ownbey didn't turn In so
very many votes, and the engraver
didn't get her picture finished, but it
Ih several weeks yet till the finish,
and "Uunnle" has so many friends
she may come skating in ahead of the
bunch.
Each contestant should be very hope
ful, as thero Is not nearly the differ
ence In totals as Is bo often tho case
In contests of this kind.
The hnndsome first prize, a Mar
shall & Wendell piano will be on ex
hibition from now till close of con
test in the window of the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph Company, on Main
street. The piano is fully warranted
THE YOUNGEST AND BIGGEST.
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and was purchased from the well
known Eller's piano house the
"House of Highest Quality."
The $100 diamond ring Is on exhlbf
tlon in the window of the Standard
Jewelry Co., 189 Third street, Port
land, and you shouldn't fall to see
this beautiful stone the- first time you
go to the city.
The $00 victor talking machine, the
Uilrd prize, ig in the window of Bur
melster & Andresen, Oregon City, from
whom It was purchased. If you want
to ask about the machine, call to see
this Arm. They carry quite a com.
plete stock of talking machines, be
sides their regular line of Jewelry, and
are always pleased to show and ex
plain all about their goods.
Below Is the official count up to
Wednesday evening. All contestants
I should have their report in the En-
MISS "DADE" BIGHAM.
terprlse office by Wednesday evening
at 6 o'clock.
Nelva Green, Estacada 11,000
Carrie Lutz, Falls View 6,000
Lizzie Schoenhelnz, Willamette. 6,000
"Dade" Ulgham, Oregon City 5,500
Agnes Justin, Oregon City 5,000'
"Dunnle" Ownbey, Greenpolnt.. 3,100
Cottage Committee Meeting.
S. F. Blythe, of Hood River, depart
ment commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic; Mrs. Cora M. Davis,
of Union, department president of the
women's Relief Corps; B. F. Pike, of
Moro, past department cammander;
Mrs. Jennie B. Harding, past depart
ment president, and George A. Hard
ing, past department senior vice-com
mander, comprising the cottage com
mittee of the Roseburg Soldiers Home,
held a meeting In the city Monday to
discuss matters pertaining to the man
agement and control of the cottages.
C. A. Williams, assistant adjutant gen
eral of the department, and Mrs. Ros
Ina Fouts, past department secretary,
were also present at the meeting.
OAK GROVE IS IN LINE.
Commercial . Organization Affiliates
With Oregon Development League.
Seventy-nine organizations are now
Included in the Oregon Development
League, the latest being the Oak Grove
Improvement Association, and all the
. - Taylor in Lo Angel Timtt.
act.Ivo one are working to secure new
people. The $30 rate from Winnipeg,
St. Paul, Kansas City and all the Mid
dle West la good on all railroad
from March 1st to Anril 30th. with nrn.
Iportlonate rate from every station. In
mtj uiiuea oiaiea and Canada. Every
letter that goeg out of Oregon ought
to make mention of thl, and the fact
that the low fare applies to Ashland,
Salem, Daker City, Astoria, or any
other point in Oregon Just as It does
to Portland, but people must ask for
tickets to the point desired when they
buy them.
NEWPORT 18 THE CHOICE.
G. A. R. WllhHold 8tate Encamp
ment There June 24.
The regular meeting of the council
of admlnstratlon of the Department of
uregon, O. A. It., was held Saturday
In the Grand Army-Hall, in the Mul
key building. The attendance was un
usually large. Several matters of par
ticular Importance to the department
came up for settlement. Among them
was the fixing of the date for the an
nual encampment, which it was de
cided will be held June 24, at New
port. A delegation from Newport was
present and assured the members of
the council that Newport would be
able to take care of all who wish to
attend the encampment and would give
mem a warm welcome.
S. F. Blythe, state commander, pre
sided over the council. The annual re
ports of the officers of the Department
of Oregon were read. They showed
that the department is in a prosperous
condition.
State Commacder Blythe and his
staff went to SellwoorlSaturday night
mustered In a new Grand Army post
at that place.
CHANCE FOR PEOPLE
TO ENACT NEW LAWS
NINETEEN MEASURES ARE TO BE
SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE
AT JUNE ELECTION.
The voters of Oregon will be asked
to vote upon 19 measures at the June
election. Briefly stated, the measures
are as follows:
Submitted by the Legislature
Amendment Increasing compensa
tion of members of the Legislature to
$400 for a regular session and $10 a
day for special sessions.
Amendment permitting the location
of State institutions away from the
capital.
Amendment increasing the number
of Supreme Judges to five and extend
ing the Jurisdiction of Circuit Courts
to probate work; also requiring pro-
vison Dy law for District Attorneys,
County Courts, etc.
Amendment changing the time of
i i .1 1 . ,
Homing general elections from June to
November.
Legislative acts submitted under the
referendum
Act giving Sheriff custody of prison
ers. Act requiring granting of free rail
road passes to certain officials.
Act appropriating $100,000 for armor
ies. Act increasing the University of
Oregon appropriation to $125,000 per
annum.
Submitted by initiative petition
Act for protection of salmon on the
Lower Columbia.
Amendment giving cities exclusive
control, of liquor selling, gambling,
etc.
Amendment exempting dwelling
houses, factories, tools, furniture, etc..
from taxation.
Amendment giving voters the power
to recall public officers.
Act instructing members of Legislature-
to vote for people's choice for
Senator. ,
Amendment providing for
propor-
tional representation.
Act limiting expenditures for politi
cal campaign purposes.
Act to protect salmon on the Upper
Columbia.
Amendment limiting the power of
District Attorney to file Indictments.
Act for creation of Hood River
County.
"TIGHT WADS" MUST GO.
School Directors Must Furnish Neces
sary School Supplies.
In answer to an inquiry from Super
intendent Ackerman, Attorney-General
Crawford made a ruling of sweeping
effect in public school management, for
he holds that the County Superintend
ent may remove from office members
of boards of directors who do not sup
ply their schools with suitable equip
ment. The question arose In a school where
a sufficient number of desks had not
been provided and the directors re
fused to buy more. The Attorney-
General holds it Is their duty to pro
vide desks, if there be money avalla-
i ble, and refusal may be followed by
removal.
There are numerous duties pre
scribed for boards of directors, and the
County Superintendent, under this rul
ing, has power to compel boards to
carry out the law as he sees It or
step down and out. Vacancies thus
created wonld be filled by special elec
tion. Portland Banks Reopen.
The Merchants' National will re
open next Monday and the German-
American Bank has absorbed the Ore
gon Trust & Savings Bank and re
opened Wednesday. The Title Guar
antee & Trust Company will also pay
its depositors In full. On top of this
good news to depositors comes the
announcement that Swift & Co. will
spend $3,500,000 for packing plants in
Portland.
COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL NOW
8TRENUOU8 EFFORT WILL BE
MADE BY PROMOTERS OF
ADVANCED EDUCATION.
ASK VTERS TO CONCUR
Oregon Ct.
Favor Mot
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of Directors
Declining.
to Exte.
School
Throwing no obstacles in the way of
the establishment of a county hleh
school, the board of city school direc
tors Monday night passed a resolu
tion endorsing the creation of one or
two county high schools, and declar
ing that It is not advisable to add tho
eleventh grade to the present city
high school course. This declaration
Is in line with the action of the board
taken more than one year ago, when
a resolution was passed favoring two
county high schools. The prevailing
sentiment of the board Is that the
COUNTY CLERK GREENMAN. a
y faithful and Efficient officer, who is
a candidate for re-election.
addition of another grade to the course
In the Barclay High School would be
weak and Ineffective. Members of
the board who have served the tax
payers of the city for a number of
years, point out that the eleventh
grade. that was formerly in existence
was very unsatisfactory in point of at
tendance, and after being given a fair
trial, it was discontinued.
Accordingly, the members of the
board have become convinced that the
establishment of a county high school
is the thing to be desired. It is natur
ally presumed that If only one county
high school was created, that it wonld
be located at the county seat of Clack
amas, and this would result In a fine
high school that would be a pride to
Oregon City and Clackamas County,
and would permit every qualified child
In the whole county to enter free of
tuition. The establishment of such an
institution would propably be follow
ed by the abolishment of the ninth
and tenth grades of the Barclay High
Sshool.
The resolution of the board was in
spired by the following letter received
from State Senator J. E. Hedges:
I have been requested to urge that
you give to the patrons of the school
at your meeting tonight, an expres
sion of your determination either to
add the Eleventh grade to our schools
or not to do 30. It seems to be their
desire to know thus early, so that if
this addition to the work is made, all
action as to a high school may cease.
If, however, it -shall seem to you best
not to add this grade, they wish to
continue their active work toward pro
curing the establishment of a county
high school."
Members of the alumni of the.Bar
?Iay High School who are actively In
terested in the establishment of a high
school in this city, will now proceed to
circulate the necessary petitions to
bring the county high scool proposi
tion before the voters at the comiug
election in June. Two years ago the
project was on the ballot, but was de
feated by a narrow margin, as little
organized work was done in its behalf.
Miss Laura Beatie, Mr. Hedges and
many others are deeply interested in
the movement for the promotion of
higher education.
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H. P. DIAMOND ARRESTED
H. P. Diamond, vice-president
and general manager of the
Clackamas Lumber Company
and the Clear Creek Lumber
Company, was arrested Mon
day on a charge of unlawfully
dumping sawdust In an Ore
gon stream, in violation of the
fish laws. It is alleged that
Mr. Diamond's Clear Creek mill
was the scene of the violation,
which occurred a few days ago.
The hearing has been set for
Wednesday, February 19, at 10
a. m., before Justice of the
Peace Stlpp. Attorney George
C. Brownell appears for Mr.
Diamond.
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