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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FORTY-SECOND YEAR No. 8 OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. 0 VBLISHED 1888. GREAVES OUT FOR SHERIFF FILES HIS PETITION FOR RE PUB LICAN NOMINATION FOR COUNTY OFFICE. NO FIGHT IN PRIMARY Hot Contest Expected Over Statement No. 1 Among Legislative Candi dates E. E. Judd, of Molalla, Out for Commissioner. It Is apparent that Klcliiinl L. GieavH will make the fight for the Re publicans fur til" Otllen nf Sheriff of Clarkunins Cuiiiiiy, und IiIh petition for tln Tioni luut Ion was Wed yesterday afternoon. H. L. HiioilgrasH, of Mead owhrook, who Iiiih liri-ii prominently ini'litloiii'il III connection with tli" of licit for the last year, has declined to enter tlx IIhIh ami Mr. Greaves Ik the fnvorltx for l In' iioMilimtlon, nml It In experted tluit tint Republicans will get will Im u candidate. J, tl, Campbell, who nerved iih Joint. representative fiorn fiiiiuiman nml Multnomah at tint Inst session, miiy again Im u enridl ilnlo, lint, ho Im not fur the State merit.. W, H. U'lloll Will leave tin Hlono un turned to elect tin? Htiiternent No. J en 1 1 il 1 1 1 u t -h lii f 'lack iiiiuiH, nml their polities will l)n ii secondary consider nllon with him. C, Hchuohcl, erstwhile cnnilldiito for United Htvites IjIh rlet Attorney, In a I mo a strenuous supporter of the Statement, nrnl declares that tho men wlio sign tho Statement will ever lastingly whip tlui men who do not. Mr. Schiiehi'l Ih tin! present clialnnan of tint County Central Commit teo and Iiiih called a meeting of the committee to meet at' the courthouse Saturday, February 2!, lit 11 a. in., for tho pur pose of culling it county convention to Mclect delegates to tho Stale conven tion. Mr. Hclnii'lii'l has staled that ho will withdraw from his position iih SCHOOL CLERK STEALS MONEY FROM DISTRICT Otto F. Olson, of Willamette, Embezzles Funds From Methodist Church of Oregon City and Admits Several Forgeries. Htay there, until friends In Oregon City nnd Willamette, are abln to fiirnlsli hall to this amount of $,"000. John W. Moffett Ih endeavoring -to obtain ball for OlHon. The. books of the Wlllam- jetto School District are being expert ed by H. C. Jlackett, and B. Ix-c Paget, secretary of the I'ortland Trust Com tuny of Oregon, has been scrutinizing the rerymlH of the Methodist Episco pal Church, of which Olson was trus tee and financial ag':ut. The findings have not been made public. Otto F. OIhoii, trustee and financial agent of the MethodlHt Episcopal Church of t IiIh city, electrical super chalniiiiu of the committee and John ! Int.endcnt ,f Station II of the Portland C. Bradley, fori iy a inemher of the General Electric Company, and for the Stale Central Committee, Ih looked ' aHt y yearn clerk of the Willamette iiM)ii with favfir nH a likely man for schol dlHtrlct, Ih a defaulter to the ex Mr. HchuelicrH successor iih manager I tent of at least $.r,00U, and was arrested of the coming Republican campaign. I at II o'clock Thursday night at IiIh K. K. Judd, of Molalla, who Iiiih been home by Sheriff lieatle and Deputy a reHlilcnt of that place for 20 years, ' Haker. Me wan not placed In jail Im ii nil whose Republicanism ban never mediately, hccauHe of IiIh physical lieen ipieHiloned, Iiiih Hied JiIh petition condition, resulting from Injuries re for the Kepulillcan nomination of celved by a fall about two weekH ago, County CommlHHloiier. Mr. Judd Jhik and, acting upon the advlco'of Dr. M. many friends In the south end of the.c, Strickland, the officers took Olson county who have urged iiim to become t(, the IlruiiHwIck Hotel, where ho re a candidate, believing that their sec tlon Hhould have p-picM-niatlon on the him ril. JENNINGS LODGE TO HAVE NEW DISTRICT FORTY-FIVE ACRES TAKEN FROM GLAD8TONE TO E8TABLISH TWO-ROOM SCHOOL. CHAUNCEY E. RAM8BY, recorder of conveyances, who will be renomin ated without opposition for a second term. , through tho primary nominating elec tion without a content for thla office, Sheriff Iteatle, the Incumbent. Ih a democrat, the only olllrlnl of that po litical faith In tho courtlnniHe, and the ItepubllcariH are kIK make a unit ed and determined effort to wreHt the plum from the control of the minority and land a Kepulillcan In the place. Sheriff lieatle Ih a candidate for re election. Mr. (ircavcH wan an mimic coHHful iiHplnuit for the nomination liiHt. year, ami Kll Mailock. who oh tallied the nomination In a Meld of live, wan beaten by lieatle by lens than 1 00 votcK, after a bitter factlonnl strug gle. With the elimination of t h Ih fac tional Htrlfe In the coining campalKn, It appearH that If Mr. Creavea, an old time, true-blue Itepubllcan, can Hccure IiIh party HtretiKth, he will bo the next Sheriff of C'lacknniaa County. Chauncey ' K. KauiHby, who hm Herved one term an recorder of con veyances, will probably have no opp.i Hltlnn at the primaries, lie ban made an excellent olllrlnl and under the un written rule of ClacknmiiH County Ue publican polltlcn, Is entitled to n kcc end term. The mime condition exlMs with County Clerk dreennian, whom' record Ih without a blemlHh. and with J. C. Paddock, county treaHiirer, an. I a well-known member of the (irand Army of the Republic. Theodore J. Gary, county hcIioo Hiiperlntendeiit, was appointed to the nlUce only hint fall, and Iiiih been Rn HiicceHHful that he will no doubt he renominated with out opposition. Two men have entered the contest for county assessor, and the Incum bent, James F. Nelson, and (JeorKO F. Ilorton, have filed petitions for tho Re publican nomination, lloth are mem bers nf the local (irand Army Post. Mr. Ilorton waH for two ternm county clerk and later was postmaster of Oregon City for one term. The scrap will be u pretty ' one. Mr. Nelson, while ho ban been In otllce, has been an advo cate of equal assessment, and ha In creased the assessment of the corpora tion and timber holdings and will make his campaign on hlH record. Tho legislative campaign In Clacka mas County Ih going to bo a scream. The conditions In Clackamas arc simi lar to those In other sections of the Willamette Valley, for there Ih a flgnt on Statement Nrf. 1, many of tho old line Republicans bellevlfrg that the Itepubllcan candidates for the nomina tion should sign only a modified state ment, agreeing to support tho Repub lican candidate for United States Sen ator who receives the highest number of tho people's votes. George W. Dixon, of Canby, who edits tho Canby Tribune, will bo a Statement No. 1 candidate. Representative Linn E. Jones has not declared hlniRolf posi tively, but It la understood that he Is opposed to Statement No. 1. He Is a candidate for re-election, as Is Repre nontatlvo Charles H. Dye, whose posi tion on tho Statement has not been made public. F. M. Gill, of Estacada, Is another man who la mentioned In connection with the nomination, and he has made no declaration. Frank Jaggar, of Deaver Creek, 1b understood to be opposed to the Democratic chances embraced In tho Statement No. 1, although he has not said that ho The people of Jennings Uxlgo have won a partial victory In their effort to obtain a new school district, for Tuesday the DlHtrlct Itoumlary Hoard made an order fur the establishment of (hi! new district, but the boundaries will not be quite as extensive iih the original pedum of the rcsldcnta of Jennings Ixdge expected to receive. Under the order establishing the new dlHtrlct, there will lie about i't acres cut off from District No. iH. In which Ih now embraced Pnrkplace and Glad stone. This 45 acres from the north erly portion of Gladstone and a largo slice off the aountherly part of Con corn, comprises the new district of Jennings Uxlge. The south line of the new district will come as 'far south as the Meldrum tract, but will not embrace that property, so the order Ih natlHfactory to Judge John W. Mel drum, and to the people of Jennings lxlge and Gladntone as well, since the ' 'v ' ' MISS "BUNNIE" OWNBEY. miilned mill Friday afternoon In cus tody of Special Deputy Sheriff 8. It. Green. Olson has been a resident of this locality for about 18 years. He came from Chicago and has been In the em ploy of the Portland General Electric Company ever since. He Is past 40 years of age and has a family, consist ing of a wife and four children. Olson had the misfortune to become crazed over mining speculation. He wiih heavily Interested In several prop erties and required considerable money to carry them along. His salary of $l2!i a month was not sufficient to cover the cost of ills speculations, and he resorted to the method of stealing school funds and then trying to cover up tilt) theft. , . It has been the custom for years of the directors of the Willamette dis trict to draw one warrant covering the amount of tho expenditures shown at each meeting. OIkoii would make a list of the amounts due and then the board would draw a warrant In Olson's favor for the whole amount due. This warrant would be cashed by the clerk, and It was presumed by the board that he had always paid the claims listed. It was In this manner that Ol son managed to embezzle $3000 at one time. This was on June 11, 1900. when the district voted to take up a bond for $3000, held by the Columbia Trust Company of Mlddletown. Conn. The warrant was drawn In Olson's fa.tr but as time went on and the bond was ..... ...I , V. .llutt-1.t tha ill.' noi reunion m nit? U40VI.V..., u. rectors began to ask questions, and Olson cleverly managed to Introduce at the board meetings forged letters, explaining delays. He went to County Treasurer Paddock, who has charge of tho Interest remittances, and told that ofliclal that In future he would himself attend to the Interest pay ments. It is supposed that as the In terest became due from time to time It was paid by Olson out of the funds In his possession, as a result or tne steal. Becoming suspicious over the failure of tho Columbia Trust Company to return the bonds, Frank Capen, chair man of tho Willamette district school board, a few weeks ago, unknown to Olson, wrote a letter to the company, asking why the bonds had not been sent back after the payment, and last week his suspicions were confirmed In addition u the transaction with school money, he Is Involved In other deals that do not have a criminal ap pearance. He owes $100 to Mrs. IIohh, of Willamette, and $800 to Mr. Freder icks. This last loan, however, Is se cured by a mortgage on OlHon's home In Wlllarnetto. Olson's attorney is Georgo C. Ilrownell. At the preliminary hearing Friday Olson's bond was fixed at $5000, -but he declined to make any attempt to procure ball and preferred going to Jail. His wife and neighbors Interest ed themselves In his behalf and after his release It Is very probable that an attempt will be made to make good the amounts embezzled and to save Ol son from a term In the State Peniten tiary. While this Is an extremely deli cate matter to handle. It Is possible that It will eventually be done, though Olson Is quite willing to take the pun ishment that he says he deserves. He still has many warm friends. It Is hoped by Olsons' friends that they will be able to raise the money to pay off all claims and In that manner procure his release, and It Is under stood that the prosecution Is not dis posed to bring further disgrace to Olson's family by sending the default ing ex-school clerk to the Penitentiary, providing the total amount of his pecu lations Is made good. Every day brings fresh disclosures of theft on the part of Olson, and while the officers of the Methodist Episcopal Church will make no state ment, it Is admitted that Olson col lected the rents for the last eight months and did not account for the money, which Is probably In excess of $1,000. Olson borrowed money right and left, and forged the names of sure ties. He obtained $250 three years ago from II. C. Stevens, through Attorney 0. D. Eby, who acted as a broker in negotiating the loan, and he forged to this note the name of Rudolph Koer ner, who states that he never signed the paper. Olson and Mr. Koerner were associated together In mining deals. Olson also procured $350 from Lou Feaster, stating that the money was for the use of the Methodist Church, and he deliberately forged the names of the trustees of the church to the note. He obtained $100 from Ernest Lelghton and forged the name of his wife to the note. The names of T. A. Pope and W. E. Pratt on his school bond for 1905 are clearly forgeries. Tho name of W. C. Foster, a brother of Mrs. Olson, appears as witness on the bond, hut he probably witnessed only the signature of Olson, although no other name appears as witness; Ol son forged the name of the chairman of the board of directors to several school warrants, amounting up to the I hundreds. He procured money from I several law firms and abused his credit and reputation In every conceivable manner In order to secure funds to feed his mining scheme, and never realized a dollar out of any of his 9 seconder ofcoiVest HORTON FILES PETITION. ' . . ,( Former County Clerk and postmaster Is Candidate for Assessor. Politics is beginning to liven up and Monday George V. Hortm filed his petition for tho nomination of County Assessor at the Itepubllcan primaries. Mr. Horton served four years as County Clerk and one term as post master of Oregon City. A. M. Sln nott has declared his Intention of be coming a candidate for the office of Justice of the Peace on the Republi can ticket, and Justice of the Peace Stlpp will not oppose him. It. L. Ilar bur Is a candidate for the Republican nomination of Constable in District LNo. 4, embracing the precincts of Or egon City, Willamette, Maple Lane, Cancmah and Abernethy. CHILDREN HELP GARY IN GROWING FLOWERS PUPILS OF COUNTY SCHOOL8 ARE ENTHUSIASTIC OVER PLAN OF SUPERINTENDENT. County Superintendent of Schools T. J. Gary has received dozens of let ters from young people in the district schools all over Clackamas County of fering their hearty support and co operation of his plan for the growth of vegetables by the children, and he Is deluged with applications for seeds on every hand and from every section. Fruit and flowers will be exhibited by the children at the Clackamas County Annual Fair next fall, and the depart ment for tfce children originated In the mind of Mr. Gary, who is gratified at the responses- that are coming In from his suggestions. I Some of the most interesting of the letters follow: "Most of the children of our school are going to send to you for different seeds. I would like you to please send me some sweet pea seed3. I am going to planft them by the window and string tnt-ra up. I have a good many flowers already. I think it is very kind of you to think of us and I hope the children will take care of them. I am In the fifth grade. "EDITH HARVEY." "I am a little boy 12 years of age. I TWO NEW CONTESTANTS ENTER RACE AND MAKE A FINE SHOWING. CARRIE LUTZ LEADER Eight Popular Young Ladies of Clacka mas County Are Now Engaged in the Enterprise Contest. The result of the second week of the contest shows several changes In tho order of the contestants, with two new ones entered. Miss Carrie Lutz, who was tied for second place last week, leads the list with a small majority. Carrie has certainly been hustling some this week. Miss Green has been indisposed and hasn't been working very hard, so part that Is taken from Gladstone will not materially affect the chances of that place for a new district. The petition of Gladstone people for a new district, and to make the Clackamas River the dividing line be tween Gladstone and Pnrkplace will be heard by the District Houndnry Board In a few weeks, probably early n March. The residents of Gladstone prcpose to make a hard light to ob tain a school on their side of the Clackamas, and say they are now able to maintain a four-room school. ROSE SHOW THIS SPRING. Beautiful Flowers Will Be Exhibited In This City By Local Society. The Recond nnnual Rose Show of the Oregon City Rose and Carnation So ciety will be hold In this city the lat ter part of May If tho season for the beautiful flowers should be early; oth erwise the event will bo scheduled for early la June. This much was de cided Monday night at a meeting of the society In tho courthouse. An ad Jurnment was taken until next Holi day evening, when It Is expected an enthusiastic meeting wIM be held, and every member of the society will be personally urged to be present. Contrary to the procedure of last year, there will be no Stnnvberry Fes tival held In conjunction with the Rose Show, as tho buds and blossoms come too early for the berries, but It Is planned to make .the show successful beyond last year, and not only rosea and carnations will be exhibited, but a wild flower department will bo ar ranged for. It Is the Intention of tho officers of the Roso and Carnation Society to have an .open meeting In the near fu ture', and this meeting will bo ad dressed by some well-known expert on the rose culture. by receiving a reply, stating that they I claims. had never before received any lntlma- J. W. Jones, who loaned Olson $400, tlon that tho district desired to take! with Mrs. Olson, C. A. Miller and J. up the bonds. This evident betrayal R. Hickman as sureties on the note. . . . . . r I l.Hn....l. I 1. .. .. AI...I n n..t. I 11.. tt 1 n . 01 irusi on uie pari oi uimm muum una uuru o ouil iu uie circuit court 1 about his arrest. It was feared that he would In Bome manner learn of the developments and would commit sui cide, so he was taken Into custody. It Is possible that Olson's recent fall from the top of a transformer at the electric station was not an acci dent at all, but he evidently feared that his crime would be discovered and climbed to the top of the transformer to grasp a 10,000 volt wire, when he probably missed his footing, falling H v'' ):'-:: ' v -''; ' V i 1 f ' " J MISS LIZZIE SCHOENHEINZ. to recover the balance due, amounting to $joo ana interest. The note was executed January C, 1904, and the in terest has been paid up to January 1, 1908, together with $100 of the prin cipal. John F. Clark appears for Jones, and $50 attorney's fee is also asked for. An attachment has been Issued to secure the transaction. The expected aid from a Portland have a garden of my own and want man. named Levi, for Otto F. Olson, I some of your seeds very much. I will in jail on a charge of embezzlement, j plant, hoe and take good care of them, COUNTY ASSESSOR NELSON, who is a candidate for re-election and who will make a campaign on his record. feet to a concrete floor, tearing his I did not materialize. It was reported j hoping to win one of the prizes. scalp nearly off and sustaining injur ies to his chest. He was alone in tne transformer room at the time of the affair, add employes of the company state that ho had no business on the transformer and tertalnly planned to tako his own life. The developments spread like wild fire and caused general regret. Olson was a man who bore the highest char acter in religious and business circles. THE MAGAZINE BOARD OF NAVAL EXPERTS. 1 : aaj& nere mat Levi was In a position to as-1 "CLAY C. MILLER." 8ist oisou; that he was a man of 1 To the above letter Is appended the means, and that he owed a debt of following words from the father of the gratitude to Olson for friendly turns! boy at Highland, G. R. Miller: "I have that he was eager to repay. When! read the above letter and approve of Levi arrived here he would not go it. I ai heartt'y in favor of your move near Olson, nor would be see Olson's , ment and will encourage the children attorney, and it has developed that all I can." the debt of gratitude was a debt of Another letter is addressed to Mr. another sort, and that he owes Olson i Gary as "Dear Mr. Flower Lover," $800. Olson is still in jail and will and follows: "The people of Milkaukie have heard about how you love flowers .and I love them too. I want some aster and sweet pea seeds to plant and will take good care of them, so they will grow nicely. I am in the fifth grade at school and It is easy. We used to have a big flower garden in our yard and it covered all the front of the house, and the back was full of vegetables. You are very kind to offer the seeds and I that all the people In Mllwaukle ought to appreciate them. Thank you very much for the seeds. "EMILY FISCHER." "Will you please send me some aster and rutabaga seeds. I thought that was very kind of you to offer to send the seeds. I will take good care of them , and keep them watered and weeded. I want to get the $5 prize if I can. I am in the fifth grade. "BESSIE KECK." "Please send me some sweet pea seeds which you promised the children of this county. I will take good care of the plants and exhibit them if I have success with them. I thank you very much for the seeds and I will think of your kindness when they grow and have beautiful blossoms. "OLGA DREFS." Rogers in New York Herald. drops into third place but she is dan gerously near the leaders yet. Miss Justin surprises everybody by jumping from down near the bottom to second place. Agnes Isn't letting any grass grow under her feet. The surprise of the week Is the phe nomenal start made by Miss Lucia Caffall, who has entered from Milwau kie, and has quietly lined up enougk of her many friends to make a wonder ful . showing. Miss Caffall Is a very popular young lady In Milwaukie, and Is to be reckoned as a strong factor In the race. Miss Lizzie Schoenheinz and Miss Bigham are both in the race to win, and when they get down to work and get all the prospects they have In sight closed up, it may take a lot of figuring to add up the votes. The other new contestant Is Miss Dena C. Prosser, the handsome young daughter of Postmaster Prosser, of Os wego. Miss Dena didn't decide to en ter the contest until Monday, and hasn't fairly got started yet. "Bunnle" Ownbey makes but a small gain this week. "Bunnie" is evidently waiting for the final wind-up when she will swamp the Contest Editor with innumerable votes. The contestants are now fairly started and may the best. one win. Get In and hustle no one has a "cinch" on any of the prizes yet The Marshall & Wendall Piano which was purchased from Eilera Piano House is on exhibition In the window of the Pacific Telephone Co. and is attracting more than passing attention. The send prize the diamond ring may be seen any day in the window of the Standard Jewelry Co., 189 Third street, Portland. If you haven't seen the Victor Talk ing Machine the third prize In the window pf Burmeister & Andresen, the leading jewelers of Clackamas County, yet, it is because the firm wants you to come in and hear the machine play. The result to date is as follows: Carrie Lutz, Falls View 13025 Agnes Justin, Oregon City 12500 Nelva Green, Estacada 12000 Lucia Caftan, Milwaukie 11000 Lizzie Schoenheinz. Willamette. . 9000 "Dade" Bigham, Oregon City Dena C. Proser, Oswego "Bunnle" Ownby, Green Point... 8140 6000 4100 Railroad Meeting Monday. The incorporators of the Oregoa City, Beaver Creek and Molalla Rail way held a meeting here yesterday and discussed the advisability of be ginning active operations and set next Monday at 2 o'clock as the time for permanent organization. At Monday's meeting plans will be laid for raising funds and the commencement of act-' ual work. Many of the rights of way have been held up and progress has I been delayed, but the prospects for the future seem to be very bright. New Restaurant Opens. The Electric Cafe opened last night in the Electric Hotel under new man agement, and meals may be obtained here hereafter at an hours. The cafe will be strictly first-class In every par ticular and will cater to the particular appetites. Prices are reasonable. Call and procure a plate of toothsome oys ters at any time.