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
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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
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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
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seconder
ofcoiVest
HORTON FILES PETITION. '
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.