OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ti, 1008.
JAILER IS
BEATEN
UP
burned, but lilu Injury Ih not tiorloim.
(In, ah well ni thu otlmr tttoekholder
of I ho concern, ar" firmly convinced
that their blunting powder Ih tlm prop
or oiipor mid llinrii Ih uo doubt about
ItH OXploHlve pIlWCIH,
ATTEMPT TO
VICIOUS
JAIL MADE BY ALLEGED
MURDERER.
TRY TO OBTAIN KEYS
Petr Nehren Struck On Hoad With
Heavy Stick of Wood, But Some
of th Prlionsri Aaalat Him
to Escape Assailants.
Dynamite Cap Kicks Out.
liinlH Nobel, of HiIh city, mi em-
i ployo of tliir Homo Telephone Coin
I puny, Iiiim learned Kovornl IIiIiikh
I ulioiit ii kIiuiI cnp that lio wim not
BREAK i aware of, among olhorH, Unit It would
Ko off, taking Willi It a pint of hlH lort
Imnd. Nobel wiih nt tlio eompnny'H
wnroliniiMo In firocii point, when h
Hliirtod to examine tlio cup, which no
rldonlitlly exploded, blowing off n
mut of tlm tliuiiib mid find linger on
li Ih left Imnd. Other einployoH of the
phono company broiiKht him to town
In u wagon, mid Dr. H. A. Homruer
dri'MHod the wound. In addition to tho
linger and thumb that wore partially
blown off, Hid Index finger of tlm twine
hand wan a I ho terribly Ian-rated.
PLAIN FACTS
BY M00RES
Through, tho prompt action of two
primmer In the County Jail Tnemlay
iilKht, a wholedalu oncuptt wan pre
vented, hut only arter Peter Nehron,
the Jailer, had been Htruok with a
Mick of wood and knocked down and
nil attempt niaili) to take IiIh keyH
away from him.
Nebren went Into the Jail about l
o'clock In loclt the eight prlnonern In
celln ami wan uccoHtud by Walter T.
Ht, Clair, who Im chained. nloiig with
J. M. HlckeiiHoii, John IHcIii'Iimoii,
William IHckotiHon, John Jtlley, Karl
UaiiNler and Vernon IIuwch, with the
murder of IIIkIiwhu Hlngh, a Hindu,
nt llorhiK IiihI October. Kt. Clulr linn
over hIiicii he wiim llrMl Incarcerated
iniitilfi'Mteci an ugly dUpoMtlon, mnk
liiK continual complaint to IiIh Jailer,
II ml I hk fault with IiIh iiuarterH, and
unking for fiivoiM not UHiially Krnnted
prliioniTK awaiting trial. Only a few
weeka a ko he, aHHUti'd by John IHck
otlHoll, HHHliultetl iiml Heverely heat
L'roy Carden, who Ih auto awaiting
trial on a charge of looiault. Caiileu
1m ilraf and dumb, and only a lad, Vul
he declined lo he ImpOHi'd upon nod
the other pllMoliern n upecled lillll, but
St. Clair and John lilcki-nmui nimprct-
ed him of being friendly with Jailer
N'ehren and both men ouiiced upon
lilui.
St. Clalr'n fancied grievance wan not
met cordially by Neliren, and the prls
oner Hel.ed a heavy billet of wood
htniek Ii Im Jailer, foiling 111 III to the
ground, hlit head htrlklng tigiilimt tlx
iliMir of the cell. Neliren revalued hlH
feet, when St. Clair, helped by (Mime
of the other men In Jail, tried to ob
tain the Jaller'H ke.VH, and would iirob
ably have been HUccHHful, had It not
been for the prolliptllCKH of Otto F
(llmm and Caiilen. who riiHhi'd to th
aid of Neliren and made for the door
of the Jail, which wiih unlocked by
Neliren.
Sheriff lleatle and Iiepuly Sheriff
linker were III the Hherlff'H office up
HtitlrM, but little iioIhc wiih made and
they were not aware of the attempt
at a Jail delivery until Neliren ap
peared. One of IiIh cyeH wiih clotted
and hlH none broken. Sheriff Heatlc
at once made an Invrittlgiitlon of the
rlrcuniHtanceH tturroundlng the affair,
but the prlnoniTH were reticent ami
xhowed no wlllliiKiicHH to dlHcumt the
matter. St. Clair wiih locked In a Hep
urate cell and a diet of bread and wa
ter for a few dayn will probably cool
hlH heated brain. He averred that
Nuhren had Htruck hlin, but SherllT
lteatle Hunimoned Dr. W. F Carll
who, after an examination of St. ('lair
could not llud a lngV mark on the
man.
With the exception of St. Clair and
John DIcketiKon, the Jail bun a crowd
of model prlMoneiH, who have given
their keepers little trouble. Vernon
llawen, who Ih churned with the mur
der of the Hindu. Ih at liberty on I'liiui)
IioiuIh, buf the remaining nix men, who
are Implicated on the name charge
are In Jail.
NEW 0. W. P. SCHEDULE.
Cart to Portland Now Leave Oregon
City Every 30 Minute.
The now achodulo of tho Oregon
lly dlvlHlon of tho Oregon water
'ower & Hallway Company went Into
ffect Hunday with the iiho of tlm new
hIkiihI Hyatem, which aliollHiien mo
former Hyntem of illapatcinnn earn oy
telephone. Tlm llrnt car leuvcn Port
land at 4 a. tn., tlm next at (5:30 a, m.,
and every half hour thereafter to and
Imiludlnic l l. wn,,n t,m carM "!ftV"
at 10, 11 and Urn laat car at midnight.
The leaving tlnm at Caimniati iii-kiiih
with llm o:4U a. tn. car, men tc.o,
0:M) and 7::io a. in., ami limn every
hi.lr bour to and Including K:.I0 p. in.,
and after that hour at l:o:!, 1 0 : n:j and
1 1 o:i i). "tn. The leavliiK Hum from
Oregon City Ih eight mlnuteH later
than Caiiemah. The new tline tabb-H
will be UHUed In a few daya.
SHERIFF BEATIE ENJOINED.
at
W. A. Hall Saya Special Levy of Road
District No. 5 It Invalid
W. A. Hall, who roaldea in Hoad
Dlatrlct No. .1, Iiuh obtained an III
Junction to prevent. Sheriff lb-atle from
collecting money from tlm Bpcclnl levy
of live iiiIIIh made by the taxpayer
of the road district, on the ground that
tlm proceeding of the meeting
which the apeclal tax wiih levied, wen
manlfeHtly Irregular. In IiIh com
plaint, Mr. Hall aveiH that a meeting
if the votera of the district wiih h
December 1!8, 1!M)7, and at this niocilng
It wiih decided that tlm money to In
received from the Hpeclal levy wiih
to be expended oil hIx roadH. lie hb.vh
that no resolution wbh Introduced at
the meeting, iih required by law, and,
an fact, aaya that none of the moth
odH employed In levJ'liiK the tax wen)
Htrlctly In acordance with the Htat
utc. On February 7. t!H8, Mr. Hall
went In to pay IiIh taxen and tendered
the Sheriff the amount due the county,
Ichh the amount of Hpeclal road lax,
mid tli Ih tender wbh refused, ho Im
proceeded to brliiK milt and obtain a
reHtralnliiK order. The matter will bo
urnued before Circuit Judge Mcllrldo
and In the mean time the Hpeclal tax
will not be collected.
MARION COUNTY MAN 8TATE8
THAT THE BOSSES FAVOR
STATEMENT NO. 1.
MACHINE DEMOCRATIC
Republican Membera of tho Legltla
ture From Marlon Will 8upport
Party Candidate Who Re
ceive Majority.
Letter LltL
Letter lint for week eiiilltiK Febru
ary 21, P.I0H:
Women h UhI -UHiranuer. wra.
Win.; Wilcox, Mra. Sylvia.
.Men'H l.lHt Allen, I). II.; Dunbar,
Mr. ami Mm. Claude (3); Parmenter,
Paul.
MOUN THOOD RAILWAY
NOT TO ENTER CITY
ANTAGONISM OF PORTLAND'S OF-
FICIAL8 FRIGHTENS THE
NEW COMPANY.
GOOD BLA8TING POWDER.
The Mount Ilood Hallway & Power
Comnany will not apply for a fran
chine to enter Portland, becaiiHe of
the aiitiiKoiilNtlc attitude of the Port
land city olIlclalH. Mayor I-ano Ih ex-
erclrtliiK the veto power on franchltfi-H
very freely, and the company'H olllclals
believe It will be uhc-Ii-hh to try to pro
cure a franchlHo while I.anu Ih In the
Huddle.
Tlm Mount HihhI Hallway Ih build-
Iiik only to the vicinity of the O. W.
P. crohHlnK near UreHham. Work be
tween (hat point and Portland Iiiih
not been Htarted. althoiiKh from Gresh
am out. KradlnK for the railway line
Ih well ulc hi K. The Mount Hood road
may enter Portland over either the
O. W. P. tra.-kH from the OreHham
croHHlnK. or by way of the O. H. &
N. line from Moiitavllla Into the I'nlon
Depot.
DeHplto l IiIh anticipated hostility to
the project at the Portland cud of the
line, preparatloim are i?olng forward
rapidly for the completion of thu road
from the O. W. P. ciohhIiir near drcnli
am to the power Htatlon now being
built at Hull Hun. CoiiHtructlon crewH
are being asHi'inbled and within the
next three weeka about 1000 int.'n will
be put to work finishing up the grade
for the laying of track. The object Ih
to piihIi the construction through at
thu carllcHt ihihhIMu moment and It
Ih estimated that the L'O hiIU-h of track
from the (). W. P. crossing to Hull Run
will be completed within 110 days after
the work Ih alarted. The only reason
the full construction force is not put
on Immediately Ih the uncertainty of
weather for the next few weeks.
A Htcam Hhovel ban been put to
work and Is digging a cut 21 feet deep
and UiOO feet long near (ij-eshaig. '
(Irado Ih ready for track-laying from
that point oBHt, with the exception of
a few placeH. One bridge, and two
trestles will be built, the grade fin
ished and the track laid. Steel rails
to lay the track have arrived on tho
ground ami trolley wire for tho over
head work will ho here by March 1.
Tho greater number of the condemn
ation kults that retarded progresa on
the new road have been cleared up
and right of way Hecnred. Only a few
remain to be Holt led. These will bo
handled an expeditiously as possible,
and an soon iih the spring weather set
tles, work on tho Mount Hood project
will be rushed. Meanwhile work on
the power station at Hull Hun la pro
gressing well and by the 11 rut of next
vear It la expected to deliver power to
Portland. It Ih planned to have the
trolley line completed during tho com
ing summer.
What Ih the more Hurprlslng In the
stand taken by the Mount Hood com-
pnny Is tho fact that already the pro
motors have expended over $1100.000
within tho city over
which to run their tracks, and those j
purchases extend from tho lty limns
on the oust almost to the Willamette
Dr. Stuart Experiment With an Ex
plosive That Is Successful.
Occupants of the Willamette build
in., nini-Moii Tbursilav afternoon
i... .. ,.iw,vi.,.ie,i evnloslon that shook Hlver. The original purpose of the
tho structure and ahnttered the Main , company wiih not. to ask for franchises
Htrcet windows In the offices of Doc- along the city Htreots, but mere y to
tors Stuart & Stuart. The sidewalk cross certain streets In order to build
was covered with kIiihh and a sheet of the tracks on tho .company's own prop-
flame buiHtlng from tho windows erty. It la believed by the company
caused an alarm Of fire to be turned .that even this concession from the
In but the firemen, ever ready to pro- city will carry with It the demand for
vent a conflagration, were not needed, common-user tracks, fees to the niu-
Dr C A Stuart Ih Interested In a nlclpallty, etc. The company believes
company that haa been formed to that with the trackH laid on Us own
promote, the manufacture of a new land there should be no demands for
kind of blasting powder, warranted to common-uner tracks,
move .So bomeslowly and without Tho company's representatives say
be Bhock that Ih usual to most varle- the property purchased for right of
es ?f bUtlnV iK?wler. It la said way within the city Is worth all that
that the nowder will ahatter the larg- wan paid for It and can be sold at any
t ricks slowly and .there will be no time for the full amount. They mil-
WlnT fragn Z s. He waa experiment- cnte that this hVwhat will be done
in with the material Thursday, when, Hvlth It and that it will not b used for
without wam"ng! the explosion oc- the original purposes for which It was
curred, and the doctor was slightly purchased. ...
Charloa H. Mooroa, of Salem, wat
for five years HegUter of the United
Ktatea iJind OlIIco and a resident of
Oregon City. Ho Is well known all
over the State of Oregon a a man
of high character and Hterllng Integ
rity, and his views on any Huojeci
-..I i wnMh rendlnir. For this reason
Tho BnterprlHo Ih publishing in this
Issue a communication irom mr.
Moore that appeared in I ne urcgon-
Ian a few days ago: .... I
Ah one who Ih not a canuioaie i
any political o dice,-who has never re
ceived a political raver m uuy
from either Mr. Cake or Senator Ful
ton and who has no future political
favors to ask for hlniHelf, or for any
body el ho, I desire to enter a protest
agalnKt repeated mlKreprenctitatloiih
that have been inline, noui oi me -Hon
and the purpose of the recent
meeting of the Republican Committee
men of thlH county In proteHtliiK
agiilnHt Statement No. 1. This meet
ing wan not held, as has been charged,
at tho InHtance of any coterie of Port
land politicians, but wbh an absolute
ly Independent movement. It was i.ot
held In the Interest of any Senatorial
candidate. Tlm most active opponents
of Statement No. 1 are not In barony
upon any candidate. It wan not a
movement of the town agalnHt the
country. The no-mbem of tho com
mittee were elected under the direct
..-i law nml are alinoat whoby
from the country, and the subcom
mittee which unanlmouHly reported
resolutions against Statement No., 1.
were all from tlm country. The res')
lutlonH were adopted by a practically
unanlmouH vote, only two opposing.
It Ih significant, too. In view of the
fact that those who. luiowlng nothing
about the facU. have referred to the
reHolulloiiH an the work of machine
politicians, that the only committee-
1 ........ l lin rnanllltlonS
man acuveiy owim"....
wan from Salom. and wan one who has
Intention to nullify the direct primary
law It was. however, me uui--.-exprCHHlon
that the Republican mem
bers of the UglHlature from thin
county should support tho Republican
candidate for Senator who received
the majority vote in the Republican
primaries. .
The committee recommended the
holding of a county convention, Just
as wan dono two years ag by the
Democratic party all over the State
What principle of the direct primary
law was violated In doing that? Such
a convention would be simply advis
ory Its work would have no binding
effect It would nffonUwo additional
chances to sift out the horde of can
didates. A primary election and a
general election must follow. The
boss, who might attempt to take any
advantage, would be remembered lxth
In tho ensuing primary and the en
suing election. How could such a
convention thwart the wishes of the
i..- wiii,i it in any way limit
freedom of action in the primary? It
would bring together Republicans
fiom every section of the county to
consult over matters in which they
have a common Interest.
As a general proamnion this would
be in the Interest of the country pre
cincts and give them an opportunity
to present their claims In the effective
wav. The late Jndge'John 11. Waldo.
as 'radical a reformer as Oregon ever
knew opposed our primary law. it
Is understood that hla loading objec
tions were that It favored the town as
against the country, and that. It tend
ed lo build up olllce-holdlng aris
tocracy, giving tho Incumbents of or
lice, who have a wide personal ac
quaintance, a distinct advantage over
other candidates.
in the last Republican primary in
Marlon County there were 13 country
candidates for tho legislature ,a ma
jority of nil. but live out of tho seven1
nominated came from Salem, and an
other was from Woodburn, the second
largest town in the county, while the
Joint Senator came from Albany, lu
Clackamas County the Senator and all
of the four Representatives came
from Oregon City. In other counties
there were similar results. Would not
a convention tend to a more equitable
distribution? Is a man necessarily a
boss or a machine politician who
thinks It would.
The "wlld-and-woolly" opponent of
Statement No. 1 cannot discuss this
question without referring to the last
Legislature, elected under the primary
inw the worst we ever had, and
abusing Senator Uourne as a tyranni
cal political boss, and denouncing
what he calls the corrupt Hourne-
U'Ren machine, while on tne oinei
hand almost every advocate of State
ment No. 1 deems It necessary to de
nounce every man who does not agree,
with him as a "corruptionlst," a "bot
tle holder for the machine," and the
"henchman of some political boss."
Thats' one way they all have of illus
trating the calm, Intelligent, Judicial
temperament of the people who are
now supposed to be supreme.
Even so conservative a man as Gov
ernor Chamberlain declares, in a pub
lished interview, that you cannot
scratch the back of any man who op
poses Statement No. 1 without find
ing a man who Is allied with "the
machine." The facts are that the
great majority of those opposed to
that statement have no Interest in, any
i i Dannlillnfln bosses
maCUlllB, U1IU mo voFn". oAlollaf'
are split upon the question as they are Sdclallst
upon almost every other. There Is
not, however, a single Democratic
boss, op a dingle Iximocratlc machine
politician lit tho Hlate who lit In fa
vor of Statement No. 1, for tho very
almpli) reason that under It tho mi
nority party has everything to gain
and nothing to lose. Republicans of
Oregon, who have nothing In common
with "the machine," cannot be driven
Into the Hiipport of Statement No. 1
by any specious argument that relates
wholly to the form and not to the
aubstaiico of the direct primary law.
Men are presumed to be Republicans
because they believe that the success
of Republican prlnclpleH will redound
most to the proHperlty of the country,
and because (hey believe that the
principles of the Democratic party are
destructive. They know that organi
zation Ih necessary to make the party
effective end to make the party prln
orlnclnlos secure. Actuated by princi
ples of this kind, the loyal party man
Ih the most loyal American and the
Dost citizen. If, as the Democratic
minority always preacheB Just before
election, there Is no real difference In
the two parties, Jet the Democratic
organization disband and make It
unanimous. Members of both parties
almost universally believe there Is a
radical difference. If you submit to
the people of Oregon the abstract
question as to whether they deHlre a
Republican or a Democrat U repre
sent them In the United States Sen
ate they will reHpond by a majority
of at least 30,000 that they warn a iw
publican. If you summarize the elec
tion returns on candidates for the Leg
islature, and all the county office In
the State you will get the same re
sponse. If you canvass the vote on every
candidate for a State office who has
not had to face any factional ngni,
you will find tho same overwhelming
Republican majority. Every test tHat
eliminates faction, and that relegates
the cut-throat politician and the devo
tee of faction to the rear, will show
the same result. The 4000 or 5000
Republicans of Marlon county, wimn
they send a man to the Legislature
to vote upon the only purely political
proposition that he will have to con
sider, expect htm to vote for that man
for United States Senator who re
ceived a majority of 30.000 in the
State. How is that playing into the
hands of the boss or the machine?
Statement No. 1 is the hope and the
dependence of the boss who Is defeat
ed In the Republican primaries u..u
it Is the one thing that would throw
the balance of power Into the hands
of those who place the interests of
faction above party and party princi
ples. The disgruntled party bosses,
itrn.i Mown bv the rank and file In
Lthe party primaries, gets even by ne-
r,.tl,it nt with the uemocrauu uw.ioco
for the transfer of their following to
v,,. nerm.rratlc nominee.. It is then a
battle between the Republican rank
and file and the Democratic rank and
file marshaled by the Democratic
bosses, and backed by a defeated Re
publican faction.
If such a combination overcomes the
ijomitillean malorlty of the
llllli jvvjn-. ,
i Frank ousel!;
Housefurnisher
OUR prices on turniture and
Carpets are always lower
; than Portland closing out sale
prices, No rent to pay that's
why we cannot be undersold.
ftgiy i5c
per yard
6 Foot S
Extension P&lf?3
Table y mn .
$4.50 1 j :
Phone 22
Res. 'Phone 2633
GEO. W. BRADLEY
Successor to C. N. Greenman.
Pioneer Transfer and Express
SAND AND GRAVEL
Office: Postoffice Bldg., Main St., Oregon City, Ore.
State It Is an actual perverBlon of the i
popular will, and the suDoruinimuu
what should be a fight for a political
principle to a rough and tumble scrap
between two Individuals. Loyalty to
the direct primary law does not re
quire that every vestige of our former
.... ..hmiiH he eliminated. The
ov-tom f.f checks and balances tnai
was adopted by the forefathers was
esteemed one of the chief merits of
the form of government they devised.
They realized that, as it Is often nec
essary to restrain the Individual, so
It Is necessary for the people as a
whole to place upon themselves the
effect of hasty and Inconsiderate ac
tion. In this -case the spirit of the. pri
mary law Is violated by the legislator
who so votes as to give effect to prln
clples approved by the great majority
of the people, as against a hasty and
purely personal verdict -born in the
heat and passion of a purely personal
conflict. Whatever the system under
which we live the boss and the' ma
chine exist only by sufferance of the
pdople. The primary law shou d not
bfl burdened with any conditions
Which will not conduce to make its
.i liioM more effective, anil more,A
:L... ...j Qff.,rr Khnnld be devoted to T
o,rinr n the civic pride of the peo-
Public Warning
"Unscrupulous patties, with no ap
parent regard for business honor,
having without authority announced
themselves as makers of Royal
Bakery Table Queen Bread, we de
sire to announce that the only genu
ine Royal Bakery and Confectionery
(incorporated) in the State of Ore
gon is the Bakery bearing that name
located in Portland.
Furthermore, V. HARRIS is the
SOLE AGENT for our goods at
OREGON CITY.
$1.00
too
A WEEK
WILL DO
Diamonds, Watches, Jewel y
and Stive wat e
SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS.
AND YOU WEAR THE GOODS
WHILE PAYING FOR THEM
EVERY ARTICLE GUARANTEED
STANDARD JEWELRY STORE
1S9 THIRD STREET BETWEEN YAMHILL AND TAYLOR
PORTLAND, OREGON
Any other bread bearing ocr name is an imi
tation. Royal Bakery & Confectionery (Inc.)
Mil IH'S . . . .Vl- 1 A
our statute books with m-consme.ru
legislation.
iThe protest against Statement No.
l'js voiced by many who have no dis
position to question the motives of Mr.
raw nr tn dpnv him credit for the
Work he may have done n bettering
the political conditions of the State,
m ia simnlv a demand on the part ot
Republicans that any vote they may ,
cast upon a purely political question j
shall be recorded and made effective.
The Republicans of Marion county are
not disturbed by any predictions that
the opponents of Statement No. 1 will
he snowed under by the people at the
.mils. In this county that question has
already been tested, as It has In Mult
nomah and Washington, and other
counties of the State. In our last pri
marv election there was but one man
nom'lnated who was an unqualified
supporter of Statement No. 1. and a
though he was a popular and well
known man of high character, he was
nominated by ap lurallty of only two
votes. One nominee accepted the
statement in a qualified form. The
other six nominees were open and ag
gressive opponents or statement m.
I and were elected by large majori
ties. '
There seems to he a widespread Idea
that Statement No. 1 is an essential anil
vital part of the primary law. The law
expressly provides that it may be ac
cepted or rejected, and this of itseU U
a concession on the part of the frani
ers of the law that many friends of the
law had no use for Statement No. 1,
and no man who repudiates it can be
charged with disloyalty to the law.
When Us acceptance becomes a ne
ceislty U' wlU be a work of superero
gation for any Republican to seek a
nominated by a plurality of only two
party ticket, or to look for support on
political grounds, for the only political
duty required of him can just as well
he discharged by a Democrat or a
D. C. LATOURETTE President. P. J- MEYER, Cashier
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of OREGON CITY , OREGON
CAPITAL, $50,000.00.
Transacts a General Banking Business. . Open from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.