OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1908.
RAILWAY PROJECT TO -BE
REVIVED AT ONCE
PROMOTERS WILL ENDEAVOR TO
OBTAIN RIGHTS OF WAY
FROM FARMERS.
school, where he made an address to
the students, giving them good advice
along educational lines. President
Crooks is a firm believer In higher
education, and made a very Interest
ing talk. He especially urged the stu
dents to remain in school as long as
possible.
TRY-OUTS FOR PLACE.
Trl-Clty League Men Will Be Tested
Next Sunday.
Try-outs for positions in the Ore
gon City team of the Trl-Clty League
will commence on the Canemah Park
grounds next Sunday, and C. A. Part
low, who owns the local franchise, will
brink a bunch of players up from
roruana. Kruger, who has been sign,
ed to, play third base, is here. Rum
zger and Long, pitchers, and Douthit
and Shaw, utility men, will be given
a chance to - make good. Mr. Part
low has offered a prize of $5 for the
best name for the Oregon City team
and among those that already have
been suggested are Chinook, Noripa
rlels, Coast Defense, Oregon City
Aces, and Recruits,
The Oregon City, Beaver Creek, and
Molalla Railway expects to start out
in a few days to renew Its efforts to
obtain a right of way and will also
solicit stock subscriptions. The com
pany expects to extend a railway line
from Oregon City Into the territory
known as Beaver Creek, " Buckner
i. -Mllb- rVoAlr and iha 1nlnlln
country, for the purpose of opening !mell.and Habernlcht, pitchers; Van
Sn these sections of the country and I orthwick, left fielder; Locke, first
efve to the residents a market ft,r heman; Chapin, outfielder; White
fhelr timber. The large bodies ot ' catcher;-Litzel, second baseman; Net-
timber In these sections will have to
be taken ut sooner or later, and by
beginning at or near Oregon City, the
entire territory would be nearer to
a Portland market, on the routo se
lected, than it would If the line would
tap the country from some up valley
point.
It is the policy of the incorporators
to keep the entire control in Clack
amas County, and in making a home
company out of the project,. It requires
the co-operation of the farmers who
live In the territory that wia oe ben
efited by the line. The capital stock
will be for an amount equal only to
the cost of construction, r,nd the
nchares will be $1 each and non-assessable.
No Indebtedness -.vlll be In
curred unless there is money iu the
treasury to pay the obligation. No
officers will receive salaries end ev
ery dollar received from the sale of
stock will be used in the construction
of the road. T.en per cent of the stock
subscribed is payable on demand, 40
per cent, when work is actually com.
menced and 50 per cent, upon the com
pletion of the first mile. The incor
porators are E. G. Caufleld, J. W.
Sherwood, Grant B. Dlmick, John
Adams, and Thomas F. Ryan.
Initiative Is Easy. "
ReDresentatlves of ten granges,
numbering 75 delegates,' met In Hills-
boro Saturday, and elected Fhinp ui
son, of Hlllsboro; W. J. Jacquith, of
Scholia, and N. S. Prickett, of Bank3,
as delegates to the state grange con
vention, which meets in Eugene, early
in May. The grange voted a resolu
tion oposing the county high uchool
proposition, and further expressed it
self as in favor of a required larger
percentage of the voters on a petition
in order to secure initiative' action,
either in county or legislative affairs.
The direct primary was endorsed, but
no action was taken on Statement No.
1. i '
CHILDREN SCRAMBLE
FOR FLOWER SEEDS
PUPILS OF COUNTY SCHOOLS
ARE KEEN TO WIN PRIZES
IN COMPETITION.
Crooks Talks to Students.
H, M. Crooks, president of Albany
college, was In the city. Monday visit
ine Rev. J. R. Landsborough, pastor
of the First Presbyterian vhurch, and
was a visitor at the Barclay High
County School Superintendent T.
J. Gary has distributed hundreds of
packages of vegetable and flower
seeds to pupils of the public schools
of Clackamas county, and the young
people are eager to plant and culti
vate small gardens, in order to enter
the competition that will end In the
fall at the Clackamas county annual
fair, when prizes will be given for
the best displays. The Chautauqua
management has t also offered prem
iums for the best exhibits of flowers.
Mr. Gary has a few Bweet pea seeds
left for the pupils of country schools,
but has plenty of turnip and nastur
tium seeds for all who ask for them,
and every day the children come into
his office with requests for the seeds.
If the applications are correct indi
cators there will be no lack of en
tries in the competition.
Mr. Gary states that county scnooi
matters are progressing quietly. Sev
eral changes In teachers have been
announced. Miss Bertha Kennedy has
resigned from the Currlnsville school,
and her successor may be Mrs. Mil
dred Ruegg Eisert of Mllwaukie. Miss
Edith Hargreaves has taken charge of
the Eldorado school, suceeding F. R.
Slzer of Willamette. Miss Vietta Al
derman, who has been teaching the
Oak Lawn school near Needy, has
and a new teacher ta the Bolton
school Is Miss Wash of Lents, who
has taken the place of Miss Mager.
The Mllwaukie school, of which
Mrs. Emllie Shaw is principal, will
hold a public entertainment next Sat
urday evening. -
THE PASSIOIN PLAY. .
The Passion Play Is a Sacred Dra
ma, founded on the life of Christ, as
Dortraved In the New' Testtament
of a sandstone ledge i The first Passion Play of which we
League Season Open April 11.
The Tri-City League season will
open Saturday, April 11, and there
will be a game on the Canemah Park
grounds on that date between Ore
gon City and Vancouver. The East
and West Side teams of Portland will
play - on the Vaughan street grounds
on the opening day and Astoria will
play at St John. The Oregon City
team will play at Astoria July 4, and
the league games will end September
7. Salem and Astoria have been ad
mitted to the league, which is now
composed of eight clubs. The sched
ule of games for the entire season
will be announced next week.
Skeletons of American Camels.
Three complete skeletons of camels
which lived in America long, long
years ago, have been brought to light
The fossils of these animals, which
greatly antedated man upon the earth,
were dug out
down near the border line between the
states of Wyoming and Nebraska.
Will Speak Against Single Tax. -
George W. Dixon, editor of The
Canby Tribune and Republican can
didate for representative, has accept
ed an invitation to speak to Barlow
Grange, Saturday evening, March i!8,
ohu the single tax. Mr. Dixon is the
leader of the opposition to this pro
posed measure in Oregon. The Ore
gonlan says if Mr. Dixon continues
his present fight until June he will
kill th single tax measure. He will
speak against it in Clackamas coun
ty and other points In Oregon. The
State Library Commission at Salem
has collected up all Mr. Dixon's argu
ments against the tax to, be sent to
the granges all over, the state. The
farmers are solid for Dixon In this
fight- -- .-
have any record, was in the fourtn
century, A. D., among the Greeks, and
was called "Chrlstos Paschon." All
through the middle ages, different dra
mas of this nature were portrayed,
chiefly by religious orders. During the
Crusades many similar plays were
given for the purpose of stimulating
the people to activity In the saving of
the Holy City from the hands of Sar-
EC 6I1S i
In 1663 the peasants in the village
of Oberammergau, In Bavaria, were
visited by a terrible plague which de
vastated their country. On its ces
sation the entire population made a
vow to perform the passion play of
our Saviour. ever tenth year, out of
gratitude, and as a means of religious
Instruction a vow--which has ever
been faithfully and regularly observed.
The inhabitants of this secluded vil
lage have a rare union of artistic abil
ity and cultivation, with perfect sim-i
plicity. Thejr familiarity with religi
ous subjects is even beyond what Is
usual In the alpine parts of Germany,
and the spectacle is looked on with
the same feelings with which It origi
nated. What would appear elsewhere
as impious is to these peasants devout
and edifying. ;
The Impersonator of Christ consid
ers his part an act of worship. He
and all the rest of the performers are
selected for their holy life, and are
consecrated to their work with pray
er and fasting. In fact, it Is the am
bition of every child in the village to
act a part in this great event of their
life, an In order to do so tney must
show by their daily life that they are
worthy of such an honor. Every vil
lage girl has an ambition to portray
the part of Mary, the Mother of Christ
and they believe that In order to at
tain tthis, they must not, even in
thought, do anything contrary to the
virtuous and pure character required
for the part of the Mother of the Sav
iour. Not to be considered fit to take
any cart, however small, In this grand
play, is, In Oberammergau, consider
ed to be a great disgrace To take a
part away from an actor is a shame
that can hardly be borne, and it is
on record that once a man to whom
this happened Bank into melancholy,
which became madness.
The intention of this company Is to
give to the public In general as near
an exact reproduction of the famous
Passion Play (as witnessed in Ober
ammergau) as possible, and we con
scientiously assert that there is noth
ing in this grand performance that
will be sacrilegious or , irreverent, or
any pictures presented offensive to
any Christian of any denomination,
but, Instead, continual scenes and
moving pictures illustrating the fas
cinating Passion Play. Every man,
woman and child will not only enjoy
this grand performance, but will be
held spellbound at the sight of the
fascinating and sublime, life-size
moving pictures of our Saviour and
the multitude, and the beautiful sur
rounding scenes.
Kverv Darent and Sunday-school
teacher should take advantage of this
opportunity to vividly Impress upon
the children these scenes In the Christ
life impressions . that can never be
effaced while th lamp of life hold
nut to burn. In no other way, short
of a personal visit to the village of
Oberammergau, In Bavaria, at the
time of this stupendous enactment,
can so lasting a realization of the
Crucifixion of Christ be made.
Ben Franklin
who used to run a newspaper down East years ago, also edited
ah almanac which contained some wise sayings. Here is one
of them: l'
"The way to wealth, if you desire It, Is as plain as the way
to market. It depends chiefly on two words Industry and
frugality. He that gets all he can honestly , and saves all he
gets (necessary expenses excepted) will certainly become
rich."
What Ben said was not only true at that time, but it still
holds good at the present day.
There Is no better way to save than to have a bank account
We will be glad to have you start an account at this bank.
you are not tempted to spend it.
The Bank of Oregon City
I:
it
it
whenever
Wheels
urn
ELECTRIC MOTORS ARE NEEDED
No Matter What They Drive
Or Where They Are
A Saving in Power--A Redaction in Expense- An
Increase in Oatptit-An Improvement in Prodtict--Some
very decided improvement always results when
Electric Motors turn the wheels.
D. C. LATOURETTE Prestdont h 3. MEYER, Cashier
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of OREGON CITY , OREGON
CAPITAL, $50,000.00.
Transacts a General Banking Business. 1 0pen from 9 A. M. to S P. M.
areful of Your Property
One of Jhe secrets of out; success
in the Baggage and Transfer Business
a fes, Piano and Furniture Moving
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
OSWEGO.
THESE BENEFITS ARE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE TO
Housekeepers
Jewelers
Machinists
Printers
Woodworkers
Bakers
Blacksmiths
Bottlers
Butchers
Confectioners
Contractors
Dentists .
Dressmakers
Grocers
Latfflderes
ANYONE USING POWER CAN
PROFIT BY CONSULTING
Light
Portland Railway
& Power Company
Superintendent Blanchard has his
new patented smelter near ready to
start lor the test. It Is claimed for
it that more heat with less fuel than
any other smelter In the world.
George Safford has put his livery
barn In first-class order and has a
good lot of teams and does not rob
any one-with charges.
Our old friend, H. Beathke, is run
nine a firstrclasB butcher shop and
keeps better meats than you can get
at the same price in roruana.
All the salmon fishermen have pull
ed out their nets. The last nights
gave them about $40 to the boat
Our old friend J. K. Worthlngton Is
on tho mend and will be out at work
soon. .
The first hawk of the season has
been looking after G. W. Prosser's
chickens. He has to look after his
chicks late and early.
We notice Sunday evening our near
by neighbor had lady company for
tea and cake. That cake was all O.
K. I tell you those aunts and uncles
will have to come to time soon, or
the deal will be off with Charles.
' We are very sorry to say that Mrs.
Charles Pauling Is very 111 with heart
trouble. Her daughter, Mrs. J. U.
Campbell, of Oregon City, was called
to , her side. C. Pauling, her husband,
is very ill also. We hope to see them
both well soon.
G. W. Prosser, as administrator of
the estate of John Bowles, sold to P.
H. Jarlsch lots 5 and 6 In Block 10 In
South Oswego with a 7-room house for
675. If the court confirms the sale.
Mr. Jarrlsh will make a nice place of
It. and make the place his permanent
home. We are glad to have him lo
cate with us.
Prof. Evans has the school well
drlllen In case of fire in the school
building. He can clear all four of
the rooms In less than one minute.
Jesse Coon, our R. F. D. carrier, is
laid off with tooth ache caught cold
when out shooting butterflies.
A. King Wilson, of Wllsona, Is out
and looks well. The knife did not get
the best of him. We are all glad to
meet him on the regular local caj in
the mornings.
Uncle Will Dyer wanted the bouse,
but Jarrlsch had the longest sack.
Mr. Dunn wanted the house, only
$670 worth.
Mr. Martin wanted the house but
the men with the long sacks were too
swift for him.
Mrs. Wells had one eye on the prop
erty and the other on her money.
John L. Davis could have bought
the house, but be had just built new
to his own bouse.
O. Davidson Is bumping his head
for being in a hurry to purchase oth
er property.
Frank Davidson has lost bis wag
on shed.
A. L. Watling passes tthrough Os
wego nearly every day with tuns of
cabbages.
Will Wanker is quite a cabbage mer
chant and he is not slow with the
spud crop.
Mr. Simpson, of Hazella, baa mov
ed to New Town, Oswego.
The Red Men gav a St Patrick
dance Tuesday evening and bad s fine
time. Good order and the ladles out
numbered the nts two to one. All
i went home at the close of the dance,
Dralsine the Red Men and their man-
t : sgement of dances. Ail In well that
nds welL
Phones, Office 1121, Residence 1833
525 Main Street
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THE
passion puy
Animated, BeatitifttU-- Greatest of all
Moving Picttires
REPRODUCING '" "
the wonderful Sacred Drama of Oberammergau, as given every ten years.
This fascinating reproduction Is so complete that the audience can easily
Imagine that they are witnessing the great original In Bavaria, Instead of
miles of life-size MOVING PICTURES.
We give to the public In general as near an exact reproduction of the
world-famous Passion Play as Is possible and we conscientiously assert
there iB nothing in this grand performance that will be sacrellglous or Irrev
erent or any pictures presented offensive to any Christian of any denomina
tion, but Instead, continual scenes and moving pictures Illustrating the
most wonderful life of Jesus. Impressions will be made that can never be
effaced while the lamp of life holds out to burn.
" Our films are over 3000 feet long, and the coloring of the 600 characters
their dress and scenes in Palestine and Egypt, make one of the most stu
pendous and glorious displays ever placed before human eyes in moving
pictures.
Electric Theatre
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Afternoon and Evening Admission JOc
(DAW
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE OREGON CITY TEAM IN THE TRI
CITY LEAGUE OFFERS A CASH PRIZE OF $5.00 FOR THE BE8T NAME
FOR THE CLUB FOR THE COMING SEASON, WHICH WILL OPEN
ABOUT APRIL 1ST. THEY WANT A CATCHY, SNAPPY NAME THAT
WILL TAKE WITH THE FANS.
NAME 8HOULQ BE MAILED TO TH7 SPORTING EDITOR, CARE OF
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, BEFOR ETUE8DAY, MARCH 24, WHEN
THE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED BY THREE JUDGES SELECTED
FROM PROMINENT OREGON CITY BU8INESS MEN.
IT COST8 NOTHING TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION.
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CG. MILLER,' AGENT
OREGON CITY, OREGON
Poultry in Western Oregon.
Fruit, dairying and other Industries
of Oregon have all bwn given their
shsr of publicity, but poultry raining
Is rarely mentioned outside of the
publications which are either loot
ed to poultry or have a special de
partment for it $5,000,000 annually
Is a very conservative estimate of the
returns from this Industry to Oregon
farmers, and yet thousands of cafe
of eggs sre shipped in every year from
the Middle West to supply the demand
here. Expert poultry nUieri say that
the climate of Western Oregon In
particular is conducive to very rapid
and healthful growth there Is one
Toads, Insect Destroyers.
Theer are no fetter friends to have
In the garden or on the farm than the
toads. If they could be protected and
encouraged to live there, they would
radicate many of the crubs and cut
worms. The great enemy of the toad
Is the small boy, who kills many every
vear of ih u-ful snlmsl. The boy
community alone In 8outhern Ort!on ; regards this a Innocent sport, not
that snnually markets between HO,-! knowing that the toad Is a most vslu
000 and $50,000 worth of turkeys. laule insect destroyer.