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Onion IWtorlMl uiJ EGOfo rPK ENTEIRPKIS The Enltrprlst It tht 7 T 11 only Clacksmta County I II II Nawapsper tint print! II If all of tht newt of thlt l 1 TV 4 .growing County, 1 Li VA Hat your tubiorlptlon OK- plrad? Look t tht la be). 0 You tkould not mitt any of our newt numbers. FORTY-THIRD YIAR NO. 8. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1866. OTY FACTORY BILL PASSED CAMPBELL AND DIMICK MAKE ELOQUENT APPEALS FOR PASSAGE OF DILL. ELEVEN VOTE AGAINST Rtprtttntatlvt Jonet, of Clacktmat, Prtttntt BUI for frtt Ttxt Book Again Thlt Stttlon. With 11 dlaecntlna; votes, mombora of tho ClHPkNiiwa Comity delegation In tho House Monday afteruixm auo needed In having paaaed Itn lr bill pro viding for an ltiht hour workday In alt manufacturing, tnoehanlial, uior rantllo, other' oslablUhmeuta operat ing continuously throughout tha 24 lumrt. lubor wt mloiiUi'd by sev eral of tho speaker aupportlng the bill, whtlu those apenklng against tho bill argued that lit provision, If en forced, would work an abridgment of tho right of contract. Vott It 4 to 11. Thoao voting Bftinal tho bill which was passed by a volo of 40 to 11, were; Ilinlllllon, Hones, Ilratlalu, liu chnnnan, C'orrlxnn,' Katon, Karrell, Meek, Munry, Phllpott and Reynold. Campbell and Dlmlrk, of tho Clack- amaa delegation, made eloquent ap peal for tho passage of tho bill which they declared, meant much for bettor and higher typo of rlllretiahlp. They referred to tho condition that exlat lu tho paper mill at Oregon City, when tha men aro obliged to work ntitrta of 10 hour one Week and 13 or 14 this next. Hughe. Jotiee (Un coin and folk) and McKlnney alio In domed Ihn bill. ' Buchanan Object to BUI. Iluchanan ald he objected to tho hill for tho reason that It Unpaired tho right of contract. II" contended that If a man desired lu work for more than ten hour a day ho ihotild bo granted thn privilege, without subject lug hi employer to arreat and a flno for violation of a law a wa proponed. Ileynold refnaeit to itipport tho bill for the reaaon that It would serious ly Interfero with the operation of fruit- drying plant lu tho Fall of tha year, when by reaaon of the abort teuton. It la neceasnry to opcrule pvaporatora coutliitioualy lu order to proerly caro for the fruit. Competent lubor being ararro for that class of work, ho tald It would be Itnpossllilil to I) nil sufll dent men to man three ahtft each day with tho result that the hurt I culturlata would mlTer A aerloua pe cuniary Iota each year. Fret School-Book BUI In. Krcv aclmol books furnished by dls trlota (a tho object of R bill by Rep resentative. June, of Clnrkanma. A almllar bill waa defentod In tho la.it I,cKlslatur. The question It to bo determined at tho nnnunl meeting of the dlatrlct. either by proposal of the board or by petition of not lea than BO achool votora. A special lax la to be authorised for tho freo text. MUCH BUILDING AT GLADSTONE. New Storet Conttructed That Credit to Town. Art CiludHtono la hi 111 on the boom. Many IhiikIhoiiio home havo been erected at that place during the pnat year that are a credit to nny city. With tho atores of Rlrhard Preying. 1'. (1. WellH, Mr, Itaiich, tho meat market and tho nil motive building of tho ChrlHtlan church, OlndBtono Iiiih quite a metropolitan nppearnncc. p. 0. Wells' Btoro la tho latest building that linn been put up, and a good bus Ineaa Ih being built up by tho ninn nger. Mr. Wella has Installed a full linn of confectionery. Ho was recent ly appointed postmaster of Gladatono. Since liiHlnlllng the poHtofilce In this thriving place. It Is found to bo very convenient to tho patrons, Mr. WellB' Btoro lu 24x50 foot. Tho rear of tho building la UHcd aa living rooniH. Tim Interior of these room la In mlHslon 'finish, und very nttrac live. It Is reported that Bevernl other ImlldltiKB will bo cniiHlructed In tho near future. Former Canby Man Return to Cali fornia. C. B. ZceU returned to his homo In Sonomii County, California on Fri day, expecting to 'arrive at hla homo on Tuesday of this wcok.Mr. Zuck ha8 been vlKltlng his father and friends at Canby for Hovcnil weeks pnst. Mr. Zeek Is at present deputy sheriff of Sonoma County, California., and Is, and hnH boon for the lust six yenra a member of tho school board of his school dlHtrlct. Ho Is, nnd has boon J. 0. DeSha.er, of Sandy, wns trans acting business In this city Tuesday. for aeveral yuur paat, tiiigagod In thn dnlryng buaiioa, milking 20 odd cowh, manufacturing both butter and clieeao. ill (ill ill consist of CM acre bordering on the ocean board, hla houao being within a atono'a throw of tho ocean. Mr. Zoek'a herd la of tho lineal Durhum of Northern Ciilirornla. Ill brother Minor, uc couipuiitid him homo, uud will assist him In the euro of hla stock und farm,. HAWLEY RESIDENCE ROBBED. Clothing, Diamond Rlngt and Other Valuable Taktn. Thn residence of W. I'. Ilawloy on llolllday Avenue, Portland, wa en tered on Haturduy night and robbed. Among tho article tbut wore atolon went aeveral dlumond rings,' neck lacea, to evening drosses, bualdea other clothing belonging to Mr. and Mr. Ilawley. Tho houao waa enter ed from a roar window, and from In dication tha partle wero familiar with thn premlao. Mr. Ilawley. who la iimniitr and president of thn lluw- J. U. CAMPBELL, who madt ttrong appeal In favor of the Eight Hour BUI. ley Pulp & Taper Company, of this city, and family aro making their homo hero for thn preaent, and 'upon visit (UK their homo III Portland Saturday found that tho houao bad been en tcred. MILLS START UP AGAIN FLOOD WATERS' RECEDE AND VERY LITTLE DAMAGE HAS RESULTED. Tho Wllanietto Pulp and Paper Company started all machlnoa Into operation Monday morning, and tho Crown Columbia Pulp and Paper Com pany started otto of tho big machluea nnd Tuesday tho mills wero run ning with a full crew. Tho mills havo been closed for tho paat week on ac count of high water. The Oregon Uty Woolen Mils, which wero also com pelled to cloao on account of high water, started up yesterday. Very little damage has been report ed by high water. Tho brldgo lean ing from Station A of tho Ilawley Pulp and paper Company to tho main land wus washed nwny, and will bo rebuilt as soon as tho water recedes. About About 200 feet of tho railing along tho Canonitt wolk was taken away, and will be repaired before any travel Is allowed along tho walk. All of tho ro palrs of tho O. W. P. lino north of tho city havo been completed and tho cars are now running on achcdulo ttmo. Cuhbago" King, who was forced to leave his homo In tho northern part of tho city during tho high wutor, ha moved back and no further fear of high water. EIGHTH GRADE EXAMS. Sixty-three Applicant for Eighth Grade Diplomat. Tho eighth grado examinations havo been held 111 tho schools of tho coun ty, starting on Thursday nnd finishing on Friday. There wore 03 applicants for eighth grado diplomas, and Coun ty Superintendent T. J. Gary Is busily engaged In grading the papers. Ho Is assisted In tho work by Mrs. J. P. Shnw, of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Viola Godfrey, of this city. Superintendent Gary says that there Is a scarcity of tenchers In Clnclin- nins county at present, and that there are sovoral good schools that nro In need of experienced tenchors. Mr. Gary has made sovoral visits to the schools In the country recently, and expects to make many more as soon as tho weather Is more favorable The high water has prevented lilm from going to ninny of the school districts. J. M. Bruner Dies In Salem. J. M. Uruner, agod 58 yenrs, died at Snlem yesterday, and the body was brought hero for burial. Deceased was a monibor of the Woodmen of the World, and tho mombers of that orgunlatzlon attended tho fuueral which was held Thursday morning at tho home of his slator-ln-lnw, Mrs. lirunur, of 302 Madison street. LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED MEETING HELD IN C0URTH0U8E SATURDAY, COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE REPRESENTED. ATTENDANCE IS LARGE Organization Will Bt Called Clacks mat County School League Flrtt Event Vo b Field Mttt. A meeting was held In tho Court house Bulunlny afternoon for tho pur pose of organizing an athletic and literary league, to bo composed of tho arhool of Clackamas County. County Bchool Superintendent, T. J. (Jury, called tho non-ting to order. A. K. Hill, principal of tho Eastham Hchool, waa elected temporary chair man and Mra. Viola Godfrey, of the Willamette School, acted aa tempor ary secretary. Tho attendance wa very gratifying to tho InatlKator of the movement, aa over half of tho ichoola of the county wuro represented. Superin tendent Gary, Drunton Vodder, of tho Gladatono School, Profeaaor Hill and others talked Informally on the bene Ills and uses of the proposed associa tion. Itobert Ooetx. of the ftarclay School, Mra. Kmelle Shaw, of tho Mil waukee School, and A. A. Baldwin, of Mackaburg, wore appointed a com mitten to draft a constitution and by-laws which wero adopted. Annual Field Mtet. The organization will bo known as (ho Clackamas County School League. It la proposed to conduct an annual Held meet, boaeball league, other sports and literary contests. Tho rules of the Amateur Association were adopted. No pupil of any Clackamas County achool may participate In any event uuleaa he shall have been a regular attendant, for three months Immediately preceding the date of the date of the respective eventa In which ho shall havo entered. . Or ho shall havo resjlBtcrcd during tho first four week of the school year. Any school of the county may .become a member of tho league by paying a fee of ono dollar. Pupils deslrlmr to nartlolnate In nny literary or athletic contest must havo an average of SO per cent In achool work. Following la a list of efflcera elected: Robert Goetr, presi dent; A. H. Hill, first vice-president; Victor Gault, eocond vice-president; Mra. Kniello Shaw, third vice-presi dent; Ilrenton Vodder, secretary'; Mrs. Viola Godfrey, treasurer. All 8chooli Represented. Tho president, secretary and treas urer with A. A. Baldwin and Harry Hiirgrenvea. wero named as an execu tive committee to fix date and places for contests. County Superintendent Gary Is an ex-ofllclo member of the committee The first event of the leauge to be held will be a field meet and In the evening of tho snmo day there will be a literary contest for girls. All the Importnnt schools In the county with the exception of Cauby and Molulla were represented at the meeting. Tabor Cottage Broken Into at Can non Beach. R. It. Tabor returned Tuesday night from Cannon Beach, Oregon, where he has been for tho past week. Mr. Tabor' was advUod that his cottage at that resort hsd been ransacked and ho took this trip to Investigate. Ho APPROPRIATION OP $2,500 IS URGED TO SECURE TOR OREGON CITY THE DR. JOHN McLOUGHLIN HOME. Jamet U. Campbell, Representa tive from Clackamat County, hat been urging In tho Legislature the) appropriation of $2500 to apply on the purchase of Dr. John McLough lln't home for Oregon City. In urging thlt measure Mr. Campbell ponte out that not merely an advan tage to the city it propoted, but an affair of state-wide and even nation al Importance. Few statet can boast an historical character of the Im portance of Dr. McLoughlln, lays Mr. Campbell, and anything that can be done to keep green the mem- ' ory of this sturdy pionder Is of ben efit to the state and nation. It la contended that the atate of Oregon, which la destined to be come one of the really great atates of the Union haa all too few histor ical relics, and the Legislature will 'have strong pressure brought to bear to grant thlt boon. W. A. DIMICK, of Clackamat, who madt eloquent appeal In favor of Eight Hour Bill. - -. . m. in, ,i .. , , . found that the doors bad been broken from their hinges, and the house ran sacked throughout, but nothing waa missing. Mr. Tabor, reports that the storms at Seaside during hi stay there wero unusually severe. While on his way to Cannon Beach he re mained at tho Colonial Hotel over night, and tho next morning the building waa surrounded by the rush ing waters. The Nccenlcum had over flowed Its banks, and the water waa rushing down the streeta carrying with It tree and fences. Mr. Tabor was obliged to go through four feet of water to his cottage, and does not care to have that experience again very soon. The Tabor cottage was newly furnished last season, and Is one of the most attractive little homes at Cannon Beach. TO HOLD CONVENTION 8UNDAY 8CHOOL WORKERS WILL CONVENE AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The Sunday Schol Workers Con vention for Oregon City District, will be held In the Gladstone Christian Church, Thursday, February 4. The following la the programme arranged by the committee, i0:30 Devotional Rev. Mulkey 11:00 Primary Work.. Mrs. W. Green 11:15 Roll Call and Reuorts from Schools. 11:30 Song. Appointment of Com mittees. 11:40 Junior Department Mrs. Sceloy Basket Dinner. 2:00 Song Service e Rev. LamlBbo rough 2:15 What are the most serious Drawbacks to our Sunday School Work Rev. C. A. Phlpps 2:35 Business Session. 2:45 Song. 3:00 Home Dept Mrs. Beard 3:10 Teachers Training .Mr. MerncK 3:30 The Chief Motive of the S. S. j officers, who are to serve for the en Work Rov. Mulkey ; suing year, followed. The Installation 3:50 Problems of the Intermediate j wg8 , ch f M E Lanklns Department and their Solutions.. " .Rev. C. A. Phlpps. Supper, Served In Church. 7:15 Devotional Rev. Oakley 7:30 Book of Acts with the next . Sunday's Lesson Mr. Merrick 8:10 Song. 8:15 Address Rev. C. A. Phlpps All schools send not less than two delegates. J. W. McAnulty Sues For Property, Throuch his attornev O. D. Ebv. J. W. McAnultv has brought suit .jBeauliau; past chief, Mrs. Alda Sim- tho circuit court against Anne Hous-1 xi.w. 1,.. h...i.. i v V. Moore, to settle property disputes. In the complaint the plaintiff states i that he Is the owner of lots 11, 12 and I 13 in Block 2 of West Gladstone, and! that the defendants, although they have no title or Interest In the proper ty, tlie plaintiff prays the court that tho disputed property be delivered to him, and that the property will be free from any claim or Interest. " r$ " j '.""-T-f v "Ft . S . f ' ' 1 i't!'j vij.;i-.'.1,'t vrMt.iifi;.-.- ,1 t -! I M ' f '-.-;!".'- .i ! !!!., H , , i J CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIR WOOD 8CHOOL DISTRICT IS GRANTED. NEW DISTRICTS MADE Petition of Wichita People For Crea tion of New School District Disallowed Othert Un der Advitement. The District Boundary Board held Its annual meeting at the County Court room Tuesday, to consider the creation of new districts and to change the boundaries of existing dis tricts. The petitions of district No. 9, East Clackamas No. 49. and North Logan No. 117, were taken under ad visement. Decisions will be rendered at the meeting of the County Court In February. The petition of the peo ple of Wichita and others for the crea tion of a new district was disallowed with the understanding that a new petition embracing different territory ahould be Immediately prepared and presented for consideration. The pe tition for change of boundary of dis trict No. 62, Flrwood was granted. The petition praying that a fraction of District No. 4, Logan, be attached to DlBtrlct No. 30, Stone, was disal lowed. The petition praying that a new, district be formed out of por tions of four districts in the vicinity of Liberal was allowed with the un derstanding that the new district should not ask for a portion of the assets of the old districts. The petition to attach a part of Currlnsvllle District No. 7 to Esta cada was taken under advisement till the board could personally inspect the situation. This Is an Important mat ter, as It determines which district shall have the proposed new million dollar power plant of the Clackamas Light & Power Co. The Court House wag thronged all day with Interested parties but good will and a disposi tion to be fair prevailed throughout the meeting. PYTHIAN SISTERS INSTALL. Exercises Are Followed by Banuquet and Good Time. The Pythian Sisters had a very In teresting meeting at the Woodmen hall Tuesday night. One candidate was Inlthued, and the Installation of u BUly BSS,5lea y airs. u. a. Dlmlck and Mrs. H. L. Hull. The fol lowing are the officers installed: Most Excellent Chief, Mrs. M. P. Chapman; excellent Benlor chief, Mrs. A. Blount; excellent Junior, Mrs. Bruce Zumwalt; manager, Mrs. Fred Simmons; mis tress of records and correspondence. Mrs. Bertha Hart; mistress of finance, j Mrs- clar Callff; protector, Mrs. R. IJ - Goodfellow; guard, Mrs. Minnie ons; musician, Miss Clarice Zum- walt- A"er 'no impressive lustalla tlon exercises a banquet was served and a social time enjoyed. Company Will Be Organized Accord Ing to Oregon Laws. W. H. Burghardt, Sr., of Salem, was In Oregon City on Monday on his way to Portland, where he goes on bus! ness in connection with the mines r .- , v-v -Tr 1 "'' ! he Is Interested In. Mr. Burghardt Is at present Interested In the Oriole Gold Mining Company, a company to be organized in March according to the laws of Oregon. Balern will bo the headquarters of tho company. Mr. Burghardt Is handling something that Is rarely found a stock In a mining company that I a car load shipper. The Oriole mines are located 17,mllea east of Merlin, Josephine County. The smelter returns show net results of 1224.58 per ton. Mr. Burghardt will travel, on the West before returning to bis home, and expects to be gone for several weeks. He was formerly of this city, and was in the real estate business. DIVORCE 18 GRANTED. Plaintiff Allowed to Resume Maidtn Name. Mabel A. Benjamin was granted a divorce Tuesday afternoon from Gil bert H. Benjajnln, on- the grounds of cruel treatment The plaintiff states that her husband has treated her .. E. JONES, who presented a Bill in which Free Text Books are to be furnithed. cruelly for some time, and that he has forced her to leave their residence near Woodburn, Marion County,. The plaintiff was represented by E. P. Marcum. Plaintiff was allowed to re sume her maiden name, Mabel J. Jukes. ARTISTIC OFFICE PLANS WHITE BROTHERS TO REMODEL OLD BARLOW HOUSE FOR HAWLEY COMPANY. White Brothers have been awarded the contract to renovate the building known as the old "Barlow .House." The structure Is on the property re cently purchased by the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company, and when thor oughly overhauled will be used as an office for the company. It will be modern throughout The lower floor which is to be fin ished In natural Oregon fir. Is to have paneled walls. The main office and directors' room will be on this floor. At the rear an addition of 12 feet will be constructed for the store room. The second floor will be -used for offices and storerooms. The Com pany will spare no expense In mak ing Its office artistic and convenient The building has been moved south about 50 feet. White Brothers commenced work yesterday, and will rush It along" as rapidly as possible. The contractors also have contracts for several hand some residences In Portland, which they will construct. VISITORS VIEW FALLS. River Is Rapidly Receding and Very Little Damage Done. Owing to the high stage of water many visitors came from Portland Sunday to view the falls. Many took advantage of the great volume of wa ter going over the precipice by tak ing pictures of same. The river Is falling rapidly, but there Is still some water on the flats north of town. The The county road leading from the Ab ernethy bridge to the railroad cross ing near Parkplace Is open again. The O, W. P. & Railway Company's track has "been repaired In the northern part of the county, and the passeng ers are no longer compelled to trans fer. Fir trees and sandbags were used In the work to prevent further damage to the tracks by the caving In of the roadbed. WILLIAM WORTHINGTON. Well Known Young Man of Oswego Passes Away. William Worthiugton, a young man of Oswego, who has been 111 for some time, passed away at his home yester day afternoon. The deceased was 19 years of age. The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and the Interment will be In Oswego. DEATH LIES IN POWDER JAMES RETTINGER, OF CENTRAL POINT, BLOWN' TO ATOMS. BUSY BLASTING STUMPS Lived With Parent and Was Member of O. N. G.- Made Jocular Remark , to Friend Jutt Before ' Fatality. James Retllnger, a young man 26 years old, who lived with his step father and mother at Central Point, ten miles from this fclty, was blown to atoms Wednesday by a charge of dynamite that exploded prematurely. Rettinger was engaged In blasting stumps at the time. Coroner Holmaa decided no In quest was necessary, as the cause of his death seemed plainly evident The funeral la to be held Friday from his home. George Randall, a neighbor, went by a few minutes before the fatal blast went off, and Rettinger hailed him with the remark that be had better look out, or he would be blown np. Randall answered that Rettinger had better be careful himself, and the lat ter made a Jocular remark to the ef fect that he was going to blow up the whole world. , When he did not come home to sup per, a search was made, and his mangled remains were found. It Is said he had five blasts to set off, and when the last missed fire he went to investigate. Young Rettinger adopted the name of his stepafther when his mother was married the second time, and leaves besides bis parents a small brother. He was a member of Company O, Third Regiment, O. N. C and last Summer went to American Lake with the militia. DR. ICE TO WED MISS KELLY. Popular Oregon City Dentitt to Take Bride to Silverton. The marriage of Miss Caroline Ber nlce Kelly and Dr. Ice, of this city, will be solemnized at the borne of Miss Kelly's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kelly, of 128 Seventeenth street on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Af ter the marriage, ceremony the young couple will leave for a wedding trip before going to their new home at Sil verton. Miss Kelly is one of Oregon City's popular and estimable young women. Dr. L. G. Ice, who has been associ ated with Dr. L. L. Pickens for the past three years, will leave on Mon day for Silverton, Oregon, where he will open a dentist parlor. Dr. Ice will Install the latest dental appli ances In his office. His office rooms will be over the Peoples' Bank. Dr. Ice graduated from the Ohio Medical University, dental depart ment, in 1904, and before coming to this city practiced dentistry in many of the Eastern cities, including New York City. He has practiced for the past ten years, and since coming to Oregon City has been very successful in his profession DIVORCE IS GRANTED. Marion Kruse Must Remain Single or Lose Money. Marlon F. Kruse was Monday grant ed a decree of divorce from her hus band, Theodore Kruse, on the grounds of cruelty and inhuman treatment. Among the charges that are made by Mrs. Kruse are that Kruse beat her oiy several ocaslons, and drove her from the Belvedere Hotel In Portland, In 1907, and in May, 1908, he drove her away -telling her never to return. She claims that during their married life she has been a duti ful wife. The wife will receive $125 a month, or $10,000 in gold cash as long as she remains single. Henry E. McGinn and R. Citron, attorneys of Portland, represented the plaintiff, and A. F. Flagel, attorney, represented the defendant. Dr. W. Claud Adams, of Portland, spent Sunday with Mra. E. J. Marshall and daughter, Miss Grayce. Dr. Adams formerly resided In Oregon City and graduated from the Univer sity of Oregon at Eugene. He took a course of dentistry In the College of Dentistry at Denver,, and also grad uated from that Institution. Dr. Ad ams Is meeting with success in his profession, and Is now associated In business with his brother Waldo, also formerly of Oregon City.