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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1911 ninAnillllllTIAII llinnin innAIIITm Inn nrn I rN A Iaaal TT." : : WOT1INAIIUN JAuuAH ArrUlNltU Wfl N MUSH UUUU KUAU SAYINGS S IPFMflSflR WARn Wants, For Sale, etc. WANTICD Young lllltll tfl tllltn Hiinclu -f niiionicililii) Comm., driving unil 'i'iiiiiiik, prnnucui xpurluiire, cum pllo Instructions, ,Ik wages, steady work, Inqulro K. AiikhIos Aulu Aam. -my, 11211 '4 Washington Bt., Jloom iiu, I'limiiiiii, Oregon, i.wm-miildny, Pretty wlillo Hplt UOg, BIINWIIIN (11 IIIIMIO of "Ophlr, Aiiyoun lending to recovery of samo, rewarded by ownnr, Mm, Henry Hliaiinoii, Umvo at Wllliiim ICstes' nlni o. MIHU TliiA IIKinvilJMonffiiT Ia dies' Homo JuuniBl, Hnturdny lev elling pint, Oregon :ity liiUirprl0, II periodicals. Special rlo on Woman's I touio Companion and McClure'i. fa for (ha two, tf KOU HAMC House, two lots, tout on frame, nnit olhcr Improvements. I'rlco $2f,t). Hv. Ilitrvry Duck, Nob Mill, Oregon City. KOU (JAMC-ll! C." KmYhas Hhndo land Challenge onto (or ul on ttm Umls Trtilllnitor placa above FIs Cher Mill. WANTEIV flood housekeeper, aged nbout "9, object iiiutrlniiiiiy, Inquiry Charles Jones, Denver Creek. IS CONTENTION JENNINQ8 . LODQB PEOPLE 8AV THEY GET SHORT END FROM RAILWAY COMPANY. MELDRUM OBTAINS BETTER RATES Improvtment Club Will Confer With Ortgon City CommircUl Club With View of Relieving Preient Condition!. KOU HAUC-lncuhntor and brooder, good ninilllloii. J, . Mutlley, tjev elilh Street Second Hand Btore. LOCAL BRIEPS K, II. Hchoeuhorn went to Hhuhel m Hnturdny whro lie vIkIIoJ the Hchooii born (itrm. Frank Chilli', one of (ho prumlnoii fanners of Highland, wan In Oregon City on business Wednesday, Mrs. W. II. llotieiulllor anil dough I it, Ml lilit, of Chirk'', wi'rn trans acting business In till rliy on Wed liesday. Fmnlt Unr, of Molulln, hue pur chud I l'l nrro tract In Chilrmont allotment and will begin b new home In Juno. Mm. Ilunry llrnut wont to Hhulxd Sunday, where aha' went (o vIhK bur later. Mm. Chrlntopher Hotnahuh who In very Irk. Mr. Hum Itoake, of Clncknmas, for lunrly n realiteiit of Ihla city, won vis iting with hi daughter, Mrs. Cooigo Gardner on Wediieadny. Mr. and Mr. Dayno Howard, Mullno, paaaed through llio rlly Hun ilny on their way to Oswego, where they vlilted the former' father, Mr, (una. Krank Kchoenhorn, who recently ar rived here from Coltnn, Wunh., ha taken rharxe of the grocery storn'on Heventh afreet lie recently purchase of Miller ft Miller. Mr. and Mra. Walter Morris, of Cauidero, were In Oregon City on Wedneaitay. They are vialtlng at the home of the former's aunt, Mra. W W. Smith, of Pnrkplnco. Mr. Morrla la con nee I rd with the powerhoune at ( atadern, where ho hold a responsl ble poaltlon. lie wit formerly aroal dent of I'arkplare. Sandy Liquor License Orantsd. J. I. Davis and (". E. Kdwards were Wedneaitay grnnled a license to sell tliiuor at Hii tidy In quantities leas tlmn one gallon. Theao men have pur chased the liquor htialneaa of Cnspar Junker at Handy. Name Changed to Bump, Urenaes to marry were Issued hern Wednesday to Noaiiette li Kimball and O. I Day, of Han Francisco, and to Ella Perry and A. T. Dump, County Judgo lloaile performed the ceremony lha( made Mlas Terry name Hump. Oswego Man Evades Arrsit Sheriff Mass returned Tuesday nliiht from Oswego after a fruitless search for Charles llrlcker, for whom ii warrent of arrest wan laaued on a charge of failure to support his wife, Mrs Kiniim llrlcker, and their four children. When the officer reachod Oswego the bird had flown. PLATTED CLAIRMONT For E. C. Ward and Now Wants Pay For His Services. A rnso fld In Circuit Court Mon day has to do with the claim of S. A. I). Hungnto ngnliiHt 1C. (', Ward, for services, th0 sum Baked JuilKinent for being l-0. The claim made In the petition Is that the defendant em ployed tho plaintiff and then refused, or neglected, to pay for tho service, for which Judgment la naked. The work portormed was tho sur vey of b part of what la now called Clalrmont, with tho platting of tho same, lying In the Cnufleld D. L. C. Dlmlck & Olmlck nro attorneys for plaintiff. Discrimination Is charged by the people of Jennings Ijxlge at tint hands of the Portland Hallway, Light A rower co. In rut is of faro, and a delegation from the Jennings lodge Improvement Club will probably con fer with Hie Oregon City Improve ment Club with a view to securing tho adjuatment of rates. Jennings lidgu Is much nearer Oregou City than It Is to Portland, yet the rare from that point to Oregon, City, while the faro to Portland from Jnniilnita Ixxlgo Is 1214 cunts. Tho faro from Miildrum to Portland Is The same as from Jennings ldgu to Portland, and nit hough Meldrum Is only about onn quarter mile south of Jennings U)dno It una a 5 cent fare to Oregon City. This means that a resident of Jen nings Uidga must pay) 10 cents to come to Oregon City uilcl 22 cents to go from Oregon City to Portland, while a Meldrum resident can come to Oregon City for 6 cents and go hack to Portland for 17 cents. This means that tlm Meldrum man saves 10 cents on the entire trip from Meldrttin to Oregon City and from this point on to portlnud, and It docs not appear equitable. Through organization of the Im provement Club tho people of Jen nings ldge fapect to take up these matters to securo relief, and they are . TO HELP ON ROADS COURT NAMES SKILLED SUPER VISOR TO ASSIST IN C08TRUC- TION AND REPAIR. IN PAPER HILLS FOURTEEN PER CENT RAISE IS VOLUNTARILY GRANTED BY THREE COMPANIES. NEW SCHEDULE EEFECTIVE TOMORROW Minimum Scale Will Ba 12 Per Day and Rate Means Additional Disbursements of About $75,000. i' I). T. Mcllnln. BaalHlsnt ir. a. Krank Jnggar. of Heaver Creek, wns Wednesday appointed by the County court, as special assistant In tho con structlon and repair of county ronda and hrldgoM. While the county com mlssloners would not consent to the ppolntmeui of u road master, tlioy worn willing, In the Interest of gooJ toads, to give Mr. Jnggar authority to supervise construction and repair road work whoro necessary. 1 his Is a radical departure from the system employed during the last few years, as curing the formor adminis tration Hi it cotnmlsHloners personally l,,l,,..l fl... . ..rn,.l ,. .I.. . " ' " .wwnl.4 n H.v.k uvui v LIID I.IIIH. A llr,.l Itt h UT I I M ... 1 . 11. .l Ih.-icl.iha.1 C.'Jeh'n" CH.""ly " h ''u", r Co- ,B,eu ",Ht nieltt that roads make. It Impossible for he three big paper companies wo Id m.m. her. of th.. county court to give amount to 75.000 per year sufficient nltetillon to tho details of - i. .., irI ,I.Jl T overseeing rosd conKtrucllon and re 0roKon Cy payrol, A, ? v .air In every s.-tlon. It . regarded ,Mn wl 2 the'7f''t " V : . ni,'n who have been receiving $2 nature of an eiperlment, but Mr. Jog- win .vr..,. ....(... "..Zl I gars time can well bo employed In h()urI ba,,,Vhl.h means that coope stlnf and assisting In road , n , dny Shifts of n nours the work In many localities. ,h WBIfn .,' ' " . ' t on the night shift of 13 hour's the scale will be 2.37. FIRE ON RIVER BANK A HOT BLAZE STARTED BY OVER FLOWING PAN OF GREASE SITTING ON STOVE. The various Oregon City nnper mills will, this morning, voluntarily put Into erreci a scale or wages higher thnn ever before paid on this Coast for like employment, notwithstanding the fact that their competitors In other states on the Coast and In the Middle West are paying less In every depart ment than the rates heretofore In ef fect amount to. The manager of the Willamette Company states that his people have been working out many plans In this coim-tlon, among thi tn being a Nome HuiAling Association and an Immense general merchandise store, but as the merchants of the city through their load lots. COMMUNITY CLUB j At. Jennings Lodge Holds Important Business Meeting Wednesday. i An Important meeting of the Jen nings Uidge Community Club was! held at tho Huts conservatory e)'ed neaday evening at which time a tele phone system wits taken up for din ! ruaaloit, electric lights, new sidewalks iiul the owning up of streets. As . hern are so many becoming members of this organization the matter of so- ' curing a meeting place will probably 1 be brought up. Mr. Hotz kindly fitted i up quarters temporarily at his greoli- iousu until other quarters could he secured. I i LAST DAY FOR 15 8TOCK. about honest dealing, weights and measures, upon the pnrt of a few who In the past ore stated to have raised prices' whenever the men have re ceived higher wages; he has stated to tho Knterprlse representative that nothing will be done In the last men tioned matter, at l?ast for the present. although such a proposition, be claims, would save considerable to the Compnny's employes. This new scale of wages amounts in The alarm of fire rung out clear and distinct about 3 o clock Thursday af- now negotiating with officials of tho ternoon, after several months without electric company to double track tho j an alarm or a flro. Tho flrcmon re- llt... fr.tm l..,il.M t ... ......til.. .. .1 . There ... f,,r,m,ri . .wi-i. u, i.!..., i ' i... ....... associations will no doubt do every ..Ins. n!: I,.,. ... ,.7n. "hln I,elr P" o rlng ana the merchants of that place are 1 was found to bo In tho North Pole fish now compelled to receive (heir mer- market, on tho river bank at the foot cnnndise ss locul freight and are pro-; of Fifth street blbllod from obtaining goods In car I When the firemen arrived upon the scene Ihu market was one mass of flame, tho blaze having been so fierce that it etivcloied the whole Interior of tho building In an Instunt's time The fish mnrket was owned and kept by Tom Drown and his son Coorge Drown. Drown reports that be had a pan of grease on the cook stove nmny Instances, especially to the low In the rear of tho market and went pll,j nePt t0 an increase of over away to lie gone a few minutes and u pcr cent Bd will bring Joy to the iniu wnen no goi oacn ne lounu me homes 0f many fsmllles, wnolo pan in a hiazo ana the names Th. mpn , denended unon tc rear .ling up lowarus me ceiling. 1 ne now tnPr appreciation of tho effort' fire was so hoi anil the Uliizo so nerce mAe i .hir behalf for more efficient In Its efforts to lick up everything in Md many fo,owg cannpt found ,p sight that he could do nothing to cx- ,ny olh,r pnper tnllllnR district, and tlngiilsh the flames but had to be con- lhe mnnagers of all the mills herf tent to turn in an alarm aud try to aro of one vore wncn lt to save What llttto property was lying rec.immenitin iheir ..mnloves for hon nbout loose. Ho did get his boats out ety falrmlndednesa. sobriety an." but wus not nblo to save any or 1.1s bh man fhsrsetr. Hesides thlF sti k of fish or the nets tnat nung up ,n6 nature of tMr worK keeps there in the back room or tho marsci. tno in nPmM,r trim at all times for most Bosrd of Directors Endorses th isius loss will total several hundred dollars, anv k(nd of athletics. Sickness, there of wsrsnous Certificates. j ana iirown nau no insurance. fore, very seldom bothers those reg- The hoard of directors of the Ore- 1 tma 10 ,no iullunK m,M ularly employed, a very good sign, al Ron City Fruit 'and Produce fnlon I OUM 10 over two or tnree uuuarea B0 of prop,r ganitary conditions In met nt Die rooms of tho Commercial 1 """'"V It was owned by F. S. Daker, BM(1 abollt tho an(g hPrei and )t B Inn WeiliK.Hitiiv win. i..r. w.i.i. of tilsdstone, ana was on roiitea rnnnr..j th., twrtl . numher of roil. Iwls. Kuppenheiidor, Dellok and ' Kroti!'J but Mr. Huker had some tools the ghlft empOy08 who are willing to jizello present. As the manager was ln" '" "u 111 RW " 11 prove their physical condition by out of the city several mutters were 1 or ""'P'8 numirea aoiinrs more. mpelnR the squared circle or on put over for further discussion. Tho : 11 reimriea umi me ouumug m- tno mnti in lhfl morning after the long sureu mn 1110 nruwu uuu ou ""'- shift, those who have seen fit to state ance. ttiRt thev are on the verne of the FROMA BUSINESS MAN TELLS WHY A MAN SHOULD HAVE AN EXPERT ON THE JOS TO SAVE MONEY. - The Interest In road building In Clackamas county grows as the days go by. And the mora Ihn mi,M 1. Studied the enali-r It I. i past methods of spendlne thousands of dollars without knowing what one was doing, or where he wm comliis out, Jias been a disastrous one. With this in mind another Oregon City busi ness man has "taken hi pen in hand" and lii-Ilied a few lines as to how the matter appeals to him. It will nav you to read the communication, and then consider Its strong points for a few days to see If the writer Is not In the right. It follows: Editor Enterprise: Looking at the matter of roadbullding from the busi ness man's standpoint, I would say this: If I bad 1150,000 to Invest In build ing a wagon road, a railroad, a fac tory, a mill, a business block or enter prise of any kind that I did not thor oughly understand myself or did not have the time to give to the work, providing I did understand It. I should first look for a competent man to take charge of the work. I would cheer fully pay hJm a reasonable per cent on my proposed investment for the sake of knowing positively that I was getting (be wor(h of my money. If I could not find the competent man or could not afford to pay hlx price, I would keep my money. Nev er, under any consideration, would I expend It without the best obtainable supervision. I would expect my superintendent to save me money, not cost me mon- TALKS ON ROADS ROAD BUILOER SAYS THIRD OF MONEY SPENT IS NOT OF LASTING BENEFIT, MACHINERY NOT NEAR SUFFICIENT Important Question is Thoroughly Analyzed and Remedies Based Upon Experience Ar Suggested. Aro the oad supervisors giving to the people of the county results ln roads of a durable nature, that will Justify the County Court In Its taxa tion nf the people, and acceptance of the roads? This is a question which I shall at tempt to answer In my own way. First, we have four rock crushers, one road roller, about six road grad ers, not an average of one wheel scraper to each district, probably four slips to each district, and one plow per district. Now with this equipment let ns see what is the opportunity of the super visor. Four crushers to 55 supervis ors Is about one to 13. Allowing 120 days to be the time of actual work gives nine days to each supervisor. The crusher having on an average, the capacity of 85 yards per day, would give 765 yards of crushed rock. This spread 12 feet wide, 15 inches deep, would cover 765 yards of rosd 'n each district per working season. Thus, It Is clearly visible tb.it the ey; that Is, he should save me more ; equipment is not sumclcnt to allow than I paid blm. . j "me for Kod work or proper results Now. we have about 1150.000 m ex. I ror money spent, pend on our county roads and I be-' Secondly, another cause of nnneces- lleve it possible to hire a road eng sary expenditure is the lack of sys- necr who could save us twice or three 1 lem- Heretofore, the system, if such times his -salary: hecause rositlmild-' 't may be called, adopted by the Ing today Is a profession or a science I County Court and the people of the and no man is fully eaulnoed to nrac- ounty nas been: tlce It unless he has been properly Recommend and appoint the super- educated in that profession. visors to spend the money according v 1 iittvtt rv i ,0 "is own ideas and those of a fe 'i 111c uKnvj uijipttyers 01 ine uisinci, -egardless of the practical results. The results of this system have been so unsatisfactory that it Is now neces sary that It be changed for something better. I would recommend that the County Court formulate plans for all roads to be built in the county, whether rock r gravel, and these plans be carried out by the supervisors of the several Ustricts, and for such roads built In accordance with these plans, the Tounty Court become responsible for a space of five years. If they are not willing to do this let them appoint a man as general "superintendent who has a practical knowledge of roads, and can survey and build roads. Let this man have the supervision, of all roads to be con structed ln thei; county, and let him EVANS HAS A RECORD THAT IS NOT SAVORY BOY CHARGED WITH STEALING HORSE GIVEN ROUGH HAND LING IN JUVENILE COURT. Saturday's Issue of the Morning Enterprise contained an account of the arrest of Melbourne Evans, on the charge of stealing. When taken to the Juvenile Court, trouble broke out ,niflMnrlQ . ,L rW tT"SiZa.j!. le. f? "JSi " a supervisor is found who canno. ,h T" .u. t l..""T I follow his directions in a workmanlike coneraVle ro gh hlnSnng I ' '1 8Unden' . fo)l.ern- Pv.n. ,h. h.. i ,he PW" 10 rem0V8 Supervisor .K ... ,,,"', '.: . .. " Hd select a man from said district n iium iiiv iiui siaiicu, u arreau:u first month's business showed up very Hiuiaiaciory. Tho hoard endorsed the matter of ho Issue itf serllllcates and nluced tho working out of tho details In the anils of tho secretary, M. J. Ijizetlo. It was discovered that ns the board had ordered tho sale, of stock at 15 a hare fur flo days, and February had only contained 28 days, stock could bo had for 5 till the close or business today, but not after (hat date. There are over an hundred members now and he union s prospecui aro promising. Surprise Party. Miss Emma Cottwald. a nnull of the Hurnl Dell school, wns given a sur prise party by her many friends Fri day eve, the occasion being her slx- uentn birthday. Muny games were enjoyed until the hour for supper nr- rived. 'I he refreshment were Drovld- ed by the young Indies at the head of he Bffnlr. Tho birthday cako was a very dainty und pleiiHlng article, being garnished nnd decorated for (ho oc casion by two of our popular cooKs misb Emma received many dainty and ppropiiniu presents from her young friends. After the fire had been extinguished grave. Tom Drown opened his cash urawer Tne hourg of nl)OP anl ghft work and found tho six or seven dollura of ln futon., pe 11 hours duys nnd rotitents a blackened mass, one or nmlnt Khts, and. as all will be two nickles nnving neen meiieo. oy palj on Rn hou.Iy baslg n wllI be the heat. All tho money was Mack- hllppy w(th t)ls Klle of wages and cned Btid disfigured but It will not wl(h tho work belllB done nd already prove a loss, loin urown lost a no completed for the prevention of accl aim in Buuiuon io nis ier iu. dents. the mills in Oreiton City, not (ieorge Drown n new overcoat and withstanding the unsatisfactory adver- Mrs. Georgo Drown a hat and coal. .in nnr civ and county received Mrs. Kowen end child were silting durK ,he last legislature are, accord nt the fire a few minutes before tho 11R (0 le reporla 0 tno Laiior Com- greiiso caiignt, nun nnu jusi mi nilsHloner, In better shape than ever room when the maze siarteti. i ne sd ,hB Pndt0ns satisfactory to ev sumo market wns visueu ny nre hooui pn tno mo(t Cxactlng. three months ago. SAVING TIME ky TELEPHONE FAILS TO SHOW UP STARTED TO WOODBURN TUES DAY NIGHT, TEAM FOUND BY ROADSIDE WEDNESDAY. The Commercial Club, lu all Its lit erature, continues to recommend the mills, and rightly, to people looking West for opportunities In the way of employment, and It will not be long before tho effects of proper and truth ful duta regarding conditions here will correct tho wrong Impression given the public generally in other sections. Muy our Industries live long and pros per, by Mr. Krum at Maxburg, near Ore gon City. He had rented a saddle horse from the Portland Riding Acade my, and started out for Eastern Ore gon with the avowed purpose of be coming a cowboy. He rode, from Port land to Oregon City, and struck out east from there. Krum overtook him before he had left Clackamas county. Although he Is only 14, Evans has a criminal record. He was charged on February 15 last year with obtaining $1.25 from H. Gordon's news stand through false pretenses. He was ad judged who is able to do said work according to plans. I wish to say In regard to the money i spent in Road District No. 13 during I the past twelve years, during which i time I have been supervisor, the greater part of the time, that I firmly j believe one-third of the money spent on cuts and grades has been spent with no lasting benefit to the roads. I If I had been working under the supervision of a competent engineer i the loss would have been but small I but some part of this loss has been I due to the lack of necessary machln street. WHEN a man feels the necessity " of being in two places at the same time he goes to the nearest telephone and sends his voice. It is not exactly the same thing, but when a man talks hundreds of miles in opposite directions from the Bell Telephone, it is about as good. In the daily use of the telephone a man trav els all over town by wire in a few minutes. It is just as easy to travel all over the state and other states by means of the universal Long Distance Service of the Bell System. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. Every Bell Telephone is the Canter of .'the System Tuesday night (1. V. Metcalf, an old farmer from out (iiesham way, left tho Hodges feed barn bound for Wood burn with his team. When ho loft tho burn Metculf was considerably un der t lie inlluenco of llipior and It was remarked that he was In no condition to Btnrt on a long Journey. Wednesday morning Deputy Sheriff Miles wns not lied that there was a stray team standing nt tho side of tho road nenr tho Pulp Station, with no driver in sight and no one knowing to whom It belonged. That officer nt once went to tho scene and finally brought tho team to town and lodged it at tho sumo barn from which It started out. What has become of tho owner Is a mystery thnt-tho police have not yet solved. Tho horses stood nt tho road side when found and tho report Is that they hud stood there all night. Thoro wus no sign of tho ownor, U. W. Mutcnlf, or ns to his whereabouts In the wagon was a bank hookshow Ing deposits nt times und having his niimo In such a way us to be un mistakable. Considerable search was made dur ing tho day but no cluo has yet been found. It Is thought he foil from his wagon but as ho wns some distance from tho river It Is not thought he could hnvo fnllen Into it. Where he linn dlHiippenred to Is tho question that is puzzling his friends. No word wns received from him Wednesday by of ficers ln this city. Relief for illletz Settlers. WASHINGTON. March 1. Senator Chamberlain has secured a favorable report from the public hinds commit too on tho hill which paused the llouso for tho relief of settlers on the Slloti reservation. Benton County Frultmen Combine. C0KVALL1S, Or., Feb. 27. At a meeting of tho Denton county fruit growers in the commercial Lino rooms, pluns were made for an asso ciation similar to the Hood Klver com bination, and a committee was ap pointed to draw up articles of Incor poration. This Is tho nrst movement mndo by frp.lt men of this part of the valley townrd organization, and It was brought about by the unstable, condi tion of the market and the refusal of numerous smnll growers und fnrmers to comply with the requirements of the Insecticide law. it was shown thnt whllo Denton county growers were getting only 50 niul 75 cents a box for choice apples, IJnii county was get ting $1.75 and upwards for the sume quality. ;ed a delinquent boy and subse- "7 nimntlti narnlml In A nell nf Inni uaa : J stolen a hat worth $30 from Hoffman's '"8! ,1" rs,rih ii,.m r. u ,. I had the opportunity to build a piece n.'..i k .. .. - . i . I of road, according to my idea, which Hied with his parents, at a32 Market , thnk' wilI be faatin But'on ac. ! count of the scarcity of crushers and j rollers they were taken from me be- ; tore I naa time to mnstj it in a worn i manlike manner. I say once more, give us a chance with a system, with tools to work I with and you will see better results. W. C WARD. LOWS SAVED BM CLOSE VOIE BALLOTS COUNTED SHOW 46 FOR AND 40 AGAINST HIS RETAIN ING HIS SEAT. Debate at Eatacida Postponed. The debate nt KstucBdn between (he Oregon City anil the local High schools has been postponed for one week, nt tho request of tho debaters from this city. That will give more time for preparation on both sides, Those willing to go should hnnd their Iianies to Superintendent Tooze so that they may be counted In an effort to get a special car. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C ASTQ R I A Notice. The regular animal nrntige County Convention, for the County of Clack amas, Is culled to conveno In he County Court room nt Oregon City, Oregon, on Tuesday, March 7th, 1911, at 1:30 p. m. S'tld convention is culled for tho purpose of electing five Representatives to attend the next Annual Session of tho Oregon Sfnte Grunge to be held at Corvallls Muy 9 to 12, 1911. MARY S. HOWAKD, County Deputy. WASHINGTON, March 1 (Spl.) Ry a vote of 4fi to 40 the Cnited States Semite today attempts to uphold the honor of one of its members. At that there is a question ns to whether or not Uirimer Is not condemned in the eyes of the whole world. After the vote was announced Pri mer's friends hastened to congratu late lit m. With such a narrow margin in his favor there Is little short of condemnation for his acts as seen by even those closely associated wltb him. OGLESBY WRITES ON ROADS. Mark Prairie Supervisor Again Re plies to Criticisms. ROBBERS ROB CAR. Iron Mountain Train Is Looted Within City Limits. ST. LOVIS. Mo., Feb. 2S. (Spl.) Masked robbers held up an Iron Moun tain train within tho city limits to night and looted an express car. The messenger wns bound and robbed. There were two robbers Implicated. It was a rich haul. They have not been apprehendod. parental Tactics. worried parent Is sometimes obliged to do something like this: "Da, what is a transcendentalist?" "Have you chained up the dog, as I told you?" "Not yet, pa." "Well do that, and when you come buck I will tell you what a transcendentalist is." Whllo Dobby was gone his astute par ent dug the needed Information out of dictionary. Dlimlnghnm Age-Her ald. In only three preceding years have the losses from lire in the United States nnd Canada been heavier than In 1910, ona, of these being the year of the great Chicago fire nnd the other thnt of the earthquake and tire In Sun Francisco. The uggregnto last yeur reuched the enormous sum of $234, 470.050, an excess of more thnn $30,- 000,000 over the losses of 1909. MARKS PRAIRIE, Feb. 27 (Editor Enterprise) As you made several misleading statements In your criti cism of my letter in regard to the ap pointment of a road engineer, I hope you will be generous enough to allow me space to enlighten you on some of the statements I made. You say there is no politics In this roaiv bots business, and I ought to know Ijetto than to make that stutcnii'iit. I know what I am talking atKiut. I have been active In politics In this county for years, mid was ore of the men who wns iu politics brfore th editor of the Enterprise was barn. This "road boss" scheme was hatched by the "big four" of Oregon City ar.d is a political scheme to pay oil a political debt and to kill certain men who will be out for office ut our next election. You say Mr. Jaggar and D. R. Dim ick are In favor of a road boss. Mr. Dlmlck Informed me In person that If a road engineer was appointed at a big salary he would tender his resig. nation as road supervisor and also said he had been, requested to write a letter in favor of a road boss but refused to do so, as he would have nothing to do regarding this matter. Now, regarding Mr. Jaggar, Just a few words. He has been at the pie counter for several years, and anyone who will look at his reports of money spent will see that vast sums of mon ey have been spent ln his district, and 1 do not think he has wasted one third of his road fund us the ex-judge says. Surely If he Is an expert, why has that Molalla rond cost this county so much money. I wus informed by ono of the best county commissioners this county ever had that a railroad from Oregon City to Molulla could have been built for less than what that road has cost Clnckamns County. ' I see you are still quoting Judge blmlek's statements about one-third of tho rond fund being wasted. This statement is somewhat like another statement that is before ino, "If I am elected Judge I will put this county out of debt and be doing business on a cash basis. Taxation shall be re duced or I shall resign." Wdho do ellhorT He wns simply mistaken In this statement, as he Is In that state ment about one-third of the road fund being wasted. Now, Mr. Ediior, why do you not publish some letters from some of tho farmers of Clackamas County along with (hose letters of "city people," 1 have received a score or more lettors from the most prominent farmers of this county thanking me for the stand I have taken against this scheme of graft, and some of them would make tine reading for the Oregon City "hot air club" to digest. It seems thnt Oregon City wants to hog the whole road fund to be used around Oregon City. We have heard of the "Salem hog," but Oregon City can show them they are not "In It" when it cornea to scheming. We aro well pleased that the Coun ty Court can not be "bull do,ed" by a lot of tax dodgers and the county far mers will stay with the Court In turn ing down this whole road Enelneer scheme. GEO. E. OGLESDY. Several communications on the road question are found In this Issue of the Enterprise. It Is the greatest econo mic question, by all odds, In the county. We have opened the columns . of this paper for the purpose of en couraging an Intelligent discussion of the subject. While many artlclea have appeared from prominent taxpayers In favor of a more systematic plan of road bulldlne, so far only Geo. B. Oglesby, road supervisor of Marks Prairie, has seen fit to endorse the present slip-shod plan or lack of plan. His second communication, while In poor taste, Is found elsewhere In this Issue. Again we insist on assuring Mr. Oglesby, and all other supervisors that, as far as this paper Is concerned and as far as lt has any information on the subject, there Is not the slight est politics In the road building agita lion. If Mr. Oglesby has any secret Information from his long experience in politics in this county, let him out with It and tell who Is in this awful political scheme. The question has grown to such proportions that Insin uations as to base designs, and "big fours," and "tax dodgers," and such stuff don't count. Let everybody come out In the open. If we are getting adequate results from the tremendous sums of money poured on the roads of this county, let some intelligent man who knows the county as a whole say so, and tell us when and where. The road fund Is now ln debt over $150,000.00 and the taxpayers of the county are now paying In a special levy of $ 18,000.00 to apply on this In debtedness besides the very tidy sum of $123,000.00 for expenditure- this year. The largeness of the question can be inferred from the sums actu ally expended on the roads and brid ges of the county in the last four years, as follows: 1907 ..$101,088.31 1908 111,698.29 1909 I.. 107,536.43 1910 169.259.97 Total $489,603.00 There were $12,000.00 spent on bridges last year. Add special taxes levied in the various road districts. and we have far more than a half mil lion dollars expended on the roads alone in Clackamas County in the last " four years. Now what would this vast sum of money do If properly expend ed? Let us see. It would, at $2500.00 mile construct 200 miles of first class rock road and at 11250.00 per mile, construct 400 miles of good gravel road. Now let Mr. Oglesby, or some one, tell us what we have got to show for the more than $1,500,000 of hard coin put upon the roads of this county since we went under the cash road system In 1893. Mr. II. H. Johnson, who was County Clerk for four years, makes the total spent on the roads during this period nearly two million dollars, but in our dealt e to be fair we have adopted a much lower figure, and we are well within the facts. In the face of this tremen dous situation it is folly to try to array the city against the country or to pass slighting remarks against any Individual or to cry politics. The tax payers from the city and county want to know where these great sums of money are going and they are waking p and taking notice that it Is not a tax dodging proposition, but a tax eating one, that appeals in a very di rect way, just at this time especially, o their own pocketbooks. Now, is our political friend of many years, in a position to criticise anybody over much. He, himself, paid as taxes in this county last year $6.77, and re ceived as supervisor from the county $221.62; and he and bis immediate relatives received $451.14 out of . $2'13.47 expended in his road district. Now, In the next article of Mr. Oglesby, let him include some more of the f jod citizens of the county who are reg.illng themselves at the "pie counter." MUST SUPFORT FAMILY. Chas. Brlcker, of Oswego, Arrested for Falling to Do 8o. Charles Brlcker was arrested Tues day at Oswego for failure to support his wife, Mrs. Emma Brickor, and four children. Mrs. Brlcker swore to the complaint, and the warrant was served by Sheriff Muss. There Is ono man doing a year In the county Jail at the present time for the same offense WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS. Have you overworked your n-srvous system and caused troabb with your kidneys and bladder? Hare yon pnlns in loins, side, back and bladder? Have you a flabby appearance of the face, and under the eyes? A fpjquent desire to pass urine? If so, Williams' Kidney Fills will cure you Druggist, Price 50c. Williams Mfg. Co., Propn., Cleve land, O. For sale by Huntley Jjros. and Jones Drug Co. ii