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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR No, 11.
OKEQON CITY, OREO ON, Fill DAY, MAKCJI 15, 1912.
ESTABLISHED 1SM
SINGLE TAX PLAN
Confectioner Enters
ISchuebel Is Urged To
NET FISHERMEN
E. D. Olds Enters
Race For Legislature
Race For Legislature
Offer For Legislature
DENIED RELIEF
BE AT TAFT RALLY
BE
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The Enterprle li thi 1 1 11
only Clackamaa County II II 7
Newspaper thai prima II II CT
all of tha nawa of thla l If
growlno. County. M
RECORD CROWD TO
IN BROWN MAY
SCORED IN DEBAT
PRIZE
WINNER
BEAVER CREEK CROWD DOES NOT
TAKE KINDLY TO THEORY
OF U'REN
ARMER WOULD SUFFER, SAYS
Hanry George Dlaolpla Declare! Ore
9n City Mayor Opposed In.
Itlatlva And Refer
endum That hIukIa tax I not the medicine
thn jMMipIo of llunver Crk will
tukn ni'xt November wtn Indlonted At
a debate In-Ill at liouv.T Creek hall
Krltlay nlitht between (I. li. Dlmlck
mid VV. 8. IMloii of thla city, whim
the applauso iilulnly showed the ayni
I'nlhy to bo Iti favor of tho negntlve
an espoused by Judge Dlmlck: More
i tin n 2i() puriton crowdud tho hall
loiiK before (he hour art for the open
lnK and listened attentively through
out the dolmtn.
The iloliute waa oiiil by Mr.
U'Ken who charged Dlmlck with not
IxiIiik In favor of the Initiative and
referendum and with having worked
against It. In reply JikIko Dlmlck
said Unit he waa for tho Initiative
and referendum and had voted for It,
but he did bellevo that not more thau
alx quoatlona ahould be placed before
the votura at one time owing to toe
confusion that haa resulted In having
a multitude of ineaaureH.
"JikIko Dlmlck nna never been with
"our crowd" aald Mr. tJ'lten, ''but haa
ever been on the aide of corporation.
The question or taxation I a moral
one. A man ought to pay taxea to
the community In proporullon to what
he Rota from the community. Our
theory la that a man ahould have all
that he make and enrna and not be
the subject of taxea."
Mr II Ken aald that taxea ahould
be removed from all Improved prop
erty thtia exempting the labor men
perform and pay taxea only on the
value of the location that they uae.
"I.lor ahould not pay a tax, la our
principle," laid Mr. U'Ken "IM the
t'culatlvn lutereata be taxed. Let
tha fmnrhUea of the railroad", oa
franchisee, be taxed and forco the
Southern Pacific to pay a tax on their
thouaanda of acre of land they have
tied up purely aa a apoculatlve prop
osition. Place the Ux on the fellow
that la living on the Improvementa of
the community."
After flatly denying that the Henry
George theory of taxation waa not
the ainKlo tax theory aa advocated
by the Kela Fund workera, Mr. U'Ken
predicted that ''the day will come
when the Henry George theory will
be realized."
Judge Dlmlck waa applauded when
he rallod the attention of Mr. U'Ken
to a specially prepared comparative
present tax and elngle tax roll which
the Jut -r Introduced In hi argument.
Judge Dlmlck mated that the coun
ty assessor had admitted that the roll
an used, It being the 1910 roll, waa
unfair and the 1911 tax roll should be
brought forth aa being the luteal and
fulreat.
In quoting tho taxea that are now
paid by tho Hawley Pulp and Papor
Co., taken ag exnmple, Mr. U Hen
edited that about $3,500 wan the
amount but under slnglo tax the com
pany would have a reduction of $2,'
HftO. leaving a tax to nay of but $000.
Thla waa anawercd by Judge Dlmlck
to the effect that It waa right that the
Hawley company should pay the eame
aa any other firm and that the burden
ahould not be shifted from those able
to pay to the shoulders of the farmer
who by the aweat or nis nrow lm
proved his land and enhanced the val
ue.
Mayor DlnncK spoke In part as fol
lows:
"Tho Joaoph Fols Fund advocates
In order to ourry favor with the fnrm
era and lnnd owner, endeavor to con
vlnce them that by rcaaon of the ex
emption of all Improvements Includ
Ing buildings, mills, factorlea, stocks
of merchandae. clearings, drains, fen
ces, fruit trees, crops, llovatock and
all llcencenses of every kind and de
scription, that their Interests undor
those circumstances will be advanced,
"In order to avoid any mlsunder
standing of my Interpretation of the
8lnglo Tax measure as presented to
the legal voters of the State by the
Joseph Fels Fund Commission, I wIhd
to nresent to tho consideration of this
audience, the true purnosos of the
Single Tax advocates.
"There niav be no question but what
the Henry George theory of taxation
lg the one presented to the consider
atlon of our voter by the Fcls Fund
Commission, and to verify my state
ment, I wish to call your attention
to a resolution contained on page 24
of the pamphlet Issued at tho Slnglo
Tax conference under the auspices of
the Joseph Felg Fund Commission In
1911, which reads a follows: "Where
as, the new has arrived this morning
of the death of Count Leo Tolstoi,
we, tha Slnglo Taxera of. America,
send our sympathetic greeting to
Countess Tolstoi; and
"Whereas, Thla foremost man of the
world, whose teachings have made
him famous in all lands, has repeated
ly announced his belief in the doc
trines of Henry George, FOR. WHICH
WE STAND, and which we are en
gaged In popularizing In the United
States; etc.
"Under the single tax method of tax
ation there will be two classe of tax
payers benefitted thereby, one class
Is the merchants, the other the manu
facturers, and to verify my statement
I call your attention to the following
recommendation advocated at the Sin
gle Tax conference held under the
ausplcea of the Joseph Fel Fund Com
melsslon heretofore mentioned, and
aa this pamphlet was Issued by said
Commision, we have their own state
ment aa to who will be benefitted und
er and by virtue of the Single Tax
Law If adopted.
(Continued on page 4.)
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M. E. DUNN
M. E. Dunn, the Muln Street Con
fectloner, has announced his candl
duc-y for the Itepublican nomination
for representative. Mr. Dunn la one
of tha beat known men In the coun
ty, and has taken a prominent part
In Itepublican affairs, liofore com
lug to thla city he conducted a lurge
;iwinlll in Oawego. Mr. Dunn has a
funnily of making and holding friends,
and his supporters say he will have
no trouble In winning the nomination
and election.
TO DEBATE HERE
SINGLE TAX LEADER IN OREGON
ISSUES CHALLENGE WHICH
18 ACCEPTED
MAYOR SAYS HE IS NOT UNEASY
Follower Of Henry George Declare
Commenta On Beaver Creek
Discussion Are Satisfact
ory To Him
Declaring that the "comments on
the Joint discussion at Heaver Creek
Hall Friday night were so aatlafactory
from my point of view," W. S. U'Ken
the leader of the single tax movement
In Oregon, Saturday IsBued a chal
lenge to Grant II. Dlmlck to meet him
on the huntings In thla city In the near
future. Mayor Dlmlck, when asked If
he would accept the challenge, said
"I shall be delighted to meet Mr.
U'Ken In a debate of the single tax
In this city or any other place when
convenient. I expect to be busy with
other mutters for a few days, but after
that no doubt Mr. U'Ken and I can
agree Uon a date."
The Jingle tax question has reached
un animated state in this county and
there I every reason to believe that
Mr. U'Ken, the leading exponent of
the Henry George theory, and Judge
Dlmlck, one of tho strongest oppon
enta of the theory, will be called upon
to debate In all parts of the county
and probably throughout the state,
"So many of our mutual friends,'
says Mr. U'Ken In his challenge, "have
expresaod a desire to hear a diners
slon of the county bill to exempt lm
provemenU, personal property and oc-
supatlons In Clackamas County from
taxation, commonly called the 'single
tax bill," that It affords me much
pleasure to Invite you to meet me at
Shlvclya Hall at the earliest date
that will be convenient, without ex
ponao to you for the hall or for adver
tising. The comments on the Joint
discussion last night at Beaver Creek
Hall were so satisfactory from my
point of view that I extend an Invlta
tlon to you for Oregon City with great
pleasure."
RULES OF POSTAL
Postmaster Randall has received
the following Instructions from the
Post Otflce Department regarding the
postal savings bank:
"Tho restriction contained in sec
tion 3 of the instructions to post mas
ters, by which you are permitted to
accept postal savings deposits only
from persons who are patrons or your
podt office is hereby removed, and you
are authorized to open an account
with any person who applies, subject
to the provisions of aecuons 1 and 2
"You are Informed that the Board
of Trustees will purchase postal av
rugs bonds at par on application of
any holder. Bonds tendered for pur
chase should be forwarded by the
holder under registered mail direct to
the Board of Trustees."
IS
OUT FOR RE-ELECTION
Sheriff R T. Mass , who Is a candi
date for the Democratic nomination
for that office, filed his declaration
Saturday. His petitions for signatures
are being circulated. Mr. Mas will
not have any opposition In the Demo
cratic party, but he will be opposed
at the regular election by E. C. Hack
et. Mr. Moss defeated Mr. Hacket
two years ago, but the Republicans
insist that their man will make a much
stronger showing; at the next election,
U REN AND DIMICK
COMMISSION HEARS COMPLAINTS
AND WORKS GREATER
HARDSHIP
RESTRICTION ARE NOT REMOVED
Ruling It la Declared, Waa Mad At
Instance Of Astoria Intereite
Men Hera To
Fight
Following a visit to this city Sunday
when they Inspected the river In the
vicinity of tho fulls, where salmon col
lect In lurge number, three member
of the Fish and Game Commission, J.
If. Hughes, of Gold Hill; M. J. Kin
ney, Portland, and G. H. Kelly, Eu
gene, at their meeting Monday Issued
an order that the deadline at Oregon
City for net fishermen shall be
brought down 1000 feet, or to a point
on the river from tho O.-W. R. t N.
dock to a pier on the west side of
the river.
This order will go Into effect on May
1, or the day tha present order clos-
tig the Willamette river to commer
cial fishing expires. The effect of
his order will be that the salmon
which collect In large numbers around
the falls on their way up the river to
the spawning ground wll have a larg
er area in which to rest than ever
before.
Member of the commission contend
that tho benefits derived from having
the deadline at a dUtance of COO feet
from the fulls, as heretofore, accrue
to a group of fishermen numbering
hardly more than a half dozen.
The fishermen probably will apply
to
the courts for relief.
The determination of the commis
ion to allow Astoria fishermen to
catch iihad and salmon In Young's bay
and the Lewis V Clark river has stir
red up the fishing Interests.
According to a leading packing In
terest who operated on the Columbia
river, the commission has no author
ity to set aside a law of the legisla
ture to open a stream for salmon fish
ing. However, the law provides that
the commission can close any stream
for hatchery purposes.
While the law doea not close the
Willamette and Clackaras rivers to
salmon fUhermen during the same
period ag the Columbia Is closed, the
flab commission, has, during recent
seasons, Issued a proclamation clos
ing them for hatchery purposes. This
Is said by Willamette river Interests
to be done at the Instigation of the
Astoria people.
AS JUROR, PEEVED
MINEOLA, L. I. March 12. Colonel
itooseveit was today excused as a
prospective Juror after he had remov
ed his coat and hat and had settled
down In a chair ready to perform his
duty as a citizen.
The Colonel wna drawn for tho Jury
to try the suit of Michael Carmody, 15
years old, for $100,000 damages from
the New York Central railroad for the
loss of both legs In an accident. The
boy got a Judgment previously for
$40,000 but a higher court set It aside.
Roosevelt was Juror number seven
he had nosooner settled Into.hls chair
for preliminary examination as to his
fitness to serve than John Graham,
the plaintiff's attorney, wasted a per
emptory challenge and excused the
former president. Roosevelt at once
went to n rear room. He said:
"It seems I am excused. I don't see
why. It seem bard that I should have
to come here every day for two weeks
if they don t want to utilize my Berv.
Ices."
Graham explained his action by say
ing:
"The Colonel Is busy. I think he
would be conferring a greater boon
upon humanity by serving It other
wise than by sitting in this case for
three or four days. That was the on
ly reason for my action."
Colonel Roosevelt conferred for five
hours last night on political matters
with Oscar Strauss and Alexander P.
Moore of the Pittsburg Leader.
Roosevelt was excused for the day
The attorneys for the railroad in the
Carmody case said they would have
accepted Colonel Roosevelt as a Jur
or.
GLADSTONE EIGHTS
FOR LOWER FARES
The Gladstone Commercial Club
Thursday night decided to make a de
termined fight for a ten cent commu
tation fare to Portland. The fare
now is twenty cents. It was decided
to urge the city council to make a
complaint to the Railway Commission,
and if the relief asked la not given
to take the matter to the courts.
Messrs. Hunt and Buchanan, of the
Portland Railway, Light ft Power
Company, addressed the club and
promised to urge the reduction of
fares for school children to Oregon
City and Portland. The contract of
the railway company with the Glad
stone Real Estate Association, which
provides for a one cent a mile rate,
was discussed. A resolution urging
the council to have the water sys
tem Installed as soon as possible, was
adopted.
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W -
C. SCHUEIinL
C. Schucbel Is being urged by
friends to become a candidate for the
Itepublican nomination for represent
ative. Mr. Schuebel said Thursday
that he had not decided whether be
would make th e, but would make
a decision li days. Mr. Schueb
el said if he uocomes a candidate, and
Is elected, he will Introduce a law fix
ing the maximum working hours a day
at ten hours and for the week sixty
hours.
TAXPAYERS OF
8TRICT ACCOUNTING OF PUBLIC
OFFICIAL8 IS TO BE
DEMANDED
SINGLE TAX VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED
Gordon E. Hayes Elected President
And William Sheahan Vice
President No Fees
Charged
The Clackamas County Taxpayers
League was organized Monday even
ing. There were present many of the
leading citizens and large taxpayers
of the county. The purposes of the
League are educational In their na
ture and the organizers have deter
mined to study all questions of tax
ation, both state and county, and In
vestigate how the people's money
which Is raised by taxation Is ex
pended. The League Is entirely non-partisan
and has nothing whatever to do with
politics, but was organized wholly for
the benefit of the property Interests
of the county and for the protection
of the taxpayers.
It has for its object among other
things the following, said its presl
dent, Gordon E. Hayes:
"To aid In the reduction of taxes.
and Join in demanding a strict ac
counting of all officials for public
money expended by them.
"To abolish all offices and com
missions which are not beneficial to
the people.
"To oppose the Single Tax which
would burden the farmers and small
home owners and add wealth to the
coffers of the corporations."
The officers are as follows:
President Gordon B. Hayes.
Vice-President William Sheahan.
Treasurer James M. Tracy.
There will be no initiation fees or
dues. All citizens who are in favor
of a clean and econimlc government
are Invited to become members of
the association.
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COMPLETE TICKET
W. W. Myers, one of the leading
socialists of Clackamas county, said
Saturday that the party would prob
ably have a complete ticket at the
coming election.
'A meeting will be held at Knapp s
Hall the first Sunday in Aprill," said
Mr. Myers, "and it will be decided
then whether the party Is to put a
ticket !n the field for the county of
fices. It is my belief that this will
be done, and an astonishingly large
vote will be polled.'
Mr. Myers has been mentioned for
the candidate of the nartv for the
county court, but he probably will not J
accept this nomination. It Is also re
ported that he will be nominated for
Congress.
S.P.AND BIG HILL
PAY $45,000 TAXES
Two' checks for taxes aggregating
$43,477.43 were received by Sheriff
Mass Saturday. One from the South
ern Pacific Railway on Its rolling
stock and road bed in this county was
for $29,316.24. and the other for $16,
161.19 was from the Wilamette Pulp
Paper Company. The checks were
the largest that have been received
since tbe collection of taxes for 1911
was started. The time limit for re
bates expires March 16, and a big rush
is expected by Chief Deputy Sheriff
Staats, who Is In charge of the col
lection of taxes, all this week.
COUNTY ORGANIZE
FULTON AND IDLEMAN SPEAK
ERS AT BIO MEETING NEXT
8ATURDAY
CAMPAIGN PLANS TO BE ARRANGED
Committee Will Be Named To Pro
mote Intereats Of President
Prominent Men Promlee
Atsistance
What promises to be the largest
and moit enthusiastic Republican ral
ly ever heiu In Clackamas county Is
scheduled for shlvely's Opera House
next Saturday afternoon. The meet
ing will be In the Interest of Presi
dent Talt's candidacy. C. W. Fulton,
ex-United States Senator and C. M.
Idleman, ex-Attorney General of Ore
gon, will be tbe speakers.
After the addresses a committee
will be named to' look after the Inter
ests of Mr. Taft In this city and coun
ty. Sentiment among tbe Republicans
In Oregon City and county is almost
unanimous for Mr. Taft It being the
opinion of even Mr. Roosevelt's
friends that he should not -be candi
date at this time. Republicans from
all parts of the county have signi
fied their Intention of attending the
meeting, and It Is assured that the
opera house will be crowded. In fact
It Is probable that overflow meetings
will be held. Messrs. Fulton and Id
leman are two of tbe finest speakers
In Oregon. The meeting will be call
ed to order at two o'clock.
It atao Is planned to have address
es by others, and after tbe speaking
to organize a commltte for the pur
pose of promoting the interests of
President Taft in a systematic man
ner. The adherents of Mr. Taft say
that he, having made an excellent re
cord as president, deserves to be given
a second term, and that a change at
this time would lead to confusion with
no reason or explanation why It
should be done.
Among the prominent Republicans
who have been interviewed and will
take an active part In the meeting
are J. F. Albright, E. L. Johnson, M.
E. Dunn, William Sheahan, W. A.
Huntley. C. G. Huntley. B. T. McBaln,
Dr. Hugh Mount, Gordon E. Hayes,
George C. Brownell, Col C. H. Dye,
Dr. Clyde Mount, H. E. Cross, Dr. Guy
Mount, W. L. Mulvey, J. C. Bradley,
Frank Jaggar, J. Rltter, J. W. Moffat,
R. S. McLaughlin, J. T. Apperson, W.
R. Logns, W. M. Stone, and W. J. Wil
son. These men will take an active In
terest In the campaign for Mr. Taft
and that Clackamas County will go
ovrwhelmlngly for Mr Taft Is assured,
his supporters here declare
LAFOLLETTE ENTERS
FIGHT IN DAKOTA
WASHINGTON, March 13. Deter
mined to take the stump In North Da
kota Senator Robert M. La FoIIette,
accompanied only by his wife Is speed
ing west today to personally get into
the presidential primary fight in that
state where the Taft, Roosevelt and La
Follette forces are fighting for first
blood in the fight for the Republican
presidential nomination.
La Follette against the advice of his
physicians, left here quietly last night,
He is almost entirely recovered from
bis recent illness and if his health per
mits may tour Nebraska and tbe west
ern states after the North Dakota fight
is settled.
The Wisconsin senator charges flat
ly that Roosevelt broke faith with him
He declares Roosevelt sent him word
by Gifford Pinchot that In no clrcum
stance would he be a candidate, and
that he would not participate actively
in the campaign, but would indorse
La Follette. Friends of La Follette
say the Roosevelt message was deliv
ered at a conference between Pinchot,
Walter Houser, La Follette's manager,
Medill McCormick and La Follette
himself.
To offset this the Roosevelt men
deny that the Colonel ever declared
he would not enter the presidential
race and assert that La Follette was
never informed by them to that effect
La Follette's determination to ac
tively take the field In North Dakota
came to a head only when he learned
that Roosevelt probably would stump
that state. He declared then, against
all medical advice, to risk his health
and get actively into the fray.
HE REACHED POLE
CHRISTANA, Norway, March 7.
The south pole has been reached by
Captain Roald Amundsen.
The following message has been re
ceived. "Hobart, Tasmania, Thursday,
March 7, 1912. Pole attained, 14th
17th December, 1911; all well.
"Roald Amundsen."
LONDON, March 7. While intense
Interest haa been aroused in the re
sult obtained by the South Polar ex
peditions under command of Captain
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian ex
plorer and Captain Robert F. Scott, of
the British Royal Navy, respectively,
which are returning from the Antarc
tic regions, dispatches received here
on the subject are conflicting. Capt
ain Amundsen has arrived at Hobart,
Tasmania.
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E. D. OLDS
E. D. Olds, a resident of Clackamas
County for many years, has announ
ced his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for representative. Mr.
Olds is well known in Oregon City
where he Is now employed. He has
been a worker for the success of the
Republican party, and his friends say
he will be one of the successful can
didates in the present race.
PETITIONS OF TAFT
FILED AT CAPITOL
HAVE ALMOST THREE TIMES AS
MANY SIGNATURES A3 ROOSE
VELT RECEIVED
NAMES ARE OBTAINED WITH EASE
Congressmen Hawley And Lafferty
Among Those To File Pa
pers 131 Offer For
Office
SALEM, Or., March 7. Bearing
3499 names, in sharp contrast to the
1528 names on the petition for Theo
dore Roosevelt, the petitions for Will
lam Howard Taft for President of the
United States were filed with the Sec
retary of State today. C. H. Will
lams of the Taft campaign committee,
riled the petitions in person.
The names have not been checked
over by the office of the Secretary of
State as yet, but the list prepared by
Mr. Williams shows a total of 3499
names In nine counties. Only 1000
names are required.
The list shows the following number
of signers in the respective counties
Marlon, 298; Baker, 131; Douglas, 143;
Linn, 35; Umatilla, 329; Wasco, 203;
Washington, 80; Union, 205, and Mult
nomah, 2075.
One of the signal features of these
Taft petition is the ease with which
the names are obtained. As an in
stance, in Marion county, not a name
was signed but by a voluntary signer
who hunted up the petitions and af
fixed his signatur thereto, with the
possible exception of a few names In
the outlaying country precincts, where
petitions were sent for signatures. In
Salem, however, every name attached
was done so by a person who sought
the petitions, rather than by those
who were sought by the petition ped
dlers. Several oher completed petitions
were received today. Notably among
them were W. C. Hawley, candidate
for Representative In Congress from
the First District; A. W. Lafferty, can
didate for Representative in Congress
from the Third District, and N. J.
Sinnott, candidate for Representative
in Congress from the Second District.
One hundred and thirty-one candi
dates have filed petitions.
PREMIUM LISTS TO
BE SENT CHILDREN
County School Superintendent Gary
has appointed the supperintendents of
the Juvenile fairs to be given In each
of the school districts in August. The
premium lists will be published in a
few days and copies sent to the school
children of the county. Fairs will be
held in the following places: Oregon
City, Wilsonville, Canby, Molalla,
Clarkes, Estacada, Sandy, Logan, Mil
waukie and Oswego. Prizes have been
donated by the business and profess
ional men in the county for .the best
exhibits as folows: Best general ex
hibit $25; best exhibit of vegetables
$25; best and most practicable piece
of furniture $18; best mechanical toy
$20; best muskmelon $5; three years
subscription to the Pacific Northwest
to each winner of a prize; best exhib
it field corn year's subscription West
ern Stock Journal; best bird house
year's subscription Oregon City Cour
ier: best labor saving device year
subscription Oregon City Enterprise;
bread $3.50; aprons $2.50.
Prizes also will be given for the best
exhibits In the following: sweet corn.
pop corn, watermelons, squashes, po
tatoes, cabbage, celery, grain selec
tions, furniture, canned fruit, bread,
mending, darning, dresses, asters,
sweet peas, chickens, ducks, pigs, etc
RUMORED THAT SURPRISE WILL
BE 8PRUNG BY HIM FRI
DAY MORE CANDIDATES ARE EXPECTED
Joseph Sheahan And Miss McCord
Fight Hard For First Honor
Kent Wilson Has Advantage
STANDING OF CANDIDATES
Joseph Sheahan 33,600 t
Ruby McCord 31,800
Kent Wilson 24,200
John Brown 13,000
? Charles Beatle 6,800
John Weber 6,800
John Haleston 6,000 as
McCoIly Dale 1,000
Edna Hutchinson 1,000
Royce Brown 1,000
Barnett Howard 1,000
Delias Armstrong 1,000
Mable Chase 1,000
Ethel Rlef 1,000
Harry Miller 1,000
Fred Metzner 1,000
Frank Brace 1,000
Leo Shaver 1,000
Mabel Albright 1,000
Mable Marsh 1,000
Twe hundred and sixty dollars a
month i far beyond the average sal
ary of tbe average man or woman.
And yet the Enterprise offers the
equivalent of this amount to the win
ner of the big automobile contest now
running. The new touring car which
some resident of this county will cap
ture June 5 represents an Investment
of $785, and as only about three more
months remain to get votes, the
$200 represents what pay the winner
of the big race would receive if he
were receiving a straight salary. As
there are probably not a hundred men
In tbe whole county receiving the sti
pulation a month for their services,
it will be seen at once that the Enter
prise offers exceptionally splendid re
turns for a little work and time.
Who will eventually carry off the
high honors, is as yet a matter of mere
conjecture, much harder to answer
than the old quetion, "How old Is
Ann," or "How Many Apples did Ad
am and Eve together eat?
In this big contest any resident of
the county is entitled to enter, sex or
age having no bearing whatever. Men
and women, as well as boys and girls
are working against each other with
equal vim and vigor, all having the
one common aim of getting the most
votes. Votes are awarded the contest
ants for subscriptions to the Daily or
Weekly Enterprise and renewals are
as valuable as new subscribers. Ev
ery subscription to either paper Is
worth its proportionate value of votes,
dependant upon the length of the sub
scription. Candidates are not restrict
ed to any particular district, but are
free to go wherever they will, in order
to obtain subscriptions and to enlist
their friends' assistance In the good
work.
But in addition to the big prize, each
entrant has equal chances to win one'
or more of the special prizes, which
are given away every ten days to the
entrant polling the most votes in the
epeclfied time. The second of these
special contests closes Friday, when
the one who has obtained the most
votes between the 5th and 15th of
March will be awarded a $15 merchan
dise certificate on the J. Levitt store.
Interest Is especially keen in this spe
cial contest and every candidate is
working his best to land the prize.
As any merchandise in the whole store
to the value of $15 may be chosen the
winner will have a wonderful array
of articles from which to make his se
lection. The certificate may be ap
plied toward a purchase above the $15,
which means that the Enterprise will
virtually Dresent some man or wom
an with a new Easter suit, provided
the holder of the certificate does not
prefer shoes, gloves, etc.
At the Dresent moment, Kent Wil
son, the high school student who made
spectacular "grand stand play.
last Saturday by polling 20,000 votes
his first day in the race, is still in
the lead for the special prize. Miss
McCord and Joe Sheahan who have
been fighting for the top location in
the standing of candidates, are press
ing Wilson hard for the honors, and
is predicted by some tnat jonn
Brown will spring a "surprise pack
age" before the polls are closed Frl
dav. As every vote cast In the spe
cial contest helps out on the grand
total for the Enterprise Ford, it Is
thought that not so many votes will
be held back as heretofore.
In spite of the intense rivalry which
exists among the contestants, there
is no personal feeling which often
mars newspaper contests. Each en
trant is proving himself or herself a
"good fellow" which condition is grat
ifying to both those is the big race
and the contest managers.
fflSUPERII
ARE NAMED BY GARY
County School Superintendent Gary
has completed arrangments for the
Juvenile falra to be given the latter
part of August Handsome prizes
have been offered and the school chil
dren are taking active Interest In the
prospective exhibitions. Mr. Gary haa
appointed the following district super
intendents: Molalla, W. W. Everhart; Clarkes,
J. J. Card; Logan, Mlsa Mabala GUI;
Oregon City, George Randall; Wilson
ville, Mrs. M. C- Toung; Estacada, H.
M. James; Sandy, Mis Mlna H. Ma
lar; Mllwaukie, Miss Elizabeth Bick;
Canby, C. F. Romlg and Oswego, Mrs.
Bessie E. Pettinger.