OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. Fill PAY. MAY Ifi, 1913
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THE EXPECTED When the agita
ta AS HAPPENED tion against the
county court, whlih culminated Sat
urday In the pronouncedly biased re
port of the committee of three ap
pointed at "mass meeting" of ym
pathetic heart, waa first started,
The Enterprise took occasion to re
mark editorially, that the entire af
fair waa a "frame-up" upon the part
of come disgruntled folk who were
aeeklng their own ends. Following
the culmination of the matter, The
Enterprise again takes occasion to
ay that the whole agitation was a
"frame-up," and not at all a credit
able one at that.
Following the first charge by this
paper that the attack on the county
court wa unfair, biased and per
sonal, the committee of three stal
warts appointed to seek the real truth
and light, called upon the Live Wires
of the Commercial club, and asked
that a committee from its member
ship be appointed to act with them in
the investigation, so that there would
be no question aa to the fairness of
the probe. The Live Wires appointed
Mr. 0. D. Eby, Mr. John Loder and
Mr. W. S. U'Ren, the latter resign
ing before any meetings were held.
How flimsy was this effort to gain
"fair play'' has since been shown by
the manner in which the representa
tives of the Live Wires were treated,
and by the way in which they were
forced from the hall at Saturday's
meeting. The committee of three
did not want the Live Wires to inter
fere with their "frame-up," and they
saw to It that there was neither Inter
ference nor even participation In their
deliberations.
The attitude of the committee of
three is perhaps best expressed in
the words of their own report, which
follows: , ,
' "We received this committee (the
Live Wires) with uncalloused hands.
and are ready to return them in the
same condition. They were of no
use whatever, and as soon as we
found the drift of their intentions,
we decided to let them work for
themselves, and make their own re-
Probably no plainer statement
could be made of the fact that the
honorable gentlemen from the Live
Wires would not stoop to the dirty
work of the committee of three.
Well, the committee has bad its
little time on the stage, and has sat
isfied itself. It has done its part in
the lltt'o serio-comic, anf has retired
before an audience specially selected
to praise it. The members of the
committee stand pleased and proud
of their work, and believe that they
have the vociferous backing of the
hundred or so who came to hear fair
play at Saturday's session of the joint
committee. That this audience did
not hear the report of the joint com
mittee, but only of the "steering com
mittee" seems not to concern them in
the least; for In closing their verbose
conclusions they give vent to this
scintillating outburst:
"We do recommend that
the taxpayers insist upon a more ac
curate way of keeping the records of
the transactions as any citizen of In
telligence could locate the cost of
from the. records, which we are satis
fied no man can do as the accounts
are now kept."
Brothers three In u personal cause
managed to find these records suffici
ently clear so they could base there
on their report. The question arises,
therefor, as to their intelligence. Or
do they mean that they want the
county records so kept that citizens
not of Intelligence can understand
them, and so that intelligent citizens
cannot? Intelligent citizens now I
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THE BANK OF
seem able to discover what they de
sire from the records, which evident
ly displeases the committee of three;
so it must be that they do not want
such practices roiuiuued.
The report of thl committer, print
A elsewhere In these columns. Is
submitted to the voter by The En
torprise a the moat strlklnir evidence
possible In support of It original
contention that the whole miserable
business wa a frame-up,"' and that
no twisting of word will ever make
It Into anything else.
THE OTHER SIDE The Enterprise
OF THE MATTER in this Issue prints
the report of the Live Wires' commit
tee that Investigated the charges pre
ferred against the county court This
report is published, as was the report
of the committer of three taat took
things In Us ow n hands at the mass
meet Ins last week, ae a matter of
news In which all citlxons of the
county should be Interested. The
Live Wires, (hough being dubbed
"useless"' by the committee of three,
made an independent Investigation of
the various complaints submitted,
and The Enterprise is of the opinion
that on the face of things the Live
Wires have more thoroughly probed
the several matters than did Messrs.
Drown. Schuebel and Casto.
Called into the matter by the first
committee to see that fair play should
be the ruling spirit of the Investiga
tion, the gentlemen from the Live
Wires had no personal bias In the
complaints at hand, and took up each
charge with an open mind. The find
ings of their probe are given in a
dignified form, and show a much
greater thoroughness than did the
superficial and Indefinite mountings
of the disgruntled trio who, as this pa
per has before charged, deliberately
organized a protest upon county mat
ters as the Initial step in a "frame
up," the object of which was to add
strength to their abortive recall move
ment Readers of The Enterprise are urg
ed to read both reports, and then to
read them a second time. Each read
er Is asked to pass judgment in the
matter on the evidence submitted in
the two sets of findings, and In form
ing such judgment Is asked to take
Into consideration the form and word
ing of the two reports. If this Is
done. The Enterprise believes that
most of Its readers will agree that
this paper has been justified In all
that it has said about the committee
of three, its methods and Its means of
attaining Its ends; and will conclude
that the county officials have in the
main fulfilled their oath to the citi
zens who elected them to office.
IMMIGRANTS Interesting comment
AND OTHERS ary upon the consist
ency of the American people, and of
Oregon people in particular. Is to be
found in the news dispatches these
aavs. iir Portiana Toere-are -uu
held a series of meetings to devise
was and means of attracting to the
state settlers from ths north of Eu
rope, whom it Is believed will ma'n
excellent citizens .and who will de
velop the vast agricultural possibili
ties of the vacant stretches within
Oregon's borders. The first meeting
is to concern Itself principally wi:u
the extension of Germon Immigration.
One hundred and twentyfour miles
south of Portland, In Eugene, at a
meeting of ministers of one of the In
fluential churches of the state, there
arose Wednesday a discussion as to
the advisability of permitting the fur
ther immigration to Oregon of Jap
anese, and particularly such Japanese
as would till the soil and develop
farmland not desired by people of
other racial characteristics. The gen
eral opinion of tnose present seemed
to be that the Japanese were not
wanted. One minister had the brav
ery to say that "it is un-Christian of
us, but we do not want the Japanese."
Thus it would appear that Improve
ment of the state's agricultural po
tentialities Is not the only thing to be
desirr-d it makes a difference wheth
er the improvement is to be brought
about by Japanese or by some other
nationality.
Without prejudice, It Is a safe bet
that the Japanese will accomplish
more intensive agricultural improve
ment than will the Germans to tunc
tb :in an an example, becaue the first
Immigration conference Is to concern
Germans. In the matter of scientific
agricultural work, trained Germans
OREGON CITY
will prupably accomplish more than
the Japanese; but It I dollar to
doughnut our friend from north
ern Europe woul.l turn up their Teu
tonic nous . niuiNi of th land tlint
Is 11(11101 by the Immigrant from tit"
Mikado's realm, mid which they make
pay big dividend. Experience ' (it
other slate has shown that the. n.iru-
orti European nations prvfer first
class land, while natives of sotit'ieni
Europe will not be so particular, and
will gladly take what they ran get, as
do tho .apaneso.
Oregon has plenty of land f all
varHle. Shxt has some laud that
nothing short of a miracle will ever
make fertile or productive, aud some
land that just n.iturally growa crops.
whether It I tended or not. With
this condition of affairs, and with tho
nations of tho earth differing lu their
tastes and inclinations, It would seem
the part of wisdom for this state not
to tag along at the lead of California
and draw the dead line at any particu
lar kind of Immigration, as long as
tho new arivals hud a certain d grve
of Intellectual standard. California,
which just now Is so distrait over the
Japanese ques.tou, Is mora gouoraliy
developed than Oregon, and can af
ford to pick and choose and be a
flnnlcky as an old ma Id. Also he
ha lea land to spare; and also. It Is
reported, she ha had 'some unpleas
ant experience with Japanese set
tlers in the past
Oregon's principal need I develop
ment She should welcome any and
all races that will come tn aud help
her with the work of attaining her
destiny, and who will at the same
time behave themselves. She has
room for Germans, Scandinavians,
Poles and Japanese, as well as all
the others. She has land to suit the
requirements and pocket-books of all.
and she Is In no condition to pick and
choose. It Is meet aud fitting that
she should try to encourage Immigra
tion from northern Europe; but as
long as the Industrious "Yankees of
the Orient' are willing to come In L
and lease bottom land, and make two
stalks of celery grow where before
was but one skunk cabbage, Oregon
has no license to Imitate California
and mouth about the yellow peril.
Oregon needs to have ber land do
veloped, and the more varied and dif
ferentiated are those who do the
work, the better will Oregon's growth
be, and the sooner will she be tn a
position worthy of her size and re
sources. BETTER THAN Toung women of
"SOCIAL WORK" Gladstoue have or
ganized a baseball team. Daily they
may be observed at practice on the
school grounds, and a healthier and
happier set of girls would be bard to
find. In their exercise they are re
futing the time-worn charge that "a
girl can't throw straight." and are al
so proving that In baseball, as In oth-
matter in which femininity excels.
These Gladstone girls are doing some
thing more than just playing baseball,
too; they are learning self reliance,
forbearance and rapidity of decision.
They are getting general exercise,
they are slapping Mrs. Grundy in the
face each time they swing a bat, an1
they an; developing true character;
for nothing so quickly does away with
pettlshness as participation in com
petitive sport.
Some folk do not think the girls
ought to play baseball. Tbey fear It
will harden them. Probably It will,
but only In a beneficial way. Other
fault-finders declare that It will cause
the young ladles to become "unwom
anly." If being "womanly" consists
In timidity, lack of power to make
quick decision, laxity of muscle and
bodily development, and false mod
esty, probably baseball Is making
these girls "unwomanly." Probably
they don't care to sit around the sew
ing circle and tear their neighbor's
reputations to shreds, probably they
take no Interest in scandal, probably
these young women ball players pre
fer stories of constructive merit to
the writings of 'The Duchess." Prob
ably they would rather go out and
spilt wood for a sick woman than to
lounge by the fire and embroider a
pink bib for the ailing woman's baby.
And probably as a result they will
grow up to be better women, truer to
their duties In this world, and better
able to become good wives nnd home
builders. There Is a lot more hope In this
world for a girl w ho has the nerve to
try and dash home from third, when
there are two out and a weak siBtcr at
hat, than there Is for the girl who
stands scoffing off at one side and
tiott s that because the players don't
! wear hair-nets their locks are coming
j down as a result of the exertions of
the game. The baseball girls of
' Gladstone will amount to something,
i one of these days, and when they do
they will he glad they played baseball
I in their youth Instead of golns to
pink teas and eating pickles, cake, tea
I and coffee.
ONE MAN'8 Thomas G. Farrel, can
OPINION3 ner of salmon that is
to say a man who is heavily Interest
ed In a canning establishment
writes a letter to The Oregonian In
which he declares that commercial
fiBhing on the Willamette is "one of
the greatest crimes against conser
vation." There are many resident
of this city who believe the same
thing, and who say It In private con
versation. I'.ut these men do not
come out, as dors Mr. Farrell, and
say it publically. Most of the local
people who are opposed o commer
cial fishing, and who want the river
"closed," are members of the Clack
amas County Rod & Gun club, and If
they really feel this way about It, It
seems to The Enterprise that It
should be the action of the club to
declare Itself officially agalnat com
mercial fishing.
In speaking of the evils of com
mercial fishing, Mr. Farrol has the
following to y;
"In the Willamette rlv. r very early
In the spring the Chinook salmon
gather tn their efforts lo surmount
the fails and gain (heir pamuii
ground on the upper reaeje of the
rtv.T imd It trlbutnrlci. These fish
are tho very cream of (he cream of
salmon. They are the earliest run of
his royal fish. If cuss are desired
from which the hatcheries may pro
pagate salmon It Is from these fish
they should be taken. Tho first sal
mon that como in from the ocean
are always the best.
"Two days after I visited '.ho fnlls
tho market fishermen with their nets
were turned loose on this horde of
fish the fish of all fish wanted for
propagation. Prior thereto on the
rocks and even on the walls of the
pulp mills were the location uum
Lcrs for tiie set nets which on Mny
1 would be spread. Through the
pool And reaches below the fall
would sweep the gill nets. I think I
can ay without far of contradiction
that In one night the nets would
take more fish than would all the
angler combined during an entire
season, in lour or rive auys tne larg
er part of this army of salmon are
taken and fishing with angling de
vices or nots Is practically at an end.
May 3, the gasoline tender from the
cauntng establishment In which I
am owner, gathered at Oregon City
over 20.000 pounds of these grand
fish but a portion of the night catch
Yea, on my own boat The fish are
being caught and will be sold and I
may a well have them, but the tak
ing of any salmon other than with
hook and line, between the fulls and
the Clackamas Rapids ',s, to my mind,
a crying shame and something that
we will all rue some day."
WRONG AS TO Speaking before the
CLACKAMAS conference on the con
ervatton of human life, at '.he Reed
Institute. Professor E. P. Cubberly,
of department of education at In
land Stanford uulversltv, expressed
the opinion that school districts
ought to be eliminated, and the coun
ty made the unit of control of rural
schools. Prof. Cubberly also sug
gested that the small school house
should be abolished, and educatloual
work concentrated In larger unites.
This may be so In California, but
It Is not So In Oregon, aud least of
all Is It so In Clackamas county. The
state law here provides that when
ever there is uftlclent demand,
school districts can unite and estab
lish a union high school, and thus
fulfill the need for higher education
near to end accessible to the rural
communities. Clackamas county has
several examples of such rural high
schools, a!! cf which are doing a
great work. As to the small schools
they have proved a blessing to the
children of this county, enabling
many to get an education who other
wise would be barred from early
training utterly, or else be forced to
leave their homes and go away to
school at the very age when home
life Is most necessary for them.
AS TO THOSE. It Is worthy of note
RESOLUTIONS that Saturday's
"mass meeting" endorsed two resolu
tions that had been previously pre
pared for such endorsement when the
psychological moment might arrive.
One of these resolutions censures The
Enterprise for attacking the Integ
rity and honesty of the mass meet
ing committee nnd In the same breath
praises a local weekly for Its noble
stand In the cause of the attack on
the county court. The Enterprise has
not printed anything In Its news col
umns but actual news In connection
with this affair. In Its editorial col
umns it expressed Its own opinions.
As to tho r-Ht of the first resolution,
It should he easy for tbe chairman of
a well organized committee to get
that committee's endorsement for his
own paper.
The Becoud resolution "whooped It
up' for the recall. Unfortunately,
however, for those patriots who want
to spend the county funds to obtain
their own ends, recalls are not to bo
had upon mere resolutions.
ESSAY CONTEST
Announcements of awards In the
essay contest conducted by the
Clackamas County School league has
been made by Samuel Adler, and are
as follows:
Division A Ninth and tenth
grades: First prize, Alice Carpen
ter, of Molalla; second prize, Hllde
grade fipellman, of Estacada.
Division II All grades below the
ninth: First prize, Nellie Hayes, of
Estacada; second prize, Maude Mc
Cully, of Oak Grove.
The judges for Division A were
Samuel Adler, principal of the Oak
Grove school, and H. M. Ilarr, princi
pal of Fernwood school of Portland.
The Judges in the other division
were, ('. i, Anderson, principal of the
West Oregon City school and Lillie
Schmldli, of Oregon City.
All the essays presented In the
contest were much above the aver
age, and tbe judges aad mucb diffi
culty in selecting the winners.
Announcement Is also made by Mr.
Adler that the annual track and
field day of the league will be held at
Gladstone, Mtiy 24.
COAST LEAGUE GAMES
At 8acramento
Sacramento 2, Portland 1.
At 8an Francisco
Oakland 4, Venice 2.
At Los Angeles
Ean Francisco 4, Los Angeles 2.
FORUM OF TIIE PEOPLE
WIL90NVIILI JUVENILE FAIR
WII.HONVII.I.K. Or, May H.-(Kd
ttor of the Kiiloriiiiso.l I would Ilk
lo say through the coIiiiihh of your
most valuable paper, to our Juvenile
ctwitcHlnnl who jolnml In the Wilson
vlllo Fiilr In A un I Ml J, nnd all Mime
who etnort lo Join us In (lie coming
fair ufi 8 pleinber, I ! I It, Hint our Juv
enile Kiilr at Wilsoinlllo. Orenon. atil'i-
ped and bad on exhibition at (he 8'wte
Fair morn exhibit than any oilier in
dividual Juvenile fair In tbe slnte. At
so the otiy one to have a whol'i car
to rurrr their exhibit, at which rsir
we carried off S.f0 In cash prise
from our 4S entry. We also rarrled
off five of the seven of Clackamas
County' general prise for lis tn
Juvenile county fair. Cash value.
Its, and on August 2!. I 1 2. we paid
to the children, rush In hand. IOI.!'i
and IS order for goods, delivered,
rash value. Ill; total cash valui, $I.V
15 Cash value, Oregon City, lt:
cash prlre from Salem. I'ltt.&O; ch
for prln-a at Caithy County fair, IH.uO,
whl h make a grand total of I'.Ji' S '.
beside ne day ticket each to the
slate fair and 15 one day ticket at
thi Canby County fair, which If divid
ed anion our 10$ exhibitor would
nta' e nearly 13 enc. not a mall sum
beside the ribbon and honor, mixed
with o much knowledge galmd for
(he three or four month' labor ex
p nded. Now I would like to ask any
of the" exhibitor to write letter to
any paper, telling of what they did.
and how. and what prlite they received
so that other may learn and berotni
Interested, and they too, may Join In
(hi year's contest, and Instead of hav
ing IM exhibitors we may have 801
or half that many. And stain have
the best Juvenile fair In the county.
A largo showing at the state fair than
any Juvenile fair In the slate. We
have not the prlie Hat out for this
year yet, but -jxpect to soon and to
make It good, trusting that the dona
tions from patrons and business men
and women of our section will a ably
nuance this wonderful child labor In
dustrial extentlon work as they did
In 1912, much to the satisfaction ol
themselvis and many others and at
tended this fair. Our Juvenile fair
will be held at Wllnonvllle. Oregon.
September IS, 113.
Thanking the patron for their
courtesy and loyal asslstano. also the
many children for (heir untiring ef
fort In my behalf for pat well as
future support. 1 respectfuly remain,
MRS. M. C. YOL'Nli.
Supt. Juvenile Fair.
RIVER'S CHARM IS CITED.
OREGON CITY. Ore.. May 14.
1913 (Editor of the Enterprise )-1
would like to call the attention of your
readers to one of the resources of
Oregon City for health and pleasur),
which I think has been somewhat ov
erlooked. I refer to the Willamette
River. Nobody forgets Its water pow
r and we are constantly reminded or
its attractions for fishermen, but how
many people bave ever discovered the
beauty of tho river and It bank by
taking a long anil up or down It. Hard
ly a pleasure boat la to be aen on
Its wator and yet there never was a
river better adapted to canoeing all
they wny to Corvallls. If not farther
At this s-uaon above the fnlls the riv
er extends for mile as smooth aud
deep as a mill pond, but less used
than when the native savages made It
a hli'hway.
f had occnshrrr Inut Wrtk Ur discov
er the rlv?r by taking the steamer
that leaves Oregon City for Salem or
Corvallls at about nine o'clock every
day except Sunday. It Is a large and
comfortable boat for a day's trip ami
rarely over-crowded. At this aiasoti
the passlug panorama of the shores
is a constaut delight to any lover of
rustle beauty. The Willamette doe
not boast the grandeur of the Colum
bia, but w Inils b 'tween green shores
reflecting their foliage in unlet waters
and enlivens here and tbero with
peaceful farm houses. Not many
towns or ev n villages are visible from
the boat's deck, no towering moun
tains or Rhlneland cnstles, but any
one wh, wants a day's vacation from
the demands of civilization can easily
obtain it along the peaceful waters of
the Willametu.
I discovered that one can sail on
in tiie up bound boat for half a day
or so till he meets the boats going
down and be transferred to It nnd
reach home In Oregon City In tlnn for
a six o'clock supper. If ever there
was a pleasure excursion that was not
an exertion this Is It. The stops ure
few and viry uncertain. Occasionally
some cordwood Is taken on to keep!
the steam up, now and then some In
dividual announces that he wants to
land about here and the steamer puts
hi nose Into the beach and lets him
off on a board. Sometimes the boat
goes bump Into the bushes and you
discover there Is a trail to the waters
edge and a landing Is made for some
body's horse.
Tbs owner snouts from shore to In
quire If his horse Is there and comes
out of tho wofxls to claim him and
lead him away Into the woods, ('nee
In a while some one shouts or waves
a hand and the accommodating cap
tain plflis him up.
The most mod Tn looking object we
saw was the bridge of the Oregon
Electric over the river at WHsonvllle
the nolsest was a saw mill near New
burg. The blus heron dies slnng the
lonely shore, the eagle circles up to
the blue sky, the fish Jump near the
shore nnd the birds are singing on
th i. bands Sco.ch bloom droop In
graceful abandon here and there and
the dogwood gleams agnlnst the dark
evergreens. It Is enough to nttrrct
tourists who love nature In it r gent
lier moods but It Is unspoiled by
crowds. It would seem as If msde for
the people of Oregon City when they
want the luxury of a day away from
home.
Wj some times miss the cheap and
easy luxuries at our door. One might
travel far nnd spend mucb for far less
rest and pleasure than he can have
on our own Willamette.
GEO. NELSON EDWARDS.
P, E. Sl E. ROUTE EA8Y
The Portland, Eugent c Eastern
railway has completed work and lnid
ties on Its line to Molalla as far as
the Molalla river, which. Is about four
miles from Canby. The line over
which this portion Is built Is of easy
construction, and involves none of
the difficult engineering which the
Clackamas Southern railroad has en
countered the first few miles out of
Oregon City. From Canby, the Port
land, Eugene & Eastern has practi
cally level ground to run over for
the flr-it few miles; while the Clack
amas Southern has had some difficult
work out of Oregon City for two or
three miles.
Excites Curiosity.
The better kind of a front we put np
the more people want to know what Is
bebiud It-Puck.
mm,
Absolutely Puro
Economizes Butler. Flour,
Eggs; makes the food more
appetizing and wholesome
The oaly Baking Powder made
from Royal Grape Cream ol Tartar
CITY QUITS; WINS
COURT ADVANTAGE
Suit charging George C. Yale with
"conspiring" with the mayor and city
council to hold office a assistant city
engineer, preferred by Henry Mel
drum, came up for trial before the
circuit court Teusday. City Attorney
William Stone represented Mr. Yale,
and put over an unexpected coup up
on the plaintiff when he filed a dis
claimer with th court, thereby knock
ing out the trial.
The opposlug force had on hand a
large number of wltnenses, and It I
said were planning to get Into the
court rscord considerable testimony
not favorable to the present city ad
ministration. Following the dis
claimer there wa, of course, no trial
and no testimony, and the court or
dered an order prepared according to
the uuexpovti'd development In tip)
case.
The suit wa (he outgrowth of fac
tional dispute at the time Mr. Yulo
aiHiimrd office a city engineer li
was shown at that time that lie wa
uncpiallfled. under the charter, to
hold office, a be wa not a resident
of the cltr. Suit waa filed to oust
him, but Mr. Yale headid this action
off by promptly resigning. The coun
cil then appointed ('. 8. Noble city
engineer, and Mr. Yale was appointed
assistaut tity englnoer. Following
this It wu charged Hint (his wa
merely a ruse, and that the mayor
aud council had agreed with the en
gineer that Mr. Noble wa to have
the title of rlty engineer, but Mr.
Yulo tin tu rocelve the salary. Tend
the preseiil suit, Mr. Yale severed his
connection with city affair and r
turucd to professional work In I'ort-
Innd.
Thu filing of the dlw laiiuer by the
city at Tuesday's hearing nut only
blocked the trlttl and Ni saved the
city the vxpeiiso of defending a ruse
that has now automatically settled It
self, but also made Impoualblo I he op
portunity for the washing of political
linen In thu court.
ARE CALLED ANEW
Owing to the short time provided
by the council In advertising for bids
for the public elevator lo operate on
the fare of the bluff at 7th strce:.,
but one proposal was received by the
special committee handling the mat
ter, of which John Albright Is chair
man. At w eiinvsnny nignt s council
meeting Chairman Albright brought
the matter up, and suggested that
possibly It would be bctt.T to adver
tise again for bids.
After brief discussion thl plan
wa concurred In, and the council or
dered tiiat bid once ngnln be sought,
placing lh time limit for their ro-
eclpt at Im next regular meeting,
threo weeks distant. It Is believed
this will give ample opportunity for
the pr"p.'initlon of estimates.
The bid that was received, from a
Portland firm, has been placed on
file, and tho firm notified of the
change In plans. It will be optional
with tho bidder whether his offer re
main, or whether h decides to make
a new proposal. The bid was not
opened.
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in the Baggage and Transfer Business
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Office Both Pbone 22
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Established 1865 Bucessor to C. N. aren',
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Rates Reasonable, Bagfafe stored t Day ITee of Charts
Agency for the celebrated MT. HOOD BEER
D. C. LATOCRETTB, President
The First National Bank
of Oregon City, Oregon
CAPITAL, 50,000.00.
Transacts a General Banking Business. Open from A. M.
T
AT
A good crowd saw m ratUlnf
boxing and wrestling at th Amort
Thursday night, when under the u
pice of the Oregon City Athletic club
a number of classy bout wnr puii4
off. Trainer Iwl referred it
matches, and hi decisions gat in.
tirnl aatursctlon. Another smokn
will be held on June 8. "Auk" Smlik,
who wa at first put on the card, br
who later was withdrawn. sctt4
referee In the wrestling mulch. V
program was slightly rhmiK.d at (!
Inst minute, owing to failure of torn
of the expected entrants to thaw.
The results were; Vrtllut Holt
man put down Qulnn In fast time,
rirst (all In i mtuuts, second fill a
1 minutes and I second.
Iloxlng "Fat" IWatle got doclilos
from HeUol In third round; Hwlar
got decision from Rotter; Mat Room
knocked out IMck Rotter Id tta
round; Ad LewU got duclnlus. fro
I vie Rotter after three rounds.
Lewis weighed In at Hi, Hotter it IM
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
FAILS AT
The- track team from the Orw
City high school returned home froa
the big alt alar meet, held at Kucw
under the auspice of the t'ulverstty
of Oregon, without a paint. TV
meet, which was held tin Saturdsy.
May 19, was not as much of t iuc-
the poor condition Of the track. The
circular track wa such a sea of mil
that It had to be ahandotud fur ill
except the longer race. In the
events very poor time ws made, oi
lug lo the fai t that the ruiiii-rs sank
Into the mud up to their ankle muct
of the time. Falling wa frequent.
Tho failure of the Oregon t'ltf
boy can be almost entirely laid W
the lack or suitable training rouli
at Oregon City. Tbe boy srs grext
ly handicapped In this respect. Mint
of the training Is dona either an ti
street or by traveling two mllei t
(ilndstone park. The local tcim tu
go3 material but little can b M
peeled of them when they srs almost
without training.
COAST LEAGUE RESULTS
At Sacramento Sacramento .
Portland I.
At San Ftanclsco Venice 7, Oil
land 0. (Stopped seventh Inning:
rain).
At l.os Angeles San Francisco .
I -o Angeles 2.
COAST LEAGUE SCORES
At Un Angeles-1,0 Ai.gele i
Portland 1, (13 Innings).
At San Francisco Oakland 3.
Francisco 1. ,
At Hucramento Sncremeiito i.
Venire 3.
Standings.
Is Angeles I1
Oakland
San Francisco
Venice V.
Portland J'.
Sacramento
Residence Pbone Main
r. J. MUTER.
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