jlgi OREGON CDTY ENTEKPK1SEI
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
IR, CANBY, ORE.,
SEPT. 24, 2S, 26, 27.
r0RTYbVtNTH YIAR-No. 31
OUEdON CITY, 0UE00N, KKIIMY, AUGUST 8, 1013.
ESTABLISHED 186S
(IDS DODGES;
" GOVERNOR HERE
ITATI MtCUTIVE KEEP! Hit
promise; show fears to
LOse REPUTATION
IS FILLED WITH THRILLS
M.T. B. Ford T.lli West Thst Mln
f, Wre S.tlalflsd t Bh.r
Kd Plans. ? Btams
to Sehuebtl
. (jv..rii"r UVi mine to Oregon City
M,maa, nn r i i nllenJ Mm ilreua
thai ns ("f1""1" I'1"""' "mm'''
h. fimn If"" ,",v,,f ri"""' " ""'
mentor -I get to " the how.
L he had I'iim Ii J. K. Hedges,
ih clnun attorney, and learmd why
tha flniu Mi'-l' nnn'l on band. It
H,nu ih;( l r Hi" governor hnd
bnuiiimi t h""l It '!
Ihu UtO BiiiliiiKeiiielit thought tiling!
otor'tiiil iIhi.' Hicy would rather
dlulKlnl nmn Illy and ' govir-
tun camel ilmir dnt at llllia-
boro, twllcvlti Hint getting the repii-
ulkm fur showing when thv
Itil til iliiui would bo won dclrl
nwntal limn utherw l.
V. E. Hurlnck. In advance for the
,how. a In H'n fr a short ttm
ui,,t'ir. and villi (lint pretty milt hit
rlrvu ll,,,l '"' "'" ''''' "lu'n
h..,nd Ik.mIM lllliTliT.'lirB by III"
irrllrliry. ami Hint then li Mi l lit
h I few 1 ti I it ten to iiy In regnrd Iq
Dmuh City episode tlmt would bo
worth bt-arhiK IiIIk In gover
Kr i llllk. luivtKvitr, be roimld
trvi illriirr III" b'ller part of ll
rrrilon. II ' added Hint Ihu Hells
llnio rlmu It .id been allowed to show
It Ht'lnbnro mi Sunday one, and no
ubKllun '"' '" m'le. alJ
n tliat i circuit Unit one iliown III
Ciiirrn Urea-mi on tint tfahbutu,
SUoy people cmne lu to town from
country Moii ly to see perform
ui. ml in Hi" governor Me It,
but ibrro nt hnlf the turnout
that on lintiil Huudiiy.
KiifiiiK Hi" dnus Hundny wi
nulio rtcltlliif for Klilihulh hnppcil
lo. Th Kuw-riior, Tom Kny ud five
itrawliii; iwiiii'iitlury H'mrun rrlsl
it olin oVIm ii. W. K. Iturlm-li. of
(hi iho in'ohl", l mire buttonholed
hit oief Ikm ) and li-J III in away. Tom
Kit w.'iit aiiiHiptiiit around and r
mini l'ir" ii.npio for vl iliilliiK the
Hqnor law, and Hi flvn pnlirlillary
rn nil pjinnlril around Hie alr.la.
Uor. Uin'. Mr. Iiurlock and Allor
Iff Jin I.. Il.il,:i . irirrmilliiK thn
drrui, ailliiiirui'il nlinoat at onro to
tat law (h.-,.. of I' It.n V BchiU'lfl,
mil a nilnii!i l.i it Mr. Hrhupbid, miin
awoH (null Imiii ', rlnipimMl up. With
City KinJn.'.-r N.ih.d na a gallery they
Ihrn l1ir.-nli. it mil ihn altuntlon. hfr.
Brhiwbi-I aiviiai-d His rlrrua pooplo of
"trylns to allp on" ovfr." and de
mand lo know hy JiiiIk" Knkln, at
Anuria, hml Ihm'ii aoimhl for an In
Jumilon aculn Mm alicrlff, and why
Iho itajH-r iti fiM uat blor rtoa-
Inn tlnii K.iiiinlu.r. when JuilK" ( amp
Wl, ol the i lrt iilt rourt. wm In town.
Mr. Iliik.i d.-tiitMl that thnre bad
bn'n Any -Ifurl to "allp aoiimthliiK
ovr," iiisiiik Hml he had trlrd lo !
JuiIrf t'aniplii' l to art Friday, Imd
heard hi. un in Tllliiniook and lld
not know h ii lin would b hnrk.
Th ooiid-ri-nni got Imrk to th lw
Id th. rnni. iikuIii, Mr. HmlKoa atiitlnn
bli rcnm.m (or IioIIovIiir that aurh a
wformimi i. wnn not a violation of th"
' Durlni! ihlH Hui Kuv. T. It. I-Vrd
mtenst ih (iin,-i., and aald tbnt hf
iilil llkn in t tha mlnlatfra' aide
of the caai. li,.iiru Hie aovornnr.
'Tlila mait.-r cinne up at th regular
tm-'lliiK of lin. U nl pHHiora." aald ho.
"We bcllcvi'ii It ai a violation of tha
lw, We nimp nliii'd to th" ahurlff.
and h. r.-fi-rrnl tin to the dlntrlrt at
torney. Mr. Stlpp. thi deputy, rn
4Ted an oplnlun on Hie can whlfh
mnalil.-ii il no opinion, Hid put It
u lo Hie aherllf. Liner h Rav a fur
Iber opinion a.iyliiK t lint th aherlff
tmld arr-al the permm or porBona
who er nrtiiaiiy reapoiiHllilo for
aeeplnn t he Hp-iin open, and when the
JhTlff niirn-d in do that wa were ant
'ld. (invnnor, I want vou to ho
INve Hint ihlH H not a mlnlaiera' fight.
did not npponl to you. we did not
Mr. .Si-Inn u. to nppenl to you. He
Hint liiniHMlf. W wore aHtlafled
llh what Hi.. Kh-'rllf hud pnimlned he
ould do, mill wo would have been
miIkUM Ir Ii,. had done that. That
no r 'N'ritliieil from doing It, did
Jjit In tlm i nKt niter our approval of
nil courni"
Oo-ernor Wont then gave hla aide:
"f)ent',iii,.i," anid he. "I am not
irnlght-lnrci in thin matter. There
wmn to i. a ,ff,.r(.nre of opinion In
" wird to ihii pu,lc filing n)on this
'"'Jeet. mi. Hclm,.. tells me that
jolmdy ,t ,ulmm ,mmi. wnnt Mb
,;'," 10 I'I'iy nnd Hint evervone olne
n th city I. npponed to It. You Other
Rim. nun ion , tnat onf nve pcr.
nf the peoplo are opponlng It. I
jo not fcw which Is right, but I do
now (,s. Ihll)n clrsnl p,., hRTa
oiirilneil nn liijunryon proventlng
"unity i,f, froln cnrryn, 0t the
. inl whin that In done, I am go
"U In take a hnnd In the rnnio. It la
"'""I'Hhliig a poedent, and If It Is
th!'. ,0 Kn ,n- every bootlegger In
Ion v '" ,,P KPtllnK out an Injunc-
1 B,,vlM Vou show people
to'lay"" ' KlV " Perfo"n'"'
' W..II governor. I nt 111 think It la
" a vl,n of ,he ,aw lo K,VB ,
P ornmnro aald Mr. Hedges. "Now
toT n ,h rlmlH to the
'"nennrn ... .,.
t . " "in you aoi
h, 'l,'rln'-e miirthil law, and
rh... ",rH mariuu law, ana lase
k.H, H l,llnK- 1 ' continue to
-".i :. iitiiii the In nni-t nn
th.-'"" ,h!' irlf f la dlnaolved. and
WW wnnt we W do
h,l the renmned for
Knslneer
broke In
" .in in-neill.
("inrnont.
iNf.W
th. .... " hl', l' on, or th!n, fai l
"1 In
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RECALL ELECTION
TO BE
ArrutiKoinenls liavii been compleM
between Tim Kuterprliw and the. man
iiii.miioiiI of the (irnn I Ihoiilre, wlinri
by Clmrlea Helium will provlilo thin
olflea with a powerful aierxopili-on on
the evening of Iho recall ejection,
AiikiimI l'l. lUturiia on tha voting
will bn -n!ori'il hy Tim Knlrrprlie.,
nnd bullellna of (hn rcxtilt will In.
flnalied on a large screen at Klath an I
Mn In at root a
In this wuy cllli.'iia will I able I i
lenrn or the reaull of the hallullliij,
nt the e.irll"t (Miaalliln inoment, The
roiurns will hn gntlierei) by rpr..-ii.
latlves nf I'lie Kiiterprlne, and will n
w-iit to this oiricn by telcplioiin and
iiuintmililln. (iiiitUif ri.d ' i lim klnc
of Ihn bnlbitii will lot begin until
elKlit o i liw-k In Hat evoiilng, no It will
prohnhly bo l-.lne oVIik k before .111
i..pml aholug will be bulletined.
DEEP MOLALLA
GEORGE OGLE, FORMER REPRE
SENTATIVE, IS DROWNED
IN 40 FOOT H0LE
WHI WITNESSES FIGHT FOR LIFE
Aid Called By Young Woman Who Is
Wading Nesr Treacherous Spot
at Time cf Accident Long
Search for Body
While spending Ihn duy on the
shoree of the Muln'ln river with his
wife and her helce, Cinirgo Ogle, on
of Hie prominent Milltlctil llgup-s lu
the roil niy during the early years of
Cid twentieth century, and well known
as a rancher and leader In local nt
fitlrs. was drowned In 40 feet of water
underneath the covcr-xl bridge at Mo-
htlla Monday.
About mm Mrs. Ogle's nelce, a
Mrs. Hurley, diM-lded to go In w tiding.
and was puddling shout near the shore
when Ogle decided Ihut Ihn river whs
too I Miiptlng 10 realm, and joined her.
Jtlat beyond whero the young woman
wns wading the bd of the strsm
shelved away rapidly, and discovering
this Ogle, w ho wsi regarded ss a good
swimmer, plunged out Into deep wa
ter. He was splatliing about, shouting to
bis wife and the young woman, when
hn was suddenly seized with cramps,
aud snuk heiieslh the surface of the
atr.'am. He (ought his way up again,
however, and his wife saw Hie top of
Ills head rise for a minute about the
water. A s -ccnul Inter he sank again,
nnd no further trace of him was seen.
Mrs. Oglrt was prostrated, and her
nelce ran barefoot for aid. suinm iuing
many to the scene.
Though the sccldent oertirn'd at
midday. It not until Into Monday
night that the body was reovered, ly
ing at the bottom of a 40-foot "hole"
In the river bed. Arrangements for
tho funeral have not been comp eted,
but Hie remains will be burled lu
Adums cemetery, near Molalla.
Mr. Ogle was nt one time a member
of the housa of representative, be
ing elected as a populist. He served
In th lower chamber for the legisla
ture at tho same time bb W. S. U'lten,
and after the completion of his term
wna known as a lender In public af
fairs. He wns about 45 years of age.
II, hnd been married but a comparl
tlve'y short time, and leaves no chil
dren (o share his widow's grief.
IS
WHILE BATHING
iit.M ....t..,..,f..tr in ihn C'lnrkamiiK
river bite Saturday evening. Mngaley
llrown, the 17-year-old son of Alec
Itrown. of Clncknmna Heights, was
1 ,h nninnii niwl ilrown 'il. The
young man wns enjoying a dip In ti e
river near (ilndntone wiiu mre u. ...
frlenrtn. and was swimming In deep
water when selr.sl. Ho sank beneath
. . ....... .ri,,i. ffivlnE one cry for
ion iiiii."" ... r " -
help, nnd though his friends dived to
his assistance, me wmr "
1... ih lfi rnrriMit. wa UP to
a Inte hour had not ben recovered.
m.. ........ man u na awillinllng OI-
poHlte the public park at Gladstone,
when dnllv hundreila of people tnkn
a cooling lp In the atrenm. At first
be remaln.Hl in me miuu
near Ihd shora. but later ventured out
Into the main channel, and called to
Lis In fnllnw him. Uhlli'
splnnshlng around waiting for them
bo wns seen 10 suoiiein in.M..
neath the surface, about Ins for aid as
be aank. .....
i-,i...i. Armceoa the r ver unui inie
nt night In an effort to recover th
boily, which It is Dciievt-u "--csrrlcd
under some snag or sunken
brush In the river bed.
m.. f vini.l.,y llrown. who
I lit! UU"J i....r---- J - -
.1 1 in 11. o I'liicknmas river
at (ilailfltone Saturday was recovered
Sunday and fnken 10 a in" iin.i"i.
1.. - .ni.iiukmmii Alp Itrown. the
IIIK fBlftiUiauiiiiiiv. " ,.
lad's f:ither. Is heart-broken over His
son s ileatn.
"All thlB siimm-r he has been ssk-Ins-
me to let him go swimming, but
1 have refused." hs said. ".Saturday
nluht ho came home rrom worn, m
un,l warm, nnl aslted me sgnln. I felf
Hor-v for Mm. he s-eme-d so much to
wnn' to go o"t with his young frl.-nds
and tavo son " fun. : I g ive him per-
iiiUlrm. Alld no" will nir
me for anything aKain."
KlngRley I!nn.ll was 1 yenr. 01
..j ...... ,.f 'k, r.mst oonular lioys
CLAIMS
BATHER
h COUNTY COURT
:D GIVES ACCOUNT
JUDGE BEATIE AND COMMISSION
ER BLAIR SPEAK TO BIG)
CROWD AT OSWEGO
BROWNELL SHOWS RECALL ANIMUS
Stewardalp of Officials Demonatrated
to Have Been Faithful Self
lehnte of Enemies
Revested
Kverybody lu Oawego who could get
Into i'i" council chamber of the city
hall tnniiil out Kriduy evening to h -i;r
Comity Jildgo H. II. Ileatle, I'ounty
Coiniulssioiier N. Illiilr and Heorgii ('.
Ilriiwiiell reily lo clmrg.-s preferred
iigiilnat l hi' coiiiily court by the small
po'lllcnl clliiia thut Is bucking tlm it
cnll. The meeting was one of tin:
liirget ever held In th river city, and
though amplt) opportunity wus afford
ed HioHi. pri-si-iit to put tho speukers
"on the grill," not a single iUi-Hlli.ii
wns asked either of the count offl-c-lnls.
Judge Heutlo opi'iu-il the niei-tlng,
and r.vl..wed his work as count)
Judne. Aftr telling of the accom
pllslimeiits of the present county
court and of the Improvement It
bnd provided for the county, he culled
the stti-ullon of bis audltois to the
fact that the administration hnd not
only lifted the county from debt, but
liiut so nianugi-d affairs Unit there was
a heultby cash balance still ou hand.
Hpenklng of the increase of taxation
the Judge showed by actual figures
that while there whs a heuvler tax,
tile mator part of It wua m.idn up of
mnuuniory increases 111 me stute mx.
The IncreSKn voted by the people, Ir.
speclnl levies, wus also shown to be
GO percent greater than the increns.
ihut hnd beeii ordered by state or
coi'inv ro(iiiremeiits. In clnslng his
remarks, Judge Ileatle said that It was
peculiar that the recallurs, while pro
tenting that they wanted to bo per
fectly fair, had mimed the throe worst
rnenili-s of tho county officials to In
vestigate and reiKirt upon the charges
nutilH against the present administra
tion. County Commissioner lllalr took up
tho county timber cruise that la now
beiiig 111 nil , and pointed out the ad
vantages that the county would gnln.
He said that not only would the lr.
creane In taxes on timber lands at the
next assessment pay foe. the entire
cost of the cruise, but that there
would he a balance of the colh'ctlons
to upply upon county work. Kutura
taxes would yield a great gain to the
county. In outlining the work of the
cruise, Mr. lllalr quoted figures from
tho cruiser's report, and contrasted
them with previous valuations of tho
timber land, showing the gains In
each section.
At the close of both talks, the coun
ty officials off.Ted opportunity for
questioning, but nobody In the audi
ence seemed to think of any charge
that had not been satisfactorily au
swered. Hoth speakers were ap
pliiuil.'d. Mr. Hrownell, who was the lust
speaker, gnve one of bis' inimitable
talks, In which h said that It was dis
couraging for a public offlclul to be
crltlclr.i d by group of m ! after he
hnd done the best that ho could to
fulfill his oath to the people. Mr
Hrownell protested that he was out
of politics, but snld that he felt that
fairplay demanded that hu speak In
tV defense, of Judge Ucntlo and Com
missioner Hlnlr. Hla address was
filled with thrusts at those who are
backing the recall, and contained
I n nnoii Is to those In the
audience with whom ha was acquiilrt'-
ed to be fair In their judgment or tae
officials, and to vole accordingly on
the day of the recall electlou.
STATE COLLEGTtO
cnnvii us fr An. 5.- Cammis
i.. i i,iirrvinir ihn OreEon Agri
cultural colVge grounds comprehend
the three-fold feature of economy and
convenience In use. and beauty for all
who traverse tnetn. 1 ne acope w v
pluns Is outlined by Professor A. U
ioL- in ml urn ne gardener In charge,
almewhut aa follows:
The grounds about Cautnorn null
will be straightened up and mode at
tractive nnd tne nr neugw on i-ju
-II. I.. rumnvftll llfl 11 L'l II IT HlB iKllI
nut Itv i . ...w . ,
from Its former retlremen snd put
ting It on the campus map.
1 fin i1 I n n iii t h ft atliltlc fed
will be divided Into trncka. fields and
courts, and fitted up with upivrat.is
for the use of classes. In physical cut-
.1 mhan nnl an er.mlove.l. of
lure, on, "- --- - -
any of the men. A socilon of the field
will be set aside tor me i"e "-spi-clallaed
athletics, bo that the men
who most neeu pnyaicni huhiw
.n lh lenst of it mil.T Pluy
baseball, football, soccr. or at other
sports they enjoy. It is expec.ca niui
..... a .....ni in Bthlxtii'H will make
HUB uri'uui...' -
out door sports so attrpctlve that cv
vry man will tanftsom part in them.
Hut the competitive lea'.ures win
. i.. n..,.l.rlH and a footliall field
for varsity games excluive'v w'll be
provld sl, and a gooa oinmoim iu
. ..1 inr.nn.1 ih fiio'lmll field
1,-lltl uui.
will run a quarter-mile track with a
hundred-yard straightaway, carrying
seven three-foot alley:.. The section
for paid admissions will be screen ed
as rapidly as posaib' wl h vine (pin-
?d on a woven-wire i-n-. ...........
bleachers. In sections, w ill bu pro
vided.
i . IU n-irtl of lOul f(ik
who have gone to Seaside to speu.l
the rest of th summer is one com--,H-d
of Mr. and Mrs. Jes9 Tint.
Master Hillie TUd. Miss I-nira Cr vn.
Miss Helen Green. Miss Huth 1'ick
.. v ai AWrlflen and "Hob
HAVE FINE CAMPUS
BUCKIE ILES, RIOT
LEADER, IS CAUGHT
Hberiff Muss will leave Hundny
morning at ten o'clock for Dal us,
Texas, to bring back to Oregon
"lllnckle" lies, alleged ring-leader of
the striking linemen who were Impli
cated In the riot at the Home Tele
phone company's plant at Oswego on
May 19, when J. C. Alnsbei'ry, the
escaped convict employed by the
Home company, shot and crippled for
life Kred Heuin, of Willamette. lies
wns apprehended In the Texas city
Friday night, and Sheriff Mass was
notified Haturday morning.
(iovernor West has Issued extradi
tion pHpi-rs for the rioter and the sher
iff will leave with these. Huniiay. It
la not believed that there will be any
trouble In getting the prisoner return
ed. Ilea was arrested with the rioterr
and was out on ball when he left the
county. Ills share of a general bond
put up for all the rioters was forfeited
at the time. At the preliminary bear
ing of tha rioters, all the men tinder
arrest agreed that lies bad been the
one. who started all the trouble, and
t'tey b'uiued upon bim all the overt
nets alleged to have been committed.
PASSING OF STATE PRINTER AND
VETOING OF NEW LAW
MAY CAUSE TANGLE
CONFUSION IS FORSEEN EY MANY
Work on Hand May Have to be Trans
ferred Owing to Legal Man
dates of Lav Passed
at Salem
SALEM, Or., Aug. 5 Willis 8.
Dunnlway, state printer, died Tuesday
in Portland, following a slight U'ness,
and (is the result of his demise the
state may find Itself with another
tangle upon its bands. Because Gov-
N, ft,
Willis S. Duniway
ernor West vetoed a bill passed at the
recent session of the legislature re
pealing a bi'.l enacted In mil provid
ing for the payment of the flat salary
of J4000 a year to the state printer,
the death of Mr. Duniway plnces the
state In what lawyers aay will become
an embarrassing position. The bill of
1911 was repealed by the legislature
after another bill, providing that the
Btate printing be dotte under the con
tract system, hnd been passed. The
Haw rule was to become operative at
the expiration of Mr. Duniway's term,
Jnnunry 1. 1915.
Either believing be could not live
long or foreseeing another emergency,
Mr. Duniway counselled the legisla
ture to pass' the bill repealing the law
of 1911 over the veto of the governor,
and the lower house did bo. The sen
at, however, sustained the veto.
The 1911 law became operative Im
mediately upon the death of Mr. Dunl
wai It provides for the appointment
of bis successor by the governor, the
appointee to serve .until January 1,
1915. It further provides that a state
printer shall be elected at the gen
eral election In November, 1914, and
shal'. assume the duties of hla office
January 1, 1915. Aa the new law be
comes effective on that day, there
may be no candidate at the 1914 elec
tion. HILL LINES SHOW
I
Ueorge W. Yerxa, Immigration
agent for the Grsnt Northern rail
road; was a caller at the exhibition
rooms of the Commercial club Satur
day, and asked Secretary Freytag to
prepare for his line a display of Clack
amas county agricultural products.
Mr. Yerxa sail that the IHU lines
were much Interested In Clackamaa
county, and addod that his system had
long h.id ita eyes upon this district.
Further than that, aa to the Intentions
of the lino, hi would not commit him
self. It Is known that the Hill psople
have been "scouting" through the.
county for thj past year, evidently
considering the construction of an In
t'rurbnn line on the eastern bank of
tha Willamette. Several surveys have
been mad , and at one time It was re
ported that ri;:hr-of-way was being
mm b.-eii through V. lower Clack
amas va ley for the Hill people. No
dev. lopment ever cam of this, however.
DIM
TROUBLE
AHEAD
CARVER RAILWAY
SEEKING RIGHTS
AGENTS OF PORTLAND 4 OREGON
CITY ARE BUYING LAND
FOR LINE
ROUTE TO FOLLOW KELLOGG CREEK
Impression Gains Ground That Hill
Capital la Backing Enterprise,
and That Road Will
Extend South
8tephen Carver, who is appearing
as the backer and booster of the
"Portland Oregon City railway,"
which has askbd franchises In Port
land and Mllwaukle, and which Is de
clared to be a new Intent rban line be
tween the metropolis and Orpgon City,
la busy acquiring right-of-way for the
proposed line b 'tween Mi'waukle and
Ciladstone. Farmers and land owners,
have been approached, and a number I
of them have been signed up, and It
Is said Hist the new road Is no' per
mining the grass to grow under the
feet of its agents.
The line, Judging from the activities
of right-of-way 'men, will follow what
is known as the Kellogg Creek rout?
to the north of the Clackamas riv?r.
skirting through the eastern edge of
Gladstone, and parallelling the Sou'h
ern Pacific from Oregon City to Mll
waukle, but taking a somewhat short
ara line. Purchases of land for right-of-way
purposes already made bIiow
that the line intends to bridge the
Clackamas riv?r b?tween the present
Southern Pacific span and Hit rounty
road, and that to the east of Gladstone
it will run along the hollow that Ilea
Just to the west and north of the
Clackamaa turnpike. The new line
will pass to the west of the town of
Clackamas, and will then hit almost
due north to Mllwaukle.
The line from Gladstone to Oregon
City, right-of-way men aay, will be
built on a fill over the marshes, keep
ing between the Southern Pacific and
O. W. P. lines, and entering the city
over private property. Where the lo
cal terminals will be baa not been
binted.
Those who are watching the pro
gress of the new line say that they
believe It 1b being projected In the In
terests of the Hill system, and that it
will be exunded south and eas: of
Oregon City. It is generally felt that
after right-of-way has been secured
and construction started that the
property will be turned over to the
Oregon Electric, and will be operated
as a part of the Hill Lines in Oregon.
Whether or not an effort will be mads
to have It get beyond Oregon City
over the tracks of. the Clackamas
Southern if not at present known.
In asking for a franchise in Port
land those backing the road expressed
a willingness to deposit with the city
a cash bond guaranteeing the comple
tion of the line within a year, and
gave every indication of having tre
mendous financial resources at band.
While Mr. Carver is known to have
ample fund8 for the completion l the
line at least between Portland and
Oregon City, those who are watching
the progress of the work believe that
wealthier interests are also concerned
in its construction.
RURAL MAIL LIEN
TO CONVENE HERE
The state' convention of rural mall
carriers is to be held In this city Aug
ust 31, and September 1, and It is ex
pected that there will be several hun
dred delegates present. The chief
meetings will be held at Gladstone
park, b-it. there will b" "nany fea'"es
of the gathering held here. F-ank
Kraxberger, vice-president of the or
ganization, has been In conference
with the Commercial club in regard
to the entertainment to ba provided,
and will return next Wednesday to
complete arrangements.
Throughout at least one day of the
meetings It Is hoped to have the Port
land city carriers here to Join in the
program, and if they come special en
tertainment features will bs provided
for them. The Commercial club will
do Its Bhare In entertaining the con
vention, and probably a number of
pleasure and Bight-seeing trips will
be arranged.
LARGEST BARN IN
IS
The barn on the Riverman ranch,
near New Era. was totally destroyel
by fire Thursday morning, and five
head of stoclt were killed in the blase,
which caused a loss of betwe?n S.00
and 110,000. The fire- is believed to
have started In some new hay that
was stored in the lower part of the
structure, and quickly spread to 109
tons of baled hay that was also under
cover.
Three horses, all valuable, and two
celvea were killed before they cou'.d
be removed from the barn, which was
one of the largest In the county, and
which had be?n erected but a short
time. Neighbors and men employed
noon the ranch fought the flames.
but without success, and the buildtng
waa completely destroyed.
Much valuable farm machinery was
also In the great structure, and this
was mined by the hat. The smoke
from tho bluing hay was sjen. for
many miles, and scores of people
hastened to the scene of the fire to
give what assistance they could. The
joss wl'I b? partially met by insurance.
II J. BROWN PLEADS;
SAYS "NOT GUILTY"
M. J. Drown, Indicted editor of "fhe
Courier, was arraigned before Judge
J. ('. Campbell In the circuit court
Tuesday to plead to the charge of
criminal libel. Hrown was In court
accompanied by legal counsel from
the firms of L'iten & Scbuehel snd
Dimlck ft Iilinlck. He en'ered a p ea
of not guilty after the Indictment bad
be"n read to him. T,ie trial will prob
ably be held early in the fall term of
court.
ilrown I Indicted for criminnf lib l,
the papers being returned by the July
grand Jury following the publlcaion
in bis paper of an article charging
that members of the county court had
rebated their own taxes. Itrown, when
the matter was called to his atten
tion, blamed the main part of the
article upon a typographical error.
RECALLERS SECURE BARELY E
NOUGH SIGNATURES TO
GET UPON BALLOT
MISREPRESENTATION IS RAMPANT
Anderson and Simth Nominated "By
Petition" After Nearly Two
Weeks of Desperate
Scurrying
Though petition circulators are
busily canvassing the county, and al
though nearly two weeks have elaps
ed since H. S. Anderson and J. W.
Smith were nominated at a simly at
tended convention as the recall can
didates for county Judge and county
commissioner, promoters of tha move
ment seem to bi having difficulty Id
getting their nominating petltbns
signed. A bare sufficiency to secure
the placing of these two names on the
ballot was secured Thursday nignt
when W. H. Hagemann filed with the
county clerk two petitions one, for
Smith bearing 252 signatures, and one
for Anderson bearing 255 signatures.
The recallers ara expending every
energy to keep enthusiasm in their
plans alive and are even falsely rep
resenting the number of names that
were signed to the petitions for the
election. These petitions had but a
margin of 200 over the required num
ber to cover errors of faulty signa
tures in case they had been checked,
yet circulators of the nominating pe
titions are representing that the p
tilions carried 3.400 names.
John It Cole of Molalla, is one of
those who reports the methods em
ployed. "A man with a petition came
to me and asked me to sign it, saying
there were 3,400 voters who had ask
ed that the county court be recalled.
This seemed to me like a much larger
number than I had been informed had
signed the petitions, and upon investi
gation I found that it was Just about
double," he said.
There were exactly 1,748 signatures
upon the petition fo recall Judge
Iteatie, and 1.720 on the petition
against County Commissioner lilair.
Practically everybody who signed one
petition signed the other.
The scant 250 names upon the nom
inating petition are sufficient to gel
the names of Anderson and Smith up
on the ballot, the law requiring but 3
percent of the voters. Many who
signed the recall petitions refused to
sign those nominating the men named
by the "convention ' of 17 that was
he'd in Oregon City.
County Clerk Mulvey Is accepting
the petitions on their face value, and
Is not attempting to check over the
nmes. to see if all are legal voters, or
whether there are repititions or forg
eries. He says that as long as the
circulators have sworn to them, re
sponsibility for their correctness must
iie with them, and they must stand
any punishment for inaccuracies that
may later be discovered.
TRATION E
WITH FINAL RUSH
Registration for the recall election
closed at five o'clock Friday after
noon, and when the doors of clerk's
office were shut there were still late
arrivals awaiting their turn with the
deputies and three extra clerks em
ployed in -placing voters' names upon'
the books. The registration has been
unusually heavy, both at the court
bouse, and with the several registrars
who have been sppointed In outlying
districts of the county.
County Clerk Mulvey and his as
sistants will be busy from now until
August 16, the day of the election,. in
completing the records and arranging
the card-index systems; and also in
shipping to the various polling places
the supplies that will be used at the
recall elation. A tremendous amount
of work remains to be done before the
vote can be taken, and after that
there will remain the wort of count
ing and checking the returns. While
definite figures are not yet attainable
it is believed that over 80 percent of
the legal voters have registered for
the elee'lon.
Supplies. labor and incidentals to
the ekction will cot the county prob
ably over 14.000. The cost will re
RTcnter than in former county clc
tl'.ns. owini.t the fact that women
art' tijilns "the ballot for the fir.t
time.
E DOR
COMING
SLOWLY
RANCHER TARGET
FOR RIFLE SHOT
N. BE88ELLEU HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH WHEN
U G. MYERS FIRES
OLD FEUD IS SAID TO EE CAUSE
Sunnyslde Neighbors Are Principals
In Episode In Which 30-30 Rifle
Plays Prominent Part
Saturday
L- G. Myers, a rancher, living elghtv
miles up the Clackamas valley, near
Sunnyslde, Saturday afternoon decid
ed that the tlma had come for him to
settle difficulties that he had been
having with J. N. llesselleu, a neigh
boring rancher. Therefor he procured
a 30-30 rifle, hid in the b'.ackberry
busiies near the road that runs past
his farm, and when Itesselleu drove
past on a load of hay, took two shots
at bim.
Hoth bullets missed the mark they
bad been aimed at. Desselleu drop
ped from his wagon and slipped away
into tie brush, to await further de
velopments. At this Juncture W. J.
Bowerman, still another neighbor, ap
proached, and Myers, thinking Uower
man was Ifesselleu's son, aimed at
bim, saying "1 might aa wei: get you,
too."
Dowerman grappled with the gun
man, choked bim into submission, and
took his rifle away from bim. Sheriff
K. T. Muss, was notified of tha shoot
ing, and speeding out to the scene in
his automobile took Myers prisoner.
He is now locked in the county jail
under $1,000 bonds, charged with as
sault with intent to kill.
Gesselleu, who is a negro, and who
is also a school direc'or in bis district,
and who is highly spoken of by his
neighbors, came to the county seat In
the afternoon, and save his version ot
the affair.
"The trouble started sometime ago,"
said he, "when I had layers arrested
and put under bonds to keep the peace.
He has had it in for me a long time,
and when be has been drinking has
threatened to kill me. lie waa drink
ing Friday, and threatened me. again.
Saturday morning I was getting in
some hay, when I saw him kave his
house with his rifle and go down luto
a blackberry patch near tixe road. I
went on about m" business, and pass
ed where he was wing w.th oui load.
' "Mr. Bowerman'8 wife had seen bim
sneak into ambush, and telephoned to
my wife not to l et me go back to my
fields again, but I sai l I was going
back, and that if Myers wanted to
start trouble, I would be right there
to meet it. But I took my boy along
with me. Myers made no trouble
when we passed out, but when we
came back with a load he rose up and
fired. I dropped off the team at the
first shot and crawled off through the
fern. As I was going over a fence he
fired again. The first time he could
not have been more than 35 feet from
me, so I guess he was a pretty poor
Bhot.
"While I was hiding behind a big
stump, thinking maybe he would fol
low me, Bowerman came along, mixed
with him, and overpowered him."
MYERS NOW FACES
Lawrence Myers, who was arrested
Saturday for shooting at his neighbor,
J. N. Besselleu, and who appeared for
preliminary hearing before Justica
Sievers Monday, faced a second
charge ugion .his appearance in court,
and was bound over in $2,500 bonds on
both charges to await the action of
the grandjury.
The second charge is that of at
tempting a felouy, it being alleged by
Besselleu that Myers threatened to
kill bis son, Charles Besselleu follow
ing the attack he made upon Besselleu
senior.
The charge grows out of the effort
Myers made to shoot W. J. Bowerman,
another rancher, who ran towards him
after he had shot at Besselleu, and
who only prevented Myers from shoot
ing him by grappling him.
Myers told Bowerman afterwards
that he mistook him for Besselleu's
son, and is alleged to have said, at the
tlm he raised his gun: "I might as
well get you. now."
Mvers furnished bonds in the re
quired amount and was released late
Monday afternoon. The grand Jury
will not meet again until September.
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY SPIRITUALISTS
Annual election of officers of the
Spiritualists' association, which has
been holding camp-meeting at New
Era, was held there Saturday the fol
lowing being chosen for the several
positions:
President. Mr. Ruescow, of Port
land: vice-president. Mr. Wood, of
Portland; secretary. Mrs. Lk L. Irwin;
of Barlow: treasurer, John Hurgoyne,
of New Kra.
Thursday the ladies' aid of the as
sociHtton selcted the following offi
cers: Mrs. M. A. Cogndon, Portland,
president: Mrs. Kirbyson, Oreon
City. Vice-president: Mrs. L. L. Irwin,
Harlow, setetary; Mrs. Collins, Port
bind, treasurer.
The present camp-meefing has b -en
one of the most successful ever hid
at New Era by the oritanizition. The
fnrmnl ercisp werie comple'ed R-in-diy.
but many of these attending will
remain on the grounds for some time
larger.-
l,.lt er ar all. I'll tell you
l- s-niietnen. jet us aton this
"ontlnned on Tags 4.)
nun wnn wc ,r 1 kj
In the town of c:nl;amas H.'lgbts.
Green. They will camp at the bench.