mm OREGON 0T ENTERPRISER!
nrouuinn r.n.in ' 1 ' j - - houss Oregon City.
OKEOON CITY, OREGON, KIUDAY, MARCH 27, 1914.
FORTY EIGHTH YEAR No. 13.
ESTABLISHED 1MI
BROWNELL- SPEAKS
A. S. BENNETT
MANY ARE LURED
CONSTRUCTION Or
ACTION
AGAINST
TUREt
As Shown by Districts
District No,
District No.
District Nit.
District No.
33,27.4
IH.1I5.II0
33.K43.37
, OUO. 4(1
22.124.43
18,001.02
2H.Stl.5t
t.K.061
H.sM.Sfl
25,140.57
Ki.M'JMlO
12,235.41
10.75(157
40.K27.40
24.543.32
12,22ft.2
17,004.47
25.8033H
12,47.2
17.792.6(1
20.601.12
District No,
DlHtrU t No.
District No.
District No.
nutria No.
1 rlct No. 10
DUtrlct No. It
District No. 11
District No. 13
District No. 14
District No. 15
District No. 10
DUtrlct No, 17
District No. 18
District No. IS
DUtrlct No. 20
DUtrlct No. 21
District No. 22
22.9H4.I3
18.IMI&.9X
11.175.93
nutrlct No. 23
District No. 24
District No. 25
District No. 2l
District No. 27
District No. 21
10.1 Id. M
1H,0(3.24
7.0.13.49
51. 974.35
6.H3510
15.676.97
10.2HR63
10.91244
29.299.27
63.610
.5H41
8,733.04
13,124 is
23.34034
35.271.14
7.992 21
DUtrlct No. 20
District No. .10
DUtrlct No. ill
District No. 32
DUtrlct No. 33
District No. 34
District No. 35
District No. 36
DUtrlct No. 37
District No. 3H
nutrlct No. 39
Dldrlct No. 40
liUtrlct No. 41
DUtrlct No. 43
DUtrlct No. 43
liUtrlct No. 44
DUtrlct No. 45
10.H46.36
5.315.40
7.16K63 4'
6,105 46
3.9K6.S7
9.946.11
DUtrlct No. 46
DUtrlct No. 47
21, 198 34 4
Total since 1907...$ 809.421.36
DISTRICT NO. 42
nutrlct No. 43 was created about
alx years ago and comprUi'i aliout 1
square miles lying- alHiut 16 miles
aoutb and 3 miles wont of Oregon City.
It ia In the Rock Crmik country about
13 miles below Needy In sections 16,
15, 17. II. 22, 28. 27, 33 and 34, town
ship 6 south, range 1 east of tho Will
aniotis Meridian.
The comparatively meager expendi
tures for roads In this district since
the year 190S, Is as follows:
lM f 939.04
1909 1,011.04
'910 , 1.299 31
911 844 20
1911 476 46
1913 746.36
Total $5,315.40
There are but 13 nil lea of highway
within the houndarlet of this district,
and out of these 13 miles there Is hut
not-half mile of grsvel road. There
hot been no attempt to construct any
crushed rock, or plank roads and 12
miles of dirt highway tell the story of
road Improvement In No. 42.
During 1913 no permanent road work
waa done. The district Is assessed at
H47,or3.27 and under thla amount was
iintltfrd to 1476.00 for Its share or the
county road money Inst year. Consld
srably more than thla amount waa ex
tended however.
C. C. Yenter supervised this district
In 1908; Frank K. Taylor In 1909, also
1910; L. II. Judd In 1911 and 1912;
Mid John W. Watson In 1913.
Attention might be called to the fact
hat of the tolul milage of highways
n this district, many were In use pre
viously to the formation of the dls
rlct, so that the sum of $5,315.40 spent
loot not by any means represent that
13 miles of roads have been built since
he dUtrlct was formed.
DISTRICT NO. 43
District No. 43 Hot out In the Eagle
?reek country shout 12 miles east of
Jregon City. The dUtrlct Includes
H-rhnpt It square miles of territory
n townstiips 2 south, range 8 and
sst and township 3 south, range
ast of the Willamette Meridian. It
tins north and west of Kagle Crook
nation a little over a mile and to the
..'iackamas river and runs out south-
vest from Kagle Creek approximate-
y three and one-half miles.
Expenditures since 1908 In road
llstiict No. 43 have been aa follows
Regular Special
08 $ 9K2.RS $
909 686.02 275.05
910 890.71
9U 1,171.32 483.08
911 1,359.50
913 1,440.37
Total
.$6,410.50
$ 768.13
$758.13
Total since 1908 $7,168.63
No. 18 waa formed from one of the
arger district In 1908. Today, count-
ng the roads that were in existence
4 the time It was created, this dls-
1t hot 18 miles of highways. The
1 lowing table shows the condition
7 these roads:
I'nmbed rock, miles 0
vei, miles 4H
'k. miles
"II, HUM'S U
n,
Total mile 18
uiiniig the past year 280 rodt of
rvei were laid. The assessed valu-
"on was $.166,871.04. under which,
2 ."JH,rlKt w entitled to expend $1.
Vs "hare for that year. Twice
Ting the past gx yeari hoi
an made by the people of the dls
r to the special levy, once In 1909
758 n"'" 1911 for taUtl 0f
f- ' MoConnell supervised this dls-
." l B'ePh'n A. Douglas In
J- K. numett In 1910; A. D.
"irnett In 1911, 1912 and 1913.
DISTRICT NO. 44.
Running atralght out south from a
2t 1 mile south of Oregon City, dls
""t No. 44 extends on for four and
e-na!f miles Including parts of tec
ta 6. 8. 7, 8, 17, 18, 1. 20. 29, and
J. The district Ilea north and south
the country about the Howland
aim.
No. 44 was created subsequent to
................ ,
4- 1907 and hntira ha hut nix yeara of
CLACKAMAS ROAD EXPENDI- road history. The figures from tliu
district aro shown as follows:
Regular Special
190N 612.43
1009 192 18 731.81
1910 43H.I&
1011 914.86
1912 7H7.95 1,403.01
1913 096.11 230.35
$3,640.18
$2,466.27
12,406.27
Total since 1908 .$4,106.46
Today there are ton mile of roads
In this district most of which however
wore In oxUlrnco before tho creation
of No. 44 was Inuili) neceMiry. Tho
following table shows tho present con
dition of the roads:
Crushed rock, miles 2
(travel, miles 0
I'tank, miles i
Dirt, miles 7
Tolul miles 10
Of tho two miles of crushed rock
now In the district 6.$ of mile was
built durlnx 1913. though the total ex
penditure for thut year was less than
$1.01)0. au Horn which Illustrates that
crushed rock highways may lie built
for a reasonable onst. as all other
work within the district also came
within the $1,000 mark for that year.
$6K6 00 was th district's share of the
county road funds for the year, on an
assessed valuation of something over
$178,000. Of Interest too. If the fact
that approximately $2000 haa boon
raised by special levy since the dis
trict waa established.
Supervisors have been: 1909, Sam
WartiiN'k; 1910, Ham Warnock: 1911,
Chns. Ulder; 1912, ('has. Rider; 1913.
Clins. Ulder.
DISTRICT NO. 45
District No. 45 lies out tn the El
wood country about 13 miles east and
10 miles south of Oregon city. It Is
a rather largo district of about 16
siiuare miles, extending 1 mile west of
Elwood, two miles north, three miles
east and almost four miles In a south
easterly direction from that place.
The money spent In thla district
since 1907 haa amounted to $3,9X6.37
which includes special levies of
$738.86. The figures are as follows:
Regular Special
1908 $ 479.25 $
1909 662.64
1910 900.38
1911 396.23 94.66
1913 423.10 830.30
1913 496.01 14.00
$3,247.51 $738.36
Total since 1908. .$3,986.37
Thla sum represents a comparative
ly small sum In road disbursements.
There are 13 nillec In district No. 46
to be taken care of hut many of these
were In use before Np. 45 was created.
The roads today lu this district are aa
follows:
Crushed rock, miles .' 0
Gravel, miles 0
1'lank, miles 1
Dlrst, miles 11
Total miles 12
One lone mile of plsnk tells me
story In this district and thla mile was
built previously to 1913. During that
year, under an assessed valuation of
$115,971.00, the district spent but very
little over Its share. $478.00, which
amount waa distributed among the
highways rather than on the ' plank
roads of the district.
In 1908 A. 8. Henderson supervised
the dUtrlct: In 1910, Thomas Ostrow
ski looked after the work; W. T. Hen
derson was supervisor In 1911; Jess
I'ox In 1912 and 1913.
DISTRICT NO. 46
District No. 46, or rather the south
west corner of district No. 46 lies Just
about two miles east and one mile
north of Oregon City and runs from
that point westward to Clear Creek,
a distance of three miles and one-half,
and northward to the Clackamas river
In sections 12. 13. 14, 23. 24. 25, 26
and 27 in township 1 south, 2 east and
in aectlona 30 and 31 of township 2
south, range 3 east of the Willamette
meridian.
This district did not come Into ex
istence until along late In 1908 or
early In 1909, for expendlturca do not
date back beyond the latter year. A
total of approximately $10,000 has
been expended In this district In five
years, and the figures are at follows:
Regular Special
1909 $1,182.70
1910 2,923.03
1911 1,311.11
1912 880.46 991.95
1913 1,141.95 1,614.91
$7,439.25
$2,606.86
$2,506.86
Total since 1909. .$9,946.11
Roads In district No. 46 are as fol
lows:
Crushed rock 0
Gravel Bvj
I'lnnn K.
Dirt 514
Total, miles 12
In 1913 1H miles of gravel and
three-fourths mile of planking were
built The district was assessed for
that year at $151,195.00, under which
It waa entitled as Its regular appor
tionment to $561.14 as its share. It
will be noted tbst a generous special
levy waa raised for 1912 and 1913.
1). H. Watts supervised tn 1909; W.
E. Mumpower In 1910, 1911; J. J. Hat-
ton tn 1912, and Dan Watta In 1913.
DISTRICT NO. 47
District No. 47 comprises a long strip
of land, a mile wide In tome places.
beginning at the junction of the Wil
lamette and Clackamas rivers and run
ning thence on Portlandward along
the bank or the Willamette for about
4Vi miles through the Jennings, Rog
i. Walker, Rlnley, Crelghton and
Crow claims. This district waa creat
ed In 1909 and baa spent la the five
years of Its existence the sum of $21,-
198.00. over $7,000 of which however.
waa raised by a special levy In 1913.
The figures as ahown by yearly ex
( Continued on Pags 4).
AT
MAKES FIRST ADDRESS SINCE
FILING HIS DECLARATION
WITH SECRETARY
In the Pan by Methodist church, he
fore a regulur flunday night audience,
with prohibition as his theme, George
C. Ilrowuell, candidate for governor.
formally iened his campaign and
spoke for the first time since filing
his pel It Inn with the secretary of state
Kiinday evening.
The house was well filled and the
audience seemed to appreciate the ad
dress. Mr. Ilrowuell did not deliver
a political speech, his talk at times
being more In the nature of a ser
mon. In fact, he kept clear of all
matters foreign U the liquor traffic.
"It makes no difference whrther I
win or lose," he said, "I am nothing
but an Individual. Whether 1 am
elected or not Is of small consequences
but whether this state and this no
tion Is cleared of the evils of the
liquor traffic la of vaal Importance."
Mr. Ilrownell declared that If be
were elected governor he would veto
any law which might be passed to
compensate saloon keepers If the state
were voted dry.
SENATE OPPOSES
E
THIRTY-FIVE VOTE FOR AND 34
AGAINST AMENDMENT TO
CONSTITUTION
TWO-THIRD MAJORITY IS NEEDED
Suffrage Advocates Claim That Vot
It Not Defeat But Victory and
That Mors Favor It
Than Thought
WASHINGTON, March 19. Woman
suffrage advocates today lost their
fight in the United States senate for a
resolution proposing an amendment to
the federal constitution giving women
the ballot
The vote was 35 or the measure to
34 against It, a two-thirds affirmative
vote being required for passsge.
When It was all over, suffragist
leaders jubilantly pointed to the ma
Jority of one as conclusive proof that
their cause had scored a triumph in
defeat and waa Immeasurably strong
er thsn Its opponents had ever been
willing to concede.
Today's action, following weeks of
debate on the floor of the senate, dur
ing which many leaders In the suf
frage movement pleaded for postpone
ment of the final vote, marked the cli
max of a spirited campaign munched
here the day before the Inauguration
of President Wilson.
Immediately after the vote Senator
Shofroth, of Colorado, sought to Intro
duce & new resolution for a constitu
tional amendment requiring each state
to vote on granting suffrage to women
on petition from 5 per cent of Ha vot
ers. Tho senate went Into executive
session before the senator could get
the floor, however, and the resolution
will be offered later.
The resolution defeated today was
the first Introduced In tho present con
gress. It was presented by Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, and the wom
an suffrage committee later authorised
Senator Ashurst to report favorably.
WEST ORDERS SUIT
TO DISSOLVE CLUB
MILWAUKIE COUNCIL INVEST!
GATES AND FINDS THAT
LIQUOR IS GIVEN
SAI.EM, Ore., March 21. Governor
West has authorized Attorney General
Crawford to have the "Friars club,
of Mllwaukie dissolved. He wrote the
attorney general as follows:
"This Is to call your attention to the
'Friars' club' of Mllwaukie, a corpo
ration organised under the laws of the
state, and to say that information has
been received by this office which
loads us to believe this club Is organ-
Iced for unlawful purposes and which
were not revealed when securing its
articles of Incorporation. I' therofore,
ask that you take steps to bring about
its dissolution."
The attorney general said he would
make an Investigation, and If It were
shown that the club was organized for
an unlawful purpose he would have
the Incorporation dissolved.
MILWAUKIE, Ore., March 21. A
committee appointed by Mllwaukie
council to investigate the Friars club.
which operates the Mllwaukie Tavern,
haa ascertained that the club has a
charter from the slate and Is not un
der the Jurisdiction of the council.
Councilman Herman Leodlnc said
today: "
"It was ascertained that the tavern
It conducted under a state charter.
Liquor Is used on the premises, not
sold, but given with meals the same aa
at similar clubs. Tht council commit
tee did not find any evidence that
liquor la being told, but Is being used
accordng to the provisona of the state
charter."
CANT PAY HIS FINE,
SO HE IS PUT IN JAIL
Alton Davit, convicted In the Jus
tice court several days ago of catching
trout under sise, was placed In the
county jail Thursday afternoon to
serrs out his fine of $25. "
WOMAN SMC
Of The Dalles, ons f the Dtmocratie
candidates for Governor.
LIVE WIRES N$$
y
FLAX MILLS, RAILROADS, CON
DENSED MILK FACTORIES AND
OTHER TOPICS TAKEN UP
Flax mills, railroads, condensej milk
factories, the return of the United
States Land office to Oregon City
from Portland, and a little ;ood na
tured politics wss distributed around
the board at the weekly luncheon of
the Live Wires of the commercial club
Tuesday noon. F. A. Olmsted, wno
presided, named several committees,
the most Important being the appoint
ment of Charles W. Rlsley. Grant B.
Dlmlck and O. D. Ehy to take In hand
the much desired cooperation between
tho city and the country. It was sug
gested to the committee that monthly
meetings In the country be arranged
at the ' various forming communities
with the object of promoting a better
feeling than now calxls between the
city dweller and to man who makes
things grow. The Importance of this
movement was emphasized at the pre
vious week's meeting by Slate Senator
Hollis, of Washington county.
T. T. Geer. an ex-gevernor and a can
didate for the same office at the hands
of the Republicans! was one of the
speakers. He talkntl briefly, but told
some good stories that were happily
received. He aeeomewiled Judge Dlm
lck, also a gubernatorial candidate and
the good feeling between the two as
pirants elicited considerable favorable
comment In the direction of Judge
Dlmlck. whose gueet at luncheon Mr.
Geer was.
It was stated by Mr. Olmsted that
It had been reported that there Is a
possibility of securing the reestab-
llshment at Oregon City of the United
States land office, which waa located
here for many years, being removed
to Portland about 10 years ago. Don
E. Meldrum, J. E. Hedges and O. D.
Ehy were appointed a committee to
look Into the matter.
Jesse Hnzell was named chairman
of a committee to Investigate the
prospects for the establishment of a
branch condensed milk canning plant
In Clackamas county. T. W. Sullivan
referred to the fact that a large Can
adian flax factory is looking for a suit
able location in the northwest and the
matter was referred to the commercial
club promotion department
Grant H. Dimick talked on the re
cent developments in the affairs of the
Willamette Valley Southern railway
company, and said there is every rea
son for the belief that the electric line
between Oregon City and Mount An
gel would be In operation this year.
T. W. Sullivan, B. T. McBaln and C.
W. Rlsloy were appointed to attend
a meeting of the Farmers' Society of
Equity at Itrown's schoolhouse next
Saturday afternoon and talk on the
proposed road bonding issue. Mr. Mc
Hain made an Interesting talk on the
doings of the Portland Ad club.
The following menu was served:
Ripe OUves.
Cream of Tomato Soup.
Chicken Pie.
Mashed Potatoes. ,
Creamed Egg.
Hot Biscuits,
reaches and Cream.
Cake.
Coffee.
REGISTRATION ABOUT
HALF OE STANDARD
Registration In Clackamas county Is
about one-half of what It ought to be
according to the registration officials
Thursday. This opinion Is drawn
from registration tn past years and
from the population of the county at
the present time.
In the country the number regis
tered is about five times the number
In the city. Outside of the towns,
6077 have registered and In the towns
1091.
The following Is the total registra
tion of Clackamas county voters to
date:
Republican 3537
Democratic 1400
Prohibition 126
Socialist 102
Independent 98
Progressive 57
Refused 7
COURT HANDS DOWN
DECISIONS; LOCAL CASE
SALEM, Ore.. March 24. The su
preme court today handed down the
following opinions among others:
- Jessie E. Crim vs. John U Crim, ap
pellant; appealed from Clackamas; ac
tion of ejectment, remanded and dis
missed. M. M. Obenchain vs. Ran some Crum
mey company, appellant: appealed
from Klamath; petition for rehearing
denied.
LINE IS ASSURED
WILLAMETTE VALLEY SOUTHERN
WILL SEND FREIGHT TO PORT
LAND OVER P. R L. ft P.
BIG ISSUE OF BONDS IS FLOATED
On Hundred Man Now at Work-
Fore Will b Ooubld In Month
Lint to ML Angel by Fall,
Says Official
That a deal between the Willamette
Valley Southern railway company and
the Portland Railway, Light ft Power
company baa been made, whereby the
latter concern has aided the former In
floating an Issue of bonds valued at
$700,000 and whereby the rails of the
Portlsnd electric company will be used
for the valley line to reach Portland
with its freight, was announced by
.Secretary Grant B. Dimick and Presi
dent F. M. Swift of the local company
Thursday evening.
The mortgage of $700,000 was filed
with the county recorder Thursday
morning. The local officials declare
that this sum Is large enough to con
struct the line from Its present term
inus, about seven miles from Oregon
City, to Mt. Angel. Vhe mortgage Is
so worded that the railway company
may bond Itself for any turn up to $3,
000.000 In case It Is determined to ex
tend the line south through the Will
amette valley.
Filed by P. R., L. & P. Representative.
The filing waa made by F. C. Tay
lor, private secretary of President
Franklyn Griffith of the Portland Rail
way. Light ft Power company. The
mortgage was given to the Continental
and Commercial Trust and Savings
hank of Chicago. The bonds are dated
February 2, 1913, and will come due
February 1. 1939. The Interest Is 6
percent with Interest payable semi-annually.
Details Not Announced.
The exact details of the arrangement
between the Willamette Valley South
ern and the Portland Railway, Light ft
Power company have not been an
nounced, but Secretary Dlmlck stated
Thursday evening that the Portland
company bad not invested one cent In
the local cocern either In bonds or
stock and that all the agreement be
tween the two was based on friend
ship. He said that It would be neces
sary for the Willamette Valley South
ern to have an agreement with tome
line operating Into Portland. At first
it was planned to use the Oregon City
ft Portland railway, known as the Car
ver road, which Is under construction,
for the connecting link, but when Car
ver dropped out of the Willamette Val
ley Southern, this plan was changed.
In a general way the agreement
which was reached recently, embraces
three principle points. The Willam
ette Valley Southern will bur all its
electricity from the Portland Railway.
Light ft Power company; the rails of
the Portland Railway, Light ft Power
company will be used to haul the
freight of the Willamette valley line
into Portland, and the Portland Rail
way, Llgljt ft Power company will
back the bonds of the local company.
Completion Assured.
The floating of the bonds assures
the completion of the line from Oregon
City to Mt Angel by next, fall, provid
ing the present plans mature, accord
ing to one of the prominent officials.
About 100 men are at work now and
within 30 days the number will be
doubled along the right-of-way. By the
middle of the summer, when the work
Is at Its height, at least 300 will be
employed, said the officer.
"Two camps are now at work and
the third will be established within a
few days," said President Swift Thurs
day evening. "The right-of-way has
been secured, except for a very few
places, for every bit of the 32 miles
of the line. Seven miles are complet
ed and the grading for an additional 13
allies h) finished. We have two
pile drivers at work, a number of
horses, scrappers and other equip
ment" The line will run from Oregon City
through the Beaver Creek country,
Mulino and south to Mt. Angel. This
Is as far as it has been announced the
line would he built although the mort
gage filed Thursday provides that the
company may bond Itself for any sum
up to $3,000,000 If an extension would
be made past Mt Angel.
The success In floating the bond Is
sue marks the end of a long struggle
on the part of the local men Interested
to finance the project. Several times
arrangements had been made with
eastern firms only at the last minute
to have the proposition blocked. Work
had practically stopped during the
winter months.
"The line will be completed In the
fall If the people of Marlon and Clack
amas counties do all possible to aid
the project," said one of the officials
Thursday. "We need the cooperation
of every farmer and townsman along
the route of the line. With their aid
the road will be finished mnch sooner
than otherwise."
CANBY HAN TELLS
TALE OF ROBBERY
CANBY, Ore, March 11. (Special)
How he was merely standing in Rus
sell s saloon in Portland, watching a
burlesque show and how tome cruel
bad robber man stole bis entire for
tune of $S and the handkerchief In
which the above mentioned fortune
was wrapped ia the exciting adventure
which T. H. Earls, of this city. Is tell
Ins his friends here.
Earls was standing In the Portland
saloon Thursday evening when a thief
In the crowd stole his handkerchief
The man excaped before Earls had
time to spot his thief. The lost was
reported to the Portland police but no
trace waa found.
L
SUNDAY 8EES RIVER COVERED
BY CRAFTS OF EVERY KIND
POUNDS RECORD
The fishing season for trollers
opened on the Willamette In earnest
Sunday when the river was filled with
boats from morning to night It Is
estimated that aa high as 100 crafts.
vsrying from small row bouatt to gas
oline launches, were on the river at
once.
A large number of the fishermen
were from towns outside of Clackamas
county. One of the trollers, a Port
land automobile dealer. Is said to
have caught the largest salmon that
day, one weighing 62 pounds. The sec
ond largest, according to what Infor
mation could be obtained, was 40
pounds and the third 39 pounds. One
man apent one hour and 33 minutes In
landing a fish which local sportsmen
say holds the record for the gamest
aalmon of the day.
The season has not reached ita
height and will not for several weeks
yet but Sunday was the first day when
any considerable number turned out
for the sport.
TIRES OF MACHINE-LIKE LIFE IN
WHICH HE LIVES AS
PRESIDENT
PEOPLE HAVE FALSE IMPRESSION
President Cannot Recognize Himself
In Descriptions Others Write,
Although Articles art In
Good Faith
WASHINGTON, March 20. Wood
row Wilson unbosomed himself to the
members of the National Press club of
Washington today. He told them in a
frank, conversational way how he felt
as President of United States.
In was an intimate picture of Wood-
row Wilson, drawn by himself, on the
occasion of the house warming" at
the Press club's new quarters. The
president did not Intent to have hit re
marks reported, but later at the re
quest of be club, the unusual speech
was made public. It follws:
"I was lust thinking of my sense
of confusion of Identity sometimes
when I read articles about myself. I
have never read an article about my
self In which I recognized myself, and
I have come to have the Impression
that I must be some kind of a fraud,
because I think a great many of these
articles are written In absolute good
faith.
"I tremble to think of the variety
and falseness In the Impressions I
make and it Is being borne in on me
so that I may change my very disposi
tion that I am a cold and removed
person who has a thinking machine
inside which he adjusts to the circum
stance which he does not allow to be
moved by any winds of affection or
emotion of any kind, but turns like a
cold searchilight on anything that Is
presented to his attention and makes
It work.
"I am not aware of having any de
tachable apparatus - Inside of me. On
the contrary. If I were to Interpret
myself, I would say that my constant
embarrassment Is to restrain the emo
tions that are Inside of me. Tou may
not believe It. but I sometimes feel
like a fire from a far-distant Tolcano.
and if the lava does not teem to spill
over, it Is because you are not high
enough to see Into the basin and tee
the caldron boil.
Because, truly, gentlemen. In the
position which I occupy there is a sort
of passionate sense of being called
with my fellowmen In a peculiar rela
tionship of responsibility not merely
the responsibility of office, but God
knows there are enough things in the
world that need to be corrected."
FALL OF 14 FEET
IS FATAL FOR KAN
4
A. C. ROBINSON IS KILLED WHILE
LOADING TIES ON CAR AT,
BORING
Allison Cornelius Robinson, age 34
years, was killed at about 2:30 o clock
Tuesday afternoon as the result of an
accident while loading ties at Boring.
Coroner W. J. Wilson was notified and
held an inquest over the body late In
the afternoon. The verdict was that
Robinson came to his death through
an accident A tie contractor named.
Morgan, and the Portland Railway,
Light ft Power company were released
from all blame.
Robinson was working on
car which was being loaded,
sharpe-edged pickaroon he
draw each tie from the
the flat
With
would
ground
to the car, then to the top of the load
and place It In the pile. At the time
the accident happened, the dog slipped
out and Robinson was thrown head
backward a distance of 14 feet from
the top of the load to the ground,
striking on hla head.N He did not re
gain consciousness.
He Is survived by his mother, liv
ing in Boring, and by a sUter In a
town in Washington. Funeral ar
rangement have not been completed
but it la probable that the services
will be held at Damascus. Robinson
had spent a number of yean In and
around Boring and waa well known
there. He waa employed by Morgan,
a tie contractor c-f Sandy, and Tuesday
wat hla first day of work.
WILSON WANTS TO
BEIUSTIW
W. V . s.
DROPPED
ROSENBAUM WITHDRAWS 8UIT
FEW MINUTES BEFORE
TRIAL BEGINS
"BLACKMAIL" SAYS ONE OFFICIAL
Plaintiff Offered to Compromise Tims
After Tims Lint Will bs
Rushed, Says Officers
of Valley Road
After repeated efforts to compro
mise and offers of settling the $125,-
000 ault for $10,000 and finally $5,000,
the case of L. M. Rosen haum against
the Willamette Valley Southern rail
way company was withdrawn by the
plaintiff at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon
before the trial before Judge Robert
Dean In Portland was opened.
The plaintiff made repeated efforts
to compromise with the local railway
company. Wednesday he offered to
settle for $10,000 and Friday this fig
ure waa made $5,000. but the attorneys
of the railways company refused to
settle and at one time told Rosen ban m
that they "would not withdraw the
case for five cents."
One official of the Willamette Val
ley Southern declared that the suit of
the bond broker was nothing more nor
less than a form of blackmalL He
stated that Rosen baum thought that
a suit against the railway company at
the time the bonds were being placed
on the market would so effect the
sale that the company would be great
ly embarrassed. Using a suit against
the company at a club, Rotenbaam
was of the opinion that he could force
the local road to listen to his threats
and that they would prefer to settle
out of court rather than risk the pub
licity they would be given In case It
were tried, even though the plaintiff
had a weak case, according to the Wil
lamette Valley Southern representa
tive. The suit was filed in a Multnomah
county court the first part of January ,
for $125,000 on the grounds that tne
plaintiff had a contract with the rail
way company to handle the latter!
bond Issue and that one clause of the
contract was that $100,000 in bonds
and $25,00 In cash would be paid
Rosenbaum for ait services. He
also alleged that he had performed
valuable services for the railway com-
pany and that he had even the officer
of the line much advise In selecting
materials and adopting routes.
Now that this suit Is disposed of a
traffic agreement reached with the
Portland Railway, Light ft Power com
pany, and the bond issue successfully
floated, it Is probable that the line to
Mt Angel will be rushed to comple
tion. Trains Into the Marion county
town by next fall is the slogan of the
company and the officials feel- confi
dent that It will be realized providing
that farmers of the country along
which the line will operate will co
operate.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Mar. 20. Many
local Investors are subscribing for the
bonds of the Willamette Valley South
ern railway, which Is being built from
Oregon City to Mount Angel via Bea
ver Creek. Mulino and Molalla. It is
probable that the entire issue of $700,
000 will be sold before April 1.
Confident that the bonds will find a
ready market officials of the Portland
Railway, Light ft Power company,
which guarantees the bonds, are pre
paring for actual construction on the
road that is to open to development a
rich agricultural territory.
Surveys for the entire distance of 32
miles have been completed. All the
right-of-way with the exception of a
few short strips has been secured. The
farmers tn the affected territory are
Interested in the project and are co
operating with the rail line officials
to effect early completion of the road.
Most of the stock is held by the farm
ers. For tne last few years, tnese
farmers have struggled to finance the
enterprise. By sale of $57,000 worth
of bonds, most of which were told to
Carver and his associates, seven miles
of road have been blult These bonds
were sold at a heaty discount and now
will be redeemed by the proceeds of
the new issue at par.
BIG DEED RECORDED
INSTRUMENT CONVEYING MT.
HOOD COMPANY TO P. R, L.
ft P. IS FILED
About two years after the transfer
waa made, the deed of property of the
Mt Hood company to the Portland
Railway, Light ft Power company was
filed with the county recorder Thurs
day. The consideration is stated as
$1.
The deed conveys, besides the valu
able water rights of the Bull Run and
Sandy rivers, considerable property
In the eastern part of Clackamas coun
ty and the track, right-of-way and
power house of the Mt Hood concern.
The Mt Hood company was organ
ized with the purpose of building a
railway from Portland to Mt Hood
through eastern Multnomah county
and the Sandy river valley and to de
velop the power on the Sandy and
Bull Run rivers. The work wat well
under way and surreys completed for
the project when the Portland Rail
way, Light ft Power company bought
the company.
ESTATE FILED
The estate of Erastis Rosecranti,
valued at $700. wat filed with the
county clerk Thursday and Hattlt
Sheehy and Clara Schwabel were ap
pointed administrator.