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sirOKE(50N OTY ) Cety, ' Tt I j t rrv n o res J J ) I I J V ACTIO -NOT IJOIKO -4T A TO UtASn BITCKHH. "X TV k. M mm It of .! J OUEOON CITY, OUEOON, 1'HIDAV, KKHHUAUV 20, 1915. MTASLISHIO 1M fOXTY NINTH YIAB-Na. JURYEINDSDRuI MODERN WARFARL M mi vtWUKMWtHKuciM E OREGON CITY Oti TO h .rl FORK VATLER LINE OF DEATH OF BOY IN LAKE COUNTRY 'Si l ENT Siiolsifi UVEVIRESSTUDY RUSSIAN FORCES PLANSEORSOUTH OF LIQUOR CAUS TORN PIECES ROADS OPING CLOUD ANO SHOWIRS 00 NOT cur into success or W. V. . OAY HUHDREDS LOT PAPER AND WOOUN MI11S AND CO OSC RIVII faur Bands Tah Prt In Program ( Dsy Sloth Hldr ( Hm Lint Mt In Commtrcltl Club Prtor Threatening clouds and showers did not leeern th tOoxm-nt of the lo thousand vlaltiirs In Ortu City urday, when lha completion of Id new elertrlc road, tlio Willamette- Val ley flimlhrrn. was liirir.allr retebratrd fclghl hundred people living '" tb roula of lha Una from ()nua 4'H lo Ml. Angel rma In on aiwtlal train shortly after 10 o'clock In the morn Ing when tha formal celebration of the day began. A delegation of to hun dred, headed by lnd. rtiin frtrn Mt. Angel and Mnlalla. Mullno, Monl tor. leaver Creek and other towns long the Una each had rrpresci.ta Uvea. Tha Molslla town biid wae prrarnt. Hundreds of others cam In over lha Rotithrrn Pacific and by auto mobiles and buggies. Many Evsnt Ara Pre. The relebntthm wss unusual In that Oregon City wa boat In every en of tha word. The three moving P'r lure theatrre were thrown opcr. lo ill visitors; the ateamer lnt ol the fl,-t or th Willamette Navigation coinpanv took larita parties on free riruralona to tha Willamette fall and tho Clark am a rapids; tho Ort'Rnn C WooUn mill nd the plant of the ltalcy Viilp t !Bper company were oimn for via Mora; fna rerepfoo waa bi-ld In th ComnnTclal club parlor and a free rinnra drear hundred dtirtnn th after to Hum h'l ball. ' The formal pronram f the day be can at 10:20 o'clock when Mayor I .Inn K. Jonp dullvared Ji adilre of wel come upon the u.-ivnl ot lha apro'al train oer the uw rond. At lt St o'clock Judge Gran II. Mliiili k. pro Idrnt of the line, drew the told-n aplko from lha track that had been rlrlvi-n upon the boKlnnlnK of :onstru tlon and priwnted It to Mayor Everhart of Molalln. who. In turn, :ave It lo Mayor Kucha of Mt. Annul. River and Mills Vlilud. From the terminal yard of tho Wit Inmotto Valley Hnutborn. the vlaltor toKothcr with Iho mayora of the three town, the Orison City council, Uui of flclul of the now lino marched down Main atrect to Third troot. Three band, tho Molulln and Mt. AiikcI town Imiid and the On-Ron City Mooko band, look part In the porndo. Tho Hoache boy band, with the throe other muHlcal organization. Inter gvo open lr concert. At tha corner of Third and Main alrceta. tho line of march waa broken op and the men, escorted by expert paper maker a guides, were tnkon through tho plant or-tho Ilnwloy Tulp & l'apnp company and the women through tho Oregon City Woolen mills. From U o'clock until noon tho atenmer Lang carried seven hundred up the river to the rails nnd down to the Clucknmns rapid. Four trip wore made. From 11 until 5 o'clock, tho throo moving picture theatres, tho Grand, the Rainbow and tho Star, wero open to nil visitor and Ilusch's hall so commodutod hundred at a freo dnnco. Stockholders Meet. Two bundrod stockholder In tho newly complolod lino gathored In the Commercial club rooms in the after noon nnd suggestions for tho Improve ment of the service nnd for changes woro mndo to tho officers. Jmlgo Dim Ick made a short talk In which ho re viewed tho history of the line and outlined the plnns for the future, llo doclurod that tho purpose of tho Wit lamotto Valley Southern Is to servo all tho communities through Clnckn mns and Marlon counties along the rond o as to deserve the trade or ev ery business man and farmer. "It Is your road," he told the stock holders. "We wunt to give you Buch Borvlco tlmt will deserve your confi dence nnd trado. Any suggestion that you nmko today will be carefully con Bldorcd by the board of directors and ncted on If possible. T. W. Sullivan, president of the Oregon City Commercial club, acted as chalrmon. Others who spoke woro: O. D. Eby, Father Dominic, Mayor Everhart. of Molnlla; Councilman Eb ner, of Mt. Angol; Mr. Kebor, of Mt. Angel- Mr. Olllls, of Monitor; Mr. Bobbins, of Molalla, and County Judge H. S. Anderson. The events of the day ended at 4 o'clock when the special trains loft Oregon City on the return trip. MISS FERN H0BB3 RESIGNS SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 24,-Mlss Fern Hobbs, rnembor of the state Industrial accldont commission, today londored to Governor Wtthycombe her resigna tion, to take effect May !1. 1015. When there was a prospect of the sonata crippling the compensation act In the Interest or the casualty companies, Miss Hobbs ofered to resign on con dition that the Bchuebel house amond inents, which would strengthen the compensation act, were passed. REMAINS Of TINTH ARMY UN PER CZAR POWERLESS BE fORI THK GERMANS RETREATING RUSSIANS DROP CONS 11 HURRIED fUCHT Kilwr-t Men Win Grot Victory Aftr Terrific Fighting and Forced Marthe Von Hinder burg Loadi Victor HI'WAI.KI. ToUnd. U lrlln and Umdon. Frb. JO The rrmalna of the iin..in imih annv. lorn lo remnants In th Marurlan I" fountry by Field Marshal vn lncl-nitir mw fni..Un ftirre. romiirt but a nr-Kll- (Ibl quantity In th operations thai ara now under way. Tha recer.t overwhelming vlrlory of the Cerman il accolnpllnbrd by tb mot terrific flgbllng after sinking furred marrhr ThU righting b Iwn dewrUxxi a the iVhrtiarv ramoalsn In F.at Trus- la and northern FoUnd. and It la re tarded here a a second Taimniierg. 1U liiiial.ina romi)0llic lbs tenth army were under command or General Plivers. It I tru that tni coin n,.,.,i.r i,r a klllful ime of the rail road ct hi dliKMul and by the aac t iIiiiki nf entire battallona In order to bring off a few guns, ucceed d In alng a greater part or m ar .iw.rr imi no fewer than sO.OOO of hi 1S0.0O0 men are lrady counted among the German prisoner, wnue hi. witie.i and woiindel In the four dV battle with hlch thee oper atlon were Inaugurated and the ub- eqiiint running rights are ewimaieo at 30.000 men. n. It., atraela nf RuWalkl tber could be heard yesterday and today the aound of artillery rroin a awampj .i..n in ihn aoutheaat. where an laolated Itumlan division, perhap 10. 000 men alrong, has been complely surrounded but Is still offering re sistance. HeverM thounand more Russian probably remain In mall Kattored banda. or are wandering aa strsiRU-rs within the ring which the Cornan troops havo now closed around the woods and awamps between. Buwalkl Augustowo and tha German frjutler. but the capture or these wanderer la expected her and la regarded aa mere ly an Incident In a campaign to which thla great succehS I called only the prelude. It Is not. believed among Herman Itary men at Suwalkl that General c-i....r. .Ill he atilu to bring one fifth of his troops safely behind tho fortress at Grodno a safety wblcn may noi bo of long duration. "WE DID OUR BEST" C. 8CHUEBEL REVIEWS WORK OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION JUST ENDED "We did tho best wo could," said Representative Chris Bchuebel at the Live Wire luncheon Tuesday noon. Mr. Sohuebol was called upon by Main Trunk Line Osmund to toll the Wires what tho recent legislature had accomplished, and the solon admitted that he had made a lot of nolaa at Sa lem nnd hod talkod a great donl, and folt he had onrned a rest. "The only criticism I have to offor or the legislature," said Mr. Schuobel. "Is that it created some unnecessary Judgeships. Two bills are now In the hnnds of Governor Wlthycombe nf rooting our own Judicial district. One .onln. a annnrntn dlHtrlct of ClntSOp and Columbia counties, and the other OHtabllBhos a new district of WasMiiK ton and Tillamook counties, leaving Clackamas a district by ltseK. Ilo fore I left Salom, I went to the gov ernor and urged him to veto both of these bills. "I wnnt to take this opportunity to pay my respects to the Multnomah delegation. The members from Port: land were a hard working lot of men, nnd of much better material than at the previous session. I say this now, because I went to Snlem prejudiced against the Multnomah delegation, nnd I om very agreeably disappointed." Representative C. W. Rlsley, who answers to the call of having been the only Democrat elected in Clackamas county last November, made a very brief talk, and said he had tried to do bis duty In the legislature. MRS FREYTAG LEAVES Mrs. O. E. Freytag lert Oregon City Tueaday- night for Ban Francisco where she will Join her husband who Is the special representative of the county at the Panama Pacific exposition. IX. BILL BY CONGRESS SENATE URGES SCIENTIFIC MAN AGEMENT IN GOVERN MENTAL SHOPS DEBATE IS SHARP OYER THE - PROPOSED CHECK OS WORKMEN Butltr Make Appeal Agalnrt Any Act That Might Lead to W Committee Action Sustained. WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Without a dissenting vote the senate today passed the army appropriation bill, carrying approximately $103,000,000. wbilo tho house aided in cleaning up legislation for tho session nearlng the close by passing the $0,000,000 fortifi cations bill. The onlv debate on the army bill related to action or the senate com mittee In striking out or the house bill iimvUlon which would prohibit the use or stop watches and other so-called scientific shop management methods In government plants and deny appro priations for payment of bonuses to employes. Hnnntnra Iluches. Martin and others urged restoration or the provisions, while Senator Root, declaring the com mlttoe should bo sustained, mado an mneal for the rewarding or ambition. The committee waa sustained. An ntl-dnv discussion or the nation al dofense marked the passage or the fortifications bill in the bouse. Rep resentative Pherley, of Kentucky, in charge of the measure, declared there in no rinmrer that Amor can fortifi cations would be destroyed by a bos- tUo fleet; that the noet of an enemy n-nnlil aenk in reduce fortresses It It had control of the sea, and would not waste ammunition shooting from a range of 21,000 yards. Mr. Shnrlnv admitted that there might bo danger of bombardment ot some cities, but insisted that the cost of fortl'vlng all coast cities would be too tromendous to consider. rtnnrosentatlve Iiutler. of Pennsyl vania, made an appeal In the house nunlnRt anv act that might Involve war. With the sinking of the Evelyn as,a subjoctrhe said the American peo ple should be made to understand by resolution or otherwise thnt congress will not vote money or enlist troops for a war of revenge brought about hv rnmmerci&l Interests sending ships where they should not go, into the war tone. I'imit! IS II! Angus McKinnon, who Is charged with giving whiskey' to Charles Ed ward White aged three years, the day ot his death from alcoholic poisoning, was bound over to the grand Jury Sat urday by Justice ot the Peace Sievera. He waived examination. McKinnon has retained George C. Drownell as his attorney. In the Jail Saturday afternoon, Mc Kinnon maintained that he had been made the "goat" of the affair and that he was innocent. V Ail. A. f PURE WATER NEEDED, HE 4 . SAYS . MOLAU.A. Ore.. Feb. !! -(Ed. Itor of the Enterprise) Our community waa well pleased with the royal ntertalnuirnt given by Oregon City on Willamette Val- lev Southern celebration day. Among all the good thing ssld and done that day, the word of Mayor Jones stand out in bold relief a a "golden pike." a tall aa the city' elevatbr. datzllng In the noonday un and attractive to the mind eye ort a rainy day, Yli: "When Oregon' City get pure water we will haveja grander eel- ebratioa and again welcome you to our town." Inib-ed. pure wa- ter for Oregoa CIt means more than two railroad ootid accom- pllah for tha betterment of her people, aad mankind In general. that wtah to travel that way and quench their thirst with nature' uncontamlnated beverage with- i out rear or Jeopardizing their health. J. W. T. WATER CAMPAIGN IS MEETINGS HELD IN BOTH ORE GON CITY AND WEST LINN WEDNESDAY NIGHT Wednesday night saw the beginning or the-ronl campaign ror the South Fork project In both Oregon City nnd West Linn. At Mountain View, tuo firehouse was well filled to hear a discussion of the project by the Pure Mountain Wa ter league's representative Mayor Linn E. Jones acted as chalrmnn and Dr. L. A. Morns. Engineer H. A. Rands and L. Stipp thoroughly ex plained the plans from every angle aud answered many questions. The wnter situation was carefully gone over and dates for three meet ings of the campaign of fifteoji, held In the West Linn city hall Wednes day night. The committee considered that apathy is the greatest danger to tho project and the thoig'it that overcon ridence and failure to vote la the greatest enemy of the pure water plans was expressed by many. In or der to prompt the voters to go to the polls and vote a letter will be sent to every voter and three meetings will be held, as follows- llolton school, Saturday night; Sunset school, Mon day night, and Willamette fire hall, Tuesday night. IDAHO GOES DRY BY LEGISLATIVE ACTION BOISE, Ida., Feb. 23. Idaho will be a prohibition state on and after Jan uary 1, 1916. The senate ot the thir teenth Idaho legislature this after noon passed the house prohibition act. house bill No. 1-12, and sent it to Gov ernor Alexander for his signature. The chief executive Is pledged by his mes sage to the legislature to sign the act, ror he recommended Its passage In the strongest possible terms. That he will sign It Is recognized as a foregone conclusion. The wets made their last and final stand today when they made desper ate efforts, but failed to amend the house bill in committee of the whole In the senste when the act waa a spe cial order. Every amendment offered was Toted down. ill fi'1 TO RAISE$64,000 BY SPECIAL LEVY TAX 8HEET BY ASSESSOR JACK GIVES MUCH PRACTICAL INFORMATION OREGON CITY'S 10-KILL CITY County 8eat Will RalM Mort Money for Municipal Purpoe Trsn All Othr Towns In Ccurlty Coined Twenty-seven Clackamas county road districts will levy a special tax (or road purposes, according lo the annual tax statement prepared by As sessor J. E. Jack and made public Wednesday. The .special taxes levied In all the road districts will total $01,012.21. The rate In the 27 districts varies from 2 to 10 mills. The shci t gives the total tax to be levied la the coun ty for all purposes at $7S4,37i.6t and the total assessed valuation of all tax able property $30,375,133.81. Clackamas county's share of the state tax burden this year will be $118,463.05 and the generat county tax is $97,200.46. The Bchool, gentral and library tax totals $103 275.50 tnd the general road tax. $243,001.14. According to the statement. Oregon niv will receive from Its 10-mill levy $28,747.87 or approximately the amount figured on In the budget adopted by the council at the end ot 1914. The county scat town will raise more money for municipal purposes than all other towns in the county combined. West Linn Is second with $4,871.14. Almost every school district In the county will have a special levy this year and the total amount to be raised in all school districts Is $110.397.SO. The highest rate Is 15 miles. The amount of tax, rate and valu ation of all the towns In the county tollows: Amount City or Town Rate of Tax Canby 0075 $ 2,547.75 Estacada 005 981.03 Gladstone .005 1.C52.4S Milwaukle 008 4,514.91 Molalla 005 700.74 Oregon City 010 28.747.S7 Oswego 010 2,952.56 Sandy 005 . 275.40 West Linn 002 4.871.14 Willamette 005 473.06 Total $47,716.94 TEASEL CREEK NOW A standardization rally was held Wednesday afternoon at Teasel Creek school. Superintendent Calavan spoke on "Standardization;" O. R. Daugher ty on "A Teacher's Term;" Supervisor Vedder on "The Value of Parent Teachers' Association." There was a large atendance and after the meeting there was a basket dinner. Edwin Woodwortb is the teacher. IS STANDARD SCHOOL WEEKLY LUNCHEON II WELL AT TENOEO TUESDAY NOON IN CLUB PARLORS DR. L MORRIS EXPLAINS JIJ5 ESTIMATE OF PORE WATER LEAGUE Flgur Dtscrlbsd a Conservative by Organliation's Hesd Public Meeting at Mountain View la Planned Tht the 21 cent luncheon of tb IJva Wire are proving extremely pop ular aa evidenced by th targe num ber of builneei and professional men In attendance Tuedy. Tb proposed pure water plan to be voted upon March 1 waa acaln th main subject of discussion and the talks were earn est and to the point. B. T. Mcllalu. 8. O. Dillman, T. L. Cbarman Dr. L. A. Morris. T. W. Sullivan. E. R. lirown. M. J Xe and C. H. Pre were the speakers, and tbey all bad something good to offer. Dr. Morris explained (nat the pro nnaMl mnnthlr household rate of $1.65 endorsed by the Pure Mountain Wa ter league, of which he la chairman. la an outside figure, and that. In the Judgment of the member of the lea gue who had made a close study ot tha iltuatlon. the proposed rats Is a maximum, and no consideration has been riven to the natural growth of the trltv. an expected Increase In the number of consumers nor the sale of water to Estacada nor to other com munities that may apply for It. Mr rharman declared that bis prop erty In West Linn would be benefitted rerv materially by a pure water sup- uly. and that he would certainly not object to a heavy tax ror that purpoae rntnnei rive, who la regarded as a careful and conservative man. gae bis unqualified endorsement to me nmwt. He said he had recently been In Forest Grove. Albany. Mc- Mlnnvtlln and Salem, and that every where ha had found a curiosity about the proposed new water suply Ibr Ore gon City. He Intimated tnai it waa largely the reputation that Oregon City bad obtained because or Its pres ent water supply that had made him a booster ror the new plan. It was stated that a public meeting had been arranged at Moutatn View ror Wednesday nlgbt or thla week, and that a meeting would probably be held t the Shlvelv theatre the latter part or this week, or on Monday of next week. D. D. Clark, chief engineer of the bureau of water works of Portland, Is expected to talk to the Live Wires next Tuesday. DELANO RESIDENCE AT TWILIGHT BURNS Damage estimated at $1000 was suf rered with the loss or the residence nf fienrea Delano, at Twilight, Satur day night. The building was burned to the ground and none or tne loss was covered by Insurance. The property was unoccupied and neighbors believe that tramps round a shelter in the building and careless ly left cigarette stubs in the building. The house Is off the main road and the fire was not discovered by neighbors until It was too late to save the build ing. The property hss been rented to Mr. Neland, now manager of the Portland House here, but he left the place several months ago. Public Markets Are Discussed Titus Studies Cost Of Food (By Edward K. Titus) A wide range of plans is being tried in the endfavor to bring back the old time conditions ot direct trade be tween producer and consumer, or at toast betwoen producer sud retailer. One method attaini.ig some popu larly, is the public nia;k3t idea. Farra e;i drive in. or send m sumo, member of the family or hired maa, - with slocks of goods. Several farmers may combine to send M a supply to the stalls. Such markets depend for their suc cess on several conditions. The Am erican people will not tolerate npor goods. Unless some market director haa the absolute power to inspect the stock and condemn unfit articles for sale at that market, and unless he ex that nnwer strictlv. a great deal ot poor truck will be worked off. That will give the market a baa name, and outside stores will be preferred. Another essential for . success Is a good system of rural transportation. If the farms supplying ihe market are reached only over poor or rough roads, the daily transportation of goods in small lots becomes too costly. If DISTRICT ATTORNEY HEDGES TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE CASE AT ONCE TRAGEDY FOLLOWS EXTEKDEB PASTY HEAR BEAYER CREEK -Evldene Shew Plainly That Child Ha Been Repeatedly Clven Liquor Until Drunk," Read Verdict "Alcoholic polaonlnf from drinking whlikey." la given aa tb cause of death of Charle Edward White, th three-year-old eon of Mr. and Mrs. Charles White, f Heaver Creek, by the coroner's iurr whk-h Thursday aft ernoon thoroughly Investigated tb case. The verdict of the Jury adds. "Said whiskey wa left In the reach nf the deceased br Its father. The evi dence shows plainly tbat the child has been repeatedly given liquor nntll drunk. From evidence the Jury Is sat lifled that one Angus McKinnon gav some whiskey to the deceased on tne day of It death." The noaalbllltv of criminal action la not denied by the county officials, al though Acting Coroner John Sievera, Attorney Charle Slevers. Dr. Frank Mount and Sheriff Wilson did not re turn to Oregon City last night In time to turn tbelr Information over to Dis trict Attorney Oilbert Hedge. When told the principal fact In the case, Mr. Hedge said: "I will thoroughly Invettisate everv detail or thla matter as soon as possible. From facts that I now have. It la Impossible to say whether there Is grounds for a state case." The child died at 3 o'clock Wednes day afternoon after being nnconsciou aince about 9 o'clock that morning. A iirra nartr withered at the borne ol George Lammers in the Heaver Creek district Tuesday night when a keg of beer was opened. Wednesday morn ,jiS. Angus McKinnon went to the White house to help empty a bottle of whiskey which was left over from the celebration the nlgbt before. Mrs. Simon, mother of Mrs. White, whn la atavlne with her daughter who is 111. testified that the two men were drunk Wednesday morning and that McKinnon offered the boy a drink from the bottle. While the family wa eating breakfast, the lad left the table and went to a . bureau on which the hnttlfl had been olaced and drank about halt a teacup full. Shortly aft erwards be became unconscious. Mm. White is 111. and Wednesday morning Dr. H. S. Mount, ot this city. made a visit He noticed the cnild and unon examination round htm In a critical condition. As he left the home he told the parents that their son was seriously ill and unless he became bet ter to send word to Oregon City for medical assistance. npfore Dr. Mount had reached his office in Oreson Cltv Wednesday aft ernoon, there was a call for him to re turn to Beaver Creek. Dr. Frank Mount and Dr. Huch Mount returned and made every attempt to save the bov'a life. The end came about i o'clock Wednesday afternoon. McKinnon denies that he gave the boy liquor, and White, who Is greatly affected by the death of his son, says that rennonsibilitv for the lad's death cannot be placed on any person. Mrs. White is In a serious condition. The boy was born in Clackamas county. Before moving to the Beaver Creek district, the White family lived near Oregon City on the Mt. Pleasant road. there Is good trolley or rail connec tion with outlying farms, the chance of keeping up regular and fresh sup plies is much better. A third essential Is that the pub lic give up its lazy reliance on de livery wagons, and carry tknir own bundles. ' Efforts are being made all over the country by agricultural colleges, farm bureaus, etc., to interest city people in buying from the farmer by parcel post, and express. Containers aro bclug de vised to carry regular supplies of eggs, butter, chickens, greens, etc. It Is as serted that a group of city families should be able to pay rive cents a doz en more Tor eggs, five sents a pound more for butter, than the farmer now gets, and still underbid the grocer five cents each. This seems to be a hope rather than a demonstrated fact. But there Is somethin in :he idea. Tho retail dealer, however, if he Is enter prising In seeking opportunities for direct purchase of goods, aud if be uses the aid or the newspaper to reach out and broaden bis trade, occupies an impregnable position.