OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
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OREGON (MTV, OltKCJON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY. 9, 1917.
FIFTY FIRST VI All No I.
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STEAMER CALIFORNIA MAY BE
SECOND TUSITANIA; SENT TO
BOTTOM WITHOUT WARNING
WAHIIINOTON. Feb 7 Couul
Friwl al yuecnslown Mhlnd ilia slats
dnparttnnnl tonight that Ilia llrtllsh
paaMingrr liner I allfornU hail Iwit
torpadoed without warning off the
Irian roaal and Hint the one American
known lo have been on Umrd waa
aved
Horn of tha paacngri and rr
allll were mlMlng. Including Iwn
women and sever! children
I In- railalti of the atilp u quoted
aa laying th iiilintarln did nol ball
or gtn any
Kurning i.iori. nrtm:
two torpedoe fnim a dlalanra of 300.,,,,,, hr d,lon. had retired whan
yard and tiding th California iilr. .., ,.,, i i,cUu would not
down
Thn American urvtvor waa John
A. Ittm, of Montgomery. Ala, who la
uppoii-d lo hava haan a member of
thn rrw.
t'onaul Frot' flrat dispatch waa
u follow:
"Anrbor lln California ha bn
unk. hound ilagow. presumably
from New York; 200 person on
iNiard. on death .in hoapllal raana;
survivor reach here lat" tonight."
Thn liner tarried 31 paaaetigera
STATE LOSES ITS
EIGHT TO REGAIN
DISPUTED LANDS
M.000 ACRES OF HVOC SCHOOL
LANDS RETAINED BY THE
WESTERN LUMBER CO.
SUITS IN SEVEN COUNTIES ARE
NOW BEING HEARD BY COURTS
Judga Campball Esplalnt Daclalon, j
Which la Baaed on State Law
Paaaed by the Legislature
In 1901.
Judge Jarut-a 1. Camptxtll, of the
atnto circuit court, Monday handed
down decision absolutely unfavorable
to thn state In II ault to act aaldo
deed to over 30,000 acre of timber
lands In eastern Clackumu county 1
known as the llyde-ltenson school land. I
Thn ault. which waa brought August '
11, 1913, waa directed against P. A
llydo and others, charging that they
fraudulently obtained title to statu
lands through (he use of dummy-en-uymnn
and seeking to regain ttu
amis to the state 00 that ground.
No Doubt of Fraud.
"Thorn Is no doubt that Hyde com
mitted a fraud ngulust each of the on
trymon," oiplalned Judge CampMl In
connection with his decision." Hut
a law panned by the legislature In 1901,
providing that all prior sales of school
lands wherein the full amount of $1.2S
an acre had been paid should be
affirmed, prohlbltH and forfeiture of
title at this time. Hyde had paid tho
$i.'.'.'i an acre, so although he got tho
lund fraudulently, tho loglslnturo mude
It linpoaalbla to cancel the deed."
Similar suits have been brought In
seven other counties In the state. All
ho cases are under the prosecution of
Attorney tlenerul (leorge M. Brown.
Mr. Brown made the argumonts for tho
state before Judge Campbell here.
They began November 20 and lnsted
for four days. J. I. Bailey represented
the dofonse. This Is the first enso to
he decided.
At the preseut time most of the laud,
which in honvlly timbered, Is owned by
tho Western Lumber compaJiy, a Mon
tant concern.
Landa Lost to State.
Tho ault was brought In the hopes
of returning the lands to the state
whom they would have again becomo
a part of the school fund. Great
sheaves of papers have been filed In
the county clerk's office In tho case
hore.
Tho first of the allegod frauds, oc
e ii red In 1898. Subsequently to that
time additional tracts of tho lands
were obtained.
Tho atato charged that Hyde sent
representatives through! tho state for
the purpose of Inducing people to take
claims under tho promise that they
would later turn tho title ovor to htm.
His activities brought him in j o great
promtnance when the United 8ta.tes
district attorney's office took the mat
ter up and Hyde was prosecuted for
alloged land frauds.
EXAMINATION FOR P08TMA8TER.
A civil service examination for the
position of postmaster of Colton will
take place In Oregon City February
24th. and those desiring to take ad
vantage of this examination and who
wish Information may secure this at
the Oregon City poatotflce. As Colton
is a fourth rate postofflce It ia neoea
sary for the postmaster to cnteer the
civil service.
I and raw of IB4 Advice lo the Iim bI
office aald liter warn 10 survivors;
tho lo the slate laiarliiint friiin
1 1 'imaiil Kruol al Queenitown thai unn
'life wa loal and thai lhara war" 10
himiltal i ! '
The California . untied whin
aha laft her arllh a alrn gun and
rarrlad a cargo including war aup
pllra. M a aald
Whether IhU will prova to be the
overt act lo drive Hie ChIIim! State
Into war nu ona would attampt to say
,,-, 1'rr.lnVnt Wil.on. who must
wka hlui lat In Ihu afternoon ha
hud heen Informed of a message from
t'onaul i i... i telling of the alnklng of
tin California. Imt giving no details aa
to warning or the presence of Amrrl
MM Although many In the pimnetiKer
Hal are recorded aa routing from
AmiTlran it. It waa explained by
the offlrlala that all tha paaaenKeri
win- newrthelena. llrltlah or Cana
dian aubjerta, who either redded In
them or booked from them
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IS PLANNED BY
DIRECTORS WILL ASK VOTERS TO
REPLACe OLD STRUCTURE
WITH MODERN BUILDING
MASS MEETING IS CALLED TOR
FRIDAY NIGHT TO GET ELECTION
Drawing Have Bean Quietly Prepared
and Will B Exhibited to Property
Owner and Schoolpatrona
of Diatrlct
After carefully preparing plaus and
InvoHtlgatlng costs the school directors
of West Unn huvv act on foot a brand
new campaign for the construction of
it modem grammar school building to
ecunv the nresent school site
The new building Is designed to cost
between 112.000 and $14,000
In order to put Hie matter before the
voters of the achool district the school
liourd bus arranged n musu meeting of
proerty owners and school putrons, to
bo held In Hunsot school, hYlday even
lug nt 8 o'clock.
Will Show New School Plana
At that time the plans will be pre
sented to the voters and they will be
asked to authorize ait election for the
purpose of legalizing the expenditures
chief of the speakers at the mooting
will be II. T. Mcllaln, manager of the
Crown Willamette paper mills nt West
I, Inn. Mr. Mcllaln Is a strong advo
cate of a new school building. This fact
Is particularly Important to tho people
of the community owing to tho fact
that tho company which ho represents
pays 8G per cent of tho local tax.
Present Quarters Inadequate.
It Is the opinion of tho school direc
tors that the present building is un
able to care for the 120 pupils of the
West Linn grammar grades In tho
proper manner. Tho structure thnt
now houses the school Is a four room
frame building. It supplies only one
room for each toachor In the school.
The proposed building will bo one
story in height. Tho material will be
of frnrio or tile, according to tho pref
erence expressed nt the mnss meet
ing. It will be thoroughly modern.
In nddition to tho regular school
rooms on the first floor, It is proposed
to have In the basement, scionce roomB,
a lunch room, a sewing room, manual
training room, nnd threo playrooms.
Playrooma For The Klddiea.
Tho playrooms, designod to furnish
recess a placce for the children during
wet weather, will be arranged to pro-
vide ono room for tho girls, one for the i
hoys, and a common playroom for both
boys nnd girls.
Tho mnnuul training room will bo
directly under the auditorium, so that
tho noise of hammers will not Inter
fere with concentration In the class
rooms above.
Another of the speakers at the meet
Ing will bo J. H- Carey. Members of
theboard, which includes, W. R. Mc
l ion. ild. chairman; Richard Blttner, C.
E. Charles, and Clyde Hughes, clerk,
may be oxpected to be heard from.
CANEMAH GETS GAS.
The Portland Gas & Coke company
Thursday completed the laying of
mains In Canemah. Twenty-five real
dents of the town have signed con
tracts lo connect with the company's
mains, and several connections were
made Thursday. The company In
tends to extend its service to every
district which wants to be supplied
$14,000
SCHOO
WEST LINN BOARD
with gas.
GOVERNMENT
PROPERTY IS
UNDER GUARD! Wilm Wai
OIRMAN SPIES ARI BEING WATCH
CO; PICKIO RIFLEMEN ARC
ON LOOKOUT.
SHOOT TO KIU ORDER
Oovarnmant Secret Sarvlc Oparatlvta
Ara Buay Trailing Both Oarman
and Pro-ally Amlaaarlaa Much
Evidence I Sacurad.
CHICAUO. Peb. 8. First steps for
the protection of government property
in the tone around ''lib ugn . r.- lakcu
today, following receipt of order from
Waahlngton by wireless, when sentries
wrr tripled and all visitors bsrrcd
from the grounds of thn Ureal Ijike
Naval Training Blallon near l.ake Bluff
Picked riflemen of the Illinois Naval
reserves mounted guard on the United
Hlatea gunboat Isle d" Luzon and on
the training ship Commodore. Knact
ment of mobilization orders, which
have been In possession of Captain E.
A. Even, Is expected to aasemble 1000
membi-ra and rx-membera of this or
ganization for duty on American fight
ing craft
"Shoot to kill." was the order to
sentries for attempt at tampering
with government property.
Tho United States secret service
deiuirttnent in Chicago, reinforced by
core of operatives from Washing
Ion, today look up with rrnewed w
ih" trail of aliens whose activities In
the lust two years virtually classed
them under the term "aplea."
Activities of German and pro-ally
emlssarlea are almoat aa great In
Chicago aa In the east, It Is declared,
and. while agents for both sides plot
and counterplot to each other's con
fusion, operatives of the United
State government compose thn third
purty In the vast Sherlocklan conflict.
A card Index of well-known Ger
man propagandlste In Chicago is
known to be in the posaesslon of the
Secret Service bureau, and it forms
tho web of a net In which the gov
ernment Intends to trap Instigators of
attempts to destroy government
property and munition plants.
Incriminating Information has been
obtulned against u number of the
propagandists by tho secret service
men who attended meetings of cer
tain Hermnn organizations In Chi
cago during the lust two years.
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COUGAR BITE THE DUST
AND EKE FIVE BOBCATS
ESTACADA FARMER BRINGS IN
PELTS AND CARRIES AWAY
FORTUNE IN BOUNTIES.
Hides of five cougar nnd five wild
cuts, the largest number of pelts ever
presented in this clf-y for bounty, were
brought to Hie orrtce of county cterK
Harrington Monday. They were the
properly of A. G. Ames, of Estacada,
who hunted for five days In tho Warm
Spring section of Clackamas county
and along Oak Grovo crook.
Ames will be paid a bounty of S58
from the county and $75 additional
from the state. Tho hides are valued
at $1 B0.
Each day's hunt brought Amos one
cougar and one wildcat.
At tho point where these animals
were killed the carcasses of four deer
were found; the beasts had had a
fenst- There is an unusual number
of wildcats and cougar in that section
of to county this winter, Ames states.
No sooner had Miss Harrington dis
posed of Ames than In walked William
Alt, of Sandy, with the hides of two
coyotes and throe wildcats. Miss I i.ir
rlngton Bays she was ready to believe
that a menagerie had been slaughtered
wnen the second farmer arrived. The
men were given the bounties before
leaving the office.
FIRST SHOVELFULL OF
Ground was broken for the Moose
lodge now building to be erected in
Eleventh and Main streets. A. F. Fish
er, contractor, has a crew of men ex
cavatlng for the foundation. This will
be a two story building, with three
store rooms facing Main street, while
the second floor will be used for
lodge room. The building will be ready
for occupancy in June.
Jesse Hazell, formerly of Oregon
City, but now of Portland, was here on
business Tuesday. Mr. Hazell will
leave soon for the east.
P0Utr..4;..
r resident Lautious
a. I A a a
a,
Wont Rush to War
WASHINGTON. I b . The i,re.
dent undoubtedly will wait lor com
plete report 00 the disaster before
determining whether the time has
ome for him lo go lo congress lo ask
authority to "use uny means thst may
be n imury for the protection of our
seamen and our people."
VOTE ON REPORT
Of COMMITTEE ;
ENDS AGITATION
INDEFINITEPOBTPONEMENTPUT8
BILL INTO THE LEGISLATIVE
DISCARD.
SALEM. On. Feb
ter being carefull)
the bouee oo Us
the governor the
: -(BpeclaD Al
piloted through
Journey toward
move to cre-
ato a separate t an.ile county waa
defeated today in the n-nate when ouly
six votes could be mustered against
an Indefinite postponement report, un
animously relumed b) the senate com
mittee With a number of Oregon City and
Clackamas county representatives sit
ting In the rear of the senate chamber
Walter IMmlck spoke for ubout 40 min
utes against toe measure It appeared
on the floor, aa bud In en predicted.
with unanimous report against It
Lost From First
It hsd boon apparent almost from
the first of the session that If propon
ents of tho measure srera successful
in the bouse they would find a last
resting place in the up par body and
talk waa confined to Lmnlck'a aasault.
Dlmlck mad a bitter attack on the
bill, pummellng it, kicking It around
the floor of the senate and otherwise
humping It verbal'-- until It found
small support among members.
Six votes against indefinite post
ponetnent of the bill were cast by Bis
hop. E&rrell. Hswley, Lewis, Olson and
Shanks. The balance of the senate ex
cept Bingham was present and all the
other 23 members voted against cre
ation of a new county.
New Bill Introduced.
A bill from the Joint consolidation
committee proiioslng to merge the
stallion registration board and live
stock sanitary board was Introduced
simultaneously In both houses today
by Brownell and Dlmlck. The bill
was drawn by I. Ivy Stlpp, of Oregon
City, and is designed to save consider
able money to the state.
Only the apparent complication in
connection with It Is the fact that the
ways and means committee has al
ready sent in n bill for appropriation
for the livestock sanitary board, cov
ering all that is asked and this action
may cause some difficulty In straight
ening out the appropriation tangle this
late in the session.
CONSTABLE RILEY ASKS
HEDGESJOPIIOSECUTE
MILWAUKIE OFFICER TURNS EVI
DENCE AGAINST CLUB OVER
TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Constable Sam Riley, who raided the
Priarn' club at Mllwaukie Friday morn
ing, turned what evidence he had in
the enso over to District Attorney
Hedges Saturday. Justice of the Peace
Kelso, of Mllwaukie, accompanied Con
stable Riley on bis visit horc.
The case will probably be taken dl
rectly before the grand Jury, which will
meet about the middle of this month.
Deputy District Attorney Burke called
Attorney General Brown by telephone
Saturday to leant detail of the new-bone-dry
prohibition law but was un
able to get information.
The fact that local authorities do
not have a copy of the new law and
that so many amendments were made
after It was introduced hinders the en
forcement of absolute prohibition un
til the new Inw has been printed and
distributed.
.(, .. $ ,r. f. j, .,
FIRST, A8 USUAL.
Over an hour before a Portland
extra reached Oregon City, the
4) Enterprise had all ready dls-
tributed throughout Oregon City
and surrounding towns extras $
telling of the diplomatic break 4
$ between the United Stu:. s and
the central powers.
4 The Enterprise extra was on
- the streets at 9:30 o'clock, which
4) was only a few minutes after the
$ news first flashed out from the
national capital city. The story
4 In the extra, while not long, cov- $
? ered all the principal points in 4
$. the matter, and the people of Ore-
gon City knew of the break as
? soon as other cities of the coun- $
$ try thanks to Enterprise organ-
4 ixation and efficiency.
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
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BARON ZVJIEDlhEKL O
Count von Bernstorff and hi staff ' American government. Von Bern
' I storff Is shown here with his friend,
have been given tbelr pascports by the , pamn Zwled'nek-
NEW AUDITORIUM FOD
8!
DIRECTORS EXPECT BUILDING
TO BE COMPLETED IN TIME
FOR JULY SESSIONS.
If present plans of the board of di
rectors are carried out, the Willamette
Valley Chautauqua assembly will be
boused in a new )6,000 auditorium at
its coming session to be held In July.
Final action of the building com
mittee will be taken before the middle
of February, and the work on the new
structure will be started early in April.
The building will be elliptical In
shape, patterned generally after the
famous Mormon tabernacle. It will be
150 by 100 feet in size, with a large
stage. The present plans are to build
the structure about 50 or 75 yards
north of the present auditorium, on a
natural slo:" among the fir trees,
where a comparatively small amount
of grading will make an ideal site for
the building.
The sides will be open, as in the
present structure, but new seats and
new seating arraneement will make it
possible for between 4000 and 4500
persons to enjoy the programs with
comfort.
The stage will be elevated and will
accommoate 100 persons, while under
neath several dressing rooms will be
provided. The plans were drawn by
Architect Tobey, of the Palmer-Ellison
Company, Portland.
Upon receipt of several hundred dol-
bars in stock subscriptions, which is
to be paid during the next four weeks,
work will begin immediately on the
building. The assembly convenes
early In July, and work will be rushed
so that the programs can be held In
the new building.
The present structure was built over
23 years ago. Many of the men who
backed it are still actively connected
with the chautauqua. As it only seats
about 2500 persons, the need of a large
structure during the past few years
has become icute. It Is yet In a fairly
good state of preservation, and may
possibly used to conduct class work,
during the next year or so, if the di
rectors do not see fit to tear it down
this year.
DIRECTOR RECALL BILL
SALEM, Or, Feb. 2 School di
rectors were placed on a parity with
other public officials this morning
when the house of representatives
passed senate bill 95, providing for
the recall of school directors upon
tire filing of proper petitions- The
vote was overwhelming 44 favor
ing the measure , 14 voting against
it, with two being absent.
For days a bitter attack was made
on the bill by O. M. Plummer, of
Portland, representing the Interests
of City School Superintendent Alder
man, of Portlmd, who saw In the
bill a possible tionace to the close
corporation of the Portland achool
board. In nplte of the struggle of
the lobby the bill passed on its mer
its. It applies only to dlsricts of
tho first class.
VON BERNSTODcr
ore
O COUNT BERHSroRFF
I'S PLAN OE
CONSOLIDATION CETS
0. K, OFJMNIITTEE
AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON RE
ORGANIZATION OF STATE
TAX COMMISSION.
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 1. (Special to
the Enterprise) Chairmen Dlmlck
and Brownell of the Joint consolida
tion committeea today agreed with the
balance of the joint committee on the
bill, relating to the state tax commis
sion and decided to adopt the gover
nor s plan as promulgated In his mes
sage.
Under this plan one tax commis
sioner is topped off and the governor,
secretary of state and state treasurer
remain as the other members of the
commission. As the board now Is con
stituted there are two commissioners
besides three members of the state
board, one of these commissioners un
der the law being Democrat and the
other Republican.
TB
ASSIST LITTLE T
DEDMAN'S MEASURE ALLOWING
MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS
PASSED BY HOUSE.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 3. (Special to
e Enterprise) Every effort will be
made by Senator Dlmlck to secure the
passage in the senate of Dr. Dedman's
bill allowing communities to Join to
gether to develop domestic water fa
cilities. This statement was made by
Senator Dimick today.
Representative Dedman states that
a large amount of interest is being
taken in the bill in Clackamas county,
particularly In the Oak Grove district
where a plan has been made to bet
ter the water supply it the bill be
comes a lew. It seems probable that
the bill will pass the senate and be
signed by the governor. It passed the
house by a good majority and is now
in the senate. It will probably come
up Tuesday or Wednesday for final
passage.
BILL CANNOT BE PASSED.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 1 No bill deny
Ing to Japanese, Chinese or other Ori
entals the right to own land in Oregon
will be passed by the present legisla
ture. A drastic anti-alien land bill,
aimed especially :t the Japanese, but
including anlso Chinese and Hindus,
was introduced in the senato early in
the session by Senator Wilbur, of Hood
River. This measure, was referred
to the senate committee on Judiciary.
WIFE CHARGES DESCRTION
Kate F. Connor charges desertion
In a divorce suit filed in the Clacamas
county circuit court Thursday against
Harry H. Connor. They were married
October 27, 1910. In Oregon City. She
asks for the restoration of her maiden
name, Kate F. Fleck.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.
County Clerk Iva Harrington Thurs
day issued marriage licenses to Anna
Oberst and Wllhelm Sommermeyer.
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GIVES PLACE TO
MILLER-PARKER COMPANY PAYS
1B.000 FOR NINTH AND MAIN
STREETS SITE.
PLANS FOR THREE STORY PLANT
WILL BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION
Big Really Oeal Closed When Auto
mobile Merchants See Bargain;
Plans for Budding to be
Pressed Rapidly.
With the Intention of using the site
for the construction of a thoroughly
modem, fire-proof garage, coating at
least $10,000. the Miller Parker com
pany Tuesday closed negotiations for
the purchase of the Char man property
at the comer of Ninth and Mala
streets.
The price paid waa 1 16.000.
Construction of the new building
will begin within 30 daya and will be
completed before fall.
Contains Many Improvement.
Tho new structure will contain an
automobile show room, a atore. and
a repair aod machloe shop, a painting
plant, and an elevator. It will cover
(he entire frontage of 80 feet along
Main street and will extend 110 feet
toward the rear of the lot
Three sides of the building will be
almoat entirely of glaaa, according to
the plana now under consideration.
The building will be one of the beat
lighted In Oregon City.
A heating plant will be one of the
featured Improvements among the
equipment of the building.
House Will Be Moved.
The Charman property now em
braces two large residences. One is
the historic Charman home, situated
oo the corner; the other ia the house
where Mrs. Lena Charman now llvas,
which faces on Ninth street
The Charman home is now occupied
by Dr. Hugh 8. Mount It will be re
moved to the rear of the property. The
other house will not be effected by the
now structure.
The purchaae was made from Mrs.
Lena Charman, widow of the late E. E.
Charman, who built the house where
Dr. Mount now lives.
The site of the proposed business
block is on the northeast comer of the
street intersection. There is a front
age of 80 feet on Main street and 210
feet on Ninth street.
To Rush Plans for Building.
"We shall now hurry plans as rapid
ly as possible," said Mr. Miller Wed
nesday. "The sale was concluded with
a rush because we thought that wo
saw a bargain and so grabbed the site
as soon as possible. Things will be
pushed from now on aa rapidly as
possible."
General plane for the new structure
Indicate that the building will be as
well built and equipped as any similar
building in the Willamette valley.
The material has not yet been
selected.
NINE FOREICN BORN MEN
ONE GERMAN IN GROUP ADMIT
TED BY JUDGE CAMPBELL BY
NATURALIZATION
One German became a citizen of the
United States Monday when Circuit
Judge Campbell held naturalization
day. He was Carl Schandt. Nine
other men of foreign birth became
American citizens at that time.
Judge Campbell, who conducted the
examination of the candidates for citi
zenship in the absence of Immigration
Inspector Hozzard, asked Schandt If
he would fight for the Fatherland in
case of war.
"Mein Gott, no!'' exclaimed the new
American.
The others who were admitted by
the court were Joseph Cbulic, George
H. R. Miller, Carl Aug. William Law.
son, Henry J. Bigger, William Wal
ter Laurie, Carl Henning Bergman,
James Garvin Hamilton and Joban
Ekcrson.
RURAL CARRIER TEST FEB. 4.
The United States dvil service com
mission has announced an examina
tion to be held in Oregon City Febru
ary 24, to fill the position of rural car
rier at Eagle Creek.
OREGON CITY GIRL TO MARRY.
A marriage license was issued to
William F. Mueller, of Boring, and
Mildred S. Blsaell, of Oregon City,
Monday. The records in the county
clerks office state the ages of the cou
ple as being over 21 and 18 respec
tively.
HOM
MODERN
GARAGE