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FIFTY-FIRST YEAR No. 41.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 1917
ESTABLISHED 1866
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AS TO PRAH AFFAIR ! WELL KNOWN MEN IN
DISPOSED OF VHEN j IN CIRCUIT COURT
10 PLEAD GUILTY: " REPARTIES
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Encouraged by their success In rals
Iiik a demonstration crop of beans, the
Live Wire of tho Commorclul club
Tuesday milnrged the jiowers of the
bean committee, houdud by (. I). Kby.
mill nuthorlxed the committee to rutno
a crop of wheat on (he 18 acre In the
Mount Pleasant district, owned by
Judge Thomas K. Ryan, which recent
ly produced 1127 pounds of bean to the
acre. The Wires will limd $10(1 to the
committee, that sum being necessary
to ftirnlxh the need hikI plant the crop.
It whs staled by George Randall, a
rellred flintier, that the lurid should
produre t'fumheU to the acre, mid ut
n price of $2 per bushel, the gross re
turn would be H0, end Mr. ltandall
estimated the coat would not exceed
110 per cr", milking a net return of
170, r a total net revenue on the
tract of 11120. One third of the crop
will be puld Ai rental for the land.
August Hlayhley, u farmer residing
near Oregon City, appeared before the
local exemption board on Friday on be
half of hi son In luw, Jacob Kraft, for
the purpoHe of having the board recon
sider the petition of Kritft wherein
Many stories are rife giving differ-j Sllun Rebuilt and Albert Hornshuch,! The last of tho Milwaukle Friars
ent versions of the recent Pratt trag- i who died from Injuries received In an club case wai disposed of In circuit
edy at Paradise corner, the victim of j automobile accident on Sunday near court today when Tom Nlshlaka, for
whii.h, Mrs. Cadiz Pratt, la a patient Hlllsboro, were well known in Clack-jmer Japanese servant of Wilbur and
at the Oregon City hospital and who jamas county and this city, where they
Is graduully improving, with a chance
exemption is clulmed from service as to live, unless unforseen complications
an American soldier on the ground that
the claimant Is an alien. Kraft was
drawn in the first army now under
formation and although exemption was
claimed he failed to file the proper
petition within the time allowed by
law, under a latter ruling the pro-
set In. Sheriff Wilson and Deputy
District Attorney liurke visited the
Pratt homo Thursday to gather such
evidence as might be of use In the
hearing of Pratt, which Is being de
layed until the probable outcome of the
wife's condition can be definitely de
have relatives. Mr. Schultz is a broth
er of Mrs. Wlllam H. Wettlauffer, of
Clarkes, and was about 30 years of
age. He was unmarried.
T case, in which
ot' -on, divorced wife of
yo rson, Portland attorney,
?o nested in Washington and re
turned to Portland charged with kid-
Louie Rosenfeldt, Wilbur's waiter,!
plead guilty to the charge of violation 'napping their child on complaint !
of the prohibition law and were fined ! sued at the Instance of her former hus
$100 and costs of the court. Nearly a! band, started in the circuit court of
year ago the Friars club of Milwaukle, i Clackamas county in the year 1913,
Albert Hornshuch was born at Carus.j conducted by Wilbur, was the scene of when suit was filed for divorce by the
Clackamas county, and Is the son of a raid by Clackamas county officers In I wife. The complaint alleges that the
Mrs. Minnie Hornshuch, formerly of which considerable liquor was seized J couple were married on January 18,
i this city, but now of Salem, and of the and some 45 persons were captured i mi, at Portland; one child, a girl.
late C. Hornshuch, whose death oc-jand held as witnesses. Charges were; Jane, being the Issue of the marriage.
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vost niurxhul under certain conditions ' tennlned. The officers found the rifle, , curred about four years ago. He was at once preferred, against Wilbur, the j the action being brought on the ground
has waived the time limit, and Kraft J revolver and razor which It Is reported j formerly a pastor here, but had retired proprietor, for violation of the liquor ' of cruel treatment On December 13,
then filed his petition setting forth that j figured In the quarrel, but returned j and was making his home in Portland, 'law on which he was tried and found I two years following, the circuit court
ho whs a native of HumsIb, later a res- minus the iron bar which was used by ( here he was engaged in business with : guilty, the court fixing a sentence of signed a decree granting the separa
Ident of Switzerland and came to the j Pratt In the assault on his wife. It Is j his father-in-law, Adolph Schneider, i $350 fine and slz months In Jail. Wil-! tion In which there was no mention
United States when very young and reported that the quarrel arose over a : He Is survived by his wife, who Is very j bur appealed to the supreme court of I made of the child. Four years then In-
hls father had nover taken out natur
alization papers In this country.
The petition whs duly considered by
photogrnph that the wife had given an 111, with slight hope for her recovery; ;the state on the grounds that District ' tervene before further action is taken
The beans raised by the Live Wlros ! tnB 1(),.B jIOHr,i B, rejected. It being
will be thoroughly cured on the upper 1 lni, 5,)l)(,iPd to the district board,
floor of the old armory building. of-,0 ln adjutant general's department,
fered by W. P. Hawley. The crop has!,,,,,, fn,llly ,0 (h), of tne lJnlte(j
been put through a fanning process j 8llU (lll)trl,.t Btt(,rn.y, nil of whom
and will soon be ready for marketing. , (llrn austolncd tna decision of the
It Is possible that the beans will be : lort,noard. M,.nnwhlle the exemption
advertised and sold locally to Oregon of Krufl ,u)t hivln( b,,f.n Bi,iwmi, n0
City homes In small lots, through the, wn ,.r,lfl.i ,,, , nrmy nmi ordered
order to a photo concern for the en
largement of a photo of the husband,
and that the enlarged picture on re-
also two (laughters, Vivian and Rose, I Attorney Hedges and his assistant,
the latter, about six years of age, Is j Tom Burke, had failed to state In their
also in a critical condition. His moth-! indictment the na-nes of the persons
turn hud been changed somewhat from er, Mrs. Minnie Hornshuch, resides In
the small original the husband be-' Salem; several sisters also survive,
corning angered at Mrs. Pratt for this. Mrs. Hose Wengart. of Salem; Mrs.
Those who know the couple state that Lena Krnst, of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs.
considerable trouble has been brewing Lydla Elliott, formerly of this city, but
during the past two years, Mrs. Pratt, ; now of Des Moines, Iowa; six brothers,
through Attorney Hammond of Ore ! the Itev. Henry Hornshuch, of Tllla-
gon City, some two ypars past, having j mook; Rev. Emil Honahuch, of Belling-
lociil buKlm'H houses, at a small ol ! t0 r,.1)ort fr muster In the second 40 filed a divorce suit which was never ham. Wash.; Rev. Theodore Horn-
viince over the cost, to cover mining. pr (.Ml quotR or movfiIllpl)t to Amer-
J. W. Moffutt told tho Live Wires
lean Lake, which he did. and where he
that the suspension brldgo over the located training to be a soldier
Willamette river, connecting Oregon !(jf lh ,ll)0 Tno ,,H.(, b(mnl ,
brought to hearing. It Is reported that Bhuch, of Portland; Otto Hornshuch
Pratt, since he has been confined In of Seattle, Wash.; Itev. Edward Horn
the county Jail sent for Attorney Hnm- Bhuch, of Portland; Lawrence Horn
niond, but that ho refused to see or nhuch, of San Francisco. Three cou-
City with West Linn Is unHufe and that BnHW(. , Mr stHyhley, stated that t communicate with tho prisoner until. Bins reside In Oregon City, Mrs. Rlch
the state hlnhwny engineer Is willing ' ,n(iy t.01lllj ,,0 tl,t It In In the matter he had find Interviewed Mrs. Pratt, j ttrd Schoenborn. Mrs. Frank Schoeri
to miiko an examination of the stnio-;Bml (,mt wero tho CBla reppnP(i ,uch , whose attorney he has been, which is j born, Mrs. Francis McGahuey.
lure, If requested by the county court. ; w . , . ,0 l)0 (lolfl on aU(horlty of I Impossible at present because of the Arrangements for the funerals of
to whom the liquor was sold, although
this appeared In the testimony at the
when on the 6th of June, 1917, the for
mer husband and wife filed In the cir
cuit court a stipulation to the effect
that the custody of the child shall be
given to Grace Everson, with the right
emphasized the need of a i thimP hKher up.
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ANNUAL LETTER TO
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County Superintendent Caltivtin has
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bridge, t an estimated cost of $50,000
mid Indicated tlmt the city o West:
Linn would proliubly render financial
aid ami that the atute highway commis
sion could properly defray a part of
the expense, us the bridge is u link
lu tho Pacific highway, Mr. Moffatt,
was appointed chairman of a commit-;
tec to InveHtlgiite ami report, and his1
HNsoclutes are Charles A. Miller, M. 3
Ia' and I). N. Ilyerleo.
M. 1). Lntourelte was elected Main ;
Trunk of the Live Wires, succeeding 'forwarded to tho touchers throughout
W. P. Hawley Jr., who was umiblo to! the county his annual letter In which
serve, and Rev. C. H. L. Chnndler, rec-jhe calls their attention to boiiio things
tor of St. Paul's Episcopal church, was tmt mny arise as a part of the school
elected chaplain, a new office of the j work und giving suggestions In their
Wires. I proper handling. A brief outline of
. the letter giving the subject and a
pointed suggestion In its treatment Is
as follows: Discipline strict and
j wholesome; sanitation everything
jfree from dust and rubbish; dally prep
i aratlon every teacher should make
some; agriculture emphasize the In
crease In production; patrlotlsm-teach
It; supplies ask your clerk; contest
work-plans furnished; Industrial club
work every teacher expected to take
t.mim Mhv. Hon of II. W. Kbv of I rt u8 w" B8 the WPl standard-
Falls View, who was struck by an au-l tlon-pop I"
mi. T..-..I.. meht hn wn J -be ready to (IIscubs with superlntend-
lenvlng the woolen mill, Is still suffer-
LOUIS EBY. STRUCK
woman's condition. Resides the two the two men have not been made.
daughters at home who witnessed the j m m
assault, there Is a younger und an old- MARRIAGE LICENSE
er son. the latter, it Is asserted. hav-
Ing left home some time ago. helng un-1 A marrlnge license was issued today
able to put up with conditions as they to Mabel Templeton and Oscar Will-
wt.r ' lams, both of Tolt. Washington.
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MOTHERS' CONGRESS
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FROM OREGON CITY
BY FIRST NATIONAL
Ing from tho bruises and cuts received
In the accident. The young man had
Just left the woolen mill, where he Is
employed ami was riding up Main
street on his bicycle when a Ford shot
around the corner and across the
streets, striking tho wheel In tho cen
ter. Tho rider was thrown to the pave
mont, both front mid rear wheels of the
auto passing over his face and leg,
knocking out o number of teeth anil
laying open his cheek.
The name of the womtin driving the
cur has not boon learned but it is re
ported she Is from New Era.
ent and supervisor; eye and ear tests
make tests monthly.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
MEET AT WILSONVILLE
MILWAUKIE YOUTH IS
FRI
OF
The annual convention of the Ore-
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gon Congress of Mothers and Parent-
Teachers' associations will be held this
year in Eugene, October 17-20. An ex
cellent program has been prepared, In
cluding as some of the sneakers Gov
ernor Wlthycombe, Dr. W. T. Foster of
Reed college, President P. L. Camp
bell, University of Oregon; President
W. J, Kerr, Oregon Agricultural col
lege; J. A. Ackerman, president Mon
mouth, and others.
The Oregon Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher associations la now In
the fourteenth year of Its activity. Its
membership reaches the remotest cor
nors of the state and Its Influence as
a factor In the betterment of condi
tions surrounding the young, compara
tively Inconsequential and necessarily
localized at first, has become widespread.
The Clackamas County Sunday As
sociation will meet at Wllsonvllle, Fri
day and Saturday, October 19th and
20th, convening at 10 o'clock a. m.
Chas, F. Homlg, Is president of the as
sociation and delegates are expected
from each Sunday school In the County.
DECREE FILED IN DAMAGE SUIT
The drecree tor the defendant In the
Givens-Kerkes damages suit was filed
In the circuit court today In which the
plaintiff was granted ten days to move
for a new trial.
Stanley Gibson, son of John II. Gib
son of Milwnukle, wns arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff Frost Friday morning on a
warrant Issued from Justice of the
Pence John Sievers' court in which
tho defendant Is charged with larceny
from a dwelling. Fred Rathkoy of
Milwaukle Is complaining witness.
The complaint charges that Gibson on
or about the first of Soptember, 1917,
entered the dwelling house of Rathkey
in Hollywood Park and carried away
a rifle and revolver. The young man
Is but IS years of age and on his ap
pearance In Justice court this morn
ing he gave bond In the Bum of $200,
signed by his father, waiving prelim
inary hearing, and was held awaiting
the action of the grand Jury.
COUNTY EXHIBIT AT
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OF 0. E.
The First National Bank announced
Friday the sale of $30,050 worth 'of
bonds of the second Liberty loan. The
Oregon City have Just opened their
Hank of Commerce and the Bank of to Faulkner.
subscriptions and have made no fig- fore Justice
ures public but the officers of the In
stitution are confident that the show
ing of Clackamas county will be equal
to that of the first Liberty Loan, when
this county exceeded its quota. On the
sale of bonds of the first Liberty Loan,
the Bank of Commerce disposed of
$26,650 worth of bonds. The First Na
tional has just received from the tras
ury department the bonds that were
sold of the first loan and sent them
out to the subscribers today. The Lib
erty Loan local committee will organ
ize this week and map out a campaign
to stimulate buying throughout Clack
amas county.
trial. The supreme court sustained the to take It wherever she may reside,
Indictment of the Clackamas county j with the exception of two months dur
court and Wilbur has moved for a stay j ing the school vacation when the hus
of execution for the purpose of perfect-j band was to have the custody, the
Ing an appeal of the case to the Unit-j agreement further asking that an
ed States supreme court. amended decree be filed providing for
Meanwhile a second charge had been this, which was done three days later,
preferred by the district attorney's of- j On September 4th of this year the
fice, Including Wilbur, his Japanese defending husband, Fred L. Everson,
servant and waiter charging all three ; again revived the action when he filed
with violation of the liquor law. Upon : jn the Clackamas county court a petl
the announcement of the sustaining by tion asking that he be given the care
the supreme court of the first indict-!and custody of the girl'on the grounds
ment against Wilbur the cases pend-' that he had learned that the plaintiff
Ing against the waiter and servant i wife was not a tit and proper person
were set down for hearing with the re- and that he had been misled when the
suit of the plea today and sentence by (stipulation was signed allowing Grace
the court. j Everson to have the child, the petition
. and affidavits further stating that the
plaintiff was then a resident of Oak
I land, California, and that notice of the
j complaint filed be made by publication.
Later, on October 4, a restraining or-
der was issued to be served on the wife
preventing her from taking the child,
Everson alleging that he had "provided
ith a good home and an education
in the Portland public schools, the pa-
!pers being delivered to the sheriff of
The circuit court Friday granted a ; Multnomah county for service. Mrs.
- ! n l l. llvlnn In flal-lanl
(voluntary non-suit in tne case oi uro- everson una uecu ht,uS uu..u.,
ver Faulkner versus Mrs. Leona Case, j California, where she Is a writer for
on an appeal irom me uaK urove jusc-juie imm w""!
ice court. E. V. Ditlevson, of Vancou-: to Portland last week when she learned
ver, Wash., claimed $125 damages for ! that action had been started to deprive
a breach of contract on the sale of a jher of the child which had been spend
butcher outfit, and assigned the claim ing the two months with the husband.
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BY CIRCUIT COURT
FAULKNER VS. CASE B
The case was tried be-
of the Peace Lewis, of
Oak Grove, and a judgment given to
the plaintiff by default. Mrs. Case's
attorneys contended they had been no
tified of the date of the hearing in the
Justice court and appealed. The de
fendant is the widow of Ernest Case,
who was shot and killed-by his broth
er, Sam Case, who died at the Oregon
City hospital before he was brought
to trial.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
PROMOTE
LIVE WIRES REAP
THEIR BEAN CROP
The recently organized Athletic as
sociation at the high school at their
first meeting Friday chose the offi
cers for the coming yetr, who are:
President, Brown Fauley; vice presi
dent, Helen Mattley; secretary and
TTT7T l"l TiTlT? P A TCfTj treasurer, Conrad Verhus. The board
lil-iij-L' " vlv JA-iluJ-J of controj consists of two members
jfrojn the student body and two from
The demonstration bean crop of the i the faculty, those being selected at the
Live Wires of the Oregon City Com- j meeting are Students Harold Dedman
mercial club has been harvested and and Lillian Harris; faculty, Professor
threshed and is stored safely in the ; Burr Tatro and Professor John Mason.
ELLEN 8MITH FILES PETITION
The petition for letters of adminis
tration In the estate of John C. Smith,
whose death occurred on September
26, was filed In the probate court by
his widow Ellen C. Smith, who resides
at Boring. Two sons and two daugh
ters are the other heirs to the estate.
Mrs. Smith also asks to be appointed
administratrix of the estate of a son
who died in Idaho in 1916.
The county court Tuesday afternoon
authorized O. E. Freytag, of Gladstone,
to take charge of a Clackamas county
exhibit at the Northwest Land Pro
ducts Bhow at Portland. Mr. Freytag
has been active In handling county ex
hibits at state and county fairs and
represented Clackamas county at the
Panama-Pacific International exposi
tion at San Francisco. The arrange
ment for representation of Clackamas
county at the land products show was
made at the request of O. D. Eby, who
was asked by the Live Wires to han
dle the matter.
HELEN A. BAKER, PLAINTIFF
Helen A. Baker is plaintiff in a di
vorce action filed In the circuit court
today against E. M. Baker. They were
married at Dodge City, Iowa, October
10, 1916; the plaintiff alleging cruel
and Inhuman treatment and asks that
her maiden name be restored.
In a recent Issue It was stated that
the soldier arrested charged with vio
lating the ordinance against running
with open exhaust on motorcycles had
been before the courtmartlal on a
charge of not appearing neat. The
young man is a member of company D,
Third Oregon, a detachment of which
Is guarding the locks here, and upon
Information from the officer in charge
he was not courtmartialled as reported,
but bears a good record in the company.
OBTAINS SEPARATION
Bertha Fischer is plaintiff in a di
vorce action filed In the circut court
Thursday against Wm. Fischer on the
ground of non-support, the couple hav
ing been married at Walla Walla
March 29, 1916.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Willis R. Cox, of Estacada to John
W. Park, of Estacada; Margarlte Vln
yard to C. E. Tucker of Portland.
Lawton warehouse at Mount Pleasant.
From 16 acres 5261 pounds of beans
were harvested, an average of 327
pounds to the acre, and the crop has a
value at the present market price of
13 cents, of$710.23. The Wires may
conclude to hold the crop" for an ad
vance in the market, though a sale un
der existing market conditions will
show a profit over the expense of rajs
lng the beans. The Lady Washington
variety was used. A. C. Warner, a
Mount Pleasant farmer and a Commer
cial club member, took charge of the
harvesting and threshing of the crop,
which was harvested by several score
of students from the public schools.
The association expects to have a mem
bership of about 300, 25 cents per year
being the dues.
COURT SIGNS DECREE
ZADA AKERILL SEEKS DIVORCE
Harry Akerlll, Clackamas county
farmer Is defendant in an action for
divorce filed in the circuit court Thurs
day by his wife Zada Akerlll, on the
grounds of cruel and Inhuman treat
ment. The plaintiff asks for the cus
tody of the three children, $300 tem
porary and $5000 permanent alimony,
and asks that the defendant be re
strained from transferring his prop
erty during the pendency of the action.
The following decrees were signed
by Judge Campbell in circuit court to
day: Action for divorce, Lilah N. Tucker
versus Phillip H. Tucker; action for
divorce, Maggie A. Mitchell versus J.
W. Mitchell.
DAVIDSON DECREE FILED
A decree was filed In circuit court
today in the action of W. A. Davidson
versus Prudence Davidson for divorce,
entitling the defendant to the recovery
of $100, $50 to be paid in a week and
the balance at a later date.
PETITION IN CALGAR ESTATE
Fred A. Calgar filed a petition in
probate court Friday asking that he
be appointed administrator of the es
tate of his brother, Emil, who died a
short time ago. The estate, consisting
of real estate, Is valued at $1500.