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    OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918.
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BANQUET GIVEN
TO LAST QUOTA
FOR CAMP LEWIS
A banquet and entertainment was
tiven In the Commercial Club parlors
Sunday evening previous to the de
parture of some of the young men of
Clackamas county, v. ho have been
drafted and eent to American Lake,
where they will go into training. The
affair was given under the auspices
of the business men of Oregon City.
There were fifteen young men, who
were la this draft, rnd in whose honor
the affair was given.
At 6:30 o'clock a banquet was serv
ed, at which time L. Adams was
toastmaster. Among those who gave
addresses were Gilbert U Hedges,
district attorney; Walter A. Dimlck,
George A. Harding, Mayor P. CHack
ett, John W. Loder, Judge Grant H.
Dimlck, 0. D. Eby and Rev. C. H. L.
Chandler.
Corwin S. Harvey, one of the young
men who has joined the colors, res
ponded in behalf of the young men in
whoa honor the entertainment was
given. Fleehtner'a orchestra played
. ,,mhfr nf selections that were
highly entertaining and enjoyed.
Miss Marie Friedrieh, one of the
favorite sopranos of Oregon City,
the Home Fires Burn-
in z" Miss Friedrieh received
hearty ovation. She was accompanied
on the piano and violin by Mr. and
Mrs Frank Busch. Jr.. who added
much to the musical program. Dr.
Roy Prudden also favored the audi
ence with a solo, and was well receiv
ed. singing a patriotic selection.
The young men left for Camp
Lewis on the evening train, and many
friends accompanied them to the de
pot to wish them God speed.
.Those who left Sunday night were:
Albert Hubert, Chester Qarothers,
Adolph Franzel, Harry Crawford Reid,
Edward Coffey, Corwin Harvey, Frank
lin Ritenour, Otto Fiken, Joseph Gra
ham, John Busch, John Pierce, New
ton Moak, Arthur Schwerin, James
Hopfer, Theodore Hagen, and Sub
stitutis Annan A Hostetler, John
Zimmerman and Chester Dickey.
.MEREDITH
CLACKAMAS
ARRESTED
FARMER
P. M. Meredith, prominent Clacka
mas county farmer, recently told two
ML Pleasant school boys, R. G. and
Eugene Osburn, that the thrift stamp
plan was only a Wall Street scheme
to rob the common people. He made
several other statements to the boys,
advising them to quit the work at
once and Immediately dispose of
what stamps they had purchased for
themselves.
The boys were far from convinced
however, renewed their sales with in
creased vigor and reported Meredith's
statments to local officers. Sunday
Meredith was arrested by Deputy
U. S. Marshal Mass, and was taken to
Portland to face trial on charge of
violation of the espionage act. Mere
dith is well known in Oregon City as
a radical Socialist and was formerly
an officer of the Clackamas County
Farmers' union, launched here a few1
years ago.
The boys are both patriotic young
sters who have been assisting in the
school children's thrift stamp drive.
They have purchased nearly $100
worth of stamps themselves, and it is
said that Meredith talked to them for
nearly an hour In an effort to dis
suade them from helping along with
the work. The matter was simultan
eously reported to the ML Pleasant
Loyalty League and It was whispered
about Oregon City Monday that had the
federal government failed to take
charge of Meredith he would have
been "waited on" by a committee of
highly Incensed citizens who felt that
his actions were most unpatriotic.
Meredith has a small farm east of
Oregon City and has a family. Many
complaints have been lodged with
the local officers concerning his rabid
un-American utterances, and it is the
common belief here that the faderal
officers took charge of the case in the
nick of time. Two other casis of dis
loyalty are also in the hands of the
government charging similar acts on
the part of citizens of the same com
munity and it is thought that these
will come to a head within the next
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Attorney C Sclmebel,vvlio has Announced
His Candidacy for Representative m the Legislature.
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"In announcing myself as a candi
date for the Legislature I would re
spectifully ask you to examine my
record for the two terms that I
served the people in that capacity,
and from that recordyou may judge
whether I am worthy of your support.
"The. Legislature is the body that
prepares and passes the laws that
govern the people of the state, and if
bad laws are passed the people suffer.
All of my efforts were put forth in the
interest of economy and for the wel
fare of the people. Among the laws
that are now on the statutes prepar
ed by me and placed there on account
of my efforts are the following:
"The ten hour Labor Law that has
been responsible for placing the mills
that run 24 hours per day, on a
three shift basis.
"Providing for the taxation of water
power that has placed on the tax roll
in Clackamas County alone about one
million dollars of assessed value that
never paid taxes before.
"The repeal of over one million dol
lars of standing appropriations: The
General Fund Bill which has been and gion neeu- nol iet contracts but may j
will continue to be a great saving to!construet tne roaa- in tne game man-j
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by the following letter received from j
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the Hon. Thos. F. Ryan, who assisted
ma in getting the necessary Informa
tion to -prepare the bill as well as in
its passage: ,
'In reply to your favor of the 18th
insL requesting facts and figures- re
lative to the effect of the passage of
the General Fund Bill introduced by
yourself at the session of 1915, I find
that the payment of interest upon en
dorsed warrants during the 15 years
previous to the enactment of the Gen
eral Fund Law, the state paid $103.-
698.64. Some years the payments were
much greater than others, as for in
stance the year previous to passage
of this law $24,233 was paid out on
account of accrued interesL This will
never occur as long as this law re
mains in force as it now it.
'Yours very truly,
'THOS. F. RYAN.
"Every candidate should be able to
give a reason why the people of his
district should cast their votes for
him, not because he is a good fellow,
but he should have Bome object in
making better and more just condi
tions for the people whom he serves.
,"I am interested in better laws and
my only object in being a candidate
few days.
Meredith is an American and for
merly was in newspaper work. The
government has a strong case against
him, not only the Osburn boys, but
several other neighbors; who will ap
pear when the matter comes up. The
Osburn boys are the sons of thes late
Mrs. Mary Osburn who died at her
home in the ML Pleasant country recently.
for the Legislature Is to prepare and
assist in the passage of laws for the
general welfare of our country and
to prevent the passage of bad laws.
"I am preparing the following bills,
and if nominated and elected I should
endeavor to pass them: :
"No man should be permitted to
own land in the state of Oregon -.in
less he shall become a citizen of our
country and assume the responsibili
ties of citizenship.
"Ail corporations organized for pro
fit shall Die with the corporation de
nartment n statement showing the
actual amount of money invested (not
hot air) and an annual statement of
the dividends and profits received,
from the investment, the number ofj
men employed and wages paid, and (
connected with this system of arbitra
tion that w ill protect the employer as
w?U as the employee.
"The State Highway Commission j
Law should be amended to provide I
that ail contracts shall be let while j
sitting w ith the County Court In the j
county where the road is being con-1
stracted that the Highway Commis
,n,r Bg c lacsamus county now minus
its roads. That the Highway Com
mission must purchase all the mater
ial for hard surface road, and shall
only be allowed to contract the work.
"The State of Oregon should pro
vide for taking care of the unfortun
ate and not one dollar of the people's
money should be paid out to sectarian,
or non-sectarian Institutes. This is a
critical time and the legislature
should give our government the nec
essary assistance, by proper legisla
tion, to destroy every particle of dis
loyalty wherever it may be found, and
a law should be passed that during
the war every man, rich and poor
alike, should be compelled to work at ,
some useful occupation to assist the
government in carrying the war to a
successful conclusion.
' In whatever position I have held
I served the people to the best of my
ability and always endeavered to pro
tect the taxpayer. My motto shall be
"Justice to all, special privlledge for
none.'
"If the people should nominate and
elect me to the Legislature, I shall
erve to the best of my ability in the
future as I have in the past.
"Sincerely yours,
"C. SCHUEBEL."
POLK'S
GAZETTEER
A Business Directory sf eK City,
Town and Villa-re la Oregon and
VVaahlnftoa, riving a Deacriptite
Hketrh of ea-b place. Location,
Shipping Facilities and a ClamiU
fled Directory o Cads Buaiooif
ana x-roienion.
B. L. FOLK ft CO, lad.
neattle, Dai.li.
Titled German
Miss Eva Moulton has resigned as
secretary. of tha Clackamas county
Red Cross auxiliaries to accept a po
sition in Forllund and the finance com
mittee la looking for a secretary to
fill the vacancy.
"At the tints we appointed Miss
Moulton as secretary." said A. R.
Jacobs, chairman of the finance com
mittee, "we were severely criticised
by some for employing a paid secre
tary to do this work. Befora we will
appoint another paid secretary we w ilt
give an opportunity for someone to
volunteer to do this work free of
charge. In tha event we can get no
one to volunteer their services, it
will be necessary to employ another
secretary as the work must be done.
"Miss Moulton has taken care of
the secretaryship in a very able man
ner. 'There is a large volume of work
to do In connection with the 43 uux
llaries in Clackamas county, enough
to keep a secretary busy all day long.
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by General Pershing's men in France,
the kind one contingent of his troops
had when they were assafbd by burst
ing German gas shells. Many of the
men under attack were unable to ad
just the masks In time to save them
selves. As a result five dletfand many
more were severely injured.
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SPIES IN FACTORIES
Washington, April 1. German
i Bpies, working in American air- S
plane factories, have delayed this
country's aircraft program. S n-
ator Overman charged in the sen-
ate today.
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COUNT KOBtRT JeCUiftMONT
Mine Dcsplna Davldovltch 8torch,.Tth her were taken Baron Henri tie
said to be a beautiful Turk, who has
lived all over the world, is believed
by United States secret service men
who arrested her and others, to head
a spy system, which has been able to
furnish Information to the Germans.
OF TWO PLAINTIFFS
Two mortgage decrees were enter
ed Wednesday. The foreclosure of a
chattel mortgage by James M. Tracy,
Sr, against I). O. Smith and the Port
land Seed Company, a corporation, the
subject matter being considerable
farm property, was decreed. The other
suit was that of tho Hibernla Saving
Hank vs. Jos. Hawkins and Luella,
his wife, and W. W. Dugun, decreeing
foreclosure of certain real property
of df mdanis to cover a Judgment of
$1,512.00.
The suit of Rosalind Gibson vs. Con
tinental Realty andfjmprovement Com
imny, a California corporation, and J.
L. Barger, hus been transferred to
the U. S. district court upon the ap
plication of tin defendants. The plain
tiff, who Is the wire of John Gibson,
well known Wichita realtor, claims
$10,000 from the California concern
for damages sustained, by tho com
pany's actions in cancelling a real
estate contract claim id to lie exist
ing between the parties. Tho defend
ant Is a California renl estate com
pany.
S MERGE EXPPE83 COMPANIES
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Washington, April 2. Merging '
' of the express, companies under a
new corporation to operutothem 4
4 as a unit and work out a basis of
8 distribution of profits, Is under
consideration.
PARIS IS BOMBARDED &
4 PARIS, April 1. Paris was
4 again bombarded by the long dls-
$ tance German cannon this morn- d
e ing.
4 There have been few cas'.iaJlies. 4
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Neville, and Mine Elizabeth Charlotte
Nix and Count Robert de Cialrmont
Warrant for the deportation of the
four have been issued, and is was
stated they would bo sent to France,
where there may be other accusations
against them.
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J. E. Hedges, of this city, hus Just
returned homo from Salem and other
cities in the southern psrt of the
state. Mr. Hedges is a nr'mb.r of the
Hoard of Higher Curricula that con
vened ut Sab'i'i. Tim members of tho
Hoard wen "xteiided mi Invitation to
visit the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, when the college wus Inspected.
Eugein was vlslt.-d by Mr. Hedges,
who took an active part In the dedica
tory ceremou'cs of the service flug,
of the University of Or -gon, tills flug
containing 631 stars, ono of which
represents Joseph Hedges, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs.
France.
.1 E. Hedges, now in
ORDERS PLACED
FOR THIRD LOAN
LIBERTY RONDS
Thomas Hroomfl -id, Lloyd
Riches, Miss Lena Costley and L.
Adams, placed their orders through
tin First- National Hunk of Oregon
City Wednesday for their quota of
the Third Liberty Ronds. As the 6th
of April, the first day of the drive, ap
proaches Inquiries und applications
for these Iron clad bonds b-como more
numerous. It is expected that every
true American will make his applica
tion curly in the drivj and thereby
assist Cliickamas County in keeping
with its past reputation, which is "100
per cent. American."
? SOLDIERS ADOPT ORPHANS
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ft PARIS, March 29. American ft
ft soldiers in Franco will adopt ft
ft French war orphans and children ft
ft of families made destitute by the ft
war.
LIVE WIRE
MOVEMENT
IS SHELVED
BY COUNCIL
The petition of the Live Wires to
submit to ft vols of the people n pro
position to issue bonds to uu nmouiii
not to exceed $10,000 und to levy a
speclnl tux of not lo exceed ono mill
for Hie purpose of buying a motor fire
engine mid imitntnlulng s paid fire do
pin tin int of two men eiuni Up before
the regular council meeting Wednes
day night and was laid on the table
In taking Ibis net lull tbu council
deelded tin proposed m uisuro was not
Judiciously framed in (lint it did not
provide for euough taxation (o pay
for Hie running expenses of iho fire
department each year and at Hie same
time provide for ft sinking fund to
take cure of Interest on the bonds and
to retire them In Hie specified Hum.
There was no members of Hie Live
Wlro committee having this matter
In haftd ut the council meeting to ex
plain tho proposed pluii.
Estimates of the city engineer for
the Improvement of Washington street
froiu. Fourteenth street to tho Aher
nntliy road placed the total cost of
Worswlck pavement at $3373 and that
of Rlchmondlte pavement at $2314.70
The -estimates wore referred to the
street 'committee.
Petition of Edward Nnttnll asking
that the council require C. Fudge to
remove the obstruction In the alley
in block 44 wus referred to the street
committee und Hie city attorney with
power to net.
A resolution of thanks to C, 1),
l.utourette for tin six public drink
ing fountains be hus presented to the
city was read and made a pnrt of the
minutes of His meeting. According to
the expr-Hsed wish of Mr. latourette
the fountains will he placed as fol
lows: Woolen mills corner, front of
Electric Hotel. First National Hank
alley, post offlee, front of Catholle
school and at the fongrcttUhmnl
church corner.
According to the estimate of the
city engineer Hie Improvement of
Seventh street from High street to
Taylor street will cost $5550 for Wors
wlck pavement ftlld $4110 for Rich
mimdlte pavement.
Eighteen arrests were niedo during
tho month of March, as ahown by the
report of Chief of Police Cooke. One
of these was for drunken as.
On behalf of E. K. Itrodle, publisher
of The Morning Enterprise, a flag was
presented to tho city to fly from the
flagstaff on the city hall, replacing
the tattered one there, now. The conn
ell voted a resolution of thnnks to Mr.
Hrodjo und instructed the chief of
police to preserve the flag carefully,
lowering It every evening and raising
It In the morning.
The street committee; was instruct
ed to repair tho railing along the
sidewalk on the South End road and
on the Aliernethy bridge as It was
pointed out to ho In a poor condition
and a uvnaco to pedeslrliins on thoso
two thoroughfares. Tills committee
was also Instructed to prepare plans
for repairing (he housing of the ele
vator shaft.
Tho fire and water commission was
Instructed to remove the old and worn
out fire truck from fire house No. 3.
Hnalo, Switzerland, April 1. Tho
Arbelter Zeltung, of Vienna, a copy
of which lias b"cn received here,
sounds a warning to the Teutonic al
lies as follows:
'Do not be decolved. Gorman's vic
tories will never force tha entente to
accept a peace of violence, if Hie Ger
mans could tako Cakls and Paris, and
even force France and Italy to capi
tulate, there will ever remain the
English hidden in their ialo and Am
erica protected by tho ocean, They
can oiways continue tho war by sea.
The greatest victory cannot Impose
a peace of violence on America and
England.