' ' asrlatler.e Mernmg 1 aJJerprte wHI fae ! HIW " paalal ! Mit y01" ff ,o,f ! IlTmI beneM f tow prloe. S0 - Tk only dairy iiiwmw ks- 4 Iwm Portland aiMl Sale; Ww tatae lit arery asotlen r OtocX 4) . an Omtyi wKm a pkstUe) WMOl Ar ytv an rfvcntaarf V CNTERPRIrcsT7ABU.SM'eO I 56 G ' WCC1U i!Cn VOL. l-No.125. fflTE ORDERS una PROBE jnquirV to be md V COM MIT1EI OF 4 REPUBLICANS . ANO 4 DEMOCRATS. PUN IS DEBATE? FOR SEVEN HOURS niw'gfn" Daclare Old Guard Forma Alliance With Democrat Martin Intreducaa .solution, 4 WASHINGTON. Juna . 1 .Sana tor Ur!nn-r, of llllnnla, facee another In ilxHii al I ha hand of hla col- Thf'inuulrjf will be conducted by a committee rmped of four Ropubll ram '"ur Democrale. Tha method irlrctrl l regarded aa tha lateet thing (a Jury trlale. ' " , t tk seven houra' debate' to agree pon lb system, and it waa finally doitt J by a vol a of it to JO. being tub-in 'i t.'d for tha plan urged by La rulU-ti f turning tha ease over to five pwiatora who arara Dot members hm tin' raaa waa voted upon before, tod thi K-fora wer auppoaad to be un bld. IMure tha vole waa taken, Urtstow, who favored tha La Follette plan, ae tunrd Dillingham, chairman of tha lections committee, of having capltu laird In (he Interest of a Democrat to prnpoMil of turning tha Investigation ovrr to a sub-committee. Thla waa band upon the fact that tha author of the resolution adopted waa Martin, lb IxmiMratlc leader. U waa aald thai the old guard of Rapubllrana had formal an alliance with the Demo crats, ami that tbey had placed tha BintW' of Aldrlrb. bo (be ahouldcra of Martin." 4 weather forecast. . . Oregon City Fair rrlday; 4 aiMerly wlnda. On gon Fair Friday; north f anirrly winds. . , 4 MRS. M00!UE DIES V . - i,e"if ' Mr. J. A. Moore, one of the beat kooao women of Oregon City, died at 1:30 o'clock thla morning at her home 2:o Main at rett. Mr a. Moor had been HonMy HI for mora than two montba ind her death waa not uneipected. Her phvufclana aald aeveral weeka ago that be could not recovery and alnce ttrn Khe had been gradually aluklng. Mr. Moore la aurvlved by her hue bn1, four children, mother and two ilitrr, who live In Oregon City. Tha funeral arrangementa will be made today. TAFT TO TAKl TRIP. WASHINGTON, Juna I. -If the rallroada and Senator Kanyon, of Io , can fl It, Prealdeot Taft will ke a flying:' trip from Chicago to Wt rloo, Iowa, to apeak on Juna S lf"re tha State Dalrymen'a Conven Hon The Prealdeot will be In Chi to on Juna 4 and could go to Iowa for a ,top of an hour' and a half at Waterloo and burry back to Baltimore, arriving there In time to apeak at the Cardinal Gibbon celebration Juna 6. Screen Doors 2 ft.-10 In x 6 Screen Doors 3 tf'x 7 It - Adjustable Window Screens Wire Fly Killers ....T Wire Fly Traps Wire Screen Cloth 24c per 4' HP 1 .Out l;pf. flies frank Busch i OREGON CITY, OREGON ie cnrpiAi r NOTICE. GINK cV BOOB! The jury (Zemin - experts to wliom flhi ariKiioy comic series was rt ferrcj hove rrfusbd lo indorse K flnlm I a a Inp lliol it I so a uuiry at to be real ly cJdnOertHit To wr mjutTl riSILIcsJ r . . r Yve.nuixiorc.will vwnoeu 10 secure OfurfheP ami les-i our AnttourtctTrtt'iils V wn i Know jain just turn -1 i . . r-j f V- X' aYVl . w ' - -1 -".7 .Ai-- OUR MOVING PiCTURF.HESMAD.SURC THING AND YET H POUMID "SPEEDER" :1; IS HiJED SI D HDIE r. r. URfTTT. TRACED RY NUM BER OF. MACHINE, PLEADS 'n OUILTY TO charojlV)s V V. V. Hurfltt, a plumber of 41 Orand avenue, Portland, who came to thla city on a flablng trip in hla automo-! bile on Monday, returned Thursday to anawer to a charge of Speeding." He waa fined 110 by Recorder Stlpp. Cora- plaint waa made agalnat Burfltt aa ne waa, returning from the falla, and Chief of Police bbaw obtained me number of hla machine, which the Chief telephoned to the police of Port land, who found that Burfltt owned the automobile. Ihirfltt told tha Portland police tnai he would be here Thuraday afternoon at t o'clock to anawer the charge. It la the Intention of tha police of thla city to have the law regarding a peed Ing enforced, and anyone caught paaa Ing through the city at a high rate. Ill be arretted, uurntl waa going at a rat of fifteen or tweuty mlleaVThlr)M,1Jf evenng elected teachera to an hour, It ta anegea. nurmi pivmuw guilty. RARE BLOOMS ON EXHIBITION Mra. Hutchena, of Lopan, Bringe In Cluater of Pauioniee. in t window of the office of Frey- tag Money la a beautiful cluater of Paulonlea grown by ra. uuicneu-, . Logan. The apeclea of flower la very fragrant and uncommon. Mra. Hutcn ena la one of the enthualaatlc flower growera of thla county,, and her gar den la a bower of beauty woen m flowera are In bloom. The Paulonla la of a lavender color and reaemblea ft. lOln. ... ..95C il.is 23C IOC . 15c .I3C yard .... OREGON 'CITY, OREGON, -FRIDAY, JUNE 2, "EE WILE1!? PERPETRATFn RY wXi-r aaA1. A rt ' H ' ' UUUVrMLUV Unto tlirtl other shore a l.o.l ur .relatives and friends hove pone. Yet of tKem all one little ghost K Is wailing there for me tilone . If he can moke it hell be ftjjlentlv vyatchivtt ly 1 he wailino There .4. A vptwrAide. Vy "Vft. an nearl a Thai I will be quite so I the Foxglove. The treea are almllar to the catalpa. The tree owned by Mra. Hutchena la about eight yeara old, and la Junt commencing to bloom. Wirt CRUEL. SAYS HUSBAND Charlee E. Hurah Suae. Aaklng Cuato dy of Child. Charlee K. Uurah haa filed a Bull for divorce from Lydla F. Hurah, through hla attorney, Bruce C. Curry. They were married at Eugene on June 14. 1899, and Hurah allegea that he baa ben treated cruelly by hla wife. He aaya he haa been a kind huaband. There la one child, Francla Newton Hurah. who la with her mother, and whone cuatody he aaka, GLADSTONE TEACHERS GET SALARY INCREASE MRS. HENDERSON .SUCCEEDS MISS TOOZE, WHO IS NOT AN APPLICANT. The Board of Director of the Glad- atone School, No. 115, at a meeting acrve for the enaulng year. Brenton Vedder waa re-elected principal at an increase In aalary from $95 a month to $100 a mouth. Mlaa Ethel Sharpe waa elected teacher ot the Eighth grade; Mlaa Nellie Rlebhoff for tha Blxth and Seventh granea and Mlaa Pearl Stevera and Mra. Eva Hender eon for the primary department. The aalarlea of the teachera were ralaed from $55 a month to $60. Mra. Hen deraon waa elected to aucceed Mlaa Hilda Tooxe, who waa not an appli cant for re-election. The board considered Improving the gcounda of the achool and Installing a drinking fountain on the first floor. HIGHWAYMAN HOLDS UP WROMi FIRST , . . , POLICE THINK , OrSPatRADO SOUGHT 100 CARRIED BY . F. F. KENNEDY. ' Tha police of Oregon City Thuraday continued the aearch for the masked highwayman who held up John Fergu son and F. F. Kennedy at Fifteenth and Washington atreeta. It waa learned that Kennedy had $100, and It la now believed that, the desperado waa after thla money. The police think the highwayman halted Fergu aon by mistake while waiting for Ken nedy, and when the latter cam op. although he also waa halted, the for mer lost hla nerve and decided that he waa not equal to the two men. Kennedy, who waa not aa close to the robber aa Ferguson, awaited hla opportunity and bolted, escaping In the shadow of a hedge fence. Soon after tha highwayman fled, 'and Fer guson waa met by policemen Green and Cook, who had been attracted by Kennedy. ; i Do not let the little colt follow the dam while aha la at work. HOUSLWIFK HINTSJ Row onion will take ThuTv flavor oul" whllvers that C been sIcdi in . nch Mu.Mard will (fils 5Tcilv Mruw Ma . Use hot . Curry BolU can be liSCo In making bdH bearing hash Thla seoH son. norseradBhthot bod ol JIs 3peed may be freshened up "bv using arnmonra in moderation. . not n are nowrlp-j by Jakinothern out dnd Snooting them wrtb No.8 birtUbot head . NEVER COT A BITE GRADUATES SCORE 111 THE RIVALS" HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ADMIR ABLY PRESENT MASTER PIECE OF SHERIDAN. BIG AUDIENCE IS KEPT Df UPROAR Every Member Cast Deserves Especial Mention Other Fea- turea Are Excel lent Despite the fact that the effort waa an ambitious one and one In which older persona have failed, the gradua ting class of the Oregon City High School Thursday night presented moat acceptably at the Shlvely Opera House Sherldan'a masterpiece, "The Kivala." The play was preaented ur.der the di rection of Mra. Pearl Cartlldge, and Ita success was due in a large meas ure to her thorough training of the members of the cast. There waa noi a bitch In the performance, and every on of the pupil participating de serves special mention. Long before the beginning of the first act, the opera house waa crowded with the relatives and friend of the pupils taking part In the play. The humor In the comedy waa well pre aented, and the audience waa kept laughing from the beginning until the curtain dropped on the last-act. Frank Clark, as Aorea, waa Just as funny aa he was expected to be, and a little more. He put much life Into the part and read hla Unea with a thorough appreciation of the humor they com pa used. .Mlaa Besa Warner, aa Mra. Malapmp, waa excellent, and the ease with which she used the high sounding words In the wrong places, demonstrated her remarkable hlstrl- onlo ability. Thornton Howard, aa Captain Absolute, played hla part well, and Ethel Kidder, aa Lydla. waa Just the romantic young woman ahe ahould have been. Mstlge j Brlghtblll waa fin aa Lucy, and Both well Avlaon In terpreted aplendldly the character of 8lr Anthony Absolute. But it iBn't fair to single anyone out for apeclal mention. All did well, much better, In fact than their friends had expected- A feature of the entertainment was the- altiKlng of the Senior Olrla' Quar tette, composed of Fay Batdorf, Maud Park, MargarU McCulloch and Ethel Puralful. The Olee Club also waa fine. . A piano solo by Marlon Money, and a aong. "O. C H. 8. Forever." words and music by Louie Huntley, a mem ber of the class, were enthuslaatlcally applauded. The aong Waa given by the Girls Glee Club. - Mabel Volkmar and Florence Grace gave piano aolos of splendid merit. Bernlce Dawson and Evelyn Hard Ing dlatlngulahed themaelvea with a class history. It waa read by Miss Dawaon. and waa thoroughly enjoyed. The class prophecy, by Zeta Andrewa, Louise Daute and Margaret McOul loch. waa admirably arranged and pre aented.. The cast of the play waa aa followa: Sir Anthony Abaolute.BothweU Avlaon (Continued on page two.) 1911. ' LOST PAPERS ARE RICH MILWAUKEE PROMOTER WORRIES UNTIL HE IS AL MOST NERVOUS WRECK. - DOCUMENTS FOUND AT HILL STAIRS Owner Rewarded AfUr Sleepleae Night and Search In Mud Telia . Exciting Story, but Not His Name. Valuable papera lost by a wealthy oil promoter of Milwaukee, Wis., In thla city .Wednesday night were re covered by him early Thursday morn ing. The man, who refused to give hla name, discovered hla loaa upon reaching Portland, after a trip to thla city on bualneaa, and he declares that be never apent a more miserable night. He caught the first car for Oregon City the following morning, and found the papera under the stair way leading up the hill at Seventh street, where they had dropped from hla pocket. Although "wet and cov ered with mud, be declared that they were all right, and he waa overjoyed In finding them. ; T. W. Clark, of thla city, noticed the atranger Bitting on the stairway aa he returned to hla home Wedneaday evening. The next morning when Mi. Clark descended the atepa he again encountered the man, who waa crawl ing from under the atairway. He waa covered with mud, but a broad amlle illumed hla face. The strangers hands were filled with soiled papera. He explained to Mr. Clark that he had ml used the papera upon reaching his hotel An Portland, and, at first thought some one had stolen them. Then It occurred to him that he had removed hla coat while aittlng on the atair way, and possibly the papera bad dropped from hla pocket then. He hurried to the station at First and Alder, but waa told that the last car for the night had started for Oregon City. Miserable to begin with, for the papers represented a amall fortune anyway, the man worried until he al most became a hervoua wreck. He could not aleep, and houra before the first train rtarted for thia city be be gan walking the atreeta. Upon arriv ing here he hurried to the atairway, and, despite the mud and water under the atairway, he crawled under It He found everything but a check book. wbich he said represented no value. PUPILS HAVE PICNIC. Mt Pleasant Children Are Entertained by Teacher. Professor Slerera and Mlaa Mable Frances, teachera of the Mount Pleas ant School, gave their pupils an en joyable picnic on Wedneaday. Mlaa Frances' room held its picnic at the Holme Park, and the - youngster spent the day In playing games and singing. One of the features waa tbe luncheon spread beneath the beautiful big fir trees, and the serving of lemon ade, gallons of which were consumed. CH BOARD TORE-ELECT TEACHERS ELECTION TO BE HELD JUNE TO CHOOSE 8UCCESSOR OF J. A. SHANNON. 19 The directors of the Canemah School have decided to re-elect tha present teachera. Miss Elizabeth Kel ly and Miss L A. Wang. The election will be held next Monday night unless It is decided to wait until after the election of a director to take the place of Frederick A. Shannon, whose term of office haa expired. The hold over directors are W. L Midlam and Charlea C Spencer. The vacancy on the Board of Directors will be filled at an election by the voters of the district. I It Is a foregone conclusion that , Samuel L Stevena will be re-elected secretary to the board. Mr. Stevena" work haa been an efficient that no one connected wltu the school would listen to his retirement. The general election will be herd on June 19. BIG SHOW TO AID IN HALTING EMIGRATION LOUIS W. BUCKLEY, OF OMAHA, HERE IN INTEREST OF EXHIBITION. Louis W. Buckley, managing direc tor of the Omaha Land Show, waa In Oregon City Thuraday on business connected with the exhibition which will be given In the Nebraska City on October lo to 28 inclualve. He waa 111 conference with Secretary Latelle and members of the Commercial Club regarding an exhibit for the show from the Willamette Valley. No de finite arrangementa were made, but the proposition made by Mr. Buckley will be considered by the club. ""One of our objects Is to keep peo ple In the United 8tatea." declared Mr. Buckley. "Many of the farmera from Iowa and other atatea are going to Canada, when they ahould be kept at home. There are greater opportu nity In thla country than any other, and aomethlng must be done to prove thla to the people. The laat cenaua ahowa a falling off in the population SOON RECOVERED SODA WATER DAYS : At Huntley V npOMORROW, Saturday we have set aside as 1 opening day at our fountain. To every customer making a purchase of 25c or over we will give a soda ticket good for one ten cent drink at our fountain. . This ticket may be used by anyone, and on any day during the summer. We hope you will take advantage of this offer to test the quality of our fountain drinks. . ... ... , Our ice cream is made from pure cream. The same delicious quality we have been making for the past 15 years. We have one quality only; and can supply it at the following prices: five Gallon Freezer, or over, per gallon..., v. ........ $1.00 , Under Five Gallons, per gallon .......................$1.25 Half Gallon '. ......75c Quarts , 500 . Pints ......25a Half Pinte HUNTLEY BROS. CO. - ?. PHARMACISTS - V T' Of Iowa, which ta due to emigration." Mr. Buckley aald he had made ar rangementa for exhibits from several counties south of Clackamas, and that be waa certain Oregon would b well represented at the ahow. The exhibi tion will be held in the Ak' Sar Ben coliseum, one -of the ahow places of Omaha. ARTISANS ELECT OFFICERS. Arthur Anderson Master and Stanley Williams la Superintendent, Oregon City Aaaembly, No. 1, United Artisans, at ' a meeting Thuraday night elected the following officers: Master artisan, Arthur Anderson; su perintendent, Stanley Wllllama;- in apector, Mary Harvey; secretary, Mra. Nellie M. Cooper r treasurer, J. A. Tuft; senior conductor, Sadie Ely; master of ceremonies, Gertrude 81 gurdson; Junior conductor, Maud Light body; musician, Oscar Wood fin. One candidate waa Initiated and one application for membership waa re ceived. , WEST OREGON CITY PUPILS PROMOTED M FIVE READY TO ENTER SECOND YEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL GARY SPEAKS. Five pupils of the Weat Oregon City School were promoted from the Ninth o the Tenth grade at exercise held at the achool building Thuraday even ing. There waa a large attendance at the promotion exerclsea, which were unusually fine. The claaa con sisted of Wallace P'.poun, Raymond Parker. Carmen Schmldlt, Joseph Armstrong and Elaanore Papoun. One of the Interesting featurea waa the address of Superintendent of County Schools Gary, who told of hla expe riences aa teacher and principal. Pro fessor J. Dean Butler, principal of tbe Oak Grove School, also delivered an interesting address. Professor C. F. Anderson, principal of the West Ore- gon City School, made an Intereating ind Instructive address on "Aim and Accomplishment- The "Whlp-Poor- Wlll" song by the pupils waa beauti ful. Miss Clara Winkel being the solo ist. Mlas Winkel waa complimented on a floral ladder which ahe made for the pupils. There were five rungs, representative of the number of mem bers of the class. The other featurea of the program were a class history by Joseph Armstrong, of the Ninth grade; a duet. "Sweet Memory Bells." Miss Hattle G. Brown and Mlas Pearl Bailey: valedictory, by Carmen Schmidll, and a aong. "Those Even ing Bells." by the pupils. The vale dictory addreaa waa excellent. C. L. Gray, chairman of the Board of Dl rectora, presented the promotion cer tificates. The achool does not receive pupils above the Ninth grade, and it la expected that all of the pupils will enroll with the second year High School . class In Oregon City In the fall. The 8eventh grade pupils also were given certlflcatea of promotion. Couple Granted License. Mabel O. Hutchinson and George Roger Bchueter were granted" a mar rlage license Thuraday. If the dam becomes heated the milk la injurious to the colt. WANTED! 5 to 20 Acre Farm Near Oregon City We have several buyers waiting and many coming. If your place is for sale and the price right come and seeusatonce. ''.:...:.;. ..t . I W. F. SCHOOLEY Cx, CO. I 9 Phonej : Paalflo M-8Q. . Hem A-19. -i ' Main St. Oregon City. Per Week, 10 Cvxra.- 15e GRADUATES GET 4 DIPLOMAS TODAY EXERCI8E8 OF EIGHTH GRADE TO BE IN MORNING AND HIGH ,' . SCHOOL AT NIGHT. ELABORATE PROGRAMS O-'D Largest Class in History of City Ready to Enter High School 8e eral Graduatea Going to College. ." Thla la the big day for the pupil who are leaving the High School and those that are ready' to enter 1L Fifty- ' five pupils of the Eighth grade will at 10 o'clock thia morning at the East- ham School receive certlflcatea of pro motion to the High School, and at 8 o'clock thla evening at the Shlvely Opera House tirq grauuate of the. High School will be given their dlplo maa. ' Interesting programs nave been arranged for both places. The Eighth grade claaa la not oruy the largest, but la conaidered tbe moat proficient that has ever been given certificate in thla city. All the pu pils applied themselves earnestly dur ing the . year, .and Superintendent Tooxe and the teacher arw proud of them. The graduating claaa of tbe High School la also an exoellent one. Important features of the program to be rendered at the Eighth grade ex erclsea will be a violin aolo, "Voices of the Woods,' by Helen Ely, accom panied by Carol Ely; address of wel come, by Evangeline Dye; recitation -by Maud Davis, Melba Kidder, Otto Allison and Roberta Schuebel; Violin aolo, Allifl Levitt; address, Kev.- W. M. Proctor; presentation of diplomaa by Superintendent Tooxe, and aong, -"S'ara of Summer Night,"- hy Eighth Crude Barclay School girla. ... hl? wh.U not J1'8 fL' Tbe program of the graduation ex ao long aa some that have been ren dered, will be unusually interesting. Among the featurea will be musl by the Girla' Glee Club; addreaa, by H. M. Crooka. -of Albany College; music and the granting of diploma to the twenty graduates. ; V . A large number of the graduatea have announced their Intention ot go ing to college, and other will eater -upon business careers In thla city and Portland. ' ' DEMOCRATS SPLIT ON WOOL. " WASHINGTON, June . t. Opening with the statement from Chairman Underwood, of the ways and meana- commlttee, that a JO per cent duty on raw wool Is necessary to insore suf ficient revenue for the government, the fight over the revised wool tariff still waa on In the Democratic caucue of tbe House ot Representatives. late thla evening. . - Advocates of tree raw wol, backed -by William J. Bryan, offered ameod raenta putting raw wool on the fee Hat or proposing a. gradual reduction that would abolish tbe entire duty Within f!v year. 1 ' ! cotaso4oi . 'I i ' r "' , ' .' ' . '