Morning enterprise., August 27, 1911, Image 1

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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1500
Feb Wkex, 10 Crsju
VOfi. 2 No. 49.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. RONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1911.
2 AUTOISTS DEAD;
PUBLIC RALLIES TO
Passengers Remained Calm When
Ocean Liner Struck an Iceberg
GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN.
United State Senator From Ora--on
Who Vettd Foe Raciprooity.
DRIVER AND MECHANICIAN KILL
TAFT DECLARES THAT PROPOS
ED TARIFF REVISIONS WOULD
HAVE HURT COUNTRY.
ED WHEN MACHINE TURNS
SOMERSAULT.
MOTHER IS BURNED
PRESIDENTSCORES
20 HURT IN
MCii
AID OF CANDIDATES
SAVING
HER BABY
FOES IN CONGRESS
CONTEST. WHICH NEARS CLOSE,
REFLECTS POPULARITY
OF ENTERPRISE.
700 SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE RECEIVED
Cindldl Urgad To Put Forth Bait
Effort! During Last Waak
Of Oraat Popular f
Voting Rac.
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POLL OF HONOR.
District No. 1.
4 Ml. U-ii Bfory ii.sar
O MUn Kv.i Kent ...iirM . 05,604
a Mia TIUlo Mayars ...... 60,009
Ml Myrllo Cro 60.S4S
a Mr. E K. Zimmerman... 45,071
Dlttrlct No. 2.
a MIm Helen Hmllh 124.051 fr
Mia Ktliel Cloaner 192.838
a MIm M ll.lrt-,1 itMm 103,878
a Mr M. T. Mack 98.0H0
MU'y . UaUorf. ....... aii.tll
-fltm II Thnma 76.153 f
a Ml" Aiiiile Gardner .... 08.807
,MIn Helen Kablck 61.573
Never In the hUtorjr of Clackamaa
county Iuih anything at ruck tha popu-
lar chord of tha public mora than
the (iraml Voting Contest, and now
that only a wk remain till tha
ekw, eiitlniHlanin la growing stronger
tnd aironger. Tha merchant "nd
budnea men of tha county ara land
ing ii)xirt to their tavorlt candi
dal In such a manner aa to prove
that Tho Knterpriae' effort to glv
Oregon Cliy and Clackamaa county
tha repri'M-nlatlon It desarvea among,
the well advertised communltlea la
batng appreciated. A Rood newspaper
li the niDMi valuable asaot n any com
munity and la certainly worthy tha
auntmrt itf (hone to whom ire column.
are alvmya open for tha Ctacuaslon of
question of Importance regarding
public Improvements, school, etc.,
and the furl that mora than vn
hundred new subscriber have beeo
added to the Hat la evIJonce In it
self thai the general public reallie
the benefit a of a good, un-todat dally
Dtwapaper. and tha continued sup
port of their favorite candidate not
only belpH them win a valuable prlxa
but at the miii time booata your moat
awful, valuable and moat necessary
enterprlae
All Should Subacrlba.
There are but very few people In
the county who are not interested In
the iiicrcHK of one candidal or th
other, llnve you done your part to
halp them win, and Incidentally add
your aupHirt to a necessary enter
prlie fur the iinlinlldlna- of our pom.
munlty if not don't looae another
inimiie lime, but subscribe at one.
The randiilnt you vote for will ap
preciate ynur kindness nnd at tha
aame time you will receive your
thoney'a worth by having; brought to
your homo n newspaper that prlnta
ii me uewa or our locality, mat
hlrh Ih m-nreat our homo and con
aequently of more Internet and lm-
portanre In ua.
i noao who are not Interested In thla
Rreat ainiKKle for ballot do not un-
deTatand imt how much a candidate
apprerlnteH it when aha meeta some
one who preaenta her with aubacrlp-
un which ntlt lea her to a few thoiia-
nd votea Hhe will always remember
the donor aame who aaalated her In
ner amhlllon. anil atatM Mail tn r.
eiprocate In kind at the flrat oppor
. v...,..,..,,, niiti
tunlty.
tunlty. if yoi, ev.r felt tll,t you
mild tike to have the time come
hen you could demonstrate your
rrlendnhlp nnd good will toward any
candidal,, n this good naturad con
w THVT TIMK IS HERB, for th
COmlna .i.nL I. I... .
- - n i uiv lam unv, iin i
Pt nff Hiiimcrlblng or renewing your
Inharln.l... .in . .
- "i" mi me issi minut oi
Bfptember 2. Do It today, aend in
yr remlitnnca by malt or otherwla
nd we will see that your favorite
candldnto receive the votes with your
wmpllmonts.
"c Near Clos.
tANiiioATES: Do tou realize
that
we Are now on the lat lap of
( Oon 1 1 nu'ed o , page 2.)
A Guide Post
a ,poln,s our way. W are now
" '""'"a tha advanced stylas of watv
or mn and young men. W
n,y dispense th most rprsntatlv
mrchandlaa minulii4i.j .ml in.
th'.V?," t0 look ovr h produot of
diipi. wln ,ln,i vhlch now "
thf i V clothlna ent b mad than
a 8y,tenl "d Clothcraft Clothes.
th.er 8hlr, bs rnad than
"Manhattan.
at P H,u esn't-b mad than th
V"d Wlllam.tt Hat.
i,?. ..t,,,,r hot can't b , mad
DnS tt,on nd Pouglaa Shoo.
OwUtJfAY.70 " UR W'N
icb Brothers
EXCLUSIVE CLOTHIERS '
Not Llk Othr, .
h and Main "
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Photo by American '?r AeaoctaUon.
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HEN rh,ncbor liner Colurnb,!
Newiounaiand baaaa on ner rereui trip io .vw iom uiimi vi uie
paengers were Just Unlading tbelr dlnuer. n I lie vldetit occurred
at T 1.1 n. m The boat waa luovlnir sluwly. but tluTv was a cntah
that throw aU th steward from their "feet aud m-ul dlxliea alkllim urroaa tbe
labia, many going on to tho floor, where they were smuahed with loud clat
ter. There waa considerable eicltenient, but no pulc, the ship's oitu-vra assur
ing tr.e diners that there waa no danger All flulabed tbelr meal, but some cut
the deewrt short In order to hurry to the deck to see what damage wa done.
The vwm)1 bad been going at half apeed-about eight knot an hour through a
dense fog. A coolneaa In the atiuoHpber told the experienced seamen that an
Iceberg waa near. Captain Mitchell was on the brlilge. Aleiaoder Murray
waa the lookout on th forecaati bead, and another seaman waa In tbe crow'a
neat. Th fog whlatl waa blowing regularly, and the h-ebwrg suddenly aent
back th echa Captain Mitchell ordered the engineer, to make full speed
astern, and thla waa dona a few momenta befor the collision The speed of
th Teasel waa thua reduced to about two knot, but the prow crashed Into tho
berg for fifteen feet, a hundred ton of tc falling on lookout Murray and
burying him. II waa severely cut, but not dangerously hurt when dug out
Tarpaulins wer stretched over th battered prow, tuoxt of tbe damage being
above the water tin, and the vessel arrlred in New Tork dy lte Tbe
above U- tur wa made aa the ship waa docking The accident waa reportefl
by wlieliHut. and several other ships were Close enough to hav rendered ld
bad ll be" needed, ' '
FARMER THINKS HE
SHOT CHICKEN THIEF
T. C. Thomaa, a farmer of Mount
Pleaaant, surprised two chicken
thieve In hi henhouan Thursday
night, and he fired thiee time at
them. II think one of th men waa
wounded." But for the fact that Mr.
Thomas, In creeping out of hi home,
tumbled over a chair, he bellevea he
would have captured the men. They
heard the noise made by him and
started to make their escape. Mr.
Thomas, after falling over the chair.
k..ni nna nt tha man. who be thinks
'wa on the outside standing watch,
whistle three time, which he believes
was a signal for the man on th In
side to flee. Just as the tanner step
ped out of his front door he saw the
men leaving the chicken house and
fired at them. One gave a cry as If
he bad been shot
MILL WORKER CAUGHT
UNDER PAPER ROLLS
William Hobble, employed at the
mill of the Willamette Pulp V Paper
Company, narrowly escaped being
.bed to death Saturday when a
truck loaded with rolls of paper which
waa drawing, rolled upon him.
H..V.I.I. .h ninnai under the wheel,
and when extricated by tellow work-
It wa thought mat nm ok
i nra r.rll and Meisner
were called and had the injured man
removed to th Wlidwooa nonpar,
where It was found that his only In
jury was a aevere bruise on his right
hip.
U will b sometime uoii
recovers.
STANDING Of CANDIDATES IN CONTEST
. j CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT NO 1.
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CAN"'OATES IN
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MISS niX)DWEN THOMA8 ""m" ""
MIS8 ANNIE OARnNER........Me"drutn
MIS3 HELEN SMITH "a?!! "
MISS HKLFRAniCK. -
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bumped Into an I-ih-ir off th
LAD ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTS-MOTHER
Mr. John Bay, of West Oregon
City, was accidentally hot by her
son, John Bay, eighteen yeara old. at
breakfast Thursday morning. The
young- man wa cleaning a 22-callbre
revolver when It waa discharged, the
ball penetrating his mother's left hip.
While the wound Is a serious one, It
Is thought that Mr. Bay will be able
to be up the latter pan. of the week.
Her physician haa dee'ded not to
prob for the bullet. Tho Bay fam
ily moved to thla city recently.
BABIES PROTEST
Although not couched ln the lang'
uage of diplomats and statesmen, the
babies on the hill are making com
plaint against the unevlnesa of the
sidewalks on Eleventh street from
Monroe to Center and from Wash
Inaton to Center. After having been
lolted In their go-carts and buggies as
they ride over the sidewalks Just
about as long as Is endurable, the lit
tie ones have arouaed their parents
to action, and. aa a. result, several
members of the council have been
appealed to for help. . Councilman
Burke said Saturday afttrnoon that
the sidewalk should be made smooth,
h could not haiard a guess aa to
what the council would do. It Is
declared that the little vehicles when
drawn over the sidewalks
yuauciu V. " --
Koh n and down not unlike a frail
craft ln a storm at Bea.
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DISTRICT NO. 2
Votes.
. ... 88080
.... 85541
....103676
...182.836
.... 76453
, .,, 66C87
....224051
C1672
4,
AGAINST
SIDEWALK
MRS. OTTO MEINOLE RUSHES IN
TO BLAZING ROOM WHERE
CHILD IS SLEEPING.
FIRE STARTS FROM DETECTIVE HUE
l
Neighbor Offer Aid, But Building
And Content Are Destroyed
Lose Estimated At Mora
Tnan 52,000.
Not thinking of her own danger, but
determined to aave her child, Mra.
OttoMelngl. of Clackamaa Height. I
upon dlscoverlnphul-hcr-T.bm jwMt..
on fire Saturday, ruahed up a blazing
stairway, ana into a room nnea win
fire and amok, where her little baby
girl wa asleep on a bed. Mr. Meln
gl seized her daughter, nnd with the
clothing around it enveloped in
flamea, hurried down the atalrway
and Into th yard, where the fire in
the garment w extinguished. The
mother and child were . slightly
burned. T
Mr. Meingle wa away from home,
when Mra. Meingle, who waa attend
ing to her household duties on -the
first floor, melled moke. She
ruabed Into th hall and aaw a wall
of flame at the head of the stairway.
She did not hesitate, but hurried up
the tepe and Into the room wher
her baby lay. The little one naa noi
been awakened by the fire. Hardly
had Mra. Meingle, with her oany.
riAut fha vsrd when tha flamea
hot through the roof and It became
evident that the building wa aoomea.
Neighbor gathered at the home, but
their efforte to" save the household
good were unavailing. A woodshed
was also burned,
ir is thouaht that a defective flue
waa responsible for the fire, which
started on the second noor. 1 ne
house wa oru of the flnet In the
neighborhood, and. the los I etl-
mated at . conniueraDiy more man
J2.000. If the fire had Leen dlacov
ered Ave minute later Mr. Meingle'
child Narould have perished, and the
heroine mother probably would have
been burned to death in trying to
aave It.
BIG BOULDERS CLOG
SINGER HILL CULVERT
Workmen cleaning out the culvert
on Singer Hill discovered Saturday
the cause of the backwater last win
ter which threatened to get Into cel
lars In the hill section. There waa at
least ten Inches of mud on the bottom
of the culvert, and In many places
were large boulders, wnicn impeaea
the flow of the water. T culvert Is
about two feet acroe and three and a
hair rt deen and the workmen have
no trouble in crawling Into It. The
work will be continued tomorrow.
Councilman Burke saya there will be
no trouble from back water next win
ter. '
BABY SHOW TO BE
GRANGE FAIR FEATURE
The Mllwauqie Grange Fair will be
held at the Crystal Lake Park, Sep
tember 21, 22 and 23. . The fair will
be opened on the evening of Septem
ber 21, with an excellent program.
The ribbon prlr.es will be awarded on
September 22, and the Baby Show,
which will be held at 2:30 p. m the
same day will be a prominent feature
of the entertainment There will be
good prizes for the winners. The su
perintendent of the Baby 8how will
be Captain J. P. Shaw, of Mllwaukle.
This Is the first time that the fair
will be given at the Crystal Lake
Park, and there could be no more de
sirable place for It This will be the
1 . hnat fair the MilwBUkte
Grange has ever given, and there will
be an Immense crowa 10 seo wn.imn
...i,u '.in nroduce. There will be
dancing during the afternoon and eve
ning, and on the last nigm 01 in- i
there will be a grand closing ball
and flrffworks. Those wishing to ex
hibit from any part of this county
may do so.
The executive committee Is com
posed of H. O. Starkweather, T. R. A.
Sellwood. J. r. anaw, mi-. """""
.... x.nni. Tnhnann Mrs. Gledhlll.
jnra. mSh'o - 1 - ---- - .
H .0- Starkweather will be general
superintendent or ine grounu, ..
Otto Naef will have charge of the
exhibit. The exhlblte will be in tne
large bowling alley.
SEE HERE
Seven acres, one-fourth mile from
electric line, 4-room house, barn.
chicken house, and yard, good well
and fine spring, three and a half acres
In a-arden. fruit and berries; good
cow and chickens. Will Jtak $3 630,
half cash, balajc to suit the buyer.
Thla Is on Ideal poultry and garden
farm, slope to th southwest. Come
and see It, 'bf, call on oi addiess
CYRUS POWELL .
a
OREGON CITY, OR.
Stephen ButMlng, Room It.
LA FOLLETTE SEVERELY CENSURED
Insurgent Senator, Underwood And
Clark Ara Accuaed by Ex
ecutive of "Playing
Polltlca."
HAMILTON, Maae., Aug. 26. Presi
dent Taft began tbe presidential
,K f ?91. tn1 ln ,peechl
. hrea.h . dfl.nc- nd condemned!
that breathed defiance and condemned
th Insurgent Republican and Demo
crat who combined to revise several
schedules of the present tariff at the
special session of Congrei Just closed.
Th President aingled out 8enator
LaFollette, of Wisconsin; Speaker
Clark and Chairman Underwood, of
the House way and mean commit
tee, a leader of the revision " and
charged them with "playing politics."
Several time be referred by name
to Mr. La Follette but mentioned the
other Insurgent Republican merely
a La Follette "associates."
Mr. Taft indicated that he regarded
the proposed revision aa Injurious and
dancrerou to businea. but made It
plain that If the tariff board In De
cember reported In favor of downward
revision of the cotton and wool
schedules, be would recommend a re
duction. Standing Pti Ttnf -trTrmd-terTace- of4
Representative Cardner'a farm,- with
Senator Lodge and other Maasachua
ett Republican leaders, ihe President
seemed to scent the amoke of the com
ing battle.
Many of the 50 members of the
Essex County Republican Club gath
ered to listen, thought they beard the
"keynote" speech of the coming cam
paign and their cheers were loud and
long.
THOMAS MILLER GIVTM
Thomaa Miller,, while standing on
the corner of Seventh and Center
street on Saturday morning and
watching workmen flushing out the
culvert that rune along that street
under the sidewalk, was taVen by aur
nrli. m-hn tho hoae. which was in the
hands of the workmen gave way, and
Miliar was drenched to tne SKin. tie
innu the accident good-naturedly, but
hurried to his home nearbv where he
changed his clothing.
1. 8. R. GREEN TO
BE BURIED TODAY
The funeral of Mrs. Mslissa Jane
Green, wife of Stephen R. Green, will
he held at the home, on Tenth street.
htwen Harrison and Polk at 1
n'eWlc thla afternoon. " Revr C. W
Robinson, rector of St. Paul's church,
will conduct the service. The. Mod
ern Brotherhood of America, of which
Mr nreen was a member, requests
all members of Lodge No. 2974 to
meet at Willamette Hall at 1 o'clock
to attend the funeral. The Interment
will be In Mountain View cemetery.
QUESTION NO. 8.
What Should
be your atti
tude toward the
Moving
Picture?
ANSWER
One of friendly criticism.
The moving picture invites
popular comment and criticism;
it depends for Its existence and
prosperity on the people; it
asks you to see, to examine and
to express your opinion to the
management, for which the
management will ever be grate
ful. PROGRAM TODAY
GOOD FOR EVIL. I
SATAN ON A RAMPAGE.
TANGLED LIVES.
THE GRAND
DUCKING BY WORKMEN
0 Mil. by Amai au -raa AaaoclatkMa.
II PLAN TO
RECEiVE HEAD COUNCIL
Four applicanta were Initiated and
fou appllcatlona for membership
were received at meeting of the
local lodge of the Woourr.en of the
World Thursday night. District Man
ager 8hlrriff attended the meeting and
made an address.
rinai .rnneiu;iiie cn
the recent Ion of Head Council I.
VoaaH memTHBttlnr
i.r..uii n in and a nrlre haa been
offered for the member obtaining the
largest number of application be
wvn now and Sentember 8. Water
melons were served and dancing was
Indulged In.
Tueiit. nt the PeacA Snmson mar-
ried Russell B. Domer and Delia M.
Forth and Mamie L. Bwacaer ana
W. P. Oerwalf. .
OREGON CTTY MOI -
SAVE CfNCORD HOME
The home of Mra. Letba. Labowltch.
r-at Concord, waa partially destroyed.
k fir. satiirriAT nieht Defective in
sulation of an electric wire la thought
in hav emiRMl the blaxe. several
rkimn Plt-w men. who were coming
from Portland on a car, went to the
kurninv hniinm? Tnev movea m
fiim'tiir into the vard. and with a
hose finally extinguished the fire. The
house is near tne home or mayor
day or
Brownell. of this city. Mrs. Labo-
witch recently was offered iiz.uuu lor
the property.
WHEAT YIELDS FIFTY
BUSHELS TO ACRE
John E. Jones, of Beaver Creek,
had a remarkable wheat field this
year. He obtained 205 bushel from
four acre, or more than fifty bushel
m th- sere. He obtained 869 bushels
of oats in a field of twenty-two acrea.
Mr. Jones is a acienunc iarmer ana
the big wheat and oat crops are large
ly due to his Judgment in selecting
seed, planting, etc.
Sues to Collect on Account
' Fred Mathles has filed a suit
against C. Rlndflesch for 1118.59 wtth
interest and costs. Mathles alleges
that he sold hay to Rlndflesch on Oc
tober 15, 1908, which amounted to
$152, and only 133.41 has been paid.
Mathloa aaka for the Interest since
that time a well as the costs and the
remainder of the bill, which is $118.59.
He Is represented by J. E. Hedges.
Justice Marrie Two Couple.
00DI1EI
in all grades each grade the best possible time-piece
at its price. You cannot make a mistake if you buy
a Waltham.
"ft Tim You Owned a Wallkam"
See our complete display of Adj'usted Waltham
of the Colonial Series, Made as thin aa it is
safe to make a reliable watch.
Burmeister 8c Andresen
JEWELERS
Suspension Bridge Cor.
TEMPORARY GRANDSTAND COUAPSES
Daughter of Senator Lorlmer Sustain
Fracture of Lag -W If of Vet
eran Racer 8a Hue- .
band Los Life.
ELGIN, 111., Aug. 26. Th 305-mile
automobile road race today, won by
ln Zen eel In a national, with Harry
Grant second and Hugh Hughes
waa not contested without It toll of
death and Injuries.
David Buck, veteran Chicago auto
mobile racer, waa within 11 lap of
the finish, going 65 mile an hour on
the back stretch, when his right for
ward wheel threw a tire. The ma
chine turned a aomeraauli and Sam
Jacobs, mechanician , wa killed.
Buck' back waa broken and J died
tonight.
"Tell me the truth at once," the
driver' wife ald. "You wouldn't
aend for me If hi Injuries were
alight,"
Every spectator In the stands
watched her aa, aupported by militia
men, she left her chair and went in
a machine to the field hospital, wher
her husband-had received first aid.
She became hysterical wnen
learned that her husband Injurlea
were fataL
Another accident In which 20 per
sons were Injured, most of them
slightly, occurred while the first lap
of the race wa on. 8everal section
0j tne xc wa pa. several eecuoni
,K ri KTit temnorsrv errand
by which the seat were upported
collapsed, the board weaved over
and apread out like a pac or caraa
thrown on a table.thua saving thous
ands of spectator from a abeer drop
to .the ground.
Four of the spectators suffered
hmkon lees among there being
Haunter of Senator William Lorlmer.
The other escaped with cnia ana-
brulse.
FAIR TO HAVE FINE
From all Indication. J. M. Hollo
well, of Gladstone will again be the
largest general exhibitor at the Clack
amaa County fair. Mr. Hollowell call
ed upon Mr. J. Lazelle, secretary of
the Fair association and it was agreed
that he would be allowed 40x20 foot
exhibit space in the pavll'.on. Just at
tha loft nf the main entrance. Mr. Holl
owell will show 25 varieties of pump-
, , ...-. -ih vtnda of corn
ni n different kinds of melona. He
... . m oUler Urm produ
will have many other farm product in
the exhibit To maae n comer i
the pavilion aa attractive as possible
ha win hav a small fish Dond. wtth.
running water and several trout.
Clalrmount will sibo nave a
ahnwin this vear's fair. It will
have one of the finest booths ever
seen at a county fair. It will have
large turned posta at the corner, ana
the sides and top will be of lattice
work. Electric sign will be used In
the exhibits. '
Amnrnr the Dreeon City firms who
will exhibit thla year, are. Burmelster
ft Andresen, C. G- Miller. J. Levitt, -Wilson
ft Cooke and Huntley Bros.
The executive committee or me rair.
association has also made arrange-'
ments for motorcycle and automobile
races. The horse racing program will
be good this year. Several horses are
now training at tne grounas. ana wm
remain there until the.mee closea.
TWENTY-SIX ARE KILLED
AS FILM MACHINE EXPLODES.
CANNONBURG. Pa.. Aug. 26. Twenty-six
persons were killed and 60 In
jured when a moving-picture film ex
ploded ln the Cannonburg Opera
House.
There was a rush and In moment
there was a writhing, mass of humani
ty in the stairway.
)ONT buy a watch
by the case. The
movement is the im
portant thing. We sell
the most reliablemove
menb in the world
namely, the Waltham.
We carry the
WALTHAM
WATCH
PUMPKIN EXHIBIT
Oregon City Ore.
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