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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1911)
H O'K'Ni N 0 EK-PKD he only dally Mwiir ft. if.ATHlN INDICATION. The tween Portland and Salem; oleoo. latee In every aectlon of Clacka- Hl . o n-Falr; westerly maa County, with a population ef , 30,000. Ara you an advatlaarf 10 r - WEEKLY E N T'E UPRISE CSTA6LISIICD ls6o Pkb Week," 10 Cent OREGON CITY, OREGON, tiURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. SE 14, ADMITS MANY ROBBtKltS onRTLAND BUSINEI L UVI AT BEST HOTELS AND BAFFLE! POLICE U ums io mau. MtkM Blgg Hau.t In Modaat H.mt .nd Call Mansions .,lk,, Work Dona In Daytime tNOKIJM. Spt. 13. Opeclall. ... tw H All la. lariat of trough ma arrr.v 7 tuday f Elmer iteynoma, . i.n.liiMii man rf kMD. " l.od, th niymrry surrounmug me -kn IIvmI af the best nuieis ui i-clri for two week a. baffltug Lru of the hotel detectives to L h! Identity, and finally dlaap- Lf, fca Uua solved. rtmarkahle story of Juvenile ad- .. i. Bmiihrrn California waa Ltd hen young Reynolda waa L ..ualiiilv. . k, boy dlaapiwared irm pi" iiumw L.1..J months (. Accord- L hli story ba waa not lct,T Lot fir he turned his back upon M boy posed as wealthy young welng tha country and traveling u tha continent to Join hie pen Ht Hed l best botels, U tt f""l and "P" money lav . .i,,in. hall bora liberally. Bluca Lfl boma ha baa vlalted fifteen k along lha Pacino roast, inciua- lfun Frandsro, ine Anaoia, ia U Ban IUpko and Hanta llarbara. L '.ntirm-a t H od I a ndr-w aa-t ha lit of an Invaatlicatlon Into tha ImtIo which ha ol'Ulnad tha mon. (pan ahlrh he llvad ao wall. Rayn- Ltu Uken to HMimai ana ar nf mn rorant buralarlaa. In lurt tlma ha confaaaad and agraad kk tha offlr.T to an or tna nouaoa iidtotarad. Ha wnl wituoul an h. ..n hiiia that had tMtan brttd antiTad and told whan ha lato them. . our b'f tnanalona ara a faka. I t irrt thlnar In any of them." ha "But I marfa good haul! In tha i kiu. mi nrinii atraaL I waa titifd wHh your old town and waa It to itt out Tor ko wncn i i fH at ColtoD. That waa my fault uua Bernardino I triad to gat a h tn Inm lnif.1.1 Kilt had to Walt tmr; thry told mo to go to Col ton couia apt a ram train, i warn njt sit ziatia-ht p only other tlm 1 mm nr Ilrta Mnvhl tauaiBl At tKatt ar ThnTfl aonia on ban Matao airaai. nurn, iir rfmcmbrr namea or atraaia. it I waa hunt tna: for monay I i lomaone ao In tha rear door Iran thrnnirh th front door. I ii 7 notebook and cut fny hand JHD COUNTY W UNl'FR ROAR Rill (iiin vil.ii iivnu 1ia.t. row la brewing between ' City and ciuckamaa Coun T1 city, through City At P'l Story, auliiiiltted a claim of N to the Coiuity Court, aald to Jl dtya ahnre of the $35,000 a"t r oy the county for the llqulda aoi road warranta. It waa con by the court that tha amount Mxceive nrni the bill waa r- N to Chief lw.i,nt aharllf Hraata fi'Mtiiiite. lir, ha reported that i j m..... r l entitled to only $1,700. and wraiy t,ouri will not allow more 1 IMa aum. ritr Attornav RtorV Nfldent the hill ha auhmlttnd la Fct and ,e propoaea to flght for -""J. v. it ffoday m Historical Pic ture Declaration of' DEPENDENCE Lrt children aea aoma- 'h'n . ' la good, aomathlng Uy wl1' rtmembap and can l,," In'aohool. THE GRAND IS scA-rn THE MASTER MINDS" -"T, hKKt-r OR tVt RY MAN TO MIS OWN TRADE . . Wjaxi 1 M4MI if ArTlJRFR , t-i ,PM,un lurar Ate n -u tTf IT" -) mii i i AMD rw ropier Pi compitition.witm BtrrtwaooDs. Paohimfmt Fruit Crowcr about TO MVTLOPANfW CRAFTING- PRoCtSS. NtWEST IN FASHIONS. rDr a t a. "USA . w 4 TJ,,U,otolsrw1 suogetJ uTlItetUrwwmcterfcalWlU o1Ur port of famlnlrva 3pndrel UlnoLoJy knows wkJ may Vjjan ll IU ooctlcomi popolar Ijwtorefrosi ArrKe. I r Jwry CiY.s.tU Quit, properlo UlH a moscjurto on a glrlj nck ll youVv lon l4rodocd to rr tfooffe. Jlsdflrees wltn fry Lrtan toakmA in molosjcs an J browncI. Boll lour hours cind dunnp IT InTU sxrwar. . ' ; invisible Coat CAFiAL'S FATE IS UP TO PROPERTY 01ER8 What anewer property owner along the.eal bank of the Willamette, make to communlcatlone forwarded W-l- neaday by Major Mclndoe, Corpa of Englnera. U. 8. A., aa to what vaiuc they place on that portion of their holding through which it la propoaed to comtruct a canal and lock at the Willamette Falla, may decide whethir the project will be undertaken. The fact owner of the land may aak more than the Government think reasonable will not block the work, aa condemnation can be reaorted to, but In vent price that may be allowed under that procedure are deemed too hlRh, the canal will not be built. To the Portland Railway, Light A. Power Company, Hawley Pulp Pa per Company, Crown Pulp and Paper Company and the Oregon City Manu facturing Company the requeata of prlcee on right-of-way were forward ed and In each it waa made plain that construction of th canal depended on the epene of the rlght-of way. Another communication of much the aame tone wa directed to Mayor Brownell aa, Oregon City baa treet right that may be Included In tha right-of-way. Major Mclndoe ha pointed out to head of manufacturing enterprlaea on the eaat bank of the atream that the building of the canal will not hut off their tall racee. as provision will be made to carry them beneath the concrete bottom of the canal to the river. SPECIAL SESSION ' URGED FOR ROADS PORTLAND. Sept. 13 (Special) That Governor West be asked to call a special session of the legislature ad once to act on the four road bills drafted by the Oregon Good Roads Commission was the recommendation made in one of the resolutions adopted by the commission today, after the clone of the debate on the proposed laws. ' W. t IirlBtol and bis committee of seven, after working late Into the pre ceding night, presented at the open- In. r.1 Ihm tnomlna- SflSslon COnleS O four bills embodying the suggestions the comlsslon had referred to mem with th. avr.antlon of the state-aid bill, there was little debate on their adoption. Both in the forenoon and afternoon session, however, argument ,.v..i warm hetween the faction rep resenting the grange and the major ity faction which favored the state- aid bill as presented by tne commiue of seven. Council Maetlna Postponed. The rearular meeting of the City rvinnHI last nlaht was adjourned till lht. There wa not I.UV L I f J ' - - fiunrnm nresent anff no business could be transacted. Following the i adjourned , regular meeting Monday night the council will hold the special meeting previously called ror mat ev enlng. . PERPETRATED BY WALT Ac DOUGALL birti i CivCAFl Pf VHf R lMPROVlrJTMt PRODUCT OPSNIN& tHLARCED AVtNtlt TO MXtFlT HUMANITY. m - HAarxtT.wiow cxarniaimoN and ' Bu6it5i CONMT(ONS. ANSWERS . THREE MUNCILMEfl TO BE ELECTED THIS FALL Successors. to Counctlmen Andresen, Mlchels and Strickland will be elect ed at the December election. Coun ctlmen are elected for a term of three years, and three are elected each year. The three whose terms will expire this Fall have not announced whether they will be candidates for re-election but It Is said that at least two of them will be. Mr. Andresen la president of the board and presides in the ab sence of Mayor BrownelL WORKMAN, CAUGHT IN CAVE-I RESCUED F. C. Donavan, a workman em ployed by C. C. Babcock, in the excavation for a sewer at Twelfth and Water streets, had a narrow es cape from death In a cave-In Wednes day afternoon. The trench is about ten feet deep, and the walls on both sides caved In without the slightest warning. The other workmen man airt in eararje. bnt Donovan waa burled up to his arm pits. F. C. Burke, chsirman or tna committee on Streets of, the City Council, who chanced to be present, superintended the work of rescue. The man waa not seriously In Jure 2, and resumed work after being extricated. LITTLE GIRL WRITES OF SEVERE STORM Marie Holmes, daughter of W. A. Holmes.who, with her mother Is vlslt iri in Ixlmnon has written her. sis ter Myrtle, an Interesting letter des cribing a severe storm ttiere a tew days ago. The letter concludes: "Grandfather was throwing some wheat to the chickens when a wind Just tore around, and had a whirl wind In the barn yard. Then a' few Irons of rain fell, then hail as big as marhlftS lust nenDerea aowu. n KrL. thr windows on the west side. If you would- carry bucket full after bucket "full and pour In Allle's room you couldn t mane me carjei anv w.tt.r. "Why Myrtle, glass Just flew around the- window blinds were Just shatter- ot Hrandna has to go to town -this morning and get five panes of glass for tha windows you ought to see the garden; the corn Is Just ruined. The mushmelon vines were torn out of the ground. Also the squash vines were torn out. The plums knocked off the trees, the grepe vines strip ped. They have bushels and bushela of beans torn out of their shells and laying on the ground. Utile guineas are missing. Apples and peaches knocked off from the treea. "Grandpa's house waa In the worst of it I guess. The storm Just went In a streak. The climate of Oegon Is surely changed from what it used ro be. No one Is Injured but lots of damage was done." titmi Lffn rvDCOT MDCIKlT. Popular and saleabl brand AnO CLtvATtNC. THE TONE ow thC BUSINESS. BtNLVrxCNT INSUfuXNCE MAGNATE DCVI5ING A, PLAN TO IMPROVE. MtTHOOa AND BtKEfIT POUCY HOL0CP3 n Implies. ' I1EII JUIIP AS ENGINE Three men had narrow eacapea from death when a threshing machine engine belonging to J. Moses, crashed inrougn a nriage on tne Kruse kobu, two miles bevond Estacada. Wednes day afternoon. The engine fell 10 feet Into a gully. Judge Beatle aald nlflrh that 111. Pnnntv Pnurr wouM send a crew of men to the scene to day and hav the engine removed. Several men were on the engine when the timbers of bridge began crashing. They Jumped and cleared the bridge before it tumbled In. The apan will be repaired at once. PROHIBITION WINS. COUNT ' PORTLAND. Me.. Sept 13. With all but 76 of the 611 cities, towns and plantations verified by mall returns from town and city clerks, .there wss an annarant malnrltv aaalnst the re peal of constitutional prohibition of a voies. The town clerk's returns from 403 nut nf the Kn cities, towns and nlan- tatlons In the state early today gave a majority against repeal of the pro- niDitory law or &3t. me voie on i" fara nf thaae ratnrna stood : For repeal. 60,097; against repeal. cn Kit ' inniMntlv almnaf rnnfttant ffftlna Of the "dry" . factions by wnicn an ap parent "wet majority oi more man 7no votes waa wined out yesterday waa thn hnllnvet to be traceable to anm .YF.nl in different tnethods em ployed by the newspapers in conecv ln h. HMiilli nn Mnndav nlsrht. In most caaes correspondents were Instructed to telephone tne Tote to.1 repeal first and that against repeat afterward, but in several Instances the figures were reversed. STOCK COMPANY TO PLAY HERE v. Franklin Aggregation Will Begin En aaaament Next Monday, Manaa-er Wolbert announces the engagement of the Franklin Stock Company, which comes to Shlvely'a opera house for three performances, cnmmnnHni Mondav evenlna. BeoL m Tha nlava to be oreeented here will be' "Dora Thome." "The Girl of the Hills, Don't Ten My wire. Thla mmnanv comes IllKhlV indorsed. and local theatre-goer can rest as sured of seeing high ciaea organiza tion Thla organization la comoosed of aome of the best players, such as Mr William Wolbert and Mr. Ronald Bradbury, who have been members of the Baker Btock Company In Port land for tha nast four years, together with Mr. Steve Burton and Miss Flor ence Henry, who have played with some of the best atock organizations in th. Aailorn fltlaa Mr. I.lffhten Thomas Is also another artistic actor, who's clever work ranks him among the foremost players. This list of artlnia ara cniallv auDDorted bv a company of experienced players. This la nn donht nna of the most Import ant draamtlo organizations coming to this city this season and should in terest discriminating theatre-goers. Seats will be on sale at Jones Drug Store Friday. . , DROPSTHROUGH BRIDGE NIGHTCAP' EAST SIDE FIGHTS FOR PACIFIC ROAD ASSOCIATION WILL TRY TO HAVE ROUTI Of HIGHWAY CHANG ED FROM WEST BANK VICE-PRESIDENT- DESCRIBES WORK Commleelon Accept $300 ftubacrlbed For Tha Preliminary Work On Capital Boulevard Tax ' Levy la Urged ' The East Side Capital Highway As sociation, which prevailed upon the State Highway Commission to select the east aide route for the Capital triirhwav at an enthusiastic meeting Wednesday nlgbt, determined to make a flght to have tne racinc tngnwar route between this city and Portland on the East Side. The Association announced recently that tne West Side road to tms cltv had' been - determined -upon, A committee composed of J. F. Kertch em, C. P. Morse and M. D. LaUrurette ral .nimlniKit to attend the next meet ing of the Pacific Highway Associa tion and nrge that the route be Changed, r . - A letter from G. F. Koogera, prom dent of the Capital Highway Commis sion, accepting the $300 Bent by the East Side Capital Highway Associa tion, waa read. Mr. Rodgers said that the commission accepted the money nn onnrlltlnn that It might be used for general purposes without reference to whether it is Bpeiu ior wur m amaa County. The aecretary was In Btructed to notify the commission that it could use the money aa It see fit. Frank Riley, Vice-President of the Facinc"HtguwayAsoc1atloir tnOre gon, announced that the signs which had been placed along the route In thla state and Washington hadlen a factor In stimulating a desire among th people for better roads. He aald that the highway waa being described in every magazine and almoat every newspaper In the United S la tea and that it Had attracted Interest through out the country. 'British Columbia will do Its part In building the highway," aald Mr 1 Hlley. inai cvuuuj u I r..i .v.t.m nf roada. About $5.0t0vOO0 Jls.belns apent annually. on the thor oughfares, ana an enori is uiuB uiw to outdo Jfingiana in. iui roiv.w money la rallied through an annual per capita tax oi $10. Mr. Riley aald that within ten days a person would be able to go from Vancouver to the California line along the route of the Paclflo Highway aa marked by elgns, and that within a year a trip could be Uken from Alas ka to Mexico City. Th. will h. a continuous pro cession of automobiles along the high way After 1915, contlnuea Mr. tuiey, anH it will become the greatest thor oughfare In the world. But it will not only be for automobiles. Farm- era will be able to nam tneir pruuuuv it Hav In tha vear. and it will atlmulaie them to Improve the roada In their respective uisincia. .-rh. -out airia road from Portland to 'Oregon City was selected because It Is In good, condition ana ur i scenic advantagea. If the propoaed ir.aat side route la shown to be a bet ter one there la no reason why a change cannot be made. u t n.wI1. of Jennings Lodge, declared that the portion ot the Cap ital Highway on tne nasi, oiuo u" be made a far aupenor road to that chosen, by the Pacific Highway Aa aoclatton on the West 1 Side. He thought taxes, should be raisea ior the building of the road aa soon aa P08,bl CA. A. L. Beatle saja mai me d" had been dlacrlmlnated against In the past, and It waa up to the people to show what they could do by building a first class road aa the Clackamas County division of the Capital High way. He aald tne gravel necesry could be obtained from the river when the government dredges the Wlllam- .tt. ranlria. . a n..ha. a ion w.rn maun dt a. . iini.i.iii r w. Rlsler. J. F. Jennings C. P. Morse, Thomaa Lindsey, W. H. Golding and Carl V. uraun. Upon motion ot ur. wn m. u. t c w rirImt and A. L. lWUI CUV, .." - Beatle were appointed a committee to devise ways and means of raising .v in. hulldlna- the highway me " J " r. through the county and report at a meeting next Wednesday nigm. - j. tn vA,.h.m nrAalriant of the ASHO- elation, reviewed the work that had been done, ana urgea mn o.j do his ahare toward having the work started as soon as possible. "FRAT" FATHER TO PUT HOUSE IN ORDFR E. C. Latourette, a senior at the University of Oregon, and house fath er of the Kappa Sigma, will leave fciV nrday for Eugene to Pt his house In order before the opening, September 19. Mr. latourette has had two tons of coal dumped at the building, and he declarea that he will shovel this Into the cellar himself." But the coal la not his chief worry. 8everal of the students live In the house, and It Is part of Mr. Latourette' dutle to see that tbey.are well fed. So early this aummer he had large quantltlee of fruit canned and preserved and put away In the cellar. Everything "was fine, and Mr. Latourette was looking forward to numerous felicitations from his cltibmates upon his forethought, until he learned Wednesday that the fruit had "worked" and burst the bot tleB. He will personally supervise the canning and preserving or anoth er supply. WILLIAM H. MANN. Ha I tha Oavarnor af the Stat ef Virginia. . VA Fboto by Amadcaa fraas Aaaoctatkm. RAILWAY TO HAKE IN STREET FILL The chief engineer of the Portland Railway Light & Power Company haa Informed Councilman Burke, chair man of the Committee on Streets, that the company will begin at once mak ing the fill on Main atreet from Elev enth to Fourteenth atreeta. The rail road has been granted permission to !. ita track a in the depression, and haa promised to surface the atreet with gravel at a cost of sixty cent a yard to the city. This Is $1.10 cheap er than th HtT could bur the craveL The section of the atreet which It le proposed to All haa been an eyesore In rainy weather for years, and part of It now Is a veniaoie quagmire. GOVERNOR TO SPEAK AT M1LWAUKIE FAIR Th. M llwankl P. ran am will hold a fain at nrvatnl taka Park September 21 to 23 Inclusive. There will be a K.nit onnart nn the onenlnr nlebt by the Mllwaukle Band and President W. J. Kerr of the Oregon Agricultural College, win deliver an aonrens. Th. nr.mlnma fnr the various ex hlt.lia will he awarded bv the Judges September 22. The feature of the second nay be a baoy snow at in In th. aftornnnn. Cantaln J. P. Shaw will be In charge and several handsome prizes win be awaraea. in h. .v.nlnv the Oak Grove Glrle TionH will a-ive a concert. There win be addresses by Governor West and Mayor Brownell of Oregon City. Th.r. win he talks bv nromlnent grangers at two o'clock the last day and at o clock a game or, nan win start. There will De nreworaa anu Hanin In tha evening:. Hoseler'a orchestra will furnish the music for the dance. Space for exhibits, etc.. may be had by applying to u. ti Naef or Mrs. Maggie Johnson. H J. Starkweather will be auperlntend ent of the grounds, ' Raw. Oaaood To Preach. Tha Rn nsmnit or Seattle, who will nrairh Rnndav mornlnr and even ing at the Congregational Church, will arrive In tha cltv today. He will con duct tha mid-week service at the church tonight. Patronize our advertiser. W carry a fomp'.cia hna. includind Ih new Charter Oak pattern, B 4t a X All Time r - Gills most appreciated art tnosa yjtfjwp II .which, beside being beautiful Have y?Lfjrp5j&l& If a repulalion lor quality. For this KAjl'irrj I ' reason, silverware stamped aCevkV. Ml ROGERS BR0S. is most desirable lof gifts. For vtr threap . score years this popular brand has been ihe W', V choice ol Ihose wishing ihe very best in Cr' . , silver plale "Silptr TUu that WM,frJ 'he hind tfial line-includinalh new W T""5- . Burmeister & Andresen i Jewelers - Suspension Bridge Comer i x Oregon City COMMERCIAL CLUB TO DINE SCRIBES MEMBERS OF STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION WILL VISIT' ' MILLS IN OREGON CITY. NOTED WRITERS TO MAKE ADDRESSES W. 8. U'Ren, E. B. Piper, 4. T. Carroll and George Trowbridge Among Those Who Will Speak to Newspapermen. W. A. Shewman, aecretary of the Oregon Editorial Association, has com pleted the program for the annual meeting which will be held In Port land, September 21, 22 and 23. A feature of the meeting will be a trio to thla city to Inspect the mills. The Commercial Club will give the visit ors a luncheon. The morning session of the first day will be devoted to registering,-aaipointment of commit tee, reading ot reports of officers and other routine business. The election of officers will be held at the after noon session and J. EJ. Gratkel of the Astoria Budget, will deliver an ad dress ou "Bettering oar condition." All members will be expected .to give their views on VGood of the associa tion. George Putman, Medfbrd Tri bune will apeak on "Publicity Work" and Charles Flsner, oi tne cugene Guard, will apeak on "Job printing. Its effect."- In the evening the mem bers will be given a dinner by tne Paper Dealera Association of Port land. Sonpra Reach will apeak on "Coat Finding" at the morning session -tne second flay: RR-rtrr-wilr-pak: on "School of Journalism' and Mr. O'Brien, of the Marahfleid Record, wiu deliver an addresa on "Caah BubactilJ- tlons." "Postal Laws" win he tne subject of an address by C. B. Mer rick. Postmaster. Portland. George uimaa will sneak on "Our Indiana" and Bruce Dennla will tell about " Se curing New Members to tne Associa tion." J T. Carroll will speak on "Preaa and Poiltlea." W. 8. U'Ren and some one to be chosen will debate single tax. and answer questions asked by members, oeorge Troworwza -win speak on the "Obligatlona of City to rountrv Press'' and W. D. Willlama will ' make an addresa on "Oregon Press Good Boosters." The Portland Press Club will take care of the visitors In the evening, entertaining them with one of its In imitable "High Jlnka- programs. a trln tn Oreeon Cltv via. the O. W. P. will be taken Saturday morn ing. ' The paper mine and electric plant will be Inspected, and the vis itors will be the guests ot the Com mercial Club at luncheon.' They will return to Portland at 3 o'clock. "pop comar buys FARM IN THIS COUW J v Patton of Portland, known aa th. "Pnn Porn Kinr ." haa Invested hla aavlnga in an 87-acre tract in the Gar. Mld riiatrtct In ciackamaa uuniy. near Estacada, for which he paid $11, 000. The tract was owned by Stokes a Wnnoiar.i The land la nartlv set to fruit. 16 acrea being in apples. It Mr.. Paulson's plan to plant more appie treea at once. . If Mr. Patlson had depended entire ly on the aale of pop corn to acquire money to buy thla tract. It is figured nut that at five rants a baa It would have required the disposition of 220.- 000 bags. If he had sold pop corn ai the rate of 500 bags a day. It would have Uken 440 daya to have enough money from this scour ce to buy the PUC- f ' Cojple Gets License. A marriage license was Issued Wed nesday to Myrtle Keith and Charles Erlon of Estacada. Read the Morning nterprtr. ft M. -if it t