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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1911)
I WEATHER INDICATIONS. I Or CUT occasional rain Tuesday I southerly winds. Oregon Tuesday, fslr Mat, oo- i..... I mln wait uurtlon. Th only dally nwpee O ' twee Portland and wmi atraw 4 A. - I . . I ,aiA mia County, with a population of 90,000. Aro you an avrtlrf - r " ' . . - WEEKLY. ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1266 VOh. II No.G. OREGON CITY, 0RE00N, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1911. Pis Wwr, 10 Csn TMT VILUNG TO GIVE ALASKA AID BSBBaaasBBBBBW p EMI SiLr- OOVIRNINO BODY FOR , .TERRITORY I FAVORED BY PRESIDENT. LEASE PLAN IS HIS SUGGESTION corn m FOR CITY IS NEAR CROSS AND TOOZE III VERBAL TILT ("riFILEfir APPEALS TO MANY PERPETRATED BY WALT Ac DOUGALL DOMESTIC SCIENCE Grot Cowd Qraota Nation' Execu tive In Seattl Part-EUctlv Admlnlatratlon, Ha Bays, la North'a Need. HKATTLK. Wash., Oct. . Prl dint Tuft faced br totilKht ona ol th lurnoal and by far th moat an ihMxiurdc and rponlv audience h ha nirl n any or hla receut trav k Hi was greeWl with prolong! rhwrn. I .Tin" President ducued a variety of HiihJi'Cia, Including tb relation of yon-tiiiUHUt to business, th tariff v mn and A liaik a7. I ha latter "iuiijwt of vital iiitrMt her. II declared that Alaska should hav at least a aeml self governing body. Two yaara ago .Mr T"fi advocated her a atralKlit ririiriiliin form of government for ihi territory, declaring the population not atalil enough for a full measure of wlf control "Thui proposition haa not met ap proval' said Mr. Taft tonight. "I mill think It the better way. but the man hn atanda on a doKtnatlc state ment and saya 'No' and never con RWitx to a violation of that principle mHki-K no pmgresa. I am willing to nmk" a roiipwaalon for a partly elec tive and partly appointive government In AlitKka. . Tunirri- rannot mak tha neces ry lawa for Alaaka. Alaska muat hue a locul body. In bringing this shout. I hope there will be no politic plavrd I bop Ilia two houses of Cmigrcus will unite In brlnKlng about a change that will result In tha de vditpmrnt of Ataaka and making that territory valuable to Itself at)L valua ble to all mankind. no mar reason for govern ment ownership In Alaaka, however, tbun rlsewher. We ahould introduce Hirre the aam limitation aa to tb dlntHmition of tb public domain aa In Die rent of th country. "A for myself. I favor th leas ing system It haa proved a aucceaa In AiiHtralla. New Zealand and Cana da What you want ia a condition of ownership that will attract capital. "Some people have an Idea that you rn drive capital where It doe not want to go. Hut If anything haa wlnga. If anything la aenaltlv. If anything won t go wheralt doe not want to (to. It la capital. NEW YOP.K. Oct. . Thomae M. Lamont, on of J. P. Morgan'! part ner, and (ieorg F. Baker, Jr., were elected dlrectora of th Northern . PwlDo railway today to aucceed Oeo. W l'crklnn and Alexander H. Coch run, reHlttned Mr. Perklna la a form r pnntner of Mr. Morgan. Mr. Coch ran, It wna aald. realgned mainly on account of 111 health. RAILROAD OFFERED 20-YEAR CONTRACT A millionaire mlltar of Portland, who own aeveral thouaand acre of timber nnd on the rout of the CliickiiiiiB Southern railroad, haa larted ngotlatlona with the officer of tne company for tb hauling of million of feet of lumber. Th mil hr want th log brought to thta city by rail and floated from here to Portland. ) promise twnt-ftVs or thirty carlonda dally for twenty jetir nt luaat. The company haa ordered th flrat Inntillment of ralla, and pllea arte t!ng driven for the big treatle from f'e Southern Paclfio track to th hlnir. The dlrectora at a meting Mon ti' y trt.r.aacted routln bulna. Announcement 1 hnve 0eued a . fully equipped tch and Jewelry repair hop In the Masonic Iiulldlng and am . prepared to do all kinds of watch, clock and Jewelry work. I guarantee every Plfce of work. I do and atand back of to? Rii.irnntee. If your clock I out " oruer i win can ror it ana amiToi t when finished. W. Leonard Runyan Both Phone. Horn a 70. ' ' Polflo 827 HER GYPSY RIVAL if i. t THE FREE LANCE '. THE 8T0RY OF ROSIE ROSE THE GRAND Today " ( - CjNKANO B008 THIS SHOWS BEAVERS AND VERNON EACH TAKE GAME 1XS ANGELES. Oct. 9. (Special.) After lotting tb flrat gum .today, th Heaver took th aecond, 3 to 0. More than 10,000 peraona nw tb lust gam and th enthusiasm, . waa In tenae. Vernon won the flrst game 4 to 2. I'orilitnd won five gumea of th,d aerlea. Vernon won two regularly scheduled gamea and the postpone J Kame played thl morning, making the total for th aix day Ave to three In favor of Portland. Portland la now two gamea and fraction ahead of Vernon In tb race for the lagu flag, lleginnlng tomor row, Portland will play a aerie here with Los Angeles, while th Vernon club will wreatl with tb Oakland club on th latter bom grounds for a week. Manager McCredle believe Port land haa th pennant In It grasp. "W'll win eaaily now," h said to nlnht. Th fortunes of th week have not entirely subdued Hogan, th Village general.' "I'll win that pennant yet," declared Happy, as he hopped on the train for 8an Francisco. Th Beaver are feeling Jubilant, for their declalv victory over Vernon stamps them as th better of th two clubs, and every man feels that he Is a member of the Pacific Coaat League champions for 1911. Tb result of this series does not mean that Ver non baa lost th flag yet. for Port land Is slated to book up with tha Los Angeles club this week, and thre of Dillon's best twlrler have been reat Ing her for an entire week. Delhi, Nagle and Halla did not mak the 8acramento trip with the Angela, and Happy Hogan ha offered each Los Angeles pitcher who beats Portland a bonus of 925. . Paclflo Coaat Lagu. Vernon 4 0, Portlnd J-3. National Laaou. New York 10, Brooklyn 4. Chicago 6, Pittsburg o. . Boaton 11-13, Philadelphia 5-10. Cincinnati 6-2, St. Loula t-6. 8 TANDI NO. Paclflo Coast Portland .. 106 71 .693 Vernon .., Ill " Oakland 103 92 .623 Sacramento HA , 103 .4BIJ San Frtnclaoo 8(1 106 .447 Los Angeles 77 117 .490 WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET. Muslo And Vacation Storlea By Msm bars To Be Fatura. Th Woman' Club will hold It flrst meeting of the Fall next Thurs day afternoon. 'Mrs. Norrl will be hostess and a fin musical program will b rendered. Vacation atorle will be told and, there will b other Interesting feature. WIFE Et KB DIVORCE. Alleging that her husband deserted her and their two children, MagRl Downey has filed suit for dlvorc against Wlllam Downey. They were married April 3. 1888. and th plain tiff alleges she waa abandoned In De cember. 1898. Th defendant I a blacksmith. THAT HOCEttBACK DOCSNT V.R. AND MRS. TOM S0PWITH Young English Aviatoe Now In Thi Country With Hi Wif. Fhotna by AmarliHui fnu AMOolatloa. BUY PROPERTY -HERE J. L. Bwafford, who has been In communication with several persons In the East who are contemplating coming West, made several Important lands-deals last week) among them being the closing of th deal of the co-acre farm at Maple Lane known as tUe Peter" David son plnc.T.Hor ton, who recently arrived In thl city from MUsourtv bought th property. The price was $8,000 caab. sir, Hor ton's family will arrlv her within n few day. He is a nephew of George F. Horton, of the West Bide, formerly pastmaater of this city. Rev. -Otis Schultze Is another new comer to this city, having com from Minnesota. Rev. Schultze, through Mr. SwafTord, purchased the place formerly owned by Judge Randall and consists of three acres. It Is located on Division street. He ha gone back to Minnesota, but will return with his family in th near future. Aman Moor In City. Aman Moore, president of th Port land Cement Company, which 1 build ing a $1,000,000 plant at Oswego, was In Oregon City Monday. Mr. .Moore said that th work was progressing rapidly, and that the plant would be one of th most Important In Oregon. The Enterprise has a position open for you. Call at one. i)ja ... 1 v iSr'4 " J V'.' :- HAVEL ALL THE GOOD LUCK. I BAGGAGE MAN SAYS HE HALTED HOLD-UP A man who gave hla name as Tom Harper waa arrested Monday nlgbt at the Southern Pacific station by Policeman Frost charged with being a auspicious character. The baggage master at the station told the police man that Harper and a companion had tried to hold up an aged man. Harper-refused to make a atatement when taken to JalL The baggagemaster In formed Policeman Frost that tb sus pect and hi friend had lured tha man he saya they tried to rob, between two trains, when b appeared on the scene and struck one of them on tb head with a club. TWO THROWN FROM BUGGY; ONE HURT J. P. Vummlnga. who live near Beaver Creek, accompanied ' by his father, seventy-eight year of age, while coming to thi city Monday morning, wa injured In a runaway accident. Both were thrown from the vehicle and the younger man received an injury to his arm and bruises and cuta on his face. His father escaped Injury. Tbe horses became frighten ed when an axle of th buggy broke. Th horses ran away near Mountain View and they were caught a short distance from where the men Cell from the vehicle. BENEFIT FOR BLIND FIREMAN BIG SUCCESS Th picnic given at Schnorr's Park at Willamette, Sunday, for the benefit of Willis ("Doe') Mosler. tha blind fireman, who lost his sight about two years ago, was a big success. A large sum was raised. Tbe firemen took an active interest in Mosler' behalf. and a large crowd waa present. Many tickets were sold to friends of the fireman. Tbe afternoon wa spent In dancing and refreshments wer served. Mr. Mosler, before losing his luhl was an active membeT of Oreenpolnt Hos Company. Th plc nlo wa to have been given Sunday, a week ago, but owing to the Incle ment weather . It waa necessary to postpone ilt. 'Mr. Mosler lives with his parents. COMPANY Q PLANS DRILLS. Cnthulm Of Member May Result In Armory Being Built. Arrtnpemeiits were made at the! drill of Company O Monday night for a aeries of competitive drill this winter. The members ar enthusias tic over the plan, and It Is believed the drills will result in an armory being built her In th near future. Our greatest clubbing offer. The Morning Enterprise by mall and the Weekly Oregonlan, both until Novem ber 1, 1912, for only $3. Offer close October 81. 1911. MAYOR, WITH CONSENT OF COUN CIL, TO NAME BOARD TO REVISE CHARTER. SPECIAL ELECTION MAY BE CALLED Several Men Under Consideration For Appolnmnt -Two Member Of Council Will B On Commission. It is believed that th Commission form of government will b put Into effect In Oregon City within eighteen months and probably earlier. Mayor Brownell, who haa announced himself In favor of' the change, Monday gave out tb following atatement: "Th Mayor, with th consent of th city council, I about'' to appoint a commission consisting of-flv mem bers to prepare a new charter by way of amendment to the present city charter for th establishment of what I known a the commission form of government. "Petitions . will .have lo be circu lated In order to take a vote upon th proposition.' This would have to be don at a special election to be called by th city council for that purpoae." Tbe council will probably act upon the suggestion at the next regular meeting, and. Inasmuch as a majority of tbe member have declared in favor of tbe commission form of govern ment. It ia virtually assure'd th may or will be authorized to appoint the commission for revising the charter. Tbe mayor baa under consideration several prominent men for appoint ment on the commission. It Is plan ned to name two member of the city council and three other. TO FAMOUS RESORT Frank Busch, Monday sent to Tepr lit, the famoua watering place in Ger many, ten pounds of Oregon dogwood seed. He also expects to forward several young trees in a few days. Mr. Busch received letter from the management of . tha resort sometime ago asking him to furnish the seed and the trees. The writer said that he had heard a great deal about-the Oregon dogwond, and wanted to plant the tree on th lawn at th resort Mr. Busch obtained the aeed without much trouble, but he haa had a dif ficult time getting th tree. He searched a wood of three square mile and found only a fA suitable for transplanting, lie found the dog wood In abundance, but most of tbe trees were too large. He will make another effort to get more trees In the near future. Tepllti . is one of the best known resort in the world and is a rival of Carlsbad. STATE BANK TO BE OPENED IN MOLALLA The Molalla 8tat Bapk has filed articles of incorporation at Salem. The capital stock is $15,000. Leroy D. Walker. L. W. Robblna and H. A. Dedman are th incorporator. Mo lalla has long been regarded as a fine place to establish a bank, and there la no doubt the enterprise will be a success. Tb Clackamas Southern railroad which tra verge th rich Mo lalla Valley will mean thousands of dollar to that city, tha greater part of which will be deposited in the bank. CONTRACTORS HAVE TO CLEAN SIDEWALKS Earth which had been left on tbe sidewalks at Eleventh and Monroe atreta hv contractors wa removed by them Monday by order of Chief of Police Shaw, persons living In tne neighborhood had complained that the sidewalk was almost Impassible. Th chief has also Instructed several nronertr owners to repair their re taining walls to keep earth from waRhinir on th sidewalk. Because of 1... tw Bmnnnt rf rrAftlnff' thl ' HIV It. I p. J '-' - r -- r. ..; it I. hcteii that there will be more complaints about muaay siae- walks than ever berore. r i A D tf ' FARMS HIS FREEDOM. Harry Clark. Sr., who waa serving a Jail sentence of nrten days for in tnvlcBtlnn was released Monday by Chief of Pollc Shaw. Clark cleaned the council chamber, tbe room of the hook and ladder company and several streets. FRESH - FISH ..Fresh boiled craba, Olympla oyst r direct from th hall. Salmon, Halibut. Shrimp, t. Th finest stock and quality. Macdonald's Fish Market Nxt to Walls Fargo. OLYMPIA OYSTERS OUR "XICIAVTV. MISS PORTER, TEACHER, IS URG ED TO HAVE CLASS ON SATURDAYS. DIRECTORS NOT OPPOSED TO PLAN . Ga Will Be Turned In Ovn Today And School Children Will B 1 gin Cooking Many Bill - Are Considered. Tbe proposal to allow other than tbe ' students of the Oregon City schools to take advantage of th facili ties offered at the high school build ing for work in domestic science was received kindly Monday night at a meeting of tbe board of, directors. tAl. Lulu Porter, an expert In domes tic science, " has been besieged with applications for classes on Saturday from - women and glrla- not-attending school, and Miss Porter ia Inclined to give up some of ber time on Sat urdays so enthusiastic Is sba over th opportunity of imparting oer knowl-4 edge cf scientific handling of house hold problems. , Acetylene gas will b turned Into the ovens today, andThe student will I have a chance to sample the prize packages of th budding cooks who are o eager to learn tha culinary art Miss Porter believes she can form two Saturday classes of eighteen persons each and it ia very probable that the board will permit this Innovation Just as soon as the work of tbe ctty schools has aettled- down to Its nor mal condition. Bills Incident to tbe construction of th new high school building oc cupied the directors' attention- until past 1 o'clock Monday night, and con siderable time was spent In confuta tion with Architect Aaron H. Gould, and Superintendent of Construction C. W. Vonderahe. Tbe board plans to have th Barclay gymnasium arranged for a play-room and a lunch-room. Tbe big "gym" may be partitioned for this purpose. Tbe enrollment of the city schools exceeds that of last year by nearly 100, te total now being 841. divided as follows: High school. '177; Barc lay. 305; Eastham.-359. ' Officer Jack Frost waa appointed truant officer to serve during the school year. He will act under tha direction of tha school law and the city superintendent and is expected to keep a vigilant eye upon the par ents who Ignore the law requiting compulsory attendance of children in school. FLINT-LOCK RIFLE ATTRACTS ATTENTION In the display window of tha George Young second-hand store there is an old gun that is attracting much at tention. Tbe gun waa obtained by Mr. Young from W. C Cheney, who recently came Into 'possession of it wfciu working In British Columbia. Tbe weapon is of the old (lint lock make, and there is a large piece of flint attached to It Tba gun is more than 100 years old, and it originally belonged to the Hudson Bay Com pany. In the window also ia an old chair, formerly used by tba Indians, it was found In 1904 In a deserted wigwam by E. J. Dietrich and O. II Maurer, who brought it to thl city from Taylor county, Wis. , . Couple Granted License. A marriage license waa issued Mon day to Ida V. Glllett and Albert C. Furtney, of Portland. The Enterprise has a position open for you. Call at once. Six Per Cent Semi-Annual Interest Coupon Bonds. THE CLACKAMAS 80UTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY Is now offering to our horn peopl Its first mortaoag 6 per ent semi-annual Interest coupon bonds, and aa th bonds ar limited to ties, rail and equipment and all other work, auch as grading and bridges, ar paid, for by atock aubscriptlons, th bonds Issued by this company ar first class. . . N ' Thss bond ar Issued In the following denomlnatlona, vl.t lion, $500, $1,000. ' Th Clackamas Southern Railway Company offer th following reason why th bond should be sold In Oregon: FIRST It I an Oregon enterprise and owned by Oregon peopl. -' SECOND Th country traversed by-thl lln I thickly popu lated' and ha freight and passenger traffic In eight to mak It th best paying road In Oregon for Ita lenth. THIRD Th bt business men and farmer n th County ar stockholder In this road and authorized the Issue of these bonds at th atockholders' meeting by unanlmoue vot. FOURTH The bonds draw 6 per cent Interest and th holder gets hla ntrst twlc ach year. Call on or addr, i . . G. B DIMICK Secrciorv C. S. Ry. Co. ONE WANTS STREET WORK Di li LATtO APJU U I fieri OTADI) IT DONE RIOHT AWAY. . COIRXL DECIDES M (EnE3 Temporary Board Walk To B Built On Monro Street From Four-. teenth T Eleventh A. Mmnts RaoSiced. M. E. Cross and F. J. Tooxe en gaged in a lively argument over th Improvement of Monro street from Eleventh to Fourteenth at a meeting of tba city council Monday nighL Mr. Cross objected to tba improvement of that portion of tba street th com ing winter, and urged that the work be delayed until . more favorabl weather. Mr. Moffatt, of th Oregon Construction Company, which offer i tha lowest hid (or tha improvement of the street, insisted that hi com pany be allowed to go ahead witn the work. Ha declared that tha bid mf.nM nnt ha been BO low had it been known that th company would not be allowed to . begin graaing m once. -1 own two blocks between Tweirtn nH ThirtMnth atreeta. aald Mr. Cross, "and I understand that my as-1 sessment will ' be at least si.ow. These lots are not worth any more now than they were twenty yearM ahn I hnurht them. I Bee no reason for Improving Monro street beyond Ninth. . My gooa inena rro r,,, Tnma lit the nnlv on making a flght and If he can't get out thl winter I win giaaiy amua a iwtw buggy for him every day, and see that he gets horn th same way. Cost To B Large. . "Tne WCTK win cun nr. iwno m little for there is no . gradlnjr, to be dona in front of his place, but it win cost me more than my property .la worth. The people who own the prop--rt-w ihnnlii h r on suited befor thl work is dona. It will not cost a mem ber of tha council a cent, and those upon whom the burden will tall should have some say in the matter." Mr. Tooz declared that there wer fifteen school children and other In the block where he live who wer in the same position as himself. He said that all of them had to go many blocks out of their way ln order o go to other parts of the city. -I ili Mr PmBI was hold ing his property for speculative pur poses and had benefited from the lm provementa made by other property owners, but had made none himself, Mr. Tooxe asserted that it was not right to delay the Improvement of the street He said the citizens who Im proved their property and thu added to th value of other property, had some rights. Cross To Continue Fight. u- r-m.. instated that hla record would show ha was progressive and not an obstructionist He called atten tion In lov.ri 1 streets on which he has property which have been Im proved, and, altnougn e waa wa for large sum he did not. protest Mr. Cross also gave notice that he would flght the removal of earth from the street In front of his property to another part0t the street i "1 want that earth to fill In several lot," ald Mr. Cross. "I am positive the city haa no right to if Mr. Burk said the property owner wa entitled to tbe surplus earth pro vided It waa not needed for grading another pact of tbe same street Mr. Cross intimated that he would carry the flght to tha court if necessary. The council finally decided hat the contracting Arm could go ahead with the grading between Eleventh and Fourteenth streets, and that it must be finished within forty working days beginning October 23. No rock 1 to be put on the street until permission (Continued on paga 3.) t