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VOL. Ill No. 9.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1912.
Peb Week, 10 Cents
POMONA GRANGE
RAPS SINGLE TAX
A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THE TRIUMPH OF MIND OVER MATTER.
I rrKj-r rf AfPAl Pi
ISFl
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OF HURTING. IT;
BOYS, BUT LOOK
OUT FOR VOUfi
FEETl
IRONMASTER, ON STAND, SAYS
DETAILS WERE LEFT
TO OTHERS.
MEN PROMOTING PROPAGANDA
IN STATE ALSO ARE
. SCORED.
ENTERPRISE INFORMED" THAT
ALL CASES HAVE NOT
' BEEN REPORTED.
HENRY CROMER VICTOR IN
HOTLY CONTESTED RACE
OVER H. W. KANDLE.
CARNEGIE
ADMITS
TYPHOID
EPIDEMIC
SUPERVISORS OF
ROADS ARE NAMED
IGNORANCE OF LAW
EARED
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STEEL TARIFF NO LONGER NEEDED
Millionaire Declares That Knox, His
' Legal Adviser, Never- Ex-
plained Sherman Act
To Him.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Andrew
Carnegie, pressed hard today by mem
bers of the House committee inquir
ing into the United States Steel Cor
poration, admitted that he recom
mended the appointment of Philander
C. Knox, the present Secretary of
State, as Attorney-General in McKin
ley's Cabinet in 1901. Mr. Knox hav
ing been one of the general counsel
lors for the Carnegie Steel Company
after 1890, when the Sherman anti
trust law was passed.
Mr. Carnegie repeatedly had declar
ed before the committee that he nev
er knew that the participation of his
company in the steel plate pool ana
other like pools was unlawful, and
Representative McGillicuddy, of
Maine, sought to show that he had
recommended to President McKinley
the appointment of Mr. Knox after
Mr. Knox, as counsel for the com
pany, had left him in ignorance ot
the Government statutes so many
years.
Mr. Carnegie also told the com-5
mittee that he believed no protective
tariff was necessary on steel rails or
steel products, with the exception of
needles, which are not manufactured
in this country. He asserted that
Congress need have no fear that for
eign rails would flood the United
States if the tariff were removed.
An uncomfortable half hour was
given the ironmaster late in the day
by McGillicuddy and he is to be re
called tomorrow, although he urged
that he be permitted to conclude his
testimony today.
"You said that you did not know
for many years the scope of the Sher
man anti-trust law," said Mr. McGil
licuddy in beginning his examination
of Mr. Carnegie. ''Between the years
1890 and 1900 you were the -head of
the Carnegie Steel Company, were
you not?"
"I never was its head, not even a
director," Mr. Carnegie replied. "1
was the majority stockholder, owning
fifty-four per cent of the stock."
CENTRAL STATES IN
GRIP JOF BLIZZARD
CHICAGO, Jan. 11 Another de
scent in the thermometer in the cen
tral states was predicted tonight by
the Government weather bureau
which added that no relief was in
sight. Local snow flurries were prom
ised. A blinding snow was blowing
about Chicago and other places most
of the day.
Temporary relief was of short dura
tion. In Chicago the temperature rose
to eight degrees above zero and re
mained at six above at 9 p. m., but
elsewhere in the Middle West and
Northwest the mercury's level stood
from zero to thirty-eight below at 7
o'clock tonight.
Bismark, N. D., with thirty-eight be
low zero, wrested the low mark from
Medicine Hat, with thirty-two degrees
below at 7 o'clock tonight, two de
grees colder than" its rival Havre,
Mont.
BOY, 10, TRIES TO
STAB PLAYMATE, 11
Constable George Brown is investi
gating -n attempt that was made to
stab Elmer Rowan, eleven years of aga
son of Froderick Rowan, by a 'ea
year old bey Wednesday afternoon.
The boy;-: were playing in front i-f
the linrcliiy school house Tshen an
argument started, and the lad whose
name Brown knows, ran to his hime
and, returning with a large - butcher
knife niadu a lunge at the Rowan boy.
Young Rowan jumped back and the
blade, which was intended for hia
face, cut his coat. He and a littve
girl took the knife from their angry
playmate, and the latter ran away
and hia on the veranda of a nearby
house.
Public Demon-
-i
stration
of the Vacuum Clothes Washer
every day at 2:30 except Sun
day. Wednesday and Saturday
evenings at 7:30. o'clock. 401
Main street.
Oregon SpecialtyJCo.
SEE HERE!
I have four nice level
lots, nearly new 5-room
house, wood house, barn
and well, 3 blocks from
school. Price $1500. V.
ill
trade for acreage. T?
have you? Call on
Wiat
; or
address - Cyrus Povell,
Oregon City, Or., Steph
ens building, room 11.
GLADSTONE OFFICE
FIGHT EXCITING
NEW MUNICIPALITY EMULATES
EXAMPLE SET BY
OREGON CITY.
PARDEE INSISTS HE IS TREASURER
Mayor Cross Takes Warrants When
Claimant Of Office Attempts
To Get Them Paddock
Signs Papers.
Not to be outdone by the contro
versy between Mayor Dimick and the
Oregon City couneil, Gladstone, which
was recently incorporated as a city,
has a little fight of its own over the
possession of the treasuryship. J. K.
Pardee, treasurer before the last elec
tion, insists that he has a legal right
to the office and J. C. Paddock, elect
ed at the last election insists that he
is the treasurer. A contest probably
will be filed in the Circuit Court to
settle the controversy.
At the meeting of the council Tues
day night when the officers were
sworn in Pardee announced that he
considered himself treasurer of the
city. PaddocK. was in the act of sign
ing three city warrants when Pardea
made an effort to obtain them. Mayor
Cross,- however, got the documents
first and put them in his pocket. One
of the warrants was issued to Pardee'
for salary for the last quarter of last
year. The warrant was signed by
Paddock the next morning, but Par
dee refused to accept it. The same
day he made the following statement:
"To whom it may concern: Take
notice that I, J. K. Pardee, am the
duly elected and qualified and acting
treasurer of the city of Gladstone,
Or., and that the warrants of the city
of Gladstnno will not bear interest
until registered by me."
The controversy is the result of a
conflict between the code and the
Gladstone charter. When the charter
was written it was supposed that the
offi?ia!s serving had been elected for
two yeaiS. In reality, it is said, they
were elected to serve until the next
general election. A phrase, however,
was incorporated in the charter pro
viding that the officials then serving
held on for two years.
All the officials but Pardee resigned
before the general election in order
to settle the controversy.
R. R. PURS1FULL
ROCH WED
The marriage of Miss . Kathryn
Roch, daughter of Mr3. Bertha Roch,
and Ransum R. Pursifull, son of Mrs.
Rachel Pursifull, of this city, was
solemnized Tuesday afternoon in Port
land, Judge W. N. Gatens, of that
city, performing the marriage cere
mony. Relatives of the "bride and
bridegroom attended. Mr. and Mrs.
Pursifull have gone to Mount Angel,
where they are spending their honey
moon with the former's sister, Mrs.
G. G. White, and upon their return
will make their temporary home in
Oregon City, and later will probably
go to Eastern Oregon, where Mr.
Pursifull is the owner of a farm.
The bride Is well known in this city,
having made her home with her sis
ter, Mrs. Harry Woodward, and has
many friends here. The bridegroom
has lived in this city most of his life.
He is an employe of the Willamette
Pulp & Paper Company's Mill on the
West Side.
Patronne our advertisers.
H. W. DENIS0N.
Japanese Adviser Called to
Confer With Yuan Shih Kai.
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IN BIG DEMAND
OrlinariJy the special or an
nual edition of the average news
paper consists of bulk rather
than interest. A larger number
than usual of newspaper pages,
-filled for the most part with
"canned" reading matter. This
is true of our biggest cities, as
whh the smaller ones.
A conspicuous exception to this
i".le is the PROGRESS AND AN
NIVERSARY EDITION, 1912, OF
THE OREGON CITY MORNING
1.CNTERPRISE. If ever that over
worked phrase "Edition de Luxe"
cculd be applied to a newspaper
rrodi'ct, it applies to the Pro
gress Edition which left the
tmxss Thursday afternoon.
"rue, it contains advertising
matter but it is advertisiag that
advertises our city and county bet
ur than any oth t form of pub
licity could hope to. do. There is
not a line of advertising in the
entire publication that will not
do more active missionary work
than would a whole library of
booster .pamphlets; not merely
for the individual, but for the
community at large. And It is
right here that every good citi
zen of Clackamas county and of
Oregon City especially is per
sonally concerned.
Buy a copy, it costs only ten
cent3. Read it. Read it first
of all for the absorbing interest
it will naturally- have for you.
Then read it from the point of
view of a man interested in the
welfare of the community In
which he lives makes his living,
and brings up his family. You
will want every- copy you can
afford to buy, for a thousand let
ters could not begin to describe
the locality in which you live, as
does this special edition.
Not a feature has been slight
ed. Manufacturers, business
houses, professional men, stores,
in fact every enterprise that
helps to make our city what it is,
as well as the men back of the
enterprise get full recognition
in this splendid publication. In
brief it is a graphically fasincat
ing description of Oregon City
and its environs, pictorially and
otherwise.
6-FOOT CHANNEL
IS
MAJOR M'INDOE SENDS REPORT
TO SECRETARY AND
CONGRESS.
COST OF WORK IS TO BE $24 J
Terminal Association Confident That
Oregon City Wilt Be Al- -lowed
Same Rates
As Portland.
A message was received here Thurs
day that the Secretary of War nad
sent to Congress his reports with the
maps of Major J. F. Mclndoe, on the
preliminary examination of the Willa
mette river between Oregon City and
Portland.
The district officer reports that a
twelve-foot depth is no longer requir
ed as the maximum draft of the river
boats running above Portland is under
five feet. He recommends the aban
donment of the twelve-foot portion of
the exsting project and would obtain
by dredging where necessary the six
foot low water channel, from 150 to
200 feet wide below the head rapids
and 100 feet above, and the removal
of Copeleys' rock to a like depth.
The estimated cost would be $24,
000, with an annual maintenance of
$2,500. An initial appropriation ot
$12,000 is recommended under the
same appropriation title aa that for
the Willamette . river between Oregon
City and Harrisburg.
These reports have been referred
to the Board of Engineers on Rivers
and Harbors, which will concur with
the Division Engineer in recommend
ing the plan proposed by the district
officer.
The board of directors of the Ore
gon City Terminal Rate Association,
at a meeting Thursday evening, heard
reports of several committees. The
directors will meet in about ten days
with H. E. Lounsbury, General
Freight Agent of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, regarding giving Oregon
City terminal rates. If terminal rates
are allowed, Oregon City will have
the same rates Ss Portland. The
Southern Pacific Railway officials
have promised that if deep water is
to be provided by the government
from Portland to Oregon City terminal
railroad rates will be allowed. The
terminal association directors say if
they win their fight the river here
will be lined with factories in five
years and the population will more
than treble. The directors who at
tended Thursday's meeting were B. T.
McBain, L. Adams, A. A. Price and
E. Schwab.
WIFE LEFT HIM THREE
WEEKS AFTER WEDDING
Oscar Rieck filed suit for divorce
Thursday from Mabel Rieck. They
were married November 26, 1910 in
Spokane and the plaintiff alleges his
wife Cesevted him in Portland three
week3 later after they had moved to
Portland.
Merle Cahill sued James J. Cahili
for divorce, alleging abandonment
They were married August 27, 1909
and the plaintiff says her husband
loft her November 14, 1909. She asks
that her maiden name, Merle Cole, be
resiorfd -
GETS INDIAN RELICS.
In the show window of George
. Young'3 curio store are several arti
j cles recently obtained that have ai
j tracted more than usual attention,
j these being an Indian handbag, from
; Mrs. F;obn of this city. This was
j the handiwork of Alaska Indians, an
I is a work of art. There is also a
i demijohn cover of fancy braided
i straw in beautiful design, and twenty
five arrowheads.
RECOMMENDED
STARKWEATHER FATHERS RESOLUTION
Equal Suffrage Is. Favored And
County Court Is Urged
To Take Over
Fair.
The Single Tax movement in Ore
gon was punctured Wednesday after
noon by Clackamas County Pomona
Grange at it3 quarterly meeting with
Harding tJrange at Logan in a resolu
tion that scores the men who are pro
moting the Single Tax propaganda in
Oregon under salaries from the Joseph
Fels Fund. Harvey G. Starkweather,
Master of Milwaukie Grange, gath
ered the resolution and had an easy
time secuflng its adoption, the main
Single Tax movement here.
The action of the Pomona Grange,
which has representatives from every
part of Clackamas county places the
farming interests' of this county on
record, and shows the weakness of the
Single Tax movement here. The res
olution follows:
Pomona Grange also adopted a reso
lution favoring the equal suffrage
amendment to the Oregon Constitu
tion, and in another resolution, the
Grange urged the County Court to
take over the Clackamas County Fair
Association and manage that enter
prise, paying off the mortgage indeb
tedness of about $8,000 and taking
possession of the site near Canby.
The next meeting of : Pomona Grange
will be held April 10 at Eagle Creek.
Following is the resolution regard
ing Single Tax:
Whereas, it is a notorious fact that
a large amount of money is being con
tributed to a fund to influence legisla
tion in the State of Oregon, and
Whereas, such contribution comes
in a .large part from wealthy interests
outside the State, and
Whereas, such foreign interests can
have no legitimate nor proper motive
in shaping the legislation in our State,
and
Whereas, such suggested legislation
would provide for the exemption from
taxation of a considerable portion of
the wealth of our state, and would
thereby additionally burden the lands
of the state, which are now bearing
more than their just share of the ex
pense of the government, and
Whereas, such legislation would be
generally detrimental to the state and
especially so to the farming interests.
Therefore, be it resolved that we the
grangers of Clackamas County in dis
trict Pomona Grange assembled at Lo
gan, Oregon, on this 10th day of Jan
uary, 1912, do denounce this extrane
ous campaign fund as a menace to our
system of government.
Be it further resolved that we con
demn as Un-American and. unpatriotic
the distribution of such a campaign
fund.
Be it further resolved that we con
demn the single tax a3 a most vicious
form of class legislation.
EXCELLENT PROGRAM
The Woman's Club met at the Com
mercial Club parlors Thursday after
noon, the program being in charge
of Mrs. David Caufield president of
the club. Miss Florence Grace, one
of the leading young pianists of this
city, favored the members with sev
eral instrumental selections, respond
ing to a hearty encore. Oscar Law
rence Woodfin's voice was well suited
for the two selections he gave, which
were "Mother O'Mine" by Tours, and
"Little Boy Blue" by Joyce. He was
accompanied by Miss Florence Grace.
Mrs. W. R. Ellis, who wa3 to read
an article on "One Hundred Years'
Peace With England" was unable to
be present owing to illness of her
daughter, and the article was read
by Mrs. J. W. Norris, and was in
teresting as well as instructive. Mrs.
M. M. Charman read several articles
on the subject, one of which embodied
the views of President Taft. Mrs. W.
A. Shewman gave several readings.
She displayed much ability as an elo
cutionist. Miss Evadna Harrison
gave several recitations, among them
being "The Setting of the Blue Hen."
Resolutions were adopted providing
that an effort be made to further the
work of the peace commission. It was
also planned to give a banquet on the
evening of February 14, the place of
which was not decided upon. Mrs. H.
E. Straight has been appointed chair
man of the committee.
The subject at the next meeting
will be "The Scholarship Loan Fund."
It will be an open meeting. Before
the close of the meeting Thursday a
vote of thanks was given those tak
ing part in the progaram.
Hotel Arrivals.
The following are registered at the
Electric Hotel:
D. E. Simonson, Portland; Mrs.
Fred Haynes, H. Henlke, Damascus;
J. T. Scott, San Francisco, F. Sutton,
Salem; W. H. Mattoon, Charles H.
Saxton, Portland; N. F. Washington
and wife, D. Coleman and wife, J.
H. Meadnos and wife, Virginia
Warblers, S. Johnson, T. Doyles and
father, Portland; B. Sullivan, Frank
Mann, O. Brigban, Estacada; E. G.
Nelson, Portland; E. M. Gerber, Carl
Howell, H. R. Smith, A. Howell,
Harry Howell, J. M. Pack, R. H.
Monckton. .
Read te Morning I5nt.erprir
HEALTH OFFICER HEARS OF FIVE
Physician Urges That Milk From All
Dairies Be Analyzed Water
If Found Free Of
Germ.
The Morning Enterprise has inform
ation from a reliable source that there
are more cases of typnold fever In
Oregon City than have been reported
to Dr. J .W. Norris, Health Officer.
Dr. Norris says only five cases have
been leported to him. This paper's
informant says there are at lea3t
twelve persons suffering from the dis
ease in this city. If that is the case
there is a typhoid epidemic here, and
every effort should be made immed
iately to learn the cause and put an
end to it.
"I have, betsn trying ... to get -.he
facts," said Dr. Norris Thursday eve
ning. "The only way I can get the
facts is by interviewing the physic
ians. I have done that, and my in
formation is that there are only five
cases of typhoid fever in the city.
I have had the water examined una
it was found tor be free of typhoid
germs. It is not my place to ex
amine the milk, but I shall report
conditions to the state dairy and fool
commissioner, who makes such examin
ations. The typhoid pttients did not
get milk from the cam? dairyman, and
I am satisfied did not contract the
disease from the same source."
A prominent Oregon City physlaian
said Thursday night that the milfe
should be examined by all means, and
other samples of the water should be
analyzed.
"Several tests' of the watr should
be made," he said. "And the milk
from ail the dairies should be care
fully analyze;1."
"ALL IS CALM
E"
As Bill Arp used to say, "All was
calm and serene" in Oregon City
Thursday . Although he had been
"fired" from two positions within a
week, E. L. Shaw continued to act
as chief of police and Charles E.
Burns dio not try to usurp Shaw'j
prerogatives, or poach upon Shaw's
preserves. Henry Cooke and S. R.
Green, neither of whom hasbeen re
appointed, pursued the even tenors ot
their respective ways up and dowa
Main street, and through the by
ways. No madding crowd lingered in
front of the city hall yesternight,
and once more, in the langut-ge ot
that Toat humorist, who long ag"
.vas gathered to his fathers, "All was
calm and serene."
SuDscrlbe for the Dfcily Enterprise
m - v,
4P
Haviland and Austrian Dinner Ware
in Open Stock Patterns
Our stock of Haviland Chinaware . is arranged so you can buy 1
or 50 pieces at a time, as you see fit. . We carry a complete stock of
three separate White and Gold Patterns; all standards that csn be
added to or replaced at any time.
Austrian Dinner Ware
. This is a fine tight China, made in two different designs, plain
White and White with a Gold line border. It is much cheaper
than Haviland and makes a very pretty set.
We would be pleased to show you our stock of Chinaware and we
GUARATNEE you that OUR PRICES are LOWER than PORTLAND
OR ELSEWHERE
See our window display of Haviland China
Burmeister & Andresen
Oregon City Jewelers.
WILLIAM KISER HAS TWO OPPGNENTS
County Court Adheres To Rule Of
Appointing Men Chosen At
Meetings Voting Spec
ial Tax.
After an all-day session at which
more than fifty persons were heard
the county court Thursday appointed
the road supervisors for the ensuing
year. About two-thirds of the super
visors were reappointed.
W. H. Kandle, in district No. 33
had a large following but the court
appointed Henry Cromer, because he
was the choice of a meeting of tax
payers at which a five-mill tax was
voted. The court has made a rule
that the man selected at meetings of
taxpayers at which taxes are voted
be named supervisor.
In district No. 45 William Kiser
was opposed by Jeff Shaw and H. T.
Shipley. No one was selected for su
pervisor at the meeting of the tax
payers a motion to adjourn having
been carried before one to proceed
with the selection of the candidate for
supervisor. Kiser was the supervisor
and no charges were filed against him
with the court.
C. A. Keith was opposed in dis
trict No. 41 by George Kitzmiller.
Keith was chosen at a meeting of the
taxpayers at which a ten-mill tax levy
was voted. F. E. Davidson was op
posed in district No. 30 by George
Jarish, who was recommended for ap
pointment at a meeting of the tax
payers at which a motion for a special
tax was voted down. This is the
Oswego district and the court held
that inasmuch as Oswego had made a
road district by ordinance the town
had no right to take part in the coun
ty road meeting.
The court will name the judges and
clerks of election today. Following
are the road supervisors:
No. ICE. Battin, No. 2 John Ben
nett, No. 3 W. W. Cooke, No. 4 John
Githens, No. 5 J. W. Roots, No. 6
Charles Krebs, No. 7 Erneset Leaf,
No. 8 D. W. Douglass, No. 9 Peter.
Rath, No. 10 Frank E. Thomas, No.
11 C .R. Livesay, No. 12 Henry
Swales, No. 13 J. C. Fullam, No. 14
Henry Henricf, No. 15 William Fine,
No. 16 August Stachley, No. 17 D. R.
Dimick, No. 18 Fred Kamrath, No. 19
D. N. Trullinger, No. 20 B. Sullivan,
No. 21 E. A. S-anson, No. 22 Albert
Engle, No. 23 R: W. Zimmerman, No.
24 Clarence E. Miller, No. 25 J. B.'
Mitts, No. 26 W. W. Everhart, No.
27 John Barth, No. 28 L.-D. Shank,
No. 29 W. A. Rogers, No. 30 F. T.
Davidson, No. 31 O. P. Sharp, No.
32 W. C. Heater, No. 33 Henry Crom
er, No. 34 William Kiser, No. 35 Wil
liam Booth", No. 36 A. M. Anderson,
No. 37 C. W. Kruse, No. 38 G. W.
Derry, No. 39 Frank Jaggar, No. 40
E. M. Cox, No. 41 C. A. Keith, No.
42 L. H. Judd, No. 43 D. D. Burnett,
No. 44 Charles Rider, No. 45 Jess
Cox, No. 46 J. J. Hatton, No. 47 O.
P. Roathe, No. 48, J. G. Deslazer,
No. 49 G. T. Hunt, No. 51 J. E. Sel
ler, No. 52 H. F. Kanne, No. 53 E. R.
Ridings, No. 54 W. F. Stanton, No.
55 H. H. Mattoon, No. 56 Nat Scrib
ner, No. 57 William Stewe.
Chinaware
Suspension Bridge Corner.