WEATHER INDICATIONS.
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TO BEAT WILSON
EX-PRINCETON HEAD SAID PARTY
SHOULD BE RID OF
BRYAN. I
COLONEL WATTERSON ENTERS FIGHT
Other Speeches Quoted Showing That
Democratic Candidate Has
- Not Always "Talked
Regular."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Confront
ed by the defection of important Dem
ocratic supporters, with a letter in
his own ' hand-writing in which Wil
liam Jennings Bryan is placed, in ef
fect, in the political nuisance class,
said to be hanging over him ,and with
the denunciation of himself by Grov
er Cleveland rising like a ghost from
the past, Woodrow Wilson, governor
of New Jersey, is having trouble with
his Presidential boom. This boom,
say well-informed politicians, never
can survive so many backsets. They
say that it is on the verge of collapse.
Not the least of the untoward cir
cumstances that are contributing to
the woes of Mr. Wilson perhaps the
most important of them all is the
letter concerning Bryan. The three
prominent Democrats who have
threatened to desert him if they have
not already done so, are Colonel
George Harvey, editor of Harpers'
Weekly, Colonel Henry Watterson, ed
itor of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
and James C. Hemphill, for years edi
tor of the Charleston News and Cour
ier. As to the Bryan letters, it is pre
dieted that as a result of them the
Nebraska statesman, who has spoken
kind words of Wilson in the past may
find it highly inexpedient to continue
his friendly relations or to make any
further promise of support.
The letter has been kept more or
less a secret. At the most, only a
general idea of its contents has been
made known. It was written by Gov
ernor Wilson in 1905 to Adrian H.
Joline, of New York. There is a good
deal of uncertainty about some parts
of it, and as to other parts there is
lack of agreement as to verbiage, but
there seems to be little doubt that
the following sentence occurred sub
stantially as given:
'.'Cannot we devise some dignified
way of getting Mr. Bryan out of the
Democratic party and getting rid of
him for all time?"
There was an effort recently on the
part of the friends of the New Jersey
governor to discount the effect of the
Bryan latter. It was declared to be
"past history." Past history or not,
it is possible that Mr. Bryan does not
like it even now. When Colonel Bry
an was asked only the other day what
he thought about the letter, he con
sidered a while and then snapped
out:
"Mr. Wilson's letter ought to make
friends for him among those who
seem to be interested chiefly in dig
ging it up."
As a cryptic utterance, nothing that
has been said recently in politics can
more than equal this answer by Col
onel Bryan.
VEREIN SOCIETY HAS
IBEST MASQUE BALL
Buscn's Hall was crowded to its
capacity last evening, the occasion
being the annual masquerade ball of
the German Verein Society. The
floor was reserved for maskers until
10:30 o'clock. An orchestra of seven
pieces composed mostly of members
of the Philharmonic Society of this
city, furnished the latest dance mus
ic. A lunch was served by the ladies.
The committees were as follows:
fteception, Gustave Sehnoerr, F.
Busch, F. Mueller, D. M. Klemsen,
R. Seiler; door, C. Hartman, Peter
Winkel and William Schwartz; floor,
Peter Kloostra, William Kruger, C.
Hartman and H. W. Strebig. The
costumes were unique, and the ball
was called the most successful ever
given by the society.
Public Demon
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 Specialty Co.
SEE HERE!
I have four nice level
lots, neaiy new 5-room
house, wood house, barn
and WfU, 3 blocks from
school. Price $1500. Will
trad for acreage. What
have you? Call' on or
address Cyrus Powell,
Oregon City, Or., Steph
ens building, room 11.
GHOS
morn
BILLIARD PLAYERS
GIFTED SAYS EXPERT
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 13 Bil
liards is one game that stands still.
Lew Shaw, the world's champion
twenty-five years ago and for over
twenty years a fancy billiard shot,
says the only new thing in the game
since he started is a new name once
in a while.
Shaw is in Cleveland this week
for the fiftieth time. He is headed
across the country for the fiftieth
time. He's been traveling ever since
he learned to handle a cue.
"Jake Schaefer was a greater bil
liard player than Willie Hoppe -and
so was Frank Ive3," said Shaw.
"Hoppe defeated Schaefer when the
latter was an old man. Billiard play
ers are good only a short time. They
are at top form a year or two and
then go back.
"It would be a lot harder to find
a billiard champion than a 'white
hope.' Only one man in a million
ever becomes a good billiard shot. A
fighter can be taught. Billiard play
ers are gifted and those who do not
handle a cue naturally will not be
come good players no matter how
much they practice."
Shaw won the championship twenty-five
years ago by defeating Jake
Schaefer. They played in the White
House before President Arthur. Shaw
won 500 to 457. Then he began to
tour the country as an exhibition
player.
FIREMEN TO GIVE
BIG CHICKEN DINNER
The men of Cataract Hose Company
No. 2 are objects of suspicion to every
good looking chicken in Clackamas
county these days. In fact there's
likely to be some strong cackling
at Lazelle"s Poultry Show in the
Armory a few days later for several
hungry looking men have been seen
poking round the local chicken coops,
and more than one rooster seems
destined to lose several members of
his family in the very near future.
To judge by the preparations tho
company is making, every man at
tending the chicken dinner Monday,
January 22, is more or a stoker than
he is a fireman. He will sure have
to stoke some to get away with the
oodles and oodles of chicken that's
bound to find its way to his plate. And
all for four bits? Of course the chick
ens are sore about it all! Who
wouldn't be? But the chickens will
get it in the neck just the same they
always do.
Outside the four-bit proposition
there's only one thing to do, and that
is to notify the company at least four
days before that you intend to be
present. During dinner the Cataract
Quartet will sing "I love you chicken,
but oh! you refreshments." The
song will be illustrated by the real
thing. And then some. After dinner
there will be some happenings worth
talking about for the company ha3
arranged for a dandy time. Also for
refreshments. More good time. More
refreshments.
If you're a fireman and want to
get next, give four days' notice and
your little old four-bits and you're on.
'I'M SURE I'M SANE'
SAYS HARRY 1 THAW
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. In an inter
view published here today, Harry K.
Thaw, for whose release his mother
and counsel are said to be making one
more effort with hope of success, is
quoted at length in emphatic defense
of his sanity. -
"I wouldn't harm Dr. Flint or any
one else if set free," the slayer of
Stanford White is said to have ex
claimed in reference to the state
alienist, who is opposed to Thaw's
release. Thaw says that he expects
his counsel will soon' bring the case
before a "fair-minded" jury. ...
NC3
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED IS66
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY
YOUR MOVE, MR. BEAR.
JOSEPH A TAGGART.
New Representative From
Second Kansas District.
EJ.
DIES AT THE DALLES
Mrs. Grace J. French, who died at
The Dalles, January 8, at the age of
thirty-three years, was the second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. !
Graves, of Oregon City. Mrs. French
was born near Silverton, January 29,
1879. She moved with her parents:
while in infancy to thi3 city in 1890. ;
where she lived until her marriage
to P.. W. French, of The Dalles, in j
1904. She leaves a husband and four ':
little children, the children being j
George, age seven years; Veva, five I
years ; Erma, four j ears, and Fay,
two "years.
Mrs. Fxench was s. member of the
Methodist church at The Dalles,
where she was loved and highly re
spected by all who know her. She
was kind and patient in her last ill
ness. Besides her father and mother, of
this city, f?he leaves five sihters, Mrs.
Wesley Howard, of Oregon City; Mra.
C. L. Jackson, of Soldier, Idaho; Misa
Graves, of Kelso, Wash. ; Mrs. Charles
Gates, of Oregon City; Crystal
Graves, three brothers, E'mer, Jack
and Ellis Graves) all at this city.
RETAINING WALL OF
IS
The recent snow and the heavy
rain fall caused a cavein on the prop
erty owned by the St. Paul's Episco
pal church fronting the Willamette
River. Tons of earth fell against the
wall that is under construction by
Harry Jones for the new Episcopal
church. It is not thought that the
wall was damaged but will take some
time-to get the earth out. The dam
age will amount to $500, and the
church will suffer the loss. As soon
as the weather is favorable the task
of hauling the earth from the hole
will be commenced.
The cement wall recently construct
ed by the city near the suspension
bridge between Sixth and Seveth
streets has also been greatly damaged.
To keep the wall froh falling over
brace3 have been used.
SuDscrtbe for the Detly Rnterprla
If'-; '
ENT
EVANGELIST HOLDS
The largest crowd last week to hear
Evangelist J. Bruce Evans, assembled
Saturday night at the Baptist church.
Everybody had noticed the sign3
"Some Doing" on the advertising
cards. Certainly no one who attend
ed was disappointed. Mr. Evans lives
up to his motto. The evangelist be
lieves in calling a spade not an agri
cultural implement. Mr. Evans often
races across the platform, running
his hands through his rair illustrating
a point. Saturday night he had his
audience laughing and weeping at his
will. A large choir is assisting in
making the meetings attractive. Mr.
Evans uses one of hiaown hymns as
a specialty nightly having the wo
men whistle and the men sing. .
HAVE ENTERTAINMENT
The Junior Class of the Oregon City
High School entertained Friday eve
ning in the Masonic Hall. The Jun
iors were the first class to entertain
this year.
The hall wa3 prettily decorated
with purple and gold streamers, the
class colors, pennants and greens.
Games were played and an imitation
track meet was held, in which the
Insane Asylum came out a winner.
The Bolton High School won the
booby prize a large cabbage.
Refreshments were served in the
Live Wire banquet hall, after which
toasts were responded to by the fol
lowing members of the faculty:
Professor Tooze, Mr. Anker, Mr.
Forbes, Mr. Pfingsten, Mrs. Cartlidge,
Miss Porter, Miss Kuns, and Miss
Todd and Edith Alldredge, president
of the Athletic Association, John
Dambach; president of the Junior
Class, Gilbert Morris; president of the
Senior Class, Kent Wilson; president
of the Sophomore Class, Harold Swaf
ford; Evelyn Harding, Leonard Wil
liams, Shelby Shaver, Mary Barbur
and Miss Schmidli.
The young people were chaperoned
by the faculty.
BY REBEKAH LODGE
Willamette Rebekah Lodge held
its installation of officers at the I.
O. O. F. Hall Friday evening, when
there was a large attendance. Mrs.
Viola Godfrey who is principal of the
North School of Corvallis, was in at
tendance, having come here so as to
obtain the honor of past noble grana.
Much of the routine business had to
be postponed to the next meeting,
owing to the lateness of the hour
after the installation had been com
pleted. The remainder of the evening
following installation of officers was
devoted to a social time when a
luncheon was served.
Present were Miss Ada Bedwell, dis
trict deputy president, assisted by
Mrs. S- S. Walker, Mrs. J. J. Cooke,
Mrs. May Fairclough, Mrs. Flora
Morris, Mrs. F. A. Miles, Mrs. Min
nie Stevens, Mrs. Grace Noble, Mrs.
S. F. Scripture, Mrs. Martha Hunter,
installed the officers, who are as lot-
lows: Elective officers: Noble Grand,
Miss Myra Osborne; vice-grand, Miss
Gertrude Fairclough; recording secre
tary, Mrs. Jeanette Scott; financial
secretary Mrs. J. L. Waldron; treas
urer, Mrs. Lizie Finnegan.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the many friends and neigh
bors, who so kindly assisted us dur
ing our recent bereavement, and for
the beautiful floral offerings, also to
those who sang at the funeral ser
vices.
. J. W. M'DUFFIE,
MRS. W. L. YALE,
J. B. CARTER,
MRS. A. CONLIN.
14,-1912.
MILLS SHUT DOWN
BECAUSE OF FLOOD
PLANTS WI4.L BE CLOSED DAY
OR TWO UNTIL WATER
RECEDES.
WILD REPORT OF BIG DAM BURSTING
Rainfall Of Half An Inch And Snow
, Melting Have Caused
River To Rise
Rapidly.
The Willamette Pulp & Paper Com
pany's mill. The Hawley Paper mill,
The Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper
Company mill and probably the Ore
gon City Woolen mills will be closed
Monday because of the high water.
The river is on a rampage and the
mills may be closed two or three
days.
At Eugene Saturday night the riv
er was 15.5 feet and falling. At Sa
lem it was 19.6 feet with a rainfall of
.03. A report Saturday that a big
dam near Salem had broken .caused
uneasiness here. There is no big
dam in the upper river, however, and
persons familiar with conditions were
not alarmed.
Rainfall averaging half an inch in
the Willamette valley during the past
thirty-six hours together with the mild
temperature which has melted the
snows in the higher places tributary
to tne Willamette, have caused the
river to rise very rapidly, according
to District Forecaster E. A. Beals, of
Portland. He issue! a special flood
warning Saturday to all interests
along the river.
'The Willamette river at Portland
will rise rapidly for the next three
days" says Mr. Beals, "reaching a
stage of 14.5 feet Sunday 17 feet Mon
day, and between 18 and 19 feet Tues
day." A special report from Jefferson, on
the Santiam, which empties into the
Willamette between Albany and Sa
lem, gave a stage of 15.3 feet which is
a rise of four feet in the last 16 hours.
River readings at important stations
on the Willamette river were as fol
lows :
Eugene Flood stage. 10: height in
feet, 15.5; change in last 24 hours,
rise of 8.7; rainfall in last 24 hours,
.45.
Harrisburg Flood stage. 16: heieht
in feet, 12.1; change in last 24 hours,
rise of 6.1; rainfall in last 24 hours,
1.10.
Albany Flood stage. 20: heieht. In
feet, 15.8; ' change in last 24 hours,
rise oi s.z; rainiaii in last 24 hours.
n a '
8.
Salem Flood stage. 20: heieht in
feet, 19.6; change in last 24 hours.
rise of 48; rainfall in last 24 hours,
.u.
Wilson ville Flood stage. 37: height
in feet, 22.4; change in last 24 hours,
rise of 1.6; rainfall in last 25 hours.
.az: -
Portland Flood stage 15: heieht.
in feet, 11.8; change in last 24 hours,
rise of 2.8; rainfall in last 24 hours,
.61.
The first docks in Portland to hi
affected by the freshet will be the
Ash street dock and the Alaska dock,
both of which are caught before the
flood stage of 15 feet is reached.
Other docks which are higher are
making preparations to get their
rreignt off and those where it has
not already been done can do so at
a moment's notice.
The last winter freshet here was
January 20, 1911. The last one of
any consequence was on March 5,
iyiu, with a stage of 19.6 feet at Port
land. MOTT CASE HEARD.
Judge Beatin Saturdav tnnfr mirior
advisement the controversy over the
estate of D. E. Mott who died in
June, 1911, leaving an estate valued
at $5,000. Prior to his death he ap
pointed Frank Mott agent to look af
ter nis anairs. Mr. JWott i3 said to
have left the hllllr of Tils mnn
agent This Frank Mott denied. Gor
don E. Hayes appeared for the heirs.
Couple Get License.
A marriage license was issued Sat
urday to Tillie Schnell and Leo James
Kearns.
You've undoubtedly seen it,
but have you got one?
That's the question. The
Progress Edition of the Morn
ing Enterprise is admittedly
a publication worthy of the
biggest city in these United
States. The Enterprise has
done its share "and now its
up to you.
A thousand personal let
ters could not describe your
home town as does this re
markable production. In text,
picture, and letterpress the
story of Oregon City is fas
cinatingly told ,and magnifi
cently printed.
Nothing like it has ever
been attempted in this town
before. Its coat price TEN
CENTS doesn't even pay for
materials, never mind writ
ing, printing and binding.
Get a few copies before the
edition is exhausted. Keep a
copy for yourself and send
the rest to your friends back
East. They'll appreciate it
even more than you will, if
such a thing could be possi
ble. ,
TEN CENTS.
CHICAGO HAS ZERO
9
COAL FAMINE THREATENS AND
FUNDS OF CHARITY HAVE
BEEN SPENT. .
TRAINS UNABLE TO LEAVE STATION
Suffering In Every Part Of City In-
tense And Every Effort Is
Being Made To Aid
Unfortunate.
CHICAGO, Jan. 13. Chicago is suf
fering today from its .ninth consecu
tive day of zero weather. Although
there have been intervals at a few
hours when the mercury climbed
above this mark each day at some
time zero has been reached and pass
ed, establishing a record for more
than twenty years.
At midnight last night the govern
ment thermometers showed zero, but
an hour later one degree below was
registered, and at 6 o'clock this morn
ing this mark still stood.
Through the night a fine snow fell,
driven by a bitter northwest wind.
No relif-i was held out for the day,
the prediction being that the temper
ature might fall to ten or twelve be
low. Each day brings stories of suffering
in every part of the city.
The funds of charitable organiza
tions have been practically exhausted,
and the county is finding it difficult
to supply the wants of the poor.
Mayor Harrison said today he
would issue an appeal for funds for
the aid of the city's poor.
Chicago is on the serge of a coal
famine. Dealers said today that if
the present cold weather lasts four
more days the surplus will be ex
hausted. Prices in four days have
advanced on various grades from 10
cents to $1 a ton.
Railroads besides holding the fuel
for their own use, have been able to
deliver one-fifth a3 fast as Chicago is
burning it. A snow storm which pre
vailed last night and today has ser
iously retarded traffic on steam rail
roads and street railroads.
Nearly all trains have arrived late
during the la3t twenty-four hours and
in many cases they have been unable
to leave the stations in this city until
hours after schedule time.
With the lowest temperatures of
the season prevailing in the upper
Mississippi Valley states, the plains'
states and the West Gulf states, zero
weather extending as far south as Ar
kansas and Northern Texas, and the
temperature below freezing on the
Texas coast, the Weather Bureau at
Washington today gave notice that
a very cold wave would overspread
the Southwestern states during the
next thirty-six to forty-eight hours.
Snow was falling today in practi
cally all districts east of the Rocky
Mountains except in the Southeastern
states, where there was rain. In the
Far West there was a storm of con
siderable intensity over British Co
lumbia causing rain in the Pacific
states and snows in the North Rocky
Mountain regions.
ALLEGED BOY STABBER
MUST REPORT WEEKLY
Anton Zuletet, ten years of age,
was given a hearing in Judge Beatie's
Court Saturday on a charge of trying
to stap Elmer Rowan, eleven years of
age. The boys quarreled in front of
the Barclay schoolhouse and Zuletet
went to his home and obtained a
butcher knife. " Returning he tried to
stab the Rowan boy in the face. Judge
Beatie continued the case indefinitely
and instructed the defendant to re
port to Policeman Frosfaonce a week.
Read the Morning Enterprise.
WEATHER
DAYS
To People in the Su
burbs and rural districts
of Oregon City
Whether you ever cared for high-grade motion pictures or
not, THE GRAND, having won the confidence of the people in
the city, is out after your patronage because it knows that the
public is just beginning to realize the possibilities of motion
pictures, and it knows that the class of pictures projected on
its screen are of the very highest type. It feels satisfied that
you can be pleased and will be pleased if you can spare the
time any day to witness one program. ..
Your Patronage Is Solicited
$ The only dally newspaper be-
$ tween Portland and Salem; circu-
S latea in every section of Clacka-
mat County, with a population of
J 30,000. Are you an advertiser?
Per Week, 10 Cents
STREET WORK IS
URGED BY MAYOR
DIMICK SUGGESTS THAT MO
LALLA AVENUE BE IM
PROVED AT ONCE.
PERTINENT QUESTIONS ARE ASKED
City's' Executive Says Council Is Not
With Him, But Urges
Harmonious Action
In Future.
Mayor, Dimick issued the following
statement Saturday night:
"I sincerely hope we will get some
good results in Oregon City this year,
as the future welfare of the 'city de
mands better roads and better streets.
I would be greatly disappointed if Mo
lalla avenue was neglected for anoth
er year, as fully 70 per cent of the
city's outside business comes in over
that important street. We have other
important roads and streets leading
into the city that should not be neg
lected. "The Council don't seem to be very
harmonious, hut that don't bother me
in the least They seem to think
they should do that which the city
charter plainly says I shall do and at
the - last Council meeting they had
Councilman Meyer cocked and prim
ed with written instructions, and
when he failed to remember his in
structions, he then took them up and
read from his manuscript.
In one of my former letters I asked
the following questions and I still
insist upon an explanation to each of
them, as it is important to every tax
payer in this city:
"First What good can be accomp
lished by building a concrete retain
ing wall between Tenth and Eleventh
streets on Monroe the estimated cost
of which is approximately $2,900, in
order to save a portion of a lot in a
canyon owned by D. C. Latourette,
upon which the Eleventh street as
sessment has not and probably will
never be paid, as the lot could not.
be sold for $100? " S
"Second If Washington street, be
tween Fourteenth and. Seventeenth
can be filled and the cost of the im
provement assessed to the abutting
property when no member of the Ore
gon City Council owns any abutting
property thereon, why then do they
fill in Main street with gravel and
other material and ballast up the
street railway's company's tracks and
tax none of the improvements to the
abutting property and pay $5,000
therefor when the whole sum cornea
out of the City Treasurer?
"Third Why shorld the city pay
$2,000 on the Abernethy Bridge when
the railway company had to erect
bridge in order to keep their cars out
of the creek and could urfve been in
duced to nuild the !ril'?e .nein.?elves
as they are usius that part of Main
street a.3 a switching yard?
"Fourth !n improving f'ciier
street from the north line of Sovwuh
to the nonh line of Ninth street, when
one conira-jr'j bid was approxi
mately i.'i.SOj and the other contrac
tor's bt.i w;.'s approximately $4,400.
and after the lowest bidder received
the contract, then pay the contractor
more than $7,000, then I ask the rea
son therefor.
"Fifth The Jefferson street con
tract was let for approximately $20,
000 and the records show that the
contractor received $26,000. I wish
to ask why some of these final pay
ments do not fall near the contract
price.
I wish to be informed why it was
that when a member of the City Coun
cil was accused by tne Engineer with
trying to get on the pay-rool of the
city and have the warrants drawn for
his salary under an assumed name or
by some other hocus pocus, so that
the taxpayers would not know he wa3
receiving money that the Mayor and
Mr. Holman and a few other of the
councilmen did not have the matter
investigated in order to show the pub-
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