MORNING ENTERPRISE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1912.
Before buying visit Levitt's Clear
ance Sale.
High Water Merchandise
at Bedrock Prices
at our Clearance Sale. We have two weeks yet to wind up our
Clearance Sale but in order to clean up in a hurry we are cleaning
up a thousand and one things regardless of cost. Every article re
duced and to appreciate same you must join the money-savers you
find here every day.
Men's Suits and Ladies Here are the
A . d .. biggest bargains you
0 coats at Bottom ever saw All at one.
Prices half price.
$15 Suits and Overcoats 15 Suit or Coa
$9.85 $7-50
$20 Suits and Overcoats $20 Suit or Coat
$13.85 $10.00
$25 Suits and Overcoats $25 Suit or Coat
$16.95 $12.50
One lot of Ladies'. Suits, out of style, values from $15 to $25.
Special, to close out $6.88
Every article in the store
wonderful bargains from every department.
J.LEVITT
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For the arrest and conviction
of any person or persons, who
unlawfully remove copies of The
Morning Enterprise from the
premises of subscribers after
paper has been placed there by
carrier.
Devoured It.
G BM
"How is your boy coming along?"
"Oh. be is a great reader."
"That's good. What does be prefer?"
"Tbe sporting extra mostly."
LOCAL BRIEFS
Fred Wourms, of Clairmont, was in
this city Tuesday.
J. Bohlender, of Beaver Creek, was
in this city Tuesday.
Mrs. E. C. Brown and son, Clif
ford, of Carus, were in this" city Tues
day. Mesny & Caufield, surveyors & engin
eers. Masonic Bldg. Maps & estimates.
Mrs. Lillian Saunders, who has
been very ill for the past four weeks,
is improving.
Norman and Ralph Howard, of
Carus, made a business trip to Ore
gon City Monday.
C; L. Palfrey, one of the well
known residents of Molaila, was in
this city Tuesday.
Thomas E, Fergrda, of Los Angeles,
was among the Oregon City visitors
Monday and Tuesday.
Itrs. 6. V. Francis and daughter,
Miss Hazel, were in Portland Tues
day, where they visited friends.
C. J. Gipson, of Brownsville, was
In this city Monday and Tuesday, reg
istering at the Electric Hotel.
', Miss Mayme Gleason will leave to
"day for Portland, where she will be
the guest for several days of Mrs.
Truesdale.
Mr. Herman and son, William, well
known farmers of Beaver Creek,
made a business trip to this city
Tuesday.
Free delivery from Harris grocery
twice every day. Phone in your orier
if too busy to call.
Mrs. C. G. Miller and son, Gor
don, left on Tuesday for Portland,
where they will visit with relatives
for several days.
Mrs. C. O. T. Williams, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.
M. Lawrence, of Portland, for sev
eral weeks, has returned to Oregon
City.
You can get Gluten Flour at Harris'
grocery, Eighth and Main streets.
Mrs. John Haight, formerly of this
city but now of Portland, was in Ore
gon City Tuesday, having come here
to meet her sister, Mrs. Shaney, of
Molaila, who will visit her for several
days.
Edward T. Hatch, a former Oregon
City boy, whose home is now in Port
land, was in this city Monday visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kelly and
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dye. Mr. Hatch
has just returned from Caracas, Ven
ezula, South .America, where he has
been visiting the American Counsel
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Hanhing,
the latter being a sister of Mr. Hatch.
"Hunt's" delicious canned fruits.
My, but they are good. At Harris'
grocery. -
E. J. Noble, of the Hawley Pulp
& Paper Company, was called to Riv
erside, Cal., Monday evening by tele
gram announcing the serious illness
of his father, John W. Noble. Mr.
Noble is well known in this city,
where he resided for many years, and
was superintendent "f the Oregon City
reduced.
Windows loaded with
Oregon City, Ore
schools for some time. He and his
family have lived at Riverside for
some time.
There's no bread like "Royal
Bread." Fresh every morning at Har
ris' grocery.
Mrs. Mary Humble, of Portland, i3
in this city a guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Schuebel having
come here to attend the marriage of
Miss Eula Schuebel and Lee. Bc
queaith. Others who came to attend
the .wedding were Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas, of Drain; Clifford Beattie.
of Seattle, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. S.
A. Weed, of San Diego, CaL; James
Smythe, of Tacoma, Wash.
Born, to the wife of J. E. Malloy,
January 15, a boy.
H LIGHT CLUB
STUDIES AFRICA
The Mehr Licht Reading Club met
at the home of the Misses Alma and
Florence Moore at Greenpoint Mon
day evening, and the study of "Afri
ca" was begun, the readers of the
evening being Miss Florence Moore,
Miss Myrtle Hamilton and Miss Ma
ble Tooze. A luncheon" was served
during the evening. The next meet
ing will be held at the home of Miss
Tooze Monday evening.
Those attending . Monday evening's
meeting were Miss Mable Tooze, Miss
Myrtle Hamilton, Miss Florence
Moore, Miss Gladys McCoy, Miss
Mamie Burroughs, Mig3 Gertrude
Hamilton, Miss Daisy Larsen, Miss
Alma Moore.
OSMUND MAID PUTS
BURGLAR TO ROUT
A key on the inside of the door, an
alert and watchful maidservant, a red
light on Main street, and the speedy
response of Policeman Steven Green
was a combination that proved too
much for a would-be burglar who at
tempted to "burgle" the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Osmund at Elev
enth and Center streets.
About 10:30 Tuesday night Police
man Green was notified through the
red light that something was wrong
at the Osmund residence and went
down there on the run. The plucky,
but thoroughly frightened maidser
vant, told him that she had been
keeping house in the absence of Mr.
and Mrs. Osmund who were being
entertained away from home and
had been startled by hearing the
noise of a key in the outer door.
Thinking that the family was return
ing she went to the vestibule and
turned on the light. The burglar
hastily withdrew his key and decamp
ed. The officer was immediately tele
phoned for, but the intruder had
made good his getaway. Green spent
more than an hour combing the lo
cality for any suspicious character,
but without result.
INSTALL OFFICERS
Woodmen Hall was filled to capac
ity Tuesday night ,the occasion being
the installation .of officers of the
Modern Woodmen of America. After
the installation an excellent program
was given as follows:
Instrumental Solo (Selected) Mrs .
Bertha Rau.
Song (Selected) Miss Kathleen'
Harrison.
Recitation Master Sammy McLarty.
SongMiss Kohler. Flute accom
paniment by Mr. Kohler.
Song Kenneth Woodward.
Song Mr. Charles Miller.
Song Archie Long.
Recitation Mrs. Gertrude Woodward.
Song Hugh Kennedy.
Duet Myrtle and Everett Cross.
After the music an elaborate oyster
supper was served by the members of
the order, whicn was heartily appre
ciated. Informal speeches followed,
after which dancing was enjoyed un
til the strains of "Home Sweet
Home," brought to an end one' of the
most enjoyable as well as successful
meetings in the history of the local
camp. More than 200 persons were
present.
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FUGITIVE
By EDWARD STAGER
I lived in a brick row in tbe city in
a comfortable bouse of my own.
The street against which my bouse
backed was largely occupied tor sbops.
The building whose rear confront
ed the rear of my house was occu
pied below for millinery goods, while
girls worked above on tbe goods sold
in the store. The third story seemed
to be used for sleeping rooms for tbe
girls who worked on the premises dur
ing the day.
One afternoon when I came home
and stood looking through my bedroom
window 1 saw in an upper window of
the house back of me a young girl who
differed entirely from those I bad been
used to seeing there. In the first place
she was singularly beautiful, in the
second she was dressed like a lady,
and in the third her features seen
through a pair of opera glasses were
of a very refined type. She was evi
dently in a room by herself on the
third story and was working at trim
ming hats.
Why jvas that high bred young wo
man there working in that fashion?
She must have been educated, and ed
ucated girls when they occupy posi
tions don't usually take up manual la
bor. The bee of curiosity bad got into
my head and kept a continual buzzing.
I watched the girl till nightfall, when
she shut ber window, and the first
thing in the morning I looked for her.
She was there working again the same
as the day before. For several days
I kept feasting my eyes upon her,
"when one day, suddenly turning her
face In my direction, she saw me look
ing at hefthrough my glasses. Hav
ing her face in focus. I saw a fright
ened expression come over it. She
withdrew from the window, and,
though I often looked for her, 1 did not
see her there again, I cursed myself
for a fool in not keeping back where
she could not have seen me.
Her disappearance showed me that
If the bee curiosity had effected an en
trance into my head an arrow of love
had been shot into my heart. 1 was
astonished at the loneliness tbat came
over me. The night after my mother's
funeral, when I found myself for the
first time alone in the house, i had
been oppressed by the solitude, hut this
Bensation was different. Then these
was something lost that I h:id no idea
of regaining. Now that which had
been shut off from my vision 1 felt
must be restored to me.
In the financial center of tbe city I
had heard rumors of trouble on the
part of a certain wealthy man who had
been speculating. Being a banker, the
matter had come to my ears long be
fore its publication, since the bank in
which I was employed had made large
loans to the speculator and was there
fore Interested in bis getting out of his
difficulty without a failure. His em
barrassment was kept as qniet as pos
sible. Nevertheless 1 learned that if
he didn't pnll through be would be
prosecuted criminally. Meanwhile be
was working night and day to bring
about an adjustment.
One evening while dining with the
cashier he told me that, while there
was criminality in the case of this
man who owed us money, it was not
he who had committed fraud, but a
member of his family, who bad disap
peared with securities that he was in
terested in keeping out of tbe reach of
the law. But he added that the po
lice had got on to the fugitive's hid
ing place and expected to make an ar
rest very soon.
What It was that induced me to put
this information and the girl of the bat
factory together I don't know, but I
did. My romance would not permit me
to think tbat she had run away with
securities to which she had no right
I believed that she was acting with her
relative to extricate him from his com
plications. At any rate. If the hat
girl was tb'- person the police were
after I proposed to warn her. Leaving
the cashier after dinner, I made
straight for the building in which 1
had seen her.
I was received by the woman who
ran the establishment I asked to be
permitted to see the lady who occupied
a back room on tbe third story. The
woman looked at me suspiciously and
said there was no one occupying either
of the back rooms on that story. This
confirmed my suspicion that tbe girl
I bad seen was in biding.
"When did the girl who has been
working there at a window for several
days go?" I asked, giving the woman
a searching glance. I saw by her ex
pression that she felt tbe game was
op- .
"Let me see her." I added in a con
fidential tone. "I have news for ber in
which she Is greatly interested."
"Are you a friend of hers?"
"1 would serve ber."
She led tbe way to a salesroom, then
Kent upstairs and came down with tbe
girl in question. She was what 1 sus
pected ber to be. Her father was In
trouble, and she was helping him. 1
proposed to give up my bouse to ber
and tbe womao who was harboring ber
for another biding place. The offer
was accepted, and they went there at
once. 1 going to my club. They had
Dot been gone an hour before tbe police
went to the millinery factory to make
tbe arrest.
By this bit of financiering that was
executed by the daughter the father
palled through, paid dollar for dollar
and saved bis good name. I now man
age the estate he left, for I am the hus
band of bis only heir.
r Pumsnment.
Neighbor How nice and clean you
are, Peperl! I suppose grandmamma
is coming to see you today?
"Oh, no; but I've been naughty, and
I'm always washed for punish
ment" Fliegende Blatter. -..
The Wreck.
Ross I hear a burglar got In your
house while your wife was away.
Cory Yes; I'm so glad. My wife won't
know how much of the wreck is me
and how much is him. Harper's Ba
zar. Rea4 te Morning SnterpriM.
For the Children
Giant Cactus That
Resembles a Spur.
The great size to which the cactus
plant grows In Arizona is clearly shown
In tbe accompanying illustration, in
which a horse is included for the sake
of comparison. Of still more interest
Is tbe fact tbat this plant takes the
form of a spur, due probably to tbe
strong winds, which bent tbe plant
over until its top touched the earth,
after which a second root formed and
a new growth started upward from the
top of the arch so formed.
The Elephant.
Even In India the elephant Is not
nsed for going about as much as he
once was. But for the durbar (the
Delhi meeting at which King George
was formally proclaimed emperor of
India) the elephant was used by the
thousand.
In crimson and gold trappings, .carry
ing a howdah or pulling a carriage, be
was a wonderful sight.
Here we see elephants only at the
zoological gardens and at tbe circus.
And aren't they Interesting?
You may always identify this largest
animal by Its trunk. Its feet have
five toes each, enveloped in an outer
skin. And baby elephants have a tiny
pair of milk teeth, which they shed
just as human babies do their milk
teeth.
The elephant's wonderful trunk is an
extension of its nose, tbe nostrils being
at the end of the trunk. Down at the
end there is a fingerlike development,
with which the elephant can pick up
the smallest objects. ' This always
seems very strange since the elephant
is so large. . t'
An elephant walks six miles an hour,
and in case, of great need be shuffles
along at the rate of twelve miles, but
he cannot trot .
While he climbs rather steep moun
tains, a ditch seven feet, in width stops
him short.
The ivory of which his tusks are
made Is very valuable. With these
tusks be attacks an enemy.
King of the Castle.
King of the castle i a good game.
One player gets on the top of a little
hillock or mound of earth and pro.
claims himself "king of the castle," in
sinuating at the same time that his
playmates are "little rascals" In the
following couplet:
I'm the king of the castle!
Get down, you little rascals!
The boys stationed on the level ground
resent this insult by endeavoring to
pull or push the king from his elevated
position, while he exerts his ntmost
efforts to maintain his station. The
player who can contrive to dethrone
the monarch of the hillock takes his
place and keeps possession both of cas
tle and title until some stronger com
moner compels him to abdicate.
- What Johnny Overheard.
Johnny was dozing in his father's
library when he overheard this conver
sation: '
"Hello, Fatty," said the Copybook to
the Dictionary.
"Hello. Thlnny." retorted the Dic
tionary. "You're a wordy person. Fatty," said
the Copybook. : .
"You're an empty thing, Thinny."
said the Dictionary.
"Bound to have the last word, eh.
Fatty?" sneered the Copybook.
"Need it in my business," said the
Dictionary. And the Umbrella coughed
so hard that it bent one of its ribs.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Conundrums.
Why does the sun rise In the eastl
Because 'east makes things rise.
How do you know that some persons
were evolved from the vegetable king
dom? Because many of them are still
small potatoes.
Why is the Milky way in the sky?
Because the cow jumped over the
moon.
Why is a caterpillar like hot cakes?
They both make the butterfly.
Naughty Willie.
Willie Teacher licked me 'cause I
was the only one who could answer a
question.
Mother (frightened) What was the
fuestion?
Willie Who put the pin on teacher's
lhair?
The Airy Giraffe.
Said a pert little dog to a tall giraffe,
"It Isn't that any one cares.
But you look so stuck up that the neigh
bors laugh
And say you are putting on airs."
The giraffe was annoyed, you could plain
ly see.
And sniffed as he made reply,
"If you had a nice long neck like me
You would do the same as I."
A Hair's Breadth.
Measurement by less than a hair's
breadth now has a definite meaning in
machine shops. In all of the large
shops there are instruments that will
measure tne thickness of a cigarette
paper, much thinner than hair. An
inch can be divided into 10.000 parts,
and seventeen of these parts win make
a "hair's breadth." Some of the most
delicate measurements are made at
the government aun': factory at Wash
Ington, where many of the great pin
for the army and njivy are manufa
fured. -
mmmmam
Patronize our advertisers.
HOW SMALL STORES CAI
Using MAZDA lamps in snow windows
and electric signs outside willed aw trade from
larger stores not so well equipped. We jwill be
glad to tell you how this can be done with these
lamps which give more light for less money than
any other ittuminant.
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER CO.
MAIN OFFICE 7th and Alder Streets
SONG WELL RECEIVED.
"Nan Marie" is a song composed
by R. S. Robertson of Oregon City,
R. F. D. No. 2. Mr. Robertson's
song has been placed on sale at some
of the leading music dealers' stands,
and so far has taken well. There
are eight verses, all of which are of
excellent .measure and full of pathos.
Foresters To Entertain.
The Companions of the Forest and
the Foresters of America will give
an oyster supper in their room tomro
row evening, after which there will
be an entertainment and a dance. All
members of both orders are urged
to be present.
nFMflwn IN WITH
mm in uuuiu mgi
STARTS FOR SPUDS
There is some demand in the South
now for Oregon potatoes, both Bur
banks and American Wonders being
wanted in a limited way, the latter
for seed purposes, and the belief pre
vails that the market from this time
on will show a little more life and
strength than ' during the past six
weeks.
For the .present prices remain prac
tically unchanged. For fair to good
grade Burbanks, for shipment to Tex
as, New Mexico and Arizona, buyers
are offering 90 cents to $1 a hundred
at shipping points, while fancy Bur
banks, for which there is a limited
market In California, are said to be
movable at $1 to $1.15.
The' demand in territory along the
Mexican border, though yet very lim
ited, is regarded as an encouraging
sign. Hitherto Arizona, New Mexico
and Texas have drawn largely upon
Colorado and other states farther
north for potato supplies at this time
of the year. This year available sup
plies in those states are said to be
short consequently the Southern buy
ers are turning to Oregon.
Growers and dealers alike have for
some time been a good deal concern
ed regarding the market prospect for
the Oregon surplus, which is gener
ally admitted to he considerably
above the average showing at this
time in recent years. : Estimates of
holdings in first hands in the state
range from 800 to 1,100 cars, and in
view of this it is evident that an out
let of good proportions will be neces
sary for the near future. Whether
the demand in the Southern states
will measure up to requirements in
this respect remains to be seen, but
on the whole the situation is regard
ed as favorable.' '
For the best offerings there i3 little
doubt about the market. These will
be taken readily enough. It is the
liberal supply of the medium grades
that causes apprehension in some
quarters, but dealers say the chances
are that these too will find a mar
ket though perhaps not at the prices
the growers are counting on. '
Prevailing Oregon City prices are as
follows:
DRIED FRUITS (Buying) Prunes
on basis of 6 1-4 pounds for 45-60's.
Fruits, Vegetables.
HIDES (Buying) Green hides, 6c
to 6c; salters, 5 to 6c; dry hides, 12c
to 14c; sheep pelts, 25c to 75c each.
Hay, Grain, Feed.-
HAY (Buying) Timothy, $12 to
$15; clover, $8 to $9; oat hay, best,
$9 to $10; mixed, $9 to $12; alfalfa,
$15 to $16.50. ,...-
OATS (Buying) Gray, $27 to $28;
wheat, $28 to $29; oil meal, $53;
Shady Brook dairy feed, $1.25 per 100
pounds. -
DRAW TRADE
y Elective Light
$785
a ! J ft J
The Car That Has
Astonished That Auto
World
JUST SAY FORD TO ELLIOTT AND HE
WILL DO THE REST
C . A. ELLIOTT Garage
Main, near Fourth.
FEETV (Selling) Shorts, $26; roll
ed barley, $39; process barley, $40;
whole corn, $39; cracked corn. $40;
bran $25.
FLOUR $4.50 to $5.25.
Butter, Poultry, Eggs.
POULTRY (Buying) Heus, 10c to
11c; spring, 10 to 11c, and roosters,
8c.
Butter (Buying) Ordinary coun
try butter, 25c to 30c; fancy dairy,
40c.
EGGS Oregon ranch egga, 35c to
37 l-2c.
SACK VEGETABLES Carrots,
$1.25 to $1.50 per sack; parsnips.
January Clearance Sale
DID YOU EVER HEAR OF ONE IN REAL ESTATE.
- HERE IS YOUR CHANCE
. Must sell seven-room house, barn, well, and fruit trees, and four
lots cn the West Side, Windsor Addition. An extra conservative money
lender of Oregon City has loaned $750 cash on this property, loan to run
one and one-half years from January 11, 1912, at". 7 per cent. Will sell
this home for $450 purchaser to assume above mortgage.
WM. HAMMOND, Owner.
CROSS & HAMMOND, Beaver Building, Oregon City, Oregon.
CHEAP! CHEAP! CHEAP!
We are certainly selling Shoes cheap. Ladies,' Gents,' Boys' and
Girls' Shoes for less money than you can huy them for elsewhere.
Save Your
Come to our store and get our
giving some great bargains. .
Merrill
Ninth and Main streets.
$785
Main 119, and A 72.
$1.25 to $1.50; turnips, $1.25 to $1,50;
beets, $1.50.
POTATOES Best buying 85c to
$1 per hundred.
hundred; Australian, $2 per hundred.
ONIONS Oregon, $1.25 to $1.50 per
Lvestock, Meats.
BEEF (Live weight) Steers, 5c
and 5 1-2; cows, 4 l-2c; bulls, 3 l-2c
VEAL Calves bring from 8c to
13c, according to grade.
MUTTON Sheep, 3c and 3 l-2c;
lambs, 4c and 5c.
HOGS 125 to 140 pound hogs, 10c
and 11c; 140 to 200 pounds, 10c and
10 l-2c.
Pocketbooks
prices on all lines of Shoes. We are
.
& Cave
Oregon City.