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VOL. Ill No. 21.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cents
HOMESTEAD BILL
CERTAIN TO PASS
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEES FOR
Man Who Put Quietus
On Willamette As City
LUNATIC TRIES TO
STRANGLE MOUNT
COMMITTEE REPORTS FAVOR
ABLY ON MEASURE MAKING
TITLES EASIER.
CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERS TO BE
CONTINUED FOR FORTY
FIVE DAYS.
CRAZED MAN ATTACKS PHYSIC
IAN AT INQUEST IN
COUNTY COURT.
CLUB
AR
NAMED
SIX-MONTHS' ABSENCE ALLOWED
Homesteaders To Be Given Right To
Work Elsewhere Half of Year
Three Years Time
Required.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. By a
unanimous vote, the Senate commit
tee on public lands on Wednesday
combined and favorably reported the
Borah three-year homestead bill and
the Jones bill granting homesteaders
six months' leave of absence in each
year of residence.
As the bill is reported, homestead
ers, after the first six months of con
tinuous residence upon their land, will
be entitled to leave their homestead
for six months in each succeeding
year, the time when absent to be
counted as part of the three years'
residence required by law. Thus, the
homesteader will be able to get title
after cultivating his land for three
successive summers, and will be per
mitted to be away from his land each
winter to earn money elsewhere.
The committee was unanimous in
reporting the bill and it will be called
up and unquestionably will pass the
Senate at an early day. This com
bined bill is in direct line with the
reform urged by Senator Borah in his
speech last week. So effective was
that speech that many Eastern Sena
tors stand ready to vote for the meas
ure, which is framed to facilitate the
acquirement of title by homesteaders.
It is believed that the bill will pass
without opposition.
The bill applies to enlarged, home
steads, as well as to 160-acre entries.
FASTING KILLED GIRL,
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 25. The
death of Miss Claire Williamson, the
wealthy English woman, on account
of whose death Mrs. Linda Burfield
Hazzard is on trial in the Kitsap
County Superior Court at Port Orch
ard charged with murder in the first
degree, resulted alone from the star
vation treatment, according to the
testimony of Dr. T. J. Baldwin, of
Port Orchard, and Dr. John F. Munns,
of Bremerton, the only witnesses
called by the state today.
Irrespective of any ordinary ail
ments with which Miss Williamson
might have been afflicted, the treat
ment insisted upon by the fasting
specialist was sufficient to cause
death, the witnesses said.
"Miss Williamson did not get the
right kind of food and death resulted
from starvation," was the positive
declaration of Dr. Baldwin, when on
the stand.
PATHFS
WEEKLY
Pathe's Weekly is Particularly
Adapted as an Attraction
To those Photoplay Theatres
Holding it a high Honor to
Entertain the Elite of
Society with Something
Worthwhile. We show
Every Saturday this Especially
Entertaining and Enterprising
Kind of film most Keenly " '
Looked for and Lauded as
You will find if You attend
PROGRAM TODAY
THE LITTLE WIDOW
A dramatic story of a voyage to the Klondike.
THE TARS ASHORE
How the Telephone Came to town.
THE YOUNGER BROTHERS
Change in Banjo selections. This is the last appearance of
Messrs. Davis and Hibbs.
THE GRAND
MOLALLA VALLEY
TIMBER IS SOUGHT
DOUBT AS TO SALEM RAILWAY
BEING EXTENDED TO
OREGON CITY.
BRANCH LINE TO STAYTON PLANNED
Building of Clackamas Southern
Would Result In Timber
Being Brought To
Market Here.
Several prominent business men
said Thursday they doubted the re
port that the Falls City & Western
railroad would extend the line to
Oregon City. They declared the plan
was to build the line to the rich tim
ber lands in the Molalla Valley and
haul the lumber to Salem. This would
mean a big loss to Oregon City in
case the road is constructed before
the Clackamas Southern begins op
eration. A dispatch from Salem says:
"Resolutions of the board of direc
tors of the Salem, Falls City & West
ern were filed with the Secretary of
State showing a contemplated exten
sion and branch of that road, which
promises to be one of the most impor
tant pieces of railroad construction,
for this particular section at least,
that has been contemplated for some
(Continued on page 4.)
C. L HUSSEY.
Lieutenant Commander on
Duty on U. S. S. Indiana.
EIGHT CONVERTS ARE
MADE BV EVANGELIST
Eight converts were made at the
Baptist church Thursday night and
they will unite with the church.
Evangelist Evans will preach tonight
and Saturday night and Sunday. Rev.
Hayworth will baptize a large class
tonight and also Saturday evening.
Mr. Evans preached Thursday night
on, "I am the way the truth and the
life." At the close of the sermon
Mr. Evans sang a song dedicated to
his sister, and descriptive of her dy
ing scene when she declared her faith
in Christ as bearing her up and giv
ing victory over death. The song has
a pathetic strain and all were deeply
touched.
RUTH GORDON WED
At the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson, the
marriage of Mrs. Johnson's daughter.
Miss Ruth Gordon and Mr. Manley
Williams of Cooperstown, N. D., was
solemnized Thursday at noon, Rev. S.
A- Hayworth of the First Baptist
.church, of Oregon City, officiated. To
'the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march the bridal party led by little
Jeanette Waldron and Elizabeth Hay
worth, flower girls, entered, followed
by Thomas Johnson, groomsman, and
Miss Ruth Gordon, bridesmaid. Miss
Gordon and Mr. Williams then took
their places beneath a beautiful arch
of Oregon grape and white daisies. In
an impressive manner Rev. S. AJ.
Hayworth, using the ring- service,
spoke the words that made the pair
husband and wife. The bride wore a
beautiful gown of white crepe de
phene and carried a bouquet of white
carnations. The bridesmaid was
dressed in white mull and carried
pink carnations. After the ceremony
the guests partook of a sumptuous
wedding breakfast.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. A painting
byCorotsold for $85,000, after an ani
mated bidding at an auction- here. The
dealer who bought it said he acted
for a well known Western collector.
The price marked a new record in this
country for a canvas bythe Barbizon
master. The title of the painting is
"Lake Nemi," and it was executed in
1865. .
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SELLING
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PORTLAND MAN WOULD LIKE TO
WEAR TOGA THAT ADORNS
JONATHAN BOURNE.
PUBLIC PULSEJEING FELT BY HIM
Residents of Oregon City Get Let
ters From Aspirant Asking
What They Think of
His Chances.
Ben Selling has the United States
senatorial bee buzzing in his fedora.
Mr. Selling has been a factor in Ore
gon politics for years. He would like
to wear the toga now worn by Jona
than Bourne, Jr. Mr. Selling was
president of the last State Senate and
has served two terms as State Sena
tor. Copies of the following letter were
received by several prominent men
here Thursday:
"It has been suggested by a num
ber of prominent Republicans that I
enter the race for United States Sen
ator, to succeed Senator Jonathan
Bourne, Jr. It is claimed that the lat
ter is not truly a representative of the
state of Oregon; that he is not really
an actual resident thereof, having
visited this state only once or twice
during the past four years and then
only for short periods; that his in
terests are more identified with the
East than with Oregon; and that he is
identified more with the. class of "Aid
rich Republicans" than any other Re
publican, while he claims to be a pro
gressive. "As you may perhaps know, I have
been identified with the Progressive
Republicans for practically twenty
years, having led the fight for State
ment No. 1 in Multnomah county four
years ago. I have resided in Oregon
fifty years; have been in business
since 18G8, and all my interests are
here. Have been state senator two
terms and president of the last State
Senate; I am also a member of the
Portland Dock Commission.
"This is to respectfully request an
expression of your opinion as to the
advisability of my entering the race,
claiming as I do, to represent
more nearly than Senator Bourne, the
interests of all the people of this
state. I will appreciate an early reply
whether favorable or otherwise, and
trust you will see your way clear to
give me your unbiased opinion.
"Very respectfully,
"BEN SELLING."
RICH SIRE WONT AID
SON ARRESTED HERE
STEVENSON, Wash., Jan. 25.
(Special.) Edgar Ayers, arrested in
Oregon City for passing bad checks
here, was brougnt to this city by the
sheriff this morning and lodged in
jail, awaiting his hearing. He passed
three worthless checks here, accord
ing to charges made against him
one for $15 to Doumitt Brothers, and
one each for $10 to Peter Peterson
and George Devore.
Doumitt Brothers wrote to the
young man's father before making a
complaint, asking the father, a bank
er at Dakota City, Neb., to make good
the amount, and received a letter in
response to the effect that the father
had for some time paid $10 a week
to the young man for his expenses;
that the youth had been in trouble
often, and that now, the parent
thought, a short term in the peniten
tiary might possibly effect a reforma
tion, which the best of treatment in
the past had failed to do. As the re
sult of the father's statement that he
will not come to the aid of his son, a
term in prison appears to b" in store
for the youth.
SENATORIA
DANCE WILL BE HELD IN FEBRUARY
President Is Instructed To Appoint
Delegates To Oregon Irriga- -
tion Congress In
Portland.
The Board of governors of the Com
'mercial Club Thursday night decided
to continue ineffect for forty-five
days the reduced membership rate of
$10 for residents and $5 for non-residents.
It is thought that the limit set
sometime ago of 250 members will be
reached by that time, and thereafter
applicants will have to await their
turn. There are now 230 members.
Presdent McBam announced tne list
of committees, which were approved
by the board. They will serve for one
year. The president was instructed
to appoint a committee of five to at
tend the Oregon Irrigation Convention
to be held in Portland, February 19,
20 and 21. The entertainment and
reception committees were instructed
to make arrangements for the third
annual dance of the club to be given
in February.
The committees appointed are as
follows: ,
Executive Committee B. T. Mc
Bain, chairman; John Adams, J. EL
Hedges, H. E. Draper, M. D. Latour
ette. House Committee H. E. Draper,
chairman; Dr. Clyde Count, Theodore
Osmund.
Membership Committee M. D. La
tourette, chairman; M. J. Lazelle,
William Sheahan, G. L. Hedges, R.
L. Holman.
Transportation Committee B. T.
McBain, chairman; W,. A. Huntley,
A. A. Price, L. Adams, E. Schwab.
Program Committee M. D. La-
tourette, chairman; B, T. McBain,
M. J. Lazelle.
Feed Committee C. U. Evans,
chairman; J. Adams, H. E. Young.
Publicity Committee O. D. Eby,
B. T. McBain, M. D. Latourette, T.
L. Charman, T. W. Sullivan.
Auditing Committee John Adams,
chairman; J. B. 'Lewthwaite, R. O.
Young, E. A. Chapman, Carl
Schram.
Reception Committee J. E.
Hedges, E. E. Brodie, M. J. Brown,
W. L. Mulvey, Henry O'Malley.
INENT MEN TO
SPEAK JIT SCHOOLS
School Superintendent Tooze has
arranged his schedule of speakers for
the weekly assemblies commencing
next Wednesday. Those assemblies
will take place about 10 o'clock in the
morning and are open to the public.
Following are the speakers and dates:
J. H. Ackerman, president Monmouth
Normal, January 31; L. R. Alderman,
superintendent of public instruction,
February 7; Grant B. Dimick, Mayor
of Oregon City; February 14; E. D.
Ressler, professor of industrial peda
gogy, Oregon Agricultural College,
February 21; W. N. Ferrin,-president
Pacific University, Forest Grove, Feb
ruary 28; Eva B. Milham, professor
domestic science, Oregon Agricultural
College, Corvallis, March 6; Oswald
West, Governor of Oregon, March 13;
Isabel Grover, professor of history,
McMinnville College, March 22; C.
J. C. Bennett, head of the department
of education, University of Oregon,
Eugene, March 29; Levi Pennington,
president Pacific College, Newberg,
April 10; O. D. Eby, member board
of education. Oregon City, April 17;
Fletcher Homan, president Willa
mette University, Salem, March 24;
Joseph E. Hedges, member board of
education, Oregon City, May 3. Other
speakers whose dates have not yet
been arranged are Thomas B. Kay,
state treasurer, and President H. M.
Crooks or Dr. E. M. Sharp, of Albany
College.
Patronize our advertisers.
OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 25 Billy De
laney, the famous trainer died la3t
night. Delaney trained many of the
most prominent fighters of the last
twenty-five years, including Johnson,
Jeffries, Corbett, Choynski, Jimmy
Britt and Kaufman.
T OF
M .D. Latourette, Secretary of the
Commercial Club received a letter
Thursday from Governor West, an
nouncing that he would be here Sat
urday to confer with committees of
the Commercial Club and the East
Side Capital Highway Association re
garding obtaining rock for the Capi
tal Highway between Portland and
Salem. The committees will go from
here to New Era in automob'es
where they will meet the govei-ior
and examine rock quarries in that
neighborhood with a view of estab
lishing convict camps there to work
the quarries. It is probable that
George Rodgers, secretary of the State
Highway1 Commission, will accom
pany the governor to Oregon City. It
Is now assured that convicts will be
sent to this county soon to . begin
working on the roads.
JAMES DOWNEY.
James Downey, of Willamette, is
fighting to prevent the Incorporation
of that town as a city. Mr. Downey
owns rights of way for water pipes
in the streets, and when the munici
pality sought to condemn the rights
of way, he retaliated by declaring that
the city had not been legally incor
porated and his contention was sus
tained. An election will be held next
Monday for the residents to vote upon
a proposition for incorporating. Mr.
Downey, however, through his attor
neys, Dimick & Dimick, says this can
not be done under existing laws.
EDUCATING GIRLS IS
WOMAN'S CLUB THEME
The Woman's Club met at the Com
mercial Club parlors Thursday after
noon, there being in attendance of
about sixty persons. This being an
open meeting friends of the club had
the privilege of attending and enjoy
ing the excellent program. Mrs.
David Caufield and Mrs. Thomas War
ner were the hostesses. The program
opened with a vocal solo by Mrs. Fred
Olsen, of Portland, who sang, "The
Sweetest Flower that Grows," and
responded to a hearty encore. Mrs.
Robert French, also of Portland, gave
an excellent talk on the good the Fed
erated Clubs were doing and what
has been done in assisting girls, who
are anxious to obtain educations.
Three young women of this city have
been assisted by the Woman's lub in
obtaining educations.
Mrs. Olsen sang several selections
following the address given by Mrs.
French. A general discussion by
members as to the work that is being
carried on by the Federated Clubs fol
lowed. SUE FOR $90.80.
R. A. Elliott and Mary E. Elliott,
doing business as E. E. Elliott & Com
pany, have filed suit against William
Corbit and Annie Corbit for $90.80,
alleged to be due for merchandise.
Last Week of Oar
January Sale
As we notch the odds and ends and broken
lines the cuts go deeper and deeper. We have
made our profit on them and the remainders
must go at whatever they will bring. For in
stance, we sold the other day a $25.00 Brass
Chest for $6.75-only a fraction of its cost.
There are plenty of bargains left. Look in
our windows Visit our store.
HUNTLEY BROS. CO.
The Rexall Store
All Brass Ware at
One-half This Week
$7.00 Brass Umbrella
Holder $3.50
$4.50 Brass Umbrella
Holder $2.25
$1.75 Brass Hanging
Basket 87c
$2.00 Brass Tray $1.00
$2.00 Flower Basket $1.00
$1.00 Brass Vase 50c
$ 1 .24 Candle Sticks 63c
All China at 1-2 off
All Cut Glass at
1-2 off
Leather Suit Cases at 1-4 off
$1.25 to $1.50 Umbrellas 95c
All Mirrors
1-2 off
$1 Fountain Pens
75c
$1 Watches
79c
25c Playing Cards
15c
50c Playing Cards
40c
Hundreds of Good Books at Reduced Price.
SHERIFF AND JUDGE TO RESCUE
Farmer Who Tried To Kill Neighbor
Is Declared Insane Creator
Told Him To Shoot
He Says.
While an inquest into his mental
condition was being conducted Thurs
day before County Judge Beatie, A. C.
Thomson, who has lived here at a
hotel several months, attacked Dr. H,
S. Mount, the examining physician.
Thomson seized the physician's
throat, but was soon dragged from his
intended victim by Sheriff Ma33 and
Judge Beatie. The crazed irian, after
being overpowered, was handcuffed.
He was taken to the asylum at Sa
lem. Thomson is wealthy and recent
ly bought about $10,000 worth of prop
erty in this city and county. He was
arrested several days ago on a charge
of hugging a woman, but after the
insanity charge was filed, Justice of
the Peace Samson dismissed the com-
William Cox, a farmer who lives
near Eagle Creek, was adjudged to
be of unsound mind Thursday after
noon. Cox was accused of having
tried to kill Henry Coleman, a neigh
bor. He is said to have placed a
gun against Coleman's breast, andi
pulled the trigger twice, but the weap
on was not loaded. Cox said during the
examination that he intended to kill
Coleman and was sorry the gun was
not loaded. He declared that the Cre
ator had urged him to slay his neigh
bor. Cox is apparently sane on other'
subjects.
WIFE WINS DECREE
ON CRUELTY CHARGE
Ara E. Gault was granted a divorce
Thursday by Judge Campbell from
W. II- ViauiL, LUC yiamuu uciug a.wa.ii-
ed the custody of their sons, William
P. and Daniel Gault. Cruelty, failure
to provide, and remaining away from
home at nights were the allegations.
The couple were married August 21,
1897, in Vancouver. "The plaintiff
further alleged that her husband as
sociated with other women.
High School Gets Flag.
A handsome flag has been purchas
ed for the High School building in
this city, and the National colors are
waving from the mast on the build
ing. Patronize our advertisers.
Any Framed Picture
One-half This Week
We have propably 500 differ
ent sebjects ranging in price
from 15c to $10. Your choice
Friday and Saturday at 1-2.
Any Ladies Leather
Bag, Over
$1.50 at 1-2 Price
These bags are all guaran
teed stock. Large and roomy
with best leather linings.
Prices range from $1.75 to
$15. Take your choice Fri
day and Saturday at one-half
price.
$7.50 Electric Heating Pad at
$3.25. Takes the - place of
the leaky hot water bottle
and will outlast many of them.