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VOL. Ill No. 22.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1912.
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CHIEF IS KILLED
DR. CARLL LEFT
ESTATE TO FRIENDS
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
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PERPETRATED BY WALT McDOUGALL v
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DECIDE UPON SITE
PROGRESS MADE IN
IN $200,000 FIRE
FIGH
WALLA WALLA BLOCK BURNED
AND ENTIRE CITY IS
THREATENED.
VICTIM SUFFOCATED IN BASEMENT
Aide Injured And Comrades Are
Balked In Effort To Aid
Firemen Flames
Subdued.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 26.
Assistant Fire Chief Robert J. Wolf
was killed, Lieutenant William Davis,
dangerously burned, and approximate
ly $200,000 in property was destroyed
today by fire in the Jones building, a
three-story structure at Second and
Alder street in the heart of the busi
ness district.
The fire was the worst Walla Walla
has had for a quarter of a century.
For six hours it raged uncontrolled,
and at times it was thought certain
parts of the business district, sur
rounding would be burned.
. The fire started in the cotton store
room of the A. M .Jensen & Company
dry goods store, and was discovered
by - an employe, Edwar Strauss at 1
o'clock.
After vainly trying to combat it
with buckets of water from a faucet,
he turned in an alarm and both de
partments responded. At first it
seemed but a small basement fire and'
stores upstairs were not alarmed.
It was while the fire was still in
the basement that Wolf lost his life.
In leading a string of hose to the
basement he became lost and it is
thought that a door slammed shut on
him, for his cries for help were heard
twice. Wesley A. Tureman, of Jen
sen & Company, saw Wolf go down
just as he came out and Wolf was not
seen later.
Fire Chief William Metz made an
heroic attempt to rescue Wolf, as also
did Lieutenant Davis, who is in the
hospital with badly burned arms and
legs. He used an oxygen helmet, but
the fierce heat drove Davis back.
The body of Assistant Chief Wolf
was taken from the building at 8
o'clock this evening. He was not bad
ly burned and the position of the body,
at the foot of the stairs leading to the
main floor, indicated that he had been
suffocated.
The fire mounted the walls" of the
building, which is an old brick struc
ture originally built for an implement
house. Twice it seemed under con
trol, but both times blazed out fierce
ly. Patronize our advertisers.
OF
The following officers were install
ed at meeting of Willamette Falls
No. 148, Woodmen of the World, Fri
day evening:
Council Commander William Ham
mond. Advisor Lieutenant Perry Barnes.
Banker M. E. Dunn.
Clerk E. H. Cooper.
Manager Otto Erickson.
Escort Frank Oliver.
Watchman W. H. Smith.
Sentry E. Andrus.
Five members were initiated and
several applications were received.
The camp has 496 members ,and ap
plications accepted to increase the
membership to 525. A fine supper was
served.
HARMON DENIES HE
FAVORS CLASSES
NTW YORK, Jan. 26. Declaration
that he is the friend of everybody
who is straight and square, whether
he be the president of a big corpora
tion or a street laborer, is made by
Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio,
Democratic presidential possibility,
in the current isue of the Outlook.
Harmon's statement is in the form of
on "authorized interview," and says
in part:
"Of itself, a corporation is neither
good nor bad. It is only what its of
ficers made it. From my viewpoint
there is nothing to be gained by fin
ing a corporation. Proper and effec
tive punishment of the men really
responsible for wrongdoing is the only
thing that will have an immediate
and wholesome effect."
Referring to the quip of the Gridion
Club in Washington, which quoted him
as saying, "I am a friend, of the
classes, and the classes are friends
of mine," Governor Harmon says:
"I want to, be friendly with every
body who is on the square. It makes
no difference whether he is a farm
laborer or a trust president, so long
as he does the right thing. But I
am against grafters. As for the
classes being friends of mine, I don't
know whether they are or not. If
they are and are hoping to get some
thing from me that they should not
have, they are going to be fooled."
Harmon also declares that so far as
Ohio i3 concerned the initiative and
referendum measures are still in an
experimental stage. In reiterating
his opposition to the recall of judges,
the governor says:
"Incompetent and unworthy officials
are rare exceptions. The recall of
judges by a mere vote would, I think,
be especially injurious to the proper
administration of justice."
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GINK AND BOOB BECAUSE
ERE TODAY
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Committees representing the Com
mercial Club and East Side Capital
Highway Association will go to New
Era today to meet Governor West,
who is coming to Oregon City to make
arrangements for establishing convict
camps in this county for obtaining
rock for improving the roads. Quar
ries at New Era will be examined by
"the governor and the committee and
it is probable that the first camp will
be established there. The entertain
ment committee of the Commercial
Club probably will give a luncheon in
honor of the Governor and party.
George Rodgers, chairman of the State
Highway Commission will accompany
the Governor to this city.
HORTON DISPOSES OF
ICE PLANT INTEREST
L. P. Horton has sold his interest
in the Oregon City Ice Works to N.
l . wumpnrey, who has been employ
ed at the plant of the Crown-Columbia
Pulp & Paper Company. -The
business hereafter will be conducted
by Roy B. Cox and Mr. Humphrey,
each having a half interest in it. Mr.
Horton who is the father-in-law of Mr.
Cox, has not decided what he will do
in future. He severed his connection
with the ice business because he felt
that the work was too confining. It
is the intention of Messrs. Cox and
Humphrey to erect a large storage
room in order to guard against a
shortage of ice in case of an unex
pected increase in demand or acci
dent to the plant.
AERIAL ATTACK . UPON
PEKIN BEING PLANNED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. Six
American-built biplanes" are carried
by the revolutionary army advancing
on Pekin, according to a cablegram
received here today. The aeroplanes
were built in Cleveland, by American
manufacturers, and will be manned by
Chinese aviators, who have spent
months in the practice of aerial war
fare. The revolutionary troops in com
mand of General Lum Snood Hing,
were massed at Nanking, and the
march was begun Wednesday. Ac
cording to the dispatch, an attack
upon Pekin is looked upon by the
revolutionary chiefs as unavoidable.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
T O P3 1 G KI T
SUBJECT:
"THE CHURGH WITH
THE HOBBLE SKIRT"
BOOB HAS WHISKERS SOME PEOPLE
SECRETARY GIVES
PRIMARY RULES
MARCH 9 LATEST DATE, ON
WHICH CANDIDATES MAY
FILE PETITIONS.
MORE TIME GIVEN FOR SENDING CUTS
County Clerks Must Have, Printed
Notices of Election Posted
In Public Places
By March 19.
Secretary of State Olcott has sent
out the .following information regard
ing the primary election:
' March 9 Latest date on which can
didates for nomination by a political
party (which party at the next . pre
ceding general election polled at
least 25 per cent of the entire vote.
cast ior tnat office in tne state) may
file petitions for nomination with the
Secretary of State, provided the can
didates or friends of candidates desire
to file with the Secretary of State
portrait cuts or typewritten state
ments for publication in the voters'
party pamphlet.
March 11. Latest date on which
any person or persons, opposing any
candidate for nomination by a politi
cal party (which at the next preceding
general election for its candidate for
Representative in Congress polled at
least 25 per sent of the entire vote
cast for that office in the State) may
file reasons against the nomination of
candidates with the Secretary of
State.
March 17. Latest date on which
candidates for nomination by a politi
cal party (which at the next preced
ing general election for its candidate
for Representative in Congress polled
at least 25 per cent of the entire vote
for that office in the State) or friends
can file cuts and arguments in their
favor with the Secretary - of State,
provided the candidates' petitions
have been filed with the Secretary of
State before March 9, 1912.
March 19. Date on which county
clerks shall prepare printed notices
of primary nominating election and
mail two copies thereof to each judge
and clerk of election in each precinct
(Continued on page 4.)
THE
THINKrlE IS A DEAD ONE. 1
EX-OREGON CITY BOY
TO BE TAFT
Clark H. Williams, manager of the
press bureau of the Portland Com
mercial Club, who has been chosen
manager of the Taft committee pub
licity work in the coming campaign,
is a son of Mrs. T. A. Williams, of
Gladstone, and formerly worked for
Oregon City newspapers. Next Mon
day he will take up the work, which
will continue until after the primary
election in the spring. Ever since the
press bureau of the Commercial Club
.was created Mr. Williams has been
in charge of that work, and has de
veloped familiarity with industrial
and political conditions of the state.
Through his efforts hundreds of col
umns of publicity pertaining to Ore
gon resources and opportunities have
been published in the papers of the
Nation beyond Oregon, and many
scores of photographs. This work is
conceded to have given Oregon the
greatest and best publicity it could
have achieved, at a low cost. The
Taft committee publicity work will
consist of furnishing to the state
press all news pertaining to the Taft
campaign, and will be instrumental
in circulating the .Taft arguments in
defense of the Administration work.
Booklets will be issued, public meet
ings will be arranged, and an active
campaign conducted. Next Monday
the committee will open headquarters
in the Selling building, Sixth and Al
der streets.
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HAVE CELEBRATION
' The teachers of the Eastham school
celebrated the close of a successful
half-year's work with a sumptuous
dinner Friday afternoon. Examina
tions were forgotten for two whole
hours, and a heavy fine was imposed
for the mere mention of "Billy's high
grade in spelling."' Following waa
the menu:
Assorted Fruits
Ripe Olives French Pickles
Roast Chicken with Stuffing
Escalloped Potatoes
Bread and Butter Eastham Salad
Nut Sandwishes
Almond Cream Cake
Chocolate.
Miss Caufield's room was the scene
of the feast. The room was decorated
with potted plants, and the table laid
for ten was decorated with violets.
Professor N. W. Bow land, principal,
the guest of honor, acted as toast
master. The luncheon was followed by an
informal hour, during which the
teachers told of their work. - The fol
lowing were present:
N. W. Bowland, Roma G. Stafford,
Anna T. Smith, Marcia Romig, Maude
Mason, r Christabel Jewett, Queene
Adams, Marjorie Caufield, Ethel Park,
Katherine Montgomery.
GIVE DANCE TONIGHT.
Messrs. Price and Spagle will give
the first dancing party at the Armory
since it was renovated, this evening.
The Farmer orchestra of five pieces
will furnish the mu3ic.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC AGENT HAS
CONFERENCE WITH
ASSOCIATION.
OREGON CITY HAS BIG ADVANTAGE
Official Unable To Give Anything
Definite Because Long And
Short Haul Case Has
Not Been Decided.
General Freight Agent H. E.
Lounsbury, of the Southern Pacific
Company was in conference with jthe
directors of the Oregon City Terminal
Rate Association Friday night for sev
eral hours, and the net result of the
meeting was a better understanding
between the representatives of the
local shippers and the chief repre
sentative of the freight department
of the Southern Pacific Company in
this territory.
Mr. Lounsbury arrived here at 6
o'clock from Portland and was met
by B. T. McBain, head of the local
association, and was given a dinner
at a local restaurant, where an ap
petizing menu was discussed. Mr.
McBain was the host and there were
present besides Mr. Lounsbury, L.
Adams, A. A. Price, E. Schwab, W.
A. Huntley, M. J. Brown and IJ. E.
Brodie'.
After dinner a two hours' confer
ence took place at the Commercial
Club, relative to the application for a
terminal rate at Oregon City. Many
pertinent points were introduced,
among them being the local rate of
18 cents per 100 pounds that is charg
ed on through rate from Portland to
Oregon City, and which the associa
tion seftks to have eliminated . by
making Oregon City a terminal point.
Care was taken by Mr. Lounsbury
to explain that freight rates were be
ing steadily pounded down and as
fast as adverse decisions had been
made, the railroad companies had
sought to meet those conditions by
effecting savings in operating ex
penses, in improving trackage, elim
inating curves, 'making larger cars
and in other ways. The railroad man
said that he believed the transporta
tion companies had about reached
their limit and were now facing a
condition where a further decrease in
revenue would mean that profits
would be reduced to next to nothing.
Mr. Lounsbury was naturally back
ward in stating his real attitude
toward terminal rates for Oregon City
in fact he was unable to give any
thing definite on account of the Su
preme Court not yet having handed
down its decision in the Long and
Short Haul case now before it. This
decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission was upheld by the Com
merce Court and later appealed to the
Supreme Court by the railroad com
panies, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission having decided that it was
against the intent of the fourth sec
tion of the Interstate Commerce Act
as last amended for - railroads to
change more for a short haul than for
a long haul under like conditions. ,,
This section of the law of course,
does not cover the entire matter, but
Oregon' City, with its natural and
geographical advantages, should the
Supreme Court sustain the lower
Court, will be in a much better posi
tion than any other Oregon point now
claiming terminal rates.
Mr. Lounsbury, of course, could not
come out and agree with the terminal
rate association directors on this
point, but did advise that the asso
ciation save its money and await the
decision, which has given the direc
tors more confidence in their side of
the case. "
It developed at the meeting that
the O.-W. R. & N. Company would
soon withdraw from the river service
between Portland and Oregon City
locks, making it necessary for the
mills on the West Side to take care
of their own freight. The railroad
company, however, has offered to sell
its boat to the West Side industries,
but there is more liKelihood of a new
transportation company . being or
ganized and incorporated to handle
this business, with a new steamer to
work in conjunction with the steamer
N. R. Lang. "
SI SAYS QUIT WORK
Lucile Watson, who charged that
her husband quit working soon after
their marriage, and began drinking
to excess, was granted a divorce Fri
day by Judge Campbell from Arthur
Watson. They were married "in Sa
lem, July 11, 1910. The plaintiff say3
that her husband drank to such an
extent and remained away from home
so frequently at night that she was
forced to leave him. She was award
ed the custody of their child, Arthur
William Watson.
- MISS HANNY ENTERTAINS.
Miss Wynne Hanny was the hostess
last night at the meeting of the Bach
elor Girls. Miss Mayme Babcock won
the prize at cards. The hostess serv
ed dainty refreshments and her guests
were the Misses Dolly Pratt, Edna
.Caufield, Clara Caufield, Cis Barclay
Pratt, Myrtle Parker, Mayme Bab
cock, Ola Mickey, Ruth Brightbill,
Elizabeth Roos, Zida Goldsmith, June
Charman, Bess Gallogly, Nieta Hard
ing, Maud Gallogly and Mrs. E. Ken
neth Stanton. '
MISS MONDAY GETS
LICENSE TO WED rmbAY.
A marriage license was issued Fri
day to Mattie Monday and Wade H.
Preston. - -
Read te Jnrning lSnt.erprt-.
MISS KATE BARCLAY GETS $2,000
AND MISS DOLLY PRATT
$1,000. .
DR. C. H. HEISSNER IS PMffiRED
Oregon City Lodge of Elks Given
Library With Exception of
Books Relating to
Medicine.
Miss Kate Barclay, Miss Dolly Pratt,
Dr. -C. H. Meissner and the Oregon
City Lodge of Elks are the chief bene
ficiaries of the will of the late Dr.
Walter E. Carll that was filed for pro
bate here Friday afternoon. Besides
life insurance' amounting to $3,000,
Dr. Carll had a very valuable library,
which cost him about $8,000.
Frank J. Lonergan, an attorney of
Portland, and James p: Lovett, a life
long friend of Dr. Carll, residing in
Oregon City, are made executors of
the will, without bonds. The will was
executed November 27, 1911, two days
before Dr. Carll's death. The estate
is distributed as follows:
Miss Kate Barclay, $2,000 - insur
ance policy in Willamette Falls Camp,
No. 148, Woodmea of the World.
Dr. Walter E. Carll, who remembered
friends in will.
. Miss Dolly Pratt, $1,000 insurance
policy in Willamette Falls Camp No.
148, Woodmen of the World.
Dr. C. H. Meissner, medical library
and surgical instruments and appli
ances. Oregon City Lodge, No. 1189, Be
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
library, other than medical books.
Rev. A. Hillebrand, set of Winsor's
Narrative and Critical History of
America. "
Thomas Lovett, all jewelry, includ
ing watch, stick pins, etc.
Norman R. Lang, Jr., binocular field
glasses.
Mrs. W. E. Pratt, Andrews History
of Scotland, and all pictures and fur
niture, except office furniture.
John Tucker, son of Dr. Tucker, of
Portland, silver loving cup.
TOBACCO USERS ARE
HIT BY EVANGELIST
"A smoking Christian may be saved
but if he would cut out his tobacco-
he would be a ' much cleaner Chris
tian," declared Evangelist Evans, in
a sermon at the Baptist church la3t
night, Mr. Evans spoke to the larg
est audience in the present campaign.
His subject was "Letting Your Light
Shine."
"The man wio prays in church on
Sunday and preys on his neighbors
during the week, is the man for whom
the world has contempt," said Mr.
Evans.
Mr. Evans denounced real estate
men who misrepresent the facts.
"If you real estate men were abso
lutely honest;" said the evangelist,
"you would add a postscript to every
letter and say, 'We have sixteen sa
loons in Oregon- City,' and every man
who vote's for them would blush to
tell the truth and tremble with fear
lest the real truth would spoil his
prospects.
"The most of you men outside the
church who growl at the faults of
the church are too devilish mean to
give up your own sins and so you and
the- few hypocrits in the church all
stumble into hell together."
Rev. Hayworth baptized a class of
eleven Friday night and several are
waiting for the ordinance.
Mr. Evans will speak tonight on
"The Church with the Hobble Skirt."
The meetings will continue over Sun
day and possibly a part of next
week.
IS
L. E. Kitsen, formerly connected
with the Home Telephone Company of
this city, but now employed by the
Northwestern Long Distance Company
in Vancouver, ? Wash., who was
hurt while making repairs, -is
slightly improved: Mr. Kitsen
is at St. Joseph's Hospital, Van
couver, where he was taken shortly
after the accident. He has many
friends in this city who were alarm
ed over his condition. Several of his
friends here have visited him since
the accident. " ',
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COUNCIL TO BE ASKED TO GIVE
LOCATION JUST BELOW
M'LOUGHLIN PARK.
MAINTENANCE MONEY NOW ASSURED
Trustees Decide Not To Move From
Present Quarters Until New
Building Is Ready
For Use.
The trustees of the Oregon City
Library have decided upon the site
of the old Singer flour mill,' which is
west of the Singer Hill road, east of
the Southern Pacific tracks and be
tween Seventh and Ninth streets, as
the location for the building which
Andrew Carnegie has agreed to pro
vide for the city. The trustees will
at the next meeting of the city council
present a petition asking that the city
turn over the property to the asso
ciation. " A request also will be made, if the
council agrees to the use of the site
for a library, that it be surveyed and
platted by the city engineer. -The
trustees of the association think the
location the most admirable one ob
tainable. It commands a fine view
of the river and valley, and will be
seen by all persons passing through
the city. The increased valuation of
property for assessment purposes as
sures the library without increasing
the levy of one-half mill of an income
from this source of almost $1,300 a
year. Mr. Carnegie . in his letter,
agreeing to give $12,500 for a library
in this city stipulated that $1,200 an
nually must be assured for maintain
ing the institution. With the permis
sion of the city to use the lot decided
upon by the trustees all the require
ments of Mr. Carnegie will have been
met, and work on the building will be
Started.'
The trustees have decided not to
move from present quarters .until the
new building is ready for occupancy.
The executive committee of the Ma
sonic Lodge insisted that the library
association, which pays $18 a month
for the use of the room, should fur
nish its own light. Heretofore the
lodge has furnished the light. A sug
gestion was made that another room
be obtained, but it found that the
cost of moving . probably would be
greater than the expenditure for
lights until the new building 13 ready
for use.
MAKES FINE PROGRESS
The charter board, appointed by ex
Mayor Brownell and the City Coun
cil made much progress in its revis
ion of the charter at a meeting Fri
day evening. Messrs. Stipp and
Schuebol presented a type-written
copy of the changes that had been
made in the old charter at formsr
meetings of the board, and the work
of considering this was started. The
board ,has about definitely decided
that the charter shall provide for five
councilmen, one from each ward and
two from the city at large, and that
the council shall elect one of its mem
bers mayor. The revised charter also
provides for the election of a busi
ness manager by the council.
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