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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1566
VOL. Ill o. 47.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1912.
Peb Week, 10 Cents
King George V. and His Bag -Of
Tigers In the Jungle
1H ID LEWS
PROSECUTOR DENIES CHARGE OF HINDERING
TROOPS ARE READY
TO INVADE MEXICO
FORT RD aHw
HILL MURDER PROBE-NO ACTION TAKEN
District Attorney E. B. Tongue was
under fire for more"" than two hours
Saturday afternoon before the Clack
amas County Court, which had re
quested his presence at a conference,
having for its primary purpose the
solution of the mystery surrounding
the killing of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hill
and their two children at Ardenwald
last summer. Mr. Tongue engaged in
a number of verbal tilts with Sheriff
Mass and Detective L.. L. Levings of
Portland, and the lie was passed a
score of times.
The conference, however, was
fruitless. At the outset County Judge
Beatie explained its purpose as being
calculated to assist the District At
torney in ferreting out the murderer
and even offered to appoint a special
prosecutor at the expense of the coun
ty, but Mr. Tongue evidently did not
receive this suggestion with favor for
he never referred to it during the en
tire afternoon. There were present
at. the hearing Judge Beatie, Commis
sioners Blair and Mattoon, District
Attorney Tongue, Deputy District At
torney Stipp, Sheriff Mass and Detec
tive Leving3.
Mr. Tongue immediately plunged
into a caustic criticism of the methods
employed by Sheriff Mass and Detec
tive Levings in attempting, as he ex
pressed it, to influence the grand jury
to bring in an indictment against Na
than B. Harvey, the wealthy Milwau
kie nurseryman, who was arrested on
a charge of having murdered the Hill
family and who was released upon
preliminary examination of Justice of
the Peace Samson.
"Levings took liberties,'' said the
District Attorney. "In telling his
story to the grand jury he read let
ters said to have been written to
the District Attorney that the District
Attorney never got. He. has said I
was trying to throw cold water on this
investigation. Now I know my duty
and I do not care if Levings is not
satisfied, I do not care who it suits
and I do not care who it does not suit.
I do not care to please' or displease
anybody and I only seek to bring out
the facts. Levings told me a long
while ago that the grand jury was
anxious to indict Harvey. He told me
that he and Sheriff Mass had been
working for months on the case and
had not got very far and he wanted
me to have Harvey indicted, for if
Harvey's indictment came as a thun
derbolt out of a clear sky, Levings
was satisfied he would be able to ob
tain a confession.
"But I said no," continued Mr.
Tongue. "I told Levings it is just as
mucii the duty of the grand jury to
protect the innocent as to indict the
guilty, and I suggested Harvey'3 ar
rest on information. My idea is that
a grand juryman should not be ap
proached by anyone. One juror told
.me that Levings had been to him
twice and urged an indictment of Har
vey on the sole evidence of Mass
and Levings. It has' been charged
that I told the grand jury not to indict
Harvey, but this is a damn lie. Mass
told me that the indictment of Har
vey would mean my re-election as
District Attorney, but I don't play the
political game that way.
''What I did do was to explain to
the grand jury what was .evidence
and what was not evidence. I said to
the grand jury, 'When you consider
this case you must dismiss any pre
judice for or against Harvey; you
must throw aside all bias and public
opinion and forget that Levings' ha3
ever talked to you. It' is not a ques
tion for you to play politics for me
or for Mass, and whatever you do the
District Attorney's office will be sat
isfied,' "There was some evidence present
ed before the grand jury that was
more positive and more direct against
another man than it was against Har
vey and it did not come from Mass
or Levings, it was direct testimony.
There is no one who wants to get at
the bottom of this case any more
than I do, but whenever I go before
a jury and ask them to take a man's
life, I want to know I am right. I
did not advise the garand jury one
way or another, and the grand jury
simply went to the end of the evi
dence that, waa before them. On the
evidence that, was presented the case
would never get to the trial jury."
Detective Levings denied many of
the assertions of the District Attor
ney. He charged Mr. ,Tongue with
having known of Harvey employing
Portland attorneys to defend him in
case he was arrested, and said the
District Attorney had concealed this
knowledge from the sheriff's office.
"The District Attorney," declared
Levings, "has done nothing to bring
the Hill murderer to justice. You
know and I know," said the detective,
(Continued on page 3.)
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Come in and, let us show you jewelry suited to your own fancy;
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Drop in and see our many beautiful jewels rings, lockets, pins,
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or we will refund your money.'
BURMEISTER & ANDRESEN
OREGON CITY JEWELERS.
Suspension Bridge Corner.
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS TO
CROSS BORDER IF
NECESSARY.
PATROL IS RAPIDLY REINFORCED
Manifesto Accuses President' Taft of
Being Responsible For Trou
ble Orozco Called
Loyal.
EL PASO, Feb. 24. Four troops of
United States cavalry tonight patrol
the Rio Grande with orders to cros3
into Ciudad Juarez, if necessary, to
protect American life and property.
With the 22d Infantry and three
companies of artillery entrained at
San Antonio for this city, and at least
1,000 Vasquistas at Bauche, 14 miles
south of Juarez, the situation gen
erally is considered, the most critical
since the recent outbreak in "Chihua
hua. The troops at Bauche are command
ed by Colonel Inez Salszar, who, it is
understood, will demand formally the
surrender of Juarez tomorrow morn
ing. It hardly is believed any show of
resistance will be made as Juarez is
garrisoned only by about 100 men.
That General Pasqual Orozco will
remain loyal to Madero is the state
ment contained in a message tonight
from Governor Gonzales to Mexican
Consul Enrique C. Llorente in El
Paso. Llorente also declared he had
received advices that Antonio Rojas
and Braulio Hernandes, rebel leaders,
had been captured, .but further con
firmation was unobtainable.
Anticipating unexpected develop
ments, Juarez residents tonight moved
their portable effects to-the American
side.
United States and Mexican secret
service operatives and Texas rangers
late today seized a manifesto issued
by Gonzalo Enrile, former Mexican
Consul at Brussels. The manifesto
makes an attack on the. President of
the United States, accusing him. of
"being responsible for the troubles of
Mexico and Latin America."
It was designed for circulation to
night in Juarez and Northern Mexico.
Officers are searching tonight for
Gonzalo Enrile.
The manifesto in part says: .
"There have been so many bad acts
in Mexico caused by your great ef
forts at expansion and domination,
that it would be a crime of lese patria
to suffer them in silence longer. You
have created, fomented and consum
mated the revolution which placed in
power the traitor who is giving you
our country. Your troops . have in
vaded our territory. In the name of
the Monroe doctrine you put at half
mast the flags of your sister repub
lics. You - appropriated Hawaii, you
took the Panama Canal zone. The Cu
bans did. not blow up the Maine. Spain
did not. Wall street did with its im
perialism. This crime was called
'William McKinley,' and he paid the
penalty by a bullet of Czolgosz."
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ING GEORGE is said to be one of the three best shots In England.
From the reports of bis bag of tigers in the jungles of Nepal one may
Judge that he lived up to his reputation during his recent hunting
trip in that Indian state. Thirty-four tigers were shot by the party,
and twenty-four were killed by the king. This looks as if some of his party
had been better courtiers than sportsmen, but their politeness In letting his i
majesty shoot first has nothing to do with the accuracy of Ms aim, and no
body, is likely to question the claims to nimrodshlp of any man who has
killed two dozen tigers, even though he shot from the back of an elephant
as towering as the one on which the king-emperor is seen in our Illustration.
JOSEPH SHEAHAN IS LEADER III GREAT RACE
WHICH INTERESTS ENTIRE COUNTY
Joseph Sheahan '; Oregon City 1
c. i.. snaw Oregon City .-
Ruby McCord." Oregon City
Harry Miller ., Oregon City
McColly Dale Estacada
Edna. Hutchinson '. Canby
Royce Brown Canby '. .
NeMie Hampton .-. Canby !.
Marnett Howard ..Milwaukie '..
York Hammond Oregon City
Delias Armstrong Oregon City
Kthryn Towmey Oak Grove
Mable Chase .-Gladstone
Rse Justin Oregon City
Mildred Ream ... Willamette
Waldo Caufield Oregon City
Ethel Rief Oregon City
John Halechos Oregon City
Fred Metzner Oregon City
Frank Bruce Canemah
The Morning Enterprise is the best
breakfast food you can have. ' "
NURSERY STOCK FOR
SALE CHEAP
JAGGAR DEPOSITS
CMECKFORSI 15000
ROADM ASTER LEAVES FORTUNE
IN BANK AND GOES ABOUT
BUSINESS. .
BIGGEST SUM EVER DEPOSITED HERE
PLAN TO DREDGE
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APPROVED
RIVERS AND HARBORS' COMMIT
TEE FAVORS APPROPRIA
TION FOR WORK.
SIX FOOT DEPTH IS NOW ASSURED
NOW I IS THE TIME TO SET OUT
ROSES FOR YOUR PART OF CITY
Two-year-old budded ro3es,
fifty varieties to choose from,
will set them out and guar
antee them for 20c each; also
all kinds of fancy shrubbery
and fruit trees at low prices.
Apply H. J. BIGGER, Seventh
and Center streets, at the old
stand.
PROCLAMATION TO GLADSTONE
For the second time I have opened a first class meat mark
et. It will be equipped with the best of everything.
Only the best of meats will be handled at prices as low as
you will pay anywhere.. Only first class help, butchers that are
experts will be employed. And we will do all we can to get
and hold your trade. If you will give me a square deal I will
prove that you need me in your town.
H. W. STREB1C
Money Derived From Sale of Lot In
Portland Owned Jointly
By Two Large
Estates.
Frank Jaggar, Road Master of
Clackamas county, and recognized
throughout Oregon as one of the best
road .builders in the country, did some
thing" Saturday that was never done
before in the city he deposited a
check in the Bank of Oregon City for
$115,000. Many large checks have
been deposited in the two gibraltars
of finance here, but for the amount of
money involved Mr. Jaggar has car
ried off the palm.
The staid road master walked calm
ly into the bank early Saturday morn
ing. He nodded a salutation to the
tellers and clerks and they replied in
kind, just as they had done hundreds
of times before.
"I want to "make a little deposit,"
said Mr. Jaggar. He had made out
his slip, but paused a minute to in
dorse the check. It wouldn't do to
indorse a check like that before reach
ing the bank. It might be lost. An
indorsed check is legal tender.
The deposit book, check and slip
were handed to the teller, an entry
was made in the book, and with a
"good-bye," "nice, day" Mr. Jaggar dis
appeared to those in the bank to clasp
the hand of a friend on the street who
never made more than $2 a dayin
his Mfe.
It would be giving away secrets to
say that after Mr. Jaggar left the
bank the check was the cynosure of
all eyes in the financial institution,
"but it is supposed such was the case.
And, it is whispered, that when it
became noised about that a check of
such magnitude had been left in this
city half the population clamored to
get a peek at it. But nothing doing
the banking business is sacred, as of
course is a check for $115,000 cool
samoleons.
Theodore B. Wilcox, president of
the Portland Flouring Mills, bought
from the Jaggar estate for $230,000
cash the 50x100 foot lot on the south
east corner of West Park and Wash
ington streets, Portland. The lot was
owned many years by Benjamin Jag
gar and Louis W. Jaggar, the com
mission merchant. The part of the
money derived from the sale deposited
here by Mr. Jaggar was that belong
ing to the Benjamin Jaggar estate.
PYTHIAN SISTERS WILL
INITIATE SIX CANDIDATES.
The Pythian Sisters will initiate
six candidates Monday evening at the
Woodmen Hall, and after the business
session refreshments will be served.
The committee arranging the affair
is composed of Mrs. Edward L.. John
son, Mrs. Otto Erickson, Miss Lilie
Trembath., . , " , . - '
Congressman Hawley Wires 'Action
of Committee to Commercial
Club Quick Work
Expected.
B. T. McBain, president of the Com
mercial Club, W. A. Huntley, George
C . Brownell, Mayor Dimick, Col. ' C .
HDye, H. E. Cross aild other resi
dents of - this - county received tele
grams Saturday night from Congress
man Hawley announcing that the
Rivers and Harbors' Committee had.
adopted the proposition to dredge the
river between thiscity and Portland
so as to give a six-foot depth at the
lowest stage of the water. It is be
lieved that the report of the commit-
. (Continued on page two.)
For
Sale!
New S-room house on Madi
son street, with two lots 50x100,
very quiet location. Price $1100.
See
Edward Busch
OREGON CITY.
Phones Main 11, and A-241.
A Bargain
One acre at Oregon City limits,
level, in high state of cultivation;
house; woodhouse, good well, 12 fruit
trees, 1,000 strawberry plants, balance
fine for garden, for $600, $400 cash,
balance can run 2 1-2 years at 6 per
cent. See
CYRUS POWELL,
Room 10, Stephen's Building,
Oregon City," Or.
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With twenty candidates represent
ing every part of the county against
him, Joseph Sheahan, in the first six
days of the Enterprise Grand Automo
bile Contest has polled more than
15,000 votes, which sets a new record
for the first week of any newspaper
contest ""er held in this county.
While merit of those nominated have
been waiting to see who their oppon
ents were before getting out to work,
there are more than a dozen entered
so far who will make a hard, fast,
fight for the $735 automobile. With
the contest barely a week old there
are known to be thousands of votes
that have been issued which have
been held back for a future date by
the different contestants.
The leader of the race, Joseph She
ahan is a hustler from way back
and he declares that he i3 in the race
to be at the top of the list from the
start to the finish. Joe knows auto
mobiles too, and he says the Ford
that goes to the winner is well worth
every effort that will have to be made
to be declared the winner.
E. L. Shaw the local chief of police,
who is the bone of contention in the
Mayor-Council wrangle, is also out
to see- the race to a successful finish,
that is,' succesful to Shaw. He doesn't
have very much to say, but the peo
ple of this city who have stood by him
now have an opportunity of
showing their allegience in a sub
stantial way and it is a foregone con
clusion that he will be a hard man
to beat.
Miss Ruby McCord, one of the most
popular young women of this city
thus far stands third, and if determi
nation counts for anything Miss Mc
Cord will be the lucky person the
first of June. From the number of
subscriptions turned in by her and the
number of votes cast to date it is evi
dent she is holding back a large num
ber for future use.
Now that all the names of those so
far entered in the contest have been
announced, the coming week will see
CANDIDATES TO DATE.
5,600
4,200
3,800
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
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every entrant settle down to good
hard work. A brand new automobile
is a prize that attracts every orie, and
the outcome is a matter of specula
tion throughout the county. Any per
son regardless of age or sex may en
ter the race and right now is the op
portune time to send in your name.
The nomination blanks will appear
but few' times more . and as every
candidate nominated with a blank
receives 1,000 free votes as a starter,
it is to your interest to enter at once.
Every ten days a special contest
will be held, a valuable prize to be
awarded the candidate receiving the
most votes in tnat time. The first
of tnese "ten-day contests ' closes
March first, and while Sheahan is in
the lead so far the remaining five
days will no doubt bring about several
sensational changes in the standing
of the candidates. But the candidates
who receive the most votes between
last Monday and March first -will re
ceive a $15 merchandise certificate
on one of the local stores.
Every vote cast will be counted in
the contest for the automobile, but
these 'special prizes are given only
for votes cast during, the specified
time. Regardless of the opportunity
of one of the contestants- winning the
automobile, these special prizes are
themselves worth every exertion on
the part of the entrants. That this
fact is realized by the candidates
themselves is evident by the state
ments of some of tflem that the spec
ial prizes were particularly what they
desire to win regardless of winning
the big prize.
There is room for you in this con
test, whether you are a man, woman,
boy and girl. Work will bring re
sults and if you are willing to spend
some of your time in securing sub
scriptions to the Weekly or Daily En
terprise, you can at least win some
of the special prizes. Votes are given
on every subscription, for either pap
er, subscriptions to start at any time.
The work is easy and the rewards
good, so send in your name today.
ARDENWALD CITIZENS
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"The people of Ardenwald are in
condition of continual terror," said
Edward Barnes, a wealthy resident of
that place, who came to Oregon City
to tell the County Court the feeling
that generally prevails about the
scene of the Hill murders.
"The finger of suspicion is pointed
at a- man who lives in the vicinity,"
said Mr. Barnes, "and without Inti
mating that he is gulty of the horri
ble crime, I most emphatically de
clare that something should be done
to relieve the tension. It is no ex
aggeration to say that during the last
six months the Ardenwald people have
not had a normal night's sleep. They
have read so much of this case . in
the newspapers and have talked to
each other about it until their nerves
are unstrung. ' .
"About ten days ago Mr. Harvey
came to my house about 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and when my wife and
daughter, who were alone in the
house, saw him approaching the lat
ter went into a fit of hysteria and
Mrs. Barns locked thedoors. When
Harvey . knocked, she talked to him
through a window screen. His errand
was seemingly peaceable enough, for
he only wanted to know the where
abouts of an old " step-ladder that he
said a former renter on my place had
borrowed of him. My wife knew noth
ing about the ladder and told him so
and he went away but not without
asking her-if she had locked the door,
and when she said she had, h made
no rejoinder.
"This feeling is general. The coun
try around Ardenwald is beautiful, but
this, terrible crime has completely
stopped its progress. . Before the Hill
murder I was offered $35,000 for my
place and I did not want to sell, b
now I doubt if I could get $25,000.
. "Some of the Ardenwald . people
have been unable to stand the strain
and have moved from the place. Oth-'
era would like to move, but they do
not want to be forced away from their
homes through a condition for which
they are in no manner responsible.
"If anyone should go to a house at
Ardenwald at night and knock the
door would probably not be opened,
unless the identity of the visitor was
at first ascertained, and even "if ther
door should be opened, the person re
questing admittance would be covered
with a gun.
"It is not difficult for any one fa
miliar with this case to understand
the feeling of unrest that prevails in
the community. The fact that Mr.
Hill was at home with his family,
when they were murdered was no pro
(Continned on page 2.)
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