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VOL. Ill No. 50.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1912.
Per Wiex, 10 Cents
LOSES HUSBAND,
HILL CRIME PROBE
PROMINENT MEN WILL ADDRESS BOOSTER MEETING
SEVERELY SCORED
FORMER PUBLICITY MANAGER OF
ASTORIA CENTENNIAL
MISSING
PORTLAND PAPER SAYS THERE
IS "SOMETHING WRONG"
IN THIS COUNTY
GEMS
AND
MONEY
JOHN DAY IS ACCUSED OF ROBBERY
Worthless Checks Said To Have Been
Given By Man Who Leaves
Behind Unpaid Board .
Bills.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 28
Charlotte 'Adkins Day is mourning the
loss of her husband, John Day, but
she mourns more seriously the 103S
of her diataonds and several hundred
dollars, the savings of twenty years
of labor.
John Day, who was publicity manag
er for the Astoria, Or., Centennial jn
1911 and later for the Salem, Oregon,
State Fair, and the Shriners' show in
Salem, met, wooed, won, wed and rob
bed her within a few days, her friends
declare.
The deserted bride cannot be found,
although it was learned late tonight
she is at some beach resort near Los
Angeles and is in retirement until she
recovers from the shock of her deser
tion. The Alexandria Hotel, where Day
lived while here and where he and
Miss Adkins 'were married a week ago
last Saturday night, holds two worth
less checks on a Portland bank for
$50 each signed by Day, and an unset
tled hotel bill of $109 charged against
him. Day dropped out of sight last
Wednesday and no trace of him has
been found. .
Both Day and his bride are 34 years
of age. Miss Adkins has been work
ing since she was a child of 14 years
as an office girl for Dr. A. C. Humel
baugh, a dentist with offices in the
Ramona block.
She was economical and when she
had a few hundred dollars saved, after
years of toil, she was advised to in
vest it in diamonds. This he did and
was possessed of several really good
stones, as well as other gems of less
value.
She continued to save and when she
met Day had nearly $1000 in the bank.
Miss Adkins met Day at 1815 Len
nox avenue, the home of Mrs. A. N.
Ferris, wife of a dentist, who had met
Day once in Salem and on whom Day
called when he came here.
Mrs. Ferris said she knows little
about either Day or the girl, having
met neither of them many times. She
knew of the meeting and of the wed
ding, but nothing more, she said.
E
TO BE TRIED HERE
SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. Mrs. Minnie
Taylor has won an important victory
in her fight to set aside the divorce
granted in Oregon City to her hus
band, Charles D. Taylor, a multi-millionaire
of Santa Ana, Cal. The action
of the supreme court was to sustain
a motion made by Mrs. Reynolds,
through Floyd & Reynolds, her coun
sel, to dismiss an appeal by which
Taylor sought to block further consid
eration of the case by the lower court.
Mrs. Taylor's original suit to set
aside the divorce granted Taylor will
now go to trial on its merits in Ore
gon City.
Records of the state circuit court
for Clackamas county show that on
September 19, 1910, Taylor obtained
a decree of divorce from his wife,
whose maiden name, Minnie N. Ter
willinger, was restored to her. In his
complaint Taylor charges Mrs. Taylor
with immoral conduct, drunkenness
and flirting with strange men in pub
lic cafes. Throughout the litigation
which has followed Mrs. Taylor has
contended that she was not properly
served with summons at the time the
suit was instituted and for that rea
son was prevented from making an
appearance.
According to Mrs. Taylor, the first
Intimation she received that she was
not the legal wife of Taylor was on
March 21, 1911, at Santa Ana, Cal.,
when a petition was filed asking tnat
her suit against Taylor for a month
ly maintenance of $2500 be transfer
red from the superior court to the Uni
ted States district court at Los An
geles. At the same time another suit
by Mrs. aylor against T Russell Joy
-was pending in the Santa Ana courts,
in which Mrs. Taylor asks the annul
ment of deeds given by Taylor to
Joy and conveying title to Santa Ana
property of the estimated value of
$25,000.
'Upon the allowance of the applica
tion to defend and the filing of the
answer, the default is set aside, and
incident thereto the judgment should
be vacated, as it is no longer sup
ported by the record," says the opin
ion in conclusion.
A Bargain
One acre, 5-room house, new, well,
wood-house, 12 fruit trees; all fine
garden land; only one mile from
courthouse; side walk to house, all for
$900, terms. Ask Cyrus Powell, Steph
ens Bldg., room 10, Oregon City, Or.
T IS HELD IN ABEYANCE
"Common Sense View and Not
"Technical Construction of Evi
dence" Paper Says', Should
Prevail
The Evening Telegram of Portland,
has the following to say editorially, of
the investigation of the Hill murder
at Ardenwald station:
"With reference to the investigation
o fthe Hill murder case in Clacka
mas county, there is something
wrong; something so decidedly wrong
that if there is any tribunal in the
county which has the authority it
ought, by its own initiatve, to go
to the bottom of the entire mat
ter.
"It is not expedient that judgment
should be passed on the attitude of
either party to the contention. No
one on the outside can say or cares to
say that the sheriff and the detective
are proffering evidence that ought to
procure an indictment, which is re
jected because of the friendliness of
the district attorney toward the ac
cused; nor, on the other hand, can
one say that the district attorney, real
izing the evidence gathered to be ir
relevant and incompetent, is warrant
ed in dismissing the case as depending
too much on the-enthusiasm and preju
dice of the investigators. This seems
to be about the surface summary of
the two sides of the affair; but it
doe3 not touch the point of vital in
terest to the public.
The Ardenwald murder was, possi
bly, the most horrible ever committed
in this entire region. It was a trag
edy of such horror that every shred
of evidence which tends to lead tne
authorities to the malignant fiend who
committed the deed should be follow
ed as far as it leads. Concerning the
present controversy the layman who
has common sense would conceive it i
to be sufficient to lay before the grand
jury the facts, and the full facts, as
they have been disclosed by the in
vestigation. ''It is not so much the technical con
struction of that evidence as it is the
common sense view of it which should
determine its value in the hands of
the grand jury. ' The jurora certainly
ought not to be partisans of the one
side or the other. They ought to be
able to say what certain facts indi
cate without the advice of the district
attorney, and if the presentation of
the case by the sheriff and detective
is persecution, or attempted persecu
tion, they ought, as men versed in ev
eryday experience, to discover that
It is, to say the least, a queer condi
tion in, Clackamas county that pre
vents the most searching investiga
tion into every circumstance connect
ed even remotely with this terrible
tragedy."
GETS SUBSCRIPTIONS
The publicity committee of the
Commercial club began its annual
campaign for funds Wednesday. The
entire committee was out and one of
the persons called upon was a promi
nent attorney who said: "Gentlemen,
I am glad to see you, I congratulate
you on your past record and honestly
believe that you are responsible to a
great measure for the good things that
are coming Oregon City's way, as the
government docks, terminal rates, op
en river with a six-foot channel, fed
eral building, etc. I will pledge myself
for a goodly payment each month, but
before doing so, I will treat you all to
a cigar."
The committee will continue its
work. The members are O. D. Eby,
B. T. McBain, M. D. Latourette, T." W.
Sullivan and T. L. Charman
WIFE, SUING, SAYS
SPOUSE HAS AFFINITY
Alleging that her husband has an
affinity Florence R. White filed suit
Wednesday for a divorce from Will
iam F. White. They were married in
Portland September 12, 1910. The
plaintiff alleges when her husband was
recovering from the effects of an op
eration for appendicitis in St Vin
cent's Hospital, Portland, her rival for
his affections called upon him."
Clara L. Emmitt sued Nathan A.
Emmitt for divorce, alleging cruelty.
She also avers that he associates with
other women. They were married in
Eugene February 17, 1891. Maude
Clarke sued W. T. Clarke for a di
vorce, alleging that he deserted her.
They were married in Perry, Okla
homa, September 4, 1899. She asks
the custody of their child.
Judge Campbell-granted Frederick
Grant a divorce from Margaret Grant;
Alfred W. Bell a divorce from Alpha
Bell and Enos Cahill a divorce from
Helen M. Cahill.
ENGINEER SUES CANAL
COMPANY FOR SALARY
Frank Bryant, formerly chief engi
neer of the Canby Canal Company
through his attorney, Gilbert L,
Hedges, filed suit Wednesday, against
the company for $500 alleged to be
due for service. Mr. Bryant, who
lives in Canby, gave up his position
some time ago. He alleges that the
company failed to live up to its contract.
Copyright by Purdy, Boston.
EDWIN V. MORGAN, MINISTER TO PORTUGAL
R. MORGAN'S consular and
east He was one of those consuls In Manchuria who had
little opportunity for usefulness because of the Russo-Japanese
war. Then. he became minister to Korea, In which country he
had previously served as consul and as secretary of legation, but was
transferred to Cuba when Japan annexed the Hermit Kingdom. His
five years' service at Havana was followed by the appointment to
Uruguay and Paraguay, which he held until he was ordered to Lisbon.
GRANGE REJECTS
C. E. Spence, master of the Ore
gon grange, Wednesday wrote to Gov
ernor West that the good roads bill3
as prepared, would be initiated. This
means that the compromise offered,
which provided if the grange would
indorse the state aid bill, the state
wide good roads committee would in
dorse the county bond issue bill sub
mitted by the grange interests, has
been rejected. Mr. Spence's letter
follows:
"I met with the "Good Roads Har
mony" committee and endeavored to
eliminate the objectionable features in
the proposed good roads bills. Four
of the bills proposed by the so-called
state-wide highway committee were
materially changed and the grange
highway engineer bill was adopted. As
stated in the letter sent you yester
day, by the "Harmony" committee.
We could not agree on the state aid
bill of the committee and the grange
county bonding act.
The majority of the "Harmony"
committee agreed to accept the grange
county bonding bill on conditions that
the grange endorse the four bills pro
posed by the state highway committee
as amended by ' the "Harmony" com
mittee," and it was further agreed
that the proposition be submitted to
the next session of the state grange
which meets in May next. We were
informed today by the chairman of
the 'Harmony committee' that the
agreement made with us had been re
considered and it was decided by
three members of the committee that
no county bonding act was necessary
to put into effect the amendment to
the constitution permitting counties
to ' incur indebtedness for road build
ing, and they had decided not to in
dorse the grange county bonding bill
and that they would adopt the grange
highway engineer bill if drawn satis
foctory to them.
. "Therefore we seem to be as far
apart as ever upon the questions at
issue namely in whom the power to
select the roads to be improved shall
be vested and under whose supervis
ion the funds shall be expended. Un
der these conditions we feel justified
in proceeding to initiate the grange
good roads blls as now prepared.
"C..E. SPENCE.
"Master Oregon State Grange."
EASTERN STAR HAS
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
The order of Eastern Star met in
the Masonic rooms Tuesday night.
Among the business transacted was
the installation of several officers who
were unable to be present when the
other officers were installed, these
being Mrs. Dorris Meldrum as Ruth;
Miss Gertrude Falrclough, organist;
Miss Larsen, Adah.
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEACHERS BANQUETED
The teachers of the Baptist Sunday
school were guests at an elegant ban
quet last night at the church given by
Superintendent Cross. About thirty
enjoyed the feast,, after which inter
esting and instructive talks were made
by several of those present in regard
to improving the work of the Sunday
school.
The Morning Enterprise is the best
breakfast food you can have.
- it 3
diplomatic career began tn the far
SITE FOR
MAY BE
The controversy over the school
house site at Cherryville, on the
Mount Hood automobile road, may
have to be settled by the directors
starting condemnation proceedings. T.
J. Friel, owner of the tract in which
the building stands, agreed to donate
an acre to the school district, and with
this understanding the directors erect
ed a new schoolhouse on the site, on
ly to find they had not title to the ac
re, that being held by the heirs of
Mr. Friel, to whom he deeded the
property. Mr. Friel said that it was
a mistake on his part in deeding the
property to others, but he declined to
rectify the e'rror and suggested that
the site might be condemned.
PAROLED MAN WRITES
AFTER TRIP TO JAPAN
Delmar McConnell, given a sen
tence of one year in the penitentiary
for stealing a suit of clothing and
paroled by Judge Campbell about four
months ago, has written to Sheriff
Mass from Redding, Cal. McConnell
was instructed when he was paroled
to write to the sheriff monthly, but
the' letter Wednesday was the first
one received from him. He wrote that
be had been to Japan on a lumber
boat and while there mailed two let
ters to Sheriff Mass, but forgot. to put
"U. S. A.r upon the envelopes, and
supposed they miscarried. Judge
Campbell thinks MoConnell has re-,
formed and will make a good citizen.
The Morning Enterprise is the best
breakfast food you can have.
GLADSTONE REJECTS
WATER WORKS BIDS
The Gladstone city council Tuesday
night rejected bids for $20,000 bonds
with which to build a water plant, and
will advertise for new ones. The high
est offer was $96 and the council re
fues to accept any under, par. The
bonds will bear 6 per cent interest
An ordinance providing for a sewer
in Bold's addition was passed ,and an
ordinance providing a franchise for
the Portland Railway Light & Power
company was read for the first time
and referred to a committee. It is
alleged that the company refuses to
furnish lights to many of the homea,
and is erecting wires without author
ity. An ordinance designed to keep
cows, horses, swine and chickens off
the street, was referred to a committee.-
Many citizens have complained
that they are kept awake by cow bells,
and that the animals are injuring the
sidewalks. -
- How . strong are you going In the
support of your candidate in the En
terprise automobile contest? ,
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B. T. McBAIN.
The biggest booster meeting in its
history will be given by the Commer
cial club tonight. Music will be fur
nished by the Philharmonic orchestra
under the supervision of R. V. D.
Johnston. There will be " food and
drink for all. Each member of the
club is urged to invite a prospective
member to attend. The program will
be as follows:
Music Philharmonic orchestra.
SPECIAL CONTEST
TO CLOSE TODAY
BALLOTS FOR THE FIRST EXTRA
PRIZE IN BIG RACE TO BE
COUNTED
WORK IS EASY FOR CANDIDATES
Leaders Astonished at Success of Ef
forts in Obtaining Subscrip
tions More Entrants
Expected
STANDING OF CANDIDATES. S
S Joseph Sheahan 19,400 3
$ Ruby McCord ..." 11,000 $
$ John Weber 6,000 &
S Charles Beatie . 6,000
$ Harry Miller 1,000
John Haletson 6,000 $
& McColly Dale 1,000
Edna Huchinson ...1,000 $
$ Rosie Brown 1,000 S
Barnett Howard 1,000 3
York Hammond 1,000 3
s Delias Armstrong 1,000 8
$ .Kathryn Towney 1,000 $
Mabel Chase 1,000 S
Rose Justin 1,000
S Mildred Ream 7.. 1,000 $.
3 Ethel Rief 1,000 3
Fred Metzner 1,000
$ Frank Bruce 1,000
S Leo Shaver 1,000
Today at 1 p. m. the votes in the
Enterprise Automobile contest will be
counted the last time before the close
of the first of the special ten-day con
tests, which ends tomorrow. The
standing of each candidate will be
published in tomorrow's Enterprise,
and the winner of the $15 merchan
dise certificate will be announced Sat
urday. Thhe $785 Ford automobile seems to
be momentarily forgotten in the
scramble to win the first merchan
dise certificate. This certificate will
allow the winner unrestricted choice
of any merchandise in one of the prin
cipal stores in the city, to the value
of $15. Of course in these days, if
"increased cost of living, " $15 will
not buy "everything." But it' will
help out, especially . at thia time of
the year, when every one is thinking
of new togs for Easter.
Every candidate who is going to see
this automobile contest through is
now settling down to hard work. The
auto will of course, go to the hardest
worker, that is, the one who gets
the most votes. Votes are issued for
all subscriptions taken to the Week
ly or Daily Enterprise. Every sub
scription is worth its share of votes
but of course the longer the term of
the subscription taken, the more votes
will be issued. This is all there is
to the contest. Any person living in
county may enter the race and as
long as the nomination blanks appear,
each "andidate will receive 1,000 free
votes. Anyone can nominate you or
you can nominate any one regardless
of age or sex. Every restriction has
been withdrawn from the contest,
which in presenting a $785 Ford au
to, is setting a new mark for contest
prizes .
. The Ford is worth all the work and
effort necessary to get the most votes
between now and June 1 and this fact
seems to be appreciated by the con
testants. The leaders in the contest
are surprised to find that obtaining
subscriptions is not such a hard job
after all. The Enterprise is so well
known and liked that nearly every one
wants to take the paper and the first
one to come after his subscription
has no trouble in listing it for a long
term.
With the contest barely started, the
picking of the winners would only be
a wild guess. It is known that some
of the candidates are holding back
large numbers of votes. Whether or
not these will be polled in time to win
the prize Friday is only a matter of
conjecture. "
There is still room for a few more in
the race. The more the merrier and
(Continued on page two.)
W. A. DIMICK
Amendments to the By-Laws, and
such other matters as may be brought
before the meeting.
Commerial club quartette.
"What Oregon Needs," B. T. Mc
Bain, president Commercial club.
"Every Clackamas County Man a
Booster,' A. D. Lee, formerly con
nected with publicity work in Eastern
cities.
"Publicity Work and Results," O. D.
UNION HIGH SCHOOL
-A meeting of directors of Milwau
kie, Concord, Jennings .Lodge, Wichi
ta, Oak Grove and Willsburg districts,
will be held at Oak Grove, the date to
be fixed later, to consider the matter
of establishing a union high school at
Milwaukie. A preliminary meeting of
these directors was held in the Mil
waukie school last Friday night when
the sentiment favored the union high
school. John Gibson, director of the1
Wichita district, opposed the move
ment, saying that students for the
high school can be sent to Portland,
but George Atwood, of this same dis
trict favored a union high school at
Milwaukie. B. Lee Paget, director
from Oak Grove, spoke in favor of
the union high school. At the Oak
Grove meeting the movement will be
considered further and figures indi
cating the number of students that
may attend a high school will be pre
sented from the several districts. Mil
waukie will establish a high school
whether these outside districts join or
not and -is preparing to erect a suit
able addition to the present school
house. LIZZiE GLEBE AND
HENRY KOELLERMEIER WED
Miss Lizzie Klyebe and Mr. Henry
Koellermeier were married Wednes
day, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. H. Mau pastor of the German
Lutheran church. After the ceremony
dinner was served and Mr. and Mrs.
Koellermeier left for Portland where
they will spend their honeymoon. The
bride is a well known young woman
of this city and the "bridegroom is a
prominent young farmer of Stafford.
The Enterprise automobile contest
is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley.
We Buy in Car Lots
One or two generations ago poultry roamed at large but we have grad
ually found out that this did not pay. The farmer who reads the maga
zines knows that today many a chicken farm of a few acres pays a big
ger profit than a big farm did a few years ago. "Every farmer keeps
chickens because It pays and it will pay lots better and the farm will,
look better if they are kept in the poultry yard."
They are about the most profitable animals on the place and less ex
pense to keep them.
Enough of our poultry fencing to keep your fowls properly will cost very
little and will be the best investment you ever made.
We have this fence in 1 to 6 feet heights
Get Our
We also keep
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O. D. EBY
Eby, chairman publicity department
Comercial club.
Music Philharmonic orchestra.
"The Pacific Highway Through
Clackamas County," Frank B. Riley,
vice-president for Oregon of the Paci
fic Highway Association.
''Historical Oregon -City Its Needs
and Prospects," W. A. Dimick, state
senator from Clackamas county.
Music Philharmonic orchestra.
' Food and drink. -
S SUPPLIES NEEDED WANT.
S Oregon City, Or., R. F. D. No. 8
S G. Feb. 26, 1912. Editor Morn- S
3 ing Enterprise, Oregon City, Or. s
Dear Sir: As I have been a
$ reader of your most valuable 3
$ paper ever since its first ap-
pearance and believe that I have $
S read every number that has been S
issued, I feel disposed to con- 3,
$ gratulate 'you upon your com- '
3 plete success.
The "Enterprise has supplied S
J the long needed want in the way $
of a daily publication in Oregon
City and especially should we
residents of the rural districts be
appreciative. I have watched the $
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S "Morning Enterprise" with in- 3
$ terest and now at the beginning 3
S of another large subscription S
$ campaign, equally considering
3 the value of the prizes offered $
3 to those ever launched by any $
$ paper in the state, I wish you $
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Sincerely yours,
3 MARY A. LAZELLE.
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We have the largest and choicest
stock of fresh fruit in town. A-l hali
but chinook salmon, black cod, black
bass, fresh crabs, oysters, razor and
hard shell clams. All kinds of smoked
and, kippered fish. McDonald's Mar
ket,' next Well-Fargo Express Co.
The time to read the Morning En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
a little before.
MISS MOSHER ADDRESSES
LARGE AUDIENCES
- Large and appreciative audiences
are attending the health lectures giv
en by Miss Mosher for the various
clubs and societies of this city. She
gave a fine talk at the Congregation
al church parlors Tuesday evening for
the Saturday club and Thursday af
ternoon she will address the M. E.
missionary society at the home of
Mrs. F. E. Albright, 706 Ninth street,
at 3 o'clock, followed by silver tea.
An invitation is extended to all.
Prices
heavy fencing
CITY, ORE.
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