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3 Oregon Fair except showers
or snow flurries.
VOL. Ill No. 53.
JUDGE CAMPBELL THINKS CON
SOLIDATION, WOULD BE
GREAT BENEFIT
HEDGES TRACES GROWTH OF LAW
Attorney Points Tp Good That Has
Resulted From Separating
Church and State Hypo
crites Are Scored.
Much enthusiasm was manifested at
the first of the forum meetings held
at the Methodi3t church Sunday night
Judge J. U. Campbell and Gilbert L.
Hedges spoke on "Christianity From
the Standpoint of a Lawyer," and the
immense audience was delighted with
the addresses. Dr. T. B. Ford, the pas
tor, introduced the speakers and ex
plained the object of the meetings.
Judge Campbell spoke in part as fol
lows: "I believe that I am safe in saying
that as a general rule the lawyer's
viewpoint of Christianity Is broader
and more comprehensive than that of
any other class of people.
Gclden Rule Everything.
"If you mean Christianity" as em
. bracing the teachings of Jesus Christ
as laid down in the book commonly
called the New Testament then no
lawyer nor any other civilized person
who has the well afre of the comun
ity as well as his own at heart can find
fault with it. In my judgment this
Christianity is all summed up in what
Is generally referred to as the gold
en rule that is "do unto others as you
would that they should do unto you."
The only fault or criticism that law
yers or anyone else can have is that
a great many people who profess
Christianity give it some other defi
nition or attach other conditions.
Perhaps this is more noticeable in
church members than in many so-called
non-christians, and It is with this
branch of the subject I propose to
deal.
A lawyer by the very nature of
things must be a student of the bible.
The very foundation of all laws of
all the christian countries is found
in the book of Deutronomy. This
book is largely the basis of the found
ation of what lawyers call thee ivil
law or the fundemental law of all the
Latin countries and their numerous
off shoots. It is largely the
law upon which the common law of
England and all the countries that
have grown up under that law. So
I say every lawyer who wishes to
go to the fountain head of the rules
relating to his profession must go
back to his bible. A lawyer must be
a man of business. His profession is
that of settling and straightening out
commercial entanglements as well as
assisting the community in which he
practices in keeping the people in the
straight and narrow path by hi3 con
tact with the criminal classes.
Method Might Be Improved.
. "As a business man the average
lawyer would probably arraign the
church member for his extravagance.
That is that it costs too much to carry
on Christianity by the methods adopt
ed by the church. Take for instance
this town where there are 7 or 8
christian churches. They have invest
ed in real estate and properties prob
ably $200,000. This is an enormous
sum of money for this size town. If
it is necessary of course it is not- too
much, but some times the lawyer
feels that it is not required. In Oth
er words is it advisable and is it to
the best interests of all concerned
that here should be so many churches
and so many different denominations
would it be better if we had fewer
stronger and more powerful organiza
tions. Big business today and I might
say successful business is tending
more an more towards consolidation
and concentration and I know no big
ger business than that the church is
engaged in, that of being the moral
teachers of the people. No one, not
even a lawyer has any fault to find
with the objects of Christianity but
"many people criticize the way which
professing christians go about attain
ing that object. It has often suggest
ed itself to my mind that if we could
only centralize, that much more good
might be accomplished. I have no
criticism to offer as to any of our
local pastors. So far as I know every
one of them with whom I am acquaint
ed is a personal friend of mine, and
when I consider the stipend they re
ceive I often wonder that they stay
with us at all. I know that they are
told to go forth and take no thought
of the morrow and when I hear of
the magnificient salary many of them
receive I am lead to conclude that
they at least certainly fulfill that
scriptural injunction. Yet while that
injunction is laid on them there is
no similar restrction placed upon the
people to whom they minister.' In
fact it would seem that their flock
should always remember that the la
borer is worthy of his hire. You can
not expect any man to furnish first
class service at starvation wages.
And many of your preachers have to
struggle in order to make ends meet
' from a financial standpoint..
Union Is Suggested.
"A man to be a leader of men should
have ample time to think without be
ing hampered with the everlasting
question of food for himself and fam
ily. Just think how fine things would
be if we had in this town one or two
great big churches able and willing
to pay a good and substantial salary
to their pastors and furnish an as
sistant so that they could, once in a
while, take a vacation by traveling
around the world and mixing with the
people under different circumstances
and conditions. It seems to me that
difficulties in the way of different
church organizations of this town get
ting together are not Insurmountable.
Why Is it that while all other lines
of busines are able to consolidate the
most important of all must scatter and
break up Into Innumerable factions
and sects, each one to a certain ex-
LAWYERS MAKE
PLEA FOR CHURCH
no m
yCANPMA AS SHE WAS AND JS. ' ' '
GRANDMA OF OUR YOUTH - AND AT PRESENT.
ent preying upon he other, and you
find the members skipping from one
to the other-and are usually welcomed.
It seems to me that if this thing could
be accomplished it is and end -devoutly
to be wished.
, "The next criticism to be offered
by the lawyer is posibly that
there is a shade of superstition in the
make up of many people. You know
that a great many good, honest chris
tians are actually looking for miracles
ana are tniniung that some myster
ious influence is going to change men
and women in an instant. I do not
belive that this is the way
the creator and ..director of this -universe
works. No one has ever seen
a great tree grow to its proporions
in the twinkling of an eye, nor a grain
of wheat develop in a instant, nor a
child grow up to manhood or woman
hood in a moment. So it is with the
mind or soul of man.
"Some one has likened the mind of
man of a garden. It requires contin
ual cultivation in order to keep clean
of weeds. So it Is with man in the
formation of his character. He mu3t
ever be on his guard to keep out evil
thoughts. There is a great deal of
truth in the saying, As a man think
eth, so he is.' If our mind is given
to useful employment, thinking how
we can better our condition as well
as that of the comunity, we will have
no time for evil thoughts. I hold that
a man's first duty i3 to the Creator.
And I am sure you will all agree with
e in that stament. Many of
us differ and honestly differ as
to the manner of discharging a duty.
In my judgment we best perform that
trust when we first of all look to our
families, then to the immediate com
munity in which we reside, and then
to our state and nation. If we should
simply confine our efforts to doing
right ourselves at all times and under
all circumstances it would be but a
short time until we should find that
our reformation would speed and em
brace the whole community. But in
stead of doing this we are continually
trying to reform the ether fellow, and
just as soon as something turns up
that is not liked we immediately say
let us pass a law to prevent, a re-oc-curence,
instead of searching for the
cause and reforming it.
Hedges Makes Fine Speech.
Mr. Hedges spoke as follows:"
"I have been asked by our pastor
to speak on Christianity from the view
point of a lawyer. To understand the
mental attitude of an attorney of the
presemt time toward Christianity it
might not be amiss to state that the
sources of our law date back beyond
the Christian Era. In following these
sources and studying the laws, dev
elpment, the student of law runs
across religious rules and principles.
He discovers a constant and irrepres
sible conflict beween man-made laws
an erligious beliefs and regulations.
Among the Greeks, we note the inter
ference of the gods and goddesses
with human acts and deeds. Leon
ida3, King of Sparta, with his 300 he
roes died defending the pass of Ther
mopolae because Greece was engaged
in a religious or sacred fesival and
could not send aid to the defenders
of the pass until the gods had first
been appeased. Here the noblest sen
timent of the Greeks love of coun
try or patriotism was ignored
through religious scruples. The re
sult was devastation of the fair land
of Greece. Another example is offer
ed by treatment of Socrates, the phil
osopher. He was tried and convicted
before a citizens' jury of more than
five hundred upon the charge of dis
believing the gods which the city be
lieved in, and introducing strange
god3. He was found guilty. The
death penalty was Imposed upon him.
It so happened that at the time the
(Continued on page 4.)
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED I 3 66
OREGON
e .edttilisip:
PERPETRATED BY WALT AVC
SECOND RACE FOR
SPECIAL PRIZE OH
AUTOMOBILE CONTESTANTS ARE
WORKING HARD TO WIN MER
CHANDISE CERTIFICATE
MISS RUBY M'CORD COMING TO FRONT
Sheahan, Still In Lead, Straining Ev
ery Energy To Be Victor In
Great Struggle For Tour
ing Car.
S&S$3Se.S3JSS
STANDING OF CANDIDATES.
Joseph Sheahan 29,800
Ruby McCord 15,200
John Brown .. . 7,000
John Weber 6,000
Charles Beatie 6,000
John Haletson 6,000
McColly Dale 1,000
Edna Huchinson 1,000
Royce Brown 1,000
Barnett Howard 1,000
Delias Armstrong 1,000
Kathryn Towney 1,000
Mabel Chase T 1,000
Ethel Rief . 1,000
Harry Miller 1,000
Fred Metzner 1,000
Frank Bruce , 1,000
Leo Shaver .' 1.000
Normina Klemsen 1,000
Mabel Albright . 1,000
Joe Alldredge 1,000
Today is the first day of the sec
ond special ten day contest in the
race for the automobile that the En
terprise is to give away on the first
of June. The person who gets the
most votes between now and March
15 will be given his or her unrestrict
ed choice of $15 worth of merchandise
in one of Oregon City's many good
and prosperous clothing emporiums.
To win this prize, a person does not
need to have been heretofore en
tered in the race. For instance, a con
testant might enter now and carry
off the $15 award , by securing more
votes during , the next ten days than
any of the persons at present in the
running. . ,
These special contests are merely
an added feature and do not detract
one whit from any contestant's chance
of obtaining the grand prize which is
a Ford fore-door,- five passenger tour
ing car. This car Is too well known
in this county to need any praise here.
It is a modern car, staunch, well made
and thoroughly reliable in every re
spect Attorney Chria Schuebel's
well known trip Into Southern Cali
fornia last summer with his Ford tells
more than its innate excellence than
this whole page could tell in print.
Ralph Waldo Emmerson In his es
say on Self-Reliance, says, "There is
a time in every man's education when
he arrives at the conviction that envy
is ignorance; that imitation is suicide;
that he must take himself for better,
or for worse, as his position; - that
though the wide universe Is full of
good, no kernel of nourishing corn
can come to him but through his toil
on that plot of ground which is given
him to till." This contest is the same.
Do not envy or imitate the other can
CITY, OREGON. TUESDAY,
D OUGA L LO.-
didates but work out your own salva
tion "on the p'lot 'of ground which
is given you to till."
The Contest Manager is glad
to advise and help, at all times
but his pltaform is "equal
rights to all, special privileges to
none." New contestants can learn
much that will keep them in the race
if they are able to have a talk with
him. He is an old hand at the game
of getting subscriptions and conse
quently has many ideas which will
not occur' to a beginner.
When the last count was made Shea
han had the lead. His determination
to keep the first place is evidenced
by the strenuous work he is doing
all the time. On the other harfd, Miss
Ruby McCord shows an equal amount
of determination by the stick-to-itness
with which she goes after prospect
ive subscribers. Then there is Leo
Shaver, the boy on the Molalla team
who has used the "big stick" to
such a great advantage in the School
League during the last two seasons.
If he would show the ginger he uses
in a base ball game, the leaders would
have to put on a full spread of can
vas to stay ahead of him. - The Mo
lalla country is big and prosperous
and he is so well known that if he
would sit on Robbins Bros, steps
some Saturday morning, he could get
enough subscriptions to make every
body sit up and take notice.
Miss Ethel Rief's popularity in the
New Era neighborhood is such that
nobody would refuse her a subscrip
tion. The Pacific Highway goes right
through this peaceful river side ham
let and the people see such good
times coming that they all want to
be up with the times so feel the need
cf a wide awake daily like the Enter
prise. An so on. We might go
ahead and name each of the con
testants but there .Is no need. There
is one thing you should remember,
however, and that is that you are pot
selling gold bricks. The value of a
subscription to a daily paper cannot
be estimated by the price paid for it.
DINNER BY BROTHER
Dr. Hugh S. Maunt Monday -night
tendered an informal dinner in honor
of his brother, Dr. Guy Mount, who r4
cently came to Oregon City. to prac
tice medicine. A merry crowd of the
doctor's bachelor friends gathered
round the festive board and made the
evening merry with stories and toasts.
Many remininces of the "good days
of old" were 'told, and the fun waxed
fast and furiou3. The guests were
Dr. Guy Mount, Harry E. Draper,
Ralph Parker, Livy Stipp, Charles Par
ker, Roy Young, Charles F. Bollinger,
Roy Armstrong, and Dr. Thomas Fox
of Portland. , .
W. E. TAYLOR PROMOTED
BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC
W. E. Taylor son of I D Taylor, left
Sunday evening fpr Dunsmuir,- Cal.,
where he will have charge of the draft
ing department of the Southern Pacif
ic Company's car shops. Mr. Taylor
was graduated from the Oregon Agri
cultural College at Corvallis last June
and since October 15 has been em
ployed at the car, shops at Willsburg.
He is only twenty years of age, and
the position just given him by the
Southern Pacific speaks well for his
work.
The time to. read the Morning En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
a little before. -
MARCH 5, 1912.
FISHERMEN FIGHT
FOR OPEN RIVER
W. S. U'REN MAKES PLEA FOR
CRAFT TO COMMISSION IN
- - PORTLAND
RECENT ORDER IS CALLED UNFAIR
Establishment of Dead Line At Bridge
Also Declared An Injustice
- Scores of Anglers ...
Expected
Declaring that the fishermen here
had been discriminated against by the
fish and game commission, George
Brown and Charles Ely, a committee
appointed by the fishermen, and their
attorney, W. S. TJ'Ren, went before
the commission in Portland Monday
and asked - that the recent order in
augurating the closed .season fornet
fishing in the Willamette March 1 be
rescinded. Mr, U'Ren argued that the
law provided for the closed season be
tween March 15 and April 15 and that
the order making it from March 1 to
May 1 worked a hardship upon the
fishermen.
The reason given by the commission
for making that order is that young
fish have been liberated in the river
and they should be given a chance
to mature. The- order provides the
same rules in the Willamette river as
apply in the Columbia river. Howev
er, it does not prevent angling and
it is declared when the river clears
there will be scores of line men here.
Mr. U'Ren also objected to the order
making the dead line for net fishing
during the open season at the bridge.
The law fixes the dead line 600 feet
from the falls. The fishermen say,
owing to the back water, it is impos
sible to get good results with nets at
the bridge and below. The back wat
er, they assert prevents the tide
from moving the nets down stream,
and the salmon are able to escape.
TO
AID OREGON GOODS
The Board of Governors of the Com
mercial Club, at 'a meeting Monday
nigt, granted Colonel E. Hofer editor
of the Capital Journal, the use of the
Commercial Club rooms for a meet
ing in the interest of the Manufact
urers' Association. Colonel Hofer
will-hold a meeting here soon to. urge
the use of "Goods made in Oregon."
The club also considered the invit
ation oi the committe in charge of
the excursion to San Francisco to se
lect a site for the Oregon building at
the World's fair. It is probable that
several members of the club will
make the trip. A special fare of $25
round trip has been arranged. .The
House Committee notified the gover
nors that a pool and billiard tourna
ment was being arranged. Handsome
prizes will be offered.
DR. N0RR1S SERIOUSLY
ILL OF
Dr. J. W. Norris is seriously ill of
bronchitis. He had been confined to
his bed for two weeks and his friends
are alarmed jover his condition. Dr.
Norris is one of the best known phys
icians in Oregon, and has been health
officer of Oregon City and Clackamas
County for several years. Mrs. Nor
ris, one of the leaders of the Wom
an's Club, and who was largely re
sponsible in having the McLouglin
home preserved, was operated upon
several months ago for appendicitis.
AMERICANS QUIT
MEXICO IN HASTE
EL PASO, Tex., March 4. One hun
dred and fifty Americans from the big
American lumber town of Madera,
Mex., reached Pearson, Mex., this aft
ernoon. An attempt will be made to
morrow- to make up a train on the
Mexican Northwestern to bring them
to El Paso.
E. S. Plum and two companions,
who left the city xif Chihuahua at 6
o'clock iast night by auomobile,
brought word that the purport of
President Taft's proclamation re
questing Americans in disturbed sec
tions of Mexico to leave the country
had been received there and that a
considerable exodus was in prosnect.
DISTRICT DEPUTY TO
ADDRESS MODERN WOODMEN
L. W. Lang, district deputy for the
Modern Woodmen of America, will
meet with Oregon City Camp No.
5666 this evening, "'he object of his
visit is to explain he members the
reasons for an the plans for the re
adjustment of the rates.
PORENT-TEACHERS -MEETINGS
ARE PLANNED
A parent-teachers' meeting will be
held at the Alberta School' house
March 23 from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend, v
' A parent-teachers meeting will be
held at Springwater, Saturday, March
9, from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. County
Supt. Gary will preside. Everybody
is cordially Invited,
accompanied by their cousin, Roy va
COLONEL
DENIES
INDORSING TAFT
EX-PRESIDENT EXPLAINING DE
CLARES HE YIELDED TO
"DEMAND."
T. 1 FOUGHT BEING CANDIDATE
Former Occupant of White House In
sists He Did Not Want To Ent
er Race But Friends Made
Him
- OYSTER BAY, March 4. Colonel
Roosevelt said today it was perfectly
true that he had said he would not
be a candidate in 1912. He had made
that statement to many persons, he
said, but had not declared that lie
would not accept the nomination if
it were tendered to him. He drew a
distinction between becoming a candi
date and being willing to accept the
nomination.
The Colonel made it plain that he
saw nothing in the letter to manage
mg Editor van Valkenburg, in which
he said he would not be a candidate
in 1912 to conflict with his recent stat-
ment that he would become the nomi
nee of the party if his party asked
it.
Colonel Roosevelt's stand in the
matter i3 set forth in the statement
he gave out today explaining the cir-
cumsances that induced him to write
to Mr. Van Valkenburg. This is the
Statement:
"At that time persistent efforts had
been made from Washington to con
vince the 'progressives' that I was
really supporting Taft. On this par
ticular occasion the statement was
made with the greatest explicitness.
I promptly denied the statement and
was assured on the other hand that
It had been inspired from the White
House and assured on the other tnat
it had not been, but on the contrary
was made purely on the initiative of
the Associated Press.
"The Associated Press people as
sured me that they were not rspon
sible for the false statements, and, as
it will be seen by reference to the let
ter itself, Mr. Noyes was quoted as
having got the information from inde
pendent sources. I do not know who
gave out this leter, but I am certain
that it was not'Ms. Van Valkenburg,
for I know him to be an honorable
man.
"To all who were at that time writ
ing me to be a candidate I an
swered that I , would not be. To all
who asked whether I would accept if
nominated I answered 'yes', if I knew
them sufficiently well to he sure that
they would understand me; otherwise
I said simply that I would cross that
bridge when I came to it, and in most
cases if the man was at all a close
personal friend I told him that I
counted on his doing everything pos
sible to prevent any movement look
ing to my nomination.
"It wa3 not until the last three or
four months that I was finally obliged
to come to the conclusion that there
was a real demand among the people
as a whole for my nomination, which
did not come in any way from any
personal friends of mine, and was
neither inspired nor engineered by
them.
. "When I became convinced that this
popular demand was teal and was
considerable, and when the Gover
nors of seven different states, in
creased by this time to ten, I may
mention incidentally, asked me
whether -I would accept if nominated,
I answered, 'yes'.
VETERAlli"
PENSIONDAY FEAST
Pension Day was observed by
Meade Post, Grand Army of the Re
public and the Women's Relief Corps
at Willamette Hall Monday afternoon.
A delicious luncheon was served by
the women and the old soldiers had
a delightful time recounting their ex
periences in the dark and trying days
of the republic. Pensions are paid
quarterly on March 4, June 4, Sept
ember 4 and December 4. The at
tendance Monday was the largest for
sometime.
JULIUS HARBURGER.
Sheriff of New York County En
joys Salary of $12,000 and Fees.
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CHIEF OF FIREMEN
CATARACT HOSE COMPANY MAN
BEATS JOSEPH BEAULIAU,
90 TO 44
MICHAEL LONG ELECTED ASSISTANT
F .W. Humphrys, E. Hendrickson And
Harry Williamson Are New
Commissioners 135
Votes Cast
Charles Hannaford, of the Cataract
Hose Company, was elected Chief of
the Fire Department to serve one year
Monday. The chief receives a salary
of $10 a month. Hannaford received
90 yotes and Joseph Beauliau, of the
Hook and Ladder Company .received
44 votes.
Micheal Long was elected assistant
chief, receiving 108 votes. He had no
opposition. The following were, elec
ted fire commissioners:
E. Hendrickson, 106 votes; F. W.
.Humphrys, 80 votes and Harry Will
iamson 81 votes. William Weismandel
who was defeated, received 58 votes.
The polls were open from 10 o'clock
in the morning until 6 o'clock in the
afternoon, the election officers being
J. T. Gleason, Clerk; Harry .Freeman,
Clerk and Murril Elliott.
More interest was taken in the race
than ever before, 135 votes being cast,
while 127 were cast last year.-
W. A. Long, the retiring chief, has
been congratulated by many of the
business men upon his efficient ser
vice. There are six companies in the"
city and 180 firemen.
DEBATE SINGLE TAX
A debate between W. S. TJ'Ren and
Grant B. Dimick on the proposed sin
gle tax amendment will be held in
Central Grange Hall, Beaver- Crek,
Friday evening. Mr. U'Ren will open
the debate with a 30 minutes talk ;
Mayor Dimick will speak 30 minutes:
Mr. TJ'Ren will speak 30 minutes more,
Mayor Dimick will be allowed the
floor again and Mr. U'Ren will close."
Mayor Dimick is one of the leading
opponents- of the single tax in thi3
county, and declares That it has little
chance of becoming a law. Much int
erest is being taken in the prospect
ive debate, and it is assured the hall
will be crowded. It is probable that"
Mayor Dimick and Mr. U'Ren will de
bate single tax in other parts of the
county.
E. T. FIELDS BACK;
HEALTH IMPROVED
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Fields and
daughter, Clara, have returned from
California where they spent several
months. Mr Fields was seriously ill
when he left this city, but his health
has greatly improved and his physi
cians say his complete recovery is
only a matter of a few weeks. The
treatment he underwent at the South
ern Pacific Hospital was of great ben
efit to him. Mr. Fields will not re
sume his duties a3 station agent here
for the Southern Pacific Railroad for .
some time.
OPTION ON BIG TRACT
Several wealthy Portland men have
an option on thirty-seven acres owned
by W. W. Raymond, ot walla wana
and seven and one-half acres owned
hv Ansni at Rrickson on the Clackamas
River about four mile3 from Oregon
City, the intention being u tne prop
erty is bought, to establish a country
club. The tracks are 'large enough
for a golf course of nine holes. The
club will be similar to the Waverly
course, and it is probable that several
mem hers nf that organization will af
filiate with the new one. It is plan
ned tO lS3Ue ?5U,UUU 310CK, $3!,UUU 10
be preferred and $15,000 common. Mr:
Rrioksnn conducts a tavern on the
property which he has offered to sell
to the prospective club, -
OREGON CITY PASTORS
FORM ASSOCIATION
The Oregon City Ministerial Associ
ation was organized Monday with the
following officers:
President-J. R. Landsborough, Pres
byterian church.
Secretary and Treasurer George
N. Edwards, Congregation Church.
The following are the members of
the association: ' S. A. Hay worth,
Baptist Church; T. B. Ford, Methodist
Church; C. W. Robinson, Episcopal
Church; F. Wievesick, German Evang
elical Church; F. Clark, United Breth-,
ren Church and J. L. Jones, Parkplace,,
Congregational . Church. All minis
ters in Oregon City and vicinity are
urged to become members of the as
sociation. Meetings will be held the
first Monday in each . month in Bs.
Ford's study in the Methodist church.
nANNAruRD NAMED