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MORNING ENTERPRISE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1912.
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LOOSE LEAF SYSTEMS
A FIT OF
PESSIMISM
By WILLARD BLAKEMAN '
The Morning Enterprise is the best
breakfast food you can have.
Grease on Leather.
Grease stains on leather may l re
moved by carefully upplyiuj: benzine
or perfectly pure turpentine. V.'kIi ti e
spots over afterward with tb- weil
beaten white of an egg or u youd
leather reviver.
Remember This.
"Everything comes to him who
waits, I suppose," said the restaurant
diner patiently.
"Yes, suh," answered the colored
waiter, "but the ..gentleman what
won't wait done gets his first." Life.
Rehearsals Necessary.
Katbryn I don't see why they need
bo many rehearsals ."for the Sarah
Strongarm and Percy Pinfeather wed
ding. Kitty That's so they won't
laugh when she promised to oley him
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Myra Coolidge was the daughter of
my employer and was tny fiancee. I
bad been with John Coolidge from boy
hood and at the time of my engage
ment was expecting soon to become a
Junior partner. Indeed, 1 bad done a
great deal to build up the business,
and since Mr. Coolidge was getting old
I was gradually assuming more and"
more responsibility in its management.
As the day of my nuptials with Miss
Coolidge approached I began to dread
some misfortune that would mar our
happiness. Expecting to step into a
partnership in a fine business and be
married at the same time to a girl 1
loved devotedly, I naturally considered
myself on the pinnacle of happiness.
I could go no higher and at any change
must go lower.
One afternoon when we closed the
office we bad quite a large sum of mon
ey In the safe. 1 went to bed that
night thinking in this wise:
Suppose the safe should be robbed
and that money taken. Mr. Coolidge
would be ruined. I would be thrown
out of employment and my splendid
business prospects blighted My wed
ding would likely be deferred and pos
sibly never take place. I would lose
heart and commence a dexrent which
would probably ' land me in the poor
house. This is the opposite of "counting
one's chickens before they are hatch
ed." Lying awake in a dark room one
is apt to be strirken with pessimism,
and I wrought myself up to such a
pitch of foreboding that I lecauie im
pressed with the feeling that the safe
would surely be robbed that night. I
could not lie satisfied till I had got out
of bed. dressed myself and srarted for
the office.
When 1 arrived 1 oened the doo
with a key 1 always carried, entered,
turned on a light and saw that all
was the same ns I had left it In the
afternoon. I had nothing to do with
the finances of the concern and did
not know the combination or I would
have opened It to see that the money
was still there. It was a rare piece of
luck that I did not. There was a
lounge in the office, and I felt so un
easy that, disliking to go hack to bed.
1 turned out the light, threw myself
down and soon fell asleep.
I was awakened by a familiar
sound the turning of the combina
tion knob to open 1he safe! Great
heavens: My foreltndinas had come
to pass. I was" not armed and dare
not confront the roblier. . I lay per
fectly still, wondering what ' I had
better do when the person manipulat
ing the sa fe. lock flashed an electric
hand lamp on the knob and ' began
again to turn it. Surely a robber
would not be opening the safe by the
combination. Some one who knew
It was there. Who could It be. and
what could he be doing there at that
time of night?. His identity was soon
established by bis turning the light
upon bis own face." He was Smith
son, the cashier.
My first impulse was to say: "Hello.
Srahhsc::: What nr vou doinr?"
But 1 repressed It. i would see "for
myself what he was doing. But un
fortunately at the moment 1 was seiz
ed with a desire to sneeze, and sneeze
I did. Smlthson Immediately switch
ed on the electric light. ""
"What are you doing beret" he ex
claimed on seeing me.
"What are you doing here?"
"I got - worried about the large
amount of money we have here and
couldn't sleep. 1 bad to get lirl and
come here to see that It wan alt
right." -
"Just my case. preferred not to go
home and laid down here to sleep till
morning. I haven't the combination,
so 1 was obliged to content myself
with seeing that the safe -hadn't been
blown open. Singular, Isn't it. that we
should both have been affected the
same way. and got up in the middle
of the night to satisfy n feeling?"
"Very! Are you going to remain?"
"Xo; we will walk along together."
He opened th safe. We satisfied
ourselves that the money . was there
and left the office together.
The next day I said nothing about
the events of the evening. . Smithson
went about looking worried. It occur
red to me he might feel fearful that I
would misinterpret his opening the
safe In the night. 1 couldn't very well
reassure him. for thai would te ac
knowledging that lie was open to sus
picion In the evening I told Myra
abom our strange meeting To my
surprise she gasped:
"Oh. heavens:"
"What is it?'
"It was not such a coincidence as
you think It was. He was there to rob
the safe." "
"Why do you think that?" I asked:
astonlshiHt.
"While you two were at the office I
ireamed that you and he bad a quar
rel, and I couldn't separate you. I
awoke from a nightmare.". . .
"Do yon menu to condemn the man
on such evidence as that? He was
intending to borrow from funds in the
safe with the expectation of returning
the amount taken at some future time."
. Nevertheless. cotild get no retrac
Hon from her
The next morning Smithson did not
appear at the office and has never been
beard from since. He had been play
lng the stock market and lost.
What strange reasons women give
for what they know! And how did
Myra know It?
A Big English Dockyard.
In order to build a modem battleship
to scale it is necessary to draw, the
great curved ribs and other portions of
the i-essel to full size. For this pur
pose each dockyard has a huge shed
with an enormous wooden floor, which
is painted black like a blackboard.
On this the drawings are done in
white chalk. The floor is known as
the 'scrive floor" and is covered in
by a domed roof provided with scores
of windows, so as to Insure plenty of
light. The "scrive floor" at the Devon
port dockyard is the "largest in the
world and would make the most mag
nificent ballroom imaginable, with
room for at least 500 couples at once.
Pearson's.
DELEGATES NAMED TO
E
The following delegates to the state
grange convention" to be held at Rose
burg May 14-17 were elected Tuesday
afternoon by the Clackamas County
grange at It3 annuai convention:
Springwater Ed Closner, delegate;
J. W. Stone, alternate.
Oswego Grange C. C. Borland, del
egate; J. F. Mater, alternate.
Twentieth Century Grange .Bar
low H. Tl Melon, delegate; Mrs.
Hattie Irwin, alternate.
Damascus Grange J. D. Chitwood,
delegate; Frank Moline, alternate.
Beaver Creek Grange A. A. Spang
ler, delegate, Charles W. Casto, al
ternate. The meeting was called to order by
County Deputy, J. D. Chitwood, and
C. T. Dickinson was elected chair
man, and C. E. Spence, secretary.
While the committee on creden
tials composed of H. G. Starkweath
er and J. D. Chitwood was formulat
ing its report, county superintendent
of schools Gary spoke on the fairs to
be given by the school children.
RALLY FOR TAFT TO
BE HELD MARCH 16
Chairman Stipp, of the county cen
tral committe, announced Tuesday
that the big Republican rally to start
the campaign for President Taft in
this county would be held on the aft
ernoon of March 16 at Shively's Op
era House. C. W. Fulton, ex-United
States Senator, and C. M. Idleman
will probably be the speakers. The
plan is to invite the Republicans of
Clackamas County to join with those
of Oregon City in working for the in
terest of Mr. Taft. While the senti
ment in Clackamas County is over
whelmingly for Mr. Taft, it is thought
best to organize a committee to carry
on the campaign. Even among Re
publcans who are frendly to Colonel
Roosvelt it Is felt that the ex-President
should not be a candidate this
year. Among the Republicans who
will take an active part in the meet
ing are W. J. Wilson, J. F. Albright,
E. L. Johnson, M. E. Dunn, William
Sheahan, W. A. Huntley, C. G. Hunt
ley, B. T. McBain, Dr. Hugh Mount,
Frank Jaggar, Gordon E. Hayes,
George C. Brownell, C. H. Dye, Dr.
Clyde Mount, Dr. Guy Mount, W. H.
Mulvey, J. C. Bradley, J. D. Ritter,
R. S. McLaughlin, J. T. Apperson.
A Noble Heirt v
A noble heart, like the sun, showeth
Its greatest countenance at Its lowest
estate. Sidney.
MISS DOLLY PRATT WINS
PATIENCE CLUB PRIZE
The Poker'Patience Club was enter
tained in a most delightful manner
Monday evening at the home of Mr.
Mrs. E. J. Daulton, of the West Side.
The hostess of the evening being Mis3
Bess Daulton. The prize was won by
Miss Dclly Pratt. It was a pretty
Fairfax spoon. Delicious refresh
ments were served. Members attend
ing were Miss Dolly Pratt, Miss Nieta
Harding, Miss Myrtle Parker, Miss
Cis Pratt, Miss .Helen Daulton, Miss
Wynne Hanny, Miss Nan Cochran,
Miss Bess Daulton.
How strong are you going in the
support of your candidate in the En
terprise automobile contest?
FRUIT EXPERTS SPEAK
AT SANDY MEETING
One of the most enthusiastic meet
ings ever held In Sandy was that con
ducted Monday by O. E. Freytag, fruit
inspector of Clackamas County, H.
M. Williason, secretary of the State
Board of Horticulture and A. C. Good
rich, district commissioner of the
first district of Oregon. Many of the
promnent fruit men of Sandy, Fir
wood, Dover and Cherryvllle were in
attendance. The meeting was held
at the Meinig hall. The spraying,
trimming and prunning of trees were
dwelt on by the speakers.
Mr. Goodrich has been called to
Clatsop County, and will return here
March 18. Any one interested in
horticulture may obtain bulletins at
the office of Mr. Freytag.
MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD.
After the Woman's Relief Corps
served dinner to the members of
Meade Post, Grand Army of the Re
public, Monday, the impressive mem
orial service was held for Mrs. Mary
J. Lewis. Mrs. George Randall read
an original poem.
CANDIDATES WARY,
SAY "W HE"
(Continued from Page 1.)
spurt at first and then gradually work
less and less till they are forced from
their position with the leaders and
then they give up in despair and quit
cold. The candidate who will win the
big new touring car has not necessar
ily the most votes at the first but the
one who enters the race with the de
termination to stick to the game. It
may not be easy every day of the con
test to go out and get a big bunch
of subscriptions, but the one who is
not easily discouraged will work da
by day and, week in and week out,
and is always on the job is the one
who will finally grasp the honors.
This is not a race for some little
trinket as the prize, on the other hand
the winner will be presented with
the one thing that everybody wants
most of all, a dandy automobile. And
the car to be presented the winner is
not .an old hand-me-down dust-blter,
that mopes along the road like a
threshing machine, but a 1912 new
model, touring car. It will not be
a car whose name brings a question
to the mind, but a Ford, the most
popular make of autos in America.
As given to the winner the machine
will be fully equipped, top, wind
shield, lights, horn, tools, and all.
This machine is now at the Elliott
Garage and represents $785 in cash.
Who gets the car? That question
can and cannot be answered. The
person living in this county getting
the most votes by the first of June
will get the car, but who that person
will be is the question, the answer of
which is bothering a number at the
present time. Any one can enter the
contest and the conditions are alike
to all. The way to get votes is to
obtain subscriptions to the Weekly or
Daily Enterprise. Every subscrip
tions is worth votes and who gets the
most votes is a matter to he deter
mined by the candidates themselves,
between now and June.
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"Working lot the other fellow ami
Get Busy for Yourself
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What can be won with a little
wok a fine prize evey JO days
DES THE
AUTO
To what people ate saying and
you will see how popular you are
THEN GET IN AND WIN
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To stimulate interest in the voting and to give each one a chance to profit by their
work we will give a prize every ten days. These prizes will not affect the final
count in any way as all votes will count on
THE GRAND AUTOMOBILE-:
These prizes will be given to the one that hands in the largest number of votes
every ten days. ,
The first prize tor the best showing, will be an order on the
Big Dedartment Store of L. Adams, you have your choice
of anything in the store worth up to $15.00, this is as
good as gold. Watch for the next announcement.