MORNING ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1912.
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The Largest Stock of
Ladies' and Men's Fine Suits Ever Shown in Oregon City
LADIES' SUITS
AT SALE PRICES
We positively want every lady in our city and county
to see our splendid array of Ladies' New Spring Suits
THE PALMER GARMENT and others.
Special prices will be made to every lady buying now
to introduce our fine assortment of the handsome new
Spring Suits just opened.
Come in and make your selection of the suit you like.
If all cash is not convenient make a deposit and secure
the sale price. ' "
M
EN'S SUITS
AT SALE PR ICES
Our opening sale of the largest stock of men's, young
men's and boys' suits ever shown here, will be the greatest
event of the season.
We want every man, young man and boy to come to
this opening sale and see the 1912 suitssnappy, up-to-date
styles at special introductory prices.
We show the Hart Schaffner & Marx, and other best
makes of suits. Come to this Suit, Sale and see the new
Spring Styles.
Copyright Hut Schaffner & Marx
UNDERMUSLIN AND WHITE SALE
New Spring Stock of Ladies' Muslin Underwear and White Goods now offered to early buyers at special sale prices.
MEN'S FINE FURNISHINGS
DRESS SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, UNDERWEAR, HATS, CAPS and Workingmens Clothes.
ALTERATIONS FREE
OF CHARGE.
Li
Adams
f THIS UMPIRE SHOULD BE
QUITE POPULAR.
This season the town of Oxnard,
Cal., will have no moro umpire T
baiting. The coachers and the
bleachers will be mighty cour- T
teous to the umpire hereafter. If $
they say anything it will be with T
hat In hand and uttered with
soft accents.
How do we know? Why, the
umpire hereafter is the charming
Miss Ruth Jones. She knows the
point! of the game too.
"Three strikes out!" she ex
claims in silvery tones, where
upon the batsman touches his
cap, says "Thank you, ma'am,"
and takes his seat with pleasure
! and the manners of a Sunday
; school boy the week before
. Christmas.
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SPICY SPORT CHATS
By TOMMY CLARK.
The announcement that Jim Jeffries
Is training secretly and that it is in
furtherance of his announcement that
if he ever found out who put the sas
safras root in his tea just before the
Reno horror he would re-enter ' the
ring and never rest till he had whip
ped Johnson has caused an irreverent
snicker. As no one ever put anything
In Jeff's tea, it would take more than
the skill of a Sherlock Holmes to run
down the miscreant
Those who know what went on be
fore the Reno affair are well informed
as to the real situation. In substance,
according to those on the inside, John
son was unable to get Jeff to agree to
a match unless the black fellow con
sented to "flop." This Johnson agreed
to do, but with no intention of carry
ing out the scheme. A few days be
fore the battle Johnson sent word to
Jeff that the contest would be fought
on its merits, whereupon the mighty
Jeff collapsed and never recovered till
he was called on to count the loser's
end of the purse. Jeff Is a dead letter
In pugilism now. -
Recently John Franklin Baker, the
Athletics' third baseman and hero of
the world's series last fall, ordered a
dozen special bats made from a Louis
ville' turner. He also sent his big
stick, the one used to make the homers
last season, along as a pattern, but de
manded that the sacred relic of his
ninth prowess be returned to him in
tact at his Billy Trappe (Md.) farm.
Somebody has been bunked. The
particular bat which Baker used to
hit the world's series homers has been
auctioned off at numerous fairs and
bazaars, hangs In "thirst emporiums"
and clubs in various cities and can be
seen in almost every hamlet where
baseball fans congregate.
Up until recently there was some
doubt as to whether Melvin Shepperd,
the great runner, would be able to ac
company the American team to Stock
holm next June. It was said that
business would keep him in This coun
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Photo by American Press Association.
MEL SHKPPERD.
try. But now the middle distance king
says nothing will prevent him from
going abroad. With - Mel competing
the American team is sure of several
points in the winning column.
Big Ed Walsh says' that he has pitch
ed the spitball all his life and it has
never given his arm the least bit of
trouble. TTnlsh probably pitches more
of the wet ball than any other pitcher
in the game id has never complained
of a bad arm.
Pacers Show Improvement.
The number of pacers that have cov
ered a mile in 2:10 is 1,224. A total of
ninety-nine was added to the list last
year, the largest that ever gained the
honor In a single season.
"" A Philosopher.
"Don't you find it harder and harder
to live within your means?"
"Oh, I found several years ago that
It was absolutely impossible. - That's
why I've bought an automobile and
joined two more clubs. --. One has to
manage somehow to keep from letting
it get on one's nerves." Chicago Record-Herald.
Oregon Gity's Big J
epartmenf
Store
ASK FOR THE
RED TRADING STAMPS
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
THE SPENDER.
A young man from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
went to New York city and spent $600
In a day and night because he wanted
to be a "millionaire for a day."
He arrived -on a special car, had "a
time," according to his standards, and
went home "broke," but boasting.
Silly chap!
Does he suppose millionaires have
nothing to do but blow in money on
riotous living? The average rich man
Is too busy making more money to In
dulge in dissipation. He does not go
the pace because. he cannot afford it.
He is seeking money, not diversion.
This young man of Wilkesbarre says
he Inherited the $600.
That makes the matter worse. That
money represents somebody's sweat
and privation. But it was his, you say.'
Did he not have the right to spend it
as he chose? Legally, yes; morally
No! .
" That money is part of the accumulat
ed assets, of a working social order.
Morally he is bound to use it as a trust.
Six hundred dollars. It would feed
8,000 hungry children. It would buy
somebody a modest home. Instead it
bought only a fool's paradise for a day.
It requires no more brains to fall into
an inheritance of $600 than to fall into
a mud puddle.
It requires less brains or merit to
waste $60O than to earn 60 cents as a
scavenger or a rat catcher, honorable
occupations beside that of the waster.
Any one can waste money.
It requires neither wit nor grit to
play that farce.
But it takes men of sex to go into the
crowd at the market place or stand
bare breasted before the furnace fire
or heave clay out of a ditch and get
and use money rightly.
And .
No red blooded man has any right to
dawdle in Turkish baths at ?25 per or
play the puppet millionaire by giving
five dollar tips to manicure ladles.
The'spender is a drone.
He merely eats the honey. He "nei
ther gathers nor spreads the pollen. In
beedom, where they do things properly,
the workers sting the shirkers to death
and drag out their bodies.
And that poor fool from Wilkes
barre .
He adds to the stigma of the spender
the reputation of the braggart who
boasts of hisciomclidiBient.
WANTED $2000 or $2500 on farm
land first mortgage. Enquire "E.
P." care Enterprise. .
Bible Class To Meet
The Bible Study Class of Mountain
View Sunday School will meet today
at 2:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. W.
H. Clark on Duane Stret.
Reduced prices on Mazda Tantalum
electric lights at Huntley Bros.
Watch the automobile contest-
BURNS REPUDIATED BY CITY COUNCIL
(Continued from page 1.)
sent in his resignation.
The attention of the Council was
called to a most pitiful .case of want
and suffering. The Garner family
living at Tenth ana Jefferson streets
are in dire distress, without food or
proper bedding and both the father
and mother are ill. Mayor Dimick had
the matter brought to his attention
a few days ago and on his own re
sponsibility ordered groceries for the
sufferers. The Council ordered that
a bill of $7.60 for groceries be paid
to A. B. Buckles from whom they were
purchaeed and the matter of further
aid was referred to the Finance Coin
mitte with power to act.
The matter of the trestle of the
Clackamas Southern railway was re
ferred to the City Recorder to report
on the records as to the actual con
ditions relative to the grading. There
is a difference in grade between the
street and the abutting end of the
trestle.
. The petition of Louise Cochran for
a rebate on assessment of Lot 7,
Block 49, was referred to the Street
Committe to bring n a writen report.
The report or E. L. Shaw for Feb
ruary was placed on file. The re
port shows 223 hoboes housed, 21 ar
rests and 18 cases prosecuted. Meals
served at City Jail cost $4.20. Amount
of money received for fines $157.50.
The Street Committe was ordered to
investigate the- grading of Seventh
Street together with the Ciy Engineer
to ascertain the exact cost of the new
grade and report back at the next
meeting.
The Council fixed Tuesday, March
12, for the hearing of remonstrances
from property owners along Sixteenth
Street, from Jackson to Division
Streets, against proposed improve
ments. The matter of re-establishing the
grade on John Q. Adams Street, be
tween Eleventh and Twelfth Streets,
was set for hearing at a special meet
ing March 12.
The matter of the extension of Jack
son Street, between Twelfth and Four
teenth Streets was set for hearing
March 12.
The report of a special committee
to investigate the advisibility of the
transfer of the liquor license of Henry
Opperman to Michael Zak was adopted.
MEXICAN ENVOY AND
WASHINGTON, March 6 Presi
dent Taft canvassed the situation in
Mexico closely today with the Mexi
can Ambassador, Senor Martinez Cres-
PO.
The chief subject discussed was a
more rigid enforcement of neutrality
laws along the border. The Mexi
can Ambassador predicted a gradual
return to normal coditions.
The administration is planning to
send more troops, to the Mexigan bor
der. Secretary stimson, on his re
turn from Chicago tomorrow, is ex
pected to take up with President Taft
the number of troops to be sent and
their disposition. -
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The Tualatin Grange has adopted
the following resolutions:
"Whereas, Our declarations of pur
poses declare that it is best for us
to avoid the credit system, the mort
gage system, and every other system
tending to prodigality, and bankrupt
cy, and
"Whereas, many of us know by pe.
sonal experience that much debt I
a condition to be assumed only as an
absolute necessity to overcome an
emergency, and .
"Whereas, there appears to be an
effort to extend the bondage already
existing in many places, to all places
for what we believe can be done as
well or better on a cash basis with
out overtaxing our citizens, and
''Whereas, certain parties are try
ing to foist upon us a road bonding
scheme principality for pleasure go
ing by non-taxpayers, to the injury
of citizen taxpayers, and
"Whereas, it is our conviction that
all road improvements should begin
at each shipping point, and continue
out into the rural communities equal
ly in each county that business may
be facilitated, and encouraged with
out discrimination, and
"Whereas, some County Commis
sioners Courts have already blazed
the way how this can be done, hon
estly, economically and efficiently,
without perpetual bondage to their
citizens and succeeding generations
and
"Whereas, with an economical and
efficient management by, our County
Commissioners' Court, and the em
ployment of convicts, we can pay for
all the good roads we are able to build
each year without much if any in
crease in taxation, and
"Therefore be it resolved, that the
grange is opposed to being bonded for
any purpose except for calamity by
fire or flood or pestilence or foreign
invasions."
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
T. C. and Florence M. Reynolds to
George E. and S. W. Lawrence, 40
acres of F. Wallenstein D. L. C, town
ship 3 and 4 30uth, range 4 east; $10.
Casper and Katie Kunker to L. E.
Hoffman, block 5 of Junkers' second
addition to Sandy, all of block 8, Jun
ker's third addition to Sandy; $10.
Lydia E. and F. R. Mitchell to C.
and Anna Parelius 15.08 acres of Pres
ley Welch D. L. C, township 2 south,
range 2 east; $7500.
Mary Delap to Isabella E. Donnel
ly, land in George W. Palmateer and
wife, section 22, township 3 south,
range 4 east; $10.
William W. Delap and Mary Fran
ces Delap to Isabelle Donnelly, land
in Clackamas County; $1000.
John A. Hughes to William " and
Louise Beard, lots 18, 19, block 1,
West Gladstone; also lots 9 and 10,
block 14, Gladstone; $1500.
W. O. and Eleanor M. Vaughn to
John Vaughn, 75 acres of D. L. C,
of Willa Vaughn and wife, township
5 south, range 2 east; $2000.'
A cut of 20 to 25 per cent on elec
tric lamps at Huntleys. See prices
on ront page. -
WEBER LIVE WIRE IN AUTO CONTEST
(Continued from page 1)
izon but the answer to the question as
to who will eventually land the covet
ed position is merely a matter of
guess work. Another question just as
prominent in this section of the north
west is who will win the big new auto
the Enterprise gives away June 1.
Every section of the county is repres
ented by candidates and at this early
stage of the game the winter is stall
a matter of personal opinion. Some
of the candidates aave already polled
large numbers of votes, and others,
have held back large blocks to depos
it to their credit at some future date.
As each day brings some of the en
trants nearer the $785 prize, each
one begins to realize that the win
ning of the big touring car is simply
up to them. The fortunate entrant
is the one who gets out and is al
ways on the job soliciting subscrip
tions. The race is free for all and anyone
in the county can enter at any time.
Votes are what each entrant seeks
and votes are obtained by getting
subscribers to the Daily or Weekly
Enterprise. Every subscription be
ing worth its share of votes.
But not only does each contestant
have an equal chance in landing the
chief trophy but additional prizes
will be awarded from time to time
in special ten-day contests. In these
special contests each entrant starts
out alike and the one getting the
most votes in the specified time lands
the special prize. Every vote cast
during the special contest also helps
out on the grand total for the fore
door Ford.
The second of these special ten-day
contests closes a week from tomor
row and every entrant -in the big race
is out for the special prize which is
a $15 merchandise certificate. It is
evident that each one is holding back
votes to come in strong at the fin
ish next Friday. In order to stimu
late the circulation of a few of the
thousands of votes which are being
held back for the grand rush, 2,000
free votes will be given the entrant
who polls .the most votes next Satur
day. Here is a grand chance. to obtain
2,000 votes without a bit of work
simply deposit more votes than the
other fellow in the big ballot box in
the Enterprise office next Saturday
and the 2,000 votes will be your3.
Among the candidates of whom
great things are expected is John A.
Weber, of this city. Weber is a pop
ular young chap, connected with a
drug store. He is a hard worker
has countless friends, a spirit of 3tick-to-itiveness,
and is bound to give the
rest of the entrants a highly interest
ing chase for the auto.
None of the candidates have much
to, say these days but all are out
quietly getting subscriptions. Both
new and old subscriptions to either
paper are good for votes, and candi
dates are having little if any trouble
in getting results from their work.
The winning of the prize the 15th
seems to be especially desirable at
this time and Sheanan, . Miss March,
Miss McCord, Weber, Brown and one
or two others will stage a pretty race
to capture first honors.
MANNY STORES AND HOUSES PLANNED
(Continued from Page L)
The Enterprise automobile contest
is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley.
floor will be fitted up as flats, hav
ing living rooms, dining rooms, sleep
ing apartments, kitchen and pantry.
By having a building of their own the
company can carry a larger stock of
meats than at the present time. They
have been in business in Oregon City
for the past six years and have built
up such a large business that it was
found necessary to have a larger
building. The new building will be
52 1-2x84 feet.
Clarence Simmons & Company have
been awarded the contract for erect
ing the new moving picture building
of George Simmons, this is to be built
on Eighth and Main Streets. The
building will be arranged to seat 320
people, and will be one. -f he finest
moving picture show buildings in the
state when completed. It will be ar
ranged so as to have vaudeville stunts
if so desired by the manager, and a
stage which will be 18x22 feet will be
erected, and' this to have two dress
ing rooms, each of these to be 6x10
feet. The music pit will be 7x14 feet,
and the lobby, over which will be a
handsome archway studded electric
lights, will be 10x31 feet, this to front
Main Street. ' The building will have
a frontage af about 22 feet, and will
be completed about May 1. Mr. Sim
mons, the contractor, who has been
in this business for the past 14 years,
has given the erection of this building
a careful study so as to make it a
.most ideal playhouse.
The store room at the rear of the
Davis & Cameron Saloon on Eighth
and Main Streets has been thorough
ly renovated, being repainted and new
shelving installed, and with a large
show window facing Eighth Street,
this to be occupied by the Merrill &
Cave store, which took possession on
Saturday, the company moving from
the store building owned by the St
Paul's Episcopal church, and which
will be occupied by Straight & Salis
bury, plumbers, who were forced to
move owing to the erection of a large
building to be ocupied by George Sim
mon' moving picture show The shoe
company came to Oregon City about
four months ago from Portland and
is in charge of L. A. Cave.
A gymnasium is being installed in
the basement of the Congregational
church for the use of
the Boy Scout3 and friends, and
is 40x60 feet. The rock has been'
blasted and much excavation neces
sary so as to be able to make the
necessary room required for this pur
pose. The excavation was in charge
of James Wilkinson, deacon of the
Congregational church, and the car
penter work in charge of John Lowry
and J. K. Morris. A new flooring has '
been built so as to take the place of
the old flooring.
The boys are manifesting much en
thusiasm, and are anxious to com
mence work in the gymnasium in true
style. The room will be ready by the
latter part of the week. There is on
hand enough outfit . to comence the
work as soon as the carpenters are
through with their work.
The Enterprise automobile contest
Is the most popular, thing -ever pulled
off in the Willamette. Valley.
The time to read the Morning Enterprise-Is
at the breakfast table or
a little before.