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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1912)
.... . ; . . 8 THE WEATHER. 8 8 Oregon City Fair; Northeast- $ erly winds. $ S Oregon Fair; northeast to east winds. VOI III No. 68. E OF DEPUTIES FOUND ALLEGED VICTIMS OF JOHN TORN- OW THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN AMBUSHED BODIES DISCOVERED ACCIDENTALLY Grewsome Find Made By Officials Who Are Given Clew By Trappers Slayer Is At Large MONTESANO, Wash., March 20. The bodies of Deputy Sheriffs Mc Kenzie and Al V. Elmer were found by the searching party today 30 miles north of here in the Oxbrow country, buried in a shallow grave, and so well were the remains hidden that only the soft arth beneath the officers feet led to the grewsome discovery. The men were lying on their backs and a hasty examination developed that both were shot and John Tornow the alleged slayer, is still at large. Deputy Sheriff Fitzgerald believes that the men walked into an ambush and got within 25 feet of the camp when they were murdered, without a warning. The murderer had built a camp se curely surrounded by windfalls and in his stronghold had bunt a fire ana smoked the meat of an elk, killed several days before. It was the fact that trappers had found the carcass of a female elk that brought the officers into this country to look for Tornow, who was wanted for the alleged murder of his twin nephews, John and "William Bauer, whose dead bodies were found buried under a log last September. That Tornow is still in the vicinity of the murder is the opinion of thel officers who heard a shot ring out in the canyon not far from their camp , last night. I : i" ' During the day the dog had taken up a trail and, slipping out of his har ness, was soon lost in the woods. Officers thought the animal had been killed, but it returned early in the morning. Every indication of the camp show ed that Tornow had been back that day and it is thought that he came after the smoked elk meat and that he has. another camp. The officers found a quantity of elk meat wrap ped up in an old hide and hidden away. None of the guns of the offi cers were found, but in his camp was found flour which is evidence that he has been getting outside assistance. Sheriff Fayette will leave in the morning with a posse of 24 men to bring out the remains of the dead deputies. It will require two days to get the bodies out and pack horses will be used and a trail blazed. 40 DEAD IN BLAST FORT SMITH, Ark., March 20. Forty miners are known to have been killed today as the result of an ex plosion in mine No. 2, of the Sans Bols Coal Company at McCurtain, Okla., thirty-seven miles west of here and hope that forty-seven others en tombed in the mine are alive has al most been abandoned. Thirteen of the miners . escaped shortly after the explosion ecVurred. Several of these are probably fatally injured. A search was begun early tonight under the direction of Government experts, and up to nine o'clock five bodies had been recovered and thirty five others found. According to the Fort Smith .& Western Railway Company,, owners of the property, about 100 men were working in the mine at the time of the explosion. Whether gas or coal dust was the cause has not been de termined. 1 Eight of the men who escaped were at work in the mule stables and gain ed the surface through the passage used for the cars. . $ J 5.000 $40.00 $75.00 GRAY SLAIN . i OK WORK IS STARTED ON HOME OF ELKS BUILDING TO BE ONE OF FINEST ERECTED BY ORGANISATION -IN STATE, BONDS ARE EASILY DISPOSED OF Big Celebration Planned For Dedica tion July 15 Site One of Most Most Attractive In City One of the finest homes of the Elks in the state will be that soon to be erected by B. P. O. E., No. 1189. of Oregon City, the contract for the building having been awarded to Sim mons & Company, of this city. Al though the local order is only two years old it is in a flourishing condi tion and has a large membership, who are looking forward to the dedica tion of their new home, which will probably be about July 15. The building site is on Water street and is one of the most attractive in the city overlooking the Willamette river, and is. between Sixth and Sev enth streets. This was recently pur chased by the lodge. The bonding and furnishing committee is compos ed of William H. Howell, chairman; Thomas P. Randall, Charles W. Kelly, R. L. Holman, M. D. Latourette. About $17,000 bonds have been sold. It is intended to raise about $7,000 for the furnishing of the . building. Several of the rooms will be furnished in mission. The building will be two story with a cement basement. Fronting the Willamette river will be the veranda, 11x32 feet, and from this will open the corridor, 18x20 feet. On the first floor will be the ladies' parlor, 22 feet and eight inches by 18 feet, while on the north side of the corridor will be the reading room, 18x25 feet. The lobby, the dimensions of which are 16x52 feet, is to be in the rear, and from this will open the billiard room, 34 feet 6 inches by 22 feet, 3 inches; card room, 26 feet, eight inches by 22 fee't and 3 inches; the stein room with its beam ceiling, fireplace, built in shelves, is to be 18x14 feet. On the second floor will be another ver anda, 11x32 feet. The coridor on this floor will be 23x12 feet. On this floor will be the secretary's room, 12x18 feet; ante-room, 13 feet, 10 inches by 18 feet; ante-room, 12 feet, 8 inches by 8 feet; banquet hall, 18x42 feet; kitchen 9 feet, 6 inches by 18 feet:" The lodge room will be the stage, 8x20 feet. On this floor will be a kitchen and store room, this is to be 8 feet, 9 inches by 12 feet, and on the 111BL Jiuui lucic w in Lie a. annual room. The refreshment room a joining the kitchen will be 12 feT 6 inches by 18 feet and the check room, also on this floor will be 8x16 feet. Workmen have already commenced excavating and the contractors will rush the work on the building, so as to be ready by the specified time in July. Plans are being made by the organization to have a grand celebra tion when the building is completed and Elks from all over the state will be present. MOn ACCOUNTING CASE IS DISMISSED County Judge Beatie Wednesday dis missed the petition of Kate B. Hor ton administratrix of the estate of Elias B. Mott that Frank Mott be compelled to turn over to her about $5,000 which she said belonged to the estate. Judge Beatie said that no evJ idence had been introduced to show that Frank Mott had any property which belonged to his father that should be turned over to the estate The court held that the money in the son's possession had been turned over to him by his father to create a trust fund for the widow. Couple Gets License . A license to marry was issued Wed nesday to Valla B. Smith and Edwin Earl Sullenger. A Genuine V1CT0R-VICTR0LA $5o00 If you have been denying yourself the luxury of purchasing an expensive style- of Victor Victrola, here's the instrument you have been waiting for. Plays all size records, single or double-faced. -Call to-day and hear it play. -Either styles $25, $40, $50, $75, $150, $200; sold on easy payments. Burmeister & Andreson Oregon City Jewelers Victor and Edison Dealers WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED I S66 OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912. Cardinal O'Connell Robed As a Prince of the Church f 3 Hi if If cii TAT ITH the return of Cardinal O'Connell, Joyously received by the Cath olics or the archdiocese of Boston, the United State has for the first time within its borders three cardinals of its own. By a singular ap propriateness San Clemente, the church tn Rome to which Cardinal O'Connell has been assigned and which rives him his title as cardinal priest, has for nearly 300 years been In charge of the Irish Dominicans and so i a link uniting Rome, Ireland and America. Its underground oratory- daies 1,400 years back, and it stands on the traditional site of the house of Clemeut Uie third successor of SL Peter in the Roman pontificate. In the course of Ws address on the occasion of taking over the church the cardinal said. "St Peter, the prince of the apostles, and St. Paul, the apostle of tbe gentiles, to wn or wnom tne Komans owe their (JSC and offered up the holy sacrifice." GEORGE M. PALMER. New Chairman of New York Democratic State Committee. Sunday School To Meet The Sunday School Graded Union will meet Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Congregational church. $100.00 t r - yt $25 00 I $50.00 I . D vocation to the faith, stood in this very BALL TEAM URGED TO TRY FOR AUTO MEMBERS -OF NINE SHOULD GET "RUNNER ON BASE" IN BIG CONTEST EASY FOR THEM TO WIN TOURING CAR Prize Would Furnish Money Needed By Nine For Equipment, Im provement of Grounds, Etc. S STANDING OF CANDIDATES S S Ruby McCord 51,000 S Joseph Sheahan 33,600 Kent Wilson 28,600 3 John Brown 13,000 (jnaries Beatie 6 800 fc s jonn Weber 6.800 Jonn Hateston 6.000 J Mable Marsh 1,200 S S McColly Dale ' i)00 $ Edna Hutchinson 1,000 $ Royce Brown 1,000 $ Barnett Howard 1,000 S ueiias Armstrong 1.000 & Mable Chase 1,000 $ $ Ethel Rief 1,000 S Harry Miller 1,000 S !.Jred Metzner 1,000 J Frank Bruce 1.000 G S Leo Shaver 1,600 3 S Mable Marsh 1,200 A. G. Kindler' 1,000 . . Baseball the king of American sports is knocking at our front door and will' receive" a hearty welcome in Oregon City. Smith, Stokes, Long and the rest, of last year's diamond ex perts ire ready for the season to be gin, and no doubt the Oregon City baseball team will keep up its splend id record, established in past years. Probably the most important item which comes up each year is the se curing of new uniforms balls, bats and other necessities. It has beenjthe custom in the past to solicit finan cial aid from the business men of the town to help "defray, the cost of these necessary items ,ahd perhaps the hardest task of the team man ager is the asking of financial help, as, at the best, it is rather embar rassing to go from man to man asking- for money . In order to render all possible as sistance to the boys in their worthy cause the Enterprise presents a plan whereby they may secure an ade quate sum of money necessary to fully equip the team with new uni forms, bats, and a goodly supgly of balls Let the team nominate one of their popular players as the base ball team's candidate in the big En terprise automobile contest now run ning, and with every member of the earn working and boosting for their candidate the winning of the big aut- (Continued on page 2.) DIMICK ACCEPTS WHEN CHALLENGE MAYOR, HOWEVER, INSISTS THAT PERSONALITIES BE ELI MINATED PROMISED TAX ROLL S AWAITEI Single ,Tax Debate Td Be Held Oregon City Other Engage ments May Be Ar- ranged Grant B. Dimick in a letter Wed- nesday to W. S. U'Ren accepts the single taxeri's challenge for a joint aeDate in ttus city. Mayor Dimick, however, stipulates that the debate must be postponed until a tax roll, wmcn Mr. URen mentioned in the debate several days ago at Beaver Creek, is published. He also wants an understanding that all personali ties be kept out of the debate, and that Mr. U'Ren confine himself to the question at issue. Mayor Dim- lck's letter follows: I received your ' invitation through the mail and also through the Dress inviting me to participate in a joint debate on tne Single Tax measure, which will be submitted to the consid eration of the legal voters of Clacka mas County at the next general State Election, and I desire, to inform you that I will join you in a debate upon that question in Oregon City or any otner place provided, however, you confine yourself to the question und er discussion and not resort to person alities. I make this provision for the reason that debates of this nature are presumed to be instructive and an in telligent audience find very little com fort in listening to personal abuse. The alleged facts and figures pre sented by you to the consideration of the people of Beaver Creek a few weeks since," are not born out by re cent developments and therefore in order to avoid any misunderstanding, I request that this debate be not held until the assessment roll which you alluded to is printed and ready for circulation, as you stated would be done. I have before me a copy of the pro posed bill to be voted on in Clacka mas County and find that it is a Single Tax measure, pure and simple, and wipes out with one stroke the assess ment upon every mill, factory, build ing, stock of merchandise, all stocks, bonds, saloon licenses and in fact ev erything called for under the Henry George theory of the Single Tax and thereby throws the burden of taxation upon the real property of the city and county, and under that system the merchant and manufacturers would get and would have a right to expect fire protection, police protection, and in fact all the protection which they now enjoy without the expenditure of a dollar as a consideration there fore. ' In your speech at Beaver Creek you gave the Hawley Pulp & Paper Com pany as an example under the Single Tax measure advocated by you wnere- in it would have saved Twenty Nine Hundred Dollars if the Single Tax measure had been in force under the tax roll of 1910 ,and under your Single Tax measure I presume all merchants and manufacturers would make a sav ing in proportion to that saved by the above mentioned manufacturing plant. Your theory is further" verified by the Joseph Fels Fund pamphlet is sued in 1911 on pages ten and eleven thereof as follows: "The good work done ly him in Oregon has already been mentioned. In addition to Dr. Eggleston, Mr. Samuel Danziger of Philadelphia, was selected as assist ant, and assigned to miscellaneous work. He will assist in ttie prepara tion of the "Merchants and Manufact urers Booklet,' the object of which is to carry convictions to merchants and manufacturers by showing, from official figures of various cities in dif ferent states, how the General Proper ty Tax is a tax upon production and all business, and how MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS GET POC KET-BOOK PROFITS FROM THE LAND VALUE TAX." Aeain on page twenty-four of the above pamphlet, the Fels Fund Com mission states that they would stand for the Henry George doctrines and they were engaged m popularizing it in the United States, and we find at page sixty-six of the book written by Henry George called "The Land Qest- . - . r i j . 1 ion, a paragrapn wmcn i.ea.ra iuo mask off from the Single Tax meas ure and give3 its true purpose as fol lows: "What is the programme, ine j way to make land common property is simply to take rent for the com mon benefit. And to do this the easy way to abolish 'one tax after another until the whole weight of taxation falls upon the value of the land. When that point is reached the battle is won. The hare is caught, killed and skin ned, and to cook him will be an easy matter. . The real fight will come on the proposition to consolidate exist ing taxation upon land values. When this is once won. the landholders will not merely have been decisively defeated, they will have been routed; and the nature of the land values will be so generally understood that to raise taxation so as to take the whole rent for common purposes will be merely a matter of course." sincerelv hoDing that you win cause your single tax roll to be im mediately published so that we may have the facts and figures, before us in order to present to the citizens of Oregon City in an intelligent way, the miestion now involved under this Drooosed measure, I hereby accept your challenge to debate the quest ion as soon as the tax roll is print ed. - Neighbors of C. M. Oglesby gave him a surprise at his home on the Abernethy Tuesday evening the oc casion being his birthday. The even ing was spent in music and games, I which were followed by refre3hmentii. 1 Prizes were won by L. Barnard, Mrs. B. Barhardand J. M. Stevens. Clark Will Beat Wilson Here, Says Manager COPYRiQHT HARRIS AND EWING. WASH CHAMP CLARK James T. Barbee, campaign manag er in, Oregon for Champ Clark, de clared Wednesday that the speaker would beat Woodrow Wilson in the Drimarv in this state. Mr 'RarhAo spent the day here conferring with County Judge Beatie, Assessor Jack, ; ference, which was in the office of Sheriff Mass and other distinguished j F. T. Griffith, general attorney1 of the Democrats. He said he thought Clark company, was harmonious through would carry this county. Mr. Barbee out and the railway men indicated a lives in Medford, but has offices in disposition to' deal fairly with the the Yeon building in Portland. SISTERS TO BUILD E A home for aged women and or phaned girls is to be built near El wood Station the Mount Hood rail way. The location consists of ten acres of uncleared land recently ac quired for the purpose by the Cath olic Sisters of the Montavilla convent, and will be easy of access and is re markably well adapted for the uses to which it will be put. Clearing of the land is now under way, and a well is being drilled which is intended to supply ample water for all the buildings and for irrigation purposes. Erection of the necessary structure will commence within a few weeks. K.0FP.ENTE! Members of the Ivanhoe, Calantha, Holmes, Phalanx and Cosmopolitan lodges, K. of P., of Portland were guests Wednesday evening of Cata ract Lodge No. 76, of this city. The visitors came to the city on special eaxs, and the festivities continued until almost midnight. Rev. S. A. Hay worth delivered the address of wel come and among the others who made speeches were Grant B. Dimick, Judge Dillon, of St. Helens and the "com manders of all the visiting lodges. After work in the third degree a de licious dinner was served. The com mittee in charge of the entertainment was composed of W. H. Smith, chair man; Charles McCormack and F .D. Simmons. The visitors were enthusi astic over the reception accorded them, and voted Cataract Lodge one of the most hospitable in the state. The local lodge accepted an invita tion of Rev. Mr. Hayworth to attend the farewell services conducted by him at the First Baptist church next Sunday evening. JUDGE LOWELL URGES BETTER GOVERNMENT Judge Stephen Lowell, of Pendle ton, the guest of honor at the ban- quet given by' the Gladstone Christ ian Church ' Brotherhood Wednesday evening made a plea for better gov- ernment. His subject was "Lest We Forget," and he urged his hearers to be alert in seeing that men elected to office performed their duties to the best interests of all. The address was one of the best that has been de- livered at the brotherhood banquets, and Judge Lowell was warmly con- gratulated. ' Music was furnished by j Parsons Orchestra, ana tne iaaies Aid Society supplied the dinner. OUT OF RACE U FOR REPRESENTATIVE M. 13. Dunn the confectioner, Wed nesday withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination for repre- 11 Z tte reason forU thrwithdrawal Mr. Dunn made the announcement that he would be a candidate at the solicitation of scores of friends, who declare he stood an excellent chance of being elected. There are still six candidates- as follows: C. Schuebel, S. O. Dillman, M. A. Magone, Gustav Schnoerr, B. D. Olds, and F. M. Gill. Dr. H. A. Dedman, of Canby, and F. Lehman, of Mflwaukie, also are be ing urged to enter the congest. - S. V. PARKS, FORMERLY OF THIS CITY, IS STRICKEN Information was received in this city Wednesday from the family of Dwight Parks, formerly of Oregon City, but now of Walla Walla, Wash., stating that S. V. Parks, father of yir, parks, who is well known In this city, where he lived several- years, fia(i been etricken with paralysis and that his condition was critical. The only daily newspaper be- $ tween Portland and Salem; circu- $ Ie8 in every section of Clacka- mas County, with a population of t 4 30,000. Are you an advertiser? Pes Week, 10 Cents CONSIDER FARES CLACKAMAS COUNTY COMMIT TEES CONFER WITH P. R. L. & P. CO. OFFICIALS CANEMAH IS PROMISED RELIEF Station To Be Moved From Park To Crossing And Trains Will Be Run On Schedule Time PORTLAND, March 20. (Special.) Committees "representing Oregon City, Gladstone, Canemah and Jen nings Lodge held a conference here tonight with officials of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company re garding passenger rates, which are declared to be excessive and unsatis factory, and, as a result, it is believ ed many important concessions will i e made by the company. The con- residents of Oregon City and vicinity. The railroad was represnted by Mr. Griffith, F. W. Hill, General Manag er; F. D. Hunt, Traffic Manager and W. T. Buchanan, Publicity Agent. B. T .McBain, President of the Ore gon City Commercial Club, outlined what the residents of the various dis tricts desired, being followed by H. E. Cross, of Gladstone; John F. Jen nings of Jennings Lodge and W. A. Hedges and S. L. Stevens, of Cane mah. The officials promised to give careful consideration of the questions involved, and virtually promised that several of the inconveinces existing in Canemah would be remedied. The station will be removed from Cane mah Park to Canemah Crossing. A complaint that the cars are not op erating on schedule will be investi gated and if found true win be cor rected at once. The officials prom ised to make a reply to the various committees as soon as possible. The following rates were asked by the committees: "Between . Oregon City and Port land, 15 cents cash fare, 25 cents round trip and commutation rate of 10 cents, with the same fare covering Canemah, Green Point, Parkplace, Gladstone and Fern Ridge. "Between Gladstone, Parkplace and Green Point, 3 cent commutation rates. "Between Oregon City and Cane mah, 3 cent commutation rate. "Canemah to be placed on the same traffic basis as Oregon citv. I "Between Oregon City and Green Point, Parkplace, Gladstone, Fern Ridge, Meldrum and Jennings Lodge, 5 cent cash fare. "Between Oregon City and Green Point, Parkplace and Gladstone, 3 cent commutation rate. "Between Portland and Jennings' Lodge and Meldrum, cash fare of 10 cents and commutation rate of 9 cents. i "Elimination of Canemah Park sta tion and establishment of Canemah. Crossing station, and operation of cars at night to the Canemah term inal.". HAN, SUING; ACCUSES WIFE OFF Charging that his wife had been guilty of "flirting," has a penchant for going to dances, oesn't like him, re fused on several occasions to prepare his dinner, and finally deserted him, C. C. Paxton, Wednesday filed suit for divorce from Letha Paxton. They were married in Portland September 2 1911, and the plaintiff says, despite the fact that he spent his. salary of $100 a month in providing a comfort- able home, she became dissatisfied. He asserts that he gave her money with which to visit her parents in San Pedro, Cal., February 12, 1912, and she wrote upon arriving there -that she would never return to him. Anna Joseph Getos seeks a divorce from Joseph H. Getos. They were - married in Wheeling, West Va., May 16, 1910. She alleges her husband deserted her February 15, 1911. " ; TO BEAUTIFY TOWN At a recent mass meeting of the citizens of Estacada it -was decided' to observe tomorrow as "clean tip day." Every man will be asked to give his service for the purpose of beautifying the city. Captains have been appointed including the May co . " ""L iL.i ik secretary of the commercial club, who will each have charge of a squad of men to work along definite plans. The bankg and Stores will be closed 1 and bankers, lawyers, doctors and -merchants will don their overalls and . proceed to their task under the sup ervision of one of the appointed cap tains. Governor West is to speak at Gar I field Grange under the auspices of Grange. No. 317, and when he alights from his special car Saturday he will see one of the cleanest towns in the state. A' special reception commit : tee consisting of W. A. Heylman, Dr. i H. V. Adix, Robert Duncan, and Will iam Dale, has been appointed by the i Mayor to receive the Governor on behalf of the city ,and a reception will be tendered him by the citizens of Estacada before his departur.,for Garfield. ' . ' ' " RAILWAY HEADS