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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.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED I S66
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912.
Cardinal O'Connell Robed
As a Prince of the Church
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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