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W EKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1566
VOL. Ill No. 79.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1912.
Pxb Week, 10 Ceoti
SOCIALISTS LOSE
IN MILWAUKEE
'HELLO BILL, SEE
MY BIG NEW AUTO'
"NO MORE'N ONE'S QUIET THE OTHER STARTS 1"
COUNTY DIVISION
SLAYER CAPTURED
NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR WINS EASILY FROM
SEIDEL
TORN
enter
CAUTION URGED
MAN THOUGHT AUTO
WINNER OF ENTERPRISE CAR
COULD VIEW ELK'S SHOW
IN STYLE
MACHINE WOULD BE MONEY MAKER
DELEGATION FROM EASTERN SEC
TION MAKES PLEA FOR
. , SEPARATION
H. E. ROBERTS HAS PUMP SHOT
GUN LIKE ONE USED BY
HIGHWAYMAN
WORKED NEAR SCENE OF SHOOTING
MAJORITY IS MORE THAN 13,
Result of Election Will Be Passage
Of Non-Partisan Law By Legis-
lature In Special
Session .
MILWAUKEE, April 2. Dr. G. A.
Badinger, non-partisan candidate for
Mayor, today defeated Mayor Seidel,
the Socialist by a vote of 43,117 to
30,200.
Of the 33 Alderman elected today 20
were non-partisan and seven were So
cialists. With four Socialist holdover Alder
men, the new City Council will be
composed of 26 non-partisan Aldermen
and 11 Socalist Aldermen.
The - election is believed to have
eliminated every National politcal
party from participation in future
municipal elections in the State of
Wisconsin. For, as a result of the
non-partisan victory in the city of Mil
waukee, the State Legislature, at a
special session soon to be convened, is
expected to pass a distinctly non-partisan
city election statute.
CITY CANAL STARTS
tr-nfier the direction of Assistant
Engineer Thomsen the work of test
ing for a foundation for the new ctn
rete wall to be built as a
jneans of dviding the locks and canal
m the West Side from the property
of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow
er Co. was insttuted Tuesday.
The government will keep a resident
engineer here and will prosecute the
work of practically rebuilding ' the
West Side Locks, and as soon as the
agreement for the purchase of the prop
erty from the P. R. L. & P. Co. is
regularly executed it is expected a
large force of men will be put oa. A
pile driver has been towed to the locks
and borings are to be made to deter
mine the character of material below,
-jthe tests to serve as a guide in build
ing the foundation.
It is reported that the settlement of
ihe controversy over the location of
ihe new locks will be followed by ac-
. tivity on the part of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Co. in deve
loping additional power from the East
side of the Willamette Falls. The
company made plans several years
ago to erect another power station on
the East side. -
Aid Society To Meet
Tne monthly meeting of the Glad
stone Aid Society will be held at
ihe home of Mrs. Niles tomorrow after
noon. All women are invted to at
iend. How strong are you going in the
support" or your candidate in the En
terprise automobile contest?
ENTIRE NEW BILL
at the
ELECTRIC
Tonight. Playlet entitled
"The Man Next Door"
And it also is a scream.
New songs and dances
also new pictures. Re
member this is the last
week of the greatest of fav
orites clever little
Marjory Mandeville
and Company
New pictures and special
ties daily
EASTER LILIES
Plants 75 cents each
Calla Lilies Cut Blooms $2 per doz.
Carnations 3 doz for $1
WILKINSON & HUGHES
Phone Main 3041
Candidates Are Working Hard For
j Club Subscriptions And New
j $15 Merchandise
j Certificate
8 STANDING OF CANDIDATES
$ Ruby McCord 71,000 $
$ Joseph Sheatan 47,200 $
Kent Wilson 28,600 $
$ John Brown 15,000 s
5 Charles Beatie 6,800
S John Weber ............. 6,800
3 John ' Haleston 6,000 &
$ Mable Marsh r 1,200
S McColly Dale 1,000 $
$ Edna Hutchinson ... . . 1,000
$ Royce Brown 1,000
$ Barnett Howard 1,000 $
S Delias Armstrong 1,000
$ Mable Chase 1,000 S
4 Ethel Rief 1,000
$ Harry Miller 1,000
8.Fred Metzner 1,000
$ Frank Bruce 1,000 $
Leo Shaver . . 1,600
Mable Marsh 1,200 S
$ A. G. Kindler . 2,200 S
During the early part of next July the
Elks are going to hold their annual
convention in Portland. That mean3
a big time. The "Bills'" are celebrat
ed for the way they do things and
their convention week will undoubted
ly be the' biggest week Portland ever
had. It is to be a gala time genuine
joviality everywhere.
It is going to be nice to go to this
"big time" but how much nicer it
would be to go ia a fine automobile
than in any other way. It will be so
much easier to take in the parades,
to see Portland in holiday costume,
to observe the visitors who will be
out in machines all over town, ia fact
so much easier to see the multitude
of things that will be going on.
Think of rolling up Washington
street, in a fine Ford fore-door five
passenger touriag'car, gayly decorated
in purple and . white. All this oa a
warm, balmy summer evening, when
the streets are a perfect blaze of .elec
tric illumination and, the 3ide walks
are crowded with gay throngs of peo
ple ia . whose thoughts care has no
place. It would make most of us
feel like millionaires.
Whoever wins the Enterprise auto
mobile will be able to take in the
Elk's show in this way. It is to be
a time that will be long remembered
by all who can possibly get into Port
land during the time the crowds are
there, and it will be remembered with
a keener sense of pleasure if the taTp
is made in an automoble Win the
Enterprise ar and thoroughly enjoy
yourself.
Most of us are individuals who are
socially inclined-r-that is to such an
etxent that we enjoy being about with
others and ia showing our friends a
good time. By winning the Enter
prise car we can always be showing
three or four of our best friends' a
mighty keen time. "Come oa let's
drive into Portland tonight," or, "We
are going out Sunday for a little pic
nic on the Molalla can you joia us?"
or anyone of the hundred other pleas
ant invitations hat suggest them
selves. ,
Or, to be mercenary, consider how
much money could be made in Port
land by renting the car during the
Elk's convention. Every car ia the
country for miles around will be there,
and then there'll not be half enough.
Every visitor who comes to Portland
will want to see the city and the logi
cal way to 'do it will be in an auto
mobile. Many will want machines to
take them on little trips iato the coun
try. Win the Enterprise Ford and
make half the cash price of it dur
ing the "Bills" stay in Portland.
Just a word to the candidates who
are already in the game Somebody
is going to win some free vote3 next
Saturday, are you going to be the lucky
person? A club of three subscriptions
for one year each will entitle you to
500 free votes five for one year each
are good for 1000. Then, too, It should
not be forgotten that this is the first
week of another special fifteen day
contest for. which the prize is to be
a $15 merchandise certificate, as us
ual. . '.
ABERNETHY GRANGE
HOLDS BASKET SOCIAL
, Abernethy Grange of Parkplace held
a basket social at the Grange hall Mon
day evening which was largely attend
ed. A program was given during the
early part of the evening. Many pret
ty baskets containing luncheon for
two were sold, and brought good
prices..
Watch the automobile contest.
Jf' ' ""N UHlTGb STATES OTMf-
0. D. EBY
LIVE WIRES' HEAD
EASTERN MAN THINKING OF
STARTING BIG SHOE FACTORY
IN THIS CITY
HOUSES FOR WORKMEN DISCUSSED
Paper Mill. May Construct Large
Number Of Small Homes For Its
Men Milk Supply
Pure
The Live Wires of the Commercial
Club at ther monthly supper Tuesday
evening elected officers for the ensu
ing quarter and discussed a number
of matters of prime importance to the
city and county. The following offi
cers were chosen by unanimous vote-:
Trunk Line O. D. Eby. "
Sub-Trunk Line L. Adams.
Transmission Wire Dr. Clyde"
Mount.
Guy Wire E E. Brodie.
It wa3 announced that Patrick W.
Herlihy, who has been connected with
shoe manufacturing establishments ia
the East is figuring on starting a shoe
factory in Oregon City and that he
has proposed to acquire the plant of
the Capen Shoe Co. at Willamette and
move it here. It is understood that
the plant of the Capen- Shoe Co., which
is in liquidation, can be obtained for
a reasonable amount and Mr. Herlihy
will be invited to come here next
Tuesday and be the luncheon guest of
the Live Wires, who propose to ren
der him whatever assistance lies in
their power in the proposed undertak
ing. ,
Following a lively discussion of the
the need of more houses in this city
for workmen, B. T. McBain, mill man-
O. D. Eby, a well known attorney, who
was Tuesday night elected to the po
sition of Main Trunk Line of the
Live Wires of the Oregon City Com
mercial Club. .
ager of the wyiamette Pulp & Paper
Co., said his concern, has had the mat
ter in hand for several months, and
that it is possible the Willamette Pulp
& Paper Co. will arrange for the con
struction of a large number of small
houses that would be suitable for men
of moderate means. Mr. McBain said
he hoped to be able to report some
thing definite at a later meeting.
An echo of the typhoid fever scare
that prevailed here a few months ago
was heard in the statement of Dr.'L.
L. Pickens who advanced the theory
that cattle drlnkng contaminated wat
er would transfer typhoid germs into
the milk and from there into the but
ter. ;
. This statement waa promptly refut
ed by M. J. Lazelle who said It had
been proven that typhoid fever in
water could not be detected in milk
from the cows that drink such water.
He said typhoid bacteria in milk us
ually occured in cases where the milk
cans were washed with water from
wells that had become infected. Mr.
Lazelle ponted out that modern
creameries and dairies wash -their
milk cans with scalding hot water, or
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COPYRIGHT HARRIS AND EW1NG. WASH
Viscountess Chinda, Wife of the Jap
anese Ambassadorto the United
States. .-.:"
ELOPING PAIR HELD
OVER TO GRAND JURY
Justice of the Peace Samson Tues-.
day afternoon held Tony Norwich,
who eloped from Illinois to this city
with Mrs. Annie Patch in $500 bonds
to answer to the grand jury ,and tne
womaa in $200 bonds. She was al
lowed to go on her own recognizance
so she could care for her three child
ren properly. She said that she fre
quently had to steal coal in order to
keep the house warm. Patch who
traced the erring pair to this city de
nied tha charges made by his wife. He
intimated that he would be willing
to take her back to Illinois, ljut she
declared she did not care whether she
returned home, but insisted upon be
ing allowed to keep the children. Nor
wich was unable to furnish bail, and
will have to stay in jail until the grand
jury passes on the case. Norwich and
Mrs. Patch were arrested by Police
men Frost and Green. .
$10,000 TO BE ASKED
FOR ARMORY FUND
The County Court of Clackamas
County will be asked next Friday to
make an appropriation of $10,000 to
cover a portion of the cost of a new
Armory for Oregon City for the use
of the Oregon National Guard, and a
joint committee from the Commercial
Club and the National Guard Comp
any will approach the Court at 9
o'clock Friday morning and urge the
appropriation..
For many years the local company
has struggled along under great odds,
with wholly inadequate drill hall, fa
cilities while the smaller towns of .
Woodburn and cities of Southern aad
Eastern Oregon and of the Willamette
Valley have taken advantage of the
standing otter made by the State to
duplicate any amount that might be
raised -within any municipality, pro
viding the total sum would be suffi
cent to erect an Armory building.
The joint commttee has tacit assur
ances from the City Council of a site
for a building and with this assurance
the committee is making its campaign
for funds. -
While the action of the County
Court cannot be correctly forecasted,
it is expected that the activity of he
various commercial organizations of;
the city, coupled with the recognized
need for a new Armory, will have its
weight when the matter is presented.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES
ENTERTAN AT DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. James entertan
ed at dinner at their home on Wash
ington street betweent Seventh and
Eighth streets Tuesday evening, Mrs.
Howard James and daughter, of Esta
cada, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Kellogg, of
Portland, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. James
and son, NeiL Mrs. I. M. Guleck, Mrs.
James Dell. The entertaament was
in the form of the celebration of Mrs.
James Dell. The entertainment was
sary had he lived until Tuesday. Mrs.
James father was Elisha Kellogg, for
merly one of the prominent residents
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LARGEST PAPER
MILL PLANNED
CROWN-COLUMBIA PLACES ORDER
FOR MAMMOTH MA- .
CHINE
CAPACITY IS SIXTY TONS DAILY
Definite Decision Not Reached As To
Whether Plant Will Be Lo
cated Here Or In
Camas, Wash.
The installation of the largest pa
per mill for the manufacture of news
print paper In the world at Oregon
City is contemplated by the Crown
Columbia Pulp & Paper Co. .
The order has already been placed
for the machine and delivery is ex
pected within the next two months,
but the company has not definitely
concluded to install the machine at
Oregon City, having in mind its plant
at Camas, Wash.
This machine will make paper 186
.inches wide, nearly 30 inches wider
thaa the largest machine of the Will
amette Pulp & Paper Co., and will
produce about 60 tons of paper per
day.
The Crown-Columbia Pulp& Paper
Co. mantains paper and pulp mills at
Oregon City, and a large amount of
the pulp manufactured at its East side
mill is transported to Camas, where
it is made into the finished product
and sold as Washington paper. The
cost of transporting pulp from Oregon
City to Camas Tuns into thousands of
dollars annually, and the establish
ment of another paper mill on the
West Side, adjoining the present pap
er mills of the Crown-Columbia Comp
any would mean that the raw pulp
could be piped across the river from
he pulp mill direct to the paper ma
chine. W. A. Huntley, L.' Adams, Frank
Busch, M. D. Latourette and J. E.
Hedges were on Tuesday night named
as a committee from the Live Wires
of the Commercial Club to confer
withthe officials of theCrown-Columbia
Pulp & Paper Co. with the object of
bringing the machine here, as it is
stated that the employment of about
100 more men would follow.
Every Season Brings New
Joys to Those Who
kodak
Make the most of the lure
of the first few soft days
of spring. We have kodaks
from $2.00 up and will be
glad to show you how
easy they are to use. We
do developing and finish
ing. ' V
Burmeister & Andresen
Oregon City Jewelers
VISITORS ARE GUESTS OF CLUB
Report That They Are Dissatisfied
With Proportion Of Tax Fund
Given Them Is -Denied
While nothing definite was agreed
upon aad the status of the proposed
division of Clackamas County remains
as it was, the best of feeling prevailed
Tuesday evening at the conference of
a delegatioa of residents of the Esta
cada district and the Oregon City Com
mercial Club. That there is no ani
mosity between the sections and the
majority of the visitors have no com
plaint against the way the money has
been distributed for road purposes
was clearly proved.
Not one representatve of the Ore
gon City organization declared him
self unequivocally against the divi
sion of the county. All of them, how
ever urged caution, a careful study of
conditions and thorough investigation
of the expense that would attach to
the movement. It was pointed, out
that the taxes in the new county
probably would be increased to a large
extent, which not only would drive
residents from the county, but would
have a tendency to keep away per
sons from the east.
President McBain, in calling the
meeting to order, said that the visit
ors were from the eastern part of
the county, and they would explain
why they thought the county shou'd
be divided.
Henry Epperson of Garfield, the first
speaker, said that he had lived in
the county47 years, and he believed
the time had arrived when a division
should be made. He declared when
he came to this county Oregon City
was larger than Portland, and business
drifted in that directon. Develop
ments, however, he asserted had made
new alignments, and as Portland had
developed the residents of the east
ern section of the county had build
ed roads in that direction. The speak
er said that the proposed division
would be mutually advantageous to
Clackamas County and the new coun
ty. E. Bates of Estacada, said the east
ern part of the county had ''grown
to manhood,- and should be a county
ia itself." "If you will let us go,"
continued the speaker, "We will soon
have a fine county of our own.. It
will develop rapidly."
"Sooner or later the county - will
be divided," said J. S. McCurdy, a
merchant of Estacda. "An effort was
made sometime ago to lop off the best
part of the county, and if you agree
to our propostion no such , effort will
be made again. We' ask you to put
yourselves in our place, and I thiak
in fairness you would agree to the'
division. The proposed lines do not
take away a great deal of valuable
territory."
W. S. Jellison president of the Esta
cada Bank, and Robert Duncan, also
of Estacada, made pleas for a division.
They said the proposition was made,
in good faith and the eastern section
wanted to part from the other part
in good spirit They declared that
the annual revenue of the eastern part
of the county was such that it was
justified ia asking that It be allowed
to break ..away. -
L. E. Bolfils, cashier of the Estacada
Bank called attenton to Hood River
county and told of its remarkable pro
gress after the division of Wasco coun
ty. The speaker declared that the
proposed division of Clackamas county
would only take away $5,000,000 or
$6,000,000 of the valuation ,and would
make It the eighth in point of wealth
instead of the seventh as at present.
"Clackamas county would save a
great deal in jury expenses through
the division," declared the speaker.
"The railroad fare from Estacada to
Oregon City and back ia $1.75, and per
sons from that city coming here are
put to much greater expenses. The
money thus spent would help pay the
increased taxes in the new county,
if the taxes were increased. The
more divisions in a state the better
it is for the state. Oregon has coun
ties aS large as eastern states."
J. W. Reed, mayor of Estacada, said
that if the division became a reality
Clackamas County would still have
four-fifths of the total valuation. He
thought the county should be glad
to get rid of the eastern section. E.
W. Bartlett, a lawyer, exhibited a
map showing the proposed lines. He
deplored the reports that the resi
dents of the eastern, section were
dissatisfied with the apportionment
of the taxes, and said they were un
true. He said the. eastern section had '
a population of 8,000.
"I don't know a single person in
Eagle Creek who favors a new coun
ty," said George Burnett. "Two years
ago I was in favor of going to Mult
nomah count-,y because I did not think
we were getting our share of the road
fund. I am satisfied now and I think
all our people are."
"I am staisfied with the old county,"
said Noah Stingley; of Eagle
Creek. " I ; have lived here thirty
years. We are beginning to get our
just dues. We have not. always got
it or expected it, for we realized that
it was best to have main roads built
out from Oregon City. I think the
main agitators for the new county
came in on the new railroad. The
road is there, and if they don't like
the county they can get out on it"
H. F. Gibson ,of Barton, said the
county was too large. Calling' atten
tion to the wonderful development he
declared the time had arrived for a
'division and that it would be of ad
vantage to Clackamas Couaty as well
as the new county. Adolph Miller,, of
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Suspect Asked To Be Shown Way To
White House Road Wadding In
Gun Like That Found
By Sheriff
In the arrest of H. E. Roberts, alia3
Jack Roberts, twenty miles southeast
of Oregon City Tuesday afternoon,
Sheriff Stevens, of Multnomah Coua
ty, believes he has the lone highway
man who fired upon an automobile
party on the White House road last
Frday night, killing George Hastings
and Donald M. Stewart and seriously
wounding Irving Luptoa.
A pump shotgun answering the de
scrption of the one used by the des
perado and twine cord, like that used
on the improvised mask, which was
found at the scene of the attempted
hold up, were found in Roberts' pos
session. The man, who Is an ex
convict worked on a farm about two
miles from where the men were killed
until the afternoon before the attempt
ed hold up, having been discharged
because his employers did not like
his looks. A belt which he wore when
arrested has four shells missing, and
the wads in the other shells corres
pond with those found by Sheriff
Mass at the scene of the hold up.
Sheriff Stevens has learned that
Roberts cleaned the gun Friday after
noon and while workng on the farm
asked his employer the way'T'to the
road where the men were killed. He
had frequently been there before, hav
ing been arrested there several years
before while working on a bridge.
Roberts has been a prisoner ia the
jails at Walla Walla, Portland and the
Salem pententiarj. Sheriff Stevens
was accompanied by Deputy sheriff
Leonard and Phillips, of Multnomah
county, when he made the arrest Al
though the crime was committed in
Clackamas County Sheriff Steveas did
not inform Sheriff Mass of the clew.
DEI40CRATS FIGHT
FEDERAL BUILDING
Advices from the National Capital
indicate the chances for the passage
of the bill appropriating $75,000 for
the purchase of a site and the erectioa
of a federal building at Oregon City
are anything but bright.
In a communication received Tues-
day from Congressman Hawley, that
gentleman says the Democratic ma
jority in the House of Representatives
has caucaused - against a Public
Grounds and Building bill and as a re
sult all of the appropriation measures
passed by the Senate for public build
ings may die in the House.
With a Presidential election coming
on this year, the Democrats have evi
dently concluded to practice economy
in spots, with the probable result that
Oregon City will be in very much the
same unenvable position as at the be
ginning of the session.
If the House fails to act on the Sen
ate bill providing for a federal build
ing here, that -measure will expire with
the present congress and all of the
hard work of the last few months will
go. for naught.
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TODAY
Tomorrow and Saturday
and Sunday
Prof.-Hiram and Lady ;
The most famous Ha- n
waiian singers and Mus- '
ical specialists. .
Miss Bessie Morrison j :
Will Sing
,
The New Electric Pi
ano -7
i
Will play and you will see
an all-round good show
THE GRAND