MORNING ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1912,
THE BOYS
It Is -Not Safe to Ignore
Them
By EDITH TUCKER
In a village In the Interior of New
York state In colonial days, when
America "was a crude country, with
the crude customs of the mother country.-
there lived a man named Fisk.
His home was near the schoolhouse,
and since he was always kind and
good natured with the boys he be
came a favorite with them.
Now, a boy, though his brain is not
matured, knows a great deal about
certain things upon which men know
nothing. The boy is very observant
within his little field. He can tell you
the exact number of chickens Farmer
Cole has and the number of cows in
Farmer Morgan's pasture. These
schoolboys knew that the horse was a
great favorite with Mr. Fisk. He
was constantly coming home with a
new animal, and the stock on hand
was always disappearing. His ab
sences from home were frequent, but
not long, and on every return he
brought a horse with him. Older per
sons were more interested in his
means of livelihood. But as to that
matter he was unapproachable and al
together uncommunicative.
One morning there was great ex
citement among the boys. News had
come that a band of horse thieves
which had traveled those parts for
years had been captured and that
their .friend Mr. Fisk was leader of
the gang. The mystery of Mr. Fisk
was solved. He had turned out to. be
a horse thief.
Every one was interested and excit
ed and absorbed In the denouement.
But the boys, since the culprit had
been their friend, were not quite cer
tain that they were pleased at it.
They preferred to wait to see what
was to- be done with him. Some of
them argued that horse stealing was
very sinful and Fisk should be pun
ished. Others contended that he
should be punished, but they hoped he
would get off. Altogether, there was
no settled opinion about the matter.
There was no jail in the village, and
the thieves were lodged in a room In
the tavern, the doors being locked and
bolted. The same day at noon the court
convened In the parlor of the tavern to
try the offenders. The judge, the law
yers and other officials assembled, and
the sheriff went for the prisoners, leav
ing the crowd, in which the boys were
conspicuous, to await their coming.
But the sheriff did not return, and a
shout nros without that the prisoners
had escaped.
And why should they not have es
caped? Not through the bolted door.
There was no necessity for escaping
that way when they had a better. All
they had to do was to step out of a
window on to the roof of a shed and
thence down to the ground. Having
been in a hurry, they had dropped cer
tain articles, which indicated their
route. They had fled to a wood behind
the tavern and were doubtless now hid
ing there. The wood was oak and
hickory, with an undergrowth in which
the boys had chased squirrels and had
started partridges. Among the crowd
that went on the hunt for the horse
fi
Working for the other fellow and
Get Busy for Yourself
Yours for the
asking;
To stimulate interest in the voting and ive each one a chance to profit by their"
work we will give a prize every ten days. These prizes will not affect kthe fine1
count in any way as all votes will count on r.
THE GRAND AUTOMOBILE
These prizes will be given to the one that hands n the largest number of votes
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thieves were no such eager persons as
the boys. Had they been suffered to
lead there Is no doubt that the fugitives
would have soon been captured, but
the sheriff, whose stupidity had led to
their escape, officious, pompons, appre
ciative of his authority ordered the
boys back while he organized and sent
forth bodies of men.
Boys are especially unsafe creatures
to ignore. No one likes to be relegated
to the rear when he aspires to go to the
front, and, after, all, boys are but min
iature men. The little fellows got to
gether, and It was at once evident that
the treatment they had received had
turned their sympathies from pursuers
to pursued. Among them was a young
ster tall, lithe, with wiry muscles. He
was famous in the school athletics and
was a champion runner. He conceived
the idea of hiding in the bush and as
soon as started up by those beating it
to personate their old friend Fisk and
attempt to outrun those who would
chase him.
From the articles dropped some of
the thieves were known to be half
dressed. So the boy threw off his
and pulled his shirt out over his trous
ers. Then, circling around, he found
a convenient place in which to hidp
Suddenly a shout arose and the chase
commenced.
"There he goes!"
"Stop, thief!"
"Go for him!"
"You, there; head him off!"
These and a babel of other words
were shouted while the runner, like n
deer, dodged between trees, darted
around thickets, following a route over
which he had often chased or hpen
chased by his companions.- The white
tail of his shirt preceded the nursuers
like a guiding white cloud. Now they
saw it. Now it was hidden. But they
came no nearer to it. The boy. led
them beyond the wood, and there
across an opening, his white shirt was
seen vanishing into another forest.
What mattered it to the young ath
lete that the next day when his trick
was discovered he must take a thrash
ing, A thrashing was nothing com
pared with the delightful excitement
of that chase, to say nothing of the re
venge for the insult the pompous sher
iff had inflicted upon hiui and his com
panions. But the boys' old friend Fisk never
returned to thank them for their hav
ing saved him from the punishment h
deserved.
A Cute Lassie.
"I suppose I ought to be wearing
eyeglasses." she said, "but I can't."
"How do you know?" inquired the
young man.
"I've tried it- I had to give it up."
"Why so?"
"Because." she answered, with down
cast eyes, "they did me more harm
than good. My eyelashes would brush
against them every time 1 winked
Now that I think of it, though." shp
added. "I might trim my eyelasnes.
They're roo long, anyhow, and"
"No, for heaven's sake!" he exclaim
ed. "Pardon me. Miss Tbornhill Lncy j
but I I never noticed before how
lovely yonr eyelashes are." Chicago ,
Tribune. ' i
neiriDUtion.
St Peter (to ex-theatrical manager)
Sorry, sir, but we are all sold out-Life.
BEFORE HE SAILS
NEW YORK, May 2. It was learn
ed today that J. Bruce Ismay, presi
dent of the International Mercantile
Marine, had taken to his bed at the
Rltz-Carlton Hotel, before his depart
ure for Europe today. The strain he
had been under sincf the arrival of
tlie Carpathia was said to have caus
ed -i general breakdown. His nervous
condition was such that no one is
admitted to see him.. .- -.
iS'-iay later sailed for his' home in
England on the Whiie Star liner . ir)
atic. He said he was worn out and
theie was nothing to add to his test
imony regarding the Titanic disaster.
"I have given the Senate committee
all the information at my command.''
sai.i .'arnay. "There is certainly noth
ing more to say. I have no ill feeling
against the American public and think
the Senate investigation was thor
ough. I am feeling very tired and
wish to retire."
Before leaving his hotel Ismay con
ferred with J. P. Morgan, Jr., and sev
eral directors of the company.
Costermongers in Morocco.
In Morocco the costermonger recom
mends his wares by pledging the cred
it of a saint. "In the name of Mulal
Idriss! Koast chestnuts!" "in the
name of our Lord Mohammed Al Hadj!
Popcorn! Popcorn!" "In the name of
Sidna Ali-bu-Rhaleh! Melons! Nice,
sweet melons!" "Allah is .gracious!
Beans! Fried beans!" "There be no
might nor majesty save in. Allah! Wa
ter! Cool Water!" These and the like
are heard at every turn. Even the
auctioneer who is calling out the price
of a slave or the bids for a Rabat car
pet is careful to interlard his profes
sional talk freely with allusions to his
Maker and the plethoric roll of Moor
ish saints. London Times.
Effective.
At a "first night" in a Paris theater
recently one of the scenes showed a
funeral procession crossing the stage.
As she was about to leave the wings
and pass across the stage one of the
"mourners." a girl, thought of some
thing funny and her face became
wreathed in smiles and she giggled
happily.
The stage manager was furious.
"Take a franc off that girl's salary !"
he hissed.
The startled "mourner." just making
her entrance, burst into tears of dis
may and sobbed lamentably all the
way across the stage. The critics said
it was a triumph of realism.
, Bounty For Scalps.
During the French-Indian war of
1754 the French offered a bounty for
British scalps. In the same year a
bounty of 100 each was offered by the
authorities of the several colonies. In
1755 Massachusetts granted a bounty
of 40 for every scalp of a male Indian j
over twelve years of age and 20 each !
for the scalps of women and children, i
In 1764 John Pentf. grandson of Wil
liam Penn and governor of Pennsylva
nia, offered a bounty of $150 for every
"Indian buck" killed and scalped.
oai; in Italy.
Salt has been manufactured commer
cially in Italy for more than 2,500
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10-INNING GAME
PORTLAND, May 2, (Special.)
In a ten-inning game today Portland
beat eVrnon 2 to 1. Koestner was
effective throughout, allowing only 6
hits. Nine hits were made off Hitt's
delivery. Vernon scored in the sec
ond. Hosp sacrificed, Rapps to Rod
gers, Burrell flied to Chadbourne, But'
ler dropped Brown's fly back of third
Stimson scoring.
The results Thursday follow:
At Oakland Sacramento 6, San
Francisco 4.
At Los Angeles Oakland 17, Los
Angeles 10.
National League
New York 6, Philadelphia 4.
Boston 11, Brooklyn 7. '
Pittsburg 6, Chicago 0.
Cincinnati 10, St. Louis 0. '
. American League
Chicago 3, Cleveland 1.
Detroit 1, St. Louis 0.
New York 11, Philadelphia 4.
Boston 6, Washington 5.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
W. L. Pet
Oakland 20 fi ,789
Vernon 14 12 .538
San Francisco 13 13 .500
Sacramento 12 15 .444
Los Angeles .11 15 .423
Portland . 7 16 .304
HAVVLEY AND LAFFERTY
HELP PARCELS POST
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2, (Spe
cial.) A telegram was received from
Senator O. Gardner of Maine April
12, stating that the Goeke Bill ,a Par
cels Post measure, was coming up
for a vote in the House and asking
that the Oregon Representatives be
urged to support the bill. The fol
lowing message was immediately tele
graphed to Mr. Hawley and Mr. Laf
ferty. "Twelve Thousand Oregon Grang
ers want Parcels Post, favor Goeke
Bill.
"C. E. Spence, Master State Grange"
Both members are favorable to Par
cels Post as the following letters will
show:
"C. E. Spence, Oregon City, Or.,
"Dear Sir: In answer to your tele
gram of the -9th, it affords me pleas
ure to say that I am doing everything
possible here for a general Parcels
Post.
"Your message is very much appre
ciated by me, for which please ac
cept thanks. I am for the Goeke
Bill.
"A. W. Lafferty."
"C. E. Spence, Oregon City.Or.'"
"My Dear Sir: I thank you for
your wire of last evening favoring the
Parcels Post. I am giving the sev
eral bills now pending before Cong
ress careful consideration m and will
support the measure appearing to be
for the best interests of our people.
I have previously voted in favor of
the Parcels Post.
"W. C. Hawley."
neu cars ana i ans.
Bagdad is famous for its breed of
white asses. Their ears and tails are
sometimes colored a bright red.
THE AUTO
FALLS CITY ORCHESTRA
TO GIVE BIG DANCE
. The grand ball to be given by the
Falls City orchestra at Busch's hall
will be a society event The affair
promises to be a most enjoyable one
and will be attended by a large crowd
as the best music is promised. The
members of the orchestra are Frank
Busch, violin; Oscar Lawrence Wood
fin, piano; Charles Schoenheinz, cor
net; Chester Simonson, trombone;
Roy Baxter trap drums and bells.
These young men were in the band
Booster Day that made a decided hit
by their playing on Main street, as
well as in the parades. The orches
tra will also furnish the music for
the next dancing party to be given
by the Minuet Club.
Charles Schoenheinz, Roy Baxter
and Chester Simonson, members of
the Falls City orchestra, will leave
Sunday, May 12, having been engag
ed by the Arnold's Carnival Company
the company leaving for Roseburg,
and will be among the attractions at
the Roseburg Strawberry Festival,
which is one of the great events of
Southern Oregon. The Oregon City
young men expect to return to Ore
gon City in the fall at the close of the
carnival season to again resume or
chestral work here. It is the inten
tion of some of the members to con
tinue their music, during the absence
of Messrs. Baxter, Schoenheinz and
Simonson.
5,000 ACRES FLOODED
AS LEVEE BREAKS
TORRAS, La., May 2. The second
line of levees protecting the State
Convict plantation at Angola, La.,
broke ' this afternoon, and within a
short time the 5000 acres were inun
dated. The state recently completed
a half million dollar sugar refinery
and this will be flooded. .-
All hope of closing the Torras crev
asse was abandoned following a con
ference between Governor Sanders
and state engineers. The crevasse
had widened to nearly 700 feet and
the levee was crumbling away rapid
ly. News that the engineers had given
up all hope of closing the Torras cre
vasse was flashed to every town on
the west side of the river within a
radius of 50 miles. It means the
abandonment of thousands of homes
in the territory south of Torras and
property damage that will run into
the millions.
The Angola break is across the riv
er from the Torras crevasse and less
than six miles distant. The flood
waters on the Angola side will cover
thousands of acres of fine farming
land along the east bank as far down
as Bayou Sara and St. Francisville,
and probably will return to the Mis
sissippi near Morganse, La.
Women screaming and men shout
ing as they hurried into their homes
and seized their children and valu
ables in mad efforts to reach places
of safety, and the stampeding of ani
mals turned loose by their owners to
seek safe places, were some of the
chaotic conditions that prevailed in
Torras last night' when the alarm
was sounded that the levee at the
junction of the Old and Mississipi Riv
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JO days
We will give $ 1 00 to tte contestant wno makes the second best
showing. If you don't think yon can win the cat get in and win
the $100. Jtist think; $100 iot a few week's wok in the even
ing or before work.
er had given way.
Although it had been known that
several weak spots had developed,
little attention had been paid to this
by the citizens of Torras, and they
were caught unprepared. Within a
few minutes after the break had be
come known the townspeople were
in a panic. -,
Before the streets were entirely
submerged a majority of the inhabi
tants had reached places of safety.
Three hundred women and children
were placed on a freight train, which
had just arrived in Torras. These
were taken to a point below here.
.No loss of life has been reported,
but it is feared ' some fatalities may
occur in the interior, as the water is
rushing through the country so rapid
ly that sufficient warning may not
have reached those living in districts'
remote from ' wire communication.
Millions of dollars of loss, it is fear
ed, will be caused by the devastation
of some of the most valuable farms
and plantations in the state.
Eleven parishes with a total pop
ulation of a quarter of a million, will
eventually be inundated by the new
break. Food supplies have been mass
ed near Torras by the Government in
anticipation of a break here, and those
in charge of the wrork are preparing
to give relief to 40,000 people in this
vicinity.
CHICAGO, May 2. Union newspa
per pressmen struck here today be
cause of the failure of the publishers
and unions to sign up a wage scale
agreement.
The morning papers were issued
as usual but the early afternoon edi
tions were not issued. A mem
ber of the Publishers' associa
tion stated that the first editions were
delayed and that the papers probably
would issue a few pages, using non
union pressmen.
About 600 pressemen are out The
strikers say the Publishers' associa
tion locked them out because 70 press
men of the Hearst newspapers struck
this morning. Union printers held a
conference today to decide whether
to continue work if the newspapers
employed non-union pressmen.
The Chicago American was the only
afternoon paper published this after
noon. The police are guarding the
pressrooms to protect the non-union
pressemn in the event of their being
attacked. - -
The strikers declared that their un
ion demanded a separate contract
with the Hearst papers, and that the
Hearst management refused to sign
when their old contract expired yest
erday. -The Hearst managers wanted
the men to work under the unions'
agreement with the Publishers' as
sociation. Learning that the other evening
papers were unable to publish, the
American withdrew its edition and
the Chicago Daily Socialist was the
only paper issued in Chicago this
afternoon.
Isle of Man.
The Isle of Man has an area of 220
square miles and a population of 56.000.
The three legs uspd on its coins are
the emblem of the island r.nd signify
"The Islt of Man hivIh to Cngland.
kicks at B-oiland -ifl spurns Ireland.'
The time to read the Morning En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
Watch the automobile contest.
To what people are saying and
yo will see how popular yot are
THEN GET IN AND WIN
Don't it look good
to you
$ iob In Gold
CLUB GIVES
FINE ENTERTAINMENT
One of the most enjoyable recep
tions ever given in Oregon City was
that Thursday evening by the Wo
man's Club to the husbands, sweet
hearts and brothers of the members.
More than 125 persons were seated
at the tables in the banquet hall of
the Masonic building, the menu hav
ing been furnished by the club. Mrs.
David Caufield, president of the Club,
presided and explained the work of
the club, which has been responsible
for a greater part of the improvement
of the city since its organization.
Mrs. George A. Harding responded
beautifully to the toast "To our Hus
bands," and O. D .Eby responded to
the toast, "To Our Wives." B.
T. McBain, the dynamo of Oregon
City's Commercial activities, told
what the Commercial Club was ac
complishing, and Superintendent of
City Schools Tooze delivered a fine,
address on the Oregon City High
School. Mrs. Linn Jones, president
of the Shakespeare Club, also spoke
and Mrs. aWrner, Persident of the
Rose Society, delivered an admirable
address.
OF BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. L. A. Morris entertained the
Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club at
her home Wednesday afternoon. The
prizes were won by Mrs. A. A. Price
and Miss Marjory Cantield. A most .
delightful afternoon was spent. De
licious refreshments were served dar
ing the afternoon. The decorations
were artistic, being of purple find
white lilacs. The next meeting of
this club will be at the home of Mrs.
E I'. Rands .Wednesday afternoon.
May i. .
Mrs. Morris' guest. were Mrs. E.
A Chapman, Mrs. K. P. Rands, Mrs.
J. Jt. Humphrys, Mrs. M. D. Latour
tte. Mrs. Max Bollack, Mrs. H .S.;
Mount, Mrs. Lena C barman, Mrs. C.
D .Latourette, Mrs. U L. Pickens,
Mrs. C. H. Meissner, Mrs. A. A. Proe
Mrs. Walter Wells, Mrs. L E. Jones,
M.-s. Edward Schwab, Mrs. Henry
O'i'alley, Mrs. Theodore Osmund,
Mrs. tieorge Hankins. Vrs T. P. Rand
all ftirs. E. T. Fields, "Viss Marjory
Caufield. Miss Nell Caufield Miss Bess
D-i.Jton.
Baseball
AT PORTLAND
RECREATION PARK
Cor. Vaughn and Twenty-fourth Sts.
VERNON
vs
PORTLAND
May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Games Begin Weekdays at 3:30 p. m.
Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
LADIES DAY FRIDAY
Boys under 12 Free to Bleachers Wed-
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